Chen Shuda hurriedly returned to the imperial study, and after waiting outside the gate for a while, a eunuch came out and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is waiting, Chen Xiangguo, please!" ”

Chen Shuda walked into the imperial study, and Li Yuan was reading the papers in front of the imperial case, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

"How is it, have you received Pei Gong?" Li Yuan put down his pen and asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has already arranged him."

"How's it going to talk to him?"

"He refused to say the real reason for his withdrawal from the phase, as for Zhang Xuan's refusal to ascend the throne, his statement was completely consistent with His Majesty's opinion, and it was because of military power."

Li Yuan smiled, "His withdrawal from the phase must have something to do with the Lu Chu incident, and in the end, Lu Chu was innocent, but there was no news from the rumor planners behind the scenes, how could he give up with Zhang Xuan's character, Zheng Shanguo was demoted, Pei Ju came out of the picture, I thought it should be this reason." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Chen Shuda praised sincerely.

Li Yuan smiled proudly, walked to the window with his hands in his hand, looked out of the window for a long time, and said, "Why does Xiangguo think Zhang Xuan sent a messenger to Chang'an?" ”

Chen Shuda was born in the royal family of the Chen Dynasty, he has heard and witnessed since he was a child, he understands the emperor's mind better than ordinary people, when to express his opinions, share worries for the emperor, what should be slow to think, don't rob the emperor's brilliance, Chen Shuda is clear in his heart, and it is precisely for this reason that he is more respected by Li Yuan than Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing, and became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

He knew that the saint was not asking him at this time, but throwing bricks to attract jade, and he Chen Shuda threw a brick to draw out the emperor's golden and jade words, but pretending to know nothing would also make the emperor despise him, so it was best to grasp this degree just right.

Chen Shuda groaned and said: "The first two times Zhang Xuan and we reached an armistice agreement, it was because he had other plans, could it be that something happened to Goguryeo?" ”

Li Yuan smiled slightly, "You underestimate Zhang Xuan too much, he can't handle a little Goguryeo?" It's not Goguryeo, if I guessed correctly, the Turks should be about to invade the south. ”

"Turkic?" Chen Shuda was taken aback.

Li Yuan nodded, "Does Zhang Xuan think that the three northern counties are so easy to capture?" After Liu Wuzhou was killed, there was no trouble? After annihilating the 5,000 Turkic troops who were in ambush and capturing more than a million cattle and sheep, the Turks would have acted as if nothing had happened? It is only when the Turks want to attack the south in a big way that Zhang Xuan will lower his body and compromise with us temporarily, and I can't think of any other reason. ”

Chen Shuda nodded silently, "Your Majesty is completely right!" ”

At this moment, a eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince urgently asks to see you!" ”

"Announce him in!"

After a while, the crown prince Li Jiancheng walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "Sons and daughters see their father." ”

"Is there something wrong with the emperor?"

"Father Qi, Erchen has just received news from Taiyuan that the Sui army has begun to evacuate the population of Mayi County, Yanmen County and Loufan County on a large scale, and evacuate in the direction of Shanggu County along the Flying Fox Road."

Li Yuan sneered, "It seems that what I said is not wrong at all. ”

Chen Shuda exclaimed: "Your Majesty has a better view of the world, and Pei Ju's arrival is really the reason for the Turks." ”

Li Yuan's heart was useful, he glanced at Jiancheng, and when he saw that he wanted to speak, he asked, "What else is going on?" ”

"Father, it's about Song Jingang-"

Li Jiancheng didn't finish his words, Li Yuan's face sank, this was one thing that made him very unhappy, Song Jingang originally fled to Yan'an County with only a few thousand people, occupying the mountain as the king, and did not dare to provoke the government, but for some reason, the number of Song Jingang's army has increased sharply in the past month, reaching 30,000 people, ten days ago captured the county Zhifu Shi County, occupied Yan'an Territory, and proclaimed himself the king of Yan'an.

Song Jingang's rebellion is not big, but it is not small, which makes Li Yuan very headache, Li Jiancheng mentioned Song Jingang when he was in a good mood, which really displeased him, "If you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

"Father, the son recommended the fourth brother to lead the army to exterminate Song Jingang, and while the Song bandits were not yet strong, they were nippled in the bud."

