Daxia Wensheng

Chapter 139 Banquet of hundreds of officials, killing people and pretending to be bandits, three dynasties peace talks, let the Xiongnu pay [-] million taels of compensation!

Daxia Kyoto.

Inside the Red Sandalwood Pavilion.

This can be regarded as an upper-middle-class restaurant in Kyoto.

Per capita consumption is ten taels of silver.

Gu Jinnian can be regarded as arrogance. If it follows the normal procedure of the Ministry of Rites, he usually goes to Tongwen Hall for dinner.

Why did you go to Tongwenkan?

Because the court pays.

The Ministry of Rites has no money to reimburse, not to mention that even if it is reimbursed, it is reimbursed at two taels of silver per capita. Sometimes the reimbursement is too much, let alone whether the Ministry of Households approves it or not.

Anyway, the Ministry of Etiquette will not approve it directly, and even make trouble for you.

Gu Jinnian actually understood the reason why the officials in Beijing were poor, mainly because Taizu was too ruthless back then.

Not even ruthless.

Officials who embezzle five taels of silver will be distributed to the frontier, and officials who embezzle more than ten taels will be beheaded directly, which makes no sense at all.

Later, after Emperor Yongsheng came to power, he did not modify this. After all, Emperor Yongsheng learned from Taizu no matter what he did.

So it is also cruel to officials.

Of course, it is also because the treasury has no money.

Moreover, the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty not only had a small salary, but also had 360 five days, except for the Spring Festival and the birthdays of the Taizu, the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager, there were no holidays.

The life of the Beijing official was miserable.

Officials from other places are much more comfortable. If they are better, they can get some money secretly. The fire consumption alone can make a fortune, and with the addition of such things as raising cheap money, they live a very happy life.

To be more ruthless, it is all kinds of people's fat and people's ointment.

Of course, these non-local officials are not stupid. After they have money, they will more or less give filial piety to the people above, and the filial piety goes up layer by layer.

The income of the official department can be imagined with your toes.

The income of the household department is some discounted purchases, and life is not bad.

Not to mention the income of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, listening to the Ministry of Criminal Justice crying and mourning every day, why go out to do errands and have no money, but it has really passed, some families of prisoners and the like, can they live better without money?

Not to mention the Ministry of War.

As for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, it is indeed miserable. The Ministry of Rites are basically scholars, people with prestige and virtue, they are very clean, and the Ministry of Rites likes to pretend.

They also have the support of the family behind them. If they really want to spend more, the family can afford it.

But the problem is, firstly, this group of people don't eat cheap food and don't rely on the family, and secondly, everyone is calculating each other. For example, one day, a head of the Ministry of Rites eats delicious food, and when other people see it, he immediately criticizes him.

The general meaning is that we all endure hardships. If you spend your days and nights outside and let others see it, don't you think that our Ministry of Rites is corrupt and perverts the law?
Anyway, if you want to be poor at the same time, they are hard bones, so the Ministry of Rites is relatively clean.

Finally, there is the Ministry of Industry.

There are actually many ways for the Ministry of Industry to make money, such as building bridges and roads, but unfortunately, the Ministry of Industry in Daxia is not in the hands of the Ministry of Industry, any bridges and roads, palace repairs, or large-scale construction projects.

There must be the hanging lamp department, the town government department, the household department, and the ritual department to participate together.

To put it bluntly, if you are greedy, you will be divided among a group of people, but if there is a slight mistake, it will be unlucky together, and no one will be able to escape.

There are many checks and balances, and Emperor Yongsheng is also staring at him, who dares to be greedy.

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry is the worst, and the salaries of craftsmen are a little bit higher than that of officials. This is really not a joke.

Inside the Red Sandalwood Pavilion.

The inner courtyard has been taken over by Gu Jinnian.

The entire Red Sandalwood Pavilion is closed to the public today.

Follow Gu Jinnian in.

Immediately, some voices could not help but sound.

"I never thought that the Ministry of Rites would arrange such a place. I have never seen such a luxurious restaurant."

"Yes, yes, I never thought that this restaurant could be so luxurious?"

"To be honest, just smelling the aroma of vegetables makes people's index fingers move."

Some voices sounded.

looked very happy.

After Gu Jinnian entered the inner courtyard, Li Anzhi, who was in charge of maintaining order, immediately spoke.

"Everyone be quiet."

"Doctor of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Jinnian, Mr. Gu is here."

