Facing Han You, Gao Minglin seemed to rarely play tricks.
In fact, in the past few days in the court and Jingzhi Hall, he had been so mean-spirited that Lao Ba and his ministers wanted to cut him into pieces.
This guy is like a common man who is always willing to spend money, and it really makes the kings and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty unable to see the slightest sense of great power in him.
So the question is, why is Gao Minglin unwilling to play tricks on Han You?
It's ridiculous to say it because it's sincere.
Han You was not sincere to Gao Minlin, but he was extremely sincere about one thing, the destruction of the Ying people, and could even be said to be pious.
Not to gods, but as a kind of belief.
Therefore, when talking to Han You about killing Japanese thieves, Gao Minglin would not be mean-spirited. He was also sincere and pious.
Han You's piety is to kill people, subjugate the country, and exterminate the species.
The piety of Goguryeo is a large area of land that was destroyed after the country was subjugated.
The unscrupulous Lao Gao told the truth.
The third prince of Goguryeo, Go Tae, was not the queen's biological child, but the son of the previous king Gao Minglin and a concubine. The concubine died "accidentally" during the queen's purge.
Not to mention how unsurprising it was that the concubine died unexpectedly, but the reason why the previous King of Goguryeo married this concubine was precisely because the family behind this concubine was a maritime merchant who had contacts with the East China Sea and Yingdao of the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially It is a very close relationship with Yingdao.
After Gao Minglin returned to the royal city of Goguryeo, he put forward the conditions for the Great Zhou Dynasty in the royal court. The ministers of the royal court, headed by the third prince, strongly opposed it, saying that if war started, it would be better to unite together to conquer the Great Zhou Dynasty. If there are many, there will be many enemies. No matter how difficult it is, we can seize the three East China Sea routes.
Gao Minglin argued hard and personally ignited the more than ten gunpowders he brought back. After seeing the power of gunpowder, he won the support of most ministers, but this did not include the third prince Gao Tai and a group of party members.
Lao Gao is also a dog who can lift door curtains with just one mouth. It is said that Dazhou can make thousands of this kind of gunpowder in a day.
Not to mention, Lao Gaomeng was right. In fact, you can make it if you want, just mass production. If you are really desperate, as long as the raw materials are enough, tens of thousands per day will be no problem.
Gao Minglin talked with the queen privately, and the queen also wanted to cooperate. What she valued was not the territory, but the throne. If the internal conflicts were transferred to the outside, once successful, the throne would be extremely secure.
In fact, this matter has already reached two-thirds, and the remaining one-third is the opposition, namely Gao Tai's group.
Gao Minglin didn't take it seriously at first. As time went by and the queen's throne became more stable, this group of people would definitely be liquidated, and they all knew it well.
The Tian family royal family is not very impersonal, let alone one who is not one's own child. For the sake of imperial power, even one's own child will not blink an eye when killed.
Unexpectedly, things were not as simple as Gao Minglin thought. He stayed in the royal city for less than ten days and was assassinated three times. Once he was poisoned, once he was set on fire, and once he was shot in the street. Each time, he was surrounded by dangers, with an average of three days. once.
Gao Minglin didn't need to conduct in-depth investigation to know that the third prince was the mastermind.
The queen was completely angry. Gao Minglin was her brother and the person she trusted most in the royal court. The third prince was so heartbroken that he naturally had no scruples.
However, killing them directly would definitely not work, so they asked those who opposed the alliance to go to the sea with Gao Minglin to discuss the alliance. This was what he meant on the surface, but he secretly instructed Gao Minglin to kill these people directly at sea, and said it to the outside world. Encountered a storm, people fell into the sea, and the ship sank.
As a result, Gao Tai also had a backup plan. After getting on the ship, he told Gao Minglin that if he died at sea, Gao Minglin and others would not survive, because if they arrived in the East China Sea, the East China Sea boat masters and aristocratic families would not be able to see Gao Tai. , Gao Minglin and other envoys will be killed and their corpses destroyed.
If you want to reach Dazhou from Goguryeo, you must land on the three roads of the East China Sea. This is where Gao Minglin was most helpless. In order to protect himself, he did not take action at sea.
Unexpectedly, he was tricked by Gao Tai. The latter did not have time to notify the people in the East China Sea. He only had the opportunity and time to notify Yingdao. This led to him being chased by Yingdao's warship disguised as a merchant ship when he was approaching the East China Sea. He died. Half of the people sank a ship. In addition to supplies, this ship also contained some of Gao Minglin's family members and cronies.
After only half of the surviving Goguryeo envoys arrived ashore in the East China Sea, Gao Minglin did not look for opportunities to kill Gao Tai in order not to cause trouble to Han You and Da Zhou. After all, they were all in Da Zhou territory.
Unexpectedly, he had no scruples, but Mrs. Gao had no taboos. The two parties were suspicious of each other, and they were not on the road together. Before they left the East China Sea, Gao Minglin was almost assassinated again.
