Seeing the expressions of several important ministers, Liu Yan realized that what he said had been heard by them, and hurriedly coughed and said, "I am a little unwell, everyone Aiqing will step aside for the time being, let's discuss it another day." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Obey." All the ministers saluted and prepared to retreat.

"Dedication, Xue Aiqing, you two will stay, I still have a few words to say."

Liu Xianzhi and Xue Boren stopped when they heard Liu Yan say this.

After everyone else retreated, Liu Yan instructed the captain of the attendants, Ji Chongxin, to bring Wu Sicheng in.

It didn't take long for Wu Sicheng, who had been waiting outside for a long time, to be brought in by Ji Chongxin.

Only then did Liu Yan speak: "Xianzhi, Xue Aiqing, Wu Sicheng, and Xiao Ji, I left you here today because you are either experts in the military affairs of my dynasty, or you are related to the events I am going to talk about below." I think I'll have to ask a few of you for your opinions. ”

Seeing this, Liu Xianzhi said: "Brother Chen's look is different, I don't know what it is?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Do you believe in fate? ”

The four of them looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Liu Yan continued: "I didn't believe it before. I thought that as long as I and my ministers governed the country well, it had nothing to do with fate or anything. But today, for the first time, my belief was shaken. Some of you may not know, but Wu Sicheng is the person concerned, he knows, when I was still the prince, I once sneaked out of Chang'an and played around, and it was Xiao Ji's brother Ji Chonghai who was on the side at that time. ”

Wu Sicheng nodded and said: "Weichen naturally remembers that Weichen and His Majesty met in Quanzhou. ”

"Yes, that time." Liu Yan said: "But what you don't know is that before I met you, I also met a Xiangshi. I asked this Xiangshi what his fortune was that day, and the Xiangshi said that I met a noble person on that day, and the hexagram sentenced King Wen to dream of a bear, and the dragon returned to the sea. He also said that his uncle had prophesied that I would meet him that day, and that day would be the first division of heaven and earth, and karma would be everywhere. I didn't understand what it meant. Later, I met a teenager, and the boy revealed my identity, and the catchers at that time all focused their attention on me, and only Wu Sicheng, the kid, thought of chasing the boy. It's a pity that Wu Sicheng's martial arts are too poor, so he was tied up by others and watched the other party slip away. ”

Wu Sicheng's face turned red and said, "Your Majesty, how many years have passed since this, why are you still mentioning this matter." ”

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I have long forgotten about it. It was only after listening to what Xianzhi said today that I remembered that the young man's name was Li Tianhao. ”

Everyone present was taken aback except for Wu Sicheng, and said in unison: "Could it be that Li Tianhao?" ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "I'm sure it's him." Because at that time, he said that he was the heir of a merchant group, and he also revealed that he had customized ten foreign ships in Quanzhou. ”

Liu Xianzhi suddenly realized when he heard this: "I see, no wonder His Majesty's expression changed when the younger brother talked about the outer steamer." ”

"Exactly. On that day, after Li Tianhao escaped, he took a boat and went overseas. On that day, I wondered in my heart what it means for this King Wen Mengxiong to return to the sea, could it be that this kid named Wu Sicheng is my Jiang Ziya? But what does the dragon say about returning to the sea? Only now did I figure it out, although this Wu Sicheng is not my Jiang Ziya, it is not too insulting to the four characters of this Wenwang Mengxiong, but this dragon returning to the sea originally refers to Li Tianhao. Unexpectedly, after he left our country, he really returned to the sea and became the lord of a country. ”

Xue Boren muttered: "If it is really as Your Majesty said, it can match these two sentences." ”

Liu Yan said: "What I'm worried about is not these two sentences, but the other two sentences that the Xiangshi said. Heaven and earth are divided at the beginning, and karma is everywhere. If I am the sky, then this Li Tianhao is the earth, I and he were separated on that day, and then Li Tianhao became the lord of a country, so is it possible that the karma is all over the world means that my dynasty will start a war with this Li Tianhao's Palci and make life miserable? ”

Wu Sicheng lowered his head and muttered: "If you talk about this karma everywhere, since Your Majesty returned to the dynasty, first the battle of Goryeo, and then the battle with Tuqi, if according to Lord Qiu, it is already a disaster of life, and karma is everywhere." ”

Liu Xianzhi nodded and said: "Then from Li Tianhao's point of view, he destroyed Yaji and defeated Arubania, and this war can be regarded as burning all over the west." Moreover, Paz has just experienced civil strife, Tibet has only completed the unification, and Sindra has also had a brotherly infighting, and the whole land in the past few years is really not a peaceful season. ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "That's right, but if all this is just the beginning, then this karmic fire that burns all over the earth is inevitably too terrifying." So one thing I'm worried about is that if we use the country's fleet to compete with the Li family merchants for the dominance of maritime trade, will it intensify this conflict, and thus make the situation closer to what the prophecy says? ”

Liu Xianzhi thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, my brother thinks that even if Your Majesty has this worry, he can't sit back and watch the Li family's business group continue to expand. Not to mention whether the prophecy of this charlatan is true or false, even if it is true, we can't do nothing. There are three reasons for this. First, if we don't, it will be more difficult to solve the economic problems of our country. Second, if the power of the Li family business group is not contained, then it will probably become more difficult to contain it in the future; Third, if that Xiangshi unfortunately said that it is really possible for our DPRK to start a war with this Li Tianhao, then the scale of this war is very likely to be an unprecedented war, and the basis for supporting a big war must be strong economic and military capabilities. If war is unavoidable, then we should at least try to create the conditions for victory in this war, so it is imperative to fight for the right to trade at sea and earn more lucrative economic benefits. ”

"Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yan really intends to fight this battle?" Xue Boren looked at Liu Xianzhi suspiciously and asked.

Liu Xianzhi looked back at Xue Boren, and suddenly smiled: "It's still Lord Xue's old plan." Of course, Xiao Wang doesn't want to fight this battle with Li Tianhao, so we need to start a war of maritime trade with him first, let him know that no one has good fruits to eat in a war, and let him not act rashly. ”