marquis of jingan

Chapter 879 Brotherhood
Yan Xiang sat opposite the emperor, and looked carefully at the opposite of himself, leaning on the soft couch, His Majesty the Emperor looked very weak.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Your Majesty, the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty has been concentrating on the Northern Expedition since he came to power. I'm afraid he won't be able to be persuaded by sending envoys there at this time."

Because the emperor was cold, he tightened his clothes. The eunuch at the side immediately understood and brought him a blanket to cover his body. His Majesty, regardless of his own image, put the blanket on himself and looked at Yan Li.

"Young people are ignorant, that's right."

"It was the same in his father's early years."

His Majesty the Emperor coughed, and then recovered, and said, "But in the court of the Southern Dynasty, he is the only one who has the final say..."

Having said that, he paused, and laughed at himself: "Just like this dynasty, I am not the only one who has the final say on many things."

After the emperor took a deep breath, he said quietly: "In the 29th year of Yong'an, when I married Princess Yun and him, didn't he also agree? But the Queen Mother Sun of the Southern Dynasty agreed."

The emperor's face was calm, and he said: "I will pass on my will to let Zhou Shizhong fight a few battles with the southerners, and at the same time send envoys to make peace with the southerners. No offense."

Hearing these words, even Prime Minister Yan Xiang couldn't help being a little surprised.

Because this statement is something that Da Qi has never said before!

Since Emperor Taizu entered the Central Plains more than 60 years ago, Daqi's wish has always been to unify the world. In the two to thirty years after entering the customs, the Northern Qi's conquest of Nanchen has never stopped even for a year.

Even after that, I couldn't move.The two countries have ceased war, but there has never been any talk of a brotherly state!
Because the two sides did not recognize each other in the legal system before, even if they had intermarried with each other, deep down in their hearts, they did not recognize each other very much.

But now, once this agreement is established, it means that the two sides recognize each other, and they will officially be two countries from now on!
Moreover, once it is a state of brothers, then the future king of Daqi will become an unknown teacher if he wants to send troops to the south again.

Although it won't have much impact on the war, after all, it won't be too pleasant to say.

Of course, if Nan Chen agreed to this charter, then in the future, unless Bei Qi did something to offend Nan Chen, Nan Chen would have no excuse for the Northern Expedition.

Yan Li just thought about it, and then he figured out what his own emperor was thinking.

His Majesty the Emperor is old and in poor health.

Maybe it's been a year or two since Longyu was the guest of honor.

Now that the Southern Chen and Northern Expeditions are intensifying, and there is such a freak as Shen Yi, they have to find a way to stop them.

To put it bluntly, it is a tactic to slow down the troops.

After a few years, after the succession of the Great Qi Emperor, the court has stabilized, so Nan Chen can fight as he wants!
It's nothing more than a competition of national strength.

In terms of national strength, the current Northern Qi Dynasty is much better than the Southern Chen Dynasty.

Wanting to understand the key points, Yan Xiang looked at the emperor, lowered his head slightly, and sighed: "Your Majesty, if ten years ago, this alliance letter would have been signed by the Nanchen court even in its dreams..."

His Majesty the Emperor of Northern Qi squeezed out a smile: "Even now, it is also the dream of many people in the court of the Southern Dynasty."

Whether it's the royal family members, clan relatives, or some ministers, what they think in their hearts is nothing more than their own wealth and longevity.

Once this agreement is signed, theoretically speaking, the two countries will become a state of brothers. As long as Northern Qi does not go south, Southern Chen Shao said that they can live for another 100 years.

This is naturally the best thing for those with vested interests who indulge in sensuality and Jiangnan romance.

In fact, this kind of situation is what people with vested interests like the Zhao family hope to see the most!
Yan Li lowered his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister understands. The old minister will call the people from the Ministry of Rites later, and let Haman, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, go south with the letter of credence and go to Jiankang."

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "However, Your Majesty, how should I deal with that Southern Chen's subject, Shen Ziheng..."

"I'll let the people from the Purification Department do it."

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "If you can kill him, kill him. If you can't kill him, let him bow his head, and make him stop thinking about the Northern Expedition."

For Northern Qi, Nanchen was not scary.

Nan Chen's Northern Expedition was not terrible either.

The scary thing is that some people from Nanchen really crossed the Huaihe River and won the victory north of the Huaihe River!
This momentum must be extinguished.

