Zhao Hongrun, who had been listening quietly, left Chui Gong Hall silently, stood on the steps outside the hall, and called Zongwei Shen Yu and others who were waiting outside the hall.
"Shen Yu, please go to Tingfeng Pavilion and tell my brother Hongxuan that I can borrow his clan guards Zhang Ao, Li Meng and others for the time being."
The Zhang Ao, Li Meng and others he mentioned were the Zongwei around his younger brother Huang Jiuzi Hongxuan.
"Yes." Although Shen Yu was puzzled, he nodded in agreement: "What does Your Highness want to do?"
I saw Zhao Hongrun thinking for a moment, and Fu Er said to Shen Yu: "After borrowing Zhang Ao, Li Meng and others, you will go to Shang Gong Bureau..." After that, he explained his plan to Shen Yu in detail Come.
"Eh?" Zongwei Shen Yu had a surprised and weird expression on his face when he heard this. He seemed to have realized something, but he said with disbelief: "Your Highness, are you..."
"Go ahead and come back quickly."
"yes."
After sending away Shen Yu and other clan guards, Zhao Hongrun still walked back to Chui Gong Hall and continued to sit in the audience, listening to the ministers in the hall discussing countermeasures.
It was simply unimaginable to him that even though Chu State had invaded Wei State, these ministers still wanted to seek peace.
Yes, it is undeniable that the national power of Wei is indeed inferior to that of Chu. Once it falls into the war between Wei and Chu, it is very likely to attract the attention of South Korea. This is tantamount to finally driving away the tiger in the front yard, but then comes in the back yard. In the situation of a wolf, instead of being like this, it is better to discuss with the tiger and give him a piece of meat to send him away, so as to retain the strength to prevent the wolf from the backyard from rushing in.
It is correct to think so, but what makes Zhao Hongrun regretful is that none of the ministers think that they can drive away the tigers in the front yard and force the wolves in the backyard not to dare to come in.
Simply put, these courtiers lack blood.
We need to fight, but we can't bring out the Chu army's anger... It's ridiculous. How do you ask the soldiers on the front line to fulfill such embarrassing demands?
What made Zhao Hongrun even more speechless was that the purpose of the mighty Minister of War's talk of fighting was actually for the subsequent peace. It was just a way to express his position and his intentions.
To put it simply, it was to win a battle to dampen the Chu army's arrogance and make them realize that they could not devour the Wei state in one go. They could then return home with some benefits.
Purely political tactics.
What Zhao Hongrun couldn't accept was that Li Huan, the Minister of War, actually proposed to marry Princess Yulong to the Chu State as a good breakthrough to sue for peace with the Chu State.
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun just wanted to say three words to that guy: Go to hell!
However, he did not attack immediately, because in order to convince the ministers in the palace, he needed some props.
About half an hour later, Zongwei Shen Yu stood outside the hall, coughed twice, and conveyed a message to Zhao Hongrun.
Has the stuff arrived? It's time for me to appear.
Under the surprised gaze of the eunuch Tong Xian, Zhao Hongrun straightened his clothes.
This bad guy...
Emperor Wei seemed to notice something unusual about his son.
In fact, the emperor was paying attention to the eighth son from time to time, wanting to see if he would raise any objections. But what surprised him was that even if Li Huan, the Minister of War, proposed a marriage, the marriage of Princess Yulong would serve as a sign of the Wei Dynasty's proposal to the Chu State. When the country sought peace, Zhao Hongrun still did not express any objection.
If something goes wrong, it must be a monster!
Emperor Wei could imagine that this son with a bad personality and a very clever mind must be planning something.
"Hongrun, don't you have some unique insights?" Emperor Wei couldn't help but ask.
Suddenly, the palace became quiet, and all the ministers turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, the prince who was listening.
Although it was said that due to the incident at the Wende Hall on Duanyang Day, the court had gradually become aware of the prince's abilities and knew that he was a prince who could defeat the Prince of the East Palace, but they were the first to have a real close contact with His Highness.
Just twice.
Moreover, no matter last time or this time, the eighth prince always just sat on one side and listened and never expressed his own opinions. Therefore, they were somewhat puzzled in their hearts: looking at the appearance of this prince, he did not seem to be able to do anything.
What a ruthless character that makes the Prince of the East Palace miserable!
"Is the father asking the emperor?" Zhao Hongrun pointed at himself, pretending to be innocent.
However, the emperor would not be fooled by his innocent appearance, and said calmly: "Don't say anything useless, I just want to ask you, what do you think of the results discussed by the ministers?"
"I wonder what the results of your adults' discussion were?" Zhao Hongrun asked, still pretending to be confused.
The emperor frowned and glanced at Li Huan, Minister of the Ministry of War. Although the latter was a little confused, he still understood the emperor's eyes and explained to Zhao Hongrun again in a low voice.
"I see." Zhao Hongrun nodded as if he suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "Make a marriage, cede land, pay compensation, and ask for peace? Isn't that what it looks like?"
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The expressions of the ministers in the court looked a little strange. Although he knew very well that the prince's summary was very insightful, but to say it so nakedly was too disturbing.
