The room was very silent. Yang Yuanqing did not speak, but picked up the tea bowl and drank the tea slowly, as if he was enjoying the deliciousness of Mengding tea before the tea cooled down. Liang Zhong's heart was raised to his throat, and he didn't know that he would face a
What kind of result is that for Liang Shidu, the support of the Northern Sui Dynasty was too important. Without the support of the Northern Sui Dynasty, they would not have been able to survive for half a year.
After a while, Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "Why don't Master Liang want to surrender to the Northern Sui Dynasty and become the Grand Governor of Longyou, the court's title?"
"this......"
Liang Zhong didn't know how to answer, but then he understood what Yang Yuanqing meant. It turned out that he hoped that Liang Master would surrender, which was very difficult to deal with. Liang Zhong knew very well that Liang Master would dream of proclaiming himself emperor and let him surrender to the north.
Sui, becoming the Northern Sui Dynasty, how could he agree? If he really wanted to surrender, it would be better to surrender to the Tang Dynasty than to surrender to the Northern Sui Dynasty. Although Liang Zhong understood this very well, he could not tell the truth to Yang Yuanqing.
"I don't know this humble position, and it's hard to answer. Please forgive me."
Yang Yuanqing knew that Master Liang had no idea at all, so he smiled and said, "Okay! I won't make things difficult for you. How can Master Liang support him if he wants me to support him?"
Liang Zhong was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, my general has two requests. One is to hope that the Northern Sui Dynasty can send envoys to attend the General's abdication ceremony of the Western Qin Dynasty to help stabilize the situation in the five counties of the Western Qin Dynasty. The other request is to hope.
The Northern Sui Dynasty was able to provide food support. In return, General Liang was ready to launch the Hexi offensive after the situation stabilized. The general explained in detail in the letter.
Yang Yuanqing opened the letter and read it carefully. He was a little moved. If Liang Master could really occupy Hexi and cut off the source of the Tang Dynasty's horse, that would be good. However, Yang Yuanqing also knew that Liang Masters were all Lingwu County.
Once a person becomes independent, his long-term goal will inevitably be to develop towards Lingwu County. The so-called seizing Hexi is only his first step. Once he is allowed to grow up, he will eventually be raising a tiger.
Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly and said, "Although I am willing to help you with food, in fact, you have been surrounded by the Tang Dynasty and the food cannot be transported. In this way! Once you take down Zhangye County, I will transport it from Juyanhai.
The grain went south, and as for the envoy, I would send Xie Sili to congratulate General Liang on his arrival in Eji."
Liang Zhong said goodbye with great sincerity and left ′Yang Yuanqing did not leave ′He stood in front of the hall with his hands behind his back staring at the distant sky′He was very worried′The Liang army in history, in order to be independent, he did not hesitate to sell his country to join the Turks′He has no ethnicity in his bones
Dayi's only interests' and such a person replaced Xue Ju' and occupied Longyou area. He is likely to make Tuyuhun stronger again. He may even make Tubo go down the plateau. He will make Xihai County and Heyuan County captured by the Sui Dynasty through great hardships.
He would rather not support such a person than let the Tang Dynasty destroy the Liang Shidu and let the Tang Dynasty go to work hard to maintain the Hehuang counties.
However, he did not agree with the Tang Dynasty's national autonomy strategy in history. The Tang Dynasty was different from the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty directly occupied various parts of the Western Regions and established counties and officials to rule. The Tang Dynasty made the locals self-govern and surrendered to the central court.
·It may be possible to do it in its prime, but once it weakens, all ethnic groups will leave independently.
After thinking about it, the best way is to he also make a wedge in the Western Regions to maintain the influence of the Northern Sui Dynasty in the Western Regions. Whether it is the rule of the Liang army or the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions will not be easily lost.
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Shen Bai has been patiently waiting for Yang Yuanqing's reception these days. Today, the imperial examination officially began. Several children of the Shen family took the exam, and Shen Bai was idle.
Shen Bai lives in Yuelai Inn, west of the city. This is also a very famous inn in Taiyuan. He booked a separate courtyard and lived with six Shen's children. With the official start of the imperial examination, the inn has become very strong. Quiet.
The warm sunlight shone into the room through the window paper. Shen Bai was sitting in front of the window reading a book leisurely. After waiting for a few days without success, Shen Bai is not anxious now. As long as Yang Yuanqing really attaches importance to the Shen family, no matter whether he is in Taiyuan or not. Yang Yuanqing would find him. On the contrary, if Yang Yuanqing did not pay attention to the Shen family, even if he got in front of Yang Yuanqing, he would turn a blind eye.
Just when Shen Bai was calming down, the opportunity came to the door. The anxious voice of the inn shopkeeper came from the yard, "Are Mr. Chen here?"
Shen Bai walked out of the room and saw that in addition to the shopkeeper, there were several soldiers standing in the yard. He moved slightly and hurriedly said, "Is there anything wrong with the shopkeeper looking for me?"
A soldier stepped forward and bowed, "Sir, is Wu Xing Shen Bai?"
"That's right!"
Shen Baigong bowed and replied cautiously. Although the other party was just an ordinary soldier, he was very polite and had no arrogant airs.
The soldier felt Shen Bai's humility and smiled on his face, "We are the personal soldiers of General Manager Yang of Jinzhou. General Manager ordered us to come and ask the teacher to meet."
Shen Bai's heart pounded, and it was indeed coming. His voice was trembling with nervousness, "Please wait, I'll change my clothes and leave."