Because others don't know, as His Majesty the Emperor of Daqi, he clearly knows that Daqi's national power is slowly weakening...

More than 60 years ago, when Daqi entered the customs, how many murders did he commit?
For more than 60 years, in this half of the country, how many Han people have been oppressed and killed by real Zhu Li in order to gain profits?

I can't even count them.

Because of this, Emperor Zhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty was more afraid of liquidation than anyone else.

This liquidation is unlikely to fall on him.

But when the day comes, he, the emperor, may not have incense offerings in the future!

Yan Li bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes, I understand..."

The emperor tightened the blanket on his body, let out a foul breath, and continued: "I will pass on my order again, and all real people in Zhuli, Beijing, from every household, will send out a male to join the army and train in the Imperial Army..."

Yan Li was stunned, but still bowed his head.

"The old minister obeyed."

After talking to the emperor, he stood up and said goodbye.

After the Yan Prime Minister left, the emperor wrapped up the quilt again, and said in a hoarse voice, "Liu Yi."

A eunuch kneeled on the ground respectfully.

"The slave is here."

The emperor glanced at him and spoke slowly.

"Send an order to the Department of Cleanliness, and let the Secretary of the Cleanliness Department enter the palace to see me."

Eunuch Liu stood up respectfully, turned around and left.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked to the south.

"The Department of Cleanliness has been building Kang Buzi for many years, it should be useful..."

………………

For the next month, nothing major happened.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the Huaihe Navy and the Zhengnan Army fought fiercely. For a month, the military has been fighting continuously, and the fight is very fierce, with each other winning or losing.

The combined forces invested by both sides amounted to nearly 10 people.

However, Huai'an has been calm for a month, because the Qi people did not attack Huai'an again, and the defenses along Huai'an were tight, so Shen Yi would not find another chance to go north for a while.

You can only stare at the people of Qi, and neither side can do anything to the other.

Just like that, time passed day by day.

At the beginning of April in the 12th year of Hongde, the people of Qi sent Haman, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, to Jiankang.

This Minister Ha submitted the letter of credence to His Majesty the Great Chen Emperor, requesting that the two countries cease the war, and thus treat the two countries as a state of brothers, and they will be friends from generation to generation. With the Huaihe River as the boundary, they will never invade each other.

In order to express his sincerity, this time Daqi also brought ten beauties from Zhu Lizhen to His Majesty the Emperor Chen.

At the Great Court Meeting, His Majesty the Emperor of Dachen squinted his eyes and looked at Minister Ha who had submitted his credentials.

There was no expression on his face, but there was a sneer in his heart.

Facing the letter of credence that Northern Qi voluntarily submitted, the courtiers were all elated.

Because in more than 60 years, this is the first time that Northern Qi has taken the initiative to "ask for peace!"

Even Zhongshu Wuxiang had some excitement in his eyes.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the letter of alliance in front of him.

This letter of alliance was something that the former emperor dreamed of after the failure of the Northern Expedition.

At the beginning, when the imperial court failed in the Northern Expedition, the former emperor sent people to Yandu to seek peace, and the letter of credence handed to the Northern Qi emperor contained roughly these contents.

But it was rejected by the Northern Qi Emperor.

Now this credential was handed to him again.

Although the letter of credence was sincere, the more he read it, the more irritable he felt!
His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the ministers in the court hall again. He took a deep breath and his voice was low.

"I need to think about this matter for a while. Your envoy is tired all the way, so let's go to the Rites Hall to rest."

Haman lowered his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, this time, besides the letter of credence to His Majesty, the foreign minister also brought a gift from me to the empress, and to the queen mother of your country. Please, Your Majesty, allow the foreign minister to Give it to the Empress Dowager personally to show respect."

The emperor frowned slightly: "What gift?"

Haman bowed his head again and said: "Your Majesty, my patriarch lives in Baishan and Heishui. There are often ginseng on that Baishan. I have hidden a millennium-year-old ginseng from the empress empress. Eating it can prolong life, beautify the skin and detoxify. The empress specially asked the minister to bring it. , as a gift to the Empress Dowager.”

The emperor thought about it, and felt that this matter could not be hidden from the queen mother. After hesitating for a while, he frowned.

"That being the case, I will take you to see the queen mother later."

He wanted to keep an eye on it himself, lest the envoy Qi talk nonsense.

Harman bowed respectfully.

"Foreign ministers obey..."

(End of this chapter)