Although Zhang Xuan had not yet been received by Du Fuwei, he brought the letter written by Yang Tong to the soldiers to Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei read it and was stunned.

"What did Emperor Shengwu say in his letter?" Seeing this, Fu Gongqi hurriedly asked.

"Big brother, see for yourself!" Du Fuwei handed over the letter with an unhappy face.

Fu Gongqi took the letter and hurriedly read it, and said: "The Sui Dynasty let us surrender, and then named you the head of Jianghuai soldiers and horses, the Zhu State, and the other knight Liyang County Duke?" ”

"yes!" Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "Compared with Li Tang, the sincerity of the Sui Dynasty is very insufficient!" Perhaps in the eyes of Emperor Shengwu, we are always anti-thieves. ”

Fu Gongyi thought for a while, and said seriously: "I think Li Yuancai is not sincere. ”

Duvowich said: "How can you see it? ”

"In the orthodox dynasty, the emperor does not give the surname of a prince, and generally only the emperor's own son has a prince. At present, there are only two princes in the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Jin, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and even Li Xiaogong and other meritorious figures can only be county kings. It can be seen that Li Yuan has a very strict control over the title, and the prince will only give it to his son. ”

Fu Gongqi smiled coldly, and then said: "The prince respects 'Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu', but Li Yuan has named you, a foreign surname, as the king of Chu, that is to say, in Li Tangjiangshan, Li Yuan is the first, Li Jiancheng is the second, Li Shimin is the third, Li Yuanji is the fourth, and you are the fifth, Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong and other Li children will be ranked behind you." ”

"If you surrender to Li Tang and Li Tang eventually dominates the world, how long do you think you can live? Even if Li Yuan can tolerate you. But Li Xiaogong, these Li children, can tolerate you, the prince with a foreign surname, acting as a blessing on their heads? Therefore, Li Yuan's title of King of Chu is obviously to deceive you with high-ranking officials, fame and fortune, which is obviously a way to take advantage of you due to the current situation, and there is no sincerity at all. ”

"Really?" Duvoy's eyes widened all at once.

"Let's take Xiao Milling's Liang Guo as an example! Before the world arrived, Xiao Mo killed the king with a different surname. Dong Jingzhen is his number one minister, if there is no Dong Jingzhen, there would be no Liang State today, but soon after Xiao Mo named the other party as the king of Jin, he ordered Zhang Xiu, the king of Qi, to kill him, and not long after, he turned his head and killed Zhang Xiu. If it weren't for Li Yuan's pressing, I'm afraid that Lei Shimeng, the king of Qin, Zheng Wenxiu, the king of Chu, Xu Xuanche, the king of Yan, Wan Zhan, the king of Lu, and Yang Daosheng, the king of Song, would have died long ago. Fu Gongyi shook his head, his righteous brother fought quite fiercely, but he didn't understand the way of officialdom at all, and officialdom has always been a place where people don't see blood, and it is more terrifying than the battlefield.

Du Fuwei chuckled in his heart and continued to ask, "What about the Sui Dynasty?" ”

Fu Gongqi said: "As far as I know, in addition to Yang Yu, the king of Tang, and Yang Tong's son, the Sui Dynasty has only one county king, Yang Gongren, and even Yang Shanhui and Yang Shidao, the two royal clansmen, are only Guogong, as for the other twenty-three Guogong, all of them have made great achievements and made great contributions to the Sui Dynasty. And Yin Mingyue, a female general, who expanded thousands of miles for the Sui Dynasty, is only the lord of the county, you can be juxtaposed with such a national hero, which is enough to show Yang Dong's sincerity, and above the county duke, you still have a national prince to fight for, and you don't have to worry about the high merit and the unsealable thing. It shows that Yang Tong is completely acting according to the rules, and he is more sincere than Li Yuan's seal of the King of Chu. ”

"What do you think we should do?" After Fu Gongqi said this, Du Fuwei also realized the risk of a prince with a foreign surname in a unified dynasty.

"Let's listen to what the Sui envoy has to say." After Fu Gongyi finished speaking, he talked to Du Fuwei about the general trend of the world, and then retreated.

Du Fuwei walked to the window with his hands in his hands, looked at the gorgeous sunset in the sky, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

I thought that Li Yuan was full of sincerity, but after Fu Gongyi's words, he found out that Li Tang had sinister intentions, and the 'King of Chu' he gave him was purely a deadly poison wrapped in honey.

……

Early the next morning, the two brothers met with the Sui envoy Zhang Xuan.

"Zhang Xuan, the special envoy of the Great Sui, see General Du and Auxiliary General."

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to Liyang City." Du Fuwei returned the salute with his fists, he was a cheerful person, so he asked frankly: "I have read Emperor Shengwu's letter, I can fully understand the Sui Dynasty's desire to unify the world and rest with the people, but I can't see Emperor Shengwu's sincerity in the letter, I wonder if Mr. can explain it to me?" ”

Zhang Xuan understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid General Du's so-called sincerity is an official title, right?" ”

"Exactly, you must know that Li Tang is ready to crown me as the king of Chu."

"If General Du wants it, the Holy Lord can also give it." Zhang Xuan smiled and took out another letter from his arms, and said, "This is another canonization of the saint, please take a look at it." ”

Du Fuwei opened it and looked at it, and suddenly there was a black line.

Yang Tong promised him in the letter that if he surrendered to the Great Sui, the Great Sui would divide the south of the Yangtze River into the state of Wu, and let the Du family sit in Jiangnan for generations and be the king of Wu for generations, without collecting a penny of taxes or sending a single soldier. It is completely a situation of fiefdom and fragmentation of the territory, and it has become a country of its own.

