Perhaps it was because Yang Yuanqing had just returned from the battlefield and his murderous aura had not faded. He said this coldly at this time, which immediately made Pei Qingsong feel a chill that emerge from his bones, and he immediately shivered.

At this time, a personal guard at the door reported, "Report to the general manager, Wang Renze is here."

"Please come in!"

After a moment, two personal soldiers walked in with Wang Renze. Wang Renze stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Wang Renze attended His Highness the King of Chu!"

"General Wang has been in contact with each other many times, so there is no need to be too polite. Please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wang Renze sat down and glanced at Pei Qingsong. Yang Yuanqing smiled and introduced him: "This is my military officer. His surname is Pei Qingsong. He is a person I can trust."

‘The surname is Pei!’

Wang Renze suddenly realized and quickly bowed and smiled, "It turns out that it was Wenxi's talented talent, and he was disrespectful."

Pei Qingsong's face was a little unnatural, and he reluctantly replied with a bow. He sat aside, spread the paper, and recorded the conversation between the general manager and the important person. This was his duty. The other party was Wang Shichong's envoy, so of course he had to take it seriously.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is a little unaccustomed to such meeting records, but it is also beneficial to record them like this. Over time, he will forget some important things, so he did not ask Pei Qingsong's records.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing seemed to have thought of something again, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "I heard that Wang Shangshu was named King of Zheng, which is a joyful congratulation!"

Wang Renze sighed, "I won't say those hypocritical words in front of the King of Chu. My uncle was named King of Zheng and encountered strong opposition from the court. This was the result of Emperor Tai's insistence against the public. For the sake of King of Zheng, the court ministers had not attended court for three days. Now the situation in Luoyang is in chaos, and my uncle can only ask His Highness the King of Chu for help."

Yang Yuanqing took a sip of tea. He did not ask for help, but said slowly: "I remember I said. I also supported Wang Shangshu to take another step. My original intention was to hope that Luoyang could stabilize as soon as possible, so that the food prices could be stabilized, and that the people of Luoyang could survive. But now the situation in Luoyang is even more chaotic, and you have never thought about how to get rid of this chaotic situation?"

Yang Yuanqing's meaning was already very obvious, supporting Wang Shichong to ascend the throne, ending the Southern Sui Dynasty. Taiyuan became the only orthodox Sui Dynasty. At the same time, Wang Shichong could stabilize the chaotic situation in Luoyang. With his strength, he could suppress grain prices.

Wang Renze came this time to talk about this matter. His uncle Wang Shichong had already regarded him as a minister in the court and Lu Chu and other ministers. The conflicts were getting worse and worse. The time for the showdown was coming. The key was that Li Mi's main force was dragged by Yu Wenhua and Pengcheng County, making him unable to support Luoyang, so they had to take advantage of this opportunity to seize power in one fell swoop.

If the people of Luoyang want to support their uncle Wang Shichong ascend the throne, they must have food in their hands, and have food. They have the right to speak, but the food will not fall from the sky, or they will capture Li Mi's Luokou City, but this is not possible in a short time, so they can only beg Yang Yuanqing for support.

Wang Renze whispered: "This time I came to see the general manager on my uncle's order because my uncle has decided to take Emperor Tai and replace him..."

This sentence scared Pei Qingsong beside him so much that his whole body shook, and the inkstone on the table almost overturned. Only then did he understand what the general manager said just now meant, and he actually wanted to make Wang Shichong seize the throne and ascend the throne. His hands trembled violently.

Yang Yuanqing felt something and turned around and stared at him sternly. Pei Qingsong lowered his head. He quickly calmed his mind and continued to record. Yang Yuanqing then smiled gently and said, "General Wang continues to say!"

Wang Renze bit his lip and continued: "It is not difficult to seize power, it can be said that it is easy to get the backbone. The key is to stabilize the situation in Luoyang. The high food prices in Luoyang are now causing great pain to the general public. As long as we can lower the food prices, we can get the support of the people of Luoyang. Therefore, my uncle begged His Highness the King of Chu to borrow 100,000 stones of food."

"borrow?"

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "One hundred thousand stones of grain is not so easy to save. Why is Zheng Wang planning to pay it back?"

"As long as we stabilize the prefecture, we will attack Luokou City as soon as possible. There will be hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in Luokou City, and we can return it to the King of Chu at that time."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "One hundred thousand stones of grain is not much for me, there is in Hanoi County, but I doubt your sincerity. Last time you promised to transfer three thousand military weapon supervisors to Hedong, and have only been transferred five hundred households so far. How can you tell me to believe your words again?"

Wang Renze hurriedly said, "I need to explain the matter about craftsmen. My uncle wanted to send craftsmen to Hedong several times, but was forcibly stopped by Lu Chu, Duan Da and others, and he never succeeded. My uncle has always been very sorry for this. We promise that as long as we control the regime, the first thing is to fulfill our promise and never break our promise."

