Chapter 1374 Interest
Shen Jingzhong raised his head and looked at Bai Qingyan with red eyes. He saw her putting the hot handkerchief aside. The swaying warm firelight in the hall made the smile between her eyebrows flicker, which made people feel a little lonely. , she said softly: "It's because my virtue and ability are not outstanding enough that I can't be fully assisted by Shen Sikong. This is Bai Qingyan's regret in this life..."
"Your Majesty!" Shen Jingzhong took a step forward on his knees, "That's not the case, Your Majesty..."
Bai Qingyan raised her hand to signal Shen Jingzhong not to say anything further, and said, "Since Shen Sikong is resigning and returning to his hometown, this must be... the last time our monarch and his ministers will have a meal together. Sit down and eat! I'm sure."
Seeing Bai Qingyan holding the spoon and drinking soup again, for a moment, overwhelming regret surged into Shen Jingzhong's head, and Shen Jingzhong swallowed the words as they reached his lips.
He was helped up by Wei Zhong, knelt down and sat back on his seat. He picked up the soup spoon with trembling hands, only to feel that the delicious smelling soup was bitter in his mouth.
Whether it was Bai Qingyan's virtue, talent or mind, Shen Jingzhong admired her greatly. If he didn't have talent... what was the point of implementing the New Deal? If you have no virtue, how can you be supported by all people? His mind is what Shen Jingzhong admires the most. He dared to decide on the strategy of betting on the country early and devoted himself to the welfare of the people instead of immortalizing his own power. Shen Jingzhong asked himself... Bai Qingyan is the only one who can do this from ancient times to the present. The emperor.
But once upon a time... when Shen Jingzhong became an official, it was the time when the court was in turmoil. Bai Weiting, the Duke of Zhenguo, was far away at the frontier to defend against enemies. He gained a foothold in the court by virtue of his ability to follow the dragon. At that time, whether he was acting or not, the Jin Emperor He believed that he was truly virtuous, and with the belief that he would live and die with Emperor Jin, he swore... to be his Majesty's minister forever.
Later, the emperor changed, and his greed for life and alchemy... became unreasonable.
He knew that Bai Qingyan was a wise king, but he could never forget his oath and was in a dilemma. Therefore, he did not go all out for Zhou Ting, and he always thought about resigning. Maybe in the eyes of others...he was Being ignorant of current affairs is considered foolish and loyal, but Shen Jingzhong feels that he is even more stupid.
Now that the words have been spoken, there is no room for change, that’s all...
·
On June 28th of the second year of Yuanhe, the Zhou Dynasty and the State of Yan decided to gamble on the country. They implemented the other country's national policy in the city areas designated by the two countries. After three years, which country's national policy can make the local people rich and strong will be determined. Win or lose, peace is a country.
"In this case, Regent..." Liu Rushi looked at Xiao Rongyan and took the sealed covenant from Wang Hanbing with a smile, and said, "As soon as the eldest prince, second prince and general Xie Sturgeon of the Yan Kingdom arrive in the capital city, the prince will Zhou immediately withdrew his troops, and the main force of the Yan State, which was held in Xiliang by our Bai army, will naturally be returned."
Wang Hanbing's face was not very good. He really didn't expect to have to get a seal when he entered the palace today. However, he was tricked by Da Zhou and actually let them, the Yan State, implement the Yan State's new policy on the territory of Da Zhou. And Da Zhou was going to The State of Yan implemented the New Deal.
However, we have to admit that Liu Rushi is right. Only when the two countries implement the New Deal on each other's soil can we compare which country's New Deal is better.
Only in this way, when the two countries merge, whether it is Yan merging with Great Zhou, or Great Zhou merging with Yan, the people of the two countries will be more receptive.
Xiao Rongyan glanced at Bai Qingyan who was sitting on the high platform with a smile on his lips. He understood Bai Qingyan's painstaking efforts, so when Liu Rushi finally proposed this condition... the envoys of the Yan State were blushing and neck-deep, but he Complied.
However, I was secretly happy that the cities chosen by the Zhou Dynasty for the Yan State were all wealthy cities, but the Yan State made Jiaozi choose several poor cities in the Zhou Dynasty... Euphemistically speaking, only in this way can the two countries be in the same place. The level of competition was high, but Liu Rushi did not expect that Yan Guo would trick him in the end.
No matter what, when Da Zhou goes to Yan State to implement the New Deal, Bai Qingyan, the emperor of Da Zhou, will still send her most trustworthy person there. This means that Yan State has Da Zhou's hostage, and everyone in the Yan State court can feel more at ease.
Wei Zhong stood aside, watching that both countries had signed their seals, and took it from Liu Rushi's hand, and respectfully sent it to Bai Qingyan's desk. When Bai Qingyan nodded after reading, Wei Zhong Cai Dao said: "Your Majesty hosted a banquet in the palace to celebrate the two countries' agreement on gambling and to congratulate the peaceful merger of the two countries..."
Bai Qingyan glanced at Xiao Rongyan in the audience with smiling eyes. The corners of Xiao Rongyan's lips curled up behind the mask, and there was a smile hidden in his eyes.
The matter was settled. Although the two of them didn't say anything, they both put down the big stone in their hearts. They just waited for three years later, when everything is in order and the heavy burden on their shoulders was relieved, they could take their children to their Baiwo City. Living a normal life in his house.
Ever since Sal Khan and his entourage from the Tianfeng Kingdom came to Dadu City, Wei Zhong arranged for them to stay in the post house and sent people to handle them, but they never took care of them again.
The people of Tianfeng Kingdom have long been impatient, but they sneaked into the capital city quietly and did not come as envoys after formally submitting their credentials. Even though they have been detained by Dazhou to this day, they cannot be said to be rude to Dazhou.
What's more, Dazhou sent people to guard the inside and outside of the post house. There were guards and secret guards everywhere, and they couldn't send any news.
To put it bluntly, even if the Emperor of Zhou killed them all, Tianfeng Kingdom would not be able to hold Da Zhou back because they came secretly.
Today, after the two countries of Great Zhou and Yan agreed to host a banquet in the palace, the Emperor of Great Zhou finally remembered the King of Tianfeng Kingdom who had been locked up in the post house and sent someone to invite it.
"The Emperor of Zhou is really not afraid of making grudges with our Tianfeng Kingdom. The king of our Tianfeng Kingdom condescended to come here, and even stayed in prison for these days. Only now did he think of inviting our Majesty." Sal Khan's attendant said angrily. .
Sal Khan was changing his clothes inside the screen without moving his eyebrows, and only said: "We came uninvited, and it happened to be that Zhou Dynasty and Yan State were discussing the matter of gambling. It is only natural that we should be kept until the two countries signed the gambling alliance. You don’t have to be upset about the matter.”
"It doesn't matter what kind of grievances I have suffered, but you are the king of our Tianfeng Kingdom, and Dazhou is so disrespectful to you!" Sal Khan's personal attendant became more and more aggrieved.
Sal Khan looked at his attendant and smiled lowly: "Okay, let's go..."
Originally, Sal Khan gave the jade cicada in his hand to Bai Qingyan, thinking that Bai Qingyan would soon send someone to look for him and ask him about the method of going back in time. Unexpectedly, after being imprisoned in the post house, He has been left here, and he doesn't know whether Bai Qingyan has studied Yu Chan or... is not interested at all.
In the main hall where the banquet was held in the imperial palace, the envoys and ministers of Yan State were seated in different ranks.
It can be seen that the ministers of Zhou Dynasty were very happy, but the envoys of Yan State were not so happy although their purpose was achieved.