"Your Highness, do you think that if the war between the Eastern Mu Kingdom and our dynasty stops fighting, who will recover the national strength of the two countries faster? If the fight continues, which side's national strength is regressing? Which side is growing slowly. ”

Xiao Yuzhi thought for a moment and replied: "My dynasty monopolizes the best four states in Kyushu, if we strike the war, it will naturally recover our dynasty's national strength faster, if we continue to fight, although it will have an impact on the growth of our dynasty's national strength, but it will not be able to stop the momentum of the rise of national strength, but on the contrary, Dongmu State has been doing its best to confront our dynasty all these years, and if it continues like you said, it will only end up in the end of defeating the country, but why do they still do this?" ”

Shao Xi sighed and replied: "It should be a last resort, this is just to renew the life of Dongmu Kingdom." If the war is stopped, the recovery of our country's national strength will be several times that of the East Mu State, and it can be said that it has the ability to destroy the country in a few years, and now such a perennial war, although it has overdrawn the national strength, but also successfully slowed down the rising trend of the national strength of our country, at this time, and then contact the surrounding small and medium-sized states to jointly crusade against our country, although we cannot divide our country, but we can make our country suffer from many enemies, and take care of itself, so as to preserve the existence of the East Mu State. It's a pity that this is only to postpone the time for the destruction of the country, and the result will not change. ”

Xiao Yuzhi was extremely excited when he heard this, and seemed to be very interested in it, and even turned the two walnuts in his hand faster.

"What if, I mean what if! If Brother Shao were the emperor or a minister of the Eastern Mu Kingdom, what would you do to solve this matter knowing the situation of your country? ”

Shao Xi glanced at Xiao Yuzhi meaningfully, and said slowly: "If I were the emperor or advisor of the Eastern Mu Kingdom, in addition to exerting pressure by means of war from the outside, I would find a way within the Jingyuan Dynasty. ”

"Something to do inside my court? What can be figured out? ”

"Huh! For example, by taking advantage of the contradictions arising from the internal power struggle, the two sides of the power struggle secretly give some kind of assistance, so that the internal power struggle in our DPRK will cause serious internal friction. You may not be able to defeat a giant, but if you make him sick inside, he will fall down himself, so the more fiercely I fight inward, the safer the Dongmu Kingdom will be, I wonder if Your Highness can agree with me? ”

The implication of Shao Xi's words is already very obvious, that is, you few princes don't toss around, the happier you toss, the happier the enemy is.

Originally, the power struggle within the court was already tense, if the royal children themselves were restless, it would only make the ruling foundation within the Jingyuan Dynasty more precarious, and what the enemy countries wanted to see most was their own internal pinching, and in the process, they only needed to add fuel to the fire, and the cost paid was much lower than the war.

Of course, Xiao Yuzhi knew that Shao Xi's words meant something, but he was a little embarrassed for a while.

If you can't figure out the importance and can't distinguish between inside and outside, people who make wedding dresses for others have always been ridiculed. It would be unwise to cause the country to fall apart in order to compete for the crown prince, so the game of thrones must be played within the rules, and even if you defeat the other party if you don't follow the rules, you can't be the final winner.

"Brother Shao, to put it bluntly, I feel that I have more ability to govern the country than my brother, and I also have more lofty ambitions to level the world, but I don't know why my father gave the crown prince to a nerd who only knows how to read sages all day long, if my Jingyuan Dynasty is handed over to such a person, how can I see hope? Rather than letting an incompetent monarch mislead the country and the people, it is better to rise up and fight, so that my Jingyuan Dynasty can become a country of heroes who look down on the world in the future. ”

Shao Xi's heart was crooked for a while, and his heart said, "Don't you have the heart to pull me into the water?" Tell me these words, if something goes wrong in the future, can I make it clear? Eldest brother! I haven't taken refuge in you yet, aren't you afraid that I will spread it after you told me this? ”

But the words have already come to this point, if you pretend to be crazy and stupid again, you really can't say it, since your two princes have made their words clear, then there is no need to be so subtle.

"Dare to ask His Highness how he is capable of governing the country and how he compares himself to today's saints in terms of knowing and employing people?"

"That naturally can't be compared, my father's martial arts, virtue and the world, over the years in the face of countless internal and external crises have been calm, the appointment of virtuous ministers and good generals, internal and foreign affairs are all dealt with well, this is the prosperity of today's Jingyuan Dynasty, how can I be compared with my father?"

"In that case, why did the Holy Lord make the nerd you called the prince prince? If the current crown prince is really just a nerd, does His Highness think that the saint will not be able to see it? Hasn't His Highness considered what His Highness was concerned about? Since the Holy One has made such a decision, he naturally has his reasons. Since the founding of the Jingyuan Empire, more than 100 years of conquest and war, it is necessary to keep a king, I believe that the saint also took a fancy to the prince's calm and benevolent, knowledgeable etiquette and virtue, and these advantages of dealing with changes without chaos. ”

Xiao Yuzhi was quite unconvinced after hearing this.

