People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 633 Today and Tomorrow
"Your Highness, something big has happened!"

With a shout, a eunuch ran into the empty palace hall in a panic and walked straight towards the man in front of him who was leaning on a couch and enjoying the massage service of a palace maid. This man was none other than King Wei Gong of Goguryeo.

Although the eunuch made quite a commotion, Emiya did not react at all, and did not even glance over there with his half-lidded eyes.

The eunuch could only let out a cry of pain upon seeing this. Although he knew that the prince in front of him had been indulging in pleasure and paying little attention to state affairs since he ascended the throne, what happened today was not an ordinary state affair.

Emiya can ignore any state affairs, but he must pay attention to matters related to Xuanxia. For any small country or tribe in the tributary alliance, how to maintain relations with Xuanxia is their top priority.

"Your Highness, something big has happened in the city. Just now, a riot broke out in our city. It was a fight between students from Goguryeo and students from Xuanxia. The situation was out of control and escalated into a group fight. After the fight, several Xuanxia students were beaten to death. The officials below have now controlled the situation, but they don't know how to end it. I'm afraid they will come to ask Your Highness for advice soon!"

The eunuch spoke clearly and explained the matter quickly and concisely, which forced Emiya, who was just enjoying himself, to take it seriously.

After being stunned for a moment, Emiya immediately realized the trouble of this matter. Xuanxia's people had an accident on Goguryeo's land, and they were an extremely important group of people like international students. So Xuanxia would definitely ask Goguryeo for an explanation.

If this one is not handled properly, it will be an extremely serious foreign affairs accident. There is no need to consider anything else. The two words "Xuan Xia" alone are enough to make Emiya feel tremendous pressure. Facing such a suzerain country, any small matter must be treated as a big deal.

"Tell me in detail what happened."

Emiya immediately turned his gaze to the eunuch, and the eunuch recounted in detail everything he knew. After listening to him, Emiya felt even more overwhelmed. This matter was even more serious than he had imagined.

In fact, this was not a fight between students from both sides, but a unilateral group fight between Goguryeo students and Xuanxia students. After all, this was Goguryeo's territory, and in terms of numbers, there was no way that the number of Xuanxia's international students could be more than that of Goguryeo.

As for the cause of the conflict, it was because Xuanxia students could not stand the Goguryeo students oppressing the people and intervened, which eventually caused a conflict between the two sides and led to the current situation.

It was difficult for Shirou to comment for a moment. He had once been an exchange student studying at Xuanxia, ​​so he naturally knew what the atmosphere and environment of Xuanxia was like.

The passionate young students of Xuanxia could not tolerate such oppression of the people the most. Those who were sent abroad by the Xuanxia court were the best students among the students. They had higher self-requirements in terms of conduct. It would be strange if they did not intervene when seeing such injustice.

In fact, this is not the first time such a thing has happened, but it was mostly minor incidents in the past, but this time it was a big deal.

Of course, Emiya was helpless about this. Hyeonha was Hyeonha and Goguryeo was Goguryeo. Goguryeo was still in the aristocratic era. Hyeonha students wanted to demand the behavior of Goguryeo people with advanced consciousness. In the eyes of Goguryeo people, this was not advanced and civilized, but they would regard Hyeonha students as crazy.

The so-called study abroad of Xuanxia students in Goguryeo actually did not learn anything, but came here to communicate and get familiar with each other. After they finish their studies, they will probably become Xuanxia's reserve officials for Goguryeo. These people cannot be simply regarded as ordinary students.

Emiya was well aware of the seriousness of the situation. Once Xuan Xia came to ask for accountability and explanation, Goguryeo would find it difficult to bear.

He stood up, and after sending away the palace maids, he paced back and forth in the hall and began to ponder. From his furrowed brows, it could be seen that he was very distressed.

Xuan Xia could not be offended, but the students of Goguryeo were not ordinary people. In a country like Goguryeo that was still an aristocratic society, those who could read were either rich or noble. It was not easy to make these powerful people in the country admit their guilt and accept punishment.

After all, he was the king of Goguryeo. If he turned his back on others, it would disappoint the people in the country.

"Pass on my order, call all ministers to the palace to discuss matters immediately!"

Although it was certain that a minister would come to see the emperor soon, Emiya could not help but give orders to urge them. He had no good idea of ​​how to land safely at this point.

However, just as he said this, before the eunuch could respond, he seemed to suddenly remember something and stretched out his hand to stop him.

The eunuch was stunned, but didn't dare to speak at this time. He could only wait aside. Shi Gong pinched his chin and thought deeply again, but this time his expression was a little solemn, as if he was thinking of something difficult to implement.

After a while, Shirou finally stopped thinking and sat back on his couch.

"There is no need to summon the ministers. If they take the initiative to ask for an audience, I don't want to see them. During these days, you should tell the public that I have a cold and cannot be received. No matter who comes, send them back!"

Emiya made up his mind, but made a very strange arrangement, which stunned the eunuch next to him.

The eunuch said, "If Your Highness ignores this important matter, how will it end?"

