Chapter 544: Ask for help

In the eyes of outsiders, since Tang Feng has been removed from his position as the General Instrumental Guard and has no official position, he naturally has no place to stand in the court. But the reality is not the case. Although he now looks like a civilian with no power or power, in fact, there are still people in the court who are willing to help him pass messages. The previous time he was attacked was because the matter was indeed true and could not be argued that Tang Feng had completely lost his aid.

Among those officials who were still standing beside Tang Feng, one of them had the highest status, that is, Chen Wei, the current Minister of Rites. This minister of the Ministry of Rites who was not successful when the eunuch party was in power, and then relied on his relationship with Tang Feng and bet on that. After overthrowing the eunuch party, he was promoted to the top leader of the Ministry of Rites with rewards. For this, he was very grateful to Tang Feng for his help, so although Tang Feng is no longer in office, he still often visits. This time, Tang Feng wanted to make suggestions to the court through the top leader of the eunuch party and report the *** matter to the emperor.

As the Minister of Rites, Chen Wei was his duty. As soon as he heard Tang Feng’s intention, he agreed. At the morning court meeting the next day, he went out to talk to Emperor Chongzhen: "The emperor, there are people from the foreign landscaping on the grassland. Because they admire the power of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming of the new king, they came to the capital to pay homage. He also asked the emperor to beg them to enter the palace to celebrate."

Chongzhen was very happy when he heard this. You should know that after Wanli lost his defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty's reputation for the outside world had been reduced a lot. Later, the internal struggle between the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party made the Ming Dynasty's national strength decrease day by day. Even when Chongzhen ascended the throne, only a few small countries that had always been obedient, such as North Korea, came to congratulate each other. Now that the *** people came to see each other, it was of course a happy event. So Chongzhen nodded immediately: "Authorize the report, let those people who have become foreigners learn the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty in my capital, and choose an auspicious day to come to the palace to see me."

Although some people have various ideas and speculations about the purpose of these people, seeing the emperor so happy, they naturally would not feel uncomfortable at this time. The ministers in the palace all praised it as the name of the wise and the benevolent and virtue of the saints is spread far beyond the outside world, which made the Gentiles come to ask for a visit.

A few days later, Da Yu'er came to the palace in a generous dress to see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although she still believed Tang Feng's words very much, she was surprised to see that he could really meet him in just a few days. You should know that Tang Feng is just an ordinary citizen now, and he can fulfill his wish without seeing him do anything. This made Da Yu'er's love for Tang Feng a little deeper.

During the waiting period in the past few days, Tang Feng also took Da Yu'er to the capital for a good walk, and the relationship between the two seemed to be deepened by Liu Hui's acquiescence. It was not until Chen Wei heard that he would enter the palace to meet the saint the next day that Da Yu'er left the Tang family's courtyard and lived in the Honglu Temple.

When the ministers in the court found that it was a woman who came to ask for a meeting, they all showed an incomprehensible expression. In their opinion, women were not allowed to be on the table, but this man sent such a young woman to see the emperor. Could it be that the man who was mocking the Ming Dynasty in a different way? But after hearing Da Yuer's polite, unrestrained, and not arrogant or humble words, everyone gave up this absurd idea, because this woman was definitely not inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty in terms of courage and eloquence, and even more so, at least in front of Emperor Chongzhen, she was not at all timid.

After saying a high-sounding and expressing the respect of the tribes to the Ming Dynasty, Da Yuer slowly brought the topic to her true purpose: "Your Majesty, my tribes have long admired the wealth of the Ming Dynasty's Central Plains. I have the intention to rebuild the Ming Dynasty and open a border market again. I wonder if the Ming Dynasty can give it permission?"

Chongzhen and the ministers below were a little proud of Da Yu'er's praise for Da Ming. Unexpectedly, she made such a request in a blink of an eye, which really caught them off guard. Seeing that the emperor frowned a little hesitantly, a minister stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, but you can't settle it so rashly. *** has been in constant disputes with my Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. Although in recent years, it has been no longer infringing on my northern border due to internal divisions and external threats from the Jin people, it is not a country of my Ming Dynasty. After all, trade matters here should be discussed for a long time."

With this first person objecting, the others rolled out like a flood with a gate opening. They all raised the conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the *** and the burning, killing, abducting and looting of the people on the border of the Ming Dynasty to emphasize that *** is not a vassal state that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and could not have business dealings with them at all.

