Volume 3 Chaos in Chang'an Chapter 121 A knock on the door in the middle of the night
What's the scariest part? Naturally, there was a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
Pei Shengqin was awakened, put on his coat with a calm face, but did not open the door immediately.
Pei Shengqin estimated that the person who came should be Fu Yang, and Fu Yang was originally going to entertain him today, but later it temporarily became a banquet envoy. During the banquet, Fu Yang didn't have a chance to talk to Pei Shengqin alone, perhaps because of this, Fu Yang would come to visit him in the middle of the night.
Pei Shengqin didn't want to see Fu Yang at this time, although he and Fu Yang had not discussed any conspiracy, but it was not good to have a private meeting in the middle of the night. The six princes are still staying in the East China Sea Palace, and if they are discovered, it will be impossible to explain.
After a long time, the knock on the door did not stop and became urgent, Pei Shengqin sighed, knowing that he couldn't hide.
Jumping out of bed and lighting a candle, Pei Shengqin came to the door and slowly opened the door.
"The lower official has already fallen asleep, if the prince is not in a hurry, he might as well come back tomorrow-" Pei Shengqin said halfway through his words and hurriedly stopped.
Because he found out that the person who came was not Fu Yang.
"Village Chief Wang? What are you doing here? ”
Pei Shengqin frowned, looked at Wang Fuzhi, who was a thief with rat eyes, and his tone was quite unkind, I don't know what this old thing wants to do when he knocks on the door in the middle of the night.
"Hey, hey, Pei Hou, let's go in and talk, go in and talk!"
Wang Fuzhi threw a "flattering look" at Pei Shengqin, and without waiting for Pei Shengqin's consent, he squeezed into the room from Pei Shengqin's side.
Seeing that the person who came was not Fu Yang, Pei Shengqin breathed a sigh of relief, all he needed to avoid suspicion was Fu Yang. When he met the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, even if he was seen, it was not a big problem, anyway, he should have been responsible for receiving the envoy of the Jin.
Welcoming Wang Fuzhi into the room, and covering the door of the house at will, Pei Shengqin came to the table and sat down.
"Village Chief Wang, what's the matter, let's talk about it!"
Wang Fuzhi carefully sat opposite Pei Shengqin, and said with a smile: "Can Pei Hou remember the letter you wrote to our Langya Wang last year?" ”
Pei Shengqin was stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to remember what Wang Manzhi was talking about, and hurriedly coughed dryly, and said: "Village Chief Wang, don't talk nonsense, you and I don't know each other before, when did Ben Hou write a letter to you Langya Wang?" ”
Wang Manzhi reacted and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, Pei Hou is right, Pei Hou has never written a letter, it is the old man who remembers it wrongly, and Ning Zhi wrote the letter!" ”
"Oh, the letter that Village Chief Wang said, Ben Hou has also heard of it." Pei Shengqin nodded this time.
What the two said at this time was naturally the "persuasion letter" written by Pei Shengqin at the beginning of the threat to Wang Ningzhi - of course, the official statement of the Qin Dynasty at that time was that Wang Ningzhi, the left general of the Jin Dynasty, was active in thinking and was willing to take the initiative to write a letter to persuade Langya Wang to surrender, and Pei Hou had nothing to do with it, but Pei Hou did not force him to write it.
"Ning Zhi's nephew originally wrote to me Langya Wang's interests, and said that the Qin Dynasty welcomed our Langya Wang's ancestors to return to their ancestors. Dare to ask Pei Hou, is this true? ”
Pei Shengqin nodded, showing an expression that seemed to be smiling, and said, "Naturally, it's true, what?" Could it be that the Langya Wang family wants to ......"
Wang Manzhi sighed and said: "As long as it is a person, there are ancestors, even if it is flowers and leaves, there is also a wish to return to the roots, let alone people?" ”
As he spoke, Wang Fu quietly raised his head to glance at Pei Shengqin's reaction, and when he saw Pei Shengqin's face showing approval, his heart was relieved, so he continued.
