To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao took a glass pot with a raised top, and the color of the glass pot changed when it was placed in boiling water. After a while, when the color of the transparent glass pot faded a little, he took a touch of the blue rain and green peaks, and sprinkled them in one after another.The prince was slightly surprised, and said, "You know how to do this?"

You Miao said with a smile: "Biyuqingfeng needs to be brewed in this way to be delicious. The water can't be hot, or it can't be cold. It's about eight minutes old, and the tea tastes just right."

Speaking of pouring tea from the glazed pot into the cup, the prince took a sip, a slight expression of appreciation appeared on his face, and his smile became brighter.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want you to talk about it." The prince said again: "All the courtiers are here."

You Miao said: "I know."

The crown prince nodded slightly: "Seeing that you understood at the time, just remember it in the future. What do you want to say today? Say it now."

You Miao pondered for a moment, looked at the prince, but the prince didn't care much, and ordered: "Let you say it, and you say it."

"The Third Highness should be allowed to lead the troops." You Miao said.

The prince smiled and said, "What?"

After thinking carefully, You Miao said: "The battle plan formulated by the courtiers that day is no longer usable. At the beginning, Li Xiang mentioned a quick battle, but now it is winter, and General Nie is unable to solve the war situation before the next spring. We We have to be prepared to fight until the beginning of next spring."

The crown prince nodded slowly, and You Miao said, "What's more, Nie Dan doesn't have enough soldiers. Since the situation changes, the plan must change accordingly."

"But you don't know." The crown prince took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Hu people will not spend the winter inside the Great Wall, they will go back outside the Great Wall before winter officially begins."

"What if they don't go back?" You Miao asked back: "It is precisely because everyone thinks that Wuhu and the Tatars will go back outside the Great Wall after they have robbed enough, so they lose the initiative again and again, and are limited to passive. "

The prince sighed and said nothing more. Both of them stared at the floating and sinking tea leaves in the glazed pot, and they didn't speak for a while. You Miao knew that the prince had understood what he meant. From the very beginning, the court had no intention to take it seriously. fight the battle.Of course, You Miao also understands part of the reason for doing this: the court has no money.Years of deficits, and the first World War in Koryo, this year's floods in the south have worsened, and now the Tianqi Dynasty is almost unable to pay pensions and military salaries.

If you can't gather an army, you can only let mermaid go.

The only way to solve all this is to be proactive.However, Tang Hui led the troops to take orders, and he had to follow the imperial court's command.Only by letting Zhao Chao fight can all problems be solved at once.But the court did not intend to hand over the soldiers to him—there was no other reason. Three years ago in the Battle of Goryeo, Zhao Chao lost his troops and lost his generals.Even Zhao Chao himself did not have the courage to take on this important task.

"What do you think of my third brother?" the prince asked with interest.

You Miao: "..."

When the prince asked this, You Miao naturally understood in his heart, and he really regarded him as one of his own when he asked this question.But You Miao didn't know how to answer, she just felt that no matter what she said was wrong.

"Third Highness..." You Miao thought for a long time, and said, "He has the style of a general."

The prince didn't show his approval or disapproval, he just raised his eyebrows and looked at You Miao.Immediately afterwards, You Miao added a sentence just right, saying: "It is important for a general to have self-knowledge. He knows what battles he can fight and who he can't fight. ...Uh, there is still a slight deficiency, maybe in time, there will be... some..."

"Hmm." The crown prince answered him with a vague nasal voice, picked up the documents that You Miao was carrying, flipped through them, and asked casually, "He ordered you to do these?"

You Miao: "Yes."

The crown prince looked at it for a while, and most of it was related to the formation and personnel transfer of the Gyeonggi Army, so he didn't care to read more, stacked up the materials, and said: "He still needs to practice more, I don't worry about entrusting the army to him. "

You Miao and the crown prince looked at each other and smiled, remained silent, the crown prince chatted with him for a few more words, and then suddenly asked: "Li Yan, what do you think?"

You Miao replied without thinking, "Very smart."

The prince still had the same look, with a smile in his eyes, looking at You Miao, as if expecting him to add a few words, of course You Miao was more than that, and said with a smile: "No one can control him since he was a child, smart people, easy Willing to go my own way."

The prince nodded and said: "You will take the post of supervisory censor, and follow the imperial father's order to impeach the army first, and I will leave the matter of the Gyeonggi Army to you." You Miao immediately bowed to thank you, and the prince said: "Accompany the army It's not easy to be a censor, but I know that third brother is a man who can talk about anything. It just depends on whether you dare to say it."

You Miao hurriedly said: "I will do my best to live up to His Highness's expectations."

The prince finally smiled and said: "It is a position handpicked by the father. You have to clean up the military discipline and pass it on. In front of my third brother, you can say what you have to say. Don't be selfish or timid."

You Miao nodded again and again, and the prince sent him back after saying some diligent words.

You Miao came out with the stack of folders and military books, and passed by Changle Palace again on the way back, this time he took a few more curious glances.The eunuch who led the way knew that he was a big celebrity around the prince, so he didn't interfere with him. Anyway, the eunuchs were not surprised by what Zhao Min did in the palace.

You Miao caught a glimpse of Emperor Tianqi standing in front of the altar outside the Changle Hall, wearing a seven-star Taoist crown, holding a jade wat, and reciting in a grand manner. Chen Qing, the second in the list of new subjects, stood aside, burning the scroll with fire, surrounded by smoke.You Miao recognized the ceremony, as Sun Yu said before, it is the favorite of Taoist priests who seek immortality, it is called "Qing Ci" - a blessing document written for the Taishang Laojun, the Emperor of Heaven and other gods.Burn it after writing, so that it can be heard by God.

Emperor Apocalypse also asked Sun Yu to write it, all because Sun Yu wrote beautiful parallel prose, but Sun Yu was very disgusted with the emperor's cultivation of immortals and seeking Taoism, and pointed out that the emperor did not ask the common people to ask ghosts and gods. parted ways.You Miao couldn't laugh or cry when she saw it. In such a big country, the north is being ravaged by war, and the king of the country doesn't care at all. He is actually cultivating immortals in the harem with No. [-] in Xinke... It's simply unbelievable.

"Tanhualang?" The guiding eunuch asked cautiously. You Miao knew that she couldn't see too much, so she followed him out of the palace. On the way, she couldn't help but asked again: "Has your majesty not been to court these days?"

"Your Majesty is praying for the thousands of people in northern Xinjiang." The eunuch replied, "Bless my apocalyptic soldiers to return in triumph."

The expression on You Miao's face was rather disapproving. Although the crown prince ordered him to take over the censor, he wanted to pretend to be upright, but the worry from the bottom of his heart was really lingering.When he returned to Zhao Chao's residence, his face was still calm.

As soon as he entered the palace, there was a carriage waiting in the courtyard. Seeing You Miao, the steward hurried inside and said: "Master You is back!"

You Miao handed the scroll to the boy, entered the hall and said, "Zhao Chao, I'll take it..."

Zhao Chao frowned deeply, and said angrily, "Why did you come back at this time?"

As soon as Zhao Chao saw You Miao, he came up to him, and in the hall, he took a piece of wool and put it on You Miao. You Miao was a little caught off guard, and asked, "Say in the study? What are you doing? Wait! I just came back from outside... Zhao Chao ignored him, and asked again: "Where's the hat? Bring the hat!"