When Zhao Hongrun set up a banquet for his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanyan to catch the wind and wash the dust, Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, rarely did not deal with government affairs in the vertical arch hall, but summoned Zhao Yuanyan, the head of the Zongfu.

In the inner hall of the vertical arch hall, Wei Tianzi and the prince sat face to face, and only the big eunuch Tong Xian bowed down and waited, and those little eunuchs were all sent back by Wei Tianzi's hint.

The two brothers sat opposite each other and drank half a cup of tea, and at this time, Wei Tianzi took the lead in asking, "Did the sect elders know about the news that I sent someone to the sect mansion last night?" ”

The "clan elder" in Wei Tianzi's mouth, that is, the clan elder, that is, the elder of the Zhao clan surnamed Ji, that is, even Wei Tianzi and Zhao Yuanyan have to respectfully shout uncle, or even the elder of the uncle, with a transcendent status.

Don't look at it now, Zhao Yuanyan is in charge of the affairs of the clan, but when it comes to a major event like this, it has to be decided by the elders of those clans.

"Brother Chen has told you the elders, and the elders are still discussing this matter." Zhao Yuanyan frowned slightly, and said with a solemn expression: "After all, this matter is ...... The stakes are high. ”

After that, he touched the outer wall of the teacup a few times, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

Wei Tianzi looked at the second brother with strange eyes, and said with a smile: "That's what the sixth brother saw with his own eyes. ”

"Having said that...... Zhao Yuanyan slowly exhaled, shook his head slightly and said: "The sixth child is frivolous and cynical, it is really difficult for me to trust him completely......"

Wei Tianzi shook his head, reached out and picked up the teapot to refill some tea for the second brother, and said lightly: "Like such an important matter, the sixth brother will definitely not say anything." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yuanyan seemed to be convinced, raised his glass and took a sip of tea, and immediately looked at Wei Tianzi. Quietly asked, "What is Your Majesty's plan?" ”

Wei Tianzi seemed to be smiling, and his attitude was difficult to figure out.

On the side, the great eunuch Tong Xian felt that the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be gradually evolving towards a heaviness that he couldn't bear, so he hurriedly walked over and said with a smile: "The old slave went to add a pot of tea for His Majesty and the prince." ”

In fact, there is at least half of the tea in the pot. But Wei Tianzi and Zhao Yuanyan had no intention of hindering them, the former put down the teapot, and the latter nodded slightly.

Obviously, they didn't want others to hear their conversation, even Tong Xian, the great eunuch who was trusted by Wei Tianzi.

Tong Xian left in a hurry.

At this time, Wei Tianzi said lightly: "Yin Rong will not borrow the way, if you want to force through Sanchuan County, you will inevitably have a grudge with Yin Rong." …… At this time, start a war with hundreds of thousands of Yin Rong. Not wise. ”

"In fact, it is not only Sanchuan County that has to be crossed, but also the ...... of the Qinling Mountains," Zhao Yuanyan paused, frowned and said: "The people of the Qinling Mountains may not be as enthusiastic as the ancestors of my Zhao clan when they migrated eastward hundreds of years ago. ”

"Why 'not necessarily'? Wouldn't those who attack Longxi have a share of the Qin people? Wei Tianzi said lightly.

The Qin people and the people of the Qinling Mountains they are talking about refer to the clans that live in the vicinity of the Qinling Mountains, a clan with a history that is not inferior to the "surname Ji".

According to the documents preserved in the Ancestral Palace. In the process of migrating eastward of the Ji surnamed Zhao family, they had received the help of the "Ying surname". Even, a small number of Ji Zhao clansmen chose to stay in Qinling and intermarry with the Ying family as a symbol of friendship between the two clans.

However, that was a friendship hundreds of years ago.

More than a hundred years ago, with the Wei State conquering the Liang State and the Zheng State. The country's development center of gravity was close to the Central Plains, where the climate was mild and the land was fertile, and one of the Xirong's "Yin Rong" moved south from the northwest of Hedong (not Wei territory) to Sanchuan, and after a series of conflicts with Wei, Wei lost its access to the west, whether it was the Ji Wei clan in Longxi. is still a family surnamed Ying in Qinling, and there has been almost no contact since then.

There are not many records of the war with Yin Rong, so there are many people who speculate that at that time, Wei was competing with Korea for the upper party, and he had no time to take care of his back, so he was exploited by Yin Rong.

Korea is different from small countries such as Liang and Zheng, while the Wei State gradually became stronger, Korea also became more and more powerful, and the two countries are said to have fought for more than 60 years, and finally during the period of Zhao Hongrun and his grandfather, about fifty or sixty years ago, the "Wei and Han Shangdang Campaign" broke out in the world.

In that battle, thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of troops were invested in an attempt to defeat the Korean Wei State in one go, but they were beaten all over the ground by the Korean cavalry, and the more than 100,000 troops were almost wiped out.

After this battle, the vitality of the Wei State was greatly damaged, not only was it unable to compete with South Korea for Shangdang County, but even the Yin Rong of Sanchuan County, the Wei State was also unable to drive it away, and in desperation, a pass was built in Chenggao to prevent Yin Rong from taking advantage of the void, and most of the land in Sanchuan County was surrendered to Yin Rong.

If the "defeat of Fangling" made the history of the Wei people engraved with hatred for the Ba people, then the "defeat of the Shangdang" represents the Wei people's awe of the Han people, after all, the battle of Shangdang, the Han people defeated the Wei people on the battlefield with dignity, when the Wei people were defeated and had nothing to say, unlike the Ba people, in the process of the Wei people migrating eastward, instead of helping the Ying family in Qinling, they took advantage of the fire to rob.

