Chapter 339: Standpoint
The four people in the Government Affairs Office were actually not very worried about the war in Youzhou. It was not that they looked down on Goryeo, but Gongsun Zan was indeed an expert in foreign wars. The defeat in Youzhou was 100% caused by the mess between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan.
It is true that Liu Yu was a conciliatory person, but he was also a qualified royal relative. To him, the invading Goryeo was absolutely irretrievable garbage.
He would never hold Gongsun Zan back again. On the contrary, he might even mobilize the Hu people under his command to deal with Goryeo.
Perhaps the trouble in Youzhou had been resolved before Qu Yi and his men arrived there, and sending people there was just to be on the safe side and to show the court's determination.
It is just a means to stabilize the internal situation. Their focus in the future should still be on gradual development and steadily widening the gap between us and the enemy from the root. There is nothing better than this.
"The general will be back soon. Shouldn't we put that matter on the agenda?" Xun Yu said something out of the blue that silenced the entire government affairs office.
"Hey, everyone with less than 2,000 shi should get out!" Chen Xi sighed and began to clear the area.
"Xun Wenruo, why are you so anxious?" Li Ru looked at Xun Yu with a bad face.
"Li Wenyou, you should understand that this matter is irreversible!" Xun Yu also rarely became aggressive.
In addition to the four people, there were also other officials with salaries of around 2,000 stones present, but most of them wanted to bury their heads under the table. Such fundamental things were not something they could touch.
Most of them came from aristocratic families, but Luoyang had just cleaned out the aristocratic families, and who knows if these big guys are going to come up with new tricks to mess with them.
"Forget it, you guys can go out too and close the door!" Chen Xi knew what these officials were thinking at a glance, and drove away all the people present.
In the end, only Chen Xi, Jia Xu, Li Ru and Xun Yu were left on the third floor of the huge Government Affairs Hall.
"Wenruo, tell me why you are so anxious?" Chen Xi saw that Xun Yu and Li Ru were getting angry, so he immediately interrupted the topic.
"The princess is already fifteen!" Xun Yu sighed. He didn't expect this day to come so suddenly.
"Puff~" All the tea that Chen Xi had just drunk sprayed out, and he almost forgot about the matter completely.
Considering only Xun Yu's selfish reasons, he almost forgot the fact that the eldest princess was already fifteen years old.
In the Han Dynasty, women who did not get married after the age of fifteen had to pay a fine. Although Chen Xi and Guo Hao were not used to this, this was indeed a policy to encourage childbirth in the Han Dynasty, and as rulers of the country, they absolutely could not violate this.
If the eldest princess was just the eldest princess, it would be fine, but now she represents the concentration of national power, and is the reason why the various forces of the Han Dynasty can gather together.
In addition to the contribution of the general, more importantly, it was Guo Hao's decentralization and the use of the eldest princess as the orthodox ruler to stabilize people's hearts.
If the eldest princess suddenly passed away or Guo Hao ascended the throne, internal strife would arise. At least Liu Bei, Liu Yu and others would never surrender to Guo Hao. It was not only a matter of belief, but also a drive from blood.
If the Liu royal family does nothing, other ambitious people will naturally take action, and the world will then be in endless chaos again.
They have just experienced the convenience of national unity and working together for progress; how can they tolerate division to happen again?
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Li Ru looked grim. When Xun Yu mentioned this matter, he understood it completely. However, as Dong Bai's uncle, he could only watch Dong Bai, who should have been his wife, become a concubine. He really couldn't accept it.
"Jia Wenhe, you should solve the problem yourself!" Li Ru could only say this angrily and close his eyes.
Xun Yu was right, this was an irreversible trend, unless one wanted to cause chaos in the world, having the princess marry the general and have children would be the most beneficial thing for the country.
Only when offspring are born can the entire empire gather more powerful strength to move forward. After all, they all have similar concerns in their hearts.
If Guo Hao or the eldest princess encounters an accident, how will this huge empire continue?
Xun Yu frowned. Although Li Ru's words seemed to give up the fight, he involved Jia Xu again. When did these two people become so close?
He has never had a good impression of Jia Xu. Until now, he still doesn't believe that the Ten Attendants could disappear without a trace with the two princes. At that time, Jia Xu was in Luoyang. It is impossible that Jia Xu had no feelings for the princes, but the princes disappeared after all.
No one is found alive or dead, and there is still no news until now. The biggest suspects are always the Yuan family, the Yang family, and Jia Xu.
Jia Xu also frowned, but he also knew that he couldn't get away from this matter, and he had to do his best to solve it.
"The general trend is like this, but I was too simple-minded at the beginning. This is not an easy thing to do." Jia Xu still shook his head. The engagement was indeed a good move at the beginning, but he did not expect that Guo Hao would suddenly take control of the Yulin Army and capture Luoyang in one fell swoop.
"Let's stop here and wait for the general to come back and handle it himself!" Chen Xi suddenly said. The intentions of Jia Xu, Li Ru and Xun Yu were very clear, but in the end it still depended on Guo Hao's opinion.
It seems to be a question of the general's marriage, but in fact, the deeper issue is whether Guo Hao will establish himself as emperor.
Jia Xu and Li Ru seemed to be compromising, but the meaning was completely based on the attitude of Guo Hao's ascension to the throne. They were thinking from the perspective of Guo Hao's subjects.
However, Xun Yu thought from the perspective of the Han Dynasty and used the simplest way to solve the problem of Guo Hao's ascension to the throne, which was to marry the eldest princess.
In fact, the attitudes of both sides are not only personal attitudes, but also the attitudes of the forces behind them.
Li Ru and Jia Xu naturally stood with the Liangzhou army. Dong Bai, as the granddaughter represented their interests and was aiming to become the queen and the main wife, so that her future heirs would also be legitimate sons.
But now that this is the case, no matter how outstanding the offspring is in the future, he will just be a bastard. If this goes on for a long time, what good will the officials and generals of their Liangzhou faction have to endure?
If the legitimate son representing the Han Dynasty inherits the future position, then how should the families of these illegitimate sons deal with themselves? They can't just stick their necks out and let others chop them off, right?
Or would they abandon their own family and go directly to the legitimate son? Then they would not be able to compete with the legitimate son's family.
Everything is safe and sound now, but what about the future?
Anyone with a little vision knows what the future holds, so they all tacitly put this issue aside. However, if this problem is not resolved, it will eventually erupt.
