Chapter 783 Hou Jun Ji's Judgment

Gao Changguo, above the court, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including the lord of Gaochang State, who was sitting on the top of the court, all looked at Chu Yi, the envoy who had just returned from the Tang Dynasty, with a look of surprise and incredulity. (Vertex Hand Hit)

The general appearance has not changed, the arms and legs are still there, and they are still the same big grin, and the beard on his face shows his rugged nature, well, it is still the reckless appearance of the heartless eyes, the only difference is that the original burly figure has been significantly reduced compared to half a year ago, and it has been thin.

"General Chu has worked hard" Looking at Chu Yi's half-reduced figure, it is not difficult to guess his difficulties during the Tang Dynasty, Lu Wentai sighed softly, suppressed the accident and doubts in his heart and comforted him, no matter what, this is his Gaochang general after all, even if he is an abandoned son, it is a last resort, and now that he can come back alive, it can be regarded as an unexpected joy.

"Entrust me Wang Hongfu, Weichen went to the Tang Dynasty, although there were some twists and turns, but in the end it was quite successful," Chu Yi bowed very humbly and replied: "The Tang Emperor has agreed to His Majesty's request, and from then on, my Gaochang tribute has been halved, and I have given some silk silk and some fine porcelain as a return gift to Your Majesty." ”

"Oh?" When Li Wentai heard this, his face couldn't help but show a little joy, and he suddenly lowered his head and asked Chu Yi in the hall: "So, the Tang Emperor is not angry, and he also agreed to my court's proposal?" ”

Unexpected delight.

It's really a surprise, I didn't expect Li Shimin's guy to agree to their request to halve the tribute so readily, compared to the severance of friendship or the exchange of swords that Li Wentai had expected, this is indeed a surprise.

Half of the tribute, hundreds of thousands of pieces of silver, full of joy at the same time, Lu Wentai couldn't help but start to regret a little in his heart, why he didn't make this request to the Tang Emperor a few years ago, and why didn't he think about reducing it more when he started to send Chu Yi to envoy Tang.

In addition to being happy, Li Wentai, who was sitting in the main hall, did not notice that under the court, his prime minister Qu Yifu and Hou Junji, the general who came to the early dynasty today, all frowned, and did not have the slightest joy because of the reduction of the Tang Emperor.

"In addition, Wechen also brought back a 'contract' for my Gaochang people that can make long-term profits." After giving Li Wentai an affirmative answer, Chu Yi bowed down again and said: "Liu Yiyi, a wealthy merchant of the Tang Dynasty, intends to buy Bai Diezi in our dynasty for a long time, and has made a rough contract with Weichen, as long as His Majesty nods and agrees, it will take effect immediately." ”

As he spoke, Chu Yi carefully took out the contract that Liu Yiyi had handed over to him from his arms, and held it with both hands and offered it respectfully.

"Willow Ichichi?" Lu Wentai raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Hou Junji, who was standing upright in the hall, and asked Chu Yi in a loud voice: "Is it the Sanyuan Liu clan that wantonly collected white stacks in my Gaochang territory a few months ago?" ”

Signaling the chamberlain to hand over the contract, Li Wentai was also secretly happy in his heart, and was still thinking about how to get in touch with the Liu's Business Association again, and then trade and trade, so as to calm the grievances of the officials and people in the country who complained because they had not sold Bai Diezi, but they never thought that they had not come up with a charter here, but Chu Yi had already brought back the contract that had been set, this reckless boy could be regarded as a lucky general.

"Huh?" His eyes fell on the document of the contract, and his eyes widened, and his mouth unconsciously let out a sound of surprise, which provoked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to look up at their lord, not knowing what was written on the contract, which could make Ko Wentai, the lord of a country, lose his voice.

"Sure enough, even His Majesty, who has always been calm, can't withstand the temptation of this contract." All over the world, only Chu Yi, who had read the content of the contract in advance, could best understand the mood of their majesty at the moment, thinking about it, when he first saw this contract, he didn't behave much better than their majesty, he even stood up from the chair in surprise, if it wasn't for Liu Yiyi's face, he was afraid that he wouldn't believe it was true.

"No bottom buy?"

"Ten years?"

"One hundred and fifty wen per hundred catties?"

"And after 10 years, the contract can be renewed again"

Ko Wentai ordered the contract to be handed to the court, and the courtiers circulated it, and after a while, the court heard such and such exclamations.

One hundred and fifty wen per hundred catties, and it is also a ten-year unlimited acquisition, this is the only one, not to mention that the condition proposed by Liu Yiyi is only to let the Liu Family Business Association do business freely in Gaochang, that is, Liu Yiyi wants them to do the land under the jurisdiction of any county in Gaochang, and Li Wentai will not frown.

Thinking about the geographical environment in Gaochang, except for Bai Diezi, there are few places that can cultivate crops, and then thinking about the reality that most of the people in Gao cannot even guarantee food and clothing, the contract that Chu Yi brought back today is undoubtedly a life-saving straw that can change all this.

