"Haven't you found Yuan Rui yet?" Seeing Xu Yicheng's sad expression, Yuan Yao guessed that he must have returned empty-handed again. It has been two full days since Sun Chaozong arrived in Beijing, and in the past two days, Yuan Yao has been thinking about it, and he has never been able to make up his mind to punish Hu Dun, or to make Sun Rong a big thing and a small thing to calm down. And the more he is in a dilemma like now, the more he hopes that someone around him will help him make suggestions, and this preferred person is naturally Yuan Rui, but at this critical moment, Yuan Rui actually disappeared out of thin air, how could he not be so anxious that he was burned.

"Sun Rong, Sun Rong, you gave me such a generous gift as soon as I became the ruler, you are really brave and loyal!" At this moment, Yuan Yao could only complain in his mouth, "Xu Yicheng, you go to Changle Wangfu again to see if Yuan Rui has come back, he still has the heavy responsibility of leading troops north to quell the rebellion on his shoulders, so he shouldn't sneak out to play in the mountains and rivers again!" ”

Xu Yicheng smiled bitterly: "But Your Majesty, the old slave has just returned from the Changle Palace!" ”

Yuan Yao glanced at him: "What nonsense, if you want to resist the decree, you can't do it?" ”

Xu Yicheng glanced at Yuan Yao with great "resentment", wanted to speak and stopped, finally gritted his teeth and turned away.

However, it didn't take long for Xu Yicheng's figure to reappear in Yuan Yao's eyes, looking at Xu Yicheng who had gone and returned, Yuan Yao looked a little impatient: "Why are you back again?" ”

Xu Yicheng changed his pitiful appearance, and said, "Dahonglu Wang Min brought a worm messenger to see Your Majesty!" ”

"Tomorrow morning, ......" Halfway through speaking, he suddenly pointed at Xu Yicheng and smiled, "I understand, it's better to see each other first, right?" ”

Xu Yicheng smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Yao approached and pushed him: "Let's go!" Don't go and spread my will, and bring the worm messenger to the Yanwu Palace! ”

After Xu Yicheng left, Yuan Yao also went to the Yanwu Hall slowly with curiosity, and squirmed? Interesting! Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the worm is our mortal enemy, in the past, the Central Plains stood side by side, attacking each other, the worm has not done the act of robbery while the fire is burning, and the people of the Central Plains have suffered a lot. Later, with the strength of the Great Wei Dynasty, he unified Jiangbei and used troops against it several times, finally eliminating the border troubles and completely subduing this nomadic people. But despite this, the two countries still hate each other, let alone send envoys to each other, and now the envoys of the other side have taken the initiative to come to the door, and they don't know what their idea is.

When Yuan Yao arrived at the Yanwu Palace, the Rouran envoy was already waiting outside the hall, but he saw that he was covered with a coat and hat made of animal skins, and his face was dry, full of a herdsman from outside the country, and where he had the demeanor of a great envoy. Yuan Yao couldn't help frowning slightly, and passed past him and stepped into the hall with bated breath.

The Rouran envoy bent down slightly: "The envoy of the Great Rouran Kingdom is quick and powerful, and on the orders of our great khan, I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains!" ”

Yuan Yao smiled slightly to show his salute in return: "Your envoy came from afar, it can be described as a rare guest!" I don't know why I came here? ”

"Our great khan heard that His Majesty's territory was not very peaceful, and he couldn't bear to let the people of his neighboring countries suffer, so he was willing to send our warriors from the steppe to help His Majesty the Emperor quell the civil strife!" ”

This quick servant took a bite of a great khan, and Yuan Yao's goosebumps fell to the ground when he heard it: "Your envoy, your khan is indeed great, but it won't be so selfless to help me put down the chaos in the Great Wei!" Say, what do you want from our Great Wei? "In fact, Yuan Yao is not interested in Rouran's dispatch of troops at all, and now Sun Rong is suppressing the rebels on the battlefield, and Luoyang is about to send Yuan Rui to reinforce Geng Tong, the outcome of this war is already predictable, it is just a matter of when to win. Why bother to let Rouran people intervene in something that you can solve, and this kick is not in vain. The reason why I asked him about the conditions for sending troops was purely out of curiosity.

Su Servant Liyan shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, the grassland people never lie!" Our great khan is indeed selfless, and this time he sent troops just to see that your mothers of the Central Plains people can't see their children, and women lose their husbands! It's just that our great khan said that in order for the friendship between our two countries to last for a long time, when your country has quelled the rebellion, I hope that our two countries can carry out trade on the border and exchange ideas! ”

Yuan Yao smiled secretly in his heart, it turned out that the purpose of the worm was this, the nomads were actually not born robbers, but because they were not producing, let alone cloth and silk, they couldn't even support themselves with pots and pans, if they wanted to live a life as rich as the Central Plains, they either relied on trade or plunder. And when it comes to trade, there are really not many things they can get their hands on, and the people of the Central Plains, who cares if they can eat a few more pieces of cheese, nibble on a few pieces of mutton, or add a few more animal skin jackets? Therefore, the motivation to trade with them has never been high. This has caused a strange phenomenon, when they are strong, they disdain to trade with the Central Plains, since they can use the robbery, then why bother to exchange things for it? And when they were weak, they wanted to ask the Central Plains to trade with them, but the Central Plains people refused.

