It's May.

There is only one month left before Starfleet arrives at Resource Star.

May 4th, Jingshi, Imperial Palace.

Midsummer is coming, the imperial garden is full of greenery, the fragrance floats everywhere, occasionally birds and beasts chirp together, elk jumps, koi swaying, like a picture of the spring of the prosperous era.

It's intoxicating.

The return pavilion on the corner of Taihu Lake, surrounded by heavy security, His Majesty Ouyang Shuo, the most honorable emperor of the Great Xia Imperial Dynasty, was talking and laughing with several ministers at the moment, chatting very happily.

Such a scene is really rare.

If the identities of the ministers are placed outside, they are all imperial pillars.

They are the protectors of the birch in southern Xinjiang, the phoenix in South Asia, the siege lion in West Asia, the magnolia moon in Africa, and the jaw in the Americas.

These five people are not only the five protectors of the empire's frontier, but also have a strong and prestigious reputation; They were also once members of the [Shanhai Alliance] and were old acquaintances of His Majesty the Emperor.

The friendship between them has lasted for ten years.

A week ago, the imperial court in Beijing was a member of the third rank and above, six town guards and protectors, one Jiedu envoy, and twenty-two provincial governors of Huaxia District, all received orders to enter Beijing to participate in the court meeting.

In the army, except for the commanders of the eight major theaters and the commanders of the three major fleets, they were also ordered to enter Beijing one by one.

At this juncture, His Majesty summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to Beijing, and everyone knew what kind of great things were going to happen, so no one dared to slack off, and after arranging the work, he hurried into Beijing.

The civil and military ministers of the empire gathered together.

Before the Great Dynasty Meeting, Ouyang Shuo met with a group of important ministers alone, and gave face-to-face lectures to set the tone for the most profound change that was about to take place in Great Xia.

The conversation with the five Shanghu is already the last and most critical one.

In the past few years, not only Ouyang Shuo has already started a family, but also the besieging lion and the siege lion have married wives and had children one by one, and counting a cadre of relatives, around them, they have also faintly formed a prominent family.

They are newcomers to the circle of the imperial elite, but they cannot be ignored.

Once Ouyang Shuo leaves, the attitude of these five people towards the empire will be crucial, and it will be related to whether the empire can maintain its existing huge territory, or even go further.

If they don't cooperate, then things may be a bit more difficult.

In the return pavilion, Ouyang Shuo, who was sitting at the top, put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at the five friends in front of him, and said with some emotion: "Time flies so fast, it's been ten years in a blink of an eye." ”

In the blink of an eye, ten years later, everyone has shed their youth and become old and sophisticated.

What a change!

Bai Hua and the others also nodded with emotion, with a hint of drunkenness on their faces, as if they were recalling the ten years of the game, where there were too many stories.

Sweet and sour, there is no shortage of the same.

Except for specific banquet occasions, in recent years, Ouyang Shuo rarely drinks alcohol, basically drinking tea, but today he made an exception, and he also wanted to talk to a few people thoroughly.

Otherwise, he is not at ease.

"Seeing that the children have grown up, I am also old." Ouyang Shuo's eyes narrowed slightly.

These words are not all polite or tentative, in Ouyang Shuo's eyes, Bing'er is also the "child" he brought up, and he is about to help Bing'er to the top, which is why he has such feelings.

As for Yu'er and Luo'er, they are only five years old this year, and they are at least ten years away from becoming adult directors.

The pillar on the other side listened to it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, how can it be." Such compliments, but they said them very slippery, not abrupt at all.

Even Bai Hua and the others didn't think there was anything.

The years, after all, still drew an invisible line between them, and there was a difference between the upper and lower dignity.

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and asked casually, "In June, I will lead the team to set off for the Hope Star Frontier, what are your plans?" ”

Quiet!

Eerie silence!

At this moment, the air seemed to freeze instantly, suffocating.

Under His Majesty the Emperor's flat tone, there seems to be a thunderous power, even if he is in a high position like the five protectors, he doesn't feel a tremble in his heart, trying to figure out His Majesty's deep meaning.

This is a multiple-choice question, but also a life and death question.

The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden......

A glass of wine releases the military power......

Historical allusions flashed in their minds like lightning.

No wonder they are suspicious, before the imperial court held a big court meeting, there were already faint rumors in the government and the opposition that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to purge and remove obstacles in order to smoothly send the king of Chu to the throne of regent.

Aren't the five of them the biggest obstacle?!

There are also those who are not afraid, such as Bai Hua, who replied directly: "I want to go too." "The expression is firm and the attitude is sincere, obviously not perfunctory, but from the heart.

"Yes, we will all follow Your Majesty."

The siege lion and others expressed their stance one after another, for fear that His Majesty would have some misunderstanding.

Ouyang Shuo just smiled, and he couldn't see any thoughts on his face, "Forget it, you guys, let's stay in the game world first and keep this Great Xia for me." I hope that the matter of the stars will not be needed for the time being. ”

Hearing this, some people quietly breathed a sigh of relief, while others were not convinced.

