Chapter 318: 'One Step Back'
In the imperial study, Liu Zhi was kept again, but the emperor and his minister sat opposite each other without saying a word for a long time.
It seems that there is nothing much to say about tomorrow's negotiations.
Finally, the emperor sighed and said, "If Jia Zhen jumps up and down to fight against the Russians tomorrow, you should stop him. Otherwise, his injury may not be healed for a while."
"yes!"
Liu Zhi's goal this time was not fifty miles, but one hundred miles.
Otherwise, Jia Zhen's beating would have been in vain.
"Your Majesty, are you afraid of another war with the Rakshasa?"
“…”
The emperor laughed, "What do I have to fear? I didn't fight at first, mainly because I thought that if the Russians didn't come, we wouldn't know how many battles we would have to fight with the Jin people and the Mongolian tribes."
Everyone is familiar with each other, and the Jin people and the Mongolian tribes have always been in close contact. If they attack any one of them, not only will the other places send troops, but they may also harass the nine important border towns together.
Dazhao cannot fight a full-scale war along the border.
"But now, it's different."
The Mongolian tribes were forced into a corner by the Russians and had no choice but to surrender to the Jin people.
"While we are fighting for more territory for Dazhao, the pastures of the Mongolian tribes, especially those close to the Rakshasa people, are expanding. They are more willing to fight than we are."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The king and his minister looked at each other and understood what the other meant.
If a real war breaks out, Mongolia will also be the vanguard of Dazhao.
Although they are now considered the people of Dazhao, the people are different from each other, at least for the time being.
After Liu Zhi left, the emperor quickly dealt with government affairs and finally arrived at Kunning Palace when lunch was about to begin.
He has a strong desire for gossip.
The Queen was in the palace and had no access to news from the outside world. If she had heard the news, she would have been more shocked than he was.
He heard early in the morning that Jia Zhen was being carried here, and he found out by asking the young eunuch.
Oh my!
The emperor felt that bringing Jia Zhen into the court might be one of the most wise and powerful decisions in his life.
Mrs. Shen is very good at killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
Not only did he calm down those ministers who only wanted a comfortable life and didn't want to take any risks, he also helped him to shock the Rakshasa envoys.
The morale of the army and civilians as well as the hearts of the Mongolian tribes... will probably be different because of those ten strokes of the cane.
At the dinner table, the emperor shared everything that happened today with the queen as if he was just gossiping.
As expected, the queen opened her mouth slightly and seemed to not know what to say for a long time.
"Ten boards aren't very heavy!"
Seeing the queen's eyes slowly becoming sad, the emperor realized it belatedly and hurriedly comforted her, "Madam Shen only has this one son, and she is willing to risk her life for him..."
"yes!"
The queen was melancholy, "That time, she herself was attacked, killed the assassin and rushed to rescue her son and husband at the cost of her own life."
As a woman, she is more emotional.
"She failed to save her husband. In the freezing cold, she was alone in the burned house collecting Jia Jing's body. Tell me, how sad she must have been?"
The queen could feel that the emperor liked her.
But after becoming emperor, he still had other concubines and other children, and now another beauty is pregnant.
But Jia Jing only had Sister Shen from beginning to end.
She asked for all his private property and forced him to raise Xiao Yue'er. In fact, she was also thinking that Jia Jing had never lived a hard life, so he could go home in the end, right? pity……
"Now she only has a son and a daughter. When Jia Zhen was beaten like that, don't you think she felt bad?"
emperor:"……"
"You brought Jia Zhen to the court like that and let him participate in the negotiations. He went home again and again to tell his mother about this today and that tomorrow. Do you think that with Sister Shen's intelligence, she can't guess your purpose of letting Jia Zhen enter the court?"
I guessed it, he beat his own son.
The Queen sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, if the negotiations go smoothly tomorrow, half of the land we will fight for will be because of the beating Jia Zhen received."
"I know, I know."
The emperor nodded quickly and said, "I will not let Jia Zhen suffer this beating in vain."
Oh my God, if he doesn't give a promise, the queen will cry for him.
…
Ningguo Mansion! Youshi carefully applied medicine to Jia Zhen's red, swollen and purple buttocks, "This is what mother sent over. It uses the best medicinal materials."
Jia Zhen: “…”
"Don't be angry with your mother."
"This isn't something to get angry about!"
Jia Zhen said, "This is to expand the territory."
His son also talked to him for a long time yesterday.
He clearly realized that he, like his ancestors, was expanding the territory for Dazhao.
