Volume 1, Chapter 17: Barbarians and Barbarians Marriage
At three quarters past three in the morning, Xiang Yun opened his eyes, lifted the embroidered quilt lightly, and was about to get out of bed when he was suddenly hugged softly on his back.
Xiang Yun smiled and said, "You can sleep a little longer. I have to go to the morning court first."
Qin Su leaned her head against Xiang Yun's back and said softly, "I will help His Majesty change his clothes."
"good!"
Xiang Yun agreed, but after waiting for a while, Qin Su did not take any action.
Just as I was about to speak, I felt a burning sensation on my back, and something wet and sticky.
Xiang Yun quickly looked back, held Qin Su's face and asked, "Why are you crying?"
"Your Majesty, can you spare my father's life?"
Xiang Yun was stunned when he heard this and fell silent.
Qin Su cried and begged, "Your Majesty, you can dismiss him from his post, or let him sit in prison for life, but just spare his life, okay?"
Xiang Yun slowly let go of Qin Su's face, stepped back a few steps, and said with a somewhat grim expression: "I will remind you for the last time that the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs!"
After saying that, Xiang Yun left without looking back.
As soon as the hour of Mao arrived, Little Guazi slowly walked to the dragon throne in the Golden Palace and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived~"
Xiang Yun, wearing an imperial robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon and a golden dragon pearl crown on his head, strode out, walked to the dragon throne with a calm expression, and sat down with confidence.
At this time, Xiao Guazi was standing on Xiang Yun's left, while Jiang Yue was standing on the right with the imperial golden sword, looking extremely majestic.
All the officials of the Great Sun Dynasty above the seventh rank had already been waiting here. They all knelt down and saluted, saying, "Long live our emperor!"
"My dear ministers, please stand up!"
All the officials stood up upon hearing this. Xiang Yun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, saw at a glance that the old thief Qin Yu was actually wearing a first-grade official uniform embroidered with fairy cranes. He stood there calmly and confidently, as if he were a minister assisting the country.
Xiang Yun couldn't help but curse Qin Yu in his heart: "This old thief is really shameless. He doesn't care about what happened a few days ago at all, as if it never happened. Does he really think I'm so easy to bully?"
Xiang Yun had a lot of things to prepare today. He originally planned to leave Qin Yu and the envoys of the Shaman tribe alone for the time being and then deal with them after finishing all the matters.
But now Xiang Yun has changed his mind. The first thing he will do during the morning court session is to get rid of Qin Yu!
Xiang Yun glanced at Qin Yu coldly, waved his hand gently, and Xiao Guazi stepped forward and said loudly: "Announce, the envoy of the Sand Barbarian Tribe, come to see you!"
As soon as this order was issued, Qin Yu, who was so proud of himself in the Golden Throne Hall, was stunned. What's wrong with this little emperor? Does he want to bypass me?
Qin Yu sneered in his heart: "Humph, can you get around it? Hahaha!"
Eight rough men of the Sand Barbarian Tribe strode into the Golden Palace. The huge axes in their hands had been taken away by the Royal Guards and they were not allowed to bring them in. Only the old man in the lead was holding a lion-head scepter.
The scepter was originally going to be confiscated by the Royal Guards, but the old man said that it was the symbol of their Sand Barbarian envoys, and once it left their hands, it would lose its envoy status, so the Royal Guards were reluctant to say anything.
A group of eight people walked in and looked directly at Xiang Yun who was sitting on the dragon throne. The old man in the lead held a lion-headed staff and stabbed it on the ground, saying loudly, "Yasdada, the envoy of the Sand Barbarian Tribe, greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty."
Xiang Yun originally did not take these people from the Sand Barbarian Tribe seriously, but when he saw the real person, he wanted to walk over and take a closer look at them.
What the hell is this burly figure? With strong muscles and a height of two meters, even though he looks a little ugly, with this physical condition, he is a natural born warrior!
Xiang Yun thought again, if there is such a strange race in this world, are there other weird races?
Xiang Yun's inner view of the world has changed. Perhaps this world is far from as simple as he imagined.
Xiang Yun was shocked for a moment, then asked, "I remember that the Sand Barbarians and our Great Sun Dynasty have had a blood feud for hundreds of years. What is the important matter for this mission?"
Yastardada bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I am here on the orders of the new chief of the Sand Barbarians, Yayuan, to represent the Sand Barbarians in submitting to the Great Sun Dynasty. From now on, the Sand Barbarians will submit to the Great Sun Dynasty and follow its lead."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court was in an uproar, and many ministers were shocked. How could such a fantastic thing happen before their eyes?
Xiang Yun was also shocked. If he could subdue the Sand Barbarians, he would solve a major problem for the Great Sun Dynasty.
Not only can the people of the Northern Frontier live and work in peace and contentment, no longer having to endure the suffering of the invasions of the Shaman, but the two million troops stationed in the Northern Frontier to resist the Shaman can also be withdrawn and placed on the border against the enemy, thus relieving a lot of pressure on the dynasty!
But Xiang Yun absolutely does not believe that there is such a thing as pie in the sky in this world. If you want to get any benefit, you must pay the corresponding price!
As expected, Yasdada continued, "Our tribe leader, Yayuan, has long admired the Great Sun Dynasty. As long as the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty agrees to a few small conditions of our Sand Barbarian tribe, we will join the tribe and never invade the territory of the Great Sun Dynasty again!"
Xiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "Tell me your conditions."
Yasdada laughed and said slowly: "First, our Sand Barbarians' territory is short of resources and is full of deserts. During the cold winter, it is difficult for our tribesmen to even gather enough food for the winter. Therefore, our tribe leader hopes that the Great Sun Dynasty can provide the Sand Barbarians with 20 million dan of food, 100,000 pieces of cloth, and 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses every year.
