The curling east wind blew up the colorful flags, blew the silver nine-palace wind chimes, the sunlight that broke through the clouds and mist struggled out, strong and bright, shining on the green glazed bricks and tiles, the vermilion palace wall was full of attendants and guards, and the sound of chimes followed by a neat sentence of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" from the palace, to the palace wall, melodious and long.

"Deputy Envoy Yue, I didn't expect that you Dayong people only went to the early court so late, not like our Nanban, even if the climate and environment are not as beautiful as your Dayong, but the time of the last dynasty, but you are much earlier, after all, it is about people's livelihood, and you dare not sleep more." I don't know which official in the Nanban mission is not long-minded, and while following the crowd towards the main hall, he said sarcastically.

Yue Xiao smiled and said:

"Our Dayong ritual system stipulates that the ability to go to court at the beginning of the day, but helplessly, your country does not seem to know what it means to do what it means to be on time and punctual, so in order to accommodate your country, the monarch of my Heavenly Dynasty has postponed this morning to this hour."

After Yue Xiao finished speaking, the entire Nanban Mission was suddenly silent, and Chu Ci, who had been pushed by Cui Kai, heard this, but silently licked the corners of his lips, as if he felt that the smell of blood in the morning seemed to be lighter, and then, he chuckled, but Cui Kai behind him inexplicably got goosebumps.

After stepping through the white jade steps one after another, entering the vermilion gate, and walking towards Emperor Dayong, Chu Ci restrained his smile and looked at the surrounding crowd with a faint expression.

The first thing I saw was a group of officials in Tsing Yi who were closest to the entrance of the palace, with neat clothes and no bent backbones, but they only dared to look down at their shoes.

Walking further in, there is a group of red-clothed officials with deep qualifications, well-dressed, with a straight backbone, and a resolute look on their faces, looking ahead, looking very good, in the future, maybe the fierce rivals of the Nanban will be born from these people.

However, in the end, it will not be the confidant of their Nanban trip to Dayong.

After waiting for Chu Ci's wheelchair to slowly stop, Chu Ci and the others approached the core of the civil and military officials of the Dayong Dynasty.

A group of purple-clothed officials, with solemn expressions or unruly expressions, have been stewed in this pot of chaos in the world for many years, and all of them are ranked number one in their Nanban intelligence network, all of them are their Nanban's henchmen, and all of them are one of the variables of this diplomacy......

"The Nanban mission is envoy Chu Ci, I have seen the Emperor of the Great Yongguo, and His Majesty the Emperor is blessed." Chu Ci temporarily withdrew his thoughts and thoughts on the Dayong courtiers in his heart, and respectfully bowed to the Ninety-Five Supreme Emperor of the Dayong Kingdom.

"All the envoys of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, please get up, all the envoys have come to my Dayong from thousands of miles away, and they have worked hard for the people of the two countries." Emperor Dayong, who was sitting on the throne, said slowly after everyone saluted for a while.

"It's not hard, my lord has made an early decree, so that his ministers and others must do their best to send Dayong, in order to maximize the benefits of Dayong and protect the health of the people on both sides. Chu Ci bowed his head and replied.

"Exactly, the lord of the Southern Barbarian State and I have the same heart, for the well-being of the people of the two countries, all the hard work is nothing, I wonder what documents the Lord of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom can bring to me?"

"The lord of our country, I have a handwritten document for His Majesty Emperor Dayong, and I also ask His Majesty Emperor Dayong to look at it." As he spoke, Chu Ci asked Dugu Defeated Heaven behind him to present a document and handed it to the internal officials beside Emperor Dayong.

Seeing Emperor Dayong open the paperwork, Chu Cicai continued to speak: "What our lord asks, I think, for His Majesty Emperor Dayong, it is not enough.

Your Majesty Emperor Dayong, your country is extremely rich, you only need to give me 100,000 quintals of grain and grass every year, 1,000 catties of gold and silver, for a period of ten years, and send 10,000 craftsmen to return to Nanban with our embassy to help me rebuild my homeland, you can exchange it for ten years and my Nanban ten years of inaction, and the people live and work in peace and contentment for ten years, and there will be no war, why not care? ”

As soon as Chu Ci said this, the government and the opposition talked about it a lot, and even more, royal relatives and nobles like Yin Wangye directly scolded the word shameless.

And the other civil and military officials, although not as direct as King Yin, also stood up one after another and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the document written by the lord of the Southern Barbarian State this time is really inappropriate, and the requirements are very much, and the terms are harsh, which will inevitably violate the original intention of the mutual benefit of the peace talks between the two countries.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the request of the Southern Barbarian Mission is nothing more than a matter of difficulty for the strongman, which family has suffered a natural disaster, and it will cost ten years of subsidies once it suffers, or which family has a natural disaster, and it will suffer for ten years, and even more, which family's people's house will be built for ten years?!"

