Chapter 654; Can’t figure it out

Author: Ran Xi Nian

The discussion about how to make bombs came to a brief halt as Lu Yaoyao raised the price.

In the next few days, the imperial court's focus was divided into two steps. The first was naturally the war in the south, where a large army had once again pressed on the border.

After almost two months of delay, southern Xinjiang seems to have realized that if this continues, their strategy this time will fail.

After all, so many people and so much money and food have been mobilized, but it would be a huge loss if no results were achieved at all.

As for turning around and attacking Beichu, they had not thought about it, but the ruler of Southern Xinjiang refused to allow it.

The leader of Southern Xinjiang is also a proud man. If he turns around and attacks Bei Chu now, wouldn't he tell the world that they in Southern Xinjiang are afraid of Dongzhou. When they take the initiative to attack, they are afraid of being beaten by Dongzhou and dare not attack again.

Dongzhou takes action.

This is not only embarrassing for him, but also embarrassing for the entire southern Xinjiang.

Therefore, whether he is determined to have his own way or whether he is overconfident, the leader of Southern Xinjiang has no choice.

However, Dongzhou still has a lot of bombs, so it is not afraid of the attack from Southern Xinjiang at all. Although the war has started and there have been considerable losses, overall, considering the current situation in Dongzhou, as long as it can be stopped

When Southern Xinjiang enters the territory of Dongzhou, it is considered a victory.

After all, although Southern Xinjiang is strong now, it has been accumulated over many years of peace and stability. If this battle fails to achieve results, Southern Xinjiang will suffer greater losses than Dongzhou.

Because they don’t have sweet potatoes and other things like potatoes. Food is the most important thing in a country. If the people can’t even eat, then the country is not far away from chaos.

Most of the land in southern Xinjiang is mountainous and forested, and there are not many fertile food-producing areas. They cannot afford to delay the war.

Although Dongzhou's military strength and current national strength are a little worse than those in Southern Xinjiang, the people, aristocratic families, and merchants of Dongzhou still have a lot of food in reserve, and they can afford to consume it in a short period of time.

In addition, Dongzhou is on the defensive side, and the confrontation is naturally much better than the army from southern Xinjiang who came from the expedition.

Although the issue in southern Xinjiang is the primary issue, it is still relatively stable.

Apart from this matter, another thing that the court urgently needed to resolve was the reconciliation with Beichu.

Envoys from other places have been coming to Dongzhou for some time. Both parties attach great importance to the reconciliation, and since no one acted as a monster, the agreement was reached quickly.

A reconciliation contract was signed yesterday, and Beichu also promised to support Dongzhou with grain and part of its military supplies for the fight against Southern Xinjiang.

Emperor Hongwen was naturally happy about this. It would be good to provide money, food and equipment. As for telling people, he had never thought about it and would not agree to it.

After all, it was the army of Beichu. There was no reason to allow other countries' armies to enter the hinterland of our country. Although a reconciliation contract had been signed, at some point this thing was just a piece of waste paper.

"As the news of the reconciliation alliance between Dongzhou and Beichu spreads, Southern Xinjiang may not be able to hold on for long."

At Chengyuan Villa, Lu Yaoyao was drinking tea leisurely.

The most troublesome matter is about to be solved, and she can have a peaceful sleep.

"Miss, should we start preparing to invite people to the housewarming party?"

"Well, let's get ready. As I said before, all the noble officials in the capital who meet the rank will be invited."

"Also ask everyone in the village to prepare the venue and some things needed for the banquet. Remember not to use money to buy things from the villagers."

Qiu Shuang nodded repeatedly and took notes.

It's easy here at Chengyuan Villa, but it's not easy at all in some people's homes in the capital.

For example, in just over ten days, Yan Zuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was removed from his official position, seemed to have aged ten years.

Although Emperor Hongwen had no other punishment for him except being dismissed from office, he lost his official status and the person he offended was Princess Wanfu, so his life in the capital was not easy during this period.

Those good friends in the past are even more avoidant when they see him now. Even the Shangguan who used to think highly of him and planned to cultivate him vigorously, that is, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, now refuses to go anywhere with him.

Yan Zuo even came to visit several times but was turned away.

Some people may think, didn’t Lu Yaoyao do nothing to him? Why did he become like this?

First of all, what kind of absolute friends are there in the officialdom? Secondly, he offended Princess Wanfu. How many people in the noble circle in the capital want to make friends with Lu Yaoyao?

If it were the former third-grade official Yan Zuo, these people might still take it into consideration. But now that Yan Zuo has been dismissed from office, he is just a white-bodied commoner. His grade is not as good as that of a minor official. Who would be afraid of him?

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It's not like everyone is here to bully me. If something is done and word reaches the ears of Princess Wanfu, she will be happy, isn't it an achievement?

As for why the Minister of Industry did not see him, it was mainly because of fear.

After all, Emperor Hongwen's anger that day frightened many people.

After calming down, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry carefully recalled what happened in the court that day, and later discovered that Emperor Hongwen had not even planned to ask Lu Yaoyao how to make a bomb.

Why doesn't he want such a good thing? Has he never asked?

Obviously it's impossible. Since he has asked for it but hasn't gotten it yet, it must be Princess Wanfu who said something to him that made him feel very reasonable, so he didn't ask for it.

And these people still think that one of them will benefit from helping Emperor Hongwen, but it turns out that the real owner no longer intends to take it, and you still insist on forcing him to rob it. Isn't this dragging the emperor along with him to embarrass himself?

It's no wonder that Emperor Hongwen directly captured Yan Zuo.

Because after thinking about it, he also knew that Yan Zuo was looking for him just because he wanted him to say please to His Majesty.

If it was an ordinary matter, it wouldn't matter if he went, but this time it was different. This was the main culprit that caused the emperor to be embarrassed.

The emperor has not yet issued any follow-up punishments. If he goes to ask for permission, the emperor may get angry and let Yan Zuo take it again. I am afraid that by then this guy will not be able to stay in the capital anymore, and there may even be

Life is in danger.

Of course, apart from Yan Zuo, he might also follow suit.

"Why is this happening? I, Yan Zuo, only care about the court, why is this happening?"

At Yan Zuo's house, he was holding a wine flask depressedly, leaning drunkenly on the table, mumbling repeatedly why.

It is obviously what the Minister of the Ministry of Industry said to do for the imperial court and to serve His Majesty. If he does it well, his chances of being promoted to take over the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry will be greatly improved.

During this period, I also analyzed a lot with him. It can be said that it is a sure thing. Why did it become like this?
Chapter completed!