The issue of Gongsun Yue's departure and stay is a sensitive issue, and an open pardon is not conducive to the development of the situation in favor of Xianguo.

The conversation lasted until dawn, before dawn Bailiyan had to leave, and the next night he talked with Gongsun Yue all night, and many unknown inside stories of that year were revealed.

Eloquently Dao has long been strategizing across the Central Plains, giving advice for the vassal states, seeking political interests, but there are many internal schools, the voice is not unified, there has always been another strong voice, that is, the fragmentation of the Central Plains is not as good as the people, the reason why the Jin Xuedi people are strong is because the Jin Xuedi people are more advanced in faith and civilization, and only by believing in God and religion can they unite people's hearts.

Therefore, Xiong Yandao took the initiative to collude with the foolish faction, wishful thinking that the fragmentation of the Central Plains was the result of a lack of belief in the Divine Religion, and that only believing in the Divine Religion was the only way out for the Central Plains to become strong.

It fundamentally ignores the large territory of the Central Plains, which is seriously constrained by the current information transmission and the projection of armed forces, and the result that the centralized power is not enough to control the territory.

The fundamental gap between civilizations lies not in what political system it adopts or what religion it believes, but in how it handles the distribution of interests and technological development and reconciles the demands of various strata.

The religion of the Jinxuedi people is, at best, a spiritual symbolic political means, and its fundamental strength lies in the importance of education and the development of the military system, as well as the sound basic manufacturing capacity and fertile land, and the corruption of its aristocratic system is actually more powerful than that of the Central Plains.

However, religion did a good job of bridging the differences between the interests of the aristocracy, and at the same time, the improvement of the education and military system greatly strengthened the national power, enabling it to maintain a hardline policy to a certain extent, diverting the domestic focus, and seeing only superficial problems, not deep contradictions.

Two days later, Bai Liyan arranged for Gongsun Yue to secretly live in the Yongxing Marquis Mansion, and asked Zhao Anling to probe his sincerity again.

Bailiyan wanted to let Zong Botai come forward, but he refused, Bailiyan was not good at being strong, so he had to let Zhao Anling come forward, thinking that there must be some inconvenience in coming to Zong Botai.

At the same time, the king of Jin was not idle, and the king drove from the east of the Lingling to the Yunjie, where he joined the Northern Army, and every day he had to supply dozens of stones of ice to the Lingling.

Soon after the water army of the eldest grandson entered the Guanling River, the envoy of Liang Tianzi was Antai Hou Ji Tong, accompanied by his son Ji Kang, and Li Yi, the nephew of Baili Yan, who arrived at the Lingling first, and the king of Xian set up a ceremonial platform at the east gate, and the prince came forward to greet Ji Tong with the highest specifications.

Ji Tong originally went to the Changsun Huimeng, and after arriving in the capital of Changsun State, he learned that he was going to Xianguo, Ji Tong did not agree, and the lord of Changsun State threatened not to send troops, forcing Ji Tong to ask Liang Tianzi, Liang Tianzi didn't think about it, and sold Xianguo in exchange for Changsun Guo to send troops to respond, and kept the Xianguo expeditionary force strictly secret, so that the news of Ji Tong's diversion to Xianguo was not transmitted back to Xianguo, but the news of Yuke's ears and eyes has been in the hands of Bailiyan.

In front of King Xian, Ji Tong complained bitterly about the despicable behavior of the eldest grandson, and swore that he did not know in advance, as for whether he really did not know or falsely did not know, it was meaningless for the bad impact caused by this, and no amount of verbal criticism could replace the criticism of reality.

The Liang delegation was temporarily placed in the original Liang State Legation for a while, and Ji Tong visited the Yongxing Marquis Mansion non-stop.

"I haven't seen you for many years, and Yan Gongzi is fine."

"The blessing of the Tuoliang country, Benhou eats well and sleeps well, but the illness is always bad."

Hearing the news that Baili Yan was sick, Ji Tong hurriedly asked:

"Yan Gongzi is sick?"

"Oh, a little heart disease, it doesn't matter."

Ji Tong's cheeks twitched when he heard the news, and he immediately knew what Baili Yan meant. He hurriedly opened his mouth and pulled Ji Kang to his side:

"Kang'er, I haven't seen a lifesaver yet."

Ji Kang stood straight, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a handsome and chic guy, and a moire straight skirt woven of brocade silk, which looked very spiritual. Seeing Bailiyan's majestic and serious demeanor, Ji Kang gave a deep salute and said:

"Ji Kang has seen Yongxing Hou."

"Young Marquis doesn't have to be formal, please take a seat."

At this time, nephew Li Yi said:

"Second uncle, my mother misses you, let the second uncle have time to visit my mother in Liang Kingdom."

"Yes, then wait until the rebels are pacified, and take your cousin to Liang Country another day, let's sit first."

Inviting the three of them into the inner hall of the atrium, Baili Yan prepared pastries and tea, and Ji Tong prepared a gift, which was a jewel made of clams.

Tridacnus is the largest bivalve shellfish in the ocean, commonly known as the king of shellfish, and in low-productivity agrarian societies, the capture of clams is very rare, so jewelry made of clams is very valuable.

Before the large number of cultured pearls in the Xian country, the price of the pearls made from the clams was more expensive than the pearls, and whether the pearls were natural or artificially cultured, they would be eclipsed by the loss of time, and finally lose the luster of the pearls.

Like gemstones, clams are always smooth and shiny and silky, so they are even rarer.

Baili Yan took all the clam orbs that were only the size of a palm, and Jiang Rong was not there, so she temporarily asked Jiang Jie to put them away.

"Marquis Antai is here to visit, or is it to persuade me about the alliance?"

"Don't hide it from Yan Gongzi, the eldest grandson of the country asked Benhou to persuade the Xian King to meet the alliance, but the Ben Hou also knows that Yan Gongzi is now the Xian State shareholder, and the key to convincing the Xian King to meet the alliance is still here with Yan Gongzi."

"Then Ben Hou can clearly tell An Tai Hou that the Xian State will never be allied. Moreover, this time, without the consent of our king, the Changsun Kingdom forced our army, if it were not for Liang Guo's face, he would definitely want his Changsun Army to come and go. ”

"Young Master Yan, why bother, the alliance is only good for Xianguo, and the Jin State promised to return Jiangdong Dongjun, when will such a good thing happen."

"Since An Taihou said it, I ask An Taihou to tell the King of Jin in the future, as long as the Jin State pays a total of 6.5 million new coins of the Xian Kingdom, or the equivalent of inch silver, my Xian Kingdom can consider the alliance, and the Hou of Ben wants to see the money with his own eyes."

Hearing the news, the Bailiyan lion opened his mouth, and An Taihou's face immediately became difficult to see:

"Young Master Yan, this is a joke."

"Joke! The Jin people looted the grain and grass tax from Jiangdong Dongjun every year, not to mention 500,000 new dollars, and now as long as the Jin State returns 6.5 million new dollars, this Hou is still too little, if An Taihou thinks it is too much, there is no need to mention the matter of the alliance.

In addition, since the eldest grandson sent troops for the Liang country, this marquis decided to transfer my expeditionary force back to the Xian country after consulting with my king, and asked An Taihou to tell the Son of Heaven that more than 10,000 soldiers of the Xian country sacrificed their lives for the Liang country, and this blood was shed in vain, which is simply chilling! ”

Knowing the withdrawal of troops, Ji Tong was shocked and hurriedly said:

"Marquis Yongxing, withdraw your troops at this time, where will your Liang army be!"

"Since the Changsun Kingdom has sent troops, what is the point of our Xian army continuing to fight in the Liang State. Besides, the eldest grandson country has not sent a single soldier, Liang Tianzi easily promised the eldest grandson alliance, and my Xianguo died more than 10,000 people for the Liang country, how does the Son of Heaven treat my Xianguo, doesn't it make my soldiers who died in battle cold! ”

"Yongxinghou, this is absolutely unacceptable."

Ji Tong pleaded, and Li Yi was also busy helping him:

"Second uncle, the Xian army can fight, and if you withdraw your troops at this time, I'm afraid that the Liang army won't be able to withstand it."

"Isn't there an eldest grandson army, sitting on the earth-shattering fire, known as a million people, can't even hundreds of thousands of grass cowards be cleaned up?"

Baili Yan said in passing, Li Yi's big tongue was still unobstructed:

"Second uncle, the eldest grandson army is very slippery, not fighting the rebels head-on at all, huddled in the city all day long, opening the way with earth-shaking fire, without the sky-shaking fire or rain, the eldest grandson army is a lump of mud on the ground, and there is no hope at all."

Li Yi is twenty-eight or nineteen this year, and the big man who has children is still not getting better, and he has leaked his old bottom in a few words.

Bai Liyan said at this time:

"I said An Taihou, the eldest grandson army is so unbearable, Liang Tianzi easily promised to meet the alliance, there will be no other hidden secrets, right?"

"Uh......"

An Taihou was hesitant to speak, and Bai Liyan continued to ask:

"Oh...... Ben Hou can see that Liang Guo has taken a fancy to Sun Guo's land and wants to get a piece of the pie, but he is suffering from poor combat strength, so he wants to rely on Changsun Guo's alliance to take Sun Guo's land for himself, which is why Changsun Guo has seized the handle, but is so? ”

Ji Tong's face was red, and after holding it for a while, he finally didn't deny it, but he still had to find a high-sounding pretense:

"My Liang State is the Central Plains State, and all the princes can get the land, so why can't the Liang State get the land."

"Huh...... Then dare to ask An Taihou, how many counties did the eldest grandson promise to Liang and Sun? ”

"This is top secret, how can I talk about it, let alone I don't know."

"Then can the Marquis of Antai know how many counties the eldest grandson promised me in the Xianguo?"

"How many counties?"

An Taihou glared and hurriedly asked, Bai Liyan raised a finger and said:

"One county, only one county. I am a country of seven counties, and I only get one county, I don't know how many counties can be divided into three counties of Liang, Antaihou? It's two counties... Three counties... Or the four counties? ”

Ji Tong hurriedly shook his head and denied it, Bailiyan saw the ups and downs of his demeanor, and insisted that Liang Guo was going to eat the three counties, and he shouted decisively:

"Ha, Liang Guo has a lot of appetite, the country of three counties is just going to swallow the land of the three counties of Changsun. Antaihou, Antaihou, no wonder Liang Tianzi regards the lives of my Xianguo soldiers as dung and mustard, it turns out that he has secretly made a dirty deal with Changsun Guo, but my poor king is still in the dark, how can this be true! ”

"Uh, no, no, no, Yongxing Hou misunderstood...... Ji Tong hurriedly explained: "There are no three counties, there are no three counties." ”

"Humph! Antaihou, if it weren't for Ben Hou's maneuvering in the barbarian land in the battle of the southern border, the Jin Xuedi people would have killed the Liang State at this moment. If it weren't for Ben Hou's intimidation, Antai Hou could go and ask Gu Dapa, a Jinxuedi person in the east of the city. Ten years ago, they were preparing to kill the Son of Heaven in Liang to celebrate.

Now that the blood has been shed and the tears have dried up, countless soldiers of the Xian Army have sacrificed their lives for the Central Plains and buried their bones in other places, not only can they not be appeased and benefited, but in the blink of an eye, they have betrayed the heroes of the southern expedition for the Son of Heaven.

In the future, who will shed blood for the Central Plains, and who will respect the Son of Heaven as the upper state, Antaihou, you ask yourself, is this fair, ah! ”

Bai Liyan spoke aggressively, Ji Tong's face was red, his ears were red, and he was sweating, and he wiped the sweat on his forehead vigorously, and his heart was really empty.

"Yan, the great work of Yan Gongzi, the Son of Heaven remembers it in his heart, and he never dares to forget it."

"Then what do you say about the alliance this time, the eldest grandson country changed to the alliance in our country, without the consent of our king, but Liang Tianzi Yue Yue promised on his behalf, and my Xianguo has already decreed the world not to go to the alliance, and now it is not to make the world laugh at my king's rebellion!"

"This ......"

Ji Tong is speechless, and he doesn't pay attention to him inside and out.

(End of chapter)