Shen Bai changed his clothes and followed his personal soldiers to Yang Yuanqing's mansion. After all, Shen Bai is the head of a prominent family and has a profound human nature. Yang Yuanqing actually met him in his mansion, which revealed to him. With this hint, Yang Yuanqing would probably regard the Shen family as a relative of the foreign country. Shen Bai began to feel excited. If this is true, the Shen family would one day become a major political force in the Northern Sui Dynasty.
The personal soldiers led him to Yang Yuanqing's outer study room, and someone reported: "Qi reported to the general manager, Mr. Chen brought him."
"Please come in!" Yang Yuanqing's voice came from the room.
Shen Bai pushed the door and walked into the room. He was stunned. There were two people in the room. He knew one of them. He met Chen Chun, whom he had met in Shen Jundao's house two days ago. He was a child of the Shen family in Dunhuang. Shen Bai knew that he was Yang Yuanqing's military officer and was a confidant. The other man was 27 or 28 years old, tall and sharp-eyed. This should be Yang Yuanqing, who is famous all over the world.
Shen Bai hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Small Min Shen Bai, meets His Highness the King of Chu!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I have heard of the name of the head of Shen for a long time. I have wanted to see him for a long time, but I just returned from Hedong a few days ago. I have been busy with business and have no time to meet him, so I have been waiting for him for a long time."
"There! There! I, a commoner, disturbed Your Highness's official duties."
While being polite, Shen Bai secretly looked at Chen Chun, thinking about the significance of Chen Chun's appearance here. An intuition told him that Yang Yuanqing might want the two Shens to merge.
"President Shen family, please sit down!"
Shen Bai sat down and felt a little uneasy. He realized that the Shen family's path to becoming a major force in the Northern Sui Dynasty was not that simple.
Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, showed a soft smile on his face, and said to Shen Bai: "Actually, Wuxing Shen is also my mother's family. My wet nurse Shen raised me since she was a child. I have always regarded her as my mother and sent people several times. I went to pick her up to Taiyuan, but the wet nurse said she couldn't live without the orphan she adopted and refused to come. Does she still live in Wuxing Chen's house?"
Shen Bai hurriedly said, "Qiu Niang will come to Chen's house in Wuxing in winter. She now spends most of her time in Danyang County."
"Why don't you know that the land house left by her father is still there?" Yang Yuanqing asked slowly.
The land house that Yang Yuanqing refers to is an old house in Shen Xuanhui's house and dozens of hectares of land. The mother and daughter were born in the first place because this land house was occupied by Shen Bai's brother and had a bad relationship with the Shen family.
In fact, half of this incident was wronged by Shen Bai. It is true that the house was occupied, but the land was not. When Shen Xuanhui raised an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, he sold dozens of hectares of land under his name in order to raise military expenses. Later, The Shen family redeemed the dozens of hectares of land and redistributed it to Shen Bo's younger brother Shen Song. They did not consider the interests of Shen Xuanhui's descendants, but half of the land had been redistributed ten years ago to Shen. Qiu Niang and her daughter are about twenty acres.
Since Yang Yuanqing specifically asked about this, Shen Bai had to admit that the ownership of Tian’s house was still owned by Chen Qiuniang and his daughter.
"Report to His Highness, the land and house are still there, the house has been renovated, and the land is redistributed within the family, and is willing to be distributed to the side princess."
Yang Yuanqing nodded and smiled and said, "The reason why I asked about this is because I have an idea. I am going to let the Shen family in Dunhuang return to the old house in Wuxing. My wife also agreed to transfer the land house under her name to Dunhuang. Shen, as long as the Shen family in Dunhuang returns to their hometown, I believe that the Shen family in Wuxing will be revitalized. This is also something I have been looking forward to for a long time. Today, I invited the head of Shen to discuss this matter, where the head of Shen Are there any difficulties?”
Shen Bai sighed in his heart, and he was indeed guessed. Yang Yuanqing's purpose was to merge the two sinkings. After all, Shen family in Dunhuang is the real family of the princess. He also knew that once Shen family in Dunhuang returned, it would inevitably involve the clan. With the reallocation of power, the entire Shen family will definitely be greatly adjusted, and Shen Bai will inevitably give up a lot of benefits.
However, Shen Bai also understood that without the return of the Shen family in Dunhuang, there would be no question about the future political interests of the Shen family in Wuxing. If there is any loss, there will be gains, and the benefits he gained will be far greater than his loss.
Thinking of this, Shen Bai shook his head and said, "There is no difficulty. The merger of the two sinkings is a great thing. I will support it!"
"good!"
Yang Yuanqing admired Shen Bai's awareness of the times. This kind of generosity is the style of a famous family in Jiangnan. Of course, since Shen Baiken cooperates with him so sensiblely, he also needs to express himself.
Yang Yuanqing smiled again and said, "I heard that the Shen family also had children participating in the Taiyuan Imperial Examination, but did they have the sons and nephews of the head of the Shen family?"
Shen Bai's eldest son Chen Huan is now under the command of the warlord Chen Faxing, a separatist in Jiangnan. Although Chen Faxing's surname is Chen, he is not the authentic Shen family in Wuxing, but only a side branch. Although Shen's family is protected by Chen Faxing, Shen Bai did not intend to support Chen Faxing. He believed that Chen Faxing would not last long. This time he came to Taiyuan, he wanted to find another way out.
Shen Bai hurriedly bowed and said, "I will bring six nephews of the Shen family this time, and my second son Chen Zhan is among them."
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and smiled: "This time, I have several places outside the admissions. If the head of the Shen family is willing, the son can stay in the Northern Sui Dynasty to become an official."
Shen Bai was overjoyed. This was his purpose in Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination. He stood up and bowed deeply, "The Shen family is willing to serve His Highness the King of Chu!"