Chapter 1062 Bad Idea

Chapter 1062: Bad Idea Chapter 1062: Bad Idea Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Haoran blinked and looked back at the ministers innocently.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

Qi Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Eunuch Wan.

Eunuch Wan immediately shouted, “If there’s no memorial, the court will retreat—” Hence, they ended the court session!

Ended!

The civil and military officials were still a little stunned when they walked out of the Hall of Diligent Governance.

Was today’s morning court assembly over just like that?

No arguments, no debates?

They had done so much homework and revised all that speech in their heads for so long, but it was all in vain?

Seeing the interesting expressions on everyone’s faces, Rong Xuan couldn’t help but chuckle.

He shook his head and left.

Yan Du caught up to him and asked, “Jinyu, what does Prince Rong mean by this?

General Yuan and General Mu have stationed 200,000 troops at the border, but they haven’t given any orders up till now.

Are we still going to fight this battle?” Rong Xuan smiled comfortingly.

“Brother Zishan, don’t be anxious.

When it comes to war, the two of us combined can’t compare to Prince Rong.

Prince Rong has his reasons for not mentioning it.

Let’s wait patiently.” Yan Du’s courtesy name was Zishan.

“I’m afraid that if this drags on, the hearts of the people will waver…” Rong Xuan said confidently, “The one experiencing internal strife is Great Jin, not Great Qi.

Why would people’s hearts waver?” At this moment, Qi Haoran was sitting opposite the Emperor and eating breakfast.

The few small steamed buns in the side hall in the morning could only barely keep his hunger away.

He was already famished after standing there for so long.

After eating and drinking his fill, Qi Xiuyuan put down his chopsticks and said to the two of them, “Don’t be lazy either.

Zijin, you’re used to deploying military rations.

This time, I still plan to hand it over to you.

Haoran, get ready as soon as possible.

You’ll lead the army this time…” Qi Haoran shook his head.

“Big Brother, you can lead the expedition yourself.” Fan Zijin almost spat out the porridge in his mouth and glared at Qi Haoran.

However, Qi Haoran didn’t seem to notice what he was saying.

He explained, “It’s not difficult to reclaim the territory that was occupied by Great Jin this time.

Big Brother, my reputation in the army is already high enough.

If I become the general of the army again this time, I’m afraid that the imperial court will be uneasy when I return.” Qi Xiuyuan’s expression darkened.

Qi Haoran continued, “We brothers naturally won’t doubt each other, but I hate it when people sow discord.

With plenty on my plate, I don’t want to waste time dealing with these things.” Qi Xiuyuan’s expression improved.

“Big Brother, you’ll lead the expedition personally.

I’ll be your general and the vanguard.

Let Zijin deploy the rations.

Brother Rong Xuan will stay in the imperial court to deal with the state affairs.

The war will take at least half a year or two years.

After the territory in the north is recovered, it’ll be much easier to seize back the territory lost to West Xia,” Qi Haoran said.

“Moreover, I want to bring Little Bear along this time and let him experience the battlefield.

Even if he can’t yet go on the battlefield to kill the enemy, he can still experience it first-hand.” Qi Xiuyuan pondered.

Fan Zijin lost his appetite in an instant.

He put down his chopsticks and said seriously, “If Your Majesty were to personally lead the expedition, it’d be impossible to set off this winter.

The war will have to be delayed until March next year.

The timing…” Fan Zijin and Qi Xiuyuan looked at Qi Haoran.

Qi Haoran patted his chest confidently and said, “Don’t worry, Great Jin won’t have peace from now until next summer.” It meant that he could seize the opportunity.

Qi Xiuyuan knocked on the table and said, “It’s fine as long as the three of us know about this.

Don’t tell anyone yet.

Considering the Crown Prince is still young, the officials won’t agree to let me lead the army personally.” Therefore, they had to catch them off guard.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

The civil and military officials didn’t know that the Emperor had teamed up with Prince Rong and Duke of Peaceful State to dig a huge hole for them.

After the cousins left, the smile on Qi Xiuyuan’s face slowly disappeared.

He said to Eunuch Wan, “Don’t spread what was discussed here today.” “Yes.” Eunuch Wan bowed.

It was indeed a great merit for the Emperor to personally lead the expedition and recover the lost land.

Qi Xiuyuan shook his head with a smile.

It was rare for Haoran to think of this, but his senses told him that things were definitely not that simple.

Since when did he like to think about such things?

At this moment, Fan Zijin, who was sitting in the carriage, was also looking at Qi Haoran with a dark expression.

“Since when did it occur to you to consider all this?

Tell me, are you hiding something from me?” Qi Haoran felt a little sheepish, but he shook his head and said, “I’m not hiding anything from you.

It only occurred to me after Advisor Qian vaguely mentioned it.” Fan Zijin looked at him suspiciously.

“It’s true.

Just as we were about to reach the capital, Advisor Qian specially told Little Bear and the others the story of how one made one’s superior feel uneasy or insecure because of his high achievements.

When I heard that, I felt that Advisor Qian was reminding me, so I thought of this.” Fan Zijin was still suspicious.

Making one’s superior feel uneasy or insecure because of his high achievements?

If it were Little Treasure on the throne, Haoran might have thought of this.

But with Qi Xiuyuan on the throne right now, why would Qi Haoran think of this?

But other than that, there was no other explanation, so Fan Zijin let it go skeptically.

Qi Haoran heaved a sigh of relief.

If he became the general, he would only be able to command the battle from the rear.

In that case, he wouldn’t be able to accompany Ah Ling to go to the front line and return to her family.

Moreover, he wasn’t wrong.

There were already people who advocated that he was responsible for conquering half of Great Qi.

If he went on to recover the lost land, he would have conquered two-thirds of Great Qi.

Their generation might not care about this, and the Qi brothers weren’t calculative with each other.

But what about their descendants?

At the banquet last night, the children were all playing happily together.

It was not a big deal to have occasional disputes, but people’s hearts could change.

He trusted his big brother and Zijin, but he could not completely trust these descendants.

Rather than planting the root of disaster with his meritorious achievements, it was better to put an end to it from the beginning.

In any case, he did not want these merits.

“Since you’ve already decided, I naturally won’t stop you.” Fan Zijin deliberated for a moment and said, “You know that no matter what you do, I’ll support you.

I’ll report to the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs in the afternoon and take up my post at the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow.

Since you’ve decided to commence the war at the end of next spring, I’ll deploy the rations as soon as possible.

It’s time for your troops to get into action, too.” Qi Haoran felt a little guilty towards Fan Zijin.

After returning home, he said to Mu Yangling, “Why don’t I tell Zijin that you’re going with me?” Mu Yangling did not understand.

“Why did you hide it from Big Brother and Zijin?” Qi Haoran looked at her as if she was an idiot.

“What a fool.

If I don’t hide it from them, will you be able to go to the front line?

I’ve never heard of a woman going to the battlefield.” “Stop.” Mu Yangling interrupted him and said seriously, “Firstly, you said that you wanted to bring me back to my maiden family and relive my childhood, but you didn’t tell me that you wanted to bring me to the front line to fight and kill the enemy.

Secondly, what’s so strange about women going to the battlefield?

Not so long ago, the Great Zhou’s Emperor Shizong conferred a female general, and there were also female soldiers and female generals in the Tang Dynasty.

Why can’t women go to the battlefield?” “I only have one question for you.

Will Big Brother and Zijin let you go to the battlefield when they find out?” Mu Yangling shut up.

“That’s it.” Qi Haoran spread his hands.

“They definitely won’t agree, so we have to act first and report later.

When the time comes, Big Brother will command the battle in the middle tent and Zijin will deploy the rations.

I’m the vanguard, so they definitely won’t have time to care about you.” “What about on the way back?” Qi Haoran said fearlessly, “The war will be over by then.

Big Brother can do whatever he wants.” Seeing Mu Yangling’s hesitation, Qi Haoran leaned in front of her and said, “Don’t you want to fight alongside me?” “It’s not like I haven’t killed before.” “But we were still young at that time and hadn’t gotten married yet.

How can that count?” Qi Haoran said seriously, “I want you to stand by my side as my Princess Consort and go down in history.

Mu Yangling looked at Qi Haoran’s sparkling eyes and nodded slowly.

“At most, we’ll be grounded.” Qi Haoran grinned and squatted in front of her to kiss her hand.

“That’s right.

At most, we’ll be grounded.” Besides punishing them with this, what else could Qi Xiuyuan punish them with?

The two of them thought fearlessly.

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