Be an emperor from drawing cards

"Today I can see all the ministers gathered here, and I am really happy in my heart. If all the ministers and my monarchs and ministers were not of the same mind, I am afraid that this huge territory would be torn apart by the tigers and wolves around me. Although today is my birthday banquet, but I still want to thank all of you dear ones sitting here!”

Zhao Yu said loudly.

"I dare not thank you as your Majesty!"

After hearing Zhao Yu's speech, everyone looked inexplicably moved.

Especially Lu Yian, Wu Song and others who had just returned to Beijing were extremely excited when they heard that Zhao Yu would emphasize the importance of the two battles at the beginning of the year and the contributions of everyone at his birthday banquet.

Your Majesty, you are truly a wise king!

"My lords, drink to win!"

Zhao Yu picked up the wine glass that was filled again and said to the ministers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers gathered together and responded, drinking all the wine in their glasses.

After three glasses of wine, the banquet officially began.

One palace maid came and went, serving wine and food for everyone. Then, the sound of silk and bamboo wind music gradually sounded. Along with the music, groups of palace maids danced gracefully in the center of the hall.

Zhao Yu had a few glasses of wine and leaned on the dragon chair, quietly watching the song and dance performance in the center of the hall.

His voice was loud, but the depths of his eyes remained calm.

His great career has just begun. Today, he is not yet the age of Liu Xuande who "plays music and dances again."

This scene at this moment is just a temporary rest.

Just when Zhao Yu was thinking about it, the music in the hall gradually changed without realizing it. The singing and dancing palace maids retreated one by one, and the sentimental music turned into a majestic melody.

Listening to this somewhat familiar tune, Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel refreshed.

This song was also quite familiar to him. It was "Song of King Chu's Breaking the Formation" that praised the founder of the country for his ten battles and unparalleled breakthroughs in the process of expanding the territory.

At that time, Taizu of Chu State was just the King of Chu who was granted the title of King of Chu by the Later Han Dynasty.

However, since Renzong's lineage took power, emperors of all dynasties did not like this passionate, majestic and murderous "Song of King Chu Breaking the Formation", so this song was rarely played in the palace.

Although Zhao Yu was a little surprised to perform this song at the birthday banquet today, it was quite appropriate to demonstrate his martial arts skills during the year he ascended the throne.

As the powerful drums and chimes sounded one after another, groups of warriors wearing sergeant armor entered the hall from both sides of the hall. They kept changing their pace and formation amidst the dense drumbeats, showing off their vigorous dance postures to the people attending the banquet in the hall. .

But Zhao Yu's eyes gradually became surprised as he watched the singing and dancing in the palace.

Because as the drum music got louder, a dancer dressed as a military commander, surrounded by dozens of dancers, quickly ran into the hall.

When Zhao Yu saw the other party's face clearly, he was stunned. It was Yin Hanwan who was the head of all the girls in the harem.

As the next saint designated by Tianyin Pavilion, it goes without saying that Yin Huan is talented in singing and dancing. You can tell just by looking at the magic dance that day.

But Zhao Yu never expected that this person would be so bold as to perform a dance for him at his birthday banquet.

Although Chu people's customs are quite open and there is no strong defense between men and women. It is common for women to enter the house and even meet foreign guests, but Yin Hanhan's behavior is still a bit out of line even in the current situation.

You must know that the dancers who perform songs and dances today are all registered in the palace orchestra, and the performers who have entered the music register are all people of extremely low status.

Actors and connoisseurs, in this era, are the lowest status group of people.Even the businessmen at the lowest level despise each other from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhao Yu did not establish a queen. Therefore, as the imperial concubine, Yin Hanhan can be said to be the most noble woman in the entire Chu State.

For a person of her status to perform singing and dancing in front of so many ministers, it cannot even be described as "inappropriate".

Risk the disgrace of the world!
Zhao Yu could even see that Yu Fan's brows had wrinkled slightly, but he was worried that today was his emperor's birthday banquet, so he didn't have an attack.

This witch, what kind of medicine is Gourd selling?

Zhao Yu suppressed the doubts in his heart and focused on the singing and dancing in front of him.

It has to be said that the witch is worthy of being a witch. Not only can she dance the devil dance that represents women's femininity heartily, but she can also firmly master even the masculine song "The Song of the King of Chu Breaking the Formation".

Relying on her strong physical fitness as a warrior, she vividly demonstrated the movements of generals leaping on horses, holding guns, and charging into battle on the battlefield, as if she had fully understood the passionate and powerful "Song of King Chu Breaking the Formation".

As the drum music became more and more exciting, the frequency of movements of all the dancers headed by Yin Hanhan also gradually accelerated. Finally, with a series of rapid and rainy drum sounds, the whole place suddenly fell silent, and Yin Hanhan responded with a carbine. His movements were frozen in place, ending his performance.

