Stay in Jinling as a hostage? Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, he was definitely unwilling to stay in Jinling as a hostage, although he was not the biological son of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, the Son of Heaven was not bad to him at all, marching and fighting, often taking him by his side. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info has cultivated him carefully, and it is very likely that the country of the Great Zhou will be handed over to him in the future.

Of course, Guo Wei himself has a son, who was once imprisoned by Liu Chengyou, but in the end there was no danger to his life, theoretically the Great Zhou Dynasty would be handed over to them, but Guo Rong was confident that he could snatch the throne back, he wanted to be the first emperor of the ages, unify the world, drive the Khitan in the north, restore the countries in the Western Regions in the west, and establish immortal feats.

However, if he stayed in Jinling, he would not be able to make meritorious contributions, he would not be able to establish his own descendant troops, and more importantly, if something happened in the Great Zhou, he would not be able to get the news in time, and if there was a change in the north, he would not be able to make the most favorable choice. Moreover, if he is not in the Great Zhou, it is very likely that the Son of Heaven will turn to cultivating his own sons and pass on the throne to them in the future. Although the righteous son is good, he can't compare to his own son after all.

Guo Rong's face was cloudy, and Yang Lian suddenly threw out this request, which made it difficult for him to choose: if he didn't stay in Datang, he couldn't reach an armistice agreement with Datang, and the Great Zhou was likely to fall, and the Great Zhou Dynasty would be destroyed, and his imperial dream would be shattered. But if he stays in the Tang Dynasty, he will not be able to ascend the throne, if the biological son of the Son of Heaven ascends the throne, he will be a courtier, and if he does the act of killing the king, he will be a rebellious minister and thief.

Yang Lian squinted his eyes and looked at Guo Rong, he knew that this choice was difficult, but he just wanted to keep Guo Rong in Jinling. In my impression, Guo Wei doesn't seem to have a few years to live, leaving Guo Rong in Jinling, and there are more variables about who the second emperor of the Great Zhou will be in the future.

Guo Rong thought about it, Yang Lian didn't urge him, slowly picked up the tea and drank it, and after half a pillar of incense, Guo Rong spoke bitterly.

"Yang Jiedu, can't you let the others stay in Jinling?" Guo Rong asked.

Yang Lian put down the teacup, smiled, and said, "Others? Do you mean the prince of the real card? I think the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou must be reluctant, you are a fake son, I think the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou should be reluctant. Besides, what's wrong with Jinling, the lights are bright, don't you like to look at people's wives? ”

At the end of Yang Lian's words, they were full of banter, Guo Rong was so smart, how could he not understand the meaning of Yang Lian's words? He hesitated a little, could it be that his every move in Jinling was controlled by Yang Lian?

But after Yang Lian finished speaking, he continued to drink the tea slowly, Yang Lian's performance made Guo Rong hesitate again, did he know? And the meaning of these words, the so-called wife, does it mean the woman of the Fu family?

"Guo Rong, there is not much time left for you, if you haven't thought about it, then you can go back first and wait for my Tang Dynasty to enter the army!" Yang Lian said, and did not force him to agree.

Guo Rong pursed his lips, this choice is too difficult. Just when he was hesitating, outside the door, the housekeeper Li Xiongxin said, "Master, Fei Yunshan Fei Gongzi is visiting." ”

Yang Lian's face changed slightly, he immediately stood up and said to Guo Rong: "Guo Rong, you go back first, and come back after thinking about it!" ”

Guo Rong couldn't help but clench his fists, no matter what, he was the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was the adopted son of the Great Zhou Emperor, Yang Lian was so snub to her, and he was so demanding, he had no idea of peace talks at all. Now, when a so-called Fei Gongzi visits, he drives himself away, is this Fei Gongzi a higher identity?

In the face of Yang Lian's eviction order, although Guo Rong was angry, he did not lose his mind, he came to seek peace, and he didn't want to make extraneous branches, thought about it, clenched his fists, took a few steps back, and gave Yang Lian a salute, and then turned to leave.

When Guo Rong walked to the corner of the room, he saw a very gorgeously dressed person standing there, with his own bearing, Guo Rong couldn't help but take a look, the man found out, saw Guo Rong's extraordinary, and nodded at him.

Guo Rong returned the salute and left in a hurry, and when he arrived at the gate of the Yang Mansion, a group of house slaves were carrying things, Guo Rong looked curiously for a moment, and found that most of them were some rare objects, Guo Rong was a little surprised, hid aside and watched for a while, and saw that the house slaves had moved the gifts into the Yang Mansion, and then left.

Guo Rong felt that something was wrong, and he immediately asked Zhao Kuangyin to investigate, who is this so-called Fei Gongzi, who can have such a big hand?