Li Anzhi spoke to make everyone quiet.

In the inner courtyard, everyone couldn't help being in an uproar.

The Ministry of Rites is nothing.

But the words Gu Jinnian are like thunder to their ears.

In this short period of half a year, the most famous person in the entire Great Xia Dynasty belongs to His Royal Highness.

They really didn't expect that His Royal Highness would host a banquet today?

And stepped into the inner courtyard.

Gu Jinnian's face was gentle, but he was also running the Grand Valor technique to watch these officials.

Sweep away.

The red luck climbed up one after another, and the highest was four feet, which can only be said to be okay, almost at the level of Fujun.

It's just that there is a lot of black luck around the red qi.

This black luck represents many different meanings. Gu Jinnian has mastered the Haoran Wangqi technique, and after careful identification, he roughly knows what the situation is.

A small part of them will encounter bad luck in the future, and most of them will make a lot of money.

To put it bluntly, being an official is not benevolent, and has done some unclean things more or less.

Especially the few officials who praised the extravagance here before are full of black air, and they are obviously greedy.

He pretended to be poor here, as if he had never seen the world.

"Master Gu."

"Here are officials from all over the 24 counties."

Li Anzhi on the side opened his mouth and introduced everyone to Gu Jinnian.

All the officials also stood up one after another and bowed to Gu Jinnian.

"I'll wait to see His Royal Highness."

"I'll wait to see Mr. Gu."

They all spoke together. In terms of official positions, some of them have higher official positions than Gu Jinnian, and the Fujun is a fourth-rank official, so they are called His Royal Highness.

Those below the fourth rank are called adults. This is the etiquette system. After all, Gu Jinnian not only has a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, but also a commanding officer, who is a fourth-rank official.

"You are welcome."

Gu Jinnian smiled slightly, although most of the officials had problems to some extent, but Gu Jinnian didn't deal with them directly. These things are difficult to deal with, so they can only be done slowly.

There are mainly two types of people.

One is to make a lot of money, and the other is to be clean.

At a glance, there are about 300 people in the entire inner courtyard, but there are only five or six officials who are really clean.

"Everyone."

"Today, the Japanese official invited you all for two things."

"First, I'm now serving as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites and serving the country. In the future, I may have to go to various places to do business. I met today, which is considered a familiar face. When I go back, I hope you will take care of me a little bit."

Gu Jinnian spoke up.

He doesn't have the pretensions of a prince at all, and now he doesn't talk to them as a prince.

At the same time, it is also to say some scene words, to leave an impression of a familiar face, otherwise, if something similar to the Bailu Mansion happens again in the future, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

I met once today, and I will see you later, if you dare to play tricks on yourself, you will be embarrassed.

"Secondly, on the day of the Beijing inspection, you all came all the way here, and you are also exhausted from the journey, so this prince hosted a banquet, please get together and relax."

This is still a scene.

In the officialdom, one has to talk about appearances. The bigger the position, the more tactful one must be, especially for these foreign officials.

There are so many problems in the Great Xia Dynasty, how could he solve them by himself?

"It's my honor to hold a banquet in person, Your Excellency."

"I am waiting to thank Your Royal Highness."

"His Royal Highness is really sympathetic to our hardships. With such a good adult as His Royal Highness, what else can we say?"

Everyone spoke one after another, saying all kinds of good things one after another, but they don't want money anyway.

Soon, all kinds of dishes were served, and Gu Jinnian sat at the main seat.

Among the main seats are all the governors from various places. Seeing that Gu Jinnian was seated, they gradually took their seats.

After all, Gu Jinnian is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, not only that, but also the grandson of Lord Zhen Guo.

In comparison, these Fujun's luck is slightly stronger, although there are some unclean things, but they are all within the acceptable range.

After taking their seats, the lords of the government also started to talk, and each of them first complimented Gu Jinnian.

After the compliments are over, he brags about Lord Zhen Guo, all in all, it's just some scene talk.

Gu Jinnian has experienced countless things like wine bureaus, and he handles them well, anyway, he doesn't reach out to hit the smiling face.

Halfway through the meal, officials from all over the place came to toast, one by one in turn, Li Anzhi and Zhou Hua stood aside to block the wine, Gu Jinnian just took a sip, which was considered meaningful.

When I met someone who was pleasing to the eye, I asked a few words. If it looked like that, it was just a polite sentence.

