Today's dinner table was extremely quiet. Zhong Yi and Su Ru ate in silence. Zhong Mingli drank alone. Halfway through the meal, Chen Yuxian finally couldn't help but asked, "Ning'er, what is said outside about you and the Tang family?"
Are the rumors true?”
Tangning put down her chopsticks and nodded, "It's true."
There was silence at the dinner table again. After a while, Chen Yuxian looked at him and said, "No matter what decision you make, we will support you."
Tangning smiled, raised her head and said, "This is my home. This is the only home I have."
Although God sent him to this world inexplicably, in some ways, he was not treated poorly.
Tang Ning is a person who knows how to be content. She doesn't aim too high, and she doesn't have endless desires. If she can live in peace and stability for the rest of her life, it's okay if she doesn't become the number one scholar or something like that.
But this identity still has some benefits. After this time, there is no possibility of reconciliation with the Tang family. He is not arrogant enough to think that with his white body, he can compete with the Tang family who covers the sky with one hand.
The Qionglin Banquet will be held in two days. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be about three months of vacation after that, and then I will go to the Hanlin Academy to take up my position.
Xiao Jue, as the second in the first class, should be in the Hanlin Academy like him, but yesterday I heard from him that he should still be a military officer, but his position would be higher.
"Congratulations." Li Tianlan walked in from outside and sat down opposite him.
Tangning looked at her and said, "Congratulations to you too."
Li Tianlan congratulated him for being the top scorer in high school. He congratulated the Chu envoy for achieving his mission. After this time, the momentum of the alliance between Chen and Chu has become unstoppable.
He hasn't seen Li Tianlan in the past two days. He must be very busy. Chen Guo's attitude towards Chu has changed 180 degrees in a short period of time. In the past two days, not only Chen Guo's courtiers have been extremely busy, but also Chu Guo's.
The envoy is actually busier.
Li Tianlan shook his head slightly and said, "Congratulations now, it's still too early. Chen Guo just agreed to form an alliance, but there are conditions for the alliance. If the conditions offered by Chu State cannot satisfy them, we don't know when we will talk about it."
Things on the grassland are already urgent. The two countries actually have to negotiate terms before sending troops. This seems a bit stupid, but it is also true. No one is willing to do anything that is not beneficial.
Tangning thought for a while and said, "Actually, there is no need to rush to form an alliance."
Li Tianlan looked at him, and Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "Which Su Shen's second movie is now?"
"After the Wanyan tribe defeated the Heihan tribe, the Jiagu tribe became the second largest tribe of Sushen. The Wanyan tribe rose rapidly. The Jiagu tribe also sensed the threat and united with more than a dozen surrounding tribes. Now
We have been in a stalemate with Wanyanbu for a long time."
Tangning asked again, "Where's the third part?"
"The Shuhu Department is far away from these two departments. The Wanyan Department needs to annex the Jiagu Department before it can encounter them."
Tangning looked at her and asked, "Do you think Jiagube can beat Wanyanbe?"
Li Tianlan thought for a while and said, "The overall strength of the Wanyan Department is stronger than that of the Jiagu Department, and it has rich supplies. If we give them some time to continue to grow, the Jiagu Department will be destroyed in two years at the latest."
Just as Tangning was about to speak, a figure ran in from outside.
King Run ran in from outside and said happily, "Congratulations on winning the top prize. My father said that you will work in the Hanlin Academy in the future, so I can see you often."
Tangning looked at him, thought for a moment and asked, "His Royal Highness, Prince Run, is here to thank me again."
"I'm here to congratulate you for being the top pick in high school." King Run looked at him and said, "By the way, I'd like to ask, what is your family eating today?"
Tangning pointed to the side and said, "We'll talk about what to eat later. Your Highness will play there for a while."
King Run ran over to play Ludo by himself. Tangning looked at Li Tianlan and asked, "Where did we just talk?"
