Chapter 471: Luoer is going to be an ambassador to Chu? I am so difficult...
Outside the Forbidden City, a man and a woman stood side by side. They were as graceful as immortals. The man was a quasi-sage and the woman was a perfect martial artist.
It is Yu Xuan, the cheap brother-in-law, and Yu Shu, the cheap sister-in-law.
The two of them looked up at the tall and majestic Forbidden City and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
"More than twenty years ago, I went to pick up Kuan'er from the Lord's Mansion in Mingshan, Qing clan, and met Zhongda for the first time." Yu Xuan said with a look of reminiscence, "At that time, he was still a martial lord and a small retainer of the lord.
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"But now, in less than thirty years, he has actually done such a big thing. Half of the Western Region has been captured by him. I heard that his cultivation has also overcome the tribulation and entered the Tao."
At that time, he was a Martial God, and now he is a quasi-sage. His cultivation speed has been extremely fast. But Jiang Yao has cultivated from a Martial Lord to a Martial Saint!
From a mere lord of a small lord, he became the overlord of the Western Region and ascended to the position of King Ming.
Why not surprise him?
He really admired Yu Yan's vision, and he firmly believed in ginger medicine even then.
Yu Shu also expressed emotion, "Back then, I was entrusted by my younger sister to go to the Lord Mingshan Mansion to help him and stayed with him for two years. At that time, I advised him not to change the law, but he was resolute."
"I didn't expect that more than twenty years later, he would reach this height and finally stand on the opposite side of the martial arts family in the world."
Yu Xuan frowned and said in a low voice: "The Wu family is too powerful. The Ten Thousand Immortals Army has always been in their hands. Even my little sister can't control it. If the Ten Thousand Immortals Army doesn't obey the emperor's orders for one day, my little sister will have no choice but to fight with the Wu family."
compromise."
"Zhongda openly opposes the martial arts families all over the world, and he also carries out reforms and publishes ancient books. He seems to be in a good position now, but in fact he is in great danger."
Yu Xuan was the King of Ye of the Zhou Dynasty and a noble member of the Zhou family. Of course he was on the side of the imperial power and hoped that Yu Kan would take back the power of the Wu family nobles.
The so-called butt determines the head, and interests determine the stance.
But he knew very well that no matter whether he was the Zhou Dynasty or the emperor, he could only share power with the Wu family.
This is a popular saying in the Zhou Dynasty today: "The country and the family share the world."
The state is the imperial court and the Zhou family.
The family is the aristocratic family, that is, the nobility of the Wu family.
"The country and the family share the world" means that the power of the world is shared by the imperial court and the aristocratic families. The imperial court was built by the aristocratic families and is essentially an alliance of aristocratic families, so it must represent the interests of the aristocratic families.
If the emperor betrays the family and starts a new one, then he betrays the alliance, and the family can overthrow the imperial court and establish another imperial court.
They have this power.
Nowadays, except for the Yu family himself and a few die-hard loyalists, all the officials and generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are from the Wu family aristocrats, and all the talents are also from the Wu family aristocrats.
Because there really aren’t many powerful talents from poor families. It’s not that monks from poor families have poor qualifications, but that they don’t have the conditions to develop powerful talents.
Even the original retainers of the Yu clan would only side with the Wu family nobles, not the emperor.
If Yu Kuang introduces policies that are unfavorable to the Wu family, not to mention others, even the Yu family's own old retainers will be dissatisfied.
By then, Yu Kuan's edict will be a piece of waste paper.
If she represents the Wu family, then she is the lord of Zhou Dynasty. If she opposes the Wu family, then she is just the daughter of the Yu family.
It's that simple.
How could Yu Xuan and Yu Shu not know about Yu Kuang's difficulties? Therefore, their attitude towards Jiang Yao was completely different from that of other Wu family nobles.
While the brother and sister were discussing, a cheerful and familiar voice suddenly came: "Oh, brother and sister, rare visitor, rare visitor!"
But it was Jiang Yao, the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, who personally came out of the palace to greet the Zhou envoys Yu Xuan and Yu Shu. He casually recited a poem with a spring breeze on his face: "The golden wind in September blows the ginger water, and the bright moon will tell you that the old friends are coming."
