Wang Shichong was anxious, and gave Taiwei Duan Da the task of recruiting another 50,000 people, the only thing that is not lacking in Luoyang City now is armor and weapons, which originally maintained 50,000 to 60,000 sets of inventory all year round during the Yang Guang period to supply the government army in Henan and Hebei; After the elimination of the Wagang army, Wang Shichong obtained a large number of booty, and the inventory once exceeded 100,000 sets, although Wang Shichong has been expanding the army, but the library still has equipment to meet 50,000 people.

Wang Xuanying hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I went to see Master Zu just now, and he said that he was willing to go to Chang'an for his father to promote Yang Chong's peace. ”

The ancestor in Wang Xuanying's mouth is the host of the Yuqing Xuantan in Luoyang, Wang Yuanzhichang, the first contemporary person of the Qingdao Dao on Maoshan Mountain, and the master of Yang Guang, Li Mi, and Wang Shichong, who can be regarded as a half-immortal. If there is anyone else in Luoyang that Wang Shichong can't provoke, it is this one. Wang Shichong walked around and instructed Wang Xuanying: "Your ancestor can open this mouth, you have to try anything, it takes time for us to recruit troops; Chang'an is the territory of Louguan Road, don't worry about your grandfather not coming back, prepare a little more jewelry to bring, and let your brother take care of the people around Yang Chong. ”

Yang Chong is not short of money, it does not mean that Yang Chong's subordinates are not short of money, Wang Xuan should agree, hurriedly go to do it, prepare jewelry, and send someone to inform the Hexi army; Wang Yuanzhi's reputation is not covered, and Zhang Jin is also an old acquaintance, Yang Chong's reply soon arrived, welcoming Wang Yuanzhi's chief to Chang'an, and said that as long as Wang Shichong cancels the emperor's title, this matter will be discussed.

It's all like this, and what else to talk about?

In the surprise of the ministers, Yang Chong sent Cui Mingan as an envoy to release Zhang Qingte and ask the two to persuade Dou Jiande to return to Chang'an, and offer the conditions of King Xia, the right servant, the generalissimo of Hebei and Shandong, and the opening of the palace by himself. When Wang Yuanzhi arrived in Chang'an, Yang Chong sent Yu Yu to greet Wang Yuanzhi for himself in the Shili Long Pavilion, and Yang Chong himself greeted him at the gate of the Yue Guo Mansion.

Wang Yuanzhi and Yang Chong saluted each other, smiled and said: "Back then, the head of the Cui family once brought an inkstone from Guogong, and later Guogong sent all kinds of rare things, and the poor Dao knew that there were top people in the dust. ”

Wang Yuanzhi is over 90 years old, there are still black threads in his hair, his face is ruddy, his teeth are complete, and his voice is calm; Yang Chong said some polite words, while muttering secretly in his heart, no wonder the old man wanted to cultivate immortals and want to live forever, Wang Yuan knew that this kind of life was better than the average fifty-year-old person, and he must ask the secret if he had the opportunity.

After Wang Yuanzhi sat down in the living room, he asked: "Guogong is willing to negotiate peace, but is it true?" ”

"Really." Yang Chong didn't have a trace of mud and water, and said very simply: "I don't want the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang to have a large number of casualties, I just hope that Wang Shichong will surrender sincerely." My conditions are very simple, the two sides maintain the existing territory, Wang Shichong can be the king of Zheng and Luoyang to stay, considering that he is too quick to rebel, the troops must be less than 60,000, and the extra weapons and equipment are transported out of Luoyang; Chang'an's embargo on Luoyang will last for two years, but Chang'an can agree to allow Luoyang's good, business, and low-class people to settle in Nanyang and Dengzhou, and the number will be determined by Luoyang. ”

The first class of the Great Sui is the noble family, all of them are big families, the second class of good people are ordinary people, the third is the merchant family, the fourth class is the slave family, and the fifth class is the lowly family, which refers to those prostitutes, actors, etc. Yang Chong took the initiative to propose good nationality, business nationality, and cheap nationality, obviously taking into account Wang Shichong's emotions; Wang Xuanshu, who was sitting on the side, got up and thanked him, and Wang Yuanzhi bowed his head and said: "Guogong's words are reasonable, and Poor Dao is deeply grateful. ”

