Yonghe Palace in Linshuo Palace.

The guards wearing bright yellow armor stood on both sides of the corridor with their swords.

Above the corridor, a civil servant in his thirties wearing a Sui official robe held a yellow silk hand and walked slowly under the crowd of two military generals.

"See Xue Deyin, the envoy of Xuan, comes in!"

Without the feminine and sharp voice of the eunuch, the charming and majestic voices of soldiers were passed down from the hall one by one.

The envoy from the Eastern Capital made great strides forward.

Above Yonghe Hall, dozens of Zhao court officials held tablets and sat upright on two rows on a Hu stool in the main hall, looking at three envoys from the Eastern Capital in front of them.

In the hall, Li Chongjiu was wearing a crown robe and sat on a wide seat.

The three envoys arrived in front of the hall, and the hall gate official stepped forward and said, "Stop, remove the sword and remove the shoes!"

Ten golden-armored guards stopped in front of the door with their swords. The three envoys stopped. A burly general behind the civil servant said loudly: "My tile-faced gold-suited mace never leaves."

The palace official said, "This is my Great Zhao Rule Order. Please respect the two generals."

The civil servant in charge said, "We are here to be in harmony with Zhao State, not to be in trouble in the next life. General Qin and General Luo might as well listen."

The two generals behind him spewed in and out of the nostrils. The Qin general put two tiled gold-suited maces in his hand at will, and with a bang, several blue bricks on the ground immediately broke four petals.

"You." The guardian guards of the palace gate were immediately furious.

The Golden Armored Guards raised their long spears together.

The general surnamed Qin laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I was negligent at some point. I forgot that this pair of tiled-faced gold-suited maces were very heavy, but fortunately it didn't smash the threshold of your family."

"Forget it. Lao Qin, you are still so hot-tempered. I forgot how Brother Shan explained when he came." Another general named Luo finished speaking, and casually removed the long sword from his waist and took off his shoes.

The general surnamed Qin said, "I just lost my temper."

The official of the palace gate said, "Xue Deyin, the envoy of Xuan, came to see him."

After saying that, the three of them walked slowly and stopped thirty steps before Li Chongjiu's imperial throne.

The civil servant said, "Xue Deyin, the minister of the Huangmen, met the King of Zhao on behalf of my lord, and asked King Zhao, how good Queen Zhao!"

The leader Li Chongjiu nodded slightly and said, "The Emperor Taizhu and the Orphan are not outsiders. According to the principle, when the Emperor Taizhu sees the Orphan, according to the folk rules, he should also say "Brother-in-law!"

All the ministers laughed together.

The civil servant Xue Deyin said calmly: "My lord is very happy to hear that Princess Changle married King Zhao. It is said that King Zhao is a few heroes in the world. I wish I could not see him and say some common words."

Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "You are very good at speaking. Xue Deyin, Gu knows you, the three phoenixes of the Xue family in Hedong. Your brother Xue Suo is the Chang Chu, you are the Wu Ke, and your nephew Xue Yuanjing Chu. But for some reason, your brother and nephew are all serving in Li Tang, but you are serving in Luoyang."

Xue Deyin said, "Everyone has ambition. Zhuge Kongming served in Shu and Wu for his brothers. It is also a good story. But now my lord inherited the rule of the Sui Dynasty, while Li Tang was a pseudo-dynasty, which is really irreconcilable. If I meet my brothers and nephews on the battlefield, only my lords will fight each other."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It's right. Mr. Xue Daoheng was so talented that he was famous all over the world. Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to see him at first. Now he has seen his nephew like this. It can be seen that the three phoenixes in Hedong do not disappoint their reputation."

Xue Deyin said, "Thank you for your praise from King Zhao. In addition to the emperor's order, Youzhou came to Youzhou to be ordered by King Zheng. Since defeating Wagang, Li Tang in Guanzhong has repeatedly invaded the border, which is a major problem."

