After a moment of silence, Ji Jinsheng planned to retire:

"If Her Royal Highness the princess has nothing else to do, her subordinates will retire first."

Xihuan immediately shouted to Ji Jinsheng:

"Wait!"

"What else does Your Highness command?"

"Why didn't Li Xu and the others toss recently, did they receive the benefits of Xuan Tinghou, or the benefits of Princess Lanyuan?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Li Xu and other imperial historians regard themselves as high-minded, rarely accept benefits, and have no dealings with the Marquis of Xuanting. It's just that Li Xu and others don't want to form an alliance with the eldest grandson, so Li Xu and others are sitting back and watching the alliance come to pass. ”

"Then Ding Yang Hou has no way at all?"

"As far as his subordinates know, the Marquis of Ding Yang now has neither military power nor financial power, and the power of the Taiwei is now in the hands of King Xian, Lu Gao and Zhao Xun, and the only thing that can be used is Sima Lu Jing of the city government, and Sima of the city government obeys the orders of the King of Xian, so the matter of the alliance, the Marquis of Ding Yang has nothing to do. I wonder what His Highness commands? ”

"This palace wants Wang Li to meet Lu Jing, let Lu Jing bring a message to Marquis Dingyang, and persuade Marquis Dingyang to go to the Zhiguo Pavilion to test the truth."

"This ...... I'm afraid that's not right, it's neither compliant nor commonplace. Moreover, the prince has been coming forward to deal with the Marquis of Ding Yang before, which is also justifiable, and now that Wang Li has come forward, it is bound to make King Xian and Bailiyan vigilant. ”

"Then on the grounds that the Brotherhood of Kings will pass through the city and strengthen the precautions in the city, let Wang Li ask King Xian for his life and discuss security matters with Lu Jing, so it's all right."

"I'm afraid this won't work, the king will definitely not enter the city, for the sake of safety, the location of the alliance can only be chosen in the wild. However, after the mourning period of the Marquis, the rumors outside the prince's mansion spread rumors in the name of the prince's mansion, and Yanping could go to Lu Jing's mansion in the name of the prince. ”

"Hikohei? Is it reliable? ”

"It should be reliable. Over the years, the Yan family has benefited a lot from the salt market of my Jin Kingdom, and during this condolence, it has been secretly said that once Yan Ping's father and son are promoted to the generals of the Xianwang Forbidden Army in the future, the Yan family will become the head of the salt lord on behalf of the Lu Hou. ”

"Okay, let's do it now."

"No!"

Yanping father and son are the direct descendants of the Yan family, who have served as the protectors of the prince's mansion for more than ten years, and have already formed a family dependency relationship and interest group.

At the same time, Ji Jinsheng has been operating for many years, and has drawn the Yan family together economically, after the crown prince ascends the throne, Yanping father and son will naturally be promoted to the general of the Xianwang forbidden army, or even the captain or the big Sima.

So in the afternoon of the same day, after Yanping returned to the house with the prince, he went to Lu Jing's mansion under the pretext of "reporting the case".

At the same time, after leaving the palace, Bailiyan went directly to Zhiguo Pavilion to visit Tao Yong, and it was Bailiyan who set a trap and asked Figos to invite Gongliangxiu to Gudapa's house as a guest, so that only Tao Yong and Bailiyan were staggered.

"Say goodbye to the south, and the Marquis of Yongxing will come unharmed."

"Don't hide it from Tao Sima, Ben Hou has been busy with farming for several years, and the court has made no achievements, so I'm really ashamed."

"The Marquis of Yongxing is famous all over the world, why does King Xian want to let Yan Gongzi succumb to the position of Dasi Nong, it's a pity."

"Eh, Tao Da Sima doesn't know. Our Xianguo country is small and the people are weak, and there is little grain, but it is really embarrassing to support more than 400,000 troops and 670,000 foreigners. Ben Hou originally learned the art of practicing medicine to help the world, and it was a last resort to serve from the battlefield. If it weren't for the Jin people who forced it too much, maybe Tao Sima would not be famous today. ”

"Hehaha......" Tao Yong laughed, and then said: "Yan Gongzi is modest, as far as Tao knows, Yan Gongzi is not only proficient in the art of Tao Strategy and Mulberry Planting, but also proficient in the method of engineering and scripture strategy, and he is a genius in the world." If King Xian had used Yan Gongzi earlier, the prosperity of Xianguo today would have been at least five years earlier. ”

"Tao Da Sima has a good reputation, the prosperity of Xianguo today depends on the king Shengming, the soldiers fought to the death, and the Hou only had a few inches of merit, which was not enough. Ben Hou came today, because he was ordered by the king to discuss with Tao Da Sima about sending troops together, but I don't know how many counties your king intends to take from Sun Kingdom? ”

Tao Yong smiled lightly and did not answer directly:

"The more self, the better."

