From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 506

Zhou Yuan closed the door and asked Guan Dayong to guard the door, then he returned to the room and sat down.

He looked at Qiu Huan and said in a deep voice: "General Qiu, our conflicts in the past were based on interests and party struggles, not life-and-death feuds, let alone irreconcilable hatred."

"Times have changed, and the world has changed dramatically. I, Zhou Yuan, should plan for myself. Those conflicts in the past should be let go, right?"

Qiu Huan's face changed, and he was silent for a moment before saying: "I didn't take those things in the past to heart. After all, Prince Fu is dead, and I have no backers. I am lucky to be alive now."

Zhou Yuan said: "The island bandits in the south of Dajin are getting more and more fierce. From the initial dozens or hundreds of people, it has now reached thousands of people. It is said that they went ashore to rob, but in fact it is already an invasion."

"The ambitions of the chieftains can no longer be suppressed. Seeing that the war in the north is in full swing, they also want to expand their own land."

"The Mongolian tribes have begun to unite and move towards the Hetao direction. ", plus the invincible Donglu, the treasury of the Jin Dynasty is empty and it is almost powerless to resist. "

Qiu Huan narrowed his eyes and said, "But you Zhou Yuan have always been determined to revitalize the Jin Dynasty and save the world." Zhou Yuan said, "Young people will of course have lofty and long-term ideals. I am a scholar, so it is not surprising that I have the idea of ​​serving the country. When you, Qiu Huan, first joined the army, didn't you think about serving the court?" Qiu Huan sneered, "If His Royal Highness Prince Fu is not dead, I will still choose to serve the court. Now I am just desperate. With the Queen's means, it will sooner or later settle accounts with me, but now she has no time to deal with me in the war. "

"In my opinion, you Zhou Yuan will be more loyal to the Jin Dynasty than me. I was forced to surrender to the enemy. Would you surrender to the enemy for no reason? The taste of being a marquis at a young age is not something that everyone can give up. "

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

He stared at Qiu Huan and said coldly: "Don't you know what I have been through in the past six months?"

Qiu Huan said: "What? Wanted?"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "You Qiu Huan are not a fool. At this point, can't you see that the assassination case is a conspiracy planned by His Majesty? It's just that Prince Fu has no choice but to accept such a conspiracy."

Qiu Huan nodded and said: "I know this. His Royal Highness Prince Fu said that this is his only chance. Even if it is a trap, he must jump into it."

Zhou Yuan said: "This is the tacit understanding of their royal family, but who is hurt? It's me, Zhou Yuan!"

"I, Zhou Yuan, rose from Yunzhou, suppressed riots, pacified Lin'an Prefecture, rectified Shenjing, served the king in the north, recovered the Central Plains, and even negotiated peace in Tianjin. Which of these things is not a great achievement? How have I let down the court of the Great Jin Dynasty? How have I let down Guan Miaoshan?"

"What did I get? Just the identity of a chess piece!"

"If I hadn't planned ahead and taken precautions, not only would I have been implicated in the assassination case, but my entire family would have been killed."

"You said ! Such a king! Such a court! Why should I be loyal? Why should I sacrifice? "

"I was made a marquis at the age of 19, so I can be proud of myself and be made a marquis and a prime minister wherever I go!"

Qiu Huanren was stunned. He was stunned for a long time before he murmured, "That's the truth..."

Zhou Yuan continued, "I don't have such a bad temper. I won't surrender to the enemy and rebel just because I am wronged. But the Jin Dynasty can't hold on any longer. I won't rebel, but I won't live and die with such a court either!"

"Damn it, why? I just At the age of 20, I just married two wives and started to enjoy myself, and you want me to die? Nonsense! "

Qiu Huan sighed and said, "This is the way the world is. All the things are done by our subordinates. We work hard and have to pay the price for their fight for the imperial power."

"It is true that the Eastern Tartars are a foreign race, but at least there is one good thing. They respect strength and reward people according to their merits. There is no partiality."

"Nurhaci wrote to me in person, and he always respectfully called me General Qiu Huan. As long as I..."

He suddenly stopped talking here.

Zhou Yuan said: "I'm not in the mood to listen to your secrets. I just want to tell you my thoughts, and then I want you to do something for me."

Qiu Huan said in a deep voice: "What is it?"

Zhou Yuan said: "I want to meet Nurhaci. I want to talk to him face to face. I want to see if he is worthy of my surrender."

"To be honest, I can't stay in the Jin Dynasty anymore. I can't stay with a broken ship and sink with it. I want to go ashore."

Qiu Huan glared and said: "You...you really want to..."

Zhou Yuan said: "I said so much, do you think I'm kidding? I want you to arrange a meeting between me and Nurhaci. The procedure must be fair and aboveboard, otherwise I will have no way out."

"Qiu Huan, I believe you can help me with this little thing. If you can't help, you canDon't blame me for turning against you. With the Emperor's Sword in hand, it's easy to kill you. "

"Besides, for the Great Jin, you deserve to be killed, and your clan should be exterminated!"

Qiu Huan stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Okay! I'll make an appointment for you! As long as you have the courage to go! What do I have to be afraid of?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Tell them to send someone directly this afternoon, come openly, and I can go openly."

Qiu Huan closed his eyes and took a long time to relax before gritting his teeth and leaving.

Zhou Yuan let out a long breath, lay back on the chair, and thought about the next plan in his mind.

Li Yu'an walked in and whispered, "Will he do it?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "He is a smart man. He knows that as a member of the King of Fu, it is only a matter of time before he is liquidated, so he defected to the Eastern Tartars."

"If he can win me over, it will be a great achievement, and his status in the Eastern Tartars will naturally rise. ”

“At the same time, if I do well in the East, he can also benefit from it.”

“He has no other choice.”

Li Yu’an said: “Will Nurhaci meet you?”

“Of course!”

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: “Nurhaci is the one who wants to negotiate the peace the most. If he can take Shanhaiguan without bloodshed, he will have the capital to attack the capital. This is his only chance.”

Li Yu’an said: “So how do you plan to negotiate?”

Zhou Yuan thought about it and shook his head: “Actually, I haven’t thought about it, because the content is not important. The other party will not really trust me, but they can only trust me.”

“Virgin sister, in fact, from the moment the food and grass in Xinglinbao were burned, the outcome of this war was doomed.”

“At most two or three days, everything will be over.”

Li Yu’an couldn’t help but wonder: “Why are you so confident? I mean, won’t something unexpected happen?”

“No. ”

Zhou Yuan sighed, "The situation here is more difficult than that in the Central Plains, but it is also simpler. There is no soil for conspiracy, but there is no breeding ground for variables."

"The one standing in front of you at this moment is no longer the Marquis of Zhongwu, but... the youngest Duke in the history of Dajin."

Li Yu'an looked at his arrogant appearance, but did not mock him. Instead, he gently took his arm and smiled, "Duke, don't forget Gaoli. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Only you will cooperate with me to pretend, but... since you are going to be a Duke, it is indeed time to really change the world."

"In the past two years, I have been practicing medicine to save the world."

"It was not until the last few months that I realized that practicing medicine is not enough, and I have to change the world."

Li Yu'an's eyes flashed, and he whispered, "I will accompany you to change the world."