Shi Duyun had never doubted the national policy he had set, and he had full confidence in it. At the same time, he wanted his subjects to have the same confidence as he was.

Shi Weiyun feels that unity and trust are important factors in whether a country can be invincible. Shi Duyun had long been dissatisfied with the laissez-faire attitude taken by his father and his grandfather in the dispute between the three clans.

Shi Duyun's father, the 34th King Yun and the 16th Prime Minister Shi Dui Luoxue is a very authoritarian person, and Shi Duyun is very similar to his father in this regard, but he doesn't want to admit it.

During the reign of Shi Dui, Shi Dui never took back the orders he gave him, whether they were right or wrong, and Shi Duyun once consulted his father twice about the affairs of the three clans, but he sternly rejected them.

As a result, one was grounded and temporarily lost the position of the king of politics, and the other time was more serious, and he was almost deprived of the inheritance of King Yun.

Because the succession of the Yunlong clan King Yun adopts a merit-based selection system, rather than a son-in-law inheritance system. Therefore, although Shi Duyun is the only son of Shi Dusk Luoxue, he may also be deprived of the inheritance of the throne at any time.

And if he can't ascend to the position of the leader of the Yunlong Clan, he will never be able to become the prime minister of Mandala Shiguo.

Therefore, Shi Duyun can only endure for the time being.

It wasn't until 989, the first year of Shazhou, that his father Shi Duxue fell ill and Shi Duyun ushered in his own era.

As the ruling king, he intervened in the open and secret struggle between the three clans, and began to quietly suppress the continued expansion of the civil power of the two clans.

After ascending to the position of prime minister in 1037, the first year of Shazhou, he immediately made the armistice in Annai a national policy.

After his intervention, the dispute between the three clans has indeed subsided a lot.

However, this is only the surface, and the undercurrent is still surging out of sight.

Some things are like springs, you don't care about it, it slowly pops out, and it stops when it comes to the end.

And once you forcibly suppress it and press it all at once, then unless you never let go, otherwise, it will instantly pop out with all its might, and it may reach several times the length of its original one, or even twist together, so that you can no longer press it back to its original appearance.

At this time, Shi Duyun was the one who desperately suppressed the "spring" but did not foresee the future.

The reason why Zhang Ziqing vigorously opposed the national policy was because he was worried that once it was too suppressed, the internal contradictions of the three clans would be intensified, which would not only be unfavorable to Shi Duyun, but also give the enemy country an opportunity to take advantage of.

But Zhang Ziqing didn't use the right method, he should be like Shi Duyun at the beginning, first endure it, and then slowly find a way to admonish.

With Shi Duyun's trust in him, it was not completely impossible for Zhang Ziqing to change Shi Duyun's mind.

But Zhang Ziqing took a more radical approach than Shi Duyun.

Such a direct opposition not only had no effect, but also angered Shi Duyun, disgraced him, and Zhang Ziqing also harmed himself.

Fortunately, Shi Duyun did not forget Ziqing, so he did not take his life.

This should not be what two people of great talent should do, but it is incomprehensible that both of them insist on going their own way.

The first year of Shazhou is 1056

On January 15 of the 19th year of Shi Duyun's succession to the position of prime minister.

ushered in the grandest and most luxurious New Year in the history of the Mandala Stone Kingdom.

Because just three days before the New Year, on the evening of January 12, Shi Duyun's wife, Abe Luo Miao, gave birth to the eldest princess Shi Bu Muxue for him.

As soon as this princess was born, it snowed heavily in the Chiabis Oasis, which had not snowed for more than 4,000 years, and everything turned white overnight.

The humans, elves, and monsters who had never set foot in the royal capital were all so frightened that they forgot to go to the main square of the royal city to celebrate the birth of the eldest princess.

Even Twilight and his ministers were amazed by the snowfall.

I thought that the sudden drop in temperatures and heavy snow would freeze countless crops and livestock to death, and this year's New Year will definitely be a no-brainer.

But after everyone cleared the snow, they found that not only the crops and livestock were intact, but also the ground was full of white frozen crystals.

These frozen crystals are white and shiny, faintly revealing beautiful patterns from the inside, and the patterns revealed by each frozen crystal are different.

After the people collected these unknown frozen crystals, they piled them up in the large square in front of the royal city one by one, waiting for their prime minister to review them.

They believed that the leader of the Yunlong royal clan must know the origin of these frozen crystals and could tell them whether this snow was a blessing or a curse, so they all gathered in the royal city and did not want to leave.

Shi Duyun stood majestically on the high platform of the palace, looking at the people who had crowded the entire city and the frozen crystals piled up like a hill in the central square, and frowned.

He did know where the frozen crystals came from, but ......

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister. ”

A respectful voice came from behind him.

Shi Duyun didn't look back, he could hear who the voice was who it was.

"Ye Yulong, what's the matter?"

The right prime minister, Ye Yulong, is in charge of the affairs of the palace, is cold and strict in dealing with people, and is loyal to Shi Duyun.

His identity is like Shi Duyun's big butler, surrounding Shi Duyun all day long.

To his subordinates, Ye Yulong always had a cold face, and almost all the subordinates in the palace were afraid of him.

But when facing Shi Duyun alone, Ye Yulong is always very gentle, and even smiles often.

Night Feather Long is the twentieth Prince of Yu of Black Feather, the hereditary and honorable nobleman of the Yunlong Clan. Almost every generation of Prince Yu of this clan has served as the chief steward of the palace, Youcheng.

There are a total of eight hereditary honored nobles within the Yunlong clan, in addition to Hei Yu, there are Deva Yao, Long Xiangxiang, Xiangyin, Vishkaru, Jinyaluo, Ashitian, and Mohuraja.

Among them, there are many side branches among several nobles, which will not be repeated here, and will be explained in detail later.

Because of the difference in attitude between the prime minister and his subordinates, Ye Yulong has not been criticized less, and Ye Yulong himself knows this, but he doesn't care at all and doesn't justify.

Now he came to Shi Duyun because the ministers and the people had been waiting for their Prime Minister for a long time, but Shi Duyun had not yet appeared.

They didn't dare to disturb the Prime Minister rashly, so they had to ask Ye Yulong to come and inquire.

Just as Night Feather Long was about to open his mouth to answer Shi Duyun's question, Shi Duyun took the first step to speak:

"Needless to say, now go and tell the people below that I have left the palace and gone to the Great Temple of Ersomso to pray for blessings, and that I am going alone, and no one is allowed to follow me. Let all of them disperse at once, and gather again in front of the palace at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, when I will announce the oracle to all. ”

"Uh......" When Ye Yulong heard this, his whole body froze slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But he held back and replied respectfully: "Yes." Then he bowed and turned away.

After turning around, Ye Yulong's shining black eyes immediately dimmed, revealing a completely different indifference and ruthlessness from just now.