"My Langya Wang family originated in China, rooted in China from generation to generation, how can I abandon the hometown love of thousands of years? In that year, Guangwen was prosperous, the Han family swept the Central Plains, and the Jin family was powerless to compete. In the name of the emperor, Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, coerced my Langya Wang family to follow him to the south, so that my Wang family left his hometown and lived in Jiangzuo, and he has been here for more than 70 years! ”
The so-called Han Dynasty in Wang Manzhi's mouth is the former Zhao Dynasty that arose in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty. Former Zhao is also known as Han Zhao, the country name was originally the Han Dynasty, and it was the Han Dynasty Zhengshuo, and later the country name was changed to Zhao. The Guangwen of "Guangwen Zhongxing" refers to the former founding emperor of Zhao, Liu Yuan, Emperor Guangwen of the Han Dynasty, who was invincible in the former Zhao under the banner of opposing the Jin Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty. Seriously, Liu Yuan is a descendant of the Xiongnu Mao Dunshan Yu and the princess of the Western Han Dynasty, and he does have the blood of the royal family of the Han Dynasty.
"My Langya Wang family has been the shame of the family for several generations, and the blame is only for the coercion and temptation of the Sima family back then, and I have to obey the Langya Wang family! However, in the past 70 years, although our Langya Wang family is in Jiangzuo, we still miss China and Langya County! Because that's our hometown, our ancestral land! At that time, I received a letter from Ning Zhi, and I heard that the Qin Dynasty was willing to give our Langya Wang family a chance to recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors, and our Langya Wang family was going crazy! The great kindness of the Qin Dynasty, our Langya Wang will always remember! ”
If it is said that when the letter was received, the Langya Wang clan was still vacillating between the Qin and Jin dynasties, then after the signing of the Treaty of Weishui, the Langya Wang clan was completely inclined to the Qin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty took advantage of the east wind of the great victory in the river, not only failed to defeat the Qin Dynasty in one fell swoop, but was also saved by the Qin Dynasty, and finally signed a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country. Wang Manzhi's trip to the north this time was ostensibly as an envoy to deal with the follow-up delivery of the Weishui Treaty. In fact, it is the responsibility of the family, coming to the Qin Dynasty to explore the bottom and see the feasibility of joining Qin, so as to decide whether the Langya Wang family wants to join Qin, and if so, what time period and how to join Qin.
Pei Shengqin knew that Wang Manzhi was talking nonsense, and if he wanted to say that the Langya Wang clan was coerced and lured by Emperor Jin Yuan back then, Pei Shengqin believed it. But Pei Shengqin didn't believe that a family as big as the Langya Wang family would have no power to resist in the face of Emperor Jin Yuan, who was at the end of his rope at that time. If the Langya Wang clan insisted on staying in Langya and refused to follow the Jin Yuan Emperor to the south, the Jin Yuan Emperor would not have the ability to forcibly rob the Langya Wang clan under the nose of the Han Emperor. To put it bluntly, the problem is still with the Langya Wang family themselves, it is they who are greedy for vanity, thinking that they would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, and take the initiative to follow Emperor Jin Yuan Nandu to be a chicken head.
However, Wang Man's words were intentionally sincere, and Pei Shengqin naturally would not debunk his words, so Pei Shengqin said with a smile: "Village Chief Wang is reasonable!" Our Great Qin Dynasty has always firmly believed that most of the soldiers and civilians who crossed to the south were deceived and coerced by the reactionaries of the Jin Dynasty, rather than sincerely rebelling. For decades, our Great Qin Dynasty has always had a policy, as long as the descendants of the soldiers and civilians of Nandu are willing to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, the Great Qin Dynasty will support it. As long as you cross the border defense line of the Jin Dynasty and enter the territory of the Qin Dynasty, you will be protected by the border garrison of the Great Qin Dynasty! ”
Since there is the protection of the Qin army when you cross the border, there is no need to worry that the Jin Dynasty will be angry and send people to chase and kill. Wang Fuzhi ate a reassuring pill, and couldn't help nodding and said, "So good, so good!" ”
Wang Fuzhi continued to look at Pei Shengqin, but after waiting for a long time, Pei Shengqin did not continue to speak.
