Zhen Jian has never been angry with King Qi, and he hasn't even said a word of hard words, because King Qi, as a friend, is so good that he is almost impossible to pick.
But this time, Zhen Jian was very annoyed, he was angry that King Qi had such an idea, in fact, this is not to blame King Qi, there is a way that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the emperor's approach makes him feel uncomfortable, and he naturally thinks that there is nothing wrong with such an approach.
Zhen Jian's words were like a slap in the face, King Qi was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and only after a long time did he look at Zhen Jian with wide eyes and muttered, "What did you say......
It seems to make a lot of sense. ” "What do you call like!"
Zhen Jianqi snorted, "It makes sense!"
” "But the civil officials in the court don't think so."
King Qi sighed helplessly, "My father doesn't want to marry his daughter to a foreign country, my father loves us children very much, but he can't help it about national affairs." ” What he said was the truth, although the emperor has no ability, and he has failed to be the emperor, but he attaches great importance to feelings, and it is precisely because he values feelings that he is easy to use emotionally, emotionally, and reuse Qin Huan, which is the most typical example.
Zhen Jian said coldly when he heard this: "These bullshit civil officials, they know how to sell their mouths all day long, and with a movement of their mouths, they marry a princess to a barbarian country with no relatives, how can they not marry their own daughters!"
” "That's it!"
King Qi also echoed angrily, "If you really let them marry their daughters, they will be cowardly!"
” …………………………………………………… Tonight, Zhen Jian had insomnia, worried about marrying the princess and relatives, in his previous life, he was particularly disgusted with the ancient things of marrying the princess and relatives, maybe those emperors would say all kinds of seemingly righteous and awe-inspiring reasons, but even so, Zhen Jian also thought that these were excuses.
The country relies on the ministers of civil and military affairs and the emperor to protect and revitalize, rather than relying on sending princesses to maintain a false peace.
Let Zhen Jian choose a favorite dynasty from the ancient Chinese dynasties, that is, the Ming Dynasty, because the ancestral motto of the Ming Dynasty is: no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies Sheji, although the Ming Dynasty has produced many absurd emperors, Zhen Jian just likes the Ming Dynasty.
Zhen Jian thought about it all night, but he didn't come up with any good ideas, and at present, it seems that he can only try to persuade the emperor to give it a try.
Early the next morning, Zhen Jian came to Honglu Temple, and just reviewed some of the regulations, when suddenly a palace envoy arrived, asking Zhen Jian to go to Linde Hall to report on the reception of foreign envoys.
Zhen Jianjian tidied up his clothes and hat, took the medicine box and followed the palace envoy into the palace.
All the way to the Lin De Palace, I saw the emperor, after saluting, the emperor saw Zhen Jian carrying a medicine box on his shoulder, and immediately laughed, and said: "Zhen Jian has a heart, and he calculated that the day of my head attack is coming, so he specially brought a medicine box." ” Zhen Jian bowed slightly, and said: "The minister planned to enter the palace a few days ago to serve the emperor, but because there are too many affairs in the Honglu Temple recently, the minister has no time to doppelgänger. ” "Hmm."
The emperor nodded and said, "The envoys of the two countries have arrived together, and the Honglu Temple should indeed be very busy, oh, by the way, come here, give a seat." ” The chamberlain moved a brocade pier, and Zhen Jian said: "Your Majesty, it's better to apply the needle first." ” "It's fine."
The emperor nodded, bypassed the dragon case, and came to Zhen Jian, the chamberlain moved a Taishi chair, and the emperor sat down.
Zhen Jian massaged the emperor with needles, and after a while, the emperor's head and soles were full of silver needles, and his two feet rested on the brocade pier.
The emperor specially asked the chamberlain to move another brocade pier and let Zhen Jian sit down and speak, this is a great favor, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, in addition to Zhen Jian, only Qin Huan has this treatment.
The emperor closed his eyes and recuperated, Zhen Jian sat down on the golden pier, and at this time, the emperor suddenly asked: "Zhen Jian, how well did the foreign envoy receive him?"
” Zhen Jian replied: "Everything is in order, just wait for the emperor to receive you." ” The emperor said: "Don't worry, let's talk about the intentions of the envoys of these two countries." ” Zhen Jian replied: "Back to the emperor, the envoys of the two countries came for the same purpose this time, to ask to marry a princess of our Great Chu." ” "Marrying a princess again?"
The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, straightened his waist, and his head was full of silver needles shaking.
