517 Heavy gifts and friendships
Besides, he did what he said, and immediately found Zuo Ling when he turned around, and asked her to buy a heavy gift, which was of the same value as the gift to the third lady, and then asked Ji Chang to send someone to the camp where the saint was outside.
"Give a gift to the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect? Did you get water in your head? Zuo Ling was surprised.
"What's wrong?" Besides, I was scolded and confused.
"What's wrong? The White Lotus Sect is the sworn enemy of the imperial court, you give gifts to the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect, what does the imperial court think when it knows? Can the two Imperial Historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate beside you let you go? They're worried they won't be able to get hold of you. Zuo Ling worried.
Although Zuo Ling is in business and doesn't ask about official affairs, she doesn't know anything about it, and everyone is talking about many things, especially those remarks that are unfavorable to adults, she will pay more attention, and of course she has a certain political consciousness under the influence of her ears and eyes.
Besides, he smiled: "How could I not know what you said?" I have already planned it, the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate do not care, and I will explain this matter in the evening in the recital to the emperor. ”
"How do you explain the matter of the White Lotus Sect? Can you explain it clearly? Zuo Ling sneered.
"How to explain it? Well, let's just say that using the method of disintegration against the enemy, attacking the heart, this is a policy of corrosion and division against the main leader of the enemy, anyway, that's what it means. Besides, he thought for a while and said.
Zuo Ling was amused by him, he could find such a high-sounding statement, and it was really difficult for him, but I don't know if the emperor would agree with his statement.
It was easy to prepare gifts, and they had prepared many gifts before they came, mainly silk, Suzhou embroidery, and colored satin. These precious items such as high-grade porcelain, the things given to the three ladies Zuo Ling also have an endorsement, and they also take out a copy. Of course, this does not include the leader of the grass flying that was given to the third lady, this eldest brother is the most valuable now, and the auction price plus his own silver treasures is enough to be hundreds of thousands of taels.
Besides, of course, there are not so many things in hand, most of the things have to be handed over to the emperor, in fact, it is useless for the emperor to take them, and they may be put in the treasury and forgotten later. But besides, the two Song calligraphy and paintings that were intercepted and a few Song edition books were the biggest gain, and the excitement was beyond words. The reason why he is so generous to the three ladies and the saint is also related to his mentality at the moment.
Two Song calligraphy paintings, one is the flower and bird picture of Song Huizong, the other is Li Longlin's freehand, Emperor Huizong needless to say, when the emperor is indeed unqualified, but in artistic creation is definitely outstanding first-class masters, especially in the status of painting, comparable to Wang Xizhi's status in the calligraphy world, and his calligraphy thin gold body is also unique, creating a new generation of calligraphy.
Li Longlin's status in the Northern Song Dynasty painting circle is also the originator, and his character is not high, but his painting skills are indeed close to the Tao.
The value of these two calligraphy and paintings is difficult to estimate, because calligraphy and painting are all superb, and it is impossible to value them correctly, and it is okay for you to say that he is a priceless treasure, and it is almost the same if you say that he is a waste product, and it may not be worth the value of a bag of rice and white flour in the famine years, but it is a gold mine with infinite reserves in peacetime.
Several Song editions of books are also scarce and expensive, in the Song Dynasty it was an ordinary book, but after the destruction of the Yuan Dynasty, the books published in the Song Dynasty are basically extinct, and each Song edition of the book can be regarded as the same thick gold leaf strung together, and in the sense of proofreading, it is immeasurable.
How can the cultural heritage of a nation be measured by money?
Besides, I like these two calligraphy and paintings, but they have been pocketed by Zhou Dingcheng, and people say that these two paintings still belong to adults, so he borrowed them for a period of time. Moreover, as soon as he heard this, his heart was cold, knowing that the probability of these two paintings returning to his hands was infinitely close to zero.
The Song edition of the book is a collection in his hands, and it has no other value, and he does not like proofreading, so the greatest significance of the Song edition of the book cannot be brought into play in his hands.
The auction of the leaders of the grass flying is surprisingly long, so besides, he announced that he will take a break for the time being, and wait until tomorrow to auction the leaders of a swarm of bees, these leaders are also packaged and auctioned with his brothers, and to buy a leader is to buy all his men.
The people in the venue walked out one after another, and few people remained, and even the third lady was hard-pulled out by the previous saint, lest she be infected here for another day, and she would really become her mother's family.
"But my tent is still here." The third lady had an inexplicable resistance and was unwilling to go out with the saint.
"There's your tent out there, too, so why don't you stay here and rest. You come in again at night when you go to bed, and now go out with me. The inaugural saint did not back down.
"Why the hell is that? I see you as if you're acting, one on the surface and one behind the other. Although the third lady didn't understand what the hell these two were doing, she really didn't want to leave the camp.
"Besides, this kid is scheming, I'm afraid that you will be with him for a long time, and you will have to be sold by him." Appointed to the Holy Maiden.
"No way, how could he sell me and give me so many such expensive gifts as soon as we met. I love these things. The three ladies didn't believe it.