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly appeared in Yuan Yao's heart, as if a ray of sunlight illuminated the earth through layers of dark clouds, and the previous troubles were swept away, and his spirit was suddenly lifted. Weakening the Hu clan is the way he has long been determined, but when Sun Rong put the contradiction with Hu Dun on the table and asked him to express his position, he did not dare to let go because of the current tense situation, for fear that the internal and external contradictions would break out together and he would not have time to deal with it.

But now the appearance of this Rouran envoy has provided another possibility for resolving this matter, if the Rouran people are allowed to participate in the war, it will undoubtedly make the destruction of the rebels a foregone conclusion, so that they can deal with the Hu clan with peace of mind. More important things, the conditions for Rouran to send troops - the mutual market, although it is very important to them Rouran, but it is nothing to Dawei, since this is the case, then why not do it?

The smile on Yuan Yao's face became brighter and brighter, and his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Go back and tell you about the great khan, just according to what he said!" ”

Taking the first step to rectify the rule of officials, Yuan Yao's heart was extremely agitated, and it lasted until the next time Yuan Rui returned to Beijing, he was smiling at the corner of his eyebrows and informing Yuan Rui of his decision to remove Hu Dun from all positions, eager to get approval from him.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Rui was puzzled: "Brother Huang really believes that it is an assassin sent by Hu Dun?" ”

Yuan Yao: "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the important thing is Sun Rongxin." Besides, we can use this to weaken the Hu family, isn't it good? Why do you have to find out so clearly? I deliberately killed the assassin to prevent him from changing his mind. ”

Yuan Rui frowned and pondered: "It's good, but now that the rebellion has not stopped, although the Hu family and his party are all ambitious and talented, they also need to prevent them from making waves again, and at that time, internal and external difficulties will also be very unfavorable to the imperial brother." ”

Yuan Yao: "I originally thought the same way, so I have been hesitating, I want to discuss with you and you are not here, so I am in a hurry!" ”

Yuan Rui: "Then why didn't the imperial brother hesitate at this moment?" ”

Yuan Yao: "Because yesterday I met with a Rouran envoy. ”

Yuan Rui: "Rouran? ”

Yuan Yao: "That's right! Rouran! ”

For hundreds of years, the Wei people have been accustomed to "creeping, creeping", and at this moment, Yuan Yao suddenly called his real name Rouran, but Yuan Rui couldn't react for a while.

Yuan Yao continued: "The envoy of Rouran, Su Pu Liyan, on behalf of his Khan Anagui, agreed with me that the north and south would attack the thief, and with this foreign aid, the thief would not be able to jump for long, so I could rest assured that I would attack Hu Dun." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Rui suddenly knelt down: "The emperor's brother is honorable, the brother is outside the wall to resist his humiliation, and there is turmoil in my own family of Great Wei, and I must not let other races get involved." The imperial brother is familiar with history books, has he forgotten how the Western Zhou Dynasty perished? ”

In the New Year of the Western Weekend, King Zhou You favored the demon queen, ignored the government and politics, and was extremely poor and luxurious. Shen Hou was angry because his daughter Shen Hou was deposed and his grandson Zhou Prince Yi ran away, and united with the dog Rong to attack the capital Hojing. As a result, it is easy to please the gods to send the gods, and after the dog Rong captured the pickaxe capital, he burned, killed, looted, robbed and robbed, killed the Son of Heaven, burned the temple, moved Jiuding, and a great power of the Celestial Empire perished. Of course, Yuan Yao knew this story, his face changed greatly, his expression was distorted, and he shouted at Yuan Rui: "Yuan Rui! You're getting more and more blind. Do you want to say that I am the unscrupulous King of Zhou? Or Shenhou who lured the wolf into the house? ”

Yuan Rui kowtowed deeply, but his tone was firm, and he couldn't hear a trace of fear: "The courtier's brother is inappropriate, the imperial brother forgives the sin, but it is not my race, his heart will be different, and the imperial brother will think twice about the alliance with the worm!" ”

Yuan Yao: "You don't joke, I have promised the Rouran envoy, can I not regret it?" Moreover, at this moment, the Rouran envoy is estimated to have left Luoyang City with the national letter. It's useless to talk too much about this matter, the 150,000 troops promised by the Queen Mother are almost ready, you should focus on how to fight! ”