After Han Yanhui learned that his son Han Deshu had returned safely, Lao Huai was relieved. With his strategy, he would not have guessed what might have happened to his son under the Tiance regime, but he said nothing.

Since Yelu Deguang chose to believe him, Han Yanhui would not say much. Although the person in front of him was a Hu man, he was also a wise ruler. The wise ruler naturally had the mind of a wise ruler. Even if Han Deshu had a problem with his return to Liao this time, as long as Yelu Deguang could still trust Han Yanhui, as long as Han Yanhui could control the matter to a certain extent, as long as the matter was not superficial, Yelu Deguang could pretend not to know!

At the beginning, Han Yanhui even publicly defected to Han, but when he came back, A Baoji still welcomed and trusted him with an unreserved attitude. Although the current situation is different from the A Baoji era, Yelu Deguang is still eager to need Han Yanhui, and he still has this kind of embraceful mind.

It was then that Han Yanhui sent a private envoy to Han Deshu. The private envoy followed Yelu Wuzhi. However, although this private envoy was a servant of the Han family, the news spread did not involve private individuals, but a plan related to state affairs.

Han Yanhui knew very well that as long as Han Deshu could implement this plan according to his instructions, he could clear all suspicions on him!

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Luoyang, Sang Mansion.

Sang Weihan received the latest news from Qin Xi and was getting happier and happier. The recent progress of things seemed to be getting smoother and smoother.

Just as Qinzhou received news from Luoyang that the world was announced, Luoyang also heard that the Liao envoy entered Qinzhou. In recent years, the Central Plains have also sent a lot of fine works to the northwest. Since they are both Han people, it is much easier for Central Plains and Ganliang to penetrate each other than with Khitan. Shi Jin's administrative system is so omission like a sieve, and Tiance has insisted on commercial opening, so it is impossible to completely eliminate the entry of fine works.

Even these detailed works have had a certain degree of collusion with the wealthy businessmen and even the censors under the Tiance regime - this situation is the same in the Central Plains. It is not necessarily that these wealthy businessmen are determined to betray the Tiance Dang Dynasty, but in some situations, they "slightly" leaked some information, and even did something small for the Shijin regime in exchange for certain benefits, as long as they were controlled to a certain extent, it was both beneficial and dangerous.

The secret intelligence department of the Shi Jin regime is Sang Weihan.

However, this time, San Weihan suppressed the news. Although it was impossible to suppress Shi Jingtang in the end, he still had to delay it.

Sang Weihan can already guess the intention of the Liao Kingdom. Although it feels uncomfortable, as long as the peace talks can be carried out in the end, it will be beneficial to the Shi Jin regime itself. At present, directly exposing the matter will only anger Shi Jingtang and will only hinder the implementation of the entire plan.

Of course, what made Sang Weihan happy this time was definitely not the news that the Liao envoy entered Qinzhou, but another news also came back.

At the beginning, Han Deshu not only brought a letter from the Liao Kingdom to the Tu Kingdom, but also brought another important plan! A plan from Han Yanhui. This plan was only one sentence.

"My father asked me to tell Sang Xiang," Han Deshu said: "My father thought it was Tiance. But there is no incompetence within Tiance."

"Oh? Han Xiang means..."

"My father wants to tell me only one sentence." Han Deshu said: "Yang Yi is not guilty, he is guilty of possessing a treasure! This is Tiance's current fatal point!"

San Weihan was almost stunned when he heard this, but with his IQ, he naturally digested it quickly and hated that he had not thought of it!

Yang Yi is not guilty. He is guilty of possessing a treasure!

Yes, how could I not understand such a simple truth? I have to wait for Han Yanhui, thousands of miles away, to remind myself! This head is really muddy!

He quickly sent people to carry out related activities in Tiance, and the reason why he was happy today was that the activities had already achieved initial results.

Having a meticulous work activity in Tiance has never been so smooth! But Sang Weihan was still calm and knew that it was not because his subordinates had improved their level, but because this strategy under Han Yanhui's guidance had fertile soil in Tiance!

