A moment... The ring of the ring is light, and Yang Yuanqing's wife, Princess Chu Pei Minqiu, walked out of the mansion surrounded by dozens of maids and servants. Pei Minqiu guessed that it was her husband's uncle who came. She did not dare to neglect and came out to greet him in person.

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Li Jing hurriedly got off the carriage, stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Join the Princess of Chu!"

"It's my uncle who is here."

Pei Minqiu smiled and greeted, "My uncle looks healthier in the past two years, which is gratifying."

"Princess Xie is concerned, is Yuan Qing in the mansion?"

"He hasn't come back yet, I will send someone to inform him immediately. The weather is cold and my uncle asks me to go to the mansion to rest first. Yuan Qing was very worried about his uncle's recent situation a few days ago."

Pei Minqiu looked at the carriage again and asked strangely: "Why are there only my uncle and my aunt?"

"Haha! She can't leave. Fu'er's wife gave birth to her fourth son last month. She is very busy now."

"Cousin Fu actually has four sons. Why didn't my uncle say anything? We didn't know."

"You are in Fengzhou! It's too far away."

Li Jing was invited to the royal palace, and Pei Minqiu ordered the housekeeper to bring more than a dozen followers into the mansion to rest, and sent someone to notify Yang Yuanqing, and then led his uncle Li Ji into the mansion.

In the Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing is holding a cabinet meeting to discuss specific plans with the five prime ministers on launching the Hebei offensive.

"The situation in Hebei is quite complicated. Wei Daoer, Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao and Dou Jiande are in a state of confrontation. They are enemies of each other and will also join forces to the outside world. Last year, Dou Jiande attacked Youzhou, and Gao Kaidao sent troops to support Luo Yi.

, attacked Dou Jiande's army from the side, resulting in Dou Jiande's defeat and return, and Wei Daoer, he and Dou Jiande also worked together to deal with Xue Shixiong. Therefore, when our forces enter Hebei, it is likely that they will be united again, I can foresee

, It will be a lasting battle.”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said slowly: "For us, the difficulty is not only to take over Hebei, but also to face the hardships of the people of Hebei. After five or six years of rampage of bandits, Hebei has long been in decline.

The population has dropped sharply. To be honest, we need to prepare a lot of money and food, especially food. This is gold in troubled times. It also depends on all the ministers who fully realize the importance of seizing Hebei. They fully support the battle in Hebei in logistics."

Su Wei stood up and smiled and said, "I will express my opinion on behalf of all the cabinet officials! The upcoming battle in Hebei was on the agenda of Ziwei Pavilion a few months ago. This year, several counties in the southern part of Hedong Road were in our country.

The grain harvest was bumper, but the four counties of Loufan, Mayi, Yanmen and Dingxiang have not recovered from the destruction of Liu Wuzhou. Recently, they have accepted tens of thousands of immigrants from Guanzhong, and they also need a large amount of food resettlement. Fortunately, Wuyuan

The county and Lingwu County have certain grain storage, which can solve this problem. Now Taiyuan Cangcheng and Jinyang Gongcangcheng still have more than 800,000 stones of grain storage. In order to deal with the battle in Hebei, Ziwei Pavilion discussed that it would marry five.

One hundred thousand stones of grain are supported by the Hebei Battle, and one million new money is also used as military expenditure for this Hebei Battle.”

Pei Ju also smiled and said, "If the court could take dozens of Hebei counties, we would certainly not be able to do so. As early as the Battle of Hanoi, we discussed the countermeasures on Hebei. If the Battle of Hebei could be completed within one year,

Then Hedong can hold on. If it exceeds one year, it will be a bit difficult. Let me add that the 800,000 stone of grain storage mentioned by Su Xiangguo just now only refers to the grain storage in Taiyuan. In fact, after the grain harvest in the southern counties this year,

Taxed grains are gradually collected, and by around February next year, the government will still have about 200,000 shi of taxed grains, so we have a relatively abundant financial resources."

Today's Ziweige meeting is mainly to discuss logistics support for the Battle of Hebei, and the situation in Hebei is relatively complicated. According to the plan, it will take at least half a year. The war will fight the support of national strength, military sources, civilians, money, grain and various materials.

All of these will be destroyed one by one

The meeting lasted for an hour before it dispersed, and there were still a lot of specific matters to be arranged below. Yang Yuanqing returned to his official room and just walked to the door, a guard reported to him, "General Manager, the princess just sent someone to report, saying that the general manager

My uncle came from the south, please go back."

Yang Yuanqing Factory was stunned and then was overjoyed. A few days ago, he heard an official from his hometown in Anlu County saying that Anlu County was looted by a straitor of Zhu Jie at the beginning of the year, and he was still worried about his uncle.

It was safe, but my uncle came. He looked at the sky and it was almost noon, so he happily said, "Go back to the house first!"

Yang Yuanqing took a carriage and drove towards Taiyuan City. Today, the weather was clear, and the winter sun shone into the carriage, making the carriage particularly warm. Yang Yuanqing narrowed his eyes and enjoyed this rare moment of leisure. The carriage slowly drove across the Manchu Bridge.

Stopped in front of the mansion

"The master is back!"

