togophonebook Chapter 183 South Vietnam shows goodwill, domineering response
Chapter 183 South Vietnam shows goodwill, domineering response
oh?
The latest report brought by the messenger somewhat surprised both Jin Wang Chen Huaian and General Wang Jian.
Now is the juncture of Longcheng's southern expedition sweeping south of the Yangtze River. Li Zongmin, Emperor Tiande of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, sent an envoy to visit, and he must have come with a political mission!
Could it be said that Emperor Tiande is also preparing to submit to the Jin Dynasty?
Chen Huaian waved his hand and ordered: "Send the order and announce that the envoy of the South Vietnam Kingdom will come to the palace to meet you!"
"In addition, immediately send someone to Qixia Temple in Fengming Mountain to invite Master Dongfang Xiao!"
"Yes, His Highness King Jin!"
The messenger immediately took the order and left.
It seemed that the general Wang Jian was not needed to receive the envoys of the South Vietnam Kingdom. Chen Huaian ordered Wang Jian to prepare for the victory of Longcheng's deputy marshal Chen Qingzhi's western expedition.
The latter took the order immediately.
Soon, when Chen Huaian sat back on the dragon chair in the Taihe Hall of the Jin Palace, the announcement came again from outside the hall:
"Xuan, the envoy of the South Vietnam Kingdom comes to the palace to see you!"
Immediately afterwards, a lean and capable middle-aged man wearing a dark gown and a slightly dark face hurriedly came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and knelt down to Jin Wang Chen Huaian above the hall:
"The humble minister Li Qi comes to see His Highness the King of Jin. The King of Jin is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Chen Huaian waved his hand and said: "I'm free of charge!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After Li Qi stood up, he still maintained a humble demeanor.
Before leaving, Tang Bo, the prime minister of South Vietnam, repeatedly told his envoy Li Qi to remain humble in front of the King of Jin and not to be arrogant or rude;
Because, the last time someone faced the arrogance and rudeness of the King of Jin, the envoy from the Turkic Khanate died. Not only did His Highness the King of Jin have his head chopped off in the hall, but he also brought disaster to his country.
We have learned from the past and must not make the same mistakes again!
In the main hall, Chen Huaian asked calmly: "Li Qi, why have you traveled thousands of miles from Guangdong and Guangdong to Dragon City to pay homage to me?"
Li Qi immediately replied: "Your Highness, I have come to pay homage to His Highness the King of Jin this time. It is because of the imperial edict from Emperor Tiande of the South Vietnam Kingdom that I have come to give gifts to His Highness the King of Jin!"
Hahaha!
Hearing this, Chen Huaian couldn't help laughing loudly anymore, and said, "If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot that this King of Guangxin, Li Zongmin, has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the fiefdom!"
"Tell me, what gift did he ask you to give me?"
Listening to Chen Huaian mocking his emperor, Li Qi, as an envoy, was not angry, let alone angry. He still maintained a humble attitude and said:
"His Royal Highness King Jin, this great gift from Emperor Tiande to Your Highness is a hundred thousand wolf soldiers entering Jinling to help His Highness King Jin's Dragon City army sweep across the south of the Yangtze River and clear the last obstacle!"
oh?
After hearing the news, Chen Huaian also showed a bit of surprise on his face, and said with interest: "Li Qi, please tell me about this carefully!"
"His Royal Highness King Jin, please take a look first!"
As he spoke, Li Qi took out two secret letters from his wide sleeves and raised them above his head with both hands.
Chen Huaian waved his hand, and a servant immediately took what Li Qi was holding and handed it to Chen Huaian.
Opening one of the letters, it turned out to be a handwritten letter written by Qin Ruhui, the Prime Minister of the Great New Dynasty, to Emperor Tiande of the South Vietnam Kingdom. It recorded in detail all the details of Qin Ruhui's invitation to Li Zongmin to form an alliance, as well as the dispatch of troops to Jinling and the cession of the two lakes;
Another letter is an autographed letter written by Emperor Tiande of the South Vietnam Kingdom to King Chen Huaian of the Jin Dynasty: "Huaian's wise nephew, his words are as clear as his face..."
