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Du Yu shook his head. "Until we completely conquer it, we cannot let Daxia set foot in Goguryeo. I am just wondering how to treat the people of Goguryeo. Should I bear the infamy of killing people alone, or should I find ways to appease them and let them submit to Daxia? If we appease them, I am afraid it will be a bit troublesome in terms of time."
A few months is not enough time to appease so many people.
Meng Qin said, "I am the Marshal. I have no choice but to come here because the people of Goguryeo are unwilling to surrender."
Du Yu smiled and bowed, saying, "Military strategists should just fight the wars, and leave the affairs of governing the country to a Confucian scholar like me. So when it comes to that, I will bear the blame."
Meng Qin frowned: "Just like his mother Mu Xu!"
Du Yu smiled gently. When he heard the teacher's name, he suddenly remembered something.
At that time, I was about to set off for Yan. My teacher didn't have much money on him, but I still bought good wine and food to find him.
When drinking, Du Yu thought about going to the border, so he asked, "If there is a war and people are killed, I may not be able to follow the words that my teacher gave me, 'There is nothing better for a gentleman to cultivate his mind than sincerity. If you are sincere, there is nothing else to do. Only benevolence is the basis, and only righteousness is the change and prosperity, which is called heavenly virtue.'
Mu Xu sipped his wine and replied, "When I said this, I was talking about the three major things of sincerity, benevolence, and virtue. I gave you this because I know you can do better than the teacher in these three things, so why are you thinking about it? And if we really have to fight, you have to survive for me first. If you can't do it, then you can't do it."
Du Yu was silent for a while, then he looked down at the map and said, "Stone Mountain."
Shi Shan, who had been standing at the door, walked out and clasped his fists: "Sir."
Du Yu said, "Pass the order down. The envoys of Goguryeo colluded with the envoys of Joseon and Japan to insult our Queen of Daxia at the entrance of the capital, and even drew their swords against her! Tomorrow the army will march out to attack Goguryeo."
At this point, Du Yu was silent for a moment, then changed the topic and said, "Tell the brothers, let's go find the King of Goguryeo and ask him why he did this."
Shi Shan glanced at Du Yu and immediately clasped his fists: "Yes!"
Meng Qin smiled. The previous part was quite normal. After all, this was what was said in the imperial edicts of His Majesty and the Empress, and it was true. However, the Empress's edict was more harsh, saying that those people had hurt her.
This is righteousness.
There must always be a reason for a war to annihilate a country, after all, it has to be recorded in history books.
But Meng Qin liked Du Yu's last two sentences. We from Daxia are going to ask what's going on, not to do anything harmful to the world!
Du Yu still kept his head down.
The original words he did not change were "Within one month, destroy Goguryeo."
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In Jizhou city, people have now regained their vitality, and vendors have started to set up stalls. Although it is not as lively as before, it still has the atmosphere of life.
An old man walked up to the pancake stall and asked how much one was.
The boss replied, one cent.
The old man smiled and took out a penny to buy one.
After taking two bites, he looked at the stall owner and asked, "Can you lend me some water?"
As he said this, he took out his gourd and handed it over.
The stall owner was also enthusiastic. After helping to get his own water, he asked, "You old man, you look to be in your seventies, right? Did you also settle down here? Alone?"
When the last question was asked, the stall owner wanted to slap himself in the face.
There are many lonely elderly people in Yan area nowadays. What’s the difference between asking one person and asking if your whole family is dead?
The old man smiled and shook his head: "It's a person, he's 72 years old this year, he's not going to settle down here, he's going to Mobei."
The stall owner's face immediately changed: "You can't go there. Merchants don't go there anymore. They really kill people over there, especially that son of a bitch Zhang Jue and his soldiers who betrayed our Daxia. They kill people very quickly."
The old man smiled and said, "The kids took the job over there and haven't come back yet, so I went to see what's going on and finish the job."
The stall owner immediately said, "What kind of work is this? How can a few dollars be more important than your life? Besides, you are already 72 years old. I can help you apply to the government to see if we can get you a house in the city. Our Lord Du is a good man and will definitely agree."
The old man looked at the stall owner and said, "Boss, you are a good man. Your business will grow bigger and bigger."
The stall owner frowned. Hearing this now was not a big deal. What would matter more was hearing the old man say he didn't want to go.
