Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"Jin Wukai!" Jin Famin decided to start with the softest persimmon. This imperial minister was bald, with soft muscles, only a short white beard on his thick chin, and a string of heavy gem necklaces on his short and thick neck. It's ridiculous and ridiculous.He is a distant relative of Jin Famin, and he is also a mediocre person. The biggest skill he has learned in his life is to pretend to touch the short beard on his chin when others ask him, and then say solemnly: "Yes!" or "I think so too!" "That's it!" In fact, everyone knows that there is nothing in his head. His greatest pleasure in daily life is to discuss the dinner menu with his cook. When Jin Famin stuffed him The main reason for joining the Imperial Council is his habit of "never saying no".

"Your Majesty!" Jin Wukai puffed up his chest and tried to look more presentable.

"Tell me, who is our enemy?"

"Our enemy?" Jin Wukai was stunned and subconsciously looked left and right, looking for the answer. Seeing this idiot's appearance, Jin Famin couldn't help but regret choosing this person to enter the imperial meeting. He was a little too stupid.

"Who are we at war with?"

"Tang people?" This time Jin Wukai finally found the right answer. Jin Famin breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "Since our enemy is the Tang people, we should find a way to win. If we are not strong enough, then we can win over allies and strengthen ourselves. The power of the Goguryeo people was stronger than us at the beginning. What did my father do? Yes, the Tang people are very powerful now, but they will not always be strong, and we will not always be weak. But if we do nothing, we can If we abandon our allies, we will never win! Don’t you think so? Jin Wukai?”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think so too!" Jin Wukai replied subconsciously. He saw the expression of approval in the king's eyes, and added excitedly: "Just do it!"

"What do you think?" Jin Famin turned his head and ignored this idiot. The parrot had completed its mission.Pu Wuan and Jin Quanyi agreed in low voices, while Jin Guwen's agreement was drowned in a burst of coughing. The moment he spit out thick phlegm, Jin Famin turned away in disgust. "Very good, it seems that everyone has no objections!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" The voice of the oldest man at the long table trembled with shock: "It is true that we are at war with the Tang people, but the Tang people are not our enemies. How can a lion be the enemy of a hare? Just like As your respected father-in-law said, the Tang people are the masters of Silla. We only took up arms because the Tang people stepped on our feet. As long as the Tang people moved their feet away, we would put down our weapons and kneel down and pay tribute to the emperor. This is This is the way for Silla to survive. Treating the Tang people as enemies will only bring destruction. Even if we win a hundred times, the Tang people will still be the Tang people. And as long as we lose once, there will be no more Silla, and it will be the same as again. It’s not like Baekje, Goguryeo, or Japan!”

Jin Famin's brows furrowed dangerously. What made him even more angry was that the old man quoted Jin Yuxin's words, which made him confused for a moment how to refute his opponent. After all, everyone present knew that Silla's strength was inseparable from Jin Yuxin's words. Plan.

"Your Majesty, the envoy from the Tang Dynasty has arrived!" The attendant's voice broke the silence in the conference room. Jin Famin turned his head and said with a gloomy face: "What messenger, sent by Xue Rengui? Or is it someone else -?"

"No, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent his younger brother to be the marshal of the march to Liaodong Road to command all the troops! Wang Wenzuo is the commander of the march, and this messenger was sent by Wang Wenzuo!"

"Wang Wenzuo's messenger!"

"When did he come back? Didn't he go to Chang'an?"

"This is terrible. When he becomes the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, the situation will not be good!"

The expressions of everyone at the long table changed drastically, and they whispered to each other, completely ignoring Jin Famin's joy and anger.As the great nobles of Silla, they have a much more accurate understanding of the distribution of Tang Dynasty's power in Liaodong than Chang'an: Generally speaking, the power of the Tang people in Liaodong is divided into two parts, one part is from Yingzhou to the former Goguryeo territory. Part of the land; the other part is the Ungjin Governor's Palace that occupies the hometown of Baekje and the Fuso Governor's Palace that occupies the hometown of Japan.Xue Rengui, who is nominally in charge of the Andong Protectorate, has the power to command the above two forces, but in fact he can only mobilize the former. The latter's attitude towards Xue Rengui is quite ambiguous. Generally speaking, they are Self-preservation is the primary purpose. If Xue Rengui's order harms their own interests, they will reject it without hesitation.This is also the reason why the chaos in Liaodong has reached the situation it is today, and Wang Wenzuo is different from Xue Rengui. The warriors in Xiongjin Governor's Mansion and Fusang Governor's Mansion can be said to obey his orders. His replacement of Xue Rengui means that This will lead to the reintegration of Tang army forces in the entire Haidong area, which is undoubtedly very detrimental to Silla.

