Emperor Taixiang waved his hand and interrupted him: "I believe that Mr. Cao can do it well, so I don't have to tell me your specific arrangements anymore. I decided to agree to Beiyan sending an envoy to Luoyang to watch the martial arts conference. Murong thoughts wanted to spy on the reality of the martial arts of my Great Zhou, so let him see! Hiding and guarding will only make him feel that I am afraid of him. I want to see what the envoys of Beiyan will play after watching our martial arts conference!"

"The repetitive plot of the Northern Yan Kingdom is too petty. How could the emperor's wise and powerful!" The old eunuch praised sincerely.

"Old Cao praised it." Emperor Taixiang said seriously: "I just know in my heart that the worst result of Beiyan and my Great Zhou is war. I am not afraid of war. Although I am not as good as the emperor's grandfather, as long as Beiyan dares to invade, I have the confidence to completely defeat it!"

Almost as a child, the old eunuch who grew up in Taixiang understood his thoughts. He didn't say anything, but thought to himself: Your Majesty, you are not afraid. You just hope that Beiyan will provoke a war in order to realize the last emperor's wishes.

Emperor Taixiang continued: "During this period, the court officials are still arguing about the possibility of the Northern Yan provoking war in the future, and they cannot change their military strategies for the Northern Yan as soon as possible. Fortunately, they cannot control the Wulin of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but they can let them move first. The reason why I changed the previous Dharma Assembly to the Wulin Conference is to arouse the enterprising spirit of all sects, and more importantly, I want to better understand the strength of the current martial arts world, so I must do it well and never cause trouble."

"Your Majesty, the old minister understands." The old eunuch responded solemnly.

At this time, a shout came from outside the hall: "Report to the emperor, Xu Zhaoyan, the commander of the General Military Office, has a secret report!"

"What a coincidence. Just as he was talking about the martial arts conference, Xu Aiqing's secret report came. It's almost a month since he left Luoyang." Emperor Taixiang heard the eunuch's report from the palace and remembered something, and asked: "The General Military Office is mainly responsible for the martial arts competitions of the martial arts conference. I wonder what the situation is now?"

"The old minister has visited several times. Now the deputy commander Wang Youfeng is currently in charge of this matter. The competition venue and the accommodation and food of various martial arts factions have been prepared almost the same. However, the old minister heard that the emperor allowed the people in the capital to go in and watch the martial arts conference?"

"This is Xu Aiqing's suggestion. He wanted to use the venue for the Wulin Conference sect competition in the capital. The merchants of the Cuju Club agreed to borrow it, but they hoped that the people could be allowed to enter to watch the game and charge fees. Xu Aiqing thought this was a good thing and hoped that I could agree. He said that this would bring the martial arts people closer to ordinary people, cultivate the martial arts spirit of the people of the Zhou Dynasty, and allow the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate in the sharing of the share and obtain a share of the profit." Emperor Taixiang smiled self-deprecatingly: "It seems that my lack of money has reached the ears of the subjects, so he agreed to his suggestion."

"I am ashamed!" The old eunuch looked apologetic because most of the expenses in Emperor Taixiang's private treasury were spent on Long Wei.

When the Dragon Guard was first established, it was to protect the royal family and defend against the martial arts people. Later, it gradually expanded to monitor all officials, spy on domestic and foreign intelligence, and even assassinate... and other functions, and its personnel gradually became large. The court officials were dissatisfied with this and repeatedly demanded abolition. However, Emperor Taizu always ignored it, so the court officials adopted a soft confrontation method - reducing the expenses of the Dragon Guard for various reasons to force the Dragon Guard to cut down personnel. Taizu used private warehouses to subsidize the Dragon Guard, and it was always the case when Emperor Taixiang succeeded to the throne.

Emperor Taixiang waved his hand and said seriously: "The officials are confused, but I understand in my heart that the reason why my country is so stable is indispensable to the efforts of your Dragon Guard. What is the point of just paying some money?"

"The emperor is wise!" The old eunuch praised loudly, and then reminded: "Your Majesty, the people in the capital love to watch the fun. At that time, there are too many spectators in the venue and the martial arts competition is unaware of the battle. If someone is injured by accident and leads to chaos in the competition, it may attract protests from ministers, which is not conducive to the continued holding of the martial arts competition in the future."

Emperor Taixiang pondered and said, "I have also thought of this problem and have prepared to ask Li Xin to send some imperial guards to the Cuju Club competition venue to maintain order. However, since the Northern Yan envoys are coming, we must not make any mistakes. I must remind Xu Aiqing again, but he went to Jiangling and did not return for almost a month-"

Emperor Taixiang was a little annoyed when he said this, and he said loudly to the outside world: "Take Xu Zhaoyan's secret memorial."

He took the secret fold from the eunuch, and Emperor Taixiang took off the sealing wax and opened it to look carefully. Then he frowned first, then praised, then showed regret, but in the end he looked surprised.

