Chapter 1409 Bottom Line
"Ouch! Brother, please stop pulling... your ears are about to fall off! Help..."
Hearing his young master's wailing, the long follower bowed towards the courtyard gate again, hoping that when young master Yuan Qing saw the injury on his young master's buttocks, he would be soft-hearted and gentle.
In the front hall of the Lu Mansion, Lieutenant Lu had just met the most promising child among his grandchildren. He finally put Lu Yuanpeng's bad behavior behind him, and was just about to pick up the tea cup and drink tea comfortably, when he heard the report from outside, saying that the palace An angel has come... Your Majesty invites Lieutenant Lu to enter the palace.
Lieutenant Lu quickly stood up, ordered people to prepare official uniforms, changed his clothes and hurriedly entered the palace.
When entering the palace, Lieutenant Lu happened to meet Bai Qingyu and Bai Qingqi. After the three of them greeted each other, Lieutenant Lu hurriedly asked for advice: "To suppress the king and protect the king... I don't know why your majesty summoned him to the palace urgently this time. ah?"
"It seems to be about the old land of Daliang. Let's go... We will find out when we meet the eldest sister!" Bai Qingqi made an invitation gesture with Lieutenant Lu.
As soon as the three of them arrived, Bai Qingyan handed the brochure sent by King Han Cheng to the three of them to browse.
"The King of Hancheng just went to the old place of Daliang and asked for troops..." Lieutenant Lu raised his head and looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there may be a problem, so I have to guard against it!"
As soon as Lieutenant Lu finished speaking, the closed halls were pushed away, and Bai Jinzhi popped up his head: "Sister..."
Bai Qingyan looked up and saw Bai Jinzhi grinning, squeezing into the hall, closing the door and running in the direction of Bai Qingyan, Bai Qingyu, Bai Qingqi and Lieutenant Lu.
"Sister, Eunuch Wei didn't stop me!" Bai Jinzhi said, and after saluting Taiwei Lu and his brother, he sat down next to Bai Qingyu and stretched his neck to see the secret book in Bai Qingyu's hand.
Bai Qingyan originally thought that Xiaosi was impulsive, so it would be better not to let Xiaosi know about it for the time being. Since Xiaosi is here now, it might as well let her take a look.
Bai Qingyu handed the folder to Bai Jinzhi's hand and asked her to read it slowly.
The fourth child is not young anymore, and it is time to start learning to share the burden for the eldest sister and learn to take care of the younger sisters below.
Seeing Bai Jinzhi frowning as he looked at the memorial, Bai Qingyan then said to Lieutenant Lu: "In any case, the fact that King Saar Khan of the Tianfeng Kingdom stayed in the Dongyi Kingdom is indeed a signal that we should be wary of. Er Khan died in the Great Zhou Dynasty because he did not want to cause trouble while he was gambling on the country. Kesar Khan was not afraid. He probably thought that we, the Great Zhou and Dayan, were busy gambling on the country and were frequently testing the bottom line of our Great Zhou. …”
"As for the Tianfeng Kingdom, we might as well push the defense line of our Great Zhou towards the direction of the Tianfeng Kingdom!" Bai Qingyu's eyes were deserted, and his hoarse voice sounded, "This can also be considered as a warning, and then send envoys there In Dongyi Kingdom, it’s fine to use coercion or inducement, but we have to make Dongyi Kingdom’s skin tougher, what do you think, eldest sister!”
Bai Qingyu's original intention is still not willing to go to war when the two countries are gambling. According to the signed covenant... once the war starts to raise taxes, then... the gambling land and the country's own land will generally have to raise taxes. This will be a big problem for them. There is nothing to gain from winning this bet.
Fight, yes! But we have to wait until the gambling country wins before fighting, otherwise it will be just making wedding clothes for others, why bother?
"No way, eldest sister!" Bai Jinzhi was the first to get angry, "This King of Hancheng is clearly up to no good. He has just arrived at the coast and he is asking for troops again from eldest sister! If he wants troops... he must have food, grass and baggage, and then he must be Rebellion!”
Bai Jinzhi threw the fold aside: "Sister, although the third prince of Daliang is fat and loyal, he must be an extremely decisive person in his heart, otherwise he would not have come out of the city with the national seal to surrender me!"
"Sister, people like this... Xiaosi feels that General Cheng, General Shen, General Liu, Lu Yuanpeng, and Sima Ping are right to worry, and they should take back their military power!" Bai Jinzhi solemnly clasped his fists and said to Bai Qing, "Xiao Si Si is willing to ask for orders to go and capture King Hancheng alive!"
Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Jinzhi's anxious and pale face, so angry that her chest was praying violently, and then turned to look at Bai Qingqi: "What do you think Aqi?"
Bai Qingqi rubbed his fingers slightly, and then spoke after a long while: "My brother has never had contact with King Hancheng, so it's hard to guess, but... Ayu's method is feasible, advance the defense line towards Tianfeng Kingdom as a deterrent, and then send envoys Go to the Dongyi Kingdom and hold down this flea. Doesn’t it mean that the little emperor of the Yan Kingdom has sent envoys to contact the Dongyi Kingdom? It’s nothing more than... secretly providing weapons and food to the Dongyi Kingdom so that we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, can fall into the flames of war. , this time we can send envoys to explore the reality of Dongyi and see what Dongyi’s attitude is when facing our great Zhou Dynasty, so that we can make preparations.”
Lieutenant Lu waited for Bai Qingqi to finish speaking, and then said to Bai Qing: "If this is the case, your Majesty can suppress King Hancheng's objections and wait until the envoys who went to Dongyi Kingdom come back with a message before making a decision. "
Bai Qingyan shook his head: "King Hancheng wants troops, give them! At the same time, sending envoys to Dongyi Kingdom can be regarded as putting pressure on Dongyi Kingdom."
Lieutenant Lu was a little confused. He glanced at Bai Qingyu and Bai Qingqi, and after thinking about his words, he slowly spoke to Bai Qingyan: "Your Majesty...do you believe in King Hancheng so much?"
Bai Qingyan had a slight smile on his face: "This King of Hancheng was once severely suppressed by King Lao Liang. In fact, he has no ambition for the throne, but he really wants to make some achievements. This time I will give him When he gets this opportunity, he will do his best to do his best! King Hancheng... will not kill an egg against a stone."
"Your Majesty, when you asked King Hancheng to lead the navy, there was already a heated debate in the court. Now you are sending troops to King Hancheng at a time when you are betting on the country..." Lieutenant Lu pursed his lips and thought for a moment before saying. , "For us in the Zhou Dynasty, gambling on the country is the top priority right now! I'm afraid the courtiers will be worried, thinking that His Majesty only listens to King Hancheng!"
In fact, there were many courtiers in the court who disagreed with Bai Qing's words about gambling on the country.
But it was because after Bai Qingyan ascended the throne as emperor, it seemed that even if they objected to the decision, it would be implemented smoothly. After it was implemented, it was discovered that... Bai Qingyan was indeed right, so this time Bai Qingyan was determined Gambling the country, the ministers in the DPRK were gradually persuaded, believing that Bai Qingyan, the emperor who made many impossible things possible, could really use this method to peacefully unify.
The generals later compromised because they thought it was best to win. If things really went wrong and they lost, the worst they could do was not admit it and just defeat the Yan State. It was always the winner and the loser.
Only ministers like Lu Shang and others who believed in Bai Qingyan knew that Bai Qingyan truly put the people first. However, when he said this, he did not understand the Bai family or Bai Qingyan, or they were not as broad-minded as Bai Qingyan. A person of Qing Yan's height may not be able to understand.