Chapter 265

【Xie Yuan was also full of doubts, carefully examining the two place names on the map.】

【Longyou Dao, located behind Jiannan Dao, has had frequent rebellions in recent years, and is not a peaceful place.】

【Zhuya County, the western frontier of the Great Qi, is a stronghold for defending against the Great Sui.】

【Although Jiannan Dao has three demons entrenched, most of it is still ordinary people, unlike Zehu, which is already rampant with demons.】

【Why should the people be relocated to Longyou Dao?】

【What is the intention of sending troops to Zhuya County?】

【The current dilemma is originally a matter of Zehu and Jiannan Dao, why involve this?】

【Zhang Yuan lowered his head and thought, a flash of inspiration seemed to appear in his mind, but he couldn't grasp it.】

【Zhang Yuzhi finally came back to her senses after a long time, and an ancient saying appeared in her mind: "In the war of great powers, small countries replace them."】

【The Great Qi and the Great Sui have just concluded a peace treaty. If they turn against each other at this moment, the peace treaty will exist in name only, and the two countries will inevitably fall into continuous war until one side is destroyed.】

【In this situation, who is willing to see it?】

【The Great Sui is in the ascendant, and the nine great clans of the Great Qi are also unwilling to shake the foundation of the country.】

【He Xiao, however, disagreed, this method sounds really dreamy.】

【Xie Yuan went straight to the point: "Brother Guan, how do you explain this?"】

【You smiled and said: "In today's world, is there only the Great Qi and the Great Sui?"】

【Xie Yuan shook his head and said slowly: "Since Yan and Tang, the Emperor has lost virtue, the deer in the Central Plains is fat, heroes have risen together, and the Great Qi and the Great Sui are the hegemons among them."】

【"There are still small states like Xiyue, Wu, Zhao, and Song. The strong ones like the Buddhist country in the south and the Tatars in the north cannot be underestimated."】

【You continued: "The Great Qi was founded on Confucianism, and the Great Sui has also been imitating it in recent years, from imperial court official positions to schoolhouses, etiquette, and even..."】

【Speaking of this, you paused, and Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The Great Sui also respects the Master and takes Confucianism as orthodoxy."】

【You nodded slightly, the current Emperor Sui is not a simple person.】

【The Great Sui was originally a western barbarian, but it claimed to be the orthodoxy of Yan, and was the descendant of Luo Heng, the General of Pacifying the West personally sealed by Lu Chen.】

【Luo Heng, one of the twenty-six generals of Lu Chen's pavilion, was famous for his loyalty and bravery.】

【It is rumored that the founding ancestor of the Great Sui, Luo Kuang, was the thirtieth-generation grandson of Luo Heng. His mother once dreamed of a man in a water pool with a head like a bird, two sheep horns, and a thin body, and then gave birth to Luo Kuang.】

【This man is none other than Emperor Ku, one of the five emperors in mythology.】

【It is the way of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan, and it is justified.】

【Four hundred years after the Great Yan, the world changed, and the path of cultivation began to be created by sages.】

【The myth of seeking immortals and asking for the Dao was prevalent, and all countries searched for bloodlines in history or mythology to seek orthodoxy.】

【The Great Qi is the same. Since ancient times, the legitimacy of the country has been Yan. Therefore, the ancestors of all countries trace their origins to Yan.】

【The Great Qi is the descendant of Chen Zhi, one of the three dukes of the Yan state at that time. When its founding master was born, there was a vision of "the star of Yaoguang piercing the moon like a rainbow", which was rumored to be the youngest son of the Heavenly Emperor Shaohao in mythology.】

【Even the masters of today's small countries are all like this. The founding monarchs all need to be connected with mythology and the Yan state to show orthodoxy.】

【The Master once commented on this wind of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan: "His father has no descendants, counting the classics and forgetting the ancestors."】

【The Master told his disciples that when the founding ancestor of the Great Qi was born, "I didn't see Yaoguang, there was only one night of crying, which was very noisy."】

【The Master personally delivered him, and later helped him create the foundation of the Great Qi. No one dared to refute the Master's words, so the Great Qi royal family rarely mentioned this matter.】

【Zhang Yuan seemed to have realized: "The two countries have a peace treaty, and there is the Master's permission, neither the Great Sui nor the Great Qi will enter the field."】

【You nodded and continued: "The war of great powers, without violating the peace treaty, only supports small countries to start a war."】

【Zhang Yuan couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Proxy war!"】

【In the last hundred years, the Great Qi once strongly supported the Wu state to confront the Song state under the Great Sui, and the two countries were filled with war and smoke.】

【However, these small countries are like wall grass swaying in the wind. Whichever side has the upper hand, they immediately defect and change the other side's flag to show loyalty.】

【What's more, because of frequent wars, they couldn't change flags in time, so that on the city walls, there was a spectacle of half hanging the Great Qi flag and half flying the Great Sui banner, which was really ridiculous.】

