Next, the council between the families of the gate lords began, and Wu Changqing, the head of the Wu family in Gusu, said: "The current situation is already very clear, Tieler's strength is far from being comparable to that of the Xiongnu and Liang in that year, and the Western Tibet was destroyed in two months, which is very terrible, if Tiele comes to attack our Chu State, how long can the Chu State last......"
The head of the Tan family in Huizhou sighed: "I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for even a month." ” Someone gritted his teeth and secretly hated: "All this is due to Zhen Jian, it is he who offended Yulin Zhentuo Khan, and he wants to drag us to the funeral together!"
” "What's the use of saying that now!"
Wu Changqing said, "Calling everyone here is not an afterthought, but to find a way to resolve the crisis." ” The head of the Jiangling Han family thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have been thinking about it for a long time during this time, although the method of taking refuge in Tiele is not feasible, it can be used as a last choice, so it is better to make a decision, it is better than doing nothing." ” Wu Changqing muttered when he heard this: "The matter of defecting to the enemy, I have already discussed it last time, the Tiele people look down on us Chu people, if we take refuge in Tiele, I am afraid that we will be sold into slavery." ” "It's better to be a slave to the Tielerites than to be destroyed."
The head of the Han family said, "I said it all, this is a way to be helpless, is it possible to sit and wait for death?"
” "The old man thinks that the head of the Han family is reasonable."
Luzhou Wang said slowly, "Although this is a lower policy, it can be used as a final life-saving strategy, if you are not afraid of death, you will not gather here." ” Wu Changqing said: "Okay, this should be used as the last life-saving strategy, but today, Wu still hopes that you can give a good plan to resolve this crisis." ” "Didn't you say that last time?"
Luzhou Wang said, "As long as Zhen Jian is captured and dedicated to Tiele Khan, this crisis can be resolved." ” "Is Zhen Jian so easy to catch?"
Someone didn't have a good breath and said, "If we could catch him, I would have caught him a long time ago, and we are still here to calculate something." ” "It's man-made, if you find someone next to Zhen Jian to attack him, it's not useless."
"You say it lightly......"
A group of old guys once again expressed their opinions and discussed the matter of dealing with Zhen Jian, but none of them worked.
Seeing that the council had been going on for nearly an hour, but he hadn't come up with a feasible plan yet, Wu Changqing was secretly anxious.
At this time, the head of the Zheng family in Huizhou, who had been silent, suddenly said: "I don't know who said it, looking for someone next to Zhen Jian to attack him, the old man thinks that this plan can be tried." ” "Oh?"
Wu Changqing spread his hands when he heard this, "What does the Zheng family master think, let's hear it." ” Everyone immediately turned their eyes to the Zheng family master, and many people secretly disdained it, they didn't think that the Zheng family master could come up with any good ideas.
The head of the Zheng family slowly stroked his beard and said: "If you want to say that this Zhen Jian is really leaky, but all the people he reuses are loyal to him, and we have no way to start, but there are exceptions." ” "Elder Zheng, don't sell it."
One of the heads of the family said impatiently, "Just say it, who to start with?"
” The head of the Zheng family smiled slightly, and said word by word: "Qingguo Gong." ” As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and after a while, Wu Changqing frowned and said coldly: "Master Zheng, aren't you joking, everyone knows that the two great princes and Zhen Jian have close contacts, not only that, but there is no contact between the two great princes and our gate valves......"
There was no need for him to say more about the latter words, and everyone echoed them, thinking that the Zheng family master was simply whimsical.
The head of the Zheng family said slowly: "Sitting in our position, we should know a truth, there are no eternal friends, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests." ” "Of course we know."
The head of the Han family answered, "If you want to talk about interests, the business that Zhen Jian provided to the two major princes made the two great powers earn a lot of money, and you said that they would give up such big interests and cooperate with us?"
What good can we give him?
” "That's not how interests count."
The head of the Zheng family said calmly, "If it is normal, Zhen Jian does provide huge benefits for the two great princes, but now, Zhen Jian has angered Tiele, Tiele has conquered everything, is invincible, and destroyed the powerful Xibo in two months, and then, Yulin Zhentuo Khan is likely to take revenge on Zhen Jian for humiliating him, Tiele's army is coming, and the whole country is in danger, at this time, what are the real benefits?"
” Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and thought about his words, yes, if Tie Le came to commit it, what is the real benefit, is it still useful to ask for so much money?
After a while, Wu Changqing said in a deep voice: "The Guogong Mansion is resting with the country, but Zhen Jian has angered Tie Le, making our Chu State in danger of losing the country, if the country is dead, then the Guogong Mansion will be the first to die." ” "That's right."
