Chapter 41: The Xia Dynasty Comes to Envoy
In Kyushu, there is a kind of messenger who is responsible for the transmission of information to the border gates.
And this kind of messenger is only responsible for three types of letters, the four-hundred-mile expedited, the six-hundred-mile expedited, and the eight-hundred-mile expedited, and the six-hundred-mile Xuance expedited is one of them.
The hundred-mile rush is not that the speed is so fast, but the importance of conveying information, of which the eight-hundred-mile rush is the most important, and this kind of information is generally only conveyed when there is a war.
All urgent messengers have the right to enter every city at any time, and no one dares to stop them, even the imperial palace is only strictly inspected and will not intercept until the information reaches the emperor.
Now Emperor Lu Huaan just wanted to end the court meeting, but he was bluffed by the sudden six-hundred-mile urgency, and now the Qingyu Dynasty is in good weather, there is something urgent happening there, and a messenger is needed.
"Report, Your Majesty, six hundred miles urgently." The messenger ran directly to the Taihe Palace, knelt down on one knee and said to the emperor.
"What's going on?"
The emperor asked suspiciously, since it was not the Qingyu Dynasty that had an accident, then there were only other dynasties, and it was related to the Qingyu Dynasty, but it was not as urgent as six hundred miles.
"Report, Your Majesty Xia Dynasty is coming."
"When?"
"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Xia Dynasty was only discovered when he arrived at Guangyang County, the fiefdom of King Yu, and it will take about three days to reach Qingyu City."
"What? In three days, have you found out what is the purpose of the Xia Dynasty sending envoys to the Qingyu Dynasty? ”
There are only three days to go, and all the ministers know that the time is urgent, and now the main thing is to know the purpose of these envoys, so they can use these three days to make some preparations.
"Back to Your Majesty, I didn't find out the purpose of the envoy, but there were literati and warriors in their line, but most of the warriors were around twenty years old."
"Literati warriors? Then you go down and rest. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The identity of the messenger is not ordinary, and there can be a special rest after passing the information, but this is also related to the danger of the messenger.
"What is Zhong Aiqing's opinion on the envoys of the Xia Dynasty?"
The emperor guessed that the envoy had brought warriors and literati to the Qingyu Dynasty just to have a try, but there must have been other purposes.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the purpose of the Xia Dynasty's envoy is to mock my Qingyu Dynasty."
In the face of national affairs, only two prime ministers are willing to stand up, and the other officials are just looking at it, so Lu Jiuyuan's original choice is not wrong, and these ministers are not reliable at all.
"Oh, what do you say about Li Aiqing?"
"Your Majesty, there are literati and warriors among the envoys of the Xia Dynasty, and their purpose is to compete with my Qingyu Dynasty about culture and force, if they lose, they will say that they did not send really powerful people to Qingyu, and if they win, they will also say that I Qingyu has no people, isn't it ironic?"
Li Nan, the left minister, analyzed the whole form clearly, and Lu Jiuyuan also agreed with Li Nan that the Xia Dynasty must have this meaning when it sent an envoy to the Qingyu Dynasty.
Secondly, Lu Jiuyuan thought of the temporary reward wheelchair given by the system, which may have something to do with the envoy of the Xia Dynasty, that is to say, the system knew a month ago that there was an envoy from the Xia Dynasty coming, and the envoy of the Xia Dynasty had already set off from the Xia Dynasty a month ago, but I am afraid that the speed of the Xia Dynasty is relatively slow, and they are investigating some things on the way, so their purpose must be more than what Prime Minister Li Nan said.
"Your Majesty, Lord Li is right, but Weichen thinks that the envoy of the Xia Dynasty this time is not so simple, there must be other things, otherwise he would not have secretly entered my Qingyu Dynasty without letting His Majesty and the ministers know."
Right Prime Minister Zhao Jiulong supplemented what Left Prime Minister Li Nan said, what the right minister said was indeed similar to what Lu Jiuyuan thought, but the other purposes were really unclear.
"What the two prime ministers said is exactly what I think, but the key issue now is to select the scribes and warriors who will compete with them as soon as possible, I don't know if Zhong Aiqing has a suitable candidate?"
The two prime ministers are not wrong at all, the key issue now is to select talents to compete with the envoys, otherwise it will be very faceless to lose to the Xia Dynasty at that time.
Although the Qingyu Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty have no major grudges, they have never been right, and now the Xia Dynasty will definitely not be able to lose to the Xia Dynasty.
"Father, Erchen thinks that this competition with the Xia Dynasty should be around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is very likely to be on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so Erchen suggests making two preparations, one is to be ready for the sudden attack of the Xia Dynasty's envoys at any time, and the other is to let people select excellent scribes and warriors."
In addition to the positive Duan Long being sent to prison, there are only two reliable prime ministers in this Taihe Palace, Lu Jiuyuan sometimes thinks that Duan Long is very talented, but unfortunately Duan Long is hiding a lot of things and can't help but get rid of him.
