Li Hongji pursed his lips, his eyes flashed with light, it was naturally a good thing to be able to kill Yang Lian, but Yang Lian's mansion had many guards, and it was almost impossible to kill Yang Lian. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Rong seemed to see Li Hongji's thoughts, smiled faintly, and said: "I know, King Yan still wants to ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Honor, if King Yan does not give up, Da Zhou is the backing of King Yan, and is willing to give advice to King Yan, and in the future, King Yan will ascend the throne as the emperor, and the two countries will take the existing national border as the territorial demarcation line, and the good of Qin and Jin will never invade each other!" ”

Li Hongji is a little moved, with the help of Da Zhou, he has a lot more chances to ascend the throne, of course, where the relationship between the two countries will go in the future, that is a matter of the future, Li Hongji's primary goal is to become the master of the Tang Dynasty first.

Guo Rong observed his words and saw that Li Hongji was a little moved, so he unhurriedly said what he thought in his heart, first of all, the two countries should suspend the exchange of troops and form an alliance, after all, the two countries have external troubles in their respective frontiers, and only after forming an alliance can the two countries strike each other and concentrate their forces on dealing with foreign enemies.

Guo Rong's opinion is that the Great Zhou provides fifty war horses and one thousand catties of iron to the Tang Dynasty every year, and the Tang Dynasty no longer helps the old forces of the Han State, and at the same time, it means that the Tang Dynasty completely abandons the mountain. East. Although in fact, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses controlled Mizhou, Yanzhou and other places, nominally, it was still the jurisdiction of the deposed emperor Liu Chengyou.

Guo Rong wants Datang to give up the mountain. east, so that in the future, the Great Zhou drove out the Khitans and could recover the mountain. East, and it will not incur the disgust of Datang, Li Hongji is a little hesitant, after all, opening up the territory is what he wants, and the bigger the land of Datang, it is also beneficial to him.

Zhou Zong narrowed his eyes, thought about it, shook his head, stood up and walked out under the pretext of going to Gong.

Li Hongji understood, also stood up, and walked quickly.

Sun Sheng didn't move, chatting with Guo Rong and testing each other.

In the courtyard, the two of them were one after the other, Li Hongji was still quite hesitant, he didn't want to do this kind of thing.

Zhou Zong smiled and said, "King Yan, now Yang Lian has taken the mountain. East, even if he talks with the Great Zhou, he can take down the mountain. Dozens of county towns in the east, such a great achievement, will inevitably increase the number of officials and knights, can King Yan bear to watch him grow bigger and grow his strength? ”

Zhou Zong said simply, but it was very clear, Li Hongji shook his head and said, "I don't want to!" ”

"Since you don't want to, you might as well persuade Your Majesty that Datang will no longer care about the affairs of the Han Dynasty, and it is not a good thing for the Datang and Zhou Alliance, one south and one north, and the river to rule. In this way, most of Yang Lian's merits will be wiped out, and even, if the Northern Expedition loses troops and loses an inch of land, the Son of Heaven will inevitably be displeased, and Yang Lian will have no credit. Zhou Zong analyzed and said.

Li Hongji didn't want to damage the interests of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect Yang Lian to profit from it, so he couldn't help nodding again and again, what Zhou Zong said was reasonable, but there was one thing he didn't understand, Zhou Zong didn't seem to have any conflict of interest with Yang Lian, why did he oppose Yang Lian so much, and even did not hesitate to stand on the opposite side?

The two talked for a while, and the matter was finalized, and Datang gave up the mountain. In the east, it is obviously not enough for the Great Zhou to give only such a little benefit, Li Hongji proposed that the Great Zhou provides 500 war horses, 3,000 catties of iron, and jade silk and other things every year.

When several people were discussing in the room, Li Jing, the son of heaven, officially ordered Yang Lian to be in charge of negotiating with Guo Rong, the envoy of the Great Zhou. Sun Sheng and Yan King Li Hongji were quite nervous, and no one could have imagined that the Son of Heaven would actually hand over this matter to Yang Lian to be responsible.

Guo Rong got the news and immediately went to visit Yang Lian. Yang Lian had no office in the imperial city, so he could only go to Yang's mansion, but the gate of Yang's mansion was closed, and he finally knocked on the door, but was told by his subordinates that Yang Jiedu was not in the mansion, but took advantage of the good weather to go fishing.

Guo Rong was very depressed, he squatted for two days in a row, and never saw Yang Lian, but secretly saw Fu Jinzhan a few times, and when he thought that Fu Ming would marry Fu Jinzhan instead, his dream of becoming the emperor was likely to be shattered, Guo Rong was very angry.

Zhao Kuangyin, who was beside Guo Rong, didn't understand the cause and effect of the matter, but he felt that it was very strange to see a woman who looked like his sister-in-law here.

On the third day, the mystery of this seemed to be solved, and Guo Rong waited for Fu Yanqing outside the gate of Yang's mansion. Fu Yanqing has been very low-key since he arrived in Jinling, but after waiting in the mansion for a long time, he only felt that his whole body was going to rust, so he came out to wander, but he didn't expect to be blocked by Guo Rong just after he came out.

