There is an alley called Baiyuan Street in the west of Taiyuan City. There is only one middle house in the alley, covering an area of ​​about four or five acres. Next to it is a military camp, with 300 soldiers guarding the West City Gate.

But this is the middle house, but there are more than a hundred soldiers stationed in it. This middle house is actually a prison of Yimei. There is a person under house arrest in a small courtyard deep in the house. This person was arrested in the Liaodong Battle.

The prisoner of Goryeo Prime Minister Yuan was too deceitful.

Nearly half a year passed since he was captured in spring. In half a year, Yuan Taizha was imprisoned in this yard, sitting in a well like a frog, watching the sky, and only one mute old servant cooked for him every day.

The only thing that made Yuan too deceitful was that he got more than a dozen books, which were accompanied by him through the past half a year.

Yuan Taizha didn't know when he would be released, but one thing he understood was that he was not completely locked up until his old age. Yang Yuanqing put him under house arrest because he had political value. When he needed to use his value, he would

Released back to China.

But when this opportunity will come, he didn't know. Maybe it would not appear until the Sui Dynasty unified the world, because only then would the Sui Dynasty free up its hands to deal with Goryeo.

As the days passed, Yuan Taijin felt that he was getting older day by day, and his heart became numb from expectations.

He no longer considered when he would go out, and was mentally prepared to die in a foreign land, because he suddenly realized that his son Gai Suwen actually didn't want him to go back.

Many things are often like this. When people are already desperate and no longer have expectations, opportunities will come quietly.

Early in the morning, Yuan Taizhuo, who was reading a book under a tree, was alarmed by a slight riot outside the yard. For half a year, the outside of the yard was terrible and there was never any sound. Sometimes he couldn't help but curse the defenders outside in order to get it.

The other party scolded him, but the defenders outside never paid attention to him.

The long silence made Yuan Taizha particularly sensitive to his voice. Any movement outside the courtyard would shock him. He stood up suddenly, not knowing what was happening outside.

At this time, the sound of the iron lock opening came, "Cruff!" With a sound, the almost rusty iron courtyard gate was pulled open, and a large group of soldiers rushed in, each holding guns and knives, full of murderous intent.

An officer walked in behind the soldiers. He was tall and tall, with sharp eyes and a golden crown on his head. Yuanta deceived the man. He was the supreme king of the Sui Dynasty and the King of Chu, Yang Yuanqing, and he was stunned.

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Seeing him, Yang Yuanqing looked shocked and couldn't help but smile, "Don't the Prime Minister Yuan know me anymore?"

Yuan Taizha took a step back. The more than half of the imprisonment had worn away half of the arrogance in his bones. He bowed slightly, "It turns out it is His Highness, the King of Chu!"

Yang Yuanqing looked into the yard, "The yard is so bad, let's talk in the yard!"

The soldier immediately carried a couch in the yard and placed a small table on the couch. Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Please invite the Prime Minister Yuan!"

Yuan Taifei's mind was blank. He almost instinctively sat down with Yang Yuanqing. A personal soldier served two cups of tea. Seeing that his eyes were still confused, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Did the Prime Minister Yuan not expect me to come?

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Yuan Taizha came to his senses. After all, he was the prime minister of Goryeo and had enough depth. Only half a year of imprisonment made him a little slow, but as long as he reacted, he would soon restore the demeanor that the prime minister should have.

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Yuan Taizha picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. The confusion in his eyes disappeared and became deeper. He put down the teacup and said lightly: "Your Highness the King of Chu is busy with all kinds of things, how can you have time to see me, the defeated general?"

He threw out a tentative saying, "Why did Yang Yuanqing come to see him? Is he worth something again?"

Yang Yuanqing seemed to know that he was going to ask this, and said without saying a word: "I am really busy. If something hadn't happened, I wouldn't have remembered you at all. I wouldn't have concealed the Prime Minister Yuan. I met King Silla yesterday.

The secret envoy sent, he wanted to make a deal with me, do you know what it is?"

Yuan Taizha's face changed drastically. Silla is Goryeo's mortal enemy. For decades, there have been countless thousands of Silla people who died at his hands. Their visit to Yang Yuanqing for a deal must have something to do with him.

He became nervous and asked uneasily: "Does the Silla people want my head?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "That's true. They are preparing to pay a high price to buy your head, the price is very attractive."

Yuan Taizha lowered his head. The Silla people wanted to kill him. As expected, did Yang Yuanqing hand over himself to the other party? He even said that the price was very attractive.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing continued: "If King Silla came to do this deal with me a few months ago, I might not agree, but now..."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head with some regret and did not say anything more, but Yuan was too deceitful to understand what Yang Yuanqing said later, because now his son Gai Suwen has the power and he has no value for use.

"Dear King of Sui and Chu, a powerful figure in the world, should I bow my waist for five dou of rice?" Yuan Taizha said in a deep voice.

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "This is not a five-dou rice question, but a deal. If I don't help me, I'm here to find Prime Minister Yuan, because I want to give Prime Minister a chance."

