Huo Guang, who walked out of the princess's mansion, was a little panicked in his heart, and watched a lively and cheerful princess Her Royal Highness become the loveless appearance she is now, but there was nothing she could do. Turning his head to look at the towering palace complex not far away, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you have really become a loner now."

Min Ruoying, the current emperor of Da Chu, who was denounced by Huo Guang as a real loner in his heart, did not have this consciousness, and he felt very good now after half a year in office.

The first autumn harvest after he took office ended with a bumper harvest across the country. Except for natural disasters in a few places, it can be said that the wind and water are smooth, and the local government treasury is full, and the money and grain are full, which makes him full of ambition. After he took office, the power of the military department began to expand rapidly, and the atmosphere of war preparedness gradually became stronger throughout the country. In half a year, the military department has recruited 100,000 troops again, and now this army, after a short period of training, has begun to be sent to the eastern border one by one.

If it is placed in previous years, when the old emperor was still in office, the envoy of Chu must have arrived in Chang'an to release goodwill to Qi State, in Min Ruoying's view, this is a kind of surrender in disguise, so that his self-esteem has been severely frustrated many times, and now, it is his turn to speak, and he naturally refuses to uphold the old policy.

Chu State is silent, if you increase your troops, I will also increase my troops, today your patrol team hit a small village of mine, tomorrow my raid team will go to your territory to sweep up, in short, if you come, I will go. The two sides have a lot of fun coming and going on the border, but the scale is controlled to less than 100 people.

Min Ruoying believes that her strategy is successful, and blindly showing weakness will only make people think that you are weak and can be bullied, and only by returning a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood can you ensure your own safety.

Both sides know that once the two countries start a large-scale war, it will not be able to be fought in three or two years, this must be a war that takes time and costs countless people, the winner is all, the loser will be bankrupt, and the two sides will not easily start a large-scale war before they are fully prepared.

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

What made Min Ruoying feel relieved was that the clean-up of internal affairs was much smoother than he imagined, and those Yang Yihe's minions were not so unswerving, after showing their iron side, some of them quickly fell to themselves, and the other group of stalwarts are now on the road to Huangquan. These people, that is, the lords and factions in the country, are firmly opposed to the war on alignment.

In the autumn and winter, the execution ground of the Caishikou in the capital city has basically not been done bloody, and after rounds of purges, now there is basically only one voice in the Chu State, which is to start a war and start a war curtain to dominate the world.

An Ruhai went to the west, the old emperor's loyal servants did not disappoint Min Ruoying, he quickly stabilized the situation in the west, and in half a year, he formed a western army of more than 10,000 people, although it can not be compared with the previous left line of the western army, but it has made the west once again have a regular army of the imperial court, after the winter, and Deng Pu's Qin army has competed several times, even if it is a failure every time, but from An Ruhai's report, Min Ruoying has seen An Ruhai's stronger and stronger confidence, Min Ruoying herself knows the army, of course she can understand, How rare it is that such a new army, in many battles with the tiger and wolf division of the border army of Qin, can be defeated without chaos, defeated without being defeated, and minimize losses.

An Ruhai praised the former death battalion officer named Duan Xuan, this person should have been cut off afterwards, but since An Ruhai values him very much, and he can also do things for the court with his heart, then spare his life, Min Ruoying even personally issued an order to promote this guy's official character. Although he was still uncomfortable in his heart, whenever he saw this person's name, he would think of the death camp, Qin Feng, and then his only sister.

The death battalion has not been completely annihilated, this is always a heart disease, a small lieutenant, can praise An Ruhai, the other few who escaped must also be a moment of talent, if they are in other countries, for the enemy's use, they will be a big trouble for Chu's henchmen in the future, their last news is that they annihilated a partial division of the Qin border army in the Luoying Mountains, and beheaded a general of the Qin State. Then it disappeared without a trace.

Min Ruoying, who heard the news, had mixed feelings. But it was only a very short period of time, and he completely forgot about it. With An Ruhai in the west, and now it is as stable as Mount Tai, it is time for me to manage the eastern front well.

The Yue State was defeated by the Qi people, and now it has completely become the lackey of the Qi people, but the Great Chu and the Yue people do not border, but the Qin State, so it is under great pressure, and the Yue people began to continuously transfer troops to the border of Yue Qin, making the relationship between Yue and Qin more and more tense, which is a good thing for Min Ruoying, at least, the Qin State is no threat to him for the time being. He can rest assured and boldly duel with the Qi people on the Eastern Front, as long as he wins this battle, then the foundation for Great Chu to dominate the world will be laid.

