In October of the second year of Yong'an, the Great Moon Kingdom had another disaster.

The barren mountainous terrain of the Great Moon Kingdom made it impossible for the Great Moon Kingdom to guarantee the basic living conditions of its subjects. Lack of clothing, but still can wear animal skins. But the increasingly scarce grain could not ensure that the people of the Great Moon Country survived the four months of heavy snowfall. Therefore, every autumn, the army of the Great Moon Kingdom will turn into hungry beasts, go to the border of Dashun to burn, kill and rob, and do all kinds of evil.

After Princess Chaoran married to the Great Moon Kingdom, she once implemented the wheat planting method in the Great Moon Kingdom. Although the mountains were barren and yielded little harvest, they won the love and respect of the emperor and the people of the Great Moon Kingdom, so for eighteen years, the Great Moon Kingdom did not have major conflicts with the Great Shun Border Pass.

In the eighteenth year of Yonghe, Princess Siran married Dayue Kingdom, and the new Emperor Dayue thought that she would be a virtuous queen who could help Emperor Dayue live for a long time like Princess Chaoran, but he didn't want Princess Siran to be inferior to Princess Chaoran in terms of appearance and knowledge.

Otsuki is a hungry wolf, no matter how you feed it, you can't feed it.

In this case, no matter how many beautiful princesses Dashun and his relatives marry, they will not be able to ease the relationship between the two countries. Unless, Dashun provides sufficient food aid to the Great Moon Country every year.

Only the defeated country will pay tribute to the victorious country, and although Dashun has shown weakness again and again, it is not a defeated country. No one dared to mention this kind of proposal to be three points lower than the ministers.

In the twenty-second year of Yonghe, Ge Zhongqiu, the former right Shangshu, proposed to open trade with the Great Moon Kingdom. Although the land of Otsuki Country is barren, it is a good place to produce medicinal herbs and animal skins. As long as a reasonable price is set and let it trade grain with Dashun, it is not a good way to resolve the conflict between the two countries. It's a pity that before this law was implemented, Emperor Yong'an took power in advance, and the officials responsible for implementing this proposal are now also killing and killing, dismissal of officials, and exile of exile, and no one dares to mention this policy.

There is no situation in the Jinluan Palace when Emperor Yonghe was in power, and the two parties argued. The ministers could not hear a single feasible suggestion except for such perfunctory remarks as 'the emperor is sage', 'what the emperor said is extremely true', and 'the emperor's plan is feasible'.

There were endless arguments in the outer courts, but there was a rare calm in the harem. First, Queen Lin, Chun Meiren, and Xinmei have been pregnant one after another, so that the concubines have their eyes on their belly, just looking forward to the day when the emperor will bless them, and they can live in their stomachs as the heirs. The second is that none of the four princesses living in the harem have anything to do with them.

The seventh princess is now seventeen years old, but Emperor Yong'an did not choose a good family among the courtiers to marry her, and her intention is clear at a glance. Therefore, when there is a little movement in the outer court, she is like a frightened bird, panicking all day long.

The Seventh Princess once wrote a letter to Concubine De, who was far away in the Huicheng Palace, and wanted to live in the Huicheng Palace and serve the Emperor Taishang. What can the concubine do, the emperor will only eat, drink and have fun all day long in the palace of the city, and he doesn't care whether the princesses left in the imperial city are dead or alive.

The eighth princess was married as early as the reign of Emperor Yonghe, although Yong'an did not marry in the second year and after the reign, but it could not be delayed in Yong'an for three years, it was just a matter of time. Therefore, the eighth princess put her heart firmly in her stomach, and she was the most comfortable one.

Princess Allure only hopes that the border battle will be more intense, so that she can take this opportunity to escape from the palace and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. It is precisely because of this that Lingxi has not left the palace, she is waiting to go with Princess Allure.

The ninth princess is eleven years old this year, and she follows the temperament of a pure concubine. He was cautious and quiet, as if there was no princess in the palace.