"How can a ruler with no ambition create a hegemony? How can we conquer the Quartet and calm the world? Could it be that my Jingyuan Empire only occupies the land of the four states, so I don't want to make progress and be content with the status quo? ”

Shao Xi shook his head and said: "Your Highness, I have already told you before, the purpose of the Eastern Mu State colluding with the small and medium-sized states around our dynasty to wage war against our dynasty all the year round is to create internal and external troubles. The Holy Lord's choice of the crown prince is precisely to strengthen internal affairs, and if our dynasty has been contained in border disputes and does not strengthen internal affairs, we will always be harassed like this. The top priority of the Jingyuan Dynasty was not to expand the territory, but to hold the four states in their hands firmly first, so that they could make other plans in the future. ”

Xiao Yuzhi said thoughtfully: "No wonder every time I mention foreign expeditions with my father, my father is unmoved, it turns out that my father thinks differently from me. ”

Shao Xi shook the folding fan in his hand with an indifferent face, he didn't want to take care of the affairs of the emperor's family, but if the national strength was exhausted because of the royal affairs, internal and external troubles, and the people were struggling to make a living, he felt that it would be too undeserved.

In his position, whether it is the emperor himself or the royal children, since he enjoys the interests of the royal family, he should consider the interests of the people in the world.

At this time, Xiao Yuzhi asked Shao Xi's views on the forces of the surrounding states.

"According to you, the most important thing for me at the moment is to recuperate and feed the people, so what attitude should we take towards the surrounding states? Should we also adopt a gentle strategy? ”

"Peaceful coexistence, proper beating."

"Well, that makes sense! If there is nothing to do, border trade can be carried out as usual, and if there is something to do, just cut off the trade, and there is no need to make a big move. ”

Shao Xi said meaningfully: "Your Highness actually knows everything, but why do you still come to ask me? Actually, what I'm talking about is just scratching the surface, and I think that His Highness should think further and more than I think. ”

As soon as Shao Xi finished saying this, Xiao Yuzhi got up and gave him a salute, which made Shao Xi in a hurry and hurriedly got up to return the salute.

"Why is Your Highness saluting me? You're the Prince, I'm just a fourth-rank official, how can this be done? How can the lower officials stand it? ”

Xiao Yuzhi looked very sincere, and said in a sincere tone: "Although I am older than Brother Shao, I am not as knowledgeable as Brother Shao in many things. Today, after listening to Brother Shao's words, the king is very ashamed, and the king intends to become friends with Brother Shao, and he will remind the king a lot in the future. ”

"Your Highness is the prince of the Holy One, I am just a grass people, but I entered the eyes of the Holy One by chance, where do I dare to call my Royal Highness a friend? However, if His Highness is bored and wants to find someone to talk to, the lower officials are happy to accompany him. ”

Xiao Yuzhi turned the walnut in his hand, and said to Shao Xi with deep meaning: "Although you are not very old, you are quite a gentleman, if this king really has something to do in the future, there must be no talent like you around him, you don't care what those pedantic old guys in the court think, they are just a group of incompetent people who are jealous of their abilities." ”

Shao Xi felt that today's words had been said in vain, and the ambition of His Royal Highness the Tomb King in front of him did not seem to have diminished at all because of his words, and it seemed that he was still fascinated by the position of the crown prince and even the position of the current saint.

With his ambition, if he really does something in the future, it is best for him to stay away from him, so that his head will not be guaranteed.

"I'm afraid that Xia Guan will disappoint His Royal Highness, Xia Guan is a person who doesn't like to be restrained, and now although the Holy Lord has given Xia Guan a four-grade official, it is only a casual position. Xia Guan said that he had no intention of going to court, so if His Royal Highness Ling Wang did anything in the future, I am afraid that Xia Guan would not be able to help much. ”

Shao Xi's meaning is "It's your business to toss how you like toss, don't wrap me in, I don't want to be a big official, what kind of powerful minister, I just want to live a free life, you'd better not bother me, I don't want to lose my life because of you." ”

Xiao Yuzhi saw that this guy was a hob meat, and oil and salt didn't enter! No matter how you show your favor, always maintain a neutral attitude, and if you don't rush for a while, such a person can only be recruited slowly, if you force yourself too quickly, you won't become your opponent one day, but it will be a big trouble.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuzhi changed the topic and chatted with Shao Xi about some customs and customs that were not salty or light, and what he had seen and heard.

Shao Xi is so tired of eating at this banquet! His Royal Highness the King of Tombs in front of him is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has to always beware of the other party's tricks on his words, if he has a relationship with this master, he will follow what melons will be eaten in the future!

The banquet was finally over, and the two talked about some more things, but they no longer led the topic to this political matter.

After chatting for a while, Shao Xi found an excuse to get up and say goodbye.

After walking out of the Lingwang Mansion, Shao Xi let out a heavy breath, this is a trouble, stay away from him in the future.