The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 462
Seeing his elder brother getting angry, Tong Jian hurriedly persuaded him, "Brother calm down, don't forget that there is still the matter of Hedong. Offending Mu Xu at this time may not be worth the loss."

Tong Guanchang breathed a sigh of relief, forced Tong Jiaoxiu to go to the back house to rest, and then ordered the housekeeper to invite Mu Xu's subordinates.

After a while, Lehe came in with two attendants, and saluted Shangshoutong, "Xiao Kelehe, by order of my village master, I'm here to pay a visit to Tong Shumi. This is my village master's kindness."

After speaking, he ordered the two attendants to put down the gift box, and waved them to wait outside.

Tong Guan didn't even look at the presents on the ground, and said with a sneer, "I don't know if your village chief sent you here, but you want to explain something to me?"

Le He pretended to be puzzled and said, "What's the meaning of Privy Councilor's words? My village head has never breached the contract, so why explain it?"

"Hmph, how can it be considered a breach of contract? He promised the old man in the past that he would attack Zixia, and the old man agreed to him and spoke for him with the officials, but why is he plotting against You Yun again today?"

Facing Tong Guan's questioning, Le He explained in a calm and unhurried manner, "The Privy Councilor's remarks are wrong. The head of my family only said that he would not occupy a piece of land in the Song Dynasty. When did he say that he would attack Xixia? Could it be that Yunzhou is Great Song territory?"

"You! This..." Tong Guan was choked up by these words, because he thought about it now, and suddenly found that Mu Xu's words were ambiguous on purpose.From the beginning to the end, he thought that Mu Xu was going to find the Xixia people unhappy.

Seeing his elder brother being blocked by Le He's words, Tong Kai couldn't sit still immediately, and just listened to him, "This is not right, the village head of the Yi family was in Liangshan that day, that's not what he said. You are clearly a strong Sidou reason!"

Le He cupped his hands and said, "I think this is Master Tong Jiantong, right?"

"It's the official!"

"My lord's words are wrong. My village master did reveal his intention to conquer Hetao, but as the saying goes, this moment is like that moment. First, my village master didn't make up his mind at that time, but just had that idea.

Two, the Lord of Liao suddenly conquered the Kingdom of Jin himself. Such a good opportunity is in front of him, how can he miss it?Could it be that my village head went to regain You Yun, and he was wronged by the century-old humiliation of our Han people? "

Hearing Lehe's righteous words, Tong Jian had nothing to say for a while.You can't refute it on the grounds that Da Song has thoughts about You Yun, so Mu Xu can't do anything there!

After all, as Le He said, the Land of Nether Clouds is not the inherent territory of Song Dynasty at all. What reason do they have to prevent Mu Xu from occupying it?

But Tong Guan had already figured it out at this time, now that the deal was done, it was useless to say anything, and he could only suffer from this dumbness.

"Forget it, let's not mention this matter for the time being, or talk about the purpose of your coming today, but to deliver Hedong?"

Le He replied, "This is just one of the purposes, and even if we are willing to hand over Hedong, Da Song must first calm down Tian Hu.

Furthermore, Xiao Ke came here this time, at the order of my village head, to offer the land of Youzhou to the imperial court. "

"Is this true?" Tong Guan regained his energy immediately upon hearing the words, fixed his eyes on Le He, fearing that he had misheard.

Le He said seriously, "How dare Xiao Ke make a joke about this kind of thing, it is absolutely true!"

Hearing Lehe's confirmation, Tong Guan walked excitedly on the ground for several times, and calmed down after a while. He looked at Lehe suspiciously and said, "Your village master has such kindness?"

Le He smiled and complimented, "The Privy Councilor was joking, my village master has something to ask for."

"Tell me and listen!"

Le He immediately explained Mu Xu's conditions in detail.

Although Tong Guan felt a little harsh after hearing this, he also knew very well that Mu Xu sent someone to see him in order to pass on a message to the officials, and how to decide on this matter is not up to him.

Thinking of this, he said to Le He, "You wait at my house for a while, don't leave, after I report this matter to the official, maybe the official will summon you."

After that, he ordered Tong Jian to stay and entertain Lehe, while he left the mansion in a hurry and went into the palace.

Just like Tong Guan's performance, Zhao Ji, who was enjoying the scenery in the imperial garden, heard about it for the first time, and his first reaction was disbelief. After listening to Tong Guan's careful reply to Mu Xu's conditions, he came back to his senses and was a little hesitant. said, "Do you think this is feasible?"

Tong Guan wanted to agree, but he was afraid that something went wrong and he would fall into Mu Xu's tricks again, so he shirked and said, "Officials, this matter is of great importance, it is better to call the important officials of the court to discuss it."

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "According to Aiqing's words, I will immediately issue an order to call all the ministers into the palace to discuss matters."

So, following Zhao Ji's decree, in just half an hour, many important officials who had just come to court came back to the Yanhe Palace one by one.

Seeing that it was almost time for people to come, Zhao Ji didn't talk nonsense, and immediately asked Tong Guan to tell the story again.

After Tong Guan finished speaking, he immediately asked, "It's really hard for me to make a decision on this matter, can all my lovers teach me."

Zheng Juzhong came out and said, "Officials, I feel that this matter is inappropriate. Since the Tanyuan alliance between our court and the Liao Kingdom, the two sides have not fought for nearly a hundred years. If we start the war lightly now, I am afraid it will only cause criticism! "

As the courtier who knows Zhao Ji best, Cai You sensed that Zhao Ji had moved his mind as soon as Zhao Ji asked him a question, so as soon as Zheng Juzhong's words fell, Cai You objected impatiently,
"I think this matter is feasible. The Sixteen Youyun Prefectures are my old land in the Central Plains. The Taizu and Taizong all wanted to regain this place. If the government is given a good opportunity today, there is no reason to miss it."

Wang Fu echoed, "My minister agrees with Master Cai's words. This is the official family's prosperity and blessings. God wanted the official family to complete the great cause that the previous emperors could not accomplish, so that Mu Xu's traitor was our emperor's pioneer. Opportunities like these should not be easily let go.”

Thinking that this is an achievement far surpassing that of his ancestors, Zhao Ji's heart was full of enthusiasm, and his inner balance was completely tilted towards sending troops. When he couldn't help but nod, he saw Li Gang coming out, saying,
"Officials, Mu Xu's wolfish ambition, this move is just a tactic to drive away wolves and tigers. He wants to use my court to resist the next revenge of the Liao people for him. You must not agree to him."

Gao Qiu suggested, "Why don't we ignore that traitor Mu Xu and let me send troops alone?"

Tong Guan looked at Gao Qiu like an idiot, and reminded him leisurely, "Hasn't the Taiwei forgotten the matter of Hedong? If you fall out with Mu Xu now, you will not only miss the good opportunity to regain Youyun, but you will even have to spend a lot of effort to get rid of it." Deal with Mu Xu first, this is not what a wise man does."

Gao Qiu was robbed by Tong Guan, so he had to retreat with a flushed face.

After weighing it over and over again, Zhao Ji suddenly said to Tong Guan, "Tong Aiqing, do you mean to agree to the conditions offered by Mu Xu?"

Tong Guan is not stupid, so he won't let this talk go, lest Mu Xu cause trouble in the future and implicate his own family, so he replied,
"I just feel that this opportunity to regain Youyun is really rare. As for whether Mu Xu's conditions are agreed or not, it is up to the official's sacred heart to decide."

(End of this chapter)