Mrs. Tai is really rich

The curling east wind blew colorful flags and blew the silver nine palace wind chimes, and the sunlight that broke through the clouds and mists was strong and bright, illuminating the green glazed tiles, and people stood under the vermilion palace walls. From the attendants and guards, the sound of chime bells followed the neat sentence "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" from inside the palace to under the palace wall, melodious and long.

"Vice Envoy Yue, I didn't expect that you people from Dayong came to court so late, unlike our Southern Man. Even though the climate and environment are not as beautiful as yours from Dayong, you are much earlier when you go to court. After all, It's about people's livelihood, so I don't dare to sleep too much." An unknown official in the Nanman mission said sarcastically as he followed the crowd into the main hall.

Yue Xiao smiled and said:

"Our Dayong ritual system stipulates that the ability to go to the court at Maoshi, but helplessly, your country seems to not understand what it means to do what you say and be punctual. Therefore, in order to accommodate your country, my celestial monarch, I specially sent today's early court to the court. The hour has been postponed to this point."

After Yue Xiao finished speaking, the entire Nanman Mission fell silent, but Chu Ci, who was being pushed by Cui Kai, silently licked the corners of his lips when he heard this, as if feeling that the smell of blood in the morning had faded a bit, and then , chuckled out loud, but Cui Kai behind him had goosebumps all over his body inexplicably.

After stepping through the white jade steps one after another, entering the vermilion gate, and walking in front of Emperor Dayong, Chu Ci restrained his smile and looked at the people around him calmly.

The first thing I saw was a group of officials in green clothes with a slightly lower rank closest to the entrance of the hall. They were neatly dressed, their spines were not bent, but they only dared to look down at their shoes.

Going further in, there is a group of senior officials in red, well-dressed, with straight backs, and a look of determination on their faces. Looking ahead, they look very good. In the future, say no Surely, the strong enemy of the Nanman will be born from these people.

However, in the end, it will not be their serious troubles for Nanban's trip to Dayong.

After waiting for Chu Ci's wheelchair to come to a slow stop, what Chu Ci and the others approached was the core of the civil and military officials of the Dayong Dynasty.

A group of purple-clothed officials, both solemn and rebellious, have been in the world for many years, and all of them are high-ranking figures in their Nanman intelligence network, and all of them are their Nanman confidantes. , all of them are one of the variables of this diplomacy...

"The Southern Barbarian Mission is envoy Chu Ci, and has met the Emperor of the Dayong Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor, all blessings." Chu Ci for the time being retracted his scrutiny and thoughts on the courtiers of the Dayong Kingdom, and bowed his hands respectfully to the [-]th Supreme Emperor of the Dayong Kingdom gift.

"All the envoys of the Nanman Kingdom, please stand up. All the envoys have come to Dayong from thousands of miles away. You have worked hard for the people of the two countries." Emperor Dayong, who was sitting on the throne, said slowly after everyone saluted for a while. .

"No hard work, our country's lord has decreed early on that the ministers and others must do their best to go to Dayong as an envoy, in order to maximize the benefits with Dayong and protect the well-being of the people on both sides. Today's sacrifice is for both sides. The people of the country, for the sake of the king and the righteousness, can't talk about any hard work." Chu Ci replied with his head bowed.

"Exactly, the Nanman King and I have the same heart. For the well-being of the people of the two countries, all the hard work is nothing. I wonder if the Nanman King has any documents that he wants the mission to bring to me?"

"The lord of our country, I have a handwritten document for His Majesty Dayong, and I would like to ask His Majesty Dayong to have a look at it." After speaking, Chu Ci asked Dugu Baitian behind him to present a document and hand it over to Dayong. An internal officer next to the emperor.

Seeing that Emperor Dayong opened the document, Chu Ci continued to speak: "The request of our country's lord, I think, is nothing to you, Emperor Dayong.

Your Majesty Emperor Dayong, your country is extremely rich. You only need to give me 100000 dans of grain and grass each year, one thousand catties of gold and silver for ten years, and send ten thousand craftsmen to accompany our mission back to Nanman to help us rebuild our homeland. It can be exchanged for ten years of non-war with me in the Nanman, ten years of people living and working in peace and contentment, and no disaster of war, why not care about it? "

As soon as Chu Ci's words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the ruling and opposition parties. What's more, royal family and nobles like Prince Yin directly scolded the word shameless.

While the other civil and military officials, although not as straightforward as King Yin, they also stood up one after another and said:
"Your Majesty, I believe that the document written by the Nanman King this time is really inappropriate. The request is too much and the terms are harsh. It will inevitably violate the original intention of the mutual benefit of the peace talks between the two countries. I implore Your Majesty to issue the document back to the Nanman Mission. , make another plan."

"My minister seconded the request. The request made by the Nanman mission is nothing more than to impose difficulties on others. If any family suffers from a natural disaster, it will be subsidized for ten years, or if there is a natural disaster, it will suffer ten years. What's more , is there any common people's house that takes ten years to build?!"