Until the first batch of pretending officials came over, Gu Jinnian had a big smile on his face.

Zhou Hua on the side also gave a very interesting introduction.

"My lord, these are officials from various prefectures in Guiyang County."

Zhou Hua introduced.

Guiyang County?
Hearing this, Gu Jinnian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Guiyang County has been drought year after year, what's going on recently?"

Looking at these officials, Gu Jinnian asked curiously.

"My lord, the Guiyang area has been suffering from drought all year round. Fortunately, the imperial court allocated funds and bought a lot of prayer charms. At the critical moment, some problems can still be solved. It's just that some remote people are still poor."

"That's right, Mr. Gu, it's all about the hardships of the common people."

"My lord is so sympathetic to the people of Guiyang, I am really touched."

A few of them opened their mouths, and each of them seemed extremely moved.

Gu Jinnian nodded, and gave a few words of diligence. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but change the topic to another place.

"By the way, when I was reviewing the official documents yesterday, I found that there are a large number of temples in Guiyang County."

"The people are living in such poverty, how can they build a temple?"

Gu Jinnian took a sip of tea and asked with pretended curiosity.

temple?

At the mention of this, several people stopped talking, but some people kept their faces unchanged.

"My lord, this Guiyang County has been suffering from drought all year round, and the people are miserable, so they built temples and prayed to the heavens."

"Yeah, it's been drought all year round, not to mention other things, just drinking water is often not available, and the prosperity of the temple is inevitable."

they explained.

It's just that there is obviously a loophole, there is no water, and there is still the mind to build a temple?You want to say that it is normal to burn incense and worship Buddha in old temples.

Great construction, no labor?No materials?Is this material cheaper than water?
However, Gu Jinnian knew what he said, so he nodded on the surface, as if he had been fooled.

"After the Spring Festival is over, I will go to His Majesty to find some solutions, and then transfer some money to Guiyang County, hoping to solve some troubles."

"However, the official will not approve the establishment of this temple. After all, we still have to rely on our own efforts. Praying to gods and worshiping Buddhas is nothing more than hope."

Gu Jinnian smiled casually, without saying much, took a sip of wine, each other nodded and left one by one.

Soon there were three or four rounds of toasting, and finally a group of honest people came.

The 12 people came, and there were three honest people, but their official positions were not high. Judging by luck, they should be Qipin county magistrates.

"I've waited to see the adults."

Everyone opened their mouths and bowed to Gu Jinnian.

"polite."

Gu Jinnian raised his glass and glanced at Zhou Hua at the same time.

"His Royal Highness, they are officials of Nanwei County."

Zhou Hua informed.

"Nanwei County?"

Gu Jinnian thought for a while, and there was some information in his mind.

Nanwei County, located in the south of the Daxia Dynasty, has the reputation of Guilin's landscape as the best in the world.

However, Nanwei County was not peaceful in the past few years, and there were a lot of troubles and troubles. Fortunately, they were all suppressed in the end.

"His Royal Highness."

At this moment, a voice sounded, and the person who made the voice had good luck.

In his early 30s, he suddenly spoke, which attracted everyone to watch.

"His Royal Highness."

"This wine is really delicious. I've never had such a good wine while I was waiting in Nanwei County."

"Yes, yes, it would be great if we in Nanwei County had such good wine."

However, several voices sounded immediately, covering the person's voice.

In an instant, Gu Jinnian noticed something tricky.

And the latter, after hearing the words of these officials, fell silent for a while.

"What's the matter with you?"

Gu Jinnian looked at the other party, he looked very calm.

"His Royal Highness, he has nothing to do, he is probably just marveling at the prosperity of Kyoto."

"Yes, His Royal Highness, it may be that I am too excited to see you."

Several other officials spoke up immediately, answering one by one first.

Gu Jinnian was silent.

And the latter spoke slowly.

"His Royal Highness, the official is not feeling well and wants to leave first."

He lowered his head and answered like this.

"Okay, then you can go back."

Hearing this, how could Gu Jinnian fail to understand?It's just that he didn't say anything, instead he seemed a little unhappy. He did this for others to see.

Obviously, this person has something that he wants to tell himself, but because of the presence of these officials, he dare not say anything.

So Gu Jinnian pretended to be angry to reassure these people.

"Your Highness, don't be angry, this person has such a temper, very weird."

"Yes, His Royal Highness, this person is like this. A few days ago, you were attacked by scholars, and I'm afraid he also participated."

