Huo Guang, who walked out of the princess's mansion, felt a little depressed and panicked. He watched the lively and cheerful princess, who had become so desperate now, but had no choice but to do anything. He turned to look at the towering palace complex not far away, and couldn't help but sneer.

"Your Majesty, you have really become a lonely man now."

The current emperor of Da Chu, Min Ruoying, who was denounced as a real lonely man by Huo Guang in his heart, did not have this consciousness. He has been in office for half a year and now feels very good.

The first autumn harvest after he took office was to come to an end with a bumper harvest in the country. Apart from the natural disasters in a few places, it can be said that it was smooth sailing, with the treasurys in various places and the warehouses of money and grain, which made him full of confidence. His strong economic ability represents full combat readiness. After he took office, the power of the Ministry of War began to expand rapidly, and the national preparation atmosphere gradually became stronger. In half a year, the Ministry of War had recruited 100,000 troops again. Now, after a brief training, this army has begun to be sent to the eastern border one by one.

After the Qi people conquered Yue, they continued to increase troops to the Qi-Chu border, and there were constant minor frictions. If it were in previous years, when the old emperor was still in office, the Chu special envoy must have arrived in Chang'an and released goodwill to Qi. In Min Ruoying's view, this was a disguised surrender, which caused his self-esteem to be severely damaged many times. Now, it was his turn to speak, so naturally he refused to uphold the old policies of the past.

The State of Chu was silent. If you increase your troops, I would also increase your troops. Today your patrol team attacked a small village in my country, and tomorrow my raid team will go to your territory to sweep. In short, if you come, I will go. Both sides are having fun on the border, but the scale is controlled below a hundred people.

Min Ruoying believes that his strategy is successful. If you blindly show weakness, it will only make people feel that you are weak and can be bullied. Only by fighting for tooth and blood for blood can you ensure your safety.

The Qi people sharpened their swords and were not too ready to go. Both sides knew that once the Qi and Chu started a large-scale war, it would not be able to be fought in three or two years. This would inevitably be a battle to destroy the country that took a long time and cost countless winners. The losers would lose all their money. Before they were fully prepared, neither side would easily start a large-scale war.

But even so, both sides can clearly see the majestic outline of the war monster.

What made Min Ruoying feel relieved was that cleaning up internal affairs was much smoother than he thought, and Yang Yihe's minions were not so unswerving. After he showed his iron-blooded side, some of them quickly turned to him, and another group of backbone elements were now on the road to the underworld. These people, that is, the domestic peace faction, firmly opposed the war.

During the autumn and winter seasons, I had basically never had bloody executions in the Caishikou execution ground in Beijing. After rounds of cleaning, there was basically only one voice in the state of Chu, which was to start a war in line with each other and start a war to unify the world.

An Ruhai went to the Western Frontier. The old emperor's loyal servant did not disappoint Min Ruoying. He quickly stabilized the situation in the Western Frontier. In half a year, he formed a Western Frontier with more than 10,000 people. Although it was still incomparable to the Western Frontier, it had once again given the Western Frontier a regular army. After the winter, he had fought with Deng Pu's Qin army several times. Even if it was a failure every time, from An Ruhai's report, Min Ruoying saw An Ruohai's growing confidence. Min Ruoying himself knew the military. Of course, he could understand how rare it was to be defeated without chaos, defeat without collapse, and minimize losses in the many battles with the Qin border army's tiger and wolf army.

An Ruhai praised the former officer of the Death Camp named Duan Xuan. This person should have been removed afterwards, but since An Ruhai valued him very much and could do things for the court with all his heart, he would spare his life. Min Ruoying even issued an order personally to promote this guy's official position. Although he was still uncomfortable, whenever he saw this person's name, he would think of the Death Camp, Qin Feng, and then his only sister.

The death camp was not completely wiped out, which was always a heart-wrenching problem. A small deputy lieutenant could praise An Ruhai. The other people who escaped must have been a temporary talent. If they were wandering in other countries and used by the enemy, they would be a big trouble for Chu in the future. Their last news was that they annihilated a partial division of the Qin border army in the Luoying Mountains and killed a general of Qin. Then they disappeared without a trace.

Min Ruoying was very complicated when she heard this news. But for only a very short period of time, he completely forgot about this matter. With An Ruhai in the Western Region, she is now as stable as Mount Tai. It is time to manage the East Line well.

