Upon hearing this, everyone's mind almost simultaneously uttered a thought: "The Crown Prince has the aura of a king!"
Nonsense, everyone has wanted to negotiate for a long time, okay? After so many battles, has Cambodia ever defeated Qinghe even once?
What's the point of insisting on fighting like this?
But things like peace talks can be thought about but not spoken about.
In the Meng Yang incident back then, both sides could be said to have saved face for the other side. At least on the surface, it looked like a 50-50 situation.
It’s completely different now. The other side has already pushed us to the upper hand. If we continue to talk about peace talks, we will inevitably be labeled as “cowards” and “traitors”.
To put it simply, everyone wants peace talks, but anyone who utters the word "peace talks" is treasonous!
After all, the enemy is at the gates of the city, so to put it bluntly, the peace talks at this time are about how to give the enemy some meat.
After doing something like this, do you still want to keep your reputation?
Do you still want to give up the political life you have worked so hard for for decades?
Even if you are really willing to sacrifice more than 100 kilograms for the country, what about your family, students, and friends who depend on you?
Did they do something wrong to deserve to be buried with you?
So, politics, sometimes, is just that simple.
Logically speaking, the most suitable method is to establish a letter of trust and make peace talks.
After all, he was the Khmer King.
According to the theory of hereditary monarchy, this country belongs to him and he can do whatever he wants.
But everyone present knew that with His Majesty the King's firm determination to fight, he would never utter the word "peace talks".
Moreover, even if Xin Yueping said the word "peace talks" today, according to common sense, the ministers present would oppose it, at least twice, before they could stand firm and express their true feelings in front of everyone.
"Your Majesty wants to surrender, and I am against it."
"Your Majesty, why did you surrender first when we were ready to fight to the death?"
What an honor it would be if these words were recorded in history books.
Xin Yueping was also very clear about what his ministers were thinking, so he never mentioned the peace talks.
However, according to Xin Yueping's idea, the minister who first proposed peace talks must be severely punished.
As a minister of the country, you should share the emperor's worries while receiving his salary. Instead of serving your country, you want to surrender to the enemy. This is absolutely unacceptable.
Xin Yueping's ideal situation is that the ministers enthusiastically propose a peace negotiation plan, while he firmly stands firm on his position of not negotiating and severely punishes those surrendering ministers. Well, it would be best if he could kill a few of them to show his intentions.
Finally, under the pressure of the ministers, he had no choice but to send people out of the city to negotiate.
There is a sentence recorded in history books: "The king is not a king who destroyed the country, but the ministers are all ministers who destroyed the country." No matter what, it can always reduce one's own guilt.
It’s a pity that both sides knew each other too well, so they were stuck in a stalemate for a long time and couldn’t come to a conclusion through discussion.
Now, the prince broke the deadlock.
It's really great.
He is the crown prince, which means he is neither a minister nor a king, and his words will not cause any loss to either party.
But he happens to be the theoretical legal heir to this country, and his noble status cannot be ignored. So once he brings it up, everyone must discuss it seriously, which will make peace talks feasible.
And the most important thing is that Xin Yueping has more than one son, so he can afford to lose the crown prince.
The young prince, who had been suppressed for many years and had little contact with political affairs, obviously had no idea how many twists and turns had gone through the minds of the old foxes present in the previous moment.
He simply thought of what he had read in a book: if you can't win, just admit defeat, work hard and try to make a comeback. There's no need to make so many troubles.
Besides, it is not certain whether Qinghe will accept peace talks.
They are about to win.
It’s like after going through 81 difficulties, the groom has reached the bedside, but you ask him to wait a moment, the bride needs to think about it again. Who would agree to that?
"Your Majesty, I think what the prince said is not unreasonable." Yang Yizhen said quickly.
He was very worried that everyone would start to oppose the crown prince according to the traditional procedure. However, the crown prince was inexperienced and would retreat as soon as he was opposed, thus killing the peace talks that he had finally proposed.
"Oh? Right Prime Minister, you actually think so?" Xin Yueping laughed secretly. This old fox was really scared this time and actually jumped out directly.
"Your Majesty, I think that Cambodia is not unable to defeat a mere Qinghe." Yang Yizhen spoke eloquently, and it seemed that his sense of justice was almost full. If you only looked at his expression at this time, you would think that this was an old minister who had served the country and the people and was contributing his last bit of strength to the country.
"It's just that we've been fighting Qinghe with one hand tied, so it's naturally difficult to win."
Yang Yizhen said.
"What does the Right Prime Minister mean by this is to trust Tu's troops?"
Speaking of war, the Minister of War could not pretend not to hear it, especially since the previous Minister of War had met with misfortune in this imperial study, and he did not want to encounter the same bad luck again.
"Yes, that's him."
Yang Yizhen nodded. It was obvious that he was very grateful to the supporting actor, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to perform alone.
"At least half of our field forces have been deployed against the Chen Dynasty people. Of the remaining troops, the Taijing Garrison Corps cannot be moved, and garrisons are required in various locations. This results in a far insufficient number of troops available for field battles against the Qinghe people.
I think that either Qinghe and Xin Yuetu have reached some kind of secret agreement, or Xin Yuetu just wants to see the two tigers fight each other so that he can take advantage of the opportunity to profit. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Xin Yuetu did not accept Your Majesty's edict to come to the king's defense, and even did something tantamount to treason, such as murdering the left prime minister.
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