Sheng Shi Merciful Light

The news of Daxing declaring war with the Xiliang Kingdom made the people of Tianjing City panic for a while. Later, they found out that the sun rose from the east as usual, and Emperor Deguang’s birthday would also be held as usual. Beast, the little days are still happy and happy, so I calm down.

Besides, it’s not that Xiliang attacked Daxing first, but Daxing took the initiative to declare war, and it was the king of Chu who picked the head. Look at the Xiliang people's good posture.

After Emperor Deguang's happy birthday, it was the final deadline for the Beirong envoys.No matter how unwilling Murong Ren was, Bei Rong's deputy envoy had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow his blood.He didn't dare to make small moves anymore, and handed over his apology certificate and life-saving property extremely honestly.

When the court resumed after the holiday, Murong Ren spread boxes of Huang Chengcheng's glittering money and treasures all over the floor. Emperor Deguang, who had a wealth of money in his treasury, was fine.

Fang Ruyuan read the "Letter of Apology to His Royal Highness the King of Chu" written by the Beirong envoy in class. The tone of the Beirong envoy was very sincere, and he had a good attitude of admitting mistakes. The behavior is incorrect, it violates the national peace treaty, and it violates the human moral code...

The supplement separated from the Di Bao has become an independent official newspaper "Daily Morning News", and Beirong's apology is published on the front page.The people of Daxing seemed to have won a battle. Every family celebrated, and every household hung a lottery to celebrate this spiritual victory. It also reflected the respect and adoration of the King of Chu from the side.

During this court meeting, Gaofan and Nanli also discussed the letter of credence for reopening the border trade submitted by Gao Fan and Nanli, but they still did not reach a consensus and are still in the discussion stage.But this time, the news of the application of the two countries entered the residence newspaper.

At the same time, under the instruction of the king of Chu, the content of several letters of tribute signed by the four countries 11 years ago was also entered in the mansion newspaper. It is also very clear how much money each country should pay each year.

This can be regarded as a direct poke at the hornet's nest, not only the envoys of the four countries are in a mess-they really didn't expect that the king of Chu would announce it without any consultation, forcing them to not take an attitude and pay them, and they would not be able to step down at all.

It was the first time that even a lucky person knew that there was such a letter of credence, and the whole country was discussing this matter from the dignitaries and high officials to the traffickers and pawns.Quickly suppressed gossip such as "King X and Beard have to talk about two or three things" and "A certain king's male favorite on August [-]".

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So the next day when Mu Ci went to court, there was a censor who didn't know if he was out of his head, and actually accused the king of Chu in court of publishing his credentials without saying hello, accusing him of being "very unfriendly, too petty" , not at all the style of a big country."

Usually, no matter how Yu Shi impeached the King of Chu, the King of Chu would generally ignore it and would not target any Yu Shi to suppress him, but he would not pay much attention to the content of the attack, just pretending that he had heard nothing.

Hearing this impeachment today, the King of Chu suddenly sneered on the throne, which made the minister who was used to his indifferent expression tremble and shiver.

Emperor Deguang asked concerned: "Ninth brother, do you have anything to say?"

"Third brother, I think it's very interesting. How much benefit has been received, and actually turned black and white in order to speak for the Four Kingdoms." Mu Ci sneered.

The censor was furious, pointed at Mu Ci and said, "I ask myself that my life is clear and my sleeves are clean, why does the King of Chu spout blood?"

"Oh, that's really stupid." Mu Ci said unceremoniously.

Everyone knows that the king of Chu has a poisonous tongue, and many important ministers have been his teachers and have learned deeply.So none of the ministers sympathized with the censor at this time.

The old censor was about to vomit blood.

Mu Ci just wrote lightly: "Is the letter of credence true?"

Everyone has seen this, yes.

Mu Ci said: "I personally think that friendship is friendship, and a contract is a contract. If you don't have to abide by the contract because you have friendship with someone, then it's not worth talking about friendship with such a person who doesn't believe what you say. Besides, we have no relationship with the Four Kingdoms. Friendship can be said."

Yes, and hatred.

Mu Ci cast a cold glance at the censor, and said, "If you don't have friendship, just to let others praise you as 'generous', you don't abide by the contract, and you don't even want the benefits you deserve... You are not stupid, what is it?"

Everyone: "..." How stupid!

Mu Ci said with a serious face again: "Everyone who has friendship with this idiot, go borrow some money tomorrow, just praise him as 'generous' and 'celebrity demeanor', he will be embarrassed to ask you to pay back the money .”

