When Shen An heard this, he hesitated, shook his head, and said, "The little eunuch who came to Tongyu said that Lord Zuo Xiang was not very anxious. ”

"Not in a hurry? Then let him wait first. ”

Yang Mu pursed his lips, he found that every time Kong Shangxian looked for him recently, he was just in the mood, so he said Today, these four women just called, thinking about sleeping comfortably, being disturbed like this, it seems impossible to see.

Life, corrupted......

Yang Mu muttered secretly, it was not so much that Kong Shangxian came at the wrong time every time, but that his life was degenerate, and he was basically enjoying it.

In other words, it's almost dark, Kong Shangxian doesn't sleep at night?

Having said that, Yang Mu also knew in his heart that Kong Shangxian's conscientiousness, in this era of sunrise and sunset, there are not many officials who can forget to sleep and eat like this.

Although during this time, he lived like a faint king, but it must be admitted that the priorities can still be distinguished.

Under the service of the four daughters, Yang Mu tidied up his clothes, walked out of the harem in casual clothes, and entered the Zichen Palace.

When Kong Shangxian saw Yang Mu's outfit, he immediately understood what was going on.

However, there was not much fluctuation on his face, and he did not seem to be embarrassed to disturb His Majesty the Emperor's Yaxing, and after saluting, he stood aside.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, Yang Mu was a little surprised and asked, "My Lord Zuo Xiang, why did you come to visit at night?" ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the night?"

"The chickens and rabbits are back in the cage, the day is over, the palace gate is about to close, isn't it night?" Yang Mu replied.

"When the minister came, the street was full of peddlers and pawns, and the carriages and horses were noisy, and now it has been nearly two hours."

"Oh? Could it be that Aiqing is complaining that I am late? ”

Yang Mu joked that Kong Shangxian had indeed entered the palace for nearly two hours, mainly because of the distance from the inner court to the harem, coming and going, and he had delayed a lot of time, so that the latter had to wait in Zichen Hall for so long.

Kong Shangxian bowed his head and arched his hand: "The minister doesn't dare, but there is something to be dedicated to His Majesty." ”

Oh?

Offering treasure?

Yang Mu was surprised, Kong Shangxian has always been meticulous in doing things, there is nothing flattering, and suddenly he wants to say that he wants to offer something, which naturally makes people think of the word treasure.

Yes, nothing good will happen, right?

Sure enough, Kong Shangxian walked to the side of the hall, took the box from a small eunuch, took out a stack of fine silk, and spread it out to see that it was a map.

There is a line of big characters next to it, which reads "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains".

Yang Mu's eyes swept around it, then looked at Kong Shangxian, and asked, "What does Aiqing mean?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Kong Shangxian arched his hand and said: "The ministers of Cangguo have been more than half loaded, and I have witnessed the eloquence of His Majesty, rejuvenating the people's livelihood, eliminating maladministration, and sweeping Zheng Shen. However, as the minister has seen recently, His Majesty is in a gentle collapse, lazy in wine, no different from the old lord of the past. ”

No different from the old owner?

Yang Mu muttered secretly in his heart, the old master that Kong Shangxian said was Zheng Yufan, the emperor of Zheng State, a waste man who had been sick in bed for a long time, and a king who had died in the country, Kong Shangxian used this as a metaphor, and his tone was not heavy.

"What the hell are you going to say?" Yang Mu asked lightly.

Kong Shangxian bowed his head and bowed: "Your Majesty is a Ming monarch, and the minister is powerless to advise, so he just presented a map and left it for His Majesty to wake up." Under this world, it is by no means a corner of the country can be imagined, Your Majesty has also said, now is the world of great disputes, the princes of the world are not satisfied with the size of the land, in just a few decades, dozens of countries have perished, the tide of annexation is gradually rising, if Your Majesty is indulged in the pleasures in front of you, the country is in danger. ”

Yang Mu nodded secretly in his heart, Kong Shangxian was reasonable, but he didn't slack off, he had been the emperor for more than half a year, and finally the weather was a little colder, and after resting for a few months, was it considered a faint monarch?

You must know that since the establishment of the 12th Ministry and the setting up of two prime ministers, Cangguo has moved from the rule of man to the road of the legal system, and the legal system here is not the law-abiding law of later generations, but that everything has a law, even if it encounters a faint monarch and does not govern the court for a few years, the country can operate normally.

So, he said lightly: "Qing's words are bad. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, don't be impatient for a day, now there are two prime ministers to assist, and there are twelve ministries each performing their duties, the country is so big, don't allow me to rest temporarily? ”

Kong Shangxian bowed and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the ministers heard, if you are lazy every day, you will be lazy every day, just like the people of Cangguo today, everyone has lived a prosperous life, who is willing to return to the past hunger?" If Your Majesty has leisure, he can work in the army, patrol the people, and be able to farm...... The wine hurts the body, please think of the country. ”

"Isn't this still an exhortation......

Yang Mu muttered to himself, but he couldn't refute it.

Kong Shangxian is right, once the wind of laziness is cultivated, it is difficult to change, and the suggestions put forward later, what are the ways to inspect the people, comfort the army, and take the lead in setting an example and pretending to farm......

It's like a child who has just finished his homework and is suddenly caught by his parents and asks if you have done your homework today?

Done? There are so many chores left after they are done......

Yang Mu opened "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" again and looked at it.

This time, his expression was much more solemn.

This is not a simple map, but the main vassal states of the Dali Dynasty are marked, and the population, troops, and cities of each country are marked.

At a glance, Cangguo can only be regarded as the bottom existence among all the countries, and the remaining dozen or so of the same size are either poor mountains and bad waters, or they have become vassals of big countries.

"Aiqing, is this an encouragement?"

"If Your Majesty can catch up, my Great Cangguo will not be able to rise, and in five or ten years, when the princes will meet, you will sit on top of it, and your Majesty will have a seat."

"The Princes Alliance...... Aiqing laughed. Yang Mu laughed and said, "Even if it is the rise of the Cangguo, I have no intention of participating in the matter of the alliance of the princes, and it is too early to say that it is an alliance at this time." ”

"Your Majesty's words are wrong, for hundreds of years, the overlord has changed several times, the alliance has its own reason, it is an inevitable step to dominate the world, if Your Majesty wants to settle in a corner, and gradually be annexed by other countries, if you have grand ambitions, you must go to the alliance to go."

Kong Shangxian's words can be said to be not polite at all, but the truth contained in them is very profound, as the saying goes, a hero has three gangs, no matter how powerful a vassal state is, it is impossible to compete with all the countries in the world alone, and it is a step that must be taken to dominate the younger brother and subdue the countries.

"Your Majesty just said that it is too early to meet the alliance, and the minister is here for this matter."

"Oh? Didn't you come to give me this "Map of Thousands of Miles"? Yang Mu wondered.

"Your Majesty laughed." Kong Shangxian smiled slightly embarrassedly and said, "The minister came with a map this time, but it is only one aspect. What's more, there is another matter that needs to be discussed with His Majesty, and this matter is nothing else, that is, the matter of the alliance of the princes. ”

"The Princes' Alliance?" Yang Mu wondered.

"At the beginning of the month, the Jin State had already issued an edict to the world and invited the princes of the world to join the alliance. Just yesterday, an envoy of the Jin State arrived in the imperial city of Cangguo and handed over a document, which the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not decide, so it was presented to the minister. ”

Jin? Alliance?

Yang Mu knocked on the table with his fingers and asked, "Aiqing wandered the world in the early years and came to see me in a hurry, so she must have an idea in her heart, so she might as well talk about it." ”

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