System Rescue Cannon Fodder

Chapter 546 The Road to the Imperial Examination (24)

The envoy of the Border Kingdom came this time, the eldest prince Timur, who is also the next Great King of the Border Kingdom.

The people from other countries are also princes and princesses. The attitude of this group of people is extremely arrogant.

Huangfu Qi and his ministers greeted them, but they sat on the high horse, looked down at Huangfu Qi, and asked in a crappy Dali dialect, "Where is your emperor, why didn't you come to welcome us?" ?”

Huangfu Qi was a good hand in infighting, but he didn't know how to respond to these rude foreign envoys. How could the emperor get up to greet them now that he was sick in bed.

What's more, these small countries are countries that pay tribute to the Dali Kingdom, so why would the emperor need to welcome them?

This kind of talk can be said when Dali is strong, but the current Dali Kingdom is very empty, there is only an empty shell, the army is not enough, and the force is slack. If they are angered and cause a war, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Timur: "What does it mean that the prince of your country does not answer? Is he looking down on us?"

Huangfu Qi: "The prince is too worried, it is really the father..."

"The emperor is busy with state affairs. When the kings of all countries come, the emperor will welcome them." Yan Ling took Huangfu Qi's words without letting him speak.

Even if the Dali Dynasty is currently facing internal and external troubles, it must not show any weakness when it comes to the outside world. If it is shown, it will make them even more rampant.

They are just princes and princesses of some small countries. It is already very face-saving for the Crown Prince Huangfu Qi to receive them in person. Is it just a dream to want the emperor to receive them in person?
Timur: "Hmph."

Yan Ling patted his horse: "Prince Timur, please get off the horse."

"Why should I come down? All the men in our kingdom grow on horseback!"

"Do you understand impoliteness? I guess you don't either."

Huangfu Qi gestured with his eyes to tell Yan Ling not to speak, for fear that she would offend Timur and the others.

Timur: "I heard that the people of the Dali Kingdom are knowledgeable and have good manners. I didn't expect that they couldn't even understand the customs of our border."

Yan Ling: "Okay, I understand."

After speaking, he spoke a few words to some of the servants serving these envoys. That night, Timur found a horse in his room, which was the one he rode during the day.

The room is quite large, and the decoration is also very luxurious. Because of this, the horse is particularly abrupt in the room, and the horse is not locked, so it walks around in the room, and the whole room is in a mess .

There was also that unpleasant smell, which was indescribable, and there were a few lumps of poop on the ground.

"Come on! Come on!"

The guard outside immediately walked in: "What orders does the eldest prince have?"

"What's going on here!" He pointed to the horse.

Guard: "Master Qin said that we should respect the customs of the eldest prince's hometown. The men of Xinjiang grew up on horses and could not be separated from the horses. He specifically ordered us to put the horses in the room and not to tie them up. In this way To be free.”

Timur thought of the young man who made him speechless during the day, but he didn't expect that there would be a bigger surprise at night.

"Prince, it's the same in my room. I didn't expect these powerful people to be so ignorant and play tricks on us again and again. We must report when we go back and attack Dali!"

Timur: "Don't be in a hurry, I see that Dali doesn't seem to be as cowardly as the rumors say, just wait and see."

If people from the Dali Dynasty flatter them and have a very friendly attitude, they will be even more rampant, because it shows that Dali is not as good as before, and the cooperation of several countries may really be able to swallow the Dali Fat.

Yan Ling lay on her bed, pursed her lips, wondering if she could sleep well during those foreign hours today, but she asked the guards to feed the horses some special food, which had no other effect, except that there would be more stools, and the smell relatively thick.

It must be very ecstasy to sleep in that environment.

The next day, the foreign envoys went on a pilgrimage to meet the emperor.

They didn't follow the etiquette of the Dali calendar to meet the emperor, let alone kneel down to salute. These are nothing. They have been like this in previous years, but this rampant attitude is really embarrassing.

On behalf of the envoys, Timur started provoking again: "Your Majesty, our king thinks 5000 horses and 3000 animal furs every year... These are really too many, and I hope the emperor can reduce it."

Emperor: "We have already decided on these things, so how can we change them?"

Timur: "This year's harvest is not good, and the brothers are all struggling in the frontier hungry. If the tribute cannot be reduced, I'm afraid there will be instability there."

"Our country has run out of food, and I hope your country can provide some good seeds."

"Our country doesn't have much cloth, and many people are naked. I hope the emperor can promise to give us some cloth to take back."

……

This shamelessness reached the limit. After one person spoke, the envoys from other countries all asked for things. They were obviously coming to pay tribute, but it turned into Dali giving them things.

There was an extremely noisy atmosphere in the court hall for a while. These envoys were happily counting the things they needed. The emperor's face became more and more gloomy as he listened.

The civil and military officials below did not dare to say a word.

"The minister has something to say."

Yan Ling suddenly stood up and interrupted them, arguing like bargaining in a vegetable market.

The emperor looked at her and was very pleased: "My dear, please speak."

Yan Ling: "If Prince Timur thinks that the frontier is not stable, he should withdraw from the frontier and shrink his position a little further."

Timur: "What do you mean!"

Yan Ling ignored him and continued: "Didn't you say that there are no seeds after the food is eaten, and you can ask them for it. They are only short of cloth, but they don't lack seeds.

Didn't you say that there is no cloth, and the people are all naked, you can ask them for it, they have no shortage.

You are all countries that pay tribute to Dali every year. You should help each other. If you have any difficulties, you can discuss and solve them yourself. "

Emperor: "Aiqing spoke very well."

"We pay so much to Dali every year but get nothing. Isn't it unfair?"

Yan Ling: "You are a vassal country of the Dali, and you were once a defeated country. Paying tribute is what you should do. There is no such thing as fair or unfair."

The other ministers heard Yan Ling's words, although they felt that they had saved face for the country, but they were worried that they would anger these people.

"Then now that we are getting stronger, can we take back..."

"Reyito!" Timur didn't understand what the man said, and then said: "Your Majesty, Jiangguo wishes to have a good relationship with Dali, and I want to ask for the Seventh Princess!"

(End of this chapter)