Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 367 Please transfer Lujiang Dragon King to work
Today is the day of the Great Court Meeting at the beginning of the month, all civil and military officials are already standing in front of the palace gate and waiting in line.

Although it was early in the morning, it was summer after all, and the air seemed a bit stuffy.

The court clothes worn by the officials looked gorgeous and solemn, but they were a bit thick.Dressed like this and standing under the sun, it makes people sweat all over.

A group of officials wanted to wipe the sweat off their foreheads, but the censor who was in charge of inspecting the etiquette of the officials kept going to and fro, and his sharp eyes scanned the court, but they dared not act rashly, for fear of being charged with a crime of disrespect. .

Behind the officials, the members of the Tubo Mission were standing there awkwardly.

Because whether it is the majestic and majestic palace in front of him, which symbolizes the imperial power of the Yun Kingdom, or the magnificent and solemn civil and military officials around him, they are unmatched by Tubo.Let them feel, what is the atmosphere of a great country.

At this moment, a group of eunuchs hurriedly walked through all the civil and military officials, and arrived in front of the Tubo mission, and gave a slight salute to Wang Xuance, the leader of the group.

Then I heard the first eunuch say:

"According to His Majesty's oral order, summon the Minister of Rites, Lord Wailang Wang, and bring Nie Chi, the envoy of Tubo, to have an audience with him!"

Hearing this, Wang Xuance was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said:
"Now?"

The eunuch nodded and said:

"Yes, Lord Wang, please follow your slaves into the palace!"

Wang Xuance nodded, turned his head to look at Nie Chi, the leader of the Yangtong Tribe standing beside him, and said:

"Your Majesty has summoned you, follow me into the palace first!"

Nie Chi was a little at a loss, but he also knew that he had no room to refuse, so he could only nod silently.

Seeing this, the eunuch in the palace immediately led the two of them to the side hall of the Xuanzheng Palace.

At this time, in the side hall, a group of palace personnel held twelve crowns, jade belts, emperor swords and other things, and waited respectfully aside.Xiao Cheng opened his arms and asked the palace servants to tidy up the cumbersome and solemn Twelve-Chapter Clothes for him.

When Wang Xuance entered the hall, he immediately knelt down on the ground, bowed and saluted, and said:
"Member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang Wang Xuance, greet Your Majesty!"

Nie Chi looked at Xiao Cheng's figure, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

He knew before that that although the current emperor of Yun Kingdom was young, his accomplishments were enough to be called a hero in the world, which cannot be judged by common sense.

But the "young" that Nie Chi had imagined in his mind before was at least in his thirties.But when he really saw Xiao Cheng's appearance younger than his own nephew, he still couldn't restrain his surprise.

Feng Bao, who was at the side, saw Nie Chi staring at His Majesty in a daze, not knowing that he was going to pay homage, so he couldn't help frowning, and deliberately coughed heavily.

Although the etiquette of Tubo is not as heavy as that of the countries in the Central Plains, the etiquette of visiting the king is still known.It's just that Nie Chi didn't react for a while because he was surprised by Xiao Cheng's age.

At this time, he was woken up by Feng Bao's cough, and he immediately came back to his senses, quickly stroked his chest and saluted, and said in blunt Central Plains Mandarin:

"Nie Chi, a foreign minister of Tubo, pay homage to His Majesty Emperor Dayun!"

Xiao Cheng turned his head slightly, looked at Wang Xuance in the palace, nodded and said:

"Going to Tibet is a hard job. You have worked so hard, and you have done an excellent job. I will reward you!"

"Order the Ministry of Rites, and the member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang Wang Xuance, has made meritorious service in Tubo, and left to move to the post of the chief and guest secretary of the Ministry of Rites!"

In the Ministry of Rituals, there is a post of Shangshu of the second rank, and the left and right servants of the third rank.There are four divisions under the jurisdiction of Ritual System, Host and Guest, Refined Cuisine, and Sacrificial Sacrifice, each with a five-rank doctor.Compared with Wang Xuance, who was originally promoted by Wang Xuance because of his envoy to Tubo, he was promoted from the sixth rank Yuanwailang, just promoted to one level.

Hearing Xiao Chengzhi's words, Wang Xuance was overjoyed immediately, bent down and fell to the ground, shouting:
"My lord Xuan Ce, thank you Your Majesty!"

Xiao Cheng chuckled, then suddenly turned his head to look at Nie Chi at the side, and said:

"Look at you just now, can you speak the official dialect of the Central Plains?"

Nie Chi lowered his head and replied in his awkward-sounding Central Plains Mandarin:
"Reporting to His Majesty Emperor Dayun, Tubo paid tribute to Xia Kingdom every year before, so the nobles in Tubo Kingdom often speak the Mandarin of the Central Plains."

It has been mentioned before that although the founding emperor Taizu of Dayun established his country in this land in the south of the sky, because he himself was born in the Central Plains, the system of the country's middle school all continued in the Central Plains.

The official dialect is no different from Xia Guo, they are all the official dialect of the Central Plains!

Xiao Cheng pushed away the palace man who wanted to put on a sash for him, looked at Nie Chi and nodded, saying:

"That's good, it's also convenient!"