Yu Shu couldn't help but smile when she saw Jiang Yao still holding the snake staff and shaking the feather fan as usual.
"Zhongda hasn't changed much, but he has overcome the tribulation and entered the Tao. The charm of the Tao is now different from what it used to be."
Yu Xuan laughed and said: "Zhongda is the king of Ming Dynasty. Did he also personally go out to welcome the envoys of Zhou Dynasty?"
Jiang Yao also laughed and said: "The Great Zhou Dynasty is a big country, and it is an imperial envoy of a big country. How dare we neglect our country's security?"
"I haven't seen my eldest brother and sister for many years, and I miss you so much. Please!"
When the three of them met, they were indifferent.
As Yu Shu entered the palace, she looked around and said, "Zhongda, your Forbidden City is as powerful as the Mingshan Lord's Mansion."
"I think it's comfortable to live in Mingshan." Jiang Yao said unfaithfully.
The Yu brothers and sisters followed Jiang Yao and couldn't help but be surprised. They could sense that Jiang Yao now had an unfathomable meaning.
It's really hard to fathom.
Jiang Yao brought the Yu brothers and sisters to the moon-watching platform, and all the ministers attended the ceremony together. When Qin Yu saw Yu Xuan, he raised his glass and said with a smile:
"Brother Taiwei is here well. I never thought that one day, Brother Taiwei would become the king of Ye, and he would be sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Zhou. There is nothing more amazing than this in life."
Yu Xuan also said with some regret: "I never thought that Zizhou would one day become the Secretary of the Ming Dynasty."
Chu Heng, Zhu Yan, Ling Du, Feng Ke and other early retainers of the Lord's Mansion felt very cordial when they saw Yu Shu. They all stood up and saluted Yu Shu and said, "I miss you so much after not seeing my lady for many years."
At that time, Yu Shu stayed in the Lord's Mansion for two years and took care of the housekeeping of the Lord's Mansion. She had a good relationship with Jiang Yao and became acquainted with them.
"Mr. Sir, madam." An old man and woman stood up. They were the original guards of Yu clan, Uncle Lang and Aunt Huan.
Uncle Lang is a Quasi-Sage and Aunt Huan is a Martial Immortal. Actually, Jiang Yao no longer needs their protection, but she has been kept well in the palace.
After everyone chatted and finished the banquet, Jiang Yao invited the Yu brothers and sisters to the secret room.
He knew that Yu Yan must have an explanation.
If Yu Kuan had anything to say, he could actually send him a flying message. But he sent Yu Xuan and Yu Shu, of course, to make a gesture to the Wu family and "ask for an explanation" from the Ming Dynasty.
"Zhongda, you annexed the seven states this time and took half of the Western Region. The whole Zhou Dynasty is very angry." Yu Xuan said straight to the point.
"Every day someone comes forward to use troops against the Ming Dynasty. Kun'er said that the demand for conquering the Ming Dynasty will only grow louder and louder, and she will eventually accept it and use troops against the Ming Dynasty."
Yu Xuan looked a little embarrassed. This brother-in-law was actually a kind man. In front of his future brother-in-law, he directly said that his sister would beat him, which made him very embarrassed.
Yu Shu shook her head and said with a wry smile: "Zhongda, you must be considerate of Kun'er. Although she has become the Lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty and seems to be superior, she must be consistent with the ministers."
"Otherwise, the ministers will not recognize her as the emperor. Once the Great Zhou Dynasty collapses and the Central Territory is divided again, the foreigners will be the cheaper ones."
"In order to prevent Shenzhou from falling into the hands of foreigners, Kuier can only endure it. She can delay the matter of Zhengming, but she cannot keep delaying it."
"She said that within ten years, the Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely conquer the Ming Dynasty and eliminate the country of reform. This is not something that Kun'er can decide."
"The Divine Continent must be unified. Either the Great Zhou Dynasty will destroy the Ming Dynasty, or the Great Ming Dynasty will destroy the Zhou Dynasty. Whoever wins and has the ability to unify the Divine Continent is right, even if it is wrong."
