He Wangfu began to prepare for the distant marriage of the big county lord.

Qiu Xun also came to King He's Mansion to visit the big county lord, and the big county lord never smiled since he knew that he was going to Mengguo to marry and marry.

Qiu Xun couldn't help but blame herself a little when she saw the sadness on the big county lord's face, but she knew that even if she didn't break up the marriage between the big county lord and Shu'er, the big county lord would not be happy, Shu'er loved Ji'er so much, even if she became close to the big county lord, Shu'er couldn't give the big county lord anything. She's just as upset.

Qiu Xun said in his heart, Lord Dajun, you can't blame me. If you want to blame, you can only blame your father and mother for always wanting to use your marriage to fight for power, and as their daughter, you can only accept your fate.

On an auspicious day, the lord of the palace of Hewang immediately married and married.

The emperor and queen, and King Qiong's mansion all came to see them off.

The lord of King Qiong's mansion, dressed in a wedding dress, had an expressionless face. After saying goodbye to her parents and getting into the carriage to welcome her relatives, the eldest princess looked at her daughter who got into the carriage with tears in her eyes.

The welcoming procession of Mongolia was mighty, and General Shu'er led the team to send off relatives closely behind.

"The lord of the county can be regarded as a decent marriage," Qiu Xun said to King Qiong beside him, "I hope she takes care of herself well,"

King Qiong looked at Qiu Xun, and said in his heart that everyone is looking forward to your death soon, and you are still here to care about other people's daughters to be well, King Qiong is secretly glad in his heart that he can marry such a good-hearted and smart princess. It's really a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes.

Not long after, King He's Mansion received a gift from the Emperor of Mongolia to King He and the princess, with a letter attached.

The eldest princess and the little princess excitedly opened the gifts they received and looked at them, and King He came to his study with the letter and closed the door. The epistle was opened.

At the beginning of the letter, there are many greetings, and only one sentence in the middle says, asking the king to reduce the heavy garrison of the northern frontier. When I conquer the northern frontier, I will definitely help you complete the great cause of social engineering.

After reading the letter, King He burned the letter with a candle, and the burning fire shone on his hideous face.

In the early dynasties, King He admonished, but now there is continuous civil strife, the remnants of the rebel army are still active in various places, and some other scattered organizations are also constantly uncovering uprisings, seriously threatening the safety of the imperial court.

Now in northern Xinjiang, the county lord is harmonious, and the northern Xinjiang is peaceful, and there is no need for heavy troops, so some officers and soldiers can be withdrawn and scattered everywhere to help the local prefect calm down the civil strife.

King Qiong was resolutely opposed when he heard this, and the Mongolian country in the northern Xinjiang was ambitious, and it had been constantly violating the weak and small countries on the border, causing wars everywhere, and it was only because of our strong defense in the northern Xinjiang that they had no way to start, so the troops in the northern Xinjiang could not be withdrawn.

The two princes are at loggerheads, and the ministers are also divided into two factions. Some support King He, and some approve of King Qiong.

So that the emperor doesn't know who to listen to.

"Now that civil strife is raging and northern Xinjiang is calming," He Wang Zhenzhen said eloquently, "King Qiong's refusal to withdraw from the heavy troops in northern Xinjiang is not to leave a foundation for himself?" ”

"King He, don't make something out of nothing, how many times have my King Qiong pacified the war in northern Xinjiang, which time was not born and died, serving the court, and when to establish a foundation for himself." King Qiong is righteous and stern, "Now the civil strife is because of the drought for many years, the people are hungry, as long as the court reduces miscellaneous taxes and relieves the people, it will reduce the number of people who revolt, and those who want to overthrow the imperial court will not have some remnants of the remnants of the party, there is no need to use heavy troops, and the local officers and soldiers are enough." ”

The emperor had long been impatient and said, "What the two princes said makes sense. Let me think about it again. ”

King Qiong returned to King Qiong's mansion and was so angry that he scolded King He. "Obviously, I want to collude with the Emperor of Mongolia inside and outside, not that I, King Qiong, want to leave a foundation for myself. If I wanted to lay a foundation for myself, I would have established myself as king in the north a few years ago. It takes so many years to fight with him openly and secretly. ”

"King Qiong is angry, it's not worth it to make yourself angry," Qiu Xun persuaded, "The emperor is not stupid, the new emperor of Mongolia is ambitious and wants to dominate the world." The emperor knows this better than anyone else, even if he plays the book, the emperor will not listen to his withdrawal from the northern Xinjiang heavy troops for a while. ”

"What if that faint monarch really listens to King He and withdraws the troops from the northern frontier?" King Joan asked.

"Then let him withdraw," Qiu Xun said, "The emperor is not as stupid as you think." ”

"But if there is a war, the people will suffer," said King Joan.

"Do you think that faint monarch will think about the people," Qiu Xun asked King Qiong rhetorically, "Even if there is no war, the emperor refuses to reduce taxes and rents due to years of drought, and the people have no way to live." ”

"I will hand over the fold tomorrow and ask the emperor to grant permission to reduce or exempt the people's taxes and rents," King Qiong said, "If we don't help the people, the peasants everywhere will revolt, and then the emperor will really listen to King He's withdrawal of heavy troops from northern Xinjiang to quell civil strife, if Northern Xinjiang fails, King He is very likely to collude with the Mongolian emperor inside and outside to usurp the throne." ”

King He thought that once the emperor of Mongolia occupied northern Xinjiang, he would help him build an emperor. He was dreaming. Qiu Xun looked at King Qiong and said, "Then the new emperor of Mengguo ignited the flames of war everywhere in order to dominate the world, how could he help King He build an emperor." Therefore, it is better to give the northern frontier to the Emperor of Mongolia earlier, and the king of He will die faster. ”

"You mean to use the North as bait?" King Joan seemed to understand.