Having said that, Xiao Cheng paused, then changed the topic, and suddenly said:
"I just noticed that you are giving me a boob salute. Is this the etiquette for Tubo to pay homage to the king?"

Hearing Xiao Cheng's sudden mention of this, Nie Chi looked a little at a loss, and said honestly:
"Yes, the etiquette in Tubo is quite different from that in the Central Plains..."

Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded, and said:

"A minister who goes on an envoy to another country represents the dignity of a country, and it is the right thing to practice the etiquette of his own country. But..."

Xiao Cheng paused for a moment, then frowned, and said in a high-pitched voice:

"However, with your current identity, I don't know that you are an envoy of Tubo!"

"You led the troops to attack our Dayun Mission. The evidence is conclusive, and the guilt is unforgivable... Since you are my Dayun's criminal, in front of me, should you still use Tubo's understanding?"

The power of the emperor is as deep as the sea.Xiao Cheng's tone sank slightly, and a frightening power swept over, filling the entire side hall.

Nie Chi was already anxious in his heart, but now facing Xiao Cheng's power, his heart trembled suddenly, and his limbs suddenly went weak.

At this moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind.He thought about the young nephews of his own tribe, and thought about the crime that the emperor of Yunguo didn't punish them immediately.

Under the blessing of his heart, Nie Chi suddenly fell to his knees, imitating Wang Xuance's etiquette just now, bent over and saluted, and shouted in his mouth:
"Nie Chi, pay homage to His Majesty Emperor Dayun!"

Seeing him saluting awkwardly, Xiao Cheng relaxed his frown, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, nodded and said:
"now it's right!"

"Decree, Nie Chi, the envoy of Tubo, is very courteous, and I love him very much. Now I will add Yang Tong Jiedu envoy, and give him a golden seal and court clothes!"

Originally, the tone was still questioning, as if he wanted to punish him on the spot.Then, instead, he was canonized on the spot.Such a turn of events made Nie Chi froze in place, not knowing what to say.

Xiao Cheng looked at Nie Chi in front of him, his eyes were full of deep meaning.

Since the leader of Tubo, Abandon Nie Qi, dared to plot against Yun Guo behind his back, how could Xiao Cheng not teach him a lesson?

Since this Yangtong tribe is a large tribe in Tubo and has the intention to resist the rule of Qi Nieqi, it is a good pawn to disrupt Tubo, Xiao Cheng must immediately choose to make good use of it!

The position of Jiedushi was a popular military position in previous dynasties.Li Xing, the patriarch of the Li Dynasty, was the Jiedu envoy of the Ailao Kingdom.

And the power of the Jiedushi is too heavy, so the military and government will grasp it.A little carelessness will set off riots and endanger the stability of the country.In the three kingdoms of Yun, Xia, and Li, which had learned the lessons of the previous dynasties, they naturally removed the official position of Jiedushi directly.

Being dug out by Xiao Cheng at this time, it was just something he thought of on the spur of the moment, to give Yang Tongbu a self-reliant name!

Nie Chi has been in charge of the tribe for decades, and has been in the Tubo court for so long. He is naturally not a fool. At this time, he also vaguely guessed what Xiao Cheng meant, looked at Xiao Cheng dumbfounded, and said:

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Xiao Cheng heard the words and said casually:
"I heard that the auspicious snow lion presented by the Lord of Tubo is exactly the animal worshiped by your sheep and other tribes in the southwestern part of Tubo. The snow lion is a mythical beast in the snow mountain in Tubo mythology, and the climate of Zhongqing City is warm, so it's not that bad after all. It is suitable for it. Since this is the case, I intend to give the auspicious beast back to your sheep tribe."

Having said this, Xiao Cheng's eyes became very deep, and he said in a deep voice:
"Continue to do it, what you were going to do... is nothing more than the people who support you, from Xia Guo to my big cloud."

Nie Chi's pupils shrank, his lips trembled slightly, and he was speechless for a long time.

The reason why the Yang Tong tribe was instigated by the Embroidered Clothes Envoy of the Xia State and wanted to attack the envoy was nothing more than wanting to recapture the snow lion beast, and then relying on religious influence, they called on the southwestern tribe to come out to resist Zanpu and abandon Nieqi.

Even if Tubo cannot be replaced with a monarch in the end, at worst, they can provoke the relationship between Yunguo and Tubo to make the two countries confront each other, and then use the general situation of Yunguo to force Abandoned Nieqi to submit to the middle tribe and renew the relationship. Give up the rights that you have previously held in your hands.

To sum up, the ultimate goal of the Yangtong tribe is still to fight, to complete the centralization of power, and to build the abandoned Nieqi of the Tubo Empire.

And this is exactly what Yun Guo wants to see!

Only Tubo, where there are many ethnic groups in the country, intertwined with each other, and doing their own things, is a good Tubo.

Nie Chi knew very well at this moment that after the failure of the Yangtong tribe to attack the Yunguo mission, the Yangtong tribe who offended the Yunguo would inevitably be oppressed by abandoning Nie Qi to destroy the peace between the two countries, and then swallowed it completely. The same department of sheep.

