"Ming envoy Yu Qian pays homage to His Majesty Qi Guo."
In Tianqi Hall, Cheng Mu personally received the envoy from the Ming Empire, Yu Qian.
"Are you the Yu Qian who smokes, drinks and perms his hair?"
Cheng Mu was in a good mood.
Not only was the name Yu Qian familiar to him, but more importantly, Yu Qian's arrival directly showed Zhu Di's attitude.
The majestic Emperor Yongle actually sent an envoy here!
"Well... His Majesty Qi Guo is wise."
Smoking, drinking and perming your hair? Yu Qian doesn’t understand.
So what can he say now, he can only say Cheng Mu Yingming.
In his mind: You are the emperor anyway, so whatever you say will be yours.
"Well, please give me a seat."
Cheng Mu's bad taste went away as quickly as it came, so he asked Yu Qian to sit down.
Then he asked directly: "I wonder what good news the messenger brought when he came?"
He was looking forward to it. What did Zhu Di want to do? Was he asking for help?
That’s fun!
"Report to His Majesty Qi Guo."
Facing Cheng Mu's straight-to-the-point statement, Yu Qian hurriedly stood up and saluted again.
"My Majesty, you only asked me to bring you four words."
He was extremely polite and considerate, but he was also very open-minded. In front of Cheng Mu, he did not show any fear, nervousness, or panic at all.
"Oh? Which four words?"
Cheng Mu was immediately interested. How could this Zhu Di be sold?
"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold!"
Yu Qian said these four words loudly. These are Zhu Di's words, and they are also the current reality.
"Well, I understand."
Cheng Mu nodded.
As soon as the word lip-dead-teeth-cold came out, he instantly understood what Zhu Di meant.
"Any more?"
However, he was not satisfied.
Teeth are much stronger than lips.
When a person dies, even if the body rots into ashes, the teeth can still remain for hundreds of years. So this metaphor is not appropriate.
"Your Majesty Hui Qiguo, there is no more."
Yu Qian knew that Cheng Mu was dissatisfied, but the only thing his emperor brought over was this sentence.
"Then you go back."
For a moment, Cheng Mu lost interest.
Send someone all the way here, and then that's it?
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Cheng Mu was actually trying to drive him away, Yu Qian instantly panicked.
Shouldn’t it? That’s not how the script was written.
Since you, the Apocalypse Kingdom, know the truth about lips dying and teeth cold, why don’t you show any expression at all?
"Oh? What else does Mingshi have to do?"
Cheng Mu was confused.
Zhu Di gave himself four words. Well, he has received them now.
If there is nothing else, then he will go back to play with his children.
"Report to His Majesty Qi Guo."
At this moment, Yu Qian also understood that Cheng Mu was not so easy to fool.
Simply, he directly stated his intention: "My Majesty, I hope you will raise your country and send troops to resist the Han Dynasty."
He originally wanted Cheng Mu to say this on his own initiative.
But unexpectedly, Cheng Mu didn't follow his script.
"Let's resist the Han Empire together?"
Cheng Mu smiled.
He asked: "Do you think that our Apocalypse Empire is weaker than the other Han Empire?"
The overall strength is indeed incomparable.
But when it comes to military strength and the physical fitness of its citizens, the Apocalypse Empire is really not afraid of anyone!
Dare to send the most powerful person over?
Either come and die, or everyone will die together!
Afraid? There is no word fear in Cheng Mu’s dictionary now!
"No! We didn't have such thoughts."
Yu Qian immediately denied it.
If he dared to say that the Apocalypse Empire was weaker than the Han Empire in front of Cheng Mu, then he knew that he might not be able to leave this hall.
"Then why does your emperor say that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold?"
At this moment, the initiative was in Cheng Mu's hands.
"I, I, I..."
For a moment, Yu Qian was a little confused.
When the set script was disrupted and he faced pressure from Cheng Mu Diwei, it was difficult for him to make quick decisions.
"Okay."
Cheng Mu took back his power.
He asked directly: "It's okay if we send troops to cede territory?"
This is what he wants.
How is it possible for me to work for Zhu Di for no reason?
"ah?"
Yu Qian reacted and shook his head hastily: "No... no cutting."
"Marriage?"
"No... no marriage."
"Pay tribute?"
"No tribute!"
In these last three words, he was firm.
The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty said: No marriage, no compensation, no land cession, no tribute, the emperor will guard the country, and the king will die!
He, Yu Qian, is here to negotiate, not to betray his country.
"That would be boring."
Cheng Mu shook his head and suddenly lost interest: "In that case, why should I send troops?"
This is funny.
The Ming Empire didn't pay anything, so it allowed itself to send troops to support it?
Just daydream, this is it!
"Ming Kingdom and Qi Kingdom can conclude a friendly alliance!"
Yu Qian also knew that it would be impossible if he did not produce something from the Ming Empire.
Therefore, after discussions between the ministers of the DPRK and China, it is most appropriate to conclude a friendship alliance.
This was actually Zhu Di's helpless move.
The Han Empire has occupied most of the land in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the south is not peaceful at the moment.
When the second wave of wandering forces came, the famous great magician Liu Xiu came to the Ming Empire.
Also arriving with him were the famous Chen Qingzhi and Shi Dakai.
Liu Xiu was worthy of being the chosen one. Soon after his arrival, he took Chen Qingzhi and Shi Dakai under his command.
In an instant, he became the most powerful force ravaging the Ming Empire at that time.
But from strength to strength.
At that time, the Han Empire had not yet invaded. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Liu Bowen, Qi Jiguang, Xu Da and other generals under his command, but they still defeated Liu Xiu steadily.
Wandering forces have no foundation, and it is indeed difficult to completely resist an empire.
So in the end, Liu Xiu could only lead his troops to retreat across the sea to Xiaoliuqiu.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was planning to eliminate Liu Xiu once and for all, the Han Empire invaded.
In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang could only order Qi Jiguang, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Bowen and others to fight first.
He himself, led Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others to fight against Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
As for the result, Cheng Mu naturally knew it.
That is to say, after Zhu Yuanzhang died, Liu Xiu took the opportunity to push back and captured most of the land in Fujian.
At this time, Zhu Di could no longer sit still.
In the current Ming Empire, the armies of the Han Empire and Han Empire invaded, and Liu Xiu, a man with no martial ethics, was like a gangrene in the bones.
Under attack from both front and rear, the country is in danger.
So in a desperate situation, some ministers thought of Cheng Mu's Apocalypse Empire, and Zhu Di agreed after careful consideration.
It's just an alliance, it doesn't mean making peace with relatives, paying tribute, claiming vassal status, or ceding territory. It doesn't count as violating the ancestral precepts either!
"Just an alliance?"
How could Cheng Mu be satisfied? He said: "The extremely powerful Tang Empire also personally gave the princess to me in order to form an alliance with my Apocalypse Empire."
"And your emperor only has this little sincerity?"
Although there are great benefits in marrying Princess Jinyang, this is also Li Shimin's sincerity.
It is not impossible to form an alliance with the Ming Empire, but you have to gain something.
There is direct conflict between countries, and now there is only profit at all!
"I'm Daming! I don't want to get married!"
Yu Qian still sticks to his bottom line.
His eyes were red and he said: "When Qiguo is attacked in the future, I, the Ming Dynasty, will be able to help with all my resources!"
What he wants is just an offensive and defensive alliance.
The rest are not needed.
"Well, I understand."
Cheng Mu nodded, then suddenly smiled and said: "In that case, then I don't want your Ming Dynasty people, nor your Ming Dynasty money, nor your Ming Dynasty land."
