Yang Lingqi said: "Is it possible that the emperor deliberately played the role of an apathetic in front of people, and made one mistake, but these mistakes must be corrected by the king of Yongyang, and in the long run, the prestige of the king of Yongyang in the hearts of his subjects will be enhanced?" ”

Hu Xiaotian's heart moved when he heard this, he didn't think of this layer, the old emperor and Qiqi sang with a white face and a red face, it is very possible for the old and the young to join forces to make a play, and then think of their handling of their parents, it was the old emperor who came forward to be a bad guy and let Qiqi come out to be a favor to buy people's hearts. If Yang Lingqi's analysis is true, then they can really be regarded as well-intentioned.

Yang Lingqi said: "Lord Hu must not ignore one thing, since His Majesty has broken the practice of Dakang for hundreds of years and named Princess Yongyang as the king, it proves that His Majesty has made up his mind to overcome public opinion, and he is likely to choose Princess Yongyang as his heir." ”

Hu Xiaotian did think so, since Dakang can appear as the first female prince in history, it is possible that the first female emperor in history will appear, but Hu Xiaotian has never figured out why the old emperor cares so much about Qiqi? Is it out of family affection or because of some special affection that no one knows? Hu Xiaotian said: "It doesn't matter who becomes the emperor's heir, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and now anyone sitting in this position will be at a loss." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "If the emperor really thinks so, then he is still wise, he has been in power for many years, perverse, mediocre, the subjects have long lost confidence in him, once the people's hearts are lost, it is difficult to recover, he may have realized this truth, so he will push the king of Yongyang out." Let the subjects have confidence in the king of Yongyang,. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Judging from his current practice, there is indeed such a possibility. ”

Yang Lingqi said: "In fact, Dakang is far from the point of exhaustion, if the imperial court can recognize the reality and have the courage to break the malpractice." There will be no chance to regroup. ”

Hu Xiaotian said with interest: "Brother Yang said to listen to it." ”

Yang Lingqi smiled modestly and said: "The words of the family, Lord Hu listen, don't take it seriously, the biggest dilemma facing Dakang is the food shortage, judging from all kinds of signs." This autumn's harvest should not be very good, and if a widespread famine breaks out, the country will surely fall into chaos, and the people will live on food, when the people will not have enough to eat. There will be a rebellion. The surrounding countries are all eyeing Dakang, and once there is civil strife in Dakang, they will definitely not let go of this opportunity. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "What can you do to resolve the crisis?" ”

Yang Lingqi said: "Whether Dakang admits it or not, the vast territory of the past has been fragmented, and it is shrinking, and now the territory is less than half of what it was in its heyday, and now the real overlord of the Central Plains is Dayong, and the surrounding small countries are all afraid of his pressure and dare not do any grain transactions with Dakang." This is the external cause of the food shortage. Dakang is currently in a situation of food shortage, but it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and there are several ways to change it from the outside. The first is to buy grain at a high price, no matter how harsh the state system is, but private trade has always been unprohibited, and domestic merchants can be encouraged to buy grain from various channels, and the imperial court will give them certain rewards to ensure the interests of merchants as much as possible."

Hu Xiaotian said: "I am afraid that I will not be able to solve the problem by relying only on small private transactions. And Dakang's treasury is empty, and there is not so much money to subsidize these merchants. ”

Yang Lingqi said: "That's true. This is just one of the ways to do this, but another way is to get food from the small countries around it. ”

Hu Xiaotianxin said that it seems that he also overestimated Yang Lingqi. The methods said are all thought of by others, and the facts have proved not feasible, and they can't solve the problem of Dakang at all, he smiled indifferently: "You have said that the surrounding small countries dare not do grain transactions with Dakang, why do you propose such a proposal?" ”

Yang Lingqi said: "They don't dare to say that it is because they are afraid of Dayong's might, although Dakang is declining, but he is not a paper tiger that everyone deceives, since Dayong dares to threaten them, Dakang can also do the same thing." Find allies and work together to take on the most threatening enemies. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "The situation in front of Dakang can be said to be a wall that is being pushed by everyone, how can there be any allies?" ”

Yang Lingqi said: "There are only eternal interests in this world, there are no eternal friends, the reason why Dayong chose to turn enemies into friends and form an alliance with his long-time old enemy Hei Hu is not to stabilize the rear, so that he can free up his hands to deal with Dakang." However, after the murder of the four princes of Heihu, the alliance between Dayong and Heihu has become empty talk, and the Heihu people are not fools, they have always wanted to wave their troops to the south, even if there is no matter of the four princes Wanyan Chixiong being killed, the Heihu people will not really ally with Dayong, if Dayongshun kills Dakang and unifies the Central Plains, the Heihu people are afraid that they will no longer be able to compete with it. ”

