"No fight? Then what do you mean by saying so much?" Ran Dongye asked doubtfully: "Have you changed your mind and decided to continue paying annual tribute?"
"What kind of logic are you talking about? Do you have to fight and kill me if you don't pay the annual tribute? I have decided not to pay the annual tribute and not to fight now."
Zhao Zongyang is different from that kind of young man who has little experience and only a little passion. He has a deep understanding of the strength gap between the two sides. Just as he is now, if he wants to fight against the Great Zhou Cavalry, he is sending these people into a pit of fire.
No matter what, there must be about half a year of training time. The top priority now is to delay.
Ran Dongye completely doesn¡¯t understand what Zhao Zongyang is doing. Declaring war without paying the annual tribute is the bottom line of the Zhou Dynasty, and there is no room for maneuver.
"Help Chapter 221: I have a lot to say. I want to have an interview with His Majesty the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty." As soon as Zhao Zongyang opened his mouth, Ran Dongye was shocked.
¡°Are you mistaken? The pretty boy actually wants to see His Majesty? Isn't this whimsical?
"Young pretty boy, it's not that I'm attacking you. With your status as the Marquis of Kaiyuan, I'm afraid you don't have the qualifications." Ran Dongye shook his head and said, "Even if you are Emperor Kaiyuan, you can't see him easily. His Majesty¡¯s.¡±
"Just say, I have a very important decision. If he doesn't come, he will regret it for the rest of his life." Zhao Zongyang said straightforwardly: "We will discuss the specific matter when we meet."
Listening to this tone, those who didn¡¯t know thought that Zhao Zongyang wanted to give the entire Yanbei County to Da Zhou. Ran Dongye knows very well that the pretty boy will definitely not do this, but since he said so, I will cooperate with him. Just bring a word, it's not a big deal.
It is not a good thing for the two countries to go to war, and it is very painful to be caught in the middle.
"Well, I will help you with this sentence. As for whether it can happen or not, it's up to God." Ran Dongye glanced at Zhao Zongyang with extremely complicated eyes, and then disappeared quietly into the square.
"Master Hou, do you really want to see the Emperor of Zhou in one fell swoop?" Cheng Luoyan said solemnly: "Not to mention whether you can meet him or not. Even if the Emperor of Zhou really wants to meet you, When we meet, no matter what you are really talking about, someone in the Kaiyuan Kingdom will definitely start rumors all over the sky, saying that you are treasonous and traitorous to the country, making you infamous."
"What is reputation? It's a thing that binds people." Zhao Zongyang said nonchalantly: "What's more, in order to gain some breathing time and save the lives of many people in Yanbei, what does the reputation of one of us count? "
What is reputation? To know in this world. Reputation is equivalent to a person's second life, especially for those in power. Many people even value reputation more than life. Being famous in history and lasting forever, it is an unimaginable temptation for the world. In order to achieve such a goal, they arbitrarily tamper with history books and slander facts. There are many.
Especially after Zhao Tianyun came to the throne, all the history that was not conducive to him was changed, shaping him into a "first great man in history" who is always great, always bright, and always correct. And the late emperor's capable officers, such as Cheng Luoyan and others. He was described as a capitulator and a coward; as for Dazhou, while paying a huge annual tribute, he wrote the people of Dazhou as a combination of cruelty and idiots in the history books. Incomparably cruel, but with a worrying IQ, Zhao Tianyun didn't even need to lead his troops to the battlefield. He directly dug some holes in the border villages and buried the menacing Zhou army alive.
What is unexpected is that with the accumulation of such ridiculous propaganda, not only some people believe it, but it has also become the mainstream and has become a fact. Anyone who even expresses doubts about this will be attacked by a group of people. There is no way, the blockade of Kaiyuan's news is too severe. After more than ten years, the common people have become blind and deaf. And the people of Kaiyuan were accustomed to making false claims, and they almost lost their ability to discern the propaganda from above, so they just accepted it all.
It can be imagined how important the creation of reputation was to the aristocrats of Kaiyuan.
??Is it really worth it for Mr. Hou to be willing to abandon his own reputation to buy Yanbei some buffer time?
However, it is so happy to be able to follow such a Marquis!
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Kaiyuan City, the inner courtyard of the imperial palace.
There are a bunch of memorials piled up in front of Zhao Tianyun's case, and the top one is an urgent secret memorial.
The second prince made a report on the recent events in Yanbei and attached his own analysis: He believed that Zhao Zongyang could use Zhao Zongyang's desire to see the Emperor of Zhou to make a big fuss and mold Zhao Zongyang into a A villain who surrenders to the enemy and betrays his country.
Then, the court?You can send troops to destroy the traitors. As a result, Yanbei will inevitably fall into chaos, and it will no longer be within Zhao Zongyang's control. At the same time, with the help of Zhou's army, Zhao Zongyang will be able to be completely wiped out
In fact, these ideas were all tipped off by Hong Ling, but the second prince was already so fascinated that he had no thoughts of his own. Besides, this strategy only had benefits and no harm to him. Where is rejection possible? Not only did he accept it in full, but he also wrote this memorial proudly, hoping to show it off in front of his father and demonstrate his unique strategy of "wisdom and determination of the world".
"Lin Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Zhao Tianyun seemed to be in a good mood, just like the benevolent king in the past, he asked Lin Zhanbo.
"To be honest, I never expected that this brat Zhao Zongyang would be so evil. In a short period of time, he would bring chaos to the three major families that had been in Yanbei for more than ten years." Lin Zhanbo said fiercely. He shook his head and said: "We have such a despicable and shameless careerist in Kaiyuan, which is really a disaster for all people!"
"Yes, it's all my fault that I was thinking about blood ties and indulged him too much, which has caused the disaster today." Zhao Tianyun really regretted it. More than ten years ago, when he was sure of winning, he rashly agreed to Zhao Tianyun's plan. Tianyu's last condition before his death left Zhao Zongyang as the root of trouble, which was really a mistake;
What was even more unwise was that he actually let him go to Yanbei. I originally thought that he was asked to go to Longtan Tiger's Den and kill people with a borrowed knife, but I didn't expect that this kid was so desperate that he actually ended up in the current situation. Zhao Tianyun even had a feeling: This is the so-called hidden dragon getting water.
¡°I am not borrowing a knife to kill people, I am simply letting the tiger go back to the mountain!¡±
Therefore, this mistake must be corrected now, and Zhao Zongyang must be strangled at all costs. He cannot be allowed to develop anymore, otherwise with his current growth rate, he will soon be out of control.
"Does Lin Aiqing think this strategy is feasible?"
"If we follow His Highness's plan, Zhao Zongyang will undoubtedly die. But, but" After Lin Zhanbo said this, he hesitated and did not dare to continue.
"If you have anything to say, Lin Aiqing can just say it."
Lin Zhanbo paused and then said: "However, if this happens, Yanbei will fall and become the territory of the Zhou Dynasty forever. Your Majesty, please think twice!"
Zhao Tianyun's face suddenly darkened, and he was no longer as cheerful as before.
"Then please ask General Lin to teach me what to do?"
"Lin Aiqing" suddenly became "General Lin". Even the dullest person will understand that this is causing His Majesty's displeasure.
As soon as Lin Zhanbo heard this, he immediately understood that he had made a fool: His Majesty was not asking for his opinion, but wanted to use his own words to announce the decision that had been made long ago on his behalf.
His face was gloomy, not because he was angry that Zhou Dynasty occupied my Kaiyuan territory, but because he was angry because I did not understand his intention. I'm afraid he no longer takes the cutting of land seriously. In order to destroy Zhao Zongyang, he has done whatever it takes.
"Using a county in exchange for a head, this is what he calls "the king's ruthlessness" and "decision in killing" As for the interests of the country, they have never been within the scope of his consideration. All he wants is stability in his position.
As a soldier, Lin Zhanbo instinctively hates and resists this kind of cutting and selling of land, but he knows that he is now faced with a dilemma. If he does not keep pace with His Majesty, his career will be over, and generations of the Lin family will The glory also came to an abrupt end from myself.
What¡¯s more important is that Zhao Zongyang is the sworn enemy of the Lin family!
"Lin Aiqing, I know what you are thinking about. You should take a long-term view and don't look forward or backward." Zhao Tianyun returned to his kind tone at this time, and said to Lin Zhanbo calmly: "Don't worry about being stigmatized, we will take care of all the charges." Buttoned to Zhao Zongyang's head.
Doesn¡¯t he want to see His Majesty the Great Zhou? Humph, given his status, I'm afraid he doesn't have the qualifications, so I might as well help him and make this happen. Zhao Tianyun said with a smile: "Once he meets His Majesty the Great Zhou, we can make a big fuss and convict him of the crime of betraying the country and surrendering to the enemy. We will not give him any chance to defend himself, and immediately send a large army to surround him and cooperate with the Great Zhou." Iron cavalry, annihilate them in one fell swoop! "
Lin Zhanbo was horrified when he heard this: Your Majesty is really cruel.
"I wonder what your Majesty is going to do to make the Emperor of Zhou willing to see Zhao Zongyang?"
"This, conventional methods will definitely not work, but we have to find another way." Zhao Tianyun was in a good mood, stroking his beard, and said with a mysterious smile: "Didn't Zhao Zongyang, that thief, spread rumors with Princess Dongye of Dazhou? It just so happened. Dazhou is discussing the matter of getting married to Kaiyuan. Why don't you guys help Zhao Zongyang and tell Dazhou on his behalf???I don¡¯t believe that the Emperor of Zhou can still sit still after proposing marriage? At that time, any anger will be directed at Zhao Zongyang.
Lin Zhanbo looked at Zhao Tianyun's smile and felt guilty in his heart: Such a clever plan can be said to accomplish multiple things with one stone. But there is a permeating smell in it! ! !
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