In order to appease Chen Caozhi, Fu Jian ordered the eunuch Meng Feng to send four beauties as a reward to Chen Caozhi early the next morning, as well as some jade and silk. The four beauties were all well-dressed and handsome, and two of them were very beautiful.
One is a Han woman, born in troubled times, her parents died early, and her surname is unknown; the other two are Xiongnu women, who were presented to Fu Jian by Liu Weichen, the Righteous King of the Xiongnu, after he surrendered to the Qin Dynasty——
These four beauties were standing in the small hall of Honglu Mansion. They all lowered their heads and listened to the words of the chamberlain Meng Feng and the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi. They felt uneasy and wondered how the new master would arrange for them.
Chen Caozhi declined the reward from Qin King Fu Jian and ordered Ran Sheng and Meng Feng to send the beauty and silk back together. He told Fu Jian that the peace talks had not been concluded and he did not dare to accept the reward.
At three o'clock in the morning, Chen Caozhi and Di Qin Shangshu servant She Qiu Teng met in the meeting hall of Shangshutai. They had been in Chang'an for half a month. Chen Caozhi had already understood the temperament and grudges of Di Qin's high-ranking officials in detail. The bearded man in front of him
The grizzled old Di was at odds with Wang Meng and often slandered Wang Meng in front of Fu Jian, which made Fu Jian very unhappy. However, because Qiu Teng had played a big role in supporting him to the throne, Fu Jian did not blame him——
Chen Cao changed his gentle and courteous image and became very arrogant in front of Qiu Teng. During the meeting, he asked Qiu Teng several times whether he had the right to decide on the peace talks between the two countries, and lamented that Wang Shangshu could not attend the meeting——
Qiu Teng was a high-ranking official in Shangshu Pushe, but he was so slighted by Chen Caozhi that he almost exploded with anger. However, because Fu Jian had secretly told him not to talk too seriously or too carefully with Chen Caozhi,
Don't reach any agreement yet, just delay it. Therefore, Qiu Teng was indeed unable to make any decisions as Chen Caozhi ridiculed. He had no words to argue and was holding his breath to the extreme. Before noon, he came to Jianzhang Palace to refuse the peace talks to Fu Jian.
Let Chen Caozhi wait for the meeting with Wang Meng. Qiu Teng will not participate in this matter——
Fu Jian was rewarded by the eunuch Meng Feng. Chen Caozhi returned all the money and silk from the beauty, frowning and said: "This Chen Caozhi refuses to accept my reward. It seems that he refuses to stay in Chang'an. What can I do!"
Qiu Teng was very dissatisfied with Wang Meng's intention to leave Chen Caozhi as an official in the Qin State. Just now, he was so arrogant by Chen Caozhi. Wouldn't it be helpful for Wang Meng to stay in Chang'an as an official for such a person, and said: "Your Majesty
, It is inappropriate to force an envoy from Jin to stay. It is said that Chen Caozhi is Huan Wen's confidant. If Huan Wen uses this as an excuse to launch a large-scale northern expedition, and brothers Murong Ke and Murong Chui attack from the northwest, our Qin Dynasty will be in danger. Please think again, Your Majesty."
Fu Jian laughed and said: "Huan Wen returned from the two Northern Expeditions in vain. He couldn't even deal with the traitorous general Yao Xiang. But when he returned to Jiangdong, he showed off his military exploits and forced the emperor to give him a title. Haha, as long as it is not a big defeat, then it will be
The Northern Expedition was successful, how could I be afraid of him! Without waiting for him to attack, I was about to capture Jingxiang and Bashu. As for the Yan State of Xianbei, they have been fighting against the Jin army for many years, so how could they have time to attack me!"
Qiu Teng said: "In that case, why would your Majesty have to negotiate with the Jin envoys and just withhold them? Isn't it superfluous to reward beautiful women with money and silk?"
Fu Jian said: "Otherwise, the weapons brought by Chen Caozhi this time are indeed excellent and worthy of being exchanged for horses. Moreover, Wang Jinglue believes that we, the Qin Dynasty, should first take the land of the Yan Kingdom, and then Xutu Jiangdong. Although the Yan Kingdom is strong, it will fall apart quickly.
I deeply agree."
Qiu Teng said: "Since your Majesty wanted to take Yan first, why did you offend Wu first? If Wu and Yan stopped fighting and made peace, but insisted on dealing with our great Qin, wouldn't the overall situation be lost?"
