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Wang Shichong smiled and shook his head: "Xuan Cheng, it seems that you still underestimate the energy of Xiao Mill and Empress Xiao, I have thought about it carefully in the past few days, Chen Ling is a chess piece that Empress Xiao put here to monitor Xiao Mill, if Xiao Mill is not there, he will also lose the value of use, after Xiao Milling returns to Beijing, he will definitely find a way to sue Queen Xiao, this Chen Ling has the heart of self-reliance, Empress Xiao is a female stream after all, and will not continue to put Chen Ling in Yingzhou, as long as she instructs Xiao Yu to find an opportunity to speak, this Chen Ling's Yingzhou Sima, I'm afraid I'm going to do it. ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "Then didn't we give the five million for nothing?" Lord, I listen to what you mean, it seems that you want to cooperate with Xiao Mo again? ”

Wang Shichong didn't answer, but asked, "What does Xuan Cheng think?" ”

Wei Zheng stood up, paced back and forth, walked more than a dozen back and forth, sat back on the chair, although the mainstream was still popular in the Han and Jin dynasties at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but the northern Hu wind was strong, Hu beds, high chairs have begun to appear in many official houses, Wang Shichong has been used to sitting in this kind of high chair since he was a child, and Wei Zheng and others, who have followed him over the years, have also become accustomed to this thing.

Wei Zheng said: "Lord, is there no other way? I have analyzed before, Xiao Miao's strength here is too strong, even if we have a heart, he may not appreciate it, the heroes we have made in various places before, such as Xue Ju, Xu Gai, Dou Jiande, are more or less friends with us, but this Xiao Miao, after experiencing this acquisition turmoil with us, was provoked by us to provoke the relationship between him and Chen Ling, I am afraid that he has hated us. That's when we gave in to him. He won't necessarily be grateful. will only think that we are soft, and will despise us in the future. ”

Wang Shichong sighed softly: "The plan can't catch up with the changes, in the past, we wanted to run this Jingying land, so we naturally had to make every effort to squeeze out Xiao Miao's forces, but now with Yang Guang going to attack Yang Su in advance, we are afraid that we will not stay here for too long, so now we also have to change our plans, Jingzhou is an important land." Even if we can't get it, we can't have a powerful force here that sees us as an enemy and works against us. Hyun Sung, do you understand what I mean? ”

Wei Zheng nodded thoughtfully: "What does the lord mean that even if he can't be friends with Xiao Miao, at least he won't become an enemy in the troubled times?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "That's right, Xiao Liang has been operating in Jiangnan for more than 100 years, and his connections are deep and wide, we have only been here for more than a month, and we can feel it in this Yingzhou." If they change their base camp Gangneung in the south, or Xiangyang, an important town in the north. I'm afraid that the Xiao Liang power over there will be stronger, we want to operate here, so that this place can be mastered in the troubled times, but I am afraid that it must be more than ten years of hard work, I used to have the idea of being an official here for a long time and managing it well, but now it is impossible, as I expected, in the past two months, Yang Guang will attack Yang Su, and then I will be called back to Beijing, and I will be entrusted with some idle duties that do not touch the real power in the imperial history or Shangshu Province. ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "Lord, let's not talk about what happened after we go back, in this land of Yingzhou, since we have already half-turned against Xiao Miao, how to deal with it now, so that he can eliminate his hostility towards us?" In my opinion, when he left, he gave up this place to He Ruobi instead of us, which was obviously a move to regard us as enemies. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "For Xiao Miao, giving up this place to He Ruobi is just a helpless move to deal with us, he knows how powerful I am, and he also knows that we are determined to win this Jingying land, so in order to block us, he does not hesitate to sacrifice part of his own interests and unite with He Ruobi, this is called the lesser of two evils, He Ruobi's strength is not as good as ours, he thinks that it can be controlled after evaluation, and no matter how bad it is, Yang Guang's jealousy of Gao Xi and Guan Long's military merit group can be used, Find a way to defeat Gao Xi and get rid of He Ruobi. In this way, the goal of dominating Jingzhou can be achieved. ”

"But now the situation is different, because of Yang Su's death, we will soon be recalled to the Eastern Capital, and from now on in Jingzhou will not pose a mortal threat to him, even if he forcibly supports an agent like Chen Ling, it is impossible for him to be his opponent, so his biggest threat will turn to the equally ambitious He Ruobi."

