Maybe Yang Yuanqing had just returned from the battlefield, and the murderous aura on his body had not faded, and he said this coldly at this time, which suddenly made Pei Qingsong feel a chill in his bones, and he suddenly shivered.

At this time, there was a report from the guards at the door, "Chief Qiyu, Wang Ren is here." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, two personal soldiers walked in with Wang Renze, and Wang Ren stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Wang Ren is attending His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

"General Wang has been back and forth many times, so there is no need to be polite, please take a seat!"

"Your Highness!"

Wang Ren sat down and glanced at Pei Qingsong, Yang Yuanqing smiled and introduced him: "This is my secretary office to join the army, surnamed Pei Qingsong, and he is a person I can trust. ”

"The surname is Pei!.

Wang Ren suddenly realized, and hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out that Wen Xi Pei's talent was disrespectful." ”

Pei Qingsong's face was a little unnatural, and he reluctantly returned the salute, he sat aside, spread the paper, and recorded the conversation between the chief manager and important people, this is his duty, the other party is Wang Shichong's messenger, of course he has to treat it solemnly.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is a little unaccustomed to this kind of meeting minutes, but this kind of recording is also beneficial, after a long time, he will forget some important things, so he did not ask Pei Qingsong about the records.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing seemed to think of something again, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "I heard that Wang Shangshu was named King Zheng, congratulations!" ”

Wang Ren sighed, "I won't say those hypocritical words in front of the King of Chu, my uncle was named King Zheng, and he encountered strong opposition from the court, which was the result of Huangtai Dili's efforts to override public opinion and insist on it, for this King Zheng, the ministers of the court have not been to the court for three days, and now the situation in Luoyang is in chaos, and my uncle can only ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu for help." ”

Yang Yuanqing took a sip of tea, he didn't mention the matter of assistance, but said unhurriedly: "I remember that I said that I also support Wang Shangshu to take another step, my original intention is to hope that Luoyang can stabilize as soon as possible, so that food prices can be stabilized, so that the people of Luoyang can survive, but now that the situation in Luoyang is more chaotic, haven't you thought about it, how can you get rid of this chaotic situation?" ”

Yang Yuanqing's meaning is already obvious, support Wang Shichong's ascension, so that the Southern Sui Dynasty ends, Taiyuan will become the only orthodoxy of the Sui Dynasty, and at the same time, Wang Shichong's ascension to the throne can also stabilize the chaotic situation in Luoyang, and his strength can suppress grain prices.

Wang Renze came this time to talk about this matter, his uncle Wang Shichong and Lu Chu and other ministers in the imperial court have been regarded as water and fire, the contradiction is becoming more and more acute, the time for a showdown is coming, the key is that Li Mi's main force was dragged by Yu Wenhua in Pengcheng County, so that he was unable to support Luoyang, so they had to take advantage of this opportunity to seize power in one fell swoop.

If you want the people of Luoyang to support your uncle Wang Shichong's accession to the throne, there must be food in your hands, and with food, you will have the right to speak, but the food will not fall from the sky, or capture Li Mi's Luokou City, but this short time can not be done, only begging for Yang Yuanqing's support.

Wang Ren said in a low voice: "I came to see the chief steward on the order of my uncle this time, because my uncle has decided to replace Emperor Tai and replace him......"

His words frightened Pei Qingsong next to him, and the inkstone on the table almost overturned, and he understood what the chief manager just said about taking another step, it turned out to be to let Wang Shichong take the throne and ascend the throne, and his hands trembled violently.

Yang Yuanqing felt something, turned around and stared at him sternly, Pei Qingsong lowered his head, quickly stabilized his mind, and continued to record, Yang Yuanqing smiled gently: "General Wang continues!" ”

Wang Ren bit his lip and continued: "It is not difficult to seize power, it can be said that it is as easy as a palm, the key is to stabilize the situation in Luoyang, now the price of grain in Luoyang is high, which makes the people suffer a lot, as long as we can lower the price of grain, we can get the support of the people of Luoyang, so my uncle implores His Royal Highness the King of Chu to lend us 100,000 stone of grain." ”

"Borrow?"

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "One hundred thousand stone grain is not so easy to save, how does King Zheng plan to pay it back?" ”

"As long as we stabilize the situation, we will capture Luokou City as soon as possible, and there are still hundreds of thousands of stone grain in Luokou City, and we can return it to the King of Chu at that time."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said: "One hundred thousand stone grain is not much for me, Hanoi County has it, but I doubt your sincerity, last time you promised to transfer three thousand households of ordnance supervision craftsmen to Hedong, so far only five hundred households have been transferred, how can you let me believe your words again." ”

Wang Ren hurriedly said: "Regarding the matter of craftsmen, I need to explain again, my uncle wanted to send craftsmen to Hedong several times, but was forcibly stopped by Lu Chu, Duan Da and others, and has not succeeded, my uncle has always been very sorry for this, we promise that as long as we control the regime, the first thing is to fulfill our promise, and we will never break our promises again." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Renze remembered that he still had a letter on his body that he had not given to Yang Yuanqing, so he hurriedly took the letter out of his arms and presented it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is a handwritten letter from my uncle to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, please take a look at it." ”

Yang Yuanqing took the letter and opened it, and read Wang Shichong's letter, the content was similar to what Wang Renze said, and the tone was also very respectful, but he emphasized his current difficulties, Luoyang's population has dropped from one million people at the peak to less than 50,000 households now, about 300,000 people, if the food problem is not solved, Luoyang will be reduced to an empty city.