The Di Qin people often refused to recognize the status of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as Zhengshuo of the Western Jin Dynasty. They only called it the land of Wu and the people of Wu, and equated the Eastern Jin Dynasty with Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period.
After hearing Qiu Teng's words, Fu Jian frowned and said, "This must be considered. I love Chen Caozhi's talent and want to keep him for my use. If this affects the national policy established by me and Wang Shangshu, then
That’s not advisable.”
Qiu Teng said: "I'm sorry that Chen Cao is still young, but he has no real talent. He is just filling the position of a doctor of Taixue, so why go to war for him? Besides, your majesty has Wang Jinglue, which is enough. How can Zhuge Wuhou be more important!" said Qiu Teng.
At the last sentence, Qiu Teng felt quite sad.
Fu Jian pondered undecided and said: "Let's delay for a while and see how Jiangdong reacts to this - Qiu Pushe still has to continue to negotiate with him."
Qiu Teng refused to resign, and it was not possible to say that it was because Chen Caozhi was scornful of him. He only said that he had been feeling unwell recently, and that Chen Caozhi was just a seventh-rank prince washing his horses. All he had to do was send a prime minister to negotiate with him. He was a dignified first-rank prince.
It was beneath the dignity of Shangshu Pushe to negotiate with him——
Fu Jian laughed and said: "Chen Caozhi is the ambassador of integrity, and he represents the state of Jin. Of course, he cannot be regarded as a seventh-rank official." Seeing that Qiu Tengjian refused to talk, he had to give up and ordered Yangping Gong Fu Rong to talk to Chen Cao.
When discussing the matter of peace and alliance, Fu Rong was the younger brother of Fu Jian. Before he was weak, he had the hope of being the assistant of the Taiwan government. He was currently the minister in charge and the general of the Chinese army.
Empress Dowager Gou sent a waiter to ask Fu Jian, saying that Chen Caozhi had not come to the palace to give lectures in the past few days. She sent someone to Honglu's mansion to invite him, but Chen Caozhi refused to go there——
Fu Jian smiled at Fu Rong and said: "Even if I don't want to keep Chen Caozhi, the queen mother will keep Chen Caozhi. I originally wanted to send someone to Xiangyang to ask Master Dao'an, a Taoist priest, to come to Chang'an to explain, but now it seems that it is not necessary."
On the afternoon of May 29th, Yangping Gong Fu Rong personally came to invite Chen Caozhi to visit his mother, Queen Mother Gou, in Ganlu Palace. Fu Rong and Fu Jian were brothers, but they were very different in appearance and physique. Fu Jian had a short head and a short thigh.
Fu Rong, on the other hand, was tall and handsome. The more Chen Cao became convinced that Fu Jian was not Fu Xiong's son, he didn't know which big-headed man Empress Dowager Gou had an affair with when she visited the Ximen Leopard Temple in Zhangshui and became pregnant?
When Empress Dowager Gou saw Chen Caozhi, she asked why Chen Caozhi had not come to the palace for several days. Chen Caozhi excused himself by saying that he was busy with negotiations. Then Empress Dowager Gou thought that Chen Caozhi was an envoy from Jin and was going back to Jiangdong. She couldn't help but
Feeling unhappy, he begged Chen Caozhi to stay in Chang'an. Chen Caozhi started from the Confucian "Book of Filial Piety", "The hair and skin of the body are received by parents and dare not be damaged. This is the beginning of filial piety. Stand up and practice Tao, and become famous in future generations."
, to show one’s parents, the end of filial piety.” Then we talked about filial piety through “It’s Hard to Repay Parents’ Kindness Sutra” and “Ullambana Sutra”, and also recalled the death of his father and mother. At this time, his true feelings were revealed, and Chen Caozhi couldn’t help but burst into tears——
The Buddha told Ananda: "You are listening carefully now. I will explain it to you: It is very hard for a mother to carry a child for ten months... The poem says: "Parents are very kind, but it is difficult to repay their kindness. The child is willing to bear the pain.
The mother is uneasy because of the labor of her son. After hearing the news and traveling far away, she takes pity on her son and sleeps in the cold at night. The man and woman have toiled for a while, which makes the mother sad in the long run."——
Fu Rong on the other side was also greatly moved after hearing this. He prostrated himself at the knees of his mother, Queen Mother Gou. Queen Mother Gou repeatedly said, "It's so good, so good." Her eyes filled with tears, but her expression was a bit strange. What did she think of? She ordered Fu Rong to be anxious again.
Invite Fu Jian to come and listen to Chen Cao's lecture together.
