His voice was not high, but it was loud.

"You're going to be a loyal servant?" Zhang Xun looked at Ma Lan with a cold face, "You admit that the death of the first emperor has something to do with you, and you dare to say that you want to be a loyal minister?" ”

Ma Lan nodded sincerely: "Whether I can be a loyal minister or not is just a thought of Tanhualang." Tanhualang, let's talk about it and give Datang a chance. ”

"What if I don't talk to you?" Zhang Xun gritted his teeth.

"Then it is the end of the subversion of the Tang Dynasty, if you are willing to see it. Trust me, I can definitely do it. Ma Lan said lightly.

Zhang Xun stared at Ma Lan fiercely, gritting his teeth and saying nothing.

Seeing Ma Lan in Lanzhou caught him off guard, and what Ma Lan said was something he never expected. In fact, just one crime is enough to ruin his reputation, and if Ma Lan wants to take Chang'an, with the deployment he is currently making, there is no way to stop it.

There are millions of people in Chang'an, but there are also millions of people with the surname Hui.

Looking at Zhang Xun's angry appearance, Ma Lan sighed slightly in his heart.

In fact, he couldn't bear to persecute this lonely minister of the Tang Empire like this, after all, Zhang Suiyang was also a character written into "Song of Righteousness".

However, there is no way, for what he wants this time, he must force Zhang Xun into a corner, so that he can accept his conditions. At this time, you must be ruthless enough to overwhelm Zhang Xun in momentum.

If Zhang Xun really didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to kill these dragon warriors seriously, after all, they were all Han family members, and these old soldiers just hadn't seen blood, and they really went to the battlefield in the future. It doesn't have to be really unbearable. It's a shame to kill. Many of the children of Liangjing joined Li Jing's subordinates. The past two years have not also been a great achievement. It's okay to talk big, but if you really want to attack Long Wujun, you really can't give such an order.

"Good! I'll talk to you! Zhang Xun said ruthlessly, turned over and galloped towards the Yellow River. Ma Lan smiled slightly, and also got on the horse and followed.

The two armies are still facing each other from a distance, the Longwu army is crying and worshipping the emperor, no one notices the departure of the two of them, and the Anxi army is still in a strict formation. Tens of thousands of people sat on horseback and stood still.

Several miles away from the army, the surroundings were extremely quiet, Zhang Xun stood on the edge of the Yellow River, looked back at Ma Lan and said: "Say, you said that you want to be a loyal minister, how do you want to be a loyal minister?" How can you, a murderer of kings, be a loyal servant? ”

"What I value is all the people of the world, of course, you may not be able to understand this, but you and I are actually the same kind of people-" Ma Lan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xun. "Look at what is written on it. Actually, it's a bit tempting for me. ”

Zhang Xun took it with a cold face, and his face slowly became extremely solemn.

It was Li Jing's letter to Ma Lan.

"Li Jing is the descendant of Prince Zhang Huai, and now he has established himself as the emperor in the land of Liaodong, and he has named me the general of the protector of the country, and the hereditary king of the west of the country, on the condition that he help him pacify the world. And now Your Majesty is preparing to cook rabbits and dogs, and kill me, a meritorious man. This is the current situation, Tanhualang thinks, how should I choose? Ma Lan looked at Zhang Xun and smiled slightly.

Zhang Xun crumpled the letter into a ball, the green tendons on his forehead were already bulging, and he said with a calm face: "No wonder Li Jing dares to stand on his own, it turns out that he has such thoughts!" ”

"What Tanhualang thinks Li Jing said, is it possible to achieve it?" Ma Lan is kind and seductive.

Zhang Xun snorted coldly and said, "Hairy boy, it's just a monkey." If you really agree to him, he can only become an emperor of Han Xian, and in the end he is just making a wedding dress for others. If you have his signboard, there will be much less resistance to winning the world. ”

Ma Lan nodded and smiled: "That's right." But I am a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can I be in the same stream with the younger generation? ”

"And what do you want?" Zhang Xun said coldly.

"Just like the conditions that Li Jing gave me, the hereditary king of the Xixi!"

"Impossible!" Zhang Xun refused categorically with a cold face, "It has been more than 100 years since the west returned to the Tang Dynasty, how can there be any reason to discard it again?" ”

Ma Lan smiled and said: "Tanhualang is serious, I just want to be a hereditary king of the west of the Tang Dynasty, I am still the courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and the west of the Tang Dynasty is still the land of the Tang Dynasty, where can I say that I can discard the west of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"What is the difference between letting you list your territory and discarding it?"

"Tanhualang, the situation is stronger than people, if you don't agree, I will accept Li Jing's reward, and none of you want to leave today."

"Shameless! Ma Renjie, that's how you became a loyal minister? ”

"If you are not a loyal minister, it depends on you, Tanhualang, not my ......"

The two of you come and go, and there is a war of words, and they don't give in for a while. However, in the process, Zhang Xun slowly calmed down.

The conditions have been stated, and the rest is nothing more than lip service. It's a bit of a haste to say, but that's it, you can't waste a lot of time on this, and there's still a lot of work to do.

Zhang Xun calmed down, and things became much easier. At this time, Ma Lan had the opportunity to share his thoughts and plans, from the calculations of the Persian Temple to the attitude towards Li Jing and his future plans.

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, more than an hour had passed. The negotiation on the fate of the Tang Dynasty began in a hurry, and then soon came to an end.

And the development of things has entered the track set by Ma Lan. For Zhang Xun, he didn't have much to choose from. When Ma Luan's army suddenly appeared in front of him, he had completely lost the initiative, and Ma Lan had turned this place into his home field.

……

"Qixi still obeys the orders of the Tang Dynasty and pays a tax of one million yuan to Chang'an every year...... You said it yourself, are you sure you can do it? ”

"One million dollars will be delivered to Chang'an on time every year. Not only that, but in the future, the west will still accept the wealth certificate issued by the Hezhong Group - of course, the wealth certificate is too awkward, and it is best to change it to paper money in the future - in the future, the merchants of the west of the city will do business with the official of the west of the river, and the official will only accept the paper money issued by the river group, so that the paper money is slowly popular in the west of the river, and all the real money and silver belong to Chang'an, and the lifeblood of the west is in the hands of Chang'an, which ensures that the west and the Tang Dynasty are still one. ”

"Are you sure you want that?" Zhang Xun frowned and said, "This is stuck in your own neck." ”

"I said, I'm a loyal servant. ——The army in the west of the moraine is strong, relying on the Ma family workshop, Datang not only needs a strong army, but also needs more strong troops, so if Tanhualang agrees to my conditions, I will dedicate the method of munitions manufacturing in the west to Your Majesty, so that Chang'an will also have a few more strong troops. ”

Zhang Xun frowned and said, "You are killing yourself!" If the soldiers and horses of Chang'an also have Yuanrong crossbows and fire thunder and other things, what basis do you want to stand on your own in the west of the moraine? ”

"After all, piracy can't compare to the original, and when the time comes, I'll have a better one." Ma Lan smiled slightly.

Zhang Xun twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's really treacherous!" - Even so, after all, the Central Plains is prosperous, and after the gap between the two sides closes, you are still extremely dangerous. ”

Ma Lan sighed and said, "Tanhualang, today's matter is really unavoidable. Just as Tanhualang is forced to do so, a certain family also has a certain family's difficulties. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to cook rabbits and dogs, but a certain family's ambition was unpaid, which was really unacceptable. The loyalty of a certain family, only the sky can be seen, and when Chang'an has the strength to sweep away the moraine, I should have already taken the iron cavalry to the edge of the sky. At that time, it was the peak of the Tang Dynasty, and at that time, Tanhualang should understand the loyalty of a certain family. ”

"Do you just want to expand the territory for Datang?" Zhang Xun asked.

Ma Lan nodded and said solemnly, "I just need time." ”

Zhang Xun's face showed a deep groan, and after a long time, he said slowly: "It's a pity that you can't cut your abdomen and look at your heart to see if your heart is black or red." Ma Renjie, you have given me a big problem. ”

Ma Lan said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, I strongly recommended Tanhualang as the servant of the ministry, and it was because of Tanhualang's character. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, there are too few people who can care about the people like Tanhualang. If it was someone else's flies and dogs, a certain family would have gone up with a knife a long time ago, and how could they say so much to him! In order to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, a certain family can only choose so. It is the ambition of a certain family to say a disrespectful word and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty to the limit, and this matter can only be completed by a certain family. If Tanhualang doesn't agree to my conditions, then I can only sweep the world first, and then continue to sweep the world with iron horses. It's just that that's the last choice of a certain family, and I hope Tanhualang won't force me to that point. ”

"Ma Renjie, you are really a fool!" Zhang Xun shook his head and sighed.

"Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped ......the time," Ma Lan sighed, "People's hearts are unpredictable, even if I have said this, Tanhualang still doesn't believe it." However, Tanhualang must finally make a decision, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Duke Zhou is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped ......the time," Zhang Xun repeated, shook his head with a wry smile, and turned his head to stare at Ma Luan.

"Over the past hundred years, the courtiers have talked a lot about uprooting the four towns of Anxi, not because they don't know how important the four towns are to the country, but the four towns are too far away and too difficult to transport! In the past, Chen Ziang, Di Renjie, and later Yao Chong and Song Jing all held this opinion, are these people short-sighted? Every year, it spends too much money for the four towns, and it is really difficult for the imperial court to support it. Since your lord Bian Anxi, you have never asked the court for the slightest, and the pressure on the household department has been greatly reduced. Now that you say that you contribute 1 million dollars a year in taxes, to be honest, I am also a little tempted. ”

"The forced promotion of the wealth certificates of the Hezhong Group – paper money, you say, is quite concise – so that the lifeblood of the west is still in Chang'an City. In the future, if the two sides fight together, all the wealth in the west will become waste paper, and you will not be able to move an inch at that time. After all, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and since the west is your territory, you can't steal or rob, everything has to be reasonable. ”

"As for the method of making ordnance, share it with Chang'an...... Hehe, if you really do this, what can you do if you are the king of the west? Dingkou in the Central Plains is 100 million trillions, and there are few people in the bitter cold land of Moxi, and it is still impossible for Moxi to break away from the Tang Dynasty in the future, and it will be taken back after all! (To be continued......)