Xu Wenhan will come to Yang's mansion to report after the daily dispersal of the court, although Yang Zhi is idle at home, but everything in the court is clear. Emperor Xindao urgently summoned him to the palace to see him, just to inquire about the strategy of destroying the Tang Dynasty and raising money. The emperor shouldn't be looking for him for the rest, and he can't take care of it.

Rao is Yang Zhi and Geng Chao's three fights were mixed between true and false, and they were also sweating profusely, as if they had just been fished out of the water. I feel that the sweat stains all over my body are sticky and uncomfortable, not to mention that entering the palace like this seems to be a suspicion of "losing honor in front of the king". Even if the emperor is anxious to wait for help, it is not his turn to worry, anyway, he is not in a hurry at this time and a half, it is better to go back to the house to take a shower and change clothes.

Looking back at the Great General's Mansion of the Forbidden Army, he shook his head meaningfully and smiled, took the reins from the guards and got on the horse. The guard leading the horse frowned involuntarily, and said with a gentle smile: "Master Hou, you really have ...... This manhood. ”

Yang Zhi saw that the guard who spoke looked stunned, and was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized: At this time, the smell on his body is a little heavier, it turns out that the masculinity that people often talk about is like this!

laughed and scolded: "You murderer! Still boyish? The smell of sweat is the smell of sweat! ”

After thinking about it, wouldn't it be better to let the emperor follow the smell on his body and ask about the competition with Geng Chao again today? said with a serious face: "The emperor is urgently summoned, how can there be a moment's delay because of trivial details?" Go, go! ”

Several guards invariably sighed in unison: The Flying Tiger Marquis is really loyal! No wonder there is a great reputation and deep love of the emperor!

Raising the whip to urge the horse to the palace like this, naturally there was a stinky sweat. As soon as he stepped into the imperial study to worship, the emperor exaggeratedly covered his nose and waved his hand repeatedly: "That's it, that's it!" Excuse me. Ma Cheng, give the seat! Yang Zhi, are you going to plough the fields on your back? Although it's still a little hot nowadays, it's not like this sweating, right? ”

"Qi Qi Emperor, the ministers just visited General Geng's mansion for some trivial matters, and learned martial arts with him again from Geng Chao's wishes, and rushed to the emperor at the urgent call of the emperor. It's so embarrassing. ”

"Oh?" The emperor really asked with great interest, "Why did you go to Geng's mansion?" How is the competition between you and Geng Chao? Tell me about it. ”

The emperor sent many guards to the Yang Mansion from the Inner Court Guard's Mansion, and he still has no intention of withdrawing. Yang Zhixin knew that the people in the mansion were hiding from him, but in fact, there was nothing to hide for the time being, and the 1510 will go to Geng's mansion to return the silver sold in the Xian Residence. The experience of competing with Geng Chao in martial arts. Except for the sneak attack and spitting, the rest were carefully mentioned.

The Emperor listened intently, nodding slowly from time to time. He has already learned Yang Zhi's unreasonable style of playing cards, and I heard that Yang Zhi won all three games without hurting Geng Chao, and it is expected that Geng Chao will not just lose in martial arts. It's no surprise.

After Yang Zhi finished speaking, the emperor said approvingly: "Not bad." I'm satisfied. Geng Chao grew up watching me, and it would be good for him to suffer a few more losses. ”

Yang Zhi's mind was clear to the emperor: he took great pains to take the Qi Xianju upside down, in order to show that he had no intention of mixing with the matter of competing for the crown. In the next few years, the emperor will give priority to stability in internal affairs, and the crown prince is still in the stage of exquisite cultivation, of course, he does not want to see an imbalance in the power balance between the prince and King Ning due to Yang Zhi's involvement.

Although Yang Zhi was extremely favored by the radical Wenchen and the military clique, he was unwilling to fall into his arms and become their pawn. The battle with Geng Chao did not have any audience, and he did not plan to publicize it to the outside world in the future. The reason why this is so is without tearing the skin. Convey this message to the military bloc.

The emperor intends to support Yang Zhi's self-proclaimed faction, not only so that such a monster can only be used by me, but also to use him to balance the two major groups of relatives and the military. And Yang Zhi also wants to establish his strong position in the minds of all forces that he "can only ask for, not provoke", and at the same time began to consider his own self-reliance. The emperor and his interests are different, but their positions are completely the same, how can they be dissatisfied with him?

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the emperor took out two military reports marked with the word "urgent" and handed them to Yang Zhi: "I summoned you here today for three things. You've read these two military reports first. ”

Yang Zhi took a look, one was from Youzhou and the other was from Shuofang. It turned out that the expected destruction of the Tang Dynasty and the raising of silver had nothing to do with each other. After reading the first military report suspiciously, he suddenly looked angry and sat down in a state of distraction.

According to the secret report sent by Zhao Dang, the king of Kang who guarded Youzhou, to Yanjing: On the fifth day of the seventh month of the twenty-fifth year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar, the Yanjing Palace caught fire. Emperor Yan, the prince of Northern Yan and many palace concubines died in the fire. On the ninth day of the seventh month, the king of Beiyan Dingbei failed to "resign" several times, and ascended the throne at the invitation of the ministers. On the same day, the prince of the king of the north was originally appointed as the crown prince, and his daughter was crowned as the princess of Pingning with the original title. Princess Pingning was "frightened" by the fire and couldn't afford to fall ill. July 13th. Soldier.

Yang Zhi muttered gloomily, "How could it be so coincidental? I told her beforehand,...... Linglong shouldn't be so stupid. No way, I don't believe ....... ”

The emperor was also embarrassed, and Wen Yan persuaded: "As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, and you can't believe everything that the military newspaper says." Although this princess is the daughter of the puppet emperor of the enemy country, she is a strange woman. Yang Zhi, who can be named all over the world, is so sad, and it is not in vain that she falls in love with you. If she can abandon her family and abandon the country and come to Daxia to vote for you, I should be the master for her and give her a place in your Yang family! ”

"Ruthless may not be really heroic! Yang Zhi, I promise you: on the day when Beiyan returns to my Great Xia territory, you will be the minister acting for me, and at that time, I will hand over the people of the Northern Yan royal family to you at will! ”

Yang Zhi knew that he was making a blank check to comfort himself, but he always had a good intention, and he couldn't help but say thank you.

The Emperor continued, "This first is not my need, but it is closely related to you, so I should let you know. I am anxious for the following two items, and you can take a look at the military report submitted by Wei Qing. ”

Yang Zhi is not a big believer in Grandma Qiong Yao. Then I calmed down and recalled carefully, on the night of parting outside Yanjing City, judging from Linglong's temperament and words when we broke up, I didn't look like a person who was incorrigibly loyal and filial. If Linglong is no longer lucky, even if she is sad and wants to die, she is powerless to return to heaven. If he despises his father for plotting to usurp the throne and drifts into seclusion, he will come to Chang'an to meet him.

Still, the mood was badly bad. The absent-minded Yiyan took a look at the military report from Shuofang, but it was actually not a big event.

After the assassination of the Tuodu Khan and the Zuoxian King Zarhan in the same night, the Turks suddenly appeared in a power vacuum due to the leaderless dragons, and thus fell into chaos and division. The Tu Evil King and the Right Virtuous King are the two most powerful forces among the desert kings, who have coveted the Khan throne for a long time, and both took the opportunity to establish themselves as Khan, and the Turks were thus divided into two tribes, the Eastern and Western Turks.

A weak neighbor bordering the Eastern Turks, the Northern Yan. There is no need to worry about the right virtuous king. However, the strong neighbor of the Western Turks, Great Xia, made it difficult for the evil king to sleep. He has sent the prince Suoli and the national teacher Hu Erchi as envoys to come to Great Xia to ask for an armistice and peace, and they will arrive in Chang'an in a few days.

