Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 557 Five-Sentence Negotiation
With the help of Zhang Wei, the commander-in-chief of the Hanzhong army and the absolutely hidden loyal minister and spy Zhang Wei, Lu Bu won the battle of Xiabian City as a matter of course.Moreover, under Zhang Wei's extremely vivid and exaggerated expression, Xiabian City immediately and naturally became the possession of the Han army.

Such news spread back to Hanzhong, and the entire Tianshi Taoist people were shocked by it.Although there is Jiguguan natural danger to the south of Xiabian, there is also Dingjun Mountain leaning as a barrier.But in the face of Lu Bu's elusive and swift attack, Zhang Lu really didn't think that even if he, the "Master", came in person and led the crowd to defend the righteous way of the Celestial Master, he would be able to stop Lu Bu.

Fortunately, this news came along with the news that after Lu Bu entered Xiabian City, he no longer showed any ambitious posture.It is said that after Lu Bu captured Xiabian, he set up a list to reassure the people, dispatched soldiers under his command to stabilize the law and order, and did not commit any crimes to the people.

Even for the common people, they also got two great benefits: that is, Lu Bu opened a warehouse to release grain for a day, and took the initiative to help the poor.Although Xiabian has buildings for the relief of the poor like Yishe, the common people did not take the initiative to get close to the Han army, but at least they received the kindness of the Han army.The most important thing is that when the Bingzhou wolves entered the city, they also took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. They were sent to prison, so that there was no turmoil in Xiabian City, but it was much more peaceful and peaceful.

But this kind of news did not make Zhang Lu, who was facing annihilation, relax in the slightest. It was not until two days later that he learned that the envoy of the Han Dynasty Yongzhou Biejia Yang Fu had brought Zhang Wei to negotiate. He exhaled, and swallowed the heart that had been in his throat for days, back into his stomach.

After that, in just one day, the alliance between the Han Dynasty and Zhang Lu was reached.Its efficiency has amazed the whole world: this is a negotiation between two factions that fight for every inch of land, how can it be like playing house!
However, later facts proved that, compared with the agreement between the Han Dynasty and Cao Cao in Yanzhou, which was negotiated carefully and even after countless conspiracies and schemes, this unreasonably fast Hanzhong agreement has been implemented very thoroughly and for a long time. .Even in the next few years, this agreement has always become a model for the admiration and praise of the major powers.

It's just that those outsiders will never know that the basis of this agreement is not based on the fact that both the Han Dynasty and Zhang Lu declared that sincerity is the foundation.

After Yang Fu saw that Zhang Lu started the negotiation, besides some necessary pleasantries, he only said five sentences before Zhang Lu signed the agreement very simply.

"Marquis Wen's army is waiting for the next day, and everyone wants to send troops south. The military system of the Han Dynasty, those who win the first rank of military merits will be rewarded with acres of land. Therefore, it is very difficult for Marquis Wen and I to suppress this matter. Are these masters clear?" It was Yang Fu's first sentence, and he bluntly hit the remaining luck in Zhang Lu's heart.

In terms of identity, Yang Fu is an envoy of the Han Dynasty, while Zhang Lu is just a sect force that is not recognized by the Han Dynasty orthodoxy; in terms of strength, the Han Dynasty represented by Yang Fu has won successive victories, and Zhang Lu Lu's defeated army has no power to fight back; when the two conditions are superimposed, not to mention that Yang Fu is just talking about the facts, even if he has truly humiliated Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu must swallow his grievances in his stomach, and he must show his heartfelt convincing. look.

Yang Fu's second sentence was even simpler. He waved his hand and pointed at Zhang Wei, Yan Pu, and the generals of Hanzhong beside him, and said indifferently: "This is someone who is close to Master. room, but His Majesty is benevolent and only wants to repay grievances with kindness and turn hostility into friendship."

Regarding this sentence, Zhang Lu could only put on a face of shame and gratitude, and bowed to Yang Fu endlessly.That scene was like Zhang Lu's family raised some disobedient little cats, ran to other people's house for some mischief and were sent back.

When he said the third sentence, Yang Fu had already stood up and gradually grasped the initiative of the whole negotiation.But it was very appropriate and clever to throw a bait to Zhang Lu: "Your Majesty also read the scriptures of the Taoism of the Heavenly Master in Chang'an, and was very pleased with the actions of the Heavenly Master to educate the people and appease the barbarians. The world proclaims the way of the heavenly master as the right way, and allows the master to vigorously promote it."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Lu immediately led a full hall of Chinese and Chinese military forces to present great gifts to Yang Fu, and headed north to the emperor.If it weren't for the fact that there were many well-dressed warriors standing outside the hall, everyone would think that this scene was just a Han Dynasty envoy sent to a loyal Han Dynasty.

At this point in the negotiation, the tone has already been set, and it can even be said that it has been successful.But as if everything would not be smooth sailing, Yan Pu, the defeated general, suddenly jumped out, saluted Yang Fu and said, "Your Majesty is so magnanimous, and I am grateful to everyone in Hanzhong. You are here to caress the people and educate them, to help more than ten thousand people in Guanzhong, not to say that you have made meritorious deeds, but you have no faults, the Han court will never do such a thing like killing meritorious officials?"

Yang Fu sneered when he heard the words, of course he understood what Yan Pu meant.Although Yan Pu's words were very subtle, it was nothing more than showing that the Hanzhong forces did not want to become the vassal puppet of the Han Dynasty: the alliance under the city has always been harsh, not to mention that the Han Dynasty has already offered such generous conditions, it is normal for Yan Pu to have such worries.

"Your Majesty has issued an edict to worship Master Tiance as General Tiance and allow Master to set up a mansion in one place in Hanzhong." Yang Fu said this first, giving Zhang Lu a reassurance.

Everyone knows that the post of general is worthless now, and the rebellious princes from all over the country have begun to overstep the canonization of their generals as Zhonglang generals, and Yuan Shu in Huainan directly ignored the etiquette and worshiped generals.This made the "general" who stood up during the war in the former Han Dynasty and sold out after the war lose his position.

However, in comparison, the gold content of the generals of the Han Dynasty is quite sufficient.Looking at the entire Han court, now only Jia Xu and Xun You enjoy the post of general.Even Lu Bu, the Fenwu General at the time, is now only a Fenwu Zhonglang General.As a result, any school lieutenant in the Han Dynasty could beat those princes and generals a few streets away.After all, the salary, power and honor of the Han Dynasty were all recognized by the whole world.

But whether the post of general is worth money or not is another matter. The most important thing is that Liu Xie gave Zhang Lu the authority to open a government office.Everyone knows that this authority is more powerful and respected than the state shepherd of one party. In the Han Dynasty, only the general of chariots and riders could have such an honor. Liu Xie gave Zhang Lu such authority, which was actually acquiescing Zhang Lu ceded territory in Hanzhong for self-government.

Of course, this is still a little different from before.If Zhang Lu's forces were just an unclaimed wild dog before, then he is now canonized by Liu Xie, which is equivalent to a domestic dog with a nameplate.Although the name sounds a lot better, but in the future, you will have to look at the winks of the Han Dynasty more or less.

After finishing this sentence, Yang Fu leisurely took out another memorial, smiled at Zhang Lu: "What's more, Your Majesty really expects Shijun to return to the shore. Otherwise, if this memorial is approved, Shijun feels that Hanzhong Is it possible to save a place?"

After Zhang Lu bowed to accept the memorandum, his face instantly turned pale.Immediately after Yan Pu saw it, he felt as if he had been killed by lightning, and he was inexplicably terrified.

The content of the letter was actually simple, it was just that Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, claimed to be sick, and wanted to release the proton back to the court to serve the old man as a filial piety.But Zhang Lu and Yan Pu, who were dancing on the tip of the political knife, understood Liu Xie's deep meaning immediately.

This matter is different from history. In this year in history, Liu Yan should have kicked his legs long ago, but Liu Xie's transmision changed the tragedy of Li Jue and Guo Si's disaster in Chang'an, which made Liu Yan stay in the history of history. The eldest son Zuo Zhonglang Liu Fan and the second son Zhishu Yushi Liu Dan planned to attack Chang'an with Ma Teng, the general who conquered the west, but they were defeated and killed at all.

Therefore, Liu Yan's three sons lived well in Chang'an. Comrade Liu Yan may have survived until the second year of Xingping because he avoided the sad thing of missing his son, which is one year longer than in history. .

However, Liu Yan has been in Yizhou for several years, but he has not given birth to a son.In the past few years, he has written to plead with Liu Xie to release his son, and his intention is self-evident.If Liu Xie intends to plot Hanzhong, he only needs to agree to Liu Yan's request. Then with Lv Bu invincible in front of the door and Yizhou soldiers in the backyard, Zhang Lu wants to keep Hanzhong, it is like a fool's dream.

Therefore, Yang Fu's fifth sentence is all about a series of requests made by the Han Dynasty to Zhang Lu.Including that Zhang Lu must declare the world to surrender to the Han Dynasty, offer money and food to the Han Dynasty year after year, give up important military battlefields such as Xiegu Pass and Sanguan, and even Hanzhong's troops are at least nominally obeying the Han Dynasty's dispatch and cooperating with the Han Dynasty's military operations Wait for the request.

As a matter of course, Zhang Lu did not refute these conditions at all, and even urged Yang Fu to come up with the agreement he had already drawn up, and signed his name in a fluttering manner...

(End of this chapter)