Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 571 The Most Asshole Advice

The deputy envoy replied at this time: "Reporting to the king. The king is from the royal family of our Song Dynasty. He once conquered a country and was canonized as a vassal king by the emperor. The emperor conferred the title of king without kneeling in front of him, and he has the honor of governing a country by himself."

Zhao Mu said impatiently, "Speak of something I don't know."

Zhao Yong saw Zhao Mu's impatience and the deputy envoy's whining, so he said bluntly: "My Lord has bestowed upon you the dragon robe and the jade seal, and honored you as the Western Emperor. From now on, you can call yourself the emperor in your country, ride in the emperor's sedan chair, and inherit the Taizu ancestral temple. You will receive tribute from the Western Regions and become a brother country with our Song Dynasty. In the future, the two sides will not interfere with each other. As for the annual tribute promised by the retired emperor, my Lord is willing to continue to pay it. As long as you return the lost imperial seal and the imperial seal of our Song Dynasty, it will be fine."

Hearing this, Zhao Mu's nose almost became crooked with anger. But he gritted his teeth and endured it. Sure enough, the Song Huizong in the rumors was really incompetent to a certain extent.

Even more incompetent and shameless than Zhao Mu had imagined. He had never heard such a bastard's advice before.

Thinking back to those days, he and Cheoljong worked wholeheartedly and devotedly. Cheoljong even worked day and night to reform the military system and other matters, which shortened his life and brought the disease on several years earlier.

Now Zhao Mu guarded the ancient land of Xixia and even went on an expedition to the Western Regions in order to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty. The only thing that both he and Zhezong had in their hearts was the long-lost Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that had not been taken back.

They did all this just to make the four barbarians submit so that the Song Dynasty would no longer be threatened by them.

However, Zhao Ji wanted to split Zhao Mu's Qi Kingdom from the territory of the Song Dynasty. However, this was not only Zhao Ji's own idea, but also the "best solution" reached after consultation with the Queen Mother Xiang and her party.

The ministers under Empress Dowager Xiang were not as stupid as her. They thought that they could coax Zhao Mu back and then kill him to eliminate future troubles.

The ministers were all aware of Zhao Mu's bravery, and the most likely reason for the escaped Dragon Guards and the stolen seal was to go to Qi State. So after much deliberation, they decided not to provoke Zhao Mu.

They felt that the main point of conflict between Zhao Mu and Zhao Ji in the future would be over the throne.

The ministers did not want to be enemies with Zhao Mu, so as not to damage their official status.

So someone suggested to Queen Mother Xiang and Zhao Ji that they should follow the Eastern Zhou Dynasty's method of establishing two kings in one country to appease Zhao Mu.

Moreover, these people did not regard the territory of Western Xia as part of the territory of the Song Dynasty. In this way, the Song Dynasty did not lose an inch of territory, and the conflict between Zhao Mu and Zhao Ji was resolved.

Although Zhao Mu was sold the title of emperor, he now had his own currency, his own reign title, his own army, and even protected the various states in the Western Regions. He was no different from a real emperor.

Instead of this, it would be better to let Zhao Mu do it for real, in order to appease and restrain him.

Moreover, this honor was something that Zhezong could not give to Zhao Mu. This way, the matter was perfectly resolved. In exchange, all he had to do was get back the imperial seal and the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty. From then on, the two families lived in peace.

Zhao Mu was the Emperor of Qi in Qi State, Zhao Ji was the Emperor of Song in Bianjing, and Yelu Hongji was the Emperor of Liao in Zhongdu.

This way everyone will have a "bright" future.

Although the officials of the Song Dynasty thought this suggestion was feasible, they were even complacent that all disputes could be resolved by sending a "yellow ochre robe". They even felt that this was a win for the Song Dynasty.

Not only did the officials of the Song Dynasty think so, but even Zhao Yong and the deputy envoy thought so. They felt that Zhao Mu would definitely accept it with pleasure, and then entertain them well, and then they would take the jade seal back to Beijing to ask for a reward.

But they only ignored Zhao Mu's feelings. After Zhao Mu heard what Zhao Yong said, his face had turned gloomy.

Seeing Zhao Mu's face gradually becoming gloomy, Zhao Yong and others were confused.

Finally, Zhao Mu couldn't bear it any longer, so he picked up the official kiln brush washer on his dragon desk and threw it at them. The deputy envoy was knocked down by Zhao Mu's blow.

Zhao Mu also cursed without caring about his image, "Asshole! Your Majesty and I worked hard to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty. This asshole Zhao Ji actually wants to remove every inch of land from the territory of the Song Dynasty that we have worked so hard and sacrificed countless soldiers for. What a bastard! No! He is worse than a bastard!"

The deputy envoy covered his chest, climbed up and said, "Please calm down, Your Majesty. I am not going to remove him, but confer the title on you. You are also a royal family of the Song Dynasty. Why not confer it on you? When the time comes, the two emperors will be together."

Zhao Mu couldn't stand listening to this nonsense any longer. He pointed at the deputy envoy and shouted hysterically, "Take him out and behead him!"

As he spoke, the guards at the door lifted up the deputy envoy. After the deputy envoy came to his senses, he said, "Your Majesty, why is this happening? I am innocent and I have good intentions. How can Your Majesty..."

Seeing this, Hu Yanrui stepped out of the line and shouted, "Wait!" Then he bowed to Zhao Mu and pleaded, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Since ancient times, envoys from warring countries have not been killed, let alone envoys from the ancestral country."

Zhao Mu calmed down at this time. He said, "Okay! Since the Prime Minister is begging for mercy, let's bring that bastard back."

The deputy envoy, who seemed to have walked through the line between life and death, was still in shock. But his body instinctively felt that he was fine. So he kowtowed to Zhao Mu in thanks.

Although Zhao Mu was full of anger, the officials under his command were extremely satisfied with Zhao Ji's "enthronement". Because in this way, they achieved their original purpose of persuading Zhao Mu to ascend the throne, and the two countries did not even have to go to war, and the two clans would remain in harmony forever.

However, Zhao Mu was very angry at the moment, and no one dared to step forward and seek death at this time. It was suggested that Zhao Mu agree to this matter.

Huyan Rui saw that Zhao Mu was angry, and he was afraid to continue the conversation, fearing that Zhao Mu would really throw them out and behead them.

Hu Yanrui then advised: "Your Majesty, the envoy from Song has come from afar today and is exhausted from the journey. Your Majesty can ask the envoy to return to the posthouse to rest for a while. As for this matter, we can discuss it in the long run."

Zhao Mu heaved a sigh of relief and said, "All right! Please return for now, envoy. Court dismissed!"

Having said that, Zhao Mu left angrily.

At this time, the deputy envoy collapsed on the ground in fear, then looked at Hu Yanrui and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your words of help. But why is your Majesty so angry with us?"

Hu Yanrui was very satisfied when he heard the deputy envoy address Zhao Mu, but he shook his head and said, "I don't know about that either. Please go back to the inn and rest for a while. We will persuade your Majesty later."

Afterwards, Zhao Yong and the others did not bother any more. After packing up their things, they immediately set off back to the inn.

On the way, the frightened deputy envoy also looked at Zhao Yong and said, "Fortunately, I have the prince to accompany me this time. If it weren't for the comradeship between the prince and the Lord of Qi, I'm afraid I would not be able to escape death this time. But do you know why your brother is so angry?"

Zhao Yong also shook his head and said, "Who knows what he is thinking? This is a huge blessing, who knows why he is so angry."

(End of this chapter)