Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

After the court meeting was over, Chen Fan and Cai Yan were tactful enough to stay where they were. Soon a eunuch came over and asked the two adults to go to the imperial study with Qiao Yelan, saying that the emperor had summoned them.

When the three of them arrived at the imperial study, the emperor was already standing in front of the [Global Geomancy Map], concentrating on thinking.

"I will see you, Your Majesty."

"My dear ministers, there is no need to be so polite. I have called you here now because I think you all know what is going on."

Those who came here are all smart people, and they have no intention of beating around the bush.

Prime Minister Cai bowed.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask Lord Qiao some questions first. Please do not hesitate to agree to it."

"Just ask, Prime Minister Cai."

The emperor agreed with a smile.

"Master Cai, please."

Qiao Yelan turned around and smiled.

"Does what Lord Qiao said in the court mean that only Duke Godottin and Duke Scarford disagree, while the others have approved of the Dragon Gate Coin?"

"That's right - the Emperor of Leitania has already agreed, and none of the electors have stepped forward to oppose it. The Holy City of Lateran has agreed to serve as a permanent neutral place and be responsible for keeping the deposit of the Dragon Gate Coins."

"In Victoria, except for the Duke of Godottin who sternly refused and the Duke of Stafford who never visited, the other five people, the Duke of Normandy, the Duke of Caster, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Windermere and the Duke of Cavendish, have all agreed to join. Including the Council of Nobles in Londinium, they have also expressed their support for the circulation of Longmen coins."

Qiao Yelan talked about his diplomatic achievements as if he was reading out the names of dishes.

"Mr. Qiao's diplomatic ability is indeed extraordinary. Only Mr. Qiao could straighten out such a complicated situation in just half a year and achieve such great results."

There was no falsehood in Cai Yan's words - considering the time spent on the journey, Qiao Yelan's negotiation speed was almost to get the deal done as soon as it was done, and then set off again.

He even suspected that this might be the most united era in Victoria since the great coup of 1072.

Although it sounds strange to unite with a foreigner.

"I heard that several months ago, Grand Duke Wellington signed treaties with various surrounding forces and deployed troops on the border of Leithania. I wonder if Lord Qiao received relevant information during his visit?"

After all, he is the prime minister. In addition to diplomacy, Cai Yan will certainly not miss any changes in the political situation in the relevant regions.

"Indeed, there was. The time when Grand Duke Wellington signed the treaty was exactly the same as the time when I visited these regions. It was just a matter of time. Although I don't know what the Duke of Wellington is thinking, from what I have seen and heard, there is no sign of war in the Principality of Wellington for the time being."

Cai Yan nodded slowly.

Qiao Yelan passed by the Duchy of Wellington twice, and the second time was when the situation was most tense, so what he said was naturally highly credible.

Any war requires sufficient preparation. Even ordinary people can see some clues from various official notices and actions. Qiao Yelan said that no signs of war mobilization were found in the Principality of Wellington, which means that this is just a routine border conflict.

"As long as there is no fighting, that's the best. Lord Qiao just came back, and I'm afraid there is some news that he hasn't received yet. An Elector of Leitania on the border of Victoria invited the current Emperor of Leitania to send troops to his territory to fight against the military pressure of the Principality of Wellington together with him."

"I am really worried. The country of Leithania is already loose, and this matter has caused dissatisfaction and opposition from many electors. If we go to war with Victoria at this time, I am afraid there will be no peace, and even the matter of the Dragon Gate Coin will have to be delayed again and again."

Qiao Yelan had to admit that Cai Yan's ability was indeed enough to secure this position. He was unexpectedly sensitive in integrating information and extending his thinking.

For example, Chen Fan, who is frowning now, will definitely not be able to ask the same question that Cai Yan asked before.

"If the Principality of Wellington does not start a war, will the situation in Leithania affect the issuance of Longmen coins?"

Cai Yan's doubts were answered, but the emperor became a little worried.

In his view, this was the central government interfering in the territory of a certain vassal king, causing dissatisfaction among other vassal kings - if this were to be recorded in the history books of Dayan, it would become the script of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the blink of an eye.