No, the Minister of War, Li Huan, an old man in his fifties, blushed and explained awkwardly: "Your Highness has misunderstood. He is not just asking for peace, but is trying to make peace with the Chu State to prevent North Korea from taking advantage of it."
enter……"
However, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun before he finished speaking.
"Master Li has a good temper."
…
The courtiers looked at each other in confusion, wondering how Zhao Hongrun could say such an irrelevant thing.
Li Huan, Minister of the Ministry of War, was also a little dumbfounded. He smiled dryly and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
Zhao Hongrun smiled and praised: "Do a good job. I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Li, the Ministry of Rites will make more and more achievements."
"..." After hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, the court officials were even more confused.
And Li Huan also had a look of confusion on his face: "Your Highness, I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is the Master of Youshe..."
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun showed an exaggerated look of astonishment when he heard this. He opened his eyes wide and said with disbelief: "This... shouldn't the officials of the Wei Military Department be the most bloody?"
Li Huan, the Minister of War, changed his face slightly when he heard this, and the expressions of the other courtiers in the palace also looked a little strange.
Only then did they realize that Zhao Hongrun was deliberately cursing the people in the Ministry of War as bloodless and unworthy of being in charge of the Ministry of War in the Wei Dynasty.
However, the Minister of Rites, Sheyou, who was shot innocently, felt a little awkward, and thought to himself, why should we, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, be bloodless?
You must know that he initially advocated declaring war on Chu, but due to lack of confidence, he was silenced by Li Huan, the Minister of War.
This bad guy...
Seeing Zhao Hongrun humiliating an important minister in the court in public, Emperor Wei shook his head wordlessly and said: "Hongrun, don't be so presumptuous! ... Tell me your opinion on this matter."
Zhao Hongrun smiled, clasped his hands and said: "What do you think? I think it's very good. Congratulations to my father and all the lords, for making our Wei Dynasty safe from the invasion of powerful enemies... If you marry a woman, you can make the powerful Chu retreat, why?" Are you happy but not doing it? Right?...Oh, I forgot, there will be subsequent land cession and compensation...tsk tsk tsk tsk!"
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All the ministers in the palace said nothing, after all, even a fool could hear the sarcasm in Zhao Hongrun's words.
"What exactly do you want to say?" the emperor said impatiently.
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and said: "Father, what the emperor said is true. He really congratulates me, Wei, for being able to escape the war... For this reason, the emperor has also prepared a special gift for you. Father and all your lords."
"A gift?" A look of confusion flashed across the emperor's face.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun clapped his hands twice and called out of the hall: "Shen Yu, come in."
After hearing this, Zongwei Shen Yu walked into the Chui Gong Hall and raised his hands and fists towards the Emperor, the courtiers and His Royal Highness.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and pointed to several courtiers in the palace one by one, and said with a smile: "Shen Yu, give gifts to these adults and my father."
Shen Yu nodded and went out. Not long after, he led several clan guards in, holding exquisite boxes, and placed so-called gifts in front of every courtier who was touched by Zhao Hongrun's finger.
Including the dragon case before Emperor Wei.
These people...
Lin Yuyang, the left prime minister of Zhongshu, and Yu Ziqi, the right prime minister of Zhongshu, looked at each other, and they were both secretly frightened. After all, those who received the gift from His Highness the Eighth Prince had just supported the request for peace with the Chu State.
No, the expressions of the courtiers who also realized this gradually became weird. Even if some of them received a gift from Zhao Hongrun, they did not dare to open it immediately.
"What gift?"
Emperor Wei muttered something and curiously asked Tong Xian to open the box.
Tong Xian walked to the dragon case, bowed and opened the box, and took a curious look inside.
However, this glance didn't matter. He was so frightened that he dropped the box lid in his hand and dropped it on the dragon case.
It turned out that inside the exquisite wooden box, there was a woman's clothes!
"presumptuous!"
Emperor Wei was immediately furious: "How dare you humiliate me like this?!"
"No, Father, this is not an insult, but a sincere gift from the Emperor. Congratulations to Father for his ingenious strategies such as peacemaking, land cession, compensation, suing for peace, etc., to deal with the Chu State's invasion of our Wei Dynasty... They have captured the territory of Wei Dynasty and killed our soldiers and people of Wei Dynasty."
As if turning a blind eye to Emperor Wei's anger, Zhao Hongrun said slowly, his tone full of sarcasm.
"... From the emperor's point of view, this is as if the Chu people slapped his father, and his father had to apologize with a smile on his face... Huh, to pin the fate of a country on a woman's marriage, According to the emperor, this body suits your father just right!"
"You!" Emperor Wei looked livid with anger.
However, at this time, Zhao Hongrun no longer looked at Emperor Wei, turned around and shouted in a deep voice: "Bring them all in!"
Following his order, twenty sect guards carried the wooden boxes into the Chui Gong Hall one after another, and stacked the wooden boxes in their hands one after another.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the courtiers in the palace and said coldly: "Is there any other lord who wants this gift from me?!"
"..."
All the courtiers looked at the emperor's dragon case and the women's clothes placed in the wooden box, and looked at each other, but no one dared to say a word.
The courtiers who had received this "gift" from Zhao Hongrun before looked as if they were mourning for their heirs, staring at the exquisite wooden box in front of them, not daring to open it.
ps: I have to go have a wedding banquet in the evening, so I posted both chapters first.