Crush the Protagonist Into Slag

The prairie people came soon. At the reception banquet, Ukton expressed his sincerity and willingness to surrender, as Tao Rui guessed, and willing to make a permanent repair with Da Zhou like his father.

Speaking of the recent turmoil at the border, Ukton was ashamed and blamed himself for not controlling his good brothers. He hoped that Da Zhou could help him and provide him with some weapons, horses, food, and property to help him pacify the civil strife on the grassland.

He assured the emperor that when he took complete control of the Tuolie tribe, he would find a way to persuade the other grasslands to surrender to the Great Zhou.

He hopes to marry the third princess, so that the third princess will become a pearl on the grassland and closely connected with Da Zhou.

After Ukdon's statement, many ministers present believed him, not because he looked so honest, but because he didn't want to fight again. Their point of view is that Da Zhou is not lacking in this thing anyway, so give it to him. In case he deceived people, it would not be too late to go back and deal with him. But if we reject it outright, it would be too ruthless to our friends.

Seeing this, Ukton's eyes loomed with pride. He knew that these Central Plains people love face, pay attention to peace, and what etiquette and etiquette, there are a lot of rules and regulations, it is simply a cocoon. When Da Zhou ignored the grassland, he would lead people to break through the border in one fell swoop and realize the grand ambition that his father did not dare to achieve!

At this moment, Tao Rui chuckled softly, but his voice was not too loud, but all the ministers became quiet in an instant, which made the grassland people very puzzled.

Tao Rui played with the wine glass, looked at Ukdon and said, "The khan can't even hold back his own brother, and his ability is still questionable. The journey from the grassland to the capital is a long way, and it takes several months for the khan to go back and forth. The position of Khan is not guaranteed, right?"

Ukdon's subordinate stood up in a hurry, "What do you mean by this? Da Zhou looks down on our khan?"

Tao Rui smiled and said slowly: "No, no, it's just that Da Zhou will not give meaningless support, or after the Tuolie tribe harassed the people of our country. For the past three months, there have been people from the Tuolie tribe at the border. Bandit behavior, I will give an account to the needy Khan. Otherwise, the soldiers stationed at the border do not mind going to Tuolie to arrest people in person."

Ukton's face changed, and he frowned: "Master Right Minister, Tuolie has always been on good terms with Da Zhou. At this time, when Tuolie encountered difficulties and troubles occurred, did Da Zhou refuse to help? Then what is the meaning of this friendship? ?"

"If Tuolie was bullied and attacked by other tribes, Da Zhou would naturally be willing to support him. But now Tuolie wants to fight Da Zhou, this official is very curious, how did Khan come here to support him with confidence?"

Ukdon stood there, his expression gradually serious. Tao Rui didn't give him a chance to continue wrangling. He got up and walked in front of him, with his hands behind his back, and said, "If you want to establish diplomatic relations with Da Zhou, you must first prove your ability. Khan better explain the border affairs, if Khan Unable to control, that Tuolie is also the survival of the fittest to change to a khan, no different from others.

If Tuolie could only rely on Da Zhou to pacify the chaos, then Da Zhou would not mind sending troops over to help the Khan. "

The prairie people got up in anger, and Ukdon said angrily: "Your Majesty, this is the way of hospitality in the Great Zhou Dynasty? What the right minister said is the meaning of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Does the emperor want to destroy diplomatic relations?"

The emperor smiled lightly and motioned him to look around, "The Khan has come from a long way, and Da Zhou will naturally welcome him warmly. But when it comes to state affairs, hehe, it is Tuolie who will destroy diplomatic relations first. As the right minister said, the Khan needs to go to the border. Give an account of the matter so that I can see the sincerity of the new leader of Tuolie."

Tao Rui smiled at Ukdon, "This official has already recorded the injuries and losses caused by the Tuolie people to the people at the border, and I will send the compensation bill to the palace later, hoping that the Khan will compensate and appease the terrified people as soon as possible. When you become a khan, you have to take over everything for this tribe, don't you?"

He waved his hand, and Leng Xiao immediately put a glass of wine in his hand. He raised his glass to Ukdon and smiled: "I haven't congratulated Khan on his successful succession, I wish Khan a happy trip."

Tao Rui drank the wine in the glass, turning a blind eye to the burning anger in Ukdon's eyes.

This is not like a blessing, but more like a mockery.

Ukdon snorted coldly and led the crowd away without giving the emperor any face.

But they didn't save face on this trip. The original plan failed at the beginning, and they were turned against the army. They wanted to double the compensation to Da Zhou for the things they stole at the border. . Ukdon walked away in such anger, more like incompetent fury, which made the ministers of the main battle faction laugh.

Returning to the palace, Ukdon immediately asked his military advisor, "That Tao Rui is so powerful? As soon as he spoke, those ministers who favored us shut up."

The strategist frowned, "According to the information, Tao Rui is indeed a young genius and has made great achievements. But such a high-ranking person is usually rejected by other officials. It makes no sense that everyone listens to him, no one. refute."

This is the key. Just now, whenever a minister refutes Tao Rui, the grassland people can argue for it.

But no, not one.

How is this possible? One of their ancestors did this. At that time, the main war faction and the main peace faction in the Central Plains court were quarreling with each other. In the end, the main peace faction prevailed, and as a result Shang Prairie took a big advantage.

They laughed at the stupidity of the Central Plains people a lot. Who would have guessed that they kicked the iron plate the first time they came to the Central Plains.