Especially since the Emperor of Letania seemed to be a decisive person. He took action immediately after receiving the request for help and made the matter a foregone conclusion. There is no room for maneuver now. We can only wait and see who of the two sides will take a step back in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. As long as the Duke of Wellington does not march westward and is always hanging over our heads, there will be no chaos in Leitania. In the end, the Electors will have to retreat first."

Surprisingly, the person who said this was not Qiao Yelan, but Cai Yan.

"Your Majesty, Leitania is different from our Great Yan. Whether it is the political structure or the political thinking, they are extremely different, so we cannot infer from our Great Yan's experience. For the nobles, they all have the possibility of becoming emperors, so they are both allies and opponents."

Cai Yan sneered, revealing a look of contempt.

"This mob is so unruly that they would rather sacrifice themselves than do great things, and forget their principles when they see small gains. Now that external forces are eyeing them covetously, the invasion of Ursus last year is still in full swing, and this year Wellington's demonstration is hanging a knife over their necks. They don't have the courage, nor do they have so many troops, to truly turn against the Emperor of Leithnia."

"Since we can't turn our backs on each other, when the matter of my Longmen Coin begins to move forward, those who are not threatened will definitely forget their principles for the sake of profit, and then this so-called anti-imperialist wave will naturally collapse - so there is no need to worry about this matter, I, Dayan, just need to carry out the plan."

Seeing that Cai Yan had pointed out the situation in Letania, Qiao Yelan admired him and echoed him with a few words.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is absolutely right. When we are in Great Yan, why should we care about these tiny nations? When they were collectively called Leitania, they could still participate in the situation in Terra. But now they are electors and can no longer make any waves."

The emperor then nodded in relief.

He doesn't care whether Leitania is in chaos or not, what he is really worried about is whether it will disturb his ability to make money.

Since these two people said that Leitania could not be an obstacle to the Longmen Coin, there would naturally be no problem.

"What if those electors really turn against their emperor? And join forces to attack the capital of Leithania?"

Chen Fan suddenly spoke.

"If so, I will once again bear the name of Great Flame and visit Ursus and Victoria."

Qiao Yelan gave a playful smile.

"What do you mean by that?"

Chen Fan was a little confused.

"Naturally, we will join forces with Ursus and Victoria to take advantage of the chaos in Leitania and split it apart."

Cai Yan also sneered.

"We are surrounded by powerful neighbors, and the Witch King Herhunzollon has passed away. Now you still dare to stir up chaos and disputes. This is the way to death. In the past, the [Four Emperors' Battle] made Ursus, Leitania, and Victoria successful. Now if there is another chance, how can we, Da Yan, not get a share of the pie?"

At this point, Chen Fan was about to ask why Da Yan didn't do this last year, when he suddenly remembered what happened in Da Yan last year -

He and Cai Yan were in control of the court at the time, and they also took advantage of the chaos in Longmen to secretly smuggle and make money. How could they have the mind to start a foreign war?

Wouldn't that earn face and prestige for the emperor?

No, no, let’s make money first.

Now that the situation in the court has been settled, the emperor has regained the final say, and Longmen has been completely pacified and can be used as a forward base, Dayan now has the reason and ability to go to war.

Chen Fan wiped his sweat quietly and quickly changed the subject.

If you keep asking, I will become 500,000.jpg

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

Good, good, good, good. Prime Minister Cai and Minister Qiao really have their brains built on my XP.

It was consistent with his previous imagination of the emperor.

Please forgive an emperor who has only taken a crash course for a few months and has to rely on vernacular novels to imagine how an emperor should be - he might as well just persecute Wei Yanwu to his heart's content.

Qiao Yelan took in everyone’s reactions.

Cai Yan's ability and cooperation did surprise him, but it also proved the value of the late emperor's vision.

Chen Fan revealed his own limitations, but as for the Longmen currency, it was enough to show that his position as Minister of Revenue is still secure.

As for His Majesty the Emperor...

Qiao Yelan was thinking, maybe he should be nicer to Old Wei——

Maybe I will really have to help this person get promoted in the future.

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Chapter 133: The Candidate for the Scale

Qiao Yelan put down the pen in his hand and sealed the last letter into the envelope.

He wrote two letters, one to Triintreme and one to Ursus.

The content of the first letter was to let Helinmat and Ivignad act freely and not to worry about any actions or measures abroad.