"Yes, yes, this kind of person has bad morals."

All the officials opened their mouths, attacking each other mercilessly.

"Forget it, it's just a seventh-rank county magistrate. Next time, I will find an official from the Ministry of Officials."

Gu Jinnian seemed casual, as if he wanted to suppress the other party with one sentence.

This statement came out.

Everyone immediately laughed.

In this way, the banquet lasted for another half an hour, and Gu Jinnian also left the venue too drunk.

After Gu Jinnian left, the group of people also left separately.

Especially the people from Nanwei County, who walked the fastest.

"This Xu Jian really doesn't know how to live or die."

An official spoke with a cold face.

"His Royal Highness came here and disturbed our thinking. I'm afraid Xu Jian wanted to say something when he saw His Royal Highness. Fortunately, Mr. Wu suppressed him, otherwise there would really be trouble."

"Yes, Xu Jian is really not afraid of losing his head. The matter of Nanwei County is too involved."

"Anyway, I will warn him later and tell him to shut up."

"Well, luckily nothing went wrong. His Royal Highness is jealous. If it weren't for this Beijing inspection, people like Xu Jian wouldn't be able to come to the capital."

"He is a seventh-rank official, unable to face the saint, so go back and find the lord, and let the lord handle one or two."

They discussed with their voices suppressed.

Similarly, in another place, the faces of several officials were a bit unsightly.

"Everyone, do you think the things His Royal Highness asked today are hiding other meanings?"

Someone said, they are officials from Guiyang County.

"It should be impossible. Guiyang County is seven thousand miles away from the Great Xia Dynasty, and the imperial court still has no control over us."

"Well, His Royal Highness is just asking. He has just been appointed as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. When dealing with official documents, it is normal to take a second look. After all, Confucianism and Taoism are Confucianism and Taoism, and official ways are official ways."

"It's normal to want to make some achievements. Our county just opened more temples, and it's not something that people and gods are angry with."

A few people say something to each other, obviously they have ghosts in their hearts.

And this time.

Gu Jinnian had already returned to the academy.

Zhou Hua and Li Anzhi went back.

After arriving at the academy, Gu Jinnian went straight to Su Huaiyu.

"Brother Su, I have something to ask you to run for me."

"Late at night today, go to the Tongwen Museum and bring me Xu Jian from Nanwei County."

Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate and asked Su Huaiyu to go instead.

"it is good."

Su Huaiyu agreed.

in this way.

until late at night.

Gu Jinnian stayed in the academy, waiting for news from Su Huaiyu.

bang bang.

It's five quarters.

There was a knock on the door.

Outside the door, two figures appeared.

Gu Jinnian got up and opened the door.

It was Su Huaiyu and Xu Jian.

But Xu Jian was in a coma.

"what happened to him?"

Gu Jinnian asked curiously.

"I was afraid that he wouldn't come, so I just knocked him out."

Su Huaiyu spoke lightly, and Gu Jinnian was speechless with one sentence.

This method is really direct.

"Wake him up."

Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, he closed the door and asked Su Huaiyu to wake him up.

Not long after, Xu Jian woke up and sat on a chair.

He was a little groggy, and when he woke up, his eyes were even more dazed.

"Sir?"

After waking up, Xu Jian couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that he could see the prince?
"Xu Jian."

"Do you have anything to say at the banquet today?"

Gu Jinnian looked at the other party and asked directly without any nonsense.

As soon as this remark came out, the latter was taken aback for a moment, and then became silent.

Seeing this, Gu Jinnian couldn't help frowning.

"If you have something, it's okay to say it. This son sees that you are upright, so I will tell you a little bit more, if you are here to cover it up."

"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

Gu Jinnian was a bit cold, if there was something to do, he could just say it directly, but at this moment he was still covering it up, it was really disgusting.

Speaking of which, the latter did not dare to be long-winded.

The latter was directly kneeling on the ground, looking at Gu Jinnian with grief on his face.

"I ask my son to uphold justice for the 140 five innocent people in Chengou Village."

With a sad face, he looked at Gu Jinnian and spoke like this.

Sure enough, something happened.

Gu Jinnian thought to himself, but immediately helped the latter up.

"Just tell me exactly what happened."

Gu Jinnian asked.

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness, do you know about the Great Xia Bandit Suppression Order?"

Xu Jian made a sound, his face covered with tears.

"know."

"Great Xia's laws and regulations, bandit suppressors are mainly headed, and a reward of 500 taels of silver is offered for each person."

Gu Jinnian knew about this law, it was established by Taizu back then.

At that time when the country was founded, internal and external troubles, and bandits were one of the most troublesome things for the Great Xia Dynasty. After all, before the founding of the country, not only the Taizu rebelled, but also many rebels.

But after Taizu founded the country, these rebels were either incorporated or fled away from Daxia, but most of them turned into bandits. In order to solve this problem, the Daxia Dynasty tried every means.

Finally, by offering a bounty, 500 taels of silver for a bandit.

"His Royal Highness."

"In Nanwei County, although banditry has continued year after year, at least it can be controlled, and banditry and riots rarely occur."

"But just half a year ago, a bandit disaster occurred, and seven or eight people died under the bandit disaster."

"The governments of all prefectures and counties also immediately joined forces to suppress the banditry."

"However, three months ago, people in Nanwei County, Weiyang Mansion, and Chengou Village were brutally massacred. Five people, 140, were buried in the hands of the bandit suppression army."

"Receive the reward with the heads of the people in Chengou Village. This matter was suppressed by the Ministry of War, and the local officials were restricted and threatened. No one dared to speak up."

"Your Majesty never thought that the Jingcha could see His Royal Highness this time, and ask His Royal Highness to uphold justice for the dead people."

Xu Jian knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly.

"Five people of 140 were buried in the hands of the bandit suppression army?"

"What are you talking about here?"

"Killing people to receive meritorious service is a serious crime against the Nine Clans."

Gu Jinnian swallowed, he couldn't believe it.

It's been so many years since the founding of the country, will this kind of thing still happen?
After the Taizu set up a bounty, there were indeed incidents of killing people to receive credit. Later, Taizu was furious and executed a large number of officials, involving as many as [-] people.

Thirty thousand heads were exchanged for the fear of the whole country.

Didn't expect this kind of thing to happen again after so many years?
"His Royal Highness."

"How dare the lower officials speak nonsense?"

When Xu Jian opened his mouth, his gaze was firm.

After Xu Jian opened his mouth, Gu Jinnian fell silent.

Under the candle, his face was reflected.

Killing people and becoming bandits is a great crime.

"What evidence is there?"

After a while, Gu Jinnian looked at Xu Jian and said so.

But when the evidence was mentioned, Xu Jian's face was full of bitterness.

"His Royal Highness, if there is evidence, the next official will go to the palace to beat the Kaiyuan drum to complain about his grievances when he enters Beijing this time."

Xu Jian was full of bitterness.

Kaiyuan Drum.

It is the Wrong Drum set up by Taizu outside the main hall of the imperial palace. Anyone who beats the drum will be regarded as having a great grievance.

Of course, no matter what the final result of the case is, the drummer will be dismissed directly and sent to the frontier.

The reason for setting up this is actually to prevent some officials from messing around.

If there is really a big grievance, in the end, it will be demoted and promoted secretly, which is more humane.

Of course, the case has to be big, if not, then it won't work.

It's impossible to disturb Liubu and the emperor because of some trivial things, right?Because of such an incident, it is not a trivial matter to delay the major affairs of the country.

But Gu Jinnian knew that this matter was definitely not a trivial matter.

Kill people and pretend to be bandits.

It's too bad.

This is not something that most people dare to do, or something that most people can do.

He didn't believe it.

The impact is too great.

"Without evidence, how can you prove everything you say?"

"And how did you know?"

"Who dares to cover up such a big thing?"

"Who is behind the scenes?"

Gu Jinnian looked at the other party and asked.

"His Royal Highness, although there is no evidence, but 140 five people were killed. Could it be that there is no clue? If we really want to investigate, how can we not find any traces?"

"The reason why Xiaguan knows is because Xiaguan has a friend who is from Chengou Village. This is what my friend said."

"At first, the lower officials didn't believe it, so they went to investigate and found that Chengou Village had been blocked by officers and soldiers. It was claimed that the people were slaughtered by bandits, but in fact it was because Chengou Village was remote and sparsely populated."

"Combined with the reason for the reward order, these bandit suppressing troops became greedy, and the officials even speculated that it is very likely that these bandit suppressing troops passed by Chengou Village and did something accidentally, so they kept doing nothing. Get rid of the people of Chengou Village."

