Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 378 Enfeoffment
Duan Yu asked curiously: "I just don't know what the conditions proposed by Brother Zhao are?"

Zhao Mu didn't show off, and said straight to the point: "It's very simple, the dispute between the Gao family and the Duan family is nothing more than a power struggle in the court."

Duan Yu nodded silently and said, "Yes. During the Yang clan's rebellion, the Duan clan relied on the power of the Gao clan to restore the country. It can be said that the Gao clan was the meritorious official who put the Duan clan back on the throne."

Zhao Mu nodded and said: "Yes, it is precisely because of this. Therefore, the achievements of the Gao family's honor guard back then were arrogant. The Duan family could only tolerate it. And my method is very simple, and then grant the Gao family an equal throne. , let them rebuild the temple on their own, then there will be no conflict of interest with the Duan family. "

Duan Yu nodded silently and said: "This is a good idea. The territory of the Gao family is well explained. It is indeed a way to divide Dali into two and crown the Gao family as emperor." Duan Yu then said with a smile. , "After that, I will follow the example of King Qian of Wu and Yue and return the land to the Song Dynasty. The land of Nanzhong will be returned to the Celestial Dynasty again. After that, I can also live in Bianjing with Brother Zhao and get along day and night."

When Zhao Mu heard this, he was stunned. He thought to himself: "I am about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?"

Zhao Mu waved his hand and said: "That's not necessary. What I said about letting the Gao family split the land and divide the territory was not the division of the land of Dali. I said before that Xixia, Liao and Tubo were all major concerns of the Song Dynasty. . And my Lord, Your Majesty, has already divided this world with me. When this is done, the Xixia Kingdom will be our Song Prefecture County. Among them, the Xixia Kingdom’s Turing Prefecture City and the Qishan area around Fengxiang will be entrusted to it. I am a foodie. The same is true for my title of 'King of Qi'."

"As for the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the Han ancestral land in Liaodong. I promised the remaining northern Liaoning to Mr. Murong to revive his Great Yan Kingdom. As for the Tubo Kingdom, I and Your Majesty The discussion is to completely dismember him, let the chieftains of each town in Tubo be autonomous, and then allocate some places to Dali as a reward for Dali's help. But now, I can arrange for the Gao family to move to Tubo, accept the canonization of the Song Dynasty, and occupy some of the Tubo Kingdom. The city is the master of one side.”

Zhao Mu picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard. He said, "In this way, no one will suffer. The Gao family can leave Dali peacefully. The Duan family and the Gao family will not turn against each other. As for Tubo, , this is no longer our concern.”

Zhao Mu's core point of view is very simple. Since there is no way to divide the cake, just find a way to make it bigger. If you can't do much, just go grab the neighbor's.

Moreover, the Tubo people of this era were not good people either. Zhao Mu was willing to "bear the infamy" for the tens of millions of serfs in Tubo.

Duan Yu asked back: "Why is this? Could it be that the Song Dynasty dislikes our country of Dali?"

Duan Yu sighed and said, "Alas! To be honest, the only woman I loved at the beginning was Wan'er. No matter what God's will does, Wan'er is my biological sister."

Duan Yu nodded and said: "I see, Duan Yu understands. I, the Duan family of Dali, have been ministers of the Song Dynasty. I am willing to defend the country of the Song Dynasty."

Duan Yu looked at the jade statue at this time. Zhao Mu shook his head and said, "This may be a bit difficult. Brother Duan, please change it to a simpler one."

Zhao Mu continued: "As for the matter of returning the land to the Song Dynasty, Brother Duan should not think about it. Neither our Lord nor the civil and military officials will agree."

Zhao Mu said at this time: "Okay, Brother Duan, now that we've finished talking about the Gao family, let's talk about your life-long events, Brother Duan. Does Brother Duan have a girl you like?"

Zhao Mu nodded and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, it is true. Song people have always regarded Nanzhong as a barbaric land and the people as uncivilized mobs. The cost of ruling such a place is too high. It is better to hand over Give it to the local chieftain, that is, the Duan family. After that, we will civilize these barbarians by ruling the chieftain, so this is the bottom line for the Song Dynasty to accept Dali as a vassal. Even if I try to persuade him again. I won’t agree. The chaos in Nanzhao was one of the reasons for the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, we, the Song Dynasty, don’t want to make this mistake again.”

Zhao Mu looked at Duan Yu with squinted eyes.

Duan Yu felt uncomfortable being stared at by Zhao Mu.

Duan Yu changed the subject at this time and said: "The woman I like in the future is Ling'er. It's a pity that Ling'er is also my sister." Zhong Ling, who was looking for firewood again at this time, heard Duan Yu's words and held her in her arms. of firewood fell.

Zhong Ling said in surprise: "Huh? No wonder, Brother Duan, you have been refusing to marry me. It turns out that I am also your sister!"

Although Zhong Ling was surprised, he was not as desperate as Mu Wanqing.

Zhong Ling simply likes Duan Yu. As long as she can stay with the person she likes, she doesn't care about her identity at all. As a wife, she will strive to be a good wife. But if she is a younger sister, she can also be that cute and cute little sister.

Duan Yu looked at Zhong Ling and sighed and said, "Yes, Wan'er and I had a falling out. My mother and father forced me to marry Mei'er. At that time, my mother once asked me if I had a woman I liked. I said, 'The Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations' Miss Zhong Ling, I like her very much.'"

Hearing this, Zhong Ling felt happy. At least the person he liked still had his own feelings in his heart.

Zhong Ling remembered something at this time, and she said: "Oh! I remembered it. I saw that my mother seemed a little panicked that day. It seems that this is what happened."

Duan Yu continued: "When Mrs. Zhong sent Ling'er's birth date, there was also written on the back, 'Sad and suffering, all thoughts are lost, but the son cannot live without a father. Sixteen years ago, I longed for you, just waiting for you to come. . As a last resort, I returned to the Zhong family in May of the year Yiwei. My father calculated that Mrs. Zhong was pregnant with Ling'er when she married Lord Zhong Gu, so Ling'er is also my biological sister."

Seeing these two innocent living treasures, these frustrated expressions. Zhao Mu couldn't bear it and planned to help them.

However, Zhao Mu felt that these two made a good pair. They were both cheerful and optimistic, fun-loving, and had no evil intentions.

Zhao Mu sighed in his heart. He had done many evil things over the years, so he might as well do something good as an adult this time. It can be regarded as comforting my dirty heart.

Zhao Mu shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

Zhong Ling and Duan Yu looked at Zhao Mu.

Zhong Ling asked: "Brother Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Mu said: "I don't think you are necessarily Brother Duan's sister. If you two don't believe it, there is also a pool of water in this cave. You two, compare it carefully and see if you two look alike?"

After listening to Zhao Mu's words, these two lovely creatures squatted in front of the water pool near the stone statue, and then compared them carefully. After taking a closer look at the two of them, they really didn't look alike.

Zhong Ling stood up at this time and said, "But my mother's letter and my birth date, how should I explain it?"

(End of this chapter)