Since the persuasion was unsuccessful, Yang Wu did not plan to say anything more to Xu Dexun.

Just as he was about to send Xu Dexun to retreat first, Xu Dexun suddenly spoke: "Although the king has the intention of unifying the south, he has fought with our army again and again, and has won victories one after another. However, the king should also understand that although the state of Chu is small, those old ministers and generals are currently there, so why should the king be in a hurry? ”

Yang Wu was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to answer, Xu Dexun continued: "All the sons under the knees of the King of Chu are not the ones who protect the family. If the king waits for the future to attack, it will be as easy as digging for something! ”

The sons of Ma Yin competed with each other for power and profit, which was nothing new in the Chu State.

If these people are just fighting for power, they are more stupid than the other.

Now that Ma Yin is still there, he can still suppress them; If Ma Yin is not there in the future, there will be civil strife in the Chu State.

These things are Xu Dexun and the others are a little dissatisfied and worried in their hearts, but they are helpless, after all, they are also old, and they are afraid that they will not have a few years to live; What's more, with the situation that the Chu State is facing now, it is difficult for these old ministers to control even the things before they are alive, let alone after their deaths in the future.

And the reason why Xu Dexun suddenly said such a sentence at this time is mainly for the sake of peace between the two sides: You don't need to fight with Chu State now, as long as you wait for a period of time Ma Yin is dead, and they, the old generals, are also dead, isn't it easy to take Chu State at that time?

Yang Wu didn't know that Ma Yin had planned to negotiate peace, but he also heard the meaning of the truce in Xu Dexun's words.

It's a pity that Ma Yinke is a long-lived person, he is the same as the historical Yue King Qian Biao, he is a person who has lived for nearly eighty years, but it is a pity that Yang Xingmi, who was born in the same year as both of them, only lived for more than fifty years.

In short, if Ma Yin dies of illness, he doesn't know when he will have to wait, so Yang Wu naturally does not want to negotiate peace with Ma Yin at this time, at least he has no intention of negotiating peace before seizing Hunan.

At this moment, a guard walked in and handed a document to Cheng Xun beside Yang Wu, and after Cheng Xun opened it, his face was full of surprise.

He didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly approached Yang Wu, "King, this is an urgent document just sent from the Tanzhou Army!" ”

Yang Wu looked at Cheng Xun with some surprise, generally if it wasn't an extremely important matter, Cheng Xun wouldn't report it to him at the court meeting.

And at this time, the urgent documents sent from the Tanzhou army, Yang Wu couldn't imagine what had happened.

He took it and opened it to take a look, and suddenly his face showed surprise.

"Ma Yin actually took the initiative to negotiate peace? No wonder Xu Dexun said such a thing just now! Yang Wu immediately understood.

"Ma Yin and my Wu Guo are mortal enemies, and they have been fighting one after another since the Sun Ru period, although Ma Yin was only a deputy general under Liu Jianfeng at that time, but the two still have a lot of dealings."

"For so many years, Ma Yin has been standing on the front line and fighting my Huainan as an enemy, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to negotiate peace one day!"

"I don't know what conditions he has prepared, a hero like him shouldn't be so stupid that he thinks it's easy to be alone, right?"

……

He thought about his heart, but the surprise on his face only disappeared for a moment, and then returned to his original state.

"Well, General Xu should retreat and rest first, as for how Lone will treat Chu State, then General Xu doesn't have to worry about it!"

"Yes, the minister is retiring!"

Under the watchful eye of two guards, Xu Dexun withdrew from the main hall.

Although the ministers didn't know what news Yang Wu had received just now, Li Chengsi, Chen Yanqian, Zhou Yin and others, who were standing at the forefront of the courtiers, clearly saw the surprise on Yang Wu's face just now, so they couldn't help but be even more curious.

The main purpose of today's court meeting was originally to receive Liu Yan's envoy Wang Dingbao, and the summoning of Xu Dexun was just a temporary suggestion of Yang Wu.

However, after receiving the news that Ma Yin planned to negotiate peace, Yang Wu's mind was no longer on Liu Yan's envoy.

Compared with the countermeasures that have already been determined, the next step is just to go through the motions and have a brief exchange with Wang Dingbao about the meeting, and he is naturally more concerned about the matter of peace with Ma Yin.

Of course, the matter of discussing peace with Ma Yin can be discussed later, and at this time, he still summoned Wang Dingbao according to the previous arrangement.

Wang Dingbao is a native of Hongzhou, Jiangxi, and was admitted to the Jinshi in the first year of the Tang Dynasty.

However, at that time, the Central Plains was already in turmoil, and although he was admitted to the Jinshi, there was no other benefit except for increasing some fame.

After that, he traveled to Jingxiang, Hunan and other places one after another, but he was not reused by Chengxi, Ma Yin and other feudal towns, so he went south to Lingnan, and was finally used by Liu Yin as a staff member.

This time, Liu Yan succeeded to the throne, and a qualified envoy was needed to send an envoy to Jinling to help Liu Yan win Yang Wu's recognition, and this important task fell on Wang Dingbao.

Although Yang Wu and others had decided to approve Liu Yan to inherit the position of the Qing Navy's envoy, he did not intend to let Wang Dingbao easily complete the task.

"Wang Dingbao, you Lingnan and Shaozhou are both subordinates and belong to Lone, but last year, the King of Pengcheng did not take Lone's opinion into account at all, so he attacked Shaozhou privately, did you put Lone in your eyes?"

After Wang Dingbao entered the palace, the first thing Yang Wu did was to ask about Liu Yin's dispatch of troops to attack Shaozhou last year.

Shaozhou is still in the hands of Lu Guangchou, and Lu Guangchou is also nominally subordinate to Wu State, Liu Yin did not take these into account at all and used troops against Shaozhou, Yang Wu naturally had reason to question him.

Of course, this kind of questioning is just a knock on Liu Yan, who is about to succeed to the throne, and it can't fundamentally treat him as such.

Wang Dingbao also understood this, so he calmly explained, "King Qiyu, the reason why the king of my county attacked Shaozhou last year was because Lu Yanchang, the assassin of Shaozhou, invaded Lingnan first, and the Qing navy was just a legitimate counterattack. ”

Chen Yanqian sneered: "Since Shaozhou invaded first, why didn't you send someone to Jinling, if the king learned the news, he would naturally punish Lu Yanchang." ”

"But the king of Pengcheng has never sent an envoy from the time he sent troops to the end of the war, and now he is arguing here, is this what it looks like to be a minister?"

Wang Dingbao's forehead was sweating slightly, but his voice was still calm.

"The king is angry, this matter is indeed my king's inconsiderate consideration. However, the reason for this is also because the king of my county was furious at that time, and he sent troops to fight Shaozhou on impulse. ”

"The king of the county also regretted it very much afterwards, and said that he would come to Jinling in person to ask the king for guilt, but unfortunately Jinling and Lingnan are far away, and after the war, the king of the county was seriously ill, and now he has passed away, so he failed to make the trip."

"Please forgive the king!" Wang Dingbao bowed down and bowed.

Yang Wu saw that Wang Dingbao shirked the responsibility in a few words, and also mentioned that Liu Yin had died of illness, so it was naturally difficult for him to investigate the crime of a dead person.

"That's it, since King Pengcheng has passed away, this matter will naturally be settled. However, since Liu Yan wants to inherit his brother's position, then Gu Ke has to say a few words! ”

He didn't bother to care who made the first move in the battle between the two families last year, and directly accepted Wang Dingbao's explanation.

"If the king has any reprimand, please speak up! The minister must convey the king's meaning to my family! Seeing that Yang Wu did not pursue it further, Wang Dingbao breathed a sigh of relief.

"King Pengcheng was able to be named the king of the county at the beginning, because he had the credit of being the first to surrender. However, according to the rules of our dynasty, if the person who is knighted has his own heirs, his title should be inherited by his heirs, and no one else can touch it! ”

"Therefore, the title of King Pengcheng should be inherited by his eldest son, and it should be inherited by the title of Duke of the Kingdom."

"But now it seems that Liu Yin's festival envoy is only afraid that he was inherited by his younger brother Liu Yan, how should this matter be calculated?" Yang Wu asked with a calm face.

Wang Dingbao couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

He had considered this matter before discussing it with Liu Yan before leaving Guangzhou, but he didn't expect Yang Wu to really mention it now.

However, although I prepared in advance, this matter is not as easy to fool as the one just now.

Liu Yin already had a son, but he was still young and couldn't serve the public, so Liu Yin did not pass on the throne to his son before he died, which was naturally a way to respond in a crisis.

It stands to reason that the position of the Jiedu envoy was inherited by Liu Yan, so Liu Yin's title should also be inherited by Liu Yan.

However, Yang Wu has to mention Liu Yin's son now, which is not very easy to deal with.

If Liu Yan chooses to give up this title to his nephew, it means that Liu Yin may have two heirs, one to inherit the position and the other to inherit the title.

And in terms of title, Liu Yan doesn't have any title now, but his nephew has the position of a national prince.

Now Liu Yin's son is young, so it doesn't matter, but I'm afraid that there may be chaos in the future.

If Liu Yan asked him to inherit the title, but Yang Wu made it clear that he didn't want to inherit him, and Yang Wu could still refuse him on the grounds of the current system of Wu State.

So there is only one way left, and that is to simply not want this title.

In this way, although some people may make irresponsible remarks, it is better than causing civil strife in the future.

"King Qiyu, before the ministers came to Jinling, the marshal told the ministers, saying that according to the laws of the Wu Kingdom, no military merits can be received."

"Now whether it is my family's handsome or Zhichao's son, there is no credit on him. Therefore, after discussing with the prince of Zhichao, the marshal unanimously decided to give up the inheritance of the title, and asked the king for permission! Wang Dingbao said with some apprehension.

Yang Wu couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.

Liu Zhichao is Liu Yin's eldest son and his only son, he is not yet ten years old, frail and sickly, and has no opinions, so it's not what Liu Yan says.

Therefore, the so-called decision made after discussing with Liu Yan is nonsense.

However, Yang Wu didn't bother to ask about this, since everyone said that he didn't want this title, Yang Wu didn't want to arrange a position for the little doll who was less than ten years old, you must know that his own younger brothers now have only one king, and the others have no titles.