Pei Zhao was really tired on this day, and slept very sweetly, and on the second day, he made Tong He scream outside several times before waking up. Su Ying woke up in a daze, and was very distressed when she saw Pei Zhao sitting up with a tired face.

Pei Zhao smiled and touched her face: "Wake you up too, let's sleep for a while." She shook her head, held his hand, wanted to say something but held back, Pei Zhao smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Su Ying said: "I see that you are tired, and I want to persuade you not to go to the morning court today, so that you can sleep, but I am afraid that you will be scolded by others as a faint king, and I am a little entangled." She tilted her head and thought, "It doesn't matter if you sleep in bed once in a while, right?" ”

Pei Zhao was getting dressed, and when he heard her say this, he smiled and said, "Although it doesn't matter, there are very important things to do today." ”

She was very curious: "What's the matter?" ”

"Those envoys have been away for so many years, and they have gained a lot, and I listened carefully to their proclamations yesterday to know the vastness of heaven and earth." Pei Zhao's expression was very solemn: "Ah Yu, it turns out that in this world, in addition to our Da Cao and those barbarian small countries, there is another world, such as Gaul, Li Dynasty, Rakshasa and so on, although these countries are not as prosperous as our Da Cao, but they also have their own strengths. ”

Su Ying listened very carefully, and couldn't help blurting out: "Since this is the case, then you might as well send more people over and let their people come to Tianjing, and everyone will learn from their strengths, isn't it good?" ”

Pei Zhao glanced at her in surprise, and said with a smile: "Ah Yu, what you said is the same as I thought, I am going to do this in the court today." ”

"Congratulations, you've become as smart as I am!" Su Ying looked at him with a smile, and when he saw that the corners of his robe were slightly wrinkled, he said, "Come over here." ”

Pei Zhao walked in front of her as she said, she stretched out her hand to straighten the corner of his robe, Pei Zhao couldn't help but smile slightly: "You sleep for a while, I have already ordered someone to pack up a few things that the envoys brought back, and I think they will be sent over soon." ”

Fang just talked to him for a while, Su Ying actually couldn't sleep anymore, plus Sun Miaoyi's mother was going to enter the palace today to ask for peace, she had to get up early to make up, so she took his hand and sat up slowly, pursed her lips and smiled at him: "I'm a little hungry, can you have some breakfast with me?" ”

Pei Zhao accompanied her to slowly drink a soup to go to the court, and Tong He saw him smiling along the way, so he smiled and said: "The old slave has persuaded His Majesty so many times in the past, but His Majesty doesn't like to use breakfast, and it is the most useful for Niangniang to speak." ”

Pei Zhao smiled slightly and asked, "Are the things I ordered you to send ready?" ”

Tong He hurriedly said: "What is given to Niangniang, even if you don't need Your Majesty's orders, the old slave has to be put in the first place." Several adults have been out for many years, and the things they brought back are inevitably dirty, and the old slave has ordered someone to tidy up and refresh them, and at this time, Yuanlu has been sent to Niangniang. ”

Pei Zhao nodded, and Tong He smiled again: "But today Mrs. Sun wants to enter the palace to greet Niangniang, and the old slave thinks that Niangniang is afraid that she will not be free - the old slave heard Duan Niang say yesterday that Mrs. Sun did not enter the palace alone, but came with Sun Jieyu's sister." It is said that this Miss Sun is the same age as her mother, and when the flowers and birds came to Sun's house last year, Miss Sun was still sick and had no luck to enter the palace. After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty, the old slave is brave, this ......"

"You don't have to say more, I know it in my heart." Pei Zhao's face turned cold, he was silent for a moment, and said to Tong He: "After the early dynasty, you don't have to follow me, go to Haosheng to talk to Sun Li, his wife and daughter are confused, but he himself is a rare sober person." ”

Tong He hurriedly said: "The old slave obeys the order." ”

The small yellow door of Luan is very fast, and after a while, you can already see the night pearl on the roof of the Xuanzheng Palace, this palace is the highest palace in the Daming Palace, just like the imperial power is high in the world, Pei Zhao thought for a while, and suddenly asked Tong He: "You might as well guess, how many people will dare to say a 'no' word for this will that I am going to promulgate today?" ”

Tong He said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you dare not disobey the words of the Son of Heaven." Besides, even a dull person like the old slave knows that this will of His Majesty is of great benefit, and those adults who are full of poetry and books, who will resist and disobey it? ”

Pei Zhao sneered: "They don't dare to resist the decree, even if they are not convinced, as long as I don't let go, they will never dare." ”

As Pei Zhao expected, when several envoys jointly presented a joint petition and asked Da Cao to receive the envoys of various countries and trade with them, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was boiling. As usual, they spontaneously divided into two factions, one was the young officials headed by Fang Shizhong, He Wuji and others, who were full of praise for this performance. On the other hand, it is naturally a few old ministers led by Su Shi.

"Your Majesty, it was once recorded in ancient books that this Rakshasa country is a place where demons and monsters gather, this ......"

