Happy Emperor

Chapter 65 7 National Alliance

Night falls.

Shengjing Yanyu Pavilion welcomed a table of special guests.

They ordered the best dishes, but did not ask for a girl.

And the boss of Yanyu Pavilion also discovered it.

These guests were actually the chief secretaries sent to the Shengjing Palace by the princes of various parts of Daxia.

Although he didn't know why these chief historians came to Yanyu Pavilion together, he didn't care too much.

After all, they wouldn't dare to cause trouble here even if they were scared to death.

Even if the emperor of Daxia came to Yanyu Pavilion to spend money, he had to pay.

Lin Tian had his own reasons for choosing Yanyu Pavilion.

Almost all industries in Shengjing now belong to him. If something happens on his territory, in addition to affecting his own business, the princes in various places will also have reason to cause trouble for him once they learn about it.

The exception is Yanyu Pavilion, which belongs to the Seven Nations Alliance.

The G7, as its name suggests, is jointly formed by seven countries.

On the surface, it is a huge business organization, but in reality, it is involved in complex state relations.

These seven countries are all continuations of Chinese civilization.

However, Daxia, which is also a continuation of Chinese civilization, is not among these seven countries.

In fact, the Seven-Nation Alliance was called the Eight-Nation Alliance during the reign of Emperor Gaozu. However, as the power of Daxia weakened later, the previous emperor ordered the seven countries to unite and kick it out of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the Eight-Nation Alliance became the current Seven-Nation Alliance.

"Your Majesty, if there is trouble in the Misty Rain Pavilion, will the Seven Nations Alliance use this as an excuse to attack Daxia?"

An Bilie, who followed along, looked a little worried.

After all, the forces behind the Seven Nations Alliance are the seven most powerful countries in China. With the current strength of Daxia, let alone fighting against the seven countries, Daxia cannot even defeat a single country.

"If they really want to attack Daxia, they don't need any excuse at all. In other words, even if they are given enough reasons now, they will not take action."

Lin Tian said indifferently.

"Your Majesty, I am stupid and don't understand what you mean."

Seeing that Emperor Li looked unusually serious, An Bilie also humbly asked for advice.

Even Huang Tianba, who was standing by, was listening with his ears perked up.

"They haven't formed a consistent idea internally yet."

Lin Tian explained again: "One day, once they come up with the idea of ​​uniformly distributing Daxia's territory, our Daxia will be destroyed."

Hearing the words "annihilate the country", the expressions of Generals Huang Tianba and An Bilie immediately became serious.

There was indomitable spirit and anger in his eyes.

If a general does not care about the demise of his country, then that country is completely finished.

Fortunately, Lin Tian saw hope in the eyes of the two people.

They did not choose to surrender because the enemy was strong, and their hearts were still full of fighting spirit.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. When that day really comes, even if the seven countries come together, we will inflict heavy casualties on them even if we all die in battle." An Bilie said resolutely.

"Your Majesty, I believe that as long as we, the monarch and his subjects, are united, we will definitely make sure that the Seven Kingdoms dare not touch an inch of our Great Xia land."

Huang Tianba also put away his usual playful look and looked serious.

In fact, there is another deeper meaning behind Lin Tian’s choice of Yanyu Pavilion, which is to use the Seven-Nation Alliance to inspire the princes of Daxia to fight against foreign countries.

Lin Tian looked at the two of them, didn't say anything, just nodded with satisfaction.

So what if they are one against seven nations!

Sooner or later, Lin Tian will make the seven countries submit to Daxia and unify China.

As the three were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the door of Yanyu Pavilion.

Lin Tian led Huang Tianba and the other man into the private room, and all the palace officials immediately stood up to greet them.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Long live the emperor..."

Everyone had a hypocritical smile on their face, but Li Yi was nowhere to be seen among the chief officials of the royal palace.

In fact, this was specially arranged by Lin Tian.

After he prepared the two jars of fine wine, he ordered Duan Chengming to go and reconcile the accounts with Li Yi and ask him to stop Li Yi from attending the dinner.

As for the king of a different surname, what Lin Tian needs to do now is to win him over.

After all, the ones who are against him now are the princes of the same surname. If the situation changes, he can win over the princes of the same surname and suppress the princes of different surnames.

This is what the emperor called the art of balancing.

However, this is only a temporary measure. The only way is to completely hold power in the hands of one's own people.

This is also the reason why whenever a new emperor ascends the throne, he will inevitably deal with a group of his close ministers.