Wang Yuanzhi also recommended a person to Yang Chong, Xu Kuang, erudite and talented; His father, Xu Wenyuan, was a doctor of Taixue and was a teacher of Dou Wei, Yang Xuangan, Li Mi and others. Because Xu Kuang's son Xu Shihui defected to Li Yuan, Wang Shichong cut off the Xu family's offerings, and now the Xu family has moved to Yanshi, poor and helpless, relying on Xu Kuang's brother Xu Wenlin to sell books in the market to make a living. Yang Chong asked Kong Yingda and immediately sent a messenger to ask Xu Kuang to be the doctor of Guozi, and hired Xu Wenlin to be the military officer of the Yue State Mansion.

Wang Shichong's reply was very fast, and all of them agreed, and for the first time, 14,000 people from 3,000 households were moved out, but the army did not agree to control and hand over excess equipment; Dou Jiande also agreed to negotiate and would send Yu Shinan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, and Zhang Qingte, the assassin of Huazhou, as envoys to be stationed in Chang'an to contact. The battle of Shangqiu came to an end, Wang Yaohan and Xu Yuanlang won a complete victory, Li Shanxing of the Tang army was killed, and Xiahouduan was captured; Zheng Jun abandoned the city and left, Han Hong did not know where to go, and the eldest grandson An Shi was captured by Wang Bo while crossing the river.

The war in Henan went unexpectedly smoothly, and Du Fuwei of the Jianghuai Army decided to go to Chang'an in person and take up the post of King of Chu and Shang Shuling, which made Chang'an overjoyed. However, Du Fuwei mentioned a concern in his letter to Yuan Wei and Yang Wang, Yang Chong has not yet ascended the throne, and he is afraid that he will be used by someone with a heart after arriving in Chang'an.

Yuan Wei and Yang Wang had to be impressed by Du Fuwei's vision, like Yang Chong, these heroes from the bottom often looked at the problem more directly and profoundly; Du Fuwei's move is from another angle to suggest that Yang Chong be the king, indicating that he Du Fuwei defected to Yang Chong, not the Great Sui who existed in name only.

Yuan Wei and Yang Wang immediately summoned Wang Shuju, Du Yan, Cui Chuzhi, Jiang Duo and others to discuss, Cui Chuzhi said very calmly: "The matter of being the king is still admonished, let Yue Guogong make his own decisions; The key is whether Du Fuwei really let him perform the duties of Shangshu Ling when he entered Beijing. ”

Shang Shuling is a high-ranking official of Shangshu, the head of the six ministries, and the prime minister; However, it became a common practice not to set up Shangshu Ling as early as in the Great Sui Dynasty, and for decades, only Yang Su had served as Shangshu Ling for one year, and even Gao Gong and Yang Xiong had not held this position. Yang Wang smiled with satisfaction and said: "The Duke of Yue Guo intends to reform the six ministries of the three provinces and set up a political affairs hall, which is divided into the Ministry of Officials, the Privy Council, the Military Department, the Household Department, and the Criminal Rites Department. ”

"So what does Shang Shuling do?" Du Yan realized the seriousness of the problem, you can't give Du Fuwei the feeling of deliberately making things difficult, it is better not to let him enter Beijing; Yuan Wei said clearly: "The three provinces and five ministries will be the main members of the political affairs hall, and the Ministry of Industry and the three supervisors of the nine temples will stay in Shangshutai, and temporarily set up Shangshu to assist Du Fuwei; If Du Fuwei was wise, he should have known that he couldn't manage such a big stall when he came up. ”

This is Yang Chong's attitude when he talks to Yuan Wei and Yang Wang, not caring about the position that Du Fuwei wants, but whether Du Fuwei can do things and whether he can integrate with the current Chang'an ministers. As for being the king, Yang Chong is still ready to take it slowly, just a title, with his current strength, it is not when he is worthy of the king to be the king.

(End of chapter)