The content of the second letter was to ask Nikola to pay attention to the changes in the situation in Leithania, as there might be a chance to replicate last year's operation.

This was his fuse for the Leitania situation.

On the Victorian side, the movement of the Duchy of Wellington was enough.

And Qiao Yelan once again used a letter to mobilize Nicholas - these actions would also be noticed by others.

In Dayan, in order to issue and mint Longmen coins, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue will immediately dispatch a large amount of materials to Longmen.

This is true for both the external and internal reasons given by the Great Yan court - but what if it is viewed in conjunction with the previous two events?

It has been less than fifty years since the War of the Four Emperors, and as a participant in the war, the Leitanians have not completely forgotten it.

Ambitious people never hesitate to speculate on the ambitions of others with the greatest malice.

Therefore, the electors did not dare and could not unite at this time to oppose the Queen's action of sending troops to Shi Tongling - they were worried that Leitania would follow in Gaul's footsteps.

Therefore, Qiao Yelan specially wrote the first letter to Trilintelme - he wanted to inform Ivignad to prevent her from thinking that the three surrounding countries really planned to attack Leithania.

"Use the special channel of the Tower of Babel to send the letter out at the fastest speed."

"clear."

Ace took the letter and left in a hurry.

Qiao Yelan retracted his gaze and looked at the information about General Dayan in front of him.

He was not in a hurry to confront the Grand Marshal, or to point out directly in front of the Emperor that the Grand Marshal was hiding something from His Majesty - after all, once such an action was taken, it would be irreversible.

He was wondering whether the commander-in-chief's move to conceal the true actions of the prime ministers was the commander-in-chief's own idea - or whether Qiao Yelan helped him come up with it.

There is no information about this in PRTS's memory bank, and the communication with the Taiwei is basically limited to the Blood Peak Battle period of that year. It is not like the Taifu, who allows the other party to have some basic understanding of himself.

Originally he wouldn't have cared so much - but during this trip, he had been betrayed by his past self, so much so that he no longer trusted the database.

The things you recorded are quite authentic, but the things you didn’t record seem a bit outrageous.

Since that day, the emperor never summoned Qiao Yelan again. Qiao Yelan was happy to have some free time. After saying sick, he didn't even go to court. He stayed in a mansion in the capital that Chen Fan had given him, thinking about the age issue.

Unfortunately, he did not find that the commander's actions could bring him any benefits.

"So, this matter should be the Taiwei's own decision?"

Qiao Yelan thought a little anxiously.

It's not that he was unconfident in himself, but that he was too confident in himself - he thought there was no reason why he couldn't have noticed the commander's little tricks.

But the Taiwei has remained firmly in his position until today, and is even continuing his attempts to cover up his age.

Is this somewhat...

Patting his forehead, Qiao Yelan stopped working in isolation.

If you can't answer some questions, it's better to go out and ask an outsider.

Who should I ask...

Who else around me is not a barbecued pork?

Qiao Yelan stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

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The Grand Tutor was holding a stack of performance reports in his hand, grimly reading them.

Who can tell him how it happened that those dozen officials in the Honglu Temple, who used to work diligently and efficiently, suddenly became a bunch of social animals who punch in, slack off and take sick leave?

What happened?

Previously, the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to send people to cooperate with the negotiation team of the Ministry of Revenue to visit the emperors and princes of Victoria, Letania and other countries, and strive to reach a real Longmen currency circulation agreement as quickly as possible.

The Grand Tutor had been thinking, instead of bothering two masters for the same matter, wouldn’t it be enough to just grab someone from the Honglu Temple to do the work?

He still has to ask about such a small matter?

As a result, Minister Ning, who had been working as his deputy, came to see him with a worried look on his face. The officials of the Honglu Temple were already sick and there was no manpower available. The Imperial Medical Bureau was so frightened that it submitted three memorials in a row, worried that this was a plague brought back from outside.

The Imperial Tutor was also worried at first. After all, plague was really difficult to deal with. But after he got the report and took a closer look, he was surprised to find that all the medicines prescribed by the Imperial Physician were warming and tonic medicines.

Then when they asked what happened, they said that the Minister of the Ministry of Rites fell ill first, and then as soon as the news of another visit came out, the members of the delegation who had just returned began to fall ill one after another.