my wife is mulan

Yuan Pavilion.

Zhao Junsheng was sitting in front of the window holding a stack of manuscripts, all of which were poems collected from the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. These poems were written after the Song Dynasty mission returned to China. What an impact.

After reading these poems, Zhao Junsheng sighed: "I have worked hard to build a country with military force. In terms of culture, it is indeed much worse than that of the Southern Song Dynasty. This is my only regret. The imperial examinations in the past 20 years have not been able to catch up. , It can be seen that freezing three feet is not a day's cold!"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this! Where is the embassy's mission?"

"If you return to His Majesty, you have already arrived in Tianshui, and you will arrive in Chang'an in a few days!"

A few days later, Honglu Temple officials reported to Zhao Junsheng that the Yanda Mission had arrived in Chang'an. Honglu Temple had sent people to arrange accommodation for the Yanda Mission in the embassy, ​​and the Imperial City Division also organized personnel to secretly monitor the mission.

"Your Majesty, the Yanda Mission has been quite honest these days, and they have not done anything out of the ordinary!" He Yong, the Secretary of the Imperial City Department, reported the movement of Yanda to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "Well, who is the envoy of this annoying mission?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the envoy of Yanda is Nalu Teqin. Teqin is an official and a citizen. Many barbarian regimes have this official name. This person has a high status among the Yanda people and has his own territory and ethnic group. Taking up an official position in the Yanda Royal Court again!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and ordered: "You send someone to find out the situation of Nalu, and the situation of Prince Yanda Cangji who came with him!"

"I obey my orders!"

Chapter 1112

The Imperial City Division acted very quickly, not only finding ways to obtain information from within the mission, but also borrowing relevant information from the Black Guards.

Only two days later, He Yong, the Secretary of the Imperial City, came to report to Zhao Junsheng.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Yanda Mission, Nalu and Prince Cangji, have been investigated. Let's talk about Prince Cangji first. He is the eldest son of King Boluo of Yanda. He is 15 years old this year, but you also know Yanda In the marriage relationship between a brother and his wife, it is not clear whether this Cangji is Bo Luo's son, or maybe his nephew. I am afraid that even his own mother may not know which husband's son he is! "

"According to the customs of the disgusting people, a prince can only enjoy one or more women alone after becoming a king, and the children born to these women have the right to inherit. Cangji does not have the right to inherit the throne!"

"Let's talk about the envoy Nalu, his surname is Mi, he is 48 years old this year, and he was one of the richest Sogdian businessmen in the Yanda Kingdom. Perhaps he is not the biggest planner behind the scenes, but this person has a very important position among the Sogdian merchants! I think that Nalu's trip represents not only King Yanda, but also the Sogdian people behind him. Special merchant forces!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked: "You mean, this time the embassy group really represents the Sogdian merchant group, and their purpose is to re-establish contact with me, so that I can let go of the Sogdian business. The ban on merchants, allowing them to enter my business, and lifting the embargo on goods and materials to the country?"

He Yong cupped his hands and said: "The ministers have come to this conclusion after comprehensive analysis!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a day, and made an order to meet the envoy and prince in Zichen Palace three days later.

On the day when the Yanda envoys met, the ministers with more than [-] shi were notified to come to the court meeting and meet the Yanda envoys with the emperor. Anyway, the Yanda country is a big country, and it is a fierce country. High reception standards also have due etiquette.

It was still early, and the emperor hadn't come yet, and the ministers were discussing in the hall.

Minister Lu Xuan said: "From the members of the Yanda mission this time, it can be seen that the Yanda people are a country of barbarians lacking etiquette!"

Minister Li Song asked, "What do you mean by Mr. Lu's words?"

"Think about it, Prince Yanda is in the mission, but he is not the chief envoy, not even the deputy envoy. Isn't this a lack of etiquette? Is it making Nalu's status higher than the prince's?"

All the ministers nodded their heads after hearing what Lu Xuan said, it was really not in compliance with the rules.

During the discussion, the eunuch shouted for the emperor to come, and all the officials immediately bowed down and shouted to welcome His Majesty the emperor.

Zhao Junsheng came in from the outside and sat on the throne, raised his hand to make the officials flattened, and announced that the envoys would see him.

As the eunuch conveyed the will of Xuan Yanda envoy and the prince, it didn't take long before Yanda envoy Nalu and Prince Cangji walked into the hall with two entourages.

"The envoy, Prince Minaru, hastily paid his respects to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Pingshen! I don't know the purpose of the prince and His Excellency Minalu's mission to our country this time. You must know that our two countries are currently at war!"

Minaru said: "Your Majesty, calm down. The war between your country and our country was a misunderstanding. The matter of our two covenants was not reported to the royal court at that time. The prince who sent an envoy to your country deceived our Wang, I thought that your country was bullying our country, so my king ordered the army to attack. This is how the misunderstanding was caused. When my king learned the truth of the matter, he was very angry and immediately ordered the prince to be sent down. But the misunderstanding has already been caused, and your country has also died. Sending troops into our country, our country can only fight!"

"This time, my king sent me to seek peace with His Majesty. The person next to me is Prince Cangji. In order to show my sincerity, my king specially ordered Prince Cangji to come to Chang'an as a hostage, and asked me to bring Ten beauties from Sogdia, Persia, and Rome each and a cart full of jewels are presented to His Majesty, I hope His Majesty likes it and sees our country’s sincerity in seeking peace, this is a letter of credence written by my king to Your Majesty, please read it!"

Zhao Junsheng waved to the eunuch beside him.

An eunuch walked over and took the letter of credence, turned around and walked back to hand it to Zhao Junsheng.