"Although Empress Xiao can speak, but after all, she is a woman, and with the identity of Xiao Liang's royal family, for the disposal of veteran and important ministers like Gao Xi and He Ruobi, unless Yang Guang has murderous intentions, she may add fuel to the fire, and it is unlikely that she will take the initiative to frame, that is to say, if you want He Ruobi to leave Jingzhou, you still need to find the right time, if Yang Guang gets rid of Yang Su with a plan to move the trouble this year, then he will not attack Gao Xi too quickly, so as not to force the entire Guanlong military merit group."

"If He Ruobi is allowed to stay in Jingzhou for a few years, it will become the climate, and even if Yang Guang really wants to get rid of He Ruobi and Gao Xi at that time, I am afraid that they will not sit still, but will raise troops to resist in Jingzhou, and no matter whether they succeed or fail, those underground forces loyal to the Xiaoliang Group in Jingzhou will also be uprooted, and the dream of the Xiaoliang Group's restoration of the country will only be in vain."

Wei Zheng laughed: "The lord is really a god and a man, and the things he analyzed are really penetrating, and he is exactly the same, so according to your meaning, we have to continue this war horse bet with He Ruobi?" Only by relying on this method to drive He Ruobi away first, and then return the territory here to Xiao Miao, can he be grateful to us, and he will be considered a friend in the future? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Xiao Miao's mind is just to restore Xiliang, Xiao Liang knows that their forces can't reach the north, and they are also afraid of the iron horses in the north, so in the troubled times, as long as they can gain a foothold here, their priority development direction will not be the Central Plains, but Lingnan or Bashu." We are selling Xiao Milling a favor now, maybe we can temporarily form an alliance in the troubled times in the future, if we can divide the Central Plains, then we can not worry about the threat behind this for the time being. ”

Wei Zheng picked up a cup of yogurt in his hand and took two sips, it was a hot summer, this yogurt that had been chilled with ice cubes, after drinking it, the whole person was much more comfortable, so that Wei Zheng's brows that had been locked were also stretched: "Lord, Jing Ying's matter is so decided, but this Yang Su's matter." Is there really nothing that can be done? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "It's all caused by Zhang Heng, a traitor. Come up with this evil plan. He probably also saw that Yang Guang was deeply jealous of Yang Su, so he took the opportunity to speak, and for Yang Guang, he got rid of a confidant, but for Zhang Heng, he also pulled off the biggest stumbling block to the phase, this person is ruthless, and he also knows that what I did when I participated in the seizure of the throne will definitely get rid of me quickly. So for this person, we have to find a way to get rid of him. ”

Wei Zheng's brows locked again: "Lord, Zhang Heng is now a celebrity around Yang Guang, those nouveau riche literati in Jiangnan can only recite poems, and their ability to deal with government affairs is average, Pei Hongda's letter also said that the recent political affairs of the DPRK and China are mainly in charge of Su Wei and Zhang Heng, and the military power is in the hands of Yuwenshu and Yu Zhongwen." After Zhang Heng offers this poisonous plan, he will definitely be more favored, lord. If you want to get rid of him, I'm afraid you can only assassinate him. But this person is closely guarded, and there is no shortage of masters, even if he succeeds, he will do such an earth-shattering case, I am afraid that he will also be implicated, and please think twice. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Xuancheng, believe me, Yang Guang's jealousy of Zhang Heng will definitely not be compared to Yang Suqian, don't forget, last time Yang Xuangan said that Zhang Heng was the murderer who really killed the emperor, even Yang Su didn't dare to do something, he didn't blink his eyelids when he did it, if you were Yang Guang, wouldn't you be afraid of this kind of person?" ”

Wei Zheng touched his beard: "What does the lord mean is to take advantage of this hatred or fear of Zhang Heng in Yang Guang's heart?" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed green: "Yes, in fact, to deal with this kind of thing, let Su Wei, the old fox, do it, he has his own team of professional bureaucrats, and he handled it very well when he was the emperor, Yang Guang reused Zhang Heng, mainly to contain each other with Yang Su, these two people prevent and attack each other, Yang Guang's throne will be safe, this time after he uses Zhang Heng to strangle Yang Su, he will definitely find an opportunity to drive Zhang Heng away, and what we have to do is to take advantage of this opportunity." ”

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up: "What does the lord mean, using Yang Xuangan?!" ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Those who know me, Xuan Cheng also!" You're right, what will our Yang Shizi do after he knows that his father killed Zhang Heng? ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "He didn't dare to write directly to Yang Guang to avenge Yang Su's grievances, but he would only vent his anger on Zhang Heng's body, and reprimand Zhang Heng for this ghost idea, in order to calm the dissatisfaction of Yang Su and the entire Guanlong Group, Yang Guang will also make a show, drive Zhang Heng out of the capital, and go out for official positions such as assassinating history, and then it will be time for the lord to collect evidence and put him to death." ”

Wang Shi nodded meaningfully, and his expression suddenly became two more sad: "Alas, in fact, I have begun to sympathize with our Yang Shizi, but I am afraid that his family affairs of the Tang Kingdom will not be able to be concluded this time." ”

Daxing, Wugong County, Tang Guogong Mansion, it has been night, the door of the house is closed, more than 100 Zhuang Ding servants in the house have already slept, and in a secret room in the inner courtyard, there are lights and candles, a table, there is a pot of wine, two wine drinks, a few snacks for wine, the slightest night breeze from the outside outlet, the candle flame in the secret room is swaying, and the two figures on the wall in the secret room are crooked, revealing a little weird.

Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, who was full of wrinkles and looked like an old woman, became ten years older than he looked a few months ago because of his sad expression, and he kept sighing and sighing, and a man with a beard, a leather coat and a small hat, and a merchant sitting opposite him was Changsun Sheng.

Changsun Sheng smiled slightly: "Tang Guogong, I have long advised you not to be in such a hurry to marry the Yue Guogong family, how about it, now your intestines are also repentant." ”

Li Yuan drank a cup of wine hatefully: "Eldest grandson, don't laugh at me like this, how can there be an unpredictable prophet in this world, if you can really foresee the future, when you can decide the ownership of the world outside Daxing City half a year ago, will you still make that choice?" ”

Changsun Sheng's face also changed slightly, and he drank a cup of wine: "Don't mention it, I thought that Yang Guang, this kid, would have to follow the policy of the emperor to some extent, but I didn't expect him to change his course so thoroughly, and move the capital before he left the country for the mourning period, hmph, he obviously wants to kick away the Guanlong generals who gave them the Yang family to fight the country, you Tang Guogong have been many generations of generals since the ancestor Li Guang, our eldest grandson family is a rising star, Tang Guogong, to keep the status of our Guanlong soldiers, it depends on you." ”

Li Yuan put down the wine and said coldly, "Eldest grandson." Your little bit of mind is okay against the Turks. You don't have to deal with me. I, Li Yuan, have been jealous of the new emperor, and it has been a matter for many years, so I thought of finding a marriage with Yue Guogong in order to protect myself, and now even Yue Guogong himself is in trouble, and his life is not long, but you came to tell me what to say to me that I want to come out, you still go to Yuwen to talk about this, Yu Zhongwen They said it well. That's the popular general. ”