Guo Rong stepped forward quickly and saluted Fu Yanqing, very reasonable on the surface, but full of anger in his heart: "Father-in-law is above, please accept the worship of the son-in-law." ”

Fu Yanqing was taken aback, and was startled by the sudden Guo Rong, and when he saw clearly that it was Guo Rong, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turned out to be you." ”

Zhao Kuangyin walked over and saw clearly that it was Fu Yanqing, and couldn't help but be taken aback. Fu Yanqing was sent to Jinling, the matter was quite secret, and even the city of Xuzhou was broken, some people thought that Fu Yanqing had been killed, but they didn't expect to find it here.

Guo Rong smiled on his face and said, "Father-in-law, it is the son-in-law." ”

Although Fu Yanqing spent most of his time in the mansion, he was very clear about what happened in Jinling, he knew that the Tang Dynasty had handed over the matter of peace talks with Da Zhou to Yang Lian, and now Guo Rong was guarding outside the mansion, indicating that Yang Lian had not yet negotiated with Guo Rong, and Fu Yanqing said that he could not do anything about it. Fu Yanqing has been in the officialdom for so many years, so he naturally knows the truth of Mingzhe's self-preservation, and he has just come to Jinling, so he will naturally be very careful.

Fu Yanqing pretended not to know about this, smiled, and said, "Guo Rong, the old man still has something to do, so let's go first." With that, he hurriedly left.

Guo Rong was anxious, stopped in front of Fu Yanqing, and asked, "Father-in-law came out of Yang Lian's mansion, presumably Yang Lian is in the mansion?" "Yesterday, Guo Rong received the news that although the mountain. There was no war in the east, but with the southward movement of the Khitan, Liu Chong revived, gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and attacked Luzhou. Moreover, it is said that the Dingyan Army in the northwest also had an attempt to attack Yeonju in the south. The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be described as stormy.

Fu Yanqing narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said, "It's in the mansion." As he spoke, taking advantage of Guo Rong's stunned efforts, he quickly slipped away, and Guo Rong did not react to his face.

Zhao Kuangyin watched him leave directly, half a ring, and then stepped forward to remind Guo Rong and said, "Brother Guo." ”

Guo Rong came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "Yuen Long, did we do something wrong about what you said?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin was silent, recalling the letter Guo Rong wrote to him, Guo Rong has ambitions, and he also has them, so Guo Rong asked him to try to support his father-in-law as the Son of Heaven, Zhao Kuangyin agreed without hesitation, and then, when Guo Wei led the troops to the battle, Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin and many other generals rushed into Guo Wei's big tent and draped the dragon robe that the Son of Heaven could wear on Guo Wei's body.

Under such circumstances, Guo Wei had no choice but to push the boat along the river and become the son of heaven. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this approach, in fact, Guo Rong was promoted, and Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin and others were also promoted. However, the situation at that time was relatively special, and the Tang army occupied the mountain in the name of supporting Liu Chengyou. In most of the eastern prefectures and counties, Liu Chong, the prince of the Liu family, occupied the wealthy Hedong, and the Khitans also eyed Hebei. At that time, the situation was not optimistic, and with the establishment of the Great Zhou by Guo Wei, the Jiedu, who was originally loyal to the Great Han, shared the same bed with the Great Zhou, and the situation deteriorated.

Guo Rong felt that he was in a bit of a hurry at this time. Alas, it was also the woman's appearance as an emperor and queen that made Guo Rong think about it. But now that I think about it, the woman who should have the posture of the emperor and queen is not his wife, can she say that she doesn't have the destiny to be the son of heaven and control the world? All in vain, making wedding dresses for others?

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they were stunned for a while in front of Yang Lian's mansion, and then they reacted and sighed.

Guo Rong glanced at the closed gate of the Yang Mansion and said, "Let's go, let's see if Yang Lian is in the mansion." As he spoke, he stepped forward and knocked on the knocker.

After a while, Zhao Peng came over slowly and opened the door. Seeing that it was Guo Rong, he frowned and said, "Why are you again?" ”

"Yang Jiedu can be in the house?" Guo Rong said, took out a silver ingot, and handed it to Zhao Peng. Now people are under the eaves and have to beg for help.

Zhao Peng swept the silver nugget with his hand, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "This brother, Yang Jiedu has a rule, you can't take people's money, otherwise you know, it's one thing for the villain to be beaten, and this job will be lost." How does a family live? As he spoke, he returned the silver ingot to Guo Rong, but his heart ached.

Guo Rong glanced at Zhao Peng in some surprise, this person is not greedy for money? Guo Rong coughed and said, "In this case, please take a trip and tell Yang Jiedu that Guo Rong is visiting." ”

"Yang Jiedu went to the Imperial City early in the morning, you go to the Imperial City to find him." Zhao Peng said, took a step back, and closed the door.

Guo Rong's words immediately swallowed hard, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, shook his head, gritted his teeth, and said, "Let's go, go to Yanwang's Mansion." ”

In the imperial city, Li Jing is waving.