Yin Hanhan's dance was so stunning that even a stubborn person was stunned for a moment.

It took a while after the song and dance ended for everyone to react. Immediately afterwards, applause and cheers continued to ring out in the palace. I don't know if they were applauding for a good dance, or applauding for His Majesty's concubine dancing in front of everyone.

Zhao Yu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also applauded symbolically.

There is a saying that Yin Huan's dance in "The Song of the King of Chu Breaking the Formation" was indeed better than he imagined.

But, he prefers to have this enchantress dance the devil dance for him alone in private...

Yin Hanwan took the lead and stood up, saluting the audience. After the other dancers saluted, they all dispersed. In an instant, only Yin Hanwan was left in the center of the hall.

Unknowingly, the whole hall fell silent.

Looking at the women present, many of the courtiers attending the birthday banquet looked with surprise at Yin Hanhan, who was standing in the middle of the hall with a blushing face and out of breath. They wondered what kind of trouble this noble concubine would make. .

After the audience calmed down, Yin Hanhan imitated the salute of a military general, cupped her fists and saluted the audience again, then turned around, faced Zhao Yu on the dragon chair, and lightly opened her lips.

"Your Majesty, on behalf of all my sisters, I wish your Majesty to be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains! At the same time, our sisters are not talented, so we can only dance this dance to dedicate it to all the soldiers who went out to fight at the beginning of the year. It was they who protected our country. Chu’s thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!”

With the blessing of inner strength, Yin Hanhan's voice as clear as pearls sounded in the ears of everyone in the hall.

Yin Hanhan's words caused an uproar among the officials present, but then, cheers and applause came from the generals.

Looking at Yin Hanhan with a bright smile in the center of the hall, Zhao Yu's brows wrinkled slightly.

Is this intentional or unintentional...

No matter, whether these witches do it intentionally or unintentionally, I can still suppress them.

Today's Dachu mainly focuses on enriching the country and strengthening its army, and on conquering all directions in the future. As for these details, relying on its current reputation, it is okay to suppress them for the time being.

"The music is good, the dancing is good, and the people are better!"

After gathering his mood, Zhao Yu nodded appreciatively towards Yin Hanhan.

"My beloved concubine is really thoughtful this time! You should be rewarded!"

Hearing Zhao Yu's affirmation, excitement appeared on Yin Hanhan's face.

"I really don't dare to take credit. It's all the work of many sisters."

"Then reward them all!"

Zhao Yu waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Concubine, I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of all my sisters!"

Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said no more.

......... Just as Zhao Yu's birthday banquet was being held, the Jin delegation also returned to Shangjing, thousands of miles away.

In the martial arts arena, the middle-aged emperor, who is more than eight feet tall, wearing a brocade robe and a heroic face, is bending his bow and arrow, aiming at the target a hundred steps away.

At the same time, Feng Datong, led by his chamberlain, arrived outside the martial arts arena.

"Your Majesty is practicing archery. Master Feng, please don't speak for now, so as not to spoil your Majesty's interest and be punished by him."

The chamberlain whispered to Feng Datong.

Feng Datong was about to speak when he heard a shrill sound coming from the martial arts arena, and then a stream of light flashed across his field of vision, blowing the leather-wrapped archery target to pieces.

"Saint's divine shot!"

A dozen steps away, several ministers immediately flattered him.

Sima Deguang shook his head and said with a chuckle: "I haven't practiced for a few days, so I am quite unfamiliar with the art of bow and arrow."

After saying that, he threw the iron bow in his hand into the hands of the chamberlain.

"Master Feng, please wait here for a moment. We will go in and report."

The chamberlain said something in Feng Datong's ear, then walked into the martial arts arena in small steps, and spoke a few words to the chamberlain's chief, Eunuch Feng.

When Eunuch Feng heard this, he glanced in the direction of Feng Datong with his dim eyes. Then he came to Sima Deguang and whispered: "Your Majesty, Master Feng has returned from Nanchu as an envoy. Hou is outside."

Sima Deguang raised his eyebrows, showing an interested look.

"Feng Qing is back? Just let him in. I want to hear today, what did this Nanman say?"

For the Jin State, which claims to be a great country in the Central Plains, even if the Chu State occupies the entire north of the Canglong River, it is nothing more than a barbarian country.

Feng Datong entered the martial arts arena, saluted Sima Deguang, and said:
"Wei Chen greets His Majesty!"

"Feng Qing is excused." Sima Deguang, who was in a good mood, sat on the bed, motioned for Feng Datong to get up, and then asked, "Feng Qing is on a mission to Nan Chu this time. How will the little emperor of Nan Chu respond?"