"Do you have any objections to the contract that General Chu brought back, well, the contract?" Raising his hand lightly to suppress the sound of discussion in the court, Ko Wentai looked down and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty," Seeing that no one spoke, Prime Minister Qu Yifu took the lead in standing up, bowed to Xiang Liwen Tai and said: "If this contract is true, and the Liu's Business Association can really buy each other as promised, it will be the blessing of the people of Gaochang, and it is really a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and the minister has no objection." ”

"Seconded by the Minister"

"Seconded by the Minister"

At this time, no one will stand up against it, and no one dares to stand up against it, after all, this is related to the vital interests of every household and local official in Gaochang, no matter whether this contract is true or false, as long as the officials with a little brains will not come out at this time.

"General Hou, what do you think?" Seeing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, only Hou Junji had not yet spoken his voice, and Lu Wentai couldn't help but sink his face and ask out loud.

He knew the feud between Hou Junji and Liu Yiyi, but if Hou Junji dared to ignore the interests of the people of the country with his own selfishness, Lu Wentai would definitely not estimate it. After all, what he wants is a general who can think about Gaochang and only belong to Gaochang, not a general who still thinks of the former lord and is desperate for the hatred in his heart.

"Weichen seconded" Hearing Li Wentai's question, Hou Junji bent over and replied, bowed down and said: "And Weichen proposed that it would be best to gather all the surplus white stacks in the country before the year and sell them all." ”

"Oh?" I didn't expect Hou Junji, who had always hated the Liu family, to say such a thing, and the somewhat surprised Lu Wentai couldn't help but owe a debt on the dragon chair, and bowed his head to Hou Junji and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Because Li Shimin is going to send troops to my Gaochang Kingdom," Hou Junji's words were undoubtedly poured into the steaming hot oil pot with a scoop of cold water, and the entire court instantly became chaotic and noisy.

"Quiet" Lu Wentai slapped it on the handle of the dragon chair suddenly, shouted loudly, and stopped the noise in the court, and looked at Hou Junji with a somewhat gloomy color: "Why did Hou Aiqing say this?" Didn't the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty already agree to my Gaochang's proposal, and also sent Chu Aiqing back safely, how could he raise troops against me Gaochang again? ”

"Back to Your Majesty" Hou Junji bowed unhurriedly and replied: "Since Wude Chu Weichen entered the Qin Palace, followed Li Shimin to fight in the south and north for more than 20 years, this person can be said to know very well, for decades, in addition to Zhenguanchu and Jieli's alliance in Weishui, because of the situation Li Shimin has forbearance, I have never seen him have any fear and accommodation of which state, for the disobedient country, Li Shimin's attitude has always been one word, war"

"So," Hou Junji glanced up at Lu Wentai, and then said: "Regarding my Gaochang's provocation, Li Shimin will never just give up so simply, and it is very likely that he will send troops to recruit to show his prestige in the Tang Dynasty." ”

"In that case, then why did he agree to our proposal and return General Chu Yi?" Ko Wentai's face became a little gray, and his mouth still asked unwillingly.

"It's nothing more than to confuse Your Majesty and my Gaochang courtiers, and wait for the best time to send troops." Hou Junji said: "If Weichen is not bad, I am afraid that after spring ploughing, it will be the time for Li Tang to use troops against me, so Weichen suggests that before this, it is best to exchange as much money and war funds as possible from the Liu Clan Commercial Bank in case of invading soldiers." ”

"This ......" Lu Wentai hesitantly turned his head to look at his prime minister, and asked Qu Yifu in a low voice: "Qu Aiqing, what do you think of General Hou's decision?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wei Chen only has one sentence for this matter," Hearing His Majesty's inquiry, Qu Yifu took a step forward, bent over and replied: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, if Your Majesty and Li Shimin change places and stand in Li Shimin's position, how will Your Majesty decide?" ”

"What is there to decide, of course it is ......" As soon as he said half of the words, he stopped abruptly as if he had been choked by someone, and then, a little fear appeared on Ko Wentai's face.

"So, is Li Shimin really going to use troops against me Gaochang?" After a long time, Lu Wentai relieved his strength, although he had imagined this kind of situation before, but when the matter came, in the face of a behemoth like the Tang Dynasty, this King of Gaochang would inevitably have a little timidity in his heart.

"Your Majesty, although the Tang army is prosperous, it is an expedition, and when they arrive in my Gaochang, they will already be a tired army, and I Gaochang will not be able to fight if I am not compensated," Seeing the cowardice in Lu Wentai's eyes, Hou Junji stood up and said in a timely manner: "For today's plan, please also ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, based on the Liu's Business Association, and reserve more war funds."

"Well, everything depends on what Hou Aiqing said," after coming back to his senses, Lu Wentai's mind calmed down a little, and Ji'er turned his head to Qu Yifu and Chu Yi, who was already a little dumbfounded, and said: "The matter of cooperating with Liu Yiyi and the Liu Family Business Association will be handed over to Qu Aiqing and Chu Aiqing to put more effort into implementing the transaction as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty" Qu Yifu and Chu Yi replied at the same time: "I will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations"