Because of the rain for several days, the river swelled, and the turbid water came from upstream, and washed the embankment fiercely, crashing against the rocks, and from time to time you could hear the embankment collapsed softly by the river.

There is a large open space on the bank of the river, but at this moment, a thatched hut has been erected, and Gu Han and Yeluqi are sitting in the thatched hut, which is the place where Gu Han has set up a three-party negotiation.

These three parties are Li Zaidao, the lord of Goguryeo, Tan Daoji, the minister of state, and Gu Han, who came on behalf of the Tang court.

The three parties need to negotiate a mutually acceptable plan to change the current status quo in Goguryeo.

"The national strength is weak, so the waist is not hard, and the speech is not loud." Looking at some corpses floating in the river from time to time, Gu Han sighed lightly, he was in China, accustomed to seeing the prosperity and prosperity of the north, accustomed to the prestige of the Tang army, seeing the Tang army beating the invincible army to the ground, seeing Tubo bow to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions returning to the Tang Dynasty, he knew that a country, only when it is strong, can it have the right to speak and be autonomous.

This time, I was ordered to go to Goguryeo, ran between the two sides, and saw the miserable scene in Goguryeo, and I couldn't help but feel emotional.

In Gu Han's opinion, Li Ze did not necessarily have any good intentions towards Goguryeo, and Li Zaidao or Tan Daoji really wanted to get any benefits from the Tang Dynasty, and they would inevitably have to pay a price.

The difference is that Zhang Zhongwu is a clear robbery, and in the future, Li Xiang may just change to a more peaceful way.

Gu Han, who has basically been engaged in these jobs all along, knows very well that the Tang Dynasty, which is under Li Ze's control, has never thought about what he wants from a brotherly state, what he wants is just a group of followers and younger brothers.

Listening to Gu Han's emotion, Ye Luyuan, who was sitting beside him, naturally felt the same way. When he was young, it was the most prosperous time for the Khitan, and the Khitan iron cavalry at that time could be said to have overwhelmed the Tang Dynasty. Sadly, his generation also witnessed the whole process of how the Khitan went from prosperity to decline. A huge empire fell apart in less than twenty years. Former nobles like them sank one by one, and in the end, they had to become thugs of military leaders like Zhang Zhongwu, in order to get a bite of food from the other party in exchange for the survival of the entire tribe.

When he was dressed and fed, how could he have thought that he would fall to this point?

The country is ruined!

"Park Zicheng is here." Seeing an upstream, Yeluch stood up and said.

Park Zicheng is a close confidant of Lee Jae-do and the plenipotentiary envoy of Lee Jae-do in this negotiation.

The Upeng boat leaned against the shore, and Park Zicheng jumped off the boat with his robe, raised his eyes to look at the thatched house not far from the river, stretched out his hand and opened an oil-paper umbrella, and he came here alone.

Almost when Pu Zicheng's boat docked, from the downstream direction, another Wupeng boat went upstream, and also approached the shore at a distance of 100 paces, and an old man in a green robe also got off the boat with an oil-paper umbrella.

"This is Tan Daoji's younger brother, Tan Daozhen." Ye Luyuan introduced.

Park Zicheng and Tan Daozhen arrived outside the thatched house almost at the same time, shaking their hands and putting away the oil-paper umbrella, the two first looked at each other deeply, and from the eyes of both parties, they saw each other's deep hostility.

The two sides have been fighting for many years.

first fought above the court, but Tan Daoji, as the minister of state, had the upper hand, and overwhelmed the lord of the country, Li Zaidao, and was just one step away from abolishing the establishment.

Then, Zhang Zhongwu interjected.

Li Zaidao, who had no way out at that time, thought that he was leaning on a big tree, and couldn't wait to introduce Zhang Zhongwu's forces to exterminate Tan Daoji. The two sides developed from court battles to armed confrontations.

Then, Tan Daoji's side was defeated by Zhang Zhongwu and Li Zaidao's coalition army, and when he saw that he was about to be defeated, Li Ze, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, intervened again and became a solid backing for Tan Daoji's side, Tan Daoji's strength suddenly soared, stabilized the situation, and then the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, and no one could help anyone.

But the contest between the two sides was bitter to the people of Goguryeo.

But the best thing is that both sides think that they are the messengers of justice and the politically correct side of Goguryeo, and it is the other side that has ruined the overall situation, causing Goguryeo to become what it is now.

In the current situation, Li Zaidao's voice has become much weaker, even if they think that if it weren't for Tan Daoji's abuse of power and his desire to usurp power, they would not have attracted Zhang Zhongwu. But now Zhang Zhongwu has become a big knife on the head of Goguryeo, doing whatever he wants in Goguryeo, and if he doesn't obey the slightest, he will add a knife and axe. And the Goguryeo court had to fight with Tan Dao Ji on the one hand in order to worship Zhang Zhongwu, and it was no longer able to maintain it.

