Seeing Song Qiqiu's face, Yang Wu nodded secretly.

Indeed, the deliberate mention of Wang Taifu just now was to warn Song Qiqiu.

The two of them are very impatient, and they always get along a little, and they usually quarrel just for some small government affairs, and sometimes they even become a battle of will.

Whether it is Song Qiqiu or Wang Taifu, these two Yang Wu are more optimistic, thinking that they have hope to be in the center in the future, and maybe the two of them will become new scholars in twenty or thirty years.

Among them, Song Qiqiu naturally needless to say, not only has a great reputation in history, but also in the past few years, Yang Wu has also found that this person does have unique talents, and it is enough to be selected as a university scholar in the future.

And the appearance of Wang Taifu is a surprise for Yang Wu, this person doesn't seem to be very famous in history, at least Yang Wu has never heard of this person's name.

However, his talent is very good, especially in financial management, he has good insights, and it is no problem to be a household secretary in the future, even if he becomes a cabinet scholar, there is hope.

Such two "future prime ministers" are not in harmony with each other, and Yang Wu naturally has to take care of it after learning the news, otherwise if the two of them are really in the center in the future and quarrel like this, it may become an endless party dispute.

There is a huge difference between partisanship and ordinary factional strife.

For example, there are different factions in the Wu dynasty, and they also compete with each other, but this competition is a mild competition, and it is carried out without harming the interests of the state.

For this kind of competition, Yang Wu will not only acquiesce, but even happy to see it.

If the court and the central government are all stagnant water, or it has become someone's hall, then Yang Wu needs to worry.

However, if an ordinary factional dispute evolves into a party dispute, it is not something that Yang Wu can tolerate.

For those kings with mediocre talents, in order to be able to control the government, they may be very happy to see the existence of contradictions between their courtiers, and even hope that the emergence of party disputes will facilitate him to check and balance in the middle.

However, those who are truly talented and ambitious will never let the government fall into party struggle, and in the end, the major affairs of the court will depend on the power of the two parties, rather than the original merits of the matter.

You must know that one of the important reasons why the Southern Tang Dynasty in history declined so much, and even after conquering Chu and Min one after another, it was expelled by local forces one after another, was the endless party struggle between the DPRK and China.

And Song Qiqiu is an important core figure of the "Song Party" in the party struggle.

For example, Li Zhenggu, as a privy deputy envoy, was dissatisfied with Chai Kehong, so regardless of the urgency of the military situation, he only gave his subordinates some broken weapons and armor, and most of the soldiers were old and weak.

Let Chai Kehong take such an army to fight against the Wu Yue army, which has an absolute advantage in strength, isn't this a child's play on military affairs?

It's a pity that just because he is an important member of the "Song Party", even if he acts so recklessly, he has nothing to do and can still be in a high position.

In addition, there were some cowardly and incompetent generals, and even escaped from the battle, but because of the party dispute, they were finally acquitted, and they were not even punished at all.

There was such corruption in the DPRK and China, and it was strange that the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty could win the battle.

In today's Wu dynasty, there are factional disputes, but there is no party dispute, so it can concentrate its forces to expand outward, so the national strength of Wu can flourish.

Under such circumstances, Yang Wu naturally had to take precautions to prevent the occurrence of party disputes in the future.

After warning Song Qiqiu, Yang Wu began to think about when to give Wang Taifu a warning.

Wang Taifu's personality is also a bit extreme, and he can't rub sand in his eyes, so it's easy to contradict others.

Now except for his friend Jiang Mengsun, there are no friends in the court, which is also a miracle.

If he can't change this character, I'm afraid that it will be a little difficult for him to become a university scholar and enter the center in the future.

"You don't need to beat the drum with a hammer, Song Qiqiu is a smart person, he must be able to understand the meaning of loneliness!" Yang Wu thought in his heart.

……

A few days later, the middle pole hall was above the court.

The ceremony of canonizing Li Chengding as the new governor of the Youtianwu Army had just ended, and at this time, Xu Dexun, the general of the Chu army who had been captured by the Wu army, was escorted up.

"Foreign Minister Xu Dexun, meet the king!" After seeing Yang Wu, Xu Dexun saluted Yang Wu generously.

He is not a fool, although he wanted to kill himself to thank him for the defeat before he was captured, but since he did not die, he had to think about living.

Therefore, although he was not ready to surrender to Wu in his heart, he did not want to easily anger Yang Wu and lose his life.

Others don't know, but as Ma Yin's confidant, he naturally knows the news that Ma Yin is going to negotiate peace with Wu Guo.

If the two countries really succeed in negotiating peace in the future, then he may be able to return to Chu alive; Even if he can't return to Chu State, at least Yang Wu shouldn't kill him easily.

Since there was hope that his life would be saved, he naturally bowed as he should, and everything was very cooperative.

