Deng She came to the backyard, and according to the custom, he went to the Luo Guannu courtyard first. Luo Guannu was there, Li Baokou was also there, said a few words lightly, and then went to the water room of Xu'a. There is no need to elaborate. After the incident, the two chatted, and continued to be considerate and asked: "Husband, it seems that you are a little depressed, could it be that Mr. Jiao, who is suitable for use, does not feel good?" Or is the bead too short? ”

Deng She laughed and said, "Where do you want to go?" I'm just a little preoccupied. ”

"What's on your mind?"

"Militaristic matters."

"Can you tell the slave family about it?"

"It's better that you don't listen."

As he spoke, Deng She turned his face and glanced at Xu Ah Shui, and saw that her jade legs were horizontal, and the thin brocade could not hide her delicate figure, because she had just swam past Wushan, and there was still a fine sweat on her forehead. The red candles on the desk are reflected, and the room is full of spring. Although it was tempting, his thoughts were no longer in it at this time.

Before the evening, through the discussion with Hong Jixun, Chahan's strategy had been clarified.

Obviously, Chakhan Timur wanted to use Dizhou City to contain Yidu, even if it was a tug-of-war. All in all, don't let Deng She have the energy to go all out on the Jining battlefield, so as to buy time for him to recapture Juye. Don't look at what Deng She and Hong Jixun said lightly, they don't care; However, in fact, Chahan's trick is indeed vicious. Why? Deng She can not care, he can see Li Chahan's intentions, but what about the civil and military personnel and the people in Yidu City? It will cause panic in people's hearts.

When you fight, you fight people. When people are panicked, this battle will inevitably be a little suspenseful.

If you want to win the battle and stabilize morale and people's morale, there is no other way for now. Dunsher turned his gaze thoughtfully out the window. Outside the window to the southwest, more than 1,000 miles away, in the city of Jinling.

If Fang Congzhe can move Zhu Yuanzhang and urge Jinling to send troops to echo Yidu, then even if Chakhan Timur transfers troops and generals, he will definitely still fall behind in Jining and even the Henan battlefield, so naturally, the civil and military people in Yidu City, Shandong hinterland and other places will also stabilize.

Deng She had no hope for the envoy from Congzhe, but the war has developed so far, and the changes have been very unexpected, not to mention that the defeat of Dizhou, especially Polo Timur, was too fast. Now only with the power of Haidong, it is difficult to be the opponent of Chahan.

Therefore, now that the other party is from the philosophy, Deng She has no hope and has hope, and he will inevitably think of it.

……

The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.

At about the same time, Fang Congzhe was also watching from the window.

It's just that he didn't look at the direction of Yidu, but the direction of the door of the small courtyard where he lived. The rain in Shandong has stopped, and the rain in Jinling has long since stopped. The blue night sky is cloudless, the stars are dotted, the first quarter moon emits a faint clear light, sprinkled on the world, the shadows of the trees in the yard are heavy, and the dew drops are secretly on the bluestone slabs.

This small courtyard was specially allocated to him by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since the last time he saw Zhu Yuanzhang once, Fang Congzhe has not been able to be summoned again for many days.

Even when they met last time, they didn't say anything for a while, and they didn't even have a chance to say a lot of prepared words, so Zhu Yuanzhang used the excuse of having urgent military affairs to change clothes and leave first. Speaking of which, Fang Congzhe has sent many envoys to Haidong, whether it is to see Zhang Shicheng or Polo Timur, it is all done at one time, and it has never been so troublesome. However, the more he encounters setbacks, the more he has fighting spirit. Therefore, he was full of confidence before coming to Jinling, and now, he is still full of confidence.

He firmly believes that the tongue is a lotus. What he lacks is just an opportunity to have a long and deep talk with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang and Deng She are both Song Chen, Fang Congzhe also knows very well that it is absolutely impossible to rely on this relationship to persuade Jinling to send troops. He guessed Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts clearly. Like Deng She, Zhu Yuanzhang can be called a hero. What is a "male master"? One of the most important features is "reality". In other words, it is "profit-seeking". If you want to move Jinling out of the army, you must give Zhu Yuanzhang "benefits", and you must make him feel "profitable". Otherwise, it would be difficult to ask Jinling to join forces.

This may be why Zhu Yuanzhang did not summon him again for a few days after seeing him once, but he refused to send him back to Yidu. Because of the war between Haidong and Chahan, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the "benefit", but it was obvious that the "benefit" in front of him was not enough to move his heart. In short, Zhu Yuanzhang is still hesitating, to make it clearer, he is still on the sidelines.

Yesterday, the news of Zhao Guo's capture of Juye was sent to Jinling by the people of the General Administration Department for 800 miles.

After receiving this news, Fang Congzhe keenly felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's resummoning must be close at hand. Therefore, from yesterday to tonight, even when he sleeps, he always dresses neatly so as not to panic when he is summoned.

It seemed that he was right, and just as he was looking at the door from the window, a shout broke the silence in the courtyard.

The servant trotted to open the door, and outside the door of the small courtyard, Chen Yu, Yang Xian and others suddenly fell into their eyes.

"Did Mr. Fang sleep?"

"Not yet."

"Go and tell Mr. Fang, the lord has an invitation."

The servant turned around and left, and Fang Congzhe had already come out of the room.

"Mr. sleeps late."

All salute.

Fang Congzhe said with a smile: "I know that Wu Guogong will be summoned tonight, so I have been waiting for a long time from Zhe's clean clothes." ”

Chen Yu, Yang Xian and the others glanced at each other. Yang Xian said: "Mr. is really talented. Even the summons of my lord could have guessed in advance. ......, the carriage has been prepared, please sit sit, go this way. ”

Personally invited and accompanied by a group of important ministers of Jinling, Fang Congzhe got into the carriage and entered the mansion of Wu Guo at night for the second time. This time was different from the previous time, eliminating the process of tongue warfare, and coming directly to the guest hall, where everyone was divided into guests and hosts, and each sat down. Two teams of flower-like maids serve tea and water.

A short time later, two people arrived. One of them, walking at the head and walking with a tiger, is Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Chen Haidong's envoy Fang Congzhe has seen Wu Guogong."

"Your Excellency, please. Since this meeting, in the past few days, I have always wanted to have a good talk with the envoy. It's just that the government affairs are busy, and I really can't spare time. Please also ask the envoy not to be surprised. Zhu Yuanzhang personally helped Fang Congzhe up, patted his arm, laughed, and said.

"How dare you. Ming Gong is the right arm of my Great Song Dynasty, and the land under his rule is not more than 5,000 miles, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation of hundreds of millions of people have to be taken care of one by one, if it is not busy, it will be a strange thing. It is a blessing to be able to get Ming Gong to spare time and meet twice in a row. ”

"Let me introduce to you, this surname is Liu Mingji, the word Bowen, a native of Qingtian, Zhejiang. ......, yes, may I ask the envoy, I remember that you seem to have said that you are also from Zhejiang, right? ”

"Exactly. In the west of Zhejiang, Xiuzhou people. ”

Xiuzhou belongs to Jiaxing, and it is still quite far from Qingtian, but Liu Ji's reputation is too great, Fang Congzhe has already heard of it, and respectfully saluted him, and then said: "Mr. Daming, from Zhe Jiuyang." When he was a teenager, he heard the teacher mention Mr. Saying that Mr. 'can read seven lines', although he is talented, he still works hard and teaches us to take Mr. as an example to learn. ”

The two of them have the same origin, and Liu Ji is considered a sage and a senior, so Fang Congzhe's etiquette is not a gift for guests and hosts, but a gift for younger generations. Liu Ji didn't care about it, he returned a salute, stroked his beard and said: "It's just a false name, why worry about it." But the envoy, in the past few days, the old man has heard a lot of praise from people. ”

"Haha. You're all fellow countrymen, so you two don't have to come to these false courtesies. ......, Your Excellency, please be seated. Fang Congzhe was invited to sit down in the guest seat, and Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the main seat with his head held high.

Liu Bowen sat on the side of the main seat, in front of Chen Yu, Yang Xian and others, picked up the tea bowl, and the other party raised his head and said: "I heard the envoy call Wu Guogong An Feng's right arm. I wonder where to start? ”

"Ming Gong nobles, Mr. seniors, all of you here are Jinling sages. Please forgive me for being presumptuous. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Please speak." ”

"Now, although the lord Xiao Ming Wang and Taibao Liu are in Anfeng, since the failure of the Three-Way Northern Expedition, the support of our emperor Song Sky is actually nothing more than the East and the West. In the east, I am the king of Haidong Yan, and in the west, you are the Duke of Wu in Jinling. If An Feng is compared to the head of a person, then aren't you two arms of my lord and Ming Gong? Jinling is on the right in the west, and Ming Gong is the right arm; Yidu is on the left side of the east, so my father-in-law is the left wing. ”

The ancients distinguished the direction on the map, not "left-west-right-east", but "left-east-right-west".

Liu Ji bowed his head and took a sip of tea. Yang Xian pretended to be idle and smiled: "The envoy's statement is also rare. It's just that I don't know if your 'right-hand man' is according to the etiquette of Mengyuan or according to the etiquette of my emperor and Song? ”

Meng Yuanzun is right, and Huang Song is left.

