Liu Chenggong sighed and said, "Zhou Wenjiang and Pan Shiyu were both killed by the emperor, isn't it enough to make Cao Ye wake up?" ”

Cao Wenzhao's eyes widened angrily, and he said, "You go aside!" Lao Tzu is the minister of the frontier, the military general who guards one side, you compare Lao Tzu with them, are they qualified? ”

Cao Bianjiao persuaded: "Master Cao, Bingran also kindly reminded me to say this. Then he turned to Liu Chenggong and said, "You really can't speak, can they compare with us with their surname Zhou?" Have you forgotten how the emperor reused you in the first place? Are you old and confused? ”

Liu Chenggong was the oldest general in Cao's army, and now he was sixty-five years old, and he was so downtrodden by Cao Bianjiao that he didn't dare to speak anymore.

Cao Wenzhao said: "It's not that the emperor is ruthless, but Zhou Wenjiang and Pan Shiyu have to die." These two people committed the crime of leaking the top secrets of the state, and these two people were removed, where else do you think they can be arranged? Exile them to the Western Frontier? Or send it to build railways and roads? As the supreme admiral of the Navy, they know all the secrets of the Admiralty, if they do not kill them, then the emperor will have to spend a lot of money to renovate the Admiralty, if they are killed, the dead people will not betray the secrets, so it is inevitable to kill them, and only in this way can we ensure that the secrets of our Navy will not be leaked. ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Cao Ye's analysis is very reasonable, if the generals of other branches of the military make mistakes, they can still save their lives." ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "They are innocent of death. They didn't report to the emperor about such a big thing as buying a warship, what are they doing it for? For money? ”

Only then did Liu Chenggong realize Cao Wenzhao's words, and he replied: "They don't lack money, what they lack is their hearts." ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "We can understand it this way, and we can also think that they did it on purpose, if they really did this, it would be treason, and the extermination of the nine clans would be light." ”

Liu Chenggong said: "I don't know. I now understand why Cao Ye was so angry with me just now, just now I compared Cao Ye with them, it is indeed very inappropriate, Cao Ye should scold me. ”

At this time, Feng Ju returned, and he told Cao Wenzhao that a telegram to the emperor had been sent.

Cao Wenzhao said: "I suddenly remembered one thing, you go again and send another telegram to the emperor." ”

Feng Ju took out a pen and paper to prepare for the record.

Cao Wenzhao said: "I suggest that a circular railway be built on the border of the Rakshasa State to facilitate our transportation of troops, and once a war breaks out with the Rakshasa State, we can mobilize troops in time." ”

……

Gao Junshan, who was at his villa in Yangon, was watching a telegram from Cao Wenzhao, and he agreed to Cao Wenzhao's suggestion that it was necessary to build a circular railway.

After calling back to Cao Wenzhao, Li Derong came in to report, and Zhang Jiu, the king of Songzhou, led three retinues to ask for a meeting.

Gao Junshan was very happy and asked this king of Songzhou to wait for him on the third floor of the headquarters, and he wanted to meet the king of Songzhou in person.

This Song Prefecture is a small tribe in Nanyang, adjacent to the Donghu Province of China, and is dominated by Han Chinese.

Gao Junshan asked Ruan Fangqing to take out a dragon robe, and he wanted to wear this dragon robe to summon the king of Songzhou.

"Dragon robe?" Ruan Fangqing didn't react for a while, "What is the dragon robe?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Have you forgotten? The dragon robe is the clothes worn by the emperor, that day, that night, didn't I wear it to you? ”

"Oh, the clothes!" After Gao Junshan's prompt, Ruan Fangqing also remembered that one night, the emperor had worn a set of clothes that were said to be worn by the emperor, but the emperor wore it once, and she never saw him wear it again, so she asked curiously, "Your Majesty, why did you remember to wear this suit today?" ”

Gao Junshan explained: "Under normal circumstances, dragon robes are not worn, and dragon robes are only worn when the palace is worshiped by hundreds of officials, or when receiving foreign missions, they will also wear dragon robes to show the dignity of the emperor." ”

"Who are you going to meet today?"

Gao Junshan said: "There is a Song Zhou Kingdom near here, that king came to ask for a meeting, and now he has arrived at the headquarters, and I will go over to meet him now." ”

Ruan Fangqing asked: "The concubine also wants to go and see her, okay?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "No. On this kind of formal occasion, if you want to accompany it, it must be the queen's mother, even if you change the concubine's mother. ”

Ruan Fangqing was just a concubine, so she didn't say anything more.

After Gao Junshan finished dressing, he came to the third floor of the headquarters under the support of Li Derong's group of guards, and summoned Zhang Jiu in the living room on the third floor.

As soon as Zhang Jiu saw Gao Junshan, he made a salute to the monarch and his ministers: "Zhang Jiu, the king of Songzhou, visited the emperor of Huaxia, long live the great emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The three entourages brought by Zhang Jiu also saluted.

Gao Junshan said: "No courtesy!" ”

Zhang Jiudao: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, most of our Songzhou people are businessmen from China in the early years, and because they have lived here for a long time, they have erected the banner of Songzhou here and established themselves as kings. Although we are overseas, our hearts are closely tied to China. Now that the emperor has come here in person, we are willing to return to China, and I ask the emperor to accept us and other overseas children. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I understand your mood of returning to China very well, but for the time being, it is better for you to maintain the status quo, in this way, it is extremely beneficial to our Huaxia Kingdom in Nanyang, because there are several small countries like yours at present, you must be a good example of maintaining local stability, if I am eager to include you in China, other small countries will inevitably panic, I can only come step by step, and slowly unify you together." ”

Zhang Jiudao: "Please consider it and unify our small countries into one name, which will be conducive to the management of the Nanyang Islands." ”

Gao Junshan said: "I will consider your proposal, now it is not only you Songzhou, Kedah, Jincheng, Johor and other small countries, my intention is to bring the entire Nanyang into the jurisdiction of Huaxia, so I will not consider the division until the entire Nanyang region is resolved." ”

Zhang Jiudao: "We are willing to contribute to Huaxia, and are willing to accept the control of Huaxia, if necessary, the emperor can directly issue an imperial decree to his subordinates." ”

Gao Junshan said: "For the time being, the status quo is still maintained, I have set up the Governor's Mansion in Singapore, and you accept the jurisdiction of the Governor's Palace. ”

At this time, an entourage beside Zhang Jiu spoke, and he said: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the minister is the prime minister of Songzhou, and the minister suggests that the names of Manila, Singapore, Batavia, and Dagupan be changed to Songzhou, Xingzhou, Coconut State, and Luzhou respectively, and the four cities will be restructured, and the prefecture and county system will be established, and the four prefectures of Songzhou, Xingzhou, Coconut and Luzhou will be established to facilitate the management of Huaxia. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Your suggestions are very good, I will seriously consider them." In this way, the time is almost up, I will set up a family banquet to entertain you today, what do we have to say, stay at the banquet and continue, do you think about it? ”

Zhang Jiu bowed again and said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, we are very willing to obey the emperor's arrangement." ”

So, Gao Junshan asked people to take these guests down to rest first, and he arranged for Ruan Fangqing to prepare a family banquet, and after doing all this, he summoned Liu Wenxiu, Cao Minghao, Hong Pengju, and Tian Qiliang and asked them to accompany them to the banquet.