The wise king invited Zhou Junlang to take a seat, and then ordered the maid to serve tea.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Junlang took his seat at the guest seat.

"Sir, you came to the house to see me. I don't know what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou has taken the liberty of visiting to tell you some important news. Du Ning from Suzhou Academy of Arts has arrived at the Palace of Chinese Studies."

"Why did Du Ning come to the National Academy of Sciences?" King Xian asked.

Zhou Junlang said: "The Guoxue Palace invited Du Ning to attend the Academy Competition on the first day of next month. Ye Jinghong, who was traveling with him, bribed Jiang Xingtian with Qionghua Brewing and allowed Du Ning to attend the Juren Class of the Guoxue Palace for a few days.

courses."

"What? Such a thing can happen?"

The Xian Wang looked surprised. He didn't expect that Ye Jinghong's reputation was so great that even Jiang Xingtian gave him three points.

"I didn't expect that even though we tried every possible means to prevent Du Ning from becoming an official, Du Ning still came to the capital." The Xian King's face darkened.

Zhou Junlang said: "Du Ning has settled in the Guoxue Palace. The other princes will definitely know the news. After the matter of the grassland tribe is dealt with, they will definitely rush to remonstrate with the little emperor, leaving Du Ning as an official in the capital.

His reputation in the literary world is too great, and we have secretly dealt with Du Ning again and again, so once Du Ning becomes an official, he will definitely become a thorn in the side of our Wise King Party."

"You just said that Du Ning came to participate in the Academy Competition, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then we will use this academy competition to severely damage Du Ning's literary reputation."

King Xian said: "Mr. Zhou will make preparations after he returns and contact those students from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who have joined us. As long as they can defeat Du Ning in the academy competition, or let Du Ning achieve average results, I will have an excuse to block him."

Shut the mouths of those officials."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhou Junlang was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. The officials recommended Du Ning as an official because of Du Ning's reputation in the literary world of Yun State.

If Du Ning only had an average result in the Academy Competition, would it be necessary for the imperial court to appoint him?

So this is definitely a rare opportunity for the wise king.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Zhou knows what to do. Even if Du Ning cannot be ruined, he will definitely lose the opportunity to become an official. Even if the official insists on recommending him, he will not be reused by the little emperor."

, if this happens, Du Ning's existence will not pose any threat to you." Zhou Junlang said confidently.

"After the great work is accomplished, I will thank you greatly." The wise king said with a smile.

"It is Zhou's duty to share the prince's worries."

"I have always made clear rewards and punishments."

The two exchanged pleasantries again, and soon after, Zhou Junlang left Prince Xian's Mansion.

…………

Royal Palace.

Emperor Hongxuan is reviewing the memorial in the imperial study.

Song Jingtang asked to see Emperor Hongxuan and entered after being notified by Eunuch Feng.

"Your Majesty."

Song Jingtang saluted and said slowly: "The Ministry of Rites has settled the Prairie Tribe delegation in accordance with the regulations. Early tomorrow morning, the Prairie Tribe will go to the Jinluan Hall to pay homage."

"What does Song Aiqing think of the grassland people?" Emperor Hongxuan asked.

"I think that the Prairie people have ulterior motives for coming to the Yun Kingdom. Moreover, the Prairie people specially sent a prince as an ambassador. There must be something important they want to negotiate with our court. I think that Hu Chiyou will definitely see me tomorrow.

The invasion of barbarians and Xiongnu will be used as a condition of some kind of transaction, such as giving some benefits to the grassland tribe, and the grassland tribe will guarantee not to send troops to help the barbarians and Xiongnu. This is Wei Chen's view." Song Jingtang said.

"Song Aiqing's words make sense."

Emperor Hongxuan put his right hand on his back and said thoughtfully: "That prairie clan prince Hu Chiyou is so courageous. He dared to speak out and sow discord in the Qionghua Palace among the royal family of this dynasty. He is simply afraid that our Yun Dynasty will not be in chaos. It can be seen that the prairie clan

There is indeed an ulterior motive.”

"The emperor's words are extremely true." Song Jingtang agreed.

"Master Song, I ask you, if the prairie tribe soldiers come out of the Western Region to attack our territory, will our country have any chance of winning?"

"This... this... what should I say..."

Song Jingtang felt a chill running down his back, "I thought that the grassland tribe had established diplomatic relations with our dynasty for many years, so they would not rebel."

"Back then, the late emperor personally marched against the barbarians in the north and pacified the Xiongnu in the south. The enemies were frightened by the news, and even the grassland people were very afraid. That's why the grassland people established diplomatic relations with our country of Yun. Now that the barbarians and the Xiongnu are invading the border again, they are just bullying me.

He cannot be the king of a country, so he dares to make trouble on Tai Sui's head. Even the barbarians and Xiongnu know how to take advantage of the situation. How could the grassland people not have the same idea? Hu Chiyou is here to test our reality. Once

They think we are soft persimmons, and they will crush us to death without mercy."

"The emperor's concerns are very reasonable, but I think the consequences are a bit exaggerated. Maybe things are not as bad as you think." Song Jingtang comforted.

"If I were the Khan of the grassland people, I would never have been able to watch the barbarians and the Xiongnu develop and grow after annexing the Yun Kingdom. At that time, the grassland people in the Western Regions would also be besieged by the barbarians and the Xiongnu, and they would become the barbarians and the Xiongnu.

Resources that are divided together."

"Your Majesty..."

Song Jingtang's expression changed with surprise. He didn't expect that the young emperor would have such foresight at such a young age.

Emperor Hongxuan deliberately thought about things in the worst direction, so that he would prepare and respond to the worst in advance, so that he would not be at a loss after being "generalized" and lose everything.

"Please step back first!" Emperor Hongxuan said.

"I resign."

Song Jingtang bowed to Emperor Hongxuan and then exited the imperial study.

"The grassland people are playing chess. They can either watch the snipe and the clam compete with each other and profit from it, or they can take the initiative to expand their power."

"I will be your opponent." Emperor Hongxuan's eyes were burning.

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