"But it's too much, I'm afraid Xu Guo, Wei Guo, and Changsun Guo won't agree."

"Then it's up to them." Tao Yong said disdainfully.

"Oh...... But Ben Hou heard that there were hundreds of large mouth-shaking fires in the eldest grandson country, and there were more than 40,000 small mouth-shaking fires used by the soldiers, which were quite powerful. Could it be that Zhiguo also imitated the earth-shattering fire and black fire powder? ”

When Tao Yong heard the news, his face suddenly became a little unbearable, and he turned away from the topic:

"Marquis Yongxing, is King Xian determined not to go to the Eldest Sun Alliance?"

"Of course, my king is more than half a hundred years old, and he traveled across the ocean to the country of Changsun, not to mention that if there are three long and two short, just say that the country of Changsun is as hot as summer all year round, how can it be a place of hospitality."

"In this case, what is King Xian's plan and how is he going to send troops?" Tao Yong asked.

"It depends on King Zhi preparing to treat my king."

"Hehe......" Tao Yong said with a treacherous smile, and then said: "Originally, my king did not plan to give up the land of Sun Guo to Xianguo, but Yan Gongzi is famous far and wide, and he is friendly with my Zhiguo, so my king has a large number, if Xianguo takes Pengyuan County, my king will never interfere, but the people of Pengyuan County Zhiguo must return to Zhiguo." ”

Bailiyan remained silent, took out the topographic map of mountains and rivers from his arms, spread it on the table, and said:

"The four counties of Pengyuan, Wanchuan, Shangguan and Ganfu are connected from east to west, and the Sishui River is the screen in the west, and my king takes them all."

"Yongxing Hou, your Xianguo is only the land of seven counties, and the tiger swallowed four counties in one night, and the land is twice as large, can Xianguo stand it?"

Tao Yong's tone was quite a bit mocking, not to mock the lack of military strength of the Xian State, but to think that the Xian State did not have the money and grain to support the four counties. Bai Liyan ignored it and continued:

"According to the meaning of King Zhi, the eight counties east of the Sishui River of Sun Guo, except for Pengyuan County, the remaining seven counties were all annexed, and my Xianguo only got one county, and it was still a remnant land, but this means."

"My king is thinking about Xianguo, otherwise a county will not let it." Tao Yong's tone was tough, and he was as easy and attentive as before.

Bai Liyan picked up the teacup and moistened her throat, and continued:

"Ganfu, Shangguan, Wanchuan, Pengyuan four counties are bordered by Changsun State, Zhiguo won Wanchuan, Shangguan, Ganfu after the future, it will be adjacent to Changsun State, if you cross the Sishui River again, it will be adjacent to Weiguo in the future, Zhiguo is now adjacent to Jin, Xu, and Song, do you still want to be attacked on all sides?"

"My king is mighty, and he has long had the intention of chasing the Central Plains, and he has taken Sun Di, and the Central Plains is just around the corner. Although the national strength of Xianguo has increased greatly under the rule of Yongxing Hou, in the final analysis, it is still a small country, how can it convince the princes of the world to swallow several counties overnight. ”

"Zhiguo is the overlord of today, as long as King Zhi is convinced, my king doesn't care what the princes of the world think of each other. Presumably, Benhou Weiming should be worth a few faces, if King Zhi doesn't want to beggar-thy-neighbor, my king doesn't mind if he wants the king to swallow a few more counties. ”

Bai Liyan's words are not heavy, but his words are full of ferocity.

