Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 172 Inexplicably obeying the king and father

Hezhou government office has been temporarily changed to Dazhou Xingzai, and a small decoration has been done.

Sun Sheng and Li Deming straightened their clothes, looked at each other with encouraging eyes, and walked towards the front of the hall step by step.

After hearing Feng Yansi recommend him, Sun Sheng knew that he had no good intentions.

This kind of envoy who submits the surrender form is the most difficult to do.

If you compromise, you will be scolded, but if you don't compromise, you will be defeated.

The humiliation of an envoy is equivalent to the humiliation of the king. If the personal attitude is high, let the enemy kill it, and if the attitude is low, you will kill yourself when you come back.

Left and right are not people.

However, as a representative of the Southern Tang and Qing schools, Sun Sheng also demonstrated his responsibility.

He stood up without hesitation, looked at Feng Yansi and said word by word: "You should go on this trip, but if I refuse, it will be a debt to the country. In order to repay the kindness of the late emperor, I will take this trip today. It can be negotiated." The best thing is to die in the Zhou camp if the negotiation fails, so that the king will not be humiliated. As a minister of the country, you should know the reason why the king humiliates the minister and die, and hope that the king will not harm the country in the future."

As soon as he said this, even Feng Yansi, the treacherous leader of the five ghosts, couldn't help but feel ashamed and reflect on it for a full day.

This time to meet the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Guo Rong did not arrange any guards of honor, and received Sun Sheng with normal etiquette, accompanied by only three officials, Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, and Luo Youdu.

Sun Sheng and Li Deming first saluted Guo Rong with the etiquette of the envoys of the next country, expressing their attitude on this trip. At the same time, they did not do too much politeness. The fourteen prefectures will give millions of yearly coins to the king every year, and I implore the king to remember the suffering of the people in Jianghuai and return to the court."

Guo Rong's face was as usual, but his heart was pounding.

This is the best result they had agreed upon.

If you really want to forcefully follow the strategy of Wang Pu's "Ping Bian Ce" first south and then north, the Da Zhou has reached the point where the veterans are exhausted.

They fought in Shouzhou for nearly a year, and neither the Yangtze River Tianzhu nor Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, could fight better than Shouzhou.

In the past six months of conquest, the economy of Dazhou has also been affected to a certain extent.

What's more, there are threats from the Northern Han Dynasty and Khitan.

Moreover, the stalemate between Shouzhou and Southern Tang was different from the stalemate between Jiangbei and Southern Tang. The logistical pressure was not the slightest difference.

If they really want to beat Nantang hard, they can't stand it.

Now the Great Zhou has acquired the rich and prosperous Jianghuai, and can get millions of coins from Jiangnan every year.

This result is more affordable than a hard attack on Jiangnan.

Luo Youdu also looked at Sun Sheng with some surprise, and said in his heart: "There are still capable people and strangers in Southern Tang Dynasty. This is an offer that people cannot refuse."

Unexpectedly, Guo Rong said with a sullen face: "You want to prevaricate me again? Treat me as a three-year-old urchin, and deceive me at will?"

Sun Sheng said calmly: "My lord's claiming to be a minister and paying tribute is not in vain. Your Majesty refused to submit to the Southern Conquest, and now the evil country has bowed his head and returned to his fate. All the holy emperors in ancient times did not summon the four directions with benevolence. Your majesty is the emperor of the Central Plains. How can you kill them all?"

Guo Rong snorted coldly: "Bow your head and die?"

He picked up a letter on the case table, handed it to the attendant beside him and said, "Look for yourself, this is a letter written by your master himself. Is there any sign of surrender in the letter?"

Luo Youdu looked at the familiar letterhead, isn't this the letter from Chai Kehong?

He had never read the contents of the letter.

At this moment, I can't help but guess the content.

Sun Sheng took the letter and looked at the contents inside, beads of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead.

This letter was written during the most difficult time for Da Zhou. At that time, the Southern Tang counterattacked across the board, and there was great momentum to expel Da Zhou from Huainan.

