The next day, July 25, Zhao Hongrun received a reply from his father, the emperor: Yes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, from the perspective of justice, this time the Wei family did make a big concession, canceling the monarchy and giving up the status of the family, although Wei Gang of the Wei family in Tianshui wanted to coexist with the Zhao family on an equal footing, but this was also based on respecting the Zhao family and respecting the Wei Tianzi, so it can be regarded as as as long as the Longxi Wei family and the imperial court confirmed the formal consultation, then, the Longxi Wei family will be equivalent to the courtiers of the Wei state.

Compared to this concession, Zhao's permission for Wei to take charge of an army is insignificant.

After all, in today's Wei State, the strength of the domestic garrison has skyrocketed to more than 400,000, plus the garrisons in various places, the national army exceeds 600,000, not including the 50,000 foreign cavalry of the northern Sichuan cavalry.

Therefore, even if Wei was given an army of 30,000 or 50,000 men, it was not a big deal.

What's more, this army establishment was not given to the Wei clan in vain, and the Wei clan must contribute to the northern Xinjiang.

Therefore, on the whole, the Zhao clan of Wei State still earned, not counting the fact that he obtained at least 50,000 troops of the Wei clan for nothing, but also got famous generals such as Wei Ji and Jiang Cong, who were good at fighting, plus talents from Longxi such as Wei Fu of Tianshui and Zhao Sheng, the strength of Wei increased a few points.

In fact, just as Lintaojun Wei Ji said, the Wei clan of Longxi and the Zhao clan of the Wei State are on the same branch, and it is almost impossible to become enemies, and the previous calculation of the Wei clan of Longxi by the Great Liang court or the vertical arch hall is believed to be just to gain the initiative, so that the Wei clan of Longxi will recognize the dominant position of the Zhao clan, and will not be wiped out of the Wei clan in Longxi.

After all, they are all surnamed Ji, unless it is a last resort, otherwise, it is really difficult for the Zhao family to turn against the Wei family.

On the same day, after Zhao Hongrun conveyed his father's intention to Wei Fu, Wei Ji and other Wei clansmen, the latter was also happy in his heart.

In the afternoon, the Wei clan in Longxi organized a team of envoys, led by Wei Li, the monarch of the Wei clan in Longxi, as well as Wei Gang, the head of the Wei clan in Tianshui, and Zhao Sheng, the monarch of the Wei clan, a total of three people, followed Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Yuanyan to Daliang.

As for Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Jiang Wei, the head of the horse, they were preparing for the rectification of the Wei army in Longxi in Yan County, and strive to reorganize the army as soon as possible and go to northern Xinjiang.

Of course, this is just Wei's superficial rhetoric, in fact, I believe that Wei still has some vigilance against Zhao, but for the sake of Wei Gang, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui, who also went to Daliang in person, Zhao Hongrun simply didn't know.

On July 27, the Daliang delegation greeted Wei Wei, the father of the Wei family, as well as Wei Fu and Zhao Sheng, and arrived at the west gate of Daliang.

At this time, the imperial court was already ready to greet him, and Wei Tianzi personally led hundreds of officials and tens of thousands of Liang people to greet the Wei monarch ten miles away from the city.

At that time, the whole scene was very grand, the Praetorian Guards lined up and the drums sounded in unison, which can be said to have given Wei enough face.

Especially when Wei Tianzi personally welcomed Wei Jiao, the father of the Wei family, to the emperor's chariot, the congratulatory voices of the hundreds of officials in the court and the voices of the surrounding people pushed the atmosphere of the whole scene to a very high level.

However, for Zhao Hongrun, compared with the lively scene, he was more curious about his six uncles' encounters in the past few days.

After all, since Zhao Yuanyan and Zhao Yuanyan separated from Zhao Yuanyan in Ancheng, the sixth uncle has disappeared, and it was not until Zhao Hongrun reached a preliminary agreement with the Wei family in Yan County and was ready to return to Daliang, that the sixth uncle appeared halfway and joined the team that returned to Daliang.

