"What do you two think of the imperial decree this time?" Yang Xingmi rubbed his eyes, a little tired.

Yang Xingmi's subordinates all knew that he had suffered from eye disease in his early years, and in recent years, there have been no rumors of the recurrence of his eye disease, but no one knows whether it is true or not.

"The marshal, the lower officials think that the marshal should respond to the edict, and with the tolerance and generosity of the saint, he will not be embarrassed by the marshal." Zhou Yin said without thinking about it.

Hearing Zhou Yin say this, Yang Xingmi's face was not very good-looking, so he turned to Yan Keqiu, "What do you think?" ”

"Back to the Jieshuai, the lower officials think that the Jieshuai should not go to the Eastern Capital." Yan Keqiu said in a deep voice.

"Master Yan, you are harming the festival commander and the entire Huainan." Zhou Yin scolded.

"Why is Judge Zhou so excited? The festival commander hasn't even opened his mouth yet! Yan Keqiu said without humility or arrogance.

"Master Yan, tell me your opinion, Ben Shuai also wants to hear it." Yang Xingmi stopped Zhou Yin and looked at Yan Keqiu expectantly.

Seeing Yang Xingmi's reaction, Yan Keqiu knew that the other party didn't want to go to Luoyang at all, and he could understand the consequences of going to Luoyang.

Yan Keqiu made a salute, and then said, "The marshal went to Luoyang, and there was only one result, no matter how the court dealt with the marshal, it was impossible for the marshal to return to Huainan."

Although the imperial court was very generous to the feudal towns that took the initiative to hand over military and political power before, it was to show other feudal towns. But the festival marshal is the only remaining feudal town festival envoy in the Tang Dynasty, and it is not impossible for the imperial court to use the festival marshal to establish authority.

It is very risky to go to Huainan here, so the lower officials do not approve of the festival marshal going to Luoyang. ”

"But if Ben Shuai doesn't go to Luoyang, the imperial court will inevitably send troops, what will happen then?" For the imperial army, Yang Xingmi is not worried about being fake.

"The festival commander is not going, but Huainan is going to send someone." Yan Keqiu replied.

"If Ben Shuai doesn't go, will the court agree?" Yang Xingmi hesitated.

"The marshal has to use a very valid reason to convince the court that the marshal did not intend not to go to Luoyang."

"What is the right reason?" Yang Xingmi asked.

"Didn't the festival shuai suffer from eye diseases in his early years? It can be said that the recurrence of eye disease, the eyes may be blind, and it is inconvenient to go to Chang'an for fear of sudden driving.

At the same time, Jieshuai sent his eldest son Yang Wu and Huainan generals such as Li Shenfu and Liu Wei to Luoyang. If so, the festival commander can send the eldest daughter to Luoyang as well.

Although the saint has great ambitions, he has some love for beauty, and in his harem, in addition to Han women, there are also foreign women such as Nanzhao, Uighurs, and Silla. Some courtiers also sent their daughters to the harem, Wang Jian and Zhu Yourang are examples.

If the eldest daughter of the handsome man becomes the concubine of the saint, she will not be ruthless if she wants to come to the saint. Yan Keqiu said.

"But Xunyang is only ten years old!" Yang Xingmi was also frightened by Yan Keqiu's proposal, and not only sent his son, but also his daughter.

The eldest son, Yang Wu, he was not very satisfied with him, and it didn't matter if he sent him as a hostage, but it was a bit like sending his daughter...

"Jieshuai, at this time, the first priority is to keep Huainan is the most important. Even if the eldest daughter of the marshal can't become a concubine, she can be betrothed to the prince of the saint, which can also help the marshal.

Jie Shuai, those who do big things, are not informal! Yan Ke begged for persuasion.

Yang Xingmi hesitated a little, and after a while, he asked again, "Is this okay?" ”

"Of course not." Yan Keqiu shook his head, "At the same time, the festival marshal also needs to prepare a heavy gift, go to Chang'an with the envoy, and ask the ministers of the court to speak for the festival marshal, so that the saint can let the festival marshal go." ”

"That's a good idea!"

Yang Xingmi nodded, thinking it was advisable.

However, this price is not small, it is to send children and money, but in order to keep Huainan, he must do this.

Zhou Yin was a little anxious, thinking that Yan Keqiu's strategy was not advisable, but Yang Xingmi, who had already listened to it, didn't care at all, so he decided to do it.

The next day, the Jiedu embassy spread the news of the recurrence of the eye disease, and ordered to find a famous doctor to treat the eye disease.

This news shocked Li Shenfu, Zhu Yanshou and others. came to the Jieshuai's Mansion successively to verify and see if Yang Xingmi's eye disease really recurred, which was too coincidental.

Yang Xingmi took the opportunity to say that it was inconvenient for him to enter the Eastern Capital, so he took Li Shenfu as the envoy, represented Huainan, and took Yang Wu and the four people, plus Yang Xingmi's eldest daughter to Luoyang to face the saint.

Li Shenfuhe felt that it was not suitable, but Yang Xingmi directly pretended that the eye disease had recurred, although he saw that Yang Xingmi was pretending, but he couldn't expose it.

Zhu Yanshou, An Renyi and others also suspected that Yang Xingmi was pretending to have a recurrence of his eye disease, and thought that it was inappropriate for Yang Xingmi not to go to Luoyang, and he would be blamed by the imperial court, which would make the saints unhappy, and even once wondered if Yang Xingmi took the opportunity to get rid of them.

Especially Zhu Yanshou, he had already taken refuge in Jinyiwei, and this time Jinyiwei also instructed him to find a way to force Yang Xingmi to go to Luoyang.

But now that Yang Xingmi came out like this, he was also a little confused.

However, in order to complete his plan, Yang Xingmi entrusted Li Shenfu with the matter, and asked him to find a way to maneuver around Luoyang and find a way to make the imperial court acquiesce to the status quo in Huainan.

Li Shenfu knew that this move would not be easy, but Yang Xingmi personally asked him, so he could only agree to it.

"Master Yan, why did you give this advice to the festival marshal? You know that the other side asked to let the festival marshal go to Luoyang. ”

Although most of the Huainan generals did not know about the recurrence of Yang Xingmi's secret eye disease, Xu Wen, as one of the commanders of the tooth soldiers, knew very well that this suggestion was strictly begging.

So when he was free, he secretly came to Yan Keqiu to ask the reason.

"Of course I do."

The side that Xu Wen said naturally refers to Jinyiwei, and Yan Keqiu still knows this, because the two of them got on the line of Jinyiwei two years ago.

Yang Xingmi's reign in Huainan was destined to be ended by the imperial court, and the two themselves had a strong sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty.

However, the status of the two in Huainan is not high, and they are not as good as Li Shenfu, Zhu Yanshou and others holding the land of a state.

"Then why did you give this advice to the festival marshal? If you let them know, will you be able to please them? Xu Wen reminded.

"I did it on purpose." Yan Keqiu said in a deep voice.

"Deliberately? What do you mean? Xu Wen was puzzled.

"Jinyiwei has rebelled against many generals in Huainan, you should know, right?" Yan Keqiu asked.

Xu Wen nodded, "According to my guess, at least half of the eight states of Huainan have problems, but which ones are not guaranteed, Zhu Yanshou must be one of them." It is said that he is in Shouzhou, and he has hooked up with the imperial court a lot, and he must have been on the line a long time ago. ”

"Ignore Zhu Yanshou for now, there is a problem. If the marshal goes to Luoyang and hands over the military power, who do you think will be reused? Yan Keqiu asked.

"There is no doubt that it must be those generals who defected to the imperial court, especially those assassins." Xu Wen replied.

"This is the crux of the matter, in this way, even if we people can be remembered by the imperial court, we will not have much future. That's why I made this suggestion, so that the court thought that the marshal deliberately resisted the decree and disrespected.

Commander Xu has made you control half of the tooth soldiers, if you add Zhang Hao, these more than 10,000 tooth soldiers will not be impossible. Yan Keqiu said with a twinkle in his eyes.