Tao Yong also came over with strong winds and waves, Baili Yan's strategy, Gongliang did not dare to underestimate it, and Tao Yong would not be self-conscious, and he would take care of the weight of Baili Yan. After thinking for a moment, Tao Yong said:

"Marquis Yongxing, Xianguo is still a state under the Jin State, and now you have occupied the land of the four counties, if you turn your face in the future, won't my Zhiguo suffer a huge loss?"

As soon as Tao Yong said his words, Bai Liyan keenly felt that King Zhi's bottom line was probably bigger than expected, and he immediately said:

"When the black scarf is pacified, there will be another five years, and the Jin Kingdom will not be afraid, and King Zhi will not be able to wait for seven or eight years. Moreover, if Zhiguo cedes the four counties, he can also go west across the Sishui River and continue to move westward, and there are not many counties and counties, and there are no seven or eight years of governance, if it is possible to collect them for his own use. ”

But seven or eight years later, now King Xian is gone, and now the crown prince is on the throne. And the crown princess Xihuan entered the harem, how could the Jin people not be happy. ”

"Tao Da Sima's words are wrong, it is a great rebellion to interfere in politics in the harem, how can the prince of my country betray the ancestral inheritance because of his children's personal feelings."

"So, the crown prince and the father and son of King Xian are of the same mind?"

"Of course, one heart!" Bai Liyan said firmly, but she didn't know the bottom at all in her heart.

Judging from the information that has been obtained, the prince is Xihuan's echo worm, and his appearance seems to be glamorous and eloquent, but most of them were trained by Xihuan in his early years.

In addition, in the past nine years, the prince's auxiliary government has become more and more advanced, and he has become extremely familiar with dealing with bureaucrats, but Jiang Yu has not been prepared for any mental and practical experience on how to govern a country well, and he is at best a bureaucratic leader with rich social experience.

And the prince has been obsessed with women since he was a child, and now it has become a vice, King Xian is still there, Jiang Yu is still a little restrained, and he will simply indulge in women in the future, and the power will be handed over to Gao Xun, Nuo Yiyan, Lu Gao and other capable and loyal ministers.

I'm afraid that the prince is very different from the inside and the outside, and he seems to have the image of a Ming Jun on the outside, and he is only afraid of a bag of straw inside, and he has a dignified appearance.

Xihuan became the queen, in order to monopolize the power, indulged Jiang Yu's fornication harem, and died suddenly under the pomegranate skirt, this is the biggest trouble, and the team that has been pulled up over the years may be ruined in a flash.

Any political system does not care whether it is democratic or dictatorial, whether it is a multi-party government or a one-party rule, but whether the country is stable and whether the people have enough food and clothing.

As far as other countries are concerned, they care about whether their political, economic, and military interests with them can continue to be guaranteed, so the transition of power is related to the continuation of the country's foreign and domestic policies.

Tao Yong singled out this matter and said something, it must have been Zhiguo's secret agent who found out the news, no matter how sincere Bailiyan said, Tao Yong knew it in his heart.

If Xianguo undergoes a fundamental change in policy due to the succession to the throne, it will do great harm to Zhiguo, but this is also the result that Bailiyan tries his best to avoid.

Therefore, the affirmative answer is not that it cannot represent the crown prince, but that the political group behind Bailiyan will try to turn the tide in the event of a major derailment of the established policy, and prevent it from sliding out of control.

After receiving an affirmative reply, Tao Yong continued:

"There are a lot of lands in the four counties, and King Xian won't want to take it for nothing."

"What does King Zhi want?"

"The power of the black fire powder of the Xian Kingdom is amazing, far above the black fire powder of the Sun Kingdom, shouldn't the King of Xian be a little sincere?"

Bai Li Yan didn't expect that the Four Counties would easily relent, and he planned to use the gunpowder formula as a bait to ask for the promise of the Three Counties, but Tao Yan himself opened his mouth to propose, which undoubtedly allowed Bai Li Yan to have a better explanation to King Xian.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Liyan answered:

"As far as Ben Hou knows, isn't Zhiguo also equipped with black fire powder."

"But the power is not as good as the eldest grandson country, if the king of Xian is not reluctant, what reason does my king have to give up the land of the four counties to the king of Xian."

"This matter is very important, and Benhou has no right to deal with it, so I must ask my king to reply to Tao Da Sima."

"That general is waiting for good news, and I also hope that King Xian can show sincerity, otherwise Ben will not be able to explain to my king."