Seeing Chu Haowen like this, everyone didn't dare to disturb him, so they could only stand in place and wait until Mo Feng came in and drove everyone away, "Your Majesty, it's time to eat." ”

"Lao Mo, what do you say is in the eyes of people in high positions, the people, and the soldiers?" Looking at the old man in front of him, who seemed to be a teacher and a friend, Chu Haowen seemed to see a life-saving straw, his eyes were full of confusion, and his voice was hoarse.

"Ants." Mo Feng replied without raising his head, but it was this sentence that made Chu Haowen completely erupt, "Ants? It turns out that in your eyes, they are ants that can be trampled to death at any time! But they are human beings, they also have seven emotions and six desires, and they also have wives and children, isn't their life fate! Why! Why should their lives be played with by you at will, becoming a stepping stone on your way to success! Their lives should be up to them! ”

Mo Feng looked at Chu Haowen quietly, until he finished venting, and said flatly: "If you want your people to live with dignity, then you shouldn't know who to fight with every day, who to fight with for power and profit, and you shouldn't vent incompetently here, but you should understand the way of the emperor, learn the art of governing the country, and use your ability on the day of pro-government to make the country dare not use troops against our country, so that officials at all levels dare not be corrupt and bend the law, and let the powerful not dare to be powerful in the local area, so that your people can live with dignity!" ”

Chu Haowen stared at Mo Feng for a long time, eased his mentality, stood up, and bowed deeply to Mo Feng, "I know, I will definitely study hard." ”

Mo Feng laughed and said, "The old slave has made a mistake, please atone for your sins." Seeing this, Chu Haowen hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Uncle Mo, don't be like this, you are my elder, and it is right for the elders to teach the juniors." ”

"I heard that Xiao Mo trained the emperor." The Empress Dowager in the Longevity Palace chatted with the grandmother next to her while looking at the information collected today.

"I heard that the emperor guessed that you connived at King Chulou's behavior and was dissatisfied with your behavior, but this behavior was stopped by Mo Feng in time."

"The emperor is still too young, shouldn't he teach the emperor some lessons?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at the mouthy grandmother: "How about the emperor is something you can discuss?" The frightened mouthy mother quickly knelt on the ground and confessed.

At this time, the emperor of Liao, who was confronting the Zhao army outside Jiyun Pass, also learned the news of the annihilation of the Western Route Army, and the angry Yelu Qimu scolded at once, "Yelu Bofan!" He deserves to die! My army of 300,000! 300,000! ”

"Sage, the top priority now is to determine what our army should do next." The general, Guo Zi'an, stood up and stopped the angry Yelu Qimu

"Now, our army and the Zhao army have been in confrontation for a long time, not only has there been no progress at all, but has lost more than 50,000 people, plus the Western Route Army has lost nearly 400,000 people this time. The long-term confrontation has caused the domestic public resentment to boil, officials in various places have been complaining for days, and the various ministries in Mobei are gathering troops with the intention of sneaking up on our country, and now our country's situation can be described as extremely difficult. What to do next, please ask the saint to decide quickly. ”

"Please also ask the saint to make a quick decision." Looking at the people who spoke in unison, Yelu Qimu sat down and gave an order unwillingly, "Withdraw the army!" ”

When everyone dispersed, Yelu Qimu, who was full of loss, scattered a glass of wine on the ground, "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, it's not that I have to kill you, but if you don't die, my reform will never be carried out, and you should be loyal to the country." At this time, there was no longer the anger of losing the army in Yelu Qimu's eyes, but endless ambition.

A month has passed in a blink of an eye, with the retreat of the Liao army, the Zhao army has also recovered the lost city, but the originally prosperous and rich rural towns have become dilapidated after experiencing the destruction of the Liao army, and the original strong town demon pass has also become a ruin, there is no need to hold on, after leaving thousands of local soldiers to do a simple defense, the Zhao army of the brigade returned to the prosperous capital under the leadership of the king of Chu Lou, and accepted the cheers and flowers of the people in the capital.

In front of the Beiding Gate, the flags fluttered and the salutes sounded in unison, the civil and military officials stood on both sides, and the prime minister Xiao Yunzhou held the holy decree and waited for the arrival of the king of Chulou.

King Chulou, who was belated, saw Xiao Yunzhou waiting for him with the holy decree in his hand, and hurriedly dismounted and knelt down

"By the order of the Son of Heaven! Chu Pingye, the king of Chu Lou, expelled the northern barbarians to protect my rivers and mountains, and made great contributions to the dynasty and was crowned as the king of Chu, and gave the title of secretary of the military department, and gave the palace to ride a horse, and to wear a sword in front of the palace. In addition, due to the death of the commander of the dreadnought army, Chu Pingye, the king of Chu, was specially ordered to temporarily take the post of general of the chariot cavalry and rebuild the dreadnought army in northern Xinjiang. ”

Hearing the reward for himself, Chu Pingye couldn't believe it at this time, he thought that the one in the palace would be forced to promote himself to the title, but he didn't expect to let himself go to guard the northern frontier, isn't this clearly giving himself military power, it stands to reason that the one in the palace should not be so stupid.