In the letter, Emperor Tiande Li Zongmin did not refer to himself as emperor, but still referred to himself as uncle and nephew based on the old relationship between King Guangxin and the late king Chen Polu.
The content of the letter is also very interesting. First, it explains to Chen Huaian why the South Vietnam Kingdom broke away from the rule of the Daxin Dynasty and established itself as a country;
After that, he has been emphasizing the close relationship between King Guangxin and the late king Chen Polu, who were both kings of the Eight Great Kings of the Xin Dynasty with different surnames, and expressed deep sympathy for the good nephew's experience in revolting against Jingnan;
Finally, Li Zongmin expressed his willingness to help Chen Huaian. On the surface, he agreed to an alliance with the treacherous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui, and sent 100,000 troops to Jinling. Secretly, he cooperated with the Dragon City army fighting south to defeat Jinling City in one fell swoop!
After Chen Huaian read the contents of the two letters, he couldn't help but secretly lamented that the Tiande Emperor Li Zongmin had expert help around him!
The purpose of sending envoys to visit Longcheng was to test their attitude and negotiate.
Finally, Chen Huaian put down the two letters and said to His Highness the South Vietnamese envoy Li Qi: "Li Qi, I have seen what you handed over;"
"But I don't understand one thing. Emperor Tiande can't help me conquer Jinling City for no reason, right?"
"After everything is done, what do you want from the South Vietnam Kingdom? There is no mention at all in Emperor Tiande's personal letter!"
"The King of Jin is wise!"
Li Qi first bowed his hand to Chen Huaian, and then continued: "Your Highness, our Nanyue Kingdom is willing to help His Royal Highness King Jin ascend to the throne. Naturally, we also hope that after His Highness Jin King stabilizes the general trend of the world, we can provide some convenience to the South Vietnam Kingdom."
Chen Huaian said: "Be specific."
Li Qi replied: "Recognize the legitimacy of the South Vietnam State and conclude an alliance with the South Vietnam State. We will never be able to fight war!"
"In exchange, our country, South Vietnam, is willing to provide corresponding commercial and trade policies to the new dynasty established by His Highness the King of Jin. The sea ports in South Vietnam will also provide certain navigation conveniences for merchants of the new dynasty;"
"Of course, these are just preliminary negotiation conditions, and the specific situation can be further discussed!"
Hahaha!
Upon hearing this, Chen Huaian laughed loudly again.
After a long time, he said with a somewhat playful tone:
"Li Qi, if this king does not agree to your Emperor Tiande's conditions, then the one hundred thousand wolf soldiers he sent to Jinling City will turn around and help Qin Ruhui against the Dragon City army under my command?"
Ahem!
Li Qi coughed twice and replied with a wry smile: "Your Highness, that's not true!"
"Our emperor has said that if His Highness the King of Jin is unwilling to have good relations with our South Vietnam country, then our South Vietnam country will not send troops to interfere with the civil strife of the new dynasty;"
After a pause, Li Qi continued: "In short, we in the South Vietnam Kingdom came here with great sincerity to make friends with His Highness the King of Jin."
Hahaha!
Chen Huaian smiled and said: "You, the South Vietnam Kingdom, are quite aware of current affairs!"
"Emperor Tiande can still hold his own against the temptations of cities, population, money and food in the Two Lakes region. This makes me admire him with admiration!"
"Unlike Murong Fu of Nanzhao, who dared to send troops to Jinling to participate in this new coup for the sake of Yunnan and Guizhou!"
"That's fine!"
As he spoke, Chen Huaian spoke firmly and said word for word: "Seeing that Emperor Tiande can take the initiative to show his kindness to me, I will also give him a choice -"
"After I put down the Jinling Rebellion, if Emperor Tiande can voluntarily deprive himself of the throne and lead the people of the two Guangdong lands to submit to me;"
"Then I will forgive him for everything he has done in the past, restore his status as a king with a different surname, change his two-character king into a one-character king, and grant him the title of King of Guangdong;"
"You go back and tell Emperor Tiande so that he doesn't have to rush to reply to me. Let's wait and see how I put down the Jinling Rebellion and sweep across the Jiangnan area, and then it won't be too late to give you a reply!"
After saying that, Chen Huaian waved his hand and shouted domineeringly: "Here comes, let's see you off!"