Chapter 318: Prayers
Now that the Western Chu army attacked Zhongzhou, the news has spread among the major dynasties, and many people in the dynasties are watching this confrontation between the two countries with the attitude of watching the show and not thinking it is a big deal.
Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that in the face of the 200,000 army of Western Chu, which is known as having a land lion, the people of the major dynasties are not optimistic about the Dawu Dynasty at all, and those dynasties that originally had a deep friendship with the Dawu Dynasty do not care about causing fire.
Among them, it naturally also includes Southern Qi.
Although Gu Wenyan was in a neutral position in the imperial court, this time, the idea in his heart was the same as Pang Xuelin, and he didn't want to go south to the troubled waters.
"Is this the meaning of the national teacher, or the meaning of Emperor Qi?"
Chu Mo asked lightly, this was undoubtedly not an acknowledgment of the purpose of his trip.
"Shizi, it doesn't matter who it means. The important thing is that in the face of the pressure of the 200,000 army of Western Chu, Zhongzhou, which is only garrisoned by 100,000 troops, is simply impossible to resist the impact of the Western Chu army, and Zhongzhou is forced, but it is only a matter of time. ”
"My Southern Qi is now a peaceful country, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, if I agree to the request of the prince at this time, it will undoubtedly not destroy my Nanqi century-old foundation. As the national teacher of Southern Qi, although he has no real power in his hands, he can't watch Nanqi fall because of this incident. ”
Gu Wenyan said slowly.
"A century-old foundation ruined? This point is a bit serious what the national teacher said, or does the national teacher think that the current Nanqi is still the previous Nanqi? ”
"Since your new emperor of Southern Qi succeeded to the throne, your Emperor Qi has revived literature and abolished martial arts, and the civil ministers above the entire court think that they are higher than the military generals, and the national teachers must also see the discord between the civil and military officials. The national teacher believes that if the Southern Qi court continues like this, how long can the century-old foundation in the mouth of the national teacher continue? ”
"In the eyes of this son, I am afraid that in a few years, in the case of internal and external troubles, Nanqi is afraid that it will be difficult to protect itself."
Chu Mo said with a smile.
"The national teacher does not deny that what the son of the world said may come true, but there are no absolutes in the world, and this day may come in a few years, but it may never come. What do you say, son? ”
Hearing this, Chu Mo shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Gu Wenyan didn't stay in Xueyue Tower for long, and the purpose of his coming here to see Chu Mo this time was to tell them Nanqi's position.
No, it should be said that it is his Gu Wenyan's position.
After all, until today, Emperor Qi has never summoned him, and Chu Mo is not clear about what Emperor Qi thinks.
"Young Master, what does the Southern Qi National Master mean?"
After Gu Wenyan left, Yu Zixuan came to the room. Judging from Chu Mo's slightly sad expression at this moment, the conversation between the two of them before didn't seem to be ideal.
"It's nothing, it's just where we come from and where we go back."
Chu Mo said lightly.
"Nanqi refuses to send troops? That's not easy to do, first there was Pang Xuelin, the prime minister, and now even the Southern Qi National Teacher has such thoughts, it seems that this time, we may really run this trip in vain. ”
Yu Zixuan smiled bitterly.
However, Chu Mo shook his head after hearing this, with a smile on his face, and said, "This is not necessarily, it is still the same sentence, it is man-made." Although Pang Xuelin and Gu Wenyan did not want Nanqi to interfere in this matter, in the final analysis, although they were important ministers of Nanqi, it was not these two people who held military power. ”
"What does the young master mean?"
When Yu Zixuan heard this, he pondered for a moment, and immediately realized.
"The young master is talking about Shan Xingyuan?"
Chu Mo smiled and shook his head: "No, it's not Shan Xingyuan, it's the Prince of Southern Qi, the King of Ming!" Today's Southern Qi is almost the same as Dawu, there are clear factions in the court, and today's Southern Qi prince has a lot of support in the court, and these people are the radical party headed by Pang Xuelin. And King Ming of Southern Qi, as a prince who does not lose to this prince no matter where he is, he seems to have no desires, but he is a very ambitious person, I have to say that these two people are just like Li Gan and Li Tianqi of the Dawu Dynasty, one is doing everything to consolidate his position as the crown prince, while the other is secretly deploying everything. ”
"You say, if we can use the position of the crown prince to bewitch this Ming king, will he, who is already very concerned about the position of the crown prince, cooperate with us?"
When Yu Zixuan heard this, he first pondered for a moment, and then expressed his opinion.
"Of course he will cooperate with us, but after all, this is a matter for Nanqi, how can we influence their internal affairs?"
Chu Mo smiled and said, "Mountain people have their own tricks!" ”
After speaking, Chu Mo slowly walked to the table, and at the same time asked Yu Zixuan to find the shopkeeper and get a paper, pen, ink and inkstone.
After a while, Chu Mo handed a letter to Yu Zixuan and said, "You go to King Ming's Mansion immediately, and be sure to hand over this letter to King Ming." ”
Yu Zixuan looked suspicious, but he still nodded, took the letterhead and turned to leave.
In addition to Xueyue Tower, Yu Zixuan went straight to the place where the Ming Wang's Mansion was located.
Although the imperial capital of Southern Qi is large, but the Ming Wangfu, as the residence of the prince, it is not easy to find a place, and soon, Yu Zixuan came to the Ming Wangfu.
"Who's coming? Can the prince be summoned? ”
When the two guards at the door saw Yu Zixuan, they immediately stopped him, and one of them said loudly.
"Under Yu Zixuan, the envoy of the Dawu Dynasty, I came to visit King Ming this time, and I hope the two of you can report it."
As he spoke, Yu Zixuan took out Chu Mo's handwritten prayer post from his arms, and at the same time sandwiched two hundred taels of silver tickets in the worship post and handed them to the two of them.
Originally, after hearing that the person who came was a person from the Dawu Dynasty, the two guards wanted to drive him away, but after looking at the two hundred taels of silver tickets under the letterhead, the two of them suddenly smiled, and then quickly took the letterhead, and involuntarily put the silver ticket in their arms.
"It turned out to be an envoy of the Dawu Dynasty, please wait here for a while, and I will go to inform the prince."
After saying that, the guard turned around and walked into the mansion after explaining a few words to his companions.
After a few minutes or so, the guards went and returned.
"The prince has agreed, but the prince said that there are still distinguished guests in the palace now, and he asked your envoys of the Dawu Dynasty to come back to the palace when the time comes."
Hearing this, Yu Zixuan nodded and bowed to the two, and then turned to leave.
Back at Xueyue Tower, Yu Zixuan informed Chu Mo of the news.
After learning that King Ming had agreed to meet them, Chu Mo also quickly made preparations.
Ask people to do things, do what they like, and get twice the result with half the effort.
Before this, Chu Mo had already obtained all the hobbies of this Southern Qi Ming King from the mouths of the members of the Wind and Rain Pavilion.
Subsequently, Chu Mo took Yu Zixuan and a few people to leave Xueyue Tower, and shuttled through the streets and alleys of the imperial capital of Southern Qi to buy a meeting gift.
It wasn't until the time of the unit was approaching that a few people returned to Xueyue Tower, waiting for someone from the Ming Palace's Mansion to come and pick them up......