Lan Guang stood up and bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor's words, the old minister knows that he is deeply guilty, and he can still serve the country today.

Emperor Cheng felt very awkward, several times he found that Lan Guang's eyes looked at him a little weird, there was guilt, expectation, joy, and seemed to have a little shallow pity and distress, it felt like a father to his son! Emperor Cheng suddenly scolded himself for being ridiculous, but he had never felt such a feeling in the first emperor, since he was eight years old, he rarely saw the first emperor since his mother fell out of favor, even if he occasionally met at the family banquet, the first emperor never looked at him again.

Thinking of the past, Emperor Cheng's face was a little more confused and sad.

Lan Guang understood in his heart, but it was inconvenient to persuade.

Emperor Cheng pulled back his thoughts, handed the national letter of Lanling Kingdom to May, and ordered him to transfer it to Lan Guang: "Prime Minister, please see, this is the national letter of Lanling Kingdom." ”

Lan Guang bowed, took the letter of state from the hands of the five fathers-in-law, looked at it and presented it to the emperor, Lang recited the general idea of the reading: "The lord of Lanling State has invited the emperor of the Yue country, invited the moon and Lanling as neighbors, and the border soldiers have repeatedly violated my border for no reason, presumably it is from the emperor's intention, it is better to cede the sixteen states of the border to me Lanling, my Lanling will be as before, and the years old will be called a minister, if not, the battlefield will divide the victory and defeat." ”

Before Lan Guang finished speaking, Emperor Cheng stood up, his sword eyebrows were upside down, a pair of black eyes stared at Lan Guang, and said angrily: "This is obviously humiliating me!" ”

Lan Guang hurriedly knelt down: "Please calm the emperor's anger for the time being, and allow the courtiers to repair the book and retire tomorrow morning." It's just that the ministers are worried about the Lanling State army pressing the border, and the soldiers are afraid that sooner or later, I hope that the emperor will still prepare soldiers, horses, grain and grass as soon as possible, and secretly reinforce the sixteen states of the border area. ”

When Emperor Cheng heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "The prime minister should be familiar with the internal situation of the imperial court, because he has been in peace for a long time, there is no general who is accustomed to fighting, and the treasury is empty. ”

Lan Guang knelt down and kowtowed: "Weichen obeys the order, and tomorrow morning he will reply to Weichen, and he will definitely frustrate the sharpness of the envoy." ”

Lan Advertising retreated, sleepless all night, Emperor Cheng came to Chenhui Courtyard, and told Xue Yi about Lan Guang's translation of the national book of Lanling and preparing to return the book in person tomorrow morning.

Unconsciously bored in the morning, Xue Yi personally served Emperor Cheng and put on a dragon robe and a crown of heaven.

The envoy of the Lanling Kingdom went up to the Golden Palace early in the morning, standing proudly as before, Wen Dongwu Xishan shouted long live, the worship has been completed.

The envoy proudly squinted at Emperor Cheng and asked, "The three-day period has arrived, I wonder if anyone in the Inviting Moon Country can read our national letter?" ”

Emperor Cheng said loudly: "Where is Prime Minister Lan? ”

"The old minister is here." Lan Guang came out of class and knelt down.

"Prime Minister flattened, read the book of Lanling Kingdom to him!"

"Yes."

Lan Guang recited when Lang recited it, the envoy's face was blue and white, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and secretly glanced at Emperor Cheng on the dragon chair, seeing Emperor Cheng's handsome face, revealing the majesty of a hundred steps, and a dignified murderous aura.

