Chapter 145 Du Mei’s strategy

Three days later, a carriage escorted by nearly a hundred Longyou Army soldiers slowly drove into Wuwei County. The carriage Riwei Zheng looked at the city that had just been taken away with a look of his expression. The streets were already very lively, with snow piled up into several small hills, the road was clean and tidy, the carriages were shuttled back and forth, and there were many pedestrians. The business in the restaurant was booming, and most of them were people who had collected money by sweeping the snow. There were a long queue of soldiers in front of the brothel, holding the salary they had just been paid.

Wei Zheng looked at the city in an orderly manner, and everyone's face was filled with smiles, without the tragic scene after the war he imagined.

He suddenly felt a little angry. He was determined by their Wei family for many years to take over Hexi, but Zhang Huan took it away without using his power. He had to humble himself and discuss peace with him. He couldn't help but snort in his nose, but he forgot that it was him who took the initiative to propose peace with Zhang Huan.

The carriage was three miles away and stopped in front of the governor's office. As soon as Wei Zheng got off the carriage, he was waiting at the door and greeted him. The military officer of the Wuwei County was the deputy of the governor, in charge of daily government affairs. The military officer of the military officer was Liang, who was about forty years old and also a Jinshi. He has been working in Wuwei County for five years. He is familiar with government affairs and is very smart and capable, and is highly valued by Zhang Huan.

He stepped forward and bowed deeply and said, "Envoy Wei has worked hard all the way, and the governor ordered me to wait here."

Wei Zheng nodded and asked, "Can your governor be there?"

"I came here unfortunately. My governor just had something important to do and went to the military camp. He said he would return immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves in the distance sounded. Hundreds of personal guards surrounded Zhang Huan and rushed towards him. The pedestrians on both sides were so scared that they dodged one after another. He saw Wei Zheng from a distance, and he jumped off his horse and laughed, "Are you okay with Wei Youcheng?"

Seeing that he was arrogant and ignored the safety of passers-by, Wei Zheng remembered that his elder brother took the overall situation and let him enter Hexi, but he was ambitious to swallow Wuwei County in one mouthful. A burst of anger finally couldn't help but rush up from the bottom of his heart.

"I am entrusting the governor's blessing. I eat well and sleep well, and don't have to worry about Hexi. Of course, I am fine."

Zhang Huan didn't care, so he stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "The last time I met Wei Youcheng, I was on the polo training ground in Dongneiyuan. It was less than three months apart, but I felt that it had been so many years. Life was long and the world was impermanent!"

"That's it!" Wei Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Huan, and couldn't help but smile coldly: "General Zhang always unexpectedly. He was the General of the Tianqi Camp two months ago, but today he transformed into the governor of Liangzhou. Maybe in another year and a half, I will have to call you, Zhang Prime Minister."

Zhang Huan smiled and waved his hand to Yanei, "Wu Youcheng, please come in!"

Wei Zheng was like punching Xu, and he used too much force and flashed his waist. Seeing that Zhang Huan ignored him, he couldn't help but look embarrassed on his face. After taking two steps, he couldn't help but laugh: "Of course, this is just a joke. The general has great ambitions to regain the Western Regions for the country. How can he have time to consider joining the ministers and pay equal interest? I was wrong, haha! wrong."

Zhang Huan glanced at it and said lightly: "Wei Youcheng's words are sharp. Could it be that he is here to ask Zhang Huanxing for his crime?"

Wei Zheng suddenly realized and remembered the purpose of this trip. His face changed several times and he smiled embarrassedly: "I came to eliminate misunderstandings from both families, not just to raise troops to punish them. The governor thought too much."

"That's good. I thought Mr. Wei wouldn't take the appointment of the Empress Dowager seriously?"

Wei Zheng was so resolute that he suddenly remembered a saying that was circulating in the capital recently. Zhang Huan was actually the queen mother. The last time the palace was bleeding, it was related to the Tianqi Camp. Now Zhang Huan's words made him feel more concerned. The queen mother was Cui Yuan's sister. Could it be that Cui Yuan supported the Hexi Incident? The more he thought about it, the more he was likely. Cui Yuan had been drawing Helong for a day or two.

Thinking of this, his somewhat upset heart gradually calmed down and he regained his usual caution. He immediately said sincerely: "State Wei has shown sincerity to let the governor enter Tianbao County, because Hexi is not as strong as the Central Plains, there are many Hu people, and there are Tubo people watching him, so he did not immediately give up Wuwei County, so that everyone had misunderstandings. This time I was entrusted by Shangshu Wei to eliminate misunderstandings and rebuild trust with the governor. Everyone is the same palace as the minister. How can they hurt the harmony for a small matter? Governor, what do you think?"

Zhang Huan also said modestly: "The dignified Minister of Shangshu is the right chief himself, how could Zhang Huan not feel the sincerity of Shangshu Wei? Zhang Huan also offended this matter many times. Please tell Shangshu Wei that he would ask him to do a lot of things and not take this little thing to heart."

The two of them looked at each other and both laughed.

After entering the yamen hall, a boy serving Bimo came up to offer fragrant tea. Wei Zheng slowly drank it before saying: "I came here for two purposes this time, and it is one to build trust with the governor. I have already said just now, and secondly, I want to discuss something with the governor."

Zhang Huan nodded, "Wei Youcheng Ming said it's okay."

"That's right, Hexi has been affected by disasters in recent years, and most of its food depends on Longyou." Wei smiled and said, "Since three years ago, Longyou has provided 100,000 stones of grain to Hexi every year, while Hexi has given back a total of cattle, sheep and horses. This is actually a kind of reciprocity, and it is not a deal. If Governor Zhang is willing, Secretary Wei will still provide 100,000 stones of grain to Hexi every year, and can immediately transport 50,000 stones to help the soldiers and civilians of Hexi spend the winter and spring seasons. Is this good?"

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "I have a deep understanding of Wei Shangshu's benevolence and righteousness at this time. I wonder what Zhang Huan can use to repay Shangshu?"

"Nothing is needed." Wei Zheng smiled and waved his hand, "As long as the governor can remember his promise in Chang'an, march west as soon as possible, and recover Hexi for our Tang Dynasty and Anxi lost territory." He stopped and slowly added, "As long as the governor sends troops, the food will be delivered immediately."

Zhang Huan stood up solemnly, clasped his fists to Wei Zheng and said, "If Zhang Huan's life is to break his promise, I will send troops sooner or later."

Speaking of this, he also stopped and added helplessly: "It's just that it's winter now, the army is short of money and food, the soldiers are hungry and cold, and their morale is low. I am worried that Tubo will not fight, but will lose Wuwei County, opening the door for Tubo to attack Longyou. At that time, wouldn't I become a sinner of the Tang Dynasty?"

Wei Zheng cursed in his heart, "You soldiers have money to go to prostitution. When will you get hungry and cold?"

But both sides understood that they were just posing, so how could they really give food? They really went to fight Tubo?

But after a while, everyone gradually reached a consensus that both sides wanted to sit down and talk, and did not want to fight again. This is the skill of negotiation. Many things can only be achieved by one idea, but cannot be said. The atmosphere of the conversation and the sincerity shown by each other are the answers.

Of course, this is also the main purpose that Wei Zheng wanted to come to Hexi.

Since Zhang Huan had the sincerity of negotiations, Wei Zheng no longer tried. He took out an invitation from his arms and said openly: "The third purpose of my trip is to convey the invitation of Secretary Wei, and invite General Zhang to go to Kaiyang County to discuss cooperation. Jiang Huan, the Minister of Rites, guarantees the safety of the governor."

Zhang Huan took the invitation, looked at it casually, and suddenly smiled faintly and said, "I had sent an envoy to Kaiyang County to celebrate the birthday of the old lady."

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Wei Zheng said goodbye, and Zhang Huan sat in the inner hall and pondered. He originally thought that Wei Yan wanted to return the surrendered troops, but from Wei Zheng's tone, he seemed to have not come for this, but had another purpose. Could it be that he wanted to form an alliance with himself and deal with Duan Xiushi together? But alliance is just a false thing, no actual exchange of interests, and a covenant is nothing more than waste paper.

At this time, Du Mei walked in slowly from outside and saw Zhang Huan pondering. He smiled slightly and said, "Governor, don't think about it, I already know what Wei Er really wants."

"Oh!" Zhang Huan looked up and smiled, "How do you know, could you use your details to guess again?"

"I guessed it by the governor." Du Mei sat down and smiled, "I just sent someone to pretend to be inspecting Wei Zheng's carriage and picked it up from the corner of his carriage."

Du Mei took out a wrinkled piece of paper from her arms. It seemed that it was originally a piece of crumpled and discarded. He put the paper in front of Zhang Huan's desk and pulled it to stretch as much as possible. This is a map of Longyou, which is outlined casually with a pen, which is very sloppy. It can be seen that it was an improvised work by Wei Zheng. The map marked the five cities of Yan'an County, Kaiyang County, Hui County, Wuwei County, Lingwu County, and Lingwu County, and there was a Yellow River. An arrow was drawn from Lingwu County to Yan'an County, and an arrow was also drawn from Wuwei County to Yan'an County, but it was broken when it arrived at Hui County. I saw a circle on Hui County, and there was a ball of ink next to the circle.

After reading the picture, Zhang Huan suddenly laughed. Wei Zheng accidentally leaked his old story.

"The governor also saw it."

Du Mei smiled proudly and said, "I dare say that the circle on Huijun was the last one to draw. The ball of ink next to him must have been his last stroke of his pen, indicating that he made up his mind, so I can assert that their real purpose is to get Huijun back."

Zhang Huan secretly praised in his heart. Du Mei was indeed capable. His talent was exactly the opposite of Li Mi. Li Mi could grasp it from a big perspective, such as persuading himself to come to Hexi to develop, and for example, he cleverly used the people's dissatisfaction with the court's delay in regaining Hexi, successfully created public opinion, and forced Wei Er to make concessions from the general point of view. However, Du Mei was a master of tactics and was able to speculate the intentions of his opponents from the details. It was very powerful. The two of them could be said to be complementary. Having these two as counselors can really be considered a tiger's wings.
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