The inner hall of Zhaoyang Palace, the weather is majestic, and it is extremely magnificent. There are seventy-two pillars around, the base is nine feet high, made of patterned stones, the doors and windows are decorated with wisps of gold, and the agarwood is used as a railing and the beams are carved between the arches of strange birds and beasts, the mood is vivid, and they are different. There are thirteen pieces of the hall with a capacity of seven buckets of golden onions. There is a long corridor in the east and west of the hall, and the top of the corridor is a building, and a long window is installed on the building, and the window is hung with bead curtains, which leads to the cabinet.

The emperor sat by the window, the palace maid went upstairs to play music, the silk and bamboo competed, and the gold and stone sounded together. The graceful Gong E showed her slender figure behind the window screen and danced. Standing alone, reciting poems and books loudly in Luoyang dialect, a sense of antiquity was highlighted from a music, a dance, and a recitation.

Gao Wei combed a scribe's bun, inserted a white hosta, and wore a wide robe with a dragon pattern woven by the clouds. At this moment, he was watching the song and dance intently, and the fingers hidden in the wide-sleeved robe tapped on his knees, and whenever he was thinking about something in his heart, he would subconsciously have such a movement.

Ashina Kutou, the Turkic envoy sitting not far below, frequently raised his glass to the courtiers sitting around, and the wine slid down his beard, "The two countries are about to become in-laws!" That's a great thing! Come, I'm Ashinaku and salute His Majesty the Emperor with a cup! He poured another big bowl of wine, toasted to the emperor, Gao Wei smiled kindly, removed the cup in front of him, and ordered someone to replace it with a large bowl, fill it, and drink it all.

"Your Majesty has a good amount of alcohol!" The emperor of Qi is so face-saving, bold! Ashina Kutou was greatly relieved, more and more energetic, and said: "Your country's wine is really mellow, I Ashina Kutou drank it for the first time, and I hope that the friendship between our two countries will last forever like this wine!" As he spoke, he poured another large bowl and drank it all.

Gao Wei's alcohol consumption has been practiced a long time ago, and this kind of wine is considered a strong wine in this era, but in the opinion of Gao Wei, who has been mixed in officialdom for a long time, that is, Gao Wei can have two more bowls. So Gao Wei smiled, calmly picked up the bowl, and saluted, and took another sip, which attracted applause from the whole house, and both ministers and envoys from various countries were amazed by the emperor's massiveness.

Gao Wei took the initiative to pick up the wine bowl this time and said: "You envoys have come from afar to form a good alliance with me, it is really hard, I salute you a glass, I wish that between my Daqi and other countries, there will always be an alliance and no war!" As he spoke, he drank it all again.

The emperor toasted, and the courtiers and envoys could not express it? They all stood up and toasted to the emperor, Xu Ling and the Goguryeo envoys couldn't drink enough, and they almost choked out after just one sip, but fortunately, they still knew that this was an important occasion and they must not embarrass their country, so they held back stiffly, and their two white faces turned purple begonia. The smell of this wine is too strong......

Xu Ling choked softly a few times in a sullen voice before he eased up, and said in his heart: "I have heard that the northerners drink spirits, and it seems that it is really worthy of its reputation, and it almost choked the old man to death!" "And the Goguryeo envoys over there, although they are also not lightly choked, they are still excited, participating in such an important occasion and seeing such a big scene are in vain!" It's really magnificent...... Alas, when will we Goguryeo also have such decent scenery......"

Ashina Kutou made four or five bowls in a row, he was already unsteady on his feet, and he fell on the case, several waiters stepped forward to help him sit up, Gao Wei smiled: "Your envoy is drunk ......, don't drink yet, there will be business later......" Ashina Kutou smiled awkwardly, he originally secretly meant to fight with Gao Wei for the amount of wine, although he drank one more bowl, but Gao Wei three or four bowls in a row was still the same as no one, he could only bow down. "Your Majesty has a good amount of wine...... I might as well ...... and smile......"

He is about to become Gao Wei's father-in-law, although Gao Wei doesn't pay attention to it, but his identity as a Turkic envoy and future khan is still quite sensitive, and it is not good to lose his face too much, so he said: "It's okay...... It is normal for your envoy to drink this wine for the first time, and it is normal for him to get drunk...... "Ashinakutou looked around, and saw that the other envoys were not as good as him, and he was already drunk after only a few small glasses of wine, so he put away the embarrassment in his heart and smiled happily:

"Your Majesty is right, haha......, Daqi and the Turks married and formed an alliance, this is the mutual benefit of the two countries, I heard that the emperor of your country is very fond of Princess Baoqing...... Your Majesty, your Majesty can rest assured, I can guarantee that the Turks will definitely regard him as the only hostess!"

"My nephew, Da Luo, that is my brother's only son, according to the rules of our Turks, will sooner or later become the Great Khan of the Turks! It is by no means an insult to the bloodline of the Gaoqi royal family! A sharp light flashed in Gao Wei's eyes, and it was gone, imperceptible, and he didn't say much, just smiled and said "um".

A lord stood up and said, "This is indeed a happy event, the Great Qi and the Turks have formed an alliance, and the two countries are each other's in-laws, so Your Majesty will better concentrate on dealing with the pseudo-Zhou!" Your Majesty is heroic and heroic, and one day, he will definitely level the pseudo-Zhou and dominate the country! Cushman heard this and glanced at him playfully.

These days, Ashina Kutou has been running back and forth, and has established a good relationship with many dignitaries and nobles in Yecheng.