"I'm going to stick with it." It was Bai Hua who spoke, with a stubborn expression.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed with a hint of warmth, and he said patiently: "This time I went to the Hope Star Pioneering, the number of people should be small rather than large." Compared to the Star of Hope, the game world needs you to guard it more. ”

Establish an outpost, and don't make too much noise.

What outsiders don't know is that after Hope City was destroyed by ferocious beasts, starships hovering in space tracked the fire dragon and the titan through satellites.

The conclusion was that these top-level beasts would not be dispatched easily, and if it weren't for the fact that the scale of Hope City had grown to the point where it threatened the survival of the beast group, they would not have suffered such an unwarranted disaster.

Low-key development is the basic strategy set by Ouyang Shuo.

Of course, the threat is always there, and no matter how low-key it is, it can't shield this shocking crisis.

What should be faced is to be faced after all.

"With you here, I can rest assured." Ouyang Shuo said encouragingly, "You are also Bing'er's eldest brother and eldest sister, and only with your good assistance can Bing'er gain a firm foothold." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your trust!" Piercing and others expressed their positions one by one.

Only Bai Hua still looked stubborn.

When Ouyang Shuo saw it, he sighed in his heart and said, "That's it, I set a deadline." ”

"Just ten years."

"It took us ten years to build a super empire. I hope that you can also assist Bing'er for ten years to manage the five major capital protection areas and make them completely integrated with the center of the empire. ”

"When the Empire no longer needs to set up a metropolitan area, it will be you who will go to the Star of Hope and help me continue to expand my territory on the Star of Hope."

"How?"

Bai Hua and the others glanced at each other and nodded solemnly.

Decade.

A whole new reincarnation.

They may not have imagined that the ten-year covenant made by the six of them at this time would become the cornerstone of the stability and prosperity of the Great Summer, and they would fight against the storms and waves against the empire again and again.

Later historian Tang Pei wrote in "History of Xia": "His Majesty the Emperor's ten-year covenant is more powerful than a glass of wine to release military power, creating a new mode of meritorious disposal." ”

A new page in the history of the empire has begun.

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The next day, the main hall of the palace.

As soon as the day dawned, a cadre of civil and military ministers who were invited to attend the court meeting got up early, bathed and changed clothes, solemnly as if they were going to participate in the ceremony of sacrificing the sky.

In front of the square, the ministers stood together in twos and threes, chatting with each other, waiting for the palace door to open.

"Tingyu, this way."

Jiang Shang, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the initiative to call Zhang Tingyu, vice minister of administration and director of the administration of justice, to his side to speak.

This scene is quite eye-catching.

The court officialdom has a strict hierarchy of order, and officials of different grades rarely live in the same circle. For example, at the moment, the ministers seem to be in twos and threes, and their positions seem to be chaotic, but in fact they are in order.

In addition to the difference between civil and military, on the side of the civil and official group, the six cabinet elders are naturally one group, the rest of the Beijing officials are one group, the six capital protectors are one group, and the provincial governors are another group.

There are also Beijing officials who stand with familiar governors, which is also equivalent status.

Basically, it doesn't jump out of this big frame.

Although Zhang Tingyu is a second-class member, he was called over to talk by the first assistant of the cabinet, which means that it is not ordinary. For a while, many pairs of eyes present looked in the direction of Zhang Tingyu as if they were nonchalant.

Some seem to be chatting, but in fact, the corner of their eyes has been paying attention.

At this particular point in time, any anomaly may contain big information.

As an important minister of the empire, how can he be indifferent.

Some ministers had a hint of thought flashing in their eyes, and they obviously had some guesses.

They thought that in addition to the position of vice minister of administration, Zhang Tingyu also held a position, that is, the prince of Chu. When the regent of the King of Chu was almost certain, Zhang Tingyu's status as a prince naturally rose.

It's natural to be reused.

Thinking of this, some ministers were envious and regretted that they did not get this position in the first place. Having said that, who would have thought at that time that the eldest princess, who was not knowledgeable about the world a few years ago, would leap up and become the successor of the empire.

Although he became the focus, Zhang Tingyu himself was calm, he couldn't see anything abnormal at all, and walked over respectfully, saying hello to the ordinary pavilion elders, neither humble nor arrogant.

Historically, Zhang Tingyu was also a person who once held the cabinet, so how could he have stage fright.

is busy kung fu, the palace door is wide open.

The ministers stopped chatting and walked into the main hall in an orderly manner, waiting for the court meeting to begin.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

After another half an hour, Ouyang Shuo slowly walked into the main hall and stood in front of the dragon chair under the singing and drinking of the female official, wearing a crown on his head and a dragon robe.

Ouyang Bing, the king of Chu, had been following behind Ouyang Shuo, and there was no expression on her face, only a fist caged in her long sleeves, showing her nervousness.

Ouyang Bing knew very well what today's court meeting meant to her.

After entering the main hall, Ouyang Shuo stood on the side of the civil official, and the position was still in front of Jiang Shang.

This is not overstepping.

Although Jiang Shang is the first assistant of the cabinet of Zhengyipin, Ouyang Bing is the king of Chu, the same position as Zhengyipin, and the eldest princess of the royal family, so his status is naturally higher than Jiang Shang.