I am also waiting for the hero to usurp the throne today [Transmigration Book]

I don't know if it was because of Li Jinyu's anger, but in the next few days, the counterattack sent by the prime minister became more and more violent.

Although Li Jinyu didn't know the specific details, it could be seen from Huo Caiyu's increasingly late return to the dormitory that the court was about to start a storm.

It was supposed to be a confrontation between Huo Caiyu and Prime Minister Ye, but Li Jinyu became a little nervous when he was being led.

Huo Caiyu came back later and later, even though he was very reluctant, he still wanted to stay in the outer hall so as not to disturb His Majesty; but Li Jinyu was worried, and went to sleep very late, every time he had to wait until Huo Caiyu came back safely.

The more it got to this time, the more worried he was that the black cat would use other means to hurt Huo Caiyu.

At first, Li Jinyu wanted to follow Huo Caiyu himself, but Huo Caiyu persuaded him to quit by saying, "If your Majesty is free, you might as well deal with the government affairs together."

He assigned the best bodyguards around him to Huo Caiyu, and urged those who asked to guard Huo Caiyu to ensure that Huo Caiyu would not shed a single hair.

Li Jinyu also paid attention to the noble concubine in the harem.

If a concubine in the harem has relatives in the court, they can invite the family members into the palace to meet with the emperor's approval.

Prime Minister Ye had obtained Emperor Jingchang's permission a long time ago, and he could respond to the invitation of his niece Xiangui at any time.

The black cat suddenly reminded himself that the concubine Xiangui must have been unable to bear the loneliness of being left out in the cold, and wanted to stir up some trouble.

Counting the days, Xian Guifei's confinement seems to be almost over.

Li Jinyu had previously issued a decree to all the concubines in the palace: no more concubines will be arranged to sleep in the palace, and the status of concubines in the harem will be determined by the effect of farming.

At the beginning, there were a few concubines who didn't believe in evil, thinking that His Majesty was playing some new trick with them, and came up to them deliberately to invite pets; Li Jinyu mercilessly refused, and Concubine Hui won a prize for buying the seeds and fertilizers of other concubines. After the large sum of rewards, the concubines gradually realized the reality:

Your Majesty really wants them to farm!

Although they are empresses, it is not up to them to do the hard work, but why do you think that the place where orchids, plantains, plums, marigolds are planted in the palace has been planed and turned into peanuts and sunflowers... Is this still the palace?

Most concubines who want to climb up have to patiently start to study how to grow good food.

The previous Gongdou scenes were all "my sister's recent incense smells really good, but it was sent from home? It will definitely please your majesty", "it's just rewarded by the queen mother, it can't compare to the delicate and beautiful phoenix clothes on my sister", now Then it became "The flowers in my sister's palace grow really well, I must have applied a lot of fertilizer, my sister can't grow this effect", "It's just homemade soil and fertilizer in the palace, how can it compare to the sunflowers in my sister's palace?" strong."

After all, the concubine's affection for the emperor is very limited, and most of them go for a more noble position and a richer status.

Whether the specific process of struggle is serving the emperor or farming does not make any difference to them.

But there are always people who don't hit the south wall and don't look back.

The noble concubine Xian refused to farm the land even if she was beaten to death, and insisted that His Majesty would never use this method to assess the status of the harem. It must be to test whether the concubines in the palace can sincerely serve them.

Therefore, she would send palace maids to greet His Majesty every now and then, and deliver food and snacks made by herself to His Majesty.

Li Jinyu was so annoyed that he simply blocked the news that Hexin Palace was coming to the emperor's palace.

Now it sounds like the Concubine Xiangui's confinement period is over, what kind of trouble is she trying to make?

Li Jinyu thought about it for a while, and then simply issued another order: banning the concubine's feet for another month.

In such an atmosphere, the mission of the cunning country arrived.

……

Qiaoguo and Dichao live next to each other, live as nomads, and have always been eyeing the border of Dichao.

The Di Dynasty occupied the richest and most beautiful inland Central Plains in the world. As long as the imperial court did not impose excessively, the people could easily live in comfort and prosperity, which was much better than the grasslands where they were full and hungry.

What's more, a lot of tea, silk, salt, and ironware are rich in the Central Plains. If the cunning country wants it, it can either be bought at a high price from Dichao Trading Company, or it can only be robbed.

All the people in a cunning country are soldiers, and the old and young, women and children are also soldiers on horseback, so the latter is the natural choice.

Since the founding of the country, the border of the Di Dynasty has been restless, and a large amount of military expenditure has been spent on dealing with the attacks of the cunning country.

