When the two of them reached the peak of their happiness at the same time, she hugged him and cried. Then, she heard him lick her earlobe and say, Xue, I love you!"
"I love you too, Ziqing." She bit his shoulder and cried.
That was the first time she said she loved him.
He closed his eyes and smiled. Happiness seemed to be overwhelming him at this moment. This feeling would be engraved in his heart for three lifetimes.
That night, they were tightly entangled together, again and again, until dawn when they fell asleep.
She stayed there for two days and three nights. She didn't attend the morning court session or go anywhere else. She stayed with him and didn't see anyone in between.
"Let Ziran be the Grand Secretary and Grand Tutor. From now on, she will start teaching Lan Yi. In addition, the military school you mentioned needs talents. Why don't she be the teacher inside? There was probably no one else in the Feng Nation who could match her abilities, so she would definitely teach her well. As for Mother, I will deal with her, so don't worry. Oh right, Xue, if you really want to start a military school, you'll need teaching materials and a lot of instructors. I don't understand these, but Imperial Concubine Ji should be able to help. You should sort out your so-called "Thirty-Six Stratagems" properly. If you can't remember it clearly, we'll discuss it together. Don't worry, it'll be solved.”Zi Qing said as he hugged her naked body.
Xue Lin nodded and said," Thank goodness I have you." How about this, invite Ji Xuan over here, and then call Commandant Yin over. The four of us will sort things out.”
"Alright." Zi Qing gently wiped the sweat off the tip of her nose and smiled.
The four of them gathered together and discussed for a long time. In the end, it was decided that Yin Yicui would be the principal of Phoenix Master Academy, and Wei Ziran would be the teacher. They would teach the students the art of war and strategy. As for the teacher of military formations, they would have to search the entire country. Ji Xuan knew more about these things, so he would occasionally go to the academy to attend a few classes. The former Minister of War, Qian Zhurui, was very good at leading troops and marching, so she was removed from her position as Minister of War and sent to be a teacher in the academy, receiving double the salary. The position of Minister of War was temporarily taken over by the former Minister of War. However, he had only taken over for a month. Due to some major mistakes during his reign, he was quickly dismissed and replaced by a commoner woman, Chang Yufei. At this point, Lin Xue had eliminated most of the dissidents in the court, and the heads of the six departments all used people she trusted.
When dealing with the military officials, she used the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Kuangyin's " cup of wine to give up military power " to take back their power and give them a mansion and fief to let them go back to enjoy their lives. Although the process was long and complicated, it was still resolved in the end.
In the country, she gradually took back the rights of slave owners and formulated a series of measures to prevent them from buying and selling slaves. She also rented the land to free slaves to cultivate. She knew that the Feng Kingdom was in an important period of transition from slavery to feudalism. According to the books, every major change in society required the demise of a dynasty and the establishment of a new dynasty. Since she was currently in this awkward position, she could only try her best to complete the peaceful transition from a slave society to a feudal society. The price of this transition was that almost all the old officials and good generals in the court were dismissed. Thus, she once again received the title of a fatuous ruler.
However, she did not care. She could never be a good emperor, and her mission was to establish a new country and eliminate the elders of the court who had infiltrated the enemy's forces. Only then could she completely get rid of the control and coercion of the three countries.
In the second year of Siyao, which was also the second year of her ascension to the throne, large-scale slave uprisings and other riots occurred in the surrounding Yan Kingdom, Qi Kingdom, and Sang Kingdom. Xue Lin took the opportunity to uproot all the forces of the three countries in Feng Kingdom, killing them or sending them back to their countries. The Feng Kingdom was gradually getting on the right track under the hands of the new generation of young people. The country's strength gradually became stronger, and there were no riots or storms.
In terms of education, it focused on cultivating students 'ability to solve problems and make decisions, and implemented the policy of all-round development. The selection of talents was based on the standards of the modern civil service examination, so the selected people were very adaptable and could basically solve many major problems and emergencies. In addition, the Feng Master Academy had become the target of many young men and women in the Feng Nation. The Feng Nation began to emphasize martial arts, and those energetic young men and women naturally squeezed their heads out to squeeze into it. It was a school that was even more noble than the aristocrats. General Yin was the principal, and the imperial consorts and scholars were the teachers. Even the flexible teachers were the insufferably arrogant generals and talented women of the past. How bad could the quality of the teaching be? Moreover, it had very strict requirements for students to enter the school. They had to be healthy, smart, hardworking, persistent, loyal, and calm. None of these conditions could be lacking. Even if you were the child of an official, you wouldn't be able to get in no matter how much money you had. On the contrary, as long as these conditions were met, slaves, commoners, and even men could enter the school and become proud members.
