Turbulent Times Chapter 1319: This is the biggest gain

Xiang Xiang smiled and said: "I heard that your mansion is even more beautiful than the Wang's mansion, I'm going to make it up."

Wang Junlin smiled, watching the two beauties, one big and one small, arguing and betting, thinking that there should be both possibilities. But after meeting Pei Shiju, he should be able to confirm some things.

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The next day, Shen Guoer brought an urgent message from the military intelligence office sent to the palace to report to Wang Junlin that the rogues under Wang Xuba easily occupied another county town of Shanggu County.

So far, in the entire Shanggu County, apart from Baihe County, where Lai Huer defended, there is only Heihe County, which is the closest to Baihe County. All the soldiers of Wanshanggu County are there.

If Wang Xuba rushes to attack Baihe County regardless of consumption, even if Wang Junlin is willing to send troops to Shanggu County, it will take four or five days to rush there. , the court will lose another strong army it can rely on.

Two days later, 30,000 soldiers from Shanggu County were lured out by Wang Xuba's envoy, and were ambushed by Wei Daoer's 2,000 cavalry and 40,000 bandits. Fallen on the same day.

It's not that Lai Hu'er can't do anything. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the rebels divided up to attack the soldiers of Shanggu County, he sent 10,000 cavalry out of the city to sneak attack, and found the weakest part of the rebels. They conquered Huangfeng Village, ten miles east of Baihe County, and defended it tenaciously, forming horns with the more than 30,000 Boling Army in Baihe County.

But it only made Lai Huer's situation slightly better, because this Huangfeng village was also surrounded by rebels, so Lai Huer was still alone, and Baihe County and the military village were still in danger.

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On the third day after arriving in Fanyang County, Pei Shiju couldn't wait any longer, and asked Shen Guoer to arrange for him to go to the salt field to meet Wang Junlin.

The friendship with Pei Yuanqing was already good. Wang Junlin couldn't procrastinate for three days. He was going to see Pei Shiju. Without it, I came to see Wang Junlin.

Under such circumstances, Wang Junlin naturally does not need to accept any imperial edicts, and with his current status, he does not need to accept them either.

In fact, Wang Junlin was holding his precious sons Wang Anning and Chen Danying to play in the gazebo by the lake. Seeing that Zhang Pei Shiju came to meet him in casual clothes, he stood up with his son in his arms and said with a smile: "Pei Shiju My lord has come from a long way, and I, a junior, have been rude and neglected."

Being left out by Wang Junlin for three days, Pei Shiju was a little nervous at first, knowing that his grandson Yuanqing and Wang Junlin had a good relationship, so he deliberately didn't take Pei Yuanqing with him, just to prevent today's business from failing, but not to talk to death, and let him go later Pei Yuanqing came forward to meet Wang Junlin.

But at this moment, seeing Wang Junlin brought the mysterious Princess Qin An who was rumored to be the little princess of the Chen Kingdom in Jiangnan to meet him with the little prince, this is obviously a recognition of their friendship with the Pei family. I couldn't help feeling relieved, and regretted not bringing Pei Yuanqing with me today.

Wang Junlin called him uncle, but Pei Shiju didn't dare to neglect, he respectfully bowed to Wang Junlin and Chen Danying, and took off a jade pendant from his waist which was known to be of great value at a glance and put it on Wang Anning's small In the baby's stroller, it is regarded as the first gift.

Chen Danying is indifferent

Looking at Pei Shiju, followed Wang Junlin to stand up and return the salute, Wang Junlin smiled wryly and said, "With my relationship with Yuan Qing, how could Mr. Pei salute me, and you should bring Yuan Qing with you today too." .”

Paused, Wang Junlin continued: "Yuan Qing and I haven't seen each other for a year. We've been patrolling the garrisons in various counties for the past three days, and we're going to make up for it with fine wine tonight."

Pei Shiju coughed twice, with a tired face, and even said morbidly: "The prince should indeed compensate, but it's not just drinking!"

"Master Pei, you don't need to use bitter tricks in front of me, and it's not very useful to me," Wang Junlin said with a smile, "You smell me, you just **** on my precious son , I have been fighting every year for the past few years, and I finally lived a leisurely and comfortable life during this time, but I don’t want to do anything!"

Chen Danying took the babbling Wang Anning away from Wang Junlin's arms, and the front of Wang Junlin's robe was wet with urine.

Pei Shiju was filled with emotion in his heart, but he couldn't laugh or cry on his face. With Wang Junlin's current power, especially his fierce and poisonous reputation among the people, I am afraid that no one would have thought that Wang Junlin would have such a warm scene in front of him. To tell the truth, no one would believe it.

Chen Danying went to the backyard with his son in his arms. Wang Junlin was dressed in full clothes and asked Pei Shiju to sit down in the pavilion beside the small lake. He ordered people to serve wine and vegetables, dried fruits and tea, and waved his hands to let everyone back down. Asked: "What method did your Majesty and those in the court think of to prevent Shanggu County from becoming the second Fanyang County after I wiped out Wang Xuba?"

Pei Shiju smiled wryly and said: "Is there any other way, send a county guard and Ying Yanglang general who can barely fight with you, just try to restrain you as much as possible, other than this way, anyway, I am Can't think of any other way?"

