Late Tang

Li Jing did not intentionally show the might of the Qin army to Yang Fuguang, but just the city of Yanjing made Yang Fuguang understand that this negotiation might be even more difficult. As expected, in the magnificent and dazzling Miyagi, Li Jing did not go around with him at all, but put forward his own conditions straight to the point.

"I know the purpose of Duke Yang's visit this time, so I won't go around in circles here. Let me just get straight to the point. If Duke Yang wants to give up the appointment of the new emperor alone, it is not impossible, but if you want to give up this plan alone , It depends on what kind of sincerity Duke Yang is going to show." Li Jing picked up a glazed tea cup, held the lid of the cup and gently skimmed the tea foam, and said with a relaxed face.

The meeting place was in Fengtian Hall, and Yang Fuguang was accompanied by Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouyi's adopted sons.On Li Jing's side, there are all the important ministers of the provincial cabinet meeting in the Zhengshitang meeting.

Yang Fuguang originally thought of a lot of words about loyalty and righteousness along the way, and planned to persuade Li Jing to give up the canonization of the new emperor today, but he did not expect that Li Jing would be so direct, without even a little bit of superficial effort, and directly cut to the chase Speaking of the goals of both sides this time.

The prepared words were completely useless, Yang Fuguang was taken aback for a moment, but soon understood.Now Li Jing does have the strength to say such things.

"I don't know what conditions King Qin wants?"

Now that his plan was completely disrupted, Yang Fuguang quickly adjusted and planned to abandon the plan he made with his elder brother Yang Fugong in Chang'an.Everything he saw along the way gave him a new understanding of Qin Fan, and Li Jing's direct attitude today made him understand that the original bargaining chips were not enough.Li Jing is direct, and there is no reason to be false. Although Li Jing now expresses his willingness to give up supporting the new emperor, this is after they can come up with an exchange that makes Li Jing's heart beat.If they can't give Li Jing what he wants, then with Li Jing's strength, he can support a new emperor at any time.

He planned to probe Li Jing's tone first to see what kind of conditions Li Jing had.

"Haha!" Li Jing burst out laughing and glanced at Yang Fuguang.

Later history books commented on Yang Fuguang, calling him one of the two most loyal eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty, and the other was Zhang Chengye, Li Jing's chief internal servant.Moreover, compared with Zhang Chengye, Yang Fuguang was not only praised for his loyalty in history books, but also highly praised his military talent.It is said that he has military ability, strategy, can face danger without fear, and also loves soldiers, and does not use power to seek advantage. He has a very high prestige among the armies of various feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty.In particular, he was born in a powerful and eunuch family in the late Tang Dynasty, and at the same time he was tired of townships, and he made great contributions to suppressing the rebels during the rebellion in various places, and he was loyal and dedicated to the declining Tang Dynasty.

For these evaluations, Li Jing thinks they are fair.Of course, in Li Jing's view, this is also a choice of interests.In his early years, Yang Fuguang was just a poor boy from Fujian. His family was poor and he was forced to be sent to the palace.Since then, he has been linked with Li Tang's interests and tied together.

Maintaining the Li Tang Dynasty is equivalent to safeguarding the interests of the eunuchs who depended on Li Tang.Eunuchs are different from other people. They have neither the family background of civil servants nor the strength of military commanders. Even if an eunuch takes eight handsome sons as sons, he can only stay behind the scenes and never leave. Go to the stage and sit on the throne.In this era, eunuchs have great limitations.This is exactly the same as when Tian Lingzi was so powerful, he still had to rely on the emperor.Although the Yang brothers also supported Li Ye to establish a new dynasty, compared with Li Jing, he was subject to too many restrictions.Li Jing could set up a new emperor at any time, or even establish himself as the emperor at any time, but a eunuch could not do it.Without the banner of Li Tang, there would not really be any soldiers of the feudal town who would continue to follow a eunuch.

In this respect, this negotiation was actually unfair from the very beginning.

