Qian Song

Chapter 180 Conditions for dispatching troops (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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Waiting for Li Bangyan and Wu Min, one to speak eloquently, the other to spit out lotus flowers, as if they were talking about cross talk, they sang and harmonized to express all they wanted to say tactfully, until they couldn't speak anymore.

Li Cuncai raised his eyelids: "Is it finished?"

"Uh……"

Li Bangyan and Wu Min nodded at the same time.

Li Cun said lightly: "The two of you can say that, I have a few questions, why don't you two answer them for me, how about it?"

Li Bangyan bowed and said: "Wu Guogong, but it's okay to say."

Li Cun didn't care about Li Bangyan calling himself "Wu Guogong", but asked the first question straightforwardly: "Yan Yunyuan? Huainan Jingxiangyuan?"

Is this still an answer?

Taking Li Cun's territory as the base point, Huainan and Jingxiang are just at the door of Li Cun's house, within easy reach, and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, not to mention much farther away, are separated by a country or A large sea area.

Li Cun certainly didn't want an answer to such an obvious question.

Whether it is Li Bangyan or Wu Min, it can be imagined that Li Cun's meaning is: since Huainan Jingxiang is so close to me, and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are so far away from me, why should I seek far away?

Li Bangyan and Wu Min racked their brains to find an answer that could convince Li Cunqian of this stupid thing.

But who would be so stupid as a person with a normal mind and an online IQ, so this question is really too difficult to answer.

Seeing that Li Bangyan and Wu Min couldn't answer his first question for a while, Li Cun asked his second question: "Is your family weak? Or is it about to perish and you can win more with fewer victories?" Is the Khitan weak after a big defeat? Or the Jurchen who defeated the Khitan with only 2 horses is weak?"

As soon as Li Cun said this, Li Bangyan and Wu Min burst into cold sweat instantly!

The two thought at the same time: "It's over! Thief Li knows Yan Yun's power!"

On the way here, Li Bangyan and Wu Min had already discussed it, and planned to use Li Cun's ignorance of the complicated relationship between Song, Liao and Jin to trick Li Cun into attacking Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

This is not wishful thinking of Li Bangyan and Wu Min, but because of inconvenient transportation and underdeveloped information in this era.

What's more, Li Cun's territory and the Yanyun Sixteen States are still separated by the Song Dynasty.

In this case, it is normal for Li Cun to know nothing about the situation in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, or to have only a half-knowledge.

But who would have thought that not only did Li Cun know, but he could also tell the story of the Jurchens.

This is enough to show that Li Cun is very clear about the situation in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

In this way, is it possible for Li Cun to be fooled and deceived by this?

At least in Li Bangyan and Wu Min's view, the possibility of their mission's success is very slim.

After all, if you are a person, you will think, I can pick the soft persimmons that are close at hand, why should I go to the far end to fight to the death with a strong enemy?
Wu Min thought to himself: "If I die, I will die. If I don't talk about it, my political life will be over. If I talk about it, maybe there will be a chance."

Thinking of this, Wu Min said loudly: "Mengdong is in October, and the north wind is lingering. The weather is clear, and the frost is falling. Chickens sing in the morning, and geese fly south. Birds of prey hide, and bears live in caves. The money is stopped, and the harvest is harvested." Accumulation of farms. Reversing travel and reorganization, to connect merchants. Fortunately, it is even good! Singing to sing aspirations."

This is the "October in Winter" written by Cao Cao on his way back from his victory in the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan.

Li Cun knew this poem.

After chanting the song "October in Winter", Wu Min clasped his fists together: "I don't know how Wu Guogong evaluates Wei Wu and Cao Gong?"

Without hesitation, Li Cun commented: "Heroes too."

Wu Min said: "Min and the Great Governor have the same views. The Three Kingdoms are fighting for hegemony. Cao Gong coerced the emperor to command the princes. Liu Huangshu took advantage of the dangerous situation of Tianfu to separate the southwest. And frequent wars. When the Central Plains regime was in turmoil, the frontier barbarians often took advantage of the opportunity to enter, such as the rise of the Huns at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty. However, although Duke Cao was fighting for hegemony, he did not want the Han people to suffer. The Hulu did not dare to go south to herd horses, and they personally conquered Wuhuan, frightening the Hulu, so that the Hulu did not dare to go south to herd horses, this is a true hero."

Speaking of this, Wu Min said fiercely: "The foreign minister has a few words from the heart, I wonder if Wu Guogong can ask the foreign minister to say it?"

Li Cun: "Say."