Yang Lingqi said this and smiled: "I mentioned that the alliance with the Black Hu people is not to sacrifice the interests of our Han people, but to use the Black Hu people to contain Dayong in the north. There is one more important thing, and that is to stabilize Xichuan. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Xichuan is under Li Tianheng's control." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "Li Tianheng set himself up as the king, at the beginning he played the banner of sending troops to the king of Qin, and now that the emperor of Dakang has been restored, the so-called king of Qin has lost the reason for saving zài, Li Tianheng has not expressed any intention of leading his troops to return to obedience, which proves that he has long wanted to divide one side, and he does not want to listen to the orders of Emperor Dakang at all." However, Li Tianheng is a person who cherishes his reputation very much, he probably doesn't want to be charged with rebellion, and he has not set himself up as king until now. In fact, the emperor should take advantage of his psychology at this time, anyway, it has become a fact that Xichuan is in the hands of the Li family, it is better to push the boat down the river, directly crown him as the king, and recognize the fact of Xichuan's independence, so that Li Tianheng can't erase this face. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Li Tianheng's wolf ambition is known to the world, and the reason why he can be fearless is not only because he has the land of Xichuan, but also because he has a trump card in his hand. ”

Yang Lingqi said: "You mean Zhou Wang Long Ye Fang." ”

Hu Xiaotian nodded.

Yang Lingqi said: "Li Tianheng will rebel sooner or later, and Long Yefang is a trump card in his hand, but this card must wait until the emperor is a hundred years old before it can play its greatest role." ”

Hu Xiaotian also thought so, if the old emperor died, Long Yefang would be the most qualified person to inherit the unification, and Li Tianheng would be able to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to control the entire Dakang.

Yang Lingqi said: "Li Tianheng wants to plot the entire Dakang, so he doesn't want Dakang to be swallowed by others, as long as he grasps his psychology, it is not difficult to turn Li Tianheng into another ally." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Even if Hei Hu and Li Tianheng are willing to form an alliance with Dakang, they are also willing to help Dakang solve the problem of food shortage. ”

Yang Lingqi said with a smile: "The alliance is not to solve the food shortage, but to stabilize the foundation, so that Dayong can dispel the idea of waving troops to the south in a short time, as for these people, if Dakang can't support them, he also needs to give them a way to live, you can consider opening some border checkpoints, and let the people go to some small countries around to ask for a way to live." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "With so many hungry people flocking into other countries, I'm afraid people may not be willing to let them in." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "The strength of these small countries cannot be compared with Dakang, if they let these hungry people enter the country, it is equivalent to indirectly relieving the pressure on Dakang, if they are unwilling and insist on refusing to allow hungry people to enter the country, Dakang can also make a fuss about these things, and take the opportunity to send troops to destroy them." Although war is not a good thing, it can divert domestic contradictions and crises. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "This is a long-distance and close attack? ”

Yang Lingqi said in a low voice: "To be exact, it should be to stabilize the strong edge and fight the weak, this is a world where the weak eat the strong, Dakang has come to this point, only by putting survival first, you can't care about the means." ”

Hu Xiaotian nodded, Yang Lingqi's words are indeed reasonable, the country is like this, and so is people, if a person can't even guarantee his survival, why bother with the means of making a living. Yang Lingqi's meaning couldn't be more obvious, the more in this situation, the more important it is to pay attention to diplomatic means, and unite alliances to jointly balance Dayong. Under the premise of domestic food shortage, they chose to expand and invade, invading those small surrounding countries, even including former subject countries and allies, after all, they were treacherous first, and when Dakang encountered a crisis, they were afraid of Dayong's power and not only refused to help, but also refused to carry out a fair grain deal.

Hu Xiaotian said: "In the next two days, I will arrange for you to meet with King Yongyang." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "Master Hu, Ling Qi is valued by Lord Hu, and he is willing to always follow Lord Hu." ”

Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Brother Yang is a real talent, I am only the deputy commander of the imperial guard now, do you want to be an ordinary imperial guard by my side?" ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Yang Lingqi's lips, his hands were disabled, not to mention this, even if his hands were good and useless, he was still powerless. In such troubled times, they don't even have the ability to protect themselves, so what to talk about to protect others, and even survival has become a problem.

Hu Xiaotian said: "I recommended Brother Yang to King Yongyang, because I want your ambitions to have a real place to display, you and I will be like brothers at first sight." ”

Yang Lingqi hurriedly thanked Hu Xiaotian again.

At this time, Huo Shengnan came to find Hu Xiaotian, but because she heard about Hu Xiaotian's parents, she was also very worried. After Yang Lingqi left, Hu Xiaotian told him about seeing Qiqi just now, and Huo Shengnan frowned slightly and said, "So Princess Yongyang wants to use them to blackmail you?" ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Judging from the current situation, she and the old emperor are singing double reeds, one sings white face and the other sings red face, depending on the situation, it will not let me leave, and it is not so easy for my mother to leave, but my father must go to Luoscht." ”

Suddenly remembered that today is Monday, ask for some recommended tickets, it is estimated that it will take ten days to get home, and the octopus will try to ensure that it will continue to change during the trip, as for the outbreak, you can only wait until after you go home. (To be continued) R752