Changsun Sheng hooked the corners of his mouth disdainfully: "Yuwenshu? As for his broken wild head (the ancestor of the Yuwen Shu family was a slave of the Xianbei Yuwen tribe, his surname was Po Yetou, and he was later given the name Yuwen by the Yuwen clan for his military exploits), and he was also worthy of squeezing into our Guanlong military nobles? Which of our families is not a military general for hundreds of years, or our eldest grandson's family, and it is also a wealthy family in the north who followed the Xianbei Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty into the customs, although it is not as good as your Tang Guogong's Longxi Li family, but compared with Yuwen Shu, they are still a lot higher. If they want to squeeze into the upper echelons of the Guanlong Group, they have to mix it up for at least one hundred and eighty years. ”

Li Yuan sneered: "There is no need to mention the glory of the old ancestor. There are just dry bones in the mound, and now it is either the Guanlong Group or the Shandong family. Those who can help their children and grandchildren must be close to three or five generations of officials and generals, what are you doing so far? Besides, Yu Zhongwen's grandfather Yu Jin, but one of the Eight Pillar States when the Western Wei Dynasty was founded, was no worse than my grandfather (Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillar States of the Western Wei Dynasty), don't you look down on Yu Zhongwen? ”

Changsun Sheng swallowed his saliva, and said hatefully: "This is exactly where Yang Guang is powerful, dividing and disintegrating our Guanlong Group, in the past, our major military families in Guanlong, through the way of marriage, supported each other, there are battles to fight together, and meritorious people rise together, from the Western Wei Dynasty to the present decades, we have always been a whole, but now Yang Guang has moved the capital to Luoyang, and it is clear that he does not take our Guanlong family in his eyes, look at the Jiangnan literati he uses now, will there be our meritorious achievements in the future, and the share of the wife and son?" Tang Guogong, you are the leading brother of our Guan Long family, and now the head of the eight major families that founded the Western Wei Dynasty, only you Tang Guogong is the most popular, and everyone is looking forward to you taking the lead in petitioning the emperor. ”

Li Yuan laughed: "The leader of the Eight Great Pillars National Clan is not only my Li Yuan family, like the Dugu family, the Li family of Zhao County, and now they also have their own masters, the ancestor of your eldest grandson General was also a minister who entered the pass from the dragon in the Western Wei Dynasty, although he was not the founding pillar of the country, but he was also famous in the Guan Long family, and you are the number one contributor to the division and disintegration of the Turks, you don't say these words yourself, why do you want to pass me Li Yuan, a person who has no power in the court and has some false names?" ”

Changsun Sheng smiled "hehe": "What Tang Guogong said is bad, Li Mi, the current head of the Li clan in Zhao County, although he is talented and has a good reputation, but after all, he is only a hairy boy, less than thirty, and he is also too close to Yang Xuangan, this time Yue Guogong, oh, no, it should be that the Duke of Chu is going to be unlucky, Li Mi must also be involved with the Yang family, he can't count on it." As for the Dugu family......"

When Changsun Sheng said this, he groaned and temporarily stopped the next words, Li Yuan smiled and drank another drink: "The Dugu family is powerful, Queen Dugu's father Dugu Xin, but the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty is the general of our grandfather's generation, and he has many children and grandchildren, there are eight sons alone, all of them have titles, and they are the emperor's maternal uncle's family, if you want to find someone to help, you should also find the Dugu family." ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head: "No, Tang Guogong's words are wrong, the situation of the Dugu family is special, when Dugu Xin followed the founding emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty, Yuwentai, into Guanzhong, and established the Western Wei Dynasty, but abandoned his wife and son, his eldest son Dugu Luo was still a baby at the time, and was imprisoned by Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and later Dugu Xin remarried and had children in Guanzhong, Queen Dugu, oh, no, it should be said that the Empress Dowager Dugu was born when he later married another wife in Guanzhong, so there was a problem with his succession to this title. ”

