After the chaos in the world, the Pei family established a temporary five-person clan association. These five people were appointed by highly respected people from the fifth house of the Pei family. The main task was to maintain the safety of the Pei family. At the same time, when the head of the family was away, he presided over the affairs of the clan.
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Before Pei Ju came back, Pei Shiqing acted as the head of the family. Now that Pei Ju has returned safely, it is natural that Pei Ju will continue to take charge of the affairs of the family.
Since Pei Ju was still a prisoner and could not stay in the Pei family for a long time, Pei Shiqing did not report everything to Pei Ju in detail, but told Pei Ju about important events.
"Although the merger of the two Pei's parties seems to be Pei Ji's intention, in my opinion, it is probably Li Yuan's intention." Pei Shiqing said: "He has received the help of Guan Long, and now he wants to win over our Pei.
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"It is not impossible for the Pei family to join Li Tang, but Wenxi Pei and Sangquan Pei must not be merged!" The elder of the Dongjuan Pei clan refused sternly. He said: "Sangquan Pei was a branch more than a hundred years ago, and now it has
I haven't come to the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices for decades, so I don't count the Wenxi Pei clan anymore. If the two Pei clans merge, who will be the leader? Sangquan Pei clan?"
"I don't agree with the merger of the two Pei tribes either," said the elder of the Pei tribe in the middle family.
The clan elder who came to Wu Peifang from the south stroked his beard and said slowly: "Li Yuan wants Pei Ji to represent the Pei family and support Li Tang. At present, the Wang family in Taiyuan has defected to Li Tang, and he needs Pei Ji to support him and completely win over him."
Xia Bingzhou. If we don’t agree, will it cause his dissatisfaction?”
Pei Ju, who had been silent all this time, opened his eyes and spoke in a very calm tone.
"His dissatisfaction is of no use, it's just a joke. Li Tang established his country in Guanlong and gained people from Guanlong. Now is the time for Li Yuan to expand his power. Offending the Pei family will only make him uncomfortable. Pei family inheritance
So far, I have confidence, so there is nothing to fear."
Several clan elders nodded.
"Then how should we reply to Li Tang?" Pei Shiqing asked.
Pei Ju said indifferently: "Tomorrow, I will follow the Tang army to Chang'an. Then we will see how Li Yuan treats the Pei family and then think about countermeasures. However, if he wants to merge the two Pei families, he will be looking down on me, the Wenxi Pei family! Then we will see how Li Yuan will treat the Pei family.
, I would rather splatter the imperial city with blood than let him succeed!"
Pei Shiqing solemnly said: "If anything happens to the head of the family, and he hears that the children of the Pei family are happy, he will never serve in official positions until the end of the Tang Dynasty!"
This is the confidence of the family!
There has never been a thousand-year dynasty in this world, only a thousand-year family!
Big things set the tone, and talking about small things makes the atmosphere much more relaxed.
"Speaking of which, the King of Chu is very kind to our Pei family." Pei Shiqing said: "Some time ago, when Pei Shuang came back, he encountered bandits on the road, and it was the King of Chu who saved him. This time the head of the family was able to return safely, and the King of Chu was among them.
He also made a contribution."
Pei Ju nodded and said, "Indeed."
He currently has a good sense of Li Zhiyun. After all, it was Li Zhiyun who rescued him from Yu Wenhua and that dog thief. The only regret for him is that Li Zhiyun failed to kill Yu Wenhua and saved his life for his younger brother Pei Yun.
revenge.
The next day, Li Zhiyun returned to Chang'an with the Sui officials.
The news that Lu Chongmao failed to raise troops in Jiangzhou spread back to Mayi, making Xun Xiang feel that rubbish was just rubbish and could not be helped no matter what.
"Your Majesty, we can only rely on ourselves now." Xunxiang said to Liu Wuzhou.
The Turks named Liu Wuzhou the Khan of Dingyang. He felt that this title was nonsense, so he first called himself King Dingyang, and now he is also called the King of Northern Han. Not long ago, he ascended the throne and became the emperor.
Well, the national name is Dahan.
There is no way, his surname is Liu, and he is related to Liu Bang on a daily basis.
Liu Wuzhou was an evil person with an evil appearance, and his face was filled with cruelty.
"The person guarding Taiyuan is Li Yuan's fourth son, King Li Yuanji of Qi. I heard that this man is very successful and has no strategy. He is not as good as his second brother Li Shimin, so don't worry."
