Chapter 835: Each has a ghost

Yan Lu's words made Su Zhe's smile freeze instantly, and even Zheng Yuan and the others were stunned, thinking that this matter would end because of Yan Lu's apology, who knew that he would come to this hand.

This was a naked provocation, and everyone reacted, and just as Su Zhe was about to say something, Yan Lu's voice sounded again unhurriedly.

"There is a good saying, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two emperors in people, even if Da Liang is so tolerant and allows the existence of two new emperors, we will naturally respect it, but please don't forget one thing about the two highnesses."

"If there is no acquiescence from our side at the border, I think it will not be so easy for the two highnesses to inherit the unification, not to mention the war in Mengzhou, if there is no us..."

"Enough, envoy Yan, this time I invited you to Beijing, not to settle old accounts, but to explain things, what do you want to do! Is it trying to sabotage our cooperation? Or do you have the right to stop the cooperation on behalf of the Emperor? ”

Yan Lu didn't finish his words, and was directly interrupted by Su Zhe, his attitude was strong, and his face was indifferent.

Su Zhe's face was almost rare, as if Yan Lu had something to do with him.

The ministers below, their eyes flashed, thinking secretly, but the three people led by Zheng Yuan, Zhao Cheng, and Sima Yue were very calm.

The three of them glanced at each other, looked at the officials behind them indifferently, and did not speak, but the meaning of the warning was obvious, which suddenly made the officials who were whispering stop their voices.

The officials didn't know why the always good-tempered King Jin lost his temper, but Zheng Yuan, as a confidant, was quite clear.

The battle mentioned by Yan Lu is nothing else, it is the battle between Gan and Mongolia that Su Qi'an went to the northwest to command half a year ago.

Under the command of Su Qi'an, this battle ended in the successful recapture of Mengzhou, and the result was clear to everyone, and for this matter, the imperial court specially held a celebration banquet for Su Qi'an.

But behind the recovery of Mengzhou, there is an unknown secret, Mengzhou can be recovered, in addition to Su Qi'an's proper command, more important is the cooperation of the Rongbing soldiers who occupy Mengzhou.

Rong Guo had already made an agreement with Su Zhe privately, at the cost of the statewide tax revenue of Mengzhou, so that Rong Guo did not take advantage of the chaos to go south, and took the initiative to cooperate with the withdrawal of troops when necessary.

It seems that the whole territory of Mengzhou has been recovered, but in fact, it is for the two kings to inherit the unification, and then Su Zhezheng will take the two states of Gan and Mongolia brightly, and then all the taxes of the two states throughout the year will be handed over to Rongguo, which is why Rongguo happily agreed to withdraw from the army.

The southward invasion is nothing more than occupying land, plundering the population, and robbing wealth, but in this way, for a long time, will provoke the local people to revolt.

Just as a hundred years ago, after the defeat of Daliang and the cession of Qing and Youzhou, Rongguo has been fighting against the local rebels, and it took almost 30 years to pacify one after another, and then it took another 50 years to slowly educate and tame the people of Erzhou.

Although the process is difficult, if you want to become a strong country, you have to expand, and this must be done.

But at this time, suddenly, the king of Jin exchanged the taxes of Gan and Meng in exchange for the invasion of the two states by Rong Bing.

It seems to be a loss, but in fact it is earned, which is equivalent to someone managing the two states for them, and then paying them annual taxes every year, this kind of behind the scenes, only need to collect money silently, even if the local people make trouble, they can't find the business on Rongguo's head, no matter how you look at it, it's very cost-effective.

After all, the current Rongguo, unlike a hundred years ago, was very short of land, with Qing and Youzhou in hand, so that the national strength of Rongguo developed rapidly, and from the nomads on the grassland, a similar Daliang state system was quickly established.

Similarly, the imperial examination was opened, the civil and military officials system was established, and various military systems were established, and it can be said that the current Rongguo has not lost half of the Great Liang in terms of system.

What Rongguo lacks now is not land and population, but a lot of money.

This kind of trade of Su Zhe, the king of Jin, undoubtedly fell from the sky, so it passed smoothly, although the Rong soldiers did not completely occupy Gan and Mengzhou, but only took Mengzhou.

But Cook is very bold, with a stroke of the pen, Mengzhou will be used as a pilot, if the effect is good, wait until Su Zhe completely takes over Ganzhou, just copy the original version.

As for why Su Zhe wanted to make this uneconomical deal, Emperor Rong's Cook technique was very clear.

For Su Zhe, what he needs most now is not money, but to expand the land quickly and have a large population, only in this way can he win in the civil strife in Daliang.

This seemingly uneconomical deal is just a matter of taking what you want.

Da Liang's civil strife, no matter how many new emperors there are, to what extent they are split, Cook Shu will not do it at present, if it is such a good opportunity according to the past, he will definitely wave his army to the south and take Da Liang in one fell swoop.

But after becoming the Emperor of Rongguo, Kukeshu thought about more things, and he admired the words of the sages of Da Liang, the snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman benefited.

