Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 816 Rectification (for subscription)
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Recently, Honglu Temple has been on fire.

Not only has the personnel been greatly expanded, Li Yan also personally ordered to upgrade Honglu Temple from the fourth-rank yamen to the third-rank yamen.

As a result, Ma Kuo entered the ranks of quasi-first-level officials.

In fact, Ma Kuo, who came from a military background, was originally not interested in diplomacy, but in leading troops in war—he really wanted to lead troops on the battlefield and live a life of gold and iron horses.

Unexpectedly, Ma Kuo went further and further in the diplomatic industry.

Recently, various countries have come to Dazhong to pay tribute, and Li Yan ordered to set up embassies in each country with which they have contacts to solve the problem of country-to-country exchanges.

Seeing that his authority is becoming more and more important, and the battles between Dazhong and Dazhong are becoming less and less, it may not be long before there will be an uncertain peace, so Ma Kuo slowly put away his The general dreamed, and began to devote himself to being the number one diplomat in his world.

this day.

As soon as Ma Kuo came back from court, Zhe Zhichang and others came to report: "My lord, the governor of Beihai County reported that there is a country of Liugui who wants to pay tribute."

In the beginning, shortly after Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Zhichang came to Honglu Temple to participate in the negotiations with Xixia, Dazhong and Xixia formed an alliance. Later, Zhe Yanwen went back to Fuzhou to lead the army, while Zhe Zhichang stayed at Honglu Temple served.

By the way, not long ago, Zhe Zhichang's father, Zhe Yanzhi, was also employed by Li Yanqi and sent to Shu to serve under Wu Jie.

Speaking of this, someone may ask, isn't Orihiko loyal to the Song Dynasty?How did you accept Dazhong's appointment?

This quality is true for being loyal to the Song Dynasty, but now, the Song Dynasty has perished, and there is absolutely no chance of a comeback. Dazhong is the only legal official dynasty in the world, so no matter who it is, it has no ambitions That's all, as long as he has ambitions, then Dazhong is his only choice. As for Li Cheng and Zhong Xiang, anyone who has some knowledge will never choose their grassroots team with no prospects.

As for Zhe Yanzhi, who is not yet 40 years old, how could he be willing to retire to the mountains and forests like this? Besides, all the Zhe family members are working for Dazhong. There are more than a dozen girls in the Zhe family who are Li Yan's concubines. The family won the hereditary marquis again, so it can be said that he is very favored. Therefore, as long as Orihiko is not extremely pedantic, how can he continue to persist foolishly?

In addition, when Orihiko was demoted as a big loser, how could he not want to find a chance to prove himself?Just like Liu Yanqing, after suffering a big defeat, he won a lot of beautiful victories and washed away a lot of shame for himself, and he was not completely nailed to the rack of shame. In other words, for the former loser In other words, opportunities are more precious.

Therefore, it is normal for Orihiko to have this choice.

After Ma Kuo heard the name "Liugui Country", he didn't realize what kind of country it was for a while.

After reacting for a while, Ma Kuo said, "But the country of wandering ghosts in the north of the North Sea?"

Zhezhi often said: "It is this country."

After a pause, Zhe Zhichang said again: "This ghost country is not far from our Dazhong Beihai County. The fishermen and merchants in Beihai County occasionally go there to fish and trade. Their king heard that our Dazhong is unified. After conquering the world, I want to send my prince to meet His Majesty."

An official from Honglu Temple answered the question and said: "This ghost country has no city walls. It lives scattered around the islands. The ground is dug a few feet deep, and the two sides are slanted and erected to form a house. Everyone is dressed in leather clothes, and the dog hair is mixed with hemp. The clothing is made of cloth, the woman's winter clothes are made of hog deer skin, and summer clothes are made of fish skin. The system is the same as that of tusks. It is more damp, and it has the benefit of salt fish. The weather is cold and frosty and snowy in the early days. It is seven feet long, and it is tied on top of it to trample on layers of ice, chasing and running beasts. Many dogs. Victory over ten thousand soldiers. There is no respect for each other, bureaucratic methods. I don’t know the order of the four seasons. Calling. The bow is more than four feet long, the arrow is the same as that of China, and the bone and stone are used as arrowheads. There are songs and dances. The tree is unsealed after death, and three years of crying, there is nothing left to serve. Such a small backward country, what is the use of accepting it?"

