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Chapter 575 Negotiations
Li Xian finally gave in.

Zhang said that he walked out of Chang'an City, but now his identity has changed, from the minister of defense of Chang'an to the minister of peace negotiation again.

Wang Hua led him into the tent, which was filled with sumptuous banquets.

A large pot of roe deer meat is fried with cumin and wild mushrooms after removing the fishy smell with lemongrass.A pot of braised sand badger.There are also a few pots of fried poultry.A lamb was roasting on the fire.There is also a large long basin containing a half-person-long steamed grinning tiger fish.A large pot of sauerkraut salamander fish soup looks disgusting but is actually delicious.Nearly a dozen precious meat dishes.There are also several pots of wild seasonal vegetables, lotus root tubes thicker than your thumb, snow white and tender, sprinkled with a layer of white sugar.A plate of small bamboo shoots, with a few shredded red peppers, looks very attractive.

Zhang said curiously, "What is this for?"

Wang Hua was also annoyed, this time it was really about terms, the big ones must be contested, and the small ones should be let go, for example, the imperial court came, so they can't be left out in the cold anymore, treat them well.

That is to say, after giving this order, a group of boys, running on the mountain, flying in the sky, and swimming in the water, all caught it together, and even caught an iron-gnawing beast.When Wang Hua heard what an iron-gnawing beast was, his subordinates lived up to the expectations. In order to ensure the freshness of the food, they beat it unconscious and carried it back with a pole.

Wang Hua was dumbfounded when he saw it. It turned out that the so-called iron-gnawing beast was a giant panda.There are giant pandas in Qinling Mountains, so does Zhongnan Mountain have them?Although he doesn't mind eating these rare animals, such as salamanders, the black swan meat in the middle pot, civet cats, and salamanders, the almost extinct tiger fish.

But seeing how cute the giant panda looks, he will not feast on it.

Immediately have your subordinates lift it back to its original position and release it.

Of course, the real drama is yet to come. Zhang said that coming this time is just an early stage of the big meal.

Wang Hua replied: "I heard that Zhang Shilang seldom rested in Chang'an City during this time, he was so busy that he didn't even think about eating. Since I came here, as a friend, I want to treat you well myself."

Zhang said that the old man blushed, and that he was very busy these days, but he was busy preparing to deal with the blood camp.

But these words cannot be said, but what is the purpose of Wang Hua's extravagance?He thought suspiciously in his heart.

Everyone sat down, besides Wang Hua and Zhang Shuo, Guo Zhiyun and more than a dozen important generals of the blood battalion, the soldiers brought a jar of wine.Wang Hua patted the altar mud that sealed the altar dry, and filled the wine bowls for everyone.

After pouring, I offered a toast.

Zhang said that he took a big sip with all his heart, but he became weird again. The wine was red. He thought it was wine at first, but it was wrong when he drank it in his mouth. Taste, texture is good.

He pointed to the wine bowl and said, "What kind of wine is this?"

"Kumumiss."

"Kumumiss?"

"Squeezed juice from grapes is added to it."

No wonder, but Zhang said he didn't even know what kind of medicine was sold in Wang Hua's gourd.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, we began to discuss business.Zhang said that after looking at the generals, Wang Hua understood and asked them to retreat.

Zhang said: "Wang Shilang, this time I'm here to negotiate terms with you."

He just said a word before being interrupted by Wang Hua.

"Zhang Shilang, have you forgotten what I said to you? I don't want to be Liu Yu. Liu Yu attacked Luowei in the north just to increase his political capital. What he bears is justice, but what he does is for his own sake. And I What I am doing now is to deal with powerful enemies with peace of mind, eliminate the hidden dangers on the border, and welcome back the insulted princess. The court first innocently murdered the ministers, and now the crime of treason is second. If it is not the court, I wonder if Mo Chuai can do it Slip away safely? If it wasn't for the imperial court, now I might ask if I would have taken Zishan back?"

This is a very forceful and unreasonable statement. The southernmost China was on the roof of the world was the Sui Dynasty. The south started from Jishi Mountain, went to Bohai, and then Kunlun Mountain.Once Tuyuhun professed to be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, this part of the territory barely belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Later, with the rise of Tubo, the Tang Dynasty was compressed to the Hequ and Kuoshan prefectures.

As for Wang Hua, it was not so bright, but it was not as bad as some people in the court said.

But this sentence is clearly a very bad signal. Zhang said that he was about to speak when he was interrupted by Wang Hua again. He pressed his hand to let him not interrupt, and continued: "And Mr. Once the court disregards the country and the people, our conditions will increase. There is another one, I don’t want to talk to you, if I want to talk, I only recognize any one of the three people. This is also one of the prices paid by the court.”

"Those three people?" Zhang said in his heart, it's fine if you don't talk to me, and I don't want to do this job either.But those three people, let Wang Hua value?

"Wei Wen, Wei Sili, Wei Juyuan."

