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Sima Chuzhi took the brush from a clerk next to him and signed his name on the receipt.

"Farewell, villain!" Chen Wanwan took the receipt, saluted and turned to leave.

After Chen Wanwan left, Sima Chuzhi looked at the generals and officials in the hall and asked, "What do you guys think about this?"

Sima Daogong stood up first and said: "I think Zhao Junsheng also knew that we had no food and grass, so he sent someone to bring food and grass so that we can last for a while. His purpose should still be to force the prince to agree to his conditions. !"

Sima Chuzhi pondered for a while: "Forget about Zhao Junsheng's purpose, how long can we last with our current situation?"

Sima Shunmin clasped his hands and replied: "If the food and grass sent by Zhao Junsheng is only for the soldiers, it can last for a few months, but if it is for the whole city, it can only last for 20 days at most, but what is the use of it? Because of the several months of war this year, the common people were moved into the city for refuge and gave up production, even if the Southern Dynasty army retreated, the [-] people in this city would still have nothing to eat!"

"So besides relying on Zhao Junsheng, the king's support is the only way out?"

Sima Shunming hesitated for a moment, but did not make a sound.

Sima Daogong said: "My lord, there is no movement from Du Chao and Du Gui. If it was possible for them to send troops to reinforce us, they would have sent troops a long time ago. I suspect that the father and son may have colluded with the Southern Dynasty a long time ago. Not on them! As for Weijuan’s side, it’s even more unlikely, because Du Chao’s territory is separated in the middle. No news!"

The next day, Sima Chuzhi was directing his men to cut down trees and transport them into the city. He rode over on a fast horse and shouted at the bottom of the city: "My lord, it's a happy event. Wang Huilong, the prefect of Xingyang, came down the river with a fleet of 5000 people. Reinforcement, they just repelled Tan Daoji's general Xue Tong's troops!"

Sima Chuzhi was overjoyed, and immediately asked: "Is this really true? Can you see clearly?"

"Absolutely not wrong, the villain also met Wang Taishou!"

Sima Chuzhi immediately ordered loudly: "Open the city gate and follow me out of the city to welcome Wang Huilong!"

Wang Huilong's family was destroyed by Liu Yu when he was young. He had a feud with Liu Song in the Southern Dynasty. In order to survive, the 14-year-old Wang Huilong fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Arranged to serve as General Annan Zuo Changshi under the command of Sima Chuzhi.

The encounters between Wang Huilong and Sima Chuzhi are somewhat similar. They are both the targets of Liu Song. They are about the same age. They cooperated happily during their partnership and regarded each other as confidants.

In terms of talent, Wang Huilong is not inferior to Sima Chuzhi, even worse, but you must know that in this world, birth and family background are very important. Although Wang Huilong's family background and family background are very good, it cannot be compared with Sima Chuzhi. The Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Si valued his background and family background very much, so Sima Chuzhi was valued and reused more than Wang Huilong. .

"Brother Huilong!"

Wang Huilong immediately reined in his horse and jumped down to salute Sima Chuzhi: "My lord, Huilong's rescue is too late!"

"It's not too late, it's not too late, let's go to the city and talk about it!"

After entering the city, Wang Huilong will see

Seeing the scene in the city, I couldn't help but be shocked. It is a miracle that such a tragic situation has not been breached.

When they arrived at the palace, Sima Chuzhi said to Wang Huilong: "You have seen the situation in the city along the way. I am afraid that this scene will not last long! Yesterday Zhao Junsheng, the king of Yan, sent a batch of grain, which can last for a while." Time, but in the end it is a drop in the bucket! How is the situation on your side?"

Wang Huilong said: "The lower official brought five thousand stones of grain and grass. At first, the lower official asked the Wei family to send troops to reinforce the prince, but the Wei family refused to agree, so the lower official had to make preparations in secret. While collecting grain and grass, he ordered people to secretly build ships. It took a full four months to get ready, and now the officials have given up on Xingyang and brought all the soldiers and horses to Qizhou!"

