Li Xiaofei purchased six carriages for the mission in Shou County, one for the three envoys, four carrying grain, cloth and money for congratulatory gifts, and the remaining one for the yellow-clothed guards to rest. The internal guards were grateful, and finally they were not afraid of the wind and snow on the road, and they no longer had to worry about the problem of no post reception in the north.

On the way, Li Xiaofei asked about the yellow-clothed inner guard, and Qin gave him one by the way: "After the new emperor ascended the throne, he selected two hundred people, all of whom were dressed in yellow robes, as the emperor's internal guards, but unlike the previous red-clothed internal guards, the yellow-clothed internal guards did not get a place to interfere in political affairs, but only existed as the emperor's guards. The thirty people sent out this time are also for them to go through some training and collect intelligence, so that the emperor can know the true situation in other countries."

Li Xiaofei nodded: "It seems that the new emperor wants to do something, how did the emperor explain our envoy this time?" ”

Qin Shun looked at Xie Tan, Xie Tan subconsciously touched his beard: "The emperor does not admire his name, this time he is an envoy, and he will explain that as long as we can make a truce with various countries, we don't care about money and goods, as long as we are equal to each other, even if we are friendly, we can accept it."

Qin Shun also echoed: "The emperor knows that the current Liang needs to recuperate, so he does not hesitate to bear the infamy of cowardice on his back, and he also wants us to reach a peace agreement."

Li Xiaofei pondered for a while: "The emperor has a far-sighted plan, but Li privately feels that the matter of kissing is still difficult to accept as a man. What a man can't get on the battlefield, he has to sacrifice a woman to get it."

Xie Tan sighed: "Having said that, many times, for the sake of the country, some sacrifices have to be made. However, according to the old man, our envoy this time is not to the point of making peace with them. Although the beams have been dilapidated after a long period of civil strife, they are not much better. Now it happens that the balance can be maintained, and if one country strikes first, which country will collapse first, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it."

Li Xiaofei took over the words: "If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, may I ask what Lord Xie means by this?"

Qin Shun also spoke: "It's just right for Lord Xie to teach us just now, and finally we are interested, and please give us advice."

Xie Tan smiled: "It's the old man who didn't pay attention for a while, and brought out the words of Sage Kong, the original text of these words is no desire to hurry, no small profits." If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and if you see a small profit, you can't do a big thing. The origin of these words is that Zi Xia, a student of Confucius Sage, wanted to go to the place of Ju Father in Lu State to be an official and ask Confucius Sage for advice on how to become an official. Sage Kong said: "Don't blindly seek speed, don't only care about the small profits in front of you. If you blindly seek speed, you often fail to achieve your goal; Focusing only on the small profits in front of you makes the big things unable to succeed. Do you understand when I say that? ”

Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun clapped their hands and applauded: "As soon as Master Xie said this, we understood, that is, we can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, don't take advantage of it, that's the truth, Lord Xie."

Xie Tan smiled and said: "Both of them are smart people, the old man will be able to do it a little, it seems that when we arrive in Chang'an, the two adults will be able to learn something." We don't want to be fast or greedy, I'll just tell you one or two stories a day. I made up some nursery rhymes myself, and I said one sentence and you can follow along and see if you can remember some."

Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun happily agreed, and Xie Tan shook his head and began to say: "People are good at the beginning, and they are similar to each other", Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun also shook their heads and read it.