"Your Majesty, Wang Wenzuo has sent a messenger this time. We should listen to the conditions he proposed immediately!" The oldest man said loudly: "Judging from the past, this action is very fast and must not be taken lightly!"

"Correct!"

"Invite the messenger in immediately, and be more respectful!"

"Envoys from the higher state must be treated as they should be, and must not leave anything behind!"

"Yes, I think so too!" Jin Wukai puffed up his chest and said with a smile, which exposed the veins on Jin Famin's forehead. He secretly swore that he would drive this idiot out of the imperial meeting next time.

"Di Renjie, the envoy of the Great Kingdom, has arrived——!"

The protracted voices of the Hwarang guards echoed in the long and narrow corridor. At the end of the corridor, the heavy main hall door was opened. Through the door, Di Renjie could see the king sitting on the throne, flanked by ministers in gorgeous robes. He took a deep breath, yes, this is where he should be. Fu Yin was right, surrendering to the general was his only way out. "Di Renjie, the foreign minister and the military counselor of the Dudu Mansion of Andong, was ordered to pay homage to the king by Li Xian, the general of the march to Liaodong Road." According to the etiquette at the time, the King of Silla also held the official position of the governor of the Jilin Prefecture Dudu Mansion. Di Renjie's official position was far away. Being lower than the other party, he should have knelt down and saluted him, but he was also the envoy sent by King Pei Li Xian (actually Wang Wenzuo), so he just bowed his hand to Jin Famin on the throne and took it as a salute. Jin Famin did not dare to sit down and receive the gift. He stood up slightly and returned the gift with his hands in hand: "His Royal Highness, King Pei, is so kind to me. I am so ashamed of myself!"

"In addition to being ordered by King Pei, Di came here with a letter written by General Wang Wenzuo!" Di Renjie glanced at the people in the hall, paused briefly, and took out a letter from his sleeve. : "Your Majesty, please accept the letter!"

Jin Famin knew that this was the protagonist's drama. He took the letter from the attendant and opened it carefully. An angry blush appeared on his face as soon as he read two lines.

"This, this, this is too much!" Jin Famin threw the letter to the ground angrily: "How could he say such things?" Jin Famin didn't even want to mention Wang Wenzuo's name: "What did he think I was? He What is it? How dare you ask me to abdicate and give way to my younger brother? Even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not do this!"

There was an awkward silence.Have you all swallowed your tongue?Jin Famin looked at the ministers on both sides angrily, "Didn't you all speak loudly when you argued with me just now?"Why are you all mute now?

"I don't know the content of the letter!" Di Renjie raised his head: "But your Majesty, you said something wrong! General Wang has the right to do this. When he left Chang'an, the Emperor had already given him the order to go north of the river. Until the infinite land, life and death are decided by the general. Since the general wrote this in the letter, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also agreed. In this matter, the emperor will never disobey the general. Meaningful!"

"This is Jincheng, not Chang'an!" Jin Famin stood up angrily, his right hand subconsciously pressing the hilt of his sword. He wanted to use practical actions to remind the Tang envoy that the nearest Tang army was still hundreds of miles away, and his The long sword is close at hand.

"Your Majesty, don't be anxious!" A hand covered with age spots and wrinkles picked up the letter that fell on the ground: "Anger is not bravery, it is often due to cowardice! Let me see what General Wang wrote in the letter! Oh! , if this is written by General Wang himself, then his handwriting is really not flattering!"

Di Renjie coughed and stroked his beard to hide his embarrassment. When he saw Wang Wenzuo's handwritten documents for the first time, he had the same surprise. He was born in the Langya Wang family but wrote such ugly handwriting. It was really shocking. People are speechless.At first, he thought it was because the general was from the army and had not read much, so his handwriting was ugly. However, as the contact time increased, he was surprised to find that if Wang Wenzuo could not be said to be full of articles, he could at least be said to be knowledgeable and strong. Knowledge, a person like this must have received a good education since childhood, but there is only one possibility for writing such handwriting - he did not spend any time on practicing calligraphy, nor did he take this aspect seriously.

