Yuan Shi tried his best to resist the pressure from a great master like Wang Yan, but he kept talking: "The rise and fall of the Jinyang Wang family all depends on the Taiwei's thoughts. Yuan Shi's life is not worth cherishing, if he can replace the Jinyang Wang family's If you save a thousand lives, this business can make a lot of money."
"Tell me your conditions." Situ Wangrong, who had been silent until now, finally spoke from the side. As soon as he spoke, Wang Yan also absorbed the spiritual pressure he had just released.
"It's very simple." Yuan Shi gave up the pressure and looked even more at ease, "The government is in chaos and there is no Changjun to calm the people. We and others hope that the highly respected Wang Situ and Wang Taiwei can support His Royal Highness King Zhao to ascend to the throne. At that time, you two princes will still be the three princes, and the Jinyang royal family will still be a powerful family in the world."
Wang Rong was the first to stop Wang Yan, who was about to shout angrily, and closed his eyes in silence. After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Wang Li Lun.
"Your Highness, it's okay for the two of us to support Your Highness, but I have two conditions."
King Zhao Li Lun was overjoyed when he heard this. He could get the support of Wang Rong and Wang Yan, which was a reassurance for him.
"Wang Situ, if you have any conditions, just make them."
"The first one: a grand burial for Emperor Daxing."
"This is completely within the scope of my duties." King Zhao said cheerfully.
"Second: King Yuzhang, the emperor's grandson and others are not allowed to be killed. Your Highness, they are also members of your Li family."
"Okay, I promise Situ." Zhao Wang Li Lun did not hesitate, but Li Fu opened his mouth at the side, but did not speak in the end.
"Okay," Wang Rong nodded slightly, "A country cannot live without a king for a day. How about I go back and write a form of persuasion?"
When Wang Rong opened his mouth, not to mention King Zhao and others, even Yuan Shi was surprised. With Wang Rong taking the lead, there is no need to do what he mentioned before about going to the Xuan Emperor Ancestral Temple or doing the Taoist practices.
Wang Rong’s portion is enough.
"If Wang Situ can take the lead in persuading me to join, I will be grateful to Gu. Please rest assured, Situ and Taiwei. After Gu ascends to the throne, the court will still have to rely on the two princes to preside over it."
"Third brother," Wang Yan was still furious after returning to Situ Mansion, "before King Zhao ascended to the throne, the Langya official was so arrogant. Why did you personally persuade him to come? If this generation goes further, the court will How can we still have our words in the hall?"
"He just can't take the next step. Now do we have anything to say?" Wang Rong said calmly, "Sixth brother, don't you know how to take the stairs out of the room?"
"What do third brothers mean?"
"Think about how Yuan Shi dealt with Empress Jia." Wang Rong said calmly, "He first sent Empress Jia to a high place, and finally pulled out the ladder. King Zhao Yuan Shi is now focused on the supreme position No one can stand in front of them. Then we will not only not stop them, but we will also give them a ride."
"Let the princes of the world come to attack them?" Wang Yan already understood his third brother's plan, "Yes,"
"But the world will be in chaos, right?" Wang Rong told him what he was thinking.
"Third Brother, if you act like this, won't the Shang Dongzhuo Rebellion be repeated again?"
"Huh, choose the lesser of two evils." Wang Rong said this with a flash of light in his eyes, "You can't establish it without breaking it. Only after the chaos of the Later Shang Dynasty can there be an era of great rule in the Zhou Dynasty."
"Third brother, are things really going to come to this?" Wang Yan said worriedly, "Is there any other way?"
"Shangluo is now all under the control of King Zhao, and no one can make a comeback." Wang Rong shook his head.
"I still can't figure it out. How could Yuan Shi, a member of a humble family, bring such chaos to the government? Dong Zhuo was still trusted by Emperor Shang Ling and was still in charge of the army. Isn't he, Yuan Shi, afraid of Zhao? Did the king suddenly give the order to kill him?"
"Sixth brother, don't you understand yet? Yuan Shi is not afraid of death at all. He will do anything to get the upper hand. When he was nothing, he dared to threaten the central government of the country. This poor man is the kind of person who only wants to satisfy himself. For your own selfishness, you can let everyone in the world die."
"Hey," Wang Yan let out a long sigh, "how could the situation be so bad as it is today? Knowing this, I should have agreed with you, Third Brother, to protect the crown prince. Even if we took action to abolish Empress Jia, the situation would be worse than it is today. The situation is much better.”
"This is the difference between us and these people from poor families." Wang Rong said: "They act without scruples. Unlike us, who are too involved and look forward and backward, they can't do anything in the end."
"Third brother, you have to think carefully. If you really take the lead in persuading people to come in, your reputation will be completely ruined in this life. People in the world will not understand the meaning behind your move to the room and take out the ladder. People in the world will only I scold you for following the trend and losing the face of celebrities."