So what I did was just to guard against the person who could already explode and gently push him!

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It's still Luoyang.

Prime Minister's Mansion.

Feng Dao, the real prime minister of the Shijin Dynasty, who had a huge influence in the entire Central Plains, also received news.

Feng Dao has Feng Dao's intelligence network. Although it is different from San Weihan, when it comes to the depth of the Tiance regime, it may be more powerful than San Weihan.

Not to mention anything else, he would occasionally write letters to Fan Zhi, Wei Renpu and others to him and his disciples, and Fan, Wei and others would reply to this, and Sang Weihan could not compare. What's more, the Northwest Confucian scholar who maintained similar or even more intimate relationships with Feng Dao and his disciples did not know the size!

Therefore, Feng Dao may not know some news earlier than San Weihan, but often know them faster than Shi Jingtang! Feng Dao may not know some things more comprehensively than San Weihan, but often more profound than him!

On this day, when he received a letter from the northwest, he couldn't help but sigh.

"What I worry most is still happening!"

He happened to visit his in-laws and asked what was going on. Feng Dao took out a letter. The letter discussed poetry and mentioned some trivial matters that happened in the northwest. However, Liu Feng was also a great scholar in the world. After reading it for a long time, he finally tasted the taste from the letter. He was a little shocked, but he said without surprise: "Is there a problem of 'three people becoming a tiger' in the northwest?"

"It's better for three people to become tigers." Feng Dao said: "Things have started, and Zeng Shen is really forced to become An Lushan!"

Liu Xu was about to say "It's not right", but during the Five Dynasties period when the regime changed, Liu Xu, who was used to seeing the changing king flag on the city wall, really refused to believe that there is really loyalty and friendship in this world!

Feng Dao shook his head: "Actually, I don't think so! But looking at the experience of the Tang army in Anxi and the expeditions of the Western Expedition, their efforts and sacrifices are completely different from Zhu Wen and Li Siyuan and others! But even if the king and generals are united, it is difficult to guarantee that the people below can believe that Zhang Yang is intimate. Once the people of Hexi are in a state of fluctuation, I am afraid that Marshal Zhang will try to relieve the suspicion of the people. This will create obstacles to the current general offensive of Tiance. What the Khitan wants to fight for now is just a little time. Humph, Han Zangming, Han Zangming, don't say that I don't know what you are going to do!"

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Cao Yuanzhong and Fan Zhi set out one after another, and Cao Yuanzhong was in the front. Fan Zhi was also kept by Zheng Wei to discuss diplomacy with Luoyang.

The day before, Zhang Mai had just told Cao Yuanzhong about his bottom line. Cao Yuanzhong had a close encounter with Yelu Wuzhi before leaving. After testing, he felt that the Khitan had a high possibility of accepting peace talks. Thinking of the achievements that were about to be created on this trip, he couldn't help but feel proud.

On the day Cao Yuanzhong was about to leave Qinzhou, many old and old capitals of Shazhou came to meet. All wished Cao Yuanzhong a smooth trip and a successful horse. Even Ma Jirong and Lu Jialing came to see him, and Ma Xiaochun represented Zhang Maila to practice for Cao Yuanzhong. Cao Yuanzhong had several missions, but he had never treated such a treatment. He knew that his status today was different from the past, and this time he was on the Great Liao, and it was involved in a piece of territory with great strategic significance, so it was natural to be taken seriously.

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There were two people sitting in the private room where the long farewell party passed by Zheng Ji, the leading merchant in Tiance. The other was Zheng Wei, who was the prime minister in Tiance.

Looking at the pursuit of Cao Yuanzhong outside the window, Zheng Ji covered the curtains and said, "I didn't expect that the Cao family will have a day to turn over!"

Since the Cao family in Shazhou obtained the power of Guiyi Army, it has always been in power in Hexi. However, since Zhang Mai took Shazhou and pacified Hexi, although the Cao family in Shazhou was honored on the surface, it was actually the object of suspicion. This is like the Song State in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Although the title was extremely high and was highly praised by the royal family of the Western Zhou Dynasty, because it was a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, as long as the royal family of the Western Zhou Dynasty controlled the world for one day, there would be no Song people to make a breakthrough!

