Chapter 721: A Strategy of Connivance
"Hehe, come here, my father has something to tell you to do." At this moment, Zhang Chao was full of smiles, as if he did not have the slightest displeasure because of the concession just now.
With a hint of incomprehension, Zhang Tian walked up to the front of the hall, and when he heard about the new task next, the original nervousness on his face slowly subsided, and in exchange for excitement, at this moment he finally understood why his father did that just now.
Cheng Leli entered the new house, and was sent here with the cause of the injury, who had been healed and the bleeding had stopped, and other surviving guards.
As soon as he entered the mansion and saw Cheng Leli, he asked anxiously: "Prince, are we under house arrest?" ”
It turned out that he didn't know what happened in the main hall, and after his wound stopped bleeding, he began to worry about the eldest prince, according to what he thought, even a prince and a general were so strong, presumably the emperor of the Celestial Empire must be difficult to provoke, so he said this.
Looking at the cautious look on his face, Cheng Leli couldn't help laughing, "House arrest, do you look at Prince Ben's current appearance, does it look like he is being locked up?" ”
"Not house arrest?" I was puzzled by Cheng Leli's words.
Fortunately, Cheng Leli didn't let him think about it, and directly told the scene that happened in the palace hall.
"So, the emperor of the Celestial Empire is very talkative, just like the rumors?" I only knew at this moment why Prince Cheng Leli was safe and sound, and now he has this big mansion again.
"That's right." Cheng Leli said confidently. Then his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said proudly: "So, in the future, we will be in Jinyang City, we can do what we want, we can do whatever we want, and no one will come to embarrass us, hahaha." ”
Cheng Leli is not wrong to think so, he even tied up the daughter of the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, although he didn't have time to do anything, but the truth is not nothing? Even so, what could be done more than this one?
If this is the case, then you can really walk sideways in Jinyang City in the future, didn't you see that the general named Dian Wei was taken to the prison? This is obviously the emperor of the Celestial Empire showing goodwill to the Great Wan Kingdom, even if this is the case, it is naturally okay to do something excessive.
Originally, because of the fact that his arm was dropped, he was still worried before, but then, the whole person's mental outlook changed and he became much more confident.
With Cheng Leli's words, the guards who followed him to Jinyang City all felt that their worth had doubled, and when they walked on the street, they all seemed to be much more arrogant.
As they walked through the streets, some preaching followed.
Some people say that the First Emperor of Heaven took into account the identity of Cheng Leli as the prince of Dawan Kingdom, and deliberately opened the net, that is, even his own daughter, the dignified princess of the Heavenly Dynasty, was wronged, and finally let others go, and repaid his grievances with virtue and rewarded the mansion to live in...
Some people say that the First Emperor of Heaven took into account the hard-won peaceful life of the people, so he did not make a big move, and would rather suffer a small loss himself, but also endured it...
It is also said that the First Emperor of Heaven is influencing the great prince of Leli with a big heart, which shows the mind and courage of the Great Celestial Empire...
But no matter what kind of statement it is, it is about the Celestial Empire tolerating this time, and the First Emperor of Heaven suffered a loss.
At the same time as all kinds of rumors arose, it was Cheng Leli who took Deyin and guards to run rampant on the street. In the beginning, they took a fancy to something and bought it at the lowest price. For this reason, someone reported to the official, but what people don't understand is that the city defense army of Jinyang City seems to not exist, and it doesn't matter at all.
After a long time, Cheng Leli's appetite also grew, knowing that no one dared to care about himself, so he began to become Bengali, not only to grab things, but even beautiful women dared to plunder on the street, which made the impact worse and worse, and the people's scolding was getting stronger and stronger.
It's only less than ten days, and Zhang Chao has a lot of concerts in front of him, and on the other side are some legionals from the commanders asking for battle.
The so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, just a few days, the news about Cheng Leli's evil deeds and Zhang Chao's losses spread, and even the more and more evil, even the statement that Cheng Leli insulted Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the heavens, began to appear in the main hall.
In addition, the commander of the Sixth Legion, Dian Wei, was indeed imprisoned in the prison, which made many of the legion commanders and generals angry, and almost ninety percent of the generals wrote a melody, demanding that Cheng Leli be severely punished, and they were willing to send troops to Dawan to teach these foreign countries how to behave. Some of the blood letters began to be handed to the dragon case.
Looking at more and more, even seemingly piled up, Zhang Chao, the First Emperor of Heaven sitting on the top of the main hall, knew that the opportunity was ripe, and maybe it was time to do it.
"Lu Aiqing, what do those envoys from other foreign countries in Jinyang City think of Cheng Leli?"
