sbdcsierra Chapter 839: Loulan Proposes A Marriage
Chapter 839: Loulan Proposes A Marriage
The Battle of the Prairie allowed all countries to see the power of firearms. Now only Chu State and Zhou State have firearms in the world. For the sake of the principle of proximity, many small countries in the Western Regions next to Zhou State naturally respect Zhou State. Lord.
At this time, if you don't show up as a vassal, are you still waiting for Zhou Guo to call when he wants to expand its territory?
Surrendering in advance will not only keep the king's current status, but Zhou will not be able to conquest casually if there is no rebellion in the future, and most importantly, the Western Regions are now divided into a bunch of big and small countries.
In order not to destroy those big countries, they naturally need to find a suitable backer.
Over the years, Loulan has continued to expand its territory and become the largest country in the Western Regions among Zhou Kingdoms. After Loulan surrendered, there was a barrier between Zhou Kingdom and several other Western Regions. It means a lot.
It became the dividing line between Zhou State and several big countries in the Western Regions. From then on, Zhou State's army could advance and retreat as well as defend.
And the king of Loulan also went to Beijing in person to ask to marry the princess of Zhou State, so that he could have an in-law and close the connection between Loulan and Zhou State, and further maintain Loulan's position among many countries in the Western Regions.
At this time, Emperor Zhou was discussing this matter with his courtiers in the court hall.
Zhou Guo had fought a battle with Chu and Grassland in the past two years, and had already lost a lot of national strength. Naturally, it was better to appease Lou Lan first, and now that Chu is strong and Lou Lan is weak, even if it is the adoption of a princess For the princess to marry Lou Lan would not have to say much, of course, at this time, don't even think about choosing a court lady to be the princess to marry.
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At this time, the ministers have already begun to discuss who should be selected.
Nowadays, the princesses of the right age are either married or have a marriage contract. The only princess is the third princess, but all the officials know that the third princess was born to the queen who is a compatriot with the prince and the same mother.
Although the Yang family is abolished now, as long as the prince has not been abolished by the emperor, and His Majesty still allows the prince to go to court to discuss politics, then it cannot be ruled out that His Majesty is suppressing the Yang family to prevent the Yang family from controlling the future court. The meaning of suppressing the prince.
If this is the case, then the crown prince may become the next emperor. If they open their mouths at this time and ask the third princess to marry, let alone whether His Majesty agrees or not, the crown prince alone will hate them.
So what the ministers are discussing at this time is just to see which prince or clan has a young and beautiful young lady of the right age, who will be named a princess and marry to Loulan.
When the ministers were playing and discussing, the prince looked around the ministers calmly, and then cupped his hands forward and said: "Reporting to my father, there is actually a princess of the right age in my country of Zhou."
Emperor Zhou raised his eyelids and asked, "Could it be that my country of Zhou is going to marry the princess from the first line to King Loulan?"
The prince said, "Father, you forgot that there is also a Princess Mingyue that you have sealed in the palace."
Emperor Zhou glanced at the prince and said, "You mean to marry Princess Mingyue to Loulan?"
The prince said, "Reporting to my father, Princess Mingyue is a legitimate princess of our country of Zhou. Betrothing her to Loulan will also make King Loulan more loyal to our country of Chu. This is also the luck of Princess Mingyue."
Li Mingyue is a concubine who even the emperor would forget. No one in the capital would marry such a princess. Let her marry Loulan on behalf of Zhou Guo. After all, she is also the main concubine of King Loulan. She will enjoy happiness for the rest of her life.
It just so happened that the third sister also hated this Li Mingyue very much. It seemed that she could appear in her sight every time and obstruct her eyes. From now on, there would be no more Princess Mingyue in the capital.
Zhou Huang listened to the prince's words, nodded and said; "You don't care about the details. The stability of Loulan is related to the stability of the western border of our Zhou Kingdom, but Princess Mingyue has lived in the deep palace for a long time. I have owed a lot to this over the years. In the last three During the month, Princess Mingyue is allowed to go out of the palace and live in the mansion, so she doesn't have to live in the palace anymore."
The prince and other ministers cupped their hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
After discussing the affairs of the Loulan Kingdom, the Minister of Honglu Temple stood up and said, "Your Majesty, because of the friction between Zhou and Chu over the territorial dispute over the grasslands, Chu has decided to send a mission to Zhou. Will be leaving soon."
Zhou Huang smiled and said: "Chu State is here to put pressure on our Zhou State. It is indeed a serious issue involving territorial ownership, and it is just a good time to take this opportunity to completely solve it."
Today's Chu State sends troops to the north to occupy the grasslands. Compared with the vast territory of Chu State, the land occupied by Zhou State is really too small.
Emperor Zhou didn't care much about the grasslands, as long as they could provide enough horses, cattle and sheep to supply the state of Zhou. Anyway, that place was not suitable for growing grain, so it was useless to be greedy.
If the state of Zhou wants to compete with the state of Chu on the territory, it can only expand to the Western Regions. The emperor of Zhou no longer wants to be able to divide the territory of the grassland from the state of Chu, so in a few years, the state of Zhou must find a way to divide it The Western Regions were completely incorporated into the territory of Zhou State.
As for Zhao Guo, forget it, they have to lose their territory.
The Zhou State and the Chu State both opened up their territories and all nations came to the dynasty. It can be said that Zhao State lost all people to the Central Plains.
After the court, the prince went to the back garden in a good mood, but he ran into Li Xun.
The prince looked at Li Xun with a proud face: "Isn't this the sixth brother? The sixth brother really lives in the deep palace for a long time, and there are no decent people who have taught etiquette. Do you know that you need to salute when you meet the prince?"
Li Xun did not refute the crown prince, but cupped his hands and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness the crown prince."
The prince smiled and said: "I said the sixth brother, because the elder brother was in the court just now, but he sought happiness for the little sister of the sixth brother's mother and compatriot."
When Li Xun heard the prince's words, a cold look appeared in his eyes: "What are you going to do to Mingyue?"
The prince continued to laugh and said, "It's nothing. These days, King Loulan came to our country of Zhou to ask for a princess. Originally, the courtiers wanted to let the emperor adopt a daughter of the clan, and give her the name of a princess to marry."
"Thanks to Brother Wei, who suddenly thought of your sixth brother and a Little Sister, who is lonely and lonely with you all day long. After that, it will not be a lifetime of hardship? Thanks to Bengong who mentioned Princess Mingyue in front of the father, father Only then did the emperor realize that there was also Princess Mingyue in the harem, so he readily agreed to let Princess Mingyue marry into Loulan on behalf of Zhou Guo and be the main concubine of King Loulan. Happiness?"