After a moment, there was a slight sound of ringing and Yang Yuanqing's wife, Princess Chu Pei Minqiu, walked out of the mansion surrounded by dozens of maids and servants. Pei Minqiu guessed that it was her husband's uncle who came. She did not dare to neglect and came out to greet him in person.

Li Jing hurriedly got off the carriage, stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Join the Princess of Chu!"

"It's my uncle who is here."

Pei Minqiu smiled and greeted, "My uncle looks healthier in the past two years, which is gratifying."

"Princess Xie is concerned, is Yuan Qing in the mansion?"

"He hasn't come back yet, I will send someone to inform him immediately. The weather is cold and my uncle asks me to go to the mansion to rest first. Yuan Qing was very worried about his uncle's recent situation a few days ago."

Pei Minqiu looked at the carriage again and asked strangely: "Why are there only my uncle and my aunt?"

"Haha! She can't leave. Fu'er's wife gave birth to her fourth son last month. She is very busy now."

"Cousin Fu actually has four sons. Why didn't my uncle say anything? We didn't know."

"You are in Fengzhou! It's too far."

Li Jing was invited to the royal palace, and Pei Minqiu ordered the housekeeper to bring more than a dozen followers into the mansion to rest, and sent someone to notify Yang Yuanqing, and then led his uncle Li Jing into the mansion.

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In the Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing is holding a cabinet meeting to discuss specific plans with the five prime ministers on launching the Hebei offensive.

"The situation in Hebei is quite complicated. Wei Daoer, Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao and Dou Jiande are in a state of confrontation. They are enemies of each other and will also join forces to the outside world. Last year, Dou Jiande attacked Youzhou, Gao Kaidao sent troops to support Luo Yi. He attacked Dou Jiande's army from the side, resulting in Dou Jiande's defeat and returning. Wei Daoer, he and Dou Jiande also worked together to deal with Xue Shixiong, so when our forces enter Hebei, it is likely to lead to their reunion. I can foresee that this will be a protracted battle."

Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said slowly: "For us, the difficulty is not only to take over Hebei, but also to face the hardships of the people of Hebei. After five or six years of rampage of bandits, Hebei has long lost its people's livelihood and its population has plummeted. To be honest, we have to prepare a lot of money and food. Especially food, this is gold in troubled times, and it is also up to all the ministers to fully recognize the importance of seizing Hebei and fully support the battle of Hebei in logistics."

Su Wei stood up and smiled and said, "Let me express my opinion on behalf of all the cabinet officials! The upcoming battle in Hebei was on the agenda of Ziwei Pavilion a few months ago. This year, the grain harvests of several counties in southern Hedong Road were bumper, but the four counties of Loufan, Mayi, Yanmen and Dingxiang have not recovered from the destruction of Liu Wuzhou. Recently, they have accepted tens of thousands of immigrants from Guanzhong, and they also need a large amount of food resettlement. Fortunately, Wuyuan County and Lingwu County have certain grain storage, which can solve this problem. Now Taiyuan Cangcheng and Jinyang Gongcangcheng still have more than 800,000 stones of grain storage. In order to deal with this battle in Hebei, Ziwei Pavilion discussed it. It is willing to take out 500,000 stones of grain as support for the Hebei Battle. In addition, there is also one million new money, which is also used as the military expenditure of this Hebei Battle."

Pei Ju also smiled and said, "If the court can take dozens of Hebei counties, we will certainly not be able to do so. As early as the Battle of Henoi, we discussed the countermeasures on Hebei. If the Battle of Hebei can be completed within one year, then Hedong can hold on. If it exceeds one year, it will be a bit difficult. Let me add that the 800,000 shi of grain reserved just now refers to the 800,000 shi of grain reserved in Taiyuan. In fact, after the grain harvest in the southern counties this year, the tax grain will gradually be collected. By around February next year, the government will still have about 200,000 shi of tax grain income, so we have a relatively abundant financial resources."

Today's Ziweige meeting is mainly to discuss logistics support for the Battle of Hebei, and the situation in Hebei is relatively complicated. According to the plan, it will take at least half a year. The war will fight the support of national strength, military sources, civilians, money, grain and various materials, all of which must be implemented one by one.

The meeting lasted for an hour before it dispersed, and there were still a lot of specific matters to be arranged below. Yang Yuanqing returned to his official room. As soon as he walked to the door, a guard reported to him, "Master, the princess just sent someone to report that the Master's uncle came from the south, so please go back."

Yang Yuanqing was stunned and then was overjoyed. A few days ago, he heard an official from his hometown in Anlu County saying that Anlu County was looted by a transit team of Zhu Jie at the beginning of the year. He was still worried about his uncle's safety. Unexpectedly, his uncle came. He looked at the sky and it was almost noon, so he happily said: "Go back to the house first!"

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Yang Yuanqing took a carriage and drove towards Taiyuan City. Today, the weather was clear, and the winter sun shone into the carriage, making the carriage particularly warm. Yang Yuanqing narrowed his eyes and enjoyed this rare moment of leisure. The carriage slowly drove across the mansion bridge and stopped in front of the mansion gate.

"The master is back!"

When the doorman saw him getting out of the carriage, he immediately shouted and ran into the mansion to report. After a moment, Pei Minqiu came out and she smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't come back, so I asked my uncle to go and rest first."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Jing appeared at the gate of the East Courtyard and laughed: "I can't sleep anywhere, just wait for Yuan Qing to come back here!"