"The local county magistrate also reported this matter immediately, but it was reported for half a month, and there was no movement. It was only later that all the official documents were blocked, and some important people took action to intercept them."

"And the officials who knew about the incident were threatened, told that it was a rumor, and that such rumors should be suppressed, so as not to panic people."

"As for the people behind this scene, they can only be said to be people from the barracks. The lower officials can't find out who they are."

Xu Jian said, he is only the county magistrate of Qipin, so naturally he has no authority over many things.

But if Xu Jian dared to speak out about this matter, there was definitely something wrong with it.

It's just that there is no substantive evidence.

At this moment, the room fell into complete silence.

Gu Jinnian was silent.

"Brother Su, what do you think?"

Looking at Su Huaiyu, Gu Jinnian couldn't help asking.

"Killing people and pretending to be bandits is a capital crime. It is a capital crime to punish the Nine Clans. No one should dare to do this."

"However, in the past few years, the food and pay of the Ministry of War has indeed become much tighter, but no matter what, it is unimaginable to kill civilians and pretend to be bandits."

"This subordinate believes that His Royal Highness should pay more attention no matter what."

Su Huaiyu also frowned.

Killing people and pretending to be bandits is too bad in nature.

Are you saying it's impossible?

But it does exist.

You say maybe.

This thing is too bad, no matter how I think about it, I can't figure it out. There will be people doing this kind of thing these days.

It's not a chaotic world.

Now that the matter has been said, we still have to pay attention to one or two.

"it is good."

Gu Jinnian took a deep breath, and then took out three tokens from his bosom.

"This is the order of the King of Qin, the order of my son, and the order of the Ministry of Rites."

"Xu Jian, this prince will arrange five hundred elites to accompany you to investigate the news."

"But act secretly, don't show any signs."

"Remember, whether you have news or not, you must write to contact me."

"If the final result is that someone breaks the law and disregards human life, you report it, and this son will deal with it seriously, and you will be punished."

"But Ruoruo is really killing people and pretending to be bandits."

"This son will definitely investigate to the end and will never tolerate it, do you understand?"

Gu Jinnian handed over three tokens to the other party.

If it had to be said, Gu Jinnian hoped it was just someone breaking the law and disregarding human life.

Because it represents one bad guy, not a bunch of bad guys.

If it is really killing people and pretending to be bandits.

It's not just one or two involved.

Maybe the Gu family might be involved.

That matter is no small matter.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, please rest assured, even if I don't want this head, I will definitely find out the truth."

"The lower official is also here to thank His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is righteous."

Xu Jian was very excited to get the support of the big man, and at the same time, he had great admiration for Gu Jinnian.

Everyone scolds the powerful.

That's because the rich and powerful are not benevolent, but if every rich and powerful is like Gu Jinnian, he can avenge the people's grievances and think for the people.

Who would insult the powerful?
"Survive."

"When the truth comes to light, this son will help you remember this credit."

Gu Jinnian patted him on the shoulder.

Then let it go.

Su Huaiyu didn't talk nonsense, and directly knocked the latter unconscious.

"Why did you knock him out again?"

Gu Jinnian was a little depressed, looked at Su Huaiyu and said so.

"It's not easy to move if you don't get dizzy."

Su Huaiyu made a sound, then led the other party away without saying a word.

Leave the room quiet.

Gu Jinnian frowned.

Kill people and pretend to be bandits.

He couldn't imagine that if such a thing really happened, there would be big troubles in the whole summer.

"No, I'm going to ask Uncle Six tomorrow."

Gu Jinnian thought about it secretly.

in this way.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour later.

Su Huaiyu is back again.

"His Royal Highness, the person has been sent back."

Su Huaiyu walked into the room and said.

"How much do you think this matter is true?"

Gu Jinnian still couldn't understand, so he couldn't help asking a second time.

"It shouldn't be very likely."

"I'm even more skeptical that someone should have gone to Chengou Village. The villagers of Chengou Village provoked this big man. In the end, 140 five people were killed."

"Then it was faked as a bandit invasion."

"It's more likely."

Su Huaiyu doesn't think this kind of thing will happen in this era.

"kindness."

"But whatever it is, let's wait and see."

"By the way, Brother Su, do you know Guiyang County?"

Gu Jinnian opened his mouth and mentioned the second thing.

"Know something."

"what happened?"

Su Huaiyu nodded.