Lu Jiuyuan's two-handed preparation is only a better plan, and now the Qingyu Dynasty does not have a long time to prepare, and the competition can be delayed, which is the best for the Qingyu Dynasty.
Although Lu Jiuyuan felt so, but the ministers were different, they originally just thought that Emperor Lu Hua'an favored him, but now it is different, just a moment to think of such a countermeasure, and they can't help but make the Jade King, King Yu and the ministers jealous.
Although the ministers can also come up with these countermeasures, it is impossible for them to react so quickly, even the two prime ministers looked at Lu Jiuyuan in disbelief, as for Emperor Lu Huaan, he would not doubt it, it is not simple at all to set up a bureau that few people can find.
"Zhong Aiqing, what is the countermeasure of the King of Nine Abysses?"
"Your Majesty, this is feasible."
"Okay, just prepare according to what the King of Nine Abyss said, but I want to add a little more, first prepare a few scribes and warriors just in case."
Emperor Lu Hua'an is not so relieved, first prepare a few scribes and warriors, for the Qingyu Dynasty to be prepared, the strategy is indeed higher than Lu Jiuyuan, Jiang is still old and spicy.
Moreover, Emperor Lu Hua has always been cautious, and he is even more cautious about matters related to the face of the Qingyu Dynasty, and will not let accidents happen, even if there is an accident, he is prepared.
"Your Majesty."
"Okay, just leave this matter to the right minister Zhao Aiqing, and retreat."
"Yes."
After the emperor's order was issued, the hundred officials withdrew from the Taihe Palace, but there were a few people who did not move, namely the Jade King, the Yu King, the two prime ministers and Lu Jiuyuan.
"Third Emperor Brother, you are really a good calculation, this king does not have such a strong ability." The Jade King came to Lu Jiuyuan's side and said, and then left with a gloomy face.
"Haha! The third emperor brother must be called this king in the future, and when the time comes, this king will also sharpen the arrogance of the jade king. ”
King Yu watched King Yu leave, the biggest profit this time was not necessarily King Yu, but King Yu was still relatively happy, anyway, Lu Jiuyuan didn't have much impact on himself.
But it's a pity that this is just King Yu thinks so, the Jade King and the Five Princes don't think so, they regard Lu Jiuyuan as a great enemy, especially the Jade King, the Jade King didn't put King Yu and the Five Princes in his eyes at all, what he has been worried about is Lu Jiuyuan, and Lu Jiuyuan is the real threat.
In the end, only Lu Jiuyuan and the two prime ministers were left in the main hall, and the two prime ministers were going to the imperial study for a while, and the emperor would tell them why Lu Jiuyuan's fief was Beijun, and Lu Jiuyuan just wanted to ask the right minister about the Wen Palace.
"Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Zhao."
"King of the Nine Abysses."
Li Nan and Zhao Jiulong returned the salute accordingly, after all, Lu Jiuyuan is a prince, and he is also a prince, and his status is not lower than that of the prime minister.
"I don't know what happened to the King of the Nine Abysses?"
Li Nan asked suspiciously, he and Zhao Jiulong were not familiar with Lu Jiuyuan, the prince or the prince, and they didn't know much about it, so they took the lead in asking.
"This king is asking the two about the Wen Master, I wonder if the two prime ministers can tell the king how to open the Wen Palace?"
Li Nan and Zhao Jiulong looked at each other when they heard this, and they were very puzzled if Lu Jiuyuan didn't know the way to open the Wen Palace, this shouldn't be, how could Lu Jiuyuan be a member of the royal family who didn't know.
"This king has left the palace since seven years ago, although this king also has a scribe with a literary master of the eightfold, that is, Mei Changsu, a talented son of Qilin, and Li Ru, the owner of the building in the world, but this king didn't have time to ask, they were assassinated, so this king asked the two."
Seeing the changes in the faces of Li Nan and Zhao Jiulong, Lu Jiuyuan was afraid of misunderstanding, so he hurriedly explained, and Li Nan and Zhao Jiulong only knew why Lu Jiuyuan didn't know about the Wen Palace after listening to what Lu Jiuyuan said.
It's just that when they heard the eightfold of the literary master, the two of them couldn't help but stare at each other, the eighte of the literary master was the realm that the two of them dreamed of breaking through, but they didn't expect that Lu Jiuyuan's two subordinates were the eightee of the literary master, and at the same time, they were also shocked that Lu Jiuyuan's means brought the two literary masters eightfold under his command.
"Lord Wang, the way to open the Wen Palace is to need a spirit stone, the spirit stone is generally only available in the family, and this spirit stone is made by the eightfold scribe of the scholar Yunyu and Tian Yu for ten years, so there are so few scholars in Kyushu."
Hearing this, Lu Jiuyuan also understood why only the family could get a scholar, it turned out that the Qiling Stone needed to be produced like this, and as far as Lu Jiuyuan knew, there were not many Hetian jades in Kyushu.
Even if there is Hetian jade, it may not be able to produce Qiling stones, there are not many scholars in Kyushu, and a scholar can only raise one or two Qiling stones at most at one time.