"Didn't you send it from Yuwen Go?" Hearing Liu Xin's introduction, everyone in the hall began to whisper, for these people who knew some information about the Northern Zhou royal family, they all knew that the actual power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was not in the hands of Yu Wenyong.

As soon as Wang Ze heard Liu Xin say that this envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was not sent by Yuwen Hu, but the envoy of Emperor Yuwen Yong of Zhou, his eyes narrowed suddenly, and a pair of eyes exuded a fine light, "Could it be the beginning of an infighting in the Yuwen family again?" ’

Thinking of this, Wang Ze's mind moved slightly, it seems that this time he wants to meet the two of them! Although he does not particularly understand the complicated and complicated power struggle relationship in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, according to the information collected in the past, Wang Ze also knows that now Yuwen Yong is just a puppet, and the actual power in the country has always been in the hands of the minister, that is, his cousin Yuwen Hu.

As mentioned earlier, Yuwen Hu has made a great contribution to the stability and establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, when Yuwentai suddenly died of illness and the Western Wei Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, Yuwen Hu took the lead in supporting the general Yu Jin of the old minister Zhu Guo, and established the third son of Yuwentai, Yuwen Jue, as the king of Zhou and established the Northern Zhou regime.

However, Yuwen Jue, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, did not feel that he was just a puppet at all, and tried to kill Yuwen Hu many times in order to seize power, but because of others' informants, Yu Wen Hu killed Yu Wenjue in order to keep the power in his hands.

Then set up Yuwentai's eldest son Yuwenyu as the emperor, at first he saw that Yuwenyu was honest and easy to control, who knew that this child's ability was not weak, and the ability he displayed made his prestige rise day by day, Yuwenhu pretended to be in power to Yuwenyu, but secretly instructed the cook Li An to poison the sugar cake that Yuwenyu likes to eat.

Although Yuwen Yu knew that it was Yuwen Hu who poisoned him before he died, in order to maintain the stability of the contradictory Northern Zhou regime, and to protect his young brothers, he did not say who poisoned him before he died, but ordered his fourth brother Lu Guogong Yuwen Yong to be the successor in front of many ministers.

Because Yuwen Wenwen appointed Yuwen Yong as the successor in front of everyone before he died, and Yuwen Hu felt that Yuwen Yong, who was only seventeen years old at the time, was also an honest child, so he agreed to this designation, but he still firmly controlled the power of the Northern Zhou.

And since the honest child Yuwen Yong was agreed to be established as Emperor Zhou by Yuwen Hu, he has not had any other special performance, he has always been his puppet as honestly as an ordinary child, and everything inside and outside the Northern Zhou Dynasty is Yu Wenhu's master.

Since ascending the throne three years ago, Yu Wenyong has been playing the pipa every day, studying chess, writing his book "Xiangjing", or going to Yunyang Palace on the outskirts of Chang'an to live for a while on vacation, and the only thing he does as an emperor is to inspect the schools set up by the government.

It was such a puppet emperor who actually sent an envoy to form an alliance with him, which made Wang Ze feel a little unbelievable, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was in the gourd, don't regret it.

What Wang Ze didn't know was that because Yuwen Yong's upper Dao Yuwen Hu was very satisfied with him, Yu Wen Yong had been a puppet in Yu Wenhu's hands for twelve years in history, it can be said that this is a very powerful figure who is forbearing, and Gou Jian is also willing to bow down compared to him.

Wang Ze thought about Yuwen Yong's intentions in his heart, and several people, including Wang Yong, Pu Yangxun and Zhu Rui, also had some understanding of the government of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now after hearing Liu Xin say that the envoy was sent by Yuwen Yong, he immediately frowned one by one, lowered his head and pondered.

That is, Cheng Chong, who almost never looks at these head-scratching intelligence, and Yuan Jia, who has just entered the top level and does not know much about the situation in these other countries, are a little puzzled, but then Zhu Rui, who knows more about these inside information, explained to them.

After Zhu Rui analyzed the essence of the matter to Cheng Chong and Yuan Jia in detail, Cheng Chong suddenly realized that he was just a puppet, but why does he think that we will definitely form an alliance with him?" ”

After speaking, Cheng Chong didn't forget to add a sentence: "I don't know where he got his confidence, let's wait until he saves his life first!" If you can't figure out which one will upset his cousin, I'll give him a sugar cake! ”

Cheng Chong's words immediately made everyone in the hall chuckle, this guy almost never uses his brain, it's not that Cheng Chong is stupid, but this guy is too lazy to think about these complicated things, Cheng Hu is exactly the same as him in this regard.

But it's a joke, the matter still has to be discussed, Wang Yong said to Liu Xin: "I don't know what Mr. Liu thinks of the envoy sent by Yuwenyong this time?" What is the ultimate purpose of their coming to us this time? ”

Liu Xin stroked the long beard on his chin, and thought carefully for a moment before replying: "This envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who has been resting in our pavilion is not an ordinary person, according to his own words, he is called Changsun Ping, but he is just an inconspicuous student of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

But in the past two days, I made tea and discussed poetry with him, but I found that this person is full of talent, and although he looks like he is only in his twenties, he has a moderate speech and demeanor, and his temperament is extraordinary. "New World

"Oh? I can't imagine that Yu Wenyong can still have such a talent loyal to him, I'm afraid that over the years, he is not only willing to be his puppet emperor, but he should have a lot of layouts in private! Pu Yangxun listened to Liu Xin's words and commented.

Liu Xin also nodded with a smile and said: "Who said no, if he is really willing to be a puppet emperor, I am afraid that these children of the Guan Longhao family will not be willing to be driven by him, and they can let these children of the family come all the way to us regardless of the danger, this is also a capable person!" ”

For Liu Xin's words, Wang Yong and Wang Ze both nodded again and again, at this time Wang Ze suddenly remembered the beginning of a Sui and Tang Dynasty heroic romance he had watched, as if it was what Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong led the army to attack Qi, could it be this Yuwen Yong?

And in the bridge section of Yuwen Yong in the book, there is no character such as Yuwen Hu, which means that this Yu Wen Yong actually eradicated Yu Wenhu's power later, and successfully realized his own emperor's pro-government, and he is also a ruthless person who hides deeply.

Wang Ze was thinking there, but Liu Xin kept talking, and when he said this, his voice changed and said: "It's such a capable, talented, and status envoy, when he inadvertently mentioned another envoy that day, he was full of respect, admiration, and admiration, so it seems that this other envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is the envoy sent by Yuwen Yong!" ”

Hearing Liu Xin's words, Wang Yong couldn't help but be surprised: "I can't imagine that there is such a thing, and I don't know where the envoy is hiding now?" There are too many merchants who have come to us from Northern Qi and Southern Chen during this time, and they can just hide in these caravans! ”

Wang Ze thought for a while and said to Wang Yong: "Father, I think this second envoy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty may have already gone around the six counties of Qidong, and he should be hiding in the city of Gaomi County at present, even if he is not in the city, it will not be too far from the city!" ”

After thinking for a long time, Wang Yong raised his head and asked everyone: "In that case, what do you think of the previous Northern Zhou envoy who said that he wanted to form an alliance with us?" ”

"I don't think it's okay!" Cheng Chong was still the first to express his position, "Look, no matter how scheming this Yuwen Yong is, he doesn't have any power at the moment, and he won't even have his own life one day, so I think it's better to forget it!" It's a wasted effort to form an alliance with them! ”

"Second brother!" Zhu Rui pulled Cheng Chong and said angrily, "Let's listen to what a few gentlemen think, let's say a few words!" ”

At this time, Yuan Jia spoke, he sat up and said: "Jun Hou, the last general doesn't know much about the strategy of governing the country, but from a strategic point of view, since ancient times, all countries have been friends and close attacks, the Northern Zhou is far away from us, and the Northern Qi is close to us, so it is only right for us to unite Nan Chen and Northern Zhou to attack the Northern Qi together!" ”

Looking at Wang Yong's encouraging eyes, Yuan Jia continued: "At present, although the Northern Qi does not care about attacking us because of the containment of the Northern Zhou, but after all, our strength is far less than when we occupied the land of Sanqi, if we have such an ally to assist, we will be much better off in the future!" ”

"What's more, Yuwen Yong is in his forties this year, and Yuwen Yong is only about twenty years old in a few years, as the saying goes, don't bully young people to be poor, I thought that this Yuwen Yong was so forbearant and didn't let Yuwen Hu discover his layout, it must not be a thing in the pool in the future, with such an ally, after all, it is stronger than us facing Northern Qi alone!"

Pu Yangxun nodded in agreement: "This is indeed the truth, in addition, Yuwen Hu is a cowardly and greedy person, who is power-grabbing and violent, but the external situation is actually very small, I don't believe that Yuwen Hu can see the importance of uniting other countries to attack Northern Qi!"

Yuwen Hu will only take the whole army to attack Northern Qi by himself, and then add such a military merit to himself, and will not think about uniting other countries to attack Northern Qi, this person is not good! Saying that, Pu Yangxun shook his head again and again, he really didn't look down on Yuwen Hu.

Liu Xin also smiled slightly when he heard Pu Yangxun's words, he took a sip of tea and said: "Actually, I heard the most important piece of information this time!" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xin actually paused, which made Wang Yong and Wang Ze anxious, Guan Zi trembled almost, and Liu Xin continued to speak without hurrying: "This news is the year before last, when various countries besieged Northern Qi, and the Turks were invited by their ally Northern Zhou to attack Northern Qi.

However, at that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty only provided half of the military rations, and the Turks were stationed in Shuozhou because the army of the Hu Lawyers Association was stationed in Shuozhou to resist the Turkic army, so that the Turkic army could not enter the Great Wall and plundered, so the Turkic army suffered heavy losses, and the Turkic Khan wooden pole was very dissatisfied with this, and the two sides had a gap!

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi fought again last year, the Turkic Wooden Pole Khan suddenly asked the Northern Zhou to make up for the original military food arrears, otherwise he would withdraw the army, but at that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty Otsuka Zai Yuwen Hu did not agree, so the Turks withdrew their troops alone, so that Yuwen Hu returned this time in vain, so the contradictions between the Turks and the Northern Zhou became more and more expanded! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xin paused and then continued: "As a result, just last year, the Turkic Khan Mu Pole suddenly led an army of 100,000 to coerce the Northern Zhou to ask for the Turkic fugitives who fled into the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not allow it, and was unwilling to increase the money and silk given to the Turks that year, so the two sides fought a small battle in the fertile field, and now the relationship is not as good as before!" ”