The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 239 Hit the Door
In recent days, the Nan'an Palace has been very active, walking around in the capital to make connections, trying to redeem the Nan'an King as soon as possible, but the results have had little effect.After all, there are a few idiots who can be officials. Before the emperor expresses his attitude, no one is willing to take this muddy water easily. Even Niu Jizong, who was quite concerned about this matter before, has begun to die down now.

In this way, Concubine Nan'an became very anxious. She did not hesitate to put down her old face and go out in person. First, she visited Dongping Palace and Beijing Palace, and then went to the palace to find the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother crying, but everyone agreed. , Jie Dao will intercede for King Nan'an at an appropriate time.Seeing this situation, Concubine Nan'an had no choice but to calm down until the envoys of Qianxiang Kingdom came to Shenjing City with King Zhongshun, and started jumping up and down again, causing a lot of disputes, of course, this is another story.

But it is said that after Tuzhen received Queen Zhongshun, he immediately summoned the chief officials of the six ministries and a group of princes to the palace to meet him.When everyone came to the palace, they saw that Tu Zhen was full of anger, and King Zhongshun also had a helpless look on his face.After all the ministers finished seeing the ceremony, Tu Zhen slapped the dragon chair and said sharply, "Uncle Wuhuang, tell the ministers about the conditions of the Qianxiang Kingdom!"

King Zhongshun nodded, turned his head and said in a loud voice, "On the way back to Beijing, this king made insinuations from the Qianxiang envoy. It can be confirmed that there are roughly two conditions they put forward. One is to let the court compensate his navy. The second is that the queen of the country wants to marry the princess of our dynasty for her younger brother, and establish a brotherhood with us."

"Arrogant!", "How unreasonable!", "Little barbarian, arrogant!"... As soon as King Zhongshun's words fell, there was a burst of anger in the court, and all the officials felt that such demands were outrageous and unreasonable.

After quarreling for a while, the hall quieted down. Tu Zhen coughed lightly, "Everyone loves you, let's discuss it. How should we deal with this matter?"

Qi Bin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, spoke first, "Your Majesty, Qianxiang Kingdom's conditions must not be agreed, otherwise the surrounding small countries will think that we, Great Chu, are weak and can be bullied, and this trend must not rise! In my opinion, it is better to send an order to the navy. Teach the other country a lesson."

Tu Zhen nodded, and before he could speak, Li Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out to object, "Your Majesty, although Lord Qi's proposal is good, it will cost a lot of money. It is better to find another way."

Huang Mingguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, also echoed, "Your Majesty, as the old saying goes, a gentleman puts benevolence in his heart and propriety in his heart. The benevolent loves others, and the courteous respects others. Those who love others will always love them, and those who respect others will always respect them. I think it is not suitable for the subordinate country. Too harsh, should be gentle..."

"Master Huang's words are absurd! Those barbarians are always afraid of power and not virtue. If they continue to indulge like this, they will only encourage their arrogance!" Hearing such words that destroy his own prestige, Feng Tang, the martial arts general, couldn't bear it any longer. Stopped, and interrupted Huang Mingguang's speech.But when it comes to lip service, how could Feng Tang, a martial artist, be Huang Mingguang's opponent?

Tu Zhen sat at the top, looking at the few people who were arguing below, and glanced at the group of nobles headed by Niu Jizong from time to time. According to the past practice, they should have expressed their support for Feng Tang long ago, but today they are uncharacteristically He didn't say a word, obviously because he was concerned about the safety of Nan'an County King, which made him very unhappy about it.

"Okay, stop arguing, let Honglu Temple receive the envoys of Qianxiang Kingdom first, and find out their bottom line first, and then discuss this matter without mentioning it. Retire!"

A group of people came out of the hall, and Mu Xu was about to go up to greet King Zhongshun when he saw Niu Jizong approaching him and said in a low voice, "My son, may I go to the house to talk?"

Mu Xu refused bluntly, "Niu Shibo, I know you are doing this for the sake of King Nan'an, but I am really powerless." After he finished speaking, seeing that Niu Jizong was about to speak, he reminded, "I want to ask Niu Shibo, Nan'an Although the king is honorable, he only represents their family after all. Compared with the entire honorable class, what is more important? Just now in the hall, no one agrees with General Feng. What does His Majesty think? Niu Shibo, think about it carefully!"