Yang Xian's words seem to be unintentional, but in fact they are very insidious. Fang Congzhe's answer is not good, maybe tonight's meeting will not be unhappy, at least it is not conducive to the harmony of the atmosphere, maybe it will be at a disadvantage. It stands to reason that of course he has to say that it is in accordance with the etiquette of the Emperor and Song Dynasty, and Deng She's status is indeed higher than that of Zhu Yuanzhang, but now he is asking for help and wants to form an alliance with Jinling, which is not suitable to say directly.

He smiled unhurriedly and said, "Governing the world is courteous, and those who are virtuous are respected; In troubled times, martial arts are emphasized, and the strong one wins. In today's troubled times, the heroes are competing, whether it is left or right, what else does it matter? ”

"The envoy's speech is a bit inconsistent."

"How?"

"The last time I met with the envoy in the lobby, the envoy was aggressive and aggressive, and he said 'courtesy', why didn't he see him for a few days, so he said that 'etiquette is not as good as martial arts'?"

"Lord Yang is bad! When you meet as a guest of honor, of course, you need to be polite. On the battlefield, how to be polite? Don't you see the example of Song Xianggong's refusal to 'attack half-crossed' in the Spring and Autumn Period in the past, which led to failure? ”

"Mr. is clever and still talking." The other party is from the philosopher's eloquence, Yang Xian is not as good as himself.

Before his words fell, Fang Congzhe suddenly became angry, Huo Ran got up and said, "What is a 'lip gun'?" What is a 'tongue sword'? Is there a reason for the sword? As I just said, Jinling and Yidu were originally the right-hand men of our Emperor Song. There is a saying that 'lips are dead and teeth are cold'! If you and I join forces, then the flag of my Great Song Dynasty will be planted all over the sea. Otherwise, they will be suspicious of each other, refuse to help each other, and empty themselves and cheapen the Tartars! From Zhe to Jinling, what happened? Is it for the sake of 'verbal sword'? It is for the social planning of my Emperor Song Dynasty, and it is for the future of my Haidong and Jinling! He arched his hand to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Ming Gong is busy, which can be understood from Zhe. But why do you let your subordinates be embarrassed again and again? "Attend the bow," Congzhe has been away from Yidu for a long time, and my lord must have been worried about it for a long time. Resignation. ”

This caught the Jinling lords and ministers off guard, and everyone looked at each other.

Yang Xian was very annoyed, he was just a casual remark. To put it more broadly, it can be said to be ironic; But to put it mildly, it's a joke at best. Fang Congzhe reacted so much, as for it? It was clear that he couldn't get off the stage in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Ji, and Chen Yu, gritted his teeth, and he wanted to get up and argue.

"Haha. Yang Xian was just an unintentional statement, why did the envoy need to be like this? Just as the envoy said, you came this time to plan for my Emperor Song Society, and now the plan has not been completed, so you hurriedly leave. I'm afraid that even if I see King Yan, it's hard to say, right? ......, please get up quickly, and let's talk slowly if you have something to say. "The person who spoke was Zhu Yuanzhang.

Fang Congzhe still knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

"Yang Xian, come and apologize to the envoy."

Yang Xian held back his anger, put a smile on his face, left the seat, came to Fang Congzhe, stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "Little novel laughs, why should Mr. be angry?" Yang Xian is rude, please don't be surprised. ”

Fang Congzhe stood up and said to Yang Xian: "It's not that I'm angry with adults, it's just that the people who are plotting from Zhe are big, and I really can't bear to do a senseless battle of words." ”

"Yes, yes. Please be seated. ”

Fang Congzhe was not in a hurry to return to the seat, and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Ji and others, and explained a few words euphemistically, which can be regarded as a no-no for the anger just now, and then sat down.

After this small episode, he became more and more confident in talking about moving Jinling to the army. In fact, this anger was originally a play, and it can also be said to be a temptation, he was testing the mind of the lord of Jinling. got Zhu Yuanzhang's two sentences and one statement, and he already had a little bit of it in his heart.

If Zhu Yuanzhang refuses to go to the army, he will definitely not make Yang Xian apologize.

Now that the other party's mind has been tested, the next step is nothing more than to put forward Haidong's "profit" that he is willing to give up, and then wait for Jinling to bargain.

Then again, what if Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't let Yang Xian apologize? Isn't Fang Congzhe afraid that this meeting will collapse like this? He was certainly not afraid.

First, even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't make Yang Xian apologize, he had already prepared another set of rhetoric for himself to step down; Second, if Zhu Yuanzhang really did not ask Yang Xian to apologize, it actually means that Zhu Yuanzhang has no intention of going out to the army at all and has no intention of forming an alliance with Yidu. It's useless to talk about it any longer.

Zhao Guo laid down Juye, this is the limit of Haidong's current ability, if even this can't arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's interest, Fang Congzhe can only go home.

Liu Ji said: "The envoy said, you are here not only for Haidong, but also for Jinling, and I would like to hear about it." ”