In the evening of this day, a carriage stopped in front of Wang Shiyun's mansion, Wang Shiyun is Wang Shichong's fourth brother, named the king of Qi, and at the same time is the Taifu of the Dazheng Dynasty, and the Shangshu Ling in charge of the six departments of Shangshu Province, plus Wang Ren, who is in charge of the Dazheng army, is his son, it can be said that he is above 10,000 people under one person, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition.

Wang Shiyun's most admired person is Yu Shiji, and he also likes Yu Shiji's calligraphy, but he does not have half of Yu Shiji's talent and knowledge, and the greed for money is better than the blue.

The porter steward also developed a pair of sharp eyes, when he saw this gorgeous carriage slowly coming, his eyes lit up, the jewels inlaid in the carriage sparkled in the sun, almost flashed his eyes, such a luxurious carriage, he saw it for the first time, it was the emperor and the prince's car, far inferior.

Who could this be?

Just when the porter was speculating, a well-dressed middle-aged man stepped down from the carriage, he politely saluted the porter, and said very politely: "My name is Wu Shi Tong, I am from Xiangyang, I have an important secret to ask to see your King Qi, and I will report it!" ”

"Do you have a greeting, sir?"

The middle-aged man took out a gold-inlaid prayer post and handed it over, and when the porter took the prayer post, a pearl had already been presented, "Be careful, not respectful." ”

"Hehe, sir is polite." The porter smiled with satisfaction, and after accepting the pearl, he immediately left the others behind and hurried towards the mansion.

According to Feng Lun's plan, Wu Shiyun visited Wang Shiyun first, and asked Wang Shiyun to help him fool Wang Shichong, and it was actually very simple to get Wang Shiyun's support, as long as he took out the treasure that made him tempted.

Not long after, a young man in Chinese clothes hurriedly walked over, he was Wang Shiyun's youngest son Wang Daoling, who was named the king of Yan, he bowed to the warrior Tong, "Mr. Wu, my father is waiting in the study, please come with me." ”

"Please lead the way." Wu Shi Tong followed to the house, and soon came to Wang Shiyun's study, Wang Shiyun has been waiting here for a long time, Wang Shiyun has a bearded appearance, the whole person is white and fat, looks like a kind shopkeeper, but the small eyes staring at the gift box in Wu Shiyun's hand reveal his greedy side.

Wang Shiyun had already learned that Li Yuan had secretly sent an envoy to Luoyang, but he didn't expect that this warrior Tong would actually visit him first, which made him full of doubts.

The two exchanged a few words, then walked into the study and sat down, and the warrior said with a smile: "Some unpleasant things have indeed happened between your and my two countries, but in the troubled times, sometimes it is so involuntarily, my family saint really wants to reconcile with Zheng Guo now, and he deliberately takes me as a messenger, and hopes that Shang Shuling will say a few good words in your Tianzi." ”

"Well said! Say! Wang Shiyun said with a smile, but his eyes revealed: No matter who you are, if you can't get something affordable, he doesn't know what good words are.

Wu Shi Tong sneered in his heart, carefully pushed the gift box on the table in front of Wang Shiyun, and said with a smile: "This is a wish of my family's saint, please accept it." ”

The gift box is very simple, it looks like it has been a long time, Wang Shiyun pretended to be reserved and asked, "What is this?" ”

Wu Shi Tong said with a smile: "My family has long had the heart to make friends with Shang Shuling, and I have heard that Shang Shuling likes to collect calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, so he devoted his efforts to the country, and finally found one of Wang Youjun's masterpieces, "Le Yi Treatise". ”

Wang Shiyun was stunned for a moment, and then his heart jumped up suddenly, and he was overjoyed: "I'll take a look at ......."