Opened it and took a look, Zhao Junsheng looked at Nalu, then Wang Zicangji and said: "King Yanda wants to send Prince Cangji in Chang'an as a pledge to reassure me, but as far as I know, Cangji has no right to inherit the throne , if let him be a hostage in Chang'an, I will have too little restraint on Yanda country!"

Nalu was taken aback when he heard this, apparently he didn't expect Zhao Junsheng to know this, but he reacted quickly, rolled his eyes and said: "It seems that your majesty is still very familiar with the situation in my country. , Your Majesty is dissatisfied with letting Prince Cangji be a hostage. We can change the way. This time, besides Prince Cangji, there is also His Majesty’s sister, Princess Lan Ling! Princess Lan Ling and my king Your Majesty's mother and compatriots, this cannot be faked, if your majesty is worried, you can send someone to investigate! We can marry Princess Lan Ling to your majesty, and the marriage between the two countries will make your majesty feel at ease, right?"

"Our country's request for peace is only to ask your country to stop marching and resume trade with our country, and allow our businessmen to trade freely in the territory of Dagan!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and said: "I need to think about this matter. I also ask the envoy and the prince to stay in the embassy first. When I have a decision, I will inform you as soon as possible!"

Nalu hesitated for a moment and asked, "I wonder how long it will take for Your Majesty to give an accurate answer?"

"Within ten days, I will give you an answer!"

Hearing this, Na Lu and Cang Ji had no choice but to leave.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a long time, and asked the ministers: "What do you think our country should do this time? Should we accept the peace talks with the disgusting people or reject them?"

Minister Li Yuande stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the annoying people are a country of barbarians who have no promises. Last time they signed the covenant and went back, they turned their faces. Although they made an explanation, it was too late. For this untrustworthy barbarian, I think we should teach them a profound lesson, we can't agree to your peace request so easily!"

Dongfang Chen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think we can seek peace, but we must make more demands!"

The minister Liang Ji stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it has been a year since our country issued a ban on goods and commodities from entering other countries. The imperial court suffered heavy losses in terms of foreign trade finance and taxation. I can't keep passing this kind of damage on to other countries. Arousing the anger of neighboring countries and Western countries will make them lose their awe of our dynasty!"

"If the ban continues to take effect, not only will the loss of my country's foreign trade and taxation continue to increase, but it will also increase the burden on our subjects. Tea, porcelain, and silk produced in various places cannot be sold, and the backlog of goods is like a mountain. The proprietor had to dismiss the employees, and many people lost their jobs!"

"Now the Persians have turned their backs on their promises again, and we are the only country fighting against the Yanda people alone. I think that our court will accept it when we see a good deal. When the Yanda people have just quelled the civil strife and need to recuperate at this time, it is just right to negotiate peace with the Yanda people! If you refuse Talking about peace with the Yanda people, the Sogdian merchants cannot do business with our country, will inevitably encourage the Yanda people to go to war with our country, which is extremely detrimental to our country at present!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, looked at Pei Jin and asked, "Pei Jin, tell me what you think!"

After thinking for a while, Pei Jin stood up and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, although the prohibition of doing business with the Sogdians has caused great losses to our dynasty's foreign trade finance and taxation, most of our treasury revenue is still supported by domestic taxes, and foreign trade finance and taxation only accounts for a large part of it. In a small part, there are indeed factories and workshops in China that have collapsed, there is a backlog of goods, and there are situations where the owner dismisses the employees, but the number is also limited. Generally speaking, it does not have much impact on the people's livelihood of our country. It is not as big as what Mr. Liang said. serious!"

"However, I still agree with the peace talks with the Yanda people. I remember what Your Majesty said. Our current strategic focus is on the Southern Dynasty. It is really inappropriate to start a large-scale war with the Yanda people. If our country refuses to negotiate peace with the Yanda people, let Su The special merchants cannot do business with our country. They are indeed very likely to incite the disgusting people to start a full-scale war with our country. The minister believes that our court should not lose the big because of small things. , under the current circumstances, we should still focus on the overall situation!"

Zhao Junsheng synthesized the thoughts and opinions of all ministers, and said: "This matter is not very urgent, I will think it over again!"

Five days later, Zhao Junsheng ordered Pei Jin to negotiate with Nalu, the envoy of Yanda, and also asked several officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and Honglu Temple to assist.

After ten days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement. Both sides agreed to abide by the current military demarcation line and not to invade each other. I hereby marry Princess Lanling of the country to Zhao Junsheng.

But after the content of the peace treaty spread, many merchants in Dagan breathed a sigh of relief, especially those engaged in export trade. The resumption of trade with the Sogdians allowed them to reopen and quickly make up for their losses.

However, Hua Mulan and Wan Yutong unanimously opposed the marriage of Princess Lanling to Zhao Junsheng by Yan Daguo.

Pei Jin was so frightened that he hid in another courtyard outside the city, and he didn't dare to show his face for half a month. These two ladies could do anything. He was quite old, but he didn't expect to be beaten and paralyzed when he was old. On the bed, the beating people were still the queen and the imperial concubine, he didn't even have a place to reason.

This matter caused a lot of jokes in the Dagan Kingdom, and the common people laughed out loud when they talked about this matter after dinner.

As a king, Zhao Junsheng didn't want to make trouble for himself, but for the sake of the overall situation, he really had to marry, and he couldn't help himself!

Because of Princess Lan Ling, Hua Mulan and Wan Yutong have become two powder kegs, which may explode at any time. Zhao Junsheng avoided them for several days until it became an established fact half a month later. Only then did the two women have to accept the reality, but they also ignored him for several days.