Pei Gai met with Situ Changshi Li Rong sent by Liang Fen, and after sitting down, he inquired about his origin, and Li Rong said: "The last official Longxi Li Shi, the word Zhongsi, is infatuated with thirty-two spring ......."

Pei should look Li Rong up and down with interest, but Li Rong was a little embarrassed, and said that my appearance is very ordinary, why does Pei Gong look endlessly? Even if he has a dragon yang fetish, he doesn't have the possibility of taking a fancy to me...... Could it be that I look like someone he knows?

In fact, Pei should look at Li Rong, purely because he thought: Longxi Li...... Is that the future Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and other Tang royal families the same family as the person in front of them? It seems that this person's name is not in history, what is the relationship between him and Li Wei, the ancestor of Xiliang? However, Li Tangzhi's pursuit of Xiliang may not be reliable......

Pei should not speak, Li Rong had no choice but to take the initiative to speak, and asked: "Situ sent a certain person to pay tribute to Pei Gong, today's gift from the Son of Heaven, Pei Gong has nothing to lose?" ”

Pei Gai nodded and said that of course there are some shortcomings-"My family door and meritorious service are not as good as Zhang Shiyan, Wang Pengzu, and Liu Yueshihu?" ”

Zhang Liang, the former assassin of Liangzhou, is a member of the Anding Wu clan like Liang Fen - the reason why he repeatedly sent troops to protect Luoyang and Chang'an is not unrelated to his fellow townsman Liang Fen, otherwise it is difficult to find rescue by relying on the face of Suo Qi and others alone - when Sima Ye was also called the crown prince, he sent an envoy to canonize him as a hussar general and Yitong Sansi, and after succeeding to the throne, he wanted to worship Zhang Rail as a commoner, and then promoted to Shizhong and Tai Lieutenant, but they were all resigned by Zhang Rail.

In addition, Wang Jun is the big Sima, and Liu Kun is the Sikong, both of whom ascended to the sky from other towns and obtained public positions. Pei should therefore ask, could it be that my family background and the work of restoring the old capital are not as good as those people? Why did you give a general Zhengxi and Yitong three divisions to fool me?

Of course, he also knew that it was impossible for Suo Qi and Liang Fen to come up with a higher position to reward themselves. For Zhang Liang, Wang Jun and others, after all, they are thousands of miles away, even if they are named prime ministers and ministers, they are all just false names, and they will not pose any threat to those in power - just like Cao Cao retreated as Sikong in the Later Han Dynasty, and respected Yuan Shao as a general, but it was Cao Sikong who actually controlled the court, General Yuan wanted to welcome the emperor to his side, and Cao Cao completely farts him - since Pei should have arrived in Chang'an, he can't suddenly be given a high position, otherwise wouldn't he be able to seize power justifiably?

Besides, he is also catching up with the time period when Hu Jun retreated, and people's hearts are always like this, and they want to catch any life-saving straw in times of crisis - Wang Jun's great Sima is derived from this - and when the situation eases a little, it will be like Xiang Yu, "People have merit to be knighted, and they can't bear it".

So Pei Gai didn't have too high hopes originally, but since people asked, they couldn't help but be indignant, otherwise people really have no desires and no desires, and they won't give anything in the future.

His answer was also expected by Li Rong, and Li Rong had already thought of a countermeasure: "With Pei Gong's portal and merits, the general can get it, but it's a pity that Pei Gong's teeth are not respectful...... "You are still too young, you haven't reached thirty, how can you give too high-" And now I will stop the history of the state assassination of the ancestral company, because I am afraid that the ancestor will not be discouraged......"

Pei Gai gave a note to Pei Tong that day, asking him to hand it over to Liang Fen and Suo Qi, which only listed the official position of Zu Ti as "the history of the Sizhou assassination, the envoy holding the festival, and the military of the three states of Si, Yan and Henan". Since it is written in writing, it means that this is a must-have, and there is no need to discuss, even if there is a change, it can only be fine-tuned within the scope of the level; As for Pei Gai's own official position, it is purely verbal, which means that there is still a lot of room for floating.

What Li Rong means, Zu Ti is the governor of the three states of Shijia who led the troops, how can you be too high for Pei Cai? Will Zu Ti not be happy at that time?

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Qing thinks that my name must be regarded as the ancestor of the child?" ”

He immediately understood, and dared to cause this misunderstanding to those rats in the court, thinking that I was just Zu Li's deputy, so if I was given a high position, how should I be rewarded once Zu Li entered the customs in the future?

It's a ridiculous misunderstanding, in fact, Zu Ti and I are just allies!

When Li Rong heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and hurriedly asked: "Maybe the rumors are wrong, could it be that the battle of Henan, the first merit was not the Yuzhou army?" "Talking about merit is actually asking what kind of subordinate relationship there is between Zu and Pei.

Pei Gai smiled slightly: "No distinction." ”

"However, if Duke Pei wants to guard Feng Yi and the Northland, isn't he avoiding his grandfather?" Will Zu Ti enter the customs with his front and back feet, you invited yourself to lead your troops to the north, do you want to echo Zu Ti in Chang'an?

