"Obey the order...... It's just that today, the envoys of Shenguo arrived in Zhengcheng, and after asking to see His Majesty to no avail, they sent someone to send a large cart of gifts to Weichen. ”

"Did you take it?"

"Wechen doesn't dare."

"That's good, you go and find out who has received the gifts, and tell them all to return them."

Go back?

Kong Shangxian suddenly understood that the envoys of the Shen State should return in vain this time, and the monarchs and ministers of the Shen State must have to bear the consequences for their actions.

betraying allies, rebelling against the enemy, and killing soldiers...... No matter which one it is, it is enough to ignite the emperor's anger, and with the strength of the current Shen State, the four major armies can send one of them at will, and they can destroy the country.

After the secret discussion of the monarch and ministers, Yang Mu flipped through some books placed in the study next door.

Many of them are records of some court secrets.

Compared with the history of the new generation of kings of Cangguo, Zheng Guo's court secrets are obviously much more interesting, and many ways of getting along between monarchs and ministers, as well as the situation of some nobles, are also recorded in it.

Maybe Zheng Yufan has read it all, or he is not interested in paying attention to these at all, these books have been placed on the shelves, even if someone has specially cleaned them before, but it still can't avoid some books with small bugs.

Shen An and Ji Ling'er were waiting carefully, and seeing that Yang Mu was interested in these books, they opened each book and shook it, and then put it in front of Yang Mu.

Yang Mu didn't have much interest in some palace secrets, it was nothing more than the private affairs of some emperors' family, and it was okay to have a pastime when he was bored, but it didn't have any taste at it now.

Comparatively speaking, he still prefers to see pictures with pictures, men and women hugging each other and fighting.

In my previous life, although I have seen a lot, but after all, there is no practice, not to mention that I am experienced in this life, but I have also explored, and now when I look at these pictures, I just verified it.

Originally, the first emperor of Cangguo was not in good health before his death, otherwise he would not have only given birth to three sons, and there were not many albums in the palace, so he naturally would not have had the opportunity to see them.

As an emperor, it was not difficult for Yang Mu to get these pictures, but he didn't know that people in this era had reached such a point in exploring the relationship between the sexes, and they could really study hard.

This can't help but remind him of the Su Jin that Miao Xi gave him, because the content is too profound, he can't spare time to study, he hasn't known much, he was in a hurry when he set out on the expedition, and he didn't bring it with him.

Yang Mu watched and unconsciously saw Zheng Guo's history books.

Zheng Guo's history books are different from Cangguo, because the current Cangguo was established on the basis of the collapse of the previous dynasty, so the history of this dynasty is pitiful, and it is some evaluation of the previous dynasty, and then it is to take the Dasheng Kingdom as the context to sort out the entire Dali Dynasty.

Of course, with the big fart of Cangguo, as well as the urine nature of those nobles, he has no interest in the narratives of the major vassal states in the outside world, so in Zheng Guo, a country that has more exchanges with the outside world, he has seen a lot of records that he has never seen before, and has a systematic understanding of the entire Dali Dynasty.

In a sense, the Dali Dynasty is still the suzerainty of the countries in legal theory, occupying the name of righteousness, and only the emperor of the Dali Dynasty is really qualified to be called the Son of Heaven.

The reason for this is just because in this era, among the big vassal states, a crusade still needs a reason, and a tacit understanding has been formed between the princes, if it is unjust, the rest of the countries can send troops to crusade.

Therefore, although the Son of Heaven of the Dali Dynasty has declined in power, he is still a symbol of a leader between countries.

Just like the United Nations on the earth, the major powers have the right to speak, and even if they commit aggression, they must use this tool to find a legitimate excuse, and by the way, tie up other countries and take the initiative in public opinion.

This is the case with the vassal states, especially since an incident happened decades ago that made countries more cautious.

It turned out that at that time, there was a Langya State close to the direct territory of the Dali Dynasty, which had been disrespectful to the royal family for many years, and even sent troops to conquer the direct territory of the Son of Heaven, and defeated the army of the Son of Heaven, but in the end, under the pressure of the countries, he had to return the land he had won.

What's even more troublesome is that later, the Dali Dynasty at that time issued an edict, denouncing the unrighteous actions of the Langya State, ordering all countries to raise troops to crusade, and the various vassal states had a righteous name, smelling the fishy smell and rushing up, intermittently sawing for more than ten years, and finally dragged down the huge Langya State, divided and annexed.

From then on, the major vassal states no longer dared to underestimate the Son of Heaven of the Dali Dynasty, even if the tiger was dying and old, and had no teeth, but it was also a tiger, as long as it roared gently, all beasts could hear the sound.

"This Zheng Guo seems to have a bit complicated relationship with Dasheng Guo in the north." Yang Mu touched his chin and pondered.

Judging from the history books, the country of Dasheng has been mentioned many times, in a sense, the three countries of Zheng, Cang, and Shen were actually poor mountains and bad waters more than a hundred years ago, just like the rugged and barren places in the south of Cang and Shen, Dasheng Guo did not have any interest in this place.

Later, as the population increased, the number of people in this land gradually increased, and many small families moved south.

The ancestors of the Zheng family are the part of the people who moved south, and they can be regarded as a branch of the royal family of Dasheng Kingdom, but due to the long years, the royal power and bloodline have changed, and the relationship has changed greatly, and it has gradually become a relationship of friends and enemies.

The most obvious proof is the existence of Cang and Shen.

Zheng Guo's territory and population are larger than those of two countries, do you really think that in the past hundred years, Zheng Guo has not wanted to forge ahead? Who doesn't want turf?

It's just that the relationship between Zheng Guo and Dasheng Guo was very poor before, Zheng Guo didn't dare to divide troops on a large scale, and he also understood that Dasheng Guo was most willing to see a situation of checks and balances, so that there was no threat to Dasheng Guo, and Zheng Guo could always be stable.

And Dasheng Guo is also happy to be like this, the domestic nobles accept bribes from Zheng Guo all the year round, so they do not use troops against Zheng Guo, a small territory, in a sense, it just makes these three countries form a deformed political situation.

Over the years, as Dasheng Guo participated in the princes' struggle for hegemony, he did not take Zheng Guo into account for the time being, so when he came to the second prince Zheng Han, he finally showed his ambition to annex the two small countries.

Coincidentally, an almost demonic emperor like Yang Mu also appeared in Cangguo, announcing the defeat of Zheng Guo. ()