Chapter 39: Li Tang's Reflection (3)

Zhou Zong hurriedly decomposed Chang Mengxi and Han Xizai, saying how busy the two of them were, and also recommended Wei Cen and Feng Yanlu as envoys...... Next, Feng Yansi vigorously recommended Chang Mengxi and Han Xizai, saying that the two are talented, loyal and patriotic, and talented. 78 Free eBook Downloads .//

The two prevaricated for a long time, and the referee Li Jing started to make peace: he sent Chang Mengxi, Wei Cen, and Han Xizai to envoy together.

So, after carefully preparing for three days, Chang Mengxi and the three of them were helpless and ordered to send an envoy to Changsha. They walked out of Jinling and walked for two days, and finally arrived at Dangtu. The news that the king of Chu, Ma Xi Fan Chan, had given up the throne came. The three of them combined, and the edicts they took were all congratulating Ma Yun on being the son of the world, and now this Ma Yun has taken a step further, from the prince of the king to the king, and then he will take these things again, isn't it undrawn?

So the three of them stopped, hurriedly wrote a chapter and reported it to the court, and after changing the content of the new edict, they continued to set off. In late May, I arrived in Changsha.

The news of the two envoys was reported to Changsha by spies seven or eight days earlier than the two. This was the first large-scale foreign affairs activity after Ma Yun's accession to the throne, and the Changsha officialdom was happy, although the purpose of Li Tang's envoy was obviously not tribute, but it was still wishfully regarded by the officials as a sign that all countries were coming to court. Some of the eighteen scholars who were unwilling to be lonely pondered for a long time, and wrote a lot of exciting words, and submitted them in neat regular script. It's just these things, Ma Yun only glanced at them twice and threw them under the table, and he was still angry in his heart, these people are idle and have nothing to do, what are they doing these things? Showmanship? Don't say that you guys who are dissatisfied with one bottle and half a bottle, even if Su Shi and Lu You write it, Lao Tzu is too lazy to read it.

After Ma Yun ascended the throne, he divided the Chu palace into two halves, the harem was still left to his father Ma Xifan to live, his family lived in the front yard, the court meeting was held in the Anzheng Palace, and the usual handling of government affairs was in the Yangmin Palace, and the rest was in the Chengle Palace.

In the Yangmin Palace, Xu Zhongya asked with a smile: "King, this Tang envoy is coming, what kind of etiquette should we use to greet him." Xu Zhongya has always been in line with the idea of asking for more instructions and making fewer mistakes, and when she encounters something she can't be sure about, she runs over to ask Ma Yun for advice.

Ma Yun asked vaguely at the moment: "Xu Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Xu Zhongya secretly glanced at Ma Yun, Ma Yun was looking down at a piece of music, it seemed that he really hadn't had time to think about it, so Xu Zhongya said: "King, my Great Chu has always served the Central Plains as the imperial court. Although this Li Jing claims to be the emperor, he is a puppet emperor. From this point of view, we can do the courtesy of princes to them according to the way of the past. I don't know what the king thinks? ”

Ma Yun stood up, walked in front of Xu Zhongya, handed the piece in his hand to Xu Zhongya, and said: "This is the music of Sun Guangxian, the political envoy of Wuzhou Daobu, and he asked Wuzhou Dao to implement the rice system, I ...... The widow thinks this thing is good, when it is a government that benefits the country and the people, do you see what is wrong? ”

Xu Zhongya took it respectfully, and after reading it carefully, he said: "The king, Lord Sun means to use merchants to sell grain to Wuzhou, and the Wuzhou transfer envoy will come forward to purchase grain and use it as military food and cantonment grain. However, the minister thought that although the grain price in Wuzhou was relatively high, Wuzhou and Rongzhou were large and sparsely populated, and there were many natives. Again, this opinion of Lord Sun can still be used when there is a war in Lingnan, and after the assessment of Lingnan, the consumption of military food will be reduced, and the willingness of the government to buy grain will be low, at this time, are there still businessmen willing to go to Wuzhou to sell grain? In the event of a natural disaster, I am afraid that the temporary dispatch of people to transport grain will delay the major event. This second, the king, the establishment of the capital, the political envoy, the transfer envoy, the observation envoy, is not to want to issue government decrees and restrict the localities, but if this military food is procured by the local government, after a long time, I am afraid that the financial power and military power are the same door, and the rebellion in the Tang Dynasty is the view of the previous car? ”

Ma Yun was stunned, he strongly agreed with Sun Guangxian's idea, and according to the viewpoint of the 21st century, this is called economic revitalization. There are few people in Lingnan, and there is little grain production, and it is even more difficult to make ends meet in the event of a famine. Transporting military rations from Changsha and other places to Wuzhou, along the way, a full 30% of the 10 percent will be consumed. And the merchants sell grain to Wuzhou, so there is no need to worry about the consumption of grain in the transportation of grain, although the price of grain is higher, but according to Sun Guangxian's algorithm, it is more cost-effective for the government.

But what Xu Zhongya said is also a thing, and she can't be unguarded. Ma Yun pondered for a moment and said: "Mr. Xu, it makes sense, since this matter involves the household department and the Privy Council, let's invite Fan Zhen and Wang Yun to come and discuss together." Well, by the way, Xu Aiqing, where is this Li Tang's envoy? ”

Xu Zhongya closed the chapter and said, "They will be able to go to the post station outside Changsha City tomorrow." ”

"Tang Chudong and Chu Lixi are both big countries in the world. Let's treat each other with courtesy. Let Liu Zhaoyu greet them tomorrow, and then take them to the Anzheng Palace, and the widow and the six departments and Jiuqing will meet this Li Tang's envoy together. Ma Yun hesitated and said. For his father and the scholars and people of Jingchu, Ma Yun is naturally full of benevolence and morality, but for Li Tang, his moral concept is not constrained. I want money, I want land, but I don't have a door. However, when doing things, you have to pay attention to face, it is impossible to cede Lianzhou, but in general, let Li Tang's envoy have a step down. After Xu Zhongya left, Ma Yun hurriedly called Li Xiang and asked him what we should do if Li Tang took out the secret agreement between Jingnan and Li Tang signed in Jinling at that time.

Li Xiang smiled and said with relief: "The king is worry-free, the Tang army has been in Fujian for half a year, and the gains are very small, and the Fujian and Tang forces are in a hurry, so he will naturally not turn against us." If they mentioned this matter, the king could just go around in circles on the secret discussion of Chu Tang. Moreover, Zhou Zong and Feng Yansi and others are not in harmony, and this Chang Mengxi envoy is probably not determined to ask for Lianzhou. If it angers us, Feng Yansi will take the opportunity to attack Zhou Zong; Moreover, even if we cede Lianzhou, this first credit is not his Chang Mengxi, but Feng Yansi. The little Jiujiu in this, Chang Mengxi won't be incomprehensible. ”

After listening to Li Xiang's analysis, Ma Yun's heart brightened up a lot. He originally planned to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and if he couldn't escape, he would change the topic, but if he couldn't do it, he would not admit it and deny it. In short, if you want Lao Tzu to cut the land and become a minister, there is no door. Lao Tzu has just become the king for two days, and the throne has not been hot? ceded Lianzhou, and then got it-

Chang Mengxi and Han Xizai have long known that their errand is not easy to handle, and if it is done, it will be the icing on the cake for Feng Yansi, and if it can't be done, it will give Feng Yansi a chance to get away with it. Although Wei Cen is here, even if he doesn't come to Lianzhou, Feng Yansi will not bite him back, but such a good opportunity to suppress Feng Yansi is lost, and Chang Mengxi and the others are also regretful in their hearts.

Time has changed, and Chang and Han also know that with Ma Yun's status today, it is impossible for Ma Yun to cede Lianzhou, nor to be a vassal to Tang. But Chang Mengxi is the envoy, and Wei Cen has been watching coldly from the side, if Chang Mengxi doesn't show any great power momentum, then when he returns to Jinling, there will be a lot of trouble. So Chang Mengxi, who came to the Anzheng Palace, said stubbornly: "Chang Mengxi, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, wishes His Royal Highness the King of Chu the joy of enthronement." and the Holy Decree......"

Chang Mengxi hasn't finished speaking. Xu Zhongya, who was standing on the side, immediately jumped out, the old man seemed to have seen the enemy who killed his father, his face was full of muscles with anger, and some gray beards were also erected, he pointed at Chang Mengxi and said sharply: "Bold, arrogant!" Thou hast not known the great righteousness, and hastily proclaimed thy respect, and the Son of Heaven did not levy it, which is a great blessing for thy lord. You...... You still dare to bark so wildly in my Da Chu......"

Chang Mengxi had expected this, he smiled slightly and did not speak. Han Xizai behind him said: "This adult is Xu Dongye, Mr. Xu." Look up for a long time. Xia Guan had heard of the eighteen mud bachelors in Jinling. During the reign of Ma Xifan, the king of Wenzhao, he carried out the order of rice cultivation, exploited the place, the sand of the poor Danshan Mountain, built a palace, and enjoyed comfort. The state of Chu was thus in a dilemma. Mr. is famous all over the world, but he has never heard of Mr. Chu's words of advice to the King of Chu. Hehe, those who are in the same stream and add fuel to the fire, do they dare to talk about righteousness today? ”

"You ......" Xu Zhongya pointed at Han Xizai and blew his beard and glared. Actually, he just kept himself alone, but this is really not a glorious place. He opened his mouth, but finally he couldn't speak.

"Hehe, how does Duke Xu treat King Tang like a parent. However, Duke Xu died, and the king of Tang killed his son and seized his throne. Doing usurpation. Such a person must be even more unsightly in the eyes of Lord Han. "In Da Chu's territory, although Xu Zhongya was deflated, there were still quite a few people who were not convinced. In the imperial history, Cheng Tuoba Heng couldn't help but grab Han Xizai's words and stood up. This is quite poisonous, that is, he scolded Tang Liezu for not being a thing, and he wanted to frame Han Xizai.

Han Xizai laughed and said, "Your Excellency must be from Tuoba Evergrande." In the past, the merchants were not good, and the king of Zhou replaced them; Qin's tyranny is sought by the world. These things are all under the following system, but the world is vying to boast. Why? It is nothing more than the king of Zhou practicing benevolence and righteousness and winning the hearts and minds of the people. When the temple number of Yizu Xu Wen was in power, Emperor Liezu upheld the national policy, worried about the people's livelihood, loyalty, filial piety and benevolence. Yizu also praised it from time to time. The righteous ancestor died, and the Emperor Liezu was mourned for thousands of miles, but was rejected by the son of the righteous ancestor. Liezu looked up to the sky and sighed, and returned with tears. Later, the son of the righteous ancestor brought disaster to the country and the people, and the ancestor had no choice but to levy it, which was a righteous act that benefited the people from heaven and earth, how could it be said that it was not righteous? Mr. Tuoba reads, isn't it true that he has always had a glimpse of it and stopped at a shallow taste? If this is not the case, how can we not know that what our Emperor Liezu did in Jiangbiao was a benevolent government to appease the people? Mr. does not know people, does not have good knowledge, such a vulgar person, but in a high position, he is really worried about the bottom. As he spoke, he shook his head again and again, as if he regretted it.

Tuoba Heng not only didn't stand cheap, but was scolded with a red face and retreated in shame. Fan Zhen on the side stood up.