Wang Junlin thought to himself, Xiang Xiang really guessed it right, Yang Kongchan's beautiful house in Fanyang County seems to be lost.

As he was speaking, Pei Shiju had already handed over the imperial decree to Wang Junlin. Judging by his actions and demeanor of delivering the imperial decree, there was no trace of sacredness and respect that he should have. Obviously, in Pei Shiju's eyes, he has no respect for Yang Guang, the emperor. How much awe, or the proper manners of a monarch and minister.

In fact, Wang Junlin is very clear that Pei Shiju has never been considered a loyal minister in history, and the situation he knows now is the same. Pei arranged the way out.

According to the information obtained by Wang Junlin's intelligence department, the Pei family not only secretly expressed the intention of forming an alliance with Wang Junlin, but also had frequent secret contacts with Tang Guogong Li Yuan who had just settled down in Taiyuan and was ambitiously preparing to compete in the world. This time Li Yuan was able to successfully become the governor of Taiyuan, and Pei Shiju played a big role, because it was said that the Pei family was originally under the rule of Taiyuan County.

In addition, Pei Shiju also secretly sent people to contact Li Mi in Wagangzhai. Even Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Du Fuwei, and Fu Gong Er were not let go. The court, and even the emperor's thoughts and news, were not polite at all to buy favors for these four people.

This is also the reason why Wang Junlin left Pei Shiju alone for three days even though he had a close friendship with Pei Yuanqing.

Wang Junlin took the imperial decree casually, opened it up and took a look, besides Yang Guang ordered him to immediately lead the Far Eastern Army to rescue the Boling Army led by Lai Hu'er, he was also asked to destroy the 150,000 rebels belonging to Wang Xuba Army, local county soldiers and county soldiers throughout Shanggu County

They are temporarily under his control, including the civil and military officials at the county and county levels in Shanggu County.

Obviously, in order not to lose the land of Shanggu County and keep the remaining 40,000 elite Boling Army, Yang Guang had no choice but to bow his head to him.

Wang Junlin actually wanted to send troops as soon as possible, so he stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point: "Lord Pei, take out all the bargaining chips of your majesty and those in the court! It's also good for me to send troops as soon as possible, after all, soldiers are precious and fast , Delay for three to five days, maybe the Boling Army led by General Hu'er will disappear completely."

Pei Shiju smiled and said, "Your Majesty and I, the Pei family, formed an alliance secretly two years ago, but His Majesty and those in the court didn't know that's all, so even if Your Majesty doesn't say anything, I'm going to give you everything that His Majesty and the court have given to His Majesty." The benefits are all taken out at once."

Wang Junlin thought to himself that Pei Shiju is indeed the person in the world who is the most observant and the one who can maximize his own interests. He felt a little sarcasm in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest hint on his face. He nodded and said, "Then thank you, Mr. Pei." .”

With Wang Junlin's words, Pei Shiju suddenly felt that he had come to Fanyang County so hard, at least half of the purpose had been achieved, and he stopped talking nonsense, and said directly: "Fanyang County's three-year grain tax, silver tax and salt tax There is no need to hand it over to Luoyang."

Wang Junlin's expression remained unchanged, he shook his head lightly, and did not speak, but Pei Shiju understood what Wang Junlin meant. The latter also planned not to hand it over to Luoyang. Obviously, this benefit cannot be regarded as a benefit.

Pei Shiju sighed in his heart, but smiled wryly on his face. He smiled wryly a lot today!

"The Annan Kingdom in the overseas islands and Goguryeo has become the prince's fiefdom." Pei Shiju continued.

Wang Junlin said with a smile: "Your Majesty and those in the imperial court are very generous, but the problem is that the overseas islands and the Annan Kingdom on the Goguryeo Peninsula have the final say on my part. Whether it will become my fiefdom is really impossible. What's the difference."

Wang Junlin said it lightly, but Pei Shiju only felt a sense of arrogance rushing towards his face, thinking that such a character, even if all the powerful families and nobles stood on the opposite side of him, couldn't he really be the lord of the world?

Thinking wildly in his heart, Pei Shiju continued: "After the extermination of Wang Xuba's tens of thousands of rebels, Shanggu County has also become the jurisdiction of the Far East Marching Commander's Office."

Wang Junlin smiled and said, "That's not bad."

To elaborate on what Pei Shiju said, the county soldiers and county soldiers in Shanggu County are also under the long-term rule of Wang Junlin, but according to the rules, General Ying Yanglang and the captains of the counties are appointed by the court. However, Wang Junlin was not worried about this at all. He had too many ways to empty the people sent by the court, or directly make them his own.

Pei Shiju heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and continued, "Your Majesty said that he will announce to the world that the Eldest Princess has passed away."

Wang Junlin heaved a long sigh when he heard the words, although Yang Lihua didn't want to live in that cage in the Luoyang Palace and wanted to follow Wang Junlin, but he also cared about her reputation, after all, she was the eldest princess who had been a queen.

Wang Junlin and Yang Lihua were always worried that Yang Guang would become angry from embarrassment, and they desperately exposed the fact that Yang Lihua followed him to Fanyang County. I don't care about the embarrassment of the royal family, but the blow to Yang Lihua is not small.

So, compared to other benefits or bargaining chips, Wang Junlin felt that this was the biggest gain he heard from Pei Shiju.