At Li Yuan's house, the family banquet started. Peng Shiyu was a guest in Jinling. As his brother-in-law, Li Yuan naturally had to do his best to entertain this brother-in-law who had pledged his oath to heaven in the past. During the dinner, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask why Peng Shiyu stayed in Jinling for many days, and even stayed in Prince Yan's palace, forgetting his instructions when he broke up with him in Yiyang City.
Peng Shiyu sighed and explained: "My brother-in-law, what do you think I want? Since I came to Jinling, I wanted to thank you as soon as possible, return to Langzhou to see you, and then return to Dongxi.
But I happened to meet King Yan when I was offering sacrifices to the late emperor. You, King Yan, insisted that I hit it off and asked me to stay in his house for a few days and make friends with me. I thought at that time, His Highness Prince Yan is the eldest son of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, how could I offend him? So I had no choice but to obey. "
Li Yuan chuckled and said, "Don't be so clear about yourself. Being able to make friends with the eldest son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is something you really don't want, right?"
Peng Shiyu looked embarrassed and said: "Okay, I admit that I do have the desire to make friends. After all, he is the emperor's eldest son. Perhaps the future relationship between our Dongxi tribes and the Tang Dynasty court depends on what he said. I just want to talk to him more for the future of Cave Creek.”
Li Yuan shook his head and said: "It seems that you don't believe what I told you in Yiyang City. In today's Tang Dynasty, it may not be a good thing for you to be friends with King Yan. Don't you know? The person in power in the court is King Zheng. Party, King Yan cannot control the current government affairs. How many people will be dissatisfied if you get involved with him?
Just say that the current left ministers and privy envoys of the Tang Dynasty are all members of King Zheng's party, so they are naturally at odds with King Yan. You have made friends with a useless prince, but you have offended the powerful ministers of the court. Why bother... ..”
Peng Shiyu muttered: "But you are at odds with King Zheng, how could I go to find him? And I think you and King Yan are also old acquaintances..."
Li Yuan shook his head and said: "So what about old acquaintances? If possible, I don't want to get acquainted with him at all, nor do I want to get involved in the power struggle among the princes. Likewise, I don't want you to get involved in this muddy water.
This time you stayed in Prince Yan's mansion for many days, and you must have attracted the attention of Prince Zheng and his party. Let me give you an example, if in a few months the imperial court orders you to be deprived of the governorship of Xizhou, and then I am asked to send a large army to conquer you, what will you do then? I'm afraid I still don't know where I offended the imperial court. If that day comes, you must remember that it was your own actions in Aurous Hill that caused the trouble. "
Peng Shiyu was startled and said blankly: "No, is it really so serious? But don't I still have the title of Peng Guogong? It was conferred by the emperor himself!"
"Which official title is not personally conferred by the emperor?" Li Yuan laughed and said: "Anyway, anything can happen in the court. Do you think the Tang Dynasty is the tribes in your Xizhou? The political situation of the Tang Dynasty is turbulent. , I’m afraid you won’t be able to understand it for a while.”
Peng Shiyu smacked his lips and said, "Brother-in-law, you won't let this happen, will you?"
Li Yuan laughed and said: "That's natural. Of course I won't let this happen. You should be glad that Dongxi is under my rule now, Wu Ping. If the court wants to touch you, it has to ask me first. But you remember , In the future, if you want to make friends with anyone in Datang, you should first ask my opinion instead of doing it based on your own ideas.
In other words, you can only stand with me wholeheartedly, because you and I have an oath of friendship and are related by marriage, and I will never harm you. Also, I guess I can guess what King Yan and you were talking about during this time. Does it mean that he will show favors to you in Dongxi in the future, such as giving you food, supplies, weapons and armor, and making your Xizhou soldiers strong? "
Peng Shiyu said blankly: "It's really amazing. How did you know?"
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Did he also promise that if he can ascend the throne in the future, he will lead your Dongxi army to conquer the north and south, and even divide the large areas of land he has conquered under your rule, so that your Dongxi tribes can heal?" To become stronger and create a new situation?"
Peng Shiyu looked embarrassed and said, "It seems like you heard it from the sidelines."
Li Yuan secretly felt funny. Anyone could brag like this. It was just the most common way to win over people. However, only the rough and upright people from Dongxi could believe such unrealistic words.
In short, Li Hongji is uniting all forces that can be united, even if this force is separated by thousands of mountains
Wan Shui, he would not hesitate to get the throne. Maybe by coaxing and deceiving Peng Shiyu, he might be able to get help from Peng Shiyu's barbarian soldiers in the future? It was a bad check anyway, and it was easy for Li Hongji.
Peng Qingying scolded from the side: "Brother, why are you still thinking about those things? Let me tell you, the only thing you have to do now is to govern Dongxi well under the leadership of Lang Jun and let the people of Dongxi We have enough food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, and we must not have unrealistic thoughts."
Peng Shiyu spread his hands nonchalantly and said, "Don't accuse me wrongly. With this victorious general of yours here, how can I dare to have any unrealistic ideas? It's just that King Yan mentioned this to me, so I can't Just refuse him outright, otherwise your eldest brother might not even be able to leave Prince Yan's palace."
Li Yuan smiled and patted Peng Shiyu on the shoulder and said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry. He said it was his, and you listen to you. I am responsible for everything, right? For Qingying's sake, I won't let you be embarrassed. Forget about the situation, just don't make your own decisions in the future.
To be honest, are you optimistic that King Yan can become the future king of the Tang Dynasty? I advise you not to have this idea in your mind, because even I, the governor of the Tang Dynasty, am not sure yet. It would be too early for you to make friends with him now. "
Peng Shiyu was stunned and said, "What else? King Yan's behavior is much better than that of King Zheng."
Li Yuan smiled helplessly and said: "How can a matter as important as inheriting the emperor's estate be regarded as a matter of doing things? Hey, the political situation of the Tang Dynasty is not something that a fool like you can understand. That's all, drink and drink, tomorrow you and the Qing Dynasty Ying is shopping in Jinling, and you will leave Jinling early the day after tomorrow and return to Langzhou. The farther you are from Jinling, the more at ease I feel."
Before Peng Shiyu responded, Peng Qingying was obviously not happy. She looked at Li Yuan with a small mouth and said aggrievedly: "What about you, Sir? Are you thinking we are annoying and want to drive us back first?"
"Brother-in-law, don't get angry at my little sister just because I was confused for a moment! Look at my stupidity, can I punish myself with three drinks?" Peng Shiyu saw his sister's unhappy face and immediately thought of Li Yuan just now I said this with a little guilt in my heart.
Li Yuan smiled and shook his head, turned his body and patted the back of Peng Qingying's hand gently, saying softly: "Don't think too much, I have other important matters and I can't leave the capital for the time being. Just listen to me and rest assured first. Go back, I will go back soon after everything is done."
He turned back and glanced at Peng Shiyu who quietly put down the wine cup, and said quietly: "Brother, don't you want to punish yourself with three drinks? I'm watching."
Peng Shiyu smiled awkwardly and quickly stood up and raised the wine cup to signal: "Drink, drink, I'll drink right now..."
