Ren Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "The position of Holy King may be the dream of others, but to me, this throne is more like a cage. I have to be trapped in the palace every day, dealing with the government affairs that can never be completed.
This is not the life I want, Your Highness should understand."
Tang Yin was silent for a while and then said: "What about the saint? If you take the Zen position, what will the saint do?"
Ren Xiao said seriously: "The Saint is already secretly looking for an heir. I believe that it won't be long before the Holy Temple will have a new owner. By then, Yao'er and I can travel around the world without any worries, living the life we want.
life.”
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "It seems that Brother Ren has already planned his future life."
Ren Xiao took a deep look at Tang Yin and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I have already selected the candidate for the new Holy King, Elder Zheng Yuan. Elder Zheng is not only a powerful martial artist, but also a kind and just man, and he also has great admiration for Your Highness.
I believe that Elder Zheng will inherit the position of Holy King and will never be an enemy of Feng Kingdom in the future..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin interrupted: "But except for Brother Ren, I don't trust anyone in Shenchi. I only trust you, Brother Ren!"
Ren Xiao sighed secretly. It wasn't that he didn't understand Tang Yin's thoughts, and it wasn't that he didn't want to help him, but he really didn't want to be the Holy King of the Divine Pond anymore.
He was carefree by nature and yearned for a carefree and free life. However, since he became the Holy King, the life he longed for has been far away from him.
Every day I have to face all kinds of elders, there are endless government affairs to deal with every day, I have to be trapped in the palace every day and have no time to spare, and I have to withstand pressure from all sides. On the surface, I am beautiful, but inside
Only those who have become Holy Kings will understand the feeling. Ren Xiao himself often wonders whether he will have to live like this forever in the future, without end, for the rest of his life, but even just thinking about it will make him feel sincere fear.
Even many times, as soon as he woke up in the morning and opened his eyes, he would feel a strong feeling of boredom in his heart. Ren Xiao, who was naturally optimistic, really didn't want to bear this anymore, let alone live such a life.
Seeing Ren Xiao lowering his head and remaining silent, Tang Yin hit his forehead repeatedly in annoyance. After a moment, his face straightened, he stretched out two fingers and said, "Two years! Brother Ren just needs to persist for two more years.
After two years, no matter who Brother Ren cedes the throne to, I will not interfere again." After speaking, he looked directly at Ren Xiao.
Ren Xiao's heart moved. He met Tang Yin's gaze and asked, "Your Highness, you mean that I can be the Holy King for another two years?"
Tang Yin nodded heavily and promised: "That's right! Just two years!"
Ren Xiao thought about it carefully. Two years was neither too short nor too long. It was not unacceptable. In any case, he could finally see the end. He thought for a long time and finally nodded and said: "Okay."
, it’s a deal, just two years!”
Tang Yin was overjoyed, stepped forward and patted Ren Xiao on the shoulder, saying, "Thank you so much, Brother Ren, for your help." With Ren Xiao here, Shenchi will not be an enemy of Feng Country, and can also become Feng Country's strongest backing.
This point is too important for the current Feng Kingdom.
The arrival of Ren Xiao could not change the deadlock that Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang were in. Both of them were determined to win Zhen territory, and neither of them was willing to give in. The negotiations between the two parties remained deadlocked.
When the Fengchuan and Fengchuan armies captured all the counties in Zhendi, the negotiations between Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang did not come to a conclusion.
What Tang Yin wanted was to capture the entire Zhendi. His reasons were very simple. They were the same two points mentioned before. First, the Sichuan people could not govern the Zhendi well and they could not suppress the Zhen people. Secondly, the Sichuan country had already
After his death, Xiao Xiang had no position to compete with him for virginity.
However, Xiao Xiang also had her own concerns. Although the Sichuan Kingdom was returned to the Emperor, she was actually still ruling the Sichuan area, and if Tang Yin really occupied the virgin land, then Tang Yin's next target would definitely be the Emperor. Now she has
Standing on the same ship as the Emperor, both prosperous and devastated. If the Emperor is overthrown by Tang Yin, then Tang Yin's sword will definitely be cut on his and the Sichuan people's necks.
Now, she relied on the Emperor as her backer to fight against Tang Yin. As long as the Emperor was around, Tang Yin would not dare to use force against Sichuan.
The ownership of Zhendi has not been finalized for a long time, and the delay is getting longer and longer. Xiao Xiang doesn't care. She has the time and patience to spend time with Tang Yin, but Tang Yinke gradually becomes impatient.
What he was worried about was that if Yin Zhun suddenly issued an order and insisted on taking Zhendi back to the imperial court, the situation would be serious. In the past, Yin Zhun would never dare to do this, but now Yin Zhun can't say that.
Since Xiao Xiang returned Sichuan land to the imperial court, Yin Zhun gradually gained confidence and began to use a large number of Sichuan people. Not only were many Sichuan people among the ministers of the imperial court, but even the guards guarding the palace also set up a special team.
A Sichuan regiment of ten thousand people.
It can be seen that Yin Zhen now intends to use the power of the Sichuan people to crowd out the power of the Feng people.
