Luo Youdu angrily threw the memorial in his hand on the table, pointed at an old man in his seventies, and said angrily: "There are still more than two months until my coronation ceremony. You just told me now,
The Sifang Pavilion may be too small to accommodate so many envoys... What do you do with the hundreds of people in your rites department? If you don’t want to do it, you can get out. I don’t want to raise a worm with a vegetarian diet."
This is the first time he has become angry since he became emperor.
Even when he received the evil deeds of Liujiedu such as Jiao Jixun, Zhang Duo, Feng Jiye, etc., he would smile at them and then extinguish them with thunder, shocking all parties.
The reason was that Wang Renyu, the Minister of Rites, made a last-minute emergency report and stated that there were too many envoys from all directions attending the enthronement ceremony, and the original Sifang Pavilion of the imperial court might not be enough, and a solution needed to be found as soon as possible.
This matter was of great importance. After receiving the report from the four ministers of the meeting hall, they hurriedly called Wang Renyu, the Minister of Rites, and the five of them went to the Yanhe Hall in person to report the matter to Luo Youdu.
Luo Youdu was in a good mood because he had solved the financial and power issue of Jiedushi. When the ceremonial department raised such a problem, he was instantly angry. Envoys from the surrounding areas came to congratulate him on his enthronement ceremony, but he couldn't even arrange a residence here.
This is a naked slap in the face. If word spreads, he, the emperor, will be completely disgraced.
Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Song Qi, and Dou Yi were all uneasy and did not dare to say anything.
Originally, they had been somewhat in awe of Luo Youdu, who was as kind as a Bodhisattva and as capable as the King of Hell, so when they saw him getting angry for the first time, they were all frightened.
Wang Renyu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and shouted: "Death penalty!"
Luo Youdu said angrily: "If chopping you off is really useful, I can't wait to chop off your head right now!"
Wang Renyu trembled, and his intestines turned green with regret. He was already seventy-seven this year, well past the age of retirement. He kept working just to give the new emperor a good impression, so that he could get a good posthumous title in the future. As a result, he stole
It's the chicken that eats the rice that has caused such a big thing.
"I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen so many envoys come to court to ask your Majesty to atone for my sins."
Luo Youdu suppressed his anger and said: "I think you are old and acting foolishly, so I will not hold you responsible for your crimes. Go home and have a good rest."
Wang Renyu looked pale and understood the implication, which was that he was asked to return to his hometown after becoming an official.
This is worse than any punishment.
Trembling slightly, Wang Renyu looked around. Seeing that no one was speaking to him, Wang Renyu cried and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
He left Yanhe Hall reluctantly.
Luo Youdu said: "It's probably too late to rebuild the Sifang Pavilion. Can you guys have good ideas to deal with this emergency so as not to bring shame to the new dynasty?"
The response to this enthronement ceremony was unexpectedly strong.
Not only Wang Renyu didn't expect it, but Luo Youdu and many prime ministers in the council didn't expect it either.
Since the separation of vassal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, all tribute roads have been blocked by vassal towns. The situation in the Tang Dynasty that all the nations came to congratulate has long ceased to exist.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were not without powerful countries, and the Later Tang Dynasty was one of them.
But the biggest problem for the emperors of the later Tang Dynasty was that they could not conquer culture. Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu, was a military genius, brave and good at warfare, and good at strategy. He attacked Houliang in the south, defeated Khitan in the north, captured Hebei in the east, and merged with Hezhong in the west. It was known as the domain of the Five Dynasties, and there was no success here.
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Three-quarters of the world's territory is in his hands.
But he just happened to be illiterate, a political idiot, and wasted a great opportunity.
They only know how to fight and ignore diplomacy.
On the contrary, the Khitan took advantage of the melee in the Central Plains and always regarded themselves as orthodox. They even specially sent troops to the Western Regions in order to make the Western Regions surrender and respect the Khitan as Zhengshuo.
Even the Guiyi Army of Guxuan Jueyu once sent tribute to the Khitan as an envoy from the Dunhuang Kingdom, expressing the Khitan as Zhengshuo.
Therefore, the Sifang Pavilion of the Great Zhou Dynasty mainly received envoys from the Southern Tang, Wuyue, Xishu and Wuping.
Occasionally, every three to five years, an envoy from Goryeo would come to the Central Plains.
The Sifang Pavilion has always been vacant and has not received enough attention.
However, the news spread that Luo Youdu regained Yan territory, defeated the Khitan emperor in Yan territory, and captured the Northern Han Dynasty, so that the Khitan army did not dare to go south.
The momentum of the Central Plains has surpassed that of Khitan.
Many surrounding countries that were affected by Khitan's despotic power came forward to pay tribute, and were willing to resume exchanges with the Central Plains and establish relations.
Therefore, an unexpected number of envoys from the four directions came to North Korea this time, which triggered a crisis that the Four Directions Pavilion could not accommodate them.
Luo Youdu said: "The new dynasty has been established, and the world has not yet been unified. This time the four parties come to congratulate each other, and seeing and understanding is better than surrender. If even the most basic accommodation cannot be properly arranged, won't it make the four parties laugh? How can you trust me?
Does the DPRK have the strength to protect trade routes and willingly pay tribute to restore trade? Our DPRK's finances are tight. If we can take this opportunity to reopen the Silk Road, it will be of great benefit to the new DPRK's economy."
"A proper plan must be given today. You can afford to lose face, but I cannot afford to lose face!"
He sat down angrily, took the teacup on the desk, drank it all in one gulp, and felt relieved.
Wei Renpu said: "You can contact the Ministry of Industry to check whether there are renovated villas inside and outside Bianjing City. They will be requisitioned for use by the imperial court and improved on the original basis. This can shorten the construction period and catch up with the progress."
"Great kindness!" Luo Youdu said: "Let's handle this matter immediately." Then he said: "Wang Shangshu is not suitable to continue to take on the important task. The enthronement ceremony will be handled by Xianggong Dou... As for the reception of foreign guests, let Xue Juzheng come."
Time was urgent, Luo Youdu was too lazy to discuss the candidates, and just selected generals.
Xue Juzheng was a Jinshi in the second year of Qingtai in the later Tang Dynasty. He was talented and handsome. He was a rare handsome man in the court. He and Pan Mei were both literary and martial arts, and they could be called the literary and martial arts in the temple.
All talents and appearance are qualified to serve as reception ambassadors.
In order to ensure everything was safe, Luo Youdu personally called Xue Juzheng to His Majesty Wende to give instructions after the four ministers retired.
"When receiving foreign guests from all over the world, I just need to be truthful and not exaggerated, and show the magnanimity of the Heavenly Kingdom with confidence. There is no need to pretend to be a fat man with a swollen face, and don't do face-saving projects. You must believe that even after going through hardships, I
China will always have the tolerance to embrace all rivers and the determination to unify the world."
When Xue Juzheng was appointed for the first time, he was both nervous and excited. Officials in the Central Plains had not encountered such a large number of envoys entering Beijing for a long time.
I have no experience at all, so I don't know where to start.
But after hearing Luo Youdu's words, Xue Juzheng instantly gained confidence.
I understood what Luo Youdu meant. Anything false would only reveal one's guilt and lack of confidence.
Just express the truest situation.
Let the four sides see a prosperous China and a vigorously developing China.
Perhaps it is very different from the Han and Tang Dynasties in history.
But one day, we will be able to catch up with the footsteps of our predecessors, or even surpass them.
Xue Juzheng said respectfully: "I understand, and I will live up to your Majesty's expectations."
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