From eunuch to emperor

The successes on the front line kept coming, and Nanliang retreated steadily. Fang Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was sitting on pins and needles in the capital.

He is a spy of Nanliang. If Nanliang is destroyed, what should he do?

But the bad news finally came, Long Chen killed Nan Liang, and he became a homeless dog.

All the officials in the court were very happy, and they went home separately. Fang Yu was full of worries, and talked to the officials next to him without saying a word.

Back home, the family is celebrating too.

Fang Yu went into the study alone, sitting under the lamp and thinking.

Maybe this is a good thing, Nanliang is gone, as long as my offline is destroyed, no one will know about me.

Thinking of this, Fang Yu took out a sharp dagger, changed his clothes, and went out quietly.

...

Real Fire City.

Li Zhaoliang lived in a tent, and the soldiers dug holes to cook. Many people were out of food, and they asked the soldiers for food and rice, but the soldiers refused to give them. There was a fierce conflict between the two sides.

Li Zhaoliang was worried about a civil uprising, and if the people rebelled at this time, he would be finished.

"Go there and distribute some of the military rations to the people."

Li Zhaoliang ordered Huairen to appease the people, but Huairen said worriedly: "Your Majesty, our military rations are running low."

Li Zhaoliang said helplessly, "Are you going to force them to rebel?"

Huairen had no choice but to distribute military rations to appease the hungry people.

"This Yu Fuguo, why hasn't he come back?"

Li Zhaoliang was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the tent.

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and Yu Fuguo hurried in, with a happy face, he said: "Your Majesty."

Seeing Yu Fuguo's happy face, Li Zhaoliang happily supported him, and asked, "How is it?"

Yu Fuguo bowed: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Long Chen and the empress agreed, and they are willing to return Jinling City."

"It's just...they're asking for war reparations."

Hearing that Long Chen was willing to return Jinling, Li Zhaoliang felt suspicious for a while. Things went too smoothly, which is not normal.

Hearing the latter sentence, asking for compensation, Li Zhaoliang felt that it was more reasonable.

"How much?"

Li Zhaoliang does not resist losing money, as long as Jinling can be kept, everything can be negotiated.

Yu Fuguo looked distressed, and said, "Every year, 500 million taels of silver, 50 bolts of silk, and 10 pieces of magic-suppressing stones."

Li Zhaoliang was also silent after hearing this, and said: "Eastern Zhou occupies half of Daliang and asks for so much wealth, how can I afford it?"

If Qingren County is used as the boundary, half of Nanliang's land falls into the hands of Dong Zhou, and the financial resources cannot support the compensation.

Yu Fuguo said: "The old slave also said the same, but the empress insisted on asking for so much."

"Actually... Long Chen still has feelings for Jinling, the tombs of their Long family's ancestors are all in Jinling."

"Saving Daliang and returning Jinling this time is all thanks to Long Chen. The empress actually wants to annex Daliang completely."

Li Zhaoliang nodded slightly and said: "Long Chen was born in Daliang and grew up in Daliang. If the emperor brother didn't treat the Long family badly, he would be our God of War in Daliang."

"It's just that the amount of compensation is too large, and I'm afraid I can't afford it."

Yu Fuguo secretly scolded Li Zhaoliang for being a miser, for being reluctant to part with money at this time.

"Your Majesty, this old slave has a saying."

Li Zhaoliang nodded and said, "Say it."

Yu Fuguo said: "Regardless of whether we can pay or not, we must agree first."

Li Zhaoliang frowned and said: "I promised but I couldn't do it. I angered the empress, and Long Chen is not good at protecting Liang."

Yu Fuguo comforted, "Your Majesty, after Jinling was captured, the ghosts returned to the ice field, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty will soon go to war with the ghost clan."

"When the time comes, the empress will be too busy to take care of herself, so how can she have any skills to compare with us?"

"To deal with the ghost clan, we still have to rely on Long Chen. According to this old slave, the emperor only needs to hand over Long Chen, and he can agree to any other conditions."