Sima Chuzhi was very moved when he heard these words, but he also felt sorry for Wang Huilong, and said: "You are too impulsive to do this, how can you give up Xingyang? Now that you come here, if we can't keep Qizhou, You don't even have a way out!"

Wang Huilong said with a wry smile: "It's okay if I don't give up Xingyang. If I go back, I will only become a ghost under the sword of Wei's family. Now that I come to Qizhou, I can live and die with the prince. This life is not in vain!"

Sima Chuzhi didn't know what to say. After a while, he said to Wang Huilong: "You have seen the situation in Qizhou City. The city wall has been attacked and destroyed. Once Liu Song's army hits, we will kill you." It was repaired once, but it was destroyed more seriously every time. The people are not with us. They just want to live a stable life. It doesn't matter to them who is in charge, so we can't put our hope on the people at all. , can only let them help repair the city wall, but the food in the city is eaten up, and the people will easily lose control if they have nothing to eat. Dajun, we will never turn over!"

"For the current plan, our only way to survive is to hope to get reinforcements from the King of Yan, but the King of Yan has put forward the conditions for my allegiance. I have considered it these days, and I seem to have no choice! For this city With tens of thousands of lives and wealth, I can only serve Zhao Junsheng, Huilong, I am grateful that you brought troops to help me, but you are too reckless this time!"

Wang Huilong was silent for a while, but then smiled and said: "I think it is a good choice to serve King Yan. Since he has put forward conditions, let's bargain with him!"

"Oh?" Sima Chuzhi felt surprised and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Huilong said with a smile: "It's okay to serve King Yan, and the prince can also ask to listen to the tune and not to listen to the announcement!"

"Listen to the tune or not to the announcement?" Sima Chuzhi was taken aback, "This seems like a good idea!"

Sima Chuzhi recruited counselor Mu Qian and appointed him as a secret envoy to meet Zhao Junsheng in Youzhou and negotiate with Zhao Junsheng.

After Mu Qian set off, Li Ji, the envoy sent by Zhao Junsheng, had also arrived in Pingcheng and met the emperor Tuoba Jun.

"What? What are you talking about? Zhao Junsheng wants to establish a country, and name it 'dry'? Does he really think that I dare not touch him?" Tuoba Jun growled.

Li Ji's expression was calm: "Your Majesty, although my lord has established a state, he still respects His Majesty as the master and the imperial court. Why should Your Majesty be so troubled?"

The clan minister Tuobahun said with a livid face: "Li Dianke, Zhao Junsheng challenged the court's bottom line again and again, does he really think that the court can't do anything about him?"

"My lord's words don't sound good. Why is my lord challenging the bottom line of the court? Has Youzhou ever paid less taxes to the court? Has my lord ever paid less tribute to the court? Your Majesty and lord, dare to ask the court?" Who among the lords is as loyal to His Majesty and the court as my prince is? Have they ever paid taxes? Have they ever paid tribute? Only my prince in the world still cares about Your Majesty and the court! Isn’t this true?"

Both Tuoba Jun and Manchao Wenwu were speechless by Li Ji. They clearly felt Zhao Junsheng's strong and obvious disobedience, but they had nothing to do with him.

Tuoba Jun was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he waved his sleeves and walked away in a rage, the court meeting couldn't go on, the courtiers dispersed separately.

At night, Li Ji came to Doulu Luyuan's house.

Dou Lu Luyuan looked at Li Ji directing several followers

Carrying a few boxes of gold cakes and belongings, he walked in, greedy in his heart, but hesitant, Zhao Junsheng's request this time was too much, and it was too much to want to establish a vassal state and establish a country with a reputation.

"Li Dianke, you..."

"Old Taibao, this is a little idea from my prince. Regarding the matter in the court hall during the day, I would like to ask the old Taibao to speak kindly in front of the emperor. Please, please!" Li Ji bowed his hands again and again.

