The Temple of the Apocalypse in Caojing

"Ministers and my lord King Jiuli, see Your Majesty of the Celestial Empire, may Your Majesty be blessed and prolong your life, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live, long live." The envoy retreated, and a man got up and walked to the front of the hall, only to see that this man was magnificent, with a focused expression, and he was older than Qi Taizong, but not necessarily much older. The delicate face was born with a pair of sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, which made the face of what should have been a weak scholar a little more kingly, different from the people of the Central Plains, this person did not tie his hair, and his beautiful long hair fluttered in the wind but did not look messy, but added a touch of awe.

"Lord of Jiuli Kingdom, Ye Candleyin, see Your Majesty of the Heavenly Empire." Ye Zhuyin glanced at the eldest princess Wei Xin on the side, and there was a hint of evil in her eyes.

Wei Xin also felt the look in her eyes, and her heart was displeased, but the etiquette she had learned since she was a child told her that she could not lose the royal majesty.

"Flat." Compared with Ye Zhuyin, Taizong's voice is more majestic above this hall: "At the beginning of the year, your state came to Beijing to congratulate, I am very pleased, I don't know what the joy is in this visit?" ”

Ye Zhuyin was calm and calm: "Your Majesty has a clear eye, Xiao Wang hasn't said it yet, Your Majesty already knows that it is a happy event." ”

"Oh? Speak and listen. ”

"Your Majesty was taught by the emperor, and all of them were incomprehensible, resulting in Weijia Hai and Quartet Guests. South, there is my Jiuli Zhenjiang; In the west, there is Tianyongdu to guard the border pass. Although there is disturbance in the north, it can be regarded as peaceful in the world. "There are words in Ye Zhuyin's words, Taizong can naturally hear it, but I don't know what Ye Zhuyin wants, so I can only listen to it first.

At this time, Wei Pan on the side opened his mouth: "The Northern Yanhai Kingdom has surrendered as early as the time of the first emperor, and the King of Jiuli said this, is it possible that he wants to move our country?" ”

Ye Zhuyin heard Wei Pan's words, and knelt down calmly: "Your Majesty, don't blame the King of Zhongshan, Xiao Wang's words are inappropriate, and he should be punished, but what Xiao Wang said is true, Your Majesty, you are clear." After speaking, Ye Candleyin looked into Taizong's eyes, as if he had seen through his heart.

Indeed, in the past two years, Yan Haiguo thought that Daqi was in the suspicion of the lord and the young country, so he often went south to use troops, burning and looting, and attacking cities and seizing land, and sometimes the Yan navy could even attack the outskirts of Caojing, and Taizong even thought about moving the capital to the south. The reason why the northern border issue is so tense is that Emperor Gaozu was bedridden for a long time in the later part of his reign, which led to the slackness of government decrees, and the "Double Tiger Rebellion" (Huangfu Cejiang Kui Mutiny), which also made the state of national strength of Daqi very unstable. Taizong was young and sometimes difficult to convince the public; Second, Taizong wanted to focus on recuperation. As a result, the policy towards the North was almost exclusively defensive. Although Yanhai basically does not get the sweetness, it is indeed a fact that there are frequent wars in the north.

"Go on, keep talking." Taizong didn't plan to go around with Ye Candleyin, he wanted to know his purpose.

Ye Zhuyin stood up and raised his voice: "Jiuli Kingdom is willing to raise its national strength, I wish Your Majesty to get rid of this trouble." Then he leaned over and saluted.

"King Jiuli has said it, who doesn't know that this Jiuli is far away in Dali, thousands of miles away from Yanhai, how to help?" Prime Minister Zhang Chong smiled slightly.

"Because." Ye Zhuyin didn't look up, and no one could see his current expression clearly: "Xiao Wang is willing to stay in Caojing and assist Your Majesty." ”

“？！” Taizong never thought that Ye Candleyin would come to such a hand, not only Taizong, but everyone present, even the envoys brought by Ye Candleyin widened their eyes. In order to suppress his surprise, Taizong coughed dryly: "Ahem, King Ye laughed, Qing is also the king of a country, how can he abolish state affairs in order to rebel against Daqi." ”