Although Cao Yuanzhong and others worked hard to manage and strive for it, most of the tasks assigned to him were dispensable and irrelevant to the overall situation. However, Cao Yuanzhong still tried his best to make things done. Many people believe that this was his hard work and diligence that won Zhang Mai's recognition, but there was another view, as Zheng Ji said-

"The family business in our Tang Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger. If we just took Hexi, the power of Shazhou and Guazhou still had a significant impact, and the so-called old-fashioned system of Shagua is no longer likely to affect the overall situation! The Cao family lost his jade, but he was punished for this."

The so-called "an ordinary man is guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty." As the influence of the Tiance regime is getting bigger and bigger, the influence of the Cao family has become smaller, so small that there is no possibility of subverting the Tiance regime at all. It can be said that the Cao family has lost the ability to successfully rebel, so Zheng Ji said that this is the Cao family's loss of his jade, but he has also been punished for this.

Zheng Wei held the grape wine and said leisurely: "It's not just that!"

"Oh, what else?"

Zheng Wei stared at the bright red grape wine in the glass cup, hesitated, unwilling to say anything.

Zheng Ji said unhappily: "Why, since you become the prime minister, don't you think I am your brother? There is no fifth ear here, are you still afraid of being heard?"

Zheng Wei said: "No, it's just that this kind of thing comes from my own words, it is the root of the chaos. It's better not to talk about it or not!"

Zheng Ji pondered, pressed his voice very low, and came closer again, saying, "We just talked about the Cao family's 'losing the jade and relieving the crime'. What you thought of was the Yang family who 'obtained the jade and offended the jade and offended the jade and... the Yang family?"

Zheng Wei's face changed drastically. Although Zheng Ji's words were so low that a third person could not hear them-even if there was a third person in the room, he was afraid that he would not be able to hear them clearly. Zheng Wei still covered Zheng Ji's mouth with one hand and said in a low but angry voice: "This kind of words can be said randomly!"

Zheng Ji took Zheng Wei's hand and said, "No one will say such words publicly, but I have heard them in private occasions no less than ten times!"

Zheng Wei's face became even more ugly: "Did you tell someone?"

"Of course not!" Zheng Ji said: "I just listened, didn't say it."

"Even if you listen, you shouldn't listen!" Zheng Wei said: "If this kind of thing is not started, there will be no consequences, but if it is started, you will not be able to explain it clearly as long as it is involved! Besides, even if you don't consider our Zheng family and make plans for the country, you shouldn't help the rumors!"

Zheng Ji snorted and said, "This kind of rumors cannot be stopped! Even if you deny the rumors, it will be useless. In fact, it may not necessarily mean that the people who say this have any bad intentions, but it is because someone does have a jade, which is the source of the rumors!" He grabbed Zheng Wei and lowered his voice. He said, "Brother, you are in the center and you must know some more real news than others. If you tell your brother the truth, there will be no instability between Marshal Zhang and the four surnames."

Zheng Wei shook Zheng Ji's hand away and said, "Do your business well! Don't inquire randomly! The Marshal and General Yang are friends of life and death. What is friends of life and death? Even life and death can be entrusted, let alone things outside of your body!"

Zheng Ji listened and was silent for a while before saying, "That's good, that's good!" But looking at his expression, Zheng Wei knew that Zheng Ji did not believe it.

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This is not the first time Zheng Wei has heard of Zheng Ji's words. In fact, the rumors have been brewing since the Yingyang Army appeared in Mobei. Even without Sang Weihan's push, there will always be a sudden rise. Sang Weihan's push only broke the rumors that were already undercurrent underground.

It is actually not the first time that Zheng Wei himself has heard such a sound. Such rumors, even some strange phenomena, and even some.

In the city of Suzhou, there are even nursery rhymes with ulterior motives such as "rootless string rust and rooted poplar flowers blooming"! Although these nursery rhymes have not been widely spread in the current overall uplift, the hidden undercurrent still makes Zheng Wei feel uncomfortable.