Feng Datong swallowed and said cautiously:

"Replying to Your Majesty, the conditions offered by the Emperor of Chu State are that unless Qi State sends the princess to the Chu State Palace, enters the court and makes peace, and compensates for the losses in this war, Chu State has the possibility of giving up and making peace. Otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Sima Deguang coldly:
"Could Feng Qing agree to such outrageous conditions? In my opinion, this Chu State does not want peace talks!"

Changing places, if it were him, knowing that the other party's condition for peace was to send the princess to the court for marriage, it would be absolutely impossible for him to agree.

He had boasted in front of the Qi envoys, saying that the peace talks would be successful.

But now that Chu State is offering such outrageous conditions, what is it if it's not a slap in the face?
Sima Deguang, who had just ascended the throne not long ago, did not want to suffer this kind of anger at all!

Sensing the trace of anger in Sima Deguang's tone, Feng Datong's heart jumped suddenly and he said quickly:
"Your Majesty, I am in Nanchu, and I also know that Nanchu is fighting on both sides and it is difficult to last long. I am sure that the monarchs and ministers of Chu State have the intention to negotiate peace."

"Then they still offer these conditions?" Sima Deguang snorted coldly, "Is this an attitude that sincerely wants to negotiate peace?"

Feng Datong took a peek at Sima Deguang's face and said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, Chu State is so confident that it can open its mouth like a lion. After all, it is Qi State that seeks peace first, not them."

Having said this, Feng Datong paused and glanced at Sima Deguang again.

Sima Deguang noticed Feng Datong's little movements and his tone became increasingly impatient.

"What's beautiful about my face? Keep talking!"

This Feng Datong, I have lost all my face by him!
Feng Datong swallowed his bitter taste and said:
"Your Majesty, Zhuge Jin, the Minister of Rites of the State of Chu, once approached me privately and said something that made me stop."

"I, the State of Jin, are just a middleman, helping to communicate and negotiate peace between the State of Qi and the State of Chu, but the prices offered by each are beyond our control."

"The conditions for the Chu State's peace negotiation were originally to ask the State of Qi to send a princess to the court for marriage and to compensate the State of Chu for 50 taels of silver. At the same time, 50% of the [-] taels was a thank you gift to me from the Jin Dynasty."

"It's just that I thought that after finally going on an envoy, I only got 15 taels of silver for us, which was not enough to deliver a message to His Majesty. Therefore, I boldly increased the 100 million taels to 200 million taels and divided it into It becomes a fifty-fifty split between Jin and Chu."

After hearing Feng Datong clearly explain the conditions for Chu's offer, Sima Deguang showed hesitation on his face.

200 million taels, split [-]-[-]...

This is a full 100 million taels of silver!

Sima Deguang stroked his beard under his chin with his hand, thought for a moment, and asked Eunuch Feng, the chamberlain at the side.

"When the Qi State came to court and asked me to negotiate peace for them, what price did they offer?"

Eunuch Feng bowed his head and replied: "To answer your Majesty's question, I remember this very clearly. It is 20 dans of grain, 10 taels of silver, and 5000 taels of gold."

Sima Deguang sneered.

"Oh, the Qi State is far less grand than the Chu State!"

Comparing the conditions offered by the two parties, it is obvious which one is more generous.

The corners of the mouths of several ministers on the side twitched slightly.

This Chu State is completely generous to others, and naturally it is generous. Anyway, the wool is not out of them.

Seeing Feng Datong hesitate to speak, Sima Deguang frowned and asked, "Does Feng Qing have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty, during these days in Chu State, I secretly thought that what Chu State was doing by offering such a price was just to allow the princess of Qi State to enter the court and get married." He paused and said, "In my opinion, that's Although the emperor of Chu has the appearance of a wise king, he is a lustful person and cannot compare to the sage Wan Yi!"

"Huh? This is happening!"

Sima Deguang showed an interested look on his face.

He rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Forget it, I will just act as a Yue Lao and facilitate this beautiful conversation!"

"Feng Qing!"

"Chen is here!"

"Go and tell the envoy of Qi that if you want to negotiate a peace, you must use Princess Gaoyang to come to Chu and make a marriage. Otherwise, we, the Jin Dynasty, will have no choice."

Wang Qianmo, Princess of Gaoyang, was the most favored daughter of Qi Lord Wang Kuang and the most beautiful among the many princesses.

Compared with the conditions offered by Chu State, the conditions of Qi State are really too shabby.

Therefore, Sima Deguang sold Qi State without any psychological burden, and even stoked the fire himself.

As for what Qi Guo thought, he, Sima Deguang, didn't care at all.

Can a country with only a few prefectures be able to defeat the armies of Jin and Chu?

And the Emperor of Chu, knowing his weakness, would always have the opportunity to make plans in the future.

For things like this, which are planned thousands of miles away, you can't be impatient at all, just take your time. (End of chapter)