Emiya looked calm and said calmly, "No need to ask any more questions. Just do as I say. Just report the follow-up progress of this matter in detail. Don't worry about the rest."

The eunuch could only agree upon hearing this, but then he asked uncertainly, "If the Han envoy Li Zheng asks for an audience, will Your Highness not see him?"

Wei Gong nodded and said, "I haven't seen anyone these days, not even the Han envoy!" "It's a coincidence that your king has fallen ill at this time!"

Inside the palace, Li Zheng looked at the eunuch in front of him and questioned him in a cold tone. Anyone who was not a fool could know that this must be just an excuse from Wei Gong, and this attitude naturally made Li Zheng very dissatisfied.

Faced with Li Zheng's attitude that contained implicit sarcasm and anger, the eunuch did not dare to express dissatisfaction at all, but became even more respectful.

Anything that happens in the suzerain state cannot be treated lightly by a small country. Li Zheng's status as an ambassador representing Xuan Xia is special, so even the king Wei Gong has to treat him with caution, let alone a mere eunuch.

"Please forgive me for the sudden incident. Your Highness is now seriously ill and unconscious, so I am unable to receive you. But don't worry, as long as Your Highness wakes up, I will inform you immediately!"

Although both parties in the conversation knew the truth and the other party also knew it, the eunuch still had to bite the bullet and do his best.

Even if you know that someone is faking illness, if he is determined to do so, there is nothing others can do.

Li Zheng knew that there would be no result if he continued to pester the eunuch, so he decided not to continue to make himself miserable. After taking a look at the tightly closed palace gate, he turned away, leaving only one sentence for the eunuch.

"Tell your king that Xuan Xia cannot be bullied. I will be fair in this matter!"

After he finished speaking, Li Zheng disappeared in the palace with steady steps. At this time, the palace gate slowly opened, and Wei Gong stepped out of the hall, facing the direction where Li Zheng disappeared, without saying a word for a long time.

Li Zheng didn't need the eunuch to relay the words he left behind, he heard them clearly behind the door, but he was not panicked by it, and this was even the reason why he pretended to be sick.

This matter is neither big nor small. Although it is troublesome to resolve, it can be settled by paying a certain price. This is a good opportunity to try out some of the ideas in my mind.

The eunuch naturally didn't understand what was going on, but he saw something in Emiya's hand, which was a new issue of Xuanxia's newspaper, reporting on major events that had happened in Xuanxia recently.

If we talk about the biggest thing, it is the important event of Xuan Xia's handover of the prime minister's position after the Liangzhou liberation movement.

No one expected that the man would suddenly retire in his prime, and the supreme power would be handed over to others so easily. Many people asked themselves that if it were them, it would be difficult for them to have such determination.

And the absolute ideal of practicing a public world in the process made the world admire that man even more.

However, although this incident shocked the world, it was ultimately an outsider's matter for Goguryeo. At most, they would send an envoy to pay a visit to the new prime minister, and then things would continue as they should.

Although that man is of noble status and no one can match him, the world will still function as usual without him.

The other event was what Goguryeo really cared about, or it was something that every small country and tribe in the tributary alliance cared about.

Because they saw with their own eyes that Mahan, one of the Three Han states that was once a tributary state, had recently submitted a letter requesting to submit to Xuanxia. As long as Xuanxia promised to do so, Mahan would completely become Xuanxia's territory.

This incident made every party in the tributary alliance feel a sense of crisis, which naturally included Goguryeo.

Who knows if Mahan today will become Goguryeo tomorrow?
However, in just over twenty years, the nobles and people of Mahan were no longer loyal to their king. Instead, under the erosion of the more powerful three forces of economy, culture and politics, they sidelined their king and turned to Xuanxia. This kind of silent evolution made the rest of the alliance feel chilled.

In fact, many such signs can already be seen in Goguryeo today.

Under the impact of Xuanxia's industry and commerce, many of Goguryeo's powerful and wealthy classes had interests related to Xuanxia, ​​so they would naturally get closer and closer to Xuanxia, ​​but Emiya could not stop it because he was the one who benefited the most.

The cultural impact was even more severe. The inequality in economic and political status naturally enhanced Xuanxia's cultural status. As the two sides communicated more, the more Goguryeo's powerful class admired Chinese civilization. Even the group of Goguryeo students who clashed with Xuanxia's students this time actually had a considerable number of pro-China and pro-Xuanxia students.

What makes Emiya even more frightened is that recently, a Greater China theory has become increasingly popular among the Goguryeo powerful student groups, and in this theory, Goguryeo has become a part of Chinese civilization.

Emiya knew that Goguryeo's situation was already very dangerous. Although he had been mentally prepared for this, when this matter really approached, he still felt a little unwilling. It was not so easy to give up, after all, this was his own family business.

"No matter whether we can keep this family business in the end, we still have to protect it. Even a woman who was insulted would yell a few words. How can I, the ruler of a country, not have a temper? At least let me see how determined you are."

At the palace gate, a faint sigh was heard, which was not sure whether it was a conversation between Emiya and the eunuch, or he was talking to himself.

(End of this chapter)