Guo Rong's words lifted Li Hongji's spirits, as Guo Rong said, maybe the Khitans can take advantage of it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but he doesn't understand, how should the Khitans use it?

Li Hongji doesn't quite understand the reason for this matter, but Guo Rong saw Yang Lian with a Khitan man who can speak sinicization today, what does this prove? It proves that Yang Lian and the Khitans have an ulterior secret, and if they can grasp this matter and make a fuss, they may be able to change the current situation.

Of course, Prime Minister Sun's matter is too serious and irreparable, but if he can attack Yang Lian with the power of the Khitans in this matter, he may be able to hit Yang Lian's arrogance.

Sun Sheng also understands the seriousness of the matter, although his "car" is lost, if he can pull Yang Lian's "car" off the horse, it will also be a good thing for him. Sun Sheng stood up, his eyes were blazing, and said, "Guo Rong, what do you have a good idea?" ”

Guo Rong laughed, pondered for a while, and said: "Frankly speaking, just relying on Yang Lian's association with the Khitan people can't defeat Yang Lian at all, so we have to add a fire." ”

Zhu Lingyun was on the side and said, "How to add fire?" ”

Guo Rong explained, with his guess, the Khitans must have formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty when they came to Jinling, whether Guo Rong was from Zhou or not, he didn't want this alliance to come to fruition, and for Li Hongji, the king of Yan, he couldn't let this alliance be reached. The reason is very simple, Yang Lian knows the Khitans, and if he takes a line from it to make the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty form an alliance and reach a military agreement, then Yang Lian's weight in the Tang Dynasty will be heavier.

The Son of Heaven will trust Yang Lian more, and Yang Lian's power will rise, so that the power gap between the two sides will become bigger and bigger, and for King Yan, this news is obviously very bad.

Therefore, what Guo Rong means is that in the matter of whether to form an alliance with the Khitans, King Yan must first actively support it, and even be more enthusiastic than Yang Lian, why should he do this? This is a trick, and the next step is the real killer move.

Guo Rong was on the way, and he had already thought of this plan in his mind, so this plan was quite complete, at least from the current point of view, it was impeccable.

Li Hongji paced on the side, pondering, and after a while, he said: "Okay, this plan is indeed feasible, in that case, Brother Guo, when do you think this plan will be implemented?" ”

"Don't worry, the matter will be in two or three days, first find out the true purpose of the Khitan people and then make plans." Guo Rong said.

The matter was settled, and soon, Li Hongji got the news that the Khitans came to Jinling to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and jointly deal with the Great Zhou. When he received this news, Li Hongji couldn't help but be secretly frightened, how could Guo Rong know the purpose of the Khitans? There was even more vigilance in his heart.

The Khitan people wanted to fight the Great Zhou with the Tang Dynasty, and it was soon known to the important ministers of the court. The ministers discussed a lot, and the pros and cons of this matter were obvious, but because of the relationship between the parties, two relatively distinct parties were formed.

However, what is even more surprising is that Li Jing originally thought that Chang Mengxi, Han Xizai and others would oppose an alliance with the Khitans, but in fact, they wrote one after another, and they wrote about the benefits of sending troops together with the Khitan to deal with the Great Zhou. Especially Han Xizai's excerpt, it is reasonable and well-founded, the analysis is straightforward, and the pros and cons are explained in detail.

Chang Mengxi, Gao Yue and others also wrote a book, saying that now that Zhou is fighting with Shu in Jiangling, if they can take advantage of this time to attack Zhou with the Khitan and divide the world equally, for Datang, there are only benefits and no harms.

Li Jing was indeed moved, although the Tang Dynasty had exhausted the treasury because of the war, but what did the Zhou State taste? Since the Huangchao Rebellion and Zhu Wen's establishment of the Liang State, there have been constant rebellions in the north, which are more unstable than those in the south. Soon after the establishment of the Zhou State, although Guo Wei made great efforts to govern the country and the economy recovered, Liu Cong and the Khitans in Hedong never gave up going south, and the border of the Zhou State bordering the two countries was tragically ravaged and the economic losses were great.

Comparatively speaking, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is empty, and I am afraid that the treasury of the Zhou State is also even more empty, not to mention that the Zhou State is at war with several countries at the same time, and the consumption of troops and food is even greater. As long as Kaifeng is attacked as soon as possible, this battle will be over. Li Jing had an urge to let Yang Lian lead the troops, but he didn't make up his mind.

What to do? Li Jing was very hesitant. At this time, things changed.

