The corner of Liu Yiming's mouth was trembling: "Angels don't kneel down to border officials!"
A strangeness flashed in Pan Meichen's maroon eyes. With a snort, the big knife was pulled back and inserted into the sheath. He didn't expect that there is such a minister who is not afraid of death by Li Hai's side!
Could it be that what the Bai family told him were all lies
I still remember that about half a month ago, the Bai family and the Lin family dragged dozens of carts of gold, silver and jewelry to his camp, crying and asking him to send troops to save the queen mother.
If the queen mother is rescued, they will give him all the gold, silver and jewelry. At that time, he was not only worried about Rong Changan, but also Yan Li.
"General Pan, don't worry. Now that Chang'an is the queen in the palace, Li Hai is afraid of her in every possible way, and doesn't want her to lead troops to fight. Your army will go to the capital, and it will be like entering the land of no one. Yan Li can't get Li now." Hai's credit, in the imperial court, there is no one who can embarrass the general!"
Pan Meichen obeyed their words and rebelled. What he actually wanted was not only the gold and silver jewelry from the Bai family and the Lin family, but also the dragon chair that Li Hai often sat on!
But today, it seems that the Bai family is a bit exaggerated, and there are still people in the court. Perhaps, as a foreign relative, the Bai family did not rule out using him as a tool for revenge. After using him, the Bai family and the Lin family would join forces to deal with him, drive him out of the capital, and let the queen mother be the empress.
A trace of anger and suspicion flashed in his eyes: "I admire those court officials who are not afraid of death! Tell me, what conditions did Li Hai propose for me to withdraw my troops?"
Liu Yiming's neck was tilted to one side, as long as he moved it a little, he would feel a burning pain. The blood was still flowing down, staining his white Confucian robe and the white yak knot in his hand.
"The emperor promised the Bai family to let the queen mother meet them. The emperor also said that as long as General Pan withdraws his troops, the imperial court will immediately prepare a year's salary for the general's 100,000 troops, and the general will not be held accountable for the crime of treason. "
In fact, how can the current imperial treasury get so much military pay? Li Hai is just a workaround in a panic. As long as Pan Meichen can withdraw his troops, he will levy heavy taxes from the world to cover the military salary he promised to Pan Meichen.
Pan Meichen didn't really care if he was punished or not, because Li Hai didn't have the strength to punish him.
As for letting the Queen Mother go, he didn't care at all. That's a matter for the Bai family and the Lin family.
"Li Hai really said that?" Pan Meichen felt a little moved.
The muscles on Liu Yiming's face twitched, and there was a trace of pain. Even if his neck stopped bleeding, he might not be able to stand upright in the future. He became a crooked neck Liu Yushi!
"How can the emperor's oral order be faked!"
Pan Meichen thought deeply for a long time.
"What if I have one more condition?"
As long as the troops are withdrawn, any conditions can be agreed! When he came, what did Li Hai tell him.
"Please tell me, General."
Liu Yiming was extremely lucky to be able to escape from Pan Meichen's knife. Therefore, he didn't want to provoke Pan Meichen too much. When he called "General", he said it in a soothing tone.
A greedy light burst out from Pan Meichen's pupils the size of copper bells: "I want to occupy the mountain and become king!"
Liu Yiming didn't quite understand what he meant, so he narrowed his eyes and asked, "General, can you explain a little more clearly?"
Pan Meichen smiled and said: "A cowardly and incompetent person like Li Hai can be an emperor, why can't I, Pan Meichen? You go back and tell Li Hai that as long as you cede all the land north of Waqiaoguan to me, from now on I will rule The land has nothing to do with Dajing Kingdom, and I am the master of this emerging country!"
This condition was too harsh. Li Hai would never have imagined that Pan Meichen would propose such a very rude and offensive condition.
"General Pan, do you want to be the emperor of the land?"
"Hmph, what is the Emperor of Earth?" Pan Meichen smiled proudly, "The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are all mine now, you can ask the people in the sixteen prefectures, do they know more about Li Hai, or me more about Pan Meichen? They Are you more afraid of me, or Li Hai? Go and tell Li Hai, if he refuses to cede the land and let me be emperor, I will lead a hundred thousand people into the capital, capture Li Hai and Rong Changan, and arrest them. One by one, they cut off their heads and hung them on bamboo poles for public display!"