"Whoever loses and whose country is destroyed is at fault, yes or no."
"However, no matter who destroys whom, Kuan'er hopes that the public will be public and the private will be private."
Jiang Yao nodded, "I know. Kuan'er has already said these words. She asked you to say it again, and that was a solemn emphasis. Don't worry, public is public and private is private."
"The unification of the Divine Continent is in the interests of the human race. Whoever can unify the Divine Continent proves that whoever has the ability to unify the true world is the right one. If I change my method to become a poor family, it may not necessarily be the right way. Ku'er relies on the Wu family to unify, and the way may not be wrong.
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"We may seem to be going in opposite directions, but in fact we have the same goal. We have different goals but have the same ambition. We hope to reach the same destination through different paths."
Yu Xuan thought about it and said: "If Zhongda thinks so, then I can rest assured, and so can Kuan'er. Speaking of jealousy, Kuan'er's heart towards you is even greater than towards me and Yu Shu. She really has a heart of ice.
To the bright moon."
"Zhongda, no matter what happens in the future, I hope you will not let Kuier down."
Jiang Yao personally poured a cup of tea for Yu Xuan, "Brother, you are worrying too much. I will never let you down in this life. God can learn from my heart."
Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhongda, I would like to remind you that once the two countries go to war, she will never deliberately let go and be merciful."
"If that's the case, there will be no way to determine the real winner. Once we encounter a foreign race, can we still expect the foreign race to deliberately let go?"
Jiang Yao smiled and said calmly: "Of course, how can you deliberately let go? There can only be one country in the Divine Continent. Of course, we must go all out, fight with our own abilities, and establish a true king. Only then will the Divine Continent have a future.
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"So, I won't give in, and I won't be merciful either. The eldest brother and sister can tell Kun'er that although the Zhou Dynasty is big and the Ming Dynasty is small, there is no telling who will win."
"Haha!" Yu Xuan couldn't help stroking his hands, "Zhongda is so heroic and confident. If this is the case, then you and I, brothers, will have to see the real results on the battlefield in the future."
Jiang Yao said matter-of-factly: "Eldest brother and sister, don't worry. If I win, eldest brother will not lose the reward from the prince. I will definitely be willing to give up my sister as a princess."
Yu Xuan smiled at Yu Shu and said, "Sister, Zhongda is so confident and bold, are you happy or worried?"
Yu Shu smiled bitterly: "I am happy and worried at the same time."
Yu Xuan picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp, "If Zhongda loses, he must be willing to enter the Zhou Palace and become the emperor's son-in-law."
"If you are not the Ming King, you are the emperor's son-in-law. No matter how Zhongda loses, he won't lose much."
"Not necessarily." Jiang Yao looked stern, "What if Ku'er and I both lose? Of course I can't be the King of Ming or the Emperor's son-in-law, and Ku'er can't be the Emperor of Zhou or the Queen of Ming. Maybe we'll both be defeated and die.
Destroyed by foreigners."
Yu Xuan couldn't help but his expression froze and he sighed: "In the era of great strife, the princes are rising together, and the fate of the future is unpredictable. Even the Yi Gua Sage can't deduce it. Only God knows."
"Alas, no matter who wins or loses between you and Ku'er, Shenzhou cannot lose. If Shenzhou loses, then the fate of the human race..."
Jiang Yao remained silent, thinking more deeply than Yu Xuan.
In his opinion, if there is really no other way, Shenzhou is not completely unable to lose.
The key depends on who you lose to.
If Chu State, Qi State, or even Liang State win, it is actually not totally unacceptable.
After all, demons and demons have established more than one immortal dynasty among the nine ancient immortal dynasties. It is not too bad for the human race to be ruled by demons.
The worst thing is that Shenzhou falls into the hands of Jiang Zhengyi or Mei Tapir and the vampires!
Jiang Zhengyi wants to sacrifice the common people and use the luck of the dynasty for his own selfish gain. But the Charming Tapir and the Blood Tribe are completely cannibalistic barbarians.