When the doorman saw him getting out of the carriage, he immediately shouted and ran into the mansion to report. After a moment, Pei Minqiu came out and she smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't come back, so I asked my uncle to go and rest first."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Jing appeared at the gate of the East Courtyard and laughed: "I can't sleep anywhere, just wait for Yuan Qing to come back here!"

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Yuan Qing has seen his father!"

Li Jing was a little helpless and waved his hands repeatedly... I dare not take it! I dare not take it! You are the prince now, and you can no longer be the same as before."

"Now my nephew meets my uncle, it has nothing to do with my prince."

Yang Yuanqing asked again with a smile: "Where is my aunt? Have you already rested?"

Pei Minqiu walked up from the side and smiled, "Your cousin is happy to have the fourth noble son. My aunt wants to take care of her grandson, so she didn't come together this time."

"The fourth one?" Yang Yuanqing was a little surprised.

"Oh! Fu'er is the life of giving birth to a son. His wife's belly has never stopped. She gave birth to four grandchildren in a row. I'm almost numb. There are so many things happening in the family! I'll tell you slowly."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and took Li Jing to his outer study room.

The two of them came to the study and sat down. A maid served them tea. Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know how to mention this, but I still have to say some things. I might as well be frank. I am from Liang Chao now.

Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple.”

Yang Yuanqing did not show any shock on his face. In family affairs, he was a little shocked when he heard that Li Jing had four grandchildren in a row, but in politics, even if the sky fell, he could not show any expression.

"When will my uncle join the Liang Dynasty as an official?" Yang Yuanqing picked up the tea bowl and drank it. He asked calmly.

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing did not show any sign of shock and anger, Li Jing let down his heart and sighed slightly, "Half a year ago, the emperor came to my house to invite him. I felt his sincerity and agreed to enter the government.

Your mother's tomb was rebuilt by the Liang Dynasty, covering an area of ​​100 acres. According to the royal specifications, it is grand and has special people to watch the tomb. The locals call your mother's tomb the Queen Mother..."

Yang Yuanqing listened quietly without interrupting Li Jing's statement, but he was quickly thinking about his uncle Dong's purpose. It was obvious that his uncle came as an envoy of the Liang Dynasty, including Xiao Xian, who won over his uncle and rebuilt his mother's cemetery.

, These can be regarded as showing kindness to oneself, and Xiao Xian has a strong political purpose.

"The Master said that you had a good personal relationship with him back then, and you had worked together in Jiangdu. He hoped that this friendship and cooperation could continue."

Yang Yuanqing's calmness made Li Jing very nervous. He suddenly realized that the thin relationship between their nephew and uncle was not enough to bear the mission he brought. Yang Yuanqing could not agree to his request because he was his uncle.

, it must be considered based on the interests of the Northern Sui Dynasty. He was very worried that if Yang Yuanqing politely declined his proposal, he would explain it when he went back.

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said, "I am really grateful to Xiao Xian for his assistance to Jiangdu. I wonder what kind of task do you have?"

Yang Yuanqing's outspokenness made Li Jing suddenly stop being nervous, and he calmed down. No matter what, he was the Shaoqing of the Liang Dynasty's Honglu, and at least he should fully express the Liang Dynasty's wishes and maintain the dignity of the Liang Dynasty.

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Li Jing sighed, sat upright, and said frankly: "This time I came here as the priest's envoy. First, I hope that the Sui Dynasty can recognize the orthodox inheritance of the new Liang Dynasty to the original Western Liang Dynasty. In fact, I hope that the two of us will be

The dynasties can become allies and jointly deal with the Tang Dynasty.”

"Together to deal with the Tang Dynasty?.

This sentence made Yang Yuanqing very interested. Although he had just reached a settlement agreement with the Tang Dynasty, the settlement was only a relief from the hostility of both sides in the past, or just a ceasefire agreement, which did not mean that they would not fight each other in the future.

See, and the agreement is very clear that there will be no violation of each other within one year. In other words, the settlement agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties is only valid for one year. A year later, the Tang Dynasty had stabilized the situation in Guanlong and began to

Expand eastward, and he should have pacified Hebei.

Moreover, there is another key issue in the settlement agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties. Both parties intend to ignore it. That agreement only guarantees that each other does not invade each other's territory, but does not guarantee that they will live in harmony outside of the territory. For example, the Sui army attacked Luoyang.

The Tang army is also attacking Luoyang, so the fierce battle between the two is not within the scope of the agreement. This is a deliberate ignorance, and neither side is willing to be too bound by this agreement.

If he could become an ally with Xiao Xian, it would be helpful to curb the Tang Dynasty's expansion in the south. If the Liang Dynasty had a fierce battle with the Tang Dynasty, he could send troops to the Liang Dynasty to participate in the war, or he would support the Liang Dynasty behind his back.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "My uncle and aunt were kind to raise me back then. Since my uncle came to serve as an envoy, how could I not give my uncle face? In addition, Xiao Xian and I have had many years of friendship, and I am willing to do so.

Continue the friendship with him in the past, in this way! In response to his uncle's mission to Taiyuan, we will also send a special envoy to represent the Sui Dynasty to Xiliang. First, agree to your first request and recognize the legality of the Liang Dynasty. Then we

Let’s talk about alliance slowly.”

Li Jing was overjoyed, "Then we can set out tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!