Da Liang civil strife, the kings are fighting, and Rongguo can stand aside, be a fisherman, and finally wait until the kings are greatly injured, and then send troops to take it down, it is easy.

Su Zhe and Su Tai knew the idea of Kukeshu, but these were too long ago for them, and they were far less tempted than them to sit in the position of emperor.

And with the temperament of the two kings, they don't think that if they sit on the throne of the emperor, they will be easily destroyed by Rongguo, and maybe they can also destroy Rongguo, which is also their ambition.

It was under this kind of evil womb that the two sides reached a cooperation, and in the final analysis, this kind of cooperation was only known to Zheng Yuan and a few henchmen, and nothing was known about the other six officials.

If they were all told, it would only take a big blow to the prestige of the two kings, although they participated in the murder of the king and forced the palace, but they still hoped to follow the new emperor who was ambitious, capable, and had the means.

If he knew that the new emperor with such outstanding ability had persuaded Rong Guo by betraying the interests of the two states, he would definitely disappoint the official family, and maybe he would have some thoughts in his heart.

At the moment, before the second king ascended the throne and completely consolidated his strength, some factors that would affect uneasiness were best eliminated.

This is also the reason why Su Zhe, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't help but speak out to stop Yan Lu, and took the opportunity to directly counter Yan Lu.

Yan Lu was able to escape death from Su Qi'an's hands, in addition to his intelligence, he mainly knew current affairs, and he knew the threat of Su Zhe's words, and said with a smile.

"What His Royal Highness the King of Jin said, Yan is just a little envoy, how can he have the right to represent my emperor, Yan said so much, not to tear his face with His Highness, but to remind His Highness."

"Don't take Rongguo as a fool, persuade His Highness to put away some of his own cleverness, the death of the former envoy, what is going on, Yan is clear, after considering His Highness's difficulties, he can not blame the past, but I hope this incident will not happen a second time."

"As for whether Su Qi'an is the murderer, His Royal Highness said that it is, but I hope His Highness can have a snack, although this person escaped from Kyoto, but he is still in Daliang, if His Highness feels troublesome, then I can do it for me to kill this person."

Hearing this, Su Zhe nodded again and again, with a thick smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for Yan Lu to say this.

"In this case, the matter of killing Su Qi'an will be handed over to us, but I still need His Highness to give some customs clearance documents to avoid any trouble."

"That's natural, I don't know how much the strict envoy needs, this king is good to greet in advance." Su Zhe hurriedly asked, giving people a look that was more anxious than Yan Lu.

Yan Lu looked indifferent, and said softly, "Let's prepare two hundred copies first, it's ready, just send it directly to Yan's residence." ”

"If nothing happens, this matter will be like this, and Yan will retire."

Immediately, Yan Lu got up, saluted the two kings, and left with the honored soldiers in the hall without looking back.

The second king got up and watched Yan Lu and the others leave with a smile, as if he had done something big.

Yan Lu just walked with the front foot, and the back foot hall was quickly noisy.

"Your Highness, this Yan Lu is too presumptuous, how can he look like an envoy, he didn't take Da Liang in his eyes at all, what he said just now, so rude, it was a naked provocation."

"That's right, especially bring the honored soldiers into the imperial city, these honored soldiers dare to enter the palace with weapons, this is not a blatant search for trouble, Your Highness, this matter can't be ignored like this, we must teach them some lessons, otherwise my Heavenly Empire will not be ridiculed in the future."

This noise gathered together, and the officials of the six ministries shouted as if they had received a great disgrace, and the sound resounded throughout the palace.

The second king with a smile silently listened to the noise of the officials, and then said softly.

"Are you done arguing? It's so noisy, why didn't you know how to reprimand angrily just now, but now that you have come back to your senses and started to act as an afterthought? ”

"If you are not convinced, you can, this king will immediately let Yan Lu and them come back, face to face, and have a good chat with you, can you?"

As soon as he said this, the crowd that was excited just now was silent all of a sudden, and they all looked at each other, and at this time, Su Tai on the side smiled and said coldly.

"Now that they're so capable, why didn't they say a word like a turtle just now?"

"Let me tell you, if it weren't for the reconciliation between this king and the second brother, believe it or not, your heads would have to fall to the ground just now, if you really have the ability, why did Su Qi'an still run away from under your noses? As for the trouble of outsiders? Whose face is this? ”

"If you have time to quarrel here again, Su Qi'an would have run away a long time ago, don't think that the matter of arresting Su Qi'an was picked up by a foreigner, you can sit back and relax, this king put his words here, and immediately mobilize your strength, if you let this king hear that there is no clue, you don't know anything, you officials don't have to do it, you come to see this king yourself."

"Immediately, get out of here immediately!"

The officials of the six ministries who looked at each other changed their excitement just now, hurriedly saluted, and rushed to leave the hall.

Looking at this scene, the two kings sighed helplessly, and now they know how wasteful these officials are, but there is no way, the two kings still have to rely on the family forces behind them, and it is impossible to simply serve them in one pot.

If it is really going to be replaced, the second king is afraid that he will really become a loner.