"I'm over 90 years old, so why do I still need those vain names? I just regret that I couldn't always follow in the footsteps of Ruan Ji and the two of them, not going to temples, but wandering around the world."
After hearing Wang Rong's words, Wang Yan suddenly fell silent. After a long time, he raised his head again and said: "Third brother, are our Jinyang Wang family going to be tied to King Zhao, a ship that is destined to sink? Our Wang family cannot be destroyed at the hands of you and my brothers."
"This is what I want to discuss with you." Wang Rong's eyebrows were solemn when he said this, "Sixth brother, do you cherish your life?"
Wang Yan was startled, looking at Wang Rong's solemn eyes, and with his intelligence, he instantly understood what his third brother was thinking. He was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I understand, third brother, I will work with you to persuade him to come in."
"Okay, if you and I work together, we will be able to accomplish this." Wang Rong suddenly called out, "Bring in a jar of wine."
When Uncle Wu came in with a jar of wine with a puzzled look on his face, he went out again with a puzzled look on his face. Wang Rong opened the wine seal and poured two bowls.
"Come on, I have stopped drinking since the death of Jikang and Ruan Ji. How about today you and I let you and I indulge in youthful madness once again?"
"If Third Brother is so interested, how can I not accompany you?" Wang Yan picked up a bowl of wine, and the two brothers raised their necks and drank the two bowls of wine in one gulp.
"Hahahaha, okay. Ruan Ji and Liu Ling were the best at this time. It is often said that the person who invented wine should be rewarded by all the countries. I didn't think so at the time, but now I drink this thing again, and I know that Ruan Ji's words are really wonderful. .”
The two brothers just drank one bowl after another. It didn't take long for the jar of wine to reach its bottom.
"You and I will take the lead in persuading the king to advance. The king of Zhao will definitely be grateful. Taking this as an opportunity, he will ask for the release of a son of my Wang family as the governor of the two states. With such conditions, I think that not only will the king of Zhao, Yuan Shi and others not object, but will think that we are the king of the Jin Dynasty." The Yang Wang family has been tied to them."
"The day they take office is the time to hold high the flag of righteousness." Wang Yan continued what his third brother Wang Rong said, "In this way, our Jinyang Wang family is still the leader of a wealthy family in the eyes of the world."
"Hahahaha, it's just you and me who are old bones..."
"When we two old bones get old, we'll just bury them in Shangluo."
"Sixth brother, do you think which of our descendants from the Wang family in Jinyang are suitable for being released as governor of a state?"
Wang Yan pondered for a moment and then said: "Wang Dun and Wang Cheng. One is sent to Yanzhou, and the other is sent to Jingzhou."
"Oh, tell me why you chose these two states?"
"Third brother, are you testing me?" Wang Yan laughed loudly and said, "You and I haven't been like this for many years. Yanzhou is the center of the world. It must be Yanzhou to hold high the banner of righteousness and unite the princes of Guandong."
"What about Jingzhou?" Wang Rong asked again.
"Jingzhou has the strength of Jiang and Han," Wang Yan said as he drank another bowl of wine: "If the coalition forces are disadvantageous and the situation returns to the post-consultation against Dong Zhuo, then Jingzhou will be able to protect itself."
"Wang Dun has been fond of military literature since he was a child, and his heroic spirit is the most outstanding among his disciples. He should be appointed as the governor of Yanzhou." Wang Yan paused and continued, "Wang Chengqian rushed forward, accepted virtuous people, and listened to advice fluently. The most important person to protect the family should be the governor of Jingzhou. Third brother, do you think this arrangement for your sixth brother is appropriate?"
Wang Rong pondered for a moment and then said: "Actually, I prefer Wang Cheng to go to Yizhou."
"Both Yizhou and Jingzhou are fine. Let's communicate with the other houses. Since Yuan Shi wants to go upstairs, we must build this ladder to the sky as high as possible this time."
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While the Wang brothers were drinking in their own house, there were also two big men drinking together in a long pavilion ten miles north of Shangluo City. It turned out to be the third-level barbarian who watched the sword fight between Zhang Bu and Wang Tianci at Hongdu College that day. Monks and fourth-grade merchant monks.
"Brother Wang, after we say goodbye, I don't know when we will see each other again. To borrow a poem from one of your merchant poets: I advise you to drink another glass of wine. There will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west."
This third-grade barbarian monk with extraordinary magnanimity was none other than Liu Yao, the son of Liu Yuan, the current Xiongnu left commander in the imperial court. The Xiongnu had unified the grasslands before the founding of the Shang Dynasty and were a veritable overlord outside the Great Wall. The former Shang and Xiongnu fought for nearly a hundred years, and finally defeated the grassland overlord. In the post-Shang Dynasty, the Huns were divided into two groups. The southern Xiongnu went south and submitted to the Central Plains court and became a vassal country. After that, Hou Shang and the Southern Xiongnu jointly destroyed the Northern Xiongnu, and the title of Great Chanyu outside the Great Wall was attributed to the leader of the Southern Xiongnu. At the end of the Later Shang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty divided the Southern Xiongnu into three tribes and revoked the title of Shanyu.
