Shi Jingtian and Shen Fang immediately knelt down. They really didn't dare to argue anymore. Emperor Renxiao's eyes were full of coldness.
"Your Majesty, forgive me."
Emperor Renxiao waved his hand and asked the two of them to stand up, looking at his sons.
"What do you think? Prince Li, you say it first."
King Li looked happy and said, "Father, this matter should be discussed in a long-term manner. The words of Lord Shen and General Shi are both reasonable. I feel that they will definitely be beaten back. Who are the Northern Barbarians? They dare to act arrogantly in front of our great Qi!" "
Now that he knew that Shen Fang belonged to King Rui, King Li would definitely not speak on his side.
King Rui looked a little ugly, of course he knew that King Li said it on purpose.
"Father, Mr. Shen's words make sense. I think we should understand it first, and we have to look at the actions of the Xiongnu and Southern Xinjiang. In addition, although Xilin is relatively far away, it doesn't mean that we don't have to worry about anything. We still have to take care of everything. Look at Xilin’s tone.”
Shi Jingtian snorted coldly, "Then according to King Rui's wishes, if we check this way, wouldn't it mean that the Northern Barbarians have occupied all the small towns on our border? We, Qi, are a huge country. Even the Huns and Southern Xinjiang have taken action. There are also corresponding generals who can take over. I am not talented, and it is true that my brain is not very good, but I only have brute strength and martial arts, but I am willing to die for Da Qi!"
It is true that Shi Jingtian has a violent temper, but he is indeed a loyal minister and a good general, and he has always protected a border of Daqi.
But this temper is really intolerable to most people, after all, he dares to confront Shen Fang and King Rui.
Emperor Renxiao rubbed his eyebrows. He naturally believed in Shi Jingtian, otherwise he would not have left him alone in the imperial study to discuss.
"Hanzhang, what do you think?" Emperor Renxiao asked the question to Gu Hanzhang.
Gu Hanzhang felt helpless. He didn't think much about these things. After all, the Northern Barbarians' incident was not that serious, but it might become a stepping stone for the Xiongnu and Southern Xinjiang.
The Xiongnu never really gave up on Daqi and wanted to occupy Daqi's territory. After all, the Xiongnu's territory was not rich enough, and they were also predatory.
"Back to the emperor, I think we should fight!" Gu Hanzhang's voice was sonorous and powerful.
Shi Jingtian's eyes were full of admiration, he was indeed a good young man, he was a promising young man.
King Li was overjoyed. He didn't expect Gu Hanzhang to agree with what he said. He couldn't help but look at Gu Hanzhang, but unfortunately the other party didn't look at him at all.
"Oh? Why should we fight and how should we fight?" Emperor Renxiao asked again.
But judging from the look on Emperor Renxiao's face, Gu Hanzhang spoke to his heart, and it was obvious that he thought so too.
Gu Hanzhang pondered for a moment, and then said slowly.
"The Northern Barbarians are just a small country, not even a country. They are just some fierce bandits in the mountains. The population of the whole country is less than the capital of Daqi. These people are brave and foolhardy. If they dare to do this this time, they should be ordered by others. If If we don’t show our attitude, other small countries will invade us one by one, and it will be very annoying.”
"Yes, that's it, you have to kill the chicken and show it to the monkey!" Shi Jingtian clapped his hands and said.
Emperor Renxiao glanced at Shi Jingtian, who immediately silenced him.
Emperor Renxiao was very satisfied with Gu Hanzhang's understanding. He and Shi Jingtian came to the conclusion after discussing it for a whole morning. Gu Hanzhang came up with it just by thinking about it.
Sure enough, Gu Hanzhang is indeed unparalleled in his wisdom.
"In this case, General Shi will return and start a war against the Northern Barbarians. I will prepare a decree for you later," Emperor Renxiao said.
Shi Jingtian clasped his hands and said, "I will obey the order!"
"Hanzhang, since we have to deal with the Northern Barbarians, how about you become a military advisor?" Emperor Renxiao asked.
Gu Hanzhang frowned, worried that Emperor Renxiao would ask him to fight at the border.
It's not that I'm afraid of not being able to deal with the Northern Barbarians, but I don't want to break the promise.
"Your Majesty, you have agreed with me before that I will begin to take a rest in the future. If the emperor is worried, you can ask King Li, King Rui or King Yu to go to the border."
Several princes looked at Gu Hanzhang in surprise. In their eyes, Gu Hanzhang took the wrong medicine and did the wrong thing.
Gu Hanzhang actually refused this kind of competition for military glory and said he would give it to them?
Although Emperor Renxiao might not agree.
At this juncture, no matter which prince made a little bit of achievements, he would probably be appointed as the crown prince. Emperor Renxiao would not give up the position of military supervisor to any of the three princes.
Only King Liang glanced at Gu Hanzhang helplessly, knowing in his heart why he was unwilling to go to the border.
Very simply, it was for his wife Chaoli.
He had already mentioned that he would take Chaoli out for fun. If he missed the appointment, he would feel bad, so he gave up this opportunity.
Alas, beauty is misleading.
Emperor Renxiao glared at Gu Hanzhang. If there weren't many courtiers, he would have scolded Gu Hanzhang. In order to take a woman out for fun, he didn't even do business.
"It's worthless, it's up to you!"
Gu Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Emperor Renxiao understood his temperament and did not force him.
If Emperor Renxiao didn't agree, Gu Hanzhang had his own solution, but it was just a little troublesome and his grandfather would have to make a trip.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Hanzhang thanked him.
This time my thanks were sincere and not tainted at all.
Emperor Renxiao was exhausted and waved his hand to let everyone go down.
"Okay, you all can go."
"Your Majesty/Wei Chen retires."
Some of the courtiers who came today actually had no effect. Emperor Renxiao also had a plan in mind, so calling them over was just a formality to let them know the current situation.
By the way, I also wanted to see if these high-ranking courtiers had already taken sides, as if they were looking for trouble, but they did not dare to say more.
But in private, they were talking about Gu Hanzhang. After all, it was really surprising that Gu Hanzhang gave up this opportunity to win military honors.
Gu Hanzhang walked in front, and Shi Jingtian chased after him.
"Why doesn't the prince go to the border?"
Shi Jingtian's question was actually just out of curiosity and had no other meaning. He didn't take the Northern Barbarians lightly, not to mention there were many good generals under him.
Gu Hanzhang shook his head, "Some personal matters, I wish General Shi a victory and a triumphant return."
"Okay, it's okay if you don't go, let's see if I don't beat those little bastards from the Northern Barbarians to a pulp!"
The two of them walked out of the palace while talking, and Gu Hanzhang also returned to the house.
Chaoli thought he would come back late at night, after all, he said so himself.
"The prince is back so soon?"
Gu Hanzhang nodded and told Chao Li the reason why Emperor Renxiao sent them to the palace today, and also told Chao Li that he refused to go to the border to compete for military merit.
After listening, Chaoli felt a little complicated.
"Your Majesty, you can actually go to Jiangnan anytime. It doesn't matter if you delay it for a month or two. I don't care."