It’s not that these old guys are no longer capable, nor that the newly appointed officials can do a better job.

It was entirely because these ministers were the previous emperor's men, not his own men.

If it had been allowed to develop, the current situation in Daxia would have occurred.

"Please take a seat, my dears."

Lin Tian laughed out loud and said, "You represent the vassal kings of various places. You are an important bridge of communication between the imperial power of Great Xia and the vassal kings. I really want to express my special thanks to you all for your efforts."

"Don't dare take it!"

"I am only doing my duty. Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

"..."

All the chief officials of the royal palace became humble.

Even Zhen Niumeng, who was confronting the emperor at the morning court, had a fake smile on his face.

"Today, we, the king and his subjects, will have fun together, eating and chatting at the same time." Lin Tian said with a smile as he was invited to the main seat.

After three rounds of wine, the food became tasteless.

The moods of these chief secretaries also began to become agitated, and they spoke more and more without restraint.

Some people even began to openly make fun of the fact that there were dishes but no women.

Zhen Niumeng also instigated the conflict.

Under his guidance, the chief officials of the royal palace fired at Lin Tian one after another.

Although most of the words were joking and teasing.

But Lin Tian could also see that these people did not take him seriously at all.

"Your Majesty, you've actually come to the Misty Rain Pavilion. Why don't you ask the beauties to dance with you?"

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhen Niumeng took the initiative to attack.

"Could it be that the Emperor doesn't have enough money to treat everyone to a feast? If so, I, the Prince of Pingdong's Palace, will pay for it."

"Don't you know, my dear ministers, that officials of the Great Xia court are forbidden from visiting prostitutes?"

Lin Tian's expression was still relaxed, because he had already ordered Huang Tianba and An Bilie to secretly bring in two bottles of "good wine".

"My Emperor, this is wrong."

A palace official sitting next to Zhen Niu Meng, his eyes hazy with drunkenness and a whiff of alcohol on his lips, said, "As the saying goes, fine wine and beautiful women are the greatest pleasure in the world. I propose that Daxia abolish this law."

Upon hearing this, all the chief officials of the royal palace responded.

Zhen Niumeng looked at Emperor Li with a sneer on his face.

He concluded that Emperor Li did not dare to really offend everyone.

Although their official positions are not high, they are the most trusted people of their respective princes.

The weight of their words can even influence the views of the vassal kings on imperial power. Once Emperor Li offends all these people.

That indirectly helped King Pingdong.

"Lin Fei, Lin Changshi!"

Lin Tian looked at the chief historian of the palace who had just proposed abolishing the law prohibiting officials from visiting prostitutes.

"It's me, the old man. I didn't expect the emperor to recognize me."

Lin Fei replied with disdain: "Logically speaking, my brother Lin Xiang and I are both your uncles."

"kindness!"

Lin Tian smiled and nodded.

The brothers Lin Fei and Lin Xiang are both sons of Emperor Gaozu, so what he said is correct.

However, mentioning this matter on such an occasion is a royal taboo.

Everyone present was related to the emperor.

But the emperor is the emperor, even if you are the emperor's grandfather, you still need to pay homage to him.

You cannot mention your kinship with the emperor.

Otherwise the imperial power would be in chaos.

As soon as the emperor attends the morning court, he has to pay his respects to each of the royal relatives one by one.

"An Bilie, Huang Tianba, pour wine for the chief secretaries." Lin Tian winked at them.

An Bilie was holding 'Jet Three Thousand' and 'Sleep Without Awakening'.

In Huang Tianba's hand is the 'Invincible Overlord Spear!'

"That's more like it. It seems the emperor has recognized me as his uncle."

Lin Fei smiled smugly.

"Of course. Everyone here is my brother and uncle. I want to toast you all."

Lin Tian smiled with sincerity.

"After finishing this drink, I will leave first and not disturb your elegance. I will pay for all your consumption today."

After saying this, Lin Tian drank the wine in one gulp.

The chief secretaries thought that Lin Tian had surrendered to them, and they drank all the wine in the bowl without leaving a drop.

"Then I'll go first, so you don't have to see me off."

After saying that, Lin Tian took An Bilie and Huang Tianba and quickly left the private room.

Not a single one of the palace's chief secretaries stood up.

In their eyes, the emperor had already given in.

"Order someone to guard the door and not allow anyone in or out. Please invite the storyteller in later."

As soon as he walked out of the room, Lin Tianbian gave instructions to the two of them.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled obscenely at the same time.