State Guesthouse, where the Xia State’s diplomatic mission resides.
With a frown on his face, Feng Chu waved away everyone, leaving only a few of his confidants and Prince Qi's soldiers standing guard in front of the door before walking into the hall.
King Qi was there and had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Feng Chu's frown when he came back, his face became a little ugly, and he said:
"Found it?"
Feng Chu nodded and said in a deep voice:
"I found clues from the people in the city. I sent people to follow the clues and went to a residential alley and found traces of a fierce fight. According to what the people said, there were soldiers from the patrol camp there last night...
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Sure enough, King Qi felt a pang in his heart, knowing that he had lost another group of his elite and die-hard soldiers.
If he had heard this news before, King Qi would have become angry.
But he was determined to change his nature. He took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Did the Yun State receive the action in advance? Or was it just discovered by the soldiers of the Yun State Patrol Battalion afterwards?"
Feng Chu heard this and continued:
"According to the intelligence collected, there were three groups of people chasing after them. Then the patrol battalion in the city received the news and rushed there. It seems that there was too much movement and attracted the attention of Yun Kingdom soldiers and horses."
"Three parties? Besides the people from the Li Dynasty, who else is there? Is it my unknown brother who has mastered the Yun Kingdom's embroidered messenger?" King Qi couldn't help but ask.
King Qi knew that it was definitely one of his brothers who had assassinated the real Princess of Xia, his sister Yu Yingyao. This was to prevent King Qi from getting help from the Emperor of Yun through his sister, and standing out when seizing the throne.
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But these brothers of his, unlike him who have been in the army for many years, have soldiers around them who can be dispatched. In the capital of Xia Kingdom, the princes naturally have to be careful and cannot have too many people to let others take advantage of them.
It's amazing. With the few guards they have, it's absolutely impossible to have enough manpower to send them to Zhongqing City in Yun State to cause trouble. So before, they could only stop it by poisoning.
Yu Yingyao gets married.
But if the third group of people are really subordinates of his brothers, then they can only be the embroidered messengers who were originally hidden in the Yun Kingdom!
When Feng Chu heard this, he shook his head decisively and said:
"Impossible. I have been in Jinling City for a long time and cannot really master the embroidered clothes of the direct envoys of the Yun State. It is indeed possible for the princes and princes in the capital to command the embroidered clothes of these direct envoys of the Yun State through the high-level embroidered clothes envoys who serve.
But now, I am here in Zhongqing City, so any changes in the embroidered clothes cannot be hidden from me!"
Having said this, Feng Chu paused and then said:
"Furthermore, ever since Emperor Yun Guo established the East Factory and Niangan Department, the situation of my embroidery envoy has become worse than before. It is impossible to mobilize so many capable people to participate in it!"
King Qi nodded and said with a livid expression:
"In any case, since the Yun Kingdom patrol camp is present, Bian Liuyun is most likely to have fallen into the hands of the Yun Kingdom Emperor!"
Hearing this, Feng Chu was silent for a moment and said:
"Although I have not been in contact with the young official of the Yun Kingdom named Song Ci for a long time, I can see that he is a shrewd and perceptive person. I am afraid that the Emperor of the Yun Kingdom at this time will definitely know a lot."
Before King Qi, there were really too many flaws exposed!
Feng Chu looked firm, took a deep breath, and said boldly:
"Your Highness, there is still room for change now! Just blame the assassins we met along the way to explain why the princess used a substitute!"
At this time, hand over the real Yu Yingyao, and everything can be quietly revealed.
According to Feng Chu's layout, we can even cooperate with Dongchang and Nianganchu of Yun State to find out the clues of the mastermind behind it. By using the theme, even if we can't eliminate an opponent on the road to seize the throne, we can still let Emperor Xia remember
King Sumiki's grievance made him lead all his brothers on the road to becoming the heir!
But when he heard this, King Qi frowned, his eyes widened, and he flatly refused:
"impossible!"
He made so many arrangements and lost so many manpower, just to find a chance for his sister. How could he give up so easily now?
Feng Chu had already guessed that King Qi would flatly refuse, so there was no surprise at all.
He raised his head, looked at King Qi with dark eyes, and said with deep meaning:
"Your Highness, when you embark on this path, you must learn to make trade-offs!"
King Qi said a little irritably:
"Why did I ever want to embark on this path? If not..."
Halfway through his words, King Qi suddenly felt something in his heart.
Trade-offs?
After pondering for a moment, King Qi suddenly changed the topic and said:
"I will go to see Emperor Yun to discuss formal peace talks."
When Feng Chu heard this, he was stunned.
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In the Imperial Palace, in the Yangxin Palace.