Yue Kingdom was defeated by the Qi people and has now become a lackey of the Qi people. However, the Da Chu and the Yue people did not have a border with each other. Instead, the Qin Kingdom was under great pressure. Yue people began to continuously transfer their troops to the Yue-Qin border, making the relationship between Yue-Qin increasingly tense. This was a good thing for Min Ruoying. At least, Qin State did not threaten him for the time being. He could be assured and bold as a match with the Qi people on the Eastern Front. As long as he won this battle, it would lay the foundation for the Great Chu to unify the world.

As an emperor, Min Ruoying was very competent. Since ascending the throne, he spent almost all his time in the diligent government affairs hall, and even the empress in the harem was alienated. In half a year, the empress had only a handful of time to see him. Just like all the emperors of the Min family, Min Ruoying had no greed for women. Compared with the emperor of the Great Qi three palaces and six courtyards, Min Ruoying was innumerable as the emperor, except for the empress, even a concubine was promoted. In Min Ruoying's opinion, wasting time on women was too shameful.

Despite this, this winter, the matter of his acceptance of concubines has officially become a major event in the court. The proposal from Qin State forced him to start seriously considering this issue.

In fact, Min Ruoying knew that the initial idea of ​​Qin was to propose marriage to their Crown Prince His Highness, Min Ruoxi, and strengthen the bond between the two parties and establish a solid alliance. However, after the Zhaozhu incident, the other party stopped mentioning this matter. Naturally, he learned the details of the matter through certain channels, which made Min Ruoying very angry. The feeling of family shame made him want to dig out the bastard Qin Feng from the grave and tear it to pieces.

Yue State was defeated by Qi State and surrendered, forcing Qin and Chu to be closer together. The matter of bride discussion was once again included in the agenda. However, this time, the partner of the marriage became Min Ruoying himself, and the other party was willing to marry their eldest princess and become Min Ruoying's concubine.

Under the current situation, or using marriage to strengthen the ties between the two parties is a better choice. However, in Min Ruoying's view, this will inevitably waste more of his time. The queen will not blame him for his neglect. She has been married for many years and knows what she is thinking, but the eldest princess from Qin must be the kind of spoiled and unbearable golden branches and jade leaves. If she makes her feel neglected and sent back to Qin, it will be no longer beautiful.

But from the unanimous opinion of the court, Min Ruoying had to surrender, or she could reduce the time she had to practice martial arts a little.

"Come on, dear friends, let's continue to discuss matters." Min Ruoying was energetic and watched the eunuchs bring bowls of cooked dumplings to the ministers, and smiled. In front of him, a bowl of them also put on him, with no exquisite dishes, a bowl of dumplings and a small plate of pickles.

Or the general public thinks that when His Majesty the Emperor eats, he must be on the table that is invisible to the edge, and there are countless delicacies placed on the table. His Majesty the Emperor will take them back and throw them away just after a little taste. In fact, in the Great Chu Palace, emperors of all dynasties have been extremely simple, and Min Ruoying is no exception.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers stood up and saluted Min Ruoying. This was also a common thing for them. This was the case when His Majesty the Last Emperor. Those who could have a meal in the palace were all important officials in the court without exception. Some newcomers were even inexplicably excited about this, which means that they had entered the top class of Great Chu.

"On New Year's Eve, we cannot let everyone go back to reunite with our family and stay up with our New Year together. This is my fault. However, you are all important officials of the country. You should be able to understand the important affairs of the country. There is no need to delay it." Min Ruoying said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is so hard, how can we be lazy as ministers? It is the glory of us as ministers when we can stay with you." Zuo Prime Minister Ma Xiangdong smiled, "Do you think so?"

"Yes!" The crowd agreed repeatedly.

"Okay, Da Chu has you waiting, why worry about not being prosperous? Why worry about not being able to unify the world? Come on, get started, we will continue to discuss matters after eating!" Min Ruoying laughed, raised her chopsticks, and carried it as if it was flying.

Others no longer talked and worked hard. If His Majesty had finished eating and they had not finished eating, they wouldn't have to eat this food anymore. But from the downward trend to the present, the rice has not been eaten, so I am indeed hungry. Today is Big Eve, and this dumpling has a different meaning from usual.

The important officials of the Great Chu were eating very quickly, and it seemed that they were well-trained. In an instant, everyone had swept away a large bowl of dumplings in front of them. The eunuchs cleaned up, and after drinking the mouth-washing tea, the topic started again.

"My internal chaos in Vietnam, Moro rebelled and swept Changyang County. Judging from its momentum, it is afraid that it will cause greater unrest. What impact will this matter have on our Great Chu? How should we use it, let's talk about it together?" Min Ruoying picked up a case file from the table and raised it in her hand. It will not be continued.
Chapter completed!