Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Just say he is Gao Jianwu's own nephew!"

"But everyone knows that Gao Jianwu has no brothers?"

"What's the matter? Let's say that Gao Zang's father is the illegitimate son of King Yingyang! Now he recognizes his ancestor and returns to his clan!"

"Okay, just follow what the Pingyang County Lord said! But if that's the case, what will the current ruler Yuan Gaisuwen do?"

"Of course I will continue to be his Mo Lizhi!"

Yuan Jingtu said with a bitter face: "Okay. Poor me, Mo Lizhi, I'm about to be kicked out before my seat is secured!"

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and said: "It's not difficult, if you continue to be your Mo Lizhi, you can make Yuan Gai Suwen's title a little more dignified, and it's fine to look more official than you!"

"What's that called?"

"Da Mo Lizhi! How about it? Add a big character, it's obvious who is higher and who is lower?"

"Sounds good, but is there a more honorable title?"

"Of course I have, don't be too big! How about it?"

Chapter 1398

The two titles that Guo Ye thought of for Yuan Gai Su Wen did not come out of thin air.But there is evidence and history to test.Of course, the history of this test is the history books of later generations.

In history, after Yuan Gai Suwen killed Gao Jianwu, in order to show that he was more noble than before, he called himself Da Molizhi.After he died, Boy Yuan inherited his position and also called himself Da Mo Lizhi.

After a while, Boy Yuan became restless.I always feel that the title of Da Moli can't control my own achievements.Let him officially usurp the throne, but he dare not.After thinking hard, he gave himself an honorary title of "Da Da Mo Li Zhi", showing that he is more dick than "Da Mo Li Zhi"!

Guo Ye wanted to laugh when he saw this, so he was particularly impressed.What is more noble than Mo Lizhi is "Da Mo Lizhi", and what is more noble than "Da Mo Lizhi" is "Da Da Mo Lizhi". This is entirely the handwriting of elementary school students!What if the latecomers want to be more honorable?Named "Madam Damo Lizhi"?It's too outrageous!

Of course, there has never been a joke about "the wife is too big to leave the branch" in history. Maybe the logic of this group of people can't even be understood by God. After Yuan Boy, Yuan Nanjian will succeed.Yuan Nanjian hadn't come up with a more awesome title than "Da Tai Mo Lizhi", but Xue Rengui took him to Chang'an as a prisoner.Now he doesn't have to worry about his title anymore.

Although in Guo Ye's view, these two titles are neither fish nor fowl.However, from the perspective of Jiayuan Pure Land, these two titles are really high-end and high-end, cool and crazy!

Yuan Jingtu said: "Master Pingyang deserves to be an angel of the Tang Dynasty, a figure of Shangbang, with a literary talent! These two titles are both good, easy to understand, and full of dignity! My old brother must be happy to see it!"

Guo Ye didn't expect that a few casual jokes would involve Datang's literary talent, and he thought that if this was passed back to Datang, he would have earned the title of "ignorant". He hurriedly said: "This is just Guo A certain suggestion, you can listen to it or not, and never force it! In addition, I have another unfeeling request..."

"Pingyang County has something to say, please speak!"

"If Yuan Gai Su Wen really got these two titles, don't mention that I thought of them!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Guo Yexin said that I couldn't afford to lose that person, but he said: "I, Guo Ye, was ordered by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to mediate the disputes between the three kingdoms, not to give Yuan Gai Su Wen an honorary title. This matter If it gets out, at the lightest level, I, Guo Ye, may be suspected of not doing my job properly, at the worst level, it is inevitable that some people will say that I, Guo Ye, am a fame-seeking person!"

"If that's the case, then follow what Lord Pingyang said! But Lord Pingyang, I have something to ask!"

"what's up?"

"My Yuan family's vitality has been seriously injured this time, and I really can't stand any waves. I don't know where the Emperor of Tang... Can the Duke of Pingyang speak a few words of kindness for our Yuan family?"

Guo Yexin said that taking advantage of your illness and killing you, I will encourage His Majesty Li Er to send troops when I go back, but he said: "This matter is not easy...but it doesn't matter. Inserting the knife... will definitely do everything in its power to speak well for your Yuan family!"

Yuan Jingtu couldn't think of any friendship between Guo Ye and their Yuan family. It would be good if the two sides were not enemies. Yuan Gai Suwen in Pyongyang City wanted Guo Ye's life, and said: "Mr. Pingyang, we are Ming people. Whispering. What do you want but please say it..."

"Look at what you said, what can I, Guo Ye, ask for. It's not a day or two for us to deal with each other, but..."

"how?"

"But if you want to do what you want, I can't just say good things about the Yuan family alone. I, Guo Ye, speak lightly, and I'm afraid it's hard to take on this important task! Let's talk to some dignitaries and dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty, so that this can be done. I It doesn't matter to Guo Ye, but for others, we can't make people work for nothing, right..."

