On the tenth day of the third month of the fifteenth year of Wusheng, the early dynasty.

The rising sunlight shines obliquely on the glazed tiles of the Zhenghong Palace, which is more dark and shiny.

Outside the tall courtyard gate in front of the hall, black and gold flags are lined up on the left and right, and two rows of bright-armored sergeants stand under the hunting flagpole.

On the wide court, green soap robes and black armor sat on the ground in three layers.

But the ministers' expressions were not so solemn, and they exchanged glances and whispered to each other.

At the same time, you can also listen to a brown-clothed civil official, playing in the center of the main hall.

“…… The princess is already of the right age, if the two countries marry, then the dignity and the inferiority are orderly, how can the country of children be heretical? Besides, if we don't agree, the Huns will be angry, even if they don't have an alliance for the time being, and they won't come in a big way. If we come to harass us while we are building the outer city, won't it be in vain? ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that as long as he agrees to make peace, Shan Yu will definitely follow the covenant between the two countries and will not invade my Qin State. And we can first take the land of the southern barbarians to avoid future troubles, and then re-arm the north to refuse, wouldn't it be forever! ”

When the words fell, there were also echoes among the ministers who nodded slightly.

On the white jade steps of one zhang and nine steps, on the emperor's couch with black lacquer red line and dragon painted gold, the emperor sat with his eyes slightly closed, hiding his originally unpredictable expression behind the slightly trembling beads.

The Xiongnu had made a proposal to make peace a year ago, but it was rejected by most of the ministers.

Then the Xiongnu were angry and went south, and the two sides had several undefeated skirmishes, and General Ding proposed to transfer the southern army to suppress the rebellion to the north, or re-recruit new troops to fight the Xiongnu.

But he was not very much in favor of this proposal.

The emperor knew that if he chose to start a war with the Xiongnu, he was likely to exhaust the treasury in a few years, and if he could not annihilate the Northern Xiongnu in one fell swoop in a short time, it would be very easy to be counterattacked by the other party, and even lose the country because he was unable to consolidate the court.

In his early years, he also had great ambitions, wanting to restore the territory to the beginning of the dynasty in his lifetime, and even expand to the entire Western Regions and the prairie.

However, with the failure of several Northern Expeditions, the emptiness of the treasury, and the repeated failure of the Southern Expedition, coupled with his growing age and deteriorating health, he became more and more concerned about the stability of the court, and did not dare to launch such large-scale national battles at will.

I don't want to leave a mess for the prince.

But if you marry the eldest princess to Mao Bidan, who is already in her forties, she also feels a bit of a nest.

What's more, he knows the character of his eldest daughter Danmei, and if he agrees to kiss without her consent, I'm afraid it will backfire.

But...... Du Yushi mentioned this matter today, I am afraid that he was instructed by the prince.

Although the Xiongnu envoy has arrived in Daxian, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if he is dried for a few days.

Ding Yongsheng, the Great Qin general with the highest position of military attache in the left minister, was angry after listening to Du Yushi's recital.

He bowed to His Majesty the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

"General, please."

"Your Majesty! I have been in Great Qin for thousands of years, how can there ever be an emperor who asks for peace with his relatives? ”

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Ding Yongsheng stood up and said to the minister of the palace:

"And all the ministers know that everyone in the Northern Slaves is a ferocious and greedy temperament, they originally lived as nomads, and they went south to loot as soon as the autumn arrived, and my Great Qin would fight with it for several months at this time of year, although it was slightly restrained under the constraints of the treaty in recent years, but small-scale riots still continued to ......"

Speaking of this, he glared at Du Yushi with a pair of leopard eyes.

"Then may I ask Du Yushi, will they not come after the marriage?"

