Lu Yuan himself did not expect that killing the four holy monks would have such an effect.

What he originally thought was that there were too many masters on Li Tang's side, so he would kill a few first to reduce their number. He never thought that it would also cause conflicts between Cihang Jingzhai and Li Tang, exacerbating Li Tang's internal conflicts.

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But when Li Tang had a problem, it was a good thing for Lu Yuan. Before Li Tang and Cihang Jingzhai could react, Lu Yuan sent troops to annex a large piece of Lin Shihong's territory, expanding his sphere of influence a lot again.

Lin Shihong was maimed by Li Tang, and before Li Tang could finish digesting the piece of meat, Lu Yuan took advantage of him.

The meat on his lips was snatched away. Li Tang should have been furious about this, but he strangely remained calm and even sent an envoy to Lu Yuan to convey their goodwill.

This batch of envoys is very interesting. They all came from Li Tang, but they were divided into two batches and three parties.

A group of envoys were sent by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng to represent Li Tang openly and honestly. This envoy had a good background. He was born in the Cui family of Boling. Cui Renshi, a descendant of the Cui family, was also a man whose name went down in history.

The other group is Li Shimin's envoys, and their backgrounds are even more important. One is Du Ruhui from "Fang Mou Du Duan", and the other is Shi Feixuan. Although these two are both Li Shimin's envoys, Shi Feixuan also represents

Cihang Jingzhai.

Therefore, there are two groups of people and three parties!

The two groups of people did not arrive in Yangzhou at the same time, but both sides were well aware of the other's existence.

Cui Renshi and Du Ruhui respectively brought the conditions offered by Li Yuan and Li Shimin to Lu Yuan.

Li Yuan's situation is not as big as Li Shimin's. Li Shimin's conditions for Lu Yuan are much more favorable than those of his father. As long as Lu Yuan is willing to bow his head and proclaim himself a minister to Li Tang, then he can make Lu Yuan the King of Jiangnan, hereditary, and allow Lu Yuan to be the king of Jiangnan.

If the south pursues self-government, the imperial court will not intervene.

What Li Shimin actually meant was: As long as you formally surrender to me, Li Tang, I will allow you to be king in the south for generations, practice self-government, and be the emperor of the south.

In today's world, except for the few remaining rebel kings, Li Tang only has one opponent left, Lu Yuan, who can dominate the world.

Li Shimin's intention was for Lu Yuan to declare himself a minister to Li Tang. As long as Lu Yuan declared himself a minister, Li Tang would unify the world in name only and become the orthodoxy of the world after the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Shimin promised Lu Yuan that he could be crowned King of Jiangnan and allow him to govern himself in the south. The Li and Tang court would not intervene.

Li Shimin sent an envoy to do this for several potential purposes. First, if the matter is completed, he can gain huge reputation; second, he will have more say in Li Tang because he contributed to Li Tang's reputation

Even Li Yuan could not ignore this achievement of unifying the world; thirdly, Lu Yuan was his envoy to persuade him to surrender, so in the eyes of others, Lu Yuan was equivalent to being on Li Shimin's side.

But although Li Shimin's promise was good, in Lu Yuan's view, it was just a verbal check that was neither good-looking nor useful. Now he didn't need Li Tang to make him a king. He was also the local emperor of the south. The south was already under his jurisdiction.

Why should Li Tang admit it?

What's more, as long as he surrenders to Li Tang and becomes a vassal, Li Tang will let him go? Then how did Li Mi and Xiao Xian die?

Li Tang is now able to offer him conditions and is willing to make him king, because Li Tang cannot attack him for a while and cannot actually unify the whole world, so he pursues nominal unification first.

When Li Tang is fully prepared and feels capable of dealing with him, he will definitely not tolerate him living happily in the south and will still send troops to attack. By then, all the benefits promised before will be nothing.