Yuan Jingtu understood it as soon as he heard it. In fact, when he said this, he was prepared, and said: "If the Pingyang County Lord is willing to speak kindly, I, Goguryeo, would like to give gold to thank you!"

"Ten thousand taels of gold?" Guo Ye's complexion changed at that time, and he said, "Yuan Pure Land, just 1 taels of gold just want me... No, let our high-ranking officials of Tang Dynasty say good things? You Goguryeo are using me as a beggar to send away Bar!"

"How about 2 taels?"

Guo Ye stretched out a finger and said, "If you want your Yuan family to be safe and sound, you need at least 100 million taels!"

"What? 100 million taels?" Yuan Pure Land was stunned, and said, "Mr. Pingyang County, you really dare to ask for it! You can go to our treasury to see if there is 100 million taels... I, Yuan Pure Land, are at your disposal!"

Guo Ye smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Pure Land, why are you so stubborn? If you don't have gold, can you exchange it for other things? For example, silver and copper coins are all fine!"

"That's not that much!"

"There must be bezoar, ginseng, seal skin and so on. Your merchants from Goguryeo came to our Tang Dynasty to sell these things."

Yuan Jingtu smiled wryly, and said: "Pingyang County Lord, it is good that our Goguryeo is rich in these things. But we are the imperial court, not bandits, so we can't rob it. Your demand for 100 million taels of gold is really too much. Our country is small and the people are poor. , I really can’t make it out!”

Guo Ye said angrily: "How many times have I told you that I, Guo Ye, did not want these things alone!"

"Even if the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants it, we Goguryeo can't afford it! One million taels, even if we sell our Yuan family, we can't get it. If you really want it, send soldiers to get it!" Yuan Jingtu broke the jar and broke If you fall, you are almost yelling for money, but there is one more thing!

Guo Ye sneered, and said, "Did I say that the 100 million taels is what our Tang wants? Besides me, Tang, there are others who want it!"

"Who else?"

"First of all, it's our south. Your Yuan family sent troops to attack our south, burning, killing and looting along the way, making the people's lives miserable. Isn't it too much compensation for you to ask for 10 taels of gold?"

"That's not much, but you're talking about 100 million taels..."

"There was also a battle with your Yuan family. We suffered heavy casualties in the south! We killed about [-] people and injured about [-] people. So many people must be compensated?"

Although he felt that the southern army might not have suffered such a heavy loss, the data was not outrageous. He said, "Then how much compensation do you want?"

"I don't want to blackmail you either. The dead ones get 30 taels of gold, and the wounded ones get 15 taels of gold. After deducting the odds, the total is [-] taels of gold. Is it reasonable for me to ask for so much?"

It seems... also makes sense!Yuan Jingtu nodded and said: "It's only 25 taels in total. If it's so much, our Yuan family can get it together by gnashing their teeth!"

"Don't be too busy... There are still things! You also know that in order to defeat your south, you have invited 100 Silla reinforcements. We can't let people come here for nothing. One person must pay ten taels of gold for hard work. ...This is [-] million taels!"

"Ah..." Yuan Pure Land was completely dumbfounded.

Guo Ye didn't let him go, and said, "This doesn't count me as Tang. You also know that those high-ranking officials in Chang'an City are not short of money. People don't like money if they don't have money. At least you have to Take out 20 taels! In the end, it’s me, Guo Ye, even though I’m so righteous, but you can’t keep me busy, can you? Let’s scrape together 5 taels of gold!”

Yuan Jingtu's head was covered, and after counting with his fingers for a long time, he said, "Isn't it 150 million taels?"

Guo Ye nodded and said: "So, I, Guo Ye, asked you for 100 million taels, but I didn't ask for more. If you think about the 100 troops in Silla, if you came here for nothing, would you feel better? We Yang It’s also easy to ask gods to send gods away, but it’s hard to restrain them. They have to find trouble with you, Yuanshi, so your [-] million gold is just a waste of money to eliminate disasters, and it’s not injustice!”

Yang Wanchun was beating and drumming, and said: "Brother Jingtu, I'm afraid you are really going to bleed heavily this time. Even though you have lost a battle, it is only a temporary injury. After careful consideration, your strength is still far superior to mine. Above the south. If you Yuan family don’t weaken yourself to a certain extent, I’m not afraid of your jokes, I, Yang Wanchun, can’t sleep well at night.”

Yuan Jingtu begged bitterly: "Brother Wanchun, Duke of Pingyang, no matter how reasonable you are, we are useless if we have no money. To tell you the truth, in order to dispatch the 20 troops, the national treasury has been emptied Yes. You have also seized a lot of food, grass and supplies. Do you think you can save some more?"

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