Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

An event that was supposed to be serious and heroic turned out to have an unusual relationship between the two parties, causing the atmosphere to suddenly become weird and develop into a farce.

The Northern Qi envoy suddenly launched an attack. The Nanliang sergeants who stayed here rushed to respond, and suffered dozens of casualties in a very short period of time.

Hu Sengyou, the leader who stayed here, was naturally embarrassed, but he also knew that His Majesty the Emperor hoped to gain benefits through various diplomatic balancing methods between the two countries, and did not want to completely offend either party.

Therefore, even though Hu Sengyou was full of resentment, he did not dare to launch a serious siege. When he heard Li Miao shouting for mercy, he ordered the sergeants to surround the Qi people in front of the temple and no longer ordered an attack. .

The Qi envoys were originally full of heroism, but after the fight, they discovered that they had misjudged the situation. There were actually so many armored soldiers stationed in this seemingly small temple.

Now that the operation has been exposed, and the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, continuing to fight will only be a meaningless sacrifice. Especially after seeing that the Nanliang sergeant has no intention of killing them all, this last reason to fight is gone. , so they all gave up their weapons.

Li Miao looked at Cui Zhan in the crowd outside the door and hesitated to say anything. It was a joy to meet an old friend in a foreign country, but if it was a scene like this, it would be better not to see him. There was no joy at all.

The occasion was obviously not suitable for reminiscing and talking, so Li Miao raised his hand and made a slight gesture to Cui Zhan, then withdrew and retreated into the temple to avoid further embarrassment from looking at each other like this.

In the Jiangling Palace, Emperor Xiao Yi was still discussing with a group of important ministers how to appease the envoys of Wei and how to respond to the envoys of Qi tomorrow. However, he did not expect that his idea of ​​trying to have both sides would be in vain. The envoys from both sides had already started working together. .

When the envoy sent by Hu Sengyou reported the incident, Xiao Yi's face suddenly turned livid, his one eye with flashing anger was as wide as a small light bulb, he slapped the table and roared: "It's too much to bully someone, it's really too much to bully someone! Wei Envoy You are so arrogant that you want to force me to break off our relationship and commit crimes in our city! We all deserve to die! How can our Liang family temple be a paradise for these thugs?"

The sudden change suddenly exploded the squeezing anger in his heart. The reason why he worked so hard to negotiate and mediate between the two parties was indeed due to selfish considerations, but could it not be out of consideration for the common people of the world?

Once all parties rashly start a war, no matter the outcome, the people who bear the price will not be the decision-makers in the temples, but the soldiers in the army and the people in the countryside. Once the war spreads, the people will be in dire straits. After several years of hard work, he finally put down the rebellion in the country, but what he faced was a dilapidated and dilapidated society. He really couldn't bear to spread the disaster of war to the world again!

It's hateful that the apostles of both sides are more arrogant and unruly than the last, and more ignorant than the last. They all think they can do it by committing crimes and dangers, and they don't understand the benevolence of his king at all!

Feeling extremely angry, Xiao Yi did not intend to let this matter go easily.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Immediately escort the Qi envoy and his party to the state capital and imprison them. No orders are given, and no food or drink is allowed! How did the Qi envoy and his party arrive at Dongcheng Temple, and where did they obtain the armored staff and equipment? Investigate everything thoroughly! The city guards who will be patrolling the streets this night will not let anyone go!"

However, as soon as he finished the order, someone next to him reminded him in a low voice: "The envoy from Qi came to the city to stay in the Marquis of Yuning's house."

The Marquis of Yuning is Pei Zhiheng, and this title also reflects the beautiful vision of their Nanliang monarchs to a certain extent. Unfortunately, they have no say in Yuning's unrest now.

Since the Xiangzhou rebellion of Wang Lin's generals, Xiao Yi also realized that he needed to pay attention to the way he interacted with his subordinate generals, and no longer hit, scold and punish them as often as in previous years.

The Pei family in Hedong was not an old member of Jiangling. After the Hou Jing Rebellion, Huainan was gradually captured by the Northern Qi Dynasty. Pei Zhigao had no one to follow, so he led his tribe to Jiangling to obey orders. Although Pei Zhigao has died of illness, his younger brothers and disciples are all in their prime, and they have tens of thousands of followers. They are also a famous family in the country that need to be treated with caution.

Xiao Yi's expression froze after hearing this. It wasn't that he didn't know about it, but when he was so angry, he only thought about accountability and anger, but ignored this issue.

At this time, under the eyes of everyone, he naturally couldn't go back on his promise, so he snorted again: "What about Pei? Duke Pei is brave and resolute and will not conspire with the Qi people, but it is difficult to prevent the servants from secretly communicating with the Qi envoys and disrupting my laws!"

As he spoke, he ordered Wang Sengbian's son and attendant Wang Yi to take his order and lead a brigade of imperial guards to Pei Zhiheng's house to strictly check whether the slaves in the house could collude with the Qi people to commit crimes.

After the relevant personnel arrangements for the Qi envoy are completed, the Wei envoy cannot be ignored.

Although the Wei envoy started to make trouble after entering the city, he was still on the victim side in this incident. Therefore, after thinking about it, Xiao Yi looked at Wang Bao and said: "I ask my servant to go and ask the Wei envoy on my behalf. Please temporarily invite the Wei envoy to live in Pushe's residence. Tomorrow, we will gather all our colleagues at the residence to hold a banquet to calm the Wei envoy's shock."

When such a situation occurs, it is actually better for him to come forward to appease the Wei envoy, but he does not know what the Wei envoy is feeling and thinking at the moment. If he holds a banquet in the banquet but the other party refuses to attend, this will undoubtedly make him It would be a huge loss of face, so it would be safer to let Wang Bao come forward on his behalf to cast stones first.