Pei Gai shook his head lightly: "Zu Shizhi has no intention of entering the customs yet." Only if he sticks to Henan and Hongnong, and I go to the town of Fengyi and Beidi, and close the door, Chang'an can be safe. Then he smiled slyly: "Don't you think that we want to seize the authority of Chang'an?" Hugh saw that Pei Mou would ride two thousand, and the followers were only 20,000, but they were all elites who broke through hundreds of battles, if they had different intentions, why treat others? ”

The real combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army is not yet known to the small imperial court, so in Suo Qi's view, with more than 20,000 people, even if they enter the customs, they can only fight against Lu Yun, and it must be very difficult to directly take Chang'an City - unless Zu Qi also comes, you will besiege Chang'an City like an iron bucket, and Lu Yun and Sima Bao will not come to the rescue, then I estimate that it will be suspended, because there is not enough food to eat.

Pei Gai did not directly seize the authority of the imperial court and coerce the Son of Heaven at first...... The Son of Heaven did not want to surrender, but after careful consideration, he felt that the time had not come. According to the aftermath, Liu Yao was besieged for a long time, and Chang'an also held for a short time in the case of lack of food, which shows that it is not so easy to fight; Once the war drags on or even becomes anxious, I am afraid that the Hu army will go south again, and then he will not become a sinner who engages in internal strife and bad social relations?

Later, when he entered the city to observe the defense level of the small city of Chang'an, Pei Gai felt that his worries were justified.

Second, even if he can successfully defeat Suo Qi and capture the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that the small court will also be scattered, and it will be difficult to regain its authority soon, but it will be easy for Sima Rui and Sima Bao to benefit from the fisherman. This is because most of the people in the Chang'an court today are from Kansai, and naturally because of the regional concept, they may not be willing to cooperate with him - unless Pei should be able to make a name for himself in Kansai.

So Pei should have said to Pei Wei that day, my current age is a hard injury, which also restricts the improvement of prestige - "In the past, in Xu Fang, Taoguang was obscure, and I only wanted to make Kou light on me, but I could rest assured that I could accumulate it." Although the Northern Expedition has won many victories and has tried its best to promote its name, I am afraid it will not be of any avail......"

Although he came up with all kinds of tricks to boost the prestige of the Xuzhou Army, after all, the speed of information transmission in these years was too slow, and it might not be able to enter Guanzhong, and even if it did, there was a hard injury of age here, and Suo Qi and others might not be able to believe it...... Otherwise, Suo and Liang would not have this attitude, as soon as they entered the customs, Liang Fen might kneel on the spot, and Suo Fen might simply lock the four doors and not let himself enter Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven.

So if you want to control Guanzhong, you must first make a name for yourself in front of the eyebrows of the Kansai people. Therefore, Pei Caicai started to think about the second county of Beizhen, in his mind, Hu Han infighting, no matter what, it has to last for three or five months, even if I can't stabilize the second county, it should not be difficult to choose a few key strategic nodes to repair the city defense. As long as I can block Hu Kou's attack, and I want to clean up Lu Yun and Suo Qi, isn't it still handy? And with this prestige, even the people of Kansai did not dare not bow down and obey orders.

Risks naturally exist, but if you don't take risks, where will the benefits come from?

And once the future comes true, and Sima Ye is really folded in, even if he occupies Guanzhong, I am afraid it will not help the overall situation - when Sima Rui ascends the throne in Jiankang, will his hometown in Xuzhou still be stable? Either go back to defend the town, or you can only abandon Xuzhou and guard Yongzhou alone, which is not what Pei Gai wants.

Besides, Zu Ti is still in Henan, even if Feng Yi and Beidi don't live in the two counties, he can ask Zu Ti for reinforcements. At that time, as long as Zu Ti pretends to cross the river and besieges Wei to save Zhao, the two counties can be safe.

Pei should go to guard the two counties, one is to protect Chang'an, the second is to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and the third is to show his prestige, as long as these three purposes can be achieved, the Chang'an court is also very simple to pick up, and it will not delay state affairs.

Therefore, he said to Li Rong, don't guess and think, I suggested Beifu Second County purely out of loyalty to protect the Son of Heaven and protect the society. Li Rong was skeptical, so he asked: "Aside from this, Pei Gongshang still has any desire?" ”

Pei Cai said yes, and then raised his finger and said: "First, since I have left Chang'an, Suo Gong should not be suspicious, and his name should be with me; Second, please guard Xuzhou with Bian Wangzhi, so as not to worry about my worries...... "He is not at ease with his father-in-law Xun Song, Bian Yi has worked together for many years after all, after Pei Gai's repeated brainwashing, he is also not very interested in the Jiankang regime, and it can be believed for the time being-"Third, I am in Feng Yi and Beidi, and I am not controlled by the Duke of Koji, and the guard of the two counties is ordered by me." ”

After Li Rong went back, he told Liang Fen about these words, Liang Fen pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Did I mistake Pei Wen's appointment?" Or he really has the virtue of a father...... but he is still not very sure in his heart.

Li Rongdao: "For today's plan, there is only a temporary allow, and its name is thick." If Pei Wenyu is not sent by Zu Shizhi, his name will be thickened, and Zu Shizhi can be prevented from entering the customs. He can't echo the north and the south, so he wants to have a plan, only Koji is loyal and ke, and Liang Gong can be worry-free. "If Pei Gai wants to deal with the Chang'an Imperial Court, then Suo Qi is unlucky, and Liang Fen may not stand aside - after all, he has not formally discussed the change of horses with Pei Gai - but if he only wants to collect the military power in Guanzhong, then the first to bear the brunt is only Lu Yun.

Liang Fen bowed slightly: "In this way, I am talking about seeking koji, and I advise Suo Juxiu......"