Just when Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang were arguing, Ren Xiao finally stood up to be the peacemaker. He proposed to draw a line in the center of Zhendi and divide it into two parts. The Zhendi in the north belonged to Feng State, and the Zhendi in the south belonged to Xiao Xiang.
The meaning of incense belongs to the imperial court.
His proposal was finally accepted by Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang. For Tang Yin, although he did not achieve his goal and only occupied half of Zhendi, it was still better than if the entire Zhendi belonged to the imperial court.
As for Xiao Xiang, she also felt that this division was the best policy. If Tang Yin really got nothing, the two sides would be at odds with each other or even fight each other, which would not necessarily be a good thing for herself or the imperial court.
Under Ren Xiao's mediation, the issue of Zhendi's ownership finally came to an end. At this point, Zhenbei returned to the wind, and Zhennan, like Sichuan, belonged to the imperial court, and both parties were barely happy!
Dividing a country is not a simple and easy task. It is not just about drawing a straight line on a map. It involves many details.
The line drawn from the middle of Zhendi has to pass through many counties, mountains and rivers. In actual operations, these counties, mountains and rivers cannot be divided into two halves. This requires one party to give up a piece of land, and the other side to compensate for another piece of land.
land, both parties make exchanges with each other.
But there is a huge difference between land and land. Some land is fertile and has a large population, and some is barren and has a scarce population. Negotiations in this area alone are a long tug-of-war.
Ren Xiao could not wait for Feng Chuan to work out the details. Seeing that the overall situation between the two parties had been decided, he said goodbye to Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang and returned to Shenchi. After Ren Xiao left, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang still stayed in Xitang
At this time, the focus of the dispute between the two of them was the ownership of Xitang.
Xitang is impartial and located exactly in the center of Zhendi. If a line were drawn from the middle of Zhendi, Xitang would be divided into two halves. Of course, neither Tang Yin nor Xiao Xiang wanted to do this.
Nishitang is a newly built city on the ruins. It is not large in scale yet, and there are not many buildings in the city, let alone prosperous. However, the location of Nishitang is too important. It is in the center of Zhengji and is connected in all directions. It can be said that it is the entire city.
The hub of Zhendi.
If Xitang City is built in the future, it will be an extremely important strategic location and a place where people's hearts aspire.
Regarding the ownership of Xitang, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang reached a deadlock again. Tang Yin even offered to exchange a county in Zhendi for half of Xitang City in Xiao Xiang's hands, but Xiao Xiang refused.
On this day, the court meeting was held. None of the main ministers of Feng State came to Xitang, so the court meeting was relatively simple. Tang Yin and several advisers gathered together to discuss the affairs of Zhendi.
After the court meeting began, Tang Yin's mind was not on this at all. He was thinking about how to persuade Xiao Xiang to let her give him the West Tang. He asked absently: "Everyone, if there is nothing important, just leave.
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As soon as he finished speaking, a counselor stood up first, raised his hand to Tang Yin and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Tang Yin glanced at him and asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, heavy rains have fallen in the Jishui area over the past few days, causing flooding. Now, both Heping County and Linqiao County have been severely affected, with countless refugees."
The Jishui he mentioned is located between Heping County and Linqiao County, and Jishui happens to be the middle line that divides the north and south Zhendi. Heping County to the north of Jishui is under the jurisdiction of Fengren, while Linqiao County to the south of Jishui
Qiao County is under the jurisdiction of Sichuan people.
Tang Yin rubbed his chin, pondering and murmured, "Is the disaster serious?"
"Exactly! Your Majesty, it is conservatively estimated that the number of victims in Heping County is no less than 200,000, or even more. Without food relief, countless of these victims will starve to death."
"Your Majesty, I think it is not a bad idea not to save the victims in Heping County. First of all, our food and grass are not enough. Hundreds of thousands of troops need to eat and drink. The daily food and grass consumption is huge, and there is no surplus food to save Zhen.
People, moreover, Zhen people are different from us. They have their own ways to save themselves. Even if you don't care about them, they will not die of hunger. I heard that Zhen people are good at cannibalism!"
After hearing this man's words, many of the counselors present threw their heads up and laughed, and their laughter was full of contempt. The counselor who spoke first frowned, looked around at the laughing people, and finally looked at Tang Yin, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, we are also human beings. How can we just sit back and watch them starve to death? What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of victims, homeless and hungry. If they are not properly resettled, if chaos breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous.
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"If the unruly people of Zhendi dare to cause trouble, the king only needs to mobilize a large army to annihilate them."
"How can governing a country be just about killing?"
"Killing one party can serve as a warning to others, but you must be tough on others!"
Listening to the quarrels of the counselors below, Tang Yin waved his hand and looked at the two people who were quarreling with red faces. He chuckled and said: "What you two said is reasonable. You really can't be too weak towards Zhen people. You
Give him a thumbs up, and he might make a step forward!"
"Your Majesty..."
"However, this time is different. The victims must be saved, and not only must they be rescued, but they must be rescued decently and successfully. Everyone in Zhen can see that we Feng people regard Zhen as brothers!"