To Rule in a Turbulent World

"Master You!" A military officer of the Gyeonggi Army shouted in the inner city.

One person touched You Miao, who was sleeping soundly. You Miao was already covered in dust and his face was dirty. He had been busy all night last night, checking casualties and rearranging the troops of the Gyeonggi Army. Eyes, asked: "What's the matter? I'm here!"

The military officer looked at it for a long time before he recognized You Miao, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty told you to enter the palace to discuss matters!"

You Miao was still wondering that the emperor finally came out, but after thinking about it, he remembered that Zhao Min had abdicated, and the current emperor was Prince Zhao Yu, so he climbed on the horse prepared by the military officer and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

When he arrived outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the hall was very quiet. You Miao put on his battle armor and entered from the side, and no one stopped him. The civil servants were led by Li Yan, and the generals were led by Zhao Chao. Li Yan just turned his head and looked at him, signaling You Miao don't talk.

You Miao understood, and stood in the line of civil servants. After a long silence, the former prince and now the emperor Zhao Zhuo sneered: "You Tatar Khan has a big appetite."

The envoy murmured a lot, and the Han people brought by the side sweated coldly on their foreheads, and tremblingly said: "Report...Report to Your Majesty, the Tatar Khan said...if Your Majesty is unwilling...to have peace talks, I'm afraid To hurt the people in the city... Khan wants..."

The envoy glanced at the Chinese interpreter, and then started talking again, sneering while speaking, and gestured arrogantly. The people in the hall understood the one, two, three, four conditions. After the envoy finished speaking, he urged the Han to translate.

"Let's talk." The prince said, "What conditions?"

The Chinese translator tremblingly said: "One: I profess my vassal to the Khan of the Tatar tribe, and make the Khan of the Tatar tribe the emperor, order King Tianqi to go with the army, pay homage to the Khan, and send five princes as hostages to Saibei."

The ministers clamored, the interpreter started, and he didn't hide it at all, and said again: "Two: Take...a thousand pieces of silk, thirty thousand...3 taels of gold, ten...10 taels of silver, beautiful women ...Three thousand names, Panlong Yubi... repairing the friendship between the two countries."

"Three: Receive gold every year... 5000 taels, silver fifty thousand... taels."

"Four: Apocalypse people are not allowed to cross the north of the Yellow River..."

"Five: Put back the little prince of the Inurong people... Xanadu."

The ministers whispered one after another, and You Miao immediately became angry, and the hand holding the sword couldn't help shaking, it was simply too humiliating!

"You..." The prince laughed and said, "You don't think that..."

Unexpectedly, before the crown prince finished his sentence, the envoy sneered and said a lot. The Chinese translator looked at the envoy and then at the crown prince.The prince noticed something wrong, frowned and said, "What did he say?"

The Chinese translated: "He said... Khan knows that His Majesty is waiting for King Nie Danqin. The Tatars and Xianbei, Jie and other five Hu tribes have formed an alliance. General Nie of your country has been killed by King Changyao in Linshan..."

In an instant the court panicked, Zhao Chao shouted violently: "Demonic words to confuse the crowd!"

The envoy was slightly shocked when the sound was heard, but he couldn't help but sneer.

The Chinese translator looked at Zhao Chao, and said to the prince: "The soldiers and horses in Jiangnan and other places are also hindered by the wind and snow at Zhengliang Pass. Your Majesty will not be able to wait for the king's army in three months. The capital is isolated and helpless. I advise your majesty to think twice."

After saying that, the envoy threw two things, and they fell to the ground with a clatter, and the echo lingered in the hall for a long time.

The iron object is Nie Dan's wristband and waist badge.

Zhao Chao was completely shocked until now, and You Miao couldn't say anything for a long time. All the ministers in the palace were stunned, even Nie Dan died? !How can this be?

The crown prince got up suddenly, Li Yan immediately winked, indicating that he must not be impulsive at this moment, and said: "Please go down and rest first."

An official took the envoy down, and the hall was silent, and no one dared to speak for a while. You Miao looked around, and suddenly found that at some point, all the people in the court had been replaced by people she was familiar with.After pondering for a long time, the prince said: "Qin Qing, you are in charge of guarding that guy, and gather as much information as possible."

Qin Shaonan took the order to leave, the prince sat back on the dragon chair, sighed heavily, and his voice echoed in the hall.

"What do you think?" the prince said in a deep voice.

After a long silence, Li Yan replied: "Suibo, Suigong has existed since ancient times."

Zhao Chao said coldly: "According to Lord Li, with such demands and conditions, is there still room for peace talks?"

"Third Highness." Ping Xi said: "It is impossible for General Nie's army to come back to Qin Wang again."

These words reminded everyone that their eyes were fixed on Nie Dan's wristband and belt for a moment.Nie Dan, who drank wine with him on the night of Qixi Festival and cooked a meal himself, died like this in the blink of an eye for half a year.

That Tang Hui who came to the villa and called You Miao brothers with a smile died like this.

You Miao was a little dazed, staring at Nie Dan's relic in a daze.

The courtiers started arguing again whether it was war or peace. Zhao Chao's face was red from the quarrel, and Shi Potian shouted in shock: "No one is allowed to leave! Otherwise, how can we live up to the spirit of the Zhao family's ancestors!"

You Miao came back to her senses, saw that Zhao Chao had drawn his long sword out of its sheath, and was about to step forward to fight Li Yan desperately. Stop talking to him, and turn to the prince.

"Fourth." Li Yan's face was as cold as ice, and he said coldly: "The Tatars are nomads, they cannot have their roots in the Central Plains, and the land north of the Yellow River is theirs, so how can the barbarians control it?" Come here? As long as we send officials from our side to help them take care of it, in the final analysis, this is still the place of the apocalypse..."

"Cutting borders and cracking soil! Li Yan, you bastard!" Zhao Chao roared and drew his sword!

"Take him down!" The prince got up angrily, and the guards on the left and right wanted to step forward, but You Miao hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty! I have something to say!"

Seeing Zhao Chao's posture, she wished she could go forward and assassinate the prince, You Miao was afraid that something would happen, so she hurriedly grabbed his arm and dragged him back.

"Fifth." Li Yandao: "I don't know who the third prince Quanrong is or where he is. I'm afraid he's already dead. I can't hand him over anyway. If Your Majesty is willing, I'm willing to go to Tatar alone. The Tartar camp negotiated peace. The three members of the family of ministers have done their best for our emperor, and now the country is in trouble, I only hope that Li Yan's life can give His Majesty a chance to breathe."

You Miao dragged Zhao Chao and pushed him against the wall, but Li Yan was not afraid at all, and said: "The Third Highness wants to take the name of the minister, and when the minister comes back after discussing peace, he will definitely send the head."

The setting sun slanted and shot through the window panes of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Li Yan stood alone in the hall, his slender figure carrying an indescribable sense of loneliness.Outside the hall, Zhao Chao threw his sword on the ground and left the palace without looking back.

In the early morning of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, there was light snowfall in the capital. Li Yan rode a horse alone and went out of the city to discuss peace with the Tatar army.Zhao Chao watched him leave from the city, his expression seemed to be touched.

This is the most desperate winter of the year. The increase of troops in the south of the Yangtze River has not arrived for a long time. The city is short of food and food. .