Chang'an, Chengqing Hall.

Facing the civil and military face to face, Xiao Wenxuan threw the memorial at the feet of the third prince.

"Look, this is the memorandum that King Wei just wrote. This is the King of Chu you have always maintained. This is how your uncle embarrass me." Xiao Wenxuan said angrily.

The third prince's face turned pale. He squatted down and picked up the memorial, but just glanced at the content on it and his face changed.

The fourth prince glanced at the third prince's expression and looked teasing. Now that there is no second prince in the court, the position of the prince is stable, he can only compete with the third prince.

Even if he cannot be the emperor in the future, he hopes that Xiao Wenxuan will be granted a wealthy fief.

"Father, although my uncle lost to the Dutch, he started a war with the Dutch for the sake of the Great Yu Kingdom. Even though my uncle was defeated, he was still honored, my father." The third prince said anxiously.

He knew very well that he could be like a fish in the court now, because the King of Chu was behind the scenes. This time, the King of Chu was defeated by the Dutch, which would inevitably make the King of Chu feel a little lighter in the court officials.

Especially the memorials of hundreds of warships lost to just ten Dutch warships, which was particularly dazzling.

"The third prince is really clever. The King of Chu is so powerless and humiliating, but his highness is called a national hero by his highness. It's shameful!" An official in red robe said angrily.

After the official spoke, the fourth prince smiled. The northern vassal kings and the southern vassal kings have always been wrong, because they all understood that the activities the King of Chu had done over the years, and what they hoped was that the north would become in chaos.

Now that the King of Chu was defeated by the Dutch, they were naturally very happy and took the opportunity to sarcastically.

When the third prince heard this, his face immediately turned the same as a pig's liver. However, he knew that this time the reason was wrong, but he was not the one who could bully him. He said angrily: "Zheng Hongwen, don't talk sarcasticly. The King of Chu can at least fight against the Dutch. You can only hide behind and watch jokes. With this ability, who dares to fight against the Dutch?"

As soon as these words came out, the court fell silent. The third prince immediately sneered, "What! No one dared?"

Xiao Wenxuan frowned when he heard this. The Great Yu Kingdom had never had any formal naval army. If the naval army was said to be the only one, King of Chu, King of Wei and King of Yan.’

Among them, King Wei and King Chu Linhai are also the most powerful two. Now the King of Chu has been defeated, and now the only King of Wei is left, because according to his understanding, only King of Wei owns a large fleet.

But he knew that the King of Chu could not do anything, and now the third prince's questioning left all the ministers speechless, and he was also speechless.

"Is there no one in the entire Great Chongqing Kingdom able to fight the Dutch?" Xiao Wenxuan asked the same.

The third prince said at this time: "Father, the fief of King Qi is also facing the sea. If King Qi can drive away the barbarians, it may not be impossible to drive away the Dutch. It is better to let the King of Qi try it."

"It's ridiculous. The fief of King Qi has just been stable for two years. How can warships fight the Dutch now?" Fiji said: "The third prince, now the King of Chu is defeated, and now he is talking about the unfair treaty proposed by the Dutch."

"That is, now the Dutch demanded from the emperor through the King of Chu that the Kingdom of Yu exempted the Dutch from taxes and opened up the six coastal cities as trade points, and at the same time, no taxes on Dutch goods must be imposed. This unfair treaty is the fault of the King of Chu."

"That's right, the third prince, what do you think you should do!"

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The court suddenly became chaotic.

The third prince's face became increasingly ugly. This time the Dutch defeated the King of Chu and demanded that the entire Great Chongqing Kingdom become the most favorable country for the Dutch like Chu. This is no longer a matter of Chu, but a matter of the entire Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Now that the court has just gotten rid of the barbarians, the year-old tribute is facing such a humiliating treaty, the contradiction will naturally focus on the King of Chu.

"Father, for the sake of this plan, we can only agree to the Dutch's request for the time being. Now, no navy in the Great Chongqing Kingdom can defeat the Dutch. If we do not agree, the Dutch will continue to harass the coast." The third prince hesitated.

When Luo Quan heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Your Majesty, you must not. The Great Yu Kingdom has just defeated the barbarians and avenged the previous shame. How can he suffer such humiliation again? The King of Chu's ships have lost one-tenth of their power to fight again. Should the King of Chu continue to fight with the Dutch, and at the same time, the King of Wei and King of Chu cooperate to attack the Dutch."

Xiao Wenxuan frowned. He looked at the third prince and then at the angry courtiers. He said, "Don't argue anymore. Let me think about this and discuss it again. Is there anything else? If not, let the court leave."

At this time, Fiji took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, I have a happy event."

"What a happy event, say." Xiao Wenxuan's expression eased for a moment.

Fiji said: "Emperor, recently, something called potato came from the fief of King Qi. This thing tastes good. Now there are many merchants selling it in Chang'an. I wonder if the emperor has eaten it."

"Hahaha, I have been eating it for the past two days. The King of Qi ordered people to send some to me and explained how to eat it. I have never tasted this kind of thing before. I never thought that the fried potatoes are quite good for my appetite."

Speaking of this, Xiao Wenxuan was in a happier mood. Among the princes, only King Qi could make him happy.

Fiji smiled, "I also ate some, the taste is indeed extraordinary, but it is said that the potatoes come from overseas and were stolen by the King of Qi from the barbarians."

"Stolen?" Xiao Wenxuan was shocked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is said that the King of Qi sent three warships to the South China Sea and sank foreign barbarians' warships in the South China Sea. It is said that these barbarians and the Dutch came from the same place." Fiji said.

"Oh? There is still this matter?" Xiao Wenxuan didn't know at all.

Fiji nodded, "This is an interesting thing that the little girl told me when she wrote to me. I didn't expect that King Qi was so brave at the sea."

"So, can the King of Qi defeat the Dutch?" the third prince said disdainfully.

"It may not be possible, but the emperor, Qi has always lacked shipbuilding workshops. If the court can help the King of Qi build a shipbuilding workshop, it is impossible for the King of Qi to do something on the sea." Fiji said.

This time Fei Yue'er did write to him, but the content in the letter was instructed by Xiao Ming.

When Xiao Ming learned that the King of Chu was defeated, he asked Fei Yueer to send the letter to Chang'an and took this opportunity to ask the court to support the shipbuilding workshop in Qingzhou.

It is for this purpose that he brought up this matter at this time.

Xiao Wenxuan's expression moved slightly. He could not believe the King of Chu, but he could not believe the King of Wei now. Only Xiao Ming had confidence. So he said: "What Fei Zhongshu said makes sense. In any case, he must not compromise with the Dutch this time."
Chapter completed!