Chapter 1162 The Difficulties of the First Emperor
Chapter 1162 The Difficulties of the Late Emperor
"Very good, I feel relieved when I hear you say that!" Liu Lang nodded with a smile, admiration in his eyes.
Chai Yan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. This matter will be taken care of by the minister. Whether you kill him or cripple him, your Majesty can do it with just one word!"
Liu Lang said: "Chai Yan, today I am ascending the throne. Do you think it is appropriate to cause death?"
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the emperor said that it is not appropriate to take human lives... So how about maiming someone like this?"
Liu Lang smiled slightly without comment, then changed the subject and said to Gu Zhengbang: "Gu Aiqing, you talk to Chai Yan, I will come when I go..."
With that said, Liu Lang walked forward.
Xu Mao had already noticed that Pei Yang was not waiting at the emperor's side, so he immediately and cleverly followed him.
Funing didn't understand where Brother Emperor was going, so he stupidly asked: "Brother Emperor, where are you going?"
Liu Lang only took two steps when he heard Funing's voice. He had no choice but to turn around and reply: "I'm going to pay my respects!"
"Oh." Funing suddenly blushed and stuck out his tongue, and turned his head away in embarrassment.
After Liu Lang took Xu Mao away, Gu Zhengbang raised his hands to Sun Luochang and several old generals and said: "Generals, why don't you go to Jiu'an Palace to wait, and let Gu and Chai Yan discuss the duel later?"
How about the details?"
Sun Luochang said readily: "No problem!"
After saying that, Sun Luochang looked at Chai Yan and said in a strong voice: "Chai Yan, the emperor and Commander Gu are very optimistic about you. You can't let everyone down in a while. You must show the strength to deal with my grandson."
, completely defeat those barbarians of Piz Country, do you understand?"
"That's right, we must fight hard to make them docile, do you understand?" Another old general also said.
Other generals also said similar things. In short, this battle is only about victory and not defeat. If you lose, you don't have to come back!
Chai Yan immediately handed over his hand and responded confidently: "Please rest assured, General Sun, please rest assured, generals! This junior will definitely live up to his mission in this battle!"
Sun Luochang looked at Chai Yan, nodded to him again, and then walked out of the palace with other generals, going to Jiu'an Palace first.
Gu Zhengbang held his hand to Funing again and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the eldest princess, I would like to..."
"...Okay, okay, I understand that I won't listen to what you say about you...Huh, I'm not interested in listening either!"
Funing didn't even need Gu Zhengbang to finish his words, so he left his words and went to a far corner of the hall, sat down on a chair, and ate the pastries on the tables at hand.
Gu Zhengbang then faced Chai Yan and asked in a low voice: "Do you know why we are fighting this?"
After all this time, Chai Yan had already figured it out: "I know! Those Piz barbarians are too arrogant. I couldn't stand them before."
"Before?" Gu Zhengbang asked, "What do you mean?"
Chai Yan then told his colleague Gu Zhengbang exactly what he saw and heard in the waiting area.
After hearing this, Gu Zhengbang sneered: "Oh, I didn't expect that something like this would happen. These Piz barbarians are so arrogant! Do you think I, Da Sheng, are as easy to bully as that Miao country...
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Chai Yan asked puzzledly: "Master Gu, there are some things I don't understand..."
"Say." Gu Zhengbang said.
Chai Yan said: "It's like this. On the way back to Beijing, we met the Muyue Kingdom envoy. Later, something happened to their envoy. Their deputy envoy committed suicide..."
Gu Zhengbang raised his hand to interrupt: "The emperor and I already know these, so there is no need to elaborate."
"Oh." After Chai Yan responded, he continued: "Master Gu, the envoy of the Muyue Kingdom's envoy, the second prince of their Muyue Kingdom, told me that this time they came to the capital not only to congratulate the emperor on his enthronement, but also to congratulate the emperor on his enthronement.
Or to ask us, Dasheng Country, to send troops to help them resist the invasion of Pitz Country."
"Yes, this matter is no longer a secret. Everyone in the government and the public knows about it!" Gu Zhengbang said calmly.
Chai Yan's brows immediately wrinkled and he said in confusion: "That's strange... Mr. Gu, since Muyue Kingdom has come to ask us to send troops for rescue, then the Pitz Kingdom must not want to see it.
Yes! Normally speaking, the people of Pitz should be friendly with us in everything at this time. Not to say that they are fawning and submissive, but they should also be harmonious in everything and never quarrel with us..."
After a pause, Chai Yan continued: "But look at what happened just now. The people of Pitz have a bad attitude and are surprisingly tough. They actually dare to threaten the emperor with war in front of the ministers. Are these people out of their minds?
Is it water? Do they hope to offend us, or even anger us, so that we can send troops to rescue Muyue Kingdom? It is unreasonable no matter how you think about it!"
Gu Zhengbang nodded seriously and said: "You are right, but there is one thing you don't know. When the late emperor was in power, the Piz people also used similar methods when they attacked the Shi country!"
"Similar method?" Chai Yan asked curiously: "Master Gu, what happened at that time?"
Gu Zhengbang clasped his hands behind his waist and whispered: "A few years ago, the Stone Kingdom was not annexed by the Piz Kingdom. Although they were weak, they had always had friendly relations with me. Later, the Piz Kingdom suddenly sent troops to attack the Stone Kingdom, and the Emperor of the Stone Kingdom
Send an envoy to Dasheng, hoping that the late emperor can send troops to protect them..."
Chai Yan nodded while listening.
Gu Zhengbang continued: "At about the same time, the delegation from the Pitz Kingdom also arrived in the capital. When they met with the late emperor, they proposed that they did not want the Sheng Kingdom to not intervene in the war between the Pitz Kingdom and the Shi Kingdom. They would wait until the war was over.
When it is settled, the country of Piz will pay our country five million taels of silver!"
Chai Yan didn't expect that there was such an inside story, and he was surprised and asked: "So the late emperor agreed?"
Gu Zhengbang shook his head: "Of course not! The late emperor refused from the beginning and used his mediation, hoping that the Pitz Country would make concessions and allow the Shi Country to cede territory and pay compensation to the Pitz Country, thus stopping the war and giving the Stone Country a way out.
..... However, the people of the Pitz country firmly disagreed and threatened that if the Sheng country dared to obstruct it, they would continue to attack the borders of the Sheng country after annexing the Stone country and start a war at any time!"
Chai Yan became angry after hearing this and asked: "Then the late emperor became afraid and let it go?"
Gu Zhengbang said seriously: "Things are not as simple as you think. The late emperor was also in trouble at that time!"
Chai Yan said nothing, just looked at Gu Zhengbang, waiting for him to continue.
Gu Zhengbang said patiently: "At that time, disasters broke out in many places in the southern part of Dasheng. Harvests were not good in various places, food was in short supply, and people were angry. So the imperial court devoted a lot of manpower and material resources to disaster relief, and then we managed to overcome the difficulties. If we continue
Going to war with the Pitz Country, with the state's treasury empty, it is absolutely impossible to afford the war expenses! This is one of the reasons..."
Chai Yan was deep in thought, but still didn't make a sound.
"Another reason, which is also an important reason why the late emperor decided not to intervene in the war or cause a war, is that the position of the Shi Kingdom is not worth our sending troops to rescue. If we really agree to rescue the Shi Kingdom, we will only cause excessive damage to ourselves!"
Gu Zhengbang said.
Chai Yan pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at Gu Zhengbang and said: "So this time when the Pitz delegation comes, they also want to use the same method to scare us and force us to stand by and watch as they annex Muyue Kingdom!"
"That's right!" Gu Zhengbang nodded and said, "But the situation today is completely different from that back then..."
Chai Yan immediately answered: "...Because Muyue Kingdom's strategic position is much greater than that of Shi Kingdom, Sheng Kingdom will never sit idly by and allow the Piz people to easily annex Muyue Kingdom.
, Otherwise, we will be neighbors with wolves in the future, which can be said to be a great threat to our Sheng country!"
"So, the emperor has already made a plan in his heart to send troops to rescue Muyue Kingdom, right?" Chai Yan asked.
"I can only say that it is possible..." Gu Zhengbang did not give an exact answer.
As soon as he said this, Pei Yang ran out into the back hall, looking breathless and anxious.
Suddenly, Pei Yang spotted Chai Yan, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted with surprise: "Master Chai, so you are here, you can make it easier for the Za family to find him!"