The Emperor of Xia was already different more than 20 years ago.

The city wall, which guarded the imperial capital of Xia for hundreds of years, has been demolished, and now only a small piece of pretending remains.

In their place, there are fortified fortresses.

In the fortress, there were not only musket teams on duty, but also several leveling cannons.

The forts are surrounded by horns, and if an enemy comes to attack, they can easily be crushed by these metal meat grinders.

Perhaps, a few city gates can be regarded as a small and insignificant flaw in this new defense system.

In the city, it is very prosperous, and the people are in a hurry.

The races of various countries are mixed with each other, and they are the style of an international metropolis.

In the warm pavilion of the imperial city, when the emperor was reviewing the folds.

approved a few places, but he was annoyed to let go, and then held his forehead and kept rubbing it.

The eunuchs and palace maids around all bowed their heads sensibly, as if they hadn't seen it, and no one stepped forward to offer flattery and pet.

In the past, there were also eunuchs and palace maids, thinking that this was an opportunity.

And then they're all gone forever.

As the Son of Heaven grew older, although he began to appear conservative, it did not mean that he became benevolent and generous.

Conservative and benevolent... These are two different concepts.

From time to time an old eunuch crossed the threshold and walked in with a few freshly baked notes.

"Elder Yang Ge again?" the Emperor asked.

The old eunuch's voice was steady, and he bowed his head and said, "Return to Your Majesty!"

"Take it!" beckoned the Emperor.

The recital was presented.

After a slight flip, the emperor put it down again.

"The crown prince... What are they thinking, do they really not know?" said the Emperor angrily.

There are a lot of people living in the warm pavilion.

But no one answered the emperor's questions.

The emperor sighed and said: "I, the Zhen clan of Great Xia, was founded for three hundred and twenty-seven years, and won the world with prophetic thaumaturgy. However, how can we know everything about the things in the world? The so-called future is nothing more than the idea of thinking together, and it is derived from the trend. ”

The emperor said this, but there is an allusion in it.

After Taizu, successive emperors were superstitious in predicting the future.

Even the inheritance of the country depends on this.

The Manchu Dynasty seems to be accustomed to this.

During the period of Emperor Wenxian, he saw that his young son would be both civil and military in the future, and he was very intelligent, and he would take care of the world in an orderly manner. passed the country to the youngest son, and divided the eldest son into idle princes.

After the death of Emperor Wenxian, the youngest son succeeded to the throne, and at first there was indeed the color of a king, but gradually it became crooked, not only lustful and violent, but also very happy.

The Great Xia River was almost interrupted in the hands of this Emperor Siqi.

Fortunately, there were the three sons of Emperor Wenxian in the past, who contacted the ministers and set things right, which prevented the building from collapsing.

Under the recommendation of the ministers, he ascended to Dabao, and it took 30 years of hard work to stabilize the Great Xia.

And this Emperor Baoji, in the foresight of Emperor Wenxian, was just an ordinary wooden person, and it was difficult to succeed.

Since then, the people in the royal family have realized that the future they see is what they think about this matter.

The future is innumerable, and it changes all the time.

Emperor Wenxian loved his young son, so in the future he foresaw, what the young son presented was the best future.

It is possible for him to become the person that Emperor Wenxian expects.

But it is also possible to take a fork in the road and go in a different direction.

Therefore, the inheritance of the world's treasures cannot be judged by the foresight of the future alone, but also needs to be judged by other aspects.

The view of the future lies in people's hearts and minds.

"That's it!" the old emperor seemed to think of something, waved his hand, and spoke without a clue, and did not have a decent ending.

Of course, no one will ask him any questions.

In the previous dynasty, some emperors relied on internal servants and caused trouble, and even were controlled by eunuchs and spoke of the abolition of the emperor.

Therefore, in the Xia Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties did not fake their colors to the eunuchs, and often treated them harshly.

also made the eunuchs of the Xia Dynasty clamp their tails tightly, keep to themselves, and never played any dazzling roles.

At this time, the old emperor's eyes were a little sluggish.

He was thinking about the future he had glimpsed since he saw his eldest son last time.

In the future, his eldest son, wielding a sword and a musket, entered the palace and stepped on the dragon chair.

The old emperor knew that such a future did not have much to do with the eldest son.

It was because he himself had some murderous intentions towards his eldest son.

With murderous intentions, he naturally saw the most unfavorable future for his eldest son.

However... Even so, there is always a thorn in my heart that cannot be removed.

Emperor Xuanwei also foresaw that his crown prince would kill him and seize the throne, but in the end he chose to give up the throne and retreat to the position of the emperor. The old emperor suppressed the killing intent in his heart like this, and then frowned and reviewed the twists.

Although the wealth that flows into Bactria from various countries every year is innumerable.

But in the twists and turns of these ministers, it is always as if the Xia Kingdom is about to die, either somewhere is a thousand miles of red land, or somewhere where floods are rampant and starvation is everywhere, and they open their mouths... It's all about money.

The old emperor knew that the so-called droughts and floods might be true.

But... It's too big to make a fuss.

For local officials, natural disasters that can be controlled are at worst, and finding people to take the blame in advance can help them extort money from the imperial court, hollow out the treasury, and then enrich their own private treasury.

On the contrary, there was really a huge disaster, but he had to hide it, in order not to take the blame, and to keep his black hat.

The old emperor's response was simple.

Just send someone to check whether the merchants from all over the country are carrying less goods than before, and then see if the number of refugees outside the city has increased, and where they come from, and many things will have an idea.

Of course, it's just a concept.

It's so hard to get the exact message.

The Xia Dynasty also had a secret agent organization that supervised hundreds of officials, but it also learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, and never let this organization sit big, and grasped too many rights that should not belong to them.

So the effect is also relatively limited.

"The Electric Age is a bit interesting in this book, I seem to see the future, and there will really be people who will create such an era. It's just... I may not be able to wait, it's a pity... If it can come earlier, maybe the control of the country will be stronger. ”

"But... Xia Guo has already gone through a reshuffle, it seems to be full of flowers, but in fact, all the forces are tightened in one line, and with a little more force, the world will be turned upside down. ”

"I have to raise it again... Re-nourishment. The boss is still too radical, he is not suitable... Maybe the third child is more suitable, after all, he... Thinking of this, the old emperor couldn't help but see the future, after the three princes succeeded to the throne, the rule of inaction made the world rich, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the monarch and the minister got along with each other.

Even if he knew that there was a role in psychological suggestion and guidance, the old emperor still inevitably smiled.