His Majesty Li Er sat in his study, constantly flipping through the mountains of official documents piled up on the table. Outside the window, there was no time when the clouds were covered with cool breezes, but the haze and irritability in his heart could not be blown away.

The battle of the Eastern Expedition was a start and a bit worse. Although it did eventually destroy Goguryeo and solved the biggest confidant of the empire's northeastern border, and would be boundless for a hundred years, the battle that was accomplished in one battle was fought by the navy. When hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Rangcheng for more than a month and returned without success, they decided to give up this Eastern Expedition but were contributed by the navy to pacify Rangcheng, it means that all the concealed contradictions will eventually erupt.

Nowadays, not only the military aspect, but also the internal affairs have major problems.

This eastern expedition can be said to have the whole country's strength. Not only did the troops in Guanzhong, but all the food and fodder were carried to advance eastward, but even the wealthy areas in Jiangnan were almost drained. Now the hidden dangers have emerged. Public opinion in various parts of Jiangnan was full of unstable situations, and the aristocratic families and even ordinary people were complaining. In addition, the floods in Guanzhong have destroyed countless fertile land, houses, and towns. The number of victims has increased, and the number of people has accumulated to 200,000.

Guanzhong, known as the "country of Heavenly Prefecture", has only a population of three million...

The first priority is to rescue disasters, otherwise once Guanzhong is in chaos, the country will be unstable. But now the national treasury is empty and the Jiangnan is scarce. How to raise money and food to help the victims? Especially after the Guanlong mutiny, the operation of the entire imperial court was once in vain and completely stagnated and collapsed. If Fang Jun had not organized soldiers to participate in disaster relief under the banner of the royal family outside the city, I was afraid that there would be a wave of tens of thousands of refugees in Guanzhong at this moment, either gathering people or impacting the towns, and the entire empire center was in chaos.

Even though he had been in charge of the empire for twenty years and had already become familiar with handling various difficulties and government affairs, His Majesty Li Er still felt overwhelmed.

At this time, every decision is crucial. If there is a slight mistake, it will often cause large-scale chaos. If you continue to implement the easy-to-storage steps...

Putting down the brush, His Majesty Li Er rubbed his eyebrows and let out a long breath.

Outside the door, Wang Shoushi came in with a cup of hot tea, first put the tea cup on the desk, and then took out a secret fold from his arms and presented it with his hands: "Your Majesty, this is the latest record of several Your Highnesses."

His Majesty Li Er nodded, took a sip of tea first, then took the secret fold from Wang Shoushi, opened it and looked carefully...

In fact, every day there are records of the words and deeds of several princes presenting here. Where the princes went and who they met, there are all secret spies and spies recorded one by one.

At the moment of Yi Chu, His Majesty Li Er must carefully grasp the movements of his sons to infer their psychology in order to choose the best from them...

Of course, the ones who are most concerned about are the King of Wei and King of Jin.

As legitimate sons, according to the rules of "sectarian inheritance", once Li Chengqian's throne is abolished, these two people are the most qualified candidates to succeed the throne. If they bypass these two people and directly give the throne to the other concubines, it will not only violate the rules, but also easily lead to disasters. If it is absolutely necessary, it will not be desirable.

Among the King of Wei and King of Jin... His Majesty Li Er shook his head secretly and stared at the line of words in the secret fold.

"The King of Jin went to the Duke of Liang's Mansion first, and then to the Prince of Wei's Mansion?"

"Go back to your Majesty, that's exactly."

His Majesty Li Er frowned and said, "What did you talk about separately?" For some reason, since he returned from the Eastern Expedition, his two sons who were originally closest suddenly became distant, and even timid in front of him. What is the reason?

Moreover, he always felt that once these two people took action in private, it would not be a good thing. Last time, the two people directly expressed their intention to fight for the stock market...

Wang Shoushi shook his head: "The Duke Liang's Mansion and the Duke Wei's Mansion met each other, and they both avoided the inner room, and there was no one else on their side, so why was there no way to know what was discussed?"

In fact, the nails he installed in the Duke of Liang's Mansion never entered the core class. After being suppressed by the "Hundred Cavalry Office" last time, most of the nails lurking everywhere were pulled out, and the news in the Prince of Wei's Mansion was difficult to grasp. However, in order to avoid the incompetence of His Majesty Li Er, he could only refuse to talk to the inner room, and not the nails he buried could not get close to...

His Majesty Li Er thought about it, and since he didn't know the details, he could only put it aside for the time being.

After turning the secret note, he asked again: "What is the current situation of King Qi? Last time I asked you to bring him here, why haven't you seen him?"

Wang Shoushi said: "His Royal Highness of Qi has been in the camp of Youtunwei. He locked himself in a camp. He never took a step forward, nor saw any outsiders. Even after the Prince of Jiangxia took over Youtunwei, he only said a few words through the window. I was ordered by Your Majesty to invite Your Majesty to come, but Your Majesty said that he had committed an unforgivable crime and had no face to meet Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to punish him, he can give him a glass of poisoned wine without complaints."

"Huh!"

His Majesty Li Er sneered and said sarcastically: "At this time, do you have the courage to die? At the beginning, the King of Wei and King of Jin refused to join Guanlong. Guanlong had no choice but to force him to stand up and succeed the crown prince. Why would he rather die than obey? Humph! This evil!"

However, no matter how much you scold, you really feel that you can't be too harsh. But you also understand that under the circumstances at that time, you should not blame too much if you are greedy for life and fear of death. What's more, there is a possibility of becoming a crown prince or even a new emperor on the front line. How can ordinary people with weak minds resist it?