According to Uncle Liuwang, these days, he has stayed with an old acquaintance of the Wei clan in Longxi, and the Wei clan has not only eaten and drunk well these days, but also sent many beautiful women from the family to accompany him.

Uncle Liuwang's explanation successfully aroused Princess Yulong's disdain, but at the same time, it also made Zhao Hongrun envious.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun has always been very envious of Uncle Liuwang's open-minded and free lifestyle, but unfortunately, his innate obsessive-compulsive disorder makes him insensitive to the family concubines who are raised in the family, and he can't bear to have any relationship with others with women who have been close to him, so when he went to those wealthy families for banquets in the past, he never touched those family concubines.

After returning to Daliang, Wei Tianzi welcomed Wei Jiao, Wei Fu, and Zhao Sheng to the Zichen Hall of the palace, where he had already prepared a banquet to entertain Wei Jiao, Wei Fu, and Zhao Sheng and their entourage.

The people accompanying the table, in addition to the hundred officials in the court, also included Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, and Zhao Hongrun's five royal brothers, Qingwang Hongxin, who had just returned to Daliang.

It is worth mentioning that in the Zichen Palace, Zhao Hongrun also saw several familiar faces, such as Zhao Tairu, the elder of the original Zongfu and Zhao Hongrun's uncle, Zhao Laipu, the cousin Zhao Laipu, the younger uncle Zhao Laituo, the third uncle Zhao Laiyu, and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, who made some ministers of the court a little uncomfortable.

Since this banquet is the highest standard welcome feast, the seats of Wei Li, Wei Fu, and Zhao Sheng are arranged in the chief on the east side, with Wei Wei's father Wei Li sitting on the chairman, while Wei Fu and Zhao Sheng are sitting behind the chairman, and the third row is the entourage of the three of them.

The next head of Wei Wei's father, Wei Li, is Zhao Hongrun's second uncle, the seat of Zhao Yuanyan, the head of the Zongfu, and in the position of accompanying the seat, there are Zhao Hongrun's uncle Zhao Tairu, cousin Zhao Laipu, and uncle Zhao Laituo and other elders of the original Zongfu.

And then there is Zhao Hongrun's third uncle, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, for some reason, Zhao Hongrun's fifth brother Zhao Hongxin, the king of Qing, actually sat on the seat of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang.

Then, it was the sixth uncle Zhao Yuanyan, as for the accompanying seat, Zhao Hongrun took Mi Jiang, Princess Yulong and Zongwei Changwei Jiao to sit over, and unexpectedly, the third uncle Zhao Laiyu also sat down.

As for the seats on the west side of the opposite side, Yongwang Hongyu and Xiangwang Hongjing sat together, leading hundreds of officials in the court to sit in order.

In fact, this seat should belong to the prince Hongli of the East Palace, but the East Palace is not currently in the beam, so it is replaced by Yongwang Hongyu and Xiangwang Hongjing.

This is the highest standard welcome banquet of the Wei State, even with Zhao Hongrun's current status, he can't get the chairman in the front row, so he can only mix in the accompanying seat.

But in fact, it is already very remarkable to be able to attend this kind of banquet, for example, Zhao Hongrun's eldest son of his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan, that is, Zhao Hongrun's cousin Zhao Hongmin, was not even fortunate enough to attend, so it is conceivable that the standard of this welcome banquet is very high.

"Third uncle, don't you sit down?"

During the banquet, Zhao Hongrun laughed in a low voice at the third uncle Zhao Laiyu who was sitting next to him.

Because he noticed that not far away, his uncle Zhao Tairu was staring at this side viciously, and he didn't know whether he was staring at Zhao Hongrun or Zhao Laiyu who "betrayed" him.

"Isn't it boring to look for yourself in the past?" The third uncle, Zhao Laiyu, touched his nose and said with a wry smile.