In Yang's study, the fragrance of tea was abundant, Yang Lian laughed and said, "Brother Fei, don't come to harm?" ”

Fei Yunshan returned the salute and said, "Don't say goodbye for a year or two, Brother Yang is getting younger and younger." ”

"Haha, please take a seat!" Yang Lian said.

The two sat down separately and exchanged a few words of greeting, and Fei Yunshan said what he meant.

The Tang army went north, the Han dynasty changed, and now the Zhou State was established, but the foundation was unstable, Fei Yunshan came here, it was to unite the Tang Dynasty and attack the Zhou State again, Fei Yunshan's plan was that the Tang Army attacked the Central Plains and the River. north, and Shu attacked Guanzhong, if possible, even the Longxi area was taken.

Fei Yunshan suggested that in the future, the two countries should divide the Tongguan and the Yellow River to govern, and Shu should govern Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Shu and other places, and respect the Tang Dynasty as a brother. In order to show his sincerity, this time he brought a lot of money, hoping that Yang Lian could convince the Tang Emperor.

Yang Lian is very interested in this plan, Shu itself is not strong in military capabilities, and it is very beneficial to unite with him, and more importantly, Shu is rich, there is enough food, and if an alliance is reached, food can be obtained, which is in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty, as for whether it is an enemy or a friend in the future, it will be said at that time.

Yang Lian agreed to this plan, Fei Yunshan was very happy, the two chatted for a while, Fei Yunshan saw that it was not early, got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, told him to live in Qin Yun Inn.

Yang Lian sent him out, pacing in the courtyard, Fei Yunshan came to find himself, it seems that Shu wants to take advantage of the Khitan people to go south, the Great Zhou army is insufficient, attack Guanzhong again, if you can capture Guanzhong, hold Tongguan, slowly digest, gradually restore the economy and population of Guanzhong, and imitate the experience of Qin to unify the world, there should be something to do. However, after the end of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong suffered great losses in population and greatly weakened its economy.

promised Fei Yunshan to use them to contain the forces of the Great Zhou, and the chances of the Tang Dynasty recovering the Central Plains in the future would be much greater. Yang Lian decided to enter the palace tomorrow and face Chen Shengshang. Of course, Guo Rong's side also has to try his best to fight for interests, Yang Lian agreed to attack Da Zhou, but not now, and it is not a breach of contract.

Besides, if Shu troops go out of Guanzhong, the Great Zhou will fall into war, at least the economy of Guanzhong will not recover, which is also beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. What Yang Lian hesitated was whether Guo Rong would agree, although he looked like he didn't care when he was talking to Guo Rong, but in fact, he really wanted Guo Rong to agree, if Guo Rong didn't agree to this condition, Yang Lian felt that it was okay to detain Guo Rong in Datang.

The next day, Sun Sheng entered the palace early, he got the news last night, someone came to visit Yang Lian, sent a lot of valuable gifts, after investigation, these people are Shu people, Sun Sheng believes that Yang Lian and Shu people have colluded, and will inevitably betray the interests of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Sun Sheng went early, but he didn't expect Yang Lian to go earlier, Yang Lian entered the palace early, which was to talk to Li Jing, the son of heaven, about the major events of the Northern Expedition. forced Guo Rong to agree to give up Xuzhou, and Datang could occupy the important town of Xuzhou without spending a single soldier. There is the shelter of Xuzhou and the mountains. The east is relatively peaceful, and Yang Lian has planned to create a water division in Liangshanbo, which will echo each other with Xuzhou in the north and south, regardless of whether the enemy is from the river. Whether it is the North or the Central Plains, they can withstand them to the death.

Li Jing listened to Yang Lian's analysis and also thought that Xuzhou must get it, but he didn't understand, why did Yang Lian insist on keeping Guo Rong in Jinling? It's a good thing to take the hostages of Da Zhou, but why is it Guo Rong?

Yang Lian was not very easy to explain, so he had to find a reason to prevaricate. Yang Lian's request Li Jing basically agreed, but he still let Yang Lian guard the two states of Haichu, and Lin Renzhao was assigned otherwise.

Yang Lian walked out satisfied, happened to see Sun Sheng, and saw Sun Sheng in a hurry, Yang Lian ignored him and left on his own.