After hearing this, Wang Bao stood up and bowed his head to accept the order. He then left the hall and led his followers and a team of imperial guards to the temple in the east of the city.

Outside the temple at this time, a group of Qi people who had already abandoned their weapons had been led to the state capital by the envoys who arrived earlier, while the leader Hu Sengyou remained here and did not dare to slack off.

It was not until Wang Bao arrived here with the emperor's handwritten order that Hu Sengyou was slightly relieved and finally sent this hot potato away. Immediately, he followed Wang Bao into the room and advised Li Xun not to be willful and stubborn anymore.

Such a thing happened, which was also beyond Li Xun's expectations. After discussing with Liu Guangde, he finally nodded and agreed to leave the temple and follow Wang Bao to his home to stay temporarily.

Wang Bao knew that Li Xun had a special relationship with General Li, and he was also very hospitable to him. Apart from the land given by Emperor Xiao Yi, the rest of his house in Jiangling, whether it was the renovation of the hall or the food expenses of the family in the house, were mostly gifts from Mianbei. In addition to the idea of ​​admiring the strong in his heart, even if the emperor did not express his intention to reimburse the public funds, he must make General Li's cousin feel at home!

After this warm reception, when Li Xun fell asleep on the couch in Wang Bao's guest house, it was already late at night. Fortunately, there were no more unexpected changes in the rest of the night, and Li Xun was able to sleep until dawn, feeling very refreshed.

He had just gotten up here, and the servants of the Wang family who had been waiting outside hurried to inform the master. Wang Bao also got up early, and was instructing the servants to distribute invitations according to the requirements of His Majesty the Emperor, inviting the noble court officials in the city to come here as guests. When he learned that Li Xun had gotten up, Wang Bao hurried to greet him and accompany Li Xun for breakfast, which was very polite.

When hearing Wang Bao talking about the afternoon banquet arrangement, Li Xun did not say much. Yesterday, he said that he would leave the city today, but that was a deliberate act. He would not leave without figuring out what the Southern Liang and Northern Qi were plotting. Especially last night, he was assassinated by the Qi envoy for no apparent reason, and the assassins even included Cui Zhan, who could be called a close friend. These things also need to wait for a result.

When it comes to fighting in battle or personally handling government affairs, the court officials of the Southern Liang may still be reluctant to refuse, but they will not refuse activities such as eating and drinking banquets, especially entertaining the big money owner from Mianyang North, which will naturally make them even happier.

Although the banquet was scheduled in the afternoon, there were guests visiting in the morning. After all, there were many court officials present when the emperor gave orders to Wang Bao last night, but today they came uninvited.

Wang Bao didn't know what Li Xun was like, but judging from his attitude since he entered the city yesterday, he was not a good person to get along with. Therefore, he did not turn away these guests who came to the city on their own initiative, but kept them all, hoping that someone would flatter and entertain Li Xun.

By the afternoon, the guest hall of Wang Bao's house was already full of guests. Seeing so many guests coming, he couldn't help but worry that Li Xun would feel a little noisy. He invited Li Xun to sit down in the hall with trepidation, and watched him chatting and laughing, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xun was not a lonely and introverted person. On the contrary, he was very good at interpersonal communication and had a good memory. It was not just his outstanding manners. There was a reason for his attitude yesterday. Today, he didn't need to continue to be shrewd. Instead, he should show more friendly side to form a contrast with the willful envoys of Northern Qi.

So with both sides wanting to make friends, the atmosphere of today's banquet was also very good. Li Xuan's performance today is not to say whether it is a contrast with his cousin Cui Zhan, but it is quite different from his yesterday self. Perhaps because of the previous impression, Li Xuan's polite attitude today is doubly kind in the eyes of the people in Nanliang, making people feel like they are bathed in spring breeze, and his demeanor and bearing have also won unanimous praise from the people in the hall.

Taking advantage of the good atmosphere of the banquet, Li Xuan also took the opportunity to ask Liu Xiangzhi to introduce Yao Sengyuan to him. His words inevitably involved the fact that General Li would have an heir, so he was congratulated by the people in the hall.

However, Yao Sengyuan is not a commoner in Jiangling now. Although Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang often beats and kills his subordinates, he is still very responsible for his own health. Soon after Yao Sengyuan, the famous doctor, arrived in Jiangling, he was appointed as the chief physician and concurrently the attendant of the imperial guards, and he could not leave the country casually.

Emperor Xiao Yi in the inner courtyard had also been paying attention, and soon learned of Li Xun's request. His tense heartstrings relaxed a little, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Since you have something to ask of me, there is still a chance. Li Boshan married into the family of the garrison troops in his country, so he was able to control the troops of the six garrisons with the descendants of a famous family. This legitimate heir must be very important to him, so he invited foreign famous doctors with generous gifts. If I use this to seek the Xiakou garrisons with him, I wonder how he will respond?"

"Your Majesty, this plan is absolutely not allowed! Even if you don't send Yao Sanqi to the north, you can't use this to threaten him. Even if Yao Sanqi doesn't work, it won't prevent Li Boshan from getting the heir. But if I use this to threaten him, it will cause deep resentment, which is no different from using swords and weapons!"

The Shangshu You Pushe Zhang Wan, who stayed in the court, heard Xiao Yi's plan and hurriedly persuaded him.

After hearing this, Xiao Yi replied awkwardly: "It was just a joke. How can I threaten a small thing like a human fetus to save my country? It's just that the Wei envoy is too arrogant, which makes me unhappy. How can I send Yao Sanqi lightly!"

Xiao Yizheng was worried about not knowing how to comfort the Wei envoy who was almost assassinated. When he learned that the other party had such a need, he thought of using this to counter the other party and regain the dominance of the dialogue.