He carefully took out the "Treatise on Le Yi" from the gift box, watched it repeatedly, praised it, and couldn't even bear to put it down, "This is actually the authentic work of Wang Youjun." The Son of Heaven in your country has a heart! ”

Wang Shiyun's character and talent are not good, but his tasting ability is quite strong, Wang Shichong's financial power is in his hands, there were seven pairs of ink treasures of Wang Xizhi, but later in order to make friends with Yang Tong in Jizhou, Wang Shichong sent Gu Kaizhi and Dong Yuan's paintings, with Zhong Xuan, Mrs. Wei, Wang Xizhi, and Wang Xianzhi's words and ancient brains, which made Wang Shiyun feel distressed for a long time, so he can really see whether it is genuine.

Wang Shiyun was so excited that he couldn't breathe, and after a long time, he reluctantly put down the "Theory of Le Yi" and asked solemnly: "What do the sons of heaven of your country want me to help?" ”

He is not stupid, Li Yuan gave him this unique and valuable ink treasure, and what he asks for must be heavy, maybe he may not be able to do it.

"Shang Shuling should also know that my Tang Dynasty will fight against the Sui Dynasty, and we want to reconcile with your country and form an alliance to jointly deal with the Sui Dynasty."

"Aren't you looking for my Da Zheng?" Wang Shiyun frowned.

Shang Shuling said with a smile, if my Tang Dynasty wants to fight a decisive battle with your country, I will not come to Luoyang in the future. If my Tang Dynasty is your country working hard, no matter whether you win or lose, the ultimate benefit will be the Sui Dynasty that looks down on the south. If both of you and I lose the battle, I am afraid that the Sui Dynasty will wipe us out. Knowing this, how can I, Datang, be at war with your country? Wu Shi Tong smiled and said: "My family's saint hopes that Shang Shuling will play the role of threading the needle in the middle, and that's it." ”

Wang Shiyun didn't speak, but the greedy light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

The samurai smiled knowingly, knowing that this was done.

……

Early the next morning, Wang Shichong met with Wu Shi Tong in the Huiyou Hall of Ziwei Palace and talked about the alliance.

Wang Shichong did not agree or object, but asked people to send the warrior Tong back to the post house to rest, and he had to think about this matter.

In the imperial study, Wang Shichong paced back and forth, he was skeptical of what Wu Shi Tongzhi said, and he also hoped that there would be another big war in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because the pressure on him from the Great Sui was too great, and if Li Tang shared the pressure, then of course it would be good.

But he was worried that Li Tang deliberately paralyzed himself, because Li Tang had never won many battles with the Sui Dynasty, and he was not optimistic about Li Tang now. Does Li Tang really want to fight the Sui Dynasty? Where does their confidence come from?

And what makes him excited is what happens after the alliance, if he can form an alliance with Li Tang, then when the second Li is fighting in Jingxiang, he can completely advance eastward and seize Li Mi's Dongjun, Liangjun and other places.

If he doesn't form an alliance, why should Li Yuan help him contain Li Mi in Jingxiang, if he forms an alliance, it is very likely to provoke the revenge of the Great Sui.

Wang Shichong was very hesitant, and he didn't know whether he should form an alliance with Li Tang

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door, "Holy Lord, His Royal Highness King Qi asks to see!" ”

Wang Shichong came back to his senses and said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Weichen see Your Majesty!" After a while, Wang Shiyun hurriedly walked into the imperial study, and he was also present when Wang Shichong met with Wu Shi Tong, but Wang Shichong was silent when he negotiated with Wu Shi Tong, he knew that this kind of thing could only be persuaded by his brother alone.

Wang Shichong smiled: "Our own people, the fourth brother doesn't have to be polite, this sounds weird and awkward." ”

"The courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished!" Wang Shiyun shook his head, and then said respectfully: "Just because we are brothers, the subjects below are watching the performance of our clan disciples, if we ourselves act recklessly, not only will we lose the face of the clan, but also affect the power of the Holy Emperor." ”

"Haha!" Wang Shichong laughed heartily, and was quite satisfied with Wang Shiyun's knowledge: "I can't talk about the fourth brother, is there anything wrong?" ”

Wang Shiyun arched his hand and said: "Wechen is here for the matter of Li Tang's envoy, and Wechen has been thinking about it since he listened to Wushi Tong's words. ”

"What is the attitude of the fourth brother?" Wang Shichong motioned to take a seat.

