Weiyang Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

The emperor looked up and looked at Chen Leng: "I just asked you to go to Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites. You have made such a big deal and beat the envoys of the Anxu Kingdom. If this is reported, it will also say that I, Daning, do not understand the way of hospitality, and say that my Daning bullies the weak..."

Chen Lengxin said, Your Majesty, you asked me to go, isn’t it just for this one?

Of course he didn't dare to say it.

"How about the hand?"

The emperor glanced at Chen Leng's hand. Chen Leng was injured and bandaged with gauze, which looked quite thick, so the emperor's eyes were a little concerned, and it flashed away.

"Luckily, I bandaged it quickly."

Chen Leng untied the gauze bandaged on his hand: "If the areas where the skin is broken are healed a little slower, it will make those resting people see that it is not easy to ask for money."

emperor:"......"

He put down the pen in his hand, looked at Chen Leng and asked seriously: "How much medical expenses have you asked for?"

Chen Leng replied: "I asked for three thousand taels."

Emperor: "Hmm?"

"Five thousand..."

The emperor snorted: "You want as much as you want. Will I still take over all the money you want? Is that kind of person?"

Chen Leng breathed a sigh of relief: "I think..."

Emperor: "You think it's right. I asked you to go there. Of course, I have to have money for the money I have to do. I think it was because you did your efforts to get it. You leave two thousand taels and three thousand taels to me."

Shen Leng: "..."

The emperor stood up and walked to Chen Leng to reach out: "Do they give silver notes or cash silver?"

Chen Leng took out a few gems from his arms: "The country of Anxu is rich in gems, and he really can't get so much silver, so he used these gems to pay for it. A gem is calculated as five hundred taels of silver, and there are a total of ten..."

The emperor took six of them, raised them up and looked at the light: "It turns out that the quality is extraordinary. Each of such gems is worth thousands of taels of silver. You have made a profit."

He returned to the desk with six gems, and smiled and put the remaining four gems back into his clothes, thinking that after all, he had left four gems, and it was okay to count it as a share with the emperor for four or six.

Just as the emperor turned around and saw Chen Leng laughing, the emperor asked curiously: "I took away most of the time and left half for you. Why do you seem to feel sorry for you?"

Chen Leng hurriedly said, "I am not greedy, it's more. Your Majesty has left me four, which is your Majesty's reward. I thank you for your grace."

Emperor: "You fed things yourself, not my reward."

"It's calculated."

"Not count."

"Really."

Chen Leng said seriously: "Where can a mission bring so much cash? After all, the money they use is not circulated in our Daning. Although Anxi produces gems, they can't take out such valuable things by just one envoy. I asked them for medical expenses, and they couldn't take them out, so I was afraid of continuing to be beaten, so I had to take out ten of the thirty gems that were ready to offer to His Majesty. Don't they have the chance to meet His Majesty yet? So I guess that when His Majesty summoned them, they could only say that they would bring twenty gems to His Majesty... "

Emperor: "Take out the gems for me."

Chen Leng: "You have no joke, Your Majesty, Your Majesty said you would leave four for me."

The emperor glared coldly: "You are considered a crime of deceiving the king."

Chen Leng begged: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor smiled and said, "Save it, four gems, and look for someone to make a jewelry. You one, tea one, and two little guys one, which I will reward you."

Chen Leng quickly lowered his head: "I know that Your Majesty is generous and loving and loving."

The emperor said, "If I am as shameless as you, you have to say that I bully you. Although I think I will hurt you if I don't have four gems... Tell me, what are the intentions of the Black Warrior and the Sakura people? I don't believe you don't care, you just went to fight."

Of course, Chen Leng knew that His Majesty asked him to go to Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites not only to suppress the arrogance of the Sakura people and the Black Warriors, but the most important thing was to see what the Sakura people and the Black Warriors were hiding.

"The Sakura people are just looking at the national strength of Daning. The Sakura emperor Garoque is too greedy and is so warlike that he is almost crazy. He sent someone to see if Daning is easy to fight or not, whether he can fight or not."

"The black warriors are here to hold your majesty back. They have guessed or received the news that His Majesty will be in charge of the Northern Expedition, so they sent someone to meet His Majesty, trying to delay His Majesty's personal expedition through negotiations, and even pay a certain price. If His Majesty can be kept in Chang'an and at the negotiating table, the black warriors will be successful."

The emperor nodded: "The black warrior has no other way... It took me twenty years to reverse the relationship between the black warrior and Daning. How could I give up the Northern Expedition easily? Before I ascended the throne, although Daning had never lost much, he was always passive. Twenty years later, Daning had taken the initiative everywhere. After the northern Expedition, I would make the black warrior more passive."

He glanced at Lai Cheng next to him: "Don't the Black Martial Man want to talk to? If you arrange someone to talk to them, just say what I said. As long as the Black Martial Man is willing to dedicate Xingcheng to the south, including the entire South Courtyard to Daning, everything will be easy to talk about."

Lai Cheng lowered his head: "I understand."

The emperor looked at Lai Cheng and said, "You can also be more sleek. Don't be so cold when negotiating with the Black Warriors, and don't be so tough. Make the Black Warriors feel that Daning can accept it even if they take a step back, give them hope, make them feel that their negotiations have progressed, and don't just cut off their thoughts."

