The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 332
Chen Zhi rolled his eyes at Xiong Lao Er, and said in a bad mood: "Don't talk nonsense, just watch over. The general asked us to protect Madam and Miss Xiao, but we didn't protect them. If we didn't , then we have nothing to say to the general.”

Xiong Er Er smiled and stopped teasing Chen Yan.Putting his smile away, Xiong Laoer said to Chen Zhi: "The general should have returned by now, and I will guard here. You go back to the mansion and see how the general will deal with this matter."

Chen Zhi thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine, you have to be careful, don't make any mistakes."

"Hey, I got it. Don't worry, there will be no mistakes. Don't you have Si'er and Liu'er? You can't trust me, can't you be better than them?" Xiong Er Er waved his hand at Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi didn't delay, got up directly, and walked towards the mansion.Then I found Changsun Ji in the study and explained the matter to Changsun Ji, and then stopped moving, waiting for Changsun Ji's orders.

Changsun Ji looked at Chen Zhi, thinking about the news that Wang Gang had inquired about him just now.

The prince who came this time is the eldest prince of one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions. This country is powerful in the Western Regions. Although it looks like he came to Beijing this time to pay tribute, he secretly came to test The reality of Yan Kingdom.

These countries in the Western Regions have always been affiliated countries of the Yan State. They pay tribute and worship to the State of Yan every year. They belong to the State of Yan in name, and the State of Yan will send troops to rescue and mediate between the countries of the Western Regions when they are invaded. Contradictions between them, to avoid major wars among the countries in the Western Regions.

As a big country, Yan State doesn't care about the tributes from the Western Regions, but the surrender of the Western Regions to itself.Every year, the Western Regions send tributes, and the Yan Kingdom is the main country. In order to show the tolerance of the main country, the overall value of the gifts in return far exceeds the tributes sent by other countries in the Western Regions.

And this time the prince of the country came here because the western regions suffered from natural disasters every year in the past few years, the grain production was reduced, and the cattle and horses died tragically. He wanted to ask if the country of Yan could reduce the tribute this year.

On the surface, it seems that a vassal country sent people to plead with the main country to reduce the tribute due to natural disasters.

But in fact, it is a very worthwhile thing to think about. If there are only tributes, it is not a problem for the Yan Kingdom to exempt the tribute from the Zong Kingdom. After all, the Yan Kingdom does not lack these things.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that there are many problems in it.If the king of the country is not a fool, if a disaster really happened in the country, it would be so difficult that he could not pay tribute to the main country. It was richer than previous years.

Just do nothing, just bring generous tributes, and the gifts from Yan Kingdom alone can make a lot of money. If you are a little smarter, you will send envoys to ask for help after paying the tribute.

At the time of the tribute, so many tributes were sent, but this has just passed, even if it is because of face, the Yan Kingdom will provide some assistance more or less.

However, the Nation used a method that no normal person would use, sending people to ask for a reduction in the tribute.

Moreover, China is a country in the Western Regions, and China is relatively powerful. If the national strength of even a single country cannot support it, then other countries in the Western Regions would have sent people to the capital long ago.

However, apart from the track countries, none of the countries in the Western Regions sent anyone.Then this matter is worth anyone's imagination.

Especially when natural disasters occurred in Yan State for two consecutive years and there were rebellions in the country.

Therefore, Changsun Ji guessed that this time, the Zhezu Kingdom photographed the eldest prince coming to Beijing to pay tribute, in fact, he was testing the attitude of the Yan Kingdom.

With the national strength of the Yan State being dragged down by the rebels, the Guizhou State seemed to have the idea that it should not have moved.

Changsun Ji felt that if the State of Yan was exempted from the tribute from the State of Gu, then the State of Yan would surely see that the State of Yan was already a strong outsider at this time.What's more, if the tribute from the country is exempted, what will the countries of the Western Regions think when the news spreads back to the Western Regions?
It is the weakness of human nature to suffer from inequality rather than scarcity.If the country has evil intentions, it can use this matter to win over the countries of the Western Regions.

If it is unavoidable to pay tribute to the country, it will not be of any benefit. Let alone other things, at least it is untenable in righteousness. After all, the dependent country is empty and cannot pay tribute, but the main country forces it to pay tribute , a person with a reputation of being a bully can't escape.

It is easy to make other dependent countries feel sad about the death of a rabbit, and it is also easy to make some common people and knights who don't know the truth dissatisfied with the court.At this time, the country can use this title to directly declare independence and lose the title of dependent country.

So this time the country came to the capital to pay tribute, in Changsun Ji's feeling, the other party was here to provoke trouble.

He still doesn't know what the prince's attitude is towards the country. After all, the country is still a subsidiary country of the Yan country. Although there are signs that the other party may rebel, he has not done anything. He still has to worry about the face of the court. .All about this matter, he didn't want to be smart, and at this time, kill the country.

He thought for a while, glanced at Chen Zhi who was standing aside, and said, "Miss Xiao was molested by that barbarian from the Western Regions, so let's not forget about this matter. I have already promised Miss Xiao that I will give her an explanation."

"I'll entrust you with this matter. It's an outlet for Miss Xiao. However, you have to remember that the other party is here to pay tribute. Although he is a bad guest, he is still a guest after all. You can punish him, but You can't take the other party's life, once there is a murder case in the capital, it will be very difficult, this is the bottom line. Do you understand?"

"I will understand in the end." Chen Zhi cupped his hands.

"Well, I don't care what method you use, you just have to remember, firstly, there must be no murder, secondly, the smaller the movement, the better. It is best to let the other party not know who committed the crime."

"The general will remember."

"Okay, then go back and think of a way." Changsun Ji nodded.

"The last general will leave." Chen Zhi bowed his hands and saluted, then turned to leave, but when he left, his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about how to deal with the barbarian from the Western Regions while satisfying the conditions proposed by Changsun Ji.

After Chen Zhi left, Changsun Ji sighed. In fact, it doesn't matter what attitude the crown prince has towards the country, as long as the country is harboring ill will towards the country of Yan as Changsun Ji thought in his heart, it doesn't matter if the prince Yes or no.There will be a war between Gui Zhe and Yan.

What worries Changsun Ji is that his Changsun family's fiefdom is in Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is the border between Yan State and the Western Regions. If there is a problem in the Western Regions, if there is a problem in the Western Regions, if they want to suppress the rebellion, they will definitely transfer troops from Liangzhou. It will weaken Liangzhou's military strength as a whole.

(End of this chapter)