【And those small country armies, when fighting, were also perfunctory, not working hard, just hoping that the war would end early to protect themselves.】

【But it is also human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, forced to be between great powers.】

【Then now, the Great Sui seems to have found a better tool than these small countries.】

【"Demon species!" These three words are like ice piercing the bones, making people feel cold.】

【Demon species and the human race have been like fire and water since ancient times. They eat people and are cruel and ruthless, naturally becoming the sharpest knife in the hands of the Great Sui.】

【Using demon species as a proxy country.】

【Zhang Yuzhi has already understood. The Great Qi and the Great Sui will not enter the field at all. If the Great Qi sends troops to the Great Sui, it will violate the Master and the peace treaty.】

【Then why not win over the demons in Jiannan Dao? Instead, ignore them.】

【You slowly looked up.】

【Zhang Yuzhi saw a pair of clear and bright eyes.】

【Your gaze fell on the towering Sister Wu Tong tree in the courtyard, and a lot of golden yellow had already begun to fall on it.】

【You said indifferently: "Because demons are demons after all. They only have the desire for blood in their hearts, no reason and morality. If the Great Sui does not intervene, they will definitely fight internally."】

【"There are no two suns in the sky, and the mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. This is the truth of heaven and earth."】

【Zhang Yuzhi couldn't help asking: "Then the Great Qi should just sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits, why send troops to Zhuya County and relocate the people out of Longyou Dao."】

【You smiled slightly and said: "The general draws the cart, advancing by retreating. Withdrawing the people of Jiannan Dao shows an attitude of not intervening. Sending troops to Zhuya County, then how should the Great Sui respond?"】

【Zhang Yuzhi's mind was like a fleeting shadow, looking at the map drawn on the table.】

【Then the choice at this time is in the hands of the Great Sui. How will they be in a dilemma, and the Great Qi can respond calmly.】

【A possibility emerged in her heart. It seems that the young man's words just now peeled away the fog, which is the result of this series of events.】

【Even how to respond seems to be the best answer.】

【Xie Yuan didn't understand very well, just wrote down the result Xie Guan said.】

【"Brother Guan, then what you said today, let's see the conclusion in a few days."】

【Zhang Yuzhi also came back to her senses. This is just the young man's analysis, not necessarily correct.】

【You looked at Xie Yuan and said: "Sixth Brother, did you forget to say one thing."】

【"There should also be something about Xie Fu."】

【Xie Yuan patted his head and smiled: "Yes, yes, yes, I forgot to report the good news to Brother Guan. Father should be transferred to Jiannan Dao in a few days, and then he will be able to return to the capital. This is a great happy event for our Xie Fu!"】

【You just smiled.】

【Xie Yuan was ready to say goodbye.】

【Zhang Yuzhi looked casually at the words you just wrote on the table.】

【"Youthful chivalry, making friends with strange scholars in Bianjing, sharing life and death with spirit."】

【"Young people of Wu Ling are east of the gold market, silver saddles and white horses cross the spring breeze."】

【Zhang Yuzhi was a bit surprised, such high-spirited poetry.】

【She looked at the simple furnishings beside the table. The pen holder had faded and turned white, the tip of the pen was slightly split, and it had been squeezed slightly bent at the grip.】

【The paper for practicing calligraphy was not the silk paper of Jiangnan Dao, nor was it Luoyang paper, but ordinary rough paper.】

【There is nothing special about this paper and pen in ordinary people's homes.】

【But this is the Xie family】

【The Xie family, one of the nine great clans, has produced three dukes in three generations, a great clan with white jade halls and gold horses. The young man's father is the famous Marquis of Dingyuan, a powerful martial god realm expert in the Great Qi.】

【With the superposition of these illustrious names, the food and clothing are still like this, so one knows how difficult the situation of this illegitimate son of Xie Fu is.】

【Xie Guan lost his mother in his childhood, had no one to rely on, cried blind after his mother passed away, and spent ten years of spring and autumn in the small courtyard.】

【Where did he make friends with heroes, and where are the white horses and silver saddles of the Wu Ling youths.】

【Only this dilapidated small courtyard.】

【Zhang Yuzhi sighed in her heart, and there was another sentence under the paper.】

【The handwriting is free and easy without losing uprightness.】

【"The youth pays for the Lingyun pen, not looking at the ten Battalion Commander in the world."】

【Zhang Yuzhi's beautiful eyes were stunned, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.】

【At this time, Xie Yuan led a group of performers with red lips and white teeth and shouted: "Fourth Cousin, let's go."】

【Unexpectedly!】

【Zhang Yuzhi greeted Xie Guan this time, whereas the previous four times she left directly.】

【"Young Master Guan, goodbye."】

【Only to see the young man bowing slightly under the golden Sister Wu Tong tree, with a smile in his eyes.】

(End of chapter)