Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 193 Han-Wu Negotiations (Big Chapter)
Chengdu, the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The prime minister's mansion, which used to be quiet in the past, is now a little bustling.

After Zhuge Liang welcomed Zhuge Jin, he didn't let him live in the post house, but invited him to stay in the mansion, and held a homely banquet to entertain Zhuge Jin and his son to express their brotherly love.

Soon the three Zhuge brothers were at the banquet, laughing and chatting freely about the joys of their youth, feeling that time has passed, recounting their past feelings, and explaining their own sorrows and joys.

The three of them are all well-cultivated people. During the banquet, they drank until they were slightly drunk, and when they were not drunk, they became unconscious. When the harmonious atmosphere reached its peak, they withdrew from the banquet and stopped drinking.

Zhuge Jun knew that Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin had an important discussion, so he returned home drunk.

Zhuge Jin's face was flushed, and he was slightly drunk, and said: "You and I, brother and I, have talked about our affection. Brother, let me explain in advance that the business does not involve brotherhood."

Zhuge Liang, who was rarely happy, had nothing to do, and said with a smile: "There is no brotherhood here. You are not my brother, but you are the envoy of Wu; I am not my brother, but I am the prime minister of the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Jin stared at Zhuge Liang and said, "I don't know what Prime Minister Zhuge knows, but what is the reason for this emissary's visit?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and said with a smile: "I know! The King of Wu wants to become the emperor, so he sent Wu envoys to ask my great man to go to Jiangdong to celebrate the king's proclaiming the emperor!"

Zhuge Jin frowned slightly, Zhuge Liang's words were obviously different from Deng Zhi's previous promise.

Deng Zhi made Wu say: Ji Han will give the etiquette to King Wu, so that Sun Quan can proclaim himself emperor in accordance with the etiquette.

And Zhuge Liang meant: Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, and Ji Han would send envoys to congratulate him, but he didn't say that he would give etiquette and let Sun Quan legally proclaim himself emperor.

There is a big difference between the two. Zhuge Jin is obviously dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's words. Isn't proclaiming emperor a matter of etiquette?
Otherwise, Sun Quan would have brazenly proclaimed himself emperor, and even licked his face and promised Liu Chan that he would devote all the power of the whole country to launch the Battle of Shiting in advance.

The gentle and kind-hearted Zhuge Jin didn't get angry, and didn't continue to entangle in this issue, but said: "I don't know if the Han Dynasty knows about Bo Miao's envoy to Wu last year?"

"I know, Bo Miao persuaded King Wu to send troops to attack Wei." Zhuge Liang said.

Zhuge Jin analyzed them one by one, and said: "But you big man asked me to send troops from the state of Wu to help. Is there any truth to this?"

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement, and said, "Exactly, this matter is true."

Zhuge Jin probed his head, tapped the table with his index finger, and said in a deep voice: "Do Bo Miao have something to say? If my country of Wu sends troops to help Han, the great Han will promise to give me the etiquette of being the emperor?"

Zhuge Jin got straight to the point of the question, and with Zhuge Liang as a person, it is naturally impossible to lie.

Zhuge Liang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said calmly, "This is true!"

Zhuge Jin pretended to be displeased, and said angrily: "Since it is true, why didn't the big man keep his promise? Could it be that he deceived me that there is no one in Dongwu?"

Zhuge Liang pretended to be surprised, and asked curiously, "Why did the envoy Wu say that I, a big man, cannot make a contract?"

Zhuge Jin changed his face instantly, showing a smile, and said: "Since the big man fulfills the contract, my king is the emperor, and Han Ying should send envoys to deliver the emperor's etiquette."

Zhuge Liang put down the teacup, and asked back with a smile: "I, a big man, can fulfill the contract, but King Wu has not fulfilled his promise!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin couldn't help laughing, and said: "Han Prime Minister is joking, my country of Wu sent [-] troops to defeat Wei General Cao Xiu, why did you say that you didn't fulfill the contract?"

Zhuge Liang looked serious, and said flickeringly: "Half of Wu's contract has been fulfilled, and the remaining half has not yet been agreed, so I can't give gifts to King Wu. That's why if King Wu proclaims himself emperor, I can only send him to show our alliance. Let's congratulate each other."

Zhuge Jin was confused and dissatisfied and said: "I defeated Cao Wei in the capital of Wu, why did you say that the contract was not fulfilled?"

Zhuge Liang pretended to be surprised, and said curiously: "Since the envoy Wu knows the content of envoy Bo Miao Wu, why doesn't he know what I want?"

Zhuge Jin, who was confused, didn't allow Zhuge Liang to say more, and said with a sneer: "Since the Han Prime Minister lied that Wu Guo only fulfilled half of the contract, I don't know what the remaining half is?"

Zhuge Liang didn't play riddles, and said with a smile: "I have not obtained the promised land, how can I say that the contract has been reached."

Zhuge Jin snorted softly, and said displeasedly: "Since you have the land of the seven counties, why do you say you didn't get the promised land?"

When Zhuge Liang saw the important point, he straightened his back, held a feather fan, and said seriously: "When Bo Miao was envoy to Wu, did he tell the king of Wu that I, a big man, would take the land in Guanzhong?"

Zhuge Jin suddenly realized, and in an instant, his face changed drastically, he got up angrily, and said: "This is your big man's strategy to deceive us Wu Guo and Cao Wei, how can it be counted?"

Turning around and waving his sleeves, Zhuge Jin pointed at Zhuge Liang, and raised his voice and said, "Let's not talk about whether you have achieved your goal in this battle, but if you can't win Guanzhong for a hundred years, why don't you promise me Wu Guo?"

Zhuge Jin put his hands behind his back, and said with a sneer, "The Prime Minister of Han broke the contract so much and bullied us Wu people too much. Don't you think that there is no one in Wu?"

Zhuge Jin pointed to the east, looked at Zhuge Liang, and raised his voice and said: "I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the east of the Yangtze River, and I am ready to fight, but I am not afraid of you Shu Han."

Zhuge Liang was also not afraid, stood up to confront him, and said with a sneer: "After the Xiangshui alliance, I don't know which country broke its promise and took away the three counties of Jingzhou."

Zhuge Jin's face darkened, and he couldn't hold back anymore. According to the covenant between the two countries, Wu Guo must have broken his promise.

After the Xiangshui alliance, Sun Quan was divided into Jiangxia, Changsha and Guiyang counties, and Liu Bei was divided into Nanjun, Wuling and Lingling counties.

But soon after, Sun Quan stabbed Ji Han in the back on the grounds that Guan Yu had taken Xiangguan rice without authorization, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat and death.

Zhuge Jin stopped acting, and softened his tone a little, and said: "The Xiangshui alliance is over. When you and our two countries were negotiating peace with each other, there was a promise to let the past go. Why do you come up with it now?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and said lightly: "I am indeed a man who does not blame the Xiangshui alliance, but it does not mean that I do not remember this matter."

Zhuge Jin sat upright, looking gentle and elegant, and said: "Bo Miao went to Wu, and I, the king of Wu, helped the Han family together. I promised the big man's request and sent troops to contain the Jingzhou and Huaisi armies. The big man seized the land of the seven counties of Longyou. It is short-sighted to fail to fulfill the promise of etiquette."

"Jin here wants to discuss its importance and size for the Han Dynasty. The King of Wu can be called emperor even if he does not have the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, but Han and Wu will inevitably turn against each other afterwards. At present, Cao Wei is powerful. In the county, it is difficult for a country to resist the attack of Cao Wei and our Wu country, and the disadvantages of it should be thought twice!"

"If the great Han sent each other off with the ritual of proclaiming emperor, our country of Wu and the great Han will live in harmony afterwards, and we will fight against Cao Wei and divide the world together. It's just a slight loss of the emperor's prestige. How can the benefits be compared with those of the previous emperors of Han? Li hope that Prime Minister Han will consider it carefully!"

Zhuge Liang groaned for a while, and said slowly: "What the envoy Wu said is true. I, a great man, can send the etiquette of proclaiming emperor to the king of Wu, but the king of Wu needs to promise me the way of sending him to the king."

"Oh, please tell me, Prime Minister Han?" Zhuge Jin asked, seeing that it was possible to discuss, and relaxed slightly.

"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and his prestige is not stable. If you directly send envoys to send you off as the emperor, how can we save the face of a big man and how can we conquer the world?" Zhuge Liang said with emotion.

"I don't know what Han Xiang means?" Zhuge Jin asked tentatively.

"The king of Wu can first proclaim himself emperor according to the alliance, and then I will send an envoy to promise with courtesy." Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuge Jin with a smile and said.

"May I ask the Prime Minister of Han to express it?" Zhuge Jin asked.

"Previously, the Wu Kingdom and our great Han had a covenant in advance. They would attack Cao Wei together, help the world, and restore the Han Dynasty. King Wu could proclaim himself emperor. Divide into two, and the East and West emperors will be named together." Zhuge Liang explained.

In short, it was you, Soochow, who asked me for the emperor's etiquette on the condition of crusade against Wei Wei, and I promised you.

The implication is: If you, Soochow, cannot attack against Wei, I, a great man, can revoke your legal throne at any time.

Zhuge Jin breathed a sigh of relief, this request is not difficult to grant, and the emperor's throne and etiquette are all sent out, can he still want to come back?

Zhuge Jin pondered for a while, and said: "It can be according to the meaning of Han Xiang!"

After a pause, Zhuge Jin said: "I don't know if the world is divided into two parts, but according to the previous agreement, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou and our Wu Kingdom belong to Wu. Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou and Dahan have The land belongs to the great Han. Sizhou takes Hangu Pass as the boundary, half of the country."

"Yes, the three eastern counties were previously designated by Hanzhong, and they should belong to Yizhou and cannot be divided into Jingzhou. I don't know what Wu envoy thinks?" Zhuge Liang replied.

"Yes! According to what the Prime Minister of Han said, the three eastern counties will return to Yizhou." Zhuge Jin laughed.

After talking about the business, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere in the air eased.

(The uncle at home passed away in his sleep this morning, and Zhou was extremely sad. There is no third watch, only two chapters, the code is not good, please forgive me!)
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