Li Yuan thought about it and agreed, "It's okay, let him and Xiaoji lead 30,000 troops north together to destroy Song Jingang within three months." ”

Li Jiancheng was about to say goodbye and retire, but Li Yuan stopped, "Wait a minute, I still have something to say to you." ”

Li Yuan said to Chen Shuda again: "Chen Xiangguo will go first!" Tomorrow morning, he will hold talks with the Sui envoys at Chengtianmen. ”

Chen Shuda bowed and retreated.

At this time, Li Yuan said to his eldest son Li Jiancheng: "You go to visit Pei Ju tonight and test him, what is the possibility that the Sui army will return Shangdang County and Changping County to us?" ”

Due to the great possibility of the Turkic army invading south, Li Yuan did not want to merge the three northern counties for the time being, he was not willing to face the Turks at this time, but since it was the Northern Sui envoy who took the initiative to come to Chang'an, then it should be the central capital to give in, Li Yuan naturally thought of Shangdang County and Changping County, which he had always been worried about, and using this negotiation to recover Shangdang and Changping counties became Li Yuan's greatest hope.

Of course, Li Jiancheng understood his father's thoughts, and he smiled: "Please rest assured, my son's son will visit Pei Gong tonight!" ”

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On the other hand, due to Pei Ju's advanced age, more trivial matters of negotiation are in charge of Wen Yanbo, and Pei Ju is planning behind the scenes, he is more cunning and more experienced than Wen Yanbo.

In the hall of your hotel, Pei Ju poured a cup of tea for Wen Yanbo, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow morning, I just met Li Yuan to express the sincerity of the two sides willing to reconcile, maybe I will also reminisce about the past, and it will not involve the specific matters of the negotiation, it should be the beginning of the negotiation in the afternoon, we must be mentally prepared, I am afraid that the negotiation will not be concluded within a month." ”

Wen Yanbo groaned and said, "Does the other party know the reason for our negotiation?" ”

"You should be able to guess that we have begun a large-scale evacuation of people from the three northern counties, will Li Yuan not be able to guess? It's just that in this way, Li Yuan is going to open his mouth. ”

"Pei Gong refers to Shangdang County and Changping County?"

Pei Ju nodded, "Shangdang and Changping counties are in our hands and they have always been a big trouble for the Tang Dynasty to control and merge the state, the last time was to exchange for Hedong County and Pujin Pass, the Tang Dynasty had to promise to cede Shangdang County and Changping County to us, this time we sent it to the door ourselves, how could Li Yuan let go of this opportunity?" ”

"But His Highness does not intend to hand over these two counties to the Tang Dynasty."

Pei Ju laughed, "Your Highness just said that you don't want to return Shangdang County and Changping County to each other, but it doesn't mean that it will definitely not work, Shangdang and Changping counties are of great strategic significance to the Tang Dynasty, losing them is like losing your own children, but for us they are just two ordinary counties, just like two goods, which can be sold to the Tang Dynasty, but the other party needs to be able to pay the price, this is the meaning of our coming to negotiate this time." ”

Wen Yanbo nodded slowly, "We have taken the three counties of the north and the north, and the two counties of Shangdang and Changping are not of great strategic value to us, and they have become two ordinary counties, Pei Gong, is that what you mean?" ”

Pei Ju laughed, "He is worthy of being the most outstanding of the three Wen brothers, and he can see it thoroughly." ”

"Thank you Pei Gong for complimenting, but it's still a little unclear about the humble position, what kind of price do we need from the other party?"

Pei Ju shook his head, "To be honest, I don't know, His Royal Highness just said that the Tang Dynasty must show the greatest sincerity, then we need to talk about it little by little, but at least at the beginning of the negotiations, Shangdang and Changping counties have no room for accommodation at all, and they want to exchange a truce agreement for Shangdang and Changping counties, and there is no door!" ”

"But at least we have to come up with something, since we are here in Chang'an, where is our sincerity?"

Pei Ju smiled like an old fox, "Of course we will have sincerity, for example, our warships will withdraw from Nanjun in time when they attack Xiao Miao, I think, this is the greatest sincerity." (To be continued.) )