Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Five: 500,000 Soldiers
The general named Yan Jiuling stared at Mr. Fang tightly and sneered repeatedly, wishing he could eat Fang Wucai in one bite.
Especially this Fang Wu was so desperate that he was hindering the Lord. When there was a major disaster in the south, he couldn't help but see murderous intent in his eyes and said with an extra stern voice: "Mr. Fang, let you go today because you are the envoy of the Great Chen Kingdom. But if you dare to talk nonsense again and confuse the public, haha..."
He became cold, and the murderous intent in his eyes was extremely obvious.
"Don't blame me for being polite."
"Rareless." The young emperor actually stared at him, his eyes full of anger, and he scolded coldly: "Don't let the other party be rude."
Yan Jiuling was extremely unwilling to give up. It was obvious that Your Majesty was furious, but she still obediently made a respectful gesture: "Your Majesty, please."
His tone was not as cold as before, but a little gentle.
This young emperor was shaken by Fang Wucai's words, and his heart was irritated and his face turned pale. He wanted to hear what Fang Wucai was saying, but Yan Jiuling was urging him tightly. At this time, he had to say to Fang Wu: "Sir, say goodbye."
After speaking, he walked out. When he left the Honglu Temple, he saw that several cabinet ministers of the Dayan Kingdom had been waiting here outside the Honglu Temple. He held his face and coldly reminded everyone: "Be careful of the south to prevent accidents."
"Your Majesty." Yan Jiuling said righteously: "Does Your Majesty still believe in that demon? This person is talking nonsense. The disaster in my Dayan is now from the Japanese pirates in the east..."
Several cabinet ministers looked at each other, as if they felt that their Majesty had been ruined by Fang Wucai. However, you can't blame Your Majesty. If you want to blame Fang Wucai, you will be shocked. Even if you feel a little angry, you have no choice but to remind the young emperor seriously.
"Your Majesty, this envoy of Chen State has a ill-intention. Your Majesty must not be trusted."
"Yes, the so-called "being not my race" must have different hearts. He is not a native of Dayan, so he must have ulterior motives. Moreover, the south has always been stable and tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the King of Jibei are in charge. How can the disaster come about?"
The young emperor was annoyed and felt that none of his ministers were useful, and they were all turtles. He didn't want to go down at all, so he had to shake hands at the ministers and spoke impatiently: "Okay, okay, get on, let's go."
Before leaving, he couldn't help but look back at the Honglu Temple.
In the attic of Honglu Temple, Fang Wucai had already opened the window. He looked a little confused and murmured in a low voice: "It's strange. I said 150,000 taels, and Chen Kaizhi gave 150,000 taels, and he refused to even bargain. Is this guy crazy? Or... I predicted that his annual income is only hundreds of thousands of taels, but he was wrong? If this were the case, if I had known this guy was so rich, I would have paid 300,000 taels."
"Oh..." Fang Wucai sighed in disappointment, and felt even more regretful. He felt that he had made a mistake and should have asked Chen Kaizhi for more money. Unfortunately, he couldn't ask for money for the time being, so he looked outside with special sorrow.
The young emperor saw Fang Wucai's face full of melancholy and thought Fang Wucai was worried about him, and he couldn't help but believe Fang Wucai more and more.
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On this spring day, because the Romance of Emperor Taizu Gao was sold very well, everyone began to discuss the first volume.
Emperor Taizu Gao was just a prime minister of Jibei, but then he raised an army. In just seven or eight years, he entered Luoyang and ascended the throne to the emperor.
But this is Jibei...
Suddenly, the humiliation of the past suddenly rekindled, and the discussion about it was endless, which aroused the vigilance of Jingzhao Prefecture, because more and more people began to discuss these things. This was the national humiliation. The court usually tried its best not to make a statement, but now it is a hot topic. If someone takes this opportunity to criticize the government, what should he do?
Related reports were sent to the cabinet, and the cabinet's officials also began to worry. However, at this time, Chen Kaizhi was ordered to enter the palace.
When Chen Kaizhi entered the palace, he found that the situation in Luoyang Palace today was a little strange. When he arrived outside the Wenlou Building, the eunuch did not let him in, but asked him to wait here.
Chen Kaizhi had a sharp ear, but heard a righteous voice coming from the hall: "Empress Dowager, my subordinate is an envoy of Da Yan. But recently, there have been many complaints about the three prefectures of Jibei and Qingzhou in Luoyang. My subordinates have been complaining about the Kingdom of Da Yan. My subordinates have been to the emperor of Da Yan to stay here for the sake of the two countries' friendship. But why are there people now making trouble and exaggerating the hatred of Da Chen towards Da Yan everywhere?"
It turned out that he came to seek punishment.
Chen Kaizhi finally understood that his royal family, the governor of Jibei, was about to be invited here. Because the book volume of Emperor Gao's Romance of Emperor Taizu was popular, the anti-Yan sentiment rose, which made the envoy of Yan State stationed in Luoyang feel sad, so he simply came to question whether Da Chen changed the national policy of harmonious Yan State from the perspective of the victim.
