Steel Dynasty - Chapter 202

[Chapter 202 Meeting in court]

“Hahaha…”

A hearty laugh rang out in the Chengqing Palace. King Wei was all smiles. Xiao Ming unexpectedly gave him face today.

He pulled Xiao Ming aside and said: “My dear nephew, my dear nephew should be the first to contribute to this great victory in Cangzhou. However, the emperor’s uncle gave you a lot of money, food and supplies, and you have some credit for this. Later, in this court, My wise nephew must be merciful. “

“Uncle Three Emperors, this time my father asked you and I to guard Qingzhou together. The credit goes to both of us. Naturally, we have to advance and retreat together this time. The credit goes to me. I don’t want to argue with the Third Emperor, but the Third Emperor will give me his full support later.”

“Oh? Please tell me, my dear nephew,” said the King of Wei. It would be easy to handle Xiao Ming’s request as well.

Xiao Ming smiled mysteriously, “With the intelligence of Third Emperor Uncle, I will understand later.”

As the two were talking, Feng Deshui suddenly walked in from outside the hall and shouted: “The Emperor has arrived!”

At this time, all the ministers immediately He returned to his position and stood up, while Xiao Ming and King Wei stood in the same position as the other princes.

While Xiao Ming was greeting the ministers, these princes had been watching with cold expressions. After Xiao Ming came over, the princes bowed their hands politely to him.

He did not agree with these princes’ attitudes.

But the same was true for the prince, and he couldn’t help but sneer in his heart. It’s no wonder that everyone said that this prince couldn’t hold up the wall.

Queen Zhao was bent on winning over her for him, but the prince didn’t even understand basic etiquette.

“Long live my emperor, long live, long live!”

Xiao Wenxuan sat down on the dragon chair, and everyone shouted long live.

The voice fell, and then Xiao Wenxuan fixed his gaze on Xiao Ming.

“My dear friends, I must have met the King of Qi and the King of Wei this morning. This great victory in Cangzhou has enhanced the prestige of our country and caused the barbarians to retreat in embarrassment. For decades, our country of Great Yu has never had such a victory. This time we summon the King of Qi. The reason for coming to Chang’an with King Wei is to discuss merit and reward.”

Xiao Wenxuan was in high spirits, looking at Xiao Ming and King Wei with a deep smile.

The King of Wei looked pleased and said loudly: “Your Majesty, as the vassal king, it is our inherent responsibility to defend the border and defend the enemy. If it were not for your Majesty’s strong support in the battle of Cangzhou, I and the King of Qi would not be able to achieve the victory we have today.”

Xiao Ming glanced at King Wei and thought that King Wei was really wise. He was humble and praised Xiao Wenxuan at the same time.

He also said: “Uncle Three Emperors are right. If this great victory in Cangzhou had not been supported by my father, I am afraid that the land of Cangzhou would have been included in the territory of the barbarians. There would be no such battle in Cangzhou, and there would be no such great victory.” , Therefore, this battle in Cangzhou can be said to be the contribution of the sons and ministers, rather than the merits of the father. Although the father was in Chang’an, he strategized and won the victory thousands of miles away. The sons and ministers’ respect for the father is just like the surging river, which is endless. Absolutely, the river is going east, so mighty…”

The ministers were all dumbfounded, and the only thing left in the Chengqing Hall was Xiao Ming’s numbing flattery.

On the dragon chair, the corners of Xiao Wenxuan’s mouth became wider and wider. He was almost embarrassed by Xiao Ming’s praise. However, I have to say that Xiao Ming’s flattering words were quite unconventional and sounded like an article.

“Hahaha…”

Xiao Wenxuan endured it for a long time and finally burst into laughter.

At this time, Xiao Ming stopped talking and started trying to flatter him. Could King Wei’s brain contain as many jokes as he had in his technological arsenal?

The civil servants headed by Cui Hao were even more worried. They were already shameless enough, but they didn’t expect that there would be someone even more shameless.

The prince and other princes felt uncomfortable. This Xiao Ming used to be uneducated and could not even say a few words to flatter him. When did he become so powerful?

King Wei was startled for a moment and secretly gave Xiao Ming a thumbs up.

There is no emperor who doesn’t like to be given a high hat, not to mention that Xiao Ming gave him most of such achievements.

He said: “King Qi, you don’t have to be too modest. Although I decided this war, you fought it. In terms of merit, you still deserve the first credit. Tell me, what reward do you want?”

Before coming again, he asked I have already discussed this reward with Pang Yukun and others.

For an official, such merit would definitely be a promotion plus a reward of gold and silver, but for a vassal king, the promotion would definitely mean that he could not be promoted. The gold and silver would not be too much, and it would be meaningless to ask for it.

The most important thing now is to prepare for future strategies, so he said: “I tell my father, I don’t want to reward my son. Although the barbarians were defeated this time, it was only a small defeat, and the damage was only superficial. In the future, Cangzhou City will still be It is dangerous. If you want to protect the safety of Erchen’s fiefdom, you can only take back Shanhaiguan. Therefore, Erchen is planning to drive the barbarians from Youzhou and other places out of Shanhaiguan, thereby cutting off the barbarians’ path southward. However, at this time, he needs his father’s permission. One thing, sir.”

When Xiao Ming said that he wanted to take back Shanhaiguan, the ministers immediately started whispering, and many of them looked sarcastic.

It is well known that this barbarian tribe is not good at attacking cities. In addition to the advantage of defending the city, this victory was also due to the artillery factor.

But fighting barbarians on the grassland is a different matter.

“Whatever it is, just tell me. If my father can promise you, I will definitely promise it.” Xiao Wenxuan said, and he was very happy that Xiao Ming was so ambitious.

“My son is going to build a cavalry called Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. These cavalry will use the people of the former Youzhou land. In order to stimulate the morale of these soldiers to take back their homeland, my son once promised that if they can take back Shanhaiguan, they will be rewarded. Their land in Youzhou,” Xiao Ming said seriously.

As soon as Xiao Ming finished speaking, one of the civil servants suddenly stood up and said, “Your Majesty, you must not do this. King Qi has sinister intentions and must be punished. If he agrees to King Qi, it will mean that the land of Youzhou has become King Qi’s bag.” In this way, the fiefdom of King Qi will become the largest vassal state in Dayu.”

“Haha, what Doctor Cui said is really a joke. In the hands of the barbarians, Youzhou and other places are like raising barbarian soldiers and horses. Even if the King of Qi can drive away the barbarians in the pass, the King of Qi is also a member of the royal family. Which is more important? Can’t Doctor Cui tell the difference?”

A civil servant came out, and this person sneered at Cui Hao.

“What Fang Shangshu said makes sense. Some courtiers have evil intentions. Sometimes I really doubt whether he is an official of my country, Chongqing, or a barbarian official.” Luo Quan glanced sideways at Cui Hao and said sarcastically.

Cui Hao suddenly trembled with anger. He said to Xiao Wenxuan: “Your Majesty, according to the news obtained from the barbarians, King Qi has created a weapon called artillery. This weapon is unreasonably powerful. It is precisely because of this that King Qi won a great victory.” , If King Qi agrees to this matter, King Qi will be even more powerful after winning the land of Youzhou. “

As soon as the word “artillery” came out, all the civil and military ministers in the court looked at Cui Hao.

Xiao Ming sneered again and again, it turned out that Cui Hao was waiting for him here.

(End of chapter)