Zhezhi often listened to the words, and said: "No, the whole world is full of kings, and the four seas are all kings and ministers. Although the country of Liugui is quite small, as long as it is willing to submit to my Dazhong and my emperor , how can you not accept it?"

Hearing Zhe Zhichang's point of view, Ma Kuo nodded secretly, and thought: "This son's structure is good." Then he said: "Okay, it's not up to me to decide whether to accept this ghost country or not." , has its own officials and a group of chiefs to make decisions."

Speaking of this, Ma Kuo thought of something again, and then asked: "By the way, what is this Liugui Kingdom planning to pay tribute to?"——Ma Kuo was preparing to write a memorial to report to Li that Liugui Kingdom wanted to pay tribute Yan.

After hearing Ma Kuo's question, many officials were smiling!
Seeing this, Ma Kuo said, "Don't you want to send beautiful women to the official family again?"

Li Yan's lustful reputation was so well known that almost all those who came to pay tribute paid tribute to Li Yan with some beauties, as if they were afraid that Li Yan would die from exhaustion.

One person replied: "The ones they want to present are their two princesses, who are said to be called "Pearls of Kamchatka"."

The man said with a smile on his face.

In fact, thinking about it, the Liugui people live off fur and fish, wear pigskin and deerskin in winter, and fish skin in summer. They are a group of savages. How can their beauties be so beautiful?
Taking a step back, even if there are some beauties among the wandering ghosts, they are all vulgar village women.

Such a woman, not to mention the emperor Li Yan, even a man from a rich family would look down on her.

One of them laughed and said, "It's a good thing that this ghost country paid tribute to His Majesty's beauties."

Another person asked: "Why did Lord Wei say such a thing?"

The man said with a smile: "This ghost country has some contacts with our China anyway, and it is their princess who is presenting. I guess they can understand some rules. If the Yasha country pays tribute to His Majesty's beautiful women, then... tsk tsk..."

This Yaksha country is still to the north of the Liugui country. It is said that the people there all have hog teeth sticking out, and their appearance is very frightening.

As soon as this person said this, many people were all smiles.

Seeing this, Ma Kuo glanced at the official who made fun of Li Yan, and then said leisurely: "Just now, the minister of the Ministry of Rites gave advice to the officials, saying that many officials nowadays are too unruly, and some officials dare to speak falsely about the officials. , making fun of the official's private affairs, taking the royal dignity as a trifling matter, requesting that such officials be severely punished, and suggested that any official who insults the royal dignity will be demoted at the slightest, or directly expelled from the court and never employed! "

As soon as Ma Kuo said this, the smile on the face of the official who teased Li Yan froze immediately, and the other officials were not closed much either!
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dazhong has been pursuing unity and rapid development, so some have neglected the education of etiquette.

This responsibility mainly lies with Li Yan——Li Yan is a bit too pragmatic, and he doesn't like to make fools of things. Besides, Li Yan is still a person of later generations, and he is used to freedom of speech. The leader made fun of it, it's normal, it's not a big deal, so Li Yan didn't care about these things, and even some people raised it, but they were all blocked by Li Yan who wanted to take care of the overall situation at the time.

Today, Dazhong has almost completed the great unification, and is about to become a great empire comparable to the Han and Tang Dynasties. The rules that should be established must be established, otherwise, where is the dignity of the royal family?More importantly, how should this feudal rule be maintained?You can't always rely on Li Yan's personal prestige to maintain it?
Therefore, the matter of rectifying morality was brought up again.

Moreover, this time, many large, middle and high-level officials, including Wen Huanzhang and Zhao Ding, supported the rectification movement.

Therefore, rectification is imperative!
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(End of this chapter)