The old eunuch rarely saw Emperor Taixiang change his expression when he saw the secret memorial. He was curious, but he still stood silently.

Valley cage

Sure enough, Emperor Taixiang looked up at him: "At the ceremony of the Duke of Guarding the Kingdom, three families proposed to him in public! Mr. Cao, guess which three families are?"

The old eunuch thought for a while and shook his head: "Iron Blood Changhemen has just returned to the Great Zhou year. With the attitude of major sects towards them, it is impossible to change so quickly. How could those small and medium sects have the courage to come and propose? The old minister can't guess."

Emperor Taixiang smiled: "The other major sects may have their own concerns, but one sect has never had any concerns in doing things-"

"What the emperor is talking about Wudang?" The old eunuch moved his heart. Seeing Emperor Taixiang nodding, he continued: "Zheng Sung has a young son who has not yet married. I heard that Zhongsung Sung is very nervous about this son, and he actually wants to let him marry the sect leader of the Iron Blood Changhe."

"The proposal of Qingsong Master seems reckless, but he is actually very smart! It seems that the head of the Wudang Sect is not always powerful and domineering." Emperor Taixiang sighed meaningfully and said in a deep voice: "The other person who is proposing to marry is the Kunlun Sect. The person they are proposing to marry is a bit special. He is both a disciple of the Kunlun Sect and the grandson of the Qingluo Guoliang King--"

"After the reminder of the emperor, the old minister remembered it." As the chief supervisor of the Long Guard, the information found by the Long Guards in various places must be reviewed by him first. At this time, he suddenly remembered: "Hua Haoyue, the leader of the Kunlun Sect, had an extraordinary relationship with the Qingluo Liang Wang family. The son born to General Ye married the daughter of King Liang. The grandson of King Liang should be... named Ma Lingfeng. He and the Lord Ye should be cousins. Hua Haoyue wanted to marry King Liang? But Lord Ye was already the Duke of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although the two countries were friendly for many years, the old minister believed that this kind of marriage was still not suitable."

"There is another suitor, and Mr. Cao must think it's even more inappropriate." Emperor Taixiang's mouth curled up, showing a playful expression: "Qing Luo Zanpu actually sent someone to propose to his prince."

The old eunuch was surprised: "Qingluo Kingdom sent an envoy? The old minister deserves to be killed. Long Guard has not yet found any news about this!"

"This has nothing to do with Longwei. According to Xu Aiqing, Qingluo sent a Tantric Lama to enter our Great Zhou as a monk. He happened to visit the Iron Blood Changhemen on the day of the title ceremony. He also asked Iron Blood Changhemen to fulfill his promise and force my... to marry Prince Qingluo..."

"The Qingluo people are simply delusional. Even if the iron-blooded Changhemen has to agree due to their oath, you will never allow such a thing to happen." The old eunuch was a little confused: "It is said that Qingluo Zamp is still a smart person today. How could he do such a rash move?"

"The capital of Qingluo is thousands of miles away from Jiangling. Perhaps when the lama set out, he did not know that I had accepted the iron-blooded Changhemen again and asked Ye Ziqiong to inherit the title of Duke of Guarding the Kingdom..." Emperor Taixiang said this. He patted the secret letters lightly and fell into deep thoughts: "After this loudspeaker entered my Great Zhou, he learned about this news, but did not give up, and went to propose to the door... Maybe he had the idea of ​​giving it a try, maybe he thought that in the current situation where Beiyan was showing strong performance, I would long to form an alliance with Qingluo. Not only would it not stop it, but it would lead to this marriage... Humph, the people of Qingluo are also underestimating me too much!"

Emperor Taixiang sneered a few times, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back: "The key to the problem is why Qing Luozanpu sent someone to propose to Ye Ziqiong at this time? Is it because she became the leader of the Iron Blood Changhemen?... Or is it because she is the granddaughter of the head of the Kunlun Sect and the granddaughter of King Liang?... Or is it because Qing Luozanpu realized the importance of martial arts people in his cooperation with the Tantric Lamas and wanted to win over the Iron Blood Changhemen for his own use?..."

Emperor Taixiang murmured for a while, stopped, looked at the silent old eunuch, and couldn't help but say again: "Does Cao know what the result of the proposal of these three parties?"

"I think it's not successful." The old eunuch replied without hesitation.

Emperor Taixiang refused to say anything, and his tone was quite excited: "My newly recognized sister actually made a vow in public, 'Unless our Great Zhou army recovered the old land and completely drove the Northern Barbarians to the north of Yanshan Mountain, she would never marry for the rest of her life!'"

The old eunuch shook his white eyebrows: "This is... the oath of the iron-blooded Changhemen!"

"That's right, General Ye has been loyal and brave throughout his life, and his granddaughter is not willing to be with the future. He is really a father without a dog!" Emperor Taixiang was quite excited, and he didn't realize that he had said the wrong thing. Of course, the old eunuch would not be stupid enough to remind him.
Chapter completed!