"The Cao family sent Ren Jiwei's secret envoy to Luoyang to tell Luo Rong that after the death of Emperor Yongxing, Lin Furuo planned to usurp things, and Yuzhou immediately supported the new emperor and invited Yan to make an alliance," Ye Jier said, "Ren Jiwei is going to

I went to Xuchang to meet Dong Yuan, and Xuchang also put forward a series of conditions." Ye Jier frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered the courtiers, "Summon Prime Minister Zhang and Prince Mu to discuss matters..."

Yan Xiao's hunting lasted for ten days, and it was only on the third day. Zhang Xie, Ye Ji Xijin, Ju Qu Mengye, Na He Wugu and other important officials also stayed with Ye Ji'er in the hunting camp.

Come when called.

The ministers rushed to the bedroom to discuss important matters, and Concubine Yu retired first.

Compared with the government meetings held by Lin Fu in Jiangning, Yanting still has a strong tradition of tribal deliberations. Although Yejier is the king of Khan and the emperor of destiny, it is difficult to be specialized in national affairs. Yejiluo Rong, Yejiduo Dy

, Ye Ji Baishi is leading troops outside, Ye Ji Xijin is the only remaining old king of the previous generation, Juqu Mengye, Nahe Wugu and others are all Juqu, and the heads of Nahe and other tribes are all in state affairs.

An important minister of the prince who has the power to discuss political affairs.

When Jing Xiang suffered a setback, Ye Jier sent a secret envoy to Yuzhou to confer Cao Yiqu as the King of Shu. Although Cao Yiqu ignored him, it also opened the prelude to a secret alliance between the two parties.

But in any case, the Cao family had only divided Sichuan and Shu, and nominally respected Jiangning. Regardless of the reputation of the division or the comparison of strength between the two sides, the Cao family did not dare to take the initiative to send troops to provoke Jiangning.

Although Lin Fu wanted to guard against the Cao family, the main contradiction Jiangning faced after the Battle of Jingxiang was still in the north, not in the west. Therefore, Lin Fu would not focus his strategy on the western front. Only in Jingzhou,

Yiling deployed 40,000 infantry troops to guard Cao's westward departure from Xiajiang River, and deployed 200,000 heavy troops on the eastern front of Xushou and Yihai, posing great military pressure on Shandong to the north.

If Cao Yiqu establishes another son of the Yuan family as the new emperor in Yuzhou, he will actually compete with Jiang Ning for orthodox status. This will inevitably intensify the conflict with Jiang Ning, and Huaidong's military center of gravity will inevitably move westward. This will

It can reduce the pressure on Yanjing's defense lines in Hehuai and Shandong.

"Emperor Yongxing is dead soon, and Lin Fu is stepping up his efforts to usurp the throne in Jiangning. But if Lin Fu is still a little patient and makes his youngest son a puppet after Emperor Yongxing," Zhang Xie said, "How dare the Cao family

Don’t you dare to start immediately in Yuzhou to establish a descendant of the Yuan family as the new emperor?”

Ye Ji'er nodded. Zhang Xie was vague on some things and could not offend either party, but he was still able to hit the nail on the head on some things.

At present, Emperor Yongxing is still there, and the Empress Dowager Liang still has the title of temporary regent of the country. The Cao family has limited strength and dare not risk the power of the world to establish a new emperor and directly confront Huaidong.

After the death of Emperor Yongxing, if Lin Fu commits treason and deposes the Yuan Dynasty and proclaims himself emperor, and the Cao family establishes a new emperor in Yuzhou, they will have a rightful name. This is the only opportunity for the Cao family to seize the rightful name.

Cao Yiqu is already sixty-seven years old. Although his energy is still good, his age is not forgiving. He obviously does not want to miss the last opportunity.

According to reliable information, the health of Emperor Yongxing and the Liang family are getting worse and worse. It can be said that their lives are not long and they may die anytime and anywhere. However, it is true that Lin Fu stepped up his conspiracy to usurp the country in Jiangning, but it is not true.

It means that he has no patience at all. After Emperor Yongxing's death, Lin Fu may not have the possibility of setting up Emperor Yongxing's youngest son to ascend the throne as a puppet. At this time, does the Cao family still have the courage to establish a new emperor to confront Huaidong?

The Cao family's establishment of a new emperor in Yuzhou will share great military pressure on Yanjing, so Yanjing desperately hopes that the Cao family can establish a new emperor in Yuzhou, which will intensify the conflict with Huaidong.

However, nothing is wishful thinking. The Cao family has the Cao family's trade-offs. The risks far outweigh the benefits, and the Cao family will not be a fool. If they are not fully prepared, once they attract the main force of Huaidong soldiers and horses to march westward,

It will only block your last escape route.

