Liu Mingzhi nodded calmly after receiving the answers from Song Yu and the others, and then turned to look at Wang Hezheng aside.
"Honglu Temple."
Wang Hezheng, the minister of Honglu Temple, immediately stood up and saluted: "I'm here, my old minister."
"Wang Aiqing, have those Russian envoys who returned to the capital with the eldest prince and the imperial concubine behaved in any unusual way since they moved into Honglu Temple?"
Wang Hezheng thought for a long time with a look of reminiscence in his eyes, looked at Liu Mingzhi and shook his head quietly.
"Reporting to your Majesty, there has been no unusual behavior since the Russian mission came to Honglu Temple.
And not only did he not do anything unusual, but he was also quite disciplined.
From the envoys, deputy envoys, and many officials and generals to the ordinary soldiers in the mission, they all obeyed the arrangements of Honglu Temple honestly without any dissatisfaction.
To be honest, after serving in Dali Temple for so many years, I have never seen a foreign mission that follows such rules.
The old minister thought for a while before that the fact that the Russian envoys followed the rules should have something to do with the identities of the eldest prince and the imperial concubine.
After all, even their little queen has become the imperial concubine of our Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty, so naturally these envoys don’t dare to act recklessly.”
Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment: "No matter what the reason is, Honglu Temple must not relax its due vigilance.
If something goes wrong within your jurisdiction, I don’t need to tell you what the consequences will be, right?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand."
"By the way, after they moved into Honglu Temple, did everyone in the mission stay at Honglu Temple and never go out?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is not the case. As far as I know, many Russian envoys from Tsarist Russia have gone out to major cities in the capital.
Your Majesty also knows that the imperial court does not prohibit envoys from various countries from freely going out to Honglu Temple.
Moreover, those soldiers of Tsarist Russia did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, and they all entered and exited various places in the city openly.
After they returned to Honglu Temple from the market in the city, they all bought some of our Dalong specialties, which were all witnessed by the government officials."
Liu Mingzhi paused slightly while drinking tea, and glanced at Wang Hezheng thoughtfully.
"Do you know what kind of specialties those Russian soldiers and envoys bought? Have you ever seen them with your own eyes?"
"Back to Your Majesty, as for what kind of specialties they bought in the market, I really didn't pay much attention to this.
However, the old minister also accidentally met the Tsarist Russian soldiers who had returned from several trips. What they bought seemed to be some silk cloth and the like.
However, because of government affairs, the veteran did not pay close attention to these matters."
Liu Mingzhi gently fiddled with the tea lid, nodded slightly and took a sip of tea.
"I understand. After you return, Wang Aiqing, privately tell the officers at the Honglu Temple Office to pay more attention to every move of the Tsarist Russian envoy.
There’s no need to be too deliberate, lest unnecessary misunderstandings arise.”
"Yes, I obey my orders."
Liu Mingzhi silently put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and stretched.
"Dear dears, I have finished telling you what I should say to you. Do you have anything else you want to report to me?"
Song Yu and the others heard the intention of Young Master Liu to see off the guests, and they all put down their teacups and stood up to bow to Young Master Liu.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have nothing to report."
"Okay, I just like to hear the words "Nothing to start playing", "Nothing to start playing" is good!
If nothing happens, you can relax, and I can rest assured, this is something that everyone is happy with."
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
"Except for Wuyi King Song Qing, you and others should retreat first. Those who have official business should go back to deal with official business, and those who don't have official business should go back and do their own things."
"As ordered, I will retire."
Young Master Liu smiled lightly and waved his hand: "Go slowly, I won't see you off."
"Don't dare, I will leave."
The four of them, Song Yu and others, exchanged polite greetings for the last time and exited Young Master Liu's study together.
The footsteps of the four people gradually faded away. Young Master Liu shook his jade fan and slowly walked to the huge map and stopped.
"Brother."
Song Qing immediately walked to Liu Mingzhi and stopped: "Your Majesty? What do you want?"
Liu Mingzhi rolled his eyes at Song Qing angrily and stared at the map in front of him with burning eyes: "There are only two of us left in the study, brother, what else do you call your majesty?
Brother, you shout smoothly, brother, it sounds harsh to me!
I have told you many times that when no one else is present, you can call me brother, third brother or third brother. If you do this again, I will fall out with you."
"Yes, yes, third brother, I know I was wrong."
Liu Mingzhi sighed sadly, raised the Wanli Jiangshan engraved jade fan in his hand and drew a circle on the ground, including everything on the map within the circle.
"Brother, do you think it will be possible for me, my brother, to put our dragon's flag on every place on this map during my lifetime?"
When Song Qing heard Liu Mingzhi's confused words, he frowned and sighed.
"This... I don't dare to speak nonsense because of my brother."
"Brother, you don't dare to lie. Brother, I don't have the confidence in my heart. Brother, I am really greedy when I look at these great rivers and mountains!
However, I know the current situation of our Dalong in my heart, brother, and you should also know it in your heart.
If I want to write the word "big dragon" on the entire map, my brother, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it in my lifetime!"
"Third brother, don't be so pessimistic. Things have been unpredictable since ancient times. It would be premature to say these words at this time.
You yourself often say, who can know what will happen in the future? In this case, why should you be so downcast?
You are still young now. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are in the prime of spring and autumn. In addition, my dragon's cavalry has already traveled thousands of miles away.
Today we can march thousands of miles away, and tomorrow we can march a hundred thousand miles away, or even a million miles away, until the whole world is covered with my great dragon banner.
Especially now that the Western Expedition has begun to bear fruit, I think it won't be long before we receive the good news of the victory of the Western Expedition.
You, just put your heart in your belly. Have more confidence in yourself, and also have more confidence in the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Western Expedition Army.
They won't let you down."
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a long time and nodded with a complicated expression.
"My young master, I really don't want to be like my father and the emperor, who worked hard for decades just to dominate the world, only to die in the end full of regrets.
If one day this young master and I end up like this, I think I will not be able to rest in peace until my death.