Sun Sheng comprehended Yang Lian's deep meaning, and after a few days, he prepared everything, set off with more than a dozen people, and went straight to Jinling.

Yang Lian continued to stay in Jinling to preside over the overall situation, at this time, the Tang Dynasty's mutations have spread to other countries through various channels, Shu, Han, Chu, and even Nanping have also sent people to Jinling to check the situation, some are concerned about whether the Tang Dynasty's mutations will weaken their own strength, if so, Zhou's comprehensive strength is probably going to leap to become the world's leader, who dares to compete with Zhou? With this worry is the Shu Kingdom. Some countries hope to be able to explore the situation of the Tang Dynasty, once the Tang people can't stabilize the country, they will wave their troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, for example, the Han State is such a mind. Nanping and Chu are in between, these two places are not strong, like the grass on the wall, the wind blows on both sides, the Tang Dynasty is strong, and the Zhou Guoqiang is in the Zhou State, for them, keeping the country is the most important.

Honglu Temple has been crowded with envoys from various countries in the past few days, and Pan Chengyou, the secretary of Honglu Temple, has placed them one by one, but these guys are not at ease, and they are asking each other for news, hoping to learn more about the situation, if Datang falls into chaos, they don't mind sharing a piece of the pie.

Yang Lian knew very well the purpose of these people's coming, so he calmly ordered Pan Chengyou not to care about them, just spy on them. He needs to focus on stabilizing the situation, and at this time, although there is no change in all aspects, he still cannot take it lightly.

At noon on this day, Yang Lian walked out of the imperial city, and when he was walking along the Qinhuai River, he met an acquaintance halfway. The person who came was Fei Yunshan, who got the news of the change in Jinling, and hurried over to find out what happened. If the Tang Dynasty changes, the Zhou people may go south, and how will Shu deal with itself at that time?

Fei Yunshan has been in Jinling for several days, and he has learned some information from the side, but it is not enough to see more from what he knows, so he needs to find Yang Lian and learn more about the inside story.

Yang Lian also saw him, slowed down, and asked Fei Yunshan to come over.

"King Wu, don't come unharmed." Fei Yunshan smiled and arched his hand. When he heard that Yang Lian was named King of Wu, he was extremely shocked in his heart, because Yang Lian's promotion speed was inevitably too fast.

Yang Lian laughed, he naturally knew Fei Yunshan's intention, this was not the place to speak, so he continued to move forward and arrived at King Wu's mansion. At this time, the Wu Wangfu had been repaired, and there was a plaque hanging on the door, which read "Wu Wangfu", which was Li Jingsui's handwriting.

Fei Yunshan glanced at it, and saw very keenly that the plaque was also printed with the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, at this time, Yang Lian's position seemed to be very solid, Jian was in the emperor's heart, and the Son of Heaven must have trusted him extremely.

The two walked into the mansion, Yang Lian asked people to prepare tea and snacks, and then sat down in the courtyard with Fei Yunshan.

"King Wu, Jinling has changed, although I have heard about it, but what happened in it?" Fei Yunshan said that he wanted to know more about the inside story, so he pretended not to know.

How could Yang Lian not know what Fei Yunshan meant, he laughed and said, "This matter is a long story, I'm afraid Brother Fei has heard more than one version." This king won't say much, but he will tell you one thing, although something like this happened in Datang, it may not be a good thing. When today's son succeeds to the throne, he will accept people's opinions and recruit talents, and Brother Fei will see a brand-new Tang Dynasty, not the old Tang Dynasty in the past. ”

"This king knows what you are worried about, here this king can tell you that Datang will only get better and better, Brother Fei can rest assured." Yang Lian said, taking a sip of tea.

Fei Yunshan looked at Yang Lian, he believed Yang Lian's words, because during his time in Jinling, he saw the vitality of Jinling, which was not comparable to the past, and from Bashu to the east, Fei Yunshan also saw a lot along the way, and he understood that Yang Lian had a full reason to say this.

However, Datang's strength made him happy but also very worried, the stronger Datang means that Shu is guaranteed, but in the same way, Datang is too strong, once Zhou can't resist it, can Shu still be able to resist it? The answer is obvious.

Fei Yunshan pondered for a moment and said, "King Wu, then Guo Rong escaped, I don't know what King Wu will do?" ”

Yang Lian sighed and said: "Now the situation is very complicated, the Tang Dynasty is determined to reform, and there is no idea of expanding outward for the time being. In fact, Guo Rong went to Kaifeng, and it was impossible to return to Jinling. ”

This answer is very honest, and Fei Yunshan also knows in his heart that the reason why he has to ask something is actually a temptation. Yang Lian also knows that he can't hide it, so he will tell the truth about this part, and he will hide some things.

"However, this king also got the news that the Zhou State is about to face the invasion of the Khitans, if the Zhou State does not give the Tang Dynasty a satisfactory answer, it is not impossible to send troops from Shandong and Lianghuai to take advantage of it." Yang Lian turned to temptation.

"This ......" Fei Yunshan was stunned, so the Khitans were going to invade the Zhou State again? In the past few years, since the Zhou State replaced the Han State, the Khitans have gone south almost every year, and Liu Chong, who occupies Hedong, will do the same, but he has not taken much advantage in recent years.

