Chapter 183 South Vietnam Shows Goodwill, Responds Domineeringly

Oh?

The latest report brought by the messenger surprised both Jin Wang Chen Huaian and General Wang Jian.

Right now, the Longcheng army was sweeping across the south of the Yangtze River. The Nanyue Emperor Tiande Li Zongmin sent an envoy to visit, and he must have come with a political mission!

Could it be that the Emperor Tiande was also ready to submit to the Jin Wang regime?

Chen Huaian waved his hand and ordered: "Pass the order down, summon the Nanyue envoy to the palace for an audience!"

"In addition, send someone to Fengming Mountain Qixia Temple immediately to invite Master Dongfang Xiao!"

"Yes, Your Highness, Jin Wang!"

The messenger immediately took the order and left.

It seemed that General Wang Jian was not needed to meet the Nanyue envoy, so Chen Huaian ordered Wang Jian to prepare for the relevant matters of welcoming the return of Chen Qingzhi, the deputy marshal of the Longcheng Army, from the Western Expedition.

The latter immediately took the order.

Soon, when Chen Huaian sat back on the dragon throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Jin Palace, a notification was heard outside the hall again:

"Announce, the envoys of the Kingdom of Nanyue are coming to the hall to meet the emperor!"

Then, a thin, capable middle-aged man wearing a dark gown and with a slightly dark face hurried into the Hall of Supreme Harmony and knelt down to Chen Huaian, the King of Jin, who was in the hall:

"Your humble servant Li Qi pays respect to His Highness the King of Jin. May the King of Jin live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"

Chen Huaian waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After Li Qi stood up, he still maintained a humble demeanor.

Before leaving, Nanyue's Prime Minister Tang Bo repeatedly told the envoy Li Qi to be humble in front of the King of Jin and not to be arrogant and rude;

Because the last guy who was arrogant and rude to the King of Jin, the envoy from the Turkic Khanate, died in a fire, not only causing His Royal Highness the King of Jin to chop off his head in the hall, but also bringing disaster to his country.

Learn from the past, and never repeat the same mistakes!

In the hall, Chen Huaian asked calmly: "Li Qi, why did you travel thousands of miles from Guangdong to Longcheng to meet the king?"

Li Qi immediately replied: "Your Highness, I came to meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin this time, and I came to give gifts to His Royal Highness the King of Jin in accordance with the imperial edict of Emperor Tiande of Nanyue!"

Hahaha!

Hearing this, Chen Huaian couldn't help laughing and said, "If you hadn't said it, I almost forgot that Guangxin King Li Zongmin has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor!"

"Tell me, what gift did he ask you to give me?"

Listening to Chen Huaian mocking his own emperor, Li Qi, as an envoy, was not angry, let alone angry. He still maintained a humble attitude and said:

"Your Highness Prince Jin, the gift that Emperor Tiande gave to your Highness is 100,000 wolf soldiers entering Jinling, to help your Highness's Dragon City Army sweep across the south of the Yangtze River and clear the last obstacles!"

Oh?

Hearing this news, Chen Huaian's face also showed a bit of surprise, and he said with interest: "Li Qi, tell me about this in detail!"

"Your Highness Prince Jin, please take a look first!"

As he said that, Li Qi took out two secret letters from his wide sleeves and held them high with both hands above his head.

Chen Huaian waved his hand, and immediately a servant took the things from Li Qi and handed them to Chen Huaian.

Opening one of the letters, it turned out to be a handwritten letter from Qin Ruhui, the prime minister of the Great Xin Dynasty, to Emperor Tiande of Nanyue, which 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 was a handwritten letter from Emperor Tiande of Nanyue to Chen Huaian, the King of Jin; "Huaian, my dear nephew, I am writing to you as if I were in person..."

In the letter, Emperor Tiande Li Zongmin did not regard himself as the emperor, but still regarded himself as uncle and nephew based on the old relationship between King Guangxin and the previous king Chen Polu.

The content of the letter was also very interesting. First, it explained to Chen Huaian why the Nanyue Kingdom broke away from the rule of the Daxin Dynasty and established itself as an independent country;

Then, it kept emphasizing the relationship between King Guangxin and the former King Chen Polu, who were both the eight kings of different surnames in Daxin, and expressed deep sympathy for his nephew's experience in raising troops to quell the rebellion;

Finally, Li Zongmin said that he was willing to lend a hand to Chen Huaian. On the surface, he agreed to the alliance with the treacherous minister Qin Ruhui and sent 100,000 troops to Jinling. In secret, he joined forces with the Longcheng army that was fighting southward to break through the city of Jinling in one fell swoop!

When Chen Huaian finished reading the contents of the two letters, he couldn't help but sigh that there was a master helping him around Emperor Tiande Li Zongmin!

Sending envoys to visit Longcheng was to test his attitude and negotiate.

Finally, Chen Huaian put down the two letters and said to Li Qi, the Nanyue envoy of the Grand Prince: "Li Qi, I have reviewed the things you handed over;"

"But I don't understand one thing. Emperor Tiande can't help me conquer Jinling City for no reason, right?"

"After the matter is done, what do you want in Nanyue? The handwritten letter of Emperor Tiande didn't mention it at all!"

"Prince Jin is wise!"

Li Qi first bowed to Chen Huaian, and then continued: "Your Highness, we Nanyue is willing to help His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin ascend the throne, and naturally hopes that after His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin stabilizes the world, he can provide some convenience to Nanyue. "

Chen Huaian said: "Be more specific."

Li Qi replied: "Recognize the legitimacy of Nanyue, and conclude an alliance with Nanyue, and never fight a war!"

"In exchange, our Nanyue country is willing to give the new dynasty established by His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin a corresponding trade policy, and the seaports within the territory of Nanyue can also provide certain conveniences for the merchants of the new dynasty to sail;"

"Of course, this is just a preliminary negotiation, and the specific situation can be discussed again!"

Hahaha!

Upon hearing this, Chen Huaian laughed again.

After a long time, he said with a playful tone:

"Li Qi, if I don't agree to your Emperor Tiande's conditions, will the 100,000 wolf soldiers he stationed in Jinling City turn around and help Qin Ruhui to fight against the Dragon City army under my command?"

Ahem!

Li Qi coughed twice, and replied with a wry smile: "Your Highness, that's not the case!"

"Our emperor said that if His Highness Prince Jin is unwilling to make friends with our Nanyue Kingdom, then our Nanyue Kingdom will not send troops to interfere in the civil strife and turmoil of the Great Xin Dynasty this time;"

After a pause, Li Qi continued: "In short, our Nanyue Kingdom is here with twelve points of sincerity to make friends with His Highness Prince Jin."

Hahaha!

Chen Huaian smiled and said, "You Nanyue Kingdom is quite sensible!"

"Emperor Tiande was able to defend himself in the face of the temptations of several cities, population, and money and food in the two lakes region. This really impressed me!"

"Unlike Mu Rongfu of Nanzhao Kingdom, who dared to send troops to Nanjing to participate in the Daxin coup for the sake of just two places, Yunnan and Guizhou!"

"Well!"

As he said this, Chen Huaian said in a firm tone, word by word: "Since Emperor Tiande can take the initiative to show goodwill to me, I will give him a choice-"

" After I put down the Jinling Rebellion, if Emperor Tiande can voluntarily give up his throne and lead the people of Guangdong to submit to me;"

"Then I will forgive him for all his past deeds, restore his status as a king of a different surname, change the two-character king to a one-character king, and pardon him as the King of Guangdong;"

"Go back and tell Emperor Tiande not to rush to reply to me, and wait and see how I put down the Jinling Rebellion, and it won't be too late to reply after sweeping across the Jiangnan region!"

After saying that, Chen Huaian waved his hand and shouted domineeringly: "Come on, send the guest away!"