"This Guiyang County has recently undergone a large-scale construction project. It is obviously dry all year round, and drinking water is a problem, but there are surprisingly many temples. I specifically asked people today. In recent years, Guiyang County has sent temple construction documents every month."

"Do you think there is something wrong?"

Gu Jinnian asked Su Huaiyu.

"I don't know."

"There should be nothing wrong with it. When the people are poor, they will indeed pin their hopes on some unrealistic things."

"The reason why Buddhism can gradually take root in the Great Xia Dynasty is to buy people's hearts in poor places."

"The poorer the place, the more Buddhist temples there are."

"It's normal."

Su Huaiyu didn't think so.

"After all, this Buddhist sect is not my native Daxia sect. It comes from the western region. It imparts Buddhist thoughts and educates the common people. It stands to reason that it poses a certain threat to the imperial power. With such a large-scale construction project, why does it feel that the imperial court does not care about it?"

Gu Jinnian asked.

"His Royal Highness, it's not that I don't care, but I can't stop it."

"The imperial court took action to restrict it in the early years, but there were some disputes at that time. When the people were poor, this Buddhist sect was indeed ruthless. Not to mention sharing the suffering with the people, sometimes they would rather give their own food to the people and starve themselves alive. die."

"It is precisely because of this that Buddhism gradually entered the Great Xia. Later, the court realized that there was a problem and cleared it up, but it did not expect that it was blocked by the local people, and it was still the kind of life-threatening obstruction."

"Therefore, the government does not dare to act recklessly, unless it sends a large army to suppress it."

"But the problem is, if this large army is sent, the state of etiquette of the Great Xia Dynasty will be completely gone."

"The imperial court is also afraid of Buddhism. Fortunately, after several peace talks, the Ministry of Rites controls the Buddhism. Every move of the Buddhism must be reported to the Ministry of Rites, including the establishment of temples and so on."

Su Huaiyu explained to Gu Jinnian.

Looking back at this, Jinnian understood in his heart.

That is to say, at the beginning, there were few people from the Buddhist sect, and it was not enough to attract attention, but this small group of people almost sacrificed their lives in exchange for the approval of the common people.

Then more and more Buddhist disciples infiltrated Daxia.

By the time they want to solve it, Buddhism already has a part of the hearts of the people.

Therefore it is difficult to eradicate.

In addition, there are also forces behind Buddhism, and many dynasties are involved, so it is not beneficial to forcefully drive them away.

"Buddhism is a hidden danger after all."

Gu Jinnian muttered to himself.

For a feudal dynasty, a hundred schools of thought can contend, but no matter what family it is, it must be under the emperor.

The imperial power is supreme.

This is the core concept.

Unless this dynasty doesn't care about power.

Therefore, Buddhism is a big hidden danger after all, and it must be eliminated.

But fortunately, although Buddhism's influence in Daxia exists, it has not yet fully developed.

At critical moments, just press down.

"Okay, let's rest early."

Gu Jinnian had nothing to say.

No matter what it is, let's see it first.

"it is good."

Su Huaiyu started, but instead of going out, she walked under Gu Jinnian's bed.

"Okay, go back normally."

Gu Jinnian pulled Su Huaiyu back, there was something wrong with his authenticity.

"Get used to it, Your Highness."

Su Huaiyu laughed awkwardly, then walked out from the main entrance.

After Su Huaiyu left.

Gu Jinnian lay on the bed, thinking about many things in his mind.

in this way.

In a blink of an eye, it was early morning.

Mao Shi three quarters.

The genius just lit up for a while.

A voice sounded outside the door.

It was Zhou Hua's voice.

"Master Gu."

"There is something important to report."

Zhou Hua stood outside the door with a slightly hurried voice.

"what's up?"

Opening the door, Gu Jinnian looked at Zhou Hua curiously.

"grown ups."

"The results of the peace talks came out."

Beads of sweat were all over Zhou Hua's forehead. He came all the way from the Ministry of Rites.

"How to say?"

Hearing the result of the peace talks, Gu Jinnian couldn't help being curious.

"Go back to your lord."

"Great Xia, the Fuluo Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty, the three kingdoms are talking."

"I am willing to urge the Twelve Cities to return and merge, but the Great Xia Dynasty needs to replenish [-] million taels of silver, plus ten Great Xia Dragon Cannons, and hundreds of mines near the Twelve Cities, and the Great Xia Dynasty must re-edit the history books , The Huns never invaded Daxia, this is the condition of the Huns.”

