Chapter 370: A dilemma

Dong Ce had just entered Guiyi Fang, and before he could see the situation inside, he saw that on the side of the Fang, several young people were really talking about something.

When Dong Ce heard this, he couldn't help but smile, these people were actually discussing whether they could be admitted to the Tongsheng Examination!

"Sir!" Suddenly, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walked out of these people, Dong Ce glanced at it, and secretly thought that this is not the kid who is following Xu Guangfeng, what is it called? Hill...... Vincent?

"Student Qiu Wensen, I've met Mr. Dong!"

"That's it!" Dong Ce put the relevant movie plot in his mind behind, nodded to Qiu Wensen, and said, "Come to the cultural meeting?" ”

"Yes sir."

"Busy taking the exam lately?"

"Yes, sir."

"Then take the test well, but remember to combine work and rest, don't tire your body out."

"Yes sir."

Dong Ce suddenly felt like chatting with a foreigner, and smiled bitterly in his heart, just as he was about to go in, Qiu Wensen suddenly said: "By the way, sir, I don't know if students can still study in the academy?" ”

"Of course you can, you won't study with me, it won't help you much for the imperial examination." Dong Ce reminded.

"Students know, but students are not very interested in the imperial examination, and students want to study science more!"

"Then you have to let your family agree, otherwise it will bring unnecessary trouble to the academy!" Dong Ce made it clear to these students before, this is also the factor that no boys have come to his academy recently, in the thinking of the ancients, they always thought that being an official was the best way out, but they didn't know that if they made a mistake, they would wait to be liquidated!

But this kind of truth, since ancient times, many people have understood, especially in the officialdom, but there are still people who squeeze their heads into it, although this is the easiest way to make a fortune, but at the same time, it is also easy to cut off children and grandchildren!

Although Qiu Wensen hadn't told his family, when he heard Dong Ce's words at this moment, he looked extremely lost.

Dong Ce is not good at saying anything, in fact, this is also the result he wants, the road is fought for by himself, so that he will feel hard-won and cherish it more, and his daily achievements will be greater, not, three minutes of heat.

Outside the courtyard where the Wenhui was held, after Dong Ce handed over the post, the doorman was startled at first, so he asked Dong Ce to wait, and then went in and invited a person in charge to come out, who said to Dong Ce respectfully: "Dong Zhangjiao here, please!" ”

Dong Ce nodded, and followed the steward into the courtyard, and then before he could enjoy the scenery inside, he was led around to a secluded courtyard by the steward.

"Dong Zhangjiao, wait a minute!" When the steward had finished speaking, he went into a room.

After a while, the door opened, and it was not the steward who came out, but the virtuous king he hadn't seen for a long time!

"The grass people have seen the virtuous king." Dong Ce said.

"Dong Lang is polite, this king can be regarded as seeing you as a busy man!" King Xian is still as funny as ever, but Dong Ce can see from the white hair on his sideburns that King Xian is obviously a lot older these days.

King Xian is actually not young anymore, he is the fifth brother of Taizu, Taizu died when he was over half a hundred, so to speak, now King Xian is at least fifty years old, this ancient man is over fifty, that is older than sixty or seventy in later generations, even if he is pampered, he may not be young.

However, King Xian has a free and easy heart, and he is still a famous merry prince, and carefree people naturally age slowly, but this trip made him look ten years old in a year, which shows how tiring this errand is!

"No matter how busy I am in the future, I am not busy with the virtuous king who works for state affairs! King Xian's envoy will surely make the frontier peaceful for decades. Dong Ce said with emotion.

However, his casual emotion was exchanged for a long sigh from the virtuous king.

"I shouldn't have told you about this, but I think Dong Lang is resourceful and quick-witted, maybe it's good to ask your opinion."

Dong Ce was stunned for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "King Xian, please speak!" ”

"This time I am on an envoy, not to talk about anything, but to join forces with the Turks and help them quell the chaos!"

"Quelling the chaos?" Dong Ce was slightly shocked in his heart.

"Yes, the Turks are now facing a turmoil, although the cause is a large area of drought in the northern steppe ten years ago, but for this reason they have sent troops several times to plunder my Daning frontier, after several wars, both sides have suffered heavy casualties, and my Daning country is rich and strong, and can still breathe, but after the Turkic war began to be chaotic, many of the tribes that were originally powerful, because of the sacrifice when attacking my Daning, they were annexed by other tribes when they turned back, and one of the tribes took advantage of this to rise, becoming more and more powerful, and now, it has been able to compete with the Turkic royal family, and, In the past two years, they have gained the upper hand in every battle, so the Turks were frightened and begged our Daning to send troops to help. ”

"That'...... What do they give us? Dong Ce said curiously.

"You, you don't have to be a good painter, you have to be a businessman!" King Xian smiled, sighed again, and said, "They are willing to bow down to my Daning and pay tribute year after year." ”

"That's all?" Dong Ce's brows furrowed.

"What else can you expect from them? Territory? ”

Don't say that the Turks don't want to give, even if they give, the Ning Dynasty will not necessarily want it!

Although the grassland is vast, you can't farm! Even if the wasteland is cleared, it is easy to be robbed without the protection of the natural barriers of mountains and rivers and the thick walls of the Great Wall.

That's why there is the Great Wall, and no one is happy to stay in places where there is no guarantee of safety, except for nomads. Maybe some nomads don't want to, but what can you do if you are born in this place?

"Maybe there are some things that I can't say to the grass people, but I have to mention that their words are not credible!"

How could the virtuous king not know that this has been a problem since ancient times, and now they bow their heads, but they can turn back, and when they come back to life and the population skyrockets, you will wait to be cleaned up!

But if they don't help, they will definitely attack Daning desperately!

This is a dilemma, and it is also a proposition that has plagued Middle Earth for thousands of years, but from the perspective of later generations, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is right, Song Huizong is mediocre, and in Dong Ce's view, it depends on the situation, this matter is beyond his ability, not that you can fight a war to overturn the Turks, fighting a war requires a huge economic base, in this regard, nomads need fewer resources than the Han people who rely on farming, people are killed is dead, and even wives are divided, but the Han people are different, and they have to lose money if they die, although this money will be exploited layer by layer, but after all, it leaves the treasury!

didn't wait for Dong Ce and the two to finish talking, suddenly a steward came over and said that the person was due, and he waited for King Xian to pass.

King Xian smiled bitterly, and directly invited Dong Ce to go with him.

The festival is held at the water's edge, where the willows are still clinging to each other, and the scenery is pleasant, and many men and women gather here to talk and have a good time.

When King Xian arrived, many people immediately gathered around and talked non-stop.

But few people will notice Dong Ce behind King Xian.

This is also Dong Ce knows how to hide himself, don't look at him is taller than King Xian, he is younger and more handsome, but King Xian's light is too strong, he can overpower everything here, and also wrap him as a little person.

But he still couldn't escape the eyes of several people, including Yu Long, who was investigating him, and a young man in a black robe! (To be continued.) )