525. Section 525 ulterior motives
Because Ying Han was concerned about his private affairs, he also watched and listened to Zhang Yi's arrangements to Zheng Cheng. When he heard that Zhang Yi was going to publicize his marriage with the Prince of Chu, Ying Han was so anxious that he shed tears again.
Zheng Cheng was puzzled, but he did not dare to disobey the order and said, "The last general is obeying the order!" He turned to curiously, "But what is the use of doing this?"
Zhang Yi looked at Zheng Cheng with a smile and glanced at Ying Han. Of course he knew it, but he should not reveal it in advance. Zhang Yi said: "You just do this. I want to kill two birds with one stone. It not only allows Miss Ying Han to get rid of the marriage, but also allows the Chu people to agree to the conditions of Qin. You just wait and see the show."
Zheng Cheng and Ying Han found that Prime Minister Zhang was full of confidence. Although they were confused, they were not afraid to ask questions due to their identity. Ying Han was also skeptical, but had to let Zhang Yi do it.
The day after the banquet for the powerful ministers of Chu State, Zhang Yi went to the Chu State's Lingyin's mansion to meet Zhaoyang in the morning according to the prior agreement. He informed the guard of his identity, and the guard urgently sent a message to the mansion. After a while, Zhaoyang greeted him from it.
After the two met, they bowed and greeted each other again, and then followed him to the lobby of Lingyin's mansion. Zhaoyang specially arranged a seat for Zhang Yi to sit opposite him to show that he did not dare to be superior to others in front of the dignified Prime Minister of Qin.
After sitting down, Zhaoyang said to Zhang Yiyan: "After Prime Minister Zhang visited my mansion, the Penghuo Shenghui, Prime Minister Zhang sees how my imperial mansion is arranged? Is it slightly inferior to your Qin Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Zhang Yi shook his head and replied, "Where, where. Chu State is a mysterious place with an unexpected imagination. You ordered Yin's Mansion to carve beams and painted buildings, and the eaves are flying, with extraordinary momentum. The Qin people are simple in style and the buildings are a little thick and clumsy, which is incomparable to your Ling Yin's Mansion."
Zhaoyang laughed and did not comment. Of course, he knew in his heart that Zhang Yi was telling the truth. He was very pertinent to the comparison of the customs of Qin and Chu, without any distortion. In the world, people talked about the style of Qin, but they were not as simple as it was, but they lacked spiritual energy! Even the music was generally knocking on clay pots, clay pots, singing and dancing, and singing "Woo, Woo".
The two started with this building and talked for half an hour. Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Zhang Yi began to get to the topic and talked about the real purpose of this trip.
He asked Zhaoyang: "Does Zhaoling Yin remember the words of the prince to express his approval of Qin and Chu League at the banquet last night?"
Zhaoyang felt that Zhang Yi’s purpose of this trip was not just to visit him. When he heard Zhang Yi’s question, he thought to himself: “It turns out that he will not go to the palace without any trouble. You, Zhang Yi, are you here to ask me for your business.”
Zhaoyang nodded and replied, "How can you not remember? It's a military and national event. Qin and Chu have a good relationship, which is a good thing for both countries. Of course, we are willing to see this situation."
Zhang Yi continued, "That's good. I think since everyone agrees to form an alliance, it's better not to be too late. It's better for you and I to sign a document today and settle the matter. The king of our country is still anxiously waiting for my news. I can't stay for a long time without Chu's Yingdu."
Zhaoyang discovered that Zhang Yi was really a person who was good at taking advantage of opportunities. Last night, he just said a word from the prince, so he grabbed it and came to sign the contract in person today.
Zhaoyang was not mentally prepared and didn't know how to answer Zhang Yi for a moment. Seeing that he was still hesitating, Zhang Yi said firmly: "I think it is a rare opportunity for the two countries to face each other now. Why should Zhaoling Yin hesitate? Besides, this was agreed by the prince who was acting in charge of the national affairs. It would be very inappropriate to delay and not do it."
Although Zhaoyang was unwilling to submit so quickly, Zhang Yi was the prime minister of a country after all, and it seemed a bit self-righteous to refuse what had been negotiated. If he refused on the spot, Zhang Yi just needed to remind the prince of his attitude, and the prince might immediately become suspicious of himself, and it was during such a sensitive period of power transfer.
However, Zhaoyang was thinking about the taste of it, and always felt that he was being carried away by Zhang Yi, and he couldn't help it. The reason why he hesitated was because he was unwilling to accept it. Zhaoyang murmured: "This, this..."
Zhang Yi persuaded Zhaoyang again and said, "Zhao Lingyin was a happy person. He was a great general who was the one who commanded thousands of troops to fight. There was no need to hesitate to this small matter that was established."
After listening to Zhang Yi's persuasion, Zhaoyang also felt a little bold, but he was still worried, that is, whether the land of Hanzhong that Qin agreed to return to Hanzhong could be fulfilled. Zhaoyang then said, "I cannot neglect the land of Hanzhong so earnestly. But what should be the same as the land of Hanzhong?"
Zhang Yi waved his hand and replied: "What we signed today is just an agreement to form an alliance. A symbolic document, why should we discuss such specific matters? My trip was originally intended to persuade Chu to withdraw troops from Mianchi. Now that there are differences, we can also put it aside. The agreement signed today only talks about friendship, and everything else can be delayed."
Zhaoyang figured it out this time, and he thought to himself: "It's just a symbolic document, what's the difficulty? It's not much different from signing or not." He nodded and agreed to Zhang Yi's request.
Zhang Yi came prepared. He brought Zheng Cheng and other entourages to Lingyin's mansion together. At this time, he entrusted the guards of Lingyin's mansion to find Zheng Cheng. Zhang Yi ordered Zheng Cheng to take a brocade box from the carriage and opened the brocade box. It turned out to be two prepared silk documents.
On the silk, Zhang Yi had already written the contents of Qin and Chu agreed to, and he handed one of them to Zhaoyang. While picking up the silk book, Zhaoyang looked at Zhang Yi and saw that he was orderly and thought to himself: "It turns out that Zhang Yi is a slippery person. This has grabbed my words again. I force me to sign the agreement document so quickly. I will find the loopholes in your writing from the document to see if I can shirke it."
Zhaoyang took the silk book, spread it flat on the tables in front of him, and looked it carefully and carefully, and suddenly laughed and angry. What he laughed was that the words on the silk were all useless praise words, such as Emperor Tianyou, Qin Chu’s friendship for a hundred years, etc.; but he was so angry that what was the use of signing such a stupid thing? It was just a waste book!
Zhang Yi himself was serious and said modestly: "I, Zhang Yicai, was a careless person and had a rough wording. Only Zhaoling Yin Dacai pointed out that he was at the bottom of the court."
Zhaoyang was originally a military general, and was very worried about his vain and vain. He felt that the document was useless and he was unwilling to troubleshoot it. He simply said, "Prime Minister Zhang is too modest. Qin Chu's wish to make a good thing has been expressed clearly enough. I think that's it."
The two of them then went to order their followers, took out their seals, and put the seals of the prime ministers of the two countries on the prepared documents. Zhang Yi solemnly collected the document that belonged to Qin and kept it seriously. Afterwards, the two talked a few more times, and Zhang Yi said goodbye to Zhaoyang.
Zhaoyang tried to keep Zhang Yi for dinner at Lingyin's mansion, but Zhang Yi politely refused. He ordered Zheng Cheng to prepare the carriage. After leaving the gate of Lingyin's mansion, he bowed to Zhaoyang again and got on the carriage and left. Zhaoyang shook his head, thinking that Zhang Yi was really a dull weird person, but such a useless person with endless words was regarded as a guest of honor by the kings of various countries. Zhaoyang believed that this was also an act of not knowing the current affairs.
After Zhang Yi returned to the upper house where he was staying, as soon as he entered the hall, a plainclothes warrior in Qin State who was responsible for defending came to report: "In the morning, the butler Jin Shang from the Prince's Mansion sent someone to send a message."
Zhang Yi was concerned about the news about Jin Shang and Zheng Xiu, and he hurriedly asked: "What is the content of the oral message? Report it quickly."
The plainclothes warrior replied: "The message is very simple, just say that the person Prime Minister Zhang wants to meet is unwilling to meet immediately. Please wait for the right time."
When Zhang Yi heard this, his mood immediately became a little heavy. Although this message was simple, it contained complicated messages. Zhang Yi knew very well that Butler Jin was originally greedy for bribery from Qin State, and he would not accept a deposit of 100 gold, so he deliberately delayed not to do anything.
Jin Shang must have persuaded Zheng Xiu to meet Zhang Yi with heart. After his efforts, Zheng Xiu still refused, which only shows that there is difficulty. From the oral letter, Jin Shang was still unwilling to lose the bribes that Qin State continued. He seemed to want to work harder to promote the meeting between Zhang Yi and Zheng Xiu.
However, Zhang Yi could not wait. After he arrived in Yingdu, he was idle for a moment and launched a series of actions in a hurry. The purpose was to prompt the State of Chu to withdraw its troops from Mianchi as soon as possible to resolve the siege of the Qin army led by Sima Cuo. If the State of Chu was slow, then the contract between Qin and Chu would not have much substantial significance.
Zhang Yi frowned and was furious. He smashed the wooden pillars in the hall hard, and a "bang" sounded, shaking the hall aroused. Zhang Yi's anger was also due to Zheng Xiu's arrogance. This woman once caused him so much trouble, but now she is holding her posture, as if she doesn't take herself seriously at all. Zhang Yi thought to herself: "This woman is so arrogant, I must let her taste my Zhang Yi's power."
Zhang Yi's angry expression was seen by the people who followed him. They looked at each other, not knowing what the Prime Minister was doing. He guessed that he might have been angry because one person refused to meet, but they didn't know who this person was. Everyone deliberately persuaded the Prime Minister, but they didn't know where to start.
Chapter completed!