Because of time constraints, and Di Xin was not really hungry to the point of collapse, the meal prepared by Xizi was not very rich.
But although it is not rich, it is still exquisite.
It was obvious that Xizi had put some thought into preparing these meals, although he was trying to make up for the details that Di Xin had missed.
Although Di Xin did not feel hungry, this clone had not eaten for two days, so after seeing the food on the table, he still had some appetite.
Moreover, Xizi prepared this carefully, and Di Xin would not refuse pretentiously for the sake of face.
Eat when you need to, drink when you need to, why bother pretending in front of your woman?
Di Xin took the chopsticks handed over by Xizi, picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
Although the dragon chair of the former Goguryeo deposed emperor was very hard, its size was more than enough to seat two people.
After Xizi sat down, he picked up the wine cup and filled the wine glass. Then he picked up the wine glass with the white and smooth flesh and gently handed it to Di Xin's mouth.
Di Xin opened his mouth slightly, and the sweet sake in the wine glass went down smoothly.
Two or three plates of side dishes and a glass of sake.
Under Xizi's service, Di Xin finished his meal quickly.
After calling Wei San in and putting away the tableware after eating, Di Xin and Xi Zi finally talked about business.
Emperor Xin looked at Xizi who took off his gauze scarf again after Wei San left, and asked softly: "My dear concubine, Mr. Zeng said that you went to look for me yesterday. I don't know why?"
When it came to business, Xizi also became serious.
"Your Highness, this is the news Mr. Zhao sent from Yanque Pass."
Xizi obviously knew the real reason why Di Xin called her here as soon as he came out of seclusion. He took out a folded letter from his arms and handed it to Di Xin.
While Di Xin was opening the letter, she said: "Your Highness, according to the news from Mr. Zhao, in the past few days, envoys from barbarians of all ethnic groups have arrived in the capital."
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As Di Xin listened to Xizi's report, his eyes fell on the open letter in his hand.
Because the expeditionary army needed to leave Northern Xinjiang, Emperor Xin was unable to contact the spies stationed in the capital after he led the army. Therefore, he handed over this task to Zhao Quanyou, who was responsible for guarding Northern Xinjiang after his expedition.
As for why it wasn't An Junshan or Shen Qianhua, it wasn't that Di Xin didn't trust them, but that they both had official status and were of high rank.
Only Zhao Quanyou, who has no official position and needs to hide his identity in order to avoid the pursuit of Mingyue Tower, is the best candidate to take over the spies.
As for Zhao Quanyou's mission, in addition to providing an extra layer of insurance to Northern Xinjiang when he went on an expedition, the other task was to send intelligence sent back by spies from the capital, and after a simple screening, send someone to deliver it as soon as possible.
Di Xin is here.
Although there will be a certain lag in the information in the middle, but with the current way of transmitting information in the Ancient Moon World, this lag is still within the tolerance range.
This time, Zhao Quanyou sent someone to deliver information about the arrival of envoys from Ryukyu, Uighur and other barbarians in the capital.
Although it was nominally a tribute to the Celestial Kingdom, the real purpose of these barbarians sending envoys to Dali Capital at this time was obvious.
After witnessing the strength of the Immortal Army, in order to prevent the country from being destroyed by Emperor Xin following in the footsteps of Goguryeo, they wanted to use this method to make the expeditionary force retreat.
Di Xin had long expected this.
Anyone who can become the brains of a force cannot be a true fool.
Goguryeo was like this because they were the first barbarians to face Di Xin's expeditionary force, and after knowing that the expeditionary force was powerful, other forces could not wait until they really suffered the consequences before they began to think of solutions.
The best way to make him withdraw his troops is to pay tribute again.
Although the so-called righteous army's righteous reasons are mostly an excuse to send troops, but this excuse is necessary.
It is morally unjustifiable to send troops to a subject country that has expressed its surrender.
If the imperial court accepts the tribute from the barbarians from all sides and recognizes them as vassals of Dali, then if Emperor Xin continues his crusade, he will truly become an unjust master.
The existence of the fig leaf also has another meaning, which is to avoid criticism from political opponents outside of war.
If Emperor Xin's expeditionary force really turned into an unjust army, then he had no doubt that the officials in the capital, led by King Cheng, would give up this perfect opportunity to criticize and impeach him.
If black spots can appear on Di Xin's body, it will reduce his advantage in competing with King Cheng for the throne of Dali.
However, since Di Xin expected this, how could he not be prepared.
In fact, although the slogan he shouted was to conquer all the barbarians who had invaded the Dali border, he actually knew in his heart that this was not realistic.
It's not that the expeditionary force is not strong enough, but that the territory of Dali is too vast. Even if he does nothing, Di Xin will just lead his troops to walk in a circle along the border of the territory of Dali. I'm afraid they will all leave before the weather turns cold.
Not finished.
In the era of cold weapons, war had too high requirements on the weather. When the weather turned cold, the army had to withdraw.
Therefore, even if those barbarians did not send envoys to the capital, Emperor Xin could not defeat all the barbarians around Dali.
His real purpose was actually to wait for the barbarian envoys to come to Beijing to seek peace.
As for the so-called worry that after a few years, the barbarians will tear up the alliance and invade the Dali border again, it is just a smoke emitted by Emperor Xin.
If he can send troops once, he can send troops a second time, or even a third time. If the barbarians dare to tear up the alliance, Di Xin will not mind letting them experience the power of the immortal army.
And in the future, the results of the battle for the realm masters will come out, and whoever becomes the winner of the realm master of the Ancient Moon Realm will naturally not worry about this.
Therefore, how could Di Xin be afraid of those barbarians going back on their word?
The purpose of his releasing the smoke was just to make them feel that he was bound to win this time, so they felt oppressed.
After all, although he can send troops many times, for the final battle for the position of Lord of the Ancient Moon Realm, it would be too wasteful if he spends most of his energy on these barbarians.
Of course, one of Di Xin's goals is to seize the opportunity to make the situation chaotic and prevent other realm owners from hiding to farm and develop.
After the barbarian envoys came to Beijing to seek peace, no matter what the final outcome of the negotiations was, the lion's share of the credit must belong to Di Xin.
After all, without the pressure brought by Di Xin's expeditionary force to the barbarians, how could they give up the benefits of plundering the Dali border and choose to bow their heads.
Although it did not bring great achievements in conquering all the barbarians and expanding the territory of the Great Departure, it took relatively less time, which can be said to be the best result so far.