Liu Wuzhou is a pure careerist. It can be seen from his reliance on the Turks that he wants the whole world, rather than being a 'Dingyang Khan' in Mayi and being controlled by the Turks. Judging from his current position
, if you want to expand your territory, you can only go south.
"Send the order, I want to receive the Turkic envoy."
"As commanded."
Liu Wuzhou knew how strong Li Tang was. At present, only relying on the Turks can he have a chance to defeat Li Tang.
"Yuchi Gong!"
"The end is here!" A big man with a black face walked out. When his figure appeared, the light in the room seemed to dim a lot.
"You and the King of Song are training soldiers and horses and are ready to go south at any time!"
"As commanded."
Not long ago, Song Jingang was defeated by Dou Jiande and led the remaining troops to join Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou admired Song Jingang very much, named him King of Song, and even married his sister to him.
Song Jingang said: "Your Majesty, I thought that when your Majesty met with the Turkic envoys this time, he could promise them benefits in exchange for war horses and elite knights." Gu
"What are the benefits?" Liu Wuzhou asked.
Song Jingang said: "I heard that when Li Yuan raised troops from Jinyang, he promised the Turks that once they captured Guanzhong, he would give their women and children's property to the Turks. This time, your majesty can promise the Turks that as long as they capture Taiyuan, they will fight with the Turks.
They divided the city's population equally."
Liu Wuzhou thought for a moment and nodded solemnly.
"Can."
The black-faced man Wei Chi Gong lowered his head slightly, he somewhat hated this exchange.
Li Yuanji, who was in Taiyuan, didn't know yet that Liu Wuzhou had already begun planning for Taiyuan and even the entire Bingzhou.
Taiyuan City Head.
Dou Dan is on routine patrol.
Xiahou Duan hurried over and asked: "General Dou, where is King Qi?"
Dou Dan asked strangely: "Isn't King Qi in the palace?"
"No, I've searched all over Taiyuan and couldn't find him."
"Then I don't know." Dou Dan said perfunctorily. He knew in his heart that Li Yuanji must have gone out of the city to hunt, but he didn't intend to say it.
"What's the matter, sir? I have something important to report to King Ming Qi?" he asked.
Xiahou Duan stamped his feet and said anxiously: "Lu Chongmao of Jiangzhou is rebelling, and the governor is asking for help urgently."
"Ah?" Dou Dan was surprised, "How could this happen?"
Jiangzhou is behind them. If chaos breaks out, Taiyuan will not be safe.
"I don't know, that's what the messenger said."
Hearing this, Dou Dan did not dare to continue to neglect, and quickly called for people to go out of the city to find Li Yuanji. However, Taiyuan was so big that it was not easy to find Li Yuanji who was hunting. Until the evening, Dou Dan and Xia Houduan were not found.
Li Yuanji.
In the end, it was Li Yuanji who returned home from hunting with a full harvest.
Inside the hall.
Li Yuanji had just returned when he heard that Xiahou Duan had reported something important. Before he could change his clothes, he met with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of Taiyuan in the main hall.
"What's going on?" Li Yuanji looked tired and impatient.
Seeing his appearance, Xiahou Duan was very angry. He wanted to say something to him, but he swallowed it back. Although he was good friends with Li Yuan, this King of Qi was not an obedient person, so he still didn't say anything.
good.
"Your Majesty, Lu Chongmao of Jiangzhou has rebelled. Please send reinforcements quickly to annihilate them."
"How many people are there?"
"About five thousand."
"That's it?" Li Yuanji sneered coldly, "You can just take care of such a small matter. I want to rest."
After saying that, he left gracefully.
Xiahou Duan was stunned, what the hell is this?
Are you coming to Taiyuan for vacation?
The civil and military personnel in Taiyuan looked at each other and retreated one after another.
The right guard general Yu Wenxin walked up to Xiahou Duan and said, "Your Majesty, please go and make arrangements with Jiangzhou."
Xia Houduan pursed his lips and secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely take part in Li Yuanji's crime of dereliction of duty if he had the chance!
Before Xiahou Duan could lead his army to set off, another news came from Jiangzhou.
The king of Chu who was escorting grain and grass through Jiangzhou had already killed Lu Chongmao.
After hearing the news, Xiahou Duan breathed a sigh of relief and silently thanked King Chu in his heart.