Xu Shanxin asked himself that he did not have the courage to continue to challenge and test Li Xinchen's bottom line. It was not that he did not have the courage to dance on the edge of the knife, but at least not now.
In the final analysis, Xu Shanxin is just an envoy of the imperial court. He is not qualified to directly help the imperial court make a decision. Now that Li Xingchen has thrown this issue over, of course Xu Shanxin cannot agree directly. He must resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
The matter was reported to the imperial court, and the final decision was made by His Majesty.
To be honest, Xu Shanxin didn't think it was the right choice to let Li Xingchen lead his troops to Jiankang Mansion. But now that Li Xingchen has shown goodwill, if the Nanchen court does not seize this opportunity, but avoids it.
Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be fewer such opportunities in the future, or even impossible.
Xu Shanxin still knows this truth.
Therefore, Xu Shanxin could not judge such a crucial matter by himself.
It's useless to say more. It's better to report it to His Majesty as soon as possible.
And Li Xingchen stretched out his hand to push open the window, looked at Xu Shanxin's hurried back, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, you can come out now."
Gu Yewang, Dai Cai and others came out from behind the screen. Li Xingchen nodded to them and said in a deep voice: "Aren't your acting skills just now are acceptable?"
Dai Cai smiled and said: "If my subordinates were in Xu Shanxin's position, I'm afraid they would have been even more surprised than Xu Shanxin just now, and they might have been immediately confused. Xu Shanxin obviously also knew that the general was difficult to deal with, and
I was determined to do this, so I simply didn’t plan to stay and continue the discussion with the general, and went directly back to write a memorial to the court."
"Xu Shanxin is a smart man. He knows that if there is a problem here, he can't bear it at all." Li Xingchen nodded slightly and said, "So just throw this problem out. At least in the end, he is just a messenger, and it will really develop into
Whatever the situation is, it's not up to Xu Shanxin."
King Gu Ye also responded: "It's no wonder he is involved. This matter is of great importance. If it is accomplished, it will be a great achievement, but if it fails, it will be a doomed situation. Xu Shanxin is not a bold person, and he will definitely not
Would be so reckless."
Li Xingchen slowly sat down and gently rubbed his chin: "How likely is it that your Majesty and the court will finally agree?"
"I'm afraid it's 30 or 70," King Gu Ye had obviously been thinking about this issue for a long time, and he said decisively at this time, "Logically speaking, it is impossible for your Majesty and the court to allow such a hidden danger, but now Xu Ling, Wu Mingche and others in the court
People have an ambiguous attitude towards the general, and His Majesty wants to take advantage of this last opportunity to win over the general, or to completely imprison the general, so it is not impossible to succeed."
Although the ratio of three to seven was very small, it was within Li Xingchen's expectations. He did not expect Chen Xu to happily welcome him to Jiankang Mansion.
Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "If the imperial court agrees, then we will have the opportunity to contact the imperial court directly. However, if the imperial court does not agree, then it may be difficult to reach an agreement to deal with the Zhou people together, so this matter
Not only do we have to let the court know that we also want to show good intentions, but we also have to let them understand that we still maintain a certain bottom line, and this time in the battle between Bashu and Sichuan, the soldiers are still supporting the banner of Da Chen, setting a
Logically speaking, the court should express such great achievements, and this is our bottom line."
After a pause, Li Xingchen said helplessly: "What's more, as Gu Gong said, once His Majesty has murderous intentions against someone, these soldiers and horses still have a chance to protect someone in a battle. As long as the navy is there, if they can't fight, they will run away.
It fell."
Dai Cai, Gu Yewang and others exchanged glances. In fact, they felt that it would be a bit risky for Li Xingchen to do this, but they also knew that once Li Xingchen made up his mind, it would be difficult to stop him. More importantly, as Li Xingchen said,
It seems that nothing can turn Nanchen and Bashu into allies again than Li Xingchen's return to the capital.
"We have discussed this for today. Xu Shanxin's attitude is very respectful, which means that at least he has received instructions from the court and does not want to anger us rashly," Li Xingchen said after considering, "This is also a good thing for us. I hope he can give us some advice."
We bring better answers."
Of course Dai Cai and others knew that they could not make a decision so easily. At least now, the other two crucial figures in Li Xingchen's group - Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie have not expressed their stance, so everything is unknown.
Seeing Dai Cai and the others retiring, Li Xinchen sighed softly. It was not because he was reckless. Jiankang Mansion was no more than a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. Li Xinchen himself knew this very well, but now there was another thing before Li Xinchen.
The coming civil war in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was a golden opportunity.
Before, Li Xinchen had never thought about how to find a balance between the Southern Chen Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and in the end he benefited. The advantage of Bashu is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but its disadvantages are also obvious, such as a vast territory, sparsely populated areas, insufficient food and grass supply, etc.
, all of which made it difficult for Bashu to become the foundation for conquering the world. When Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty conquered the world, he relied not on Hanzhong, but on Guanzhong, which he quickly captured.
It's a pity that at least now Li Xingchen has not directly defeated Guanzhong's strength. Even the simultaneous pressure from the north and the east makes it impossible for Li Xingchen to attack Hanzhong against the threat of Nanchen or attack Jingzhou against the threat of Northern Zhou.
Wei Xiaokuan and Xiao Mohe are not easy-going people. Li Xingchen asked himself that he did not have the confidence. Moreover, without the accumulation of several generations, Li Xingchen was not sure about starting a war on two fronts. However, if time dragged on for a long time, Bashu would have no way to fight with the Central Plains.
, compared with Jiangnan, the strength gap between the parties will only become wider and wider.
For example, Gongsun Shu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty is a typical example. He devoted himself to running Bashu and wanted to use it as a springboard to conquer the world, but in the end he could not get out of Bashu.
Li Xingchen never had the extravagant expectation that God would favor him again and again, so he had no way to guarantee that the next time he continued to fight against Wei Xiaokuan or any of the famous generals in the world, he would still be able to win easily even if he was at a disadvantage.
Because Li Xingchen can clearly feel that when he is becoming stronger, his opponents are also learning experiences and lessons to prevent the same mistakes from happening again. They were not familiar with Li Xingchen before, so they suffered losses again and again, and next
It may not be that simple for Li Xingchen to get benefits from them.
With Li Xinchen's current capital, or even his capital five or ten years from now, there is no way he can withstand the consequences of such a failure. It can be said that Li Xinchen was completely barefoot when he attacked Bashu and was not afraid of wearing shoes.
But if we continue to take risks and ignore everything, then all our efforts are gambling. Once we lose, everything will be in vain.