Jia Lian's merciless words made all the officials in the mission have different expressions.
Several people felt that Jia Lian's words were too harsh and looked displeased.
"Why do you say this, Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy? We are doing this for the sake of the Wei Dynasty and for the consideration of the imperial court. How can we be selfish at all?
" Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, please forgive me for taking responsibility for these words. Sorry."
A young official stood up and retorted with a frown.
Although he is only a seventh-grade official, he comes from a serious imperial examination background and has a sense of arrogance in his heart.
Therefore, he even felt a faint sense of pride when he argued with Jia Lian face to face. He felt that at this moment, he was a model of not fearing power and being unyielding.
What is this called? This is called the character of a literati!
He is not afraid that Jia Lian will deal with him. First, he believed that he was selfless and on the side of justice. As long as Jia Lian wanted to save face, he would not attack him for this. Secondly, he felt that Jia Lian and them were not from the same group, so there was no need to be too particular about it.
People like Jia Lian, who came from a powerful background and relied on kindness to become officials, and people like them, who spent ten years of hard work and climbed up step by step, are not people in the same circle at all. He naturally Don't worry too much about offending Jia Lian.
Even, as long as he argues hard and defeats the high-ranking Jia Lian today, he himself will gain great reputation. At least, the colleagues here will definitely look at him with admiration.
Jia Lian glanced at this person.
Since leaving Beijing, he and Xiang He have had a clear division of labor. He was in charge of military affairs, while Xiang He was in charge of the internal affairs of the mission.
Therefore, Jia Lian only recognized a few of the more important officials in the mission. As for the other minor officials, he only met them in person, but did not pay attention at all.
Xiang He guessed that Jia Lian might not know this person, so he quickly introduced him: "Sir, this is Xiao Jing, the official of the Ministry of Rites, who is responsible for the compilation and records of this trip."
Jia Lian can see through the thoughts of such a small official at a glance. Therefore, after Xiang He's introduction, he did not look at the young official again, but glanced at everyone present.
"My lords, do you all feel the same way? Do you think that using a woman in exchange for benefits is a selfless thing that adds face and glory to the Wei Dynasty and the court?"
All the officials looked at each other.
Not everyone dares to challenge Jia Lian, who holds Shang Fang’s sword and has the power of life and death. Not everyone is as reckless as Xiao Jing.
Therefore, no one answered Jia Lian’s words, and many people looked at Jia Lian.When he looked over, he quickly shook his head to show that he did not agree with Xiao Jing's words.
Then Xiao Jing felt despised because of Jia Lian’s previous attitude. At this time, seeing everyone ostracizing Jia Lian because they did not dare to offend Jia Lian's power, he became even more embarrassed and angry.
"Master Jia, this re-establishment of the alliance with Wala is a national policy formulated by the imperial ministers. We have worked hard to negotiate with the Wala envoys for the sake of the imperial court.
< br /> Since Mr. Jia is an imperial envoy, he should take the imperial court as his top priority. How can he be so benevolent as a woman and act on her own initiative? If this ruins the good things of the alliance between the two countries, I am afraid that even Mr. Jia will not be able to bear the consequences. It's up."
Hearing that Xiao Jing was contradicting Jia Lian more and more, everyone was sweating for him. Some people thought he was brave, while others thought he was stupid.
Jia Lian finally set his sights on this clown.
Looking at the resolute look on his face, Jia Lian suddenly smiled.
"Xiao Lingshi, right? Since Xiao Lingshi is so dedicated to serving the public, how can I live up to Xiao Lingshi's devotion to the country?
So Well, after the princess marries Wala, there happens to be a lack of loyal ministers around her.
How about Xiao Lingshi accompanying the princess to stay in Wala and being loyal to Her Royal Highness?"
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"This..."
Xiao Jing was suddenly confused.
Jia Lian wants to leave him in Wala?
How can this be done!
Let’s not mention that his whole family is in the capital. Let’s just say that he has worked hard for so many years and finally passed the Jinshi examination and obtained an official position. It is the time when he can make great achievements. How could he stay in that desolate place? In a foreign land, serving a princess who is destined to have no future and marry a foreign country?
Not only would all the future be lost, but you also don’t need to think about it. After this change, even the most favored prince of Wala died in their hands. How could Princess Zhaoyang be treated well by Wala after she got married?
Even if he was photographed in the great Wei Dynasty, he would not dare to harm his life, but he was afraid that life would be very difficult.