It was rare for the King of Chu to tell a joke, although he was a bit cold, but because of his serious face, it seemed that he really planned to let someone do it.The ministers really found it funny, and it was so hard to hold back the laughter.

The censor's face turned blue and white and then red, but he couldn't find anything to refute, and he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the king of Chu... The king of Chu really turned his back, and he never talked about friendship with anyone.

"Third Brother," the King of Chu said to Emperor Deguang, "it is only right and proper to pay back debts, especially between countries." His gaze scanned all the ministers again, with a stern expression, and his gaze was as sharp as a sword , "Everyone remember to go back and calculate how many old coins they haven't given? When will they show sincerity, and when will we come to discuss in detail."

All the ministers nodded, but they murmured in their hearts: How could the Four Kingdoms honestly claim their ministers and pay tribute?And the amount owed in 11 years is an astronomical sum... Could it be that the king of Chu is messing with everyone, and he doesn't actually plan to reopen it?

Everyone looked at King Chu.

Mu Ci gave an explanation for his move: "Think about the danger 11 years ago. This fully shows that things that are too easy to get are often disliked, bargained, and don't know how to cherish them."

The courtiers are more sensitive to politics, and it was only at this time that they suddenly realized that this was obviously to teach the four countries a big lesson, so as not to make the four countries think that they were lucky and lose their temper, and cause the chaos like 11 years ago.

The ministers were convinced. Anyway, the border trade could not be opened. Fortunately, they were not in a hurry. They decided to stand on the side of the king of Chu. They did not ask Gaofan and Nanli to pay their debts and give them a total of 11 years of old coins. They absolutely refused to reopen the tea horse. Mutual market.As for Xiliang and Beirong... In a war, the other may declare war, so there is no rush to talk about border trade.

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The news of the court, because Ye Xingwei was instructed, deliberately disclosed the details of the enemy country. The envoys of various countries got the news, and those who had not invaded were lucky, but the envoys of the four countries were all black.

Gao Fan had several young and energetic envoys who immediately clamored to go back and prepare to start a war.Immediately, he was honestly beaten by the ambassador with a potsticker.

Let’s start the war. 11 years ago, they made weapons with copper and iron, and they went all out to threaten Daxing Dynasty with Beirong, Xiliang, and Nanli. What happened?

Gaofan ambassador Baisang Aqi is the patriarch of a large tribe, and he has a great say in the "Gaoge" council of the Gaofan tribes. He has gone through the past and the present situation in his mind.

11 years ago, the four countries failed to reap benefits. Although Gaofan and Nanli broke through their border defenses unexpectedly, they were blocked by the people who spontaneously resisted and could not go deep. It was completely wiped out in half a year.

Although Gaofan also called Daxingchao's imperial army and border gate population ten to seven, but his own losses were too great to bear. Most of the young people of Gaofan's tribes were left behind by Emperor Tianshou and buried in other places.

Fortunately, there is still a population in the hinterland that can replenish the frontier defense at any time, but the Gaofan tribes are really completely paralyzed.Xiami went south and went deep, and the dream of robbing was all shattered.

Although after 11 years, Gao Fan has grown up with another group of children, but they are still too immature, and they are not comparable to soldiers of all battles.Look, it's like a few young people in the team, full of vigor, who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

Everyone has not recovered yet, and they have been banned from the tea and horse trade for 11 years. The meat is so greasy, and the old-style silk clothes are ugly. You are living a happy life. It is better not to fight. , It really made the Fifth Prince of Xiliang suffer. He deserved to be punished for offending the King of Chu.

After all, some businessmen were willing to take the risk of smuggling tea and cloth, but the king of Chu severely beat up the smugglers.It is said that the king of Chu is only 17 years old, he is the king Ding who is even in charge of the army, and the master who has overthrown the entire imperial army system. Sure enough-young man, full of vigor!

But God has closed the door, at least there will be a window.No wonder the king of Chu wants to crack down on smugglers. It turned out that he wanted to turn private into public and reopen the tea-horse trade, so he was ready to take the benefits himself.

This is good news for Gao Fan to celebrate the whole country. The tribal chiefs got together and held a meeting in Gaoge. They were still discussing whether to reopen it.But I don't know who spread the news that Da Xingchao was going to reopen the tea-horse trade market. For a while, the people in Gaofan were excited, and even the three "Dharma" in the Buddha Palace knew about it. The call for reopening should not be too loud .

Everyone is having a hard time.

The patriarchs have no choice but to swallow the bait. Although they are a slave system, the power of slaves who account for 95% of the total population is easy to resist?Those three people in the Buddha Palace are so easy to fool?So there was this mission group, in the name of celebrating the new emperor's birthday, prepared generous gifts, and was going to test the depths of the water.

Now seeing the letter of credence in the mansion newspaper, and the strong tone of the king of Chu that "the re-opening must be given to the old coin", the Gaofan ambassador Bai Sang Aqi is really... Sure enough, this is not a good job.

They did not give the 11-year-old coin, how much is it?do the math...

Can't figure it out, find someone to help figure it out... Shrimp?So many together?Even if the livestock in the whole country were sold upside down, they would not be able to get them all together.But Baisang Aqi didn't dare to go back home. If he went back like this, he would be eaten alive by the enraged slaves. The re-opening of the exchange market must be achieved no matter what.

Anyway, they are here, let's go and see the situation first.At most, he would grit his teeth and give two or three years old coins, and if there was more, there would really be nothing left.

Nanli envoys have similar ideas, but Nanli is a little better. Back then, the king of Nanli did not approve of the invasion, and his own strength was not much lost. He was not as dependent on tea as Gao Fan, and there was also a princess Daxing who went with his relatives, so Daxing North Korea's attitude towards Nanli is quite kind. Of course, the smugglers who should be cracked down still have to be cracked down.

Hunger marketing can negotiate a good price.

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The court meeting ended, and Mu Ci and Mei Rong went down together.Because of Mei Rong's profit in raising food and grass, he is also the hero who won the good place of Dinghai Prefecture. With the King of Chu staring at him, it is really bad for the court to swallow up his credit because of Mei Rong's blood, so he was promoted to "General Dinghai" When he was promoted, he was promoted to the second rank, and he also held a formal official position as a privy governor in the Privy Council, put on official clothes, and received a state salary.

This is also the main reason why the public gossip about Mei Rong - a beard, who was lucky enough to successfully counterattack with his own ability and become a winner in life, so don't be too topical, okay?If it weren't for the Four Kingdoms, this beard's success story would have been much talked about.

Others only saw Mei Rong's scenery, but they didn't know how much effort he had put in for it. No... Mei Rong had to go to the northwest border to monitor the progress of the construction of the new grain road.

Mu Ci wanted to send him to the pier.

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King Guangling made a special trip to wait for Mu Ci on the road, and asked him about the re-opening of border trade. He was also worried, and said, "Bei Rong and Xi Liang don't expect them to pay, but Gao Fan, I know, really can't afford it, no money. "It was because we were very poor that the Fifth Prince of Xiliang persuaded us to join forces to invade. Nanli is rich, but they insisted on using Princess Xining to make friends with us, so they couldn't lose some face to Xining, right?"

Mou Yu had Ye Xingwei's intelligence channel, and he affirmed King Guangling's statement that Gao Fan really had no money.

"I need sincerity. I don't have any sincerity if I don't pay back my debts. Credit is the most important thing in border trade. People without credit are not worth my risk to reopen the border trade. I insist that Gao Fan make up for it 11 The year's old currency, we will immediately restart the tea-horse exchange market."

Holding hands with Mu Ci all the time, Mei Rong, who was always showing affection, shook her head: "My lord, I also calculated that Gao Fan really can't afford it." If he insisted on making it up, the negotiation would go to waste.

"What do you think?" Mu Ci asked Mei Rong.

Mei Rong said: "For business, you can pay back the money on the spot. You still have to make up for it, but you don't have to pay it all at once, you can pay it for a few years first, and the rest will be foreign debts, and you can use horses in the next ten years." Wait for the supplies to arrive slowly."

"That's right," Mu Ci threw another bait, "If Gao Fan is more friendly, he can also reduce a small amount of old coins. Of course, it's impossible to exempt them all. It's not such a cheap thing."

King Guangling's eyes lit up, and he praised: "This is feasible!"

Mu Ci said again: "Let's talk slowly, if you agree to this condition, I will be lucky to return to the friendship with Gao Fan's uncle and nephew in the old Zhou Dynasty' and the same family'. Once the tea-horse market is reopened, Gao Fan will no longer have to pay old coins, and the two sides will trade fairly, get what they need, and develop together.”

The reason why Nanli took Joe was because they were located in the south and had rich products, which was fine.Only Gaofan is surrounded by mountains, and there are no other big countries nearby. It is very sad. It has long regretted tearing up the covenant and turning against Daxing.

King Guangling thought for a while, and made up the payment in ten years, which was within the tolerance of Gao Fan, especially the last condition of not needing to pay the old coin was so good, they would agree, so he nodded, thinking about how to talk about the best interests .

Mu Ci was not afraid of getting into trouble, so he took a pamphlet from Mei Rong, handed it to the King of Guangling, and said, "This is a list of Daxing's 'local specialties', not only salt tea and cloth, but also some products produced in Chu to treat colds. A medicine for coughing, a pot made of a new type of metal, not iron." Mu Ci lowered his voice and said to King Guangling, "Soft metal can't be used as a weapon even if it's melted. , especially the production of pots is not large, and the supply is limited every year, first come, first served."

To say that Beirong, Xiliang and Gaofan around Daxing invaded Daxing because they were full of food. It was really because of the sad life, and sometimes even gold and silver were not snatched. In the family, this pot has become the most valuable property of the family, and it is really passed down as a family heirloom.

In other words, the barbarians went south just for a pot, it's really not a joke.

King Guangling, who is good at business and knows the border situation very well, smiled "You are so treacherous", and exchanged a tacit look with Mu Ci, knowing that Gao Fan would definitely take the bait.Only then did King Guangling ask, "How about Nanli?"

"Don't worry about it." Mu Ci explained, "Nanli is not as urgent as Xifan to reopen the trade market, we will let them wait for a year or two, and the benefits of Gaofan and Taili Dynasty's trade with our country will be fully revealed before they will They will sit down and have a good talk with us, and there will be no preferential policy for them to make up for ten years, and they will be asked to make up all the old coins at one time."

"What about Xining?" King Guangling asked.

Mu Ci was not in a hurry, and asked Mou Yu, "How is sister Xining doing over there?"

Mou Yudao: "The king of Nanli has countless favorite concubines. Princess Xining has a soft temper and lives a normal life. She often looks at the east and sheds tears to miss her hometown."

Mu Ci instructed Le Zhao, who is temporarily in charge of outreach affairs: "The sixth brother was adopted by King Liu, and now he should be regarded as Xining's younger brother, so let him submit the memorial. He also said that he heard that Princess Xining missed his hometown. Missing sister Xining, I took Xining and her children home. Someone must come!” He also ordered Mou Yu to “disclose the news in private, just tell me what I said: If Xining thinks home is good and doesn’t want to go back, don’t go home.” Go back. It is common for the women of our Mu family to marry twice and thirdly, and we are lucky to find a good concubine for her, it is very easy."

With this move, everyone has a more intuitive understanding of Mu Ci's methods.Mou Yu supported all of Mu Ci's decisions and immediately arranged for someone to do it.

Mu Ci, who dismissed King Guangling and tossed Gao Fan and Nan Li to death with a few casual words, took Mei Rong to board the ship as if nothing had happened.

Mei Rong was a little reluctant to leave, seeing that it was still early, she had nothing to say, so she dragged Mu Ci to talk about business matters, and talked about the situation of the sea merchants transporting grain, and the sea merchants were very cooperative and transported the grain in an orderly manner.

If there is a satellite, you can see the food ships shuttling back and forth on the safe route opened up by Mei Rong, just like the blood transfusion artery that delivers nutrients to Da Xing, continuously injecting vitality and energy into Da Xing.

Mu Ci said: "Not only can it be transported from Dinghai Prefecture to buy grain in the Taili Dynasty, but also to other small countries. The more the better, the harvest of our people will not be very good this year, and there will be military rations to be supplied. The grain is Not too much."

Mei Rong nodded.

"Some high-yielding crops are also attracting attention."

"I've been doing this all the time." Mei Rong said with a smile.

In front of everyone, Mu Ci hooked Mei Rong's neck, smiled and kissed his face: "Thank you for your hard work."

Mei Rong smiled, "It's nothing." He hugged Mu Ci's waist naturally, and said solemnly, "By the way, I don't know what kind of potted plant it is in the cockpit. Is it useful? You and I will go and see Let's see."

"Okay!" Mu Ci also had a cute face, as if she really didn't know what Mei Rong wanted him to do in the cockpit, she was willing to be abducted by Mei Rong...

Mou Yu and others: "..."

The sailing time must be postponed... Let's set up a table at the pier and have tea + snacks together! !