"Exactly! This is inevitably a bit untrue, if there is no good measurer in Nanban, I Dayong will not hesitate to lend a few, to help you calculate the amount of subsidy needed by Nanban, if it is such a request, I think it is really inappropriate! I hope Your Majesty will think twice! ”

After a few high-ranking officials became the first to emerge, other officials, whether they were high or low, civilian, military attachés, or even strict officials, also stood up with righteous indignation, united the front, and refused to agree to this matter.

Except for Xie Ruqing, who was closest to the emperor, he was still wearing his official uniform, holding his ivory board, closing his eyes and recuperating without saying a word, and the emperor who was present couldn't help but glance at him, and Chu Ci, who was Xie Ruqing's junior brother, was even more amazed in his heart by his brother's ability to "forbear" over the years.

Naturally, no one knows that Xie Ruqing is not holding back at the moment, but he doesn't care at all, and even, Xie Ruqing is already wandering the world, thinking about what to eat with his baby daughter-in-law tonight.

Of course, this does not mean that Xie Ruqing does not care about state affairs, and even encourages the emperor to agree to this absurd thing, but he does not want to make these useless arguments, in his opinion, it is just a letter from heaven that can never be promised, since it is a letter from heaven, why should he speak against it?

First of all, although Dayong is rich, it has always pursued the people's livelihood, so even if Dayong's annual grain output ranks first among all countries, up to one million quintals, but it is only 23/10, at most 4/10.

Moreover, most of the 200,000 or 300,000 quintals of grain collected will be used to supply the salaries of the soldiers at the border gates and the normal salaries of laborers and officials, not to mention the daily expenses of the royal family and relatives, as well as the emergency losses of natural and man-made disasters that will occur from time to time, and the surplus grain in the national treasury every year is only more than 70,000 quintals.

This time, Nanban opened his mouth but it was 100,000 quintals, and it had to be supplied for ten consecutive years, and Dayong's grain and grass situation could not be supplied for so many years in one go, if it had to be supplied, it would be necessary to pay taxes for a long time, but if it was to increase taxes, it would inevitably increase public grievances, and the future would be endless.

Even if Dayong's capital base over the years is thick enough, he is not afraid of this blood at all, but the grain and grass for Nanban is like a meat bun beating a dog.

There are thousands of catties of gold and silver, it is even more impossible, although the treasury of Dayong is rich, but the annual expenditure is also huge, even if Dayong's business is prosperous, if it can gather the power of businessmen from all over the world, it may not be able to afford this expenditure.

But the world's businessmen have their own abacus and forces, they are not fools, they are all shrewd misers, and it is even more difficult to get businessmen to obediently take out their pockets.

Besides, in the final analysis, the merchants' money still comes from the peasants at the bottom, and if the merchants are exploited, they will not be able to keep it, and it will be the common people who will suffer in the end.

Finally, let's talk about the thousand craftsmen. If you want to carefully explore the comparison between the first two grain, grass, gold and silver and this matter, the first two are just peeling off layers and making a name for themselves, but if they send craftsmen to Nanban, it is tantamount to sending the core of their country to others.

In addition to the fundamental human, material and financial resources, all countries still have their own reliance in this troubled world, and cannot be known by other countries.

For example, the Nanban relied on their superb gunpowder weapons and were proud of the world, while the Western Chu relied on the easy-to-defend terrain and their red iron cavalry that swept thousands of horses, the Eastern Zhao relied on the terrifying and pervasive Dongzhao assassins, and the North Korea relied on the invincible North Korean sailors who were everywhere in the world and the salt industry that monopolized eight points of the world, then their Dayong relied on the ever-changing mechanism and the unpredictable Qimen Dunjia technique to be able to gain a firm foothold in this world.

The art of the craftsman is ever-changing, and in order to prevent it, the art of the organ is stolen by spies of other countries, and it can be said that it is strict and strict, and the personal safety of the craftsman is protected, not to mention, even the apprentices they have to check the five generations, the third generation, and the bottom of the day, before they are allowed to learn the art of the mechanism.

Even, in order to better play the role of the art of the mechanism and the art of Qimen Dunjia to the extreme, when designing the mechanism, the general craftsman will almost connect to the Qimen Dunjia, and combine the two to design an amazing mechanism, so most of the craftsmen also have to learn the book of Qimen Dunjia.

However, the so-called related books of Qimen Dunjia have been listed as first-class books since ancient times.

Except for the core members of the imperial family and the heads of the hundred officials of the imperial court, as well as those important craftsmen of the great powers and their descendants, almost no one can know the core content of these books.

If he took the liberty of agreeing to Nanban's request this time and lending thousands of craftsmen, it would be tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of the wolf, and sending the key techniques of his own country and the treasures of Qimen Dunjia into the mouths of others......

It's not tantamount to self-destruction......

