Chapter 107 The Last Meeting
They still have the status of princes and can enjoy the royal aristocratic life in peace and stability.
In this way, after a period of turmoil in the Southern Kingdom, Yan Xuanyu annexed the territory of the Southern Kingdom to the Great Zhou without bloodshed.
Yan Xuanyu truly did what he once said to himself. As long as he was given time, he would definitely make the Great Zhou strong.
One year after the Turks annexed the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ashina Ziluo was finally captured.
When the news of Ashina Ziro's capture was sent to the palace, Yan Xuanyu was holding a banquet in the palace, and he and his ministers were tasting fruits sent from the official road from the former Southern Kingdom, now Nanqing City.
In the hot summer, when the fruit is chilled and served on a glass plate, there is a wisp of white mist rising from the fruit, which looks very luxurious.
The geographical location of Nanqing City is much further south than the southernmost part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, it has many specialty fruits that are not available in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The amount of fruit transported from Nanqing City was very large, and Yan Xuanyu and his friends could not finish it all. Moreover, eating a small amount would be delicious, but eating it all the time would not be a good thing, and it would cost manpower and material resources to store it. It would be better to hold a banquet in the palace for the ministers to taste it together, and everyone could eat some to divide the fruit.
Yan Xuanyu felt that there was nothing wrong with his idea.
However, the ministers ate cautiously while expressing their deepest emotion, and some of them were so emotional that they even shed tears.
Yan Xuanyu: "...My dear, what's wrong?"
It tastes so good that I cry, it tastes so bad that I cry, are you allergic to the fruit?
The minister who was weeping did not think it was shameful to shed tears on the spot. He said, "Your Majesty, I just... I just remembered that when potatoes were first grown, Your Majesty also summoned the ministers in this way. Thinking about today, I just feel that it is quite difficult..."
After listening to him, Yan Xuanyu sighed and felt emotional.
Yes, think about it, no matter how hard the road was, it is not that hard with the current results.
Nowadays, potatoes have become something that everyone in the Great Zhou can afford to eat. They are grown in a wide area, both in the north and south of the Great Zhou. As they are planted from generation to generation, the yield will only get higher and higher, and the potato varieties will get better and better.
Even potatoes have been planted in some new cities of the Great Zhou.
Wheat and corn are still the staple foods on the tables of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but cultivating land and planting potatoes is something that can feed more people.
Yan Xuanyu also could not forget how happy he was when the first batch of potatoes ripened.
Even if many ministers ate potatoes countless times later, they were never as delicious as that one bite.
Yan Xuanyu sighed and said slowly, "Now, the Great Zhou has changed from what it was before. It has regained its vitality. It has also taken over the southern Turkic territory. The people are gradually becoming prosperous, and the government is in order. However, the things that happened in the past must not be forgotten. I will tell you all about them and warn you about them."
He also realized that the responsibilities of the Jinyiwei might become more important in the future.
After saying these things, the atmosphere at the palace banquet became relaxed again until a palace servant came to report that the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had entered the palace to ask for a meeting, saying that Ashina Ziro had been captured.
Yan Xuanyu thought that this man would have to escape for the rest of his life. After all, it was not difficult for Ashina Ziro to hide forever.
He thought that the matter would be over after he heard it. As for Ashina Ziro, since he was caught, there would be no more trouble for him. However, he did not expect that a few days later, an official from the Dali Temple asked for a meeting, saying that Ashina Ziro wanted to see Yan Xuanyu.
"No." Yan Xuanyu didn't even raise his head.
The Dali Temple official received the order and was about to leave when Yan Xuanyu thought of something and looked up, saying, "Forget it."
Yan Xuanyu did not let the people from the Dali Temple take Ashina Ziro into the palace, but planned to go there in person.
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"These past few days, I've been waiting for someone to escort me into the palace. I didn't expect it would be you today." Ashina Ziro's voice was hoarse. He was now locked firmly in a chair.
Yan Xuanyu observed Ashina Ziro carefully and found that even in prison, he did not show any signs of fatigue.
Listening to Ashina Ziro's words, Yan Xuanyu thought to himself, are we very familiar with each other?
If Yan Xuanyu had not been protected by the system and created many coincidences, Ashina Ziro might have succeeded in the assassination attempts.
Several attacks on the Great Zhou resulted in heavy casualties among the soldiers of the Great Zhou. It was merciful of Yan Xuanyu not to strangle him immediately.
"After hiding for so long, you're finally willing to come out?" Yan Xuanyu said, "The people from the Dali Temple said you wanted to see me. What do you want to say? Tell me now."
With no one else around, Yan Xuanyu was too lazy to call himself "I".
Ashina Ziluo looked at Yan Xuanyu steadily and said, "I can't figure it out."
Yan Xuanyu said, "What are you confused about?"
"I can't understand why I am the loser!" The chains under Ashina's hands made noises, and the expression on his face became ferocious for a moment.
Yan Xuanyu glanced at him. Now it was just the two of them, and it was a loss that no third person could see the appearance of the Turkic king who had killed his father and brother.
He had no interest in the kind of final confrontation between the winner and the loser that often appeared in movies and TV dramas, where the winner and the loser had the same scene.
If the Jinyiwei had not investigated everything thoroughly and confirmed that Ashina Ziro had no chance of turning things around, Yan Xuanyu might have ordered his execution the moment he knew that Ashina Ziro was captured.
"I thought you would tell me something I wanted to hear, such as whether there is a treasure of your ancestors hidden somewhere underground in the Turks?" Yan Xuanyu said to himself.
Ashina Ziluo's ferocious expression froze for a moment. They had fought each other countless times, but this was the only time they had a face-to-face negotiation.
What Yan Xuanyu said was so absurd that Ashina Ziro was stunned for a moment.
Perhaps because he is a dying man, Yan Xuanyu is quite relaxed now, and even has the urge to shrug.
"You have more strategies than me, but we are not competing to see who is better in this aspect," Yan Xuanyu said.
Ashina Ziluo seemed to have heard something funny, "You are not as good as me?"
Sometimes it is a pleasure to communicate with a madman like Ashina Ziro, especially since this madman has no way out and will never be able to jump up again.
Ashina Ziluo laughed heartily. "How could a man who has been keeping a low profile for years and pretending to be a dandy for years be inferior to me?"
"Of course, I'm not as good as you." Yan Xuanyu said honestly.
How could the thinking of a modern man like him who had not experienced any great hardships compare to that of Ashina Ziro, who had to plan for himself since childhood and would not have survived to adulthood without a little scheming?
Yan Xuanyu pondered for a moment, "Perhaps, the competition between us is about who has more manpower."
He has a lot of knowledge that he wants to put into practice, so he entrusts it to the people around him and he can make better use of talents according to their abilities.
If these are not important, then the deeper meaning of "who has more people" is - there is no one in the world with more people than the general public!
He was very kind and answered Ashina Ziro's doubts one by one. Yan Xuanyu would not let him die with "confusion".
"Yan Xuanyu, Yan Xuanyu, why are you here..." Ashina Ziro laughed.
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