When passing by Yingchuan, the three of them went to meet Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian. Chen Hongyi left the three men in the city for three days and told them many things about the Black Flag Khanate, the Green Flag Khanate, and the Qin State. It turns out that the Black Flag Khanate and the Green Flag Khanate are the descendants of the Fire Dragon Clan, when the Fire Dragon Clan also laid a large territory in Mobei and established the Xuan Kingdom, and later the Xuan Kingdom had civil strife, the authentic Xuan Kingdom royal family was all killed, and the two brothers who were born slaves of the Fire Dragon Clan seized the throne, each called the Khan, and both declared themselves to be the orthodoxy of the Xuan Kingdom, because their respective banners were different, so they were called the Black Flag Khanate and the Green Flag Khanate by people from other countries. In addition to the tens of thousands of cavalry in each of the two khanates, there was no canonical system in the Central Plains at all, so there were often civil strife because of the succession to the khanate, and they both believed in shamanism, which was too poor compared to the Central Plains. In the Qin State of the Hou family, the current military power is in the hands of Hu Jian, and the political affairs are mainly in the hands of Cui Hong, Yang Hongzu and Li Zhong. However, the system of the Qin State is also relatively chaotic, not called the emperor and called the king of heaven, there are both prime ministers and prime ministers, and there are official positions such as the general Shan Yu Khan, which makes it neither like the Central Plains Dynasty nor like the Steppe Khanate. None of the officials of the Qin State had a single tax rate, and the entire country did not have a unified tax rate, so the officials also tried their best to exploit the people. Take the matter of tax collection as an example, the people of Hongnong have to pay taxes when they wear clothes and shoes, and the people of Yecheng have to pay taxes for herding cattle and grazing, and the people of Luoyang are even more miserable.

Li Xiaofei and the three of them were dumbfounded, they knew that the Three Kingdoms in the North were inferior to the Central Plains, but they never thought that it would be so chaotic, and they laughed one after another. Chen Hongyi also smiled: "Our Liang is not much better, but it is just fifty steps and a hundred steps." In Qin's view, the Great Liang was already approaching Luoyang, and breaking the Tong Pass was just around the corner, but at this time, the Great Liang Imperial Court actually ordered a truce and saved their lives. The people of Daliang are also extremely poor, the rebels have to loot them when they cross the border, our army has to regain the lost land and have to requisition grain, and more people have become untouchables, and they have to become the servants of the big families, and they have been farming and serving in the military for the big families for generations, which I don't think is much better than the north. ”

Xie Tan and Qin Shun had no choice but to remain silent, and Li Xiaofei was stunned: "Then who are we fighting desperately and risking death for?" Do the people of this world deserve to suffer from all generations? Lord Chen, Lord Wang, can't you save these people? Liu Jian patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "Maybe it's all fate, for thousands of years, this country has been supported by these big families, although we have the heart to rescue the untouched serfs, but we can't eradicate all the big families." Just like my master, the hussar general, can only release the untouchables under his own name and give them farmlands. In this way, he has been regarded as an outlier by the family, so he is constrained and targeted everywhere. ”

Qin Shun and Xie Tan also comforted Li Xiaofei, and Li Xiaofei had no choice but to sigh: "It's okay, it's only to blame us untouchables for not fighting for themselves and not being able to turn over." The villain thanked Lord Chen and the prince for their love for the people. I look forward to more officials like Lord Chen and Wang Ye in this world. ”

Xiao Qian saw that the atmosphere was embarrassing, so she walked over and pinched Li Xiaofei's nose: "Why did you leave my sister Hongrui alone, do you want to go to Mobei to be a colt and marry a grassland princess so that you can be happy?" Li Xiaofei took a step back and waved his hand again and again: "The princess came to find me happy again, I only have one wife in my life, Sister Hongrui, where will I marry another woman?" ”

Xiao Qian didn't relent: "That's not sure, if you go to Mobei, the khan over there has to keep you as a concubine, then you can't help it." I think in order to keep you from being detained, you should simply ask the military doctor to castrate you, so that no one will keep you as a colt."

Everyone burst into laughter, and Qin Shun blushed and said, "The princess is really good at making fun of people, our mission already has me as an internal supervisor, if there is one more, I will lose my errand." Liu Jian waved his hand at Xiao Qian: "Hey, I said princess, don't make fun of these envoys of the court, where are you still like a daughter of the Xiao Mansion and the princess of Han, my master is holding his stomach and laughing."

Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxed, Chen Hongyi invited everyone to the banquet and drank for the messengers.