The Wei people revered the Han people in the same way that the Chu people feared the Qi state, especially the Qi Wangxi.

Even after a few decades, the Wei State has gradually recovered its vitality, but when facing South Korea, it is inevitable that some plants and trees will be soldiers.

No, a while ago, South Korea only sent a few cavalry to walk around Shanyang County a few times, but not only Shanyang's Yan King Hongjiang and Nanyan's general Wei Mu were immediately ready to fight, and immediately passed the news to Daliang, which made Wei Tianzi feel depressed.

At this time, he sent troops to support Longxi, and to be honest, Wei Tianzi did not agree.

In fact, Zhao Yuanyan disagreed.

Don't look at him several times to admonish Zhao Hongrun to care about the feelings of the same clan, but in the final analysis, the so-called same clan here refers to the family surnamed Ji Zhao.

The Ji family surnamed Wei in Longxi, to be honest, is too far away from the contemporary Wei people.

If the Wei State is strong, it doesn't hurt to help the Wei family's former "big brother", but the problem is that the Wei State is currently between Korea and the Chu State, and it can only gain a foothold in the Central Plains by relying on the alliance with the Qi State, and there is really no spare strength to support the distant Wei clan in Longxi.

But the problem is that the Ji Zhao clan can't sit idly by and watch the Ji Wei clan in Longxi be wiped out by foreign clans, after all, the two are the same one, if the Wei State sits idly by, the country's prestige will inevitably be affected.

"Do you want to persuade the Wei clan to migrate to my Great Wei?"

Zhao Yuanyan gradually grasped the considerations in Wei Tianzi's heart, but this seemingly good strategy actually has many hidden dangers.

As Zhao Hongrun also thought, making the Ji Wei clan in Longxi move to the Wei State, give up the barren land in Longxi, and give it to the Qiang and Qin people, which may make these two foreigners open up to the Ji Wei clan.

But Ji Wei's move to Wei, how will the status of the Zhao family and the Wei family be arranged?

You must know that the Zhao family is separated from the Wei family and belongs to the branch, but the Zhao family is the ruling royal family of the Wei State.

If the imperial power of Wei was transferred to the Wei clan, the Zhao clan would definitely refuse; And let the Wei clan succumb to the Zhao clan, even if the Wei clan will not have any ideas in three or five years, but when they take root in the Wei country, they will inevitably be dissatisfied in their hearts: Your Zhao clan is obviously just a branch of my Wei clan, why do you want us to be subordinate to you?

When this contradiction became gradually acute, the civil strife between the two clans of Chu State, "Mi" and "Qu", was a lesson from the past.

Wei Tianzi and Zhao Yuanyan glanced at each other, as if they could see the helplessness in each other's eyes.

For the sake of the overall situation, even if the situation on the Wei side is difficult, they can only send reinforcements, unless they want to leave a disgraceful mark in the history of Wei.

"Recall Yuan Zuo back to the beam."

After groaning for a while, Zhao Yuanyan suggested.

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi's face changed slightly.

The "Yuan Zuo" in Zhao Yuanyan's mouth is Zhao Yuanyan's younger brother and the third brother of Wei Tianzi, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, is the only prince of their generation who was crowned king by Wei Tianzi.

Nanliang, what is that place?

It is the junction of Yingshui County and Sanchuan County, and it is also part of the current national border of Wei State, and at the same time it is surrounded by the city walls of Yinrong, Chu and Yangzhai to Fenchengsai, which is a land that even Yinrong and Chu are too lazy to capture, and it is sparsely populated, so you can imagine what the situation of this land is.

Therefore, to put it bluntly, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was just exiled by Wei Tianzi, and he was the king of the empty crown.

"Do you mean, let Yuan Zuo lead the troops to Longxi?" Wei Tianzi looked at Zhao Yuanyan inexplicably.

Zhao Yuanyan's face did not change, and he said: "Your Majesty also knows in your heart that Yuan Zuo is a genius who leads and uses soldiers, and the reason why Your Majesty exiled him to Nanliang is that he is reluctant to kill him?" Speaking of this, he looked up at Wei Tianzi and sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, it has been 17 years since you ascended the throne, and Yuan Zuo has also been exiled to Nanliang for 17 years...... Now that my children and nephews are gradually growing up, it is time for the scene of the brothers to come to an end. ”

Wei Tianzi was silent when he heard this, and he could see that he was very jealous of his third brother Zhao Yuanzuo.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanyan persuaded in a low voice: "If Your Majesty is willing to reuse Yuan Zuo, whether it is Xiong Hao, the original Runan Jun, or Xiong Tuo, the Xuancheng Jun a while ago, there is no need to be afraid at all!" ”

Wei Tianzi was silent, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and then asked faintly, "He...... What have you been doing all these years? ”

Zhao Yuanyan's tense face softened a little when he heard this, and he sighed: "As far as my brother knows, Yuan Zuo has been cultivating and studying in Nanliang over the years, in addition to reading and studying the art of war, he has planted some vegetables, melons and fruits, and kept to himself, which has been the case for seventeen years. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuanyan paused, and solemnly emphasized: "If it is really impossible to avoid a war with Yin Rong, or even the Qin people and Qiang people, Your Majesty will be able to use Yuan Zuo, and he alone is worth 100,000 elite soldiers!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Wei Tianzi opened his eyes and nodded slowly: "Since that's the case, let's call him back to Daliang!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" (To be continued.) )