Yelu Xiyin, the Khitan envoy who was in charge of the negotiations, sent a letter, claiming that he had suffered unfair treatment in Datang, and that the envoy of a dignified country had been beaten, and that a few days had passed, and the scars on his face had not dissipated, which showed that the person who beat him at the beginning was extremely vicious.

Li Jing didn't understand who would be so bold, and when he knew the reason for the matter, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, it was actually Yang Lian. How could he have come into conflict with the Khitan envoys? This puzzled him. In order to understand the truth, Li Jing brought Yang Lian and asked about it, and then he learned the reason for the incident.

"Wu Hou, Yelu Xiyin is always the envoy of the Khitan no matter what, and it is still a little inappropriate for you to treat him like this." Li Jing said, he was faintly worried, if the Khitan people turned their faces, this matter could not be said to be good.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if Yelu Xiyin wanted to make trouble, it would have been made a long time ago, and he would definitely not wait until today. However, I heard that the Khitans have always been irritable, and this Yelu Xiyin can actually endure it like this, I am afraid that among the Khitans, it is very rare. Yang Lian said.

"Wu Hou, then what should I do about this matter?" Li Jing asked.

"Your Majesty, not long after the end of the war in the Tang Dynasty, he needs to rest and recuperate, Weichen still has the same opinion, first drag the Khitan people for a while, wait until the autumn harvest, and then look at the grain reserves before making plans. By next year at the latest, with the wealth of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, it will soon be able to ease up. Yang Lian said.

Li Jing nodded, although there was no large-scale planting of double-cropping rice at this time, wheat could still be planted in winter and rice in summer, and the harvest in one year was comparable to two years in the north. In terms of economic recovery, Datang is stronger than Zhou, but the disadvantage of Datang is that the army's combat effectiveness is weaker than that of Zhou, and there is not much iron and copper produced.

Yang Lian didn't care, and the hegemony of the Zhou State seems to be not far away, due to the lack of war horses, Yang Lian in Yanzhou, Yunzhou and other places, began to train crossbowmen on a large scale, and at the same time improved crossbows, crossbow arrows and other weapons with strong lethality, these are more effective weapons against the cavalry, once the duel with the Zhou State, in the field, the disadvantage of the infantry to the cavalry will be further weakened.

"Marquis Wu, I will leave the matter of negotiating with the Khitans to you." Li Jing thought that Yang Lian had dealt with it last time, but now it seems that he has another idea, so he made a decision.

Yang Lian bowed and thanked him, and the two chatted a little more, talking about the relationship with the Khitan, and then Yang Lian stood up and left the palace.

When Yang Lian passed by the imperial city, he saw the house not far away brightly lit, he knew that it was the office of Honglu Temple in the imperial city, it was so late, I don't know who was inside? Since the Son of Heaven handed over the matter to him, Yang Lian felt the need to find out, so he walked over.

In the dim room, two candles were lit, the candle tears kept flowing downward, the light shook gently, and a person sat on a chair, picked up the pen, wanted to write something, and finally put it down again. Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, the person who came turned around, saw that it was Yang Lian, hurriedly stood up, and said, "Wu Hou, it's so late, why are you still in the palace?" ”

"Your Majesty summoned and discussed something." Yang Lian replied, glanced at the dim room, suddenly laughed, and said, "In the huge room, Pan Siqing only lit two candles, which is too dim. ”

"Hey, don't mention it, Honglu Temple has always had a lot of expenses, but in the past few years, the Tang Dynasty has been fighting endlessly, where is the money in the household department. It's good to be able to use candles, and some departments use tung oil lamps. Pan Chengyou said.

"Since the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the people have been miserable, if one day the world is unified and the people live richly, they will use candles." Yang Lian laughed, his eyes stayed on the case, on the case, there were a few pieces of waste paper, on which some words were written, and they were scribbled again, and if you looked closely, there were keywords such as Khitan and Zhou Guo.

"Pan Siqing, who are you?" Yang Lian asked.

"Wu Hou, these Khitan people are really hateful, they make trouble in Honglu Temple every day, making chickens and dogs restless. And it is pointed out that every meal must be full of wine and meat, otherwise it will be smashed in the Honglu Temple, and it will come out like this every day. Speaking of the Khitans, Pan Chengyou has a headache.

"Oh? How dare the Khitans do this? Has Pan Siqing told His Majesty about this matter? Yang Lian asked.

Pan Chengyou smiled bitterly and said, "How dare you do this." ”

"That's it, since there is no playing, then there is no need to play." Yang Lian waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty has asked me to be in charge of this matter, tomorrow morning, I will go to Honglu Temple, just listen to me in everything, if something happens, I will bear it." Yang Lian said.

Pan Chengyou was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered what Wu Hou had done with the Khitans before, could it be that this time, is it the case again?

