"Yes." The palace man next to him agreed, and immediately removed all the tableware in front of the dozen or so envoys. After a while, they replaced them with gold bowls, silver chopsticks, luminous cups, and poured wine.
The Xixia envoy was dumbfounded.
These things were paid as tribute by them last year, but they were actually used to entertain them this year? Then if they still offered the same thing, wouldn't they be unable to step down
"The emperor is sympathetic to the homesickness of all the envoys who have come from afar and have been away from home for several months, so I have specially prepared these so that you can feel at home." Hua Chun said with a smile: "My emperor is friendly to Xixia, please return my favor." Everyone convey it to the King of Xixia."
"Definitely..." Several envoys nodded in embarrassment.
The leading envoy winked at the rest of the people, then cupped his hands and said, "The dinner hasn't started yet, can you wait for half an hour? I can also sort out the tribute ceremony."
"Yes." The emperor nodded: "It will not be too late for me to send someone to invite you after the banquet officially begins."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The Xixia envoys all looked dignified and ran fast.
"Let's all walk around in this Furong Palace." The Queen Mother said: "The Ai family will also go to the back hall to rest for a while, and we will gather again after the dinner begins."
"Yes." The concubines in the harem responded one after another, and the courtiers also came in groups of threes and twos, chatting and laughing in low voices.
Hua Chun heaved a sigh of relief, leaned back on the chair and took a cup of tea to drink.
"Your preparations for today are sufficient." He Changan looked at the back of Prince Xi getting up and leaving, smiled and said to Hua Chun: "The prince should have some grudges."
Cursing her lips, Hua Chun said: "It's not always possible to please both sides in this world. Sometimes you have to choose one side, and then stand firm and unwavering. I have already decided to be loyal to the Holy Majesty, so being hated by others is also a matter of my heart. Inevitable."
"Are you really not afraid at all?" He Changan raised his eyebrows.
How dark things are in this palace, maybe he doesn't know enough, this proud body means being protected by the emperor, so he can live so peacefully.
Hua Chun smiled: "Second brother, don't worry, I have already prepared!"
Saying that, Lahe Changan went to the corner next to him, and showed him his official uniform: "Look, I have prepared all the armor, barbed wrist guards, and everything! Whether he is a sword or a spear, I'm not afraid!"
He Changan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, seeing the proud look on his face, subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch his head.
However, when he stretched his hand in the air, he realized that Jinghua was a man, how could there be such a weird behavior among men
After a pause, he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened, and closed his official uniform for him: "You have protected yourself so well, so the second brother can rest assured."
Hua Chun was stunned for a moment, looking down at his slender fingers fastening her clothes, she suddenly felt a little blush.
The emperor turned his head, wondering where the people next to him had gone. Looking around, he saw two people huddling together intimately in the corner. He Chang'an stretched out his hand to fiddle with Hua Jinghua's skirt, and the latter blushed and whispered something, his two heads almost folded into one.
Eyes darkened slightly, Yu Wenjie turned his head away: "Eunuch Qin, bring the prime minister here."
"Yes." Eunuch Qin agreed, looked up and found Prime Minister Hua, and hurried over to bring him over.
"Your Majesty?" There was still a smile on his face, and it looked like he had just said something to He Chang'an.
Yu Wenjie said coldly: "When the foreign countries pay tribute, you will find a way to get ten gold mines from them."
What? Hua Chun was taken aback, and immediately stopped laughing: "Your Majesty, you can do it if you want gold miners, but will there be too many ten divisions? They only come here as envoys, and I'm afraid they can't be the master."
"My prime minister is omnipotent." Yu Wenjie raised his eyes, looked at her darkly, and said, "Don't disappoint my expectations of you."
Huachun: "..."
This Nima is clearly embarrassing, and Xixia people are not stupid. Although they have dug a lot of gold mines in the past two years, only more than 20 mines have been announced on the surface. Although they may have concealed it in private, but the official number is so large, you will ask for half of the others, it is impossible to think about it, it is better to lead troops to fight it down.
Putting his hands together, Hua Chun looked at the emperor flatteringly: "Your Majesty, I think five places is the limit, if it's not enough, two places are fine, what do you think?"
"Ten places."
"But if they don't agree with life and death, I can't help it even if I'm eloquent. Let's take it step by step. This year, we will first ask for three places?"
"Ten places."
"I really think it's impossible..."
"Ten places."
"FUCK!" Unbearable, Hua Chun stretched out his right hand and gave Yuwen Jie a middle finger.
This is simply shameless, unreasonable, and disobeying objective laws. If she is embarrassed, can she have candy? !
The emperor was taken aback, looked at her gesture, and then at her face: "What did you just say?"
"I said!" Hua Chun straightened his back, glaring angrily: "Ten places are impossible!"
"Huh?" The emperor half-closed his eyes, and the dark light in his eyes spread and fell on the person, burning like a soldering iron, making his whole body ache.
"It's impossible... not to be won by His Majesty." As soon as his expression collapsed, Hua Chun was still timid, bent down, and saluted with a forced smile: "The emperor has ordered so, and I will definitely go all out, and I will never achieve my goal." give up!"
"That's good." The emperor nodded coldly, then turned and entered the apse, leaving her alone in the wind.
"This... is a bit difficult." He Chang'an stood beside him and rubbed his chin: "The Xixia envoys are always difficult every year. It would be nice to have more congratulatory gifts this year. The emperor actually wants ten gold mines."
Hua Chun was about to cry, the previous happy mood was completely gone, she looked at He Chang'an with a long face and asked, "Second brother thinks the emperor looks like a vampire?"
"What is a vampire?" He Changan was at a loss.
"It's a ghost who likes to drink human blood." Hua Chun gritted his teeth, "The kind that won't stop until it sucks up human blood!"
Laughing in a low voice, He Changan shook his head: "It's not that scary. If you really failed to do it, the emperor will not blame you."
Who said no! Hua Chun looked at the sky, the grace she had won with great difficulty, if this matter was not done well, the emperor would definitely take it back. That's fine, with his temperament, he might still trouble her after taking it back!
It's really hard to be a prime minister!
Squatting in a corner for an hour, typing out the manuscript, when the dinner finally started, Hua Chun sat upright, looking very seriously at the envoy who came up to present the gift.
"In the remote places of Xixia, this year's harvest is not very good." The man cupped his hands and said, "But to show Xixia's loyalty to Daliang, I still brought three thousand cattle and sheep, five hundred horses, and eight hundred pieces of silk. , Xixia rice 30,000 shi, I hope His Majesty will not be disgusted and accept Xixia's sincerity."
Compared with last year, these things are not expensive, but there are a lot more actual things. I guess they had prepared luminous cups or something, but they were blocked by Hua Chun's actions.
The emperor didn't say a word, the queen mother didn't look up, and the ministers around were silent at the same time.
Hua Chun looked at the envoy with a smile and said, "Sincerity is different from person to person. Xixia is a small country, so it is not easy to offer so many things."
The envoy raised his eyes to look at her, with a slight dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he didn't dare to say anything.
They can call themselves a small country, but people always say that and look down on it, which makes them a little angry.
The envoy standing on the other side said: "These are just the opening scenes. Although the Xixia Kingdom is small, there are many people. I will pay 3,000 East Pearls, 1,000 cows, and 10,000 taels of gold. It is just to show respect." .”
Hua Chun nodded, stretched out his hands and clapped his hands: "If the Xiliang Kingdom came to pay tribute and offered such 10,000 taels of gold, all the officials from the top of my beam to the common people would be shocked."
But you Xixia already produces gold, so what's so special about giving you 10,000 taels
Out of politeness, Hua Chun didn't say the second half of the sentence, and the envoys below could hear it clearly, and his face turned ugly for a moment.
The matter of paying tribute is not much different from negotiating, and whoever is weak will wait to be tricked.
The leading envoy couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward and said: "Although there are not many tributes, Xixia's military strength has been strong in recent years. I am afraid that it will not lose to the guards on the border of Daliang. They can also help Daliang in the battle at critical moments."
Yo hey, showing off your strength? Hua Chun straightened his waist straighter: "Xixia has a heart, and the emperor must be very happy. The junction between my girder and Xixia has recently added a lot of catapults and iron cannons, and the lethality is much more impressive than human power. It’s easy to go off fire, if one day you accidentally hurt a soldier on the Xixia border, I would like to apologize for the ignorant soldier, and I hope the king of Xixia, Haihan.”
Everyone: "..."
This is too shameless, it is a threat from Chi Guoguo!
He Chang'an shook his head when he heard this, and the Xixia envoy turned pale: "Tieyi... Cannon?"
"Yes, it will start to be used soon." Hua Chun said with a smile: "You may not have seen it before. It's just a piece of explosive, fired by a cannon, which can blow down half of the city wall, and no one will survive within a radius of three feet."
so smart? !
Not only the Xixia people were frightened, but also the civil and military officials in Daliang were frightened, but after all, they were all officialdom performers, and they tacitly agreed not to demolish the prime minister in public.
The envoys of Xixia were silent collectively, and Hua Chun continued: "I heard that many gold mines in Xixia are on the border. I am very curious about what the gold mines look like. Since you have come from afar and have brought full sincerity, how about By the way, send a few gold mines to Daliang? Or let us add more safety measures to the cannon, so as not to go off at any time."
"this… "
"It doesn't matter if it's difficult." Prime Minister Hua waved his hand amiably: "If anyone in Daliang is curious, you can go and see it yourself. When I have time, I can also take the soldiers on the border to open my eyes."
The Xixia envoys were about to cry. They didn't expect the Prime Minister of Daliang to be such a rogue. They didn't discuss this aspect in the previous discussion!