Hong Zuchang of Qiancheng Kingdom looked at Xu Zhiqiong with a solemn expression.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Hong Zuchang patiently.
Of course he is patient.
He was sitting and Hong Zuchang was standing.
It certainly doesn't feel uncomfortable to sit there, nor is it shabby.
When Yan Anqing saw this, he quickly sat down. He was familiar with Xu Zhiqiong's temper and knew that Xu Zhiqiong would never buy Qian Chengguo's etiquette.
And it's not just the etiquette of Qiancheng Kingdom. Xu Zhiqiong probably doesn't buy all the rhetoric of Qiancheng Kingdom.
After a stalemate over a cup of tea, Xu Zhiqiong and Liang Yuyao were chatting and laughing. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Hong Zuchang returned to his seat alone.
The scene was embarrassing, but Hong Zuchang didn't care.
He looked back at the recorder behind him.
The envoys of Qiancheng Kingdom were most concerned about three things during their mission.
The first is specifications. Qiancheng Kingdom divided different countries into three levels.
Fanxiao Kingdom in the western region and Tunu Kingdom in the north are considered to be the first level in Qiancheng Kingdom.
Xuan Kingdom defeated Tunu Kingdom last year and could barely be considered the first level.
Yu Xian, several medium-sized countries in the north are considered the second level.
The remaining small countries are considered the third level.
When sending envoys to countries of different levels, envoys of different levels must be sent, gifts of different levels must be sent, carriages, horses and attendants of different levels must be brought, and food and drink expenses of different levels must be provided.
The official systems of the Qiancheng Kingdom and the Xuan Kingdom were basically the same. Hong Zuchang's official position was Guanglu Dafu, a first-class official and qualified to be sent to a first-class country. In the eyes of the Qiancheng Kingdom, this was enough to give Xuan a lot of face.
The second thing I care about is etiquette. Qiancheng Kingdom follows ancient etiquette and requires the other party to treat each other with ancient etiquette. This is the minimum respect for Qiancheng Kingdom.
But what should we do if the other party doesn’t respect Qian Chengguo very much?
There is a third thing that I care about, and that is the recorder.
The recorder plays the most powerful role, and is related to the results of this mission.
Hong Zuchang glanced over, and the recorder immediately understood Hong Zuchang's intention and quickly wrote down:
Xu Zhiqiong, the Marquis of Xuan Guo Yun, did not know the ancient rituals, and Hong Zuchang, the official of Guanglu, angrily denounced it. Xu Zhiqiong, the Marquis of Xuan Guo Yun, was ashamed and embarrassed.
This is the importance of the recorder. If this record is continued, Qianchengguo will have an absolute upper hand in this confrontation.
Hong Zuchang sat back in his seat and remained silent for a while.
Another note in the record: Doctor Guanglu glared at the ministers of the Xuan Kingdom, and the ministers of the Xuan Kingdom did not dare to say a word.
Xu Zhiqiong took a sip of tea and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me!"
One more note in the record: Xu Zhiqiong, the Marquis of the Xuan Kingdom, sought advice from Dr. Guanglu.
Hong Zuchang sneered but remained silent.
One more note in the record: Doctor Guanglu despised the officials of Xuan Kingdom.
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "If you have nothing to say, I will leave."
He didn't record things, and he didn't know how to remember them.
Hong Zuchang frowned and said, "We are here to discuss government affairs with your country."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I just said it, I will tell you if you have anything to say!"
Hong Zuchang said: "Our country does not discuss important matters with the family members!"
This is for Liang Yuyao.
Liang Yuyao was annoyed and was about to curse. Xu Zhiqiong asked her to wait for a moment, then turned to Hong Zuchang and said, "This is my grand announcement of the Internal History Order. If you know the official system, you should know the identity of the Internal History Order."
Qiancheng Kingdom also has internal history orders, peace chapters, military affairs and important affairs, and they are all very high-status beings.
Hong Zuchang sneered and said: "The internal history order is an important position in the military and administration of a country. How can it be held by a woman? When Emperor Zhaoxing was alive, the whole country restored the old etiquette. Now the new emperor has succeeded to the throne and declared the etiquette system of the country.
, but it has collapsed to this point?”
