Leaving the city, this time the palace meeting in the prefecture attracted a lot of people's attention.
Because the prefect was assassinated in the commercial street the day before yesterday, and the murderer was said to be someone from the Guangjun envoy. They colluded with the monsters to commit murder in the street. Although the young prefect was not hurt in the end, this evil deed has aroused everyone's indignation.
So today, when the envoys from Guangjun and more than a hundred attendants brought carts of belongings to the palace for an audience, the carriage the envoys were traveling in was cared for by the people along the way. From time to time, someone would hide in the crowd and go to the carriage. Rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves were thrown on the rack. After a while, the originally clean and gorgeous carriage became stained, and the stench could be smelled from a long distance away.
But the strange thing is that neither the serious envoy nor the cavalry escorts on both sides of the convoy showed any reaction even if rotten eggs were thrown on them.
In such a silent atmosphere, the envoys marched all the way to the gate of the prefect's palace. They were watched and pointed at by countless people in the square for a long time before they were able to enter the palace.
The motorcade stopped immediately after entering the palace. Just as the emissary left the carriage, he brought only two young followers, each holding a scroll, to the palace.
At this moment, civil and military officials gathered in the main hall of the palace. Luo Chuan sat up and looked down, his face expressionless. When the main door of the main hall opened, he saw clearly the appearance of the Guangjun envoy.
I saw that he was wearing a Guangjun dress, with a slightly plump figure, a high crown and a beard, which made his smiling face look a little majestic. What impressed people most was his eyes, which were clear and bright, making people fall in love with him at first sight. Good impression.
The man entered the hall and was watched by everyone but walked as usual. He strode to his seat among the important civil and military ministers and saluted Luochuan, "Foreign Minister Zhang Ziheng, pay your respects to the Grand Administrator of Li County!"
Before Luo Chuan, the leader, had any reaction, the courtiers on both sides started to make some commotion. Some covered their noses and some whispered, making the hall a little noisy for a while.
Luo Chuan glanced at the civil and military sides, and the slight noise stopped. He looked at the two attendants behind Zhang Ziheng who were obviously men disguised as women and said, "No courtesy."
"Thank you, Grand Administrator," Zhang Ziheng thanked him and stood up, then directly raised his head and looked at Luo Chuan, and praised, "When the foreign minister was in Guangjun, I often heard people talk about your Excellency, saying that you are young and have great achievements, and you are handsome. He is elegant and majestic, he can be a famous general in the world, and he can be a great ruler in the world. I thought others always said it was right, but now I really see him and realize that his words are not as good as his words!"
Luochuan had heard a lot of compliments in his two lifetimes, and was a little embarrassed by the shameless praise from the Guangjun envoy. However, he didn't want to fall into the opponent's rhythm, so he asked straight to the point. , "The envoy from Guangjun came to my Lijun, why?"
Zhang Ziheng immediately clasped his fists and saluted again, "Ziheng came to Li City this time because the Grand Administrator of Guang County heard that the Grand Administrator of Li County had once again severely attacked the Nanyi at the southern border of Dading, and had laid unshakable foundations for the stability of our human race. I am very touched by the extraordinary achievements of the world, and I have specially sent Zi Heng to salute you!"
He stretched out his hands and patted them, and the two women standing behind him, dressed in men's clothing, each picked up the scrolls they were holding and started reading. One read, "The prefect of Guang County is courteous and a hundred taels of gold", and the other followed suit and read "Guang County Prefect is courteous with a hundred taels of gold." The governor of the county is courteous and has thousands of pieces of brocade." I read it back and forth for a long time before finally stopping. Among them, rhinoceros horns, mink skins, and gemstones and ebony were all dazzling and refreshing just listening to them.
Although most of the civil servants and generals in the court were from wealthy families, they had never left the county several times in their lives. Where had I seen the extravagant behavior of these wealthy counties?
In addition, Southwest Hanzhou has always had three poor and three rich counties. Just listening to the literal meaning, you can see how Li County has never been respected by the three rich counties. Now, the increasingly powerful Guang County sent envoys to congratulate them. For a moment, all the courtiers were radiant after hearing this, and they felt as if all the hatred they had suffered from the cold treatment for hundreds of years was gone.
