Wei Zhen, the former Grand Tutor of Liang, who was newly surrendered to Emperor Li Tianqu of Wei, and Li Yan, the envoy of Jin State under Li Cunxu. These two, according to the instructions of the lord, went back and forth between forces in various places during this period, and they also wanted to suppress their competitors. However, they were both in the vassal department of the Shuofang Army. They stared at each other for a moment, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward...

However, both Li Tianqu and Li Cunxu regarded each other as their biggest competitors in the competition for hegemony. Of course, even if both sides would inevitably go to war, they would not be the present.

So after meeting each other, they started with awkward chats and politeness. The two of them were very good at speaking and debate. Not long after, they praised the powerful force they served in. They were all famous by speaking and speaking, and of course they were unwilling to be compared by the other party.

However, Wei Zhen was slamming and staring at him, and Li Yan responded with sharp teeth. However, both of them were from literati and represented the two major countries of Wei and Jin. It was not yet time for the war to openly start. So even though their words with guns and sticks became more intense, they had not yet exposed their arms and sleeves and rushed forward and beaten into a ball...

What's strange is that Han Xun, the governor of Shuofang Army, saw Wei Zhen, Li Yan, and I argued, and he held his long beard and smiled at them in a verbal dispute... Wei Zhen spoke, he nodded and said yes, Li Yan retorted, and he said that this statement was reasonable... He did not favor either side, looked at the two fronts and backs to Shuofang Army, and also won over the arguments between his envoys on both sides, as if they were watching a show.

Until the two of them were fucking with their mouths, especially the older Wei Zhen's chest was undulating and he was already out of breath... Han Xun seemed to have not noticed the tension in both of them at all, and stood up and called them to the two of them, which was very hard and it was time to have a meal. Then, he would settle down in the inn first. If there was any important matter tomorrow, it would be not too late.

However, that night, Han Xun ordered the clerks in the vassal government office to arrange Wei Zhen and Li Yan and choose a bedroom in the inn, but asked them to be neighbors opposite the door.

Whether it was Wei Zhen, an envoy of the Wei Dynasty, or Li Yan, the envoy from Jin State, they also found that Han Xun's behavior was very strange.

Logically speaking, both Wei and Jin powers must win over him, the vassal governor who guarded the northern border. With Han Xun's position, he should be in a dilemma... If the Shuofang Army had decided which side to turn, Han Xun should treat the other side indifferently, or the Shuofang Army is now undecided and intends to please both sides, then he should also receive the envoys on both sides separately, weigh the conditions offered by Wei and Jin, and should also prevent both sides from making direct contact during this period, rather than generous recommendations, and let them "get close to each other"...

What exactly does Han Xun want to do?

Wei Zhen and Li Yan were at the same time, planning to request a private meeting with Han Xun before discussing, and there was no need to spend all their energy on quarreling with each other... Han Xun refused and agreed to the requests of both parties with ease. However, if Wei Zhen came to look for him, Han Xun would send someone to greet Li Yan and sit down and talk together; and if Li Yan came, he would still do this.

In this way, Wei Zhen and Li Yan didn't want to see each other, but they still had to meet under Han Xun's arrangement. The two had to stare at each other, and Han Xun always smiled and reached out to signal them to sit down. That posture was like a referee.

Come, next round, continue...

Not only Wei Zhen and Li Yan couldn't understand Han Xun's actions, but even his sons Han Zhu and Han Cheng were puzzled.

"Dad, the Emperor of Wei and the King of Jin came urgently, so he naturally wanted to win over our Shuofang army. Whether it was surrendering to Wei or Jin, my father had an idea in his heart, but you have made both sides displeased with me like this. Isn't this going to offend Wei and Jin? How should we deal with it then!"

In the study of Shuofang Military Orthodontology, Han Zhu and Han Cheng invited their father to discuss intimately. Han Cheng, who was younger and even more unhappy, couldn't help but ask first. Then the eldest son Han Zhu also asked anxiously:

"Yes, my father, we are alone in the northern border, and it is not a long-term solution. We still have to rely on the Central Turkish Dynasty. The Emperor of Wei is powerful, and the King of Jin should not be underestimated. Our Shuofang army is mixed with the two major countries. If we want to protect ourselves, even if it is difficult to decide for a while, we should at least discuss in detail with the envoys of both sides, and first appease the Wei and Jin countries.