Wang Fuzhi couldn't help but be a little stunned, and said, "Pei Hou, is this gone?" ”
Pei Shengqin was puzzled: "Ben Hou said it clearly enough, Great Qin welcomes Jiang Zuo Yishi to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, as long as they enter the border line, the Great Qin army will ensure their safety." Langya Wang's family is naturally in this case, what else does Village Chief Wang have to ask? ”
This was not made up by Pei Shengqin temporarily, the Qin Dynasty did have a corresponding policy, just like the Jin Dynasty also had a "rebellion" policy before to encourage the Central Plains military and civilians to cross south. It's just that since the fourth year of the emperor's reign, Huan Wen was hanged and beaten into a dog in the Qin Dynasty, and was driven south by Fu Sheng for 3,000 miles, and fled back to the Jin Dynasty in embarrassment. The offensive and defensive situation changed, and the Jin Dynasty was afraid that the Qin Dynasty would come over, so it silently canceled the policy of fighting rebellion, and the Qin Dynasty set up a relevant policy to recruit Jiangzuo soldiers and civilians at the same time.
Wang Yanzhi coughed dryly, and hesitated: "What, our Langya Wang clan is loyal and righteous, and the family returns to the country, doesn't our Great Qin Imperial Court have any special preferential treatment?" ”
Wang Manzhi is very good at climbing along the pole, and now he is "our Great Qin Imperial Court".
Pei Shengqin suddenly realized that he finally understood what Wang Manzhi meant. He thinks that their Langya Wang clan is very awesome, such a big family to join Qin, the Qin Dynasty should always mean something, more or less reward some money, officials, or land and population or something.
Pei Shengqin pondered for a moment, thinking that if the Langya Wang clan really came over, he would be regarded as his own person, and if he fooled them now, he was afraid that it would not end well in the future. So Pei Shengqin said truthfully: "The Langya Wang clan returned with righteousness, and the reward will not be less, but Benhou can only ensure your safety after entering the Qin Dynasty, and Benhou can't call the shots for the rest." However, after the Langya Wang clan entered Qin, Ben Hou could go to meet His Majesty and ask for the Langya Wang clan. ”
Protecting the safety of those returning from the north is the established national policy of the Qin Dynasty, and Pei Shengqin can throw it out generously. But when it comes to rewarding or something, Pei Shengqin really has no right to call the shots, so he can only ask Emperor Qin for the Langya Wang family. As for whether Emperor Qin will give it or not, and how much it will give, this is not something that Pei Shengqin can control. If Pei Shengqin is full of big words and promises at will, it will be very embarrassing if Emperor Qin doesn't come down at that time.
Wang Fu was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he understood the reason, but he couldn't finalize the treatment in advance, and his heart was always unsteady. Now although the Great Jin Dynasty is turbulent and chaotic, the Langya Wang family, as the "chicken head" of the family of the Great Jin Dynasty, is still passable. If no conditions have been negotiated, there is only one way to ensure safety and return north to the Qin Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi estimated that the clansmen would definitely not agree.
After all, the Qin Dynasty was vast and boundless, and there were many big families, and the Langya Wang clan could only be regarded as a younger brother when he entered the Qin Dynasty. At that time, if there is no preferential treatment, or there are few rewards, what will the Langya Wang clan take to gain a foothold in the Qin Dynasty? What if the time comes to life in the Qin Dynasty is not as good as in the Jin Dynasty, then it is better to stay in the Jin Dynasty.
Wang Manzhi sighed: "Thank you Pei Hou for being honest, it's just ...... The old man also has difficulties, if he can't finalize the preferential treatment, I'm afraid that the clansmen don't want to return north. ”
Pei Shengqin said: "In a few days, the Marquis will find a way to meet His Majesty and convey the thoughts of the Langya Wang clan to His Majesty?" ”
Naturally, only Emperor Qin is qualified to prescribe preferential conditions to the Langya Wang clan in advance.
Wang Manzhi's eyes lit up and said, "Then thank you Pei Hou!" ”
Pei Shengqin waved his hand and said meaningfully: "But Ben Hou's ugly words are ahead, if you annoy Your Majesty at that time, Ben Hou will not be responsible." ”
Wang Fuzhi was stunned, and finally figured out the meaning of Pei Shengqin's words.
