Although Li Shimin had learned that Li Jing had broken through Yecheng and captured Cao Cao's family, he did not realize that if Cao Cao exchanged hostages with Liu Wei, Yang Yuhuan would be a crucial key figure.
After Kuai Liang and Xu Chu escorted Yang Yuhuan on the road, they were afraid that there would be an accident on the road, after all, there was wolf smoke in Xuzhou, and the three forces were inseparable, so they sent a messenger to Qingzhou in advance to inform Li Shimin and ask the Tang army to answer on the road.
If it wasn't for sending someone to inform Li Shimin in advance, Fan Zeng wouldn't have to go to the Tang Army camp to explain in person, and directly sent Yang Yuhuan to Xiapi, as if this incident had never happened.
Li Shimin was sulking because the results were not as brilliant as the Wei army, and he heard that Cao Cao was ready to offer Yang Yuhuan, known as the first beauty in Xuzhou, to please himself, and she was also Liu Wei's woman, which made Li Shimin's dissatisfaction with Cao Cao finally ease a little.
It's not that Li Shimin is greedy for beauty, but Cao Cao shows his attitude by doing this, saying that he is willing to bow down and be the younger brother, rather than rushing to be the eldest brother of the alliance, which is what makes Li Shimin the most satisfied.
At this moment, when I heard Fan Zeng say that the purpose of this trip was to recover Yang Yuhuan, his face sank, and he said coldly: "What did Prime Minister Fan say about this, you Wei Guo will send someone to inform me that I am ready to pay tribute to Yang Yuhuan, so that I can send a team to respond; After a while, the dignified prime minister personally ran to chase Yang Yuhuan back, could it be that he deliberately teased me."
Fan Zeng hurriedly explained: "No, no, Tang and Wei need to work together and help each other in the same boat, how dare my Wei State tease the Tang Emperor Just because after Yecheng was breached, all the family members of my Great Wei Emperor were captured, and the envoy of our country is negotiating with Liu Wei, preparing to exchange the hostages of Xiapi for the hostages of Yecheng."
And Yang Yuhuan is Liu Wei's beauty, if she is missing, the negotiation will naturally not be reached, so my emperor sent Lao Yu to explain to His Majesty in person, so as not to cause misunderstanding" After listening to Fan Zeng's explanation, Li Shimin's face looked a little better: "It's not impossible for you to recover Yang Yuhuan, but you break your word and get fat, and repeat it repeatedly, you should always say something, otherwise I will not have the face of the Tang Emperor."
"This nature" Seeing Li Shimin's promise, Fan Zeng's hanging heart finally landed, "When the old decay came, my emperor once commanded that he was willing to give 200,000 stone of grain, 1 million coins, and 10,000 pieces of cloth as a thanks."
"Hmph" Li Shimin sneered, "Does Prime Minister Fan think that my face is worth this, that is, Oda Nobunaga of the Wa Kingdom pays more than this tribute to me every year."
Fan Zeng said unhurriedly: "These are just thank-you gifts from the emperor of our country, not tribute from the subject countries, and Your Majesty can also gain benefits in this exchange." ” "Oh, what benefits can I gain," Li Shimin asked with a frown.
The general next to him, Jin Danzi, interjected a sentence and said: "Let Liu Wei put the Emperor Taishang back" Listening to Jin Danzi's words, Li Shimin's face suddenly fell, and he took a sip of the teacup, pretending not to hear.
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Li Shimin still knows his father Li Yuan very well, this father's desire for power is not much weaker than his own, and he is only in his early fifties.
Although Li Shimin had completely controlled the military and political power of the Tang State and was not afraid of Li Yuan's seizure of power, the fierce battle between the Tang and Han dynasties was in full swing, and the turmoil at the top would inevitably affect the morale of the army, so Li Shimin never moved his mind to welcome Li Yuan back to the Tang State.
Seeing Li Shimin's unhappy face, Lin Xiangru, a strategist next to him, hurriedly stood up to relieve the siege: "Haha General Wanyan, Your Majesty naturally doesn't want to welcome back the Emperor Taishang all the time, but do you think Liu Wei should answer?"
"Naturally, I won't say yes" Li Shanchang next to him also echoed Lin Xiangru to relieve Li Shimin, after all, this problem made Li Shimin very embarrassed, and a little carelessness would affect Li Shimin's image, "We don't have enough chips to exchange for the Emperor Taishang, how can Liu Wei easily release people can try to exchange for the two princes of Jiancheng and Yuanji" Over the years, because Li Shimin has not sent an envoy to redeem Li Yuan, it has caused a lot of controversy among the Tang people.
And in exchange for the two princes Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, you can block the mouths of Youyou, and explain to the people of the Tang State that it is not that Li Shimin is unwilling to exchange for Li Yuan, but that Liu Wei does not agree, and he has done his best to be able to exchange Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
The two princes are still young, only six or seven years old, and they cannot pose any threat to Li Shimin's throne, so it can be said that this is the best of both worlds.
Fan Zeng was cunning and cunning, and he figured out Li Shimin's thoughts thoroughly on the way to Qingzhou, and he also thought that Liu Wei would definitely agree to Li Shimin's request.
Because he left Li Jiancheng's brothers in Jinling without any value, and after being released back to the Tang Kingdom, he would slowly threaten Li Shimin as he grew older, which was simply a happy thing "It is absolutely impossible to exchange Yang Yuhuan for the emperor of your country, but it is still certain to exchange for the two princes" Fan Zeng cleared his throat, and it seemed that what he said was undoubtedly actually relieving Li Shimin.