If Datang takes advantage of this opportunity to send troops, I believe that even if there are not many troops, it will be a headache for Zhou Guo. If this is the case, Shu sent troops to capture Guanzhong, condescending, attacking and retreating, and defending, which is the most ideal state of Shu. This state is similar to Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, and judging from the current situation of Shu, it can only create such a situation.

Seeing him hesitate, Yang Lian smiled and said, "Brother Fei, of course this is just a theory, the key is how to solve this matter in Kaifeng." ”

Fei Yunshan nodded, this matter is indeed not about the Tang Dynasty, but about how to deal with Zhou Guo.

Kaifeng.

Guo Wei was pacing in the house, at this time, the weather in Kaifeng was already a little cold, although Guo Wei was a military general, but for so many years, the long-term campaign has caused his body to suffer very serious injuries, and because of the pain of losing his son, his body is getting worse and worse.

In the room, there was a brazier, which made Guo Wei feel a little warm, he paced, while listening to Guo Rong tell about the situation in Jinling, Guo Rong's performance made him quite satisfied, Jinling's abnormal changes made the Tang Dynasty inevitably unstable, which gave Da Zhou enough time to recuperate. Guo Wei felt that in two more years, he would be able to hoard a certain amount of grain and grass for him to go south.

Although the Khitan was behind, Guo Wei believed that it was the best way to unify the south first and then concentrate forces to deal with the Khitan. In particular, the two Huai under the rule of the Tang Dynasty were very rich, and if they were captured, the Great Zhou would be able to get enough food and money to supply the army and enhance the national strength.

However, Guo Rong did such a thing in Datang, which will obviously anger the monarchs and ministers of Datang, how to deal with Datang's questioning, this is a big problem, Guo Wei is pacing, how can this matter be resolved?

Guo Rong was on the side and whispered, before doing this, he had thought about it thoroughly, but there was one thing he didn't expect, that is, Yang Lian didn't die, but he saw Yang Lian's head cut off with his own eyes!

Yang Lian's failure to die completely frustrated his plan, and there was a big flaw in the whole plan, originally Da Zhou could take advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to go south, but now it can't. Da Zhou will face the blame of Datang instead, and how to solve this matter has become very important.

Inside the room, the two fell silent, and neither had a better idea.

Guo Rong sighed, stood up, knelt down again, and said, "Father, my son made a mistake in Jinling, and I hope that my father will punish him." ”

Guo Wei waved his hand and said, "You also have good intentions in this matter, don't worry, even if Datang sends someone, I won't hand you over to them." ”

"Father, once a war with the Tang Dynasty starts, the people will inevitably have a hard time, I am afraid that the Khitan and Hedong Liu Chong will also take the opportunity to go south, so that the situation in the Great Zhou may be dangerous. Let's hand over the retainers. Guo Rong said.

Guo Wei stepped forward, helped Guo Rong up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You are loyal to the country, I keep it in my heart, you don't have to worry so much, I have my own disposal of this matter." ”

Guo Rong was silent for a while, nodded, he clenched his fists, knelt down again, and said: "Father, the son should do his best for the Great Zhou, even if it is broken, he will not hesitate to do it!" ”

Guo Wei smiled, but there was a little bitterness in his smile, after all, such a crisis was unprecedented, although the Tang Dynasty sent troops in the past, most of them did not contribute to the work, but now the situation is different, Guo Rong has done so many things in Jinling, and he also killed the descendants of the Yang family who were imprisoned in Yongning Palace, this account is difficult to calculate.

The Yang clan who was killed was Li Tang's prisoner, but at this time, no matter what the Li clan thought of them, it was just an excuse, an excuse to enter the army! Even if it is the person who kills the Li family with all his heart.

How to solve this problem? Guo Wei fell into deep thought.

At the same time, along the canal, Sun Sheng led his soldiers north, as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, after entering the territory of Zhou, Sun Sheng was closely protected, and Guo Wei even sent his henchman Gao Huaide to escort him all the way.

With the help of the water, he arrived in Kaifeng seven days later, and Sun Sheng was placed in Honglu Temple, serving delicious food and drink.

Guo Wei sent Feng Dao to receive Sun Sheng, Feng Dao was very clever, and in the face of Sun Sheng's inquiries, he often looked left to talk about him and did not answer directly. Unknowingly, Sun Sheng stayed in Kaifeng for four or five days, but he never received a reply from Feng Dao, let alone the Son of Heaven who saw Da Zhou.

Feng Dao is a two-faced person, he got the will of the Son of Heaven Guo Wei, naturally it was dragged on day by day, unconsciously, it was seven or eight days later, the cold in the north became stronger and stronger, just when Feng Dao tried his best to delay, the news of the Tang Army's troops on the border came, so that Guo Wei couldn't sit still, although this is not the time to move troops, but it is a good opportunity for winter wheat planting, if the Tang army burns the wheat seedlings with iron horses, then the grain harvest of the Zhou State in the coming year will be greatly affected!

PS: I recently went home on a blind date, and I'm busy, and I'm also thinking about where the book ends, so the update will be slow. As mentioned in the previous chapters, the first phase of the story is over. When the book was only 50 per book, I insisted on writing from 500,000 words to more than 1.6 million, thinking that it was time to end. Otherwise, on the editor's side, I've been delaying it for more than half a year, and I can't say it. Please forgive me for this point!!