Xiao Yu heard that more than 30 Guanlong noble family heads visited the envoys of the Great Sui, and he was a little hesitant for a while, he didn't know whether he should report to the Son of Heaven first, or enter the post house to visit Fang Xuanling.

But soon, someone made a choice for him, and at this time, he only heard a burst of laughter from inside, only to see Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Cen Wenwen send the heads of the family out of the door.

"I heard that the two envoys have the name of 'Fang Mou Du Xuan', and today I saw that it was really a dragon and phoenix among people"

"Where, where! This is His Majesty the Holy Martial Emperor's wrong love for the two of us, and it should not be true. ”

"Fang Envoy Jun is polite! Please also ask the envoy to convey the meaning of my Zhao family to Emperor Shengwu. ”

"Definitely, definitely!" The sharp-eyed Fang Xuanling saw Xiao Yu on the side, smiled in his heart, and pretended not to know: "The loyalty of the heads of the family to my Great Sui will definitely be truthfully conveyed to the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord is a great king with an open mind, and even Dou Jiande and Xiao Milling can be reused, not to mention the Guan Long family who has the merit of founding the Great Sui?" ”

"Oh?" Although Dugu is over seventy years old, he is not dazzled, his ears are not deaf, and his silver hair gives people a feeling of being in good spirits. ”

"Dugu Gong doesn't know, my dynasty followed the example of the first emperor's 'election Cao Qigui', set up a special deal with national affairs 'cabinet', with seven 'prime ministers', and the future of the song are all approved and implemented by the cabinet, the current confirmed 'prime minister' has Dou Jiande and Xiao Milling, this is not reuse?" Fang Xuanling said truthfully and falsely.

"In the troubled times, the monarchs and the people can't help themselves, they can only obey the general trend and go with the flow, I remember that the saint once said to Xiao Mo in Jiangxia, that is, 'The brothers are here, and they meet with a smile and enmity'." Du Ruhui helped on the side.

Everyone exclaimed again and said one after another.

"The poem 'After the calamity of the Bo brothers, meeting with a smile and enmity', this poem shows the magnanimity of Emperor Shengwu, and Emperor Shengwu reused the two anti-kings to serve as the minister of the Great Sui State, which is really unprecedented."

"Yes! Fang Yuanjun came too timely, if it wasn't for Fang Yuanjun to explain it himself, we don't know how long we would be confused. ”

"'Survive the catastrophe of the Bo brothers, meet and smile and enmity' This verse has benefited me a lot, if I had known that Emperor Shengwu had such a mind, I don't have to worry about it for so many years, I can finally sleep well tonight, thank you to the three envoys for solving your doubts."

"The three envoys are the important ministers of His Majesty the Holy Martial Emperor, and naturally they know the broad-mindedness of the Holy Martial Emperor best, and they finally understand it in the next place, thank you for the sincerity of the three envoys."

“……”

"Rest assured, the Holy Lord is no longer a prince who guards a domain, and his mind is no longer limited to the simple 'those who obey me prosper and those who disobey me die', but the mighty royal road of benevolence to the world! This can be known from his acceptance of the three major khans of Dou Jiande, Xiao Miao, King of Goguryeo, and Turkic. Fang Xuanling responded to the heads of the family, and then said: "What the future Great Sui needs is to recuperate, appease the people, stabilize the foundation of the Great Sui, cultivate the next generation of talents for the Great Sui, and use talents without sticking to one pattern." ”

"The Righteous Ruler!"

The heads of the family are more relieved.

……

Listening to the joyful expressions of the many Guan Long family heads encouraging everyone to express their feelings and loyalty, Xiao Yu's heart was surprised and sour. These people are the core forces that support Li Yuan's opposition to Sui and Li Yuandeng's ascension to the Ninth Five-Year Supreme Throne, but what are they doing now?

Anti-Tang Fusui!

The idiom of Chao Qin and Twilight Chu is simply written for these people.

At this moment, he finally understood the true purpose of Fang Xuanling's envoy to Xiangyang, Yang Tong did not want to stop the war with the Tang Dynasty at all, but to win over these Guanlong forces, divide the strength of the Li Tang Dynasty, and reduce the resistance to the battle to destroy the Tang Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Yu's heart was gloomy, and he felt that Li Tang's situation was getting worse and worse, all along, Yang Tong had adopted a strong coercive attitude towards the family gatekeepers, but now he had compromised with the Guanlong nobles who were the main force against Sui, which showed that Yang Dong's army would soon kill Xiangyang, and at that time, even if these family masters would not oppose Tang, it would be impossible for Li Tang to contribute more, even if they worked, they would not contribute.

Finally, the greetings are over.

