Qian Song

Chapter 154 Negotiation Conditions (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
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Although Zhao Ji once said in a panic that "if it is not possible, he will appoint Li Cun as the Jiedu envoy of the Guangde Army, make Wuyue King, cut off the southeast land, and make Li Cun guard it for generations".

But such conditions are obviously not suitable.

First of all, this "appointment" is very problematic. Appointment represents the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. Will Li Cun, a rebel, recognize this relationship?
Secondly, Li Cun was granted the title of "King of Wuyue". What is the specific scope of this fiefdom?
When the Wuyue Kingdom was strong and prosperous, it once owned the territory of thirteen prefectures, about the entire territory of Zhejiang Province, the southeast of Jiangsu Province, Shanghai and the northeast of Fujian Province.

This is seriously inconsistent with the area that Li Cun now occupies.

——Only the land currently occupied by Li Cun is far beyond what Wuyue Kingdom was at its most powerful.

The point is, this is far from the separatist regime south of the Yangtze River that Li Cun expected.

Also, this "land in the southeast" is also very problematic.

In a broad sense, the land of the southeast refers to the area located in the southeast of China, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Hainan in later generations, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The terrain is dominated by mountains and hills, collectively called the southeast hills.

And so far, the two roads of Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road have not been occupied by Li Cun, so with a swipe of a pen, he casually gave Li Cun the land of dozens of states on the two roads?

Therefore, when Li Cun asked him what the conditions for the peace agreement issued by the Zhao Song Dynasty were, Tong Guan did not follow the specific conditions Zhao Ji had given. Instead, after pondering for a while, he said: "If not, let the governor The land we occupy is the boundary, and the governor will guard it for generations, and the imperial court will appoint the governor as the envoy of the Guangde Army, and he will be named Marquis of Wuyue, how about it?"

Hearing this, Li Cun said, "Is that so..."

Just as Tong Guan and others were looking forward to it, Li Cun said slowly: "What Tong Xuanfu said is not negotiable..."

Seeing Li Cun, he let go all of a sudden.

Many of Tong Guan's entourage were overjoyed!
Some people even felt that Tong Guan set too high conditions for Li Cun, and maybe if he only gave Li Cun a Jiedu envoy, Li Cun would obediently accept the Song court's offer.

These people also "plausibly" thought that these peasants gathered a crowd to rebel, so-called wealth was nothing more than wealth, and if they won the Jiedushi, the tombs of their ancestors would smoke from their ancestral graves, and they would also be granted the title of Marquis of Wuyue, and they would not be afraid of being burned to death by Fubo.

But Tong Guan, who proposed this condition, was not so superficial—through the seemingly inadvertent chess game just now, Tong Guan already knew that Li Cun was very difficult to deal with, and he would never give in easily.

really!

After a pause, Li Cun said lightly: "Then you and I will sit down and sign this strike agreement three months later."

Those who were secretly happy just now and those who felt that Tong Tong's conditions were too high were suddenly taken aback: "Sign the peace treaty after three months? Why do you have to sign the peace treaty after three months?"

Soon those who reacted quickly figured it out. What Li Cun meant was that he would use these three months to take down all the eight continents in the south of the Yangtze River. No, it might not only be the eight lands. Maybe Li Cun would All the areas south of the Qinling-Huaihe River were defeated in one breath, and even Li Cunhui crossed the Qinling-Huaihe River to fight to the north.

The faces of many people brought by Tong Guan turned ugly.

of them,
Some people worry that Li Cunzhen will raise his troops to invade the Song Dynasty on a large scale;

Some people think that Li Cun is too arrogant, only three months, Li Cun can really conquer so much territory of the Song Dynasty;

There are still people who are worried about the possible military disaster.

Tong Guan was not intimidated by Li Cun, he said matter-of-factly: "At present, there are not only people who advocate peace in China, but also people who are not angry about the loss of territory and advocate a bloody battle to the end. Negotiating a peace treaty, if the emperor of my family cannot explain to his subjects, our family can only retreat to the Guanzhong, and the power of the whole country will never end with your family. I am afraid that at that time, Dangxiang, Khitan, Jurchen, Tatar and other Hulu will go south to herd horses in large numbers , reappearing the tragedy of the Wuhu chaos in our China, at that time, the governor was a sinner of the nation."

Li Cunxin said: "Use morality to kidnap me? I really just...follow this set."

Li Cun didn't want to be Li Zicheng, he finally overthrew Daming, but in the end it was cheaper to build a slave, and let me Han people keep the whip for 200 years.

Let's put it this way, although Li Cun has no bottom line and is selfish, there is one thing that Li Cun will never do, and that is to be a traitor.

Not bad.

Li Cun hated Zhao Song so much that he wished he could overthrow it with his own hands.

But compared with Zhao Song, Li Cun couldn't accept being ruled by foreigners.

Therefore, even on the day of his death, Li Cun would never act like Shi Jingtang, and Li Cun still clearly understands the basic righteousness of allowing foreigners to take advantage of the meat rotten in the pot.

But then again, although this is a "weakness" of Li Cun, how could Li Cun admit it so easily?

So Li Cun said lightly: "If that day really comes, I will send troops to kill the grass and roots of your family and the barbarians, and I will never die."

"Hey~"

"Cut the weeds and root them out?!"

"Undead?!"

"And it's still going to be one to two, or even one to many?!"

"It's so ruthless, so domineering!"

Many people who followed Tong Guan to discuss the peace looked sideways at Li Cun's words. As for Li Cun's subordinates, they were even more in awe of Li Cun.

Only Tong Guan smiled secretly - he caught Li Cun's weakness.

Tong Guan said sincerely: "Tong Guan does not dare to doubt the ambition of the governor, but if the governor has not kept a low profile for three or two years, how can he fulfill the wild words of the governor?"

Without waiting for Li Cun to answer, Tong Guan said again: "The matter of our two families is very urgent now. If we can't stop the soldiers properly, even though our emperor doesn't want to fight again, but he is coerced by the will of his ministers and the people, he must not stop fighting. At that time, even though the governor had the power to penetrate the sky and the earth, he had to be held back by my family, and the governor was separated by my family. An Neng went north to resist the invasion of the barbarians. It can make the Hulu profit, and at that time, if I don't kill Boren Boren but die because of me, the fact that relatives will hurt enemies and enemies will be happy is inevitable."

Li Cun knew that Tong Guan, the old fox, had finally grasped his weakness.

Li Cun looked at Tong Guan and said bluntly, "Tell me your bottom line."

Tong Guan took a deep breath, and then said: "You can't be called emperor, the governor will be a minister to the Song Dynasty, and the governor will be conferred by the Song Dynasty as the lord of Wuyue."

After pondering for a while, Tong Guan said again: "If the governor really likes my Da Song Diji, my Da Song can choose an unmarried emperor concubine to marry the governor, but this matter needs to be kept secret."

After Tong Guan's conditions were announced, Ma Kuo and other people who followed Tong Guan were all shocked and unbelievable!

One cannot be called emperor, that is, one can be called king.

Not to Li Cunmaode's concubine, but you can give Li Cun an unmarried concubine. However, the Zhao and Song Dynasty would not admit this matter. Most likely, if the concubine is sent to Li Cun, the concubine will be sent to Li Cun. It was announced that the Empress Dowager was dead.

The key point is that Tong Guan didn't mention any place to give to Li Cun, that is to say, the land that Li Cun has separated can actually be discussed.

To sum up, the Great Song Dynasty, which can also be said to be Zhao Ji's monarch and ministers, is now more about saving face, an excuse that Zhao Ji can explain to his subjects, and he can make some concessions on affordable things.

And those careful people found that Tong Guan's conditions for Li Cun were somewhat similar to the conditions for the peace agreement reached between Song and Xia. However, among the conditions Tong Guan gave Li Cun, Li Cun was not allowed to build a country, nor was it given to Xixia. Year coins, but one more can secretly marry an emperor concubine.

After hearing Tong Guan's second offer, Li Cun knew that Tong Guan had shown sincerity this time, and even said that this condition should be very close to the bottom line Zhao Ji gave Tong Guan.

Yes.

This bottom line must have been given by Zhao Ji and Zhao Ji's leaders.

Otherwise, no matter how daring Tong Guan is, he would not dare to be the master of ceding the land and giving it to Li Cunfeng, let alone marrying an emperor concubine for Zhao Ji.

Therefore, everything that Tong Guan promised must have been approved by Zhao Ji, at least Zhao Ji did not object.

Li Cun was silent for a while, instead of continuing to talk about the conditions that Tong Guan had offered, he changed the subject and said, "What do you say about the Jiangnan Balu I want?"

After hearing Li Cun's words, how could Tong Guan not understand that what he said before can be discussed.

This made Tong Guan secretly heave a sigh of relief.

Those who can talk are fine.

Tong Guan, including Emperor Zhao Ji behind Tong Guan, actually did not want to start a war with Li Cun under such circumstances.

You know, if there is another war with Li Cun, no matter whether Li Cun wiped out the Song army on the western front, or Li Cun led his army northward to destroy Tong Guan's Shengjie army, and then continued northward to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo, he would be defeated. Greatly shake the rule of the Zhao Song Dynasty. In that case, the world will be in chaos and bandits will rise everywhere, and then the rule of the Song Dynasty, which has internal and external troubles, can enter the countdown.