And because of Emperor Yun, the Yang Tong tribe at this time actually ushered in a glimmer of life.

As long as I can accept the canonization of Emperor Yun at this time, all the guilt will be completely piled on Xia Guoxiuyishi.But in this way, the Yang Tong tribe will also be completely pulled into Yunguo's chariot, becoming Yunguo's pawn in Tubo, and contributing to Yunguo's disruption of Tubo!
And most importantly, if he wanted to keep the Yangtong tribe alive, Nie Chi could only grit his teeth and accept this order!
Looking at Xiao Cheng in front of him, Nie Che's indistinct contempt just because of Xiao Cheng's youth dissipated, and he even uncontrollably developed a heart of fear and submission.

With such means, it is no wonder that the current Yun Kingdom can have such power!
Xiao Cheng waved to the palace people around him, and all the palace people immediately stepped forward and began to tie jade belts and pendants on Xiao Cheng.

"At the Great Court Meeting in a while, I want to announce your canonization in front of the court Chinese Wu and the Tubo mission. So I will only give you half a stick of incense to think about it!" Xiao Cheng said in a deep voice.

When Nie Chi heard this, his heart suddenly became anxious, and his thoughts became more and more confused.

And Wang Xuance in the palace finally understood why His Majesty suddenly summoned them before going to court!It turned out that he wanted to force Nie Chi to make a decision in a short time.

Seeing that the Emperor Yun in front of him had put on the emperor's clothes, and the palace servants walked out of the palace to let all the officials be notified to enter the Xuanzheng Palace, Nie Chi was even more anxious, and couldn't help shouting:
"Chen Nie Chi, thank Your Majesty!"

The self-proclaimed and the change in addressing Xiao Cheng in the words showed Nie Chi's psychological changes.

The former Nie Chi was a courtier of Tubo.At this time, Nie Chi is already a courtier of His Majesty the Emperor Dayun!

Xiao Cheng waved the wide sleeves of Dagon uniform, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said:

"very good!"
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Xia Guo Anshun County, Yi County.

This small city, which was not conspicuous before, had its gates shattered and fell down, and the blood on the ground had dried up and turned black. It was obvious that it had just experienced a war.

And the Yunlong flag flying wantonly on the city wall is telling the world the result of this war!

With the cooperation of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, the elite Yun army, temporarily transferred, entered the city to defend.

And thanks to Yun Kingdom's help during the southwest plague, the local people did not resist the Yun Army.After more than a thousand Xia troops were dealt with, Yi County fell into Yun Guo's hands easily.

Zheng Guo, wearing a short shirt that could move freely, came to Wu Zixu vigorously, bowed and saluted:
"Wuhou!"

Seeing Zheng Guo's arrival, Wu Zixu hurriedly asked:

"How? But the hydrological survey has been completed?"

"Yixian County has a long river, but it's not so fast! But the general situation, the lower officials already understand!" Zheng Guo replied.

"Jiangdao tidal flats are easy to deal with. You only need to dredge the river to wash them away! What really hinders the Yixian waterway is actually the reefs in the river! The reef has been nicknamed 'come to me' and 'people love stone'."

Wu Zixu frowned when he heard this, and said:
"Then Mr. Zheng thinks that the Yixian waterway can be completely dredged?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Guo nodded and said:
"Yes, but because the reef is huge and hidden deep in the water, you can't take advantage of it. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources. It is a project that will take several years, or even more than ten years, and it cannot be completed overnight..."

Wu Zixu's expression darkened slightly upon hearing this.

But at this moment, Zheng Guo suddenly said again:

"But, that was before!"

When Wu Zixu heard the word "but", his eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly asked:
"Now, what can I do?"

Zheng Guo looked straight, raised his hands slightly, and arched his hands towards the direction of Zhongqing City, saying:
"The Yixian waterway is located at the easternmost end of the Lujiang River! Your Majesty previously issued a decree to confer the Dragon King of the Lujiang River. Marquis Wu only needs to ask for one of His Majesty's decrees, and then sacrifice three animals and three animals to the Dragon King of the Lujiang River. With great power, we can dredge the Yixian River Road in a short period of time!"

When Wu Zixu heard this, he immediately showed hesitation, and said:
"The Dragon King of Lujiang? This Marquis has heard of it before, but the story of the dragon appearing in the world is too unbelievable..."

Even though the great changes in the world are already known to the world, if they have not seen it with their own eyes, who would believe that mythical beasts like Jiaolong have really appeared in the world?
Zheng Guo shook his head slightly and said:

"My colleague, Li Bing, is also a member of the Ministry of Industry, and it is he who was ordered to build the Lujiang Bridge. I have exchanged letters with him before, and I know that this dragon is absolutely true...and what kind of person is Your Majesty? Could it be because of nonsense? Let’s talk, then issue a canonization order?”

Hearing this, Wu Zixu pondered for a moment, then nodded immediately, and said seriously:
"It's the Marquis who was negligent! Your Majesty personally canonized it, so why is it false? Good! Ben Hou will write the paperwork and submit it to the imperial court now, and ask your Majesty to issue an order!"

(End of this chapter)