In the Luoyang War, the dividing line between the Zhou and Tang dynasties was formed with Hangu Pass as the dividing line, but this dividing line was not officially confirmed by the imperial courts of both sides, and there was not even a truce, and the two sides were still in a state of war, in which even the meeting of the patrol soldiers on both sides would trigger a new war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, it is necessary for the two sides to sit down and talk again, but this discussion should be held after the end of the war in June, but it happened to meet the enthronement ceremony of the new dynasty, and after the accession to the throne, many affairs were encountered, and the discussion was delayed, and it was not until a month after Zhang Xuan ascended the throne that the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty arrived in Chang'an.

Wei Yunqi is the Zhou Dynasty's Xiangguo Shangshu Ling, second only to the Zhongshu Ling Su Wei in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a lofty status, but it is not good to be lazy, Li Yuan ordered Xiangguo Chen Shuda to come forward and go out of the city to meet Wei Yunqi, the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty.

The mission led by Wei Yunqi consisted of one hundred and ten people, in addition to him, the chief envoy, there was also Wen Yanbo, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Rites, and eight others, and the remaining one hundred cavalry were all guards, and everyone drove all the way from the six wide carriages, although they were a little tired, but they finally arrived in Chang'an, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Dongcheng, Wei Yunqi saw Chen Shuda from afar, so he got out of the carriage with a smile, Chen Shuda walked forward quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Wei Xian, I haven't seen you for many years, I can't even recognize it." ”

"Chen Xiangguo is still in style, congratulations!"

"Where, I'm old, look! Wrinkles are all over the forehead. ”

"That's because Chen Xiangguo has worked too hard for state affairs."

The two talked for a while, Wen Yanbo stepped forward to salute again, and Chen Shuda smiled: "It's all old friends, you're welcome, everyone, please follow me into the city, please!" ”

The two teams of Tang cavalry opened the way in front, Chen Shuda and Wei Yunqi rode slowly, Wei Yunqi is a native of Guanzhong, since he followed Zhang Xuan to Beihai County has not returned to his hometown for many years, and today he sees the style of Chang'an, and there is a feeling of being separated from the world.

"Wei Xiangguo will definitely go back to the family to take a look at Chang'an this time, and return to his hometown!"

Wei Yunqi had a deep contradiction with his family back then, and even the family didn't even let him participate in the family sacrifice, so he followed Zhang Xuan to Beihai County in anger, so many years, his feelings for the family have been very weak, for him, there is nothing to talk about returning to his hometown, he has no intention of returning to the family at all.

"This time I can only stay for three days at most, the Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne, there are too many things in the capital, I'm afraid I can't stay for a long time, let's focus on official business!"

Chen Shuda's heart jumped, what could he talk about in three days, he asked tentatively: "This time Wei Xiangguo came to Chang'an, is he going to talk about an armistice agreement?" ”

Wei Yunqi smiled faintly, "This ..... There are a lot of things that need to be discussed, everyone must restore people's livelihood and let the people rest for a few years! ”

"Yes! After war, the people of Guanzhong are almost unbearable, and it is the benevolence of politicians to cultivate for everyone for a few years. ”

Chen Shuda didn't try it out, so he didn't say more, Wei Yunqi was looking at Vermilion Bird Street, he found that although Vermilion Bird Street has not changed much, but the people on the street are different from before, most of the people in front of him are calm, with a smile on their faces, their eyes are full of confidence, especially like to join in the fun, a little abnormal will surround a circle of people, like himself The arrival of the Great Zhou Empire mission, along the road has long been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

But now the pedestrians are all in a hurry, almost everyone has their heads down, as if there are vicious dogs following them, and they don't even dare to stop to take a look at the excitement, their faces are expressionless, but there is a trace of vigilance or panic in their eyes.

Wei Yunqi sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that Gao Jin's report is not exaggerated, the people of Chang'an were really frightened by Li Yuanji, and they became all soldiers, and their entire mental state changed.

At this moment, Wei Yunqi saw three soldiers in black armor walking by the side of the road, their chins raised high, their attitudes were very arrogant, and their eyes did not squint at the mission.

Wei Yunqi couldn't help but sneer, Chen Shuda didn't notice the three Xuanwu Jingwei, he asked puzzledly, "What is Wei Xiangguo laughing at?" ”

"I'm laughing at the Xiangguo of the Tang Dynasty and the Xiangguo of our Zhou Dynasty, which is indeed slightly different."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If I take Chen Xiangguo to walk on Xinye Avenue, whether it is a seventy-year-old Lao Suo or a three-year-old child, they will salute me and Chen Xiangguo, and no one will pay attention to the soldiers, Chang'an is the opposite, which shows that your country attaches great importance to the army, and the status of soldiers is higher than that of Xiangguo, I sighed and laughed."

Only then did Chen Shuda notice the three Xuanwu Jingwei, his face was hot, he was really a little ashamed, and none of the pedestrians paid attention to them, but they all gave way to the three soldiers and saluted.

Chen Shuda also sighed, but he couldn't say a word, what could he say? The facts are here, and everyone understands what is going on.

Wei Yunqi said earnestly: "It stands to reason that I don't dare to comment indiscriminately, but Chang'an is my hometown after all, out of concern for my hometown, I still want to say a word, Chen Xiangguo, justice is at ease in the hearts of the people." ”

Of course, Chen Shuda understood the meaning of Wei Yunqi's words, and he was speechless for a while, so he had to say insincerely: "Wei Xiangguo cares about his hometown, and he deeply admires it. ”

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Chen Shuda arranged for the Great Zhou delegation and his entourage to live in your hotel, and hurried to the imperial study to see Li Yuan, the son of heaven, Li Yuan was also concerned about the intention of Wei Yunqi and his party, and the Great Zhou delegation came very suddenly, when they received the news, the mission had already entered Guanzhong, so that they were not a little mentally prepared.

In the imperial study, Chen Shuda reported to Li Yuan in detail the process of welcoming Wei Yunqi, and finally said apologetically: "Wei Yunqi just said that the two sides need to recuperate for a few years, but he refused to say their true intentions, it is estimated that they will only bring it up during the formal meeting." ”

Li Yuan frowned, "How can this work?" If there is no preparation for formal talks, then what will the two sides talk about? He said we listen, that's all, and this attitude is unacceptable. ”

Liu Wenjing next to him said: "The other party's attitude is really unacceptable, but we can guess a clue from their coming over this time." ”

Li Yuan glanced at him and asked, "What did Xiangguo see?" ”

"Your Majesty, whether there is an armistice or not does not depend on an agreement, but on the willingness of both sides to go to war, in fact, Zhang Xuan has maintained the initiative on the battlefield, he does not need to discuss the armistice with us at all, there is no armistice agreement will only be beneficial to them, only we go to them to ask for a truce, and Wei Yun only has three days to get up to Chang'an, what can we talk about in three days? Therefore, Weichen boldly speculated that Wei Yunqi was not talking about a truce at all. ”

"So what is he going to do, to demonstrate to me? Or did I come to Xingshi to ask for sin, just because I didn't send an envoy to Zhongdu to congratulate him on his enthronement? ”

Li Yuan was very dissatisfied in his heart, although Zhang Xuan ascended the throne as emperor, he also did not send a messenger to congratulate, but it did not mean that Zhang Xuan could snub him, especially when the momentum of the Great Zhou Empire completely overwhelmed the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's self-esteem was particularly sensitive, and Li Yuan thought it was disrespectful to him at the slightest disturbance.

Chen Shuda thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it's better for Lao Chen to visit again tonight and find out his exact intention, we must not accept his visit in a vague way." ”

Chen Shuda knows Li Yuan very well, Li Yuan expressed dissatisfaction, but if the relationship between the two sides is really stiff because of this trivial matter, Li Yuan will never spare himself, it is better to work harder for himself, communicate for the two parties, understand the true intention of the other party, and then they can arrange etiquette, whether it is a negotiation, or just a courtesy visit.

Li Yuan nodded, "In this way, it will be hard for Chen Xiangguo." ”

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At dusk, Chen Shuda's carriage slowly came to your hotel, but to his surprise, there were seven or eight gorgeous carriages parked in front of the gate of your hotel, and the wall was full of guards who came with the carriage.

Chen Shuda was really stunned in his heart, who was so bold to come to visit the envoy of the Great Zhou, he urgently ordered to inquire left and right, and after a while, the entourage came back and reported: "Qi Xiangguo, it is the head of the six Guanlong nobles who came to visit Wei Xiangguo." ”

"Who exactly?" Chen Shuda asked in surprise.

"I inquired about it, it was the head of the Dugu family, the head of the Yu family, the head of the Hou Mochen family, the head of the Zhao family, the head of the Yuan family and the head of the Helan family, they have been here for more than half an hour."

Chen Shuda was stunned, he began to realize that the problem was serious, the heads of the six Guanlong nobles came to visit the Great Zhou Xiangguo publicly, if the news spread, it would cause an extremely bad impact in the government and the opposition, you must know that the full support of the Guanlong nobles is the foundation of Li Yuan's founding and ascension to the throne, if even the foundation is shaken, who will have confidence in the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Shuda's mind changed and he immediately understood that this must be a serious protest by the Guanlong nobles against Yun's death, and they used actions to express their dissatisfaction with the Son of Heaven.

Chen Shuda was a little hesitant, whether he should report the matter of the Son of Heaven first, or continue to visit Wei Yunqi.

At this time, a burst of laughter came, and Wei Yunqi personally sent the six family heads out of the gate.

"The hopes of the heads of the family for my Great Zhou Emperor, I will faithfully convey them to the saint, please rest assured, the saint is an open-minded person, he can even be tolerant and kind to Dou Jiande, Xiao Milling, and Wang Shichong, not to mention the Guanlong family?"

"Wei Xiangguo came too timely, if it wasn't for Wei Xiangguo's personal explanation, we don't know when we will be able to solve the confusion in our hearts."

"We have benefited a lot from Wei Xiangguo's words today, and after worrying about it for so many years, we can finally sleep well tonight."

"His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor's mind is only best understood by Wei Xiangguo, with Wei Xiangguo's authoritative explanation, Yu Qinming is completely enlightened, thank Wei Xiangguo for his sincerity."

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Listening to everyone expressing their feelings inside the door, Chen Shuda was very shocked in his heart, and at the same time extremely sour, it was these people who supported Li Yuan to the throne of the Son of Heaven, but what are they doing now?

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Zhang Xuan sent Wei Yun to envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and he also understood the true purpose of Wei Yunqi to envoy Chang'an. (To be continued.) )