Chapter 162: Persuasion, Employing the City

What does it mean to change the name of the year but not the name of the country? The crowd looked at each other in silence.

Xie Mingyu, who had been sitting next to him and listening, asked, "The prince has no plans to ascend the throne?" ”

Meng Yuanheng smiled and said, "Ascend the throne? In such a small area in the northwest, how can this king be embarrassed to ascend the throne, even if this king wants to open the country, he can't be so shabby, where is the palace? Where is the Imperial City? Besides, the cost of the enthronement ceremony is not small, and now that the vitality of the northwest has not recovered, everyone will save a little. ”

If he casually occupies a small city and becomes the emperor, what is the difference between him Meng Yuanheng and those fools who dream of becoming emperors? Since the northwest is already under his jurisdiction, he said that the king is the king, and he said that the emperor is the emperor, so why cling to the fame!

So, the day after King Xuan's wedding, King Xuan's mansion was announced to the world again. Changed Jingzhou City to Mocheng, changed the year name to Xuanhe, based on Mocheng, Xuanwang Meng Yuanheng officially took charge of a total of five states and eighteen cities outside Zhengyang Pass in the northwest. Since then, with Zhengyangguan as the boundary, the northwest land no longer belongs to the territory of Dasheng.

The news of the Xuanwang Mansion announcing its official break with the Dasheng Imperial Court spread like the wind and sand raging in the northwest, and spread to the north and south of the river, and spread throughout the world in a very short period of time. When it reached the ears of Shengjing Meng Tianjue, basically everyone in the world already knew about it.

And the strong reaction caused by this news was absolutely unexpected by Meng Tianjue. Not only the people of Dasheng and the literati criticized the imperial court, but even the princes who were divided into various places began to show signs of imminent action, since King Xuan could rebel and stand on his own, then they might be able to ...... Not to mention the fact that neighboring countries have mobilized troops and horses to reset the distribution of troops, and provocations and frictions on the border are becoming more and more frequent. The people of Dasheng were the first to realize what it meant to them after losing the Meng army's garrison.

Meng Tianjue simply didn't have time to think about what to do or to refuge it, because he had to deal with countless civil and military officials of the imperial court and questions from Dasheng's literati and students every day. What is hateful is that the facts given by the northwest side are conclusively evidenced, well-organized and without the slightest flaw, and no matter how he defends it, it seems that he is trying to cover it up.

Xuan Wangfu and Meng Jiajun have always been heroes in the minds of the people of Dasheng, and it is an indelible fact that they have died on the battlefield for a hundred years, and the Xie family Bishan Academy has been teaching and educating people for a hundred years, and the peach and plum are all over the world, and how many pillars of talent have been sent to the country, but the royal family's thoughts and methods to deal with these meritorious people are simply outrageous, which makes the people of Li and the literati how can they not be chilled?

The people of Dasheng were immersed in the anger of being deceived by the emperor and the worry of losing the Meng army to guard the frontier, and they forgot to condemn the treasonous act of Xuanwangfu to break away from Dasheng and stand on his own.

"What a demarcation and rule! What a grace to break off! Meng Yuanheng...... You're damned! In the imperial study, Meng Tianjue smashed the furnishings in the room like crazy, and roared angrily: "Ning Hou, I order you to lead an army of 500,000 and immediately set off to the northwest to defeat Meng Yuanheng!" ”

He was already carried away by anger, he just wanted Meng Yuanheng to die immediately, and then kill the Xuan Wangfu and the Meng family army in order to vent the hatred in his heart.

Ning Hou, who was standing in the corner in order not to be hit by Meng Tianjue, glanced at each other with Lord Lu Hengshan, the first assistant who was standing beside him, and when they saw Meng Tianjue's crazy appearance, both of them frowned and looked solemn.

Ning Hou was about to open his mouth to respond, but was stopped by Lu Hengshan with his eyes. Lu Hengshan hesitated for a moment and admonished: "Your Majesty, now that the people in the country are uncertain, and the surrounding countries are eyeing the border, their attitudes are unclear, and they are ...... Meng Yuanheng sent 200,000 elite Mengjia troops stationed at Zhengyang Pass, and the total strength of Mengjia troops in the northwest exceeded 400,000. Please also ask the emperor to think twice. ”

"Lord Lu, you also said that Meng Yuanheng only has 400,000 soldiers and horses, but I have an army of one million, can't I beat him with only 400,000 people?" Meng Tianyu gritted his teeth and roared.

Lu Hengshan and Ning Hou were silent. But their meaning is obvious, Your Majesty, aren't you talking nonsense, if you can beat it, will the two of us risk our lives here to advise you?

Although Dasheng has a national army of one million, which can be said to be several times that of Xuanwangfu, there are few generals who can really compete with the Meng family's army. Chu Pingchuan and Cao Xun are the best among the veterans, but unfortunately they are both stationed at the border pass, and among the young generals, only Chu Pingchuan's righteous son Feng Ze is a material that can be made, but unfortunately he also invited himself to the border pass a few days ago. And now the border of Dasheng is extremely unpeaceful, and good generals are indispensable. Therefore, if Meng Tianjue decides to send troops immediately, I am afraid that only Ning Hou will be able to take on this great task.

But the question is, is it worth it? In order to sweep the northwest, it is possible to lose the entire country. In Lu Hengshan's opinion, this is not worth it anyway.

