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Chapter 883: No Diplomacy Is Trivial, Qi Changyun Apologies

He now really wants to see Lin Yun's final outcome, whether he can sweep across the world and unify the world.

With the abilities that Lin Yun has demonstrated now, unifying the Great Duan Divine Dynasty will certainly be a piece of cake, and it is estimated that he will be able to do it soon.

What is truly rare is this picture of the surrounding countries.

Small countries like the Panda Royal Court, the Qiyi Kingdom and the Baiyue Kingdom, which have no strategic depth, are definitely not worthy of being opponents of the Great Duan Divine Dynasty.

For now, the biggest threat to the Daduan Dynasty is the Daqian Dynasty in the north.

"Ha ha!!"

Lin Yun laughed heartily and helped Du Sheng up: "Great! I am really happy to receive praise from Mr. Du!"

Du Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he finally got through this.

As long as he can get Lin Yun's approval, the Jinyiwei under the Taiwei Mansion will no longer keep an eye on him.

At this time, Zheng Youli clasped his fists and said, "Fourteenth Master, you are going to Jiangxia County tomorrow. Can you take me with you?"

"You are welcome. You should know how much this king values ​​you! What you should do most now is to work harder to learn from Master Du! There will be opportunities to use you in the future! This king can give you two a real account!"

"Once the Han King's rebellion is resolved, I intend to formally incorporate the Ministry of Rites, one of the six ministries, into the National Academy of Scholars! Then, you, Zheng Youli, will concurrently serve as the Minister of Rites and lead a delegation of a thousand people to visit the Daqian Dynasty!"

When these words were spoken, Du Sheng and Zheng Youli were both shocked.

"Your Highness, Lord Zheng is too afraid of death to take on this important task in the short term!"

Du Sheng knew very well what Zheng Youli was capable of. He had praised him before mainly for encouragement and to give Lin Yun an explanation.

But if it were the current Zheng Youli, he would probably have to stay there after entering the Daqian Dynasty.

Lin Yun frowned secretly, and Zheng Youli fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.

"Your Majesty, I am not afraid of death! But I am afraid that I will not be able to complete the diplomatic mission you have assigned me! This is different from the previous fighting and killing. This is the official diplomacy between the two countries..."

"Okay! Stop talking!"

Lin Yun raised his hand to interrupt: "Master Du, as a master, you have no confidence in your own disciples. Then, can I regard the words you said before as lies?"

Du Sheng was sweating profusely, and clasped his fists and said, "Sir Zheng is indeed a promising talent, but he still needs time to grow. If he continues to grow for another ten or eight years, he will become an excellent diplomat! If the prince really intends to send an envoy to visit the Daqian Dynasty, then I am willing to serve you!"

Lin Yun said playfully: "If I release you, will you be able to come back?"

"Your Highness, regarding the mission of this diplomatic visit, I have something very arrogant to say. In the entire Great Duan Dynasty, apart from you, Your Highness, only I and Fu Lin'an have this ability. We can achieve the political goal and ensure that we will not embarrass the Great Duan Dynasty!"

Lin Yun hesitated for a moment and sighed, "Hey, it seems that I am a little impatient! Never mind! Zheng Youli, you are still not good enough! You grow too slowly, don't blame me for not giving you the opportunity to make achievements in the future!"

Zheng Youli knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Your Highness, I am indeed not yet a mature diplomat, but if we go to war with the Daqian Dynasty in the future, I am good at both civil and military affairs, and I will definitely be able to serve the court!"

At this point, what else can Lin Yun say?
"Okay! This is the only way!"

He didn't want to use Du Sheng too much, but there was really no talent that caught his eye. After all the talk, it was still these old guys.

During the decades of infighting within the Li family, not only did the economic development of the Daduan Dynasty slow down, but other areas did not see much improvement either.

The most important thing for a country is the cultivation of talents and the next generation.

It can be said that the development of the Great Duan Dynasty has been seriously out of touch. Lin Yun has secretly prepared that when he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, in addition to rectifying the administration of officials, he will also vigorously promote the imperial examination system.

At this time, a guard with a gun came in and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the Nine Gates Admiral Qi Changyun wants to see you!"

Lin Yun, Du Sheng and Zheng Youli's eyes all lit up.

Lin Yun said playfully: "Xuan!"

"Yes!"

After the guards left, Lin Yun smiled and said, "You two should go to the next room first and avoid them. I will also let you two listen to what Qi Changyun has to say. I will discuss this matter with you two later!"

Afterwards, Zheng Youli and Du Sheng got up and went into the lounge next door and closed the door.

Not long after, Qi Changyun walked in, and as soon as he saw Lin Yun, he knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I have failed to live up to your trust. I have come here to apologize and to bid you farewell!"

Lin Yun leaned against the desk, holding a teacup in one hand, and said sarcastically: "What's wrong with you, Lord Qi? As far as I know, you have performed very well!"

"No! I am indeed guilty! I could not resist the temptation of Tong Mingchang, secretly accepted the silver, and secretly opened a backdoor for them..."

Qi Changyun was too embarrassed to continue, so he lowered his head with an expression of admitting defeat.

In fact, when the truth came out, he thought about escaping and even considered rebelling, but after careful consideration, he found that it was simply impossible.

The hundreds of thousands of imperial guards stationed in Yun County should have been under his management, but they had long been transferred to Qi Rui by Lin Yun.

If Lin Yun wanted to hand over these soldiers to someone else, Qi Changyun would definitely not agree. However, since he gave them to his son, he thought that since it was good enough for him, he readily accepted it.

He didn't expect that he had been fooled by Lin Yun and lost the support of these 100,000 imperial guards. All he could mobilize in the capital were the several thousand men in the Infantry Commander's Office. Although they were equipped with bamboo guns, they were no match for Lin Yun's side equipped with new weapons.

So, after some inner struggle, he chose to admit his mistake.

Because he knew that Lin Yun still needed Qi Rui to fight on the front line, and as long as he showed good attitude, he could still be pardoned.

Lin Yun nodded: "Oh? Then I wonder how much money Tong Mingchang gave you, Master Qi, to make you betray me?"

Qi Changyun burst into tears: "It's 350 million taels of silver! I didn't spend a penny of it. I really didn't dare to spend it! It was all stored in the underground silver vault of the Qi Mansion!"

Looking at his face, he was indeed filled with remorse.

Du Sheng and Zheng Youli, who were hiding in the inner room, gasped when they heard this astronomical figure.

Only Fu Lin'an and Ye Ruhui read the memorial that Yang Lin had just handed over.

Neither of them mentioned Qi Changyun's corruption.

So Du Sheng and Zheng Youli were still unaware of the situation, but were frightened by Qi Changyun's audacity.

The annual tax revenue of the Great Duan Dynasty is only over 60 million taels of silver. Because Lin Yun had previously forcibly absorbed the wealth of King Chujiang, the court's tax revenue will see a historic surge this year.

However, the 350 million taels of silver collected by Qi Changyun was still enough to cover at least five years of tax collection by the imperial court.

From this we can see that it was not that the imperial court had no money, but that the money had fallen into the hands of these wealthy businessmen and corrupt officials.

(End of this chapter)