Hearing this, Niu Jizong's face turned pale for an instant, and he stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer. Seeing this, Mu Xu shook his head slightly, and went out of the palace.

It is unknown who leaked the purpose of the envoys from the Qianxiang Kingdom to come to Beijing. For a while, surrounding the conditions they raised caused an uproar in Beijing.Regarding the first condition, everyone has no disputes, and they all feel that it cannot be agreed. After all, since ancient times, there has been no precedent for a victorious country to make an apology to a defeated country.However, there are different opinions on the second proposal of marriage, with some agreeing and others opposing.

Those who opposed it had a simple opinion. They felt that this move would damage the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty, especially the marriage with the small country of Quer, which was too cheap.And those who agree also have something to say, their opinion is that in the former Han and Tang Dynasties, there were many marriages, which can not only win the hearts of other countries, but also obtain the peace of the frontier without spending a single soldier. Why not do it?
In the beginning, the opinions of the two factions could be said to be at loggerheads, but at some point, the trend suddenly changed. Many irrelevant people joined the debate, and it was said conclusively that the daughter of the royal family One should have the consciousness of sacrificing for the country, not just enjoying wealth and honor.

Originally, what they said was not wrong, but it happened that Tu Yinger was a baby in the royal generation, and this annoyed Zhong Jing Wang's family, especially Tu Rui's outrageous temper.Just like that day, when he went to Chunxianglou for a drink, he happened to hear a group of Confucian scholars from the Imperial Academy talking about this matter. They all agreed with the marriage and agreed to write a letter to the emperor together, persuading him to put state affairs first.

When Tu Rui heard these words, he was very angry immediately, and stepped forward to reason with them, but he couldn't say anything to these guys, they were robbed of their jobs in a short time, and they were ashamed, and they had no strength to fight back.Tu Rui was a well-known little overlord in Beijing back then, when he suffered from such a bird's temper, he immediately broke out with brute force, and ordered those Confucian scholars to be beaten up.

After beating someone, Tu Rui had long lost the mood to wander outside, so he had to go back to the house in a sullen mood.But he didn't want to overhear the conversation between King Zhongjing and his staff when passing by the study outside the front yard, and another trouble arose.Why do you think, it turned out that King Zhongjing was also a little annoyed by the recent rumors from the government and the opposition, so he called his staff to discuss countermeasures.One of the aides said that this time the incident was so big, there must be someone behind to fuel the flames.It is self-evident that the people who have this motive at present can only be Nan'an Palace. Their purpose of doing this is nothing more than wanting to redeem the captured Nan'an County King as soon as possible.

When Tu Rui heard this, he suddenly felt that it was very reasonable, and when he thought that the Nan'an Palace dared to plot against his sister in such a way, he immediately became furious.In order not to disturb the people inside, he quietly left from the door of the study, turned around and went to the Wangfu school grounds, assembled more than fifty guards, and ran towards Nan'an Wangfu from the back door.It was also a coincidence that Tu Rui's brother-in-law, Tu Jin, saw this scene rightly.

Tu Jin rolled his eyes immediately, and sent a servant to follow him. After he figured out Tu Rui's purpose, the guy dawdled for another half an hour, and then ran to report the news to his father with a face full of panic.When King Zhongjing heard the news, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly led people to stop it.But he was still a step too slow, and when he arrived at the place, he could see a circle of people watching the excitement at the door from a distance, and the sound of smashing and smashing could be heard from inside.

Seeing this scene, King Zhongjing felt his veins twitching. He first ordered people to disperse the crowd of onlookers, and then rushed in under the guard of his generals, and finally restrained the man who had brought people to the front yard of Nan'an Palace. Tu Rui.

Facing the accusation by Concubine Nan'an, King Zhongjing understood that some things should not be put on the table. After all, it was just a private guess and there was no real evidence, but it was an indisputable fact that his son was in someone else's mansion.In order to deal with his aftermath, he had no choice but to apologize to Concubine Nan'an in person with shame and anger, and promised again and again that he would discipline Tu Rui well after returning.

Concubine Nan'an's family knows her family affairs. Although the two families belong to the prince, how can a prince with a foreign surname compare to the prince of the clan, plus what her family has done in private, she is very clear in her heart, so she In the end, it was only a few words of sarcasm, and the matter was lightly exposed.

(End of this chapter)