Chapter XXIV Land Sale
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As a minister, you always have to speculate about Emperor Qinghua's thoughts, maybe the eunuchs know your majesty's thoughts better than a few ladies in the harem. Bai Qian, the head of the eunuchs, saw that His Majesty wanted to retreat from the court, shook the dust in his hand, and said sharply: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from the court." ”
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down to His Majesty on the high platform, ready to pat their butts and leave. Compared with their strong interest in Chen Baichuan, they wanted to have something hot to fill their stomachs first.
Who knew that the head of the ministers announced his retirement from the court, but the head of the civil officials still had something to say.
Xu Mingyuan still straightened his waist when the ministers knelt, and he said loudly: "Minister, there is a play." ”
As a Ming monarch, Emperor Qinghua will certainly not lose his face as the "head of a hundred officials" because of such a trivial matter as going against his own mind. His face remained unchanged and nodded slightly, and Bai Qian stepped down from the high platform to play it.
Watching the heavy work of playing and folding is certainly not what a king of a country should do. Bai Qian held the fold in his hand and used his sharp voice with inferiority complex to read out the contents of the fold word for word for discussion among the ministers.
"Minister Xu Mingyuanqi:
Recently, when the minister was discussing state affairs with Chen Guolai, he heard that he had the intention of exchanging land for benefits. Although the officials are clean and honest, the country and the people are safe, they have not yet fulfilled the last wishes of their ancestors, and now they have this opportunity to ......"
It's a long time, and if you cut away the nonsense of boasting about Daheng, there is only one thing: Chen Guo wants to use the Wanjian Peak Forest in the territory as a bargaining chip in exchange for trade privileges in Daheng.
Xu Mingyuan's performance was like dropping a bomb in a quiet oil pot, making the entire court uproar, and even Emperor Qinghua, who was on the high platform, was so surprised that his expression changed. Is this a good thing? What a good thing.
Daheng and Chen Guo formed a situation of cold lips and teeth because of the unique situation. Chen Guo is like a high wall, separating the two allies who have a good relationship with Nanqing and Beiban, who can wear the same pants, whenever they want to discuss fighting Daheng together, marrying a princess or something like that, they will always be hindered by Chen Guo, who kills a thousand knives. In return, Daheng did not attack Chen Guo, but also provided him with supplies......
The complex relationship between the four countries made Daheng dare not and had no reason to send troops to overthrow Dachen, a weak country that survived in the cracks. And now, as long as you agree to Chen Guo's trade request, you can get the land of Banzhou, which is a great temptation!
A few young courtiers with active minds even imagined the scene after eating this big pie.
"In the future, the envoys of Qingguo will not be able to laugh at Daheng, and they will dare to be called the emperor if they are not enough in the land of the five continents!"
"One step closer to unifying the world!"
"God help me! Your Majesty Emperor Heng! ”
For the king, the country is his everything. Even if it is only a large area of high mountains, it is a great achievement. Emperor Qinghua didn't want him to be named the lord of Shoucheng in the history books of later generations, what he wanted was to expand the territory, even if he was written by the historian as a poor soldier and silent martial arts, he was willing. What's more, what if the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Forest still has the belongings left by Daqi?
With a lot of thoughts in his heart, Emperor Qinghua still made a calm appearance. His face was solemn, his voice was low and powerful, and he said: "The Prime Minister's compromises did not mention the specific conditions of Chen Guo, and Chen Envoy is here, presumably Chen Guo's conditions are proposed by you. He also asked the messenger to open the skylight and speak brightly and explain the conditions. ”
This matter was planned by Chen Baichuan and a group of Chen Guochen, and of course he would not be as surprised as Heng Chen. However, there was one thing that he found interesting, Daheng's red tape actually had many similarities with his previous life. Is this a coincidence, or is there another time-traveler in this world? In fact, it doesn't hurt to have other traversers, after all, this set of red tape is inherited from Daqi, and even if there are traversers, they don't know which knot they are buried in.
Chen Baichuan was a little intimate and said: "The specific conditions are very cumbersome, and I can't say it clearly for a while. It has been handed over to Prime Minister Xu in full. ”
Hearing the words "very cumbersome", the heat of the ministers was extinguished. Chen Guojun is not a saint, it is impossible to give away Daheng things for nothing, and that thing is still the land of Banzhou.
What they should do now is not to carnival, but to plan how to lower the conditions of Daheng to the bottom line. Those who can be present will not be stupid, and soon they will calm down from Chen Guo's shocking temptation.
Chen Baichuan lowered his face slightly, and the corner of his eye swept Hengchen over.
His eyes collided with those of the side-by-side king, and the old thing had been looking at him. Seeing Huang Qingyun's free appearance, he was unmoved by the news, and smiled at Chen Baichuan with a face like a hermit.
Chen Baichuan suppressed the doubts in his heart, smiled lightly, and withdrew his gaze.
"Chen Guo only sent you alone to discuss such state affairs?" Emperor Qinghua is still a mortal after all, he thought that he could leave a name for opening up the territory, and he seemed to be calm, but in fact, he subconsciously said such urgent words.
"Naturally, this matter is not something that I can control alone, and I am just the messenger who delivers the news. Soon Chen's official mission will depart, presumably in a month's time the mission will arrive in the imperial capital. ”
Emperor Qinghua nodded, and when he saw the courtiers who were full of discussions, he became a little impatient. After a long day of clamoring, major events still have to be decided by Emperor Qinghua and Xu Mingyuan.
Bai Qian observed his words and looked at his expression, and cast an inquiring look at Emperor Qinghua. Seeing Emperor Qinghua nodding, Bai Qian took out his high-pitched voice again and said, "Your Majesty is diligent in government affairs, and he is tired at this time. Ministers, if you have nothing else to do, retreat. ”
This time, including Xu Mingyuan, Hengchen all knelt on the ground, facing their top bosses, and said in unison: "The ministers send His Majesty the Holy Martial Saint Wei Qinghua, Your Majesty has a long life." ”
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
At the end of the ceremony, everyone walked out of the main hall in groups of three or five. As a bystander, Chen Baichuan saw something, and he did not see the dissatisfaction of the slaves in the eyes of the kneeling courtiers, but saw their deep loyalty to the country.
Chen Baichuan also walked out of the main hall, and there were not many people in the hall at this time.
Before he could step up the white stone stairs, someone stopped him.
The man who stopped him was dressed in glory and wealth, stroking his beard and smiling at him. Chen Baichuan saw that it was the king side by side who stopped him, and thought that it must be no good, but he still replied with a smile on his face: "Baichuan Yu Daheng has no relatives and friends, and he still thinks about who called the wrong person, and when he looks back, he finds that it is the prince." ”
The king made an angry gesture and said, "What do you mean by having no relatives or friends? This king and you see each other as before, goodbye is very happy, not enough to be your friend? ”
After not daring to do so, Chen Baichuan secretly cursed this old thing for running a carriage with his mouth full, who saw him like home? It's too late to hide from him.
"Naturally, I am a friend, and I forgot that I still have a friend of the prince at the next moment. It's not just the prince who called Baichuan, what do you have to do? ”
The king looked disrespectful to the old man, pulled Chen Baichuan aside and said secretly:
"You and Ben go to the flower bar."