Poor family mother and son

Probably men are really belligerent by nature.

About whether to fight Voss or not, there was a three-day discussion in the Daxuan Dynasty Hall.

The cause of this incident was that the country of Vos sent envoys to seek food aid from Daxuan.

Speaking of it, King Voss was more pragmatic than his son. When the fourth prince was full of blame, King Voss was keenly aware of the dissatisfaction of the tribes with the fourth prince, which was dissatisfaction with their royal city.

"I'm not dead yet!" growled King Voss.

But after the roar, there was a burst of weakness.

He is not old and frail, and he doesn't want to hand over the throne to others, but his son actually offended all the tribes for him!

Food is still a big problem for Voss. It is one thing to covet Daxuan, but his throne is another. Weighing the two, keeping the throne is the most urgent.

Therefore, while recalling the fourth prince, King Voss sent envoys to Daxuan to seek cooperation.

Even though the two countries have established diplomatic relations, there should be exchanges. Covering up the improper behavior of the fourth prince by seeking food support is a kind of remedy.

The message that came out from the royal city was: the fourth prince wanted the Li people to survive the winter in peace, and in the process of trading with the Daxuan caravan, there was a misunderstanding due to the differences in language and customs between the two countries.

In doing so, on the one hand, the fourth prince annoyed several leaders and expressed Wang Cheng's attitude: there is no intention of going to war this year, to stabilize the tribes; situation.

Asking for help in the name of the country is better than threatening the caravan like the fourth prince.

In the view of King Voss, the actions of the fourth prince are completely out of the question: Can robbing a caravan obtain the food needed by the whole country?
It seems to be in the name of a person, but after all, he is the prince of Voss. Can Daxuan really just treat it as a personal act?

Therefore, when Chu Qing entered the palace to meet Emperor Qingde, Voss' envoys also arrived in Kyoto.

They were left hanging in the post house.

But the emperor led the courtiers to discuss whether to declare war with Voss.

The generals supported the war for two reasons:
[-]. Since the emperor has asked this question, he must have an idea. As a military commander, he is supposed to protect his family and country, so he must respond;

[-]. Because there was no war in the past few years, the generals whose status had been improved just now fell back again, and were suppressed by civil servants to the point of depression.

Interestingly, even half of the civil servants are in charge of the battle:
"Your Majesty, they seem to be robbing a caravan, but it is Daxuan's caravan! They are despising me, Daxuan!"

"Your Majesty, the caravan is still clear. Who is Chu Qing? He is the one who brought in cotton seeds from other people and cultivated them successfully. Robbing a caravan is robbing Chu Qing!"

"Master Li, what is robbing Chuqing? Chuqing is just a woman, they robbed her of Daxuan's face!"

"Master Zhao is right! Chu Qing really represents Daxuan's face."

"Your Majesty, I think that even though Chu Qing provoked this incident, I declare to protect the people of the world. No matter what, I must protect my people in front of foreign enemies."

"I agree! However, since Chu Qing provoked the incident, he should bear some responsibility. I believe that Chu Qing should at least bear half of the military expenses for this battle."

The emperor understood that these people wanted to rob his private treasury.

The cotton fields that Chu Qing chose in the past few years, apart from military settlements, are mainly barren fields and barren hills. These lands are not available to aristocratic families and dignitaries, and they don't bother to occupy them.

The cotton produced on the land and the profits brought by the related textile industry are also out of their hands.

Nothing could be seen in the first year, but from the second year, the rapid expansion of Chuqing's caravan and the rise of various "treasure" shops made them suddenly realize that a strong man had appeared.

They suppressed her several times and even brought Chu Qing to the court to impeach her face to face. Not only did they not hurt her at all, they even felt the emperor's protection.

How can this work?
So there were such words of extremism and provocation as "Chuqing represents Daxuan", and such words of blame as "Chuqing provoked trouble".

At this time, the emperor understood the profound meaning of the phrase "what is the purpose of war".

Soul torture!What is the purpose of war? 1 people have at least 1 purposes.

What "strengthen national defense, ensure the security of Daxuan, and promote exchanges and exchanges between various ethnic groups and regions" are all my imagination!
Look, the purpose of this group of people is so clear: divide up the property, that is to rob me of my pocketbook!
The emperor had no intention of going to war at all.

Not to mention the disaster this year, it is not suitable for large-scale use of weapons, even if there is no disaster!

Fortunately, a group of civil servants headed by Minister of the Ministry of Finance Liu Ju refuted the words of these people. The way of refutation was to settle accounts, which was still the same as Chu Qing. Some of the categories were so detailed that the generals almost snored.

Chu Qing, a lowly official like Chu Qing, could not know the excitement in the hall.

Since she came to Kyoto, she naturally wanted to visit her own shop.

"Grandmother, this kind of pattern has become popular in the capital recently, and my granddaughter thinks it is quite suitable for your elderly, why don't we choose a few more?" Liu Yufang held two large cashmere shawls in her hand and showed it to an elderly man.

The old woman had gray hair and was very rich. Her face was like a silver plate, but there were not many wrinkles. It must have been well maintained. She was the old wife of Liu Ju, Minister of the Household Department.

Mrs. Liu stroked the colorful stripes on the cashmere shawl lightly with her hand, her eyebrows and eyes curved: "Is it a bit gorgeous? Don't look back and your grandfather said I was an old goblin!"

Liu Yufang covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "Grandfather didn't dare, not only didn't he dare, he also had to praise you for being frugal. You are not willing to buy that fox fur cloak, and he dares to say that you can't buy a cashmere shawl!"

"Go! You damn girl! What can you say about your grandfather! He only saves himself, but when has he ever treated us harshly?" Mrs. Liu smiled and refuted her granddaughter, and she couldn't let go of the shawl.

It's late autumn, and all the houses in Kyoto with better conditions have already burned charcoal for heating, and the Liu Mansion is the same, but after all, it is getting old, and the charcoal basin in the house does not feel warm, and it feels dry to breathe.

It is shameful to wear a fur cloak indoors, but it is much more comfortable to wear a shawl.

"Bao Qingxiang has so many new gadgets!" The old woman praised: "Look, cashmere is much softer than that wool."

"Please come inside, sir!" The shop assistant at the door let the customers into the shop: "The shop is new to velvet brown, with many colors and patterns, just take a look!"

The store clerk didn't know Chu Qing and Zhuo Yao, but his attitude was warm but not too much, which made people feel comfortable.

Although ordinary people refer to woolen fabrics as woolen sweaters and woolen trousers, people in Kyoto still refer to woolen products as "rough brown" and cashmere products as "velvet brown" according to their habits.

This year, Chu Qing's workshop successfully stripped the soft cashmere from wool and made beautiful shawls, gloves, underwear, and socks, adding to the fire of Bao Qingxiang's business.

"Let me take a look at the socks." Chu Qing said.