diskusbooks Chapter 355: The Arrogant Yan State
Chapter 355: The Arrogant Yan State
The sun rises and the dawn breaks.
The warm bedroom gradually became brighter.
The sunlight shines through the window paper, illuminating the dragon bed. The bright red dragon robe cannot cover the slender white jade legs.
The beauty's lazy sleeping posture made Shen Changgong's heart burn.
After being in love for so long, he finally got her. The empress was too naughty in front of him, but it also added a lot of fun.
"Your Majesty, wake up, the morning court session is over."
Shen Changgong gently patted the round dragon robe.
"Well, sleep a little longer. It's your wedding day, so what's wrong with relaxing?"
"Your Majesty is so obsessed with wine and women, aren't you afraid of the court officials' advice?"
"I'm just addicted to men, so what? Is that okay?"
Yan Fuyao opened her eyes, propped up her chin with her arm, and looked at Shen Changgong with a smile.
"Of course, that's fine, but Your Majesty, have you forgotten that today is the day to receive envoys from Qi and Liang? The future of the world depends on today."
Upon hearing this, Yan Fuyao's lazy eyes immediately widened.
"Oh, I forgot, get up quickly. Look at you. You're such a grown-up, but you still stay in bed every day and indulge in women. I'll punish you later."
"Very well, I will accept your Majesty's punishment at any time. Thunder, rain, and dew are all grace from heaven."
"loquacious."
After what happened last night, Yan Fuyao and Shen Changgong's relationship has reached a new level, and they now completely regard each other as their own.
After getting up and washing, the two put on heavy dragon robes and royal robes and came to the Golden Throne Hall together.
In the main hall, civil and military officials had been waiting for a long time.
After attending court, the ministers first congratulated the emperor on his wedding, and then discussed state affairs.
Prime Minister Wang Anqing stood up and said
"Your Majesty, the envoys from Qi and Liang have been waiting in the side hall for a long time to discuss the division of territory. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to summon them?"
"Xuan."
A moment later, four messengers came in from the main entrance, knelt down and saluted,
"The envoy from Liang (Qi), paying his respects to the Great Emperor of Yan."
Dayan's current national strength and territory can be called a great power. When a minister of a small country meets the king of a big country, he naturally has to show great courtesy.
"Messengers, please stand."
"Thank you, Emperor."
The four of them stood up.
Among these four people, two are old acquaintances, namely Liu Fugui, the senior official of Qi State, and Zhao Biao, the commander of the White Horse Army of Liang State.
These two people have almost been bribed by Shen Changgong with gold, silver and beauties. Although they have not explicitly expressed their desire to be undercover agents of the Yan State, their relationship is very deep.
The other two were the Minister of Guests of Qi and the Prime Minister of Liang. One was one of the Nine Ministers and the other was one of the Three Dukes. This shows the importance that the two countries attached to this mission.
Qi State's Dianke clasped his hands and said with a smile,
"Great Emperor, this time our three kingdoms formed an alliance to attack the Kun Kingdom. Your army was invincible, victorious all the way to Shengjing, and beheaded Emperor Kun and his family. Your power truly shocked the world.
We, the two states of Qi and Liang, feel inferior to them."
This was originally a flattering remark, and Yan Fuyao could have just praised the two countries of Qi and Liang. However, unexpectedly, Yan Fuyao's face was calm, and he looked at him with a disdainful look, and snorted domineeringly,
"Humph, I am well aware of the might of our Great Yan army, and it is only natural for you two nations to feel inferior to us.
This battle was won by our Great Yan repeatedly defeating the main force of the enemy.
Who in the world doesn't know this?"
When Yan Fuyao said this, the four envoys were shocked. No one expected that the other party would be so rude and take all the credit directly.
Liu Fugui was also a little confused. The last time he met Emperor Yan, the other party did not have this attitude.
The Qi State's Dianke was in a very bad mood. The previous letter from Yan State to Qi State was very arrogant in tone and attitude, with a sense of condescending attitude from the Celestial Empire, which made Qi State very unhappy.
Now he is acting in such an arrogant manner. This Yan barbarian is really not worth having a say in.
The envoy from Liang State looked a little embarrassed.
The letter from the State of Yan was clearly very polite. When they met Shen Changgong these past few days, they drank together, treated each other as brothers and had a good chat. Why did their attitude change so drastically today?
Today is a day for serious business. What does the Emperor of Yan mean? Is he trying to intimidate us?
It seems that this time the territory is being asked for, something strange is going to happen.
Long before coming, the Emperor of Liang and the court had discussed that when they went to Yan State as an envoy, they must maintain good relations with Yan State. Even if it meant giving up the interests of a few counties and only taking four or five counties, they had to consolidate the alliance with Yan State.
After all, there are already 600,000 soldiers stationed on the border of Yan State, and there are also many artillery and divine thunders. One shot can knock down the city gate, and a few shots can blow down the city wall. The army of their Liang State is about the same number as the border guards of Yan State. They must not make enemies with them.
As for the State of Qi, their attitude was relatively simple. They did not think too much about it. They were a country of gentlemen and only believed in the agreement of gentlemen. They believed that the State of Yan would definitely give them the nine counties.
Qi State Guest was very embarrassed, cleared his throat and said,
"Your Majesty is right. The mighty army of Great Yan is indeed unrivaled. Your Majesty, let's get down to business.
According to the alliance we signed last year, the three countries jointly sent troops to attack Kun State. After the attack, Yan State will occupy the eighteen northern counties of Kun State.
Our Qi State occupied the nine southeastern counties of Kun State, and Liang State occupied the nine southwestern counties.
However, at present, His Royal Highness the King of the South and his army are stationed outside Xingyang County, and our country cannot enter the territory to take over.
If we send troops in, there will inevitably be friction with His Royal Highness the King of the South, and it will be bad if the two countries become estranged.
I hope the Great Emperor will order the Southern King’s army to withdraw, and our country will peacefully take over the nine counties.
The alliance between the two countries will last for thousands of years."
Emperor Yan didn't say anything, and Shen Changgong stood up.
Behind him, Tu Que Ling and Gongsun Wan'er carried a scroll and unfolded it. On it was a map of Kun Kingdom, and now everyone could see it clearly.
The envoys from Qi and Liang were also relieved. Now that they had obtained the maps, they were ready to divide the land.
Shen Changgong pointed at the map, drew a circle, and said,
"According to the covenant, this piece of land is given to you, the State of Qi."
"Yes."
"This piece is allocated to your Liang country."
"Yes."
"Look, where are we?"
Shen Changgong pointed to the middle and asked.
Qi State's Minister of Guests said,
"Ah? Isn't this Shengjing? Isn't this where we are now?"
"Yes, this is not only Shengjing, but also the capital of our Yan State. Now the emperor, royal family and court of Great Yan have all moved here.
Take another look at this. If these eighteen counties were given to you, wouldn’t our Shengjing be on the border of your country?
Could it be that we, the Emperor, are really expected to guard the country's borders and die for the country?
Throughout the dynasties, has there ever been a precedent for drawing a border right to the gates of other people's capitals?"
Shen Changgong patted Shengjing's spot hard.
The envoys from both countries were dumbfounded and didn't know what this meant.
Wasn’t this already discussed?