Moreover, he was the only one who suffered minor injuries while expanding the territory.
Jia Zhen felt that this deal was a great bargain.
"Just wait, I'm going to kill everyone tomorrow."
He was going to fight to the death, and if there was any disagreement, he would call people from all over to ask for help in fighting the Rakshasa people.
"...Aren't you angry with your mother?"
When Youshi saw him like this, she felt something was wrong.
When he came back from the ancestral hall yesterday, his eyes were red and his sleeves were stained with water. He must have cried secretly.
She was also very distressed at that time.
But who dares to stop the decision made by the mother? "...Do you think I dare?"
Jia Zhen scratched his head, feeling embarrassed. "Besides, my mother beat me for my own good. It's really my own fault."
His mother asked him to listen to Mr. Liu in everything, but unfortunately, he failed to comply at the most critical moment.
"If grandpa and dad were still alive, they would definitely hit me harder."
If he failed to climb a tree properly, his grandfather would whip him and force him to climb again.
Not to mention such major events as expanding territory.
Just like his mother said, as the son of a military family, he could not follow his ancestors' wishes and shed blood and sweat to expand the territory of Dazhao. He can't even talk well. He doesn't know how to fight for the compensation that the Russians should pay to Khalkha. He is hopelessly stupid.
"What are these ten boards worth?"
After all, his mother loved him. From childhood to adulthood, when she hit him, she would stop just enough.
"Hurry, be careful, help me put on my pants, I still have to tell my mother about what happened in the court today."
Anyone in the court who dares to compromise with the Russians today is hopelessly stupid.
This is actually a disguised way of supporting Lord Liu by his mother.
"Is there anything important happening in the court today?"
Yushi carefully pulled up his pants.
"Hehe..., even the emperor is being very well behaved today!"
Jia Zhen was originally quite ashamed, fearing that everyone would look at him with contempt.
Fortunately, there was none, and most of them seemed to be sympathy and fear! Jia Zhen whispered, "When the adults are talking, please try to be concise."
After attending court for a few days, he felt that some people were really nagging.
It's obviously a very simple matter, but you have to say a lot about it, first praising yourself and then getting to the point.
"Otherwise, do you think I can come back so early?"
Jia Zhen also helped to pull up his trousers. "This morning when we were in court, Xing'er and the others carried me. It was obvious that there were more people on the street than usual. Many Khalkha and Urad Mongols were holding lanterns on the roadside."
Youshi: “…”
Is it something to be proud of being watched by others? "Shou'er said that he paid the guys at Huitong Hall to spread rumors. Deputy Prime Minister Bazel Ackerman and Admiral Iris Roberts from the Luosha Mission were both on the road we had to pass and watched secretly."
If they dare to stick to their original words tomorrow...
Humph~ Jia Zhen decided to bring a few more guards with strong martial arts skills.
Anyway, he doesn't want to be this official anymore.
Although I am still reluctant to give up my actual job as a second-rank official, it is really tiring to attend court every day! If he made a mistake, the emperor would dismiss him from his post, and he could go home to live off his savings and live a carefree life.
"If they argue with me again tomorrow..., I will definitely let them know how many eyes the Horse King has."
After putting everything on, Jia Zhen lay on the bench again and asked Shou'er and others to carry him to Chen Ning's yard.
“…Does it still hurt?”
After listening to everything he said, Shen Ning still expressed concern.
Let Jiao Da beat him because I thought that the old man would know when to beat him.
But I didn't expect that the old man was really angry. I heard that he was swinging the board loudly.
Shen Ning was glad that she only said ten strokes of the cane, otherwise, Jia Zhen wouldn't even be able to go to the court today.
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
Seeing his mother's concerned face, Jia Zhen felt all the pain disappear. "In seven days at most," he said in a loud voice, "my son will be alive and well."
"…There's no need to jump around so early."
Shen Ning sighed in her heart, "Tomorrow is the time for you to talk again, Zhen'er, have you figured out what to do?"
"One hundred miles north of Lake Baikal is the bottom line, but my son plans to go three hundred miles."
Ask for a high price and pay it back on the spot.
In short, he couldn't take this beating in vain.
"If they don't agree, my son might fight with them first."
"Don't fight yourself!"
I haven't learned martial arts.
Shen Ning said: “Bring a few more people, at worst after the fight is over, we can ask for forgiveness and not be the official anymore.”
She was also deeply touched by Jia Zhen's filial piety.
But the emperor probably can't bear to do so.
Jia Zhen is so useful that using him is equivalent to using her as well.
It also made the old forces and even the new forces in the army feel that the emperor was wise and powerful, and with the example of the Jia family, their future was bright.
“Hey~”
Jia Zhen, who only heard the literal meaning, nodded happily, "Son, I understand."
The next day, almost all eyes were on the negotiation table.
The emperor felt a little uneasy when he went to court.
I specially sent Xiao Sanzi to inquire about it.
Just like yesterday, everyone finished the morning court efficiently, and were all eager to know the status of the negotiations over there.
As the emperor was leaving the court, Liu An's apprentice Xiao Sanzi came up to him and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Jia brought 18 heroes with him today."
What? The emperor did not bother to go to the imperial study. He stopped and asked, "Did he fight with the Russians?"
"No, no."
Xiao Sanzi hurriedly shook his head, "Lord Liu and the others saw Lord Jia bringing so many people, and they automatically made way for him. Lord Jia limped to the negotiation table and told everyone directly that he was beaten by his mother the other day, so he should take the lead in today's negotiations.
Lord Liu agreed on the spot.
The deputy prime minister and the general of Luosha State, seeing Lord Jia's attitude, might have felt that it was not good, so they were very polite. ”
What no one knew was that Bazel Ackerman and Iris Roberts had already become timid in light of what had happened to the Japanese delegation and the way the people of Dazhao looked at them on the streets yesterday.
"Master Jia held up a map and pointed to Lake Baikal, which was 300 miles north. The Khalkha people also said that it was originally their territory."
"What does Basil say?"
"Bazel said no, according to the fifty miles mentioned last time, they can sign the treaty immediately."
The third son said, "Master Jia smashed a cup on the spot and said, 'Grandma, last time was last time, this time is this time, last time he was sitting and talking, this time he is standing and talking'."
emperor:"……"
He knew that when they negotiated, several tables were put together and everyone sat on either side.
The emperor thought about it and realized that Jia Zhen had a problem with his buttocks, so he could only stand and look down on others while they sat...
Oh, what should he do if he can’t help wanting to laugh? Although he tried his best to hold it back, Liu An, Xiao Sanzi and others who knew him well knew that the emperor was laughing.
Xiao Sanzi also laughed and imitated Jia Zhen's words, "Master Jia pointed at his own buttocks and asked the Russians over there, do you know what happened to him? His mother pushed him to the ancestral hall and beat him. If the Russians don't want him to live, then they won't live.
At that time, he waved his hand, and my goodness, eighteen big men rushed in. ”
The third son was very excited. "When all the Luosha people changed color, Lord Jia pointed at the map and asked them sternly whether they would retreat or not."
The Vice Prime Minister Bazel Ackerman, Admiral Iris Roberts and their translator immediately shouted for help to Lord Liu and his men. Everyone was talking at the same time and the argument was so loud that I, who was outside, heard a loud bang and everyone said it was a gunshot. ”
What? The emperor was furious, "Who fired the shot? What happened to Jia Zhen?"
"The one who fired the gun was a Rakshasa. The guy did draw his gun, but before the gun could be fired, the people brought by Lord Jia bent the barrel and it exploded on the spot."
The third son said, "When I ran in, I saw that the Rakshasa's hands were covered in blood, he was screaming miserably, and both of his arms were broken."
emperor:"……"
"And what happened next?"
Liu An became anxious and asked on behalf of the emperor.
"Lord Liu held them accountable on the spot. Ask their vice prime minister and generals. If they don't want to negotiate, there's no need to waste each other's time. Let's meet on the battlefield."
Xiao Sanzi felt very sorry. "They argued that it was Lord Jia's men who started the fight first, but Lord Jia sneered and said, 'Yes, it was him who did it. Otherwise, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go to the battlefield! They didn't dare to go to the battlefield, and they talked about other things, saying that three hundred miles was too much, and whether it could be one hundred miles."
emperor:"……"
"When I came back, they were still bargaining, and finally they made concessions. Lake Baikal was moved 200 miles north, and the Luosha envoys gave Lord Jia something to calm him down and compensate him."
The third son laughed, "Your Majesty, you have made a fortune."
"……Hahaha!"
The emperor laughed.
How big is the territory of the entire Lake Baikal, which is two hundred miles to the north? It’s comparable to several prefectures.
Moreover, the Hanlin Academy showed him the geographical records, which showed that except for the extremely cold winter, the spring, summer and autumn were all good there, with abundant fish. The people could catch a lot of fish for food, and even salt or dry them and sell them here.
Unlike the grassland people who only know how to herd sheep, the people of Dazhao can do everything.
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