They decided to hold on, and immediately sent someone in the capital to inquire about Tao Rui's background, and then changed the plan and discussed it again.

Da Zhou was also negotiating, and when Ukdon left, the minister of the Lord Hepai tentatively said: "Master Right Minister, can you consider helping Ukdon to pacify the chaos first? Even if he is weak and not worthy of being a khan, we It will be easier to deal with him after he and his brothers have internal disputes."

General Fu snorted coldly: "Do you really believe his nonsense? Frontier intelligence, this Ukdon is clearly a wolf cub who has always been eyeing the Central Plains. How could he just pretend to deceive you?"

Another general also said: "When Ukdon takes Da Zhou's weapons and horses, he will turn around and use them to attack Da Zhou. What's more, Tuolie is making trouble at the border, and he should ask Ukdon to compensate, how can I let me The reason why Da Zhou gave things?"

The people from the Lord and the faction looked at each other, and a minister said: "I am a big country with a lot of land in the past two years, so I should be able to afford this little food and grass. What if what Ukdon said is true? We can solve this problem peacefully. It's a matter of fact. You must know that once the border is turbulent and wars continue, the losses we suffer will be unpredictable!"

"Narrow!" General Fu got up and knelt down and ordered, "I would like to lead the troops to Ping Tuolie, and return my borders to peace, please allow the emperor!"

"Impossible, Dazhou is a country of etiquette, how can we provoke war for no reason? The chaos at the border is far from the level of the two armies facing each other. Besides, Ukdon went to Beijing to show his sincerity." stand up theory.

This is the daily life of the main war faction and the main peace faction. Fighting and arguing in front of the emperor was nothing new. It was just that Tao Rui was too strong and his stance was too clear. The Lord and Pai did not dare to refute him. Who knows if he will do something to take revenge. Tao Rui didn't speak for a while, so they had a chance to play.

Tao Rui and the emperor looked at each other, neither of them said anything, so the two factions quarreled happily.

The main issue of war is no trivial matter. It must be decided after several rounds of quarrels and deliberation, so it is quite appropriate to start the deliberation from now on. Let the ministers express their opinions and understand their views, which is very helpful to pave the way for the subsequent layout. At the same time, it can also paralyze the grassland people, making them think that Da Zhou is really still negotiating.

In fact, the emperor had asked Tao Rui to deliver grain to the border.

In the past two years, Tao Rui has been in charge of the field and property affairs. At the beginning, he let people from various towns come to Beijing to study. At that time, people just thought it was to study, but they did not know that many of them became Tao Rui's contacts, which made it a lot easier for him to do things. .

The Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Qi Lang are both on his side, and he has been instructed by the emperor to move the grain depot and ask people to secretly deliver it.

The preparations for Da Zhou have already begun, and the grasslands are not afraid to go to war anytime they want.

The prairie people lived in the palace for three days and had already inquired about Tao Rui's deeds. Tao Rui is really too famous. He was a **** and didn't take people seriously. Later, when he learned the truth of his life experience, he directly cut off the relationship with the Duke Xuan.

At the beginning, he joined eighteen people in the Xiao family and brought down Concubine Xiao's lineage, and his reputation spread far and wide. The reason was that Concubine Xiao's niece bullied his sister!

Counting those who oppose him, some ransacked homes, some beheaded, some were demoted and no longer had their former glory, but none of them had a good end.

Tao Rui is extremely protective of short-term vengeance, and has both civil and military skills. No wonder that after he made his statement that day, other ministers did not dare to speak.

A few people in Ukdon scolded a few words in the palace, knowing that this time it was really hard to please, so they had to go home.

They firmly believe that Tao Rui will not have a good end. Any person in history who has high power and makes others fear will have a tragic end. Sooner or later, the emperor will find him unpleasant.

But it's still too early to see Tao Rui's fate. For the time being, they can only admit the slander, find an excuse to return to the grassland, and procrastinate and don't want to pay compensation. The departure of the prairie people seems a little disheartened, which is very pleasing.

As soon as Ukdon left, there was a sing-along, saying that there was a corrupt official in the north who was very arrogant. Tao Rui immediately asked Zhi to personally investigate the case.

As ministers, they usually know some obvious factions, such as which minister is a disciple of which minister, and which family has an in-law relationship with which family. They found out that the person involved in the corrupt officials happened to belong to Tao Rui's faction, which was obviously inspired by Tao Rui. The key is that only those who participated in the performance said that there were corrupt officials, but no one was named, which seemed very mysterious.

No one objected to the right prime minister to investigate the case in person, but they pondered privately, who is this corrupt official? Shouldn't it be like the second prince's cousin, who is involved in the affairs of the heavenly family? Or can Tao Rui go in person? It seems that he is going to do something big again, and everyone tacitly avoids it and does not inquire at will, so as not to be implicated inadvertently.

So Tao Rui traveled lightly and went out of Beijing smoothly. Not long after he left Beijing, spies from all over the world lost track of him, and I don't know where he went.

This is more like an imperial commissioner who made a private visit in a micro-service. A lot of news was sent out from the capital at a time, and they all told the officials related to him to be honest, which made a few corrupt officials in the north scared, for fear that Tao Rui came to look for him, but it really doubled Covering up but revealing traces is not self-inflicted, and deserves it.

In fact, Tao Rui had already reunited with the three princesses who were disguised as men, and hurried towards the border gate. Once I go this time, I presumably won't be back in three or five years.