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Yuanqing has met his uncle!"

Li Jing was at a loss and waved his hands repeatedly, "I dare not take it! I dare not take it! You are the prince now, and you can no longer be the same as before."

"Now my nephew meets my uncle, it has nothing to do with my prince."

Yang Yuanqing asked again with a smile: "Where is my aunt? Have you already rested?"

Pei Minqiu walked up from the side and smiled, "Your cousin is happy to have the fourth noble son. My aunt wants to take care of her grandson, so she didn't come together this time."

"The fourth one?" Yang Yuanqing was a little surprised.

"Oh! Fu'er is the life of giving birth to a son. His wife's belly has never stopped. She gave birth to four grandchildren in a row. I'm almost numb. There are so many things happening in the family! I'll tell you slowly."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and took Li Jing to his outer study room.

The two of them came to the study and sat down. A maid served them tea. Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know how to mention this, but I still have to say some things. I might as well be frank. I am now the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple of the Liang Dynasty."

Yang Yuanqing did not show any shock on his face. In family affairs, he was a little shocked when he heard that Li Jing had four grandchildren in a row, but in politics, even if the sky fell, he could not show any expression.

"When will my uncle join the Liang Dynasty as an official?" Yang Yuanqing picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and asked calmly.

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing did not show any shock and anger, Li Jing let down his heart and sighed slightly, "Half a year ago, the emperor came to my house to invite him. I felt his sincerity and agreed to enter the government. Moreover, your mother's grave was rebuilt by the Liang Dynasty, covering an area of ​​100 acres. According to the specifications of the royal family, it is grand and has special people to watch the tomb. The locals call your mother's tomb the tomb of the Queen Mother..."

Yang Yuanqing listened quietly without interrupting Li Jing's statement, but he was quickly thinking about his uncle's purpose in his mind. It was obvious that his uncle came as an envoy of the Liang Dynasty, including Xiao Xian who won over his uncle and renovating his mother's cemetery. These can be regarded as showing kindness to him. Xiao Xian had a strong political purpose.

"The Master said that you had a good personal relationship with him back then, and you had worked together in Jiangdu. He hoped that this friendship and cooperation could continue."

Yang Yuanqing's calmness made Li Jing very nervous. He suddenly realized that the thin relationship between their nephew and uncle was not enough to bear the mission he brought. Yang Yuanqing could not agree to his request because he was his uncle. It must be considered based on the interests of the Northern Sui Dynasty. He was very worried that if Yang Yuanqing politely declined his proposal, how would he explain it when he went back?

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said, "I am really grateful to Xiao Xian for his assistance to me in Jiangdu. I wonder what kind of expectations Xiao Xian gave you this time my uncle came. I mean, what kind of mission do you have?"

Yang Yuanqing's outspokenness made Li Jing suddenly stop being nervous, and he calmed down. No matter what, he was the Shaoqing of the Liang Dynasty's Honglu, and at least he should fully express the Liang Dynasty's wishes and maintain the dignity of the Liang Dynasty.

Li Jing sighed, sat upright, and said frankly: "This time I came here as the priest's special envoy. First, I hope that the Sui Dynasty can recognize the orthodox inheritance of the new Liang Dynasty to the original Western Liang Dynasty. In fact, I hope that the two dynasties can become allies and jointly deal with the Tang Dynasty."

‘Together to deal with the Tang Dynasty?’

This sentence made Yang Yuanqing very interested. Although he had just reached a settlement agreement with the Tang Dynasty, the settlement was only a relief from the hostility between the two sides in the past, or just a ceasefire agreement, which did not mean that they would not fight each other in the future. Moreover, the agreement was clearly stated that they would not violate each other within a year. In other words, the settlement agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties was only valid for one year. A year later, the Tang Dynasty had stabilized the situation in Guanlong and began to expand eastward, and it should have pacified Hebei.

Moreover, there is another most critical issue in the settlement agreement between the Sui and Tang dynasties. Both sides intend to ignore it. That agreement only guarantees that each other does not invade each other's territory, but does not guarantee that they will live in harmony outside of the territory. For example, the Sui army attacked Luoyang and the Tang army was also attacking Luoyang. Then the fierce battle between the two for the battle for Luoyang is not within the scope of the agreement. This is a deliberate ignorance, and neither side is willing to be too bound by this agreement.

If he could become an ally with Xiao Xian, it would be helpful to curb the Tang Dynasty's expansion in the south. If the Liang Dynasty had a fierce battle with the Tang Dynasty, he could send troops to the Liang Dynasty to participate in the war, or he would support the Liang Dynasty behind his back.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "My uncle and aunt were kind to raise me back then. Since my uncle came to serve as an envoy, how could I not give my uncle face? In addition, Xiao Xian and I have had many years of friendship, and I am willing to continue the friendship with him in the past. This is how! In response to his uncle's mission to Taiyuan, we will also send a special envoy to represent the Sui Dynasty to Xiliang. First, we agree to your first request, recognize the legality of the Liang Dynasty, and then we will slowly discuss the alliance."

Li Jing was overjoyed, "Then we can set out tomorrow!"

"No hurry. My uncle is a rare trip. I will stay for a few more days to learn about the customs and customs of Taiyuan. Tomorrow I will accompany my uncle to visit Taiyuan Beishi to see if I can buy some gifts for my aunt."

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