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It is very indecent to say that the emperor is actually a shrewd and powerful supervillain in this troubled world.

He didn't have a few days to spare throughout the year, and he had to keep this huge machine running while keeping Great Xia firmly in his hands. You must always pay attention to the war with the surrounding countries, and you have a lot of fun with people everywhere, and you haven't forgotten to eat the ...... in the bowl and look at the pot. Because of this, Zhao Qi, the youngest son of Yue Wang, who can be called a living treasure, will scoff at the coveted dragon chair under his buttocks.

The crown prince Zhao Heng was even busier than the emperor. He was in charge of all the trivial civil affairs, and in order to avoid the extraordinarily expensive power being sidelined, he did everything himself, and did not dare to be tired in the slightest. It is also necessary to spare a lot of time and energy to envelop civil and military officials to cope with the emperor's father's examinations every once in a while. What worries him the most is that he must always remember that there is a younger brother who is eyeing his place. If it weren't for the future owner of that dragon chair who was still writing his name Zhao Heng, this poor worm might not have been able to hold on for a long time.

Even Concubine Mei and her two children, who have always been known for their virtuous and indifferent, have not been idle these days. For Zhao Yan, Yang Zhi is like a dose of high-purity heroin, knowing that it is a drug but indulging in it and unable to extricate herself. But for Zhao Qi, the problem that the princess sister was worried about was not a problem at all for him.

Concubine Mei is carefully considering a series of constructive proposals made by Zhao Qi: "If you like him, marry him!" Which royal law in Daxia stipulates that princesses can't be equal wives with others? You want to see Brother Yang from time to time, right? Isn't it easy to find a few reasons? Isn't it over to marry his sister Yu'er and become Sister Jinlan? Brother Yang is most accustomed to Old Man Yang, and the fourth sister recognizes the old man as her father-in-law! Die to save face and suffer sin, are you stupid? ”

is only happy by himself, and he doesn't take face as a thing, and it is difficult for many nobles who think they are noble to have this kind of talent. Zhao Qi's proposal is therefore extremely unusual, otherwise Concubine Mei would not be so cautious.

Yang Yan and Shen Yu have also been busy with the new relocation and wedding preparations, and Yang Zhi is the only idler in the world these days.

What can be saved is absolutely not wasted, this is a very strong good habit of the old man Yang Yan. In order to save costs, he gladly accepted the free service voluntarily provided by a street god who claimed to be a Taoist master, and set two auspicious days for the zodiac: August 12 should be moved down. Then the move is scheduled for this day. On August 21, it is auspicious to get married, and the son's marriage is scheduled for this day!

On the second day of the eighth month of the 25th year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar, the prince Suoli and the national teacher Huerchi led a delegation of more than 30 people from the Western Turks sent by the Tuxi Khan, escorted by the general Weisu. Arrived in Chang'an from Shuofang.

In order to show the Turkic barbarians that the Great Xia Dynasty was a great country of etiquette, the crown prince Zhao Heng and the first auxiliary prime minister Wang Yunong led the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the Honglu Temple to meet the relevant officials.

But the Turkic envoys were not busy making a pilgrimage to the Bactrian emperor and were in no hurry to conduct peace talks. The national teacher, Hu Erchi, was a sturdy middle-aged man with a huge hooked nose and a bearded face, and he actually spoke fluent Chinese.

After entering the city, he humbly asked the prince: "I have heard for a long time that His Majesty the Emperor of Great Xia is eloquent and strategic, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent, generous, and elegant. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name. I have lived in the bitter cold place outside the country for a long time, and I admire the splendid prosperity of China very much. Now I am fortunate to come to Chang'an, the capital of Great Xia, and ask the prince to allow me to appreciate the magnificent beauty of Chang'an and the customs of Middle-earth first, and then choose a day for peace talks. ”

Suddenly, Chi's words were generous and decent, and the sycophants were also very old-fashioned, which made the prince Zhao Hengji feel useful. The emperor was not something they could see if they wanted, and the crown prince had agreed with Wang Yunong to arrange an audience for the Turkic envoys on the day the peace agreement was reached, so as to demonstrate the prestige of the Celestial Empire.

Zhao Heng immediately asked Wang Yunong: "The national teacher's admiration for my Great Xia is not lacking in sincerity, I don't know what Wang Xiang thinks?" ”

The two countries have fought to the death for generations. How can this statement be taken seriously? Wang Yunong couldn't sweep his prince's face, frowned slightly, and said: "Prince, the matter of peace talks should not be delayed for a long time, and it can only be set in three days at the latest." The people of Chang'an had a lot of hatred for the Turks, and in order to avoid accidental injuries to the envoys, he asked the prince to send guards from the Inner Court Guard's Mansion to accompany him. ”

Wang Yunong is the emperor's confidant and important minister, who has been an official for decades and has read countless things, and the meaning of his words is quite clear: the emperor is eager to find out the details of the Turks, so that he can free up his hand from the northern border to transfer troops from Shuofang to fight in the south, and the peace talks cannot be delayed for a day! No matter when a peace agreement can be reached. The Turks are an enemy state that threatens Bactria at all times, and every move of the Turks in Chang'an must be closely monitored!

