After a moment of silence, Zhang Jie, after several ideological struggles, said to Baili Yan:

"Yongxing Hou, you have to talk and count."

As soon as these words came out, Bai Liyan knew that Zhang Jie was going to take out the last bargaining chip, but he still had to pretend to be confused and continue to make peace with the mud.

"Lord Zhang, what did Ben Hou say, you have to say that talking counts."

Zhang Jie was taken aback, and hurriedly said:

"Eh, Yongxing Hou just said that the two countries each took half a step back, why don't you admit it now!"

"Oh......" Bai Liyan suddenly realized, and said busily: "Ben Hou said it just now, but Ben Hou can't guarantee that the king is satisfied, and the cabinet officials are satisfied." ”

"You!"

Zhang Jieqi was almost vomiting blood, and then Bailiyan and King Xian said:

"The king, the minister didn't say that the king was satisfied just now."

King Xian nodded with a dark face and said:

"Yes, the widow didn't say he was satisfied. Zhang Envoy, what do you say! ”

"Ah......" Zhang Jiemeng was stunned, as if his soul was not possessed by Alzheimer's disease, and he was awake again and even pleaded: "King Xian, you must save my country." ”

While speaking, Zhang Jie took out a wooden letter from his arms and handed it forward, King Xian motioned to Jiang Hao to take it, but he did not rush to open it and look at it, but asked Zhang Jie again:

"Master Zhang, what do you mean?"

"This is my king's own national letter, and King Xian will know it when he reads it."

As soon as the words fell, I heard Bailiyan's angry voice:

"Lord Zhang, why didn't you take it out and hand it over to my king earlier, are you playing this game!"

Zhang Jie felt weak-hearted, so he ignored Bailiyan. Jiang Hao confirmed that the wooden letter was intact, took out the secret letter and handed it to King Xian.

The content is roughly that the eldest grandson is willing to give up three more pieces of land, and agrees that the Xianguo will obtain the three counties of Dekang, Yuanshan, and Qiujun, and at the same time, the Xianguo must recognize that the Changsun State will obtain the four counties of Weiguo. Compared with the previous conditions, the eldest grandson country occupied two more counties, and still took the biggest advantage.

After reading the letter, King Xian casually handed it to Baili Yan to look at, and then asked Zhang Jie:

"Zhang Envoy won't have a wooden box on him."

Zhang Jie was shocked when he heard the news, and he hurriedly said:

"King Xian, my country gave up six pieces of land to your country, which is too little."

"But doesn't your country also occupy four counties? Moreover, as far as the few people know, the land bordering the Weiguo in the southwest of your country is very large, and it is said that there are four counties, but in fact there are nine Dekang counties. ”

With the vision of King Xian, of course, it is impossible to know that the western counties of the old land of Sun Guo are larger than the eastern counties, but in recent years, the map surveying and mapping results have been fruitful, and the one-to-one million maps of the counties and counties in the main areas of the Central Plains have been fed back to China one after another, and the appearance of most areas can be seen at a glance, even if there is distortion, the distortion rate does not exceed 7 percent.

Just by the outline of the map, we can know that the southwest of Changsun borders several Weiguo counties, the smallest is 100,000 square kilometers, the largest is 250,000 square kilometers, all of them are plains about 1,500 meters above sea level, suitable for planting wheat, rice, beans and cotton, but also suitable for grazing and breeding, which can be called the best land in the Central Plains.

This was also the driving force behind Liang's deliberate dismemberment of Sun's division of land, which would double its land area once it acquired several large counties in the western part of Sun.

Compared with the three counties of Dekang, Yuanshan and Qiujun, although it is a plain and the land is also very fertile, the terrain is slightly lower, the river network is dense, and the water from the upper reaches is discharged into these three counties.

In addition, the largest land area of these three counties is only more than 68,000 square kilometers, and the three together are less than one-third of the four counties annexed by Changsun.

After reading the letter, Bai Liyan couldn't help but feel ridiculous, and the eldest grandson gave full play to his highly professional "comedy" spirit. With 1230,000 square kilometers of disaster areas for nearly 500,000 square kilometers of economic centers, everyone else is really stupid pigs.

However, in the face of the facts, Zhang Jie couldn't help but quibble:

"King Xian must have misunderstood, the four counties that my king asked for are never so huge, at most only one more county than Dekang, Yuanshan, and Qiu County, and there are never three times as much."