The child knew that with his father's intention, he had no intention of splitting the land and splitting the territory, and was called the emperor... But his father seemed to have no intention of coming to the two sides to discuss in detail, but he was afraid that the Emperor of Wei and King of Jin would also suspect that our Shuofang Army was intending to become independent. This... I am afraid that it would cause disasters and trouble!"

Listening to his son visiting one after another, Han Xun carried his hands on his back and looked out the window. When he was dealing with Wei Zhen and Li Yan a few days ago, he had a polite smile on his face. At this moment, Han Xun's face was calm, and there seemed to be a little more emotion between his eyebrows.

"I'll ask you, why did the Tang court establish a vassal state, and what was the responsibility of being a father and as a governor?"

Han Xun suddenly asked, but Han Zhu and Han Cheng did not expect that their father did not answer their questions. Instead, he turned his mind and asked such a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the current situation of Shuofang Army. He couldn't help but be stunned.

When Han Xun turned around slowly, his eyes turned around his two sons, and then said:

"At that time, Emperor Xuanzong set up ten Jiedu governors on the border of the Tang Dynasty. It was also because the Tang Dynasty fought east and west in the past, defeating the Turks, Tuyuhun, Baekje, Goguryeo... and other countries, including Songwai barbarians, Shatuo, Khitan, and Xi, and other tribes successively surrendered, and conquered the vast country and country.

However, it was precisely because the Tang Dynasty had a large territory that when the Central and Earth wanted to use troops, they went to the border, even entered the enemy's territory, or sent reinforcements when the border was in urgent need, they were all laborious to go on an expedition. Therefore, they also had to expand the defense and garrison towns in large quantities, and the border generals controlled the local military power, and gradually formed the system of vassal states.

As a vassal state, his original duty was to guard one side, resist foreign races invading the country, protect the court, and ensure the safety of the Central Plains. However, when the vassal state was established, there were rebellious officials from An Lushan who led the three vassal states, but they rebelled against the common people and caused trouble to the world... "

Han Xun was just talking, sighed again, and then said:

"There were many military governors in the vassal states, because they were under their jurisdiction, as their territory, military, and financial affairs, and their ambitions grew, and the court became weaker. Even if the vassal states abolished and established military governors on their own, there was no need to rely on the authority of the court to ensure military affairs... In this way, there were many military governors who held two flags and two qualities, and were able to kill military officials and specialize in military operations. When they were in operation, they established a military official and built six flags in the palace... They said that they were the emperor who ruled the country, no longer regarded the Tang court as the respect, and even held the lord hostage, or even killed the throne.

He took over the position of Jiedushi in Shuofang Army for his father. He originally wanted to protect the country and protect the people. Haha... Most of the current vassals and military governors did not care about the mission that Jiedushi should bear, but he was in charge of the northern border and guarding the Central Plains of Rong and defending the Central Plains. He never forgot the responsibility of Jiedushi. But he never thought that Zhu Wen... was in the name of saving the emperor, but later killed the emperor and destroyed the Tang Dynasty and usurped the throne.

Our Shuofang Army is just a border town in the northern border. We shouldn't have mistakenly believed Zhu Wen at the beginning, and we could not help but defeat Tianqing... We were the father who paid tribute to the Liang Kingdom because the Tang court was indeed weak and stupid, but even if the country could not be protected, even though the Tang court was destroyed, the people under the rule were still there. Now, no matter who calls the emperor in the Middle Land, he only planned to guard the northern border and resist the foreign races who were interested in invading and looting the south during the chaos in the Central Plains.

However, the current situation is no better than the one who thought he was in power in the Central Plains than Zhu Wen, who would be the one who fought against Wei, and if he wanted to join Jin, he would be in trouble with Jin. If he wanted to join Jin, he would be related to the Wei Dynasty... So before the Wei and Jin sides decided the victory or defeat, our Shuofang army would not surrender to either side, otherwise it would inevitably fall into the war of the Wei and Jin battle for hegemony in the future. So how could we talk about Rong defending the northern border and protecting the territory and safeguarding the people?"
Chapter completed!