Yang Yuanqing put the letter away and asked Wang Renze, "How many troops do you have in your hands now?" ”

"We still have 70,000 people."

"There are only 70,000 people, but there are 100,000 defenders in Luokou City, how can you capture it?"

Wang Ren replied respectfully: "The King of Chu only has a hundred thousand troops in his hands, and the total number of troops in Hebei is not less than 500,000, don't they also fear His Royal Highness the King of Chu?" It can be seen that the number of soldiers is not large, although we only have 70,000 people in our hands, but they are all the former Sui army, well-equipped, very strong combat effectiveness, and the 100,000 defenders of Luokou City are less than half of the armored, if they are pulled out of the battle, we can defeat it in a battle, but the city of Luokou City is tall and strong, not very easy to attack, we plan to launch a big attack on Luokou City when the weather is slightly warmer. ”

"Alright! I can lend you food, but I still have a small condition, I want two people. ”

At this time, food is more important to Wang Shichong than anything else, let alone two people, even if it is two hundred or two thousand people, they will not hesitate to agree.

Wang Ren hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please speak up!" ”

"These two people, one is Lu Chu, you are not allowed to kill him, you must hand him over to me completely, the other person is Emperor Tai Yang Tong, although the Southern Sui is destroyed, but the Northern Sui is still there, after King Zheng ascends the throne, he must also be handed over to me, if you can agree, you can come to Mengjin to transport grain tomorrow."

Wang Ren immediately stood up, "Hurry back now, and by tomorrow night at the latest, King Zheng will have an official reply." ”

"Alright! General Wang took care all the way. ”

Wang Ren saluted, turned around and hurriedly left, Yang Yuanqing casually handed Wang Shichong's letter to Pei Qingsong, he saw that Pei Qingsong's expression was very strange, so he said lightly: "Since I joined the army in my scripture room, don't be too surprised by some things, don't have personal thoughts, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Pei Qingsong knew that the manager was referring to what he had just lost his temper, so he nodded silently, "I understand." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him again, and said slowly: "The position of joining the army in the record room must be in politics for at least seven to ten years, because many things must be seen through with a deep vision, for example, just now said that destroying Nan Sui shocked you, if it was Xiao Shan, he would take it for granted, but you still don't understand, you are young and inexperienced, I can forgive you, but there is one thing you have to remember, you have to be self-aware, you have to understand that you have no experience in politics, you have to understand your own naivety, on major issues, You don't show yourself as naïve, do you remember? ”

Yang Yuanqing's tone was very harsh, Pei Qingsong wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice: "I understand the humble position, and the humble position will not be revealed again." ”

Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "If you are benevolent to your own people, then be merciful, and if you are benevolent to your enemies, then you are stupid, you are very intelligent, but you have no experience, you go back and think about it, will Wang Ren not know that I attacked Zhongtanzhou?" Why didn't he mention it in the slightest? Don't think that Wang Ren is a rude soldier, his city is much deeper than yours, you hope that you can become a little more mature in today's matter.

"Remember the lowly duty, and retire to the governor!"

"Go ahead!"

It was the fourth watch, Yang Yuanqing was really tired, he found a military blanket to wrap himself, lay on the couch and didn't even take off his boots, and fell asleep.

Pei Qingsong returned to his room and lay down, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, he was thinking about Yang Yuanqing's warning to him, don't show his naivety, he also felt that he was too naïve, as the actual ruler of the Northern Sui, Yang Yuanqing of course hoped that the Southern Sui would be destroyed, and the Northern Sui would become the sole successor of the Sui Dynasty, but the Northern Sui couldn't do it directly, let Wang Shichong do it for the Northern Sui, that was the best, so Wang Shichong had the confidence to borrow food, and he was shocked by such a simple thing, Pei Qingsong couldn't wait to slap himself, he couldn't hold his breath.

Pei Qingsong thought of Wang Renze again, he originally thought that Wang Ren was a rude soldier, but the governor said that he was very urban, and now in retrospect, it seems that this is the case, taking Heyang Pass, directly threatening Luokou City, and Wang Renze also repeatedly mentioned that capturing Luokou City is their top priority, and it is vital to them in life and death, but he never mentioned the Sui army's attack on Zhongjunzhou, he didn't know that this matter was important, but it didn't make sense to ask, so he simply pretended not to know, and borrowed the food to say that this person was really calm, compared to him, he seems too immature.

Pei Qingsong lay on the couch and sighed for a long time, sleepless all night.

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