Among the Duke of Wuxun, Liu Hongji suddenly pulled Cheng Yaojin's arm and whispered: "You damn guy, I've been hurt by you this time!"

Lao Cheng glanced at him and asked lightly: "Why did I harm you?"

Liu Hongji snorted and said angrily: "I obviously want to bet on King Zhao, but you wink me to change it. Look at Your Majesty's expression, and then look at King Zhao's determination. King Zhao will definitely win this bet. If he wins, wouldn't I lose 75,000 knots..."

laugh!

Old Cheng sneered and said with disdain, "It seems that you are only suitable to be a gambler and should not be a duke at all. It is a magical luck to be able to become rich and powerful in the Liu family."

Liu Hongji was stunned and asked in surprise: "Cheng Zhijie, what do you mean?"

Lao Cheng looked at him again and suddenly whispered: "I'll ask you, who is the opening market?"

"Your Majesty!" Liu Hongji answered directly without thinking.

Lao Cheng nodded, and then whispered again: "Since it's His Majesty's opening, who should you ask for money if you win?"

"Of course, your Majesty is also!"

Liu Hongji did not hesitate, and still answered directly without thinking.

Old Cheng smiled and stopped talking.

Liu Hongji still couldn't react for a while, and was still sitting there and complaining, which finally made a duke next to him unhappy. He suddenly pounded his chest with his elbow and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up your stinky mouth, if you win, go ask Your Majesty for money?"

"Well!"

Liu Hongji was stunned.

Old Cheng looked at him with a sneer on his face and said leisurely: "All civil and military officials in the court participated in the betting. They bet on their own as much as 20 million yuan, and they bet on the King of Zhao will lose. Why do you want to bet on the King of Zhao to win? If everyone bet on the King of Zhao wins, how much money will His Majesty have to pay for compensation? Duke Kui, do you still want to be a Duke..."

Liu Hongji immediately shrank his neck.

But this guy is a gambler. Most of the gamblers don’t like to lose. Although he has figured out the reason, he still feels unhappy and hums, "Why can King Jin vote for King Zhao?"

Old Cheng glared at him angrily and said, "Do you know what meat is rotten in the pot?"

Liu Hongji looked depressed and was extremely discouraged. Suddenly, this guy became excited again and said with surprise: "My son also bets on King Zhao, and it is a bet of 5,000 guan. The odds of King Zhao are very high, and five thousand guan can win at least 100,000 guan."

Lao Cheng shook his head, feeling that he couldn't tell him about this gambling guy.

Why did the ministers of the Tang Dynasty enthusiastically participate in the emperor's handover this time?

In fact, they all gave money to the emperor through their reputation.

In the past two years, ministers have become rich too quickly. Just a salt industry makes people make money while lying down, and wealth accumulates too quickly, which can easily cause the emperor's concern.

So you have to take out some at the right time.

The most important thing is that the salt industry share is re-divided every three years. It seems that two years have passed, and everyone can be violent for at most a year. If you don’t rush to express it at this time, there will be no chance for the next salt industry division.

The same thing is true, there is no fool who can stand in the court.

...

The sun is higher!

Today’s morning court is so weird!

The important things were not handled, but strange things came one after another. The monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty launched gambling in the current dynasty. Not to mention that there are no futures, it is considered unprecedented.

Li Shimin was so happy to open the market. He liked the ministers no matter how they looked at it, the emperor sat on the dragon throne and pondered, and suddenly said: "There are peonies blooming in the imperial garden today, which is the best gift specially sent by Luoyang. I saw that my dear friends worked hard in the state and wanted to hold a flower appreciation party. Don't leave after the court is coming. How about going to appreciate the beauty of the peonies together?"

The emperor invited him, small matters were also big things, and all the ministers in the palace thanked him, saying that he would have to have two drinks at that time.

Li Shimin didn't know what he was thinking, and seemed to be getting more and more excited. He suddenly suggested: "Peony flowers bloom once a year. There are not many times like this, and maybe it should be more grand..."

He stopped here and then said, "I think that most of your wives in your family love flowers, so why don't you give me a gift to enter the palace. At that time, the women will enjoy the flowers and gardens, the men will taste wine and recite poems, and I will ask the guards to prepare some games of throwing pots and shooting archery. We will come to take a break from our care today."

"It's amazing!"

Someone couldn't help but speak out and said further: "Why don't your Majesty give me more gifts, allowing our wife to bring her legitimate daughter to the palace."

Li Shimin was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up and praised: "This matter is very good, and my princes will also participate."

Li Xiaogong suddenly stood up and smiled and said, "It would be better to do it a little bigger. Allow the legitimate sons of the court officials to participate, and then invite the Queen to come forward and take the princesses to enjoy the flowers and play."

Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and he laughed and said, "Okay!"

At first, he just suggested that the ministers go for a trip, but in a blink of an eye he could take his wife with him. Then he felt that the princes should bring him the legitimate daughter, and then he felt that the princes must participate.

By the end of the matter, the matter had completely changed. All the ministers' legitimate sons and daughters came, and the royal family sent out the prince and princess. As long as you think about this, you can figure out what Li Shimin's purpose was.

Behind the crowd, Li Yun's five apprentices were hiding. Li Chongyi suddenly laughed and shook his eyes and joked Cheng Chumo: "Brother, you haven't seen Princess Qinghe in several years."

