Liu Mingzhi hid behind the bead curtain in the back hall of Qinzheng Hall, secretly observing the ministers leaving one after another. Only when the hall was completely empty did he turn around and rush towards the imperial study.
"Little Chengzi."
"His Majesty?"
"Go and invite King Song Qing of Wuyi to the imperial study, and try not to let the other ministers see it."
"As ordered, let's leave first."
Liu Mingzhi went straight to the imperial study room and stepped into the imperial study room, which he had not set foot in for more than a month. Liu Mingzhi glanced at the spotless furnishings in the palace and nodded with satisfaction. Xiao Chengzi was doing his duty well.
It's a waste of time for me to use such important things.
After walking to the Long Case and sitting down, Liu Mingzhi picked up the memorial document that had just been presented by the officials and opened it again to read it.
After reviewing about five documents, Song Yang's loud voice sounded from the front hall of the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Song Qing, is here to see you."
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced at the front hall, put down the documents in his hands, stood up, and walked towards the table beside him: "Brother, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need so many false courtesy, just come in directly."
"Yes, I obey."
Liu Mingzhi picked up the pot and poured two cups of tea. He looked at Song Qing, who walked into the hall with steady and powerful steps, and pointed to the chair beside him.
"Brother, sit down and have a cup of tea."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I wonder why Your Majesty has brought me here?"
Liu Mingzhi took a sip of tea, played with the tea cup and gently wandered on the carpet.
"After my younger brother left, were all the officials in the court discussing the establishment of a crown prince again?"
Song Qing swallowed the tea and nodded with a wry smile: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from your eyes. You guessed it right. In the blink of an eye after you left the palace, your colleagues started discussing the matter of establishing a prince.
Colleagues have no objections to you letting Princess Jingyao of Yunchang enjoy the honor of Crown Princess after Chengzhi and the others get married, but they just can’t understand why you are so delayed in letting Princess Jingyao enjoy the honor of Crown Princess.
Mention the matter of establishing the crown prince and heir apparent.
The officials and colleagues are now impatient to know who the future crown prince will be, so that they can act according to the opportunity and not end up in the wrong team in the future.
Later, with the advice of Mr. Xia, my colleagues had no choice but to leave the palace and go back to handle official duties.
However, after leaving the palace, there were still officials gathered together in small groups and discussing in low voices. As for the specific content of the discussion, Brother Wei did not know.
However, most likely it has something to do with the matter of setting up the crown prince.
Alas! Your Majesty, the Emperor, has whetted the appetites of all the officials!"
A specious smile appeared at the corner of Liu Mingzhi's lips: "Brother, it's not that I'm deliberately trying to interest you, but I really haven't decided who is more suitable to be the crown prince.
The grown-up children under my younger brother's knees are pretty good in terms of talent and character, but they are only good.
If you want to inherit the throne, you still have some shortcomings!
I came to see you this time. In addition to asking you about this matter, I also want to ask you whether you have received a letter from Baoyu and Baotong?
Chengzhi, Song Yang and their two brothers have been leading our Dalong Mission to Tsarist Russia for some time, but there has been no news yet.
Although I am fully confident that they will not be in danger, but there has been no news about them, I still feel a little uneasy.
After all, nothing is absolute. My brother, I am not afraid of 10,000 but just in case!"
Song Yang put down his tea cup and sighed melancholy: "So far, Brother Wei has not received any letters about Chengzhi and the others.
Don't talk about you, Brother Wei is also worried all day long, for fear that something troublesome might happen.
However, Tsarist Russia is thousands of miles away from my dragon. Even if we are eager to see it, it is still beyond our reach!
Now there is nothing we can do except calm down and wait for news from them."
"Yes! We are beyond our reach now and have nothing to do!
But we can't just wait without doing anything. Let's do this. After you go back, immediately send a letter to Baoyu and Bao Tong. Let them send a hundred elite scouts across the border and deep into Baikal after receiving the letter.
Investigate the situation north of the lake.
As long as there is no trace of Tsarist Russian soldiers and horses, it means that our Dalong Mission is still safe. On the contrary, the hundreds of thousands of cavalry on the Chenbing border will probably be put to use soon.
Alas! It has been almost twenty years since the twenty-sixth year of Xuande when my father came to the throne.
In these short twenty years, I, the Great Dragon, expelled the Western Turks, attacked the countries in the Western Regions, and made six Northern Expeditions to the Jin Dynasty. The two countries of the Eastern Turks finally unified the world, creating a prosperous age of the Great Dragon with a bright and prosperous world.
In these short twenty years, we, Dalong, have been fighting every year and engaging in wars every year. The wars have continued, and the people have peace of mind. Finally, the world has been unified. I thought that it would allow the court and the people of the world to rest and recuperate for three days.
After five years, the result was that Tianzhu happened again, and the two countries were greatly affected.
It has been almost two years since the Western Expeditionary Army was launched. Although Zhang Shuai and Nangong Shuai have completely destroyed Dashi and Tianzhu, the two small barbarian countries that dared to massacre my Dalong people, they have also opened a magic box.
Many demons and monsters were released.
After these monsters are released, if they are not dealt with in time, I am afraid they will bring trouble to the descendants of my dragon!
Therefore, although the Western Expeditionary Army is in great danger and the two countries of Tianzhu have won the war, they will be greeted by more unknown enemies!
Wherever there are people, there will be disputes. I am very worried about whether the soldiers of the Western Expedition can continue to be invincible and kill the unknown enemies ahead.
It is not that they are worried about their combat effectiveness being inferior to their enemies, but that they are worried about the environment, water and soil.
God is my greatest enemy, Dalong Xi Zhengerlang!"
"You mean the Roman Kingdom, the Egyptian Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, and the Kingdom of Great Food on the map?"
"Yes, last year Zhang Shuai and Nangong Shuai reported their current movements in their letters. Now they are uniting with the Roman Empire to march into the Frankish Kingdom. I don't know how the war is progressing.
Furthermore, although our Western Expeditionary Army has destroyed the imperial courts of Dashi and Tianzhu, due to time, the foundation of our Western Expeditionary Army in the two countries is not very stable.
When Zhang Shuai and others assist the Romans in marching into the Franks, it will lead to my westward expedition to Erlang to garrison Dashi, leaving Tianzhu and Tianzhu with no military strength. This is an inevitable situation.
As a result, I am a little worried that the stubborn elements in Tianzhu and Tianzhu will take the opportunity to turn against each other and stab each other in the back.
I don’t know if Zhang Shuai, Nangong Shuai and others can take this into consideration. I hope my worries are unnecessary."
Song Qing was silent for a while, then smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, both veterans are generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. They will not fail to consider the basic problems in the rear. In another month, when the weather warms up and the ice and snow melt, we should be able to receive the battle report documents of the Western Expedition Army.
Already."
"I hope so! I have mentioned it more than once that I really don't want to start another war until the Western Expedition comes to an end.
I hope Chengzhi, Song Yang and their two younger brothers will have a smooth trip to Tsarist Russia and avoid war between Dalong and Tsarist Russia.
Let me put it this way first, brother, please go back first, and remember to send a message to Baoyu and the others to send scouts to pay close attention to the movements of Tsarist Russia."