Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 365 Wang Yuan envoys Liang
Queen Mother Gou was concerned about her lover, so she naturally urged Fu Jian to redeem Li Wei.

Of course, Fu Jian could not just sit back and watch Li Wei being imprisoned by Huan Xi, not just to satisfy his mother. After all, Li Wei was also a minister whom Fu Jian deeply trusted. He was the one he could trust to stay behind when he was leading his troops.

"Mother, my son has already sent envoys to the Liang Kingdom. They must have arrived in Chang'an now."

After hearing this, Queen Mother Gou's expression softened and she no longer criticized Fu Jian harshly.

At the same time, just as Fu Jian expected, the Yu State envoys had arrived in Chang'an and were being welcomed into Weiyang Palace, where they were received by Huan Xi personally.

"Uncle Li, we have been apart for so many years, but I never thought that we would see each other again."

Huan Xi looked at the Yu State envoys who had saluted and couldn't help but sigh.

The envoy was none other than Wang Yuan, who had followed Fu Jian's father, Fu Xiong, to attack the Tiefu Xiongnu, and who had paid homage to Huan Xi as an envoy several times.

Wang Yuan flattered:
"Although the foreign ministers and Liang Gong are separated from each other and cannot see each other, they hear news about Liang Gong every day. In these years, Liang Gong has conquered the east and west, and his strength has grown day by day. The foreign ministers congratulate Liang Gong."

In fact, Fu Jian sent Wang Yuan as an envoy to the Liang Kingdom to ask for Li Wei because he was interested in Wang Yuan's acquaintance with Huan Xi. But what he didn't know was that Wang Yuan had actually been secretly communicating with Huan Xi for a long time.

"That's all, since it's my uncle who is asking for it, how can I refuse?"

As the Liang Kingdom became more and more powerful, Huan Wen and Huan Xi's father and son already controlled half of the country, while the Yu Kingdom was already in trouble, especially after losing Hedong County, the financial losses were really difficult to make up for.

At that time, Wang Yuan was ordered by Fu Xiong to recover Fu Chang who was captured alive by Huan Xi. In the end, Fu Chang was killed by Liu Wuhuan.

Under this situation, Wang Yuan naturally cherished his relationship with Liang Guo even more.

There is no mention of Huan Xi's role in it.

Of course Li Wei knew Huan Xi's intention of letting him learn cooking. At that time, a group of Di tribe's elite soldiers learned cooking in Chang'an, and later they were all sent to Jiangnan to serve as food slaves in the houses of powerful people.

But then I thought, if Wang Yuan could fulfill his mission and bring Li Wei back to Hedong, he might be able to be put to good use.

"These days when you are learning how to cook meals in Chang'an, have you ever mastered the heat?"

In recent years, Huan Xi has often been in contact with Wang Yuan secretly.

Huan Xi looked at Li Wei and teased:

Wang Yuan has always been interested in Huan Xi, but his official position is not obvious, he is of little use, and he cannot send back much valuable news.

Huan Xi sighed, and then ordered Shen Chiqian:
"Go and bring Li Wei."

When he heard that the purpose of Wang Yuan's trip was to redeem Li Wei, Huan Xi was a little reluctant. He also planned to send Li Wei to Jiangnan as a diner.

The hatred of Fu Xiong and Fu Jian was directed towards the two brothers Liu Wuhuan and Liu Yan.

When Wang Yuan returned to the camp, he followed Quan Yi's instructions and concealed many of what he had seen in the commander's tent. He only said that Liu Wuhuan strongly requested not to let the tiger return to the mountain, and Liu Wuhuan finally killed him.

Shen Chiqian took the order and left. Huan Xi waited in the palace for a long time before Li Wei was brought from outside the palace.

Fu Jian and Fu Jian used Wang Zai's connections in Kansai to develop an intelligence network, while Wang Yuan was Huan Xi's secret son.

He couldn't bear the bullying and humiliation and said angrily:

"If you want to kill me or scrape me, you can come, why should I suffer this humiliation?"