It should also be mentioned here that Gao Mingli was smart but was misled by his cleverness. Logically speaking, when he returned to the Zhou Dynasty, he should send someone to tell him in advance, so that the Zhou Dynasty court could send Zhechong Mansion soldiers to protect him.
At that time, Lao Gao thought that Donghai was full of spies, so it would be better not to mention the arrival date, and immediately set off to leave Donghai for Beijing as quickly as possible. Who knew that Donghai was worse than he thought, and the imperial court's control over Donghai was weak? Yes, those people in Donghai have no scruples.
More than a hundred people came from the mission, half of whom died. Most of the dead were close associates of Gao Minglin.
Yu Gong and the third prince Gao Tai will definitely prevent Zhou from forming an alliance with Goguryeo.
In fact, this is indeed the case. In the past few days, Gao Minglin was discussing with the kings and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The biggest resistance was not the calculation of gains and losses, but the fact that the three princes continued to hinder them, being arrogant, arrogant and arrogant.
In private matters, Mrs. Gao killed many people from Gao Minglin. They were in the same country and in the same mission. The two sides had already been in conflict with each other. It was either you or me who would die.
In both public and private matters, Gao Minglin will let Mrs. Gao die!
"Understood."
After hearing the cause and effect, Han You did not agree immediately. He had to discuss this kind of matter with Lao Ba, and there were still many things to be sure.
"Can the commander-in-chief agree to the envoy?"
"I can't agree." Han You shook his head repeatedly: "This is our territory, the Great Zhou. A foreign envoy died in our territory. This is a diplomatic incident. It involves too many things and has too many stakes."
Gao Minglin wanted to curse, this kid has amnesia or something, what, those six who died two months ago were not my Goguryeo envoys?
Of course, Han You did not have amnesia. No matter how respected the status of the six Goguryeo envoys were, they were not princes. After all, they could blame the Japanese thieves. To take a step back, it was unreasonable to fool him the first time and to do it again.
Of course, if Gao Tai, the third prince of Goguryeo, is the biggest or only obstacle to the alliance between the two countries to destroy Ying, Han You doesn't mind killing the prince of another country, let alone the prince of his own country, who dares to stop him. He dares to kill even Japanese thieves.
"If you can get rid of the third prince Gao Tai, I will ensure that you and I will form an alliance to conquer Yingdao together, but only after conquering our territory of Goguryeo."
"How about the other details? How did you discuss it with His Majesty and the adults in the court?"
"Just chores."
Either that or Han You admires Gao. He is a person who does big things. He cares about how many troops he can use, how much benefits he can get, and how much gunpowder he gives. In fact, it is just going through the motions. Gao Minglin doesn't care at all. He just talks if he can. If you really can't negotiate, just give in. These are just small profits. In the future, occupying the land of Baekje and Yingdao, including stabilizing the rule of the queen, is what he really values.
"There is one more thing. The envoy did not mention this to His Majesty the Emperor..."
Gao Ming faced hesitation: "Wang Ting agrees to form an alliance with Da Zhou, but... there is only one condition."
"explain."
"Your country is sending troops to help me, Goguryeo, recover our homeland. Can the leading generals...can they be..."
"Fuck you." Han You blurted out, "You don't want my dad to come over, do you?"
Gao Minglin was stunned when he heard this: "How does the commander know?"
Han You turned his head and looked at Wang Hai, who also looked shocked.
As expected, my father had predicted it. He had said before that Goguryeo would most likely ask General Han Bairen of the Great Zhou Dynasty to personally lead the army to Goguryeo and bring troops and gunpowder to help them attack Baekje.
No, what Dad said at that time was not "extremely likely", but extremely certain.
Gao Minglin was also shocked. This was the "reliance" he and the Queen came up with after long discussions. Han Bairen, the father of Han You, the most important minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, would only be relieved if Han Bairen went.
Gao Minglin was afraid that Han You would be impatient, so he quickly said: "We can talk about other things, even if we don't talk about it, Dazhou has good conditions, but this is the only thing the queen has. Commander, please don't worry, little envoy It can be guaranteed that your father will not lose even a hair, and the envoy can also stay as a hostage... No, no, not the same as a hostage, yes..."
"I see."
Han You waved his hand and interrupted Gao Minglin, showing a bitter smile: "My father has already expected this. It's not a big problem. I should be able to agree to it, but you know my character. I don't want to let the ink go down. Speed up the peace talks." As for the process of the alliance, I must take people to the East China Sea before the end of the year."
Gao Minglin was overjoyed, stood up and saluted, feeling greatly relieved.
As for what Han You said that his father had anticipated, Gao Minglin didn't believe a word of it.
Lao Gao is really happy. He understands Han You, so how could he not understand Han Bairen.
That's just a rough guy, a brainless warrior who just got lucky and gave birth to a good child. When he arrived in Goguryeo, he couldn't coax him as much as he wanted. As long as he made Han You's father feel comfortable, Han You, who attached great importance to family ties, By then, wouldn’t Yu have always wanted to go to Goguryeo?
Therefore, people should not listen to so-called rumors and rumors. Most of the time, what you see is just what others want you to see.