"In order to gain your trust, he will do whatever it takes to get it back, which means that he is betting on you, and he will definitely double it back in the future." The incumbent saint said coldly.
"What are you talking about, Sister Saintess, I don't understand." The third lady shook her head, she really couldn't understand the logic of the previous saint.
"His Royal Highness Qincha, that's a very good person." The girl next to the third lady wept and whispered.
Her gratitude to him now can be described as a rolling river, gushing, and she has helped him repay the deep hatred of her parents, and she can also hand over the enemy who killed her parents alive and let her dispose of it at will, which is a great favor that she can't repay in her life.
She also knew that all this was not for her, and it was just for the love of the third lady, but she was still just as grateful. She felt that it was too powerful, and the leader of the grass flying could not even catch the little prince to go out of the horse himself, but he easily captured this group of people, and he could also auction off the silver. So now in her eyes, she is not only a great benefactor, but also a great hero.
"Good girl, you don't understand, the Han people are like this, the more good they are to you, the greater the plot against you, first use fake affection, small favors and small favors to deceive your trust, and then sell you as soon as you turn around, and you are happy to help him count the money." The previous saint admonished.
"Han people won't all be like this, the holy sister is also Han, those uncles and uncles in your sect are all Han, haven't we always gotten along very well?" The third lady said.
"Can that be the same? We are truly with you, and other Han Chinese may be your enemies. Especially besides, he represents the court and the emperor, and it is absolutely impossible for him to be of the same mind with you. The previous saint's mouth was dry, and she felt that the third lady had been poisoned, and it was useless to break it and tell her.
"Then why do you dare to accept his gifts, aren't you afraid that he will use these small favors to buy you?" The third lady asked.
"He thinks it's beautiful, and this little gift can buy me? There are no things in this world that can buy me, and as for these gifts, don't let them be in vain. The previous saint bit her lip and said.
In fact, the saint knew that she should not accept these gifts, but she had already said that she would accept them if she dared to give them. Since someone sent it, of course she had to accept it. Of course, there are some subtleties to this kind of thing, and it all depends on how far things go.
If these elders like Miao Qi would never dare to turn around and be known by the sect leader, they would not be able to say it even if they were full of mouths, but the saint has a very high status in the sect, so there is no need to worry about this.
She didn't understand in her own heart, why did she tell the other like that, why did she accept his gift, and she was secretly happy in her heart? Besides, although the gifts she gave were valuable, they were all easy to obtain with her status.
Now, the saint is a little confused about what is going on, even she herself is a little confused. She suddenly felt a trace of panic, and then she thought that she had to isolate the third lady from the situation no matter what, so as not to fall into the trouble of the third lady.
This little bastard is not only scheming, but also cunning and unguardable. This is her basic judgment about the situation.
The third lady could not resist her, so he had to follow her to the camp outside the camp to rest, where Hassan had already brought an iron bucket made by six thousand Tatar cavalry, and the tent of the third lady and the previous saint stood in the center.
Besides, he didn't think much about it, the gift to the third lady did mean to make friends, since King Altan and the White Lotus Sect could hand over so many powerful families in the capital, and buried nails in the heart of the court, why couldn't he? Befriending the third lady is only the second step, and swearing to Anda with the little prince is the first step, and in the future, he will make friends with more Tatar magnates and leaders of various tribes, use money to open the way, and smash friendships with gifts.
He doesn't know how much he can harvest in this way, it's like sowing seeds, it is impossible to know how much harvest he can get when the time comes, but not ploughing means that there will be absolutely no harvest, as long as he works hard, there will always be some harvest, which is the real intention of the situation.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to give gifts to the previous saintess and want to gain friendship, and he has a clear understanding of this, he can feel that this saint's killing intention against himself is slowly weakening, but his heart of defense against himself is stronger than the Great Wall, not to mention that with these gifts, it is estimated that he can't buy her friendship with one million taels of silver.
If you can use gold and silver to buy off the leader and saint of the White Lotus Sect, and you will do the same, even the emperor is willing to pay one or two million silver, and if you don't have any cash, you can use silk, porcelain, and salt instead.
The attitude of the imperial court towards the White Lotus Sect has always been open, that is, all of them are transferred to the mainland, give up the idea of rebellion, and accept the unified management of the imperial court like the Heavenly Master Sect and the Quanzhen Sect, and the imperial court will also give corresponding standard treatment, and the holy daughter of the sect leader must live in the capital, and the imperial court will give the mansion.
However, this condition was also resolutely refused to be agreed to by the White Lotus Sect, and if this was done, it would be tantamount to surrendering to the imperial court, and the purpose of the White Lotus Sect would change.
Moreover, the biggest headache now is the White Lotus Sect, and there is actually no negotiable problem in the negotiation with the King of Alta, but the conditions are generous, and the biggest obstacle to reaching an agreement between the two is the White Lotus Sect in it. If this obstacle is not lifted, there will be no real peace between the imperial court and the Tatars.
Moreover, he sincerely hopes that the negotiations will succeed, otherwise it means that his way back to his homeland has been cut off.