Of course, Xu Dexun didn't know how Ma Yin planned to negotiate peace, nor did he know when he was going to negotiate peace, so he didn't mention the matter of peace to Wu Guo during this time, just because he was worried about disrupting Ma Yin's deployment.

Seeing his attitude, all the ministers in the court were happy, and some people felt that they might have the opportunity to persuade him to surrender.

Yang Wu also had this idea, he saw that Xu Dexun had a calm attitude, and he was not rude because he was the king of the enemy country, so he nodded politely at the moment and said: "General Xu has worked hard here, I heard that you suffered a lot of injuries at the beginning, and now your injuries are healed?" ”

"The king is worried, although the minister's injuries have not healed yet, they are almost fine." Xu Dexun bowed and thanked.

Yang Wu was even happier when he saw it, this Xu Dexun is not only capable of good, but more importantly, he is Ma Yin's confidant, if he can persuade him to surrender, this will definitely be a great blow to the morale of Chu State.

So Yang Wu turned to ask about family life, asking where Xu Dexun's family was, and who else was there in the family, etc., and he looked very familiar.

And Xu Dexun was not impatient at all, he answered whatever Yang Wu asked, always maintained etiquette, and behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly.

After all, he wanted to save his life, but he was not willing to grovel to Yang Wu in order to save his life.

After chatting for a while, Yang Wu decided to go straight to the point and said, "General Xu, you have also seen that your Chu army's power is declining, and it is far from being the opponent of our army. “

"As the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, in the next battle of Tanzhou City, you fought until the end and did not surrender, which can be regarded as loyalty to the King of Chu."

"Now that you have been defeated and captured, are you willing to surrender and serve Lone? As long as you agree, Lone can directly appoint you as the commander of the capital, who can command 10,000 forbidden troops, and Lone can also guarantee that he does not need you to deal with your old master. ”

"As long as you serve Lone well, it will be okay to worship the marquis in the future, what do you think?"

Yang Wu's condition was still extremely sincere, not only because it would be of great significance if he could persuade this person, but also because of his attitude of neither humility nor arrogance just now, which made him extremely appreciative.

It's a pity that he still underestimated Xu Dexun's loyalty to Ma Yin.

"The king's surprise is understood, but the minister has decided to be loyal to the king of Chu in this life, and he can no longer serve others, so please forgive the king."

Xu Dexun was shocked in his heart, knowing that he should still come.

When Yang Wu chatted with him before, he understood Yang Wu's purpose, but he really didn't want to surrender, so at this time, even if it was possible to anger Yang Wu and lose his life, he had no choice but to refuse without hesitation.

Seeing Xu Dexun's straightforward refusal, Yang Wu's face suddenly became a little ugly.

The faces of the other ministers were also extremely ugly, and many people even jumped out on the spot to reprimand them.

"Xu Dexun, the king of my family values your talents, so he put down his body and personally persuaded you to surrender, you are so ignorant!"

"Xu Dexun, don't take yourself too seriously, the king of my family dares to refuse to persuade you to surrender in person, you are too presumptuous!"

"The king, this Xu Dexun has no king, please order him to be beheaded to show the public!"

It is no wonder that the ministers are so angry, if this person really does not want to surrender, then he should make his attitude clear from the beginning.

As a result, Xu Dexun's attitude at the beginning was so cooperative, giving everyone the illusion that "this person intends to surrender".

When he categorically rejected Yang Wu's persuasion at this moment, it naturally made Yang Wu unable to step down.

Xu Dexun also figured out the mistake he made just now at this time, but it was too late to say anything at this time.

He had no choice but to bow down and say: "The foreign minister was rude just now, and he collided with the king, if the king is to blame, the foreign minister is willing to apologize with death!" ”

As he spoke, he prepared to crash into a pillar not far from him.

Seeing this, the two guards guarding him behind him hurriedly stopped him.

"That's it!" Yang Wu sighed and said: "You don't have to die, Lone is not intolerable, don't spread the news that the deceased still thinks that Lone forced you to death in court!" ”

He didn't care about his reputation, but this time in the battle between Wu and Chu, many soldiers of the Wu army were captured by the Chu army, including the commander Ma Ye.

Although Ma Ye is not a high-level general, he is also a veteran after all, and he is also somewhat influential in the Wu army.

I heard that he refused Ma Yin's persuasion to surrender after being captured this time, but for some reason, Ma Yin didn't kill him this time.

Since Xu Dexun can't be persuaded to surrender, it is also a good choice to try to exchange him for some prisoners in the future.

Anyway, in addition to Xu Dexun's loyalty to Ma Yin, his ability to lead troops to fight is actually average, and there is nothing outstanding about it.

Even if he is put back, it will not have much impact on the Wu State, but he can be exchanged for some captured soldiers, which will definitely boost the morale of the Wu army.