The lawsuit regarding the official document lasted for a long time.
For Zhang Yuan, who was a Jinshi, as long as there was someone to back him up, any article with flourishes could be written without any problem. Of course, that person simply could not understand the allusions he quoted and the metaphors in his article.
In short, no matter how adjustments were made, the letter of credence would be returned in less than a quarter of an hour, even before the attendants who delivered it had gone far.
By the fifth time, the attendants of the Xia State delegation were even waiting at the door of the county government office area. Anyway, Lin Hai put almost all the functional departments together to work, so they came out very quickly. When they saw someone walking out with the letter of credence, they took it directly and turned around and left.
"Speaking of which, our Great Xia Kingdom is one of the four great nations of the world. The head of the diplomatic envoy is also the nephew of His Majesty, and his title is also an earl. Why is this Lin Hai so arrogant? Does he really think that our Great Xia has no other choice but to ask him for help?"
Since Lin Hai did not hide his actions, and having his letters of credence returned five times in a row was indeed a great humiliation, even when the Xia Kingdom begged Daliang to become a vassal state, it had never been humiliated like this. Therefore, Zhang Yuan could clearly feel the emotions of everyone in the delegation accumulating bit by bit.
"Principal, if we keep returning the credentials like this, something bad might happen." Ling Yan asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why can't we just tell them our request directly?"
"Tell them? Do you think they won't know if we don't tell them? They've revised it five times, and each time they only changed minor details. They didn't even touch on the real problem. To put it bluntly, this Wei Mingyuan is still trying to drag us into this. He also wants to portray himself as the victim and frame us. Even if we just drive them out of Qinghe, he'll go back and say, 'Look, I'm in this state, and they ignore me. They really don't blame me.'"
"Bah."
Lin Hai used these two words to summarize his speech.
"Indeed, no matter how they changed it, the words 'Statement' were written on the cover. They were just trying to trick us. But why did they think that we and the Empire would fall for such a simple trick?"
"It's just a plot to destroy someone's heart," Ling Yang added. "But the persistence with which they repeatedly use the same useless scheme shows that the person behind it is quite sentimental."
"A man of temperament? How do you say that?"
"He just can't get off the stage. If others don't give him a way out, he won't know how to jump off."
"If that's the case, then the real leader of the delegation should be Zhang Yuan, not Wei Mingyuan." Wang Zuo interrupted.
"Why?"
"From the information we've received, Wei Mingbu is a complete playboy. The Xia royal family has very strict requirements for royal family members. Coupled with a good education and intensive training for over a hundred years, even royal family members with mediocre talents can eventually become mediocre.
To put it simply, they were well-educated and strictly managed, so the worst members of the Xia royal family were above average, and they were not too bad in terms of governing the local area or in swordplay, riding, and shooting.
But this Weiming Yuan was different. As the nephew of Weiming Bu, the ruler of Western Xia, he was the most favored of all, save for the crown prince. He was practically pampered to the skies. From sensual pleasures to cockfighting and running errands, Weiming Yuan endured it all. Even the Xia dynasty's most cherished pursuits of archery and horseback riding were sparse. It was said that he could only manage to shoot an arrow, and where it landed was entirely up to chance.
But even so, Wei Mingbu still tried his best to train him. Not only did he let him participate in state affairs as much as possible, he also made him the Earl of Guazhou, with a fief of 2,000 households, far exceeding the limit of 500 households for other earls.
However, this Wei Mingyuan is said to dislike government affairs, always avoiding them whenever possible, and when that's not possible, he resorts to reckless behavior. He once got drunk for three days in Yihong Courtyard to avoid attending government meetings. His visit to us this time must be simply Wei Mingbu's attempt to train him; the real authority still rests with Deputy Envoy Zhang Yuan.
"He is indeed a remarkable man of his generation." Lin Hai didn't even know how to evaluate Wei Mingyuan for a moment, and could only say, "Being able to live according to one's heart is a blessing. So, do you have any information about Zhang Yuan?"
"Zhang Yuan, the information about him can fill an entire room." Wang Zuo said with a smile.
"To put it simply, this Zhang Yuan's original surname was Xia, and his name was Xia Yuan. He was 35 years old and from Huayin. He considered himself a "knight-errant," "arrogant and suave, with a talent for strategy," but when he began taking the imperial examinations at the age of 15, he failed for ten years. He felt that his talent was not yet fully utilized, so he forged an identity, sneaked into the Xia Kingdom, and took part in the imperial examinations.
Because his surname, "Xia," violated the name of the Xia Kingdom, he voluntarily changed it to Zhang and henceforth referred to himself as Zhang Yuan. Because the Xia Kingdom had a small population and little education, the imperial examination process was extremely simple, held annually. Zhang Yuan consistently passed the exams, becoming a Jinshi (Jinshi) at the age of 28. He was then received by Wei Mingbu and his career flourished, leading to his current position as a Censor-in-Chief of the Imperial Censorate.
He deeply hated the empire and repeatedly urged Wei Mingbu to attack it, but to no avail. He then demanded that the empire's border regions be intensified, and even volunteered to lead a team hundreds of miles deep into the heart of the empire as a censor, plundering towns and killing many. He also wrote inscriptions and poems satirizing the empire.
"Damn, he turns out to be a traitor." Lin Hai knew very well that he was already in another world. No matter what the people here did, they could not be considered traitors. However, his personal values and preferences clearly told him that this Zhang Yuan was not a good person.
Well, maybe he shouldn’t be called a traitor, he should be called a “Liang traitor”.
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