This shows the value of Qing Bird and Chiu and Zi Nu who would rather die than follow...

"Let him stay in Youtunwei Camp for some time, something unpromising."

"Here."

Wang Shoushi quickly took the order. There was no room for him to interfere with this kind of thing. Saying a wrong word would be extremely serious consequences...

His Majesty Li Er flipped the secret fold again, put it aside, and sent Wang Shoushi out.

After sitting for a while, he got up and returned to the harem, and came to where Concubine Yang lived. Concubine Yang hurriedly ordered someone to make tea, then served His Majesty Li Er to change his clothes after taking a shower. When he sat in the side hall, he rubbed His Majesty Li Er's shoulders and asked curiously: "It's still early, and Your Majesty has finished handling the state affairs?"

His Majesty Li Er took a sip of tea and shook his head and said, "The state affairs are difficult, and the memorials are piled up like mountains. How can it be finished? I just feel a little tired, so I come over and sit down and chat with you."

Concubine Yang was immediately overjoyed. The women in the harem seemed to be rich and wealthy, but in fact they pursued the favor of the emperor forever. It was rare that they were still remembered by His Majesty at her age. How could they not be happy?

The couple were drinking tea and chatting in a low voice.

After a while, His Majesty Li Er suddenly asked, "Yizi is not young anymore. He has failed to meet with a marriage agreement several times. Do you have a suitable young man to recommend?"

When Concubine Yang heard this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Princess Jinyang's marriage has long become a topic that women in the palace cannot avoid, and they cannot even hide. Who dares to come forward to introduce the marriage? If you want to talk about the young Junyan, Qiu Shenji and Wei Zhengju not long ago, they were all beautiful and talented. As a result... Now when it comes to Princess Jinyang again, who dares to covet it?

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After all, in everyone's eyes, Princess Jinyang has long become Fang Er's forbidden body, and no one dares to touch it, otherwise the fate will be a pity and even a good ending...

But when His Majesty asked this, he could not avoid answering, so he said with a gentle voice: "Although His Highness Jinyang is at the right time for marriage, he is weak after all, so it is better to raise him for two more years. Otherwise, the risk of having children after getting married is too great... As for the prince-consort, he has to choose from thousands of choices, and he must not be wronged by Jinyang."

His Majesty Li Er drank a sip of tea with some depression. How could he not know why Yizi had a difficult marriage?

Although Fang Er never had any words and actions beyond the distance, Yizi's thoughts were difficult to hide from his father, so he naturally gritted his teeth for Fang Er, the culprit. But now Guo has seized Fang Jun's military power. If he continues to punish him, not only will the outside world discuss his "treat merits" but he will not even be able to do it himself... After all, Fang Jun's merits are really in the way, and His Majesty Li Er will not turn a blind eye no matter how angry he is.

He sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, in short, you are so concerned. Now there is no master in the palace, you have to take care of it more and don't be afraid of offending others. I will make the decision for you."

Concubine Yang replied softly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know how to do it."

Since kissing Empress Wende and burying the sky, there is no more queen in the palace, so all matters are inevitable. Originally, Concubine Wei had the highest level, but after the rise of the Guanlong army, the Wei family helped the fire and accused the tiger, which made His Majesty Li Er angry, and the affairs in the palace naturally fell on Concubine Yang.

As a woman in the palace, who doesn’t want to be in the position of phoenix and be in the world? It’s just that Concubine Yang and His Majesty Li Er’s young couple have the same feelings as each other, so they never seek the position of the palace.

His Majesty Li Er said again: "Can Ke'er send you a letter? This boy went to Silla and was probably resentful to me. Apart from greetings during festivals, he actually didn't see a letter about family matters. Alas, I feel a little disappointed."

Concubine Yang hurriedly got up and went to the inner room to take out some letters from Li Ke, and put them on the table and said, "Ke'er recently sent a letter saying that Goguryeo was destroyed. Many members of the Yuan clan fled everywhere and had already fled to Silla. The situation was very urgent, so they were mobilizing their troops to suppress the riots everywhere..."

As he said that, he couldn't help but shed tears: "Ke'er grew up in the deep palace since he was young and could not bear any hardship. Now he is working hard in the barbarian land thousands of miles away. I don't know if he has become dark or lost weight. If he gets sick, will there be a doctor with excellent medical skills be by his side... Woo, my mother is really incompetent."

Her crying immediately made His Majesty Li Er's dissatisfaction with Li Ke disappear, leaving only endless pity. He quickly held Yang Fei's hand and comforted her: "A real man is determined to be in all directions, how can he be imprisoned and fall into a gentle land? Ke'er is a barrier of the country, and the empire will never forget his merits. Besides, although the land of Silla is remote, it is definitely not a desolate place for barbarians. Now the navy has opened up the waterway, and more and more merchants of the Tang Dynasty have taken boats to do business, and the prosperity is no less than the prefectures along the coast of the Tang Dynasty."

Speaking of this, he felt a move in his heart. He wanted to build the feudal world to achieve the goal of eternal solidarity in the Tang Dynasty, but he was blocked in the middle and slowly let go over the years. Letting Li Ke go to Silla to serve as a barrier was a trade-off, but now it seems that the result is good, that is, to avoid brothers fighting with each other, and to add a powerful vassal state around the Tang Dynasty... Why not continue to imitate this method?

Chapter 287: Marriage is hard to come by
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