Even if the master was like this, let alone the ministers who stayed behind to serve him, he felt flustered just thinking about the tormenting days.
"Hmph!"
Jia Lian had no intention of wasting his lip color with such a dramatic character. When he was speechless, he looked at the others coldly.
"My lords, if anyone else feels that they should continue to marry in Wala, I will treat them equally and let them stay in Wala and serve the court loyally.
You don’t have to doubt whether I can keep my word. Princess Zhaoyang is the most beloved granddaughter of the current Empress Dowager and also His Majesty's favorite princess. How could these two saints leave the Princess helpless in a foreign country?
As long as I write a letter to express to the saint that you all want to be loyal to the country, the court, and the princess, I believe that the Queen Mother and Your Majesty will be very happy and gratified. "
Everyone started talking when Jia Lian said this.
Although they were sent as envoys, they were shouldering heavy responsibilities. But except for Jia Lian, even as deputy Xiang He, the envoy, was an unpopular mid-level official when he was in the court.
In the court, he was simply insignificant.
In this case, let alone them.
It can be said that all of them together are not as noble as Princess Zhaoyang with one finger.
If Jia Lian is really here Emperor Ningkang made many slanders in front of him, fearing that Emperor Ningkang, who loved his daughter so much, might really "dowry" them all to Wala...
So they looked at each other and congratulated Xiang Wink.
Xiang He sighed helplessly, stood up and cupped hands with Jia Lian and said, "I hope your Majesty the Imperial Envoy will forgive me. We are all your lord's subordinate officials at this time, and everything we do is for the imperial court and to share your worries.
Since your Majesty feels that something is wrong with our actions, we will naturally obey your Majesty's instructions.
I would like to ask you, sir, what should we do now? "
Jia Lian was not in a hurry to reply to Xiang He, but looked at the others: "Why, you don't want to be loyal to the court and the princess? ”
Although Jia Lian’s words were harsh, it was about their future for the rest of their lives, so all the officials did not dare to show off. They all laughed and said that everything was at Jia Lian’s command and arrangement.
Even Xiao Jing, seeing that the situation was over, did not dare to provoke Jia Lian anymore, so he had to sit down depressedly. But he had already made up his mind that after returning to Beijing, he must let his friend who was the censor read Jia Lian's book. .
Although he was in the Sixth Department of the Central Committee, he was only in the seventh rank and was not even qualified to go to the Hajj.
Seeing that no one dared to make the same mistake again, Jia Lian said "This time I, the Wei Dynasty, are willing to marry Princess Zhaoyang to Wala, which is a great favor to Wala. However, they did not know how to repay their kindness, and they were so ambitious that they not only colluded with the Tatars to kill more than a thousand of our elite soldiers of the Wei Dynasty, but also tried to kidnap my superior princess and sacrifice it to the Tatars.
With such shamelessness, if I, the great Wei Dynasty, marry off the princess again, where will the princess be from? To the thousands who sacrificed their lives to protect the princessWhere are the heroes of the soldiers? Where does the majesty of the Wei Dynasty come from?
Therefore, I don’t want to hear any of you dare to mention the marriage again. Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind. "
Jia Lian said and took a focused look at Xiao Jing.
Being stared at by Jia Lian's solemn eyes, Xiao Jing calmed down and then remembered that Jia Lian was nothing but a person to him. He has the power of life and death!
In a daze, he felt that he seemed to have walked between life and death.
His heart was cold, making him want to hold his head high. He lowered his head unconsciously.
Jia Lian stopped paying attention to him.
It turned out that he had indeed had murderous intention towards Xiao Jing just now. It happened to be This time he left Beijing, his Shangfang sword had not seen blood. He thought that if this person was still ignorant, he would use him to establish his power.
Now that this person has bowed his head, as long as he doesn't do anything else in the future , it’s not worth arguing with him.
“However, although I, the Great Wei, cannot agree to marry Wala again.
But none of the other agreed conditions can be changed. Just think of it as atoning for their betrayal and the more than a thousand soldiers who sacrificed their lives innocently for our great Wei Dynasty.
Okay, Sir Xiang, please inform the Navarre envoy that I will personally discuss the revision of the covenant with him tomorrow morning.
If there’s nothing else, it’s all gone. ”
Jia Lian gave the final instructions, stood up and left the meeting hall.
After he left, the envoys naturally began to whisper.
In the end, we can only speculate secretly and dare not go against Jia Lian’s decision.