"Lord Li's words are ridiculous." He Wuji interrupted unceremoniously: "If the Rakshasa Kingdom is really as Lord Li said, then how did the envoys return safely? Lord Li must have seen the bronze ware cast by the Rakshasa people yesterday, which is no worse than ours, do demons and monsters also have such skills? ”

"He Shangshu is right." Fang Shizhong also said: "Do you still remember how the Yamato Dynasty destroyed hundreds of years ago? If it weren't for Emperor Jing'an's insistence on going his own way and blockading all the surrounding areas of Yamato, outsiders couldn't get in, and they couldn't get out, why did they close the country to this point, and finally died under the soldiers of the Yue Clan! ”

Nangong Lie also said: "The minister is just a martial artist, and he doesn't understand these big truths. However, the minister has followed His Majesty to fight for many years, but there is one thing that I remember clearly, in the twenty-fourth year of Ming'an, the Xuanjia army went out to conquer the country of Pi, and there was an unstoppable elephant cavalry in the country of Bi, and even the weapons of the envoy were something we had never seen. Although the Xuanjia army was not defeated that time, it also suffered a lot, after His Majesty destroyed the country of Pi, and thoroughly studied the formation weapons of the elephant cavalry, so that the Xuanjia army was like a tiger with wings. ”

The ministers of the court and the central government all knew that Nangong Lie had been Pei Zhao's confidant for many years, and now even he said so, Pei Zhao's attitude had become clear for most of the time, Fang Shizhong was overjoyed, and after glancing at He Wuji, he took the initiative to step forward and said: "The minister thinks that the proposal of the envoys is very good. We can exchange envoys with Rakshasa and other countries, and then consider trade after the exchanges are very close. The bronze ware of the Rakshasa country and the livestock of Gaul are naturally good, but the porcelain, tea and silk of our Da Cao are not comparable? ”

Pei Zhao nodded slightly, and looked at Su Shi meaningfully: "What does Su Xiang think?" ”

Su Shi has been silent since the beginning of the argument, and when he saw Pei Zhao suddenly ask him, he panicked in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, he said cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, these envoys were still ordered by the first emperor to go to sea, and the old minister remembers very well that the first emperor sent them out back then, one is to promote the prestige of the country, and the other is to know the vastness of the world." But the old minister listened carefully to Fang Cai's recital, and it didn't seem to be ...... It was not the will of the first emperor. ”

Is this taking out the first emperor to oppress people? He Wuji has always been unable to rub sand in his eyes, so he said-for-tat: "These adults have been away for many years, and they have already completed the will of the first emperor. Moreover, their harvest this time has greatly exceeded what the first emperor thought, the first emperor is so wise, he must also sigh at the hard work of several envoys, Lord Su's words are really unreasonable. ”

Su Shi knew very well that he must not have a hard time with such a person, so he only said to Pei Zhao: "Your Majesty, although the old minister has lived in Tianjing for a long time, he has also heard a little about those small countries, but they are just some barren and poor places, and there is nothing unusual. If Your Majesty treats such a small country with the courtesy of an envoy, I am afraid that it will damage my face! ”

"What Su Xiang said is very true!" Seeing that Su Shi finally opened his mouth, someone soon chimed in: "Your Majesty, the so-called Shinong businessman, businessman has always been humble. If we follow what we say, if we want to trade with such a small country, wouldn't it be an insult to the name of the 'Celestial Empire' and the reputation of Your Majesty's 'Heavenly Khan'? ”

The more Nangong Lie listened, the more ridiculous he became, and he couldn't help sneering: "Taking the things we have here for other good things, exchanging things for things, no matter how you look at it, it's a good business, how come in your eyes, even silver has to be divided into high and low?" If this is the case, will we also take out the money in the treasury for a good reason? ”

Fang Shizhong also said: "If you blindly hold on to the good name, sooner or later you will follow in the footsteps of Dahe!" ”

As soon as these words came out, several timid officials broke out in a cold sweat, and Su Shi was even more furious: "Presumptuous! The monarchs of my Dacao are all rare virtuous monarchs, and you dare to compare Yamato with my Dacao! ”

Fang Shizhong smiled coldly and did not speak. Pei Zhao saw that the time had come, so he slowly spoke: "I think this thing is very good. ”

Under the gaze of mixed joy and sorrow, his expression was cold, and he continued: "Yesterday I have already asked that the monarchs of Rakshasa and Gaul are interested in associating with our court, so they will have a letter from the Ministry of Rites and send envoys to each other in order to reconcile the two countries. ”

Su Shi's hand holding the wat board tightened, and he listened to Pei Zhao again: "The matter of trade will be handled by Fang Qing, in addition to preparing the candidates for the goods, the escort must not be careless." I will give you the privilege of choosing from Yulinwei and Gyeonggi Wei. ”

He has been on the throne for more than a year, and everyone has already figured out what he said, even if some people are unwilling, they dare not say anything more, and this result is exactly the same as he thought before.

......

After Su Ying sent Pei Zhao away, she sat in the main hall with a solemn makeup and waited for Mrs. Sun to arrive. On her birthday last year, she knew her prestige when she heard about it in Chaliao, and she took a closer look at her appearance, but she felt that it did not match the rumored fierceness. However, this lady is Sun Miaoyi's mother, and she is the niece of the late Princess Ningfu.

She waited boredly for a while, and even the many good things sent by Yuanlu were forced not to play. Soon, the little yellow door outside came to say: "Queen Mother, Mrs. Sun and Miss Sun are already waiting in front of the palace gate." ”