Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

When Old Madam Shen heard Shen Lanxi say this, the smile on her face became a little more intense.

"Go and do your work if you have nothing else to do. Don't worry, your grandmother is here to keep you company."

Shen Lanxi returned to the palace and began to deal with matters in the southwest.

"There are several tribes in the southwest where women are respected. They have experienced a change of power in the past two years, and a new queen has taken the throne."

Shen Lanxi's eyes moved and she had an idea.

"How old is the new queen, and is she married?"

Che Mingyuan's mouth twitched, thinking of Shen Yuanjing's operation, and immediately said: "Foreigners get married earlier than my Great Zhou. If the new queen wants to accumulate a certain amount of power, she will be old enough."

Shen Lanxi's eyes turned, and she immediately said: "Notify Southwest to focus on peace talks. If peace talks fail, then go to war."

"The main focus of the peace talks is cultural exchange. Attendant, please write it down. I will need it when I go to court."

Wang Bao asked the attendant to record it separately so that it would be convenient for him to read it out.

Che Mingyuan's brows were twisted into knots.

"Your Highness, do you mean to send an envoy?"

Shen Lanxi: "Our Great Zhou culture has a long history, and many foreign races have sent spies to our Great Zhou to learn from it."

"This time, we will give them a chance to come to our Great Zhou openly and feel the great strength and profound cultural heritage of our great country."

Che Mingyuan looked at Shen Lanxi sideways. She always spoke so seriously, but there was always a trap behind it.

Shen Lanxi cleared her throat and whispered, "People who join the delegation don't have to be talented, they just need to be good-looking!"

Che Mingyuan was stunned.

In ancient times, there was the beauty trap, and now their regent has the beauty trap, which is a complete subversion!

Seeing that Che Mingyuan didn't speak, Shen Lanxi thought he had other ideas, so she immediately asked, "How about Military Advisor Che lead the team?"

Che Mingyuan: Forget it!

"I have a choice!"

"Who?"

Che Mingyuan: "Left Prime Minister Wu Yanzhi's nephew, Wu Tong!"

Shen Lanxi: "If you hadn't mentioned this guy, I would have forgotten about him. Giving him this task is like a mouse falling into a rice jar. He must be so happy."

Che Mingyuan cleared his throat and said, "The most important thing is to do a favor for Wu Yanzhi."

Shen Lanxi: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll leave this matter to you."

Che Mingyuan: As long as you don't let him go, anything is fine!

……

The Minister of War said: "No, how can we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, bow down to a mere foreign race? What will the people think if they know? They will definitely think that our court is weak and can be bullied, and is afraid of foreign races."

Wu Yanzhi: "That's wrong. It's because of these foreign tribes that it's not worth our Great Zhou to mobilize our army. Barbarians have never seen the world. Let them see the strength of our great country, and they will naturally feel ashamed and bow down to our Great Zhou!"

Mei Nanhua stroked his beard and nodded thoughtfully: "This is a good way to defeat the enemy without fighting!"

The Minister of War glared angrily. How could these two old thieves go against him?

Shen Lanxi looked at Liu Mingxin: "Master Liu, what do you mean?"

Liu Mingxin lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "After careful consideration, I think this is feasible!"

The Minister of War was about to retort when Liu Mingxin said, "My army has just set out to attack the two rebels. It is not appropriate to raise troops in the southwest now. We should delay and appease them. When the Great Zhou is strong and powerful, we can take our time."

Shen Lanxi nodded: "Master Liu's analysis is thorough."

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War looked as if he had been slapped in the face, and his expression kept changing.

"What about you gentlemen? Do you agree?"

The three regents all agreed, but what could they say with little influence?

"I recommend someone." An official from the Ministry of Rites stepped forward.

Shen Lanxi: "Speak."

Ministry of Rites: "Liufang Academy's Tu Rongxuan is a man of talent and wit. He is known as a talented scholar. I recommend him to join the delegation."

Shen Lanxi: "Leave this matter to Lord Che. After Lord Che interviews this person, if he thinks he is feasible, that's it!"

Officials from the Ministry of Rites and those who wanted to squeeze people into the delegation immediately surrounded Che Mingyuan after the court session ended.

After the delegation is confirmed, it will reply to the southwest, and after the southwest is confirmed, it will notify Zhou Ruyuan.

After going through many hardships and trekking through mountains and rivers, Zhou Ruyuan finally arrived in the southwest. As soon as he stepped into the military camp, he received a notice from the court.

"Cultural exchange between the two sides?" What?

The local officials immediately explained to Zhou Ruyuan: "The letter sent by the court said that the regent appreciated the hard work of the people in the border areas and wanted to avoid war if possible. The two tribes should trade with each other for mutual benefit and common development."

Zhou Ruyuan was so angry that he almost dug a hole in the corner of the table.

He came here to tighten his grip on military power, not for some bullshit cultural exchange?

If there is no war, how can he recruit soldiers?

No, we can’t have peace talks and we must prevent cultural exchanges.

……

Madam Song has recovered. After dealing with Tian Chunshan's family, she went to find Liu Yanhui to report on her work.

When she was halfway there, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Madam, I wonder whose child has run away, and why is there no adult watching him?"

"Kid, watch the carriage!"

Just as the driver was about to whip the car and go around, a little woman came running over.

"Yan'er, why are you here?"

"I'm sorry, sir. I was just buying something when my son ran out!"

Madam Song lifted the lid of the carriage and took a look. When her eyes fell on the child's face, she was stunned.

This kid looks familiar?

"Whose wife are you?" Madam Song asked casually.

The young woman seemed unwilling to reveal her husband's name.

"My husband is a military commander. He was ordered to fight against the rebels a few days ago."

Madam Song just thought it was a campaign against the families of the two rebels.

"It's okay. Just take good care of the kids from now on."

The young woman bowed and said, "Thank you for not making a fuss."

After Madam Song left, Xiangnu stared in the direction of the carriage in a daze.

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Shen Yuantang was not imprisoned for too long, just as everyone expected. Now that the Shen family is at its peak and Zhou Ruyuan has gone to the southwest, no one dares to stop Shen Yuantang.

After finally recovering from the pain of losing his son, Shen Yuantang's first thing was to return to the Regent's Palace.

Her son died in such an unclear manner, but the prince did not pursue the matter.

It's only been a few days, and no one cares anymore, as if it was just a cat or a dog that died.

That was their son, and the prince ignored her son for his grand ambitions.

She controls!

She must find out the real culprit and find out who poisoned her son.

Her son died, so why should other people's sons live?

Shen Yuantang rushed into the Regent's Palace. When the palace guards tried to stop her, she raised her hand and slapped him.

"This is my home, I am the master, and you are the slaves. If I chop you up, my elder sister will just scold me a few words, but after that I will kill your whole family, leaving no one alive!"

If it were someone else, they might be afraid of retaliation, but Shen Lanxi's palace soldiers were an exception.

They are all orphans left behind by war or drought, with no relatives!

"Anyone who breaks into the Regent's Palace will be killed without mercy!"