"Dugu Xin's eldest son was trapped in the enemy country, and was not released back by the Northern Qi until Dugu Xin's death, so there was no power and foundation in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even my Great Sui, and then Dugu Xin's eldest son Dugu Shan, who married his wife, died young, although the rest of the sons have titles, but none of them have extraordinary talents, the only son who can also be called a weapon, Dugu Tuo, and because of the cat ghost case of the year and was dismissed, so the Dugu family now has nothing to weigh the lord of the general, the only remaining one Dugu whole, although in charge of the palace internal guard, but his people are loyal and upright, The talent is mediocre, and the people are even more difficult to compare with you Tang Guogong. ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "Speaking of which, General Changsun just doesn't want to come out on his own, you don't know my situation, I offended the current emperor because of the cheap things, and I have been released for so many years, and I am still too busy to take care of myself, how can I take the lead in doing these things, General Changsun, I think you should ask for another master, but if you can connect the various military generals in Guanlong to petition, I, Li Yuan, will definitely follow the signature." ”

Changsun Sheng secretly scolded Li Yuan in his heart, his words and deeds were really leaky, and he couldn't do anything, so he immediately threw out the second plan: "Yang Guang is now ambitious, moving the capital to the eastern capital, away from our Guanlong family, is something he has planned for a long time, and it is unlikely to force him to make concessions, Tang Guogong's words just now also reminded me that if we want to petition in the book, it is indeed a little unrealistic now, it is better for us to retreat to the second, or according to the old rules, get married to show our unity." ”

Li Yuan said softly: "Marriage? General Changsun, I remember several of your sons, but they are all married. ”

Changsun Sheng laughed: "The sons I had with my ex-wife have indeed married wives, but don't forget, I also married a son and a daughter with the Bohai Gao clan who married later, and the former king of Le'an in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and they are not yet married." ”

Li Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth: "General Changsun, that kid in your family is called Wuji, right, I remember that he was born in the fourteenth year of Kaihuang, and he is eleven years old this year, and your daughter Changsun Wujian is the one named Guanyin, who is five years old this year, these two dolls, how to get married?" ”

Changsun Sheng smiled and waved his hand: "Tang Guogong, now is an extraordinary period, not as before, our Guanlong family and Shandong Dashi clan headed by five surnames and seven wangs are about to be abandoned by Yang Guang, if we don't unite and unfold our strength, I'm afraid that Yang Guang will be broken, if he is like now, he uses those Jiangnan literati who have no foundation, or even those who are from poor families, then how can we maintain the various interests and privileges of our century-old family?" It's not our family's business. ”

Li Yuan nodded thoughtfully: "What General Changsun said is also reasonable, but if we are so blatantly married, will it be seen by Yang Guang as a declaration of war against his authority?" A while ago, I was in a hurry and married the Duke of Chu, but now I don't know how to deal with this matter?! ”

Changsun Sheng laughed: "Tang Guogong is too worried, you were passive before, because you were the only one who married Yang Su, and Yang Su has been in power for many years, and he has participated in the seizure of the throne, which has long been feared by Yang Guangshen, you married Yang Su when the emperor just died, with all due respect, this is not a wise move." ”

Li Yuan's old face was slightly red: "Hey, isn't that a dizziness, I had a holiday with Yang Guang, I thought that Yang Su could cover the sky with one hand, and if he climbed up, he would at least keep my whole family safe, but I didn't expect that this time he himself fell first, General Changsun, do you have any good ideas, can you save me from trouble this time?" ”

Eldest Sun Sheng's eyes flashed with an intriguing light: "Tang Guogong, what about this marriage?" ”

Li Yuan gritted his teeth: "Do you want to marry my daughter, or do you want to add me a daughter-in-law?" ”

The eldest grandson Sheng immediately said: "My youngest son, eldest grandson Wuji, is also bothering Tang Guogong to help me find a family affair, and your eldest son Li Jiancheng I have seen, it seems that he has not yet married, or we will marry a baby and let Jiancheng marry my young daughter Wuji, how about it?" ”

Li Yuan shook his head: "The difference is more than ten years old, I'm afraid it's not good, and, to tell you the truth, my family has already promised to get married." ”

Changsun Sheng's face changed: "What, you have already promised to get married?" Who is it for? Why haven't I heard the news that your eldest son of Tang Guogong is married? (To be continued......)