Zhu Youde was so angry that he kicked down Honglu Temple Minister who was kneeling on the ground.
"You actually said this was a clever plan!"
"You actually want me to pretend to be sick and delay seeing the Beiyan envoy? They are a bunch of cowards who only know how to run away and avoid! They don't even have the courage to fight!"
"What do I need from you?"
After the minister of Honglu Temple got up, he continued to advise: "Your Majesty, if you don't escape, Daliang will suffer even greater losses!"
“It’s the lesser of two evils!”
Zhu Youde looked at him and sneered.
It's really two evils.
If you don’t avoid the literary and martial arts contests, the entire Liang Dynasty will lose face together.
But if he escapes, only he, the emperor, will lose face, and you guys will pluck yourself clean!
Sacrifice me to make things easier for you?
What a beautiful thought!
And more importantly, Zhu Youde has been expecting a nationwide defeat for a long time!
He wants to see it.
Doesn’t this country even know how to stand up after being pushed to the ground and rubbed hard? Doesn’t it know how to resist?
Is it really not bloody at all?
Of course, if we can win a big victory, it will also inspire the people's self-confidence and bloody spirit.
So there is only one thing that cannot be escaped!
"Master Honglu Temple, I will never adopt this plan!"
"I beg you to resign!"
Here we go again!
There were too many people that time, and I was afraid that the court would not function properly, so I couldn't bear to agree. But now that you are alone, do you really think you are nothing?
"Wang Banban, convey my will!"
"The minister of Honglu Temple feels that he is not worthy of his position, so I allow him to resign. I order the officials of Honglu Temple to submit a copy of the letter titled "Northern Yan Mission" from the prime minister to the top!
"Wang Po, throw this bastard out of here!"
Bi Xiuzhi was completely stunned.
He just resigned in order to make progress in retreat. How could the emperor be so sure?
"His Majesty……"
"roll!"
The next day.
Zhu Youde skipped the morning meeting again.
It was almost noon when all the officials from Honglu Temple were waiting for the memorial. After seeing the last one, Zhu Youde finally saw the memorial he wanted.
"Meet Su Hong of Xuanhonglu Temple!"
When Su Hong arrived at Yangxin Hall, he was a young official with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"I see what you said in your memorial. You would rather fail in a literary contest than avoid a battle. Why?"
"Your Majesty, I have been serving in the army with my father and elder brother since I was a child."
"My father and brother often told me that death is not terrible! But running away is a lifelong shame!
Having said this, Su Hong was quite angry.
"Bi Xiuzhi has committed such a heinous crime that he actually wanted Your Majesty to pretend to be sick to escape. This is shirking responsibility and humiliating Your Majesty. He deserves the death penalty! Your Majesty is too merciful to spare his life!"
Zhu Youde smiled.
This is a proper angry youth, I like it!
Don't worry, the former Minister of Honglu Temple will soon go down to accompany Li Fu's five dead pigs!
"Then if I put you in charge of the Beiyan Mission, what are you going to do?"
"Bei Yan's mission is a gathering of elites. We, Daliang, should naturally mobilize all our strength. I believe that by inviting talents from all over the world, we will be able to fight with them!"
"What if it fails in the end?"
"I would like to issue a military order now! If it fails, all the blame will be on me, and I will not let you be humiliated!"
"Tomorrow morning, you will make your own military order in front of all the civil and military officials. If you lose, I will protect you from death! If you win, you will become the Minister of Honglu Temple and no one will dare to stop you!"
"I obey the decree!"
After Su Hong, who was trembling with excitement, left, Zhu Youde called Wang Zhonghou to bring his resume.
"No wonder I don't have him in my list of loyal ministers. He has been serving as a seventh-grade minister, but he is not yet qualified to go to court. Wang Banban, asked Wang Po to assign a team of guards to Su Hong so that he can do things easily."
"I made an oversight. I can't just focus on the court. I should also pay more attention to these small officials."
the next day.
Go to court.
Su Hong's military order immediately caused an uproar.
If we collide with the Beiyan delegation, we are destined to lose.
The Minister of Honglu Temple was afraid that he would be criticized later, so he resigned on his own initiative.
Unexpectedly, there is actually a stupid young man who risked his life to issue a military order and take over this mess!
The young ministers on the left and right of Honglu Temple could not control the ecstasy on their faces!
After the leader left, they were naturally responsible for the drudgery of receiving the mission. They were hesitating whether to resign as well, but who would have thought that someone would take the blame!
What a good man!
"I accept this military order. Dear sirs, do you have any opinions?"
None of the ministers objected.
Although the fat meat of the Honglu Temple Minister's position is hanging high, you still have to be able to eat it!
They are not fools like Su Hong.
It’s crazy to want to be promoted!
time flies.
The atmosphere in Jinling City became increasingly depressing.
The Beiyan mission started from Qucheng and competed in city-by-city battles. They went to nine cities in a row without losing a single victory!
Needless to say about martial arts, Beiyan has always been brave.
The garrison generals and brave civilians from all over the country faced off against the generals guarding the Beiyan mission, but no one could survive three rounds under his command!
As for Douwen, Beiyan took a different approach.
There is no one who is better at poetry than Daliang people. There is no such thing as the best in writing. It is impossible to say whether to win or lose.
Beiyan’s competition this time is erudition, memorization and debating!
Scholars from all over the country who were full of knowledge rushed to the Nine Cities. In the end, the result was not an ugly defeat in the martial arts competition, but only a slight defeat.
But the problem is.
The Beiyan delegation fought against the Confucians, and only one person came out!
The Seventeenth Prince of Northern Yan!
"It is said that the seventeenth prince of Beiyan is the same age as the foolish king on the dragon throne!"
"Look at other people, and then look at this dog emperor building his palace, robbing ministers, burning silk, and holding a large-scale talent show... there is no comparison! There is really no comparison!"
The more you compare, the angrier you get!
The common people gathered at the gate of Jinling City and talked about it.
If the Dog Emperor could be one-tenth as good as the seventeenth prince of Beiyan, Daliang's life might be much easier!
People gathered here today.
It is because the Beiyan delegation is about to arrive in Jinling.
"Look, it's coming!"
The dust in the distance and the black dragon flag of Beiyan Xuan gradually enlarged in the sight of the people of Jinling.
Su Hong, the temporary minister of Honglu Temple, was already waiting at the city gate.
Look at the Beiyan motorcade moving slowly.
Originally, Su Hong had a polite face and was about to step forward to express his welcome.
But I saw the vanguard of the Beiyan mission stopped.
Condescending and arrogant.
"Stop whoever comes! I, the Seventeenth Prince of Yan, have condescended to come to Nanliang, and the little emperor of Nanliang should personally kneel down to greet you!"
"I only send you cats and dogs."
"Aren't you afraid that my Dayan cavalry will trample through your Daliang capital if you are so negligent?!"
The expressions of all Honglu Temple officials suddenly changed!
Before, they had thought about how proud they would be when the Beiyan envoy came with the victory over Nine Cities.
Unexpectedly, the emperor wanted to welcome him personally?
The officials of Honglu Temple all secretly resented it and looked at Su Hong at the front.
If it hadn't been for this villain's repeated slander, saying that there was no need for six ministers to welcome the envoys, Honglu Temple would have met the standards for receiving the envoys.
How could they get into an embarrassing situation here!
People on both sides of the road.
Hearing Bei Yan's words, he couldn't help but frown.
They all looked at the officials of Honglu Temple in vague anticipation but with great helplessness. According to the past behavior of the imperial court, they must have kneeled down to apologize in the next moment.
When will I be able to stand upright despite the great beams?