"Humph!" King Xian glared at him, and then asked Baili Yan: "Marquis Yongxing, how about the letter from the lord of the eldest grandson?" ”

"Back to the king, the six lands that the eldest grandson gave up are more than half of the counties, since the eldest grandson has already given up half a step, the minister thinks that my country should not be reluctant to make it difficult."

"What do Zhao Qing and Lu Qing mean?"

The king of Xian asked again, and Lu Gao said:

"I thought this could be considered."

"The old minister seconded the proposal."

Lu and Zhao had ambiguous attitudes, and King Xian asked Promise and Gao Xun again:

"What do Nuoqing and Gao Qing think?"

Nuo Yiyan was cautious, he said:

"The minister thinks that foreign affairs still need to make some preparations, so as not to be ashamed of the other princes."

Next moment Gao Xun said:

"Since neither Zhao Shuai nor General Lu objected, and the minister had no objection, everything was arranged by the king."

"Since you have no objections, then let's decide."

Before King Xian's words fell, the prince hurriedly said:

"Father, the soldier is also a murder weapon, and the matter of sending troops should be cautious, not to start a war lightly, and it will affect the country, and please ask my father to know it."

"Hehe......" King Xian smiled indifferently, ignored it, and then said meaningfully to Zhang Jie: "Zhang Envoy, have you heard, the widowed prince is worried about the country and the people, and he can't bear to raise his sword lightly, in case of death or injury to our soldiers and civilians, it is a big loss." Envoy Zhang must pass on the widow's words to the eldest grandson and take a good look. ”

Zhang Jie's face twitched for a while, and his eyes were almost blackened, but he didn't react well on his face, and nodded again and again:

"Your country is very gracious, Zhang Jie will never forget, and he will definitely pass on the words to my king as they are, and I will always remember them."

"That being the case, Nuoqing."

"What does the king command?"

"This matter is up to you and Zhao Qing to discuss with Zhang Envoy secretly, and reach a handover agreement with the eldest grandson as soon as possible."

"Commandment."

After explaining the promise in detail, King Xian motioned to Jiang Hao to lead Zhang Jie to leave first, and then continued:

"After the funeral period of Marquis Dingyang, the widow wants to go to the mausoleum to inspect, and the matter will be handed over to the Marquis of Yongxing, so be sure to prepare properly."

"Dare to ask the king, is this trip just an inspection of the king's tomb, or an inspection of the capital?"

"It's better to be able to go for a walk in the distance, but the weather is getting hotter and hotter in May, and the widow is getting older, and he is more and more afraid of the heat, but I am afraid that he will not be able to do it."

"Even so, the minister suggested that the king should go to the royal tomb first, and then on the way back, he might as well visit Ruitian, Wuping, Xuanyun, Yongxing and other places, so that he could stop and rest."

"Well, Aiqing's proposal is good, the widow hasn't gone out for more than a year, and Xuanyun is a new city, so you should go and see it, so let's do it according to Aiqing's wishes."

"No!"

After the mausoleum was completed, all the burial goods were added in place, except for the passage that entered the bottom of the tomb, the tomb was all backfilled, and the ground buildings were all completed, and King Xian went to the mausoleum at least once a year to inspect, and at most twice a year. Due to a serious illness last year, King Xian was ill for more than a month, and it was not until the second half of the year that he completely recovered, so he did not make the trip.

From a medical point of view, this kind of psychological suggestion is more likely to trigger the decline of the immune system and accelerate the aging and death of the human body.

Bai Liyan suggested visiting four places, first, to show the economic and technological achievements of these years, and second, to offset the negative impact of the shadow of death and make life more positive. The Yongxing train began to be tested in the middle of the third year, and the relevant technical indicators basically met the expected design, but to launch such a large project in the country, it needs the approval of King Xian to transfer money from the treasury.

"Well, the widow is tired today, so let's all disperse. The things involved with Zhang Jie before must not be passed on, if half a word is leaked, the widow will not be spared, but they all understand! ”

"No!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and as they were about to leave, Gao Xun asked:

"King, now that the captain has died, it should be replenished in time. Seeing that the war is imminent, the soldiers, horses, grain and grass are all in Sima Mansion, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to make energy, and the post of Tai Lieutenant should be properly arranged as soon as possible. ”

At this time, the prince also said:

"What Lord Gao said is very true, Erchen thinks that the Taiwei is only a job and cannot be left unattended, and arrangements should be made as soon as possible."