In November of the second year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an issued an order to summon King Rui, who was far away in Chixue Mountain, to return to Beijing to report on his work.

At the family banquet of the palace in the twenty-ninth year, Lingxi attended with the talented people, and saw the high-spirited Rui Wang Li Chenfeng from afar.

After a year at the border, King Rui's originally handsome appearance became more resolute, and his bright eyes revealed a bit of the domineering spirit of an iron-blooded man. At this time, King Rui is no longer the eighteenth year of Yonghe, the idle prince in the Yongshou Palace who likes to watch the palace maids fight and play.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe is not in the palace, and King Rui has no reason to come to the harem to see Princess Allure. It was inconvenient for Princess Allure to attend the family banquet in the palace, so Lingxi became the one who talked between King Rui and Princess Allure.

Halfway through the family banquet in the palace, Lingxi and the talented people greeted each other and left the table in advance, and after less than half a cup of tea, King Rui said that he was drunk and left the table. The concubines of the first palace all handed their eyes to Emperor Yong'an and Empress Zhu, who were sitting on the main throne, and only the emperor's eldest son, Li Lingyun, followed the backs of the two with a deep gaze, and his right hand was slightly forced, crushing a glass cup.

"What did the imperial brother see, why are you so excited?" Li Lingfeng sat under Li Lingyun and watched Li Lingyun's every move in his eyes.

Li Lingyun took the soft handkerchief handed over by the eunuch behind him, wiped the wine on his hand, and replied with a smile, "I was just looking at King Rui, so the strength in my hand is greater." ”

Li Lingfeng didn't expect Li Lingyun to speak so frankly, and he couldn't continue for a while. I had to raise the wine cup to Li Lingyun, "Brother Huang respects Brother Huang with a glass!" ”

Li Lingyun picked up the newly replaced glass cup, touched it on Li Lingfeng's wine cup, and made a light crisp sound.

A glass of liquor entered his throat, and Li Lingyun's heart was filled with bitterness.

After Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager left the palace, Li Lingyun looked for Lingxi again. As long as Ling Xi is willing, he will immediately take her into his big prince's mansion outside the palace. Even if the difference in status can't ask her to be named the main room, he will definitely not be able to treat her badly.

But Lingxi refused, Lingxi always told Li Lingyun that she had the life she wanted, and the life she wanted was something that Li Lingyun couldn't give.

Li Lingyun could accept this, after all, he was used to Lingxi's stubbornness. As long as Lingxi is still in his sight, he believes that Lingxi will one day be able to figure it out.

Lingxi and Rui Wang's actions of leaving the table one after another stabbed Li Lingyun fiercely.

What kind of woman does he Li Lingyun want, but he can't enter the eyes of a little palace maid alone! Li Lingyun found that in addition to the bitterness in his heart, he also derived a kind of hatred, which had nothing to do with Lingxi, but was against King Rui.

As the eldest son of the emperor, how can he not be as good as a prince who has been guarding the border for many years and cannot return to the dynasty without the emperor's order?

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King Rui returned to the dynasty and caused ripples above the court.

On the fifth day of the second month of the third year of Yong'an, King Rui once again proposed the border trade that the ministers avoided in the court.

King Rui stood on the court and pointed to the border between the Great Moon Kingdom and the Great Shun Dynasty on the map, "My Dashun and the Great Moon border on the plain, except for the big moon every autumn to violate my border pass, the people of the two countries come and go normally. In the small town near the border pass, there are grain points set up by private merchants, the purpose of which is to exchange for the best medicinal materials and high-quality animal skins that are in short supply in Dashun. Although Dayue is barbaric, he does not move these private businessmen when he violates my border, and the two parties sit down and agree when they trade. All these phenomena show that as long as the price of the government and the Great Moon Kingdom is reasonable, it will definitely calm our side. ”

Emperor Yong'an sat on top of the Jinluan Palace, and shook his head faintly after hearing this.