"Exactly! This is a bit inaccurate. If Nanman doesn't have any good calculators, I, Dayong, will not hesitate to lend a few to help you calculate the amount of subsidy Nanman needs. If it's like this The request, I think, is really inappropriate! I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

After a few high-ranking officials became the top-notch birds, other officials, whether they were high or low in rank, civil or military officials, or even strict officials, all stood up out of righteous indignation, united the front, and refused to agree to the matter. .

Except for Xie Ruqing, who was the closest to the emperor, still wearing his official uniform, holding his ivory plate, closing his eyes and resting his mind, without saying a word, the emperor who attracted the seat couldn't help but glance at him, and as Xie Ruqing The younger brother's Chuci was even more amazed in his heart by his senior brother's proficiency in the word "forbearance" over the years.

Naturally, no one knew that Xie Ruqing wasn't holding back at the moment, but just didn't care at all. In fact, Xie Ruqing was already thinking about what to eat with her precious daughter-in-law tonight.

Of course, this does not mean that Xie Ruqing doesn't care about state affairs, and even encourages the emperor to agree to this ridiculous thing, but that he doesn't want to engage in these useless arguments. In his opinion, this is just a letter from heaven that can never be agreed. , since it is a heavenly book, why should he speak out against it?
First of all, although Dayong is rich, it has always been pursuing the livelihood of the people. Therefore, even though Dayong's annual grain production ranks first among all countries, reaching a million tons, but taking it is only two or three out of ten. Four out of ten at most.

Moreover, a large part of the 30 to [-] dans of food collected will be used to provide food and labor for border officers and soldiers, as well as the normal salaries of officials, not to mention the daily expenses of the royal family and those from time to time. There will be emergency losses due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. The food left in the national treasury every year is full of calculations, but it is only more than [-] dan.

This time, Nanman opened his mouth with [-] dan, and it will continue to supply it for ten years. Dayong's food and grass situation cannot be supplied for so many years at one go. If it is necessary to supply, it is necessary to raise taxes, but if it increases taxes, it will inevitably increase public grievances. Endless troubles.

Even if Dayong's capital background over the years is strong enough, and he is not afraid of this blood at all, but the food and grass for Nanman is like meat buns beating dogs, there will be no return, only pay, and there will be a day when there will be no return.

There is also a thousand catties of gold and silver, which is even more impossible. Although Dayong's treasury is rich, the annual expenditure is huge. Even if Dayong's business is prosperous, if it can gather the strength of merchants from all over the world, it may not be impossible to afford this expenditure.

But the merchants of the world have their own calculations and power, they are not fools, they are all shrewd misers, and it is even more difficult to get the merchants to take out their pockets obediently.

Besides, in the final analysis, the money of the merchants still comes from the peasants at the bottom. If the merchants are exploited and the money is not guaranteed, it is the common people who will suffer in the end.

Finally, let’s talk about the thousand craftsmen.If you want to carefully study the comparison between the first two matters of grain, grass, gold and silver and this matter, the first two are just peeling off and getting a bad name, but if you send craftsmen to Nanman, it is tantamount to sending The core of one's own country's foothold is given to others.

The world is divided into five parts. In addition to the fundamental human, material and financial resources, each country has its own reliance in this troubled world, which cannot be known by other countries.

For example, Nanman relies on their superb gunpowder weapons, which are proud of the world, while Western Chu relies on its easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain and their red cavalry that sweep thousands of riders, and Eastern Zhao relies on the fearsome and pervasive Eastern Zhao assassins North Korea relies on the invincible North Korean navy that extends in all directions and monopolizes the salt industry that monopolizes eight parts of the world. Then, what they rely on in Dayong is the variety of mechanism techniques and unpredictable It is only through his unique skill of dunjia that he can gain a firm foothold in this world.

Craftsmen's organ skills are ever-changing, and in order to prevent them from being stolen by spies from other countries, it can be said that they are strictly guarded. Not to mention that the personal safety of craftsmen is protected, even the apprentices they accept must be protected. The five generations were investigated at the top, and the three generations were investigated at the bottom. Only after the investigation was thoroughly investigated, were they allowed to learn the art of organs.

Even, in order to better maximize the effects of the art of mechanisms and the art of Qimen Dunjia, when designing mechanisms, ordinary craftsmen will almost always link to Qimen Dunjia, and combine the two to design amazingly powerful mechanisms Therefore, most craftsmen also have to learn the book of Qimen Dunjia.

But the so-called related books of Qimen Dunjia have been listed as the first-class important books since ancient times.

Except for the core members of the royal family and the heads of the court officials, as well as those important craftsmen of great powers and their direct disciples, almost no one can know the core content of these books.

If he rashly agreed to Nanman's request this time, and lent thousands of craftsmen, it would be tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of wolves, and sending his country's key techniques of organs and treasures of Qimen Dunjia into the mouths of others...

tantamount to suicidal...