However, he did not say this to show favor to the Turks, he was one of the dozen or so Xianbei tribal chieftains who asked for an edict outside the palace gate that night. On that day, Yuan Jing'an and Yuan Wenyao were degraded, and their tribal chieftains in Ye were also deprived of their real power in the court, although they still held tens of thousands of troops in their hands, and the emperor did not severely punish them, but their hearts were still uneasy.

At that time, they did go as soon as they were enthusiastic, but now that they think about it, they are still afraid, so the emperor asked them to send out 20,000 strong men to guard Jinyang, and they agreed without even thinking about it. If you make up for it, the emperor will not settle accounts after the autumn......

Fortunately, they went alone and didn't bring their own personal guards, otherwise they would have really forced the palace to rebel! They are in Yecheng, and their subordinates are all north of Bingzhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Yingzhou, adding up to hundreds of thousands, but they are so far away that they can't command remotely. In case the emperor is really not afraid of the collective rebellion of those Xianbei tribes, and he beheads them in anger, then they don't even have the strength to fight back!

They also see what the emperor has done these days, and the emperor hopes to use their strength to contain the six towns of Jinyang, although they are very unwilling, but at this time they can only pinch their noses and admit it.

Let the emperor let go of the former Wei princess, he can't pay no price, this is also an equivalent exchange, the former Wei princess is saved from death, and the account they owe to Emperor Xiaowu of the previous dynasty will be paid off. As long as she doesn't die and doesn't humiliate her, then it's none of their business how the emperor wants to arrange her, besides...... Yuan Wenyao and Yuan Jingan also have other plans, saying that they may have hope......

Gao Wei looked away, ordered the palace people to give him wine, and said secretly in his heart: "No matter how many beautiful things are said, I can't trust you, you ...... It is the chief of the Xianbei tribe, and since the previous dynasty, the imperial power has to make way for you...... In the future, I will not allow it! ”

These people, as well as the six towns of Xianbei, will be the biggest stumbling block on his path to reform, but they can't be easily moved.

Why are these people so tricky that they can't move easily?

These tribal chieftains have a long history of domination over their tribes...... In the early days of the founding of the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a system of eight ministries, and the emperor had to convene the chiefs of the Xianbei tribes to listen to their opinions when making decisions, rather than being arbitrary, and their power can be imagined.

The former Wei Tuoba Department, the unified country 36, the surname 99, the generals with high merit for the 36 countries, the second merit for the 99 surnames, the sergeant under the command also changed his surname, which ensured that the commander had absolute leadership over his subordinates, which has influenced to this day.

Gao Huan founded the country based on the six towns of Xianbei, which led to the continuation of this system. This is why it is said that the army of Northern Qi is actually just a mercenary army of Gaoqi, because the dominance of the ruling soldiers is not in the hands of the emperor, but in the hands of these nobles and tribal chiefs.

In the later period of the Gao Qi Dynasty, the politics were rotten, the traitors were rampant, the country's internal friction was serious, natural and man-made disasters and the attacks of the Turkic Northern Zhou and Southern Chen made the Northern Qi overwhelmed, and it could not support the large-scale use of troops against the Zhou State, so there was no strength to fight back against the Northern Zhou!

But now, there is no hurry...... Can't wait! If you are not careful, you will lose all the games!

Gao Wei also has a preliminary plan for the management of military power, one of which is to strengthen the Yecheng forbidden army, so that the game with Jinyang will not fall into passivity in the future. Second, the army of the six towns of Jinyang was slowly mixed with sand and divided, so that Xianbei could contain Xianbei and gradually control the six towns. Third, find an opportunity for a large number of Xianbei tribes in the north to move south, fully sinicize, and collect them for their own use!

Before the conditions are met, Cushman & Wakefield has to be polite to them.

Everyone present did not notice the emperor's mental activity, the song and dance were still lively, Ashina Kutou frequently raised his glass, and said loudly that on the day of marriage, the Turks would give 10,000 cattle and sheep to Daqi as a dowry, so that the tribes of the Southern Desert Grassland would come out to welcome their little master's wife......

On the other side of Nanchen Xuling, there are also many people, and the figures are scattered, except for Ashina Kutou's side, he is here as lively. The courtiers, especially those civil officials, have a very good impression of Xu Ling, this is the generation of Wenzong of Nan Chen!

Xu Ling was staggered here, busy dealing with the Great Qi courtiers who came to make friends, the corners of his mouth unconsciously pulled up a bitter smile, he originally wanted to ask for a princess from the Northern Dynasty for the crown prince Chen Shubao this time, but he was unexpectedly preempted by these Northern Barbarians, which was very hateful!

The atmosphere in the Zhaoyang Hall reached its peak for a while, the singing and dancing gradually died out, the silence of the hall was restored, Lu Ran swept away the dust, and shouted loudly outside the hall: "Xuanhonglu Temple Qing Pei Du's audience!" ”

Everyone looked at the door, knowing that the divination with relatives was about to be determined. Pei Duzhi bowed, paced in with steady steps, sweat on his forehead, bowed to the emperor, and his tone was a little sluggish, "The minister is here to return to his life......"

"What are the results of the divination?"

The courtiers all knew that such a question was simply superfluous, but this transition must be taken, and if you think about it, it will be as they expected......

Pei Duzhi's face became more and more strange, and after glancing at the Turkic side, he said: "The divination results of Honglu Temple are a big murderer!" ”

There was silence in the Zhaoyang Palace, and then there was a burst of inhalation!

What are you doing in Honglu Temple?!