Xiao Yu's face turned white and red for a while, and finally he said helplessly: "Okay! Let's not talk about who is right and who is wrong, let's talk about how to deal with the aftermath? ”

Yang Tong laughed 'heh', "In the troubled times, the strength is not respected, and the best way to deal with the aftermath is to beat you to the death." The Great Sui soldiers are strong, have sufficient money and food, and their strength is far stronger than Li Tang, so they will definitely not give Li Yuan a chance to breathe! You broke the covenant before you gave the king a reason to send an army. ”

These words are very true, if they change places, Li Tang will not give the Sui Dynasty a chance to breathe. But Xiao Yu couldn't accept it very much, the corners of his eyes twitched, and said, "If Your Highness can fight in an all-round way, will you still sign a contract with my Datang?" ”

"This time and that time! The shoe is on the other foot. A sneer appeared at the corner of Yang Tong's mouth, and his eyes were as sharp as knives, "And if you really want to talk, you won't use a large number of spies to mess up the price of my Great Sui's grain...... Once there is chaos within my Great Sui, then it will be the moment when you take the inner road by force, are you really a fool of this king? ”

Xiao Yu categorically denied it: "Your Highness misunderstood, this matter has nothing to do with my Datang, someone must have deliberately provoked disputes in the name of Datang for a long time, and waited for both the Sui and Tang dynasties to lose and make profits." ”

Yang Tong said indifferently: "Hehe! Whether it was done by the Tang Dynasty or not, everyone knows in their hearts. Li Yuan can't wait to strangle this king to death, and this king can't wait to cut Li Yuan in two, there is no need to say this kind of cover-up, in order to defeat the enemy, it is natural to do everything, it just depends on whose means are more clever. Peace talks will not bring about a peaceful world. Please tell Li Yuan that from the moment he invaded Western Qin, the peace treaty had already pushed the binding force on my Great Sui, and we were waiting for the war. ”

Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness is working hard, aren't you afraid that the powerful people of Guan Long will work together?" ”

"One mind?" Yang Tong laughed teasingly, "Xiao Xiangguo is a smart person, he is still a member of the family, and he knows better than this king what kind of virtue your family gate valve is, here, this king does not need to introduce them one by one!" At least, this king knew that it was impossible for the family gate valve to accompany the Li father and son to the funeral. I might as well tell you! Dugu Cheng of the Dugu clan has already received posthumous gifts from loyal people such as Dugu Sheng and Dugu Kaiyuan this morning! Do you know what that means? ”

Xiao Yu's face changed greatly.

The Dugu clan took away the posthumous gifts of the Dugu clan's children who died in the Jiangdu Palace turmoil, which means that the Dugu clan, who has escorted Li Yuan for more than ten years and fully supported Li Yuan's rebellion, has lost confidence in Li Yuan! Trying to use Dugu Sheng, Dugu Kaiyuan and others from the dead end of the Great Sui to make an article. Once the descendants of Dugu Sheng, Dugu Kaiyuan and others come to vote, Yang Tong can't refuse to refuse, otherwise, it will chill the loyal people in the world, and now he has received the commendation and glory of the Great Sui, and the Dugu clan has naturally taken the line of the Great Sui.

Xiao Yu didn't think that Yang Tong would deceive himself with this kind of thing, because he would know that he couldn't hide it from people at all.

Yang Tong smiled slightly.

Dugu Cheng is a smart person, he doesn't talk about any conditions! I just hope that the descendants of Dugu Sheng, Dugu Kaiyuan and others can inherit the legacy of their fathers and ancestors and serve the Great Sui......

That's no problem, but the children of the Dugu clan will always be the people of the Dugu clan, and even if they reach the Great Sui, they can't get rid of the control of the family! This is also the sorrow of the children of the family, while enjoying the abundant resources of the family, they can never get rid of that invisible rope, no matter how good they are, they are always the puppets of the family.

Now that he understands Dugu's infiltration, how could Yang Tong agree to Dugucheng's 'reasonable' request? It's just that he didn't explicitly refuse, and if he gave the Dugu clan a little hope, it might be able to loosen the Dugu clan's support for Li Yuan. As one of Li Yuan's two hardcore consortia, if they all go in opposite directions, Guanzhong must be very interesting.

"This is not a secret, Xiao Xiangguo can know it after a little inquiry, so the so-called family gate valve will talk about it at all. As long as this king loosens his mouth, Jingzhao Webster will definitely run like a dog. Do you believe it or not? ”

Xiao Yu was silent.

It is not a secret that Wei Kuangbo, the head of the Jingzhao Wei family, came to Yecheng to visit the Empress Dowager Wei, and everyone in the elite circle in Guanzhong knows about it, but everyone knows that he was rejected by Yang Tong.

The Great Sui Huanghuang atmosphere, with the momentum of looking at the world, the princes of all parties played around, although everyone did not say, but everyone wanted to throw a few eggs at the Great Sui. If Yang Tong lifts the ban on the family's gate valve, I'm afraid it's not just the Wei family, even the Dou family will also consider one or two, of course, including their Lanling Xiao family.

After a long time, Xiao Yu said with difficulty: "How long does Your Highness think that domineering can make Da Sui go?" ”

"For the domineering of the family, for thousands of ordinary people, it is the royal road that conforms to the hearts of the people. Among the population of the world, less than one of the ten family gate valves, this king has ninety percent of the population support, what family door valve is he afraid of? At least, it's enough to deal with one Li Yuan! ”

"Why does Your Highness always target me on pilgrimship?" This is also what everyone is curious about.

"The emperor's grandfather was very kind to his Li family, but he chose to betray. This king hates traitors above all. ”

"Didn't Wang Shichong also betray the Great Sui?"

"He is a loyal minister of the emperor's grandfather, and the brother of King Yan who he betrayed has nothing to do with this king. The most important thing is that Wang Shichong did not become a traitor. These two reasons are enough for this king to let him go first. ”

This is purely unreasonable bullying, Xiao Yu feels deeply powerless. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness will open conditions." ”

He didn't understand that Yang Tong was blackmailing, but Li Tang didn't dare to take this risk. This is no longer a simple four counties, but a full-scale war to threaten Li Tang.

Li Yuan's strength is not as good as that of the Great Sui, if Yang Tong lifts the ban on the family gate valve again, then Li Tang's result can be imagined.

Yang Tong said: "It's very simple, the way to get this king not to fight Guanzhong is very simple, it's nothing more than to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster." ”

Seeing that Yang Tong's expression was very resolute, as if there was no room for negotiation, Xiao Yu was helpless, so he had to ask hard: "What does Your Highness want, how much?" ”

"As long as Li Yuan sends two million taels of gold and two million taels of silver to Hedong County, and another six million stone of good grain to Yan'an County! The king forgave Li Yuan for breaking the contract and extended the contract to expire. ”

This condition made Xiao Yu almost faint, and even Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, Wei Yunqi, Wei Zheng, Liu Zhenghui, Kong Yingda, Jiang Xingben and others who had been pretending to be dead next to him also changed their faces, and even Yin Hongzhi, who was in charge of recording on the side of the Sui Dynasty, couldn't put pen to paper, looking at Yang Tong's eyes, full of worship.

Xiao Yu was almost desperate, and her teeth itched with hatred. Yang Tong This is simply a lion's mouth, two million in gold, two million in silver, and six million stones in grain, such a terrifying amount, so that the Tang Dynasty can afford it so much? What made him even more unacceptable was that after handing over so much property, he could only maintain the remaining half a year of the contract.

Xiao Yu knew in his heart that the grain stored in the Tang Dynasty Mansion was only more than 14 million stones, which still emptied the Bashu official warehouse, if it was extorted to 6 million stones, once a drought occurred, what would the Tang Dynasty do? If you don't need Da Sui to fight, you won't be able to support yourself.

And two million taels of gold and two million taels of silver were copied from the Bashu family, which is almost ninety percent of the gold reserves in Zuozang, which was given to the Sui Dynasty, which will greatly affect the financial expenditure of the Tang Dynasty, for half a year of peace, how can the saint explain to the imperial court? How to explain it to the people? He was equally unlikely to say yes.

Although the saint said that he could promise all the conditions of the Sui Dynasty, it was the price of buying four counties, and now in the blink of an eye, it has become a purchase of peace, and he has not even caught a single hair from the four counties of Longxi. As Li Tang's Xiangguo, Xiao Yu has his own bottom line and principles, and he bowed his head and remained silent.

Yang Tong glanced at him and smiled faintly: "That's it!" The king took a step back. ”

"Your Highness, please speak." Xiao Yu has a feeling of 'another village'

"Only by agreeing to the king's conditions, as long as a lot of gold, silver and grain arrives on the king's territory, the Great Sui will not only maintain the contract until the end, but also do not interfere with your grievances with Western Qin, and at the same time, withdraw from the four counties of Jincheng, Caohan, Douhe and Xiping! When he bought the four counties, Li Yuan thought that the people of Li Tang also had an explanation! The Hehuang region is also a major grain producing area, and in just a few years, you will earn it back, and this business is very cost-effective for you. ”

Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness King Qin, we can't afford gold, silver and food, can we give in one more step." ”

Yang Tong thought for a while: "Okay, this king is here to repay Li Yuan's nurturing grace instead of Concubine Li!" Gold and silver will be reduced by 500,000 taels each, and grain will be reduced by 1 million stones. In the future, if Li Yuan embarrasses Concubine Li again, don't blame this king for being unkind. ”

Xiao Yu's heart was horizontal, "That word is a certainty!" ”

Yang Tong's expression became serious, he stared at Xiao Yu's eyes, and said slowly: "A word is a certainty!" ”

The two sides finally reached an agreement, and the Tang Dynasty maintained the contract at the cost of 1.5 million taels of gold and silver, and 5 million stone of grain, and once in place, the Sui army would withdraw its troops from Jincheng, Caohan, Douhe, and Xiping.

The contract was drawn up, but for some reason, Xiao Yu was always a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't find anything unfavorable to Li Tang after looking for a long time... No matter how you look at it, this is a good thing for Li Tang.

Xiao Yu simply asked, "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, can you tell me why you are willing to sell the four counties?" ”

Yang Tong said frankly: "The Great Sui front is too long and the troops are scattered, which is not conducive to defense. ”

Xiao Yu suddenly realized that when the Turkic Hu cavalry gradually recovered, the vast border became the heaviest burden of the Great Sui, and the flexible Turks could harass Liaodong, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, Wuyuan, Yulin, and even the frozen Yellow River to harass Lingwu County and Wuwei County!

To defend the long border, at least more than 300,000 troops are needed, even if a million troops are not too much, but Yang Tong only has about 400,000 troops in his hands, if they all go to defend against the Turks, how can they fight with the princes of the Central Plains? Therefore, it is indeed wise to exchange the newly acquired land for real materials. As soon as he thought of this, the doubts and doubts in Xiao Yu's heart suddenly disappeared.

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