As the emperor, Min Ruoying is very competent, since he ascended the throne, he has spent almost all his time in the diligent palace of dealing with government affairs, and even the queen of the harem has been estranged, and in half a year, the time when the queen sees him is only a handful. It is the same as all the emperors of the Min family, Min Ruoying does not have any greed for women, compared with the three palaces and six courtyards of the Great Qi Emperor, and countless women, Min Ruoying, as the emperor, in addition to the queen and a woman, has not even promoted a concubine, in Min Ruoying's opinion, it is too shameful to waste time on women.

Even so, this winter, the matter of his concubine has officially become a major event in the court, and the proposal from the Qin State has made him have to start thinking about this issue seriously.

In fact, Min Ruoying knew that the original idea of the Qin State was to strengthen the bond between the two sides and establish a solid alliance for their Royal Highness the Crown Prince's proposal of their only sister Min Ruoxi, but after the Zhaojiao incident, the other party kept silent and no longer mentioned the matter, and naturally learned the details through some channels, which made Min Ruoying very annoyed, and a feeling of family ugliness making him want to dig Qin Feng's bastard out of the grave and tear it to pieces.

The Yue State was defeated by the Qi State and surrendered, forcing Qin and Chu to be more closely linked, and the matter of discussing relatives was once again included in the agenda, but this time, the object of harmony became Min Ruoying herself, and the other party was willing to marry their eldest princess and become Min Ruoying's concubine.

In the current situation, it is a better choice to strengthen the connection between the two sides by means of harmony, but in Min Ruoying's opinion, this will inevitably waste more of his time, the queen will not blame him for his neglect, many years of husband and wife, she knows very well what she is thinking, but the eldest princess from the Qin State must be the kind of pampered and unbearable golden branches and jade leaves, if she makes her feel that she has been left out and sent back to the Qin State, it will not be beautiful.

But from the unanimous opinion of the whole court, Min Ruoying had to give in, or she could compress the time for practicing martial arts a little.

"Come on, come on, everyone, eat a little and we'll move on." Min Ruoying was in good spirits, watching the eunuchs bring bowls of boiled dumplings to the ministers, and said with a smile. In front of himself, he also put a bowl, there are no fine dishes, a bowl of dumplings, and a small plate of pickles.

Or the general public thinks that His Majesty the Emperor eats, it must be on the table that can't see the edges, there are countless delicacies from the mountains and seas, and His Majesty the Emperor will take everything back and throw it away after just a little taste, in fact, in the Great Chu Palace, the emperors of all dynasties are extremely simple, and Min Ruoying is no exception.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." A group of ministers stood up and saluted Min Ruoying, for them, this was also a common thing, and this was the case in the time of His Majesty the Emperor, and the people who could eat a meal in the palace were all important ministers of the court without exception. Some newcomers are even inexplicably excited about this, which means that they have stepped into the top level of Dachu.

"The Chinese New Year's Eve, but we can't let everyone go back to reunite with their families and keep the New Year together, but you are all important ministers of the country, and you should be able to understand the important affairs of the country, and there is really no delay." Min Ruoying said with a smile.

"Your Majesty works so hard, how can we be lazy as courtiers, and it is the glory of us to be courtiers to be able to keep the New Year with Your Majesty." Zuo Xiangma smiled to the east, "Do you say it?" ”

"Yes, yes!" A group of people echoed one after another.

"Okay, Da Chu has you waiting, why don't you worry? Why don't you rule the world, come, get moving, and we'll continue to discuss after eating! Min Ruoying laughed, raised her chopsticks, and carried them like flying.

Other people also stopped talking, buried their heads in hard work, if His Majesty finished eating they have not finished, then this kind of meal does not need to be eaten anymore, but from the descent to the present, the grain of rice has not entered, and it is indeed hungry, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, this dumpling, and the usual meaning is different.

The ministers of Da Chu ate very quickly, and it seemed that they were well-trained, and in an instant, everyone had swept away a large bowl of dumplings in front of them, the eunuchs cleaned up, and everyone drank the mouthwash tea, and the topic started again.

"The civil strife in Vietnam, the rebellion of Mo Luo, swept Changyang County, looking at its momentum, I am afraid that it will cause greater turmoil, what impact does this matter have on our Dachu? How can we make use of it, let's talk about it? Min Ruoying picked up a case file from the table and raised it in her hand. (To be continued.) )