Chapter 327: Fang La's Letter
Hearing Cai You's words, the officials of Wu also caused a lot of fluctuations, after all, although they have been kings for a long time and have occupied the entire Yangzhou, but after all, there is no emperor and the imperial court to seal them, which is somewhat unjustifiable.
Unlike Ye Ling's eloquence and strategy, who planned to overthrow the imperial court from the beginning, most of the people on Fang La's side are natives of Jiangnan, and they are relatively mild by nature, they just can't stand the harshness and brutality of the imperial court to resist, and they have no ambition to seize the world.
Especially now that they are in Yangzhou, the generals are all fame and fortune, rich and powerful, and many people are rich and peaceful, and they want to live a life of wine and beauty, and they don't want to live that kind of life of licking blood with a knife.
This is especially headed by the eldest prince Fang Tianding, he is already the successor of Fang La, as long as Fang La is gone in the future, the position of King Wu is his, if the court personally seals it, it will be even more foolproof, wouldn't it be beautiful to be a prince in Jiangnan in the future? It was far better than fighting on the battlefield in the past, so he was immediately moved.
On the contrary, the most fierce war spirit in Wu is the princess of Baihua Fang Baihua, she suffered a lot back then, and her parents died in the hands of officers and soldiers, so she has a deep grudge against the court, and she hopes to let the people of Jiangnan live a good life forever, which can only completely overthrow the court.
Otherwise, once the imperial court gets through this crisis in Liangshan, it will definitely have to deal with them when it turns around, which Fang Baihua sees very clearly.
So now Fang Baihua and Fang Tianding, the two aunts and nephews, actually represent the main battle and the main peace faction of the Wu State respectively, while the king of Wu, Fang La, is wavering, just let the two sides not conflict.
Cai You's eyesight was very clever, and after agitating like a spring tongue to say something, he secretly observed that Fang Tianding and the others had a happy face, and immediately asked his subordinates to present the golden flowers, brocade robes, imperial wine and other items rewarded by Huizong, and presented them to Fang La and Fang Tianding.
These are all made by special masters and craftsmen in the imperial court, and there are no people at all, so Wu Guo is dazzled, and then drink the mellow imperial wine separately, all of them are full of praise, and then look at Cai You and others are more pleasing to the eye.
Cai You struck while the iron was hot, wanting to take the opportunity to finalize this matter, Fang Tianding quietly said to the other party: "Father, this is a rare opportunity, from now on, we can sit in Yangzhou without swords, you are also the rightful King Wu, isn't it beautiful?"
In addition, the gang of Liangshan is also a bit excessive, they have already occupied Sanzhou, they are still not satisfied, and they want to continue to expand their territory, in fact, the elite of the imperial court has not yet been dispatched, if they are really forced to be in a hurry, the border army of the northwest and the forbidden army in Tokyo will be dispatched together, Liangshan will be finished in an instant, and the father should also persuade Ye Ling, and he will accept it when he sees it. ”
Before Fang La could speak, Fang Baihua next to him had very sensitive ears, and he also heard Fang Tianding's words, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Tianding, what are you talking about, we have just occupied a Yangzhou, are you already so satisfied?" You're only in your early twenties, so why should you succumb to the court? That Ye Ling is the same age as you, you should learn more from others. ”
Fang Tianding sneered and said: "Auntie, you have a Liangshan on the left and Ye Ling on the right, the little nephew doesn't know if you are from our Wu Kingdom or from that Liangshan, I heard that you are very interesting to that Ye Ling, last time I could have captured him alive but let him go gently, tsk."
According to the little nephew, what if you marry directly? In this way, our relationship with Liangshan will be more intimate, and it will be a real coalition army, so naturally we will not meet my uncle at that time, hahaha. ”
Fang Baihua was ashamed and angry when she heard this, but she did fall in love with Ye Ling at first sight, which was very interesting, and she couldn't deny it outright, so she immediately fell behind.
Fang Lasheng was afraid that his son and sister-in-law would have a conflict, so he hurriedly reconciled and said, "Tianding, how can you talk to your aunt, is the land big or small?" However, there is some truth in your words, after all, we and Liangshan are from reckless forces, and it is extremely rare to be able to be crowned a king and a marquis, and we should indeed persuade Ye Ling to accept it when he sees it. ”
Fang Tianding was overjoyed, knowing that his father had been moved by what he said, so he cheekily apologized to Fang Baihua again, Fang Baihua was helpless, so he had to sit down after a perfunctory sound.
Fang La immediately said to Cai You: "Lord Cai has worked hard all the way, what you mean This king has already understood, Lone will write a letter to Na Ye Ling and ask them to stop attacking, but I am afraid that the imperial court must also reward the soldiers of Liangshan." ”
Cai You was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wu Wang rest assured, His Majesty had already instructed before this Weichen came, as long as the Liangshan soldiers can understand the general situation and no longer be embarrassed by the imperial court, Ye Ling can also be crowned the king of Qi, and Qingzhou is also his hereditary territory, so that everyone can get along, and Ye Ling will inevitably inherit the love of the king, so it is the best." ”
Then Cai You said a lot of flattering words - when it came to this, he was a master among the masters, far better than the officials on the Wu side, coaxing Fang La to laugh, and finally wrote a letter in person, to the effect that he suggested that Liangshan should strike the army and accept the reward from the imperial court, otherwise everyone's face would not look good.
After writing it, Fang La arranged for his subordinates to hurry up and go to Qingzhou to hand over the letter to Ye Ling, and ordered a large banquet to entertain Cai You and other envoys, and now both sides feel like a family.
The envoy of Wu soon came to Liangshan, met Ye Ling, and presented Fang La's handwritten letter, the two sides have been on good terms since the previous alliance, and now they maintain trade exchanges, every month a large number of weapons and armor and other materials are sent from Qingzhou to Yangzhou, and at the same time bring back a lot of fish, salt and grain from there.
After reading the letter, Ye Ling knew in his heart, first asked people to take the envoy of Wu down to rest, and then ordered the important officials of the cottage to come to the hall to discuss matters.
At this time, because Yue Fei and Lin Chong each led a large army down the mountain to attack Xuzhou and Yuzhou, although there were a lot of people left in Qingzhou, there were less than 10,000 elites, and most of the generals went down the mountain, leaving only Lu Junyi and Hua Rong who could fight, and of course, Ye Ling himself.
However, there were a lot of civil officials left, Wu Yong immediately said after reading the letter: "This Fang La is a salute before the soldiers, this letter looks polite, but in fact, there is a meaning between the lines, if we don't follow his advice, it is very likely that we will meet our sword soldiers." ”
Lu Junyi snorted coldly and said: "Fang La, who dares to be arrogant, he only has one place in Yangzhou, but we already have three states in our hands, we just don't listen to his advice, what can he do?" Lu wants to see their skills! ”