Fu Jian was very filial to his mother, Queen Mother Gou. He listened to this sutra and nodded frequently. He also knew that Chen Caozhi was using this to persuade his mother. It seemed that Chen Caozhi could not keep him.
After Chen Caozhi left, Empress Dowager Gou said to Fu Jian: "Yecheng is your birthplace. You should capture Yecheng as soon as possible. This is also your filial piety."
Fu Jian didn't understand why taking Yecheng was a sign of filial piety, but only righteousness.
Queen Gou didn't know that Chen Caozhi would come today. When she came to know the news, she met Chen Caozhi outside the Manlu Palace. She quickly saluted him and asked: "Envoy Chen has already taught the Dharma? What a pity, what a pity.
The palace has not heard from her." I would like to ask Chen Caozhi to go to her Houde Palace to preach to her again.
Chen Caozhi didn't know what Empress Gou was thinking. He thought to himself: "When I gave lectures in Ganlu Palace in the past, I never saw you listening attentively. How to get to Houde Palace? It's just like a Pansi Cave." He said in his mouth.
"The foreign minister will come to explain the Buddhist scriptures to the Queen Mother someday. Please invite the Queen to listen together." After saying that, he bowed and hurried out of the palace with the chamberlain.
When Empress Gou looked at Chen Caozhi's graceful back, she really felt her heart burning, thinking that the Queen Mother's aunt had General Li, so why couldn't she have a private person? As long as Chen Caozhi stayed in Chang'an, there would be plenty of opportunities.
Because Fu Jian often went on patrols and expeditions——
Queen Gou didn't know that Fu Jian sent someone to inform Wang Meng the next day and decided to let Fu Rong formally hold peace talks with Chen Caozhi. Now that Fu Jian had decided, Wang Meng naturally had no reason to object. In Wang Meng's view, Chen Caozhi's departure
It is not a big deal to stay. It is enough for him, Wang Jinglue, to assist the King of Qin. Why force him to keep the absent-minded Chen Caozhi?
The negotiation between Chen Caozhi and Yangping Gong Fu Rong went very smoothly, and an agreement was reached on the second day of June. Qin and Jin would maintain their existing borders and not attack each other. Qin would exchange 3,000 horses for 30,000 pieces of gold.
Regarding custom-made sophisticated weapons and other exchanges of goods and colonial trade, Fu Jian sent Prime Minister Shi Xibao to accompany Chen Caozhi to Jiangdong to meet Emperor Sima Yi to present a letter of friendship between the two countries.
Of course, the three thousand horses cannot be taken by Chen Caozhi to Jiangdong now. Chen Caozhi asked Fu Jian to give him three hundred good horses first as a substitute for the three hundred sergeants accompanying him, so as to avoid having to travel thousands of miles.
Bitter, these three hundred horses will be deducted from the three thousand horses that will be traded in the future——
In order to show his generosity, Fu Jian agreed to Chen Caozhi's request. If Wang Meng was in Chang'an, it might not be so smooth.
Most of the 300 infantrymen under Ran Sheng could not ride horses. They trained for two days in the southern suburbs of Chang'an and were barely able to ride on the road. On the sixth day of June, Chen Caozhi, Ran Sheng, Su Qi and other 300 people fought with Di Qin.
The Di Qin envoy led by Prime Minister Shi Xibao of 300 people, a total of more than 600 people, marched out of Xuanping Gate, but no one noticed that two of Su Qi's private soldiers of the Su family quietly stayed in the suburbs of Chang'an.
Crossing Baqiao, passing Lintong, and leaving Tongguan, because they were all on horseback, the envoys of the Qin and Jin Dynasties arrived at Xin'an Mianchi in less than ten days. After Mianchi, they were in the Luoyang territory guarded by Shen Jin.
On June 14, the Qin and Jin envoys left the Mianchi Pass. Ran Sheng and his sergeants were very happy. Now that they were out of the Qin territory, they could feel at ease. The sergeants rode along the way and asked the Qin cavalry for riding skills.
, all of them were riding smoothly on their horses, wishing they could gallop back to Jiangdong in one go.
Thirty miles out of Mianchi, they met a sentinel of the Jin army in Luoyang and learned that it was Chen Caozhi who had returned from an envoy to Di Qin. The sentinel was overjoyed and came to meet him, but he reported a piece of news: the Grand Prime Minister of Yan State
Murong Ke and Wu King Murong Chui sent troops out of Yecheng at the beginning of this month to capture Luoyang.