In fact, Meng Tianyu didn't understand this truth. It was precisely because he understood the disparity in strength between him and Meng Yuanheng that he was even more angry.

"Get out! Get out of here! Meng Tianjue's face was full of gloom, and while roaring angrily, he grabbed an inkstone on the desk and threw it at the two of them.

The inkstone flew straight to Lu Hengshan, Ning Hou quickly stepped forward and pulled Lu Hengshan, and the inkstone just smashed on the back of Ning Hou's hand, and suddenly the back of his hand was smashed open, and blood flowed straight down.

"Ning Hou, ...... you" Without waiting for Lu Hengshan to finish asking, Ning Hou shook his head and forcibly pulled him out of the imperial study with pain.

Out of the room, standing on the empty steps, the two looked at each other, and both sighed heavily.

And Meng Tianjue in the imperial study didn't take the matter of smashing Ning Hou to heart at all.

"Someone!" Meng Tianyu gave a brief order, and his narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes shone with a dark and vicious light.

Immediately, a black figure entered, knelt in front of the desk, and listened silently to his instructions.

"Inform the Master of the Shadowless Sect and ask him to enter the palace immediately to see me!"

Just when Dasheng and Sheng Jing were in chaos by the announcement of the Xuan Palace, Mocheng, far away in the northwest, was full of joy.

The name of the city was changed and the name of the year was changed, indicating that this place would be under the jurisdiction of King Xuan's Mansion from now on. Compared with those people in the southwest and northeast borders who frequently fought due to the lack of the protection of the Meng family's army, the people in the northwest felt that their happiness index had soared instantly.

At least they can stay away from the war and live and work in peace and contentment under the protection of the Meng family's army.

And the name of "Mocheng" also makes the world fully feel the deep meaning of King Xuan's affection for Princess Xuan. Although they still use the word "Mo" in the name of the city, instead of the word "Mo" in the princess's name, they are puzzled. However, the prince must have his intentions in doing this, anyway, everyone in the world knows that this strange city is the dowry gift that King Xuan used to give to Princess Xuan.

Otherwise, why did King Xuan choose to announce his official break with Dasheng when he married Princess Xuan, and changed the name of the city and the year name, it is obviously the meaning of taking the city as the employment!

In King Xuan's Mansion, Baili Xiao also scratched his head, and asked Shen Qianmo puzzled: "Brother Xie, why does the prince use the word "Mo" instead of the word "Mo" in your name, what is the deep meaning in it?" Could it be...... The prince still hasn't figured out how your maiden name is written, right? ”

In the last sentence, he asked very lightly, obviously cautiously. After asking, he glanced around, for fear that Meng Yuanheng would appear at any time.

Fortunately, in this courtyard, except for Shen Qianmo, there is only Ye Qinglan, who is wholeheartedly taming the fire, and there is no one else.

Shen Qianmo leaned leisurely on the soft chair in the courtyard, stroking the blue-eyed spirit fox that was lying in her arms and was used as a stove, seeing Baili Xiao's curious and thirsty look, she said funny: "Why don't you wait for the prince to come back from his tour of Yunzhou, and you can ask him yourself?" ”

Baili's smiling face collapsed. Is he impatient enough to dare to ask the prince this kind of question!

But he was really curious, why did the prince use this "Mo" instead of that "Mo"?

There is also a pavilion in the main garden of the front yard of the palace with a unique shape and a quiet environment, and the prince personally named it "Qianmo Pavilion" that day.

Could it be that Brother Xie's real name is not actually called "Qianmo", but the word "Qianmo"?

When Bailixiao was puzzled, the fire in the iron cage suddenly let out a sharp roar, which frightened Bailixiao and jumped up from the stone bench.

The blue-eyed spirit fox in Shen Qianmo's arms immediately opened his eyes, jumped in front of the fire fox a few times, and also sent out a demonstrative Qingyue chirp at it.

The two little beasts glared angrily, and their swords rattled.

Ye Qinglan and Shen Qianmo glanced at each other, and a little helplessness appeared on Qingli's face.

Shen Qianmo smiled lightly: "Qinglan, you don't have to be anxious, this fire is already extremely difficult to tame, according to my opinion, after you have tamed it in the past few days, it has become a lot more docile, otherwise it would not have been quiet for a long time just now." By the way, why don't you choose a name for it, so that you can call it in the future. ”

Ye Qinglan pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Just call it Red Flame." ”

Red Flame? Shen Qianmo raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's quite worthy of it, isn't it just a red flame." ”

Baili smiled and looked at the extremely ugly-looking beast in the cage with a disgusted expression, and then looked at the two women in front of him who were also smiling like flowers, and his face shook slightly.

Recently, people here have become addicted to names? He even named this ugly and vicious beast, and the name was still like this...... Elegant.

Could it be that Senior Sister Qinglan wants to keep this vicious beast that always scares him as a pet? Suddenly, he felt that his eyes were dark.

Just when he was depressed, a black figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and fell silently in the courtyard, startling him coldly.

Baili laughed and cursed. Why do the people of this Xuan Wangfu always like to be scary so much?

The person who came was dressed in black, with cold facial features and an expressionless face, it was He Qing, the secret guard who had been ordered to protect Shen Qianmo.

He Qing reported to Shen Qianmo: "Princess, Taishou Qiao Yuan sent someone to report that the concubine of Nan Chenguo suddenly died in the courtyard in the city this morning. ”