Liang Yuyao couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily: "What's wrong with the woman? Weren't you born of a woman?"
Hong Zuchang shook his head and said with a smile: "Women are like the mud in the world. Men sow seeds in the mud, and fruits will grow naturally in the mud.
Although the fruit comes from the mud, how much does it have to do with the mud? Do you Daxuan farmers understand this truth?"
Liang Yuyao gritted her teeth, but she didn't know how to refute.
No matter how Liang Yuyao refutes, Hong Zuchang will use the example of mud and farmers to talk Liang Yuyao to death.
Liang Yuyao had seen this kind of routine many times from Gongsun Wen, and it seemed that this was Qian Chengguo's special skill.
Hong Zuchang looked at Liang Yuyao and smiled lightly.
How dare a mere young woman argue with me?
Hong Zuchang looked at Xu Zhiqiong again.
How many kilograms will this young person have?
I heard that he had some meritorious deeds in the north and south, but after all he was just a warrior.
Xu Zhiqiong stared at Hong Zuchang for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Let's go."
Hong Zuchang was startled: "Marquis Yun, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "What's the point of your Qiancheng Kingdom sending a man born from the mud to preach to me?
The clay figurines should be sent to the market. If they are more handsome, they can be sold for more than ten cents. If they are not handsome, they can only be given away as extras.
With a face as good as Doctor Hong’s, I’m afraid no one would want it if you gave it away, but you still come to the palace to see me?”
Hong Zuchang said angrily: "I just made a metaphor..."
Xu Zhiqiong sneered and said: "I declare that all people are born of women, not grown in mud. You'd better go farther away. I really can't stand the stench of mud on your body."
Hong Zuchang was so angry that he was trembling all over and his face was as pale as paper.
Yan Anqing had to speak. If Hong Zuchang continued to provoke, Xu Zhiqiong would probably be angry to death.
"Doctor Hong came all the way to come to me to preach, but it was because of Yu Xianguo's affairs."
Yan Anqing tried to bring the topic to the main topic.
Hong Zuchang originally wanted to do more foreshadowing before getting to the main topic in order to gain some initiative.
Now it seems that the foreshadowing effect is not very good, so I can only get to the point first.
"The sage has said that the king is the guide for his ministers, and the father is the guide for his son. The elders and the young are superior and inferior, and each has his own moral code. If the guide is always absent, where is the respect of the king? Where is the respect of the country? The people of a country are no different from ownerless beasts...
"
Qiancheng Kingdom is the hometown of Gongsun Wen.
When watching Hong Zuchang say this, Xu Zhiqiong could see the shadow of Gongsun Wen.
If he were allowed to keep talking, he could talk for a whole day, talking about the Gildan that he thought was right, but he might not be able to hear a single main point.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Liang Yuyao. Liang Yuyao had adjusted her condition now and could have relatively normal communication with Hong Zuchang.
"I'm talking about Doctor Guanglu, aren't you talking about Yu Xianguo? You are talking about the father and son of monarchs and ministers. Is it possible that your father is in Yu Xianguo?"
As long as she enters the rhythm that Princess Yuyao is accustomed to, her language talent is amazing.
Hong Zuchang's veins popped out and he said: "What I'm talking about is a principle. It's a principle in the world. After the father dies, the son succeeds, the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. This is the right principle. Now that Emperor Yuxian Yegguan is still alive and the prince Mo Chi ascends the throne, then
It’s treason!”
After such a long detour, we finally got to the point.
Mo Chi's father's name is Ye Guan, and Ye Guan is still alive. In the eyes of Qiancheng Kingdom, he is the legitimate king.
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "Xu once fought with the army in Yu Xianguo, and the first king of Yu Xianguo died on the battlefield in the battle of Yeguan. This is something everyone knows."
Hong Zuchang shook his head and said: "This is just a rumor. Emperor Yeguan is still alive, and now in the capital of our country of Qiancheng, my lord, Emperor Taikang, treats him with the courtesy of a king. Emperor Yuxian has revitalized the court, and hundreds of civil and military ministers have
The rest of the people perform their duties, and all government affairs are taken care of in an orderly manner."
Xu Zhiqiong couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
What kind of government affairs could a Yuxian court in the Qiancheng Kingdom have to take care of?
