"Prince Gong has formed an alliance with Daxing? Isn't that seeking the skin of a tiger? It's easy to ask the gods but hard to give them away. Isn't he afraid that he will get himself involved? I think he will never be so stupid!" Tong Shunmin shook his head, if it were changed. He, he would never do that.
"Yes! But it's better than losing your life, right? What's more, he has a lot of choices. Doesn't he still have Prince Jing? Everything is possible. We can't wait until they form an alliance to think of countermeasures. That would be too much. Passive."
Gu Chengyu felt that with Prince Gong's temperament, he might really form an alliance with Prince Jing. This man has a heroic spirit and is not pedantic in his thinking.
"Prince Jing? After hearing what you said, I think it is very possible. But how can Gu Siqing be sure that Daxing will definitely agree to open the mutual market?"
Deng Wenshang felt that opening a mutual market would be very beneficial to the treasury's revenue, but this matter was too dangerous.
He had just taken over the Ministry of Household Affairs and knew that the imperial court was poor. But when those files were piled on his desk and he opened the treasury and looked at it, he realized that Shen Shikang was not just lying, the imperial court was really poor!
"We are about to send people to Daxing for peace talks. Daxing has sent envoys to deliver the peace talks. They are on the way. I wonder who in the court do you think is qualified for this important task?"
Gu Chengyu raised the issue. Anyway, it was impossible for him to go to Daxing with the envoy.
"What? But the news from Daxing? Why didn't we hear about it until today?" Yu Zheng's face was a little ugly. They didn't know there was anything going on. No wonder Gu Chengyu was so confident about opening up the mutual market. It turned out that Daxing had already had peace talks. intention.
The faces of the others were also a little ugly. They didn't receive the news in advance. In just a few days, the court was already under the control of Gu Chengyu?
"This is also the news that came this morning. The border is far away from the capital, so the news is always delayed." In fact, Gu Chengyu knew this news not because it came from the Daxing court, but because of Gu Wanqian.
"I'm afraid Gu Siqing has known this news for a long time, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't have proposed a mutual trade so quickly. Gu Siqing is really good at it! In just a few days, we courtiers have become mere decorations!"
Yu Zheng was not on good terms with Gu Chengyu. He had previously suspected that Gu Chengyu was related to his legitimate daughter's illness. However, Gu Chengyu acted cautiously and he had no evidence.
Furthermore, Gu Chengyu has been in the holy family for the past two years, so he has to think carefully about himself when dealing with the other party. Otherwise, he will not be able to eat fish, and he will have to make a fishy mess.
Naturally, he still remembered Xia Qing's fate. Although it was because of colluding with foreign countries, Gu Chengyu intervened in it. In the end, Xia Qing was defeated, all because of Gu Chengyu's plan.
But now he really couldn't bear it anymore. In terms of qualifications and background, he was the most promising to take the position of chief minister, but the emperor's behavior made him panic. He now disliked Gu Chengyu very much, and there was always resentment in his heart. But he had to suppress it.
"You said you only came up with the idea of opening the mutual market this morning, but the border customs have already started to implement buying and selling. Doesn't this make sense?"
They are not fools. They just received the news today that the border customs has begun, but they are still kept in the dark.
"The news about buying a son is indeed earlier than the news from Daxing." Gu Chengyu did not deny it. After all, he had already informed the emperor and ordered the border officials to start first.
"What about the silver for buying a ding? Where does it come from?" Tong Shunmin asked doubtfully.
"It was ordered by the Emperor and approved by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Of course, it is only temporarily borrowed. It will be repaid after the opening of the border and mutual trade has achieved results. It will even be of great benefit to replenish the national treasury. The Emperor has already nodded on this matter. Even if you propose
Opposition will be of no use."
Everyone was silent. They couldn't even see the emperor's face, but Gu Chengyu could produce the emperor's handwriting every now and then, which made them couldn't help but suspect that the emperor was under house arrest by Gu Chengyu.
"Why did Daxing agree to the peace talks? They have been eyeing our Dayan for a long time, and they would give up so easily? Isn't it a scam?" Yu Zheng first asked, did Daxing lose its foundation by losing 200,000 troops?
"Although the soldiers of Daxing are brave and good at fighting, there are not many people in Daxing. These 200,000 people will naturally be exhausted. Coupled with the civil strife among them, how can they still think about fighting?"
Gu Chengyu shook his head, he could only solve the problem of Daxing after the civil strife in Dayan subsided and the national strength began to recover.
Of course, if Daxing is interested in knowing each other and wants to have diplomatic relations between the two countries, that is not impossible. After all, it is a barren land, and it is difficult for Dayan to manage it if it is too far away.
"Then who is the envoy to Dayan?" Zhong Shize frowned. No matter what, the NBN of the cabinet is now in the hands of Gu Chengyu, and they can't hold it up with their arms!
"I heard it's the Seventh Prince Ge Yuan!" Gu Chengyu picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. Now anyone who cares about Ge Yuan's identity can find out.
Now, as long as anyone is well-informed, who doesn't know that the seventh prince is the prince retrieved from Dayan? And his relationship with Gu Wanqian should be well known to these people.
"Seventh Prince Ge Yuan? I heard that this person is an old acquaintance of Gu Siqing!" Yu's face was somewhat sarcastic. Who in the court still doesn't know that the Seventh Prince of Daxing is Gu Chengyu's nephew?
They even impeached Gu Chengyu for this matter, but the emperor was very protective of him and didn't take him seriously at all.
Ge Yuan has followed Gu Chengyu for many years. Does Gu Chengyu know nothing about Ge Yuan's life experience? This is hard to believe. There will always be some clues. Who knows if Gu Chengyu let that person go on purpose?
"Indeed! Not long after this man was born, he was adopted by the Xiaguan tribe by chance and lived in Dayan for ten years. Because the tribe's family was poor, he was sent to take care of the family business with his parents! After so many years
In the past, the official did not know that he still had such an identity. But now that he has recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan, the past is just like the past. When we meet in the future, he will also have a different identity."
What Gu Chengyu means is that their identities are different. Even if Gu Wanqian returns to the capital, he will no longer be his nephew.
"Hmph! These are all Gu Siqing's one-sided words, so be it! Whatever Gu Siqing says, then it is! But he is familiar with you after all. Why not wait until he comes to the capital and invite Gu Siqing to talk to you?
How about he negotiate and send an envoy to Daxing? The person to negotiate for peace is none other than Gu Siqing!"
A flash of light flashed in Yu Zheng's eyes. If he could really make Gu Chengyu go on a mission to make things prosperous, it would be great.
"You also said that Xiaguan and he are old acquaintances, so if they Daxing make unreasonable demands, how should Xiaguan refuse? In this case, Xiaguan is not suitable. In the next few days, we will wait for everyone to elect a person
I will report the selection to the emperor later, what do you think?"
Gu Chengyu didn't want to take this issue. He didn't want to have contact with Gu Wanqian. Someone would naturally handle the peace talks.