Zhou Hua opened his mouth and revealed the content of the peace talks.

"wishful thinking."

After listening to the content of the peace talks, Gu Jinnian didn't even think about it, and just said this sentence.

The Huns want to eat farts, right?

Eighty million taels of silver, nearly two years of tax revenue for the Great Xia Dynasty, and it cannot be used for anything.

In addition to these ten Great Xia Dragon Cannons, this is the thing that the Great Xia Dynasty is most proud of, and there are not many in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.

There are still a hundred mines, so what is the point of having twelve cities?
As for the last revised history book?

get out.

"What does the Ministry of Rites think?"

Gu Jinnian asked directly.

"Return to your lord, the Ministry of Rites is holding an internal meeting."

"In fact, there are ideas. The current thinking in the Ministry of Rites is that [-] taels of silver is acceptable, but Daxia Dragon Cannon is not acceptable, and mines are also not acceptable. As for the history books, they can be revised to promote friendship between dynasties."

"But it cannot be modified directly."

Zhou Hua answered.

"ridiculous."

Gu Jinnian spoke directly.

These twelve cities were obviously taken away by someone, and now they have to pay such a high price to come back?
"Walk."

Gu Jinnian was too lazy to talk nonsense and walked directly to the Ministry of Rites.

A doctor in the Ministry of Rites is indeed nothing in the Ministry of Rites, but he is Gu Jinnian, the eldest son of Daxia.

It is impossible for him not to participate in such a big matter.

If you agree to this kind of peace.

It's better not to go back to Twelve Cities.

Without so much nonsense, Gu Jinnian left Daxia Academy directly.

About half an hour.

Gu Jinnian came to the Ministry of Rites.

When the guards at the entrance of the ceremony department saw Gu Jinlai coming, they all respectfully called out to His Royal Highness.

Wait until you enter the inner hall of the Ministry of Rites.

Some voices also kept ringing.

"Eighty million taels of silver, how dare they say that?"

"My annual tax revenue in Daxia is only three to four million taels of silver, and after deducting military pay, salary, and basic needs, the annual surplus is only seventy-eight million taels of silver. If there are natural and man-made disasters, it will not even be enough."

"Give them the eighty million taels of silver with your life? It's impossible to agree."

A fierce voice sounded, and it seemed that they were very unhappy with the peace talks between the three dynasties.

"The price can be negotiated, and there is no need to be so excited. Eighty million taels of silver is indeed a lot."

"It can be reduced to three to four million taels of silver, and it can also be paid in installments, not necessarily now."

"Take back the Twelve Cities now, which is even more meaningful, and it can improve my national prestige in Great Xia."

"The return of the cracked earth and the improvement of the Great Xia's national fortune are not small benefits."

"The biggest problem is not Yinliang, but Daxia Longpao. They are focusing on this, and everything else is easy to talk about."

There was also a voice, belonging to the rational school.

The voice can be heard.

Gu Jinnian pushed open the door directly.

It doesn't matter who's in it.

"What else is good to say or not to say."

"This kind of peace talks, don't worry about it."

Gu Jinnian came on stage, pushed the door open, and saw Yang Kai, and dozens of officials from the Ministry of Rites.

They gathered here to discuss the peace talks.

"Jinnian, you're here."

The next moment, Yang Kai got up and looked at Gu Jinnian with a gentle face.

"Meet Yang Shangshu."

Hearing Yang Kai's voice, Gu Jinnian immediately saluted, but the next moment he looked around.

Then the tone was cold.

"In the twelve border cities, I have blood hatred in Daxia. Now that the Hun's national fortune has been cut, Daxia's national fortune is prosperous, with strong soldiers and strong horses."

"Why do they make terms?"

"And why dare to negotiate terms with Da Xia?"

"Eighty million taels of silver? What are they thinking?"

"It's about the same as compensating me for Daxia's eighty million taels of silver."

Gu Jinnian spoke.

He's not rational or irrational.

Now that it is superior to the Great Xia Dynasty, peace talks are certainly a good thing, at least no one will die.

But if you use this price to exchange for twelve cities.

Gu Jinnian refused.

The first one refused.

　Sorry guys.

　　This chapter has been revised twice, which is equivalent to writing [-] words.

　　Because of the foreshadowing at the beginning, there was a big problem.

　　After reading the previous article carefully, the following plot is related to a pit in the previous article.

　　It's time to fill in the hole, so it's been a long time.

　　Feel sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)