Lai Chengdao: "But Your Majesty directly wants more than half of the territory of the Black Martial Arts. This has cut off their thoughts and cannot continue to talk."

"I'll teach you a way."

The emperor looked at Lai Cheng and said seriously: "I asked you to be the chief negotiator. If you talk to them personally as the chief minister of the cabinet, the Grand Secretary, will you give them enough face, right?"

Lai Chengdao: "In theory, yes."

The emperor said again: "So, you have to make them flatter you, thinking that as long as you can buy you, the negotiations will make progress. If you have been an official for so many years, do you still have to teach you how to collect cash? You can give some appropriate speech. As long as the black warrior is willing to bribe you, you can help them as much as possible and help them do things as much as possible. I give you this power, so don't worry about me settle the accounts in the future."

Lai Cheng sighed: "I think it is not a problem to collect their money, but I cannot keep it privately."

The emperor looked at Lai Cheng with admiration, thinking that Lai Cheng was really the best.

"You can't keep it privately, you can't keep it for four or six, then you can't keep it for three or seven."

The emperor said, "I want seven points, you keep three points."

Lai Cheng: "..."

The emperor looked at Chen Leng: "They are all my ministers. Look at you, look at Lai Cheng, how did you divide me with me? It was actually divided by four or six. Lai Cheng said that it was impossible to divide by four or six, did you hear that you didn't like four or six?"

Chen Leng raised his hand to cover his chest and looked determined: "I will not obey."

The emperor gave him a blank look: "Since I said I would leave you four, you would leave four, but you trespassed into Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites and beat up the foreign envoys, which would insult the national system of the Daning Kingdom and lose the demeanor of the Daning. This matter will eventually be punished."

The emperor looked at Lai Cheng: "You are also the chief censor of the Censorate, what do you think you should do?"

Lai Zhen said with his head: "After I returned, I asked someone to write an 800-word memorial to General Chen, and every word I have to kill my heart."

Emperor: "Eight hundred words?"

Lai Cheng: "Then it's three thousand words."

The emperor nodded and looked at Chen Leng. Chen Leng sighed: "I know that I have made a big mistake, which is really a shame for the country's system and a disgrace. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to punish me. I think that I am the first to commit crimes, so why not pay me a salary?"

The emperor nodded: "Well, seeing that you admit your mistake so sincerely, I will not pursue your serious crime for the time being for the fault this time. If you are less sentenced to a serious crime, just fine your salary."

Chen Leng sighed.

The emperor looked at him and asked, "What's next?"

Chen Leng: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

The emperor felt relieved and waved his hand: "Okay, you go back first. I and Lai Cheng still have some things to discuss. After returning, remember to tell Cha'er that the gems were given to her by me, not by you."

Chen Leng: "I obey the order and tell her truthfully after I go back."

"Sincere?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean by what you said?"

Chen Leng bowed: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, I will retreat first."

After saying that, he ran away.

The emperor smiled and shook his head, looked at Lai Cheng and said, "If the black warriors want to delay negotiations, they will think they have a chance. Just leak the news to them and say that I am not determined to fight the Northern Expedition. If I can get some benefits from the black warriors and let the black warriors sign a treaty to ensure that they will not infringe on Daning in the future, I can see them in person, give them hope, and make them always feel that they can see me."

Lai Chengdao: "Don't worry, your Majesty, I will grasp the standards."

The emperor nodded: "On the eighth day of the third month, I will lead my army north. You stay in the cabinet to assist the prince... Although the prince has been studying in the cabinet for a long time, he is young and cannot be thorough in everything. If there is anything wrong, as the chief minister of the cabinet, you should advise the prince more. The cabinet should discuss the implementation of the prince's decision. If the cabinet feels that the prince is wrong, the cabinet has the right to reject the prince's order."

Lai Cheng was shocked. His Majesty gave the cabinet great power. Even at Mu Zhaotong's peak period, the cabinet would never have such authority to reject the order of the prince of the country? This is His Majesty's greatest trust in him and in the cabinet.

In this decree, Lai Cheng also felt His Majesty’s concerns. Giving the cabinet this power is not only to tell the prince that the cabinet has this power, but more importantly, to tell the prince not to act recklessly. Once the prince makes a decision that may endanger Daning, the cabinet will abolish the decision.

Your Majesty is still worried about the prince.

"I am in northern Xinjiang and don't want something to happen at home."

The emperor glanced at Lai Cheng: "You are one of the people who know me the best, so I don't need to say it too clearly. You just need to remember, Lai Cheng, I have handed over my family to you."

Lai Cheng leaned over and bowed: "I will definitely not let down Your Majesty's trust."

The emperor said, "I want to believe in you. I have always believed that people have different abilities and the weight they carry on their shoulders is different. People have talents in one county and can govern a county. On their shoulders are the weight of the people in one county. If people have talents, they can stabilize peace. On their shoulders, there is the weight of the people. But you are different. I know that you have talents in governing the country, so your weight on your shoulders is heavier. I often think that you should treat you well... But the 37-point account we just agreed on cannot change."
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