In fact, if Zhao Ji, Wang Fu, Zheng Juzhong and others hadn't seen this step, how could they have negotiated peace with Li Cun under tremendous pressure?

Tong Guan didn't kill what he said before, that is, taking the area currently occupied by Li Cun as the boundary between the two families, but said loosely: "In addition to the area currently occupied by the Great Governor, my Great Song Dynasty will divide Guangnan East The road and Guangnan West Road are bestowed on the governor, how about it?"

Li Cunxin said: "Tong Guan, this old guy, has done his wishful thinking too well. He knows that I occupy Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road, Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road. You have to give me what you give, so first use these two roads as bargaining chips, it's really a chicken thief."

Li Cun shook his head simply: "Not enough."

Tong Guan warned: "There is a gluttonous heart in the village, but the desire can't be satisfied."

Li Cun said tit for tat: "How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch."

Li Cun and Tong Guan looked at each other for a long time.

The onlookers on both sides even felt at one point that the talks between Li Cun and Tong Guan were about to collapse.

In the end, seeing that Li Cun would definitely not give in, Tong Guan, who lacked confidence, let go and said: "The imperial court will reward Jiangzhou and Hongzhou to the governor. You and I are bounded by Jiangzhou and Hongzhou. ?”

No, Li Cun still shook his head: "It's too vague to divide like that."

Tong Guan asked, "Then what is the governor's intention?"

Li Cun said bluntly: "Give me Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, and your army will withdraw from the Jingxiang area, so as to avoid unnecessary friction between the two soldiers and horses."

Li Cun's meaning is very simple, that is, I will make a concession. I only need six of the eight roads I wanted so far. You can't keep troops on these two roads. This will serve as a strategic buffer zone for our two families. In addition, you see, I have already made concessions. Shouldn't your Great Song Dynasty make a little concession and give way to Beijing Southwest Road? Part of it serves as a strategic buffer zone for everyone.

It is better to be able to listen than to be able to speak.

As soon as Tong Guan heard it, he understood that Li Cun was still thinking about the Jingxiang area.

It's just that, due to the current situation and the mentality of being greedy for more, Li Cun temporarily let go of the Jingxiang area. When Li Cun digests his six-way land in the future, he will definitely seize the Jingnan Road and the Jingxiang area. North Road, and even go to seize the Nanyang Basin of Jingxi South Road.

Thinking about it at a deeper level, Li Cun must also be thinking about Lianghuai Road.

In other words, Li Cun's goal, to be precise, Li Cun's short-term goal is to separate the entire south from the Qinling Mountains to the south of the Huaihe River.

Its ambitions are not insignificant.

Let's talk about the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Are you really willing to let the rich Jiangnan region be separated by Li Cun when you are on the side of the Zhao Song Dynasty?

In fact, this was nothing more than a strategy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties to slow down their troops.

Just wait for the Zhao Song Dynasty to make good preparations for the army, prepare for the ship and the navy, study and study the two "artifacts" of unscrupulous cannons and thunderbolts, and then prepare for the money, the Zhao and Song Dynasty will definitely come back and wipe out Li Cun's.

Otherwise, why do you think the Zhao Song Dynasty only cares about face now, and the great Jiangnan region is ceded if it is said to be ceded?
Now, Li Cunshao has asked for two places, which is actually enough for Tong Guan to go back and do business.

Moreover, Li Cun asked the Zhao Song Dynasty to withdraw the Song Army from the western front, which can be said to be in the arms of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

——What the Zhao Song Dynasty is most worried about now is that Li Cun will wipe out the Song army on the western front. If that is the case, first of all, the Zhao Song Dynasty will not have an army capable of defending the capital, and secondly, the Zhao Song Dynasty will not be able to defend the capital in a short time. If you want to restore the previous military strength within the country, let alone want to make the Zhao Song Dynasty's military strength further.

Therefore, Li Cunkai obtained this condition, which was completely within the acceptable range of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

But Tong Guan still insisted on reasoning, hoping to make Li Cun give in again.

But Li Cun insisted on this condition, not letting go at all.

As a last resort, Tong Guan could only talk about the face issue that the Zhao Song Dynasty was more concerned about, that is, Li Cunde professed to the Zhao Song Dynasty and accepted Zhao Fujin as a concubine.

In order to make Li Cun make concessions, Tong Guan said that the Zhao and Song Dynasty could reward Li Cun with 10 taels of silver and 20 pieces of silk every year, and the two companies could also open a market on the border and so on.

All in all, in terms of face, the Zhao Song Dynasty was very persistent.

Seeing this, Li Cun said: "I can accept the canonization of your emperor, and I don't want to be the concubine of Maode, or even the title of concubine, old coin, Jianguo and king, but I have two conditions..."

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