V3.Chapter 118

Ren smiled bitterly and said, "the throne of the holy king may be the dream of others, but for me, this throne is more like a cage. I have to be trapped in the palace every day to deal with the affairs that can never be handled. This is not the life I want. Your highness should understand."

Tang Yin was silent for a long time and said, "what about the saint? If you are in Zen, what will the saint do?"

Ren Xiaozheng said, "the saint has been secretly looking for an heir. I believe there will be a new owner in the temple soon. At that time, I can travel around the world with Yao'er and live the life we want."

Tang Yin narrowed her eyes and youyou said, "it seems that brother Ren has planned his future life."

Ren Xiao took a deep look at Tang Yin and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured that I have selected the candidate for the new holy king. It is elder Zheng Yuan. Elder Zheng is not only smart and powerful, kind and fair, but also has great admiration for your highness. I believe that elder Zheng will inherit the holy king and will never be an enemy of Fengguo in the future..."

Before he finished, Tang Yin interrupted, "but except brother Ren, I don't trust anyone in Shenchi. I only trust brother Ren!"

Ren smiled and sighed. It was not that he didn't understand Tang Yin's mind or didn't like to help him, but that he really didn't want to be the holy king of Shenchi again.

He has a loose nature and yearns for a carefree and free life, but since he became the holy king, the life he yearned for has gone away from him.

There are all kinds of elders every day, and there are endless government affairs to deal with every day. They have to be trapped in the palace every day. It is difficult to have leisure, and they have to bear the pressure from all sides. The surface scenery, but only those who become the holy king will understand the taste. Ren Xiao often wondered whether he would have to live such a life forever, with no end, but even if he just thought about it, he would feel heartfelt fear. Even many times, as soon as he woke up in the morning and opened his eyes, he would have a strong feeling of boredom in his heart. Ren Xiao, who is naturally happy, really didn't want to bear this anymore, I don't want to live like this.

Seeing Ren smiling, lowering his head and being silent, Tang Yin beat his forehead repeatedly. After a moment, he looked positive, stretched out two fingers and said, "two years! Brother Ren just needs to stick to it for another two years. After two years, I won't intervene no matter who gives up the throne to." With that, he looked at Ren Xiao with both eyes.

Ren Xiao moved in his heart and asked Tang Yin suspiciously, "Your Highness means that I will be the holy king for another two years?"

Tang Yin bowed heavily and promised, "that's right! Just two years!"

Ren Xiao pondered carefully. It's not unacceptable to say that two years are not short or long. Anyway, he can finally see the end. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded and replied, "OK, it's a deal, just two years!"

Tang Yin was overjoyed. He patted Ren Xiao on the shoulder and said, "thank you, brother Ren, for your great help." With Ren Xiaozai, Shenchi will not be an enemy of the wind country, but also become the most solid backing of the wind country, which is too important for the current wind country.

The arrival of Ren Xiao did not change the impasse between Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang. Both of them were determined to win the terrain of Zhen, neither of them would give way, and the negotiations between the two sides have been deadlocked.

When the two armies of FengChuan captured all the counties in Zhendi, the negotiation between Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang didn't come to a conclusion.

What Tang Yin wants is to win the whole Zhendi. His reason is very simple. It is still the two points mentioned earlier. First, the people of Sichuan can't govern the Zhendi well and suppress the Zhendi. Second, the state of Sichuan is dead, and Xiao Xiang has no position to compete for the Zhendi with herself.

However, Xiao Xiang also has her own concerns. The state of Sichuan belongs to the emperor, but the land of Sichuan is actually ruled by her, and Tang Yin really takes possession of the land of Zhen. Then Tang Yin's next goal must be the emperor. Now she has stood on the same ship with the Emperor, both prosperity and loss. If the emperor is overthrown by Tang Yin, then next, Tang Yin's knife must be cut on his neck and the people of Sichuan.

Now, she is relying on the emperor to compete with Tang Yin. As long as the emperor is there, Tang Yin will not dare to use force against Sichuan.

The ownership of Zhendi couldn't be decided for a long time. Xiao Xiang didn't care. She had time and patience to spend with Tang Yin, but Tang Yin began to be anxious gradually.

He was worried that if Yan Zhun suddenly ordered to take Zhendi back to the imperial court, the situation would be serious. Yan Zhun never dared to do this before, but now Yan Zhun said it twice.

Since Xiao Xiang returned the land of Sichuan to the imperial court, Yan Zhun gradually had confidence and began to use a large number of Sichuan people. Not only the ministers of the imperial court mixed with a large number of Sichuan people, but also the bodyguards guarding the Imperial Palace set up a Sichuan people's corps with tens of thousands of people.

It can be seen that Yan Zhun now intended to use the power of the Sichuan people to exclude the power of the wind people.

When Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang were struggling, Ren Xiao finally stood up to be the peacemaker. He proposed to draw a line in the center of Zhendi and divide it into two. The Zhendi in the North belongs to the Fengguo and the Zhendi in the South belongs to the imperial court according to Xiao Xiang's meaning.

His proposal was finally accepted by Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang. For Tang Yin, although he failed to achieve his goal and only accounted for half of Zhendi, it was better than the whole Zhendi attributed to the imperial court.

As for Xiao Xiang, she also thinks that this division is the best policy. If Tang Yin can't get anything, the two sides will tear their faces and even fight each other. It may not be a good thing for themselves and the imperial court.

Under the mediation of Ren Xiao, the ownership of Zhendi finally came to an end. So far, the north of Zhen belongs to the wind, and the south of Zhen belongs to the imperial court like Sichuan. Both sides are reluctantly happy!

Dividing a country is not an easy task. It is not finished by drawing a straight line on the map, which involves many details.

The line drawn from the middle of Zhendi needs to pass through many counties and mountains. In practice, these counties and mountains cannot be divided into two parts. This requires one party to give up a piece of land and the other party to compensate another piece of land, and the two sides exchange with each other.

However, there is a difference between earth and heaven. Some land is fertile and has a large population. Some land is barren and population is scarce. The negotiation in this regard alone is a long tug of war.

Ren Xiaoke could not wait for Feng Chuan to talk about the results in detail. Seeing that the overall situation of both sides had been decided, he said goodbye to Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang and returned to Shenchi. After Ren Xiao left, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang still stayed in Xitang city. At this time, the focus of their dispute was the ownership of Xitang.

Xitang is impartial and just in the middle of Zhendi. If the line is drawn from the middle of Zhendi, Xitang has to be divided into two parts. Of course, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang don't want to do this.

Xitang is a new city built on the ruins. The scale is not large for the time being. There are not many buildings in the city, let alone prosperity. But the location of Xitang is too important. It is in the center of Zhendi and extends in all directions. It can be described as the hub of the whole Zhendi.

If Xitang city is built in the future, it will be a very important strategic place and the place of people's desire.

For the ownership of Xitang, Tang Yin and Xiao Xiang are at an impasse again. Tang Yin even offered to take a county in Zhendi for half of Xitang city in Xiao Xiang's hand, but Xiao Xiang didn't agree.

This day, Chaoyi. The main ministers of Fengguo didn't come to Xitang, so the discussion of the court was relatively simple, that is, Tang Yin and several advisers gathered together to discuss the affairs of Zhendi.

After the discussion began, Tang Yin's mind was not on this at all. He was considering how to persuade Xiao Xiang to give her the West soup. He asked absently, "gentlemen, if there's nothing important, let's go!"

As soon as his voice fell, a counselor took the lead and said to Tang Yin, "Your Majesty, I have something to start."

Tang Yin glanced at him and asked impatiently, "what's up?"

"Your Majesty, in recent days, torrential rains have fallen in the area of Jishui, causing floods. Now, Heping County and linqiao county have been seriously affected and countless refugees."

He said that Jishui is located between Heping County and linqiao County, and Jishui happens to be the middle line between North and South Zhendi. Heping County to the north of Jishui is under the jurisdiction of Fengren, while linqiao county to the south of Jishui is under the jurisdiction of chuanren.

Tang Yin rubbed his chin, pondered and murmured, "is the disaster serious?"

"Exactly! Your majesty, it is conservatively estimated that there are no less than 200000 or even more victims in Heping County. If there is no food aid, these victims may starve to death."

"Your Majesty, I think it's not impossible for the victims of Heping County not to be rescued. First of all, we don't have enough food and grass. Hundreds of thousands of troops have to eat and drink. The daily consumption of food and grass is huge, and there is no surplus food to save Zhenren. Moreover, unlike us, Zhenren have their own ways to save themselves. Even if they don't care, they can't die of hunger. I heard that Zhenren are good at cannibalism! ”

Hearing this man's words, many advisers present laughed on their backs, and the laughter was full of contempt. The counselor who spoke first frowned, looked around at the laughing people, finally looked at Tang Yin, bowed his hands and said, "king, Zhen people are also human beings. How can we sit idly by and watch them starve to death? Besides, hundreds of thousands of victims are displaced and hungry. If we can't properly arrange them, thousands of lives will be in chaos and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"If you dare to make trouble, the king only needs to mobilize the army and annihilate it."

"How can ruling the country be just killing?"

"If one side can make an example of others, it must be tough to be honest!"

Listening to the quarrel among the counselors below, Tang Yin waved his hand and looked at the two people who were red in the face. He puffed a smile and said, "what you said is reasonable. You really can't be too weak towards Zhen people. If you respect him, he may get a foot in!"

"Your Majesty..."

"However, this time is different. The victims must be saved. Moreover, they must not only save all the victims, but also save them with dignity and perfection. We should let Zhenren see that we Fengren regard Zhenren as brothers!"