Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 367 Fighting for the handsome position (4)
He came to the palace and knelt down, "Father, my son heard that 80 Tartar troops invaded the country, and my son is not talented. I am willing to lead the army to relieve my father's worries!"

The emperor squinted his eyes all the time, no one could see that his eyes were actually tightened, and he said in his mouth: "Fourth, aren't you injured? How can you still go out?"

The fourth prince said unhurriedly: "My son is not filial, let the emperor worry about the son, the injury of the son is almost healed now. Please also ask the father to agree to the request of the son, and give the son a team , my son is willing to go west on behalf of his father, to promote the prestige of our country, and not to let those Tartars look down on my Suye Dynasty."

Murong Ning hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince's martial arts and martial arts are all excellent, plus he is of the blood of the Tian family, so he has God's blessing. If the Fourth Prince leads the army to go out, he will surely win the battle!"

Old Bai Xiangguo said, "Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince has never led an army before, so he hastily led an army, what if he loses the battle?"

Murong Ning sneered, and squinted at Old Bai Xiangguo with his eyes, "In the opinion of Old Xiangguo Bai, who should lead the army?"

Old Prime Minister Bai frowned, his beard pouted with anger, "You guys who are afraid of chaos in the world? Fighting wars, you want to fight wars, why don't you think about it, where does the military salary come from?"

King Mu came out and said, "Old Xiangguo, in your opinion, if there is no war, where will the food for the Tartars come from?"

Bai Lao Xiangguo said confidently: "Now is the time of summer harvest, as long as we collect more food from the people, it will be fine!"

King Mu Jun couldn't help laughing, "Old Xiangguo is so confused? The food grown by our people is not used to support our own army, but to fight back the Tartars who invaded our country, but to hand over the food Send them off so that the Tartars can raise their soldiers stronger and their horses stronger, what is the reason for this?"

Murong Ning also said: "Since ancient times, only countries that have lost a war will cede land and pay compensation. I have never heard of it. Before the battle is fought, they are eager to cede land and pay compensation. Those Tartars and wolf ambitions, no matter how much they give them, they will not be satisfied. Yes, what they were thinking about was the great river and mountains of my Suye Dynasty. Now, the 80 troops have been divided into three groups and are marching towards my border gate. Do you think they can be sent back with a few carts of food and grass?"

King Mu Jun sang with him and said: "If the old Xiangguo really thinks that a few carts of grain and grass can get rid of the Tartars, why don't you ask Bai Laoxiangguo to go out and negotiate with the Tartars in person."

"You..." Old Bai Xiangguo was so angry that he almost fainted when he saw that he had pushed him to go to the battlefield, and pointed at Mujun Wangdao. "Prince Mu, how can this old man endure the hardships of boats and cars at such an age? You asked this old man to negotiate with the Tartars in person, what is An De's heart?"

"Old Xiangguo's words are wrong!" Duke Mu retorted. "You and I are officials in the same dynasty. We all work for the emperor. What does age matter? If the old Xiangguo thinks that he is old and can do a good job for the emperor, why should he still occupy the position of Xiangguo? The reason why the lower officials recommended The reason why the old Xiangguo came out is because the old Xiangguo is now in the imperial court, with one person under ten thousand, and his official authority is mighty. The old Xiangguo's appearance and negotiations with the Tartars will definitely have a deterrent effect on the Tartars. The old Xiangguo treats the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, which really chills the hearts of the officials."

"Nonsense!" Old Bai Xiangguo said sharply, flicking his robe sleeves. "You guys clearly want to rule out dissidents and kill this old man! It's a disgrace to have officials like you in the Suye Dynasty. Your majesty, please issue an order to dismiss Prince Mu and King Jia who have ulterior motives from office." Removal, to righteousness Tianwei!"

The emperor finally couldn't help laughing, "Old Xiangguo Bai, in your opinion, who should you send to negotiate with the Tartars?"

Old Bai Xiangguo rolled his eyes, "The King of Jiajun is the Secretary of the Ministry of War. This is a military matter, so naturally he should take the lead!"

"Hahahaha..." The fourth prince, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly. After laughing, he glared at Old Bai Xiangguo with dark eyes. "Old Xiangguo Bai, the king of Jiajun wants to fight, but you don't want him to make peace with the Tartars instead, don't you think it's funny?"

"What's so funny?" Old Bai Xiangguo said eloquently. "Since ancient times, it is very appropriate for the king of Jiajun to make peace with the Tartars for the reward of eating the emperor and the matter of loyalty to the emperor!"

Murong Ning suddenly gave a deep bow to the emperor, then took out a memorial from his sleeve, and held it up with both hands, "Your Majesty, I am old. In the past, I fought for the late emperor and suffered many injuries on my body. Now my old symptoms are recurring. , I also ask the emperor to give me permission to resign, so that I can go home and live for the rest of my life."

Old Bai Xiangguo sneered and said: "It turns out that the king of Jiajun is also a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he dare not even do the thing of making peace with the Tartars. Please rest assured, the king of Jiajun, when the two countries go to war, they never kill each other." Made it."

"Greed for life and afraid of death?" Murong Ning was ridiculed by him, suddenly let out a strange cry, threw the memorial in his hand on the ground, and even took off his clothes in public, after a while, his chest was exposed, only the folds of skin and flesh were visible. It turned out to be a lot of scars, there are seven knife wounds alone, and there are two arrow wounds on the chest and shoulders.

He smiled sullenly and said, "Old Xiangguo Bai, this old man crawled out of the dead. He has nine wounds on his chest alone, eleven on his back, two on his left leg, and one on his right leg. Who are you talking about?" Greed for life and fear of death?"

"You..." Mr. Bai Xiangguo was so questioned that he couldn't speak, his face turned green and then pale, and suddenly he turned around and bowed deeply to the emperor. "Your Majesty, Murong Ning took off his clothes at the court and disregarded the rules of the court. He is really lawless. Please punish him severely!"

The emperor suddenly chuckled, "Okay, as the saying goes, old boy, little boy, King Jiajun, you and Bai Lao Xiangguo are almost 150 years old, and you are still arguing like children. I know, your merits are due to Sheji, since your old injury has relapsed, I will give you three months off to allow you to go back to recuperate temporarily, and the matter of resignation will not be brought up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion!" Murong Ning hastily covered up his clothes, saluted the Emperor, turned and left.

The emperor said again: "Since the idea of ​​making peace was decided by Bai Lao Xiangguo, and Bai Lao Xiangguo is too old to go, then I will give him the grace to appoint Bai Yingqi, the eldest son of Bai Lao Xiangguo, as a special envoy to take charge of this meeting with the Tatars. Regarding the matter of making peace, Mr. Bai, Xiangguo, do you have any other opinions?"

"Your Majesty..." Old Bai Xiangguo didn't expect to turn around, and instead of pushing the errand, he pushed it on his son's head, and couldn't help being startled. "The dog is incompetent, how can he take on the big responsibility?"

The emperor said with a smile: "Old Prime Minister Bai, do you want to resist the decree?"

When Bai Laoxiangguo saw the emperor's attitude suddenly became so tough, he froze for a moment in a panic, and then bowed deeply, "I dare not!"

"Father!" A young man in a red python robe suddenly walked in from the outside in a hurry. His appearance was extremely handsome, and his figure was a little thin. It's not good to be mistaken for a woman.

(End of this chapter)