This time, why did Zheng Wei, the chief minister of Tiance, go to Liangzhou for hundreds of miles without regard to the government affairs of Liangzhou? In addition to the superficial reasons, we should see Zhang Mai’s own attitude with our own eyes and see if Zhang and Yang are really intact. This is Zheng Wei’s real purpose.

Zheng Wei is a child of a businessman from Central Asia. The foundation of Han culture has not yet been touched by him, and he has never experienced the immersion of imperial skills. But even he felt it was necessary to see Zhang Mai's attitude with his own eyes, so others would think so. Zheng Wei can infer it.

Seeing Cao Yuanzhong's mission leave the city, Zheng Wei bid farewell to Zheng Ji. After hesitation, he finally walked into Zhang Mai's tent.

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"Rootless string rust falls, rooted poplar flowers bloom."

Fan Zhi, who had not yet been on duty, was shocked when he saw the nursery rhyme. With his keen sense of touch, he naturally immediately thought of what this meant!

Zhang Conggong, the bow is the most important thing. The bow string has no roots, so it will rust and lose. Poplar trees have roots, so they can blossom and bear fruit. To put it hard, it seems far-fetched, but the logic of the nursery rhyme is like this. Fan Zhi dares not say the metaphor in it!

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During the Five Dynasties, anyone who possessed troops would become warlords, and those who had great power would inevitably overcome them. Since the Anshi Rebellion, this situation has always been around and everywhere, and in the end it has almost become a kind of thinking inertia in the entire Central Plains!

Everyone thinks that things must be like this, and everyone thinks that things must be like this.

Then, because everyone thinks this way, things are really like this.

Zhu Wen dared to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and Shi Jingtang was so crazy that he ceded land to seek help. This was the case. The yellow robe incident that had not happened until this era - no matter what Zhao Kuangyin's original intention was, when he took power and his subordinates put the yellow robe on him, neither he nor his subordinates had any choice.

No matter what Yang Yi's original intention is now, he has mastered the most powerful force of the Tiance regime. In the eyes of many people, he has the ability to rebel. As the king, Zhang Mai must try to limit him! At least, he must prepare for the future!

For Yang Yi, now is his most dangerous time. He has great achievements and power to force the heavens. If there is a king, would such a minister allow him to exist? Since ancient times, who has a good ending for the Lord and force the heavens? Even if Yang Yi doesn't consider himself, he still has to consider his descendants. If he wants to consider his descendants, he has to rebel!

People who have this kind of thinking may not necessarily have evil intentions, nor may they all make ill-thinking plans. Many people will think of this. In fact, they are planning for the "country", or for the monarch in their minds, Zhang Mai.

How many famous generals died for this reason in the hands of loyal ministers who were trying to maintain national unity and stability.

The more a regime expands, the more people there will be, the more factions there will be. If there are strong enemies outside, it may force the internal factions to unite, but if the external pressure drops sharply, there will be a situation where "invincible foreign patients" will appear. The so-called "enemy country" does not mean a hostile country, but a country with even power.

After China is unified, internal struggles will rise. That is, it is in a state of "invincible". Fighting is the nature of all mankind. When the entire nation is invincible, its struggle will naturally turn inward. If a state lasts for a long time, it will form inertia and even tradition.

The Tang army in Anxi struggled to survive when they were in Central Asia. At that time, the spiritual concept of the entire group was so pure that it was not defiled by the dregs of the homeland. However, after entering the Central Plains, when the environment was no longer in a state of inseparableness, when they re-merge with the Central Plains, some things naturally sprouted.

It is not just the Tiance regime that is affecting the Central Plains, but also the Central Plains that are also affecting the Tiance regime. Especially when Tiance is getting stronger and stronger, so powerful that it can almost look down on other regimes in the world, some undercurrents that are already deeply suppressed slowly surfaced. It was originally there, and it will not exist just because you don’t want it to not exist.

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Looking at the nursery rhyme that Zheng Wei brought up, Zhang Mai frowned and said, "What a shit!"
To be continued...