This time Cao Yiqu sent Ji Wei secretly to Luoyang and Xuchang on the condition of establishing a new emperor, hoping to get more substantial support from Yanjing so that he could better consolidate his foundation in Sichuan and Shu.

Similarly, it is impossible for Yanjing to trust the Cao family without reservation. They are also worried that after the Cao family gets the benefits, they will not be able to establish a new emperor. In that case, Yanjing will lose his wife and lose his troops, causing trouble.

Everyone in the world is laughing.

Ye Ji Xijin looked at Ye Ji Luo Rong's secret message from Luoyang and the series of conditions put forward by the Cao family's secret envoy, and said: "Cao Yiqu is really a lion with a big mouth, and Dong Yuan has a big appetite too;

But as long as they make an alliance, once Yong Xing'er dies, no matter whether Lin Fu immediately deposes Yuan and proclaims himself emperor, they will support a new emperor, and it doesn't matter if they agree to these conditions..."

As long as Emperor Yongxing dies, even if Lin Fu installs Emperor Yongxing's son as a puppet, the Cao family in Yuzhou can still claim that Emperor Yongxing was killed by Lin Fu, create a few false edicts, and establish a new emperor, and they can still win

Some righteous ones.

What's more, Lin Fu was implementing the new policy in Jiangning at this time, which greatly offended the traditional gentry forces. If the Cao family had a quarrel with Jiangning about the death of Emperor Yongxing, most of the traditional gentry forces would choose to believe the Cao family.

Ye Ji'er brought back Ye Ji Luorong's secret book and weighed it in a long case.

The Cao family also realized the sharpness of the Huaidong navy. Although Sichuan and Sichuan also had a tradition of shipbuilding on the Sichuan and Sichuan rivers, the shipbuilding craftsmanship was obviously not on the same level as that of Huaidong, and even lagged far behind Yanjing.

The Cao family hopes that Yanjing can send craftsmen to help them build some high-quality warships. Although the ships built by Yanjing craftsmen are far less sharp than the Huaidong warships, they are difficult to navigate on the gorges with dangerous terrain and treacherous currents.

Taking advantage of the upper reaches, it can compete with the Huaidong warships.

Therefore, the first condition of the Cao family is that Yanjing assists them in building warships and water control armies, and also to enhance their ability to resist the Huaidong Army's westward advance along the Xiajiang River.

In addition, the Cao family also asked Yanjing to provide them with war horses and animal power, and also asked Yanjing to order Chen Zhihu to withdraw the troops stationed west of Tianshui so that the Qiang people could live there.

The Cao family guarded the northwest for three generations and had a close relationship with the Qiang and Hu people in the northwest. Many of the generals who served for the Cao family were Qiang and Hu people. However, after the Northern Yan captured Guanzhong, the Cao family withdrew from Sichuan to the south, and the Qiang and Hu tribes were also forced to the west.

If they move, the Cao family will lose the most important foreign military support. Therefore, the Cao family hopes that Chen Zhihu can give up the land to the west of Tianshui and ask the Qiang and Hu tribes to move back here to connect with Sichuan and Shu, so that it can continue to be used by the Cao family

, increasing the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses under the Cao family's control.

Dong Yuan's requirements are very simple: first, to completely control the Funiu Mountain area in the upper reaches of Luoshui River, so as to have a base to retreat to in order to avoid future competition with Huaidong; second, to ask Hezhong Prefecture to provide 500,000 shi to the Funiu Mountain area.

It is believed that Xuchang's soldiers and horses can support a year's consumption in the most difficult time; the third is to allow the households in Hezhong Prefecture to flow to Xuchang, so that Xuchang can get young men and increase the cultivation of grain fields; the fourth is to allow Xuchang to have more young people and cultivate more grain fields.

Once Xuchang is attacked from the south, Yanjing's troops stationed in Hezhong Prefecture and Daliang have the obligation to assist.

Of course, Dong Yuan did not dare to directly let these handles fall into Huaidong's hands at this time, so the above conditions were carried out through the troops deployed by the Cao family in the Funiu Mountains at this time. Once the Cao family established a new emperor, Dong

The original generals in Xuchang also supported it and regarded Yuzhou as the main one. The Cao family assigned the troops and horses in Funiu Mountain to Xuchang. The grain, grass and weapons that Yanjing gave to Funiu Mountain would naturally belong to Xuchang.

The conditions proposed by the Cao family and Dong Yuan are not simple. If these conditions are met by Cao and Dong, and Cao and Dong delay in establishing a new emperor and confront Jiangning tit for tat, then Yanjing will lose more than it gains.
Chapter completed!