All in all, every condition and requirement put forward by the Southern Barbarian country represented by Chu Ci is tantamount to shaking the foundation of Dayong, destroying the national prestige of Dayong, and destroying the future of Dayong...

As long as Dayong's civil and military officials and the emperor are not stupid, they will not agree to this request.

Sure enough, when the voice of remonstrance in the court reached an extreme of "crowding", Emperor Dayong closed the document and threw it into the hands of the eunuch beside him, saying:
"Lord Chu, I already know the request you made this time, and I also know that the Nanman suffered a natural disaster this time and suffered heavy losses. The shortage of supplies must be huge.

As the emperor of the Great Yong Kingdom, I can also understand the patriotic heart of your Nanman ruler.

However, I feel that there are still many inadequacies in the document brought by the Nanman monarch, and it should be negotiated carefully. Peace talks should always be discussed carefully.

I don't know, Master Chu, what do you think. "

Chu Ci looked around and wished that he would be eaten by civil and military officials, and said with a smile:

"Since His Majesty Emperor Dayong said so, Chu Ci naturally obeyed. However, Chu Ci believes that the needs of the Nanman have been clearly written on paper. If you think about it, the peace talks will not change much."

"It's not appropriate for Master Chu to say that. Nothing has been settled yet. You can be so confident like this. Is it possible that all of you Southern barbarians are like you, Master Chu. You can't be blindly confident." Yin Wang was very dissatisfied and sneered.

"Of course not, it's just that Nanman's current form is that's all. There is absolutely no reason for the people of Nanman to suffer from cold and starvation. If Dayong cannot meet our country's requirements, we, the soldiers of Nanman, will inevitably resort to some extraordinary measures for the lives of the people of Nanman. It's gone." Chu Ci was not annoyed by King Yin's ridicule, but, sitting in a wheelchair, looked at King Yin with a smile in his eyes and said.

"I heard that Dayong has a vast territory and a lot of people, among which there are not a few people in the frontier. Come to think of it, King Yin certainly doesn't want to lose his life." Dugu Baitian added as he stood behind Chuci at the right time .

"Humph, our Dayong is not a cowardly country, Dugu Baitian, what do you mean by that! Do you want to go back to the side and close the door to fight with Lao Tzu now!" After hearing Dugu Baitian's words, Mr. Deng finally couldn't help it. He shook off Yue Xiao's hand, put his waist, rolled up his sleeves, and cursed at Dugu Baitian.

"I don't mean anything. It mainly depends on what you mean, Dayong. Don't you, Dayong, love the people like a son? We, a small country like Nanman, want to learn from you, a country of etiquette, what it means to love the people like a son." Dugu Baitian deserves to be called an old fox, seeing Mr. Deng's blushing face, he didn't care at all, but smiled and continued to speak provocatively.

Seeing that the atmosphere of people on both sides was getting more and more tense, the Emperor Dayong sitting on top couldn't help but coughed twice in the direction of Xie Haowen and Xie Ruqing, signaling them to settle it quickly.

Xie Haowen winked helplessly at the emperor above him, and said silently: [Your Majesty, don't look at me, my father has already said it, it is not my turn to intervene in this matter. ]
Emperor: [Then what to do, they are about to fight, there are a lot of old people, it seems reasonable, where will I put my face? ! ]

Xie Hao asked: [I don’t know either...you have the ability to ask my father...]
Emperor: [If I have the ability, I still let you be the prime minister? ! ]

Xie Haowen made eye contact with the emperor several times, and then saw Xie Ruqing opened her eyes and said slowly:

"Everyone, take it easy.

Whether it is Dayong or Nanman, in the end, it is for the sake of the people. Since it is for the good of the people, there is more than one way to do it for the good of the people.

Since you Nanman have a good way for the people, we Dayong naturally have a way for the people. If we don't talk about it, knowing so much, whose way is better. "

"Just like two cups of tea, if you don't taste it, how do you know which cup of tea is better?"

Chu Ci looked at his senior brother who had always had nothing to do with him, but he was talking, and finally there was a wave of turmoil in his heart, and he said very embarrassingly:

"What Yan Guogong said is very true. I may be blinded by one leaf. Since Yan Guogong, you have other opinions, I don't mind discussing it with you. I really want to know, what is Yan Guogong? It's a good idea..."

Seeing that Chu Ci was finally willing to negotiate peace, Emperor Dayong hurriedly said:
"Since Mr. Chu is so interested in our Dayong's ideas, if you don't, you can stay in our post house first. Later, Yan Guogong and General Deng will discuss the details of this document with you. I think it will take less than ten days. , there will definitely be a result that satisfies both our countries.”

"Xie Aiqing, you are in charge of this matter. You must discuss this matter with Master Chu."

Xie Ruqing opened her eyes when she heard the emperor's words, and then slowly stood out from the ranks of officials, knelt on the ground, kowtowed deeply, and said forcefully, "I, take orders."