Immediately, a minister stepped forward and denied, "This plan sounds feasible, but it is not a long-term solution. If the Great Moon Kingdom tastes the sweetness, lowers the price of grain every year, or owes grain on credit, wouldn't it be our Great Shun in disguise to be a vassal to the Great Moon Kingdom? ”

King Rui's sword eyebrows were firm, and his eyes glared angrily, "Ridiculous! I am dignified, I want soldiers and soldiers, and I want generals to have generals, how can I surrender to a small big moon? ”

The minister said, "Sending grain to the territory of the enemy country, isn't it submission?" ”

King Rui gritted his teeth, turned back to Emperor Yong'an and said, "Although the land of Dayue is barren, it has a geographical advantage. If we were to send troops to attack, we would only lose 1,000 enemies and wound 800. In the long run, it was not good for the country, so it was better to use this trade as a delaying tactic and consider it in the long run. ”

"It's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish," Zhu Xian, the national battle, said lightly, "If you want to have long-term peace and stability at the border, you must have enough food in the Great Moon Country." Rui Wang's proposal is indeed a solution, but it has drawbacks. In addition to the arrears of grain payments and wanton price reductions mentioned by Master Li, we must also count the grain production in our Dashun. If the wind and rain are smooth, it will be sold to the Great Moon Country, but if it is a disaster in the right year, how can we still have spare food? Zhu Xian bowed his hand to Emperor Yong'an and said, "In the opinion of Weichen, it is better to choose good people who grow grain among the people, especially those who can grow grain in the mountains." Then hand it over to the Great Moon Country and let them be self-sufficient. As long as there is no more famine in Otsuki, the border between the two countries will be peaceful......"

"This plan doesn't work!" Without waiting for Zhu Xian's words to finish, King Rui loudly denied, "That's releasing mountains and raising tigers!" The main purpose of making a deal with Da Yue is to choke the throat of Da Yue Guo in our hands, if they are willing to obediently comply, then they will supply pig iron and horses every year, if they don't, is it really that I Dashun million male lions are vegetarian?! ”

"Pig iron and horses, you say?" Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Yong'an, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly asked.

King Rui raised his eyebrows, a conceited smile on the corner of his mouth, "That's right, pig iron and horses. The land of Dayue is barren, but there are rare iron mines in Dashun. The horses of the Great Moon Country are even better. ”

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Moon Kingdom occupied these two important strategic resources, Emperor Yonghe would not have many scruples during his reign and repeatedly retreated.

There was a sudden silence in the Jinluan Palace, and all the ministers in the column knew the importance of these two things. Where there is iron, there are fine weapons, and where there are horses, they can form a disgraceful cavalry.

"Otsuki Country, Ken?"

"Then the emperor will send someone who can speak well to talk." King Rui arched his hand and said, "The Great Moon Country is sparsely populated, and it will ...... in thirty or fifty years."

At the beginning of March of the third year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an sent envoys to Dayue Kingdom to discuss the trade between the two countries mentioned by King Rui.

In March of the third year of Yong'an, Empress Zhu, that is, Xinmeiren, gave birth to the fourth princess and gave birth to the fifth daughter of Emperor Yong'an. The fetus in the womb of Chun Meiren did not fall much at the age of five months, and Xiaoyue was a prince who had already been formed.

Empress Zhu gave birth to a princess, and although Emperor Yong'an rewarded him lavishly, he was very unhappy in his heart. He only has two sons, the emperor's eldest son Li Lingyun and the second prince Li Lingfeng, compared to the fourteen princes of Emperor Yonghe, very few!

In April of the third year of Yong'an, the talented person was pregnant. For a while, the eyes of all the concubines in the harem were fixed on the lower abdomen of the talented person, and they guessed in their hearts whether this was a prince or a princess, or whether this dragon grace could stay in her womb for a few months.