"Why?" Zhang said exclaimed.Do you want them to come to negotiate, or do you want to take the opportunity to retaliate?
"Zhang Shilang, as I said, so many soldiers were born this time, and they all died innocently. It was the first time to kill me from the court, and it was the second time to cut off my food. It was the first time that Zong and Chang sent troops. Three times, this time is like summoning soldiers to try to attack, this is the fourth time. Everything is less than three, is there anything less than four? You should not interfere in this matter."

"Wang Shilang, you can go as far as you can. Now His Majesty has regrets."

"Hey, I said why are you so stupid, not only for your own good, but also for the good of our blood camp."

The conditions will definitely be escalated. Zhang said that no matter what the result is, people will be impeached.Not letting him intervene is for Zhang Shuo's sake.Moreover, Zhang said that after the negotiations, there was no effect. After returning, the ministers would still disagree.Only when the three Mr. Wei came to negotiate, could the agreement be carried out repeatedly.

Zhang said after thinking about it for a while, he immediately understood.

Wang Hua stood up to see off the guests, and said: "In five days, within these five days, we will capture Ziwu Pass, Luogu Pass, and Kugu Pass. After five days, if the imperial court does not reply, we will officially Attack Chang'an City."

"No."

"What's wrong? Could it be possible to let the imperial court delay for a month or two, until the army of the whole country surrounds our blood camp, can't we catch a turtle in a urn?"

Zhang said that he could not say anything, and the fact was the same. Even though the imperial court agreed to negotiate a peace, the army of kings from all over the country came together on the road continuously. However, except for a few generals, most of them were afraid of the fighting power of the blood camp and deliberately dawdled on the road.

But if the time dragged on for a long time, it would definitely be very unfavorable to the blood camp.

Winning the three passes is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Hanzhong and Chang'an, and at the same time removing the threat behind the blood camp.From the perspective of the blood camp, it is very reasonable to capture the three levels.

Zhang said he was too frustrated to sit up.

After a while, I asked another sentence: "Let me ask you, what is the biggest crisis in our Tang Dynasty?"

Surprised on Wang Hua's face, he stared at Zhang and said.

Zhang said that his face turned red again, now that Li Dan and his son are both in Chang'an, Li Longji once paid a special visit to him, his words were very important, and the two had a very happy chat.Li Longji asked two of these two questions.

After he returned to Chang'an City, he reported the matter to his father and Princess Taiping, but he was afraid that the two of them would have some thoughts, so he changed what Wang Hua said about you to you.

Li Dan and Princess Taiping immediately began to think about the answer, what is a good emperor?

Don't look at the beginning of written records, there have been many emperors, but there are not many good emperors.Qin Shihuang can only be said to be a capable emperor. Without him, there would be no real unification of China. Maybe it would still be like Wang Hua said that the Europa continent has been fighting endlessly for thousands of years.But he is definitely not a good emperor. He opened Wuling, dug Lingqu, repaired the Great Wall, paved roads, built mausoleums, and built palaces. Everything made the people's lives difficult.Liu Bang can also be regarded as a capable emperor, but during his reign, he was busy suppressing various kings with different surnames, and he seemed to have nothing to do with being a good emperor.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also a capable emperor, displaying the dignity and prestige of the Han nationality, but tortured, ambitious, great achievements, waste of money, bisexuality, poor soldiers and deposed martial arts, and he had no chance of being a good emperor.In fact, counting and counting, small countries and vassal states cannot be counted, and there are only a handful of real good emperors. Han Wenjing ruled the country with inaction and frugality, Han Xuandi, loving the people, Han Guangwu, ruled the country with leniency, Sui Wendi, ruled the country with diligence, Then came Tang Taizong, who was characterized by employing people's strengths and obeying advice.But after thinking about it carefully, when Wang Hua mentioned this problem, he also gave three reminders, loyalty seems like traitor, Webster's meddling in politics, and he thought of the reason but did not think of the solution.

In such a comparison, none of the emperors mentioned above were the same. If it was that simple, just follow suit. It is impossible that Wang Hua could not think of a solution.

The main difference between these two questions is that as long as the first question is answered, there is no need for a solution, and Wang Hua will unconditionally support it.The second problem is to consider sexual support, so it should be very difficult.

This made everyone feel confused.

The second question came to mind again, the biggest crisis in the Tang Dynasty.

There are several aspects to the Tang Dynasty.The first one is border troubles, no matter Tubo or Turks, the Tang Dynasty has been unstable.Fighting and rebelling, for example, Tuyuhun was defeated, but now he has become the minions of the Tubo people.Another example is the northern Turks. After defeating Jieli Khan, Xue Yantuo rose.After the demise of Xue Yantuo, the brothers Gu Dulu and Mo Chuo rose again.

But this is not the biggest crisis. The blood battalion fought silently and hid in the Qalun River, weeping secretly. Not only that, the south of Dafeichuan only reaches Wuhai, and the west only reaches Qinghai. Now even the west side of Qinghai has become the racecourse of the Tang Dynasty.

So they are just border troubles, and the bad ones are only border people, which have nothing to do with the biggest crisis of the Tang Dynasty.

Then