Chapter 15 True and False Envoys Go to Jiangbei
The soldiers lined up, the war horses roared, and people were immersed in the Jin Ge iron horse, but they were "hey...... Hey, hey...... Hey," the sound of labor broke, and tens of thousands of slender men and carpenters built several huge warships, and under the scorching sun, in addition to their dark skin, there were also blood marks left by leather whips.
"Lord Wang, the envoy of the Liang State has arrived outside the tent. ”
"Bring it in!"
"No. ”
"Messenger of the Great Beam. ”
"Messenger of the Great Beam. ”
"Messenger of the Great Beam. ”
I saw a tall young man with distinct facial features, wrapped in a brocade robe, wearing a jade belt around his waist, and holding a folding fan, striding into the big tent.
"Ran Xun, the envoy of the Great Liang, has seen the King of Yiyang. ”
The man saluted the man seated directly south of the tent.
"Haha, it turned out to be the son of an old man!"
The old man was in his fifties, dressed in gold armor, which looked particularly dazzling, and he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"Lord Wang, do you know this envoy from Nanliang?"
The next general asked.
"As for him, you don't know him, but you must know his father," said the old man with a smile.
"Oh, please make it clear?"
The generals wondered.
"Martial Mourning Heavenly King, Ran Min," the old man said slowly.
"What!"
The people who saw the next one were shocked, a few people had already drawn their swords, and several Liang people beside Ran Xun were frightened and their faces turned pale, although they came for peace talks, but it was not worth losing their lives.
In the mission, an old man stepped forward and said, "Lord, although you are old acquaintances, but this time we are here for peace talks, so we must not impose personal grudges on this matter!"
"Who are you to dare to talk to my prince like this!"
The samurai beside Shi Jian said angrily.
"Deputy Envoy of Daliang, Zhuge Jin of Dali Temple," the old man said without humility or arrogance.
"Haha, everyone, don't be nervous, since this son of the old man is here for peace talks, I don't know where the sincerity is!" Shi Jian said to everyone.
Ran Xun turned the folding fan in his hand, walked to the next few cases and cut off a piece of mutton, ate it to himself, and said: "Lord Zhuge is in charge of this peace negotiation, and I, a second-rank military marquis with a knight and no official, is only responsible for the final facilitation part." ”
"Oh, then Lord Zhuge will talk about the conditions," Shi Jian withdrew his gaze from Ran Xun.
Although he had already received a series of information about Ran Funan's change of name to Ran Xun after crossing to the south, he didn't know that the other party had such courage.
After Zhuge Jin saluted, he said: "The prince is ready to send troops to Jiangnan and attack my Liang country, nothing more than to seek wealth, and my Liang is willing to send 200,000 brocade horses, 500,000 satin horses, 300,000 taels of gold, and 5 million taels of silver to Zhao State every year." ”
After hearing the conditions, everyone laughed.
The corners of Shi Jian's mouth raised a smile and said, "As long as I take the Liang Kingdom, what will I get ten times, a hundred times?"
"That's right, take down Liang Guo, woman, silk, which is not handy!"
"Yes, yes!"
The generals below laughed.
Zhuge Jin raised his voice and said angrily: "Could it be that King Yiyang is deceiving me and no one?"
"I, the Emperor of Liang, has ordered the Governor of the Great Metropolis Yue Yu to lead 150,000 people in the water and land divisions to build a camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are still 50,000 garrisons and 50,000 guards of the Son of Heaven in Andu, 100,000 garrisons in Hongdu, and 200,000 garrisons in the top ten festivals in various places, and now they have been ordered to rush to the Beijing Division, does the prince think that he can still fight the Yangtze River?"
Zhuge Jin continued: "As far as I know, the army of Zhao is only 200,000, not long ago with the north of the battle, although the victory, but they are also exhausted, now it is the end of the strong crossbow, the labor division expedition, and I have an army of 550,000 in Daliang, waiting for work, can not hold the Yangtze River?"
Shi Jian didn't expect the envoy of Daliang to be so strong, and he was speechless for a while, and when the generals and warriors next to him saw that this envoy belittled him, they all shouted to kill these southern barbarians.
After a long time, Shi Jian spoke: "Since your Liang State has such strength, why do you want to send you across the river to negotiate peace?"
"Hmph!" Zhuge Jin flicked his sleeves and said, "I also said this to my Emperor Liang, but he didn't want to start a war lightly, so let's cross the river and negotiate peace." ”
This is true, at the court meeting two days ago, Zhuge Jin once tried to show the comparison of the armies of the two countries and the situation of the army of Zhao, but the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were still one-sided, and they all played to the emperor to support the peace talks.
Then he accepted Ran Xun, Zhuge Jin served as the chief and deputy envoys, and crossed the river with several emperors to negotiate peace.
"Hmph, let's go to war then!" Shi Jian said angrily.
"Come on, pull them out and cut them all," said a burly middle-aged man at the bottom.
The big tent instantly rushed into dozens of warriors armed with sharp axes, while Ran Xun continued to eat meat and drink, ignoring it, Zhuge Jin raised his head and looked generous to death.
"Lord Wang, little one...... There is a secret decree of the emperor of my Liang country, please read it after the prince, and then ...... Do it again...... Make a decision," a beam of people who knelt on the ground took out the silk book from his bosom.
"Oh, what, your Emperor Liang's secret is on you?" said the burly middle-aged general.
"Yes, yes, I am...... , I am the emperor's close attendant. ”
"Okay, take it!"
Shi Jian said.
"What is a squire?"
The generals of Zhao State were puzzled.
"Haha, it's the eunuch, and so is this father-in-law, just say it!
"Beihou, you ...... , When you return to Andu, you won't be able to have a good time. ”
"I see, no wonder I speak in a weird way. ”
Everyone laughed.
The eunuchs of the Liang State have a lot of power, because Xiao Yan likes to listen to operas, there are many servants in the palace, and many servants have become eunuchs from the palace in order to please Xiao Yan. The eunuchs of the Liang State also have ranks, and the six most powerful eunuchs are called the chief eunuchs to the six eunuchs, and they are the same as the two eunuchs.
Although Xiao Yan is old, he gives himself the stage name 'Xiao Tianxia', and usually people call Xiao Yan 'the world', not the emperor or His Majesty.
The supervisors of the garrisons in various places and the local supervisors were all served by the emperor's close attendants, who regularly reported to the emperor, making the supervision yuan set up in Jianzhou useless, and the selection and appointment of officials were all decided by these servants, and the examination institutes were also replaced by the servant system.
At this time, Liang Dilingren has a high status, just like a monk in the Buddhist country, and there are many people who learn drama, and they all hope to soar one day.
The chief secretary of the Liang State Examination Institute met with Xiao Yan and proposed that the privilege of selecting a servant to be a supervisor and supervisor should be abolished, and a dignified and second-class member was killed by a cane at the gate of the Zheng'an Palace.
A month later, 13 opponents of the Lingren system were killed in the Zheng'an Palace, and no one dared to mention the matter after that.
Here, some people write poems, there are so many ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and half of the temples and stages.
Shi Jian threw the silk book on the table and said, "Nephew, do you know what your master has said?"
Ran Xun got up and walked over to the waiter, wiping his mouth and hands with the waiter's clothes.
"Ran Xun, you...... You. ”
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked over by Ran Xun.