"Your Majesty, this memorial has been dealt with. The corresponding disposal methods have also been attached. Your Majesty, please take a look!" A middle-aged official wearing a green official robe stood beside Xiao Cheng and said in a deep voice.
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Xiao Cheng opened these memorials one by one, glanced at them ten lines at a time, and when he saw the handling methods planned by the officials, he nodded slightly, and then with a touch of ink pen in his hand, he reviewed them.
At this time, in the Yangxin Hall, there were still more than a dozen officials transferred from various yamen agencies. They were walking in the hall, classifying the various memorials handed in from the court, and after discussing with each other how to deal with them, they wrote a Chen Lun note,
Then hand them over to Xiao Cheng.
These people are the official positions newly established by Xiao Cheng and serve in the cabinet. They are all filled by senior officials in the court who are familiar with government affairs, or recent Jinshi.
The main responsibility is to reduce Xiao Cheng's burden and help handle national government affairs.
Ever since he regained power and took charge of the government, Xiao Cheng's life was even more tiring than in "997". Most of his energy was spent on state affairs throughout the day, and he had very little time to go back to the harem to be happy.
If this is done like this, what is the difference between an ox and a horse?
Therefore, this cabinet came into being.
The cabinet established by Xiao Cheng at this time was more like the cabinet in the early Ming Dynasty, filled with middle- and lower-level officials. They were only responsible for helping the emperor and handling national affairs, but were not responsible for formulating national policies and grasping the direction of national development.
To put it simply, it is a secretariat!
Having such an organization has naturally made Xiao Cheng's efficiency in handling government affairs much higher. Today has only been half a day, but the memorials and government affairs handled were comparable to those handled in the whole day before.
At this time, a young eunuch quietly came to the Yangxin Hall and whispered a few words into Feng Bao's ear.
Feng Bao's face suddenly frowned, and he immediately came to Xiao Cheng's side and whispered:
"Your Majesty, King Qi wants to see you!"
Xiao Cheng paused with the ink pen in his hand, frowned and said:
"What is he doing here at this time?"
"They say they are here for formal peace talks!" Feng Bao replied.
Xiao Cheng nodded, suddenly curved the corner of his mouth and said:
"Let him wait first, and then send someone to bring Wu Zixu!"
When Feng Bao heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
Xiao Cheng slowly stood up and said in a deep voice:
"Xiao Yu is leaving the cabinet, where is Yang Yanhe?"
Among the officials in the Yangxin Hall, two young officials with square and handsome looks quickly put down their affairs, walked out of the crowd, bowed to Xiao Cheng, and said in unison:
"I'm here!"
Xiao Cheng waved his sleeves and said with a smile:
"Come with me for a trip!"
"Yes!" The two of them quickly raised their hands in response.
Seeing that Xiao Cheng specifically asked the two of them to follow him, as if he was in the emperor's heart, all the officials in the palace looked envious.
However, they also knew the identities of these two people. One was a member of the Xiao family. After Zhongliang, he gave up his title and became an official. The other was a member of the Yang family who had great influence in the court.
The identities of the two are not simple. During this period of time in the cabinet, they have shown their ability to govern the country. Now that they have the emperor's trust, it is a matter of course, and there is no sense of imbalance in the hearts of the officials.
On the other side, King Qi was quietly waiting for the eunuch's announcement in front of the palace.
Zhou Quan, the commander of the soldiers on the side, was impatient. Seeing that no one was summoned after waiting for a long time, he couldn't help but cursed lightly and said immediately:
"Your Highness, let's go back! This Emperor Yun is really worthless and is deliberately trying to hurt us with this trick!"
Upon hearing this, King Qi looked up at the sky, then shook his head slightly, took a deep breath, and said:
"Wait a moment, don't be in a hurry. Emperor Yun can't keep away from me. After all, the peace talks cannot be delayed forever!"
"But it's been almost an hour..."
Zhou Quan still wanted to say something, but he suddenly realized that His Highness's behavior today was a little different from what he was before. He felt at a loss and couldn't help but hesitate on his lips.
King Qi looked at the majestic Yun Palace wall in front of him with deep eyes.
After about half an hour, I saw several young eunuchs rushing over, bowing slightly to King Qi and saying:
"King Qi, your Majesty declares your greetings!"
King Qi chuckled uncharacteristically, turned to look at Zhou Quan, and said:
"Look, after all, I am the one who can endure my temper better!"
Zhou Quan looked at the sudden appearance of His Highness, who had covered up his body and no longer looked as sharp as before. His throat moved, and he felt a sense of suffocation and anguish in his heart. An unknown fire poured out and he didn't know where to pour it.
King Qi straightened his clothes and said:
"You stay here!"
Zhou Quan lowered his head and said harshly:
"yes!"
Several young eunuchs led King Qi all the way to a palace in the palace.
Before entering the palace, I heard someone's voice coming from inside.
"If you command my Dayun troops and horses, and order your troops to go out from Tiannan to attack the Xia Kingdom, what will you do?"
When King Qi heard the sound coming from the palace, his feet suddenly stopped.
The little eunuch had been specially instructed before. Seeing King Qi stop, he turned his head and whispered:
"King Qi, Your Majesty is in the palace, please come in and pay your respects!"
King Qi's eyes flashed, he took a deep breath and said:
"good!"
Immediately, several eunuchs opened the palace door. King Qi strode into the palace with his head held high.
King Qi raised his eyes and looked towards the palace. His heart suddenly skipped a beat and his eyes became extremely sharp.
You can see that there are no gorgeous decorations in the entire hall. What you can see is the exquisitely crafted small mountains and rivers.
Hills, mountains, rivers, cities and passes, everything is like a replica of a real scene. Being among them is like being high up in the sky, overlooking the world.
King Qi glanced at it, and the corners of his eyes twitched suddenly.
In the past few years, he has commanded the southwest frontier army of the Xia Kingdom. Naturally, he is quite familiar with the terrain of the southwest border. At a glance, the terrain in the palace is clearly a map of the border between Xia and Yun.
King Qi looked at the young emperor in the palace who was wearing red and gold uniforms and dragon robes, with a gloomy expression on his face.
When summoning him, what on earth were you thinking of doing this? If the dignified Emperor of Yun Kingdom only wanted to humiliate himself, it would be too shameless!
In the main hall, Xiao Cheng glanced at King Qi out of the corner of his eye, curved his mouth, then looked at Wu Zixu, and chuckled:
"If you have anything, you might as well say it boldly!"
Admitting that he could not see it, several lines of fonts suddenly appeared on the golden finger panel.
[Wu Zixu, a famous official, named Zixu, was a native of the Chu State. He was a senior official and military strategist of the Wu State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Because he was implicated by the Prince Jian of the Chu State, his entire family was wiped out. Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu and borrowed the power of the State of Wu to invade the State of Chu.
In the capital of Ying, he dug up the tomb of King Ping of Chu and whipped his body to avenge his family. Later he helped the Wu Kingdom to dominate, but because of the fear of Wu King Fu Chai, he committed suicide.
Force 83, Literature 75, Wisdom 92, Morality 51, Age 29, Dominance 95, Politics 74, Charisma 70, Loyalty 100, Ambition 48]
At this time, Wu Zixu looked at Xiao Cheng in front of him, unable to conceal his excitement, and had no intention of paying attention to King Qi who was coming behind him.
Ever since something happened at home, he knew that one person was not strong enough to avenge his family, so he had to flee the Yun Kingdom, hoping to use the power of the Yun Kingdom to fulfill his obsession. Along the way, he experienced countless hardships and gave up how many original ideas he had.
Persevere in your heart.
I thought that I would need to show my talents in Jixia Academy before I could enter the eyes of His Majesty the Yun Kingdom. I never expected that this opportunity would come so quickly and suddenly!
He took a deep breath, his expression seemed a little dull, but his eyes were full of killing intent.
Due to the suffering during this period, his slightly tempered edge was revealed again, like an unsheathed sword, which made people feel chilly.
Wu Zixu slightly cupped his hands and said loudly:
"If Your Majesty allows me to lead troops to attack Xia Kingdom, I can devour the six southwest counties of Xia Kingdom for Your Majesty!"
After saying that, Wu Zixu couldn't wait to take a few steps, pointing to the map sand table at his feet, and said:
"There are six counties in the southwest of Xia Kingdom. Among them, Wuzhou in Hechi County is across the river from Yongzhou and is garrisoned by 50,000 troops from Xia Kingdom's southwest frontier army. Yongzhou in Shaoyang County is guarding Tanjiang River and is garrisoned by 40,000 troops. There are also
Jiangyang County is where the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Frontier Army is stationed. It was previously defeated by Zhenbei General Cheng Wushi, and now there are probably less than 60,000 troops and horses left to garrison it."
"These three places are the key points in the southwest of the Xia Kingdom and must be fought over by military strategists. If the three cities are not lost, then everything will be fine. If the three cities are lost, the lifeblood of the southwest will fall into the hands of the enemy..."
While Wu Zixu was talking eloquently, a voice suddenly interrupted him.
"Why are you so familiar with our Southwest Frontier Army?"
Wu Zixu paused for a moment, turned his head and looked behind him, and saw that King Qi's face was extremely gloomy, staring at Wu Zixu with a look of deep thought on his face.