Lu Su, who was asked, immediately bent his head, held the wat board in his hand and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, all the foreign messengers in Jinyang City are angrily reprimanding Cheng Leli, the prince of Dawan Kingdom, they think that this is a provocation to the slogan that the nation of the world is one family. ”
The nation of the world is one family, which is exactly what Zhang Chao shouted after he began to trade with the countries of the Western Regions.
In later generations, there were 56 ethnic groups as one family, and Zhang Chao borrowed from them and made a national group in the world, in order to allow the Zhang family trading company to better enter the countries of the Western Regions and make great contributions to the economy of the Celestial Empire.
It's just a matter of trade, and it's beneficial to all countries in the Western Regions, so naturally there are a lot of people who are in favor of it, which also makes this slogan shouted by many people.
And now, Cheng Leli's domineering has seriously affected everyone's unity. Although there has been no official action yet, among the people, the people of the Celestial Empire have begun to reject the caravans sent by the countries of the Western Regions, and the things that can often be bought with ten steel plates have now been increased to fourteen or fifteen, and it depends on how people are in their mood and whether they are willing or not.
Their own interests have been invaded, and naturally everyone attributed all the faults to the eldest prince of Cheng Leli, and there was quite a sense of rats crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beaten.
Maximizing the contradiction and directing it, Zhang Chao thinks that he has done a good job of preparations, and knows that even if he moves Cheng Leli at this time, others will not say that he is not, which is equivalent to creating a very suitable opportunity for him to enter the Western Regions.
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Guo Aiqing, where is General Ma Chao? Zhang Chao looked happy, and looked at Guo Jia after saying a word to himself.
"Back to the emperor, Captain Zhang has arrived at the west gate of Jinyang City, and I believe that it will not take half an hour to rush to the palace and meet Your Majesty."
"Good!" Zhang Chao couldn't help laughing, "Guo Aiqing and Lu Aiqing listened to the order, immediately mobilized grain and grass, opened the armory, and prepared the army to go out at any time." ”
After enduring Cheng Leli for nearly ten days, Zhang Chao couldn't wait, which could be seen from his righteous face.
All the rumors were naturally arranged by Zhang Chao for his eldest son Zhang Tian to do it. Now it seems that the work has been done very well, and the desired goal has been achieved, and the next time is to collect interest.
This interest is not only about Cheng Leli, but also about this person's Lao Tzu, the king of the Dawan Kingdom, including this country, is going to be conquered.
The Huairou policy may be good for stabilizing borders, but between countries, it ultimately depends on strength. Isn't there a saying that a weak country has no diplomacy? Just like this time, the reason why Cheng Leli dared to be lawless in Jinyang City was because he didn't know the power of the Celestial Empire, and thought that the Chinese people were still weak and could be bullied.
Ma Chao, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, can be said to have rushed to the Jinyang City Palace.
What I got was an urgent transmission from the First Emperor, and I didn't dare to have the slightest delay along the way, so I rushed over. After entering the palace, he was greeted by Zhang Tian and Zhang Changguo, the great prince of the Celestial Empire.
This time, it is also said that Zhang Tianlai will receive Ma Chao first. Because this time, Zhang Chao will not go to the expedition of Dawan Kingdom in person, and his eldest son Zhang Tian will do it on his behalf, in order to increase the relationship between his son and the various legions, Zhang Tian appeared in front of Ma Chao.
dictated by Zhang Tian, he told in detail what happened to Cheng Leli in Jinyang City recently.
For these things, Ma Chao also heard some along the way, but it was not comprehensive, and even more rumors, and now he finally heard the most authentic version, but even so, he was very angry.
At the same time, I also deeply admired the forbearance and foresight of the First Emperor.
Zhang Chao wanted to use Cheng Leli to make trouble, and use it as an excuse to do something to Dawanguo, but Ma Chao thought it was true.
Over the years, he went to the original land of Liangzhou, where it was almost at the forefront of the border with the Western Regions. No one knows better than him what is happening in the countries there.
It is precisely because he knows that Ma Chao knows that a country in the Western Regions is not terrible, but the combined strength of many small countries is indeed close to a behemoth.
Once the Celestial Empire makes a move, if there is no suitable excuse, I am afraid that it will encounter the common resistance of many small countries, if so, even if the Celestial Empire is strong, but because of the problem of supply lines, it will pay a great price if you want to win the war.
Just when Ma Chao still wanted to write a notebook to write about the situation there, he didn't expect that Zhang Chao, the First Emperor of the Heavens, had already found a suitable excuse to send troops.