Today's dinner table was exceptionally quiet, Zhong Yi and Su Ru ate silently, Zhong Mingli was drinking wine alone, halfway through the meal, Chen Yuxian finally couldn't help but ask: "Ning'er, what you said outside, rumors about you and the Tang family...... Is it true? ”

Tang Ning put down his chopsticks and nodded: "It's true." ”

There was silence at the dinner table again, and after a while, Chen Yuxian looked at him and said, "No matter what decision you make, we will support you." ”

Tang Ning smiled, raised his head and said, "This is my home, and I only have this one home." ”

Although God sent him to this world inexplicably, in some ways, he was not thin.

Tang Ning is a person who knows how to be content, he is not ambitious, and he has no endless desires.

But this identity, in the end, there are still some benefits, after this time, there is no possibility of reconciliation with the Tang family, he is not arrogant enough, thinking that with a white body, he can compete with the Tang family who covers the sky with one hand.

In two days, there will be a Qionglin banquet, if there is no accident, there should be a vacation of about three months after that, and then I will go to the Hanlin Academy to take a job.

Xiao Jue, as the first and second first, should normally be the same as him, working in the Hanlin Academy, but I heard him say yesterday that he should still be a martial artist, but his position can be higher.

"Congratulations." Li Tianlan walked in from outside and sat down across from him.

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "Congratulations to you too." ”

Li Tianlan congratulated him on the top prize in high school, and he congratulated the envoys of Chu on achieving the purpose of the envoy, after this time, the momentum of the alliance between Chen and Chu has been unstoppable.

He hadn't seen Li Tianlan for the past two days, thinking that she should be very busy, Chen Guo's attitude towards Chu State has changed one hundred and eighty degrees in a short period of time, not only the courtiers of Chen State have been busy in the past two days, but the envoys of Chu State are actually even busier.

Li Tianlan shook his head slightly and said: "Congratulations now, it's still too early, Chen Guo just agreed to form an alliance, but the alliance requires conditions, if the conditions offered by Chu State cannot satisfy them, I don't know when to talk about it." ”

Things on the grassland have already burned their eyebrows, and the two countries still have to negotiate the conditions before they can send troops, which seems a bit stupid, but it is also a fact, and no one wants to do anything that is not beneficial.

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is no need to rush to form an alliance. ”

Li Tianlan looked at him, Tang Ning looked at her, and asked, "Which is the second largest department of Su Shen now?" ”

"After the Wanyan Department defeated the Black Han Ministry, the Jiagu Department became the second largest department of Su Shen, the Wanyan Department rose rapidly, and the Jiagu Department also sensed the threat, and united with the surrounding more than a dozen tribes, and now it has been a stalemate with the Wanyan Department for a long time."

Tang Ning asked again, "What about the third major?" ”

"The Shuhu Department is far away from these two departments, and the Wanyan Department needs to annex the Jiagu Department before it can run into them."

Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "Do you think that the Jiagu Department can win the Yan Division?" ”

Li Tianlan thought for a while and said: "The overall strength of the Wanyan Department is stronger than that of the Jiagu Department, and the materials are abundant, if they are given some time to continue to grow, at the latest in two years, the Jiagu Department will be destroyed." ”

Tang Ning was about to speak, when a figure ran in from outside.

King Run ran in from outside and said happily: "Congratulations on winning the champion, my father said that you will serve in the Hanlin Academy in the future, so won't I be able to see you from time to time?" ”

Tang Ning looked at him, thought for a moment and asked, "His Royal Highness King Run...... You're here to thank me again? ”

"I'm here to congratulate you on your high school champion." King Run looked at him and said, "By the way, ask again, what kind of meal did your family eat today?" ”

Tang Ning pointed to the side and said, "I'll talk about what to eat later, Your Highness will play there for a while first." ”

King Run ran over to play flying chess alone, and Tang Ning looked at Li Tianlan and asked, "Where did we just go?" ”

"The Wanyan Department is the majority of the Su Shen Department, with sufficient supplies, often raiding the Chen-Chu border, and snatching a lot of weapons and materials from the two countries of Chen and Chu, with their expansion speed, the Jiagu and Shuhu Divisions will support for two years at most."

Tang Ning nodded, looked at her, and said: "Helping the poor is a traditional virtue, Jiagu and Shuhu are short of materials, we can sell them materials, lack weapons, we can sell them weapons, what they lack, we will sell them something......"

Li Tianlan was stunned, and only after a moment did he ask, "You mean, let the Su Shen people deal with the Su Shen people themselves?" ”

Tang Ning asked rhetorically: "Haven't they always been their own people against their own people?" ”

Li Tianlan looked at him, his lips pursed slightly.

The reason why the Sushen people are not strong is because of the fact that between their tribes, just like between countries, in order to compete for resources, they have been fighting endlessly for hundreds of years, but in the past two years, the Wanyan tribe has risen too fast, and other tribes cannot resist, in fact, there is not a harmonious atmosphere between them.

If the Jiagu Department and the Shuhu Department become stronger, the momentum of the rise of the Wanyan Department will be curbed, and there will be a shortage of materials on the grassland, but the Chu State has abundant land and can fully provide the food...... and even weapons they need.

The grassland is rich in cattle and sheep, and their war horses are also the envy of Chen and Chu for a long time, if it is an ordinary time, the Su Shen tribes will never use these in exchange, but this time is different from the past, if the two tribes of Jiagu and Shuhu, or those small tribes do not know how to change, they will be swallowed up by the Wanyan tribe sooner or later, this is not what they want to see.

Supporting these two departments can not only block the footsteps of Wanyan and form a balance on the grassland, but also benefit from it, so that the alliance between Chen and Chu does not seem to be so urgent.

And this can also greatly reduce the bargaining chips opened by Chen Guo, so that Chu State can pay a lot less price.

Before this, they only thought about the threat of the Su Shen people to the Chu State, and only thought about forming an alliance with the Chen State to fight against the great enemy, but they did not expect that there would be such a way to get the best of both worlds......

She glanced at Tang Ning deeply, stood up, and said, "I'm going back first." ”

Knowing that she had a lot of things to do every day, Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

She has the best time to leave now, Tang Yaoyao and Xiaoyi Xiaoru have gone out, and when she comes back and sees Li Tianlan in a while, maybe there will be some moths.

After Li Tianlan left, King Run ran over from the side and said, "You are so amazing, you can actually get the top prize, they say that it is difficult to take the top prize!" ”

He looked at Tang Ning and said expectantly, "Can I learn from you?" ”

Tang Ning heard Fang Hong mention that King Run didn't like to read since he was a child, and His Majesty also turned a blind eye to this, could it be that this little fat man was stimulated by himself?

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "What are you going to learn?" ”

"Learn to cook!"

……

In a certain hall in the palace, Wei Jian handed over an excerpt and said, "Your Majesty, this is the excerpt of the Ministry of Rites, and the Qionglin banquet has already been arranged." ”

Chen Huang opened it and looked at it, put it down, pinched a piece of pastry from the plate, as if he remembered something, and asked, "Why didn't Yuan'er come over today?" ”

Wei Jian smiled and said, "Your Majesty has forgotten, Your Majesty only promised His Royal Highness King Run yesterday to let him go out of the palace to find Zhuangyuanlang." ”

"It's strange, why does Yuan'er like him so much?" Emperor Chen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't forget it, he has a great talent, and it doesn't hurt to let Yuan'er learn more from him." ”

A little eunuch walked in, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wang asks to see you." ”

Emperor Chen nodded and said, "Xuan." ”

After a while, he looked at the old man who walked into the hall and asked, "What does the prime minister have to do?" ”

Prime Minister Wang Cheng bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the good conditions for the alliance that were about to be discussed yesterday were suddenly said to be discussed again on the side of the envoys of the Chu State......

"What?" Chen Huang stood up, looked at him, and asked, "Didn't they beg for an alliance, why are they repenting now?" ”

Prime Minister Wang Cheng thought for a while and said, "The old minister thinks that they seem to be ...... and are not in such a hurry to form an alliance. ”