Generally speaking, every condition and requirement put forward by the Nanban country represented by Chu Ci is tantamount to shaking the foundation of Dayong, destroying the national prestige of Dayong, and destroying the future of Dayong......

As long as the civil and military officials and the emperor of Dayong are not stupid, they will not agree to this request.

Sure enough, when the admonition above the court reached an extreme of "human voice", Emperor Dayong closed the document and threw it directly into the hands of the eunuch on the side, and said:

"Lord Chu, I already know the request you put forward this time, and I also know that Nanban has suffered a natural disaster this time, and the loss is serious, and the shortage of materials must be very huge.

As the emperor of the Great Yongguo, I can also understand the patriotic heart of your Southern Barbarian Lord.

However, I feel that there are still many inappropriateness in the document brought by the lord of the Southern Barbarian State, and it should still need to be properly agreed.

I don't know, Lord Chu, what do you think. ”

Chu Ci looked around and couldn't wait to eat him to the civil and military officials, and said with a smile:

"Since His Majesty Emperor Dayong said so, Chu Ci naturally obeyed, but Chu Ci thought that what Nanban needed had been clearly written on paper, and if he wanted to come, peace talks would not change much."

"Lord Chu said this, it's not appropriate, nothing has been closed yet, you can be so confident, is it possible, you Southern Barbarians, like Lord Chu, you are blindly confident." King Yin sneered with great dissatisfaction.

"Naturally not, but the Nanban is now in such a form, there is absolutely no reason for the Nanban people to endure freezing and starvation, if Dayong can not meet the requirements of our country, I Nanban soldiers, for the life of the Nanban people, it is inevitable to use some extraordinary means." Chu Ci was not annoyed by King Yin's ridicule, but he sat in a wheelchair and looked at King Yin with a smile in his eyes and said.

"I heard that Dayong has a vast territory and many people, among which the number of people at the border is not a few. Dugu Defeating Tian even stood behind Chu Ci in a timely manner and added.

"Hmph, our Dayong is not a cowardly country, Dugu defeats the sky, what do you mean by this! Do you want to fight with Lao Tzu right now! After hearing Dugu Defeat's words, Deng Zong, who had been pulled by Yue Xiao for most of the day, finally couldn't help it, shook off Yue Xiao's hand, stuck his waist, rolled up his sleeves, and scolded Dugu Defeat.

"I don't mean anything, it mainly depends on what you Dayong mean, don't you Dayong love the people like a son, we Nanban is a vulgar small country, and I also want to follow you, a country of etiquette, to learn what it means to love the people like a son." Dugu Defeating Tian deserves to be called the old fox, looking at Mr. Deng's red-faced appearance, he didn't care at all, but continued to speak provocatively with a smile.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the people on both sides was becoming more and more tense, Emperor Dayong, who was sitting on it, couldn't help but cough twice in the direction of Xie Haowen and Xie Ruqing, and motioned for the two of them to solve it quickly.

Xie Haowen reluctantly glanced at the emperor who looked up, and said silently: [Your Majesty, don't look at me, my father said a long time ago, it is not my turn to interfere in this matter. ］

Emperor: [Then what should I do, they're going to fight, a lot of old people, like words, where do I put my face?!] ］

Xie Hao asked: [I don't know either...... Do you have the ability to ask my dad to ...... ］

Emperor: [I want to have the ability to make you prime minister?!] ］

Xie Haowen and the emperor exchanged glances several times before Xie Ruqing opened his eyes and said slowly:

"Everyone, don't be impatient.

Whether it is Dayong or Nanban, in the end, it is still for the sake of the people, since it is for the good of the people, there is more than one way to do it for the good of the people.

Since you Nanban have a good way for the people, we Dayong naturally have a way for us to think about the people, if you don't talk about it, and you know so well, whose method is better. ”

"It's like two cups of tea, if you don't taste it, how can you know which cup of tea is better?"

Chu Ci looked at his senior brother, who had always been concerned about himself, but he could be regarded as speaking, and there was finally a trace of turmoil in his heart, and he also said with a very face:

"What Yan Guogong said is extremely true, maybe I am blind, since Yan Guogong you have other high opinions, I don't mind discussing it with you, I also want to know, Yan Guogong, what good way do you have......"

Seeing that Chu Ci was finally willing to negotiate peace, Emperor Dayong hurriedly spoke:

"Since Lord Chu is so interested in our Dayong's thoughts, why don't you stay in our post house first, and later, you will have Yan Guogong and General Deng and others to negotiate the details of this document with you, I think, within ten days, there will definitely be a result that satisfies both of our countries."

"Xie Aiqing, this matter is fully entrusted to you, and you must discuss this matter with Lord Chu."

Xie Ruqing opened his eyes when he heard the emperor's words, and then slowly stood up from the ranks of hundreds of officials, knelt on the ground, kowtowed deeply, and said forcefully: "I, take the order." ”