Cheng Chumo's face turned red and he said shyly: "Occasionally I have a letter, and I have written a few poems to her..."

Hehehehe!

Several Biaozi smiled wickedly and said curiously: "No, you can even write poetry?"

Cheng Chumo became even more slight and whispered: "It's all taught by the master. The master said this is a unique skill for the girl."

What a unique skill for girls?

What is that unique skill?

Li Chongyi and others looked at each other, and suddenly they all approached Cheng Chumo, and sneered: "Okay, you guy, you must have learned a lot of skills in the past two years. We were caught back to Chang'an to hang out. You can take the small training with your master in Hebei, hurry up and take out your unique skills, and we brothers must learn too."

Cheng Chumo said a few times, reached out to Li Yun in front of the court, and said, "If you have a question, you can ask the master. The master is the real master of sisters. For example, my sister calls him a big liar. However, he dreams of sleeping and calling him bad brothers. He often laughs softly. Several times when I passed outside the yard, I was frightened and was scared by my elder sister's laughter."

When Li Chongyi and others were described by him, they felt cold sweat. The four brutes looked like dirt and said embarrassedly: "It turns out that the meaning of hooking up with girls is to hook up with girls. Then this unique skill has no meaning. We are big men. What's so fun with girls? Cheng Chumo, you are so embarrassing. You actually learned this from your master, bah!"

Cheng Chumo looked shy and said cowardly: "I also know that hooking up with girls is not good, but the master always forces me to write to Qinghe, saying that the relationship needs to be cultivated and that we cannot come casually."

The other four Biaozi rolled their eyes together, and they seemed extremely disagreeable with this matter.

Among them, Fang Yiai didn't understand women the most, and suddenly said in a low voice: "The Cheng brother is a hero, but he was forced to hook up with a girl by his master. What if the master suddenly remembers the four of us and forces us to hook up with a girl..."

Speaking of this, he looked sad and said very worriedly: "Women are very troublesome. I don't want to learn this girl's unique knowledge, but it's impossible to learn the unique knowledge of the teacher. If you don't learn, you don't respect your teachers."

When all the Biaozi heard this, they were shocked and suddenly became frowning.

At this time, the court was still discussing matters. The emperor and a group of ministers kept discussing the flower appreciation meeting. Suddenly, an official from the Honglu Temple slapped his forehead and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I forgot that I have something to report."

Li Shimin was stunned and said a little displeased: "If there is no hurry, I can talk about it tomorrow. Let's discuss the flower viewing conference today. This matter is a major event for the royal family and the ministers."

The minister hesitated for a moment and still spoke: "There is a group of Kucha envoys who want to do music in Baqiao first. The King of Zhao has already responded to this matter. Our Honglu Temple breathed a sigh of relief, but there was another group of envoys, but His Majesty personally came to make the decision. This group of envoys has always admired the Central Plains, and our Tang Dynasty must not let their enthusiasm be scared."

Li Shimin was stunned again, and finally became curious and asked, "Which country's envoy is it?"

The minister quickly took out a memorial from his arms and said, "This country is called Dongying, which is called Fusang by the people. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been a vassal of the Central Plains. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Japan has sent envoys to send Tang three times in a row. This year, they are preparing to send the fourth time, and the scale will be larger than before. Due to the large number of people, they dare not send directly, so they first sent a 100-person envoy group to stay in the Honglu Temple and wait for His Majesty to approve it. Only with His Majesty's consent can they dare to send Tang on a large scale."

Li Shimin was a little proud when he heard this, and couldn't help but nodded slowly and said, "I also know that this country has always admired the Central Plains and often sent envoys to pay tribute. They are different from other countries. Other countries come to the Central Plains to ask for gifts. The principle of Japan comes to the Central Plains with various generous gifts. And their scholars love to study very much. Once they can become disciples, they must be diligent..."

He stopped here and looked at the minister curiously and asked, "How many people do they want to send this time? Are you afraid that I will disagree?"

The minister hesitated and smiled, slowly stretched out a finger and said, "One thousand people!"

hiss!

Li Shimin gasped.

A thousand-person envoy?

This has never been heard of.

But the minister spoke again and said with a strange word: "One thousand people were just envoys of Tang, all of whom were about ten years old. In order to protect these envoys of Tang, they had to dispatch two thousand soldiers. In addition, there were more than two thousand servants, responsible for sending the envoys of Tang in the Central Plains."

Li Shimin made a rough calculation in his heart and couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid there will be four or five thousand people."

Never heard of such a huge mission.

But the minister's report was not finished yet, and he said again: "Your Majesty guessed that there was a gap. Their number was probably more than four or five thousand, because in addition to sending Tang envoys and soldiers to attend, there were also Japanese merchants who wanted to come to the Tang Dynasty to open up business roads. However, the specific number was unknown, and they themselves were not sure how many people were to come..."

Such a huge number of envoys is the first time in ancient times. If this envoy was really here, Li Shimin would have made a lot of contributions in history books.

The emperor was also greedy for fame and his breathing could not help but become heavy.

But he did not agree immediately, but looked at Li Yun in the court class and suddenly spoke: "Does King Zhao feel a sense of surprise after hearing this? My Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more like the Celestial Kingdom. There is actually a small country preparing to send tens of thousands of envoys. I am very surprised with such glory."

Li Yun smiled and hugged Li Zhi and stood up slowly, saying with great meaning: "I am also very surprised, hahaha..."

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Chapter completed!