Chapter 17 I Want Emperor E
Although Emperor Li Jing and King Li Jing of Qi both readily agreed to Lin Feng's trip to Chu, they inevitably felt a little nervous.
Because Lin Feng mentioned the matter of planning Chu hundreds of years ago, after learning that the Chu envoy arrived, both of them subconsciously concealed the matter completely and did not discuss it publicly in the court. If the matter ended up, it would naturally be earth-shaking and everyone would be happy; if it didn't work, there would be no big loss. If it really didn't work, it would be blamed on Lin Feng alone.
Lin Feng knew this even more and never proposed to make it public. If he got it in the court, it would definitely be a big debate between benevolence and righteousness and war. When one result came out, he would be afraid that the cucumber and vegetable would be cold.
In history, the reason why the Southern Tang Dynasty sent troops a whole year later was probably because of constant debate in the court and the unremitting efforts of ministers to seize merits. In Lin Feng's view, life sometimes requires a desperate bet in order to achieve great achievements against the will of heaven.
In this way, a plan to seek a great power was passed through the secrets of three people.
Before saying goodbye, Lin Feng made two requests.
One is about traveling west. "There are many variables along the way. The safety of 31 of us has become the biggest problem, especially after entering Chu, we want to solve the problem on our own." Lin Feng said, he was planning to introduce merchants to take charge of the daily food transportation and guarantee of 30 people at this time. As for the cooperation object, it is naturally the overseas Fang family.
Li Jing didn't think much at all and waved his hand to agree, but just told Li Jing to pay more money to Lin Feng.
The second requirement is about the new village where Yaya and the others are located. Although the village has not been completely completed, Lin Feng wants to invite Li Jing and Li Jingsui to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new village tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Li Jing pondered for a moment and decided to take a short walk in the morning and morning.
Lin Feng bowed to thank him, and when he got up, he winked at Li Jing and left the imperial study room.
Lin Feng didn't wait for the palace gate for long, and Li Jing arrived.
Lin Feng invited Li Jing aside, pestered Li Congqian to participate in the Chu State operation and asked for his opinion.
Li Jingsui immediately became angry, reached out and pounded Lin Feng's shoulder, scolding, "Is there any need to ask? My prince has lost four children, and you still want him to have no more children?" Li Jing's first four sons died, so Li Hongji, who was originally ranked fifth, could get to the position of the prince.
Lin Feng rolled his eyes secretly in his heart. You have no idea how hard your baby nephew Li Congqian is to deal with it now. He smiled bitterly: "This is Your Majesty's housework, I, a little minister, can't stop Your Highness Ninth!"
Li Jingsui punched him again and burst out a slander: "No matter how hard a housework, you can't stop traveling west!" After that, he turned around and walked towards the location of the Yu Study room.
Lin Feng laughed in his heart, dressed in a swagger, and swayed out of the palace gate, taking Zhang Bin and Feng Jingyun's two younger brothers straight to Situ's Mansion.
This time, Lin Feng went to find Zhou Ehuang without any courage, but instead formally asked to meet Situ Zhouzong.
The old man did not attend court today, nor did he go to the Qingsi Palace. Since the three of Situ Zhouzong, Sikong Li Jianxun, and Shangshu’s Right Pushe Sun Sheng invited him to the Qingsi Palace to participate in the reform, the three of them have actually not been there a few times. Compared with the people in the Qingsi Palace, especially Feng Yansi, these three old man were three "nuclear weapons", which mainly played a threatening and deterrent role. Anyway, Feng Yansi has become more humble and kind in the Qingsi Palace, and he looks like a harmless person and animal.
Lin Feng felt sad again when he saw the old man. He hadn't seen him for more than ten days. The old man's body seemed to be worse, his face became more haggard, and his whole body was buried in a soft recliner.
Lin Feng rushed over and gently grabbed the old man's hands that were so thin that they were almost boneless, asking how his body was recently?
The old man stared at Lin Feng deeply and asked slowly: "Tell me, what big thing do you have to announce?"
Lin Feng knelt respectfully on the side of the recliner and whispered: "There are people coming from the west. The boy wants to lead thirty tigers and beg for the wolf's den and plot against a country."
The old man's eyes suddenly widened, and his hands tightly grabbed Lin Feng's left hand and asked in surprise: "Which Jiedushi cooperates with you?"
"Mr. Liu Renshan, the governor of Wuchang." Lin Feng replied softly, gently patting the old man's hand with his right hand.
The old man's body suddenly became soft and his hands were loose, but his strength did not decrease. The blue veins on the back of his hands burst out, and he shook his head and sighed: "Why are you going to take such a big risk?"
Lin Feng smiled slightly and said, "When the old man was eighteen years old, he dared to go north to the grassland and desert alone. The boy also wanted to follow his example! The boy's move was said to be big for the Tang Dynasty, and to be honest, it was for himself and Ehuang!"
The old man slowly closed his eyes, and instead grabbed Lin Feng's hand, he stopped talking.
"Don't worry, sir. Your Majesty has agreed to 'repair the country and relieve the people, reduce rent and tax'. Although this trip is dangerous, as long as it is handled properly, there should be no major problems." Lin Feng explained.
"Well. If it weren't for the good impression I left of you in the past, I would have driven you far away from my mansion from now on!" Zhou Zong opened his eyes and sighed.
"I have to earn a Duke and Majesty to be worthy of Ehuang!" Lin Feng said softly.
"You know I don't care about those." Zhou Zong replied.
Lin Feng moved his body backwards, kowtowed to the ground with a crisp sound, raised his head, stared at Zhou Zong, and said extremely solemnly: "You are officially begging the elders, as long as I return safely, please allow me to propose marriage to Ehuang!"
Zhou Zong shook his head gently and said with a smile: "You little brat! If we don't agree, can you easily enter our mansion and find Ehuang in private? Fortunately, you finally took the initiative to say it out now, Zhou Ming and the others are all ready to mess with you!"
"Thank you, Lord Situ!" Lin Feng kowtowed three times solemnly, and he was half formally recognized by his son-in-law. Then, Lin Feng took another step forward, gently picked up the old man's hands, put them in his palm, and said sincerely: "Although the little brat has no money, it is definitely not for money. I just love Ehuang too much! I swear to the old man that except for the emergency money that the old man had promised me before, the little brat will never get half of the wealth of Wenzhou Mansion in this life!"
Zhou Zong glared at Lin Feng and said angrily: "Do you think I will take those things like Adu for half a lifetime?"
Lin Feng shook his head resolutely: "No! A gentleman loves money and takes it well; he will never get involved in anything that is not his own! A bad boy will never break this oath!"
Zhou Zong glared at him for a while, finally withdrew his gaze, pulled out his right hand, pointed to the drawer of an old table next to him and said, "Go and help me get a little jade ornament that looks like a horse."
Lin Feng stood up as he spoke and took out a very rough green jade horse.
Zhou Zong turned the pony in his hand several times before handing it to Lin Feng, saying, "More than 20 years ago, I had rescued a robbed young man named Huang Zongwang on the northern grassland. This is a token that he insisted on handing me, and declared that as long as he gave it to him in the future, he would definitely give me all his financial resources. Now, he is one of the top richest people in the state of Chu. Please take this and find him."
Lin Feng leaned down and gently pressed the old man's thin body for a short time before choking and saying, "Thank you, Mr.!"
Zhou Zong stroked Lin Feng's head and said softly: "Although Zhou Ming and the other three are a little clever, they are by no means the best. In the future, you should guide them more and help them."
Lin Feng's eyes were filled with tears, and Zheng Keyou.
"Get out, stinky brat, go see Ehuang. Remember, I'm waiting for you to return triumphantly here, change my name!" Zhou Zong smiled lovingly and gently pushed Lin Feng.
Lin Feng stood up, bowed deeply, stepped back out of the study room, and gently covered the study room door.
Chapter completed!