Although Wang Shiyun is average in learning, but after so many years with him, he still has vision and insight, and Wang Shichong also relies on him very much, and he wants to listen to his own Shangshu Ling to put forward good opinions.

"Weichen thinks that he can reconcile with Li Tang."

"Why?"

"If the saint doesn't solve Zhu Cang one day, then it won't be able to solve the contradiction between us and the people of Jingzhou, but if Zhu Cang is killed, not only will no one dare to vote for my Dazheng Guo in the future, but it will also make people mistakenly think that the saint is narrow-minded. Under the dilemma, Jingzhou has become a chicken rib that is tasteless and abandoned. ”

Wang Shichong was silent for a long time and said: "I also thought about it, but I don't know the bottom in my heart, I am worried that Li Tang will be uneasy and kind, deliberately paralyze us, and then give us a fatal blow, after all, Sui and Tang have fought many times, and Li Tang has never won once, do you think Li Yuan will really fight Guanzhong?" ”

"We can throw the switch first and leave it ......" Wang Shiyun smiled and asked rhetorically, "Why does the Holy Lord think Li Yuan went south in the first place, instead of coming to fight us?" ”

Wang Shichong was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question, pondered for a moment, and suddenly came to his senses: "Could it be that Li Yuan was afraid that we would lead the Sui army south?" ”

Wang Shiyun nodded and said with a smile: "I remember that when Li Yuan fought Zhu Cang in Xiyang, the Holy Lord also planned to march south, which led to the battle of Zhuyang Pass, but since then, Li Yuan has not taken advantage of the situation. In addition to being afraid that we would attract the Sui army, Weichen really couldn't find a reason for Li Yuan not to take advantage of it. Li Yuan didn't dare to fight Luoyang before, and Weichen thought that he was the same now, he didn't want to lose both of us, and he was afraid that we would lead the Sui army south, so he simply fought the Sui Dynasty first with full strength.

"Now that we can't get a foothold in Jingzhou, there is no point in going south, so why should we fight for Jingzhou with Li Yuan? Under this premise, we can only develop eastward and use war to get rid of Zhu Cang. If Li Tang had Li Tang in the south to help me block Li Mi's main force, then our pressure would be much less. ”

Wang Shichong was moved, yes! If Zhu Cang is not solved, he will not have the support of the people of Jingzhou, even if he lays down the ground, what is the use?

"I'm also worried that if I form an alliance with Li Tang, I will provoke the Sui army."

"This is also the main reason why Wei Chen wants to persuade the saint!" Wang Shiyun said solemnly: "In Yang Tong's eyes, we have always been chaotic ministers and thieves, and the reason why we have communicated with my Da Zheng over the years is nothing more than that we have use value." More importantly, if we lose both sides with Li Yuan, how will we deal with the Sui Dynasty that is heading south? Who do we turn to for help? ”

Wang Shichong was silent, he knew that the fourth brother was right, maybe he would really one day form an alliance with Li Tang to deal with the Sui Dynasty that was heading south.

"Judging from the current general trend of the world, it is very likely that we will join forces with Li Tang to deal with the Sui army, so we can't completely offend Li Tang, and we must leave room for the future." Speaking of this, Wang Shiyun smiled slyly and said, "We can reconcile with Li Tang." As for the alliance, it can be delayed until the end of the Sui and Tang wars, and then we will wait for the price to sell. ”

Wang Shichong suddenly woke up and was moved by his brother's words.

In the end, a verbal settlement was reached with Wu Shitong, and Li Tang promised to return Zhuyang Pass.