Speaking of this, Wang Renze then remembered that there was still a letter he had not given to Yang Yuanqing. He hurriedly took it out of his arms and presented it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is my uncle's handwritten letter to His Highness the King of Chu. Please check it out."

Yang Yuanqing took the letter and opened it, read Wang Shichong's letter. The content was similar to what Wang Renze said, and his tone was very respectful, but he emphasized his current difficulties. Luoyang's population has dropped from one million at the highest to less than 50,000 households, about 300,000. If the food problem is not solved, Luoyang will become an empty city.

Yang Yuanqing put away the letter and asked Wang Renze again, "How many troops do you have in your hands now?"

"We have 70,000 more people."

"There are only 70,000 people, but Luokou City has 100,000 defenders. How do you capture it?"

Wang Renze replied respectfully: "The King of Chu has only more than 100,000 troops, and the total strength of Hebei is less than 500,000. Aren't they also afraid of His Highness the King of Chu? It can be seen that the number of soldiers is not large. Although we only have 70,000 people in our hands, they are all the Sui army in the past, well-equipped and strong combat power. However, less than half of the 100,000 defenders in Luokou City are wearing armor. If we pull out the battle, we can defeat them in one battle. However, the city of Luokou City is tall and strong, and it is not easy to attack. We plan to launch a large attack on Luokou City a little warmer."

"Okay! I can lend you food, but I still have a small condition, I want two people."

At this time, food is more important than anything else to Wang Shichong. Not to mention two people, even two hundred people or two thousand people, they would agree without hesitation.

Wang Renze hurriedly said, "Please speak frankly with your highness!"

"One of these two people is Lu Chu. You are not allowed to kill him. You must hand him over to me intact. The other is Emperor Tai Yang Tong. Although the Southern Sui Dynasty was destroyed, the Northern Sui Dynasty was still there. After King Zheng ascended the throne, he must also hand him over to me. If you can agree, you can come to Mengjin Ferry to transport grain tomorrow."

Wang Renze immediately stood up and said, "I will rush back now. At the latest, King Zheng will have a formal reply to send it."

"Okay! General Wang takes care of himself all the way."

Wang Renze bowed and turned around and left in a hurry. Yang Yuanqing handed Wang Shichong's letter to Pei Qingsong. Seeing that Pei Qingsong's expression was very strange, he said lightly: "Since you are joining the army in my journal room, don't be too surprised if you have something to do, don't have personal thoughts. Do you understand what I mean?"

Pei Qingsong knew that the general manager was referring to the fact that he had lost his composure just now, so he nodded silently, "I understand the humble position."

Yang Yuanqing looked at him again and said slowly: "The position of joining the military in the Record Room must be in politics for at least seven to ten years, because many things must be deeply gaze to see through. For example, the destruction of the Southern Sui just now shocked you. If it were Xiao Feng, he would take it for granted, but you don't understand. You are young and have no experience. I can forgive all of these, but there is one thing you have to remember, you must be self-aware, you must understand that you have no political experience, you must understand your childishness. On major issues, don't show your childishness. Have you remembered it?"

Yang Yuanqing's tone was very stern. Pei Qingsong wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered: "I understand, I will not reveal anything again."

Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "If you have kindness and righteousness to your people, then be kindness and kindness to your enemies, then be stupid. You are very talented, but you have no experience. If you go back and think about it carefully, will Wang Renze not know that I attacked Zhonglizhou? Why doesn't he mention this matter at all? Don't think that Wang Renze is a rude soldier. His scheming is much deeper than you. You hope you can become more mature in today's matter."

"Remember the humble profession and sue the general manager!"

"Go!"

It was already four o'clock, and Yang Yuanqing was really tired. He found a military blanket to wrap himself, lay on the couch without even taking off his boots, and then fell asleep.

Pei Qingsong also lay down when he returned to his room, but he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He was thinking about the warning Yang Yuanqing gave him not to show his naivety. He also felt that he was too naive. As the actual ruler of the Northern Sui Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing certainly hoped that the Southern Sui Dynasty would be destroyed and the Northern Sui Dynasty would become the only successor of the Sui Dynasty. However, the Northern Sui Dynasty could not take action directly, and let Wang Shichong take action for the Northern Sui Dynasty, which was the best, but Wang Shichong had the confidence to borrow food. Such a simple thing was shocked, and Pei Qingsong wanted to slap himself in the face, which was so overwhelming.

Pei Qingsong thought of Wang Renze again. He originally thought that Wang Renze was a rude soldier, but the general manager said that he was very cunning. Looking back now, it seemed like this. He seized Heyang Pass and directly threatened Luokou City. Wang Renze also repeatedly mentioned that seizing Luokou City was their top priority and was of concern to their life and death. However, he did not mention the Sui army's attack on Zhonglizhou. It was not that he did not know the matter, but it was meaningless to ask, so he pretended not to know and borrowed the food before talking about it. This person was indeed calm and he seemed too immature compared to him.

Pei Qingsong lay on the couch and sighed, unable to sleep all night.

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