In the harem, Xue Lin tried her best to arrange the schedule. Everyone could be favored and summoned every month, so it was considered peaceful and peaceful. However, she did not get pregnant again in the past year. Because she wanted to deal with Li Guo and fulfill Xue Yao's last words, she often sat alone on Chen Fangju's couch and thought hard about countermeasures.
The day had finally arrived.
That day, Ji Xuan held her hand and sat in the garden of Changhuan Hall, talking about the school. When they were talking about a talented student, Xiaosi ran over with a flustered expression and reported,""Li Nation's army has invaded again. This is a letter from Li Nation's Emperor to Your Majesty.”
Xue Lin took it and opened it. Her face slowly darkened.
"What's wrong?" Ji Xuan asked with concern.
"You said you want a marriage alliance again. Otherwise, we can only fight.”Xue Lin gritted her teeth.
"Didn't you just get married last year?" Ji Xuan asked in confusion. Li Yu, the general of Li Nation, was married to the princess of Hanyang of our country. What else could they be unhappy about?”
"Ji Xuan, you're wrong. He wants the princesses of our country to marry into their country. Think about it, is that even possible? Even if there were countless princesses and princes here, I wouldn't give any of them away!”
"But our current strength…"
"Yeah, I can't beat him. But we still have to fight." Xue Lin murmured.
Ji Xuan seemed to have recalled something and said,""Xuexi, I heard my mother say that the Li Emperor's martial arts were unfathomable. She said that there was probably no one else in the world who could match him. If he, an emperor, was already so powerful, then wouldn't those generals in his army be even more powerful?”
"I know. I met him when I was still Princess Anping. He was extremely arrogant. He could actually come and go freely in the heavily guarded palace alone…I didn't expect him to still remember this matter. What should we do?" Xue Lin put the letter into her arms in frustration and strode to the Dark Phoenix Palace to find Ziqing.
"Whose letter?" Zi Qing took the letter in surprise and asked.
"Liyuan wrote it."
The more Zi Qing looked down, the less color there was on his face. By the time he finished reading, his face was completely pale. "This Li Yuan is still thinking about you! More than two years? What are your plans now?" Zi Qing asked.
"What other plans can I have? Either fight or make peace. I want to hear your opinion.”
"Of course not! You're the ruler of a country, you can't just leave us behind and leave the country! Let's fight."
"But we can't beat them! Our land is less than one-third of Li Nation's, and our population is less than twenty percent of theirs. Our army is even more unable to contend with them. Although we've been recuperating and recruiting for the past year, our potential is limited. No matter how hard we work, we can't catch up to them.”Xue Lin was anxious.
Ziqing pondered for a long time before saying,"Our army is also a total of 160,000 to 170,000, right?" In addition to this year of training and hard work, the first batch of students from the Phoenix Master Academy can also be used on the battlefield. If we really fight, we might not lose. As long as he could dispel the idea of leaving the original, then he would fight!”
Xue Lin smiled bitterly as she held Ziqing's hand and said,""It's all my fault. Not only was it useless, but it also caused these disasters. The lives of the people would be plunged into misery. Who knew how many families would be destroyed? Why don't you make Lan Yi the crown prince? With you and Zi Ran assisting her, I can feel at ease.”
"No, I can't! I don't agree! We won't agree to it!" Zi Qing hugged her tightly as if she would disappear in the next moment." Don't be like this. We will defeat him. Xue, don't leave us, okay?"“
"Why did the emperor summon this lowly official so urgently?”Yin Yicui asked breathlessly as soon as he entered the Chenhuan Hall. He had jogged all the way here, so he was still trying to calm his breathing and mind. He knew that something big must have happened. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so anxious and directly 'invited' him from the school to come here.
Xue Lin looked at him and said to Xiaosi,""Go and pour a cup of tea for General Yin. General Yin, I did summon you here today to discuss something important. Our dynasty and Li Country are about to go to war. What do you think about this?"
Yin Yicui's pupils constricted instantly. She placed the tea back on the table and said,"Why didn't you show any signs of fighting?”
The current Minister of War, Chang Yufei, was also confused. She looked at Zhen Xiaowan and saw that she was also confused, so she could only quietly wait for Xue Lin's answer.
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