Wei and Jin cooks

Li Xiong, thirty-seven years old this year, is in his prime. His ancestral home is Brazil. He is a member of the Di tribe. His father's name is Li Te. During the reign of Emperor Hui, he returned to the Bashu land with the refugees. Because of his meritorious service in killing enemies, he was granted the title of Xuanzang. General Cheng, Marquis of Changle Township.

However, at that time, the people in Bashu were indeed having a hard time, and the refugees were even more miserable. Maybe the people he brought with him could not survive, so he was the only official and felt it was very boring, so he raised his arms and led everyone again. There was another uprising.

Yes, Zhao Hanzhang defined the uprising of their father and son as an uprising. Later Li Te was killed and Li Te's eldest son Li Dang also died in the battle. Li Xiong took over his father's burden and led the rebel army to fight from left to right in Bashu. In the middle, Li Xiong was once dispersed and almost died, but he insisted on not surrendering and finally gained a piece of territory.

Seven years ago, he claimed to be the King of Chengdu, and five years ago, he simply proclaimed himself emperor. However, Bashu and Bashu were not unified, and there are still officials from Jin who are insisting.

As a lieutenant and general of the Jin Dynasty, of course she couldn't publicly say that Li Xiong revolted, oh, no, it was a rebellion. She couldn't say that he was a good rebel or a great rebel, right?

However, from the perspective of the people of Shu, after Li Xiong took control of the area, the people's lives were better than under the rule of Jin.

Comparing his feelings, Zhao Hanzhang felt that if he were a common people in Shu, he would definitely welcome Li Xiong, but not Jin.

How many years has it been since your Sima family unified Shu?

There are still many people who miss Ji Han.

Therefore, Zhao Hanzhang has always been cooperating with Shu.

When he was in Yuzhou, he encouraged private businessmen to communicate with Shu, and he was very happy with the food, cloth and other items sent from Shu. Zhao Hanzhang even built a Liulicang in Shu through Zhuan.

Because of this, Li Xiong had a good impression of Zhao Hanzhang.

However, perceptions are all personal feelings, which are important, but at the national level, they are not that important.

Li Xiong met with Zhao Xin. Before meeting him, he had already discussed the conditions to be proposed with his ministers.

So he was straight to the point. He had always treated Princess Hongnong and the Prince Consort with courtesy. Now Zhao Hanzhang wanted to take them back, but he had to agree to a few conditions.

1. Recognize the independence of Bashu and the establishment of a country;

Second, all Jin officials from Hanjia County and other places should be transferred out of Bashu, and they should no longer interfere in the internal affairs of Bashu;

Third, the two countries have diplomatic relations, become brotherly countries, open a tea and horse market, and exchange what they need.

Xin Zhao: ...It’s a beautiful thought, do you think it’s a dream? Just think about it.

Xin Zhao directly rejected Li Xiong and asked to see Princess Hongnong and the consort.

Li Xiong naturally rejected him and asked him to think about it first and then let someone lead him down.

Zhao Xin moved into the inn, and the people he brought had already walked around the inn and reported: "There are people from the Chengguo court all around. I bought a lot of things, and I have already announced that we will live in the inn." Among them, I don’t know when people will come to my door.”

Xin Zhao lifted up his robe and knelt down on the mat, poured a glass of water and said, "Just wait."

The guard was very puzzled, "Zhao Angel, why don't we just bring a radio station here? That way we don't have to wait for them."

Xin Zhao glanced at him and said, "Can you grasp Li Xiong?"

The guard's face turned red, he lowered his head and said, "Of course you are humble and don't have this ability."

"Me neither," Zhao Xin said, "I don't even have a general. Since I can't predict what this person will do, how can I dare to carry such important things with me?"

In case, they were captured as soon as they entered Shu Kingdom, or were directly chopped down, the things would fall into Li Xiong's hands.

Although they may not be able to use it, such a treasure should avoid the risk of exposure, so Zhao Hanzhang simply refused to give it to him, and Zhao Xin didn't want it. Their contact with Luoyang could be found from Shu's craftsmen, oh no, they were scouts.

Ahem, our side calls us scouts, and the enemy calls us craftsmen. There is nothing wrong with it at all.

The next day, Zhao Xin handed the letter he wrote last night to two soldiers to send out, and then went to the street to have breakfast. After breakfast, he contacted the intelligence personnel in Shu.

After strolling all the way back to the inn, closing the door and turning his back, Xin Zhao immediately took out the note in his palm and read it.

There was their contact information and time on it. Xin Zhao couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth. He dropped the note into a teacup and soaked it. When the words melted and the paper became soft, he raised the teacup with a disgusted look on his face. He brought it to his mouth for the first time, and finally handed it to the guard, "You come and eat."

Guard:...

He took it expressionlessly, drank the water in the glass, chewed the paper and swallowed it.

Xin Zhao sat down cross-legged and said to him, "We will go out for a walk tomorrow."

The guard bowed and said, "Yes."

It's time to start delivering the message.

Xin Zhao: "Send someone to inquire about Princess Hongnong's residence and situation. Use both concealed and unconcealed methods."

Two days later, Li Xiong, who had been waiting for him for three days, asked Zhao Xin. The official responsible for tracking him reported his whereabouts in the past three days in detail, "After the interview, he sent someone to Luoyang to deliver a letter. It should be Ask Zhao Hanzhang; then he wandered around the city, asking about the situation in our city, and also quietly sent people to find out where Princess Hongnong lived."

The official paused and then asked: "Your Majesty, are you going to restrict his travel and not allow him to leave the inn again?"

Li Xiong narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "He just does these things, no more?"

Official: "No more."

Li Xiong looked at Fan Changsheng and asked, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"

Fan Changsheng lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "Check all the people he has come into contact with and the stores he has entered in the past three days."

He and Li Xiong said: "Zhao Xin is a member of Zhao Hanzhang's tribe. He once served as an envoy to the front line for Zhao Hanzhang. If he had to ask Zhao Hanzhang before making his decision, his head would have been chopped off long ago."

"As an envoy, he must have the power to gain advantage. Even if he cannot agree to all the three conditions put forward by His Majesty, there must be some points that he can decide on. He has not stated them clearly. He obviously wants to delay time."

Fan Changsheng said: "Zhao used the power of various families to open the Liuli Workshop into Shu, and it must not only be for the food and cloth of our Shu. I have always suspected that they have come in. Zhao Xin's move may be to contact them."

"Even if we contact them, it will take time to send the letter. Does Zhao Xin still dare to rob people quietly?" A general said: "The road to Shu is difficult. If they dare to steal Princess Hongnong, we will let them have it." No return.”

"Then let Zhao Hanzhang send troops to attack Chengguo?" Fan Changsheng said coldly: "Now our relationship with Zhao Hanzhang is better than the relationship between Zhao Hanzhang and King Langya, why do we want to offend her so hard?"

Li Xiong nodded in agreement.

But some people have different opinions, "General, Shu is difficult to navigate, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if we offend her, as long as we control Hanzhong, it will be difficult for her to fly in even with her wings. Why should we be afraid?"

"But now Hanzhong is in Fu Zhi's hands."

"That's just a charlatan. There has been famine in Hanzhong for many years. In the past few years, nearly 70,000 to 80,000 people have starved to death. The refugees there can work hard for just a handful of rice. No matter how prestigious Fu Zhi is, he is only among the gentry, and the common people will not eat it. With this plan, if you ask me, we should put Princess Hongnong in front, force the Jin army to retreat, and then we seize Hanzhong. By then, Zhao Hanzhang will really be unable to do anything to us."

Good night