"King Zheng? Is the Prince of Wang?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"It is. Now the emperor gives all the power of the army and the country to King Zheng."

Li Chongjiu knew that Yang Ehuang's poor nephew, Huang Taizhu, had long been undermined by Wang Shichong and had now become a puppet.

Li Chongjiu said, "You said the Tang army repeatedly invaded the border, but I don't know what the situation is?"

Xue Deyin replied: "Three months ago, Li Yude, the governor of Zhizhou in Tang, attacked more than 30 places in Henan. King Zheng led his army to counterattack, and killed Li Yude and his three brothers, and won Jia."

"Two months ago, King Zheng led his army to attack Yiyang and defeated the Tang army general Shi Wanbao and Sheng Yanshi."

"Last month, King Zheng sent another general Gao Pi to attack Yizhou, but the winner was unsuccessful."

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard this. It seemed that Wang Shichong was indeed capable. After defeating Li Mi, he won consecutive victories in Henan. Now he came to join forces with Zhao State and put pressure on Li Tang from both sides of the north and south at the same time.

Xue Deyin said, "The King of Zheng said that Li Tang was an enemy, but the only place in Luoyang was not enough to catch him. The King of Zhao and our Lord were in-laws, and they were family members, who could help each other."

Li Chongjiu said, "So, King Zheng means to unite with Zhao to fight against the Tang Dynasty."

“That’s right.”

The ministers were in a round, with Wang Shichong's power, which was equal to the current Zhao State. Moreover, he used the emperor to command the people in all directions and under the banner of the Great Sui clan. In any case, the Great Sui was still the co-lord in the name of the world. At present, Wang Shichong was condemned by the envoy, and there was no intention of being condescending. The condition proposed was that the two families were equally alliance.

Therefore, the ministers sounded very useful.

Xue Deyin continued, "The King of Zheng said that Li Tang was in Guanzhong, while Zheng Wang occupied Henan, and Zhao State occupied Hebei, which was a three-legged tripod. Li Tang was in the east of Bashu River, and was rich in the middle and the danger of Hangu Pass. He was in seclusion and defended himself and controlled the princes on the east side. It can be said that one family was the only one. If we want to preserve the three-legged tripod, our Henan and Hebei must unite to protect them."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "The words of King Zheng are really heart-warming. What do all the officials think?"

The ministers and workers whispered for a while, and Lin Dangfeng, the Minister of Revenue, stood up and said, "I think that it is a good deal to unite with Wang Shichong to fight against Li Tang."

"Wei Zhen's proposal." More than a dozen officials stood up to agree.

At this time, Ji Chuan, the Minister of the Secretariat, stood up and asked, "Dare you ask, since you are united in fighting against the Tang Dynasty, what should we do? And what should you do?"

Xue Deyin said, "If Li Tang had a war with Henan, then Youzhou could go out of Taiyuan and stop the Taihang Road to block the reinforcements from Li Tang Hedong and Hebei. If Li Tang attacked Hedong, then Zheng King could send troops to Tongguan to threaten Chang'an. This way of retreating and advancing can be that Li Tang could not take care of each other."

After Xue Deyin finished speaking, everyone nodded after discussing for a while.

The Shangshu’s right servant Chen Xiaoyi stood up and said, “I think it is feasible, but King Zheng must draw a clear line with Liu Heita and cannot provide any help, otherwise it will be considered a breach of contract.”

Xue Deyin smiled and said, "This is nature. King Zheng said that there is no conflict in our country of Zhao. In the future, the north will definitely be the north. All the land in Hebei will be Zhao, and all the land in Henan and Shandong will be Henan. We use the Yellow River as the boundary to ensure that the water in the well will not interfere with the river."

"There is no objection to this." Chen Xiaoyi returned to his seat, and then several officials from the Shangshu Province made an announcement.