Dou Lu Luyuan looked away from his belongings very reluctantly, and said helplessly, "Li Dianke, I'm afraid this old man won't be able to help you much this time, and Zhao Junsheng's request is too much. You are slapping the court, you are slapping Your Majesty!"

Li Ji pointed out without hesitation: "Old Taibao, this face is earned by myself, not given by others! The prince's dismissal is to save face for the court, and it is better to let the court issue an edict than my prince unilaterally announces it. Right? Besides, is there any difference whether the court agrees to this matter? My prince wants to establish a country and become king, and the court can't stop it. People in the world will think that the court has already... But if the court issued an edict, the situation would be serious Same, what does the old Taibao think?"

Doulu Luyuan sighed in his heart, the big Wei tree has only such a small effect now, it can make a lot of money, and leave more property for future generations, so that it will not starve to death when the troubled times come.

In November 435 A.D., the imperial court issued an edict to canonize Zhao Junsheng as the king of Qian, and established the kingdom of Qian with the land under the jurisdiction of the king.

When the news spread to Ji County, the officers, civilians, soldiers and soldiers from all over the country under Zhao Junsheng's rule were greatly excited.

Before Zhao Junsheng had time to order the celebration, Cui Hao came to report: "My lord, Sima Chuzhi sent a secret envoy!"

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Chapter 619 Listen to the tune but not the announcement

After hearing Cui Hao's report, Zhao Junsheng turned his head and asked a group of staff and officials: "What do you all think is the purpose of Sima Chuzhi sending secret envoys here at this time?"

Cui Hao has a unique vision and acumen in military strategy, but his political talent is not his strong point, and he will not speak easily when he is not sure about things.

It was Kou Qianzhi who said, "Your Majesty, I got up early this morning and made a divination. There will be happy events happening in Youzhou in the near future. I thought that it would be beneficial for us to send secret envoys from Sima Chuzhi. Your lord might as well see you next time!"

Dongfang Chen stood up and cupped his hands and said: "I think seeing Sima Chuzhi's envoy is not in a hurry, so I can take it easy. The most important thing now is to be enshrined and proclaim the country as king, and to hold the grand ceremony of establishing the country and enthroning the country! The subjects proved that the establishment of a country and proclaiming the king was conferred by the court, and the name is justified. Although the other princes are dissatisfied, they have nothing to do, but if they establish a country and proclaim themselves the king, the situation is very different, and they are suspected of rebellion!"

"After the prince established the country and proclaimed himself king, he had more confidence and obvious advantages in facing Sima Chuzhi. He used to think that he was on the same level as the prince, and it would be humiliating to be loyal to the prince. After the establishment of the country, the prince was the lord of the country. The title, the status is very different from the prince, he is naturally inferior in front of the prince, and he will not feel humiliated if he serves the prince!"

"Okay, Mr. Dongfang said it well!" Zhao Junsheng was very happy, pointing to Gao Yun and said: "Gao Qing, you are familiar with the rules and etiquette, this king ordered you to preside over the preparations for the ceremony of establishing the country and enthroning the throne, and the time should not be delayed If it takes too long, Sima Chuzhi may not be able to hold on for long, and if the time is too long, I am worried that Qizhou will be captured by the Southern Dynasty, and by then, will it be nothing for my king?"

Gao Yun said: "My lord, the matter of establishing a country, enthroning the throne and becoming king must not be careless. It's only once in my life, so how can I be perfunctory? You want to customize the royal robes, crowns, etc., and what soldiers and horses need to be arranged inside and outside?" Alert, which princes need to be invited to come to watch the ceremony, the concubine needs to be canonized at the ceremony, the pre-plan for the appointment of ministers, officials, generals and titles of the kingdom ministers, officials, generals and canonized titles needs to be prepared in advance, ancestral temples need to be built to worship heaven and ancestors, and kingdom decrees need to be promulgated Wait, the affairs are complicated and cannot be prepared in a short period of time, and the prince's palace is still under construction, so I thought it would take at least a year to prepare for the ceremony of the founding of the country and ascension to the throne!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "One year? Is this too long?"