Chongxi [rebirth]

Li Fengqi thought for a moment, before he opened his mouth, he asked an irrelevant question first: "What does the Empress Dowager think is a country?"

He asked inexplicably, but He Lanyuan knew that he would never be aimless. After pondering for a while, he said: "The country is the country. If we look at it literally, 'country' can be disassembled into 'mouth' and 'mouth'." Or'.'Kou' means the land of the Quartet; and 'or', from the mouth to the Ge. Among them, the 'Kou' is the population, the people, and the 'Ge' is the weapon. Therefore, the 'country' can also be interpreted as: the use of weapons Ge, guarding the country outside and protecting the people inside."

"Use weapons to protect the country from the outside, and protect the people from the inside." Li Fengqi smacked this sentence carefully, dipped his finger in the tea, and wrote two "mouth" characters on the table: "Then how does the country come from?" Divide?"

He tapped two "mouths" in turn: "This is Beizhao, and this is Nanyue." Then he drew a bigger "mouth" to include the two: "But hundreds of years ago, they were also From the overthrown girder the dynasty splits."

He continued to draw the "mouth": "Even Dongyi and Xihuang belonged to the same country before."

"Because of the dispute between the emperors, there was a dispute over the land, and then there were the divisions of the people of the country. Now we are divided into Beizhao people, Nanyue people, Dongyi people, and Xihuang people. How can we know that earlier, my The ancestors are not from the same country?"

The traces of the tea water disappeared quickly, leaving only vague water stains left. Li Fengqi pointed to the several "mouth" characters that were connected as one because of the spreading of the water stains: "Look, the Queen Mother, they are also merged into one now."

What he said was so simple, He Lanyuan immediately understood what he meant, and was also surprised by his boldness: "This matter is easy to say, but difficult to do. I can't do it alone."

When the two countries become one, there must be one master and one slave.Now that Beizhao is powerful, he must think of himself as the master; but Nanyue is also gradually becoming stronger, and he will not be content to be submissive.

Besides, followers, in some respects, are tantamount to subjugation.Even if she is willing to agree, the soldiers and people in South Vietnam will not agree.

This is completely different from the meaning of changing the king.

However, Li Fengqi shook his head and said, "It's up to people." Then he said: "Has the Empress Dowager ever thought that Yunting is unwilling to inherit the throne, and Nanyue will definitely have to re-select an heir in the future. At that time, there will be Yunting, who is backed by Beizhao, and a more legitimate heir. How can the new king have no thorns in his heart before? If the queen mother is still alive, he can still suppress one or two, but what if the queen mother is a hundred years later? If the new king is He Lianjing and his like, there will be a battle between Nanyue and Beizhao sooner or later. Negative, Yunting will definitely be pushed into an extremely embarrassing situation."

This is the situation he has repeatedly imagined. Throughout the ages, countless favorite concubines have been infamy for the overthrow of their family and country.But as a man, Ye Yunting would only be more sensitive.Once the two countries start a war because of him and cause casualties, there will definitely be criticisms.Even though he had given him the power and glory comparable to that of an emperor, he could not stop those embarrassing gossips for him, nor could he erase the infamy that he might bear in the history books in the future.

"Choosing an heir again, I will definitely be very cautious." His words finally touched the worry in He Lanyuan's heart, but she still frowned and said: "You are just thinking about the worst."

"But it's not impossible." Li Fengqi resolutely said: "I came to find the queen mother today, in order to erase the slightest possibility."

He Lanyuan frowned and remained silent, obviously caught in a dilemma by his words.

Seeing this, Li Fengqi simply added the last handful of firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously: "The Queen Mother thinks, what is the strength of Beizhao and Nanyue now?"

This time, He Lanyuan did not hesitate: "Beizhao has a vast land and rich resources, but it has suffered from natural disasters and several battles in recent years. It is already exhausted and needs to recuperate; although South Vietnam is small, its overseas trade is prosperous and very rich. It has been accumulated over the years. Rui, not to mention that he is stronger than Bei Zhao, who is poor and exhausted, but he is not much different."

This is He Lanyuan's self-confidence.

Over the years, South Vietnam's overseas trade has become more and more prosperous, its treasury is rich, and its army is well-equipped.But helplessly, the territory is small and the population is not large.If Ye Yunting hadn't been in Beizhao, she might really have united with Dongyi and marched northward to occupy Beizhao's territory.

"The queen mother is wrong about one thing." Li Fengqi raised his eyebrows and smiled when he heard the words, stretched out a finger, and said proudly: "Looking at these foreign things alone, there is indeed not much difference between Nanyue and Beizhao. But if you add I, it only takes one year for the Northern Zhao army to conquer Nanyue." After a pause, he felt that this was Ye Yunting's mother, so he had to be cautious, and added: "Of course, this is the empress dowager who is in charge of Nanyue. The situation. If there is no queen mother in South Vietnam, I only need half a year at least."

These words are extremely arrogant.

But He Lanyuan thought about it carefully, he first pacified Xihuang, and then destroyed Dongyi, if he really wanted to destroy Nanyue, he was not incapable.

But just like her, he also has scruples about Ye Yunting.

He Lanyuan smiled, and sighed softly: "When you get old, you lose your vigor, and you worry more when you do things. I will reconsider what you said."

Seeing her let go, Li Fengqi nodded and promised: "If this can be done, Nanyue will merge into the territory of Beizhao, but the status quo will remain. Yunting will be the king of Nanyue. He will rule with me."

