Emperor Longqing pretended to be embarrassed: "Several envoys must have heard it, and now I have too much to take care of myself!"
The envoy of Houjin said: "I have come to hear about the kindness of the Emperor. I believe that I will not have the heart to let our people starve to death and freeze to death in the cold winter. Please show mercy to the Emperor!"
Envoys from several Mongolian tribes also began to beg Emperor Longqing to give them some food.
Xue Hong stepped out from the crowd of ministers: "Your Majesty, if your Majesty distributes food to your neighbors, then many people will definitely be dissatisfied, which is not good for the foundation of our dynasty.
But if you do nothing to save me, your Majesty will surely not be able to bear it. I have a way to get the best of both worlds."
Emperor Longqing looked "surprised": "Oh? My dear, please tell me."
Xue Hong: "If you are neighboring countries and the whole country is at home, you and I will be one family from now on. If our compatriots are in trouble, support will naturally come from all directions. I think the people everywhere will not have any objections to this."
"absurd!!"
"You are robbers! Taking advantage of the situation!"
"It is impossible for our Horqin Department to agree!"
"It's impossible for our Chahar Ministry to agree!"
"Our Mongolian tribe is the freest nation in the world! How can we surrender to others!"
As soon as Xue Hong's words came out, it immediately aroused thousands of waves, and a group of envoys objected one after another.
The envoy of the Later Jin Dynasty showed a troubled look on his face: "For your information, Your Majesty, we barbarians grew up in the world and lived by nomadic herding. Our people of the Jin Kingdom are accustomed to freedom in the white mountains and black waters, and cannot be restrained."
Emperor Longqing rested one arm on the armrest of the dragon chair and leaned his face on his hand. He looked at the envoys below like a child who had no strength and was being slaughtered.
Emperor Longqing: "The reason given by Hou Jin's envoy for rejection was that he was used to freedom and did not like to be restricted. What about other envoys?"
A group of envoys talked a lot, and the general idea was that the Mongolian tribes were galloping across the grasslands and could not stand restraint.
Emperor Longqing smiled and asked a question: "I would like to ask some of the envoys whether your people will feel restricted living under the world?"
Envoy: "Reporting to the Emperor, we are all subjects of the Immortal Heaven. We are protected by the Heaven, so naturally we will not feel restricted."
Emperor Longqing: "Then why do you think that surrendering to me will be a constraint? Will it constrain your free nature?
You only know that I am the emperor who rules over everything on the earth, but I want to tell you that I am also called the Son of Heaven!
Emperor Longqing suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "I am the sky in the whole world!
A cold shout full of dragon power frightened all the envoys and involuntarily took a step back as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
Emperor Longqing stood up, raised his right hand and pointed at the envoys: "I control all people and spirits! Everything on the earth, I may not be able to violate the laws of heaven and change any laws, but I have the right of life and death!
I will never forget what you have done to the Ming Dynasty and to my people. I now have two choices for this revenge.
First: I send troops to pay for this natural disaster with blood!
Second: You are all at home and we will be as close as one family from now on. I will treat everyone equally so that you will never be bullied, hungry or cold again!"
Emperor Longqing looked down at everyone, like a proud golden dragon: "I have given you the right to choose. Whether you choose to exterminate your race or become my people of the Ming Dynasty, it is all in your mind."
Hou Jin's envoy: "This matter is of great importance, and I cannot make a decision. I beg your majesty to allow us to send the news back and then make a decision."
Xue Hong held the wat board and stepped out of the queue again: "Your Majesty, I see that this is no longer necessary. I request an order to lead the troops in the Northern Expedition to fight against the disobedience."
Zhu Hui also came out from the prince's camp: "I requested the order to lead the troops in the Northern Expedition. I am willing to be the vanguard!"
"Sun Chengzong, the minister of the Ministry of War, requests an order!"
"The Ministry of War..."
When there are good people, there have to be bad people.
Mr. Huang Jin looked pitiful: "Your Majesty, you can't go to war rashly! It's snowing heavily in the north, and we don't know how long it will last. Going to war at this time will consume huge amounts of food and grass."
Emperor Longqing thought very seriously about what position he would have with Empress Yin tonight, but his face showed a serious expression of thinking about war or discussion, which scared all the envoys to the point of breaking out in cold sweat.
Finally, Emperor Longqing sighed: "How innocent people are, that's all. I will give you another ten days, and you will reply to me after you have discussed it!"
Retreat from the court."
All the envoys: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Eunuch: "Retreat from the court~"
Is Emperor Longqing merciful? He is so merciful! Anyway, it is not the Ming Dynasty that is affected by the disaster. The longer the delay, the less able the other party will be able to bear it!
But this thing is just like selling something, you start with a super ridiculous price, then you start wrangling it a little bit, and finally earn five times the principal with tears in your eyes!
Just now, Emperor Longqing and his ministers followed the same pattern. At first, it seemed that they would send troops to attack each other if they disagreed. But in fact, everyone knew clearly that sending troops could not be done just by talking.
After leaving the main hall, Zhu Hui caught up with Xue Hong and was very excited to share his recent mood with Xue Hong.
Zhu Hui: "Junchen, have you seen that? My father is so powerful! He scares all the barbarians like quails."
Before the two of them had gone far, they were personally invited to the imperial study by Xia Shouzhong.
In the imperial study, Emperor Longqing was playing with a rifle that was crudely made and looked like an imitation.
"Your Majesty, Xue Hong, is here to see you."
"My sons and ministers see my father."
Emperor Longqing raised his head and looked at the two of them: "Ai Qing is here? Come on, give me a seat."
The eunuch on the side moved a stool and placed it behind Xue Hong. Xue Hong thanked her and sat down.
Zhu Hui pointed at himself with a look of disbelief: "Then what? Father, what about me?"
Emperor Longqing: "Oh. You are here too, Xia Daban, give him a seat too."
Zhu Hui: “(??_??)”
Emperor Longqing: "Ai Qing, look at this musket. It is a replica of Hou Jin. It is indeed a wolfish ambition!"
Xue Hong took the gun, looked at it, and said with great certainty: "Your Majesty, this gun has no shape. The barrel is just made of fine iron, and the primer is just made of ordinary gunpowder. If it works, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Are you kidding? This thing can be copied if you say it can be copied?
Do you know how to use primer fulminate? Do you know how to use liquid steel seamless steel pipe?
If you don’t have a good quality steel pipe, if you dare to learn Xue Hong’s method of making a musket, nine out of ten shots will blow up the barrel! The third leg will be blown off for you, making you a "leftover old man"!
Do you think technical barriers are so easy to break through?
After hearing Xue Hong's reply, Emperor Longqing smiled and nodded: "I believe in Aiqing's ability. Just in time, the queen made some peach blossom cakes and will bring some to Aiqing later."
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After leaving the palace, Zhu Hui hid far away from Xue Hong, or in other words, he was hiding from the peach blossom cake in Xue Hong's hand.
Xue Hong opened the food box and took out a piece to taste. It was crispy and sweet, and not greasy at all. The Queen's craftsmanship was really good. No wonder Emperor Longqing always regarded marrying the Queen as a matter of pride.
When Zhu Hui smelled the peach blossom cake, his face turned pale and he spat it out with a loud sound.
Xue Hong: "Is it so serious... This must be a mental illness..."