Pan Meichen is so persistent that she is like an emperor, it seems that even eight horses can't be pulled back.
There was a chill on Liu Yiming's back. If he failed to convince Pan Meichen, it would be impossible to get promoted, and he also paid the price of crooked neck!
"I think the emperor will not agree to your condition. I hope the general can think about it again."
Pan Meichen waved his hand: "What do you need to think about? I have been in Yanyun Sixteen States for these years. What is the difference between being an emperor! It's just a difference in name. Go back and discuss with Li Hai, I will give you three days Time. If I don't get an answer, I'm going to march!"
The nearby military academy who was loyal to Pan Meichen also shouted and booed.
"Don't cede the land and ask for peace, let our general be the emperor, and we will not withdraw our troops!"
"At that time, when we enter the imperial city, our general will not only be the emperor of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but also the emperor of the entire Great Jing Kingdom!"
"General, don't let him go back and discuss with Li Hai. Now we will enter the army, break through the capital, and let you be the emperor!"
They are all a bunch of reckless men, speaking rudely and harshly, Liu Yiming didn't want to listen any more, "In this case, let me go back and discuss with the emperor, and see what the emperor makes a decision!"
Pan Meichen smiled and said: "You have to remember, I will give you three days. If you don't hear back within three days, then don't blame me, Pan Meichen, for not caring about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers back then."
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In the capital of Dajing Kingdom, in the Golden Palace, Li Hai waited for Liu Yiming to bring him good news.
But when he saw Liu Yiming walk in with his neck crooked, he knew something was wrong.
Li Hai sat on the Golden Luan Hall for a whole day, from the rising sun to the setting sun.
"Liu Yushi, your neck..."
This kind of Liu Yushi was really funny and embarrassed, which made Li Hai dumbfounded.
A blush appeared on Liu Yiming's face, and he knelt on the ground, impassioned, and said in a crying voice: "Your Majesty, Pan Meichen is too presumptuous. As an angel sent by the Emperor, he actually asked me to kneel before him! I don't insist on it! Regret, he took a knife and slashed my neck, and it became what I am today!"
Although Liu Yiming's situation was a bit funny, Li Hai and the ministers in the Jinluan Hall could imagine how dangerous it was at that time. It was good to escape their lives, so they didn't care about whether it would look good in the future.
What Li Hai cared about was not how Liu Yiming fulfilled his mission, neither humble nor overbearing: "Does Pan Meichen agree to withdraw troops?"
The light in Liu Yiming's eyes dimmed a bit: "Report to the emperor, Pan Meichen accepts our conditions..."
Li Haiteng jumped up from the throne, clapped his hands together: "Great, when will he retreat?"
Liu Yiming swallowed his saliva: "Actually, Pan Meichen himself put forward conditions."
Pan Meichen was sure of winning now, so it was understandable for him to raise other conditions.
"When you left the capital, didn't I tell you that whenever he asks for conditions, you should agree to him and deal with him. When my Qin Wangbing arrives, I will settle the score with him."
"Your Majesty, what Pan Meichen proposed is not an ordinary condition."
Li Hai heard a trace of uneasiness from Liu Yiming's faltering words, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Liu Yiming sharply: "What are the conditions?"
After thinking for a while, Liu Yiming dared to say: "He said that if he wants to retreat, he must divide all the land north of Waqiao Pass..."
As soon as this remark came out, all the ministers in the Golden Luan Hall showed horrified expressions on their faces.
This Pan Meichen is too bold, to dare to ask the imperial court for a price!
Li Hai gritted his teeth and tightly clenched his fists with his hands cut behind his back. He was angry in his heart, but a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "He did this because he wanted to stand on his own. He will be the emperor of the north! - Liu Yushi, have you promised him?"
Liu Yiming prostrated himself on the ground, his body almost parallel to the ground: "How could I agree to such an important matter! Now I'm coming back to discuss with the emperor and all the ministers, how to answer Pan Meichen."
Li Hai shot a provocative look in his eyes: "What if I don't agree? What will he do?"
Liu Yiming hesitated: "This..."
"Say!" Li Hai roared.
"Pan Meichen said that if the emperor refuses to agree, he will... he will lead an army of one hundred thousand to attack the capital and wash the capital clean!"