Moreover, professing tribulation is also very important. Once Lu Yuan professes tribulation to Li Tang, it means that he recognizes Li Tang as the master and Li Tang as the orthodox. If there is another conflict between Lu Yuan and Li Tang in the future, then Lu Yuan will be rebelling and betraying the master in name.

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Li Tang dared to send an envoy over and offer this condition to Lu Yuan. First, Li Tang could not complete the actual unification at this time. Second, Li Tang felt that he was stronger than Lu Yuan and had the advantage of unifying the world.

I have a sense of superiority when the strong is overcoming the weak. I, Li Tang, have millions of soldiers and many forces to help me. How can we lose if we attack the south from the north?

The conditions offered by Li Yuan further prove this point.

Li Yuan also promised to give Lu Yuan the title of king and to inherit the throne, but he was much more petty than Li Shimin. He did not transfer the territory controlled by Lu Yuan to Lu Yuan, but also reduced it and moved Lu Yuan further south.

, and limit the number of troops under Lu Yuan, and local governance will be supervised by officials sent by Li Tang.

Lu Yuan would not even agree to Li Shimin's conditions, let alone Li Yuan's conditions.

When she heard that Lu Yuan personally rejected Li Shimin's conditions, Shi Fei Xuan knew that Lu Yuan would not change his mind, so she did not try to persuade Lu Yuan for the sake of all the people in the world, but said: "Since the King of Han does not agree to the conditions of King Qin,

, Concubine Xuan doesn’t say much anymore. Concubine Xuan has one more thing on her trip that she would like to ask the King of Han for help with!”

"oh?"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled curiously: "Is there anything else that Lu can do to help Miss Guru? Please speak up!"

Shi Fei Xuan's face was heavy and she said: "Presumably the King of Han has also heard about the disappearance of the four great holy monks and Lord Yuwen?"

Lu Yuanxin said: "Not only do I know, I did it. The four holy monks are working as specimens, and that old guy Yu Wenshang is being locked up somewhere counting ants."

Shi Feixuan continued: "To be honest with the King of Han, the four holy monks and the Yuwen clan leader were chasing the demons of the Yingui sect who disappeared, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Feixuan suspected that the four saint monks and the Yuwen clan master had been attacked by the demon sect.

The demon has poisonous hands."

"The people in the Demon Sect are full of tricks, cunning and cruel. If they are allowed to continue to cause trouble, I don't know how many people will suffer disaster again. Fei Xuan wants to ask the King of Han to unite the demons to defend the way and eradicate the demons of the Demon Sect!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "So that's what happened. Don't worry, Master. If there are demons from the Demon Sect who do evil in Lu's territory, Lu will not ignore them and will punish them severely. Under Lu's rule, no matter whether they are demons

Regardless of whether you are a Buddha, you must abide by the rules."

When Master Feixuan heard this, she was not very happy, but frowned, because Lu Yuan established some rules in his territory, which caused many monks to return to secular life, and many Buddhist temples were no longer as prosperous as before.

But Lu Yuan did not go too far, and the rules were not intended to target Buddhism. Taoism was also affected. The temples and monks that Lu Yuan punished all produced corresponding evidence.

But what Lu Yuan did, after all, affected the reputation of Buddhism, making Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism quite unhappy.

Seeing that Shi Feixuan frowned and said nothing, Lu Yuan said: "Lu also wants to talk to Miss Shi about something. Miss Shi, please come over here!"

Under Du Ruhui's gaze, Lu Yuan invited his concubine to a small garden.

Concubine Xuan said: "I wonder if the King of Han has anything to discuss with Concubine Xuan?"

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism are now betting on Li Shimin. Li Shimin is indeed good. But if Li Shimin loses and Lu gets the world by luck, how will Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism end?"

Concubine Xuan did not answer, but asked: "What does the King of Han think?"

Lu Yuan said calmly: "Lu has no hostility towards Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism. If Lu wins the world, he will not exterminate Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism. You can still continue to pass it on. It's just that some changes have to be made.
Chapter completed!