Li Jing can support the new emperor immediately, or postpone the support, or even establish himself as the emperor.He is the seller who owns rare goods and is waiting for a price, and he wants to maintain the Chang'an court, even though he knows that even if Li Jing agrees not to support the new emperor now, it is just a temporary urgency, he has no choice.The Li Tang Dynasty is crumbling and may collapse at any time.Just like the later period of the Anshi Rebellion, although it seemed that Li Tang had regained the old mountains and rivers, in fact the strength of the rebel army was still strong.The Li Tang Dynasty did not dare to continue the fight, so they could only "surrender" the rebels, but in fact it was tantamount to recognizing the actual separatist rule of the Hebei feudal town.

The same is true of Yang Fuguang and the Chang'an court today. The eighteen feudal towns took advantage of Li Jing's absence to raid the Qin feudal clan, but in the end they didn't even take down a single city. Beat into a pot of porridge.It is impossible to really subdue Li Jing by force, at least not now.In this case, they not only refused to accept Li Jing, but also had to prevent Li Jing from coming to defeat them.Therefore, negotiation and appeasement became the only means.

As long as Li Jing can be made to submit to Chang'an even superficially, it will be of great significance to the new dynasty.Stabilize Li Jing first, and then go to stabilize the towns to re-establish the prestige of the new dynasty.

"There are only two conditions for being alone. First, this time the feudal vassals invaded the border of our Qin vassal for no reason, destroying my crops, seizing my food, and robbing my population. This kind of provocative behavior is really unforgivable. Therefore, as this crime Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong, the chief planners of Bian Fan Town, must be handed over to our Qin Fan by the imperial court. In addition, as compensation for the border looting by our Qin Fan, the imperial court must assign Hedong Town and Xuanwu Town to Qin Fan In addition, Chengde and Wei Bo rebelled against the imperial court several times and attacked our Qin Fan. Therefore, the imperial court must allow Qin Fan to attack Chengde and Weibo. In addition, except for the four towns of Hedong, Xuanwu, Weibo, and Chengde, In fact, for the fourteen towns that invaded Qin Fan, each town must compensate Qin Fan for the loss of 500 million guan, and return all the looted Qin Fan people."

Li Jing slowly raised a finger, and slowly raised his first request.

His words were not in a hurry, but they already made Yang Fuguang's pale face darker and greener.He knew that Li Jing's conditions would never be simple, but he never expected that Li Jing would make such a request from the very beginning.

This is no longer one condition, it is many conditions, and each one is more than one.First of all, Li Jing asked Chang'an to hand over Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong to Qin Fan, which was tantamount to killing them.This is not to say that Yang Fuguang was reluctant to part with them because he adopted them as godsons.He doesn't mind if it is true that sending two people can get the two sides to stop fighting.But the key point is that this possibility is extremely small, and Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong are not ordinary people. Li Keyong is now the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, Zhu Quanzhong is the envoy of Xuanwu, and Zhu Quanzhong also controls the Jin Dynasty through his brother Zhu Cun. Shang Town even controls Shanguo Town. Zhu Quanzhong, Li Jing's former pawn and Huang Chao's anti-army general, now holds more than half of the territory in western Henan to the west of the Bian River in Henan. Can also be ranked in the top three.Li Keyong has fought against Li Jing for many years, even if he has been defeated by Li Jing all the time, he has never won, but how can such a titan be given away at will, and how will he fight against Li Jing in the future?

These two conditions alone have made Yang Fuguang extremely sad, not to mention that this is only the first of Li Jing's first conditions.Li Jing's appetite was more than that, he actually wanted the court to take the two towns of Hedong and Xuanwu, and also wanted the court to agree to swallow Weibo and Chengde towns openly.As for the last item, asking each of the other 500 towns to pay [-] million yuan in compensation and return the looted people of Qin Fan, he didn't take it seriously.It is not difficult to return the people, but as for losing money, and paying so much, he thinks it is just Li Jing's extravagant asking price, so that he can pay back the money on the spot.

But whether it is handing over Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong, or assigning Hedong and Xuanwu to Qin Fan, it is difficult for them to accept.Even for Weibo and Chengde towns in Hebei, it was the two brothers who managed to win them onto the boat of Chang'an Xinchao.Their position is exactly where Li Jing went south, which is very important, and it is a block for Li Jing to attack the west of Henan.If Li Jing swallowed Wei Bo and Cheng De in one gulp, would Luoyang still be able to hold on?

"King Qin, you're talking too loudly. Could this be your sincerity?" Yang Shouliang asked angrily.

Li Jing just smiled slightly, and ignored Yang Shouliang's glance, but directly looked at Yang Fuguang, "Could it be that Mr. Yang also has the same attitude? If that's the case, then there is nothing to talk about. Mr. Yang came to negotiate with me and asked me to As for the conditions, I made my own request according to the request of Duke Yang, but how could you refuse it outright, is this your sincerity?"

As Li Jing picked up the teacup, Luo Yin, the new chief assistant of the cabinet, immediately stood up and took a step forward, stretching out his right hand: "Mr. Yang, please come with me. Your Highness has arranged for Mr. Yang to stay at the Diaoyutai Hotel!"

This meaning is already obvious, serving tea to see off guests, it is clear that Li Jing doesn't want to talk about it.Regardless of whether this is true or not, at least Li Jing has shown this attitude.Yang Fuguang secretly suffers in his heart, Li Jing is too strong and doesn't give him any leeway.Today, I can only swallow my teeth, otherwise, this matter may really fall apart.

"Wait, King Qin!" Yang Fuguang got up and saluted Li Jing first, and then said: "Dogs don't know etiquette, please forgive me for offending King Qin." After speaking, he gave Yang Shouliang a glare and asked him to apologize to Li Jing.Yang Shouliang reluctantly got up and apologized to Li Jing, Li Jing's expression changed immediately, and he actually smiled and said, "So, this king's little request, did Yang Gong agree to it?"

Yang Fuguang smiled wryly, "The request made by the King of Qin is really difficult. But since our family has come, we have come with wholehearted sincerity. Why don't King Qin put forward another request first, and let our family hear how it goes?" ?”

Li Jing didn't care about the old fox's methods, anyway, in this negotiation, Qin Fan completely took the initiative.

"There is still a small condition. Qin Fan can recognize the Chang'an court as orthodox, and can also express his allegiance to the Chang'an emperor. But..."

Hearing a but, the muscles on Yang Fuguang's face twitched involuntarily, this but was too helpless.

"However, I thought that the emperor of Chang'an was still young, but the world is not at peace right now. I am old enough to seek the country, and I think it is best to establish another supervisor of the country. I think that if there is a change in the temporary crown prince, there will be no trouble. What does Duke Yang think?"

Supervising the country, the temporary crown prince!Yang Fuguang's heart was beating so hard that Li Jing's request was becoming more and more excessive. Although he didn't say who to establish as the supervisor, it was obvious that the supervisor must be supported by Li Jing, or else it would be too much. There is no need to bring it up separately.

There is a supreme emperor in Chengdu, and a new emperor in Chang'an. Now, is Li Jing going to set up a superintendent in Yanjing?What the hell is it like not to talk about it? How different is it that Li Jing establishes a crown prince and he establishes an emperor?At this moment, Yang Fuguang almost couldn't help jumping and cursing, but in the end he suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Then who does King Qin think it is appropriate to appoint as the crown prince?"

Li Jing chuckled, smiling like an unscrupulous businessman, more like a hunter smiling at his prey.

"Well, Crown Prince, Vice-Prince! This candidate is very important, so I think everyone can sit down and discuss it together. There are indeed several candidates here, one is the eighth son of Emperor Xuanzong, the younger brother of Emperor Yizong, the Supreme Emperor and the current emperor. Uncle Emperor, King Zhao. There are two other candidates, one is the sixth prince of Yizong, the brother of the present emperor and the Supreme Emperor Ji Wang Li Bao, and the other is the brother of the Supreme Emperor and the present Emperor, Li Yi, the Mu Wang of the eighth prince of Yizong. Of course, the crown prince For such an important candidate, it is better for everyone to discuss carefully. However, the candidate for the crown prince can be discussed, but I think that after the candidate for the supervisor is selected in the future, it is best to supervise the country in Luoyang and set up a left-behind court in Luoyang."

Yang Fuguang didn't answer, he knew that Li Jing couldn't really propose to support someone he couldn't control.He believed that there must be other foreshadowing behind Li Jing.

Sure enough, Li Jing paused, and then continued on his own: "I thought that the emperor is in Chang'an and the prince is in Luoyang to supervise the country. One east and one west will be of great help in this chaotic time. Restore the glory of Li Tang and the prestige of the imperial court."

Today's Luoyang is governed by Yang Fuguang himself, so he will not believe that Li Jing really sent the prince to him.He was waiting for Li Jing's ambush to go dark, and Li Jing's last sentence proved his idea was correct.

"Of course, as a testimony of the sincerity of both parties, I feel that Luoyang should be guarded by the king and lead the army. The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty are all loyal, brave and good at fighting. If we guard His Highness Jianguo and Luoyang to stay in the court, it will be difficult to be safe."

No wonder Li Jing said earlier that we can discuss who should be crowned prince. It turned out that he was planning an ambush here.If Li Jing controls Luoyang, then no matter who they discuss to appoint as the crown prince, what's the point?Anyway, after people are in Li Jing's hands, what he sets up is still set up by others, not all of them are the same.

Yang Fuguang let out a long sigh, he really wanted to throw up his sleeves and leave.Li Jing's so-called two small conditions are simply unreasonable, and the lion opened his mouth.

If he really agreed to what Li Jing said, it would mean that Li Jing swallowed Hebei completely at once, and then swallowed the little half that was already left in half, and then swallowed the western part of Henan that was only half left. Swallow half of it.

Although on the surface, Li Jing just took a bite each.But in fact, half of Hedong today, if Li Jing occupied Taiyuan after occupying Daibei, then the entire Hedong would not be able to hold at all.The same is true for Henan. If the remaining half of Henan, even Luoyang, is lost to Li Jing, then the whole of Henan will become Li Jing's pocket.

There is also this damn plan for the crown prince. If the princes are finally established according to Li Jing's ideas and controlled by him, it will not be much different from Li Jing supporting a new emperor.

In any case, it was impossible for Yang Fuguang to agree to such a condition.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help sullenly and directly put his conditions in front of Li Jing.

First, the feudal towns will return the people who were taken away from Qin Fan to Qin Fan.

Second, each feudal town can appropriate a sum of money as compensation to Qin Fan.

Third, Li Jing pledged allegiance to the Chang'an court, and the Chang'an court designated Li Jing's current actual control area as Li Jing's Qin Wang vassal.

Fourth, Li Jing immediately ordered the four generals Qin Zongquan, Shang Rang, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guimou, and the Qin army from western Henan to withdraw from western Henan, and the Qin army had to move Caizhou, Haozhou, and Yingzhou to the west of the Bianhe River that had already been occupied. The four prefectures of Chenzhou and Chenzhou were handed over to the Chang'an court.

Fifth, the eldest daughter of Li Jing's eldest daughter was registered as the queen.

Sixth, Li Jing must open the canal to the imperial court.

Seventh, according to the three-point tax system, all the taxes of the Qin Dynasty were handed over to the vassal government, one part was kept by the states, and one part was given to the imperial court.

Eighth, the Qin army has a quota of [-] troops, and the surplus will be abolished.

Li Jing put forward two conditions, while Yang Fuguang raised eight in one go.In fact, when he mentioned these eight items, he was on fire, and even a few of them were very dishonest.For example, Li Jing was asked to donate one-third of his wealth to the imperial court, for example, Qin Fan was asked to keep only [-] troops, and the rest was abolished.

Yang Fuguang also felt that this negotiation was completely difficult to reach, so he was prepared to give up.When he thought about it, the conditions offered by Li Jing were too difficult, and the conditions he proposed here were simply the conditions drawn up in Chang'an. Originally, these eight conditions could not be the real minimum limit, and most of them were used for bargaining.But now, he directly proposed that he also planned to give up this negotiation.

Just when Yang Fuguang was about to get up and leave, he was surprised to see Li Jing sitting there and smiled, and said very gently: "The conditions proposed by Mr. Yang are really difficult for others, but for negotiations, there must be someone The process of the discussion. What everyone is pursuing is to seek differences while reserving common ground, and the purpose is to turn hostility into friendship. In this way, why not come here today, everyone go back and think about it, and we can continue the discussion tomorrow, how about it?"

Yang Fuguang was a bit unbelievable in this sudden transfer, but he nodded immediately. No matter what, there was still a chance for this matter.And as long as there is a little chance, he will not let it go easily. (To be continued.)