Jin Famin snorted coldly. The minister's ridicule made him feel better, and he felt a sense of pleasure in his heart - don't you still regard Tang as the master of Silla?Well, take a look now!How this master treats Silla, I don’t believe you can tolerate such conditions.

"Immediately withdraw the army to the south of the Datong River. Jin Famin abdicates and goes to Chang'an to serve the emperor. Jin Renwen will succeed! If this is the case, I will no longer pursue the little tricks you played after the fall of Goguryeo. You can keep the Datong River and beyond. The land of the south. If you refuse, then I swear to the gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that I will attack your city, destroy your army, knock down the city walls, move the residents away, and sow the seeds of thorns on the ruins of the city. A hundred years later , no one will remember that a country called Silla still existed. Where to go, you choose for yourself! Wang Wenzuo!"

After the old man finished reading the signature at the end of the letter, there was a dead silence in the palace. All the people in Silla were stunned by the arrogance in the letter. This was not even a declaration of war, but an order and threat to his servants. This kind of undisguised His arrogance was something the people of Silla had never seen before.

"Is this General Wang's letter?" The old man sighed: "Actually, we really don't want to fight with the Tang Dynasty! Everyone here doesn't want to, but the General has pushed us to the edge of the cliff!"

"No!" Di Renjie smiled: "You think so because you haven't read the letter from the general to the Mohe people and the remaining Goguryeo party. If you are on the edge of the cliff, they are at the bottom of the cliff!"

"This condition is too harsh!" The old man said: "No matter who the king is, he will not accept this condition! If you don't fire an arrow, you have to give up the throne and go to Chang'an to be a prisoner!"

"I'm not a prisoner, but I went to Chang'an to serve the emperor!" Di Renjie corrected: "According to the credentials of King Jin Chunqiu of your country, all generations of Silla are foreign vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and the children of the nobles in the country should enter Chang'an to guard the emperor. , to fulfill the minister's duty! General Renshou served two generations of emperors in the Tang Dynasty for more than [-] years. He was loyal, diligent and respectful. He was a model for ministers. The emperor regarded him as his confidant. Who would regard General Renshou as a prisoner? Your Majesty He is the elder brother of General Renshou. My younger brother has been in Chang'an for more than [-] years. It's time for you to go to Chang'an to perform your duties, and it's time for your younger brother to come to Silla and become the king!"

"This -" the old man suddenly became speechless. Everyone knew how Jin Renwen was treated in the Tang Dynasty. He was full of honors and favors. Not many of the Guanlong disciples were so favored.Obviously, if Jin Famin goes to Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty will definitely not treat him harshly. His official position, treatment, and salary will not be bad, but no matter how good the golden birdcage is, it is still a birdcage. How can he be as good as becoming a king in Silla?
"Then where do we start talking about taking the south of the Datong River as the border?" The old man asked: "This is equivalent to asking Silla to give up two to three hundred miles of land. How can it make sense?"

"Because that is not the land of Silla in the first place. It was obtained by you through fraud. The general asked you to hand it over without any additional punishment. It is already in the name of General Renshou!" Di Renjie sneered: "If it is According to the general’s original intention, he will cede even the Han River land and hand it over to the jurisdiction of the Xiongjin Governor’s Office!”

"The land of the Han River must also be cut off?" Jin Famin was furious: "I, Silla, have ruled the land of the Han River for more than two hundred years, how can there be any reason to cut it off? What does Wang Wenzuo think he is? God, Buddha, Bodhisattva? Open your mouth , you want others to live and others to die?"

Di Renjie smiled and said nothing. He also saw some resentment between the kings and ministers of Silla. Although he had put his life and death at risk when he was ordered to come, he would not seek death himself.Wang Wenzuo had already spoken loudly in the letter, and there was no need for him to come out and provoke hatred. If Jin Famin was provoked and he was cut off with a knife, wouldn't it be unfair?

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" The old man also saw that something was wrong with Jin Famin's condition. If he really let this guy chop down the Tang Dynasty envoy, then Wang Wenzuo would kill him and die together, wouldn't he be wronged?To put it bluntly, it was not him who went to Chang'an to be a hostage, so there was no need to take it too seriously.He smiled and said: "It's getting late. Your envoy, why don't you go and rest first and discuss it tomorrow!" (End of Chapter)