Early the next morning, Yang Lian got up, finished washing, had breakfast, and went straight to Honglu Temple with five or six soldiers. It took half an hour, and when I arrived at Honglu Temple, the sun had just risen, and there were more stalls on the streets, and the people were doing their own things with hoes and carts.

Yang Lian stepped into Honglu Temple and did not see Pan Chengyou. The little official of Honglu Temple knew Yang Lian, and hurriedly walked up, and said with a smile: "Wu Hou, there are people who can serve in a humble position." ”

"Is Pan Siqing here?" Yang Lian asked.

The little official suddenly made a bitter face, nodded, and said, "It's here." ”

"Where are the people?" Yang Lian asked again.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Pan Chengyou carrying a food box in his hand, although the box was covered, he could already smell the fragrance, it was the fragrance of the soup dumplings, and it seemed to be the soup dumplings of the Zhangjia, the most famous time-honored brand in the north of Jinling City.

Although Yang Lian had already eaten, he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose and said, "It's so fragrant, hasn't Pan Siqing eaten yet?" ”

"Wu Hou, I've already eaten it, these things are all bought for people." Pan Chengyou replied.

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and said, "Pan Siqing, these things were bought for the Khitans?" ”

Pan Chengyou nodded and didn't speak, Yang Lian snorted coldly, stepped forward, grabbed the food box, opened the lid, smelled the fragrance, and said, "Come, taste them all." ”

"Wu Hou, this can't be helped." Pan Chengyou said.

"Pan Siqing don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me." Yang Lian said, carefully picked up a soup bag, took a bite gently, the tender soup flowed out, Yang Lian slowly sucked it clean, and then swallowed the soup bag and ate it.

Yang Lian handed the soup bag to Pan Chengyou, Pan Chengyou didn't dare to eat it, and waved his hand busily, Yang Lian brought the personal soldiers were not welcome, the master said, wouldn't it be a shame to Wu Hou if he didn't eat it again? Each of these soldiers took one for each of them, and the soup bag took thirty percent. The officials of Honglu Temple saw it, there were a few people who had not eaten, and after thinking about it, Wu Hou had eaten them, what were they afraid of? Immediately took the soup bag and ate it.

In addition to the soup dumplings, there are some other foods, the steamed buns are the best in Jinling City, and the group of people is swept away, and they quickly ate the contents of the food box. Yang Lian had already eaten, and suddenly felt a little supportive, so he hurriedly asked someone for tea and drank a few sips.

Pan Chengyou spread his hands helplessly, he watched a good show today, but Wu Hou is deeply favored by His Majesty, even if he offends the Khitans, His Majesty will not blame him, but he is different, if the Son of Heaven blames, his career will be over. Immediately made a bitter face.

"Pan Siqing, don't worry." Yang Lian laughed, put down the teacup, and asked again, "Do the Khitans live in such a place?" ”

"Wu Hou, Xiaguan will take you there!" Pan Chengyou said, walking slowly ahead.

"Let's go, go see the Khitan barbarians." Yang Lian waved his hand, and several guards followed him.

Because the Khitans had a conflict with Guo Rong, Pan Chengyou arranged the Khitans to the other side, and the people on both sides were the farthest away from each other, so there were fewer opportunities for contact, and it was not easy to have conflicts. The Khitan people live in the west, and when Pan Chengyou took him over, he happened to meet Zhao Kuangyin practicing martial arts in the courtyard, Yang Lian stopped and looked at Zhao Kuangyin, only to see that he played a stick with a tiger, which was quite imposing.

When Zhao Kuangyin was practicing martial arts, he also found that someone was looking at him, so he couldn't help but stop, looked at Yang Lian, and found that it was Yang Lian, so he couldn't help but clench his fists and said, "Wu Hou came to Honglu Temple so early, did he want to see the prince?" Zhao Kuangyin thought that Yang Lian was looking for Guo Rong.

Yang Lian said lightly: "Brother Zhao, you and Brother Guo are both heroes and heroes, if it weren't for the different positions, Ben Hou would like to have a good time with you." ”

"Even if you have a different position, you can also drink and talk." Zhao Kuangyin said, put away the wooden stick, and wiped the sweat on his forehead at the same time.

"Haha!" Yang Lian laughed twice, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin with deep meaning, and said loudly: "Brother Zhao and Ben Hou are happy to drink, aren't they afraid that someone will suspect them?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin's expression froze, and he didn't understand whether Yang Lian was referring to the prince or someone else? With the grace and generosity of the prince, it should not be like this. He was about to reply, but Yang Lian had already left laughing, leaving only a back.