Zhuge Qingyun, whom Sun Ning thought of, had been staying in Kuizhou for many days at this time.

Since the Ba people made the decision to send troops to Huayang, he also decisively said goodbye, and then according to the agreement with Sun Ning before, he took the northeast and went straight to the Kuizhou area where the Long family was entrenched.

And more than half a month ago, it officially entered Kuizhou City.

With his own ability and affinity, Zhuge Qingyun first learned about the views of ordinary barbarians on the current situation in the city, and then had some grasp of the attitude of the Long family, so today, he directly came to the door to ask for the master of the Long family.

The banner he played was naturally a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and he was ordered to come and surrender the entire Long family, at least nominally, the Long family did not dare to treat slowly.

So it didn't take long for him to be welcomed into the Long family's mansion and meet Long Jingyao, one of the members of the Long family, a barbarian leader in his forties, polite and polite, who looked more like an ordinary Han scholar.

"You said you were the court's chamberlain? Do I have a certificate? ”

After listening to Zhuge Qingyun's self-declaration of identity, Long Jingyao first asked such a sentence.

"Of course, this is my seal." Zhuge Qingyun was prepared, and quickly took out a copper seal from his arms and placed it in front of the other party.

Although it is a little simple, unlike the jade as a seal of high-ranking officials in the past, this is the most powerful certificate that the current imperial court can issue.

Long Jingyao took it casually, looked at it carefully, and then smiled: "Even if you are indeed the envoy of the Dayue Imperial Court, but just by your words, it is too much to make my Long family obedient, right?"

"After all, if today is not the beginning, the Dayue Imperial Court can't even defend Luoyang, the capital division, let alone Sichuan and Shu in the southwestern borderland. Even if we really return to the imperial court, I'm afraid we won't get any benefits, right? ”

"The advantage is naturally there, that is, it can ensure the peace of your Long family, and you will not lose the position of the toast that has been inherited for a hundred years." Zhuge Qingyun said disapprerovingly, "Otherwise, the fate of the Mu family may be repeated in Kuizhou." ”

"Are you a threat?" Long Jingyao also remained calm and asked with a smile.

"No, just state a fact. I think with the eyes and ears of the Long family, I should already know about the recent changes in Huayang, right? There are also wars in Shunzhou and other places.

"The imperial court has great righteousness in hand, and has the strong support of the Dingxi Hou Department and the southern Sichuan ministry, and now Huayang has been in the bag, and then Kuizhou will inevitably be the target of the imperial court.

"The Long family made a wise choice before, and did not make a mess with the Mu family, which the imperial court naturally misses, but this alone is obviously not enough, so the imperial court needs your further allegiance.

Only in this way can Sichuan and Shu really have a peaceful day. I also hope that the Long family can focus on the overall situation and think of the common people, and don't do things that will cause endless disasters and regret it for themselves and the people under their rule. ”

Long Jingyao's eyes flashed, and it wasn't until the other party finished speaking that he smiled heavily: "Your Excellency is really like a sword, but I still want to ask, even if the imperial court has now taken the Huayang Mu clan, can it really easily deal with my Long family?"

"I know that the Mu clan is so defeated, and they are only pouring out of the nest, giving the Ba people a chance to take advantage of the situation. But my Long family will not make such a mistake, and besides, except for the Ba people, there is no second force like this in Sichuan and Shu now, which can pose a threat to my Kuizhou. ”

Zhuge Qingyun stared at him with a solemn face: "Your Excellency means that you want to ignore the righteousness of etiquette and law, and you have to be an enemy of the court and Your Majesty?" Do you have to figure it out, now that eighty percent of the entire territory of Sichuan and Shu has entered the hands of the imperial court, do you want to compete with a million army just by relying on your corner of Kuizhou? ”

"Of course I don't dare to have such an idea in Kuizhou, but who said that my Long family is just a corner of the anti-Sichuan Shu? We still have the Qianzhou Long clan behind us to rely on! ”

His words made Zhuge Qingyun speechless, and his brows furrowed deeply.

Although this is not good, it is true, because the Qianzhou Long family is indeed the biggest reliance of the Kuizhou Long family, and it is also the most feared existence of the imperial court.

At the beginning, why did the Dingxi Hou Xiao family only sit back and watch the two families of Mulong continue to grow?

Why would a local Sichuan and Shu barbarian tribe like the Ba people be unable to contain the continuous expansion of these two foreign families until they are squeezed to the margins?

This is not only because the two Mulong families have more talents, but also because they have big backers behind them.

The Mu clan in southern Yunnan and the Long clan in Qianzhou are among the best existences in the entire southwest, and with an order, they can lead more than ten or two hundred thousand people to come across the border, and the deterrent power is much greater than that of the imperial court.

Especially the Qianzhou Long clan, because of the geographical connection with Sichuan and Shu, it is easier to send troops than the Mu clan in southern Yunnan, so the Long clan has more confidence to compete with the forces of Sichuan and Shu.

However, there is also a drawback, that is, compared to the Mu clan, which has been faintly separated from the grasp of his own family, his Long clan still has to obey the orders of Qianzhou in many things.

Long Chengbang, the head of the Long family in Kuizhou, has to rush to Qianzhou almost every two years to meet the real master of the Long family and listen to his teachings......

Of course, now it seems that this sacrifice is quite cost-effective for the Kuizhou Long family, because there are more backers behind them, and they are backers that the current imperial court can't afford to provoke - at least they think so.

In order to put more pressure on the other party, Long Jingyao added: "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, my Long family has decisively reduced its defenses as early as after learning that the Mu army's army was defeated in Shunzhou, and even gave up some unimportant county towns, and only put their troops on the three state capitals and two passes.

"If the imperial court really wants to use troops to attack, we dare not say that we can win, but it may not be so difficult to drag on for a year and a half. At that time, the Qianzhou army may have been able to penetrate deep into Sichuan and Shu and launch an offensive against you from the rear.

"But I don't know if when the time comes, can the imperial court guarantee that all the Sichuan and Shu ethnic groups will be united under its hands?"

Zhuge Qingyun was silent for a while, but he felt powerless in his heart, this was the first time he had been persuaded by someone in turn since he became a lobbyist, and he couldn't even refute it at all.

After a long while, he slowly spoke: "So, is your Long family really determined to be an enemy of the imperial court?" You have to think clearly, this world is not only in the southwest corner, all over the Central Plains, there are also loyal and righteous people, or willing to serve the imperial court, and bring the southwest to loot by the way......"

In the end, he could only come up with this old rhetoric, hoping to impress the other party.

But this time, Zhuge Qingyun failed, and before he finished speaking, Long Jingyao waved his hand disdainfully: "Sichuan and Shu are surrounded by mountains, but not those people in the Central Plains can enter if they want to, so your words may be useful to deceive others, but I won't believe it!" ”