The Zheng family master nodded and said, "To put it bluntly, Zhen Jian has pushed the two major national mansions to the edge of the cliff, and the old man doesn't believe it, the two national guilds can sit still!"
” "In this way, we can talk to the two great princes at the same time to help us deal with Zhen Jian?"
"Nope."
The head of the Zheng family waved his hand and shook his head and said, "We are acting in secret, it is not appropriate to publicize it, just choose one, Zhen Jian has a good relationship with the people of Qingguo Mansion, so Qingguo Gong is the best choice." ” Wu Changqing thought for a while and asked, "What if Qing Guogong doesn't listen to persuasion, will he betray us?"
” "It's up to him."
The head of the Zheng family smiled gloomily and said, "You may not know, Hou Guanhai (Qingguo Gong) has a twin brother called Hou Guanlan, who looks exactly like him, the reason why the old man chose Qingguo Gong is because of this Hou Guanlan, you know what I mean, right?"
” Wu Changqing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "Are you going to be a Taostiff Li Dai?"
” The Zheng family head smiled and nodded.
At this time, the head of the Han family frowned and asked, "Qing Guogong has a twin brother?"
Why haven't we ever heard of it?
” "That was a long time ago."
Zheng said, "Although Hou Guanlan and Hou Guanhai are twin brothers, but because he went out when he was young, he injured his foot, and when he came back, he was already a cripple.
Even Hou Guanhai, the prince of the country, was not allowed to visit and release him, Hou Guanlan seemed to have disappeared from the world since then, this matter has been more than 30 years away from Jin, and has long been forgotten, and the old decay was also learned by accident. ” "God help me!"
Wu Changqing said excitedly when he heard this, "As long as we promise Hou Guanlan, rescue him, and reclaim the position of the Duke of China for him, of course he will also help us deal with Zhen Jian." ” The Zheng family master said: "Qingguo Mansion is an unusual place, this trick is too dangerous, it can only be regarded as a backhand, let's persuade Qingguo Gong first, if Qing Guogong is willing to cooperate with us, then everything will be very smooth." ” "Not bad."
Everyone nodded.
At this time, someone asked: "After catching Zhen Jian, how to send it to Tiele?"
” Wu Changqing smiled when he heard this, and said: "Coincidentally, Tiele Country has installed a lot of secret agents in my Great Chu, and Wu happens to know one of them, after catching Zhen Jian, we can hand Zhen Jian over to the secret agents of Tiele Country and let them take them back to Tiele." ” When everyone heard this, their hearts were terrified, this old guy was really insidious, and he actually quietly colluded with the secret agents of Tiele Kingdom, which shows that he began to prepare for his retreat very early.
The head of the Zheng family suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Master Wu, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, I don't know if you can recommend us to meet with the secret agent of the Tiele Kingdom." ” Although the others did not speak, they all thought the same thing in their hearts.
Wu Changqing raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, Wu is by no means a person who eats alone, we will first send someone to persuade Qingguo Gong, and then set a specific plan, when the time comes, Wu will naturally bring that Tiele secret agent to meet with everyone and discuss the matter together." ” Everyone smiled and agreed when they heard this, and the atmosphere of the meeting became very harmonious again.
The next afternoon, Qing Guocheng sat in the courtyard, although he rarely asked about court affairs now, but he was a big man after all, and he was still worried about state affairs, what worried him the most at the moment was whether Tie Le would come to attack Da Chu, if Tie Le came to attack, whether Da Chu could resist it, although he knew that he couldn't help much, but he still couldn't help but worry.
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Suddenly, the porter came to report: "Master, there is a guest visiting, this is a post."
With that, he handed over a post.
Qing Guogong took the post and opened it to take a look, and suddenly his eyebrows twisted, and he muttered to himself: "What is he doing here to find the old man?"
” Although he was full of doubts, Qingguo Gong had nothing to do anyway, so he said, "Bring him here to see me." ” "Yes."
The porter was ordered to retreat.
After a long time, the porter led a man in a green robe with white temples into the courtyard, this man in the green robe was Wu Zaiyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was fifty-three years old this year.
"Xiaguan meets Qingguo Gong!"
Wu Zaiyan made a big gift to Qingguo Gong, he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he has always been thoughtful in the number of etiquette.
Qingguo Gong waved his hand and said with a light smile: "That's it, the old man is idle at home, you don't have to detain those courtesies in the officialdom, the old man doesn't like it, sit down." ” "Thank you, seniors."
Wu Zaiyan is very good at observing words and feelings, since the other party said not to be restrained by officialdom, then call him a senior, and sat down on the stool next to the table, his face full of respect.
Qin Guogong glanced at him and said, "You came to find the old man this time, is it for public or private?"
” Wu Zaiyan said: "Returning to the country's predecessors, for the public." ” Qingguo Gong sighed: "The old man has ignored the affairs of the court for a long time, if there is official business, you can go to Master Zhen." ” Wu Zaiyan said: "This matter can't be known to Master Zhen, and only you can handle it." ” "Oh?"
Qing Guogong was puzzled for a while when he heard this, thought about it, and asked, "What is the matter?"
” Wu Zaiyan said: "Senior Guogong, Tiele is coming to attack our Dachu......
Qing Guogong was silent when he heard this, he was worried about this matter, he didn't expect Wu Zaiyan to come to him for this matter, but as Qing Guogong, he had to behave more calmly than ordinary people, so he said: "There is no battle report from the front, why do you say this?"
” Wu Zaiyan said: "Taishi Zhen also had to die tragically in the territory of my Great Chu with the fourth prince of Tiele and the national teacher, and beheaded the envoys of Tiele, which is a great humiliation for the Great Khan of Tiele, Tiele is strong, with the ferocious personality of the Great Khan of Tiele, how can he not take revenge, he will definitely send troops to attack our Great Chu, otherwise it will be difficult for him to raise his head in front of the countries." ” Qingguo Gong waved his hand and said: "You are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, don't overstep your responsibilities, this kind of thing will be handled by the Privy Council and the public." ” Wu Zaiyan said righteously: "The predecessors are wrong, and the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, not to mention that Zai Yan is an official of the imperial court, and he should share the worries of the king." ” Qing Guogong raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "So, you have a clever plan?"
” "Yes."
Wu Zaiyan nodded vigorously, looking extremely serious.
Qing Guogong was also shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Let's hear it." ” Wu Zaiyan said: "This matter was caused by Master Zhen, not my will of Da Chu, it was Master Zhen who provoked Tie Le again and again, as long as we tied up Zhen Jian and sent it to Tie Le Khan, Tie Le Khan will definitely be able to relieve his anger, and a war disaster will be stopped." ” "Bastard!"
When Qingguo Gong heard this, he suddenly slapped the table and stood up, stared at him, and shouted coldly, "You can say such a rebellious word!"
Without Zhen Jian, my Great Chu would have been destroyed a long time ago, and he would not have recovered the lost territory in the north, such a great hero, you actually want to harm him!
Your heart can be punished!
” Wu Zaiyan did not show weakness, and said: "Qingguo Gong, the monarch and his subordinates, the principle of nature is also, but you look at the current court, Zhen Jianxing is rebellious, and the following is a crime, forcing the first emperor to abdicate and set up a new monarch, the new monarch is still the mentally incomplete King Qi, what is his purpose, just because King Qi is at his mercy and control, he is now holding the Son of Heaven to command the world, just like the emperor, this is a thief who steals the country, where is the minister of great merit, in Yan is dedicated to the country, and the predecessors of the Duke of Wangguo......
Mingjian!
At the end of his speech, he made a big salute and looked very impassioned.
Qingguo Gong was also shocked by his generous words, in fact, to be honest, Wu Zaiyan said it right, it was all right, Zhen Jian did something rebellious, he was a rebel, and he is now in charge of the court, covering the sky with one hand, and the emperor is indeed at his mercy, and the ministers are like decorations.
But......
Qing Guogong hopes that this state will last for a long time, he thinks that this is very good, at least the country has become stronger, the court has become clearer, the corrupt officials have disappeared, and the people's lives are better......
On the one hand, he is loyal, on the other hand, he is patriotic, and sincerity is difficult to decide, Qingguo Gong fell into contemplation for a while, and Wu Zaiyan waited quietly on the side.
After a long time, Qingguo Gong sat back in his position, slowly shook his head and said, "Zhen Jian can't have anything, and Da Chu can't do without Zhen Jian." ” "The senior ...... of Guogong" Wu Zaiyan wanted to persuade again.
Qingguo Gong directly raised his hand to stop him, and said: "Your thoughts, the old man can understand, in fact, there are many people in the court who have the same thoughts as you, but you have to know that Zhen Jian is not doing this for his selfish desires, our Da Chu is going farther and farther on the road to prosperity, all this is his credit, Tie Le is powerful, but we have gunpowder, if it really doesn't work, the old man is willing to live and die with Da Chu." ” Wu Zaiyan's eyebrows froze when he heard this, and after being silent for a long time, he sighed: "Since this is the case, the junior will leave and disturb the senior."
So he bowed down and went to the gate of the courtyard, and turned to leave.