Wu Min stopped beating around the bush this time, and he said bluntly: "If the Duke of Wu sends troops to attack our Great Song Dynasty, our Great Song Dynasty must retreat to Guanzhong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in order to protect ourselves. When it comes time to fight male and female, you and I will fight with all our strength, and the Hulu fisherman will benefit. At that time, Wu Guogong will not kill Boren, but Boren will die because of Wu Guogong. How can Wu Guogong face the people of the world?"

After listening to Li Cun, he smiled slightly: "Your emperor is so extravagant and loves flowers and stones that he extorts miscellaneous taxes like a tiger. He doesn't give the people in the southeast a way to live, and forces the people in the southeast to rebel. He can face all the people in the world. Why not?"

Wu Min was immediately speechless by Li Cun.

It is different from the case of Hua Shigang in this period of history, when Zhao Ji could still pass the responsibility to his courtiers.

Now, because Li Cun killed Zhu Xi, it was confirmed that Hua Shigang was the southeast people who rebelled, and Zhao Ji's stupidity has basically been concluded.

Therefore, even if Li Bangyan and Wu Min wanted to defend Zhao Ji, they couldn't help Zhao Ji.

Wu Min could only avoid this topic, and instead complimented Li Cundao: "Wu Guogong is born as an outstanding man, and he rose for the people, and he should be far-reaching for the people."

Li Cun, who wanted to facilitate this matter, did not say "You mean, I am a hero, but Zhao Ji is not, so the requirements for me are higher than those for Zhao Ji?" , I rebelled for a reason, am I a teacher of justice?", and did not remind Wu Min, "If Zhao Ji finds out what you say, can I have your good fruit?", but pretended to follow Wu Min's words and remained silent. stand up.

Wu Min saw that Li Cun really "understands righteousness" as Tong Guan said, and couldn't help secretly happy: "I finally caught your weakness!"

Wu Min continued to increase his offensive: "Since ancient times, great heroes have come from resisting the invasion of foreign enemies. Foreign ministers have never heard that a person who bullies the weak at home can be called a great hero. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have been the hometown of my Han people since ancient times. , has been occupied by the Hulu for more than [-] years, which is really a disgrace to the Han people. The foreign minister said wildly that if the foreign minister and the governor change positions, even if the foreign minister is not given the territory of Qinling-Huaihe River South, the foreign minister I will also raise a large army to go north to recover the old places of our Han people, to show off the prestige of our Han people, so that the Hulu will not underestimate our Han people without heroes!"

Although Li Cun knew that Wu Min was talking nonsense, even if Wu Min was really allowed to sit in his position, Wu Min would never lead his army northward.

But even so, Li Cun made Wu Min feel a little moved.

To be honest, regardless of the overall interests, if there is a person like Wu Min said, regardless of his care, he will lead troops north to fight against the Hulu, beat the Hulu to the north of the Great Wall, and regain the fallen The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the hometown of the Han people for more than 200 years in the hands of the Hulu, helped the Han people keep the Hulu who liked to go south to burn, kill and plunder from the pass. This person may be stupid or stupid, but he is really an upright big man hero.

Li Cun did not hide his awe, even yearning for such a great hero.

This made Li Bangyan and Wu Min overjoyed, both of them thought at the same time: "Dare Li thief is a reckless man!"

This also echoes the Li Cun imagined by Li Bangyan and Wu Min.

gallant.

Great loyalty.

Because he couldn't understand the suffering of the people, he led the crowd to rise.

Do things well.

Disdains infighting, aspires to keep wolves as Xu, and admires great heroes like Wei Qing and Li Jing.

Both Li Bangyan and Wu Min, who are quick-witted, can find evidence.

This evidence is the name of Huben Army.

Tigers, the generals of the imperial guards, are also warriors.

Li Bangyan and Wu Min even made up their minds that Li Cun may have wanted to build a strong army at the beginning, wait for the imperial court to send down Zhaoan, then fight for the country, become the emperor's personal guard, and then recover Yan for the emperor like Wei Qing and Li Jing Cloud sixteen prefectures, and then go north to conquer Mobei, seal wolves to live in Xu, and wrap corpses in horse leather.

It's a pity that later, when good fortune tricked others, Li Cun suddenly discovered that he who wanted to be the emperor's personal guard turned out to be the emperor's personal guard.

Li Bangyan and Wu Min couldn't help but beat their feet and chests in their hearts after thinking about it like this!

——Li Bangyan and Wu Min thought to themselves, as long as Tong Guan and the others are a little bit stronger, this Wu Guogong in front of him is the Great General of the Song Dynasty!

But after Li Cun was "moved", he calmed down again, and then said "bluntly": "What you said really moved me, but it is not what it used to be. There are tens of millions of people behind me. How can I Regardless of their safety, risk taking territory for your family."

When Wu Min heard this, he quickly corrected Li Cun and said, "It's not about seizing territory for our Great Song Dynasty, but our Great Song Dynasty exchanged the territory of the five roads south of Qinling-Huaihe River with Wu Guogong for the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the three prefectures of Pingluanying. .”

Li Cun sneered: "Qinling-Huaihe South Five Road is at my hand, I can get it at my fingertips, why do you need your family to send me?"

Wu Min argued: "Wu Guogong's words are wrong. If my Great Song Dynasty doesn't care about the northern border, and transfers the tens of millions of troops on the northern border back to the five roads south of Qinling-Huaihe River, and calls on the people to resist on the scorched earth, don't say that Wu Guogong may not be able to do it." Even if Wu Guogong finally got the five routes, the territory of the five routes has been scorched by the flames of war, devastated, full of refugees, ten rooms and nine empty, I am afraid that it may not be able to recover in ten years."

Then, Wu Min's tone changed: "However, if you and I reach a peace agreement, our Great Song Dynasty will withdraw from the five routes south of Qinling-Huai River, and then call on the wealthy gentry that Wu Guogong dislikes to withdraw from the five routes. Let’s take a step back and say that even at that time, there were some gentry and nobles who were reluctant to withdraw from their homeland and would not be able to achieve great things without my great Song army commander.”

Speaking of this, Wu Min said temptingly: "At this time, Wu Guogong can completely occupy the five routes south of Qinling-Huaihe River without bloodshed, and then Qinling-Huaihe South will be owned by Wu Guogong. You and I will divide the north and the south. Wouldn't it be beautiful if the well water did not interfere with the river water?"

After listening, Li Cun tasted it and said, "It makes sense."

As soon as Li Bangyan and Wu Min showed joy, Li Cun changed his tone: "However, if I lead an army to the north, my home will be empty. When you are here, your family takes advantage of my empty home and leads an army to the south to seize my territory. Then I am the most stupid person in history." Huh?"

"This……"

Li Bangyan and Wu Minxin said: "If you weren't the number one idiot in the ages, I, Da Song, would be in danger."

Wu Min gritted his teeth fiercely, and said, "If Duke Wu doesn't believe in our Great Song, our Great Song can first withdraw the troops from Huainan, Jingxiang, and Xiangxiang to show our sincerity."

As soon as Wu Min said this, Li Bangyan couldn't help being surprised, because this condition has exceeded the bottom line Zhao Ji gave them.

Li Bangyan quickly looked at Wu Min.

At the same time, Wu Min also looked at Li Bangyan, and then said to Li Bangyan with his lips under the cover of Fuguan: "If you don't give it to him, you can take it yourself."

Li Bangyan immediately understood what Wu Min meant. Since Li Cun could seize the Qinling-Huaihe South Road by himself, they might as well take the initiative to withdraw from the Qinling-Huaihe River South Road as a bargaining chip.

It's not that Li Bangyan doesn't know, things are definitely not as simple as Wu Min imagined.

But the two sides have already talked about this, if Wu Min refuses to make this promise, there will be no further talk.

The point is, no matter what Li Bangyan and Wu Min negotiated, Zhao Ji and the civil and military officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty had to confirm it in the end.

If Zhao Ji and the civil and military officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty did not recognize the conditions negotiated by Li Bangyan and Wu Min, the peace treaty could not be completed at all, let alone implemented.

So Li Bangyan didn't stop Wu Min from continuing.

Wu Min continued: "Wu Guogong has five roads south of Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River, so he can build another line of defense on the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River. With one more line of defense than before, Wu Guogong's territory is always safe, right?"

A smile finally appeared on Li Cun's face, and he nodded: "It's kind of sincere."

Seeing Li Cun let go, Li Bangyan and Wu Min wanted to breathe a sigh of relief again.

But who would have thought that Li Cun was not satisfied: "But it's not enough."

This time Li Cun finally explained with some sincerity: "Take the five Qinling-Huaihe south roads that I can get at my fingertips, and exchange for the sixteen states of Yanyun and the three states of Pingluanying that I have to pay for. No matter how you look at it, I am at a disadvantage, and I cannot explain to my subjects."

Seeing that he was almost able to persuade Li Cun, Li Bangyan also showed his hole card: "If this matter is carried out, I, Zhao Song, can canonize Wu Guogong as emperor."

This canonization is not the canonization of a big country to a small country, but the canonization of a big country acknowledging that you are also a big country.

The most typical example is that after the rise of the Kingdom of Jin, it took the initiative to ask the Liao Kingdom to confer Wanyan Aguda as emperor, but Yelu Yanxi did not want Wanyan Aguda, his former slave, to be equal to him, and refused to confer Wanyan Aguda as emperor , the Jurchens continued to fight south in a fit of anger, causing the Liao Kingdom to be defeated again and again.

In other words, this canonization is mainly to recognize your country and your emperor, and the two countries can conduct state-to-state exchanges.

Li Cun, who has always been pragmatic, is not interested in such a false name.

Therefore, Li Cun still shook his head, expressing that it was not enough.

Li Bangyan gritted his teeth, and said again: "I, Song Dynasty, can marry an imperial concubine and the governor."

But Li Cun still disagreed: "I already have a regular wife, and if your imperial concubine comes, she can only be a concubine. However, even if your imperial concubine comes to be my concubine, it is not enough for me to explain to my subjects."

Li Bangyan also went all out this time: "My family can donate some old coins to the governor. How much will you and I discuss slowly, how about it?"

Li Cun felt that the bottom line of the Zhao Song Dynasty was almost reached, so he said: "Well... the old coins are fine, and your family can just give me 1000 million gold and silver."

Li Bangyan said anxiously: "My family doesn't have so much gold and silver. The governor should not joke."

Li Cun smiled faintly: "Five seasons lost the map, ignorance and emptiness. The ancestors of art built the country, and the foundation was to recruit scholars. The mother was generous, and she had to follow the legacy. If I can't overcome this, how can I succeed. Dragon and tiger prosper, Shanhe is the capital of the country. Guichou Yanbaozuo, Fengde reveals the magic talisman. Daosheng Yao consults Yue, Gong Gao Yu knows Tu. Nine layers of squares hold elephants, thousands of miles Ding Huan area."

As soon as Li Cun wrote this poem, Li Bangyan knew immediately that he had lost again.

When Li Cun read this poem, it pointed directly to the internal library of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

The so-called Nei Zang library is actually the sealed pile library set up by Zhao Kuangyin when he was alive. It is also called Fengchun library.

The Zhao Song Dynasty’s obsession with the Yanyun Sixteen States has actually begun since the time of Zhao Kuangyin. Of course, if you go further, say from Chai Rong, or even the monarchs of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms earlier It's okay to start.

In short, recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is something that all Han monarchs have been thinking about.

In the period of Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin also had a grudge about the fact that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun fell into the hands of the Khitan and could not be recovered by the Han people.

In order to show that he was determined to win Yanyun Sixteen States, Zhao Kuangyin ordered that the surplus goods of the Zhao and Song Dynasty be stored in Fengchun Warehouse every year, and planned to wait until the wealth was abundant, or use these goods to redeem Yanyun Sixteen states, or use these goods to reward soldiers to recover Yanyun Sixteen States.

Zhao Kuangyin also left an oath: the property in Fengchun's treasury can only be used to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and must not be used otherwise.

The poem chanted by Li Cun has a total of 72 characters.

For each character, the list is the number of a library.

In other words, Fengchun Warehouse has a total of 72 warehouses.

Each of these 72 warehouses is full of surplus, and inside are gold, silver, brocade and various treasures accumulated by the Zhao and Song Dynasties for nearly 200 years.

Li Cun believed, no, Li Cun, who knew that Zhao Huan had given out this money in history, was sure that there must be 1000 million gold and silver worth in the Fengchun treasury of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Li Bangyan said a little dejectedly: "The foreign minister can't be the master. The foreign minister needs to send someone back to ask the emperor of Song Dynasty for instructions."

Li Cun nodded and said, "When you ask for instructions, don't forget to tell Zhao Ji that I still want the Jiaodong Peninsula."

No matter how good Li Bangyan and Wu Min's personalities are, they can't stand Li Cun's insatiable greed.

And Li Cun also felt that he wanted too much. If Li Bangyan and Wu Min were to run away, it would be self-defeating.

So, Li Cun took it back again: "It's not about letting your family cede the Jiaodong Peninsula to me, but letting your family lend me the Jiaodong Peninsula for a few years. Otherwise, there is no place for transit. How can I transport it to the front line?" Is there a lot of food and supplies, or should your family provide me with food and supplies?"

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