The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1290: national policy
Chapter 1290 National Policy
“Brother, between you and me…you can say whatever you want!” Queen Mother Yan said softly.
“Forgive me for the offense, but I’m afraid it’s really as Your Majesty said. You need to depose Your Majesty and appoint a new emperor!” Zhong Xingxiao spoke very quickly, as if he was very scared, and then he bowed to the ground and apologized.
Queen Mother Yan paused and almost lost her balance. She clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, and her heart felt as if it was pierced by a sharp sword.
“Empress Dowager…” Zhong Xingxiao hurriedly stepped forward to support Empress Dowager Yan, and whispered, “I am the Empress Dowager’s brother, so I naturally have to consider her. Think about it… if A Li is deposed, the eldest prince is not a person who can handle the heavy responsibility. Now there are many court officials who support the Ninth Prince. If you hold on tightly and don’t let go, it will damage the face of our Great Yan Emperor and make people think that the Great Yan Emperor doesn’t keep his word. But if the court officials who support the Ninth Prince take this opportunity to force Your Majesty to abdicate and support the Ninth Prince to take the throne, Empress Dowager… by then, it will be uncertain who will be the emperor!”
When Queen Mother Yan heard this, her scalp suddenly went numb and she could only say, “No! Ah Yan… No!”
“Queen Dowager! You must be on guard against others, even if the Ninth Prince really doesn’t have this intention!” Zhong Xingxiao looked around, stepped closer to Queen Dowager Yan and said, “Even if the Ninth Prince really doesn’t have this intention, Queen Dowager, think about it, the court is now divided into the Queen Dowager Party and the Regent Party. Will the Regent Party… take this opportunity to propose to establish a new emperor and push the Regent to the throne on the grounds that Yan cannot be used to gamble with the Great Zhou?”
Queen Mother Yan almost couldn’t help but tell her brother that Murong Yan was Xiao Rongyan, but she did not forget what her husband had told her when she was still alive, and what A Li had told her repeatedly later, that the fact that Murong Yan was Xiao Rongyan should not be told to anyone except the few people who already knew about it.
Especially later, when A Yan married the Emperor of the Great Zhou under the identity of Xiao Rongyan, and then faked his death to get rid of the identity of Xiao Rongyan, A Li repeatedly reminded him to forget that A Yan was Xiao Rongyan from then on.
Queen Mother Yan pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, thinking of those court officials who followed Xiao Rongyan. They were always staring at her…staring at A Li, wishing they could pull her A Li off the throne and push Xiao Rongyan onto it.
Even Eunuch Feng, who had been with her husband at the time, stayed with A Yan after her husband passed away…
“Queen Dowager, to be honest, I think the method your Majesty has come up with is the best one!” Zhong Xingxiao and Queen Dowager Yan slowly walked towards the Queen Dowager’s palace, saying as they walked, “Now the Regent King does not agree with your Majesty’s gambling with Yan State against the Great Zhou. I’m afraid… the Regent King will be instigated by those Regent King’s party and think about deposing your Majesty… and ascending the throne. With the Regent King’s current prestige in Yan State, I’m afraid no one can stop him from ascending the throne!”
“No…” Queen Mother Yan’s nails dug into her palms.
“The Queen Mother once told me that she believed in the friendship between the Ninth Prince and the late Emperor, you, and Your Majesty. If that is the case, then please ask the Queen Mother to persuade the Regent to agree with Your Majesty’s idea for Your Majesty’s sake!” Zhong Xingxiao spoke slowly, “Otherwise, if there is a chaos of establishing a new emperor, it will be harmful to the State of Yan at this critical juncture!”
“But what if…what if A Yan still disagrees?” Queen Mother Yan suddenly became uncertain. What if A Yan felt that A Li was young and reckless and not suitable to be the emperor, and wanted to replace him?
“The Queen Mother can use Empress Ji to persuade the Ninth Prince. If the Ninth Prince disagrees, you can persuade him… He should have confidence in Empress Ji’s new policy!” Zhong Xingxiao thought for a moment and continued, “Besides… In fact, your Majesty’s method may not be agreed by the Great Zhou. After all, the Great Zhou is now strong and has already controlled the main force of our Yan State. Your Majesty sent an envoy to the Great Zhou… This statement also shows that our Yan State is willing to put the imperial power behind the people in order to avoid the suffering of the people. If the Great Zhou disagrees, then the one who will be criticized… is the Great Zhou emperor who clings to power. Then even if a war breaks out, our Yan State has not lost in the hearts of the people, and the people of Yan State will still work together with us to fight against Zhou!”
Listening to her brother’s detailed analysis, Queen Mother Yan lowered her eyes to look at the road below her feet and nodded. The jade pendant that prohibited steps swaying in her peripheral vision was entangled with her mood.
“Brother, tell me something for sure. What do you think…if it is really as A Li said, our Yan State and the Great Zhou will win or lose based on national policies, and the two countries will become one.”
Queen Dowager Yan was not completely unaware of Bai Qingyan’s character, so she couldn’t help but feel worried.
When her husband was still alive, he once told her… The Bai family had noble character and was the most dignified family he had ever seen, so Queen Mother Yan was very afraid… If Ali proposed this idea, Bai Qingyan would agree.
She needs to make sure that their Yan State can win!
Just as Ah Li said, this was a huge gamble, with the kingdoms of Great Zhou and Yan on the line. If she won, she would own the whole world, but if she lost, she would lose everything. She was still afraid…
She was afraid that if she forced A Yan to agree to A Li’s method, but Yan State lost in the end, then… when she went to see her beloved husband a hundred years later, she would not be able to protect the Murong family’s kingdom for him. How could she face her husband?
Tears welled up in Queen Mother Yan’s eyes. She stared at her brother without blinking, hoping that Zhong Xingxiao could give her a positive answer to put her mind at ease.
Zhong Xingxiao thought for a moment and said, “We in Yan are implementing the new policies that Queen Ji had originally proposed. When we implemented them in Yan, they were indeed able to achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the people in a short period of time. This is something we have practiced and it is effective.”
“As for the Great Zhou…” Zhong Xingxiao thought for a moment and continued, “The new policies implemented by the Great Zhou, our spies have been sent to Yandu one after another. Although I am not interested, I have also taken a look and feel that… the new policies of the Great Zhou seem to be flourishing and being carried out in a lively manner, but no one can guarantee whether they will be effective in a short period of time! Take the new policy of allowing women to take the imperial examination to become officials. The Queen Mother thought carefully, didn’t she try to implement it when Queen Ji was in power? Didn’t she succeed? It didn’t…”
“So what you mean is that the Great Zhou will most likely not succeed?” Queen Mother Yan asked hurriedly.
Zhong Xingxiao nodded: “That’s what I think! And I’ve noticed that many of the new policies of the Great Zhou are modeled after the new policies that Queen Ji wanted to implement back then, with just a few minor changes.”
Queen Mother Yan nodded. In fact, she had taken a cursory look at the new policies of the Great Zhou Dynasty and discovered that many of them were national policies that Queen Ji had once wanted to implement in Yan State but had ultimately failed.
The third update is completed!
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