Seeing that most of the court officials did not agree to do so, and the rest did not express their opinions, Chongzhen had a little intention of allowing it, so he was dispelled. He was not an arbitrary monarch, and he knew that the ministers' opinions were above him in some matters.

Seeing that her thoughts were about to be destroyed by these adults, Da Yuer felt a sank in her heart, but she was not an ordinary woman after all. Even in such a situation, she still did not panic, but listened to the ministers with a smile. It was not until after they finished speaking that she said: "Although the words of all the adults have some truth, they are not the real situation now.

"Yes, I had many battles with the Ming Dynasty, but that happened decades ago. Now all my tribes have no intention of going south to invade the Ming Dynasty. Also, do you know why I invaded the Ming Dynasty in the past? It is because the environment we are in is too harsh. Every winter, we can no longer produce enough food to provide our tribes with our tribes. In desperation, we thought of using looting to get what we need. If the Ming Dynasty was willing to trade with our tribes, our warriors would not want to use their lives to fight for that little bit of food.

"As for everyone who is worried that we will betray our faith after we get the needs, I can swear to Changshengtian on behalf of the people on the grassland that as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to give us help and conduct fair transactions with us, my tribes will no longer be enemies with the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, this time I came to the Ming Dynasty and brought the patriarchs of each tribe. They are completely willing to treat the Ming Dynasty as their subordinates and serve His Majesty as the lord of the tribes in our grassland..."

After hearing what she said, some ministers were a little moved. For the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, having foreign tribes come to pay tribute to our country's prestige is the most beneficial thing to promote our Ming Dynasty's national prestige, so some ministers who had never spoken before agreed to this. They believed that because of the wealth of our Ming Dynasty, even if we were to help the people on the grassland, it was nothing, let alone trade with them. Suddenly, the ministers in the palace were divided into two factions, expressing their opinions and not giving in to each other.

I have never seen so many people quarreling over something, and Da Yu'er was a little surprised to see it. You should know that there are few such arguments on the *** grassland. They rely more on their own strength. What the power said is right, and others must obey his words.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen spoke on it: "Emister of the ***, although what you said is very reasonable, I firmly believe that your faith will not go back on your word. However, this fact is too important and there is no conclusion among the ministers in my court. Let's do this, you should rest in the inn for two days first, and wait for a few days, and I will give you a reply."

"Okay, thank you, Your Majesty, for yourselves." Da Yu'er bowed to Chongzhen and then stepped down from the hall. Although she was anxious to get things done, she knew that it was not so easy to make a conclusion based on the reactions of the ministers in the hall. If she forced herself tightly, it might be counterproductive, so she had to endure it for a few days.

The morning court incident soon reached Tang Feng's ears. After listening to the opposing remarks of the ministers, Tang Feng couldn't help but sigh: "These adults, either only care about a false reputation, but do not care about anything else. Or they only see everything that happened before, but do not think about how they can truly help me to solve the current situation in the future. Now the people of the *** themselves have come to the door to make friends with me, the *** people, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they can exchange my *** silk, tea, food and other goods for the *** people's horses, it will also be a great improvement to the combat power of the border army of the Ming Dynasty. But why didn't these people think of this level?"

In fact, this is the shortcomings of those officials who are just officials in the capital and do not know the situation in the border. Most of them value falsehood, such as name and etiquette. The reason why Tang Feng's views are completely different from them is not only because he is a modern consciousness, but also because he has been to Liaodong and knows the shortcomings of the Ming army compared with those nomadic armies. However, now he is not only unable to speak in court, but even expressing his own meanings, which makes Tang Feng sigh.

Just when Tang Feng was worried at home but had nowhere to use his strength, a family member suddenly came in and reported: "Master, a few strangers came outside, saying that your friend wanted to see you."

"Oh? Have they reported their names?" Tang Feng asked casually.

"These people said that their master was from the capital city, with the surname Zhu, and called Zhu Xin. He said he had met you in a restaurant in the capital city."

"Zhu Xin... Zhu... Xin" Tang Feng murmured twice, and suddenly thought of the identity of the visitor, and hurriedly stood up: "Hurry, take me to welcome the emperor..." Before he finished speaking, he was already straight out. The servant muttered strangely, "It's clear that he is Zhu Xin, why did the master say that his name is Huang?"
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