There is the Qinhuai River outside Jinling City.

Therefore, the waterways are developed, and the developed waterways have brought enough trade opportunities to Jinling.

Therefore, Jinling City is very prosperous, and its prosperity is even no less than Chang'an City in the Tang Kingdom.

In ancient times, whether a place could develop or not depended on whether the traffic was good or not.

Generally speaking, where there is river water, it is easy to grow and develop.

After Du Ruhui came to Jinling City, he submitted his credentials to the Ming Kingdom, and soon, he received a letter from the palace people, asking him to make an early pilgrimage early tomorrow morning.

For this, Du Ruhui didn't feel anything, so he naturally responded.

The next day, Du Ruyan entered the palace early, but the situation was similar to the situation in any country, and he waited outside for a long time before he was finally called in.

Fortunately, the spring in Jinling was already very warm, and he did not feel particularly uncomfortable.

After entering, he saw Zhu Zhang.

Zhu Zhang is already middle-aged, but he still looks very energetic.

Above the court, standing at the front is Zhu Biao, the crown prince of the Ming Kingdom.

Zhu Biao is about twenty years old, and he can be said to be a talent, but his figure is a little thin, his face is yellow, and he is obviously a master who is often sick.

Behind Zhu Biao is Zhu Zhang's fourth son, Zhu Di.

For this Zhu Di, Du Ruhui already knew something before he came, knowing that he was the only one among Zhu Zhang's many princes who could compete with Zhu Biao for the throne, and his ability was also the most powerful among the many princes.

Of course, it is said that he is powerful, but in terms of fighting wars and governing the country, the crown prince Zhu Biao is even more powerful than him.

Du Ruhui only glanced at it briefly, and then stepped forward to salute, "Tang envoy Du Ruhui, meet Emperor Ming." ”

Zhu Zhang nodded, and said, "Lord Du's name, I have heard of it, you are a rare talent in the Tang Kingdom, aren't you the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom going to destroy Chu, why did you come here?" ”

The purpose of Du Ruhui's coming here was already known to Zhu Zhang yesterday, but he still had to ask, and sometimes, there was nothing wrong with pretending to be confused.

Asked by Zhu Zhang, Du Ruhui said, "Emperor Ming, I came here on the orders of Emperor Tang to ask for help." ”

Du Ruhui didn't play any tricks, and directly explained the intention.

After Zhu Zhang heard this, he smiled lightly, "Oh, what help do you Tang Guo need from my Ming Kingdom?" ”

"Wei is attacking Chen, and our Su army is helping Wei, but my Tang is destroying Chu, and the troops are not enough, so I hope that Ming can send troops to attack Wei and contain Wei's troops."

still said it directly, but after he said this, many ministers in the DPRK laughed.

"What does Lord Du think of my Ming Kingdom, why do you want to help your Tang State contain the Wei Kingdom?"

"That is, although your Tang Kingdom sold us the Ming Kingdom Tang Knife, but we also spent money to buy it, and we don't owe you Tang Kingdom anything."

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The courtiers of the Ming Kingdom muttered that they were not very enthusiastic about Du Ruhui's request.

Zhu Zhang, however, did not express his position here, and said, "Lord Du, this matter is very important, but we still need to discuss it carefully before we can make a decision." ”

The implication is that they are not ready to decide immediately, and there is a sense of persuasion to retreat, Du Ruhui saw this situation, and realized that he was too naïve, and did not give benefits to the Ming Kingdom, how could they be willing to send troops?

His eyes rolled for a moment, and then he stepped out.

Du Ruhui left, Zhu Zhang looked at the ministers and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you think we should help with this favor?" ”

"Holy Lord, now that the Wei State and the Tang State are fighting, it can be said that the two tigers are fighting, we just need to wait and see what happens, why meddle?"

"Yes, Wei and Tang can be said to be powerful countries, and the two of them are fighting and making trouble endlessly, so that we can have a chance to destroy Wei."

"Holy one, leave them alone......"

The ministers talked a lot, and basically they didn't support the use of troops against Wei.

After Zhu Zhang heard this, he looked at the prince Zhu Biao and asked, "Prince, what do you mean?" ”

Zhu Biao stepped forward and said, "Father, the ministers think that what the ministers said makes sense, and now the most important thing for our Ming Kingdom is to develop the economy, strengthen its military strength, and prepare for a bigger war in the future. ”

Zhu Biao is not good at fighting wars and is better at governing the country, so he generally does not support much unless there is a necessary war, and now the war between Wei and Tang really can't affect their Ming State, so he naturally expressed his dissupport.

Moreover, this situation is the same as that of other people in the court.

After Zhu Biao finished saying this, some people in the court said that they didn't care about this matter, but Zhu Di stood among the ministers, but he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhang said, "Since you all Aiqing don't think you should interfere, then forget it." ”

The Wei State was strong, and the Ming State easily did not want to make a move with them, and at the same time, the Ming State also had to guard against the Song State in the south, so they did not want to do it when they were not absolutely sure.

Several circumstances added up to make Zhu Zhang make such a decision.

Of course, there is another point that they did not get any benefits from the Tang Kingdom, why should they do things that are not beneficial, and even if they don't do it, there is no harm to them, but some benefits.

If after they sent troops, Wei suddenly stopped fighting Tang, then they would not have achieved the goal of weakening the strength of Tang and Wei.

After the ministers finished saying this, Zhu Zhang ordered people to retreat from the court.

The early dynasty retreated, the ministers left one after another, and when Zhu Di left, his expression looked a little dignified, but he didn't tell anyone, and after leaving, he rushed directly to his mansion.

And just as he was returning to his palace, a subordinate suddenly ran over in a hurry, "Lord Wang, Du Ruhui, the envoy of the Tang Kingdom, has been waiting for you in the palace for a long time." ”

Hearing that Du Ruhui actually ran to his house, Zhu Di was a little strange.

"What is he here for?"

"I don't know, I don't know until I see the prince."

Zhu Di snorted, but still walked towards the living room.

Here in the living room, Du Ruhui is already waiting.

When he came to Mingguo and saw Zhu Zhang, he found that things were not as easy as he imagined, so when he left the palace, Du Ruhui was thinking about how to solve this matter and let Mingguo agree to send troops.

And after thinking about it, he felt that the best solution was to find Zhu Di, the most capable prince of the Ming Kingdom. He believes that as long as he convinces Zhu Di, then the purpose of his trip can be achieved.

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