Chapter 490: The Depressed Prince
The old man stroked his long beard and pursed his lips, a little displeased with the name Wen Boiled Rain.
He already knew about the great changes in the Ning Kingdom and now the dynasty.
As a Confucian of Wu State, the crown prince and the prince, he accompanied the prince to Ningguo this time for two main purposes-
First, he really wanted to meet Li Chen'an, the regent of Ningguo.
Some of Li Chen'an's poems and articles have been introduced to Wu Kingdom, and in his opinion, the poems made by Li Chen'an are very good, and each of them is not under any of the "Ning Poetry Collections"!
He really deserves the name of Shixian!
It's just that after Wu Guo's spy reported Li Chen'an's life deeds to him, he really couldn't believe that there would be such a big change in the world!
Wu, but once an epiphany, he soared into the sky.
But there has never been such a precedent in Wen!
What the text needs is thick and thin.
He Li Chenan has been a fool in Guangling City for seventeen years, is this a thick accumulation?
Yun Shuxian really couldn't believe it.
He and Li Chunfu have met before, and they have talked at night.
For Mr. Chunfu's knowledge, he is naturally impeccable, but knowledge cannot be forcibly instilled into another person like the internal strength of a martial artist!
Regardless of Li Chen'an's true identity, even if Mr. Chunfu has been teaching him by hand...... pretended to be stupid for seventeen years, and suddenly soared into the sky and became a poet immortal...... Mr. Chunfu is not a fairy!
Therefore, Yun Shuxian was extremely curious about Li Chen'an.
Second, he believes that there is no difficulty in this negotiation at all.
Accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be another rich political achievement before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne.
He's very old, and he's already a great man.
He was largely not required to come forward in this simple negotiation.
Ning Guo has been weak for a long time.
The regent Li Chen'an was a pure literati.
Literati are the only ones who do poetry and articles, and they govern the country...... What kind of constitution he got is a big joke!
Therefore, the real ruler of Ningguo should be a foodie who cooks rain!
This pit goods!
Thinking of Wen Boiling Rain, the corners of Yun Shuxian's mouth twitched, as if he thought of some unpleasant past.
He admits that Wen Zhuoyu has a talent for governing the country.
Otherwise, when Wen Zhuanyu left Wu Guodong Xucheng, the emperor would not have gone to see him in person three times.
But he didn't want to see the warm boil rain.
He's the friend who came to meet.
For example, the flower is full of flowers, and the old man is Confucian.
is also like the legendary Jianghu strange woman Fan Taohua.
It's a pity that on the way here, I learned that Fan Taohua died in the Kyoto Revolution in Ningguo.
And the composer Shang Di, who is also dead.
Then you can only talk to Hua Manting about making tea.
The two got out of the carriage and stood under the city wall at the south gate of Yujing City.
The sun is just right.
The walls are still majestic.
There were also many caravans in and out of the city gates.
It seems that the Kyoto Revolution did not affect the city and these people too much.
It's just that...... The itinerary of the mission had already been submitted to Ning Guo's Ministry of Rites, and according to reason, Ning Guo should send important ministers to greet him.
What about people?
"Wen Boiling Yu is now the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet of Ningguo, there is no emperor in Ningguo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came in person, according to the etiquette system, he Wen Boiled Yu should personally lead the ministers to greet ......"
Yun Shuxian's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he stroked his white beard, and his eyes fell on the city gate.
There were only a few soldiers standing straight at the gates.
Where is the shadow of the officials who came to greet them.
"Although he had some festivals with the old man in the past, after all, he had been a staff member in the East Palace for two years, and His Royal Highness was once his master...... This guy, could it be that when he became the first auxiliary minister, his eyes grew to the top of his head? ”
Prince Wu Qian didn't know either.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites in front of him were also standing anxiously waiting at the entrance of the door at this moment, and there was indeed no official from Ning Guo who came out to greet him.
"Could it be that the day that handed the itinerary to the Ning Guoli Department was wrong?"
