In the future, a carriage escorted by nearly 100 Longyou troops slowly drove into Wu Liwei and looked at the city that had just been taken away with a dedicated expression, the street was already very lively, the snow piled up into several hills, the road was clean and tidy, the carriages shuttled back and forth, pedestrians were weaving, the business in the restaurant was booming, most of them were people who had cleared the snow and received money, and there was a long line of soldiers in front of the green building, holding the salary that had just been issued. Drunken Dew Academy

Wei Zhen looked at the orderly situation in the city, whether it was soldiers or ordinary people, everyone's faces were full of smiles, and there was no trace of the tragic scene full of devastation after the war that he imagined.

He suddenly felt a little angry in his heart, this Hexi was taken by their Wei family for many years, but he Zhang Huan took it away without any effort, and he had to make peace with him, he couldn't help but snort heavily in his nose, but he forgot that it was he who took the initiative to make peace with Zhang Huan.

The carriage traveled three miles, stopped in front of the Assassin History Bureau, Wei Zhen just got off the carriage, and the Wuwei County Records and Military Officers who were waiting at the door greeted him, and the Records of the Military Affairs was the deputy of the Assassin History, in charge of daily government affairs, and the Records of the Military Officers were surnamed Liang, about forty years old, and he was also born as a Jinshi, and he had been in Wuwei County for five years, and he was familiar with government affairs, very shrewd and capable, and he was quite valued by Zhang Huan.

He stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Wei Envoy Jun has worked hard all the way, and he ordered me to wait here.

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Wei Zhen nodded, and then asked, "Is your family governor here?" ”

"It's a bad luck that the envoy came, the governor of my family just went to the barracks on important business, and he said to return immediately."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and hundreds of guards surrounded Zhang Huan and hurried to this side, and the pedestrians on both sides were so frightened that they dodged. ”

Wei Zhen saw that he was arrogant, and he didn't care about the safety of passers-by, and remembered that his eldest brother took the overall situation into account and let him enter Hexi, but he had wolf ambitions to swallow Wuwei County in one bite. A wave of anger finally couldn't help but rush up from the bottom of my heart. Drunken Dew Academy

"Todudu's blessing, the old man eats and sleeps well, and he doesn't have to worry about Hexi. Yes, of course. ”

Zhang Huan was unimpressed. He stepped forward and smiled: "Last time I saw Wei Youcheng." It's still on the polo training ground in the East Inner Garden, and it's only been less than three months, but I feel like how many years have passed, life is long, and the world is impermanent! ”

"That's it!" Wei Zhen squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Huan, and couldn't help but smile coldly: "General Zhang's chess is always unexpected, two months ago he was still a general in the Tianqi Battalion, but today he has become the governor of Liangzhou." Maybe another year and a half. I'll have to call you Zhang Xiangguo. ”

Zhang Huan smiled and waved his hand to the Yanei, "Wei Youcheng, please come in!" ”

Wei Zhen flashed his waist as if he had punched the void and used too much force, and when he saw Zhang Huan ignoring him, he couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face. Took two steps. couldn't help but mock: "Of course, the old man is just a joke." The general has great ambitions to recover the Western Regions for the country, how can he have time to consider the matter of entering the Qing Dynasty and worshipping the same interests, I am wrong, hehe! Wrong. ”

Zhang Huan glanced at it and said lightly: "Wei Youcheng's words are sharp, could it be that he is here to ask Zhang Huanxing for his guilt?" ”

Wei Zhen suddenly woke up, and then remembered the purpose of this trip, his face changed several times, and he sneered: "The old man is here to eliminate the misunderstanding between the two families, not to ask the guilt, the governor thinks too much." ”

"That's good, I thought Wei Shangshu didn't take the appointment of the Queen Mother seriously?"

Wei Zhen was awe-inspiring, he suddenly remembered a saying that had been circulating in the capital recently, Zhang Huan was actually the queen mother's person, and the last time the palace was bloody, it was related to the Tianqi camp, and now Zhang Huandi's words made him feel more hearty, the queen mother is Cui Yuan's sister, is this change in Hexi supported by Cui Yuan? The more I think about it, the more likely it is, and Cui Yuantu Helong is not a day or two.

Thinking of this, his somewhat troubled heart gradually calmed down, and returned to his usual caution, he immediately said sincerely: "Wei Shangshu has shown sincerity in letting the governor enter Tianbao County, just because Hexi is not as good as the Central Plains, the people here are fierce, there are many Hu people, and there are Tubo people looking at the side, so he did not immediately give up Wuwei County, so that everyone had a misunderstanding, this time I was entrusted by Wei Shangshu to come here, just to eliminate the misunderstanding with the governor, rebuild trust, everyone is in the same palace as a minister, how can you hurt the harmony for a little thing, the governor." You tell me? ”

Zhang Huan also said modestly: "The dignified Shangshu Youcheng personally made it, how could Zhang Huan not feel the sincerity of Wei Shangshudi, Zhang Huan was also offended by this matter, please tell Wei Shangshu and ask him to be a big man, don't take this little thing to heart." Drunken Dew Academy"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

Entering the inner hall of the office, a waiter pen and ink boy came up to offer fragrant tea, Wei Zhen took a sip slowly, and then said slowly: "I came this time for two purposes, building trust with the governor is one, I have just said it, and the second is that I want to discuss one thing with the governor." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, "It's okay for Wei Youcheng to say it. ”

"That's right, Hexi

Affected by disasters year after year, food is mostly dependent on Longyou. Wei Zhen smiled and said: "~ Longyou provides 100,000 stone grain to Hexi every year, and Hexi gives back a different number of cattle, sheep and horses, which is actually a kind of reciprocity, not a deal, if Zhang Dudu is willing, Wei Shangshu still provides 100,000 stone grain to Hexi every year, and 50,000 stone can be transported immediately to help the Hexi military and civilians survive the winter and spring. ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said: "I have a deep understanding of Wei Shangshu's benevolence and righteousness at this time, I don't know what Zhang Huan can use to repay Shangshu?" ”

"Nothing is needed." Wei smiled and waved his hand and said: "As long as the governor can remember his promise in Chang'an, march west as soon as possible, and recover the lost territory of Hexi and Anxi for my Tang Dynasty."

He paused, and then slowly added, "As long as the governor sends troops, the food will be delivered immediately." ”

Zhang Huan stood up solemnly, hugged his fist to Wei Zhen and said: "For the matter of serving the country, Zhang Huanan dares to break his promise, I will definitely send troops sooner or later." ”

Speaking of this, he also paused, and added helplessly: "It's just that it's a cold winter now, the army is short of money and food, the soldiers are hungry and cold, and their morale is low. ”

Wei Zhen scolded in his heart, "Your soldiers are rich in prostitution, when will you be hungry and cold?" ”

But both sides understand that each other is just posturing, how can they really give food? Really go to fight Tibet?

But it is in this seemingly unbounded language back and forth, everyone gradually reached a consensus, both sides are interested in sitting down to talk, do not want to see each other again, this is the negotiation skills, many things can only be achieved by one kind of will, and can not be said, the atmosphere of the conversation, the sincerity shown by each other, that is, the answer.

Of course, this is also the main purpose that Wei Xu wanted to achieve when he came to Hexi.

Since Zhang Huan was sincere in negotiating, Wei Zhen was no longer tempted, he took out an invitation from his bosom and said frankly: "The third purpose of my trip is to convey Wei Shangshudi's invitation to ask General Zhang to go to Kaiyang County to discuss cooperation, and Jiang Lian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, will guarantee the safety of the governor." ”

Zhang Huan took the invitation, looked at it casually, and suddenly smiled faintly: "I have sent a messenger to Kaiyang County the day before yesterday to congratulate the old lady on her birthday." ”

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Wei Zhen took his leave, Zhang Huan sat in the inner hall and pondered, he originally thought that Wei Zhen wanted to return to those surrendered troops, but it can be inferred from Wei Chen's tone that he didn't seem to be here for this, but for another purpose, did he want to form an alliance with himself and deal with Duan Xiushi together? But alliances are just virtual things, there is no actual exchange of interests, and a paper covenant is nothing but waste paper.

At this time, Du Mei slowly walked in from outside, and seeing Zhang Huan pondering, he smiled slightly and said, "Don't think about it, I already know what Wei Ge really wants." ”

"Oh!" Zhang Huan raised his head and smiled: "How do you know, could it be that you are using your details to speculate again?" ”

"I guessed it by the governor." The carriage that was overhauling Wei Zhen picked it up from the corner of his carriage. ”

Du Mei took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms, it seems that it was originally crumpled and discarded, he put the paper in front of Zhang Huan's desk and pulled it, let it stretch as much as possible, this is a map of Longyou, sketched at will with a pen, very scribbled, it can be seen that it is Wei Xu's improvisation, the map marked Yan'an County, Kaiyang County, Hui County, Wuwei County, Lingwu County five cities, and a Yellow River, which drew an arrow from Lingwu County to Yan'an County, and also drew an arrow from Wuwei County to Yan'an County, but when it arrived at Hui County, it was broken, I saw a heavy circle on the county, and there was a ball of ink next to the circle.

After reading the picture, Zhang Huan suddenly smiled, this Wei Zhen unintentionally leaked the old bottom.

"The Governor also sees it." The upper circle was the last drawing, and the mass of ink next to it must have been the last heavy stroke of his pen to show that he had made up his mind, so I can say that their real purpose was to take back Huijun. ”

Zhang Huan secretly praised in his heart, this Du Mei really has some ability, his talent is the opposite of Li Mi, Li Mi can grasp it from the big picture, such as persuading himself to come to Hexi for development, and for example, he skillfully used the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court's delay in recovering Hexi, successfully created public opinion, and forced Wei Ge to make concessions from the general righteousness, but Du Mei is a master of tactics, can guess the opponent's intentions from the subtleties, very powerful, the two can be said to complement each other, they have these two as strategists, but it can really be regarded as a tiger with wings.

Zhang Huan slowly walked to the window, staring at the southern sky, in addition to the two powerful strategists, he also has a wife who is very helpful to him, I wonder if she has arrived in Kaiyang County now?