"The Wanyan tribe is the main body of Sushen and has sufficient supplies. It often raids the Chen-Chu border and steals a lot of weapons and supplies from the Chen and Chu countries. With their expansion speed, the Jiagu and Shuhu tribes can last for at most two years.
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Tang Ning nodded, looked at her, and said, "It is a traditional virtue to help those in need. Jiagu and Shuhu are short of supplies, so we can sell them supplies. If they are short of weapons, we can sell them weapons. Whatever they need, we will sell them."
What to give them?”
Li Tianlan was stunned, and then asked after a moment, "What do you mean, let the Sushen people deal with the Sushen people by themselves?"
Tangning asked, "They haven't always been their own people against their own people."
Li Tianlan looked at him and pursed his lips slightly.
The reason why the Sushen people are not strong is because their tribes, just like countries, have been fighting endlessly for resources for hundreds of years. It is just that in the past two years, the Wanyan tribe has risen too fast.
The tribes could not resist. In fact, they were not in harmony with each other.
If the Jiagu tribe and the Shuhu tribe become stronger, the rise of the Wanyan tribe will be curbed. Materials are scarce on the grassland, but the Chu country has abundant real estate, which can provide them with the food and even weapons they need.
The grasslands are rich in cattle and sheep, and their war horses have also been the envy of Chen and Chu for a long time. In normal times, the Sushen tribes would never exchange these for them, but today is different from the past. If the two tribes of Jiagu and Shuhu
, or those small tribes don't know how to adapt, they will be annexed by the Wanyan tribe sooner or later, which is not what they want to see.
Supporting these two tribes can not only stop the Wanyan tribe and form a check and balance on the grassland, but also benefit from it. In this way, the alliance between Chen and Chu does not seem to be so urgent.
And this can also greatly reduce the bargaining chip offered by Chen State, allowing Chu State to pay a lot less.
Before that, they only thought about the threat posed by the Sushen people to the Chu State, and only thought about forming an alliance with the Chen State to fight against the enemy, but they did not expect that there was such a way to get the best of both worlds.
She took a deep look at Tang Ning, stood up, and said, "I want to go back first."
Tangning knew that she had a lot to do every day, so she waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."
It was the best time for her to leave now. Tang Yaoyao and Xiao Yi Xiaoru had gone out. When she came back and saw Li Tianlan later, something might happen again.
After Li Tianlan left, King Run ran over from the side and said, "You are so amazing. You can actually get the top prize. They said it is very difficult to get the top prize."
He looked at Tangning and asked expectantly, "Can I study with you?"
Tang Ning had heard from Fang Hong that Prince Run had not liked reading since he was a child. His Majesty also turned a blind eye to this. Could it be that this little fat guy was stimulated by his own stimulation?
Tangning looked at him and asked, "What do you want to learn?"
"Learn to cook"
In a certain hall of the palace, Wei Jian handed over a letter and said, "Your Majesty, this is a letter from the Ministry of Rites. Arrangements for the Qionglin Banquet have already begun."
Chen Huang opened it, looked at it, put it down, picked up a piece of pastry from the plate, as if he remembered something, and asked, "Why didn't Yuan'er come over today?"
Wei Jian smiled and said, "Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? Yesterday, His Majesty promised His Royal Highness King Run to leave the palace to find the Number One Scholar."
"It's strange, why does Yuan'er like him so much?" Chen Huang thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Never mind, he has great talent, there is no harm in letting Yuan'er learn more from him."
A young eunuch walked in, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wang wants to see you."
Chen Huang nodded and said, "Xuan."
After a while, he looked at the old man who walked into the hall and asked, "What does the Prime Minister have to report?"
Prime Minister Wang bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the good alliance conditions that were about to be discussed yesterday were suddenly said by the Chu State envoy to be discussed again."
"What?" Chen Huang stood up, looked at him, and asked, "Didn't they beg for an alliance? Why are they regretting it now?"
Prime Minister Wang thought for a while and said, "I feel that they are not so anxious to form an alliance."
