The old man stroked his long beard and curled his lips, somewhat displeased with the name Wen Boiyu.
He already knew about the great changes in Ningguo.
As a great scholar of Wu State and the crown prince's tutor, he had two main purposes for accompanying the crown prince on his mission to Ning State -
First, he wanted to meet Li Chenan, the regent of Ning State.
Some of Li Chenan's poems and articles have been introduced to the state of Wu. In his opinion, the poems written by Li Chenan are very remarkable, and each of them is not included in any of the "Ning Shi Ji Yuan Bai Pian" under!
He really deserves the title of Shixian!
However, after Wu's spies reported Li Chenan's life story to him, he really couldn't believe that someone in the world would undergo such a big change!
Wu can soar into the sky once he has an epiphany.
But Wen has never had such a precedent!
What writing requires is thick accumulation and thin writing.
He, Li Chenan, has been a fool in Guangling City for seventeen years. Is this a deep accumulation?
Yun Shuxian couldn't believe it.
He and Li Chunfu had met before and talked by candlelight at night.
As for Mr. Chunfu's knowledge, he is naturally impeccable, but knowledge cannot be forcibly instilled into another person like the internal strength of a warrior!
Regardless of Li Chenan's true identity, even if Mr. Chunfu taught him step by step... After pretending to be stupid for seventeen years, he suddenly became a poetry fairy... Mr. Chunfu is not a god!
Therefore, Yun Shuxian was extremely curious about Li Chenan.
Second, he believes that there is no difficulty in this negotiation at all.
Accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be another fruitful political achievement before His Royal Highness ascends the throne.
He is already very old and has reached a very high position.
This simple negotiation generally does not require his presence.
Ningguo has been weak for a long time.
The regent Li Chenan is also a pure scholar.
The duty of a literati is to write poems and articles, and to govern the country... the constitution he made is simply a big joke!
Therefore, the real ruler of Ning State should be the foodie Wen Boiyu!
This is a scam!
Thinking of Wen Boiyu, the corner of Yun Shuxian's mouth twitched, as if he was thinking of some unpleasant past events.
He admitted that Wen Boiyu had the talent to govern the country.
Otherwise, when Wen Boyu left Dongxucheng of Wu State, the emperor would not have gone to see him in person three times.
But he didn't want to see Wen Boiyu.
He just came to meet a former friend.
For example, the garden is full of flowers and the old man is the scholar.
Also like that legendary woman Fan Taohua.
It's a pity that on the way here, I learned that Fan Taohua died in the Kyoto Incident in Ningguo.
And Shang Di, the great composer, also died.
Then we can only discuss it with Hua Man Ting making tea.
The two got off the carriage and stood under the wall of the south gate of Yujing City.
The sun is just right.
The city walls are still towering.
There are also many business travelers entering and leaving the city gate.
It seems that the incident in Kyoto did not have much impact on the city and these people.
It's just that... the mission's itinerary has already been submitted to Ning Guo's Ministry of Rites. According to logic, Ning Guo should send important ministers to greet them.
What about Keren?
"Wen Boiyu is now the chief minister of the cabinet of Ningguo. There is no emperor in Ningguo. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come in person. According to the etiquette, he, Wen Boiyu, should personally lead the ministers to greet him..."
Yun Shuxian frowned slightly, stroking his white beard, and his eyes fell on the city gate.
There were only a few defenders standing straight at the city gate.
There was no trace of the officials who came to greet them.
"Although Wen Boyu and I had some disagreements in the past, he has been working as a staff member in the East Palace for two years after all, and His Highness was once his master... Could it be that this guy's eyes grew to the top of his head when he became the first assistant minister? "
Prince Wu Qian doesn’t know either.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites in front of him were also standing at the doorway waiting anxiously. Indeed, no officials from Ning Guo came out to greet him.
"Could it be that the date I handed the itinerary to Ning Guo's Ministry of Rites was wrong?"
"...Today is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. I haven't arrived yet at the scheduled time. I drafted it myself for the master. How could I be wrong?"
Wu Qian felt a little uncomfortable.
He originally thought that when he came as a prince, Wen Boiyu would definitely lead his ministers to welcome him.
If their attitude is good enough, for the sake of Wen Boiyu, Wu Guo can even take a step back during this negotiation and just get Wuya Guan Xianxian in hand.
Wuyaguan is too important.
That place was once the territory of Yongguo.
There was originally a small Yong State as a buffer between Wu State and Ning State.
But Ning State actually took advantage of some conflicts in Wu State to annex Yong State!
This is something that Wu State cannot tolerate!
Wuyaguan is in the hands of Ning Guo, Wuyaguan is condescending!
Going out of Wuyaguan is the eight hundred miles of plains and plains of Wu State!
If Ning State raises its troops, it will directly threaten Xiayuan Prefecture, one of the five major grain-producing areas of Wu State.
There are tens of thousands of households in Xiayuan Prefecture and tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land!
The entire Xiayuan Prefecture was easy to attack and difficult to defend, so that the Wu State had to build seven fortresses in Xiayuandang and garrison 100,000 troops to prevent Ning Guo from invading.
Fortunately, Ningguo's national destiny has declined in the past twenty years.
The late emperor actually spent huge sums of money to build Changle Palace, and lived in Changle Palace to practice Taoism while not doing government affairs!
These twenty years are all thanks to the Prime Minister of Ning State, Jitai!
Because of him, Ningguo became poorer and weaker.
After all, the Red Flame Army stationed at Wuyaguan did not take a step outside Wuyaguan.
But this is not a long-term matter. Only by incorporating Wuyaguan into the territory of Wu State and Wu State stationing troops on Wuyaguan can this huge hidden danger be truly eliminated.
So here he is.
He brought many ministers from the DPRK with him.
He came at the right time——
Emperor Ning Guo died, and the Poet Immortal became the regent. He was not involved in government affairs...or he didn't understand government affairs at all.
He actually left Kyoto and ran to Shuzhou to find his fiancée Zhongli Ruoshui!
Another ridiculous prince!
This is Wu’s great fortune!
The remnants of Jitai are spread all over Ningguo. Although he is dead, his followers will still make trouble in Ningguo.
Even if Wen Jiaoyu becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, he will not be able to complete the purge of Jitai's remnants within a few years.
Ning Guo was still swaying in the wind and rain.
They don't dare to start any war at all, because they will be afraid of internal chaos!
When Prince Wu Qian came to think of it, Wen Boyu was eager to use Wuyaguan in exchange for peace on the southern border of Ningguo.
Then this trip should be relaxed and enjoyable.
Then when his car arrives at Yujing City, he should receive the highest courtesy!
But what's going on now?
Just when he was in shock and doubt, there was finally movement at the city gate——
He and Yun Shuxian both looked over. It was a bit far away, but they could still see that there were only three officials coming from the city gate!
Yu Dingzhi, the Minister of Rites, who he brought with him, seemed to be communicating with them at the moment.
Not long after, Yu Dingzhi hurried over.
His face was originally very white, but now it was pitch black!
He bowed and said, "Your Highness, the person here to greet you is Li Wenyuan, the young minister of Honglu Temple in Ningguo!"
Wu Qian frowned: "Just a young minister from Honglu Temple?"
"The other two are the little masters of Honglu Temple!"
"...Where is Wen Boiyu?"
"Back to Your Highness, Li Wenyuan said that Wen Boiyu is not available!"
"..."
Yu Dingzhi swallowed and said again: "Li Wenyuan also said..."
"say what?"
"He said that Ning Guo's officials are very busy now and have no time to receive us. If His Highness has nothing to do... just go back!"