Zhang Xuansu, a scholar in the Secretariat, stood up and left his head, and asked Xue Deyin: "I heard that King Zheng has great ambitions. Can I add Jiuxi?"

Xue Deyin said, "This is indeed the case."

Zhang Xuansu asked: "It is not a powerful minister, Jiuxi, who cannot accept it. How dare you ask if King Zheng has the intention to usurp power?"

Xue Deyin said, "Zheng Wang Gongzhong is loyal to the country, he should not be able to do so."

Zhang Xuansu asked, "Can you be the King of Zheng? Why do you think King of Zheng can't do it? Can you make a decision for him?"

Xue Deyin replied, "I dare not, but this is my country's affairs. What is the great ambition of King Zheng? What does it have to do with you?"

Zhang Xuansu sneered and said, "Of course, it's related. Our Lord and Emperor Tai are in-laws, and they are the ones who help each other. If King Zheng abdicates himself and calls himself emperor, should my Lord raise troops to attack? Or will he still be in alliance?"

Xue Deyin was immediately speechless when Zhang Xuansu asked her.

Li Chongjiu secretly praised him and thought to himself that he was really asking.

In history, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong's alliance were often repeated. At the beginning, Dou Jiande wanted to attack Yu Wenji and allied with Wang Shichong. Later, Wang Shichong killed Emperor Taizhu and became emperor. Dou Jiande took into account the pressure of internal Sui ministers and broke up with Wang Shichong. Later, he posthumously named Emperor Yang of Sui Emperor Min, and regarded him as Duke Yun with the posthumous son of King Qi. He raised the banner of supporting the Great Sui Dynasty and sent Empress Xiao to the outside world to the frontier and to praise the Turks.

The two families suddenly had no contact. So much so that afterwards, in the Battle of Hulao Pass, the Li Tang army attacked Wang Shichong. Dou Jiande's subordinates all believed that it would rather plunder Hedong north and attack Li Tang's Hebei than go south to rescue Wang Shichong. This was simply unprofitable.

At present, Li Chongjiu's situation is very similar to Dou Jiande. He married Empress Yang E, and received the support of the gentry of Youzhou and the old officials of the previous dynasty. He married Princess Yicheng, who was far away from the Turks, also had a better relationship than Li Chongjiu, and prevented the conflict between the Turks and Zhao.

Therefore, once Wang Shichong usurped the throne and killed Emperor Taizhu, Li Chongjiu was more reasonable than that, and should draw a clear line with Wang Shichong than Dou Jiande back then.

So even if we negotiate two alliances at the moment, what's the point? Rather than this, if we don't reach an alliance, the consequences of the alliance breaking up in the future will be much better. Of course, if Wang Shichong can endure it for a while, learn Cao Cao and fail to abolish it, Li Chongjiu has a reasonable reason to make Zhao State and Wang Shichong live in harmony and fight against Li Tang together.

But in fact, can Wang Shichong really do this? Tell Li Chongjiu from the perspective of a time traveler, and the answer is no.

Li Chongjiu said, "Xue Huangmen, go back and tell the King of Zheng that the reason why the people from all directions rushed to the Eastern Capital was that they thought that the King of Zheng could revive the Sui Dynasty. The land of Jiuzhou has not yet been cleared, and at this time, we usurped the throne and became the emperor, and everyone was afraid that everyone would have thought of leaving. If the King of Zheng could promise to always hold Emperor Taizhu as the emperor, then ask Xue Huangmen to come to Youjing again, otherwise the two families would never have to meet again."

Sweat dripped from behind Xue Deyin, but the two generals beside him nodded together, showing expressions of approval.

"Retreat!"

All the ministers stood up and saluted Li Chongjiu, then stepped back.

Left Xue Deyin, who was at a loss, was left in the lobby.

That night, Li Chongjiu was handling official duties in Linshuo Palace, but he heard from the officials that he accompanied Xue Deyin to the palace to visit together during the day.
Chapter completed!