It's not that they didn't think about destroying the cunning country in reverse, but the cunning country doesn't have a clear capital and city, and everyone lives in tents. Even if Di Chao's army counterattacked, they pulled out the camp and fled directly, and changed to a place with fertile water and grass. Camping is.

For this reason, several generations of the first emperors of the Di Dynasty spent a lot of materials and the efforts of several generations to build thousands of miles of city walls on the border, completely blocking the cavalry of the cunning country.

On this basis, after several more battles, the cunning country was conquered; with a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, the cunning country was asked to pay tribute every year, and the not-so-large amount of cattle, sheep and horses were exchanged for the aid and support of a large amount of supplies from the Di dynasty.

It's just that these are all old calendars from the time of the previous emperor.

After Emperor Jingchang came to the throne, Prime Minister Ye took over all the powers and powers. The military expenditure was cut again and again.

Qiaoguo is ready to move like a hungry wolf sniffing the smell of flesh and blood, already planning to use his regrown sharp fangs to tear another piece of flesh from the declining Di Chao.

It can be seen from the gift list of the cunning country's tribute this time.

"Two hundred cows, two hundred sheep, cowhide and sheepskin, etc.?"

Huo Caiyu frowned, looking at the envoys wearing strange and cunning costumes below, his voice was slightly cold, "This is the only gift list in your country?"

The envoy was neither humble nor overbearing, and saluted Huo Caiyu: "His Majesty Dadi, last year our country had insufficient rain, and this year the grass in the grasslands did not grow well. There were two more plagues, and countless cattle and sheep were killed and injured. I really can't figure it out." There's more to it."

Prime Minister Ye frowned slightly, and said lightly from the side: "Bold, this is the newly appointed regent of the Di dynasty, not the emperor."

The envoy glanced at Huo Caiyu in surprise, and then lowered his head to apologize: "Dadi's clothing is too different from ours, I didn't recognize it for a while, and I hope the regent will forgive me."

Li Jinyu sat quietly on the dragon chair behind Huo Caiyu, scratching his ears speechlessly.

The meaning of this envoy's words is too obvious, and people as white as him can hear it.

Isn't this trying to provoke the relationship between the regent and the emperor!

He himself is sitting on this dragon chair, how blind is this envoy to mistake Huo Caiyu for the emperor?

After paying tribute for decades, could it be that the missions of the cunning country couldn't even recognize the black gold, the representative color of the emperor's dragon robe?

——But it doesn't matter, the relationship between him and Huo Caiyu is not afraid of provocation!The more provocations, the better!

——They were originally plotting to usurp the throne and waiting to be usurped!

Li Jinyu turned his eyes full of confidence and expectation to Huo Caiyu.

Huo Caiyu received His Majesty's gaze, and felt a little relieved: Fortunately, His Majesty still trusts him.

He didn't care about the power of the regent at all. If His Majesty wanted to give it to him, he would give it to him if His Majesty wanted to take it back.

He was only afraid that His Majesty would be divorced from him because of this.

His Majesty still trusted him, and Huo Caiyu was very satisfied, but the envoy below who tried to sow discord between him and His Majesty seemed particularly glaring.

Huo Caiyu said coldly: "Leaving aside cattle and sheep, what about horses?"

The horses of the cunning country were born in the grasslands, and their quality was much better than that of the military horses of the Di Dynasty.

Therefore, in order to enrich the armaments of the Di Dynasty and to curb the number of cavalry in the Kui Kingdom, the previous annual tribute required the Kui Kingdom to donate a large number of horses.

This is the tribute that Di Chao values.

But this time, not a single horse from the Cunning Kingdom paid tribute!

The heart of counter-biting is obvious.

"Your Majesty—oh, Regent Mingjian, the previous plague killed our horses together, and we don't even have enough hunting horses. This time, I want to ask Dadi to support our country."

According to the past rules, after the cunning country paid tribute, Di Chao would return the gift—usually the food, tea, ceramics, etc. that the cunning country wanted most; as for ironware, it would naturally never be given.

The coldness on Huo Caiyu's face almost froze the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

General Meng had a straight temper, and he couldn't hold back after hearing this, he wanted to come over while clenching his fists, but was quickly stopped by the general next to him.

After all, His Majesty is still up there, and if His Majesty doesn't speak, how can the courtiers directly use it abroad?

Prime Minister Ye, who has always been against General Meng, didn't say much this time.

The envoy seemed completely unaware of the anger of Dadi's officials, and continued to say calmly: "Our country has suffered from an extremely serious plague this time, and the people in the country are in dire straits. , lend a helping hand to our country.”