Second, the Sand Barbarian caravans are allowed to go to the Great Sun Dynasty to trade, and the safety of the Sand Barbarians must be guaranteed.
Third, in order to promote the friendship between the Shaman tribe and the Da Ri Dynasty, our tribe leader Ya Yuan is willing to marry into the royal family of the Da Ri Dynasty and can marry any princess or queen of the Da Ri Dynasty royal family; and the Da Ri Dynasty must also enact laws to allow women of the Da Ri Dynasty to intermarry with our Shaman people.
Fourth, all matters concerning the exchanges between our Shaman tribe and the Great Sun Dynasty must be handled by your Lord Qin Yu. We would not feel safe if we handed it over to others."
At this point, Qin Yu smiled slightly, then immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I will do my best to ensure that the Sand Barbarians and our Great Sun Dynasty will live in harmony forever."
Some ministers present at the scene were so angry that they were shaking all over. Such conditions were not submission at all, they were clearly robbery, blatant robbery!
It would be fine if you just surrendered and refused to pay tribute to our Great Sun Dynasty, but you actually want us to pay tribute to you. This is really too much!
In this case, who is the king and who is the minister?
Some ministers were relatively loyal to the Great Sun Dynasty and had some backbone in foreign affairs, but they did not know Xiang Yun's intentions at this time, so they did not dare to get angry.
Yasdada continued, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty, if you are willing to agree to these conditions, then if there is a strong enemy attacking the Great Sun Dynasty in the future, our Sand Barbarians will also send the most elite warriors in our tribe to participate in the battle and provide support!"
Xiang Yun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had maintained a calm expression. Suddenly, he saw Jiang Yue on his right holding the golden sword tightly in both hands. Xiang Yun whispered to him, "Get ready. Don't let me down later."
Jiang Yue's whole body trembled, and then he loosened his hands, as if he had let out a breath, but his eyes were cold as he stared at the eight sand barbarians below, as if he was looking at eight dead people.
Xiang Yun nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Yastada below and suddenly laughed heartily.
This laughter resounded throughout the Golden Throne Hall. Yastarda frowned and said, "I wonder why the Emperor is laughing?"
Xiang Yun pointed at him and said with a smile: "I have to reward you because you just told me the funniest joke I have ever heard in my life!"
"Someone, give me a reward!"
Xiang Yun waved his hand, and a young eunuch walked over slowly with a wooden tray covered with a red cloth. Yasdada took a closer look and was so angry that his teeth itched. He pointed at the things in the wooden box and said angrily: "A copper coin? I wonder what the emperor means by this?"
Xiang Yun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was stunned when he heard this, and pretended to be angry and said, "What's the matter? Our Great Sun Dynasty is a great country. If we are so stingy, wouldn't it be a loss of the demeanor of a great country? Give me two more!"
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch took out two copper coins from his sleeve and put them in the wooden box.
Yastarda was so angry that his face turned blue. He waved his lion-headed staff and said angrily, "I am an envoy of the Sand Barbarians. Your Majesty, do you know that insulting me is equivalent to insulting the entire Sand Barbarians? Isn't Your Majesty afraid that the Sand Barbarians' army will march north?"
Qin Yu, who was standing by, quickly spoke to comfort him: "Please calm down, envoy. Our Great Sun Dynasty has absolutely no such intention. Please let me handle it!"
Qin Yu then turned to Xiang Yun and said, "Your Majesty, since the founding of our Great Sun Dynasty, the disaster of the Shaman has continued, causing great impact on the entire dynasty in terms of economy, agriculture and military!
The emperors of the Great Sun Dynasty have always wanted to completely resolve the chaos of the Sand Barbarians. This is the last wish of the previous emperors. Now that the Sand Barbarians are willing to surrender as a whole clan, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people!"
Qin Yu added: "In fact, the request of the Sand Barbarians is not too excessive. Our Great Sun Dynasty is rich in products and resources. Some cattle, sheep, cloth and grain are just a drop in the ocean. As for intermarriage, everyone is willing and we will not force it. If a woman from our Dynasty is willing to marry over, it will be a good thing.
If this can help us recapture the Shaman tribe, put an end to the war in the northern border forever, and prevent any more deaths of soldiers and civilians in our Great Sun Dynasty due to the Shaman, it will be a great achievement for Your Majesty, and I believe that the people of the northern border will be grateful to Your Majesty for his wisdom!"
After Qin Yu finished speaking, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed, saying: "For Your Majesty, for the people and soldiers, I, the old minister Qin Yu, am willing to devote my life to the everlasting friendship between the Great Sun Dynasty and the Sand Barbarians, and I will not stop until my death!"
Zhao Pan, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, could no longer bear it and pointed at Qin Yu and cursed: "You bastard Qin Yu, you dare to say such a shameful thing, are you worthy of being called a citizen of the Great Sun Dynasty?
Where is your backbone? Aren’t you afraid that everyone in the world will poke your spine?
Fortunately, I supported your political views a few days ago. I was really blind, bah! "
Zhao Pan was so bold that he actually spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, which sprayed on Qin Yu's official hat.
"You!" Qin Yu was so angry that he was shaking all over. He stood up and glared at Zhao Pan, muttering for a long time without saying anything.
Xiang Yun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was quite surprised. He had thought that these ministers were all rotten wood and cowardly people, but he did not expect that there would be people who had such backbone in the face of racial justice!
Zhao Pan's curse brought out what was in the hearts of many officials present. For a moment, they all looked at Qin Yu jokingly, their eyes full of contempt.
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