At this time, the envoy of the Moguo State suddenly spoke again: "Your Majesty the Great Xia Emperor, since this is a competition, can we use some things as bargaining chips as a reward?" ”

The hearts of all the ministers present were slightly condensed, they knew that the envoys of the Moguo Kingdom were about to reveal their true colors when they came to Great Xia.

Emperor Xia nodded and said: "That's natural, since it's a competition, the winner should naturally have some rewards, so let's use a thousand taels of gold and a hundred brocade horses as a reward, whoever can become the winner can receive the reward, what do the envoys of the Desert Country think?" ”

One thousand taels of gold is ten thousand taels of silver, which is enough for a normal people's family to live in peace for a lifetime, and this is just a simple literary test, which is enough to see that Emperor Xia attaches great importance to it.

The ministers also looked at the envoys of the desert country.

However, the envoy of the Moguo did not seem to be very satisfied, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, such a reward will inevitably make people feel that Daxia is too stingy, I have long heard that Daxia has a vast territory and rich products, and my Mobei land is barren, although there are pastures and horses, but there is a great lack of iron weapons!" ”

"This time I came to Great Xia, I was also entrusted by the Great Khan, firstly, to see the talents of the Xia Kingdom, and secondly, I hope that the Xia Emperor can open the border and communicate with my Desert Country, my Desert Country has good horses, and Great Xia has fine iron, can't we trade with each other?"

Hearing the words of the envoys of the Moguo Kingdom, before the courtiers in the main hall could speak, several generals raised opposing opinions.

"No, Your Majesty, the weapons refined by my Great Xia Refined Iron are the most advanced among the Seven Kingdoms, and this is also the foundation for our Great Xia to be based in the Seven Kingdoms without being invaded by other countries, and we must not trade with the Desert Country!" Zhaowu General Zhou Yi suddenly said eagerly.

"Yes, iron trading is absolutely impossible, please think twice about Your Majesty!" The rest of the generals who followed behind Zhou Yi also spoke one after another.

Without waiting for the words of several generals to fall, Cao Shichun, a member of the Cabinet University, said: "Your Majesty, although General Zhou Yi's words are reasonable, after all, he has not taken a long-term view!" ”

"Oh?" Emperor Xia tilted his head to look at Cao Shichun.

"What is Cao Aiqing's opinion?" Emperor Xia asked.

Cao Shichun opened his mouth and said: "The desert country is located in the north of the desert, the grassland is vast, rich in cattle and sheep, although the product is barren, but the number and physique of its good horses, but far beyond the reach of my Great Xia horses, once my Great Xia can open the border, let the merchants of the two countries communicate. ”

"The merchants of Great Xia can bring the jewelry, porcelain, silk and special products of our dynasty, and then exchange them for the good horses, cattle and sheep of the Moguo country, as for the iron tools mentioned by General Zhou Yi, as long as the process of making this fine iron is still in our hands, what about selling some iron tools to the Mo country?"

After speaking, Cao Shichun didn't look at Zhou Yi Tieqing's face, and after bowing to Emperor Xia, he turned around and returned to his position.

After Emperor Xia heard Cao Shichun's opinion, he also bowed slightly.

Zhou Yi stood aside with a pale face, he was just a rough man in the end, it was okay to march and fight, and it was still far from a war with an old fox like a cabinet scholar who had been floating in the court for decades.

At this moment, Cao Zhengchun walked in from outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, came to Emperor Xia's side, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, all the princes and princes are already waiting outside the palace!" ”

Emperor Xia raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just right to come, let them all come in!" ”

Cao Zhengchun walked out of the palace door quickly, and said loudly: "Princes, princes, please enter the palace!" ”

With the sound of footsteps, Xu Qingan and other princes walked in.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!"

After entering the hall, Xu Qing'an glanced at the middle-aged man sitting on the top dragon chair, this is his cheap father, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, his face is majestic, his eyes are shining, and he is fascinating.

"This is the Ninety-Five, sure enough, the emperor is very powerful!" Xu Qingan sighed secretly in his heart.

This is the person who stands at the pinnacle of power in Great Xia, and a single word can determine life and death.

Now that the crown prince has not been established, it is possible that the nine princes may become princes.

Don't look at the fact that the nine brothers are still in harmony now, it's because the succession has not really begun.

Why haven't the six princes who have reached adulthood yet gone to the fiefdom?

This is the will of Emperor Xia, if the king is not fiefdom, he is like raising Gu, as soon as he takes the heir, the nine kings begin to fight for life and death.

This is something that Xu Qingan can't avoid, and he can't avoid it, in his previous life, he saw the failure of so many princes of dynasties in history, and almost none of them could die well.

Either they were driven to barren fiefdoms, or they were directly executed by the new emperor for various crimes.

Since ancient times, it has been the most ruthless emperor!

Can Emperor Xia not know the consequences of taking the heir? Know!

Now that he knows, he still has to do it, it is nothing more than a purpose, to choose the best heir for this Great Xia Empire!

In the eyes of Emperor Xia, the life of the prince is important and unimportant, and for Emperor Xia, it is natural that only when he becomes the emperor's son, life is important.

Xu Qingan looked at the Xia Emperor in front of him, and only felt a cold rush to his head.

"Let's all be flat!" Xia Huang's eyes calmly glanced at his nine sons and said.

"Thank you, Father!"

After Xu Qing'an got up, he saw the four exotic people in strange costumes standing in the center of the main hall, thinking that they were the so-called Moguo people.

Emperor Xia said: "These four are envoys from the Desert Country, and they want to see the literati style of my Great Xia, so you all have a good look!" ”

The eldest prince, Xu Ran, who is now named King Duan, said: "Since I want to see the demeanor of my Great Xia literati, is it possible to compete among the ministers of my court?" ”

"Isn't this kind of competition restricting the performance of my literati, my father and son-in-law suggest that today's competition might as well be postponed to three days later, and my father will issue an order to recruit talented people in Chang'an City, and then my Daxia and Moguo envoys will each give two questions to answer, so that it can be considered fair!"

As soon as Duanwang Xu Ran said this, he immediately got the consent of the ministers.

Emperor Xia looked at the envoy of the Desert Kingdom and said: "Envoy of the Desert Kingdom, it is better to follow the suggestion of my son King Duan, so that it also shows that I have a mind that is inclusive of all rivers in the Great Xia!" ”

The envoy of the Moguo country smiled lightly and said, "We naturally have no opinion, but His Majesty the Emperor has agreed to my country's request?" ”

Emperor Xia nodded and said, "As Cao Aiqing said, the trade between Moguo and Great Xia seems to be beneficial to both of us, so I naturally agree!" ”

The envoy of the Moguo State suddenly smiled, and then bowed to Emperor Xia and said, "Then I will wait for three days to compete with the talented people of your country!" ”

Seeing the departure of the envoys of Moguo, Xu Qingan also frowned a little.

Trade between the two countries? No matter how you look at it, it's weird.

At this time, Emperor Xia opened his mouth and said, "Passing the decree, this time with the Mo Kingdom's literary test martial arts, its Chinese test will be handed over to Lord Shoufu, and the martial arts fight will be handed over to General Zhou Yi!" ”

Yang Wenjing, the first assistant of the cabinet, and General Zhou Yi, who were standing below, came out at the same time and said to Emperor Xia: "Accept the order!" ”