Among the civil servants and generals, the senior ministers who were ranked higher had more experience and were calmer, and all of them remained silent.
Luo Chuan, who was at the head, was even more unconcerned. His cold face had not changed since he entered the court. After hearing the long gift list, he just said, "Thank you, the Grand Administrator of Guang County and Master Yun Bailou for me." ."
The smile on Zhang Ziheng's face did not change slightly when he heard Luo Chuan say Yun Bailou's name in public. He just bowed slightly and said, "Zi Heng, please bring the words of the prefect," he paused and glanced at Luo Chuan's expression with the corner of his eye. , and then said, "Your Excellency, in addition to paying tribute to Guang County, Ziheng also has three pieces of good news to inform your Majesty."
Luo Chuan glanced at Su Yiming, the guest minister who ranked only behind the six important ministers among the civil servants, and then said condescendingly, arrogantly and coldly, "Speak."
Zhang Ziheng smiled and said yes, then looked openly at the civil and military forces on both sides of the court, and finally asked Zhao Wuji, the leader of the military generals, "I dare to ask this sir, but is our famous general Zhao Wuji in Southwest Hanzhou, General Zhao? Oh? , No, I should congratulate General Zhao for being promoted to County Lieutenant." He was not embarrassed when he saw that Zhao Wuji didn't pay attention to him at all. After handing over his hand, he thought to himself and said, "County Lieutenant Zhao should have heard about the fact that he is in charge of the Military Affairs Office of Li County. At that time, a naval force from Jiangzhou actually violated the rules set by the First Emperor of the Great Ding Dynasty and came upstream from the Han River to invade our southwest Hanzhou!"
He looked around with grief and anger, and looked at every civil servant and military general who looked at him. His voice was full of anger, "Not only did he violate the holy will, despise the royal family and ignore the law, but he also treated our Southwest Hanzhou navy as nothing. How abominable." , how arrogant!”
His voice echoed in the court, and it was actually a bit full of ambition and excitement, "But my southwestern Hanzhou does not have a strong army on water?"
He waved his sleeves vigorously and asked himself, "Of course not! When I, the Grand Administrator of Guangjun, heard about this, I was furious, so I ordered my son Bailou to personally lead the Guangjun Navy to face the enemy head-on on the Han River. There was nothing fancy about it. , we met on a narrow road. At that time, our generals in Guangjun were of the same mind, and our soldiers were dedicated to their lives. The Jiangzhou navy came from afar and was exhausted, but it was still arrogant. After a battle, it turned out to be true..."
He looked at Zhao Wuji and declared loudly with a smile, "The Jiangzhou navy was defeated and has now returned to Danport!"
Immediately there was discussion among the generals.
Zhao Wuji spoke up at the right time, and suppressed the voices of the military attachés as soon as he spoke, "May I ask the envoy from Guang County, if Jiangzhou's navy has been damaged by 30%?"
Zhang Ziheng’s smile did not change, “Less than 30%.”
Zhao Wuji asked again, "Can Guang County's losses be lower than those of Jiangzhou?"
Zhang Ziheng still replied, "It's almost the same."
Zhao Wuji said, "Congratulations then."
"Thank you, Lieutenant Zhao." Zhang Ziheng smiled, but there was no hint of the wantonness in his words. He looked at Zhao Wuji and asked, "Officer Zhao thinks that my young master will win this battle with the right location and the right time. Would you call it a great victory?"
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Zhao Wuji snorted coldly, "If the advantage of the land prevails over the weather, how can the victory be determined so quickly?" He glanced sideways at Zhang Ziheng and said, "Master Yun is extremely courageous and takes risks to win. Naturally, it can be said to be a great victory!"
Zhang Ziheng still smiled, turned to look up at Luochuan, and raised his voice again, "Master Taishou, this is the first good news Ziheng has brought to you! Guang County's great victory in the water battle not only made our southwest The power of Hanzhou also protects our land of Hanzhou in the southwest, which is a great thing, but if compared with what I am going to say next, it is insignificant...!!"