Zhou Zong was on the side, looking at Li Jing's handwriting, and couldn't help but applaud, and said, "Your Majesty's handwriting is getting better and better." ”

Li Jing laughed twice, put down the brush, took two steps back, looked at Mobao, and felt that the words had grown a lot, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, let Gao Ze put it away, and framed it in a few days.

Li Jing poured a cup of tea, drank it slowly, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Zhou Situ, a few days ago, Yang Lian proposed a plan to me, but I was a little hesitant, you might as well listen to it, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Zong hesitated slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Jiedu has made many miraculous achievements in the past few years, but the old minister feels that his suggestion will definitely not be wrong." Zhou Zong was very vigilant, because he knew that the Son of Heaven was not a foolish person, he fell into the well and inadvertently said bad things about Yang Lian, and now Yang Lian is in full swing, Zhou Zong can't directly say that he is not, otherwise it will be self-defeating.

Li Jing laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Zhou Situ, don't worry, I will naturally trust you if I ask you for advice." Saying that, Li Jing didn't wait for Zhou Zong to speak, and told Yang Lian's plan.

Zhou Zong listened, secretly frightened, because listening to Yang Lian's suggestion, obviously did not intend to negotiate peace, Yang Lian planned to send an envoy to contact Shu, Shu side, from Hanzhong troops, attack Guanzhong, in addition, Khitan, Hedong Liu Chong, Dingyan Army, Northwest alien races, are all Yang Lian can use the forces, if this plan is achieved, the Great Zhou will be more dangerous, the border is almost in the midst of war, so that the Tang Dynasty can take advantage of the weakness to take the Central Plains, Hebei and other places.

This plan is in the interests of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not in the interests of Zhou Zong, or King Yan. Once this is the case, Yang Lian will have a meritorious plan, and his power will be even larger, and the power of King Yan will become smaller and smaller, and there is no hope of seizing the heir, once King Qi ascends the throne as emperor, King Yan is likely to die without a place to be buried.

Li Jing said, he seemed to be very satisfied with this plan, but the more Zhou Zong listened, the more frightened he became, and when Li Jing finished speaking, Zhou Zong was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, although this is a good plan, but the old minister feels that there are certain difficulties in implementation." ”

"Oh?" Li Jing motioned to Zhou Zong to talk about it.

Zhou Zong frowned, thought for a while, and came up with several reasons. First, it may not be able to convince the Shu State, the Dingyan Army and the alien races in the northwest; The second is that now the Tang Dynasty is at war with Wu Yueguo, even if it repels Wu Yueguo, Datang's losses are not small, and it is difficult to continue large-scale battles and occupy the mountain. The east is already the limit, and it is difficult to occupy other states and counties; Third, even if the Shu State and other forces can be convinced, the distribution of spoils will inevitably cause disputes in the future, and the Tang Dynasty will inevitably fall into war again, and war is a great test of national strength, money, food, and even iron equipment and other things, all consume a huge amount, and the property that may be obtained from the war cannot be compensated.

The reason why Zhou Zong said this is also because he knows the Son of Heaven very well, the Son of Heaven likes luxury, but he is very stingy with other things, and he uses all his money to enjoy it.

Sure enough, with Zhou Zong's words, the Son of Heaven fell into deep thought, and Zhou Zong did not rush to say until Li Jing came back to his senses, waved his hand, and said, "I still have to think carefully about this matter." ”

Zhou Zong wisely chose to retire at this time, and when he went out of the imperial city, Zhou Zong first walked around the street, and then hurried to the Yan Wang's Mansion and told the Yan King about it. It happened that Guo Rong was also there, and when he heard the news, Guo Rong was angry and shocked.

He finally understood why Yang Lian refused to see him, it turned out that people had no intention of peace talks! Yang Lian's heart was not enough to swallow the elephant and seized the mountain of the Great Zhou. All parts of the east still want to occupy the Central Plains, and even Hebei wants to reap benefits, which Guo Rong absolutely does not want to see.

Several people discussed, but there was no good idea, and finally they could only make a decision, Zhou Zong entered the palace from time to time, trying to persuade the Son of Heaven not to agree with this opinion, and Guo Rong went to Yang Lian, promised gold and silver, and must persuade Yang Lian, even if it is okay to pay other costs.

Guo Rong hurriedly took Zhao Kuangyin out of the Yanwang Mansion and ran towards Yang Lian's mansion. When everyone was discussing just now, he didn't tell the inside story he knew, although Yang Lian's plan has not yet been implemented, but now the situation is almost the same, the Khitans, Hedong Liu Chong, and the Dingyan army have been or are about to fight with the Great Zhou, if you add the Shu Kingdom and the Northwest Alien Race, the Great Zhou will probably collapse in an instant, if the Great Zhou is destroyed, his imperial dream, won't it be in vain?

Guo Rong will never allow such a thing to happen, so no matter what, he has to persuade Yang Lian to let Da Zhou and Da Tang officially reach an armistice agreement! (To be continued.) )