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "What the king said is very true. ”

At that moment, he agreed with Khurchi to hold peace talks in three days, and arranged for the Turkic envoys to stay at the Baqiao Pavilion Station. On the day of the opening of the peace talks, Yang Zhi was invited to support the meeting. Prince Suoli and the national teacher, who had always been silent, looked at him with hatred and fear in their eyes. But Yang Zhi's deterrent effect does not seem to have the effect the emperor expected.

Yang Zhi knew that after the polite meeting ceremony, he would immediately enter the stage of substantive bargaining. The prince's high-spirited and energetic appearance made him feel quite tired. After the grand appearance of the mission was completed, he asked to retire under the pretext that everything in the house was busy. The prince can be said to be in the right mood and readily agreed.

Zhao Heng thought he was fully prepared. But things are far from being as easy as he imagined. It is not as smooth as a negotiation between the winner and the loser, and it is not as simple as showing off your authority.

From the first day of formal peace talks, negotiations between the two sides reached an impasse. According to the custom of the Great Xia Dynasty, the crown prince asked the Turkic envoys to submit their credentials. However, on the grounds that the khan's letter could only be submitted to the Great Xia Emperor, Khurchi sternly refused. It is a matter of the dignity of the two countries, each side holds its own views and refuses to give in to each other, and the debate has not yielded results for a day, so this issue has to be put on hold for the time being.

Immediately afterwards, for the sake of each other's future status, a-for-tat quarrel began. Both sides stubbornly insisted that in the future, the other side would bow down to their own side. After two full days of verbal warfare, Khurchi reluctantly relented and agreed that the two sides would be a brotherly state of equal status. Even so, it was still far from what the emperor expected to ask. Of course, Zhao Heng couldn't accept it, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate again, and finally the two sides decided to suspend the discussion for one day.

After three days of confrontation, Zhao Heng and Wang Yunong have already seen that the sturdy and sturdy Turkic prince Suoli is just an ornament to show the specifications of peace talks, and the real person in charge is the national teacher Kuerchi. This person seems to be humble, but in fact he is a powerful character who is proficient in the culture of the Central Plains.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, Kuerchi wandered around the streets of Chang'an for three consecutive days on the grounds of admiring the splendid prosperity of China. From the mouths of the people in the taverns and teahouses on the streets and alleys, it is not difficult to inquire about the situation around Great Xia, feel the current real national strength of Great Xia, and it is not difficult to analyze the current mentality of Emperor Xia.

Hu Erchi has studied the Confucian statecraft of the Central Plains Dynasty. The successive dynasties of the Central Plains regarded themselves as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, advocating the use of virtue to convince people, followed by resorting to force. Sometimes the importance of fancy and useless face is even to the point of making him feel ridiculous.

Khurchi was also well aware of the Turkic advantages, and the vast expanse of land north of the Great Wall was vast and desolate, which was currently unattractive to the Xia Emperor, and it would be difficult for the Xia army to hold even if it was temporarily occupied. The devil's cavalry troops like the Raid Legion have been completely wiped out under the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Tudu Khan, and it will be easy to rebuild such an elite cavalry corps for a while. No matter how brave the demon king named Yang Zhi is, he is only one person, so why be afraid of him?

After a great war in which the Turks had suffered heavy losses, the Turks were divided again, and of course Khurchi knew that the Eastern Turks, who had established themselves as Khan, were the greatest enemies of the Western Turks, that the Western Turks could not fall into a two-sided war, and that the most important thing for the Western Turks now was that they needed to recuperate and recover. That's why he suggested to Tu Xie Khan that he lead an envoy to Chang'an to ask for an armistice and peace.

Khurchi's wishful thinking was to take advantage of Great Xia's fear of the Turks, and use the useless false name of being a vassal to Great Xia to gain the greatest practical benefits for the Western Turks. You are not in a hurry, the longer you grind, the better it will be for me!

In fact, since the beginning of his entry into Chang'an, the representatives of the Great Xia peace talks headed by the crown prince have been led by his nose. Huerchi's negotiation strategy of fighting word by word was not only difficult for Zhao Heng to parry, but even Wang Yunong, who claimed to be scheming, also had a headache.

The emperor authorized the two to not have to go to court during the peace talks, but only sent people to ask about the progress of the negotiations every day. Fortunately, it has not been long since the official start of peace talks, and Zhao Heng can barely cope with the past with "in progress".

On the day when the two sides decided to suspend the discussion, Wang Yunong kindly reminded: "The emperor originally said that he wanted the Flying Tiger Marquis and the old minister to jointly advise on the matter of peace talks, and now the peace talks have reached an impasse several times, why didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince consult Yang Zhi?" See what he can do? ”

The prince said bitterly in his heart: Yang Zhi is as treacherous as a ghost, and this kind of problem may really be solved in his hands. But in this case, where will I, the prince who is in charge, put his face away? What is the significance of this peace talk, which the emperor attaches great importance to me? Isn't Yang Zhi's limelight enough? I haven't had a happy scenery yet, no matter who I look for, it's better than him! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )