At the Southern Qi Dynasty meeting the next day, Wei Ran took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, the envoys of the Qin State are already waiting outside the palace. ”

At this time, Xiao Ju already knew, so he just pretended to say: "Xuan"

Then Min Shichuan slowly walked into the hall, and after saluting Xiao Ju, he said, "I wish His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi a long life and good health. ”

Xiao Ju nodded slightly, but then quipped: "Now that there is a Qin State in the north and two emperors, what is orthodoxy and what is rebellion?" The north and the south are both big countries, and our dynasty can only maintain contacts with one imperial court, so there is this question. ”

As soon as these words came out, Min Shichuan was shocked, but then calmed down and said: "Yuan Shan acted perversely, killed the first emperor without authorization, and established himself as the emperor. My Majesty is the crown prince of the first emperor, so it is naturally orthodox. ”

"What's more, my Chao Mingyue Princess has long been married to the King of Qin of your dynasty as his wife, because there is no precedent for intermarriage between the two dynasties in the north and south, and the special status of the King of Qin, so my dynasty has not expressed anything, and now I have written to my court, Your Majesty, it will not be long before I will announce to the world, my dynasty is orthodox, and the two sides have such a marriage, isn't it beautiful."

When Xiao Ju heard this, he was also taken aback in his heart, and he didn't expect Wei Ran to inform Min Shichuan of this matter.

Then Xiao Ju's mind spun rapidly, and then he used his eyes to ask Wei Ran's opinion.

But seeing Wei Ran pretending not to hear it, Xiao Ju suddenly felt angry, so he deliberately said: "At this time, the matter is very high, and the concubine of King Qin wants to come to live very happily, so there is no need to make such extraneous branches." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wei Ran suddenly became anxious, and he swore yesterday that he could give Yuan Shu a name and a separate wedding.

Wei Ran immediately said: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that what the envoys of the Qin Dynasty said is not unreasonable, now is the time of troubled times, Qin divides things into things, Western Qin still occupies Xiangfan, Weichen also heard that Yiyang will be attacked soon, Xiao Liang is entrenched in Jiangling, backed by Xichuan and Xiangfan's Western Qin army, and is also eyeing Xiakou, at this time, making friends with Eastern Qin is a matter that is beneficial to both sides. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Ju pretended to be surprised, and then said: "It's not impossible to make friends with Dong Qin, I just think that this marriage is a matter of marriage. ”

"Marriage is a great thing, and besides, there have been husband and wife for a long time, but now it's just a name." Wei Ran didn't care about the etiquette of the monarch and the minister at this time, and immediately interrupted Xiao Ju's words.

Xiao Ju did not follow Wei Ran's words, but said to Min Shichuan: "It is not impossible to form an alliance with the Gui Dynasty, but I heard what the King of Qin said, I need to send troops to attack Lianghuai to contain Fu Yuan of Western Qin, I don't know if there is such a thing." ”

After receiving Min Shichuan's affirmative reply, Xiao Ju said in embarrassment: "In this way, can you delay sending troops for some time?" The civil strife in our country has only gradually calmed down, and last year's war withered in many places, and if there is another war in the spring, the people of our southern dynasty will fight for many years, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it. ”

It's coming, it's time to rip off. Min Shichuan scolded secretly in his heart, but he still said on his face: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister also knows that the Gui Dynasty has been fighting for many years, but the land of Huainan is the homeland of the Gui Dynasty, and Guangling is now surrounded by the Western Qin. ”

Wei Ran defended at this time: "Min Gongzi's words are wrong, now that the Western Qin army is in the land of Xiangfan, and Xiao Liang is a nest of snakes and rats, even if our dynasty moves troops, we must first set foot in Xiangfan and retake the land of the west." Moreover, Shouchun Hefei is a strong city, and it is difficult to conquer without an army of 100,000. Can we wait for our dynasty to settle the war in the west and then send troops to Huainan? ”

Min Shichuan was about to sweat at the moment, and he couldn't help but start looking at Wei Ran, and kept scolding Wei Ran in his heart, the status of his daughter-in-law was ready, but now he was blackmailing here.

But Min Shichuan also knew that the situation was critical now, so he no longer went around in circles, but said: "In order to show sincerity, my majesty is willing to provide 50,000 stone of military rations, which will be transported to Guangling by sea, and at the same time give 100,000 taels of silver to fund military expenses. ”

Xiao Ju was about to come down from the camp, but Wei Ran waved his hand and immediately said: "After the military rations are 80,000 stones, the silver is 150,000 taels, and after defeating Fu Yuan, our dynasty will not only have to live in Hefei, but even Pengcheng will have to be returned to our dynasty." ”

"King Qin, this is basically all the land of the two Huai. The stakes are just too big. Min Shichuan also hardened at this moment: "In this case, it is better for our DPRK to transfer the Bingzhou army back to the mainland." ”

Wei Ran sneered: "Min Gongzi, don't be joking, I heard that the Turkic tribes have almost finished cleaning up the Shanhu tribe, and now the outside of the Seychelles is about to be unified by the Turks, and they will definitely loot the border at that time, and if the state army moves, I am afraid that they will rob all the way to Yecheng." ”

Min Shichuan was like a deflated ball on the spot, speechless.

Wei Ran's words hit them seven inches, and there was also the Tuoba clan of Liaodong behind him, although there was no action at the moment, but the disciples of the Tuoba clan were in the Yuwen Zhi army, and Min Guan had to be on guard at all times.

Min Shichuan had no choice but to compromise: "Grain, grass and military expenses, our dynasty can agree, as for the land of Pengcheng, if your dynasty can capture Pengcheng first, it will belong to your dynasty, and both sides rely on their own abilities." I don't know what Your Majesty and King Qin think? ”

Xiao Ju then nodded in agreement, and the two sides made an alliance with each other.

Then Xiao Ju summoned Wei Ran and Yuan Muzhi into Shangyuan Palace.

Xiao Ju looked at the book of alliances and said to Wei Ran: "When does King Qin plan to send troops." ”

Wei Ran said with a smile: "Why are we in a hurry? It should be Min Guan who is in a hurry, and when the war in Luoyang is tight, Fu Yuan will definitely transfer troops and horses from the land of Lianghuai, and then it will be a good time to send troops. Sending troops too early, Fu Yuan must be worried that the two Huai will lose, and will withdraw the troops from Luoyang, and he has to wait for the two armies to hold each other, and Fu Yuan will not be able to get out, before sending troops to Huainan. ”

Xiao Ju nodded, and then said worriedly: "Now that Cui He is in Jiangzhou and Pei Tu is in Yingzhou, if we send troops to Huainan, what if Xiao Liang takes the opportunity to commit it?" ”

Wei Ran took out a letter that had already been prepared and said: "Weichen feels that after the beginning of spring, he can be the main anti-guest, so he ordered Cui He to lead Pei Tu and Wang Xian to attack Xiangyang first. It was used to paralyze Xiao Liang and Fu Yuan, and then ordered Xiao Yi to order the troops of the two states from Xiangzhou to go up the river, raid the counties around Jiangling, and slowly encroach on the few remaining cities of Xiao Liang. ”

"I'm afraid that there will be insufficient troops to attack the land of Lianghuai."

Seeing Xiao Ju's concern, Wei Ran said: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, Fu Yuan has dozens of cities to defend in the land of Lianghuai, and now that the army is going north to Luoyang, how many troops can defend the city if it is scattered?" We will take the small city first, and then the big city, and 100,000 troops will be enough. Wang Xian only feinted to attack Xiangyang, Yiyang City is high and deep, 30,000 troops with the defenders of Yingzhou are enough to support each other, and 50,000 people can also be organized in the two states, so that Xiao Liang does not dare to move, but this grain and grass need to be transported in advance. Therefore, the grain and grass of the Northern Expedition were hoarded in Guangling, and the Yiyang side could first be transported by Cui He to the city for three months, and all the grain and grass in Xiangzhou were hoarded in Baling and transported along the river, which could greatly reduce manpower. ”

Xiao Liang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Everything is according to what King Qin said!" ”