The emperor said with a smug expression: "This is since the founding of Great Xia. For the first time, the Turks took the initiative to send envoys to Chang'an to ask for peace. Yang Zhi, Daxia and the Turks can get today's situation, you are really a great contribution! I want to consult you today, how should this be discussed with the Turks? ”

After decades of conquest, Great Xia stood out from the many separatist warlords who supported their own armies. The most powerful power in the rising world. The Xia army grew into a division of tigers and wolves with millions of people in battle, and the soldiers were invincible. Either they take a large part of the territory or ask for a large tribute, and every time there is a great war, they will surely make a lot of profits. As a result, a group of diplomatic experts who have perfected the practice of extortion have emerged, and it is common for people to force people to make alliances under the city and then turn their faces and deny people.

But in the war against the Turkic aliens, Great Xia had the upper hand for the first time. The emperor was actually very suspicious of being a woman, and what made him embarrassed was not how to negotiate peace with the Turks, but how to show his martial arts to the Central Plains countries while relieving the pressure on the northern border.

Yang Zhi suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is a way that a weak country has no diplomacy. The so-called armistice has always been backed by military strength and national strength. How many peace discussions have been made between Bactria and other countries in recent years? Presumably, there are many people in the court who are proficient in this way. If you lose the fight, you have to negotiate and have a natural headache, so it's not easy to do if you win? ”

Emperor Zhengse said: "How can the Turks be compared to those fragile and small countries? This meeting is of great significance and far-reaching impact, how can I wait for it? ”

Yang Zhi asked noncommittally and tentatively: "Your Majesty, what do the ministers of the court and central government think about this?" ”

"I have discussed with several important ministers today, and I have also consulted with your brother-in-law Xu Qing about this matter. Wang Qingzuo asked Wei Qing to be in full swing in Shuofang, and sent Geng Chao to lead the new army back to the desert to deter the enemy. It is necessary to take the opportunity of this peace negotiation to force the Turks to bow down and submit to them, so as to be able to achieve shame. Xu Qing thought that he only needed to order Wei Qing to lead the army out of Shuofang to conduct the exercise, and Chen Sheng would be able to do the military power of Xia. In addition, I would like to ask you to lend your courage and order you to participate in the peace. ”

"What does the emperor mean ......?"

"This situation is very different from what it was six months ago. If you can surrender without a fight, it is naturally the best. Nowadays, the country is difficult, and the tasks of the Great Xia soldiers in the future are huge, which is the discussion of Xu Qing in favor of me. I ordered the crown prince to be the leader. Supplemented by Wang Qing, a cabinet scholar, and you. As for Xu Qing, because I have another important use for him, I am afraid that I will not have time to clone him. I don't know what you think? ”

In my heart, the fat old man in front of him was a very competent emperor. should be generous and bold, never stingy, should be careful and calculating, almost slam the door. His intention is very clear: to grab the maximum benefit for his empire at the lowest cost.

Leave these flaunting martial arts and national prestige to the crown prince. The emperor is still working hard, but he still wants him to gradually get rid of the image of mediocrity and weakness, and gradually establish the prestige of his successor.

Yang Zhi's role in it is equivalent to beating the opponent to five points and seven injuries and then negotiating with him, a murder weapon placed on the negotiation table to scare people. It is undoubtedly an easy errand that does not require too much effort, just a shake of majesty in it, and it doesn't hurt to give it away for free.

"The minister does not know cumbersome etiquette, and he does not like to be bound by it. Please raise your noble hand and exempt me from the responsibility of assisting in the negotiation of peace. The emperor might as well tell the prince that if he needs the minister to show up, he will inform him, and the minister will cooperate with him. ”

The emperor was in a good mood, and kicked him with a smile and said, "It's rare that you are so honest that you can talk about laziness and fatigue so directly!" Well, I agreed. ”

"Actually, I am most anxious about the third thing that I am most anxious about when I am summoned to come here today." The emperor's face then became heavy, and he sighed leisurely, "My poor Changxiu child is sick, very sick. Yang Zhi, you are a person with a sharp mind, you should know why she is sick. If you could see Changxiu in my face today, it would be much more effective than any panacea. I know that your house is preparing for a wedding, and I have no intention of forcing you. See for yourself! ”

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PS: I confess, I'm guilty...... I really wanted to write as well as possible the section on negotiations with the Turks, so I tore down all the big chapters that I had written yesterday. There is still a chapter in the evening, continue to brazenly ask for anything! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )