Chapter 318: Heavenly Jade!
After several years of tribute from the Wei State, Zhou Tianzi's power increased day by day, and the size of the army reached 200,000, and he still had the strength to compete with the Gonghou State.
In the hall of Chengtian Palace, Ji Niao knelt on the ground, old tears were rampant, and the civil and military officials sneered, now that they know that they are looking for the Son of Heaven, where did they die early!
"Yan Gong, why is this, get up quickly!" Tianzi Ji Ye pretended to shout, pretending not to know anything.
"Your Majesty, save the old minister, that bastard of the King of Wei actually sent troops to attack my Yan Kingdom, Your Majesty, my Yan Kingdom has provoked him, woo!" Himetori howled wolf with an aggrieved expression, tears streaming down his wrinkled face.
"This...."Ji Ye was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.
"Is there any misunderstanding between the two of you? If there is a misunderstanding, it must be solved quickly! Himeya said.
"Misunderstanding? What is the misunderstanding, Your Majesty, it is the King of Wei's bastard who loves the territory and attacks everywhere, Your Majesty, you have to hurry up and let the King of Wei stop, the war does not stop every day, hundreds of people suffer from war, and the people are not happy! Himetori cried again.
Himeya fell silent, her brow furrowed.
In fact, he was very dissatisfied with Wei's northern expedition to Yan, because Wei had stretched from Jiangnan to the north, if Yan was destroyed, Wei's soldiers could enter Julu at any time, but although he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say anything, and now Julu was inseparable from Wei, if Wei cut off the tribute and silver, with Julu's current annual grain production and income, he couldn't afford to raise an army of 200,000.
In other words, without Wei, the 200,000 army would have to be cut in half in less than a year, there was no way, there was no food, and the grain was exchanged for silver in the countries.
Seeing that Ji Ye was silent, Ji Niao thought he was hesitating, and hurriedly spoke up again: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a beautiful jade, a priceless treasure, which is passed down by the ancestors, if the king can let the Wei State withdraw its troops, the old minister is willing to offer the treasure!" ”
Ji Ye's eyes lit up, "What Yan Gong said was a god-given jade?" ”
Tianci jade, refers to the piece of jade in the Yan country, it is rumored that there is a Yan royal family in order to save a child who fell into the water drowning to death, just when the whole country is grieving, a piece of emerald green jade suddenly appeared in the palace, the size is almost the size of a head, the shape is a square.
This piece of jade water chestnut has distinct angles, smooth surface, dark green, translucent, and no traces of polishing, it is completely natural and peerless jade, because no one knows its origin, only that it suddenly appeared in the palace, much like God is compensation for the Yan royal family, so it is named: Tianci jade!
Tianci Jade is a peerless treasure no less than the Sword of the Son of Heaven!
"Exactly!" Ji Bird nodded in response with a painful face.
Since he ascended the throne, he has slept with Tianci jade every day, and even prepared to wait for his death to be brought into the mausoleum.
It's really reluctant, the heaven-sent jade has been taken out, Ji Ye said in his heart.
"Can you show the widow?"
Himeya salivated.
"Naturally!" Himetoria nodded.
"Smack! Syllable! ”
With both hands clapping their hands, when the applause was heard, a eunuch walked in with a wooden plate with a square object on it, and covered it with a piece of gold silk, so that people could not see the true face of the wooden plate.
Himeya's attendant stepped down from the high platform and carefully took the wooden plate, his face a little flustered.
If this is broken, 10,000 heads will not be enough to pay for it.
Putting the wooden plate on the desk, the attendant breathed a sigh of relief, and subconsciously wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and was afraid for a while.
Ji Ye got up from the king's chair, rubbed his hands, and then stared at the wooden plate, stretched out his hand to lift the gold silk, and the hearts of the civil and military officials also rose, and their eyes looked at the wooden plate.
The gold silk was opened, revealing its true face, a piece of water chestnut with distinct corners, dark green, and a square jade.
The heavenly jade also faintly glows green.
The eyes of the civil and military officials flashed with amazement, and greed also surfaced in the depths of their hearts.
If you have this piece of jade, you will be prosperous and rich for generations to come!
"Good jade, good!" Ji Ye said hello twice, but there was no excitement, and there were even some regrets.
Ji Niao's face hurt, and he forcibly squeezed out a smile and said, "Your Majesty, you can always let Wei withdraw from the army now!" ”
Ji Ye was slightly silent, and then spoke: "Okay, the widow immediately ordered the Wei State to withdraw its troops!" ”
Ji Niao was overjoyed when she heard this, and shouted: "Long live the king!" ”
After a while, Ji Bird left the Chengtian Temple with a look of excitement on his face.
As soon as Ji Niao left, Ji Ye sighed deeply, and said with a painful face: "Come on, give the heaven-given jade to the King of Wei, and let him retire to the Yan Kingdom!" ”
Rumble!
This sentence caused a sensation among civil and military officials and was given to the King of Wei?
"Your Majesty, this is a peerless treasure, how can it be given to the King of Wei, and besides, this is a God-given thing, your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, this thing is considered to be returned to its original owner, maybe there is this treasure, I Da Zhou may be able to re-ascend to the peak, and order the princes of the world, don't dare to disobey!"
"Your Majesty, is this treasure worthy of King Wei? The King of Wei is just a prince! ”
"What princes, it's just a stinky cook, Wei can have today, it's all given by the Son of Heaven!"
"Yes, what qualifications does a descendant of a lowly cook have to obtain the heaven-given jade, and it is already a great honor for the king to make him a public prince!"
"Could it be that the king gave heaven a gift of jade in order to let Wei withdraw from the army?"
"Master Li, what do you mean by this, what do you mean by letting Wei State withdraw from the army before giving heaven jade, what kind of thing is Wei State, to put it bluntly, he is just a cheap cook, does the king order a cheap cook to give him benefits? It's ridiculous! ”
"That's right, order a cheap cook, what's the matter, just let Wei get out of the way with a word!"
The civil and military officials said indignantly, their expressions were both extreme and hateful.
That's right, they were jealous of Wei's achievements at this time, and they couldn't accept that a lowly cook descendant turned out to be even higher than them.
"Stupid!" Ji Ye scolded in his heart.
The current Wei State is so strong that anyone is very jealous, even if the Wei State claims to be the Son of Heaven at this time, no one can take the Wei State and fight together? How many soldiers and horses can the northern princes come up with? How many soldiers and horses can Wei come up with?
And the Yan State is about to be abolished, as soon as the Yan State is abolished, only the Zhao State, the Jin State, and the Chu State are the only ones who can barely fight against the Wei State, as for South Korea, hehe, it can be said that it is the weakest one in the Gonghou State, and the Wei State can be slapped to death.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you can't say that the eight kingdoms of Chu, Yue, Wu, Qi, Yan, Han, Jin, and Zhao, these eight princes are all higher than the king of Wei, but the things that are paid every year are less than one-tenth of the Wei state, and the Wei country has paid tribute to us tens of millions of silver, and now my 200,000 new troops in the Great Zhou are all dependent on the Wei state!"
"How about such a good minister, how about rewarding a mere piece of jade!"