"It's not too late to talk about it in the future." Seeing that he was very upset now, He Lanyuan waved her hand and issued an order to evict the guest: "If your majesty has nothing to do, please go back first. I still need to think carefully about this matter."

Unexpectedly, Li Fengqi got up, but instead of going out, he walked in: "The court has nothing to do in the past few days, I will stay here with Yunting for a few days. If my mother can't get her mind off her mind, she can repair the old house." Leave the matter to me, and I will send craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to repair it."

He Lanyuan: ...

The goal was achieved, but the mother called it smoothly.

Li Fengqi was led by his servants to Ye Yunting's yard.

The He family's old house is huge, and now there are only two owners. Ye Yunting's yard occupies almost three to four out of ten of the entire house, which is equivalent to a house with three entrances and three exits outside.It's just been sorted out now, it's big, but it's a bit empty and desolate.There are not many servants serving, and there are no more than twenty people in the whole house, which seems deserted.

However, there are also advantages to having fewer servants, that is, it is quiet.It happened to be that Ye Yunting hid himself in the water pavilion and concentrated on reading.

He Lanyuan brought back all the travel notes in that box, and he was curious, so he dug it out and read it slowly.Try to read between the lines the father you've never met.

As a result, I was so fascinated by this sight that I forgot to eat and sleep, and didn't even eat dinner.

When Li Fengqi found him, he was leaning on the pillow, holding a book in his hand, his head was nodding, but he was still struggling to open his eyes and continue reading.

Li Fengqi looked amused, waved the servant back, and walked over with light steps to take away the book in his hand.

With nothing in his hand, Ye Yunting's sleepy man also ran away in a panic, tried to open his eyes, looked up unconsciously, and after looking for a long time before realizing, he opened his mouth and yawned sleepily: "Why are you here?" ?”

"If you don't come, you don't know that you are going to spend the night in the water pavilion."

This water pavilion is built in the middle of the lake, surrounded by round gates with hollow carvings.The evening breeze blows softly through it and is most sleepy.If Li Fengqi hadn't come now, Ye Yunting would probably have fallen asleep in the waterside pavilion.

"I'm reading." Ye Yunting retorted, opening his mouth but yawning again, the corners of his eyes turned red from sleepiness.

Li Fengqi was helpless: "How long have you been watching this? Go back to sleep when you are sleepy." Looking at the servants who served him, he shook his head dissatisfied: "These servants don't know how to add clothes to you. I will tell my mother someday. , You have to buy a few proper and thoughtful servants."

"I don't want to move." Ye Yunting was so sleepy that he couldn't move his mind, and he still insisted on talking to him, unconsciously adopting a soft tone.

"I'll carry you back." Li Fengqi was funny and angry, he simply hugged him horizontally, ordered his servants to lead the way, and carried him back to the house steadily.

According to Ye Yunting's preference, the room was decorated very elegantly.There is also a Babu bed with very fine workmanship in the inner room.Babu beds like this are usually "marriage beds" that are only used after marriage, and now they are placed in Ye Yunting's room, which also represents He Lanyuan's attitude.

Li Fengqi smiled, put him on the inner side of the bed, widened his clothes except shoes and socks, tucked in the quilt, and then went to the outer room, ordered him to go back to the palace, and brought some snacks from the imperial dining room to warm them up. Watching Ye Yunting wake up hungry.By the way, the unfinished memorials were also moved here for processing.

……

When Ye Yunting woke up from sleep, it was already the mid-heaven of the moon.

A warm yellow candle was burning in the room, and Li Fengqi was reading the memorial by the bedside, with a very unhappy expression on his face, and a red cross was mercilessly marked on the memorial with a writing brush stained with cinnabar, which shows his mood. Difference.

Ye Yunting's eyes turned to the pile of memorials that looked like they had been approved, and he became sober all of a sudden, with a bad feeling in his heart: "Is the papers all approved?"

Only then did Li Fengqi realize that he was awake, and said with a side face: "Are you awake? Do you want to eat?" After asking, he frowned and replied: "The approval is over, but these officials are too useless. There are piles of papers on it." There are all problems, but there is no solution, and they all come to you, so what's the use of raising them?"

He had never had the patience to review the memorials, most of these papers were reviewed by Ye Yunting, and after the approval, he would pick up the important ones and talk to him again.He knew for the first time that these officials only asked questions, but did not think about how to solve them.

No wonder Ye Yunting has so many things to deal with every day!

Ye Yunting laughed and said: "There is no one available right now, so we can only cultivate it slowly. It will be a bit harder at first."

After the big change of officials, they are not as incompetent as Li Fengqi said.It's just that these officials have either just filled the vacancy or have just been promoted, so they are unavoidably cautious in their behavior, and they must first ask for instructions before making a decision, no matter how big or small.When they figure out the situation in the future and let go of their hands and feet, they will be able to deal with many small matters by themselves.

"Then you don't have to get used to them." Li Fengqi pointed to the pile of notebooks that he had painted with red crosses all over, and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will type all of them back and rewrite them!"

If he really asked him to return the zhezi, the courtiers would surely tremble with fear again, Ye Yunting smiled and suggested a compromise: "Just ask Zhou Ji to send it back, why bother to be angry."

There are so many government affairs, if you get angry at each of them, I'm afraid you will get angry.

Li Fengqi shook his head, but he didn't insist any more, he just muttered dissatisfiedly: "Those people just want to see you have a good temper."

If it was him, it would be unavoidable to kick one by one, and then punish them to go back and rewrite.