The old man continued, "It's not much, just a job that pays for a pancake. And it's really killing me. I'm already 72 years old, and I'm too lazy to move."
Chapter 640: The girl has innocent thoughts, but the innocent girl also has sorrow
During the Cold Food Festival, people in the capital city would go to worship their ancestors, go out for an outing, or play football, tug-of-war, and cockfighting.
According to the regulations of the Great Xia Dynasty, the court would be closed for seven days during the Cold Food Festival, and there would be sacrifices during the Cold Food Festival.
Originally it should have been a grand sacrifice, but Xia Fengxiang ordered that everything in the palace be kept simple, so it was changed to a small sacrifice. There was no need for all the civil and military officials in the court to come. Only Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang were needed to go to the Taimiao to worship their ancestors.
Minister of Rites Cao Shen and Minister of Taichang Temple Cui Yu originally refused, but Xia Fengxiang had already made the decision. The two were helpless, but still felt that it was not right to do so. After all, the Cold Food Festival was the largest festival of Daxia, so how could they be so careless about it?
But after the two were left alone, they finally agreed.
But even though it was a small festival, the two of them still managed it properly.
Su Changan was taught etiquette by Li Xingyue.
There were some imperial edicts from officials at the previous court session, and there were also some from the harem.
Among them was Li Xingyue, who was transferred to the Taichang Temple to serve as the Xielü Duwei. It was not a high-ranking official position, only a sixth-rank official position, but he was in charge of music, rituals, sacrifices and other aspects. He was an official position in the Taiyue Bureau under the Taichang Temple, and all the dancers and musicians in the palace were under him.
It is a professional match. After all, Li Xingyue's attainments in music are praised by the great scholars in the Imperial College. Moreover, she is invited to participate in poetry gatherings of major scholars because of her music. There is only Li Xingyue in the whole capital. But when it comes to her literary talent, everyone shakes their heads.
The name of Li Dazhentou is too famous.
Especially when Li Xingyue was reading, she would spend half a day to look at some difficult characters, and she had to rely on guessing.
After a sacrifice, Su Changan collapsed on the floor of Lingqi Pavilion. Although it was a small sacrifice, there were too many rules and etiquette. It was very troublesome to participate in it.
But Su Changan was exhausted.
Sitting on the floor, Su Changan looked at the ceiling. Behind him were Aunt Sun, Xun Xia, and Li Xingyue, who were helping Su Changan remove the head ornaments on his head.
Xia Fengxiang sat on one side, looking at the memorials in his hands. Most of them were greetings from other places, such as "It's raining today", "Your Majesty and Your Majesty are in good health", etc.
Xia Fengxiang would always read it and then write the word "read" on it, but sometimes, when he was in a good mood, he would reply with something like "The weather in Beijing is nice today."
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The main reason why Li Xingyue was here was because of the Cold Food Festival banquet. Originally, there would be such a banquet after the sacrifice, but Xia Fengxiang cancelled it.
Su Changan also cancelled the banquet for the female officials in the palace, and simply gave each of them some silver money, allowing them to do whatever they wanted.
So Li Xingyue came to confirm this matter after the sacrifice, because Su Changan also gave the people in the palace a holiday to prevent Xia Fengxiang and Su Changan from suddenly wanting to watch dancing and listen to music, so Li Xingyue came specifically to ask whether to keep people and so on.
The wind is blowing, the sky is blue and white, people on earth are relaxing, but I wonder how many people in heaven are thinking of them today.
Su Changan went to Yuqing Temple secretly with Xia Fengxiang yesterday. They stayed there for quite a long time and didn't talk for long. Just looking at the family's tablets, Su Changan inexplicably thought a lot.
Xia Fengxiang was accompanying Su Changan on the side.
Just as Xia Fengxiang occasionally missed her parents, Su Changan would accompany her to the Taimiao to see the portraits. Sometimes they would stay there until late at night, and Su Changan would also chat with the two of them, but every time he finished talking, Xia Fengxiang would take action.
Once when he met his grandmother, Su Changan looked at her portrait and asked, "Grandma, were we really this pretty when we were young?"
So Su Changan watched Xia Fengxiang run away, leaving himself to be beaten.
This is what a harmonious marriage is like. When disaster strikes, it is better to run away first.
Su Changan looked at Li Xingyue who was carefully placing a hairpin in a brocade box. Now Li Xingyue was getting better and better at using rouge. She was no longer the little girl who tried her best to apply lead powder on her face to cover up the freckles on her face.