A group of Guanlong nobles walked out of the gate of the post house with satisfaction, only to find that Xiao Yu was outside the gate, but they did not panic even the slightest, let alone talk to Xiao Yu, they all boarded the carriage with indifferent faces and drove away.

Xiao Yu didn't have the heart to care about them. He had been experiencing this situation for several years, but he was used to it. The Guanlong nobles were indifferent to him, and in the final analysis, it was a matter of power.

From the beginning to the present, the Guanlong nobles were the main force of the Li Tang Dynasty, in order to support Li Yuan to unify the world and tide over the difficulties, the various Guanlong nobles had money and strength, so that Li Yuan's treasury was abundant, and the soldiers were full of food. However, after Li Yuan founded the country, he reused the Kwantung Shi clan and the Southern Shi clan who had not made any great contributions, which made the Guanlong nobles very dissatisfied with Li Yuan and hostile to Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing and others.

At this time, Fang Xuanling 'finally' saw Xiao Yu, and stepped forward to greet him with a smile: "It turns out that Xiao Envoy Jun is here, why don't you send someone to say it first, and you can wait for someone in the inferior class." ”

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly: "Fang Yuanjun is too busy, I'm embarrassed to disturb." ”

Fang Xuanling heard the words in Xiao Yu's words, and smiled: "This is an accident, I didn't know that you were so enthusiastic, go inside and explain to the envoy, please come in!" ”

"Please!"

The group walked into the front hall of the post house, Fang Xuanling invited Xiao Yu to sit down, and asked his entourage to serve the good tea brought from Luoyang.

Xiao Yu took a sip of tea soup and looked at Fang Xuanling: "Could it be that the emperor of the noble dynasty wants to divide the relationship between the monarch and the minister of the Tang Dynasty with a divisive strategy, so he specially sent the envoy to win over the nobles of Guanlong?" ”

Xiao Yu expressed her dissatisfaction, and asked about Fang Xuanling's intentions to the point.

Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea and shook his head: "Xiao Yuanjun thinks too much, from the time we entered the city to the present, it has been less than two hours, and it is not up to me to know where the various Guanlong families are. What does this mean? Someone else is visiting on their own, can I turn them away? If it is spread out, what will others say about my Fang Xuanling? Personal fame is just that, if the world mistakenly thinks that the saint is narrow-minded, then it is not something I can bear. I remember that when Xiao Yuanjun went to Yecheng, many people also came to visit, but we were calm. Don't you even have that mind? ”

Xiao Yu said apologetically: "It's me who was confused, and I didn't think about it clearly and said nonsense, please let Fang Envoy Jun understand more!" ”

"I'm not angry, I'm just sad." Fang Xuanling shook his head and sighed: "Since ancient times, the two countries have fought in every possible way, and we also understand that you have smeared the first emperor and the saint, and the envoy is also a close minister by the side of the first emperor, so he should know that no matter how critical the Great Sui is, he has not adopted such a brutal and domineering ban on the people." You came out earlier than me, and you have more experience than me, so you naturally know the truth that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in an anthill. With all due respect, if the emperor of your dynasty did not strictly restrain Li Yuanji and let him act recklessly and kill innocent people and officials, Li Tang would be destroyed in his hands sooner or later. You have also seen with your own eyes that these Guanlong families were taken away by my Great Sui, and even Guanlong's fundamental Guanzhong was lost, and their hatred for my Great Sui was higher than anyone else's, but what are they doing today? You've seen it all. This is exactly what Mencius said: 'Those who have attained the Tao will have much help, and those who have lost the Tao will have little help.' Widows are helpless, relatives are on the side. If you help more, the world will follow it. You are an upright and upright person, and I think you should think more about the people. ”

"Fang Envoy Jun's good words are touching." Xiao Yu sighed and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I also understand that these Guanlong noble family heads openly visit the envoy monarch not simply for their own benefit, there are many reasons for their dissatisfaction, please forgive me for not saying, as for whether the king of Qi is excessive, it is not something that I can stop as a courtier." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "As an outsider, I can't interfere in Li Tang's internal affairs, in fact, to a certain extent, the more unscrupulous and arrogant Li Yuanji is, the more beneficial it is to my Great Sui." Do you think that's the reason? ”

"......" Xiao Yu felt bitter in her heart.

"We won't talk about it. I think that when Xiao Envoy came to visit, he should ask me about the purpose of this mission, right? Fang Xuanling said bluntly.