King Xian nodded slightly in agreement, and he said slowly:

"Then Marquis Ding Yang will continue to take over the position of Tai Lieutenant."

King Xian's decision was unexpected by Gao Xun and the crown prince, but seeing that King Xian's attitude was firm, the others were silent, and the words that had already reached their lips had to swallow and change their mouths to agree:

"The father is wise, and the son has retired."

The news that Zhang You inherited Zhang Jun and continued to take over the Taiwei soon spread back to the prince's mansion, and Xihuan was furious when he heard the news:

"Baili Yan, Bai Li Yan, this cunning fox, even his mortal enemy is used for his own use, why is there such an anomaly in the world, it is simply intolerable!"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, it seems that we have all looked away now."

Ji Jinsheng said carefully, and Xihuan said hysterically:

"You still have to say it! Now that Zhang You is the captain, it will be too late for the prince to try to win over him in the future, and in the future, the military and political armies will fall to Bailiyan's party, won't the palace and the prince become their puppets! ”

"His Royal Highness is angry, although Zhang You inherited the position of Tai Lieutenant, but he has no real power, coupled with many years of power reduction, he has no power, no power to control the situation, and there is no need to worry in the short term."

"But seeing that the cabinet is divided by Baili Yan, how can this palace sit still."

"Now that the wood has been completed, there is only one way to avoid the edge for the time being, and wait for the opportunity, Your Highness must not be rash and mess up."

"How can this palace not be in a hurry, as soon as the crown prince ascends the throne, the cabinet and foreign dynasties are not under his control, how does this monarch tell him to be."

"Having said that, Your Highness still has a chance. Judging from today's news, this matter was mentioned by Gao Xun, and in recent years, there have been many major leaks in Xianguo, and his subordinates suspect that Gao Xun should be the biggest traitor in Xianguo. In his early years, he had a close relationship with Uncle Guang, and now the Chengdao faction wants to get rid of Bailiyan and dismember Xianguo, and I am afraid that this Gao Xun will be deeply implicated in it. ”

Ji Jinsheng guessed, and Xihuan was even more angry when he heard it:

"How is this possible, the people of this palace monitor the whole city day and night, and they have never noticed what they have with the Chengdao sect and the Liang country, and how they communicate with foreign countries. On the contrary, this palace thinks that this person is mediocre and has no outstanding points, and he really looked away at the beginning, and thought that this person could help this palace. ”

"The princess must not underestimate this person, the more mediocre people are, the more terrible they are, Bailiyan has a good evaluation of him, and Zhao Xun is unique, and he will never look away."

"Hmph." Xihuan disagreed, she said: "If Zhao Xun doesn't look away, how can he not see that this person is a traitor, if Gao Xun is an internal response, how can Bailiyan not know, can he still be allowed to live to this day, how to explain these." ”

"This ......" Ji Jinsheng was speechless, thinking that Xihuan's rhetoric made some sense, to say that when Zhao Xun was gone, Bai Liyan didn't notice anything unusual, it was obviously impossible, and it was said that the two people looked away at the same time. Could it be that it was the bureau set up by Bailiyan who deliberately instigated Gao Xun to send troops thousands of miles away?

The more I think about it, the more positive this answer seems.

When he was young, Xihuan said:

"It is very likely that Xianguo is going to send troops to attack and defend, and this palace wants to order Fang Dan to go back to Jin Kingdom to recruit some reliable disciples, and move to Xianguo Xinjun in the future to control the local financial resources, what does General Ji think?"

"The prince has passed the word?"

"No, if the King of Xian agrees to send troops, it is a matter of secrecy, and the King of Xian will strictly order that he shall not leak his words to the outside world, so the palace and the prince agreed that if the King of Xian sends troops, he will let people spread some irrelevant matters and do not mention sending troops. If King Xian did not send troops, he would have the news spread.

And now, a few days have passed, and there has been no news for a long time, it must be that King Xian decided to send troops, and the prince can't say it clearly. ”

To say that Xihuan is also quite smart, confidential things can't be revealed, so she took advantage of a loophole and operated in reverse. If you don't send troops, you will say it clearly, and if you don't send troops, you won't say it, anyway, I recognized that King Xian would definitely send troops, and if I didn't see the news of not sending troops for a long time, it was obvious that I would definitely send troops.

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