When Huan Xi heard this, he pretended to be surprised:
"You are learning to cook now, and the kitchen knife is close at hand. Since you feel humiliated, why not kill yourself with the knife and live in an ignoble way." Li Wei was squeezed by Huan Xi and his face turned blue and white. After all, he still couldn't find any rebuttal. Excuse.

Seeing his appearance, Huan Xi lost interest in continuing to humiliate Li Wei and said instead:
"Now the Yu State has sent an envoy to welcome you back to Jinyang. I originally didn't intend to agree. However, the envoy was very articulate and argued with me. Now I ask you, what can I get after letting you go?"

Wang Yuan was not in the palace at this time. If he were here, Huan Xi would definitely not humiliate Li Wei like this, lest Li Wei would hate Wang Yuan.

After all, Li Wei couldn't do anything to Huan Xi, but if Wang Yuan saw his ugly appearance, how could he let him go.

Huan Xi always considers problems very thoughtfully and puts himself in the shoes of the people below him. Perhaps this is also an important reason why he can win the heartfelt support of everyone.

At least Huan Xi asked Wang Yuan to step aside temporarily. When he told him the reason, Wang Yuan was very moved and had the idea of ​​​​death for a confidant.

Of course, if Huan Xi was not Liang Gong and did not have such great power, no matter how considerate he was, there would still be people who would not appreciate it.

Li Wei really didn't expect that Huan Xi would call him here today, and after being humiliated, he would actually let him go.

Huan Xi saw Li Wei's hesitation and smiled:

"But Yunle of Chang'an, Duke Jianning no longer thinks about Yu."

How could Li Wei not miss his homeland:
"The foreign minister has quite a lot of wealth and is willing to dedicate all of it to Duke Liang, just asking that I be allowed to return to the country."

Huan Xi waved his hands and said:

"I don't know how much wealth you have. I'll just mention one thing today. In order to reward you for capturing you alive, I gave you 10,000 pieces of silk. If you want to return to Jinyang today, you have to pay me back 10,000 pieces of cloth. "

Li Wei was overjoyed when he heard this. Although ten thousand pieces of cloth was a lot, he could definitely get it. Li Wei was afraid that Huan Xi would regret it, so he quickly agreed.

"The foreign minister will write a letter back to China right away so that his family can prepare early."

When Huan Xi saw this, he also knew that he might be short of money, but he had no intention of going back on his words.

After setting a ransom of 10,000 pieces of cloth, Huan Xi ordered someone to bring Wang Yuan over. In front of Li Wei, he could not show his true relationship with Wang Yuan, so Huan Xi called him by his first name:

"Wang Yuan, for the sake of you and me getting to know each other, I can let you go. I just made an agreement with Li Wei. He will use 10,000 pieces of silk cloth to redeem himself. This is what I made for him at the beginning. The reward is not an exorbitant price.”

As he spoke, Huan Xi hummed:
"Now you can go back. Silk cloth will go to Chang'an in the morning, and Li Wei will return to Jinyang in the evening."

However, Wang Yuan was not satisfied. He asked:

"Chang'an and Jinyang are far apart, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth.

"I also ask Duke Liang to understand Duke Jianning's homesickness and allow Duke Jianning to leave with his foreign ministers.

"When he returns to Hedong, Duke Jianning can stay in Wenxi for a few days. After the silk cloth is handed over to General Shen (Shen Jin), the foreign ministers will welcome Duke Jianning back to Jinyang."

Of course Li Wei hoped that Huan Xi would accept Wang Yuan's proposal. He really didn't want to stay in Chang'an to study cooking. Since he knew that it was possible to return to China, he couldn't stay in such a study abroad life for a day.

Huan Xi pondered for a moment and agreed:

"I have always heard that Fu Jian values ​​​​loyalty. Come to think of it, you don't dare to deceive me. That's all. I will follow your request. You two can leave tomorrow."

After saying that, before the two of them were happy, Huan Xi said to Wang Yuan again:
"You go back and tell Fu Jian that if he is willing to surrender the whole country, I am willing to report to the emperor and confer the title of King Guiyi. Fu's family will be in Jinyang forever and he will be the hereditary governor of Bingzhou."

(End of this chapter)