Everything is difficult at the beginning. When everything goes on track, everything slowly becomes orderly.

By early October, the emperor's court officially announced in front of all officials that the King of Jin was appointed as Privy Councilor. The reason was that the Privy Councilor was vacant. He Zhao should be appointed as the principality, but he had just added the Transfer Envoy, and it was not advisable to be promoted too quickly. It is reasonable and convincing...

If it were before, the voices of opposition were endless, Li Xingzhou was not surprised, but at this time, the silence was full of silence, followed by the overlap of power, and he was not surprised that this ending was already destined after the prince failed to raise his troops.

As the Privy Councilor, Li Xingzhou ordered Wei Xingping, the son of Wei Chaoren, to enter the capital by orders, and asked him to lead a battalion of troops.

Of course, his purpose was to discuss the issue of changing the firearms of the Guanbei Army.

"What I want most is of course to let Lord Wei come on his own, so it's easy to discuss, but he doesn't worry about others except him." In the imperial garden, Li Xingzhou accompanied the old emperor slowly, with Degong, He Zhao, Xue Fang, Tang Zhou accompanying others.

"Of course, the Jin people have to be prepared, it's not just that, right?" the emperor said, not doubting, but doubting.

Seeing everyone's eyes coming, Li Xingzhou said as he walked: "Not only the Jin Kingdom, but also the tribes in the northern desert grassland must be guarded against, and the threat of the Jin Kingdom far exceeds our belief.

At present, many ministers in the court think that the Jin Kingdom is indeed dangerous, but as long as they have good friends with it and moral education, they can turn swords into jade and silk."

"Is this wrong? When I meet people with virtue and gentlemanly spirit, how can I go to court in the Central Plains like a barbarian country? I always want to fight and kill and solve all problems?" He Zhao said.

"It makes sense, but it depends on the specific problem. In this way, I don't understand the actual situation in the north."

"What's going on in the north?" the emperor asked, and walked through a beautiful chrysanthemum. The chrysanthemums that the prince had ruined that night had recovered, but the flowers were not as beautiful as before, and they could not be as beautiful as before.

Li Xingzhou said seriously: "Now we occupy Yanshan Prefecture, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Weizhou, Anding areas, and penetrate deep into the eastern hinterland of the Jin Dynasty. For them, it is a major concern.

The Jin Kingdom occupied Wuzhou, Shuozhou and Datong Prefecture, and penetrated deep into the hinterland of western my country, which is also a major concern for us.

In such a big trend, there will be a battle, and it will not be a battle. In the future, we will either regain the surrounding important land such as Datong Prefecture and completely drive the Jin people out south of Shanhaiguan.

If we don’t do anything, they will definitely strive to go south, capture Yanshan Prefecture, and drive us to the south of Qigou Pass."

"Can't you talk well?" Fatty Tang came over.

"Impossible." Li Xingzhou said: "All officials and local people in the court must be prepared to fight against the Jin people and more foreign tribes."

"This... the prince is talking a little serious."

"Yes, I think it's time to prepare, but I don't have to worry so much."

“…”

Everyone said everything, and they thought he was too serious and would not be like this.

He did not refute that the normal world is not expected, and he put himself in his shoes. If he was in this world, he would not have thought about the future crisis, nor could he have thought about the rise of the Mongolian Golden Family.

Many things are caused by many combinations of reasons, and there are many accidents. The rise of Mongolia and the rise of Jin Kingdom are the same, so people today cannot imagine that it is not something that needs to be criticized.

Fortunately, he is here now, so he can know.

After hearing what everyone said, the emperor looked at him again.

Li Xingzhou said seriously, "A few days ago, I received a letter that the Tatar people in the north of Yinshan are attacking the Jin Kingdom. This is a sign."

"sign?"

"It means that the grassland tribes are not convinced by the Jin people and have begun to backfire."

"This is great. They fight each other and suffer from both sides. The Central Plains are not taking advantage of the fisherman." Duke De said slowly.

As soon as he spoke, he attracted everyone's approval.

Li Xingzhou smiled: "Don't forget, Duke De, the fight between the two may not necessarily lead to both losses, and there are other possibilities, such as the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom."

Speaking of Jin and Liao, everyone was boasting. The powerful Liao Kingdom was beaten by the rising Jin Kingdom in just a few years.

"The Jin Kingdom is a foreign country, but to be honest, the feat of the treasury owner is rare in hundreds of years. It is an exception among the exceptions. I am afraid this matter will not happen again." Xue Fang shook her head.

Xue Fang's statement makes sense. The rise of the Jin Kingdom can be regarded as a feat that has not been seen for hundreds of years, but the world is always unpredictable. After you finish singing and I will appear on stage, the rise of the Jin Kingdom has not yet been hot, and then the more terrifying Mongolian Golden Family will follow.

"As Lord Xue said, the best, but no matter what, I feel that the north cannot relax its vigilance at this time, only Wei Chaoren can trust it."

The emperor finally agreed to his suggestion and summoned Wei Xingping to Beijing, and Wei Chaoren guarded Yanshan Prefecture because he was the Privy Councilor.

.........

On the other hand, the negotiations between Fang Xin and the envoy of Xia Kingdom were also very smooth. Fang Xin was very talented and ate the people of Xia Kingdom. However, he felt that the conditions were not enough and said that he would still have to be encouraging. When the time was ripe, he would let the envoy of Xia Kingdom come to see him.

Li Xingzhou asked him to let go and didn't ask what he said to the people of Xia. Fang Xin was greatly moved by this trust and repeatedly promised that he would never miss the situation.

.........

After returning to the palace from the palace, he went to find Shiyu. Recently, the recruitment of the new army has begun, with Yan Shen, Qi Fang and Chanlin in charge. Compared with previous recruitment, Li Xingzhou gave them new requirements. In addition to physical examinations, literacy and reading books have become one of the trade-offs. If you read literacy, you can reduce physical strength requirements appropriately.

However, he himself did not have much expectations. After all, except for children from poor families, who would be willing to go to the battlefield? How many people from poor families have the opportunity to read and read?

Those who are literate are planning to be incorporated into artillery, scout and other corpses. If they don’t say anything else, they will not understand the crafting meter that Zhao Si and his disciples have worked hard to compile.

In addition, Shiyu happily told him that the mercury, green alum and other items needed by the royal mansion had arrived, and several sets of glassware he shot were made, and the first factory in the chemical factory behind was also completed. The glassware and things were moved there.

Li Xingzhou was very happy. She had been excited to see the place where the Tang family produced mercury, and it was indeed steamed with cinnabar.

Since the Tang family made mercury, he did not buy cinnabar and returned to the royal palace to make mercury, but instead bought the finished mercury product from the Tang family.

The main reason is that the production process is complicated. The royal mansion does not have craftsmen in this area. It requires a lot of investment in making it by itself and talents are cultivated. A lot of funds are not worth it.

Secondly, mercury is a heavy metal, and the production process has safety hazards and is prone to poisoning. So it is better to let the Tang family produce it and they buy the finished product.

In this way, the royal family not only saves costs, avoids safety hazards, but also sells a favor to Fatty Tang.

When he heard that the royal mansion had inquired about the cinnabar business, Fatty Tang was so scared that his legs were weak. He came to the royal mansion several times in a row, and he always brought heavy gifts.
Chapter completed!