Li Jing already had a literati air of exaggeration, and his words used a lot of boasting. The arrogance of the Great Zhou has lost, and if he can help him, he can counterattack the Central Plains just around the corner and so on.

Whoever believes this kind of words is a stick.

But there is no way to justify it in black and white.

Sun Sheng had no choice but to say: "At that time, it was not this time. When I was majoring in books, I didn't know the majesty of the emperor, so I said this. Now my lord is afraid of His Majesty's mighty power, and is willing to submit, without any second thoughts. I hope Your Majesty will learn from you."

Guo Rong nodded approvingly and said: "It makes sense to say so. It's just that I want to know at this moment whether the marriage contract between Mr. Luo under my command and the daughter of Situ Zhou, an important minister under your lord, is true? about?"

Luo Youdu was a little dazed when he heard it, what was the promise of three lives, he thought to himself: "Could it be the one that Uncle Chai said?"

Sun Sheng was at a loss for what to do, how did the discussions on state affairs get involved in this matter.

But he just knew a little bit about it.

In the early years, Sun Sheng envoy Zhu Shouyin in the Xuanwu Festival was appointed as the judge of the festival. At that time, Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang Dynasty, was killed in a mutiny, and Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of Tang Dynasty, was supported as emperor.

Zhu Shouyin, as an old general of Zhuangzong, was often disturbed. Later, at his instigation, he took over Bianzhou to rebel, but was soon defeated and killed.He had no choice but to abandon his wife, children, and children, and fled to Chenzhou, Songzhou and other places, and later fled to Jiangnan.

Sun Sheng was highly valued by Li Min and Li Jing, and was the official prime minister, so he naturally remarried and had children in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

I am old and have a son, and I love him very much.

But Zhou Zong's eldest daughter was the most talented in the south of the Yangtze River, and his son was fascinated by it.He also had the audacity to come to discuss this matter, but he refused because his eldest daughter had a marriage contract.

Later, it was learned from Song Qiqiu that the eldest daughter of Zhou Zong did have a marriage contract with Luo Youdu.

Therefore, Sun Sheng said: "Zhou Situ is a gentleman with sincerity and sincerity, and he has never forgotten the agreement of the past, so he must have done well."

Guo Rong's complexion changed slightly and he said: "In this way, the marriage contract is true? Marrying a beggar is like a beggar, marrying an old man is like an old man, how can there be any reason for the husband's family to follow the mother's family? Wouldn't that be a marriage? Let the husband marry , you whole Jiangnan can't afford it."

Sun Sheng's complexion changed, and he recognized the threat, and hurriedly said, "The foreign ministers are not involved in this matter, but Zhou Situ must not go back on his word."

Guo Rong said angrily: "This is not the only thing that makes me angry. You also forced your husband into a dilemma of loyalty and filial piety. I have to seek justice for my husband."

Sun Sheng was puzzled, and said in astonishment, "Why did your majesty say such a thing?"

Guo Rong said solemnly: "Mr. Luo from my family is extremely talented, he is Zhuge of the present age. I have always relied on him. Seeing that he has not married yet, I ordered the Queen's second sister to marry him. The two are a match made in heaven. How are you doing now? You major in The book tells him that he and the daughter of the Zhou family made a three-life agreement since childhood. Do you think Mr. Luo follows the emperor or the father? Those who know will naturally understand that Mr. Luo’s parents died when he was young, so he doesn’t know the three-life agreement. I also thought that Mr. Luo was clinging to the powerful, in order to marry the queen, he ignored the covenant made by his father, and his filial piety was at a disadvantage."

"Sir, he has done his best for me. This time he went south, he is the number one in military and military exploits, and I won't allow anyone to ruin his reputation."

"I am quite satisfied with the conditions you put forward. I also believe that your Lord is sincere and sincere, but you will find a way to solve the disaster caused by your Lord. Remember, don't let me lose my trust in the world, and don't let Mr. Luo suffer. The name of filial piety.

　The fourth update, there will be another update in the evening, it will be a little later, but it will definitely be there, brothers who can't wait can watch it tomorrow!
　　
　
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