With the sponsorship of Ji Jie, a wealthy man, Ji Lin's coronation ceremony will naturally have a luxurious lineup.
I saw Ji Lin wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the throne. The ministers below shouted long live, then bowed and kowtowed three times.
Not to mention, a girl wearing a dragon robe is really charming. Ji Jie couldn't help but think that in modern society, Sister Bingbing often showed up abroad wearing such clothes!
In order to solve the big problem of Yan State not collecting taxes for three years, Qin Qing personally took charge of restoring commercial activities in Yan State. With her help, I believe this place will soon become prosperous.
After settling these matters, Ji Jie originally wanted to take some troops to help Rou Yue who was far away in the desert, but at this moment, the Chu State envoy arrived.
"Messenger from Chu State?" Ji Jie said to Sima Xueran who came to report the message in person: "I don't seem to have any friendship with the people of Chu State. Why are they looking for me?"
Sima Xueran said: "Based on the intelligence from various sources, the person who sent the envoy should be Empress Yan of the Chu State, probably because of your ability to handle state affairs! Don't forget, you concocted it in a month It was you who killed the two great kings, King Qin and King Yan, as well as the previous King Han!"
Ji Jie shrugged, thinking that this is indeed the case. With my efforts, the kings of the three countries have completed the replacement of old and new kings. Wow, haha, my ability is really powerful!
Empress Yan, also known as Queen Mother Li Yan of Chu State, was the sister of Prime Minister Li Yuan. This girl was as beautiful as a flower. She married the King of Chu a year ago and pleased the King of Chu very much. At that time, he deposed the original queen and made her a queen. The new queen.
Li Yan's luck was not very good. Less than a year after marrying the King of Chu, he gave birth to a little prince, who was directly named the prince. The little prince was not yet a month old, and the King of Chu had not yet drunk the full moon wine. What a fart.
As a result, the under-month-old child became the king of Chu, the queen became the queen mother, and the uncle Li Yuan assisted in the government.
"This is too ridiculous!" Ji Jie curled his lips and said after listening to Sima Xueran's narration: "Why are things like this all over the street? The old guy dies, and the son who is not sensible succeeds to the throne. My mother Take control of the government, and your mother’s family will take advantage of you!”
"There is no way, who allowed the eight kingdoms of China to coexist!" Sima Xueran hit the nail on the head when he said: "Except for the Zhou Dynasty, there are seven kings in the seven countries, so the chance of such a thing happening will also increase. Not surprising!”
Ji Jie nodded, immediately spread his hands and said, "Why did Queen Yan ask me for help? The power of Chu State is already in her and Li Yuan's hands!"
"That's not the case!" Sima Xueran said: "The military power of the Chu State is in the hands of Chunshen Lord Huang Xie. Li Yuan only controls 30,000 soldiers guarding the capital, which is less than one-tenth of Huang Xie's strength. Xie wants to establish himself as king, but Empress Yan and Li Yuan have no choice!"
"She wants me to help her deal with Chun Shenjun Huang Xie?" Ji Jie frowned, Huang Xie was not an ordinary person.
"If my guess is correct, it should be like this!" Sima Xueran went on to say: "Huang Xie has three thousand followers, ranking first among the four young masters. His followers are not short of truly talented scholars, first-class counselors and military commanders. There are more than 300 warriors who are good at fighting. It is with the assistance of these people that he can gradually master the military power of Chu State. The old king of Chu was afraid of him when he was alive, let alone Empress Yan and Li Yuan!"
Li Yuan was just a minor official in the Chu State at the beginning, and he also received the favor of his ancestors. In order to curry favor with Lord Chun Shen, he planned to offer his beautiful sister Li Yan to Huang Xie, but Huang Xie dismissed it.
It's not that Huang Xie doesn't like beauties, it's that he feels that there are so many talented people under his command, and he looks down on Li Yuan who only knows how to work hard, so he refuses.
Li Yuan held a grudge, so when his plan failed, he devised another plan to give his sister to the King of Chu. Wouldn't it be more direct?
Sure enough, the old King of Chu was fascinated by Li Yan. In the second month after Li Yan was granted the title of queen, Li Yuan also completed his triple jump in the officialdom, and was promoted from an unknown petty official to the queen. Prime minister, promotion is faster than a rocket!
Huang Xie despised Li Yuan even more, thinking that he was a guy who used nepotism to climb up the ladder and was always against the production. Therefore, Li Yuan ran into obstacles in the first few months after taking office. If the old King of Chu hadn't been there for him, he would have been around. Was kicked off the stage.
"Brother Jie, if you don't want to go, I will reject the envoy of Chu now!" Sima Xueran said: "Anyway, you have no friendship with Empress Yan and Li Yuan, so it's natural not to help them!"
"No!" Ji Jie stopped Sima Xueran who was about to leave here and said with a smile: "I would really like to meet this Empress Yan and appreciate the scenery of Chu State! Haha, of course these are not the most important. Didn't you say for a while that the development of our intelligence agency in Chu State has been hindered, so we should take this opportunity to recruit people in a big way!"
"That's right!" Sima Xueran patted his chest and said, "Help them solve their problems openly and develop his own power secretly. This is a good opportunity to break into the top management of Chu State. Brother Jie, I will arrange it right now!"
"Clever!" Ji Jie scratched Sima Xueran's straight nose and said, "But you can't agree to the Chu envoy so quickly. It's too easy and worthless!"
In one word, Ji Jie is exhausted from running errands.
The envoys of Chu State were traveling back and forth between Chu State and Zhou Dynasty. Who made him unable to make the decision on major events?
In the end, Ji Jie agreed to help. In exchange, the Chu State had to purchase new equipment worth 300,000 taels of gold from Zhou Dynasty. The so-called new equipment was simply old-fashioned for the current Zhou army.
In this way, Ji Jie embarked on a journey to the Chu Kingdom. As for the route, he passed through South Korea and went directly from the Han-Chu border to Yingdu.
There is no doubt that this route is safe. When entering South Korea, the King of Han will send troops to protect him along the way. When he reaches Chu State, Li Yuan will personally lead the escort.
In fact, Ji Jie is not worried about safety on the road. The words "The person who can kill me has not been born yet" is always on his lips. The main reason is that a few girls are worried and they have researched the route.
In order to avoid the "Chen Yao and Mei Duo incident" from happening, the girls have been voting that someone must follow Ji Jie on this mission to prevent him from bringing his sisters back again.
Ji Jie looked like a bitter gourd, but no matter what methods he used to "argue and argue", he could not win over the girls.
In the end, the girls unanimously decided that Chen Yao and Sima Xueran would accompany them. In addition to "monitoring" Ji Jie, Chen Yao could help integrate Qin's trading company in Chu State, and Sima Xueran could help establish the love agency. play a crucial role.
Ji Jie had no choice but to agree. He asked the three brothers of the Xiong family to select 300 strong soldiers to protect them along the way. Everyone began to prepare their luggage and set off in three days.