Ni Chong entered the door in despair. He didn't expect that Yu Ruyi and one hundred taels of silver could only survive.
That’s too damn much!
Li Yuanzhao couldn't hold himself any longer. He had been watching from Fang Zhengyi's side from the beginning.
It doesn't matter what happens to Fang Zheng when he's so thick-skinned, he can't stand it!
Seeing that no one came to the door again, Li Yuanzhao impatiently pulled Fang Zhengyi to a corner where no one was.
He asked: "Old Fang! Are you short of money? If you are short of money, tell me, we should have some face as human beings!"
"I can't stand it anymore!"
Fang Zheng smiled slyly: "Your Highness, you don't understand this. I'm making a fool of myself."
"Self-deprecation...why are you so angry?" Li Yuanzhao twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Haha, I suddenly feel that my reputation among the people is too good. I am almost perfect. But there is a problem. A perfect person must be a hypocritical person. I have to give myself some flaws to enrich my image. , so that when future generations look at me, they will think that I am a lively, lovely and respectable person. Can Your Highness understand? Besides... wouldn't he be happy to receive more money? Look at the ministers who came today, who doesn't have some happy events in his family? , it’s not like I’ve never followed, so why don’t I collect some capital?”
"Uh...it seems you are really shameless."
"Hey, after today, I don't know how many officials will impeach you, and even the six ministries will issue reports to attack you among the people. Are you not annoyed enough by so many political discussions?" Li Yuanzhao said helplessly.
Six departments sent a report to attack me? This is what I want!
Otherwise, can I be allowed to be blacklisted by Banshan Daily? That's too outrageous. How can I post on my celebrity quotes section in the future?
Fang Zhengyi sneered: "I have been impeached by them all year round. Are you afraid of them? Everyone can only write moral articles and practice qi-nurturing Kung Fu. They don't like people like me if they do well, and they don't care if they don't do well. If you don't care about your eyes, why should you be so hot-tempered but cold-hearted? I only do what I think is right."
"Never mind that, why do I feel that so few people from Honglu Temple and the cabinet are here today? Has His Highness noticed it? His Majesty said he would come today, can he still come?"
Li Yuanzhao thought for a while: "Oh, when I said hello in the morning, I heard that the Kingdom of Jin sent a letter of credence to celebrate the trade between the two countries and sent a delegation to visit. The leader of the delegation was the second prince of the Kingdom of Jin."
"My father must have been convening people to discuss this matter after he retired from the court, so that's why he didn't come."
"Oh..." Fang Zheng nodded and said thoughtfully: "It's a little strange. We are the ones who have made a lot of money from trade in these years. What do they mean by being so enthusiastic? They even sent a prince. This person is What's the origin?"
Li Yuanzhao recalled: "Well, let me think about it... Utu has seventeen sons..."
"What the hell, how can a reincarnation of a breeding pig be so fertile?"
"That's right!" Li Yuanzhao had a look of hatred on his face. He had worked hard for so long to give birth to a cub, and it was sobbing like a pig or a lamb.
I don’t know what kind of medicine this Wutu took.
"Hey! Don't interrupt. Of his sons, only the eldest is the most famous. The third and fourth are more famous. The second eldest son... is not well-known. I think he is called Ali Bai and has no achievements."
"Hmm... that's fine. I'll have to be picked up by my royal guard when the time comes. An arrogant comment might cause some trouble."
Fang Zheng raised his hand, and suddenly a voice floated from far to near.
"According to the Inspector General... I only gave fifty taels of silver..."
"Damn it, you have the nerve to take out fifty taels to lick your face, you damn poor guy! Your Highness, come with me to make him angry!"
...
In the Qinzheng Hall, all the important officials are there.
Emperor Jing said: "The Kingdom of Jin suddenly sent a mission, what do you think?"
Chen Hong, the minister of Honglu Temple, said: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is much need to worry about this matter. In addition to a letter of credence, I also present a handwritten letter from Grand Master Paba."
After speaking, Chen Hong took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it over.
Then he said: "Although the Jin Kingdom did not gain much from trade, it can be said that each of them got what he needed."
"This trade is to express goodwill and to further expand the scope of commercial goods. I don't think there is any other intention."
"In addition, Paba also specially invited Mr. Fang to meet in the capital of the Kingdom of Jin."
Emperor Jing picked up the letter and looked at it carefully. After a long time, he raised his eyes and said, "Fang Qing? This is not what he should do. It would be overstepping the bounds for Praba to name him by name, right?"
Chen Hong said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Kingdom is sending people here this time, and it is the second prince who leads the team. The sincerity is profound, and the courtesy is not disrespectful!"
"Although Mr. Fang is not responsible for trade matters, when Paba visited our country before, he and Paba had a very happy conversation and had similar interests."
"I think we took this situation into consideration."
"What's more, although the second prince Alibai is not favored by Utu, his identity is indeed real. If he just sends an ordinary envoy, I am afraid that the etiquette is not good, the courtesy is inconsistent, and it will damage the reputation of my Dajing. .”
"My intention is that some officials can be sent to assist Mr. Fang. This trip is suitable for him to enjoy the mountains and rivers."
"Besides... I think Master Fang's performance towards merchants is much worse than that of ordinary officials. I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"
Emperor Jing nodded, turned around and asked, "Master Li, what do you think?"
Li Yansong bowed slightly: "I think this is just a small matter and not worthy of the court being too nervous. In recent years, there have been frequent exchanges between border towns and the two countries are friendly."
"Before the trade, the relationship between the two countries was tense, and there were often conflicts at the border. But since the trade, there have only been occasional frictions. Last year, the Jin Kingdom was hit by heavy snow, but there was no border violation, which shows the sincerity of the other party."
"It's just a formality to show friendship. It doesn't matter who you send, as long as the etiquette is appropriate."
"Do you all think so?" Emperor Jing asked.
Everyone below nodded in agreement.
Emperor Jing closed his eyes and thought, tapping the imperial case with one finger, and said slowly: "Even so, I always feel uneasy in my heart. Beirong changed its name to Jin, and its behavior in recent years has been quite strange. This time, I took the initiative to show my goodwill. , I wonder if I’m overthinking it.”
"It's okay to send Fang Qing, but I still want to ask his opinion. After all, my grandson was just born, so he can't not see his father for several months."
"Speaking of which, today is the full moon for my grandson!" A smile suddenly appeared on Emperor Jing's face.
"I congratulate Your Majesty."
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "That's it for today. The Princess Mansion is holding a full-moon banquet. It might be too late for all my dear friends to go there now. We will make plans for the rest after the Jin Kingdom's envoy arrives in the capital."
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