In fact, since Zhao Laiyu decided to defect to Zhao Hongrun, he has already drawn a clear line with Zhao Tairu's Jiyang Zhao family, after all, the Jiyang Zhao family supports the East Palace Prince Hongli mostly, and Zhao Tairu has had a bad relationship with Zhao Hongrun, whether it is a political or personal relationship, no matter how you think about it, you will not become a fellow traveler.

Today, the third uncle Zhao Laiyu sat on Zhao Hongrun's side, which can be regarded as a complete break with his uncle Zhao Tairu and made his position clear to Zhao Hongrun.

And when Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Laiyu were chatting in a low voice, Wei Li, the father of the Wei clan in Longxi, and Zhao Sheng, the monarch of the Wei family, solemnly submitted the genealogy of the Wei family and the genealogy of the Zhao family to Zhao Yuanyan, the current Zongzheng of the Zongfu.

This move, the former symbolizes that the Wei clan of Longxi will be subordinated to the Zhao clan from now on, while the latter, on behalf of the three branches of the Zhao clan of Longxi, will be officially incorporated into the Zhao clan of the Wei state.

And Wei Tianzi immediately reciprocated the favor, named Wei Yi, the monarch of the Wei family, as the king of Longxi, and rewarded a piece of land in Taoqiu to the former as a fief; As for Zhao Sheng, the prince of Wei, he was rewarded by Wei Tianzi with a mansion in Daliang.

It seems that Wei Jiao has obtained more, but in fact, everyone in the palace can see that Wei Jiao, the father of the Wei family, or the king of Longxi, will rarely have the opportunity to enter the center of the imperial court power from now on, at best, he is just a powerless and powerless prince in the local area; As for Zhao Sheng, since Wei Tianzi left him in Daliang, he obviously planned to reuse this person.

However, the new king of Longxi is quite satisfied, after all, this person is over sixty years old, and he doesn't look like an ambitious person, otherwise, he would not have changed his attitude because of Zhao Hongrun's coercion and temptation a few days ago.

After that, Wei Gang, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui, on behalf of the twelve branches of the Wei family, read the words of allegiance of the Wei family to Wei Tianzi - anyway, Zhao Hongrun understood it this way, after all, between the lines of the book, all indicated that the twelve branches of the Wei family were willing to obey the Zhao family and Wei Tianzi.

After that, Wei Gang, on behalf of the twelve branches of the Wei family, put forward a plea to Wei Tianzi who wanted to participate in the war in northern Xinjiang, and the high-sounding reason he said to Zhao Hongrun a few days ago.

In this regard, the imperial court seems to have been prepared for a long time.

No, Li Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came forward to dissuade him: "Lord Wei Fu's intentions, my Ministry of War understands it." However, in the opinion of the old man, the Wei clan is not familiar with the war in the Central Plains, and the Wei clan has traveled a long way to our Great Wei, the road is far away, and I am afraid that the soldiers of the army are tired and tired, and it is not suitable to go on the expedition. The old man thought that Wei should settle down with peace of mind and recuperate......"

In fact, these words can be summed up as just one sentence, which is a euphemistic refusal to let Wei participate in the war.

Think about it, whether it is Wei Tianzi or the imperial court, they don't trust the Wei family very much at present, how can they let the Wei family go to the northern Xinjiang to mix military merits, you must know that once the Wei family gets enough military merits, if something happens to the two in the future, it will be even more difficult for the imperial court and the vertical arch hall to turn against the Wei family.

However, at this moment, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, who had not watched coldly from beginning to end, opened his mouth to say a word.

"Minister, I am willing to help the Wei clan to repel the enemy troops who invaded the realm as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, the entire Zichen Hall was silent for a while, and everyone in the hall looked at Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, with shocked and stunned eyes.

Especially Wei Tianzi, looking at Wei Gang, and then at Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, his face gradually became gloomy.

Three uncles?

Zhao Hongrun frowned, feeling that the atmosphere in the hall had become a little wrong. (To be continued.) )