Their government affairs probably only include five things: eating, drinking, defecating, and peeing, plus licking the ditch of the king of Qiancheng.
More than a hundred people are needed to do this thing?
Xu Zhiqiong was very curious, but he heard Liang Yuyao say from the side: "You mean, the old emperor of Yu Xianguo did not go to the battlefield to fight, but went to your Qiancheng country to hide from the disaster?"
This question made Hong Zuchang's heart tighten.
He knew that this was a weakness of the old Emperor Yu Xian, but he didn't expect Liang Yuyao to ask so directly.
He snorted coldly, indicating that he did not want to talk to Liang Yuyao.
Liang Yuyao frowned and said, "What are you humiliating? Did Ye Guan go to fight? Just tell me something!"
Hong Zuchang still didn't speak. Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why don't you answer the questions that the internal historian asked you?"
Hong Zuchang said: "Emperor Yu Xian came to our country of Qiancheng to ask for help. The war is approaching, what is wrong with the king of a country asking for reinforcements?"
Liang Yuyao smiled and said: "He went to ask for help? Why did he claim to have gone to the battlefield?"
Hong Zuchang said: "That's because we're afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable, and we're also afraid that the enemy will receive the news and take precautions."
Liang Yuyao asked in surprise: "What are the enemy's defenses against you for? Have you sent reinforcements?"
Hong Zuchang snorted and said: "We, the Qiancheng Kingdom, don't like war, but we are never afraid of it. I think back then, when we, the Qiancheng Kingdom, marched westward..."
"Don't think about asking you Qian Chengguo if you sent reinforcements?"
Hong Zuchang pursed his lips and said, "We, Qian Chengguo, do not want to interfere in Yu Xian's internal affairs."
Liang Yuyao shouted: "If you don't interfere in Yu Xian's internal affairs, you still care who becomes the emperor?"
Hong Zuchang glared and said, "This is for the sake of etiquette and law. This is for the sake of clarifying the rules."
"You didn't take action during the war. When someone else established an emperor, you came here to talk nonsense!" Liang Yuyao said with disdain, "It's an egg, you pull it horizontally or vertically, it's still the same egg. Did you say that?
You slapped me in the face with such nonsense, you still have the energy to talk nonsense here, are you really shameless?"
Hong Zuchang stood up angrily and said: "Your country has repeatedly spoken ill of you, how can I, the envoy of Qiancheng, be humiliated?"
Yan Anqing stood up symbolically and advised: "Doctor Hong, stay back and don't act out of emotion."
When Hong Zuchang saw that there was a step he could go down, he shouted loudly: "This matter involves my honor and disgrace. This matter is absolutely non-negotiable. I must go!"
He said he had to go, but in fact he stopped.
He wanted to wait for everyone to give him some advice and then come back to continue talking.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly stepped forward and tried to persuade him: "Doctor Hong, some of the words of Nei Shiling are really serious. I can't bear to hear them.
It is about the honor and disgrace of the Qiancheng country. You must not leave. A wise man can be killed but cannot be humiliated. Doctor Hong is a bloody man and he should be killed in the hall in front of us!"
Upon hearing this, Hong Zuchang left the hall at an extremely fast speed.
To the envoy, the honor and disgrace of Qiancheng is very important, but in the end it is not as important as his own life.
After leaving the palace, Hong Zuchang quickly asked the recorder to write down: Xuan Guo Yunhou was rude, Doctor Guanglu left angrily, Xuan Guo's ministers stayed with each other in bitterness, and Doctor Guanglu ignored him.
With this record, Hong Zuchang believed that his face had been restored.
But just regaining face is not enough, the actual problem has not been solved yet.
Returning to the post house, Hong Zuchang dismissed the others and prayed devoutly: "Holy Ancestor, if we succeed in achieving a great event, we must first get rid of Xu Zhiqiong, and then kill Emperor Changle."
A sigh came from my ears: "Now we really need some thunderous measures."
In the Zhewei Star Palace, Liang Xiaoen heard an order: "Kill Xu Zhiqiong, and you can get the Star Corridor."
Liang Xiaoen smiled, but then showed some embarrassment: "If you kill in the mortal world, I'm afraid it will violate the rules."
"As long as you succeed with one strike, I will take care of it!"