Chapter 23: The Messenger Becomes Gongying
The Liu Association made a move to the family, which is already a kind of rule. Wherever he passed, countless families would burst into tears, and then obediently give away a part of their land and a part of their family's savings for hundreds of years. As is often parsaid, this is life money!
Therefore, when it comes to Liu Xie, there will be so many noble families who grit their teeth with hatred. It's just that they forgot that they are rebelling! Liu Xie didn't take their sacrificial knives, so they should have snickered!
It's just that in this era, some situations have become a little deformed, which makes these noble families a little carried away.
In order to stabilize the situation more quickly, many princes passed, even if there were families and noble families who made trouble, as long as it was not too much, the general means were to appease Huairou. Because these noble families are intertwined, if they are not careful, they will affect the whole body and turn the originally stable situation into turmoil, which is what many people who are in high positions do not want to see.
But Liu Xie won't care about this, since he has done something wrong, he will have to be punished, and the family is no exception. If you don't accept it, then suppress it by force.
When he was in Yizhou, he did just that, and because the reason was extremely sufficient, even if many people were secretly worried and secretly angry, they didn't really take action against Liu Xie, after all, Liu Xie's orthodox name is not just talking. In addition, he has a strong military power in his hands, and Yizhou has just stabilized, and the situation is developing in a good way, if someone jumps out to make trouble at this time, it is equivalent to sticking his head in front of Liu Xie and letting him cut off.
And this silence of the Yizhou Wang clan naturally fueled Liu Xie's arrogance of 'doing whatever he wants'. At the same time, it also makes other families who fund the enemy helpless. If they look back carefully, they will find that most of the noble families who helped Liu Xie deal with the enemy have benefited.
If you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grazing! Liu Xie will not fail to understand this truth. Therefore, after knocking on one part, it is natural to give some reward to the other part, otherwise. There is no way to maintain this balance.
As a superior. The art of balance naturally has to be refined!
And just when Liu Xie was beating those noble families in Fufeng County, the next person came to report that Han Sui's messenger came.
Hear this. The corners of Liu Xie's lips rose slightly. Because of this situation. And it didn't come as a surprise to him. Since Ma Teng would send an envoy to meet him, if Han Sui didn't do this, then Han Sui would not have the status he has now.
Even. In Liu Xie's opinion, Han Sui is much more treacherous than Ma Teng. Otherwise, Han Sui would not have the name of 'Jiuqu Yellow River'.
However, it is precisely because Han Sui has the name of 'Jiuqu Yellow River' that he was used by Liu Xie. People with delicate minds are always more suspicious than others.
What's more, Han Sui still has Cheng Gongying by his side, even if Han Sui can't see the consequences of Ma Teng's surrender, Cheng Gongying should be able to see it. In fact, if Ma Teng surrenders, what kind of result he will have is something that ordinary people can imagine.
Therefore, there are only three ways to give Han Sui, one is to negotiate peace with Ma Teng, one is to surrender, and the last one is to go to the Western Regions.
However, the possibility of making peace with Ma Teng is not high, because Han Sui is not sure that Ma Teng will really reconcile with him, what if Ma Teng deceives him again? The consequences can be imagined. And if you go to the Western Regions and regain your territory, it is better to surrender to Liu Xie directly, at least in this way, there is still room for negotiation in the matter.
So, after seeing Ma Teng send an envoy to negotiate with Liu Xie, Han Sui also had this thought.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he heard that a messenger was coming, and it could be seen that Han Sui had hesitated in this matter. Otherwise, his messenger would have arrived long ago, and it would not have been possible to delay that long on the way.
However, Liu Xie did not immediately meet Han Sui's envoy, and on the grounds that he needed to 'contact feelings' with these patriarchs, he put Han Sui's envoy in the post house.
It wasn't until two days later that Liu Xie, under Lu Meng's 'reminder', remembered the existence of such a messenger. So he sent for the messenger to be received by the minister. What Liu Xie didn't expect was that the messenger sent by Han Sui this time was actually his left and right arm Cheng Gongying.
Cheng Gongying's age is about thirty or forty years old, with the long hair that men in this period would have, and holding a folding fan coquettishly in his hand, which makes Liu Xiepo feel a little funny. You must know that Xiliang is already very cold now, even in Chencang in Fufeng County.
Although it doesn't drip into ice, holding a folding fan makes it feel a little nondescript. But I have to say that dressed as a scribe and holding a folding fan in his hand, this kind of transcendent temperament comes out.
"Cheng Gongying, the envoy of the subordinates, meet Your Majesty!" Cheng Gongying gave a salute to Liu Xie, but he did not bow down.
It can be seen that Cheng Gongying is a relatively reserved person. However, Liu Xie didn't care, Cheng Gongying wanted to take Qiao, so he let him take it, it depends on when he can get it. Liu Xie said 'flat', and then looked at the thin-faced scribe with a smile on his face, and just watched quietly.
At first, Cheng Gongying could still look at Liu Xie, but after a long time, Cheng Gongying gradually lowered his head, and began to wonder what Liu Xie's attitude meant! I have to say that this is the shortcoming of those who have pearls in their hearts, they will always study the meaning of others doing this, the meaning of what they do......
If he dared to ask Liu Xie directly, Liu Xie wouldn't mind telling him that he was actually just pretending/coercing.
As a superior person, looking at a person like this is actually one of the fun. Because it's easy to be nervous, and then gradually some weaknesses will be exposed. Judging from Cheng Gongying's performance, Liu Xie knew that Cheng Gongying was just tough on the surface.
Obviously, Han Sui was also worried that Ma Teng would secretly unite with Liu Xie, and then suddenly give him a fatal blow.
After a long time, seeing that Cheng Gongying couldn't help it, when he wanted to speak, Liu Xie spoke first. "I have heard that Mr. Cheng Gong is Han Wenyue's left and right arm, isn't he worried that I will detain Mr. Cheng Gong here and cut off his arm?"
Cheng Gongying originally wanted to break this deadlock first, and by the way, introduce the topic to the conditions for surrender. didn't expect Liu Xie to come to such a show, which was exactly what he wanted. So he smiled and said: "The two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed!" So it was in ancient times. The envoy does not believe that His Majesty would do such a thing that violates the ancient rules! ”
Hearing this, Liu Xie laughed, shook his head and said, "That may disappoint you!" In my eyes, you are not a country or a state, but a rebellious minister and a thief! Sir, tell me that I need to talk to him about the rules to deal with the rebels and thieves? (To be continued......)