Of course, Pei Wei knew that his cousin could not influence King Langya's decision, and he did not pin his hope of persuading King Langya on Pei Dun. After pacifying some of the family forces led by Pei Dun, Pei Wei set his sights on Liu Kui, the engaged Zhonglang of the Langya Palace.

In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the eight kings competed for power and won the title in the Central Plains. In this situation, Liu Kui is also trying his best to rely on politics in order to be promoted.

After careful consideration, Liu Kui believed that the generals of the Wang Yue system in the East China Sea, the military governors of Yangzhou, and the Lianghuai and Jiangnan regions under the jurisdiction of Sima Rui, the evil king of Lang, were relatively stable, and they could not only settle down but also have room to display their talents, so he decided to take refuge in the famous king of Langya at that time.

And because Pengcheng happened to be within Sima Rui's jurisdiction, Liu Kui and Sima Rui had a superior-subordinate relationship, occupying the good fortune of the right time, place and people, and he was soon appointed by King Langya as a Zhonglang.

But Liu Kui soon discovered that what he was attached to was a weak master. Sima Rui, the evil king of Lang, was weak and weak, and it was entirely dependent on the support and support of the northern clan represented by Wang Dao and Wang Dun to gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

Wang Dao controlled the government internally, Wang Dun lived in an important county town outside the state, and the two brothers worked together to control all the power in the Langya Palace, and Sima Rui was just a puppet controlled by the gate lord clan.

Therefore, there is a proverb from time to time: "The king and the horse share the world." It vividly illustrates the political situation of the weak lord and the strong minister at that time.

In this regard, not only Sima Rui was very dissatisfied, but Liu Kui, whose family power was not strong, also felt that the consolidation of his political position was directly threatened. Therefore, Sima Rui was unwilling to be lonely, and from the beginning of moving to Jianye (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), he deliberately reused the children of the lower character clan represented by Liu Kui and introduced him as his cronies; When Liu Kui had no choice, he also devoted himself to supporting the imperial power in order to be honored.

Liu Kui is good at exploring Sima Rui's will, and with his advantages of being well-versed in literature and history and accustomed to government affairs, he can often understand the mind of King Langya before Sima Rui speaks, so Sima Rui regards Liu Kui as a very capable confidant.

And Liu Kui is upright, not afraid of power, and loyal to Sima Rui, so Sima Rui takes Liu Kui as his confidant and entrusts him with the important task of criminal constitution.

Liu Kui adhered to the will of King Langya, faithfully implemented the established policy, adhered to the principle of suppressing the powerful and not avoiding the powerful, and resolutely impeached the behavior of violating feudal etiquette, not abiding by the law and encroaching on the imperial power.

Don't look at the Wang brothers in the Langya Palace, but the real confidant of the Langya King is Liu Kui.

Pei Wei thought that his father-in-law had a relationship with Liu Kui as early as when he was in Pengcheng, and he deeply admired Wei Shuo's foresight. Over the years, Wei Shuo has never broken off contact with Liu Kui, and every time there is a New Year's holiday, Wei Shuo always asks someone to send gifts to Liu Kui to show respect.

And Liu Kui also regards Wei Shuo as a junior Junyan who has a lot to take care of, every time he hears that Wei Shuo has made some achievements, he always feels honored, and feels that he knows talents, and Wei Shuo will never live up to his expectations.

Therefore, as soon as Liu Kui heard that Wei Shuo had sent people from Liaodong to ask to see King Langya, he didn't say a word and pulled up Pei Wei and Feng Xuan and entered the Langya Palace. With Liu Kui's introduction, Pei Wei and the others successfully met King Langya.

Sima Rui, the king of Langya, carefully read the letter of the seal, and his heart sank, he never thought that the situation in Liaodong would be so corrosive.

He pondered for a moment and said: "I didn't expect the little Goguryeo people to dare to peep at my belt and Lelang two counties, this time thanks to the help of Lord Wei, otherwise Liaodong will definitely be in chaos." ”

"What the king said is very true, now there is chaos in all parts of Liaodong, and the people of Liao are miserable, and the old man of Dongyi is too old to be able to do so, so he has to submit his resignation to the imperial court, and at the same time recommend Lord Wei to replace him in Liaodong." Liu Kui continued.

"How can a widow not know what Aiqing said? It's just that in your opinion, can this Liao land still be defended? ”

"Shhh...... This ......" Faced with King Langya's inquiry, Liu Kui was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.

Pei Wei, who was standing at the bottom, saw that Liu Kui was embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "King Qiqi, Lord Liu has never been to Liaodong, I don't know the truth of Liaodong, how about the king's questions being answered by the ministers?" ”

"Well, Ai Qing is reasonable, please tell Pei Qing quickly!"

"King, whether Liaodi can be defended or not depends on whether anyone can unite the people of Liaodi, now there are more than 300,000 Han people in Pingzhou, if someone can unite this part of the people together, supplemented by the Hu people in all parts of Liaodong as wings, it will be able to stabilize the situation in Liaodong."

"Besides, the title of King Jun of Youzhou Thorn History has long been disobedient! If the imperial court can regain Liaodong's control, it can threaten Youzhou from the east, forcing Wang Jun to dare not defy the authority of the imperial court again! ”

Sure enough, as soon as the name Wang Jun appeared, the careful Pei Wei noticed that King Langya's eyes were tight, obviously Wang Jun's private establishment of a platform in Youzhou had angered King Langya. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court is a little out of reach of Youzhou now, and King Langya still needs Wang Jun to contain Xiangguo Shile, the imperial court would have broken Wang Jun's body into thousands of pieces.

Now Pei Wei proposed to let Wei Shuo take charge of Liaodong, so as to contain Wang Jun in the rear, I have to say that this suggestion made King Langya a little moved. However, King Langya was still a little reluctant to let Wei Shuo go to Liaodong, it turned out that King Langya had already planned to transfer Wei Shuo to Jiangdong, especially after the roasted tea and cement came out, this idea became even stronger.

Looking at the hesitant King Langya, Liu Kun's heart moved, and he persuaded: "King, now that the dark tide in Jiangdong is surging, there are many forces that have bad intentions towards the guard Cao, if the king really intends to reuse the guard Cao, it is better to put it outside for the time being." In the future, after the guard Cao has made great contributions in Liaodong, the king can justifiably transfer him to Jiangdong, and let people gossip about the king. ”

"This ...... All right! ”

Under Liu Kui's persuasion, Sima Rui finally made up his mind and temporarily put aside his plan to transfer Wei Shuo back to Jiangdong. At the same time, he promised Pei Wei and Feng Zhao that he would immediately write to the imperial court to appoint Wei Shuo as the captain of Dongyi. After receiving the personal promise of King Langya, Pei Wei and Feng Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to further consolidate the relationship between Liaodong and King Langya, Pei Wei followed Wei Shuo's instructions before he came, and specially proposed to King Langya to exchange Liaodong horses for Jiangdong grain.

"The king, before coming, the guard Cao specially told the king, if you are lucky enough to see the king in person, let me tell the king: Liaodong is willing to take the sea route to Jiangdong every year to send no less than 5,000 horses, for the king to form a cavalry to the Central Plains. Of course, our Liao land is remote and there is a shortage of products, and these horses need to be exchanged for grain in Jiangdong. ”

Hearing this, Liu Kui looked surprised, and hurriedly asked, "What!?" Master Pei, are you telling the truth? ”

"Of course it's true! As long as the king has the food, we can give the horses with both hands! ”

As the saying goes, there is no shortage of horses in Weishuo, Liaodong, but due to the sparse population, the food produced in Liaodi is not self-sufficient at all. The big farm plan he is promoting cannot be counted on without three or five years of accumulation. In order to solve the problem of food shortage in Liaodi, Wei Shuo discussed with everyone before he came up with this plan to exchange horses for food.

Selling horses to Jiangdong certainly strengthened Jiangdong, but it allowed Wei Shuo to obtain a large amount of much-needed food. The pros and cons of this are really hard to say for a while, but in Wei Shuo's opinion, the relationship between him and Jiangdong in a short period of time is more cooperation than confrontation, and he has not paid attention to the thousands of horses.

When King Langya learned that Wei Shuo intended to sell horses to Jiangdong, he couldn't help but be more satisfied with Wei Shuo, who had never met before, and regretted that he couldn't bring him under his command early.

"Pei and Feng, after you return to Liaodong, please tell Lord Wei, just say that the widow is waiting for Lord Wei in Jiangdong, and I hope he will settle down in Liaodong as soon as possible and come to Jiangdong to meet with the widow as soon as possible." When Pei Wei and the others said goodbye and left, King Langya also took the hands of the two and said Yin Yin.

Although Pei Wei and the others didn't think so, they still showed a look of gratitude on their faces, and promised again and again that they would definitely pass on King Langya's words to Lord Wei word for word.