"Even... I even said that if both the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Ghost Clan suffer losses, it is not a luxury for us to recover the country."

"The most important thing now is to keep the beam."

Li Zhaoliang felt that what Yu Fuguo said made sense, that Long Chen had a big enmity with the ghost clan.

Judging from the rumors, the ghost fetus was aimed at Long Chen and the Empress.

Eastern Zhou and the Ghost Clan will definitely go to war, and there is still a chance to turn things around.

"right..."

When Li Zhaoliang was about to agree, Huairen came in from outside.

Seeing Yu Fuguo, Huairen asked immediately.

Yu Fuguo said it from the beginning to the end, and Huairen asked: "Does the emperor have to come to Jinling personally? Can they retreat first?"

Li Zhaoliang immediately nodded and said: "Yes, the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are still there, and our soldiers are few and far between. If the Empress repents, I will be in danger!"

Yu Fuguo thought to himself: This Huairen is really in the way, so he should be killed on the way.

Yu Fuguo immediately said: "This old slave has to discuss this with Long Chen again. According to this old slave, there should be no problem. Long Chen hastily withdrew his troops and went north."

Huairen said: "No, you must confirm first, and then the emperor can leave."

Yu Fuguo immediately said: "Okay, this old slave will go now, can Master Huai go with our family?"

Yu Fuguo wanted to kill Huairen halfway, for example, by poisoning him, causing him to have diarrhea all the time.

Huairen was afraid of Long Chen, and immediately said: "The emperor needs someone to help, please trouble Eunuch Yu to go."

Yu Fuguo regretfully said: "Lord Huai is proficient in government affairs, it would be best if we can go together."

Huairen declined, "Eunuch Yu is in charge of the Imperial City Department, and the peace talks are better than mine."

Seeing that Huairen would not take the bait, Yu Fuguo stopped talking.

If you talk too much, you will lose, and if you talk too much, it will easily arouse suspicion.

"Old slave, go here."

Li Zhaoliang took Yu Fuguo's hand, and comforted him: "Elder-in-law, don't stop working hard. After this matter is completed, father-in-law will be the first creditor."

Huairen felt a little sour, what credit could be said for such a loss of power and humiliation of the country?

Yu Fuguo paid homage: "Your Majesty entrusts me so much, how dare this old servant not try his best."

After speaking, Yu Fuguo got out of the tent.

After leaving the tent of the Chinese army, to the north, Lu Ji met Yu Fuguo.

"Go and report to your lord, and say that Li Zhaoliang proposed to retreat first."

"Ask my lord, can you pretend to retreat and lure Li Zhaoliang into the city?"

Yu Fuguo was tired from running and wanted Lu Ji to take a trip.

Lu Ji said, "Okay, this subordinate will go now."

Lu Ji did not refuse, and immediately went to Jinling.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, after Yu Fuguo left, Huairen said: "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, you can't just believe in Yu Fuguo's side, you have to send someone to investigate."

In fact, Huairen has never believed in Yu Fuguo.

Li Zhaoliang also felt that it made sense, and said, "That's right, you should send someone to investigate immediately."

Huairen immediately left the tent, returned to his own tent, found a clever soldier, and ordered: "Here is an errand for you. If you complete it, you will be rewarded."

The soldier immediately bowed: "Thank you, Mr. Huai, for your support. Please give me your instructions."

Huai Ren said: "You go to Jinling immediately to see the movements of the Eastern Zhou army and see if they will withdraw from Jinling."

The soldiers got the order and immediately got out of the tent, circled around a few times, and found Yu Fuguo.

"Eunuch, Huairen sent the younger one to find out if the Eastern Zhou army in Jinling has retreated."

This soldier is also a spy planted by Yu Fuguo, but Huairen treats him as one of his own.

Yu Fuguo sneered and said, "It's okay, you just rest here for a few days, and then you can just follow our family's wishes."

The soldier immediately bowed: "I obey the order."