"One more thing." Yu Shu changed the topic and said:
"The Qing Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful. I heard that many strange races have appeared under Jiang Zhengyi's command. There are sea turtles in the depths of Nanming, Youyou in the abyss of the earth, and a blood tribe of soldiers and horses."
During this period of time, Jiang Yao focused on expanding his territory, but did not pay much attention to the affairs of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was too far away, and although Xishan's Jinyiwei had secret spies in the Qing Dynasty, they had not yet been deployed, so it was difficult to grasp the latest information in a timely manner.
"The Youyu people are actually very powerful." Jiang Yao frowned, "The ancient books say that the Youyu people established the Kunyuan True Kingdom in Kunyuan deep in the earth in ancient times."
Kunyuan deep in the earth is a huge underground sea, extremely vast, with countless islands on it. It is the place where the Youhu tribe thrives.
The problem is that Jiang Zhengyi can actually use the Youyu clan to fight the war.
Under the command of the cheap sister Jiang Nan, there is a remnant of the Youyu tribe that escaped from Kunyuan. They had also helped Qin Yu fight against the coalition of martial lords before, and their fighting power was impressive.
But there must be more soldiers under Jiang Zheng's direct command.
Sure enough, Yu Shu said: "There are millions of concubines under Jiang Zheng's command. This happened not long ago. The concubines around Jiang Zheng leaked it to Kun'er."
"Jiang Zhengdi organized the Youyu soldiers into the Eight Banners of Youyu, and set up banner leaders for each. The flag leaders are all powerful nobles of Youyu. I really don't know how he obtained the support of the Youyu clan."
Hearing this, Jiang Yao couldn't help but think about it.
He was an Immortal Emperor in his two previous lives, and he had a very deep understanding of the rebellious Youyu Clan deep in the earth. But even he did not understand why the Youyu Clan were willing to be used by Jiang Zhengyi.
Although the Youyu tribe are all three-foot-tall little humans, there are actually hundreds of tribes. The tribes also fight each other and compete for islands in the underground sea.
Historically, when the Immortal Dynasty conquered the Youyu tribe, it was called "Zhengxia". Since the Youyu tribe lived deep in the earth, it was difficult for the conquerors to be effective. They could only be subdued, but could not be achieved once and for all.
When it comes to the origin of the Youyu tribe, they are actually a human race. However, they were separated in the prehistoric era. They were both influenced by human civilization, but also separated from human civilization, and they were more like aliens than demons.
Precisely because the Youyu tribe had never truly surrendered to the ancient immortal dynasty, Jiang Yao was very puzzled as to what methods Jiang Zhengyi and Jiang Biju used to subdue so many Youyu warriors.
Yu Shu continued: "Not only the Youyu tribe? The Hailiu tribe deep in Nanming also secretly appeared in the Qing army. There are hundreds of thousands of them, and they are still increasing."
"Jiang Zheng directly organized the Hailu soldiers into the Eight Banners of Hailu, and the powerful nobles of Hailu were also the banner leaders."
Jiang Yao sneered, "I didn't expect that Hailiu was almost exterminated several times in history, and now he dares to participate in the battle between the four major clans. Hehe, he really doesn't know whether to live or die."
The race in the fairyland was once known as the Hundred Tribes, and the Hailiu tribe living deep in the South Sea was a relatively powerful race among the Hundreds of Tribes. The Hailiu tribe had males but no females, and could only reproduce with women from other races.
They capture women of other races, no matter whether they are demons or witches, and they can use them as reproductive tools to reproduce their offspring, and all the cubs born are male.
This makes the Hailiu tribe a predatory nature. In order to strengthen and reproduce the race, they continue to kidnap the women of the four major tribes and distribute them as property.
It is precisely because the Haili tribe is so evil and surly that the immortal dynasties of all dynasties, regardless of whether the rulers were demons or human witches, would use troops against the Hailiu tribe.
Attack after attack made the once-powerful Haili tribe almost annihilated many times.
However, Nanming is too vast, and the rules in the depths of Nanming are too dangerous. With the protection of Nanming, the Haili tribe can always survive some fish that slip through the net.