Just when Chu Pingye hesitated, Xiao Yunzhou handed the holy decree to Chu Pingye with a smile on his face, "King Chu, thank you for the decree." ”

"The Lord's Order is grateful." Helpless, Chu Pingye could only accept the holy decree first, and after the welcome dinner, Chu Pingye came to the imperial garden.

"Brother to see the Queen Mother." In a remote pavilion in the Imperial Garden, Murong Xue Kite had been waiting for a long time.

Murong Xueyuan looked at Chu Pingye with a smile, and said in a tone that was not salty or light, "King Chu is exempt, you are now the hero of my Great Zhao, with supreme glory, and you still hold a large army in your hands, and the mourning family does not dare to accept your gift now." ”

"The younger brother doesn't dare, the younger brother knows how everything about himself came about, and the younger brother has never dared to forget the teachings of the Queen Mother." As Murong Xue Kite continued to move, the direction in which Chu Pingye knelt was also constantly changing.

"Oh? Mourning family, I don't seem to see it. Under the gloomy sky, Murong Xue Kite looked down at Chu Pingye, and there was not a trace of expression on her face.

"This is the list of personnel placed by the ministers in the various armies and the list of officers of the newly built Dreadnought Army, please take a look at the Queen Mother." Chu Pingye hurriedly took out two pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Murong Xueyuan, one of which was full of names, but the other was empty.

Taking the two pieces of paper, Murong Xueyuan chuckled, "Heh, what is Brother Wang doing?" It is difficult for the mourners to intervene in the affairs of the army. Through the moonlight, Chu Pingye seemed to be able to see a hint of a smile leaking from that beautiful face

Seeing that Chu Pingye was still kneeling, Murong Xueyuan hurriedly blamed herself: "Oh, why is Brother Wang still kneeling, hurry up and don't catch a cold." After that, he personally helped Chu Pingye up.

"Queen Mother, there is not much left in the area around this town Demon Pass that has experienced the invasion of the Liao army, and the courtiers go there, and they can't form an army." The benefits were given, and now Chu Pingye is starting to reciprocate.

Patting Chu Pingye on the shoulder, Murong Xue Yuan handed a holy decree to Chu Pingye, "Don't worry, the mourning family has asked for Your Majesty's decree, you can move half of the population of your fief to the area around Zhendemon Pass to replenish the population, and you can dispose of it yourself if the officials appoint and dismiss you." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." Hearing this, Chu Pingye hurriedly bowed and thanked him.

Out of the palace, Chu Pingye called his cronies around him, "Tell the people in the mountain that they are ready to pack and go out." Then he turned his head to look at the majestic imperial city, and went to the Demon Town Pass without looking back.

It's the big discussion in January again, Chu Haowen wore a mighty and domineering dragon robe and came to the dragon chair surrounded by everyone, and this big discussion seems to be a little different, not only the big and small officials in the capital have come, but even the vassal kings from other places and the leading generals stationed in various places have come, the reason is that the ministers of peace of the Liao State and the ministers of the northern tribe of Mobei arrived at the same time, and today they are also going to receive them at the same time.

"Bye!" As Chu Haowen sat down, the civil and military officials in the audience knelt down in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Chitose Chitose Chitose. ”

"Up!" After everyone got up, Chu Haowen looked at the Empress Dowager next to her, and the Empress Dowager nodded Mo Feng next to her and shouted: "Zhao Liao Kingdom, the envoy from the northern part of the desert is here!" ”

As the voice fell, the two envoys walked into the main hall, and the Liao envoy on the left was dressed in a tight-fitting Liao State dress based on the costume of Zhao State and improved by integrating the traditional costumes of the Liao State, wearing a Wenxian crown on his head, holding a festival and being respectful and courteous.

The envoy of the northern part of the desert standing on the right, wearing the traditional tight-fitting long jacket of the northern part of the desert and wearing a sticky hat, is also respectful and polite.

But both of them only bowed and saluted, and did not come according to the requirements of the foreign envoys of Zhao State to kneel and bow, which made the court ministers glare at them angrily.

Shan Teng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, glanced at the waiter of the Ministry of Rites behind him, "It's really barbarian, I don't understand any etiquette." ”

"Which dog is farting here!" The envoy of the Liao State squinted at the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, full of disdain.

"Bold Liaoren! How dare you say such a foul language from this great hall! ”

"What a daredevil!"

"A barbarian is a barbarian! I don't know what a courtesy is! ”

"Where are the guards in front of the palace! Banish this person! ”

The words of the envoy of the Liao State stirred up a thousand waves, and the hundred officials who were already dissatisfied with it were even more angry and condemned them one after another.