But even so, Tan Daoji couldn't defeat his opponent, because behind Li Zaidao was Zhang Zhongwu's army, and although Tan Daoji had the support of Li Ze, he was still at a disadvantage in the military.

It's really in his army, and he can't win against Zhang's Liao army.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that there is a political basis for the two sides to sit down and negotiate.

Whether it is Lee Jae-do or Tan Dao-ji, they also clearly understand that if this continues, Goguryeo will really die, if it really comes to this point, they will fight back and forth, and what will they fight for in the end?

A slave to the country?

"Dr. Park, General Tan, I've been waiting for a long time, please!" Gu Han greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Gu Sima, it's polite." The two people on the opposite side also returned the salute with crossed hands.

Goguryeo is deeply influenced by the Tang culture, and the powerful people in its country can speak fluent Tang language, and the two in front of them can not only speak Tang language, but also use Tang language poetry as a gift, even in the Tang Dynasty, they can be regarded as talents. Just looking at the clothes of the two and how they talked, people who don't know would never think that they were both Goguryeo.

"It's really rare for us to get together, General Yelu has prepared a thin wine, let's drink a few glasses first." Gu Han leaned sideways and invited Park Zicheng and Tan Daozhen into the house.

The room was improvised, and of course it was very rudimentary, with several benches nailed and a table that was nothing more than two large tree stumps merging together.

"There is nothing good to eat in the army, and the sons and daughters have caught a little game, and the cauldron is boiled casually, but the wine is excellent." Ye Luyuan smiled and poured wine for a few people.

Park Zicheng looked at Ye Luyuan, but the emotion on his face was a little indescribable. When he first really knew the news that Yelu Yuan had already taken refuge in the Tang court, his shock was really indescribable. No wonder Tan Daoji has always been unable to exterminate, the general on Zhang Zhongwu's side has long been with the Tang court, so it is really strange that Tan Daoji can be exterminated.

But now it seems that it is really difficult to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. He came from Seoul, and the atmosphere in Seoul is already extremely bad at the moment, and if Tan Dao Ji is really destroyed, it is really difficult to say whether the lord of the country can still sit in that position.

At present, Zhang Chengyou's fierce appearance is becoming more and more obvious, and rumors are rampant in private, all of which are rumored that Zhang Zhongwu intends to change someone to be the lord of Goguryeo, and it is precisely for this reason that Li Zaidao has to speed up the negotiation process this time.

At this point, Park Zicheng is also relieved, now it seems that it is only a matter of time before Zhang Zhongwu's downfall is overcome, even a Liao general like Yeluyuan has betrayed, how long can Zhang Zhongwu be rampant?

"Come, gentlemen, drink to win!" Gu Han raised his wine glass.

Park Zicheng did not move. looked at Gu Han and said, "Gu Sima, there are a few words I want to say first, after speaking, if there is a satisfactory answer for us, then this wine, Pu can drink it." ”

Gu Han smiled, put down the wine glass, stretched out his hand and said, "Doctor Park, please speak up." ”

"What is Lee Sang's opinion on Goguryeo in the future?" Park Zicheng said: "Zhang Zhongwu's wolf ambition is becoming more and more obvious, and he wants to annex our Goguryeo. If Li Xiang also means this in the future, then I can't drink this wine, and there is no need for this negotiation to continue. The wolf enters the front door, and the tiger comes from the back door, and this tiger is much more ferocious than the wolf. To put it mildly, in the face of wolves, we can still resist for a while, if we introduce the big tiger Li Xiang into the door, we will really have no power to resist in the future. ”

Tan Daozhen nodded again and again: "Gu Sima, my brother also means this." The premise of this negotiation is to first determine the status of Goguryeo in the future, otherwise, we, the Tan clan, would rather continue to maneuver in the deep mountains and old forests. ”

Gu Han smiled slightly: "For this question, Li Xiang had already explained it before I came, even if you don't ask, I have to make it clear first." The Tang Dynasty has no interest in the land of Goguryeo, which was, is, and will be an independent country. ”

"Is that true?" Park Zicheng and Tan Daozhen are both bright.

"Who is Li Xiang? If you say it, it's not much different from Chrysostom, right? How can you lie and deceive the two? Gu Han said.

"At what cost?" Although Park Zicheng and Tan Daozhen are overjoyed, they naturally know that there is no feast in this world.

"Of course there are conditions." Gu Han raised his glass with a smile and said, "But for the sake of Li Xiang's promise, should we have a drink first?" ”

"Of course, if Li Xiangzhen has this idea, let alone a cup, it is a jar, and I will drink it too." Pu Zicheng drank it all, and when he drank the wine, he choked and coughed violently.

Gu Han laughed: "Mrs. Park, this is a liquor from the Tang Dynasty, not to mention a jar, it is a pot, if you drink it alone, you will be drunk and unconscious." ”