Lu Zhi's sudden action made the envoy very embarrassed. The banquet broke up unhappily. ”

From the moment the envoy of Chang'an reported the amount of donations, Ah Niu remained silent, and as the lord of Fengxiang, Ah Niu did not even symbolically ask Lu Zhi to remain calm. When the envoys retreated, Ah Niu only walked out and nodded politely. Without expressing too much, the dissatisfaction with the lion's opening in the imperial court was obvious, which made the envoy of Chang'an even more uneasy.

Lu Zhi does have a reason to be angry, in fact. All the Fengxiang people present were filled with righteous indignation, but it was inconvenient to express it due to their identity, and only Lu Zhi, who had a good status, was suitable for singing with a red face. You must know that Lu Zhi has never officially appeared in Fengxiang, nominally he is still one, no matter how dissatisfied the "outsider" envoys are, they can't take away Lu Zhi's right to "speak up", not to mention that Lu Zhi is still a great Confucian in the world.

After the guests left, the atmosphere in the City Lord's Mansion was solemn, and Lu Zhi, who had previously been angry, quickly calmed down, frowning and thinking.

After a long breath, Ah Niu raised his head and looked at the people present, and said in a deep voice: "If we want to raise 20,000 gold in the old days, and also propose that as long as the cash is paid, it is not allowed to mortgage the goods. Or maybe someone in the DPRK doesn't want me to be the prime minister of Qi? Deliberately set such conditions to make us retreat? ”

Anyone who knows a little about the internal affairs of the territory should understand what a huge amount of 20,000,000 gold is, even with Feng Xiang's wealth and economic situation at its best, the liquidity on the book has never exceeded 20 million gold, and the large amount of war reparations earned by the previous network made Ah Niu's purse swell instantly. But it was only a flash in the pan; Furthermore. Not to mention that Feng Xiang is just a player territory that has just been promoted to the scale of the capital, even if it is a prince who has been in business for many years, there are only a handful of people who can come up with so much money.

It's simply an impossible task!

Knowing that Feng Xiang couldn't take out so much money, but he set such harsh conditions, what was the purpose of the other party? What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Liangzhou military system? Could it be that in the name of producing rhubarb crossbows, the matter of defrauding talents from the hands of the Liangzhou army has been exhausted. The Liangzhou bigwigs deliberately made a hindrance from it and taught Ah Niu a lesson?

All kinds of doubts, Ah Niu was difficult to clarify for a while.

Lu Zhi coughed lightly and said lightly: "There is one thing Ah Niu said is right, that is, someone doesn't want you to be in the position, but it may not be those Liangzhou horsemen who are in the way." Judging from the expressions of the two envoys of Chang'an, it seems that the Chang'an side really wants you to become the prime minister of Qi, and there should be someone else who is in the way! If I'm not mistaken, Gongtai must already have a number in mind. ”

"Oh?" Ah Niu's gaze turned to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong smiled indifferently and said: "What Mr. Zigan said is true, I also think that Chang'an really wants to promote this matter, and there are other people who have opinions." ”

"How so? Gongtai can still remember. Some time ago, I deceived a group of high-level blacksmiths from the people of Liangzhou, and a certain city lord was a little embarrassed.

Chen Gong stood up, his eyes were clear, and he continued: "It's very simple, the lord is humbly promoted to the prime minister of Qi. In line with the interests and expectations of Chang'an! ”

"The Son of Heaven and the hundred officials of the DPRK were held hostage by the Liangzhou army, and the real speaker of Chang'an was the Liangzhou army. This is a well-known thing. Although the people of Liangzhou held the Son of Heaven hostage, their fear of the Kwantung heroes became deeper and deeper, and after Guo Ji and others reoccupied Chang'an, the cube sent envoys to appease the Kwantung princes, which is enough to show the fear in their hearts. The lord just needs to think about it, what is the thing they are most afraid of? What kind of situation do you most want to see and most in line with the interests of the Liangzhou Army? Ah Niu said in a deep voice: "Go on." ”

"They are most worried that the Kanto giants will join forces to go west again."

"Those Liangzhou people, at first, only out of the purpose of self-protection to support the army, they do not have the ambition to coerce the Son of Heaven to command the world, or it can also be understood that they have realized that they do not have the corresponding ability, and maintaining the status quo has become the greatest wish of the Liangzhou army. In their opinion, if the Kanto heroes never unite again, the best way is to make the Kanto heroes rebel. The more chaotic the Kanto is, the safer they are, and in order to accomplish this goal, the people of Liangzhou will be very willing to seize the opportunity to create more unstable factors for the Kanto

Ah Niu realized something, and said with a wry smile: "According to this, I am one, unstable dìng factor? ”

"Exactly!"

Chen Gong actually nodded immediately, and recognized it very happily.

"The lord's reputation is far and wide, and the Fengxiang army has been tempered into steel after a lot of fire, and Fengxiang has initially had the strength to fight with some princes. Qingzhou Shenghong can't wait to let Fengxiang go up in smoke, and we have festivals with Yizhou Yuan Shao and Nanyang Yuan Shu, and the possibility of fierce conflict with them in the future is very great. The best thing is that the main public network has completed the task of rebuilding Luoyang, and if the DPRK and China can take this opportunity to appoint the main prince as the prime minister of Qi, the north will have to be chaotic for a while. ”

Lu Zhi also said peacefully: "If Fengxiang is defeated." The people of Liangzhou will not have anything to lose, anyway, their claws will not reach Qingzhou; If Feng Xiang wins, they will earn it, and they will borrow our hands to destroy one. Make them

"Enemies. Huai may have gained a photo in Kanto, at least Feng Xiang and Fear did not have a hatred that could not be resolved. Hmph, taking the opportunity of appointing Ah Niu as the prime minister of Qi, it is really a good calculation to achieve the goal of dividing and weakening the Kanto group without much effort! ”

A certain city lord listened to the black lines in his head, and was quite dissatisfied with his own calculations, thought about it, and said with some puzzlement: "Since I have a lot of benefits to them from serving as the State of Qi, and I have made such strict requirements, they are not worried about our refusal?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Of course I'm worried, but it's not them who ask for heavy pay, and Chang'an has no choice but to do so."

Ah Niu was silent for a moment and sighed: "It turned out to be this worship." No wonder Yuan Shao and Sheng Hong both sent people this time

Although the envoys all represent Chang'an on the surface. But Chen Gong and Lu Zhi had already noticed that there was no harmony between the several people, and before Ah Niu returned to Luoyang, Chen Gong sent someone to secretly find out about this huge group of envoys. The result was unexpectedly Shun Lì, an official who had just arrived from Fengxiang to support the construction of Henan. When he was in the territory, he participated in the transaction of the Yizhou Mansion to redeem Yuan Xi and Yan Liang, and recognized one of the envoys who had appeared in the transaction, the two "wall-riding factions." The identity is revealed; Although the identity of "Brother Sharp" has not been clearly confirmed, it is not difficult to deduce that they are extremely likely to be from Qingzhou Mansion. Just now, Ah Niu deliberately tried to test the reaction of the two of them with the defeat of Chen Rong during the banquet, which has completely confirmed the previous speculation.

The fog in his heart gradually unfolded, and the clearer Ah Niu's grasp of the ins and outs of the incident became, Ah Niu's mind gradually cleared up.

The Liangzhou army was bent on putting Ah Niu on the throne of the prime minister of Qi, but Qingzhou couldn't be their territory after all. Such issues involving the vital interests of the princes could not be achieved by issuing orders in the name of the Son of Heaven, otherwise the Kwantung princes would have been replaced several times. Sheng Hong only needs to ask people to write an essay to denounce the Liangzhou Army's "pretentiousness." "It's easy to turn Chang'an's appointment letter into a piece of waste paper.

The appointment of A Niu as the prime minister of Qi was not approved without Sheng Hong's nod, and the Liangzhou army had no way to persuade Sheng Hong, and in desperation, they thought of borrowing external forces, and the so-called external forces were Yuan Shao of Yizhou. Yuan Shao sits in Yizhou, and he has just defeated Gongsun Zhan not long ago, which can be described as becoming more and more prestigious. The defeat and retreat outside Fengxiang City did not shake its position as the strongest prince in Hebei, with Yuan Shao's strength and prestige. and the complicated relationship with Sheng Hong, he came forward to mediate, but there is some certainty of success.

It stands to reason that the relationship between the Liangzhou army and Yuan Shao is not friendly, and the two sides once regarded each other as mortal enemies, but the times have changed, and the Liangzhou army has been working hard to repair the relationship with the Kwantung princes after regaining power. On the premise of not harming the vital interests of the other side, the private contacts between the two sides are no longer news. Yuan Shao recommended the fat dragon baby to Chang'an in the past and was approved by Liaodong, which is the embodiment of the tacit understanding between the two sides.

The main country of Guanxi and the strong neighbors of Yizhou put pressure on flood reduction. It is difficult for Sheng Hong to ignore it like he did with the Liangzhou army, and Sheng Hong is also worried that he will be detained with a high hat of "because of his selfish interests, stubbornly obstructing the imperial court to reward the meritorious men who rebuilt Luoyang", who let Ah Niu's territory be in Qingzhou?

Of course, Sheng Hong "betrayed" Yuan Shao's "bad deeds." "It's not enough for Yuan Shao to help Ah Niu, who also has a grudge, in fact, Yuan Shao doesn't want to see Ah Niu become a prince, which will make his plan to annex Qingzhou more variables, Yuan Shao's attitude towards this matter is very ambivalent. Sheng Hong was also unwilling to be the biggest sufferer, which made Yuan Shao and Sheng Hong find a common language again, let Feng Xiang pay an astronomical indemnity, and deliberately set the conditions so harshly, which was the best way the two could come up with.

Feng Xiang could not hand over the full donation within the specified time limit, and Qi Guoxiang could not do it; If Feng Xiang miraculously completes the requirements, it will inevitably suffer a great economic loss, and will be burdened with a heavy debt burden and will be weak in the future, and the flood reduction and Yuan Shao, who have obtained huge wealth, have qualitatively improved their strength, whether they seek revenge against Feng Xiang or continue to expand externally, they have sufficient strength to support!

That night, a Chang'an envoy quietly came to the city lord's mansion and once again confirmed the speculation of A Niu and others: half of the 20,000 yuan donation was used as compensation for Sheng Hong's surrender of Qiguo County, and the other half was added by Chang'an and Yizhou Eryi to make five, and everyone was "murdered" together.

"We really hope that the city lord of Ah Niu will be the prime minister of Qi, as mentioned above, if the lord of Ah Niu City is inconvenient, we can first scrape together 150 million gold! Chang'an's share can be postponed, but don't forget it...... A certain city lord immediately showed a touched look on his face. He thanked him and vowed to "pay it back as soon as he had money".

However, as soon as the envoy left, a certain city lord immediately changed his face and sneered: If Lao Tzu didn't want to be the Qi State Minister of Na Laoshizi, those bastards in Chang'an would have to pay another reward for the reconstruction task out of their pockets! It's okay for the empty gloves and white wolves, they still have the face to think about the 50 million, what a fool! ”

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