"This ......" Fu Gongyi took a look, and immediately said with a smile: "Since the Qin Dynasty, the idea of great unification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Emperor Shengwu is a powerful emperor, how can it be possible for a general to establish a country on his own?" Isn't that a lie? ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Whether it is the king of Chu or the state of Wu, these are all princely titles, and only the descendants of the emperor can be crowned, Li Yuan canonized General Du as the king of Chu, isn't it a lie?" ”

Du Fuwei asked, "What does Emperor Shengwu mean?" ”

Zhang Xuan took the extremely unreliable letter from Fu Gongyi's hand, and said: "The saint has a lot of appreciation for the two, so he wrote this bizarre letter, the purpose of which is to remind the two generals that some false names that do not belong to people with foreign surnames will kill people. ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord, for the reminder." Du Fuwei was very grateful, Yang Tong's letter was actually the same as what Fu Gongyi said yesterday.

"The two generals not only divided the land equally, but also vigorously suppressed the lawless families, and the people under their rule only had to pay very low taxes, and at the same time all the corrupt officials were executed. But now it seems that the two of them are also aware of the harm caused by false names. ”

"Speaking of which, I am grateful to Emperor Shengwu for today." Duvowe smiled.

In order to shake the deep-rooted foundation of the family and scholar class step by step, Yang Tong implemented the plan in the north and also packaged it to Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande and others.

This is also a pawn of Yang Tong, so that the family and the scholar class understand that without them, the world can still operate as usual, and after Yang Dong dominates the world, the resistance from these people will be much smaller, and the anger of these people will be borne by the princes.

Du Fuwei and Li Zitong were defeated in the battle for Jiangdu at that time, and they were at a loss, and they didn't know what to do, and the booklet that Yang Tong gave him was recognized by everyone.

Jianghuai is in the radiation circle of Jiangdu, the power of the family is intertwined, Du Fuwei, who is poor and white, and is from a civilian background, cannot get the support of the family family, and needs the interests of these people to enrich himself, naturally there is no politeness, the Jiangnan Shi clan was almost slaughtered by him, and the rest have fled elsewhere. The means are ruthless, and there is a tendency for the blue to be blue and the blue to be blue.

Then Du Fuwei governed the place according to the policy given by Yang Tong, and sure enough, within a few months, he stabilized his rule, and his pockets also bulged a lot, and finally became one of the few powerful princes in the world.

This is the origin of Duvoy's gratitude. And when it comes to these things, there is a great sense of intimacy of meeting old acquaintances in a foreign country. Du Fuwei asked some more about the Great Sui policy, and Zhang Xuan also told them one by one, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi had many uncertainties, and suddenly became clear.

After receiving Zhang Xuan's instruction for nearly an hour, the two brothers ended the inquiry without getting enough of it.

Zhang Xuanxuan returned to the right and preached: "The Holy Lord sent me here, and the real intention was not to force the two to surrender. ”

"What?" Fu Gong was stunned.

Zhang Xuan arched his hand and said: "The meaning of the Holy Lord is to let the two of you fully cooperate with my Great Sui as friends, and everyone will fight together." As for whether to return or not, wait until the world is clear,"

"What's the difference between that and surrender?"

"Of course there is a difference, which means that you are fighting for yourself. Your army is also convinced. ”

"Isn't Emperor Shengwu worried that we will grow stronger because of this and eventually become a strong enemy of the Great Sui?"

"If General Fu sees my Great Sui's combat strength, he will know where my Great Sui's confidence comes from."

"The Great Sui Iron Rider is invincible in the world, but the water network is different across the south of the Yangtze River."

"The Great Sui Navy also dominates the world, and with the capacity of my Great Sui sea ships, it is completely possible to send 100,000 troops to any place along the coast at one time......" Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "... And I really don't know how long your army of hundreds of thousands will be able to hold out. ”

"Is Mr. Zhang threatening me?"

"It's not a threat. It'......s the truth," Zhang Xuan said with a smile, "We in the Great Sui never talk about skills in fighting, and we fight with strength and crowd tactics." When we attack the city, we have always filled it with the lives of Goguryeo and Turkic slaves, 100,000 is not enough, we can use millions, millions are not enough, we can transfer from the Western Regions again, anyway, it is not my people, even if we die, it doesn't matter. I'm afraid that General Fu will kill people and cramp his hands... During the Battle of Guanzhong, General Xue Wanjun only sacrificed 80,000 Turkic slaves, but as a result, more than 100,000 Tang troops in Xiangwu City surrendered directly, and they killed people so much that they didn't dare to kill... If one day my Great Sui attacks Jiancheng, Fu Gongqi might as well go and take a look..."

Fu Gongqi had a creepy feeling when he heard this, and he took a deep breath and said, "If there is such an opportunity, I will definitely watch it." I have a question I want to ask Mr. Zhang, since the Great Sui is so capable of fighting, and there are so many slaves that can be sacrificed, why did you come to our Jianghuai Army? ”

"Easy!" Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "According to the news we have received, Li Yuan and Li Mi have formed an alliance, Li Yuan has attacked the Central Plains, and Li Mi is very likely to go south, when the time comes, you will bear the brunt of the attack, you have to fight, you have to fight, you have to fight, in this way, you are my de facto allies of the Great Sui." The Holy One is afraid that you will suffer, so he asked me to come to remind you. ”

Du Fuwei said: "Emperor Shengwu has no way to express my kindness to Du Fuwei. And so honestly. I am willing to be loyal to the Great Sui and the Holy One. I don't have any conditions, even if the Holy Lord asks me to be a soldier, I'm willing. ”

"You ......" Fu Gong Yi stood up suddenly, the anger in his heart irrepressible. Turning and walking briskly out the door, the anger in his heart made him lose his mind a little.

"Sit's a little bit sir!" Du Fuwei smiled apologetically at Zhang Xuan and chased him out quickly.