Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1166 Xuan cannot go, but Wang can go north

A few days later, Chen Zhi returned from Bingzhou and took charge of Youzhou again.

Zhang Jingsheng and others kept their promise and conveyed Lu Qian's request. Chen Zhi didn't say anything at the time, but agreed to Lu Qian's request for an interview.

After the news came back, Lu Qian was greatly encouraged. He hurriedly prepared for the meeting. He also gathered several colleagues who came together to discuss countermeasures. He guessed what Chen Zhi would ask, and waited for others. How to answer.

However, when it came time to actually meet Chen Zhi, all these preparations were in vain——

When Lu Qian was excited and led to see Chen Zhi, he immediately saluted respectfully, calling him "Champion Lord", and then began to build a relationship - the key here is naturally that he and Chen Zhi have a master and apprentice. The Langya King named after him.

"I haven't seen the king for many years. I wonder how he is doing now."

Lu Qian said: "The king is brave and decisive. He is a rare wise master. With the support of the governor, he is deeply supported by our Jiangzuo family."

Chen Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "That's good, I can feel at ease."

Seeing that the relationship between the two parties seemed to be getting closer, Lu Qian didn't want to waste the atmosphere, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and wanted to convey the intention of the Jiangzuo court.

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi waved his hand directly and said, "I already know your purpose of coming, but I cannot agree to this matter."

Lu Qian's crisp answer made all the excuses he prepared in advance come to nothing, so that he could only ask with a puzzled face: "Why is this?"

Because he was too surprised, his tone was inevitably a bit harsh, but after he finished speaking, he realized who he was talking to, so he quickly relaxed his tone and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "The governor only needs to spread the word. , saying that they want to support the imperial court, and then saying that they want to send troops, then it can be done."

Chen Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Zheng Zhi is really thinking a little too shallowly. Although Mr. Chen is not arrogant, he is very aware of my importance in Beidi at this time. When I say this sentence, it is not just a silhouette. Now There are many people inside and outside the grassland, around the three states, and even within Jizhou who are always paying attention to what is going on here. Once I say this, it will really be a chaos, and even Jizhou will collapse because of it. The imperial court may be able to deal with it. situation?"

This statement is certainly an exaggeration, but it is not unreasonable, because both Lu Qian and others are very clear that the imperial court’s plan is not to recover the lost territory through the Northern Expedition, and they have no conditions to recover the lost territory. , not only is the military strength insufficient, but internal mutual constraints are also a serious problem.

But the core of Chen Zhi’s words is still one point——

The imperial court has no idea about the land in the north at all, at least the Jiangzuo court. If this is the case, if Chen Zhi ascends and shouts, causing chaos in the north, and the imperial court takes away a corner of the land, who will be left with the chaos? Come and clean up?

Now that Shi Le's forces are split, the best result for Chen Zhi is that this split will exist for a long time, allowing them to consume each other, especially if the Hejian King and other forces that have not completely dissipated, let them tear and attack each other.

When the Xuanjia army has been re-expanded and cultivated, they will go down one after another and annex them one after another. Those small forces still have their own organizational system and can maintain the order under their rule to a certain extent. This saves the cost of reconstruction and can quickly It's better to become a fighting force than to be in chaos again in the North, right?

It is precisely because of this that Chen Zhi immediately set the tone of the meeting between the two parties. Even if Lu Qian was eloquent, he could not persuade him and could only smile bitterly in the end.

It was Chen Zhi who finally asked: "Langya King and I have the name of teacher and student. Since he recognized my title and treated me with respect, then I shouldn't ignore it. It's just that Youzhou is too far away from Jiangzuo. Even if you want to help, there is really nothing you can do..." Hearing these words, Lu Qian was a little puzzled, not knowing what was behind it, but when he heard Chen Zhi's next sentence, he couldn't help. Couldn't help but take a breath.

"...If the king is willing, you can come to my Youzhou, and you will have nothing to worry about!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Lu Qian, even the colleagues who came with him and all the officials in the Governor's Mansion, their eyelids jumped, feeling that it was too impactful.

There is no need to talk about the hidden dangers and worries behind this, but of course it is impossible for Lu Qian to agree, and he may not even dare to pass the words back. It is just Chen Zhi's refusal of Nanfang's request.

However, once these words were spoken, there was of course no room for further pleading, so Lu Qian smiled bitterly and left.

When he returned to his residence, he summoned his colleagues to discuss the matter.

"This must be a shirk. He, Governor Chen, said it in the north. If the king comes, who among them will be in charge?"

"This is exactly the truth. When we came all the way, we saw that Youzhou is rich and has excellent soldiers and generals. They are all like tigers and wolves. If there is not a champion to guard it, who can give orders? If the king comes, I'm afraid It’s hard to convince the public.”

"Besides, if our southern family has a king in Jiangzuo, we can take advantage of the situation. If the king comes north, the land of Jiangzuo will lose its backbone and foundation."

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Everyone expressed their worries and worries, but Lu Qian nodded repeatedly and felt that it made sense. Moreover, there was a fundamental problem that he knew very well, that is, whether King Langya or No matter how close Chen Zhi's relationship is, they Jiangzuo people will not let the king go.

So after wandering around for a few days and determining that it was impossible to get a promise, Lu Qian finally left. However, although he did not get what the Jiangzuo court wanted, he still gained something, that is, he made some plans for the Lu family, especially There is Lu Jian and Lu Ying's relationship - Lu Ying was a good friend of Chen Zhi's study tour back then.

Taking advantage of these conveniences and seeing the prosperity and stability of Youzhou, Lu Qian immediately had new ideas. Not long after he returned to the south, people from the Lu family arrived one after another, preparing to build a family in the north of Youzhou. Also open a branch as a backup.

On the other hand, the news about Chen Zhi's refusal quickly attracted negative comments after being circulated in Jiang Zuo, especially Chen Zhi's proposal to let King Langya go north to Youzhou, which aroused the vigilance of many people. As a result, in the following period, although the Jiangzuo court still maintained official ties with Youzhou, it gradually reduced direct contacts in private.

As for the person who leads all of this, it is the Langya Wang family.

Of course, these changes cannot escape the investigation of the Youzhou intelligence agency, but after Chen Zhi read the report, he didn't seem to take it seriously at all, he just said: "Jiangzuo court, gathering aristocratic families is a great achievement of past luck. , there is a certain decision, no need to ask any more, we will run our own business first and wait for the opportunity."

As for what time he was waiting for, Chen Zhi didn't say clearly. For a while, it aroused many people's thoughts.

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