Liu Yao is a direct descendant of the Great Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu.
The Southern Xiongnu had attached themselves to the Central Plains for more than three hundred years. The upper-class nobles of the Xiongnu greatly admired the cultural clothing and even dietary customs of the merchants. Before they were included, these high-level Xiongnu nobles imitated the customs and habits of the merchants. After more than three hundred years, if they had not still adhered to the tradition of Kuntou, no one would have been able to tell whether this person was a Huns or a merchant. They had almost become exactly the same as merchants. Liu Yao had been familiar with classics and history since he was a child, and he traveled around to study and learn from his teachers. Wang Mi was his close friend when he studied under a great Confucian in Jizhou.
The two have similar personalities, they are both extremely free and heroic people, and they became sworn friends after they hit it off.
"Brother Liu, I think you should stop being a hostage in Shangluo." Wang Mi drank the bowl of wine and said with a smile, "Shangluo is going to be in chaos. At this time, no one will care about you. The Huns have taken hostages. Go back to Pingyang, this situation is the time for us to show our talents, so don't waste any more time in the chaos of Shangluo."
"You, no wonder the teacher always said that you have a traitor in the back of your head. This sentence is absolutely correct." Liu Yao smiled and said: "Your father is also a dignified Jin Dynasty prefect, and you also made him the Marquis of Ting. Sir, why do you always think about starting an army and causing trouble, why can't you live peacefully?"
"We are destined to live in troubled times." Wang Bi said with a smile: "You and I always lament that we were unable to meet the great ancestor Guangwu, and that we were unable to achieve unparalleled achievements and leave our name in history. How pitiful is the fact that the Li family turned out to be themselves Civil strife, God has given people like you and me such a great opportunity, you should join in it and compete with the heroes of the world for that moment. Only in this way can you live up to this life."
"If you and I meet on the battlefield in the future, what will Brother Wang do?" When Liu Yao said this, he was still aboveboard and without any pretense.
"First fight the heroes of the world. If there is a big wave, you and I will be left in the end. On the battlefield, I will try my best to defeat you. I think you will do the same."
"What a Qingzhou Leopard!" Liu Yao praised sincerely, "I think it makes sense for Brother Wang to say this. After drinking this wine, we will say goodbye. When we meet on the battlefield one day, we can say goodbye to Brother Wang over the wine."
In Zize Garden on the outskirts of Shangluo, Shi Zhong paced anxiously back and forth in the Jing Pavilion, looking towards the door from time to time, hoping in his heart that Xiong Yuan would return with news soon.
After he got the news that the Huainan King had raised an army early yesterday morning, he immediately summoned the Cangtou who could fight in Zize Garden and hurried to the city. However, before he entered the city, he got the news that the Huainan King had been captured by Yuan Shi. The success of killing by means of tactics is in vain. In shock, he led everyone back to Zize Garden in a hurry. Early in the morning, he sent his most capable butler, Xiong Yuan, to visit everyone in Shangluo City with generous gifts.
Standing on one side of the pavilion was a heroic young man under thirty years old, whose appearance was very similar to his. This man was his eldest son Shi Chao.
Shi Chao is different from his father. He has disliked these businessmen and money matters since he was a child. He has liked cultivation and battle formation books since he was a child. When his grandfather, Sima Shibao, was still alive, he often praised his grandson, who was most like him, and would definitely become a general guarding the country in the future.
With the almost unlimited financial resources of the Shi family, coupled with Shi Chao's extraordinary talents and extremely hard work, just last year, he finally succeeded in advancing to the third-grade Zhupao monk and became a top-grade monk admired by countless people. Sili Zhongzheng defined Shi Chao's grade as: high-grade family background, high-grade character but low-grade character, and high-grade ability. He was an extremely rare young handsome man who was in the top grade in all three categories. In the imperial court, there were many big shots vying to recommend Shi Chao. In the end, he chose to become Taiwei Wang Yan's vassal.
"Father, the child thinks that we should leave today to return to our hometown in Hebei. Yuan Shi will definitely retaliate. My father has offended this man in the early years, and his hatred for his father is well known. The Master said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The child has obtained According to accurate news, Yuan Shi pressured Wang Situ and Wang Taiwei in the Zhao Palace, and asked the two princes to agree to take the lead in persuading Jin Biao to assist King Zhao in ascending to the throne. With the endorsement of the two princes, it can be said that King Zhao ascended to the throne. It’s a done deal. As King Zhao’s most capable assistant, Yuan Shi will naturally go one step further. Father, now that Yuan Shi and the others are distracted from retaliating against our family, we must leave Shangluo as soon as possible.”
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