After listening to Fan Zeng's words, Li Shimin's face looked a little better, and he stroked his beard and said: "Why don't I want to welcome back my father, and do my filial piety in front of his old man every day, it's just that Liu Wei has a million armor and is proud of the world, how can he easily agree to my conditions, if you want to welcome back your father, you can only wait to break through Jinling." ” After a pause, he continued: "However, Prime Minister Fan, even if Liu Wei refuses to let his father return.
You also have to fight for it when you negotiate.
If I can really exchange Yang Yuhuan for my father, I don't want a grain of grain from your Wei Kingdom, but I have to reward Cao Mengde heavily."
Fan Zeng understood that Li Shimin was just saying a beautiful thing, if he really changed Li Yuan back, it was estimated that Li Shimin would have the intention of killing him, but it would be beneficial and harmless to accompany Li Shimin to make Li Shimin happy, so why not "Your Majesty is in charge of it, rest assured, the old man will definitely tell the envoy to do his best to fight for the return of the emperor of your country."
Fan Zeng patted his chest and promised, "If Liu Wei really refuses to agree, then strive to exchange the two princes." ” "That's all there is to it" Li Shimin's mood looked very low, Fan Zeng did not bring him any good news this time, but caused a crisis of public opinion for himself, and he really wanted to expel Fan Zeng from the camp with a stick.
Fan Zeng smiled slightly: "In addition to the two princes, it should be possible to exchange for a woman who is very important to Your Majesty."
"Woman, what you said was true," Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brightened For Li Shimin, there are only three important women in Jinling, one is the biological mother, the other is the sister-in-law Li Xiuning, and the other is the eldest grandson Wujian who fell in love at first sight, I don't know which one Fan Zeng said Fan Zeng said with a smile: "Other women can't be replaced, but for the sake of the face of the eldest grandson Wuji, the certainty of changing back to the eldest grandson is still relatively large." ” During the war years, scouts from all over the world were everywhere, not only Liu Wei sent eyes and ears to the Tang State, Li Shimin also sent spies deep into Jiangdong to spy on intelligence, so the news that the eldest grandson Wujian pulled his son for himself in Jinling had already reached Li Shimin's ears, which made him very grateful to the eldest grandson Wujian.
At this moment, hearing Fan Zeng mention the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited: "If it wasn't for being captured by Li Jing at the beginning, Wujian would be my concubine now."
Over the years, she has worked hard in Jinling and suffered a lot, if she can be exchanged for Qingfu to enjoy Qingfu, it will naturally be excellent."
Fan Zeng bowed his head and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, just like that, I decided how to take Yang Yuhuan back with the old man, and strive to exchange for the eldest grandson Wujian and the two princes Jiancheng and Yuanji."
In addition, I will give money, food, and cloth as a token of gratitude."
Li Shimin did not answer Fan Zeng directly, and asked rhetorically: "You said that in addition to recovering Yang Yuhuan, there is another purpose, to ask for help from me, and send Li Mu to lead the army south to help you recapture Yecheng."
"Exactly" Fan Zeng nodded, "The national capital has fallen, my Great Wei army is panicked and demoralized, if we can't quickly reverse the situation, I'm afraid it will collapse."
Li Shimin said with a straight face: "I was strongly blocked by the Han army in Qingzhou, and the advantage in strength disappeared, and I was planning to transfer Li Mu's corps to cross the Yellow River to come to help, how could I go to Yecheng to assist you?"
Fan Zenglang said: "The old man only says one word, if the lips die, the teeth are cold, if the Wei State dies, the Tang State is in danger, Your Majesty can't take Qingzhou this time, you can find a chance to make a comeback, if the Wei State is destroyed, Your Majesty will have no allies in this world."
Listening to Fan Zeng's words, Li Shimin was solemnly moved.
Indeed, if Cao Cao was destroyed, there would be no more forces in the entire East that could ally with the Tang Dynasty, and at that time the Tang State would not be able to resist the powerful Eastern Han Dynasty alone, and its demise would be inevitable "I can send Li Mu south to support Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to help you counterattack Yecheng, but my condition is that your Wei State will cede the three counties in the west of Youzhou to our Tang State, plus the two counties of Donghai and Langya in the north of Xuzhou.
If Cao Mengde doesn't agree, don't blame me for not saving me when I see death" Li Shimin's voice was like a bell, and he threw out his last conditions.
"Okay, on behalf of the Emperor of Great Wei, Lao Yu agreed to His Majesty's conditions, and hoped that Feige would pass on General Li Mu and send rescue troops as soon as possible."
Fan Zeng didn't have much bargaining capital, so he agreed after a little thought.
Li Shimin immediately ordered Li Shanchang to draft a treaty, sign and draw a pledge according to Shicai's words, and let Fan Zeng press his handprint in the name of the prime minister of Great Wei, and the matter was settled.
After reaching an agreement, Fan Zeng bid farewell to Li Shimin, and returned to Xingguo Temple with his entourage to find Kuai Liang and Xu Chu.
As soon as Fan Zeng left, Li Shimin also decided to take the golden bullet to Langya and the East China Sea to inspect the terrain, and transferred Shi Jingsi and Li Ke, who were still in Xuzhou, to attack Wei Qing's flank from Langya north with two troops and horses.
The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, and the morning glow was overwhelming, and Li Shimin galloped away towards Langya with hundreds of horsemen under the protection of the golden bullet, but the golden sun shone on Li Shimin's helmet, and there was a little green light from behind. t1706231537: