Chapter Ninety-Six: The Kingdom Comes to Envoy
Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling stayed in the barracks for more than two months, and it was already the end of the year, and Gaochang City was already covered with snow.
Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling hugged each other to keep warm, there was not even firewood in this barracks, and some soldiers were still wearing single clothes.
Suddenly, a few days before Chinese New Year's Eve, an official came to give them cotton coats and fur hats. It turned out that the envoys of the Green Flag Khanate came, and this Gaochang State was originally a vassal of the Green Flag Khanate, and at the end of each year, it had to pay tribute to the Green Flag Khanate.
This time, it was the new deputy khan Ahe who came to collect the tribute, bringing 500 elite cavalry to be stationed outside the city.
Ju Aotian, the king of Gaochang, and Gao Le, the minister of the state, personally went out of the city thirty miles to meet Ahe's team, and came with beautiful women with wine and food.
Ah He accepted all the orders, and bowed to Ju Aotian as usual, and Ju Aotian and Gao Le bowed back. Ah He pulled Ju Aotian and Gao Le into the city with his left and right hands to inspect the soldiers and horses of Gaochang Kingdom.
All the sergeants rejoiced and their morale was greatly boosted, after all, the arrival of the envoys of the kingdom would allow them to wear cotton coats and fur hats.
Ah He looked around, was very satisfied, and gave Gao Le a thumbs up: "The prime minister of the country is worthy of both civil and military affairs, and he has a good way of governing the army, Gaochang is not big, but the elite under his command can guard the southwest for my Great Khanate, it is really rare, when I go back to play the Great Khan, I will give you an additional thirty percent reward next year."
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Long live the Great Khan, the Great Khan is mighty, and the Khanate lives with the heavens!" ”
Although Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were puzzled, they also shouted for a while. Today, the soldiers were unusual, talking to each other and joking with each other. After asking, I learned that only in the country can the envoys of the Green Flag Khanate come in the past few days that they can not obey the laws of the Gaochang Kingdom, but must abide by the laws of the Shangguo. However, the Green Banner Khanate believed in the Cult of the Eagle God and had no written laws, so these days could be free for a few days.
Li Xiaofei laughed: "It's also a loss that this envoy is here, otherwise we have to freeze to death, and dare to send us cotton clothes and fur hats to show the envoys."
A soldier hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Don't say it loudly, don't break this shirt and hat, you will have to take it back in a few days"
Murong Ling sneered: "Since this court treats you like this, what else are you going to sell your life?" ”
The soldiers came to accuse him one after another: "The Minister of State Gao is honest and upright, and the people below are all bad, by the way, and the royal family is also incompetent."
"This cotton coat and fur hat was also purchased for us by the tall man, without the tall man, we don't even have a cotton coat and fur hat."
"No, the Gaochang royal family is happy and generous, and often helps the poor, and our family has also received his favors"
"That's all the idea of Lord Gao, Lord Gao forced them to do good deeds, without Lord Gao, this Gao Changguo might not have become"
Murong Ling sneered again: "Without this tall, can you be as bad every day as you are today?" ”
Everyone immediately fell silent, Li Xiaofei looked around and whispered: "You can't talk nonsense, it's a good thing that someone is in charge, if no one cares, won't it all be messed up?" ”
"Yes, yes, all things must be according to the law"
Murong Ling shouted: "Fart, the fire dragon people in Mobei transported your women back to the grassland like goods, which law do they follow?" ”
Everyone lowered their heads and was silent, some began to cry, and an official in the distance was walking over with a beard cake, and everyone hurriedly got up.
"I will give you three more cakes today, and you will be more grateful for the kindness of the tall man, understand?"
"Thank you Lord Gao, it is our supreme honor to eat Lord Gao's cake and be a soldier of Gao Changguo!"
Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were almost speechless, but they had to bow their heads under the eaves, and they also shouted a few words, and took the Hu cake and ate it on the side.
When this Ah He arrived at the Gaochang Palace, Ju Ao Tian Gaole was full of hospitality, the birds in the sky were all cooked, the beasts on the ground were all on the grill, and a gluttonous meal and various wines made Ah He a fairy Xu Piao.
As soon as he drank too much wine, Ah He's words increased: "Ju Aotian, you King Gaochang are too uncomfortable, in our khanate, let alone the Great Khan, we can marry dozens of wives with a random general, and we can eat and drink at any time if we want to, how can you only eat decent meals a few times a year like you, and your wife can only marry one"
Ju Aotian looked at Gao Le, Gao Le blinked, Ju Aotian said with a smile: "Where do we Gaochang Yuer small country dare to compare with the upper country, our Gaochang country can only be treated like this." A good life has to be lived in the kingdom."
Ahe waved his hand: "No, you treat the people so harshly, those who don't know still think that our Khanate forced you, our Khanate people are free and the country is rich and strong, why can't you learn from the advantages of the Khanate?" ”
Ju Aotian couldn't answer, Gao Le picked up his wine glass with a calm expression: "Gao knows that the country is superior, but my Gaochang country has its own national conditions here, the country is small and the people are poor, if you want to catch up with the heaven of the country, you have to recuperate and recuperate for another ten years."
Ahha laughed: "The prime minister really has his own rules, but you take care of everyone to death, it is difficult to develop, you still have to loosen up, otherwise it will damage the benevolence of the Great Khan, our Khanate has always loved the people of your country, and the Prime Minister should be considerate of our Khanate's love for the people."
Gao Le smiled on his face: "Okay, well, from today onwards, I will learn from the kingdom and spread the benevolence of the Great Khan throughout Gaochang."