"Exactly." Xiao Yu nodded, "Fang Envoy Jun came too suddenly, we didn't prepare at all, if I don't even know the intention of Fang Envoy's envoy, we really don't know where to start." Please be sure to speak clearly so that I can report truthfully. ”

Fang Xuanling asked several people to get a map and hang it on the shelf, Fang Xuanling walked to the map and said with a smile: "This envoy to Xiangyang is actually the saint who wants to make a deal with the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What's the deal?" Xiao Yu also walked to the front of the map.

Fang Xuanling lightly tapped Xiangyang with a wooden pole, then drew a circle, and said, "We want to exchange a one-year truce in exchange for a complete Jingzhou." ”

Xiao Yu's face changed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Please be more detailed." ”

"Okay!" Fang Xuanling nodded, and then said: "Specifically, it is Li Tang who exchanged the five counties of Xiangyang, Chungling, Jingling, Yiling, and Fangling for a one-year truce. This is the real purpose of my mission to Xiangyang, and if your country has ideas, I will also have full powers to negotiate with your country on behalf of the Holy One. ”

"Gone?"

"It's gone!"

"What your country really wants to fight should be Li Mi, right?" Xiao Yu picked up another small wooden pole, pointed to Li Mi's territory, and said with a smile: "Li Mi still has seven counties in Huaibei: Liang County, Haggard County, Huaiyang, Ruyin, Pengcheng, Donghai, and Xiapi. These places are intertwined with the Sui Dynasty, containing a large number of Sui troops, and in the steady style of Emperor Shengwu, the Huaibei region should be recovered first, so as not to catch fire in the backyard, and then I will be considered for the Tang Dynasty. The reason why Fang Envoy Jun was sent to Xiangyang should be to defraud Jingzhou, I don't know if I guessed right? ”

Fang Xuanling just smiled, and automatically skipped Xiao Yu's smug eyes, and then returned to his seat, and said with a smile: "With my Great Sui's million-strong division, it is completely possible to fight on two fronts, and in the eastern battlefield, our army can recover the seven counties mentioned by Xiao Envoy Jun, and stop at the north of Huaishui." On the western front, as long as the demoralized and poorly trained Tang army was annihilated or pinned down in Jingzhou, our army would be able to enter Bashu from multiple directions with a full flowering momentum. On the occasion of my mission to Xiangyang, another delegation sent to Jiangdu, and the deal negotiated was similar to that of your country, that is, to let Li Mi exchange these seven counties for a one-year truce, Li Mi's situation was not much better than Li Tang's, and even more miserable, I think, he should make a wise choice. ”

Xiao Yu smiled angrily: "Listening to the meaning of the envoy's words, does it mean that your army has not yet determined the direction of the expedition?" ”

"Indeed!" Fang Xuanling said calmly: "If Li Mi agrees to give up the seven counties of Huaibei, we will fight Li Tang; Vice versa! ”

This is Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in view of the current situation, halfway to come up with a solution, the current Li Yuan and Li Mi, both have serious internal contradictions, do not want the Great Sui to attack themselves at this time, in view of this, simply take out the time of the one-year truce and sell, whoever agrees quickly, who is not the first object of the Great Sui's attack.

Looking at Fang Xuanling's gentle smile, Xiao Yu suddenly felt an indescribable depression, and he wanted to slap it.

If Li Mi agrees to go first this time, Li Tang may not have a next time, it will only take two or three years...... No, Yang Tong only needs a year to flatten the Li Tang Dynasty, even if all the princes unite, it is impossible to shake the position of the Great Sui, indeed, the alliance can cause some trouble to Yang Tong, but at most it is just trouble, because as Fang Xuanling said, the current strength of the Great Sui can completely start a full-scale war. Although the princes have reached an alliance on paper, they all have their own careful thoughts and do not want to be the first bird, which also makes the so-called alliance always stay on paper.

With Xiao Yu's understanding of Li Mi's strength, it is very likely that he will agree to the conditions of the Great Sui, and then spend a year to kill Meng Haigong, recuperate, train the army, and establish a southern country similar to Eastern Wu.

If Li Mi chooses to compromise, then Li Tang will become the target of the Sui army's first attack, and when the time comes, what should Li Tang do?

A bitter smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face, the person who came up with this method was really too insidious, this was a rogue conspiracy executed on top of the powerful national strength of the Great Sui, even if the various princes saw the meaning of Yang Tong breaking it one by one, there was no way to avoid it. Because everyone has their own small plans, and they don't want to become the preferred enemy of the Great Sui, this also means that the so-called joint anti-Sui has become a big joke.

"It's ruthless! It's like killing people invisibly. Xiao Yu angrily threw the wooden pole on the table.

"The world has been in chaos for too long, and it's time to end." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "This is the general trend. ”

Is it the general trend?

Maybe, it's just that this kind of thing is not something that Xiao Yu can decide.