Once Pei Shengqin met with Emperor Qin at this time and conveyed the meaning of the Langya Wang's family, it would be equivalent to the Langya Wang's indirectly negotiating conditions with the Great Qin Imperial Court.
If the Langya Wang clan did not negotiate the conditions in advance and came over directly, it would be a full act of loyalty, and he would definitely be rewarded, and even a holy family. What Wang Manzhi is worried about is nothing more than how much he will be rewarded at that time, and he is afraid that it will not be cost-effective to risk returning to the north to reward less. This is the same as grabbing a red envelope, you must grab it, but I don't know how much you grab, and it is fate to take more and take less.
But if you negotiate with the Great Qin Imperial Court now, the nature will change. Don't talk about coming directly to the righteous man, and then come after negotiating the conditions, it is a simple transaction. Emperor Qin would certainly appreciate the loyal, but not necessarily a group of merchant speculators. If you are lucky, Emperor Qin offered generous conditions, and when Langya Wang came over, the conditions would be settled at one time, and then the court would have nothing to do with Langya Wang. As for the Holy Family, don't think about it, you are a speculative family, and if you receive money, Your Majesty will like you? If you are unlucky and cause the disgust of Emperor Qin, you may just ignore the Langya Wang family, whether you love to come or not, you will not be able to find a place to cry when the time comes.
Wang Fuzhi figured out the key point of this, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "That's it, Pei Hou, such a trivial matter, don't bother the holy driver." ”
Pei Shengqin said: "What about returning to the north?" ”
Wang Fuzhi sighed, the Qin Dynasty did not clearly prescribe preferential conditions, and it was really difficult for the Langya Wang family to decide whether it was really Beitou. He had no choice but to say: "Old man Rong thinks about it again, and then returns to Pei Hou in the future." ”
Pei Shengqin nodded, he also knew that in such a big family, most of them would not see rabbits and eagles. Now the Langya Wang clan only has some thoughts of returning to Qin, but they still have not completely decided to give up the Jin Dynasty. If the preferential conditions are not clearly prescribed, it is really unrealistic to want to trick them over with a few empty words.
"By the way, Pei Hou, our family is discussing the matter of returning to the north, and Ning Zhi is in the Qin Dynasty, and he doesn't know about it yet. When the old man sees Ning Zhi, he will be—"
Before he could speak, he heard a call from outside the hidden door.
"Did Pei Hou sleep? Hey, why is the door not closed tightly, and the light is still on, Pei Hou, what are you doing. Pei Hou Benguan has come in! ”
Pei Shengqin secretly said in his heart, why is this guy here.
It was Shi San's voice, and Pei Shengqin had already heard it.
Wang Manzhi also heard it, and he immediately panicked. He didn't know Shi San's other identities, he knew that Shi San was the chief envoy of the mission, a popular figure in the Great Jin Dynasty, and a member of the Huan family. If Shi San saw him meeting Pei Shengqin privately in the middle of the night, it would be equivalent to letting the Huan family see it; Let the Huan family see that the Huan family will definitely not let go of such a reason to criticize the Langya Wang family. Even if the Langya Wang clan did not fornicate with the Qin Dynasty, I am afraid that the Huan clan would have to arrange for the Langya Wang clan to have an affair with the Qin Dynasty, not to mention that Wang Fazhi really came to the Qin Dynasty to fornicate with the Qin Dynasty this time.
"It's over, it's over, you can't let Shi San see the old man here, Pei Hou, the old man has to hide!"
Wang Manzhi got up in a panic, showing a agility that was seriously inconsistent with his old body, jumped into the closet next to him as quickly as possible, and then closed the cabinet door tightly.
Not to mention that the conditions have not been negotiated, Wang Manzhi is still swaying. Even if the conditions have been negotiated and the decision has been made to surrender to Qin, I don't dare to expose it at this time! The people of the Langya Wang clan are still in the Jin Dynasty at the moment, and once the matter is leaked, it may be a disaster to wipe out the clan.
The moment Wang Manzhi closed the cabinet door, Shi San also pushed the door in, with a smile on his face.
"Hey, Pei Hou, what are you doing?"
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