Looking at Li Xingyue, who looked unique even after a little dressing up and with freckles on her face, Su Changan smiled and joked, "It's been so long, and there are so many young talents in the capital. Xingyue hasn't met a man she likes?"
What is love? It is probably a fleeting glimpse of someone in a crowd of people, which you will never forget.
Li Xingyue shook her head: "No, I'm not good-looking, and I'm not particularly good at anything. At most, I can play the piano and dance. Those young talents, as long as they are not blind, will look down on me. I still have this self-awareness."
Li Xingyue said that she had an ugly appearance. Aunt Sun and Xunxia looked at the daughter of the prime minister. What was wrong with her? Of course she was ugly standing next to the empress. But who in the world would not look ugly standing next to the empress?
And at most he can play the piano and dance, that's the most he can do.
They have all learned bad habits from the Empress.
Su Changan smiled and asked, "How about I help you? Recently, many ministers have asked me for help in finding a marriage. I have a lot of resources, but I don't have any suitable one for you at the moment."
Li Xingyue shook her head: "Forget it, just take your time to look for it. There's nothing to rush about anyway."
As she spoke, Li Xingyue picked up the comb and carefully helped Su Changan comb his hair, but looking at the white hair, Li Xingyue was a little distracted.
It's not that she hasn't thought about love, after all, she is at this age.
But when I think of my previous aloof look, scary makeup, and the reputation of Li Da Zhentou, who would look up to me?
Although with the comfort of Sister Chang'an, it is not like before, but it seems to be the same as before.
Dad became the prime minister again, and everyone was respectful to him and dared not say a word. Only Qingning and a few other playmates had a good relationship with him.
The capital has changed a lot and many things have happened, but it seems that they have nothing to do with me. Yet the relationship is very direct. I feel much better because I go out on the streets. Maybe it’s because I see more smiles on people’s faces on the streets.
Although she had not read much, she knew that this was all because of His Majesty and Sister Chang'an.
Moreover, I was timid. Every time I accompanied Qingning to those dark places, I was actually scared to death. But Qingning insisted on going, so I had to accompany her. However, I kept reminding Qingning in my heart not to faint again. I was so tired of carrying her, and I was afraid and tired.
To this day, Li Xingyue feels confused. Anyway, it is the next day and she just has to live her life as usual. So Li Xingyue always reminds herself to have pure thoughts and be content.
When it comes to love, just think about it and there’s nothing else to do.
Su Changan asked, "Do you know how Hu Niu and Yao Mo are doing now?"
Li Xingyue said: "Before, Sister Niuniu came to have dinner with me, and she kept scolding the prince. She said that the prince couldn't say a word when he saw her, but kept talking nonsense in front of others, and lowered his head, didn't even look at him, but looked at other women straight, as if he disliked Sister Niuniu. Sister Niuniu was almost angry when she said that. She said she would take Qingning to Prince An's mansion to ask clearly, asking if she was ugly, what did it mean by not looking at her, etc. I don't know if she went there or not."
Having said that, Li Xingyue pursed her lips and stole a glance at Xia Fengxiang, forgetting that His Majesty was also there.
Xia Fengxiang continued to look down at the memorial, but he was listening with his ears, cursing in his heart, "Xia Yaomo, you coward, you act like this every time you go on a blind date with a girl, it's a wonder you're liked by any girl!"
Su Changan sighed, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Zhao Huniu delivered the paper the day after the grand court session, but the content was very official, and judging from the handwriting, it was written by Linhan.
Su Changan had no choice but to put it aside and pretend it didn't exist.
However, Zhao Huniu did seem like a leader among the children. Su Changan heard that Zhao Huniu had gathered Su Linhan, Li Xingyue, Su Qingning, Cui Yuer and other people who had studied with her in the capital at the time for dinner and drinks.
Even Zhou An'an was called. At that time, Zhou An'an seemed to ignore her, but Zhao Huniu went straight to Zhou's house, currying favor with Zhou Yuanrang, and then took Zhou An'an directly to the gathering place.
No one doesn't go, and no one dares not to go.
If anyone dared to ignore her, Zhao Huniu would go straight to her door.
Li Xingyue finished combing her hair and looked at Su Changan sighing. After thinking for a while, she said, "There's nothing to worry about. When fate arrives, we will be together naturally."