At this time, I heard the voice of Queen Mother Mu: "This is a discussion among the people. Why are you so nervous?"
"No." The envoy of the Dayan Kingdom looked very excited, and his voice was particularly excited: "The Empress was wrong, it was not because of the rude ministers. According to the investigation of the lower ministers, these discussions all originated from a book of "The Romance of Taizu". The person who wrote this book was the Dachen clan and the Dachen clan. Isn't it the Dachen royal family representing the Dachen court? Where did the public criticism come from? In this regard, the lower ministers were deeply worried that if this continues, it will hurt the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Although my Dayan was attacked by Japanese pirates in Lelang, this was just a scabies. Unexpectedly, because of this, Dachen wanted to take advantage of the situation. Although the Dayan national strength was not strong, there were 500,000 soldiers with armor and string control. If Dachen was like this, my Dayan would never show weakness!"
After hearing this, Chen Kaizhi narrowed his eyes slightly. The lethality of this sentence is quite large. Under normal circumstances, if there is a conflict between the two countries, he will try his best to be harmonious and use some insecure words to confront each other. However, the envoy of the Great Yan Kingdom, Zhi Dayan, still has 500,000 troops and horses, and will never show weakness, and it will be smelled of gunpowder, which shows that the Yan Kingdom has lost patience about this, and it can even be said that they have uneasy and anxious emotions.
This sentence is very serious.
The Queen Mother said sternly: "What, are you going to threaten Ai's family?"
"Don't dare." The envoy's voice became weaker: "It's just this matter that the royal family of your country rose up. In Da Yan's opinion, it was a provocation, and he wanted to use this to cause trouble. Therefore, please give an explanation to the Queen Mother, ask the Queen Mother to instruct the royal family, and prohibit this book and capture a few scholars who have no taboos. In this way, the subordinates and Da Yan can only know the sincerity of the Empress."
"Oh……"
Chen Kaizhi wanted to laugh in his heart. This envoy was probably asking for a huge price. He must know that the court could not do this for Dayan. This book is called the Romance of Taizu, which involves Emperor Taizu and Gao, and is a book that praises Emperor Gao. If it is banned, it would be strange. As for catching scholars who have no taboos, it will cause public anger, which is absolutely impossible.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother was furious: "Ha, what if the Ai family refuses?"
"If this happens, the Great Yan will inevitably breed suspicion, which will hinder both countries."
"Then the Ai family tells you the truth. If the Ai family refuses, you... take your leave!"
The envoy did not expect that the empress dowager did not leave any room for anything. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he still said, "I... I will leave."
He walked out of Wenlou, but saw Chen Kaizhi waiting outside.
This messenger was the guy who gave gifts to Uncle Fang last time and had a relationship with Chen Kaizhi. He came out angrily and saw Chen Kaizhi at first sight, so he narrowed his eyes and sneered: "It turns out that Lieutenant Chen, the governor of Jibei, is also here."
The four words of Governor Jibei are spoken from his mouth, which is particularly ironic.
Yes, Jibei is in the hands of their Dayan Kingdom, and Dachen created a royal family to supervise Jibei, not to mention that Chen Kaizhi was the initiator of the book. This messenger was naturally full of gunpowder: "The envoy is polite."
Although he was polite, he looked completely rude and his voice was even more sarcastic.
Chen Kaizhi smiled: "Hello, I don't know the name of Gao."
Chen Kaizhi was very humble, but this humbleness made the envoy very unhappy. He stopped and stared at Chen Kaizhi with cold eyes as cold as water. He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "I am Zhang Chang, the envoy of Dayan, Lieutenant Chen, and wrote very wonderfully."
He smiled, but his smile was particularly cold.
Chen Kaizhi also laughed. He didn't want to be as knowledgeable as Zhang Chang, so he still said humbly: "Where, Ambassador Zhang, I laughed."
"But..." Zhang Chang had a gloomy face: "What's the point of relying on a book alone? My Dayan Kingdom is different from your Dachen. You Dachen relies on writing and writing, and a sharp mouth. But my Dayan has been mixed with Hu people for many years, but I have understood a truth. Although writing and writing are important, a sharp mouth is useless, and I have to rely on a knife. These two are the cornerstones of the founding of the Dayan Kingdom."
Chen Kaizhi looked at him strangely: "Hey, but I have never seen the ambassador carry a knife, but the ambassador is very eloquent."
"..." Zhang Chang's face suddenly became angry, but he found that he was just showing off his verbal slap in the face again. So he glared at Chen Kaiyi's eyes and said coldly: "There will be...a time later."
Chen Kaizhi said in his heart that it would be impossible for him to go to the future, but he smiled at him and bowed.
But at this moment, an eunuch said loudly: "Summon, Chen Kaizhi to meet him."
Chen Kaizhi did not dare to hesitate, so he hurriedly entered the Wenlou. Then he saw that the Empress Dowager and several cabinet ministers all had their faces ashen, as if they were very angry with the Yan people.
Chapter completed!