Messenger Yin instantly shook his head like a rattle.
"Nothing, nothing, I... I just wanted to see if you, Emperor Zhou, are well. I didn't expect to meet the Japanese envoy at Zhuque Gate. I didn't come on the same road as him."
Yeah?
Zhou Qian didn't believe a word of this sentence.
To see if he is well?
When Goguryeo wanted to send a female assassin to kill him and was caught by him, he pretended to be a maid and said this, but it was a pity that he never believed this kind of duplicitous greeting.
"Why did I hear that you have been running so hard to the Xiyi Pavilion recently? Why, Goguryeo also wants to participate in the competition and wants to discuss culture with me in Daxing? If I remember correctly, ten years before Daxing Yuanzu, Goguryeo has been It didn’t have its own writing, so our ancestors sent three Hanlin scholars to teach the writing and hyphenation, and that’s how Goguryeo’s current cultural inheritance came about. Am I right?”
Thinking of the time when Daxing sent people to teach writing, but those unsatisfactory students only learned half of it, Messenger Yin's expression became subtle, and he wanted to deny it.
But when he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Qian, who looked worried because of his hesitation, he nodded and acknowledged this historical fact.
"Okay, since Messenger Yin just came to see if I am well, now you have seen it, and I also know your thoughts. Go back if you have nothing to do. Don't mix things that shouldn't be done. After autumn, you can't do anything. It's winter, so if we return to Goguryeo after the competition, Messenger Yin will probably suffer a lot on the way."
"You are right. The disaster in my hometown was also serious this time. After I came here to visit Emperor Zhou, I prepared to leave Jing'an City and return to my hometown to contribute as much as I can to the reconstruction of my hometown."
"Messenger Yin, it's hard work to return from a long distance. When you leave, I will definitely give you some specialties to take with you."
Zhou Qian would naturally not kill such a discerning envoy like he did the Japanese.
In addition, Goguryeo is indeed far away in a cold and painful land, and it is very troublesome to fight. Until there is a suitable opportunity, it is best for everyone to maintain the status quo of peace and harmony.
After envoy Yin pretended to express his gratitude again, he seemed to be chased away by someone behind him, and left the imperial study room, almost running away towards the palace gate.
Wait until the envoys from the two countries leave.
Zhou Qian looked at King Jin and King Kang again. The former looked like a wilted eggplant, while the latter was full of energy.
This shows that his majesty is still unshakable in the hearts of these two princes.
very good.
"The Japanese country is ambitious. I have to remind all the states to strictly investigate the Japanese people, whether they are fleeing or living here. They must be registered and work under the eyes of the government. Anyone who dares to scheme against me in Daxing country must be registered." Taxation, they really have the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard!"
"Father, we must also beware of the Japanese people taking advantage of the kindness of the Daxing people to raise donations for them. These Japanese people are accustomed to using deceptive tricks to get through loopholes."
King Kang's words deeply impressed Zhou Qian.
He suddenly felt that the previously silent fourteenth son agreed with him in his attitude towards neighboring countries.
Looking back at the King of Jin... Although seeking peace is also a method, it will inevitably lead to blood loss.
"Old Fourteen will be responsible for the details of arresting the Japanese in the capital. Old Ten, if you go back and read more about the history of the Japanese, you will know that such a nation is not worthy of our assistance, because your assistance cannot be exchanged for it. Its gratitude will only arouse its desire to appropriate your resources."
Prince Jin could only nod his head pretending to be submissive, but he was thinking about how to deal with the twin sisters in his house.
It has nothing to do with him about how the Japanese people are.
But he must not let the fourteenth man gradually gain more attention in front of his father.
This time, he was searching for the Japanese country in detail. He could use this to sell the Japanese country a favor, so that he could block Taro Kishisumi's mouth and prevent him from dragging him into the water with his nonsense.
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Jiangnan Road.
The hemp rope is designed to pick out the thinnest parts and cut it, and bad luck is designed to find misfortunes.
According to statistics, many of the people severely affected by this earthquake were poor people living in thatched or adobe houses. The damage to their houses made their already poor lives even worse.
Coupled with the coming earthquake, they wanted to take more things with them when going out. As a result, their injuries were more serious than others, and they needed all-round subsidies and relief.
Jinling Prefecture has additional tax revenue. In addition to the government repair fees, it can provide sufficient subsidies to help the people who were injured in the disaster rebuild their homes. However, other states and counties other than Jinling, especially those near the sea, suffered relatively heavy losses. , and fishermen in this era are also struggling to survive, let alone local tax revenue.
At this time, the wealthy businessmen of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, led by the Yuan family, began to raise funds from one another.
The main thing is to donate to wherever your hometown is.
In less than three days, sufficient funds were collected and distributed to the victims in need of relief under the supervision of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Ning family's hometown is in Guannai Road, but they are now considered to be from Jinling. However, because the Jinling government is very wealthy, they have nowhere to donate money. They simply donate 50,000 taels to the Chamber of Commerce and distribute it to prefectures and counties in need or shortage.
For a time, the reputation of the Jiangnan merchant gentry for their loyalty spread widely.
East of the city.
In the small courtyard where two families entered, after night fell, there was only one salt and oil lamp burning in the hall of the main courtyard.
About thirty Japanese people with short stature and fierce eyes surrounded the oil lamp on three levels inside and three levels outside. They all stared at the man sitting next to the oil lamp wearing brocade clothes, but they seemed to have slipped through. The leader of other people's clothes.
They are all agents who have been stationed in Jinling for a long time and are specifically lurking here. Some are over fifty years old and have been doing business here for decades, while others have just arrived. There are many others who had to be arrested after clues were discovered when the government checked their identities. Move somewhere else to avoid getting caught.
Their leader is a tea merchant in his forties.
Because he had a similar face to the former tea merchant, he was killed and replaced.
When Jinling's investigation of the foreign population became increasingly serious, the reason why they gathered here was because they heard that the statistics on casualties from the island would be released tonight.
They all want to know how their relatives far away in their hometown are doing and what their hometown is like.
When the officials in Yueshang Zhongtian City were on duty, footsteps finally sounded outside.
A waiter wearing a certain inn costume rushed over with his face covered and a thick envelope in his hand.
"Kono-kun, the situation on this island has been reported..."
The waiter covered his face and could only see that his eyes were red and there were tears hanging from the corners of his eyes.
When everyone saw this, they knew what had happened. Without waiting for them to comfort him, the waiter put down the letter and ran back to do things in a hurry to avoid being discovered by others.
Everyone stared at the yellowed envelope on the table. Everyone wanted to see it, but no one dared to open it and face the result.
"People in Daxing often say a saying: life and death are determined by destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven, there are times in life that must be there, and there are times in life that are not there, don't force it, everyone should be more open-minded."
As the leader of this group of people, Kono pretended to be calm and reached out to pick up the envelope, gritted his teeth secretly, opened the seal, and took out a thick stack of letter paper inside.
The one headed by it is the disaster-stricken area of the Japanese country.