Lan Guang read the national letter of Lanling Kingdom in Chinese, which immediately caused an uproar among the courtiers, Gong Yi, Li Qin and others all came out of the class to ask for war, and Prime Minister Lan Cheng coughed lightly and stopped everyone: "Everyone, the emperor has made a bamboo in his chest, let the old man draft a reply now, whether the war is or how the Lanling Kingdom pays tribute." ”

Serving the pen and ink inside, Lan Guang groaned slightly, and recited the content of the book while writing the book: "Invite the emperor of the Moon Kingdom, the lord of the Lanling Kingdom of Zhaoyu, the stone egg has always been invincible, and the snake and dragon do not fight." Invite the moon to open the sky, care for the four seas, will be brave and strong, and the soldiers will be sharp. was captured for betraying the alliance before, and swore an oath by praising the goose; Silla plays the ode to the brocade, Tianzhu to the bird that can speak, Bo Ke to offer the snake that catches rats, and the dog that whisks Yao into the horse; The white parrot comes from the leaf shell, and the luminous pearl pays tribute to the forest; The bone is good for the famous horse, and the mud Bora has a good drunken offering. It is nothing more than fearing Weihuaide, buying quiet and seeking peace. Fengchi refused to die, the sky begged for more, handed down nine hundred, once annihilated, isn't it the blame of the sky, the Ming Jian of Hengda! In addition, the overseas small state, Fengchi is a vassal country, compared to the invitation to the moon, but it is only a county, and the horses and horses are not as good as the grain. If the mantis is angry, the goose is arrogant, the heavenly soldiers are a thousand miles of blood, the king is a prisoner of Pinli, and the country is the continuation of Fengchi. Fang Jinshengdu**, Shu'er is arrogant, anxious to repent, diligent in cultivating the year, not taking the vulgar, and laughing for the four yi. Think twice! Therefore. (Excerpt from the legendary story Li Taibai's drunken grass scare book)

When Emperor Cheng heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately stamped the treasure seal and paid it to the envoy.

The envoy was in a hurry, bowed down and wanted to retreat, Lan Guang played: "The envoy is contemptuous, because the two countries are fighting each other, they will not kill the envoy, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable, the minister asks the emperor to decree that in the future, Hu Khan's staff will be punished fifty, and he will never enter the country of the moon, and he will never enter the country, if he re-enters the country of the moon, he will be killed on the spot, and he will not be spared!" ”

"Quasi-play!" Emperor Cheng suddenly felt comfortable, which was more comfortable than eating ice cubes on dog days.

Fifty military staffs, even if he can't kill Hu Khan, it will cost him most of his life.

Lan Guang shared worries for the country, and the book retreated from the Lanling State, which was originally a great achievement, and should have been rewarded, before that, Emperor Cheng also personally agreed, and after the retreat of the Lanling State envoy, the quasi-Lan Guangguan was reinstated, ranking first among the ministers.

The hundred officials also deeply respected Lan Guan, Li Qinben acted as the prime minister, and the Golden Palace resigned, but he didn't want to become the emperor and did not allow it, and his attitude was ambiguous, but he just said that he wanted to reward Lan Guang, but he did not reward him.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Qin, Lin Zhizhi and other colleagues surrounded Lan Guang, and they all hugged him upright, Lan Guang smiled, he knew that Emperor Cheng had a deep prejudice against him, and it was not something that could be solved in a day, so he could only wait slowly.

Xue Yi had already heard in the palace that her father had retired from the envoys of the Lanling Kingdom, so she was naturally very happy, and it was expected that the emperor would no longer embarrass her father and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Emperor Cheng was trained in the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace, and the Queen Mother also heard about Lan Guangshu's retreat from the Lanling Envoy, but she was very dissatisfied with Emperor Cheng's reinstatement of Lan Guangguan, she burst into tears, looked at Emperor Cheng and said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the court, the mourning family does not understand, the ancestors' legacy, and the harem cannot interfere in politics, but the matter of Lan Guang is the last order of the first emperor, and the first thing the emperor did after succeeding to the throne was to kill Lan Guang, but the first emperor did not kill the killer for the sake of Concubine Xue, and that's it, why is it just because of a letter of state today that she was reinstated?" This is called mourning, how can he have the face to see the first emperor in the future?! ”

After that, the Queen Mother covered her face and cried bitterly.

Emperor Cheng's heart was like eating chicken feathers, he couldn't swallow it and couldn't spit it out, how could he want to reinstate Lan Guangguan, but since ancient times, there was no joke, since he had already agreed, naturally it was only temporary, and the court did need Lan Guang to preside. The emperor is really aggrieved, the first emperor left an empty shell, and he wants to make up for this empty shell little by little, how easy is this? !

Emperor Cheng was not happy in his heart, and he wanted to comfort the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, you have no jokes, the reinstatement of Lan Guanguan is just expedient, I will find a way to expel him from the imperial court, and now although the matter of Lanling Guo's national letter has been solved, Lanling Country claims to have 100,000 troops stationed in the border fortress, eyeing the border of the moon, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before the soldiers fight each other, and I will have a way to send Lan Guang at that time." ”

The queen mother listened to the emperor's promise, and then wiped away her tears: "The emperor just remembers the last words of the first emperor." ”

The ministers of the DPRK and China had different opinions on war and peace, and they could not argue, Lan Guang was unusual, silent, and did not express his opinion no matter how anyone asked, and Emperor Cheng asked tightly, he would lie on the ground and kowtow and say: "The minister is not talented, the minister is only a civilian official, he does not understand the war, and he does not know how to prepare for it, so he does not dare to arbitrarily participate in the discussion." ”

Gong Yi said dissatisfiedly: "Why should the prime minister be humble, didn't the prime minister also lead an army of 100,000 to Beiling to encircle and suppress the prince of Chongqing?" ”

Lan Guang was most afraid that someone would mention this old matter, Gong Yi just mentioned it, he stubbornly said: "Lord Gong's words really made the old minister embarrassed, if it wasn't for the old minister to be a civilian counselor, how could he lose his troops and generals, be blamed by others, and be charged with the crime of rebellion?" Please think twice. ”

Emperor Cheng knew in his heart that Lan Guang, the old fox, must have his thoughts, and he must not approve of fighting, but there are many main fighters in the court, and there are few main peacemakers, and the main peacemakers are ready to reduce the tribute of the Lanling Kingdom, which is undoubtedly an added layer of trouble to the empty treasury of the Inviting Moon Country.

Gong Yi advocated the Northern Expedition the most, because he entered the palace with a righteous daughter pretending to be his own daughter, knowing that if this matter was leaked, the Gong family would be a big crime full of beheadings, so he just wanted to carry out a military speculation, so as to leave a way to live in the future.

When the dispute between the DPRK and China was not going on, the border plug urgent document flew in, Lanling State suddenly attacked, and won the three passes of the border plug in a row, seeing that it was about to approach Qizhou, Gong Yikou was gushing endlessly, and the main battle was even more, Lan Guang took the opportunity to play: "The old minister seems to be reasonable when he listens to Lord Gong's words, why doesn't the emperor send Lord Gong to Qizhou for reinforcements." ”

Emperor Cheng didn't want to send Gongyi to go, he knew that this old man was talking about soldiers on paper, which seemed reasonable, but in fact he was incompetent, but after looking through the court, there was no one to send, so he had to issue an order to seal Gongyi as a solicitor to go to Qizhou for reinforcements.

Gong Yi led the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Centaur Palace to march to Qizhou, day and night along the way, the sergeant complained bitterly, Feng Chi as a deputy general accompanied the counselor military aircraft, before leaving, Emperor Cheng instructed Gong Yi to listen to Feng Chi's words, who knew that out of the capital, Gong Yi was arbitrary, if Feng Chi and others had a slight dissent, he would use his position to oppress people, the army was full of contradictions, extremely unstable.

Everyone finally came to the border of Qizhou, but learned that the defenders of Qizhou had surrendered, and Gongyi's army was exhausted due to the long journey, and was caught off guard by the army of Lanlingguo, and fled in defeat.

Gong Yi even threw away his armor and changed into ordinary people's clothes to hide in the weeds to escape being captured.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Cheng was furious and hurriedly discussed countermeasures with his ministers.

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