Great Wei scholar

"No need to go."

"Peng Ru won't see you."

"And the question you want to ask is nothing more than why Peng Ru knew about this matter and why he announced it."

"I have asked all your questions. This is the news from scholars in foreign countries. It is true. As for the announcement, Peng Ru also said that the people have the right to know the important affairs of the country, and the country's prestige cannot be insulted."

"As for major state affairs, they should be reviewed by the six departments. Peng Ru also said that this matter is a matter of the Great Wei, and the people of the Great Wei should know about it. There is no need for the six departments to review it."

Chen Xin said helplessly, because he had asked all the questions Chen Zhengru wanted to ask, and Peng Ru's answers were impeccable.

After hearing these words, Chen Zhengru couldn't help but fell into silence.

In the room, both of them were silent.

But after a while, Chen Xin continued to speak.

"Chen Ru, the Palace of Literature recently summoned great Confucians from all over the world, and they left after a few days. I don't know exactly what happened, but... I can feel that Great Wei is about to usher in a shocking change, so Anyway, be ready for anything, whatever it is."

Chen Xin opened his mouth, and he told Chen Zhengru what he had seen during this time.

"it is good."

Chen Zhengru nodded, then bowed to Chen Xin as an apology, then turned and left.

Now that he knew that it was Peng Ru who published the Great Wei Confucian Daily, he had nothing to say.

As Chen Xin said, the other party had already given the answer, and the answer was watertight.

The strongest intelligence network of the Great Wei is in the Palace of Literature, and scholars all over the world are the eyes of the Palace of Literature of the Great Wei.

As for the announcement, Peng Ru did nothing wrong. After all, it would not be a good thing for the people if such a big matter was kept silent. If a fight really broke out, the people would not be prepared at all.

It's just that it's not Pengru's turn to give orders, nor is it Pengru's turn to handle this matter.

What the other party was thinking, Chen Zhengru didn't know, but what Chen Zhengru knew was that Pengru didn't want Dawei to develop quietly.

Not only Peng Ru, many people don't want Dawei to develop quietly.

It's just that there is no way to target them now.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhengru couldn't help walking towards Shouren Academy.

He left the Great Wei Palace.

I went to find Xu Qingxiao.

And when Chen Zhengru left, in the Palace of Literature, several pairs of eyes also withdrew their gazes.

Soon.

Chen Zhengru appeared in Shouren Academy.

"Meet Chen Ru."

"I've been waiting to meet Chen Ru."

"Chen Ru, sir is in the room."

The students of Shouren Academy stood up one after another and bowed to Chen Zhengru. Someone knew the purpose of Chen Zhengru's visit and immediately led the way.

"it is good."

Chen Zhengru nodded.

Following the other party's walk, they soon saw Xu Qingxiao in the room.

At this time, in front of Xu Qingxiao, there was also a 'Great Wei Confucian Journal'.

Obviously Xu Qingxiao already knew about this matter.

However, Xu Qingxiao still looked very calm, that is, after seeing him, he got up and smiled.

"Meet Chen Ru."

Xu Qingxiao got up and bowed to Chen Zhengru with a smile on his face.

"No need to be polite."

Chen Zhengru waved his hand, and the students leading the way walked out of the room very consciously.

After there were only two people left in the room, Chen Zhengru spoke.

"Shouren, have you read the Confucian Journal of the Great Wei Dynasty?"

Chen Zhengru asked.

"finish watching."

Xu Qingxiao nodded and replied directly.

"Do you have any idea?"

Chen Zhengru asked directly.

Hearing this question, Xu Qingxiao said without thinking.

"They are testing the bottom line of Wei."

Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth to explain the core of this matter.

“How come you see?”

Chen Zhengru was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xu Qingxiao to agree with his thoughts, and guessed it so quickly.

You must know that Xu Qingxiao doesn't have any intelligence agencies, and he definitely doesn't know what happened in the northern border. Being able to guess the other party's purpose is enough to prove that Xu Qingxiao is extremely smart.

"Twelve foreign countries, there is no need to offend me because of the affairs of Fan Shang and the Ministry of Rites."

"Chen Ru, it's not that Xu is arrogant. With Xu's current status in the Great Wei, not to mention the twelve foreign kingdoms, even the twelve princes of Wei came to impeach Xu."

"Your Majesty will not dismiss Xu from his position even if you think about it. How can these twelve foreign countries not know this truth?"

"Besides, as a vassal state, they dare to intervene in the affairs of the main state. They don't have the guts. Even if the Great Wei is now in decline, they are not worthy."

"They understand this better than Xu."

"But knowing that Xu cannot be impeached, they still do this, which can only prove two things."