Yuan Taizha suddenly understood what Yang Yuanqing meant. It was because he had lost his political value that Yang Yuanqing wanted to exchange himself for money, exchange it for Silla and Goryeo. He wanted to bargain between the two sides and get the greatest benefits.

Yuan Taizuo couldn't control his inner excitement and said in a trembling voice: "I can give His Highness the King of Chu a ransom in exchange for my freedom."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said slowly: "There is a saying that I want to say in front. I handed over the prime minister to Silla. In fact, it is not for money, but for an alliance with Silla. So if you want to be free,

You must pay a greater price than the Silla alliance. You are the prime minister of Goryeo and you should understand this political interest."

Yuan Taida nodded silently, "I understand, Your Highness offers a offer!"

Yang Yuanqing took out a document and put it on the table and pushed it to him, "I want 300,000 stones of grain. If Yuan agreed, please sign and seal the document. I will send someone to the royal family to the emperor. Once the grain is sent across the Liaohe River,

I will put the prime minister back, and this is our deal.”

The Sui Dynasty fought against Goryeo three times, and left behind millions of stones of grain and countless weapons and supplies. These became the trophy of the Goryeo people. Goryeo had food, and 300,000 stones of grain could be completely taken out. Even Yuanzi Taizha's own treasury

, there is also enough food.

Yuan Taizha reached out and pressed the document, "Your Highness is a person with a word of nine. Since he said it, he should not regret it. Just like that, we will make up for it."

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Goryeo is just abbreviation. It is actually called Goguryeo. It is an ethnic minority country founded by the prince of Fuyu Kingdom. Its ancestors were ancient ethnic filthy people from ancient times.

Regardless of blood, race, Goguryeo is not a traditional Korean Peninsula country. In terms of language and customs, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje are very different. Sometimes the envoys even need to use translation when they come and go.

Goguryeo has its own language, but it does not have its own writing. It borrows Chinese characters to record history. In fact, whether it is Goguryeo, Silla or Baekje, their nobles and upper classes are glorious about speaking Chinese.

The capital of Goryeo is Pyongyang, a big city near the west coast, located in the underwater of Beishui. Pyongyang is also the largest city on the entire peninsula. It is 30 miles in circumference and has a population of more than 200,000. There are about 30,000 people stationed in Ping.

Goryeo was originally a relatively powerful country in the northeast, but after the three Eastern Expeditions of the Sui Dynasty and the Liaodong Battle half a year ago, Goryeo's military strength has been greatly weakened, with only more than 100,000 troops, mainly distributed on the border of the Han River to the south, with new defenses.

Luo, secondly distributed to the east of the Liao River in the north, defending against the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, the country of Goryeo was not peaceful. Gao Yuan, the king of Goryeo Plain, died of illness last year. Then his son Gao Jianwu, was called King Rongliu, but Goryeo's military and political power was in the hands of Mo Lizhiyuan.

Yuan Taizha was captured by the Sui army in the battle of Liaodong in the spring. His son Yuan Gaisuwen quickly took over his father's power and took control of the military power of Goryeo.

Gai Suwen's nest is not in Pyongyang, but in the domestic city on the north side of the Yalu River, 70,000 heavy troops were deployed in the domestic city area, and 50,000 heavy troops were deployed in the northern part of the Han River, all of which were in control.

Gassu Wenshou.

King Rongliu Gao Jianwu lived in the capital Pyongyang. He also had some army in his hands, which was the nearly 30,000 troops guarding the capital.

Because Pyongyang is controlled by King Goryeo, Gai Suwen almost never stays in Pyongyang. She only takes one or two days a month to handle some official duties and leave quickly to prevent herself from being assassinated by Gao Jianwu.

Even children in Pyongyang know that there are extremely deep contradictions between Goryeo Junxiong.

That morning, a caravan from the north entered Pyongyang City. The caravan consisted of about 200 horses, carrying a large amount of fur on the horse's back.

There were dozens of merchants, which were quite mixed. Among them were Turkic, Khitan, Han and Goryeo. The leader of the merchant was a Han man, about his early thirties, bronze-colored skin, burly figure and very strong.

They led their horses into the city, and the streets were bustling with people, which was particularly lively. It can be seen that Pyongyang is a relatively developed city with commercial development.

After entering the city, they walked about two miles and arrived at a hostel, which was an inn. The Koreans called the hostel. The restaurants and accommodation are connected together, covering a large area and are worth ten acres of land.

The businessman in charge glanced at the plaque hanging above the hostel, with a Chinese character on it: 'Ya' he nodded and said to everyone in Chinese: "Everyone, it's here. Let's take a break today and sell goods tomorrow."

A guy ran out. He was knowledgeable and could speak a few Chinese. He warmly greeted everyone: "The food in the small restaurant is cheap, the taste is good, and the accommodation is very clean. A few merchants from afar stayed in our small restaurant.

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The leader nodded and led everyone to lead the horse into this Yahooi hostel.
Chapter completed!