“…… Today is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and I will wait for the time to arrive, and I will draw it up for the teacher himself, how can I be wrong? ”
Wu Qian was a little uncomfortable.
He thought that he came with the dignity of the crown prince, and Wen Zhuyu would inevitably bring his ministers to greet him.
If their attitude is good enough, for the sake of Wen Zhuanyu's face, Wu Guo can even take a step back in this negotiation and just get the first line of Wuyanguan in his hands.
Boundless is too important.
That place was once the territory of the kingdom of Yong.
Between the state of Wu and the state of Ning, there was originally a small state of Yong as a buffer.
Ke Ning actually took advantage of the fact that there were some contradictions in the country of Wu to annex the state of Yong!
This is something that Wu Guo cannot tolerate!
Wuyaguan is in the hands of Ning Guo, and Wuyaguan is condescending!
Out of the endless pass is the eight hundred miles of Pingchuan Xiayuan in Wu State!
If Ning raised troops, it would directly threaten Xiayuan Prefecture, one of the five major grain-producing areas of Wu State.
There are tens of thousands of households in Xiayuan Prefecture and tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land!
The entire Xiayuan Prefecture was easy to attack and difficult to defend, so that Wu had to build seven walled cities in Xiayuandang, with 100,000 troops stationed in order to prevent the invasion of Ning.
Fortunately, in the past 20 years, Ningguo's national fortunes have declined.
That former emperor actually spent a huge amount of money to build Changle Palace, and he lived in Changle Palace to cultivate the Tao!
These twenty years are thanks to Ji Tai, the prime minister of Ningguo!
Because of him, Ningguo became poorer and weaker.
The Red Flame Army, which was stationed in the Boundless Pass, did not take a step out of the Boundless Pass after all.
But this is not a long-term thing, only by incorporating the Boundless Pass into the territory of the Wu State, and the Wu State stationing troops on the Boundless Pass, can this huge hidden danger be truly eliminated.
So here he comes.
With many ministers of the DPRK and China.
He came at the right time—
Emperor Ning died, and that poet became the regent, and he didn't do anything about politics...... Or he doesn't understand government at all.
He actually left Kyoto to go to Shuzhou to find his fiancée Zhongli Ruoshui!
Another ridiculous prince!
This is the great fortune of Wu Guo!
Ji Tai's remnants are all over Ningguo, and although he is dead, his henchmen will still make waves in Ningguo.
Even if Wen Zhuoyu became the first assistant of the cabinet, within a few years, he would not be able to complete the purge of Ji Tai's remnants.
Ning Guo is still swaying in the wind and rain.
They don't dare to start any war at all, because they will be afraid of internal chaos!
In the mind of the crown prince Wu Qian, Wen Zhuyu was eager to exchange the boundless pass for peace on the southern border of Ningguo.
Then this trip should be easy and enjoyable.
Then when his car arrives in Yujing City, he should get the highest courtesy!
But what's going on now?
Just when he was in doubt, there was finally movement at the city gate—
He and Yun Shuxian both looked over, the distance was a little far, but they could still see that there were only three officials coming from the city gate!
Yu Dingzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites he brought, seemed to be communicating with them at the moment.
Not long after, Yu Dingzhi hurriedly walked over.
His face was originally very white, but now it is pitch black!
He bowed, "Your Highness, it is Li Wenyuan, the young secretary of Ningguo Honglu Temple, who came to greet His Highness!" ”
Wu Qian frowned: "Just a Shaoqing of Honglu Temple?" ”
"The other two are the little masters of Honglu Temple!"
“…… What about warm boiled rain? ”
"Back to Your Highness, then Li Wenyuan said that Wen Boiling Rain is not available!"
“……”
Yu Dingzhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said again: "Li Wenyuan still said ......"
"Say what?"
"He said that the officials of Ning Guo are very busy now and have no time to receive us, if His Highness has nothing to do...... Just go back! ”