"I don't know what Master Xiao asked me?" Faced with Xiao Chen's question, Li Fengtian did not panic, "To say that Mr. Xiao has different intentions, that's my personal experience as a judge, I want you to The Yanyun Navy merged with the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it was the intention of my military department."
"Sigh... It seems that the court has a deep misunderstanding of me, Xiao Chen." Xiao Chen sighed.
"Whether it is a misunderstanding, your Excellency naturally knows it well, but your various actions in Yanyun are actually unavoidable and cannot be misunderstood." Li Toyota said.
"Master Li, how is Yan Yun?" Xiao Chen suddenly asked.
"Okay." Li Toyota sighed softly, and only one word of his answer was worth a thousand words.
"Where is the best place?" Xiao Chen asked again.
"Well done to the people," Li Fengtian said, "Master Xiao's ability to govern the place is unmatched by anyone in the Zhou Dynasty."
"Haha, Master Li, are you praising me or ridiculing me?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"I praise you." Li Toyota said.
"It's true that Mr. Li scolded me, and it's true that he praised me." Xiao Chen said, "I also have something true to say to Mr. Li. I conquered Northern Xinjiang, expelled the Rus, recovered Gao Juli, and defeated the Japanese. These are what you call Is there any of the various actions that are not for the benefit of our great Zhou?"
"In the past few years, the emperor asked for war horses, and I gave tens of thousands of them. The prince asked for muskets, and I gave ten thousand. The court asked for food, and I gave hundreds of thousands of stones. The Ministry of Household Affairs was short of silver, and I gave tens of millions. Two, looking at all the counties in the Zhou Dynasty, including Jiangnan and Jiangdong counties, who has contributed more to Yanyun or me?"
"These are all small things. Think about how much I, Xiao Chen, have contributed to the Great Zhou Dynasty? How many times have I almost lost my life, but what did I get in return? Suspicions, exclusion, attacks, false accusations, and even assassinations... …Because everyone is sure that I will rebel, haha, I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch!"
"Prince Li Feng sent me a letter that day. He asked me the same question as Mr. Li. He also said, 'How can you be a thief, a beautiful lady?' Haha, this is a good question, but I, Xiao Chenyi, am not Beauty, in the second place, is not a thief. Beauty and thief are just what you say with your white teeth."
"I'm not a thief yet. Even if I am a thief, who forced me to do so? They say I am a thief, but I think they are the thieves! Zhu Tianfu of the Tianxuan Society once wrote a poem: ' I have poems about all the officials, but their civil and military skills are generally average. You are officials but you are thieves, and I am thieves but you are officials!' I think the writing is quite good."
"My words today are all from the bottom of my heart. To your ears, Mr. Li, you will probably think that this is an excuse for me to rebel. However, Mr. Li, you have never experienced these experiences of mine. Some of them are just afraid. I don’t know anything about it, so I can’t empathize with it. I also understand that I’m not trying to defend anything, I’m just complaining.”
"Master Xiao, I'm going to lower my rank..." Li Toyota was shocked by Xiao Chen's words and didn't know how to answer the question for a moment?
"I'm not trying to convince you, Mr. Li, to sympathize with me, nor am I trying to instigate you, Mr. Li, to be used by me. To be blunt, you are not qualified even for a small military doctor, but I still want to ask you, Mr. Li, do you think which is more important, the emperor’s country or the common people’s country?”
"The stability of the world is the most important thing!" Li Toyota said.
"That's good, but if I, Xiao Chen, resign and Yan Yun returns to Zhou, will the world be at peace from now on?" Xiao Chen said.
"Uh..." Li Toyota felt that this originally simple question suddenly became complicated.
"If I, Xiao Chen, leave Yanyun, the world will not only be peaceful, but will be in chaos! The tribes in the northern Xinjiang, the countries in the Western Region, the Russians, and the Japanese will all pounce on me! Even Burma, Siam, Java, and Tianzhu will be moved by the wind. ..." Xiao Chen said.
"So what, I, Da Zhou, am not afraid of them!" Li Toyota said.
"It's not that Dazhou is afraid of them, but that they are afraid of Dazhou, my Lord Li. It is precisely because they are afraid that they will be invaded and annexed by Dazhou one day, so they will attack first. Why did King Moro lead 20,000 cavalry back then? Sweeping Yanyun? Why did Wanyan Pingqiu form an alliance and go south? In fact, the invasion was all for self-protection."
"Master Xiao's words seem a bit profound, and even the lower officials can't quite understand them." Li Toyota said.
"Master Li, you are just pretending to be confused because you understand. It's fine if others don't understand. How can you, a doctor in the military department, not understand? It's just that everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb. No one dares to speak clearly for fear of disobeying the emperor. The holy will that dominates the world and is powerful all over the world, and yet someone is guilty of making irresponsible remarks on state affairs. In the final analysis, he is not responsible!" said Xiao Chen.
"Then we are still stupid. Mr. Xiao, do you want me to tell His Majesty what you said to me?" Li Toyota said.
"You are stupid enough." Xiao Chen sighed, "Do you think I said something to you on purpose so that it could reach the ears of the Emperor to show my innocence and excuse me? You are wrong, Mr. Li. The Emperor will not If you listen to these words, I'm afraid you will be even more angry. He is headstrong and selfish, stubborn and confident..."
"Master Xiao!" Li Toyota was startled.
"Haha, I don't know what's going on today? I've said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said. Maybe it's because you, Mr. Li, are a gentleman, so I speak frankly to you and tell you what's in my heart. Mr. Li, look Are you going to follow us to enjoy the breeze in Nanyang, or disembark at Haining Bay?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Let's disembark at Haining Bay... Mr. Xiao, don't you go back with me to see the emperor?" Li Toyota still wanted to insist.
"Just wish him a happy birthday for me." Xiao Chen said, "It's not convenient for me to see him now. I'm afraid he doesn't really want to see me either."
Arriving in the Dazhou waters, under the intense surveillance of dozens of Dazhou Navy warships, Xiao Zihao put down a small boat and sent Li Toyota over. Then he directly rode the wind and waves, sailed south, and soon disappeared into the vast sea...
When Li Toyota came back, he went directly to see the emperor, but the emperor was discussing matters with the two princes and several ministers. After hearing what he saw and heard during his trip to Yanyun, he remained silent.
"Did Xiao Chen go to Nanyang for training?" After a long time, Li Feng asked in a deep voice.
"Replying to the prince, that's what he said. He also said that he would lead the fleet around the east side of Japan and would never get close to our territorial waters in Dazhou, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings." Li Toyota said hurriedly.
"The letter sent by Navy Flying Geve just now also said that after the Yanyun Fleet left Haining Bay, it went all the way east." Li Shidao.
"Haha, is this a false alarm?" Wang Anbang said.
"Why are you surprised, Mr. Wang?" Chen Wenqi said with a half-smile, "I heard that you also sent Mrs. Ru and her son back to their hometown, but is this the case?"
"That was my concubine's return to her hometown to visit relatives, and it has nothing to do with this matter." Wang Anbang was greatly embarrassed.
"The wind is roaring, and the trees and grass are all under attack." Li Wanjiang's face looked very ugly.
Xiao Chen just sent his fleet out for a stroll, and the entire Fengyang City was shaken! It can be seen how arrogant this kid has become now?