It has been more than 200,000 years since the demise of the Immortal Tang Dynasty. The Immortal Realm has become the True Realm, and all the tribes in the world are fighting and have never been unified again. For the surviving Hailiu tribe in the depths of Nanming, this is of course a rare opportunity to recover.
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After tens of thousands of years of reproduction, the Haili tribe, which was almost extinct in the Immortal Tang Dynasty, has probably become stronger again and has begun to participate in the disputes between the four major tribes.
Jiang Zhengyi!
When Jiang Yao thought about this cheap brother, he felt murderous intent.
The Youyu tribe is not too evil, but it can be used. Using the sea scorpion soldiers is too much, and there is really no bottom line.
It is impossible for Jiang Zhengyi not to know what kind of race the Haili tribe is. Even though he knows clearly, he still refers to the Haili tribe, which shows how deep this person is.
Yu Xuan also gritted his teeth, "Jiang Zhengyi even uses the sea monsters, he is simply crazy. The question is, how did he get the service of the sea monsters? Could it be..."
Jiang Yao nodded, "Of course, using women. This is Jiang Zhengyi's strength. This man is very good at using women. He must have given many women to the Haili tribe, and perhaps agreed to let the Hailiu tribe capture women as trophies."
"In order to become stronger, the Haili tribe needs more women to reproduce, so of course they will agree to Jiang Zhengyi's conditions."
Yu Shu continued: "Jiang Zheng has another blood clan soldier under his command. There are only tens of thousands of them, but they are very high-level. They are all blood demons above level four. I don't know where he found so many blood demons.
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"Jiang Zhengyi has more Youyou soldiers, Haixiu soldiers, and Blood Demon soldiers. The army is more powerful. The Chu army can only defend now."
"The pressure in the southern region is also increasing. More and more Qing troops are beginning to be deployed in the Longshan Mountains."
"Therefore, Kuan'er believes that we must agree to Chu's alliance request. Kuan'er plans to send Li Luo'er, the princess of Dishan County, as an envoy to Chu... Therefore, I would like to ask your uncle's opinion."
Send Luo'er as envoy to Chu?
Jiang Yao smiled.
Is this the plan to marry into the Chu State?
If there is a marriage between Zhou and Chu, then the momentum of the Qing State will be curbed, and the warlords in the Southern Region will be grateful to the Zhou State, and the Zhou State will be able to take advantage of the marriage with the Chu State and its resistance to the Qing Dynasty to easily take over the Southern Region.
Zhou Zhukun'er's plan is really loud.
hehe.
But, is Luoer willing?
"I'm not opposed to marriage." Jiang Yao pointed out Yu Yan's intention directly, "Giving Luoer to Pankang is indeed not an insult to her. But is she willing?"
Yu Shu stopped going around, "Kun'er tested her and asked her if she was willing to use Chu. She didn't object. She just said that she needed to think about it for a while."
Is that so? When Jiang Yao heard this, his eyes were filled with curiosity.
"However." Yu Shu also smiled, "Even if it is a marriage, it is not a temporary thing. Even if Princess Dishan agrees, we don't know how long the wedding will be delayed."
"Princess Dishan's mission to Chu State this time is actually just to make contact and talk about an alliance. If both parties can reach an agreement, it won't be too late for Zhou to agree to a marriage."
"On the one hand, Kuan'er is willing to marry the Chu State, but on the other hand, she also hopes to delay the marriage as much as possible. She actually does not want to marry Princess Dishan."
Jiang Yao understood. Yu Kuan wanted to use the momentum of the marriage between the two countries to contain the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't want to see the rabbit or the hawk. He took one step at a time. He wanted to fish, but he didn't want to be swallowed by the fish soon.
Alas, it seems that Luo'er still has some thoughts about Pankang after all. Since she doesn't object, she agrees. It's just that she is waiting for her own instructions.
If she agrees, she will definitely go to Chu as an envoy.
So, do you agree or disagree?
It's so difficult for me.
ps: Can everyone participate in the lottery? Good night, Crab.
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When he woke up, he found that he had become the most subjugated king in history.