"Silence!" With Mo Feng's exit, everyone quieted down, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Liao State does not respect the number of courtesies, and even utters vulgar words above my main hall, and I beg Your Majesty to expel this person!" "But even so, someone still stood up and asked Chu Haowen to expel the envoy of the Liao State.

"Humph! Expelled me? I'm afraid you're crazy, aren't you? The envoy of the Liao State smiled contemptuously and looked at the person who exited, "Tell you, this envoy is here to negotiate peace today!" I'm not here to talk about etiquette with you! If you dare to expel me, you will tell the people of the world that you Zhao Kingdom do not want to negotiate peace.

In this way, my Da Liao will pour the whole country's troops to attack your Zhao State, and besides, your Qingfeng City seems to be already a piece of ashes! If you dare to expel this envoy, I guarantee that within half a month, my iron cavalry of Da Liao will set foot on your border defenses."

Looking at the aggressive Liao envoy, the Zhao official could only say "rude!" And there was no more to say.

"Hahaha! Okay, okay, the Liao envoy is right! We're here today to make peace, not to discuss boring etiquette! At this time, the envoy of Mobei, who had not spoken, also looked at the many ministers of Zhao State with laughter, and his face was full of disdain and ridicule.

On the high platform, the Empress Dowager, who had not spoken, stopped this humiliating debate: "Okay, what do the two envoys bring from your respective lords?" ”

"Empress Dowager of Zhao State, my request for Da Liao is very simple, Emperor Zhao recognizes my Da Liao Emperor as his brother, and three years later marries my Da Liao Princess Tiansheng as the queen, and attaches 10 million taels of silver, 100,000 pieces of cloth, 100,000 horses, and 8 million stone grain as a bride price, and Zhao Guo wants to compensate for all the expenses of my army's conquest, that is, 6 million silver, 10 million grain and grass, and 200,000 head of livestock! That's all. After the envoy of the Liao State finished speaking, the court, which had been quiet, instantly became noisy like a vegetable market.

"Silence! Quiet! Looking at the noisy court, the Empress Dowager slapped the chair with her hand.

"Empress Dowager, this Liao country's request is completely vexatious! These requirements are scattered together to almost the sum of my three years of tax revenue! This is completely unacceptable to my Da Zhao! Chen Run'an stood up and said hoarsely.

Shan Tengzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was even more crazy, pointing at the nose of the Liao envoy and spraying wildly

"A barbarian, they even want my eldest Zhao Tianzi to marry an outsider! I also want my Emperor Zhao to recognize him as a brother! This is an insult to my Da Zhao! It's a complete disgrace! ”

The Empress Dowager clapped her hands, her face full of helplessness, "Okay, let's go back first, what kind of system is this, listen to the requirements of the Mobei envoy first." ”

"Empress Dowager, the royal court hopes that His Majesty the Emperor can marry my Wei'an county lord as the queen, and the royal court hopes to form an alliance with Da Zhao, it is best to form a comprehensive economic and military alliance, if one party is in trouble, the other party must do its best to help." Compared with the requirements of the Liao State, the requirements of the tribes in Mobei are much more reasonable, and it is a mutually beneficial request of both parties, which Zhao State has no reason not to agree.

"Oh, it seems that the royal court is very sincere, and the mourning family is very interested in this agreement." After listening to Mobei's request, the Empress Dowager glanced at the envoy of the Liao State and said softly: "Liao envoy, you have also heard it, the royal court's request, the mourning family has no reason to refuse, so, are you sure you don't want to change it?" ”

It seems that the envoy of the north of the country, and it seems that the queen mother who is sitting on the high hall, the envoy of the Liao State is obviously panicked, the Liao State has just lost hundreds of thousands of troops at this time, and it is no longer able to fight on two fronts, if the two countries form an alliance, then he is the sinner of the Liao State, after thinking for a moment, he said: "Okay, then cut off half of the bride price, the compensation fee only needs three million taels of silver, the grain is five million and no livestock, and there is no need to call my Emperor of the Great Liao a brother, but the Emperor of the Zhao State must marry my Princess of the Great Liao, and at least he has to be a concubine!" Moreover, Zhao could not form a military alliance with Mobei. ”

This is the lowest offer that Yelu Qimu gave him before he left the Liao Kingdom, hoping that the Empress Dowager of Zhao State would agree.

"Good! The mourners agreed! Envoy of the royal court, your request to the mourning family has also agreed, but the royal court and Da Zhao can only form an economic alliance, and in the future, the caravans from Mobei will come to our Zhao country, all of them will be exempt from customs duties, and they can go to any city of our Da Zhao to do business, except for military supplies, other goods are acceptable without restrictions. "The Empress Dowager stopped the ministers who wanted to come out and speak, and made a decision.

After the next dynasty, Chu Haowen was very puzzled about such an unequal treaty signed with Liao, why the Empress Dowager would agree, so he was touched by Mo Feng and came up with the answer, "Agree is agree, but who said we would do it?" What treaty? It's just a piece of toilet paper that can be thrown away at any time, nothing more. ”

Without him, it's just shameless.