"King He is smart," Qiu Xun said with a smile. "As soon as the northern Xinjiang fails, the emperor of Mongolia will expose his ambitions, and when the time comes, he will turn his face with King He, and the emperor will no longer trust him, and in the end he will lose nothing.

After listening to Qiu Xun's words, King Qiong looked at Qiu Xun carefully, as if he had just met the princess, and said, "Princess, sometimes I ask myself where this strange woman next to me came from. ”

Qiu Xun smiled and said nothing, because she couldn't explain to King Qiong, I came wearing a book.

"Dad, mother" is the county lord and Shu'er are here.

Qiu Xun happily held his daughter's hand, as if he hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Shu'er, you went to the prefects to inspect this time, how is the situation of the prefects in various places?" King Joan asked.

"The remnants of the rebel army in various places have been almost cleaned up, but many farmers can't pay taxes and rents because of the drought, and they have rebelled.

"Well, tomorrow morning, I will be handed another note, and I will beg the emperor to reduce some tax rent," said King Qiong.

For several days, the emperor did not go to court.

The excerpt handed by King Qiong did not see the emperor respond.

The emperor also did not issue a token to withdraw the heavy troops in the northern frontier.

King Qiong thought to himself, it was indeed expected by the princess. The emperor knows better than anyone else that he deliberately does not go to court and hides and pretends to be confused.

The emperor neither wants to reduce taxes and rents, appease the people, nor do he want to withdraw heavy troops from northern Xinjiang.

Well, your emperor is not in a hurry, what am I in a hurry. It's really like what the princess said, if you can't protect you, I, King Qiong, really have to think about it.

He Wang was like an ant on a hot pot, and he was in a hurry. He saw that the emperor did not express his position, and he had no intention of withdrawing his troops, so he decided to give it a try.

It's easy to wait until the emperor is happy, and there is an early dynasty again.

As soon as King He came to the court, he couldn't wait to propose the withdrawal of troops from the northern Xinjiang.

King Qiong was enlightened by the princess, this time he didn't open his mouth, who do you love?

When the emperor saw that King Qiong stopped talking this time, he asked, "King Qiong, don't you have a book to play?" ”

King Qiong said in his heart, I have given you a pile of twists and turns. You really didn't see it, or did you pretend to me?

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that there is no need for heavy troops to quell civil strife, as long as the people are appeased, those chaotic parties that disturb the court will not be able to set off any storms, and the officers and soldiers of the prefects can be pacified." King Joan replied.

"Huh? Externally, do you think the heavy troops in northern Xinjiang should be withdrawn or not? The emperor asked again.

"Your Majesty, you must also strictly defend the outside world, and please ask the emperor to make a clear decision on the number of troops in the northern Xinjiang." King Qiong said in his heart, this time I won't say anything. Anyway, it doesn't matter to me whether Beijiang misses or not.

The emperor also pondered it. It's only been a few days since I went to court, how do I feel that King Qiong has suddenly become smarter. I'm even better at pretending to be confused than I am.

The emperor said in his heart, I pretended to be confused just to let you fight with King He, the greater your differences, the more stable my country will be.

But King Qiong, why are you suddenly pretending to be confused now. The king can't go any longer. After all, this is my country.

The emperor thought of this. said, "My view is that the heavy troops in the northern Xinjiang cannot be withdrawn, and the civil strife will be pacified by General Shu'er, and I believe in General Shu'er's ability." It's easy to deal with those riotous people and thieves. General Shu'er, do you think I'm right? ”

"The emperor sees clearly," Shu'er heard the emperor ask herself, and hurriedly said, "You should serve the imperial court." It's just that the emperor, there are several counties that have been suffering from drought for many years, and the people are hungry, so he implores the emperor to reduce some taxes and rents, appease the people, and reduce civil strife. ”

"The imperial court also needs food, and tax and rent reductions will tolerate treachery, not those who are chaotic and thieves." The emperor obviously did not agree to reduce taxes and rents.

King Joan finally understood. It turns out that the emperor's thoughts are really the same as what Qiu Xun said, and it seems that Qiu Xun has long seen this faint monarch clearly. He was several times more ruthless than the previous emperor.

Shu'er saw that the emperor did not allow him to play the book, and wanted to continue to tell the emperor about the situation of the victims in various places he saw, hoping that the emperor could agree to his tax and rent reduction, but he suddenly saw King Qiong give him a look and signaled him not to say any more, and Shu'er had no choice but to do it. He said, "The minister obeys." ”

Retreat down. Back at King Qiong's mansion, Shu'er asked King Qiong why he didn't let him play the book to the emperor again.

"The emperor is no longer allowed, and you can only provoke the emperor's anger if you play again," King Qiong said. "The harem is extravagant, so he will not consider the suffering of the people."

King Qiong was thinking about Qiu Xun's words, and now he understood why Qiu Xun was unwilling to protect this faint king, and she even hoped that the court would die soon. It's just that she didn't say it.