From the second day onwards, many posters were posted in the city, imitating the Green Flag Khanate and returning the freedom of the army and the people.
When Ah He went to inspect the city, he saw all the merchants gathering to sing and dance, so he was very happy, and brought two hundred beauties and countless gold coins back to the court of the Green Flag Khan.
A few days later, everything in Gaochang City was as before, and the cotton clothes and fur hats of Li Xiaofei and others were all confiscated.
I didn't think that in the first month of the second year, this Ah He suddenly came with soldiers and horses, this time Gao Changguo was not ready, and suddenly the prototype appeared, Ah He was furious, and directly let his soldiers and horses take over Gaochang City, and supervised Ju Aotian Gaole and others to abolish the old law.
As soon as the old law was abolished, Ahe let Gaochang City open up his views and let the military and civilians everywhere express their opinions.
At this time, like a surging river, there are countless officials who have come to accuse Gao Le of harsh government, but the military and civilians only say that the officials are tyrannical.
Ah He told Gao Le the opinions of the officials, and Gao Le sighed: "Gao Chang has been raising officials for decades, and he doesn't want to be so disgraced to the country, Gao is deeply saddened."
Ju Aotian was very frightened: "Deputy Khan Mingjian, since the founding of Gaochang State, it is a strict law to make the officials, the army and the people safe, and now he has suddenly opened up his speech, and there are parents all over the world, what the Deputy Khan has seen and heard is just a one-sided word, and it is not enough to believe it."
Ah He waved his hand: "My Great Khanate will put things right, abolish the harsh government of Er, and return the government to the people, don't talk about it anymore, do it according to the meaning of the Great Khanate, and this Khan is here to supervise."
As soon as these words came out, Ju Aotian and Gao Le had no choice but to do it.
At first, it was just an accusation from officials, but later, it was rumored that Gao Le was lascivious and abused the army and the people, and everyone came to the Prime Minister's Office to denounce it with the banner of righteousness, not wanting the Lion Guards to draw their swords and slaughter them, killing hundreds of people at once.
Now the matter is big, and Ju Renshan, the Marquis of Anle, who has been hiding at home, came to the barracks to gather everyone: "Gao Le and others have betrayed the country to seek glory, and have implemented harsh governance for decades, making the people's lives miserable, everyone, anyway, if you die, it is better to follow me today to fight for a free body!" ”
Everyone gathered to respond: "An Lehou has come forward, and my Gaochang country has been saved"
"With a generous leader like An Lehou, what are we afraid of?"
"Kill Gao Le, we can spend time with our families, and we can also eat and dress warmly"
Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were instantly infected, so they stood next to Ju Renshan and shouted: "Give everyone a free peace, follow us to see the clouds and see the sun!" ”
At this time, Ju Renshan motioned to everyone to stop: "We can't rebel!" They only care about their own tyranny and greed for pleasure, but we can't fight violence with violence, let's go to Lord Ah, the deputy khan! ”
Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling shook their heads secretly, this Ju Renshan is really pedantic, he is ready to fly at this time, how can he stop.
But Ju Renshan insisted on going to ask for the people's life, and everyone had to let him go.
When Ju Renshan arrived at the palace, he explained everything and asked Gao Le to give an explanation to the people.
Gao Le's muscles were exposed at this time: "You conspired to rebel, maliciously slandered, come here, pull An Lehou down and cut me down!" ”
But at this time, Ah He was still there, and Ah He was overjoyed when he saw Ju Renshan, so he said to Gao Le: "The little marquis is not aimed at the minister of state, but he is entrusted by the military and the people to come to make a statement, killing him is afraid that he will lose the hearts of the people, and Ben Khan thinks that this little marquis cannot be killed!" ”
As soon as Ah He said this, Gao Le had no choice but to give up, glaring at Ju Renshan: "Lord Hou instigated the people to make a rebellion, first watch and detain them!" ”
Ju Renshan immediately knelt down with tears in his eyes and thanked him, and followed the lion guards to the prison.
The next day, hundreds of people cried out for Ju Renshan, but Gao Le was unmoved.
Ah He stayed for a few days, and then left with the beautiful gold and silver. Gao Le saw that Ah He and his party were far away, and wanted to restore the old law of Gaochang, and did not want many people to follow it, so they took out the wine and meat they had hidden and ate and drank wildly.
Seeing that he couldn't help it, Gao Le had no choice but to order the lion guards to kill several leaders who had incited the people to disobey Gaochang's laws.
In front of the real swords and guns, the Gaochang people obediently returned home and returned to their former tranquility.
However, at this time, Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei couldn't bear it anymore, and after secretly drinking with the sergeants, they rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the sergeants.
The Lion Guards resisted desperately, but where was Murong Ling's opponent, there were many soldiers and civilians who followed him all the way, and soon, they invaded the Prime Minister's Mansion.
When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Gao Le sat in the hall, and everyone was about to step forward to kill him, but Murong Ling stopped everyone from stepping forward alone.
Gao Le's face still didn't change, he just sighed: "Good martial arts, it's a pity that I've been used, it's a pity that my Gaochang Kingdom has been reduced to hell on earth since then!" ”
Everyone laughed: "As long as I kill you, Gao Changguo will be heaven from now on, and there will be no more such harsh policies that even restrict people from dressing and eating."
Gao Le also laughed: "The most powerful means in this world is to provoke people's desires, even if they are evil desires, and the most insidious person is to tell people that although they want to achieve these desires, as long as everyone is for this purpose, evil will become justice!" ”
When Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei heard this, they were ready to step forward to protect Gao Le, but they didn't want to throw a few spears into Gao Le's chest in the crowd, and Gao Le died immediately.