"And I dare to assert that it will not take five years after the princess marries, and the northern slave will be repeated. Shall I marry another daughter then, or will I choose to go to war then? ”

"Besides, how can I, the millions of generals of Great Qin, let the children of the emperor's family be blessed! Besides, the evil slaves sent envoys to propose marriage again this time, weren't they buying time for the alliance? ”

"Therefore, Du Yushi's proposal is to protect the evil heart at all. One of them bought time for the Xiongnu to grow the alliance. Second, it weakened the morale of our military and civilians and led to the laxity of the defense of the north. Third, there is also the suspicion of subverting my emperor's throne......"

When Du Yushi heard the three charges of the general's impeachment, he was immediately furious, jumped up and pointed at Ding Yongsheng and scolded angrily: "Er Yijie Wufu doesn't understand the rules of governing the country and the country, and he actually talked nonsense and framed a certain person, I'm sorry!" ”

Although Ding Yongsheng is often at a disadvantage in the court, he does not plan to back down today.

pointed at Du Yushi with contempt and shouted: "Did you say something dirty in your heart, and you feel ashamed?" ”

"Ding Yongsheng, you old horseman, you have to explain what I have to do today, otherwise you will be incompatible with you!"

After Du Yushi finished shouting, he rushed towards Ding Yongsheng, standing in front of him and shouting, spitting and spitting.

Ding Yongsheng waved his sleeves and smiled disdainfully: "The surname is Du, I like someone in my life to be at odds with me, are you afraid of one more?!" ”

"You!"

Du Yushi Qi Knot.

"What a system!"

The low and hoarse voice of the Son of Heaven in the hall sounded.

The two of them immediately stopped when they heard this, bowed to the Son of Heaven at the same time, and then returned to their seats with each humming.

Seeing that the quarrel was over, the ministers surnamed Zhu in the second row on the right walked to the hall, bowed deeply to the emperor, and said:

"Your Majesty, since the matter of harmony has long been rejected, at this time, with the envoy bringing a few words, we will immediately agree, which is contrary to my great Qin's prestige, but it is also inappropriate. What's more, when the prime minister had already been calculating the construction of the city, and it could be implemented in a few months, the minister thought that he should go all out to build the city at present, and it was not appropriate to reluctantly agree. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"Wechen seconded the ......"

After the ministers with the surnames finished speaking, a few ministers with a lot of weight came out, and they all started to express their disapproval of the act of harmony.

Behind the emperor's couch, there sat the prince who couldn't speak, but at this time, the color of the gloom in his eyes appeared from time to time.

Zuo Xiang Yang Yuan glanced at it, coughed, and then bowed slightly to the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we can go in two steps, of course the construction of the city continues, but the relatives can also consider ......"

"Oh, Yang Qing spoke carefully."

Emperor Dan's spirits lifted slightly, and he stretched out his hand to signal.

Yang Yuan looked around at the ministers in the court, and saw that everyone was looking at him.

Then he said for a moment:

"Your Majesty, even if there is a possibility of harmony, we can't agree immediately, and simply let the envoy wait, and at the same time let someone blow a blow to him, saying that if there is sincerity, we should invite the relatives of the Xiongnu Emperor and even come to Daxian in person to propose marriage, so that the emperor can consider ......it."

"This correspondence has come and gone until the end of the year. Of course, there is basically no possibility of Yu Yu coming in person, but if he really sends a weighty imperial relative to my Great Qin, it shows that they are still sincere, then the minister thinks that he can put forward a few conditions at this time......"

"First of all, the Xiongnu kingdom must retreat to the occupied Hebei region and declare itself a vassal to our Great Qin. Then I guess they won't agree, so we'll talk to them a lot. Even if he finally agrees to our conditions, he will not be able to convince the public in front of Donghu and Tubo in the future, and the alliance will naturally not succeed. ”

"And after everything is reached, when the marriage affairs of the two countries are completed, it is estimated that it will be the end of next summer. During this time, the war in our south should be over, and the recruits will be transferred to the north together, and even if we build the city wall in front of them, the Huns will only be able to watch in front of our million-strong army......"

"This proposal is good, and the minister seconds it!"

"The ministers seconded the proposal."