Then he sent a list of materials that he hoped that Di Chao would support the cunning country.

The list passed through the hands of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Ye Chengxiang, Huo Caiyu, and finally arrived at Li Jinyu.

Li Jinyu opened it and took a look, and was immediately stunned by the long list and numbers inside.

If Di Chao really paid all of these, then the treasury from the new tax this year would basically be empty.

Is this a scam?

He immediately understood why the faces of the few people who read the list were so gloomy that they could drip water, and why they didn't deal with General Meng.

When General Meng saw this list, he might not be able to hold him down anymore.

Huo Caiyu was too lazy to make any more expressions. He glanced back at Li Jinyu, and then said without hesitation: "The sincerity of your country's tribute this year is too bad. I, Da Di, will never agree."

The envoy raised his head without any fear: "The emperor helped our country a lot in the past, so why not this time?"

In the past, when Di Dynasty's army came under pressure, the cunning country was unwilling to stick to it, and was moved by the trade aid promised by Di Dynasty, so it showed enough sincerity.

Huo Caiyu knew in his heart that Qiaoguo was deliberately testing Dichao's bottom line with his teeth and claws, and said with a cold face: "Qiaoguo is a neighboring country of Dadi, so naturally we will not stand by - it's just that aid is our affection, not our duty. , I hope your country will know about it.”

At this moment, the envoy turned his attention to Li Jinyu who was sitting on the dragon throne: "What does His Majesty the Emperor say? Do you have the same opinion as the Prince Regent?"

Li Jinyu's stance on dealing with foreign enemies is naturally very firm: "What the regent means is what I mean."

The envoy frowned, and suddenly slapped his head: "By the way, there is another tribute that was paid separately to His Majesty the Emperor. I almost forgot."

He clapped his hands, and the attendant behind him suddenly twitched, and then his clothes slipped off one by one, revealing his smooth skin and soft figure.

Finally, the long sheepskin hat slipped off his head, and the slightly curly long brown hair fell down.

It turned out to be a beautiful and charming cunning woman.

"This is the special palace item that our country tributes to Emperor Dadi." The envoy lifted his chin triumphantly, and pointed to the woman, "This is Princess Tamar, the biological daughter of our country's monarch, who came here specially. Dedicated to Emperor Dadi."

Huo Caiyu's face became extremely cold in an instant, and before anyone else could speak, he said directly, "How decent is your clothes disheveled in public?"

This time the envoy did not speak, but Princess Natamar laughed coquettishly: "The regent's words are so strange, this is the costume of the cunning country, why is it not proper? We people of the cunning country, regardless of gender, have such beautiful bodies. Show it openly; when you meet someone you like, you can say it directly, and you can be straightforward and clear about success or failure, how can it be like Diguo who likes to go around in three circles with one sentence?"

Huo Caiyu knew the customs of the cunning country before, so he naturally knew that what Princess Tamar said was indeed the truth.He spoke not because of the restraint of etiquette, but because of another aspect of fear in his heart, so he couldn't speak for a while.

Princess Tamar raised her head, showing her delicate chin, looked up at Li Jinyu who was sitting on the dragon chair, and blinked: "Your Majesty is still satisfied with Tamark?"

Li Jinyu didn't read this passage in the original book, but he knew that the cunning country had presented beauties to the emperor in the past, but he didn't know how to deal with it, so he coughed: "It's okay, the regent will decide."

This sentence made the ministers a little surprised.

Princess Tamar laughed "puchi": "Tama is dedicated to His Majesty, why should the regent decide?"

"My affairs are all decided by the Regent."

This sentence pleased Huo Caiyu, and made his face turn pale, but still cold, his lips were tightly pressed together, without saying a word.

"The princess is still a member of the envoy group for the time being, and the matter of entering the palace will be discussed later."

"The matter of Dagi's assistance..."

"Listen to the regent's decision."

Envoy: "..."

The envoy was still waiting to talk, but Prime Minister Ye suddenly coughed and smoothed things over: "I still need to discuss the matter of aid in detail, and the envoy will stay in the embassy for the time being and wait for news."

The envoy nodded, but he didn't show any disappointment. Instead, he mentioned another matter: "This time, our country has another matter to ask Da Di for permission."

"What's the matter?"

"I have heard for a long time that Dadi dragons are fighting with tigers, and there are so many people with high martial arts skills in the army. This time, with the desire for friendly exchanges, our country wants to compete with Dadi's generals in martial arts."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony changed.

——This is completely naked provocation!