Li Jing, the Son of Heaven, was happy and also met with Sun Sheng, Sun Sheng took out an excerpt from his arms and handed it to the Son of Heaven, which impeached Yang Lian for accepting bribes from Fei Yunshan, a native of Shu, and was likely to betray the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing looked at the excerpt, but his face became gloomy, threw the fold on the ground, and said, "Prime Minister Sun, what do you intend to impeach Yang Lian again and again?" ”

Sun Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is just worried about state affairs, and the Tang Dynasty must not let the black sheep be ruined." ”

"Haha!" Li Jing laughed a few times, and then said, "Black sheep? If we can open up territory for Datang, I hope that Datang will have more such black sheep! I tell you that if you slander Yang Lian again, I will remove you from the position of prime minister! ”

Sun Sheng looked at the angry Son of Heaven in surprise, knelt down with a puff, and said, "Your Majesty is angry, the old minister knows that he is wrong." ”

"Huh, do you know what to do? I hope so! Li Jing said, flicked his sleeves, and left angrily.

Sun Sheng couldn't figure it out, His Majesty just read the excerpt, and he was furious, at least, he wanted to investigate it and see if there was such a thing, right? Sun Sheng walked out of the palace and returned to the office in the imperial city, pacing slowly, thinking about what was going on.

"Hey, have you heard? Yang Jiedu sent a lot of gifts into the palace, at least worth a thousand gold. A small official said.

Another little official pursed his lips, very envious, and said: "It seems that a few days ago, there were a lot of loose gifts, you said, where did this Yang Jiedu get so much money?" ”

"Who knows, maybe someone gave it to him in order to tie up Yang Jiedu?"

"Alas, the official is good!" The little official was still very envious.

The two muttered and talked again, Sun Sheng listened to it outside the door, he understood, whether it was Guo Rong's gift a few days ago, or the money sent by the Shu people yesterday, Yang Lian sent a part of it into the palace, the Son of Heaven himself loves money, and he has benefited, so he is naturally impressed by Yang Lian, Sun Sheng's impeachment of him, isn't it self-defeating and slapped on the horse's leg?

Thinking of this, Sun Sheng couldn't help but slap himself twice, why didn't he investigate everything in advance? Otherwise, it will not be a failure, but it will make the Son of Heaven have a very bad impression of himself, and impeaching Yang Lian in the future will have no effect at all.

Sun Sheng didn't have the heart to deal with government affairs, he went to King Yan's mansion and told King Yan about it, Li Hongji's mood suddenly fell to a low point, and Zhou Zong also understood why the Son of Heaven was so protective of Yang Lian.

Judging from the current situation, Yang Lian is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and he cannot shake Yang Lian's image in His Majesty's mind in a short period of time, and this road will not work.

Several people were helpless, Guo Rong also felt that there was no hope, and Zhao Kuangyin also brought the news, that the Shu people found Yang Lian, they wanted to sign a military alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and the two sides attacked the Great Zhou, and in the future, Tongguan and the Yellow River were the boundaries, and the Great Zhou was divided.

This made Guo Rong very anxious, originally Yang Lian was just a plan and had not yet been implemented, but now that the people of Shu have come to the door, the alliance is about to become a reality, how can it not make him nervous?

Guo Rong thought for two hours, then sighed, stood up, and instructed Zhao Kuangyin to prepare a horse and go to the Yang Mansion to discuss peace. Along the way, Guo Rong beat the war horse again and again, and it only took half a pillar of incense to rush to the Yang Mansion.

The gate of Yang's Mansion was open, Yang Lian was standing at the door, and Zhao Peng was holding the war horse, looking like he was going out.

Guo Rong hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked over quickly, and said, "Yang Jiedu." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Guo. Brother Guo must have thought about it here? Yang Lian asked, turned over on his horse, and rode his horse slowly.

Guo Rong urged the war horse, followed, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yang Jiedu, Guo Rong agreed." ”

"All the conditions agreed?" Yang Lian asked.

Guo Rong gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, he was afraid that if he didn't agree, he would regret it.

Yang Lian stopped, turned his head, squinted his eyes and looked at Guo Rong carefully, and after a while, Yang Lian smiled and said, "Brother Guo signed the contract, but voluntarily?" ”

"It's voluntary, voluntary!" Guo Rong hurriedly said, as if he was afraid that Yang Lian would regret it.

Yang Lian nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

Guo Rong's face was uncertain, and after thinking about it, he still decided to agree: "Yang Jiedu, I agreed to this condition." ”

Guo Rong wiped a handful of sweat and donated a thousand horses a year, what a fortune this is, and more importantly, with a war horse, Datang can form an iron horse with good combat effectiveness, with the increase of war horses, Datang is not afraid of Da Zhou at least in the field. If Da Zhou wants to turn his face, after driving away the Khitans, he needs to recuperate for at least two or three years, which is two or three thousand war horses.

"Can you represent Guo Wei? Can you guarantee that Guo Wei will not regret it in the future? Yang Lian asked.

"I can represent!" Guo Rong nodded firmly.

Yang Lian smiled, raised his ring finger, and said, "One more point, I hope that Brother Guo can stay in Jinling and be a hostage!" (To be continued.) )