"Either they are absolutely sure that Xu will be dismissed from office, or they want to make use of it."

"The biggest dream of a dependent country is nothing more than surpassing the main country, or becoming the first dependent country."

"Obviously, these twelve alien countries don't want to be the first dependent country at all. They want to leave the Great Wei and become an independent country."

Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth slowly, expressing her conjecture.

Chen Zhengru sat opposite Xu Qingxiao, and after listening to Xu Qingxiao's theory, he couldn't help but nodded.

"Shouren, your guess coincides with the old man's."

"This group of foreigners from different races can be described as wolfish ambitions. Originally, the old man hoped that His Majesty would suppress it and delay it for a while."

"But I never thought that Pengru would directly announce the news, forcing the court to choose. Shouren, what good strategy do you have to suppress it?"

Chen Zhengru asked.

"Have."

When Xu Qingxiao opened his mouth, Chen Zhengru's eyes lit up.

"What's the plan?"

Chen Zhengru continued to ask.

"Kill all these alien races."

Xu Qingxiao said lightly, this is his solution.

Chen Zhengru: "..."

To be honest, Chen Zhengru was full of expectations at first, but after hearing what Xu Qingxiao said, all his expectations disappeared.

Kill all aliens?

He also thought about it, but the question is whether to kill them all?

"Shouren, don't be joking."

Chen Zhengru sighed.

But Xu Qingxiao shook his head, looked at Chen Zhengru and said, "Chen Ru, the students are not joking."

"This group of foreign races is just a subordinate country of Great Wei. They dare to jump out, and they are obviously prepared, and other subordinate countries are also waiting to see, if Wei does not take the initiative."

"I'm afraid it will cause even more trouble. At that time, it will not be the Twelve Kingdoms, but the Hundred Kingdoms."

Xu Qingxiao said so, he was really not joking, how to solve this trouble?

Simple, just kill them all, kill until no one dares to shout.

But when he said this, Chen Zhengru shook his head.

"Shouren, there are actually many things that you don't know. Although these subordinate countries are subordinate to our Great Wei, since the Jingcheng disaster, Great Wei's national prestige has been greatly damaged."

"These vassal states began to move around. The Tuxie Dynasty and the Chuyuan Dynasty tried to win over and contact them from time to time, in order to drive a wedge between them and make our Great Wei's fortunes difficult."

"If the Great Wei really dared to lead the cavalry to fight, the Tuxie Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty would definitely help them, and then the northern barbarians would surely make a comeback."

"Once this happens, it will be an all-out war. The most frightening thing is that there will be no peace within the Great Wei, and the chaos of the vassal kings will break out sooner or later. Raise troops to rebel."

"So, you can't kill it, and you can't beat it."

Chen Zhengru explained seriously, and informed Xu Qingxiao of the current situation.

It's not that Da Wei doesn't want to fight, but that Da Wei can't fight.

Pulled around and moved the whole body.

It's just that Xu Qingxiao understands this truth.

He stood up slowly, and then spoke.

"If you don't fight, you will fall into the enemy's trap."

Xu Qingxiao said so, while Chen Zhengru shook his head: "The other party has made all preparations. Since their attack, we have already fallen into this deadlock."

"They will make a move sooner or later, but they didn't expect it to be so early, they were in a hurry."

Chen Zhengru answered.

"Then, what does Chen Ru mean?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"Don't fight, drag."

Chen Zhengru replied.

drag?

Xu Qingxiao remained silent for a while. Xu Qingxiao had also thought about this method. It can be said that in the current situation, procrastination is the best.

Da Wei really needs to rest for a while.

Now that the waterwheel project has started operation, the first batch of experimental results will appear immediately.

The Great Wei Chamber of Commerce is also in good order. At least the merchants at the bottom have earned money and received dividends. The eight major merchants have suffered losses, but they have also benefited from other aspects.

The agriculture and business in Great Wei gradually stabilized. This is a good form of development. If it continues, it will take three years at the earliest, and ten years at the latest. Great Wei will undergo earth-shaking changes.

It's just that some people can't see the stable development of Great Wei, so they deliberately made troubles, trying to limit the development of Great Wei through this matter.

Of course there are other factors as well.

As for what it is, Xu Qingxiao doesn't know.

"Well, delay, delay for half a year, or even a year, at least give Wei time to prepare for the battle."

Chen Zhengru replied.

"The Great Wei Confucian Daily has already announced the matter, how can we delay it?"

Xu Qingxiao continued to ask.

After saying this, Chen Zhengru fell silent.

Indeed, when the Da Wei Confucian News announced this matter, the court had to make a decision as soon as possible, even if the empress deliberately delayed.