Chapter 539 Song Mo Goes Crazy
Some of the officials under the King of Jin were quite dissatisfied with Wu Ren coming on behalf of Pingzhou to discuss the alliance.
"Pingzhou sent a naive brat to talk to us about the alliance. He has no sincerity at all!"
Others disagreed, saying, "Wu Ren's status is not low. He is Lu Songli's apprentice, so he is fully qualified to be sent to the East China Sea."
Moreover, the leaders and high-ranking officials in Pingzhou were all relatively young, such as Lu Songli and Qin Sheng, the Qin Heng brothers, and their subordinates...
It can be said that heroes emerge from youth.
If outsiders look down on them because of their young age, they will definitely suffer.
Some people also noticed that Wu Ren had great business talent and suggested that King Jin recruit him.
After the King of Jin agreed, the person in charge of entertaining Wu Ren even hinted to him that if he agreed to stay in Donghai and serve the King of Jin, the King of Jin could adopt him as his adopted son.
Isn’t the status of the adopted son of Prince Jin more noble than the status of the apprentice of the governor of Pingzhou?
Wu Renxu was evasive about these.
At this time, King Jin planned to launch an attack on Dali.
The King of Jin was willing to form an alliance, but because his focus was elsewhere, there wasn't much substantive progress.
The King of Jin is not serious about the alliance, and Wu Ren will be even less so.
To be frank, Pingzhou is stronger than Donghai. Knowing this, Wu Ren spends his days eating and drinking and wandering around.
Whenever he arrived at a place, he had become accustomed to investigating the investment environment. Occasionally, he would play the role of a money-giving boy, helping the miserable prostitutes in the brothels, or providing financial support to the owner of a teahouse that was about to go bankrupt...
When Xu Junfan and his group of angels arrived in the East China Sea, it was with great fanfare.
This scene happened to be seen by Wu Ren, who came to the teahouse near the city gate every day for entertainment.
The two sides looked at each other from a distance, and at this moment, Wu Ren knew that it was time for him to leave.
Shortly after Wu Ren left, news came from the Prince of Jin's Mansion that the imperial court had come to offer amnesty, and this time the court offered generous terms of amnesty.
Two hands cannot fight four fists. In order to break the deadlock, Song Mo ignored the opposition and made up his mind to cede the two states to his two brothers, agreeing that the two brothers could occupy the two states and govern themselves.
But there is one condition, that is, you can no longer rebel against the court.
If you accept the benefits he offers but violate the agreement, he will send troops to destroy them regardless of the cost and consequences!
To show his sincerity, he first gave each of them two counties. After the three parties joined forces to encircle and suppress Xie Zhan, he and the King of Jin would divide the southern land between them.
Such generous conditions for recruitment surprised Prince Jin, Prince Cheng and others.
Southwest, Prince Cheng's Mansion
After receiving the imperial edict, Prince Cheng couldn't believe it, "Is Song Mo so generous?"
Dong Jichuan: "It's not surprising that Song Mo wants to break the deadlock."
Song Mo wanted to unite the two princes to eliminate the weakest Xie Zhan first, and then deal with Pingzhou...
"Mr. Dong, should we accept Song Mo's amnesty order or not?" Prince Cheng asked. To be honest, he was a little tempted.
Dong Jichuan: "Your Highness, please agree to it first. If the Prince of Jin agrees, but Your Highness does not, then Your Highness will become a thorn in the side of the court..."
Upon hearing this, Prince Cheng thought about it and realized that even if this was just a trick of the court, the benefits would be obtained in a real way.
"Okay, then agree to him!" King Cheng completely forgot that he had previously agreed to form an alliance with Xie Zhan.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Jin also felt that he could agree to the Emperor's terms. After all, with such easy benefits at his fingertips, he would be a fool not to agree. As for the future, we could talk about it later.
The news that Emperor Dali recruited Prince Jin and Prince Cheng spread quickly.
At this time, the top leaders of Pingzhou were also discussing this matter.
"Song Mo is crazy. His actions have directly divided Dali." Lu Desheng couldn't believe that Song Mo would make such a decision.
Of the thirteen prefectures in the world, the Xianbei and their Pingzhou originally occupied two each. Now, with the addition of two prefectures from King Cheng and King Jin, eight are gone. Even if Xie Zhan is destroyed later and Lingnan is taken back, Song Mo will only have five prefectures left.
Xue Xu sighed, "Song Mo has obviously spent a lot of money to prevent Prince Cheng and Prince Jin from causing trouble for the court and hindering it."
Guo Chong smiled and said, "Song Mo has the determination of a hero."
"This idea is correct." Lu Songli said. She had said before that Song Mo was not far from madness.
Lu Songli was not too surprised that he would use this method.
At least this way, the deadlock can be broken.
Song Mo had previously wanted to wipe out all the four forces that were against him at once, but that was impossible, and the result was that he couldn't get rid of any of them.
The current deadlock is the result.
Song Mo's only way to resolve the deadlock is to form alliances and then defeat them one by one.
"Are the three brothers of the Song family considered to be 'brothers fighting within the walls while defending against external insults'?" Guo Chunsheng joked.
Even if people inside are beaten to a pulp, when the enemy comes, everyone will put aside their hatred, pick up their weapons, and attack together.
"Isn't this also the case that we must first stabilize the country before we can resist foreign aggression?" Lu Songli interpreted it from another perspective.
When the enemy comes, kill a friendly soldier first to calm them down.
After all, if Song Mo had a good sense of the overall situation, and faced the Xianbei invasion by betting everything and going all-in, without caring about what happened internally, then the subjects of Dali would not let him lose.
Sometimes, it’s really hard to tell between gains and losses.
At this time, Xie Zhan was also making preparations.
He calculated the time in his mind. Mr. Jiang should have arrived in Pingzhou now, right?
If possible, he would like to meet Lu Songli in person.
After they parted that year, they hadn't seen each other for three whole years.
Pingzhou
Jiang Boya landed at the Jin County Wharf and sat in a carriage heading to Changli County, the seat of Pingzhou. He looked outside from time to time.
Although this was his first time in Pingzhou, he had read about what Pingzhou was like in the past through letters from friends. Border towns were truly no match for the richness of the Central Plains.
But Pingzhou is different. It can be seen that the entire Pingzhou is relatively rich.
Moreover, along the way, he received a lot of care from ordinary people in Pingzhou, either a bowl of hot water or some small help.
It can be said that the hospitality of the people of Pingzhou was completely beyond his expectations.
Once, Jiang Boya couldn't help asking them why they were so friendly to outsiders.
The ordinary people of Pingzhou smiled and told him, "The officials often told us that you are here to improve our lives and help us live a good life."
"In the past two years, many outsiders have moved to Pingzhou. Everyone gets along very well."
Jiang Boya thought to himself that Pingzhou was big enough, with a vast territory and a sparse population, so the conflicts of interest between the two countries were not that great.
After Jiang Boya arrived in Changli, he went to the governor's office and handed in a visiting card, requesting to see Governor Lu Songli.
The governor's office received his visiting card and summoned him the next day.
Jiang Boya arrived at the provincial government office on time, waiting to be summoned by Lu Songli.
When the time comes, the waiter comes to lead the way.
Jiang Boya straightened his clothes and went up the stairs.
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