Zhen Jian nodded and said: "Back to the emperor, yes, Chen Zaixian, the prince of Jiaozhi, wants to marry a Great Chu princess for himself, and Ge Luohong, the victorious king of the Nanzhao Kingdom, wants to marry a Great Chu princess for their prince Yimu." ” The emperor frowned and said, "But ......
But I only have one princess who is of the right age to marry!
” Zhen Jian didn't speak when he heard this.
The emperor frowned, pondered for a long time, and had already made a decision in his heart, but he intended to test Zhen Jian to see his political ability, so he raised his eyes and looked at Zhen Jian, and said: "Zhen Jian, you have always been resourceful, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
” Zhen Jian pretended to be frightened and said: "The subordinate position is low, and he doesn't dare to speak arrogantly." ” "I let you say it, it's not trespassing."
"Yes."
Zhen Jian said, "Your Majesty, the ministers think that our princess Dachu is so noble, how can she marry these barbarian princes, it is simply humiliating to the country." ” "Huh?"
The emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand again and again, "No, no." ” Zhen Jian asked: "Why not, please ask the emperor to make it clear." ” The emperor smiled indifferently and sighed: "Zhen Jian, it seems that you are still too young, do you know that there are two strong enemies in the north of my Great Chu, the Xiongnu and the Liang State, the West Tibet, and the Southern Zhao in the south, over the years, the repeated invasions of the Xiongnu and the Liang State have made our Great Chu haggard, and the small countries of the West and the Nanzhao, we really have no time to deal with them, and they always harass the border, and the people in the border are miserable, alas......
I don't want to marry my daughter to those barbarian countries, but what can I do, who will make me the emperor, at present, the Great Chu generals are in short supply, and they can't deal with the Western Fan Nanzhao, so they can only appease them with gentle means, and marrying a princess is the best way to appease. ” "Your Majesty, forgive your ministers!"
Zhen Jian was neither humble nor arrogant, "Marrying a princess is just an expedient measure, how can you rely on this means to appease for a long time, the emperor married the eldest princess to Xifan, Xifan has indeed been stable for a few years, but as far as the minister knows, there was a tribe in Xifan last month who took advantage of the harvest of my Dachu to attack the people of my Dachu again, and the people were killed and injured more than 500 people, and tens of thousands of stones of grain were robbed. ” The emperor's expression darkened when he heard this, sighed lightly, and said slowly: "Pull out the needle for me." ” Zhen Jian stepped forward to remove the silver needles on the top of his head and the soles of his feet for the emperor.
The emperor returned to the dragon chair and sat down, frowning slightly: "Zhen Jian, it is true that as you said, Xifan is unruly again this year, these barbarians are like this, my eldest princess married me, but it only made them stable for seven years, but it is also these seven years, do you know how many people died in the frontier, even if there are only three hundred in a year, two thousand in seven years." ” Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and sighed: "How can there be parents in the world who do not cherish their children, and I also cherish my daughters, but ......
I'm the emperor, and all the people of the world are my children, and I can't think of myself alone, you know. ” "But ......"
Zhen Jian just wanted to speak, but the emperor suddenly raised his hand and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade again." ” Zhen Jian can only sneer, he is not a fool, he can naturally see that the emperor has made up his mind, if he forcibly persuades him again, it will only backfire, and when the time comes, he will not be treated by the emperor, it will not be good.
The emperor saw that Zhen Jian was quite discerning, so he didn't persuade him, and his heart was a little more comfortable, and said: "The eldest princess and the second princess are both married, the fourth princess is only ten years old, the fifth princess is nine years old, and now only the third princess Qiluo is sixteen years old, which is the age to be married, but I only have such a princess who can marry, and the two countries come to beg, who do you think I should marry Princess Qiluo?"
” Zhen Jian didn't want to answer this question, but the emperor's question couldn't help but answer, so he replied: "The minister thinks that it is better to marry the envoy of the Jiaozhi country." ” The emperor frowned when he heard this, shook his head with disappointment on his face, and said, "Zhen Jian, you are still too young. ” Zhen Jian asked puzzledly: "The minister is stupid, please make it clear to the emperor." ” The emperor said: "The national strength of the Jiaozhi country is far inferior to that of Nanzhao, although they have always been respectful to my Dachu, but now it is not about who is respectful or disrespectful, but to see who is more threatening, marrying a princess, in order to appease, does the Jiaozhi country need to be appeased?"
” Zhen Jian smiled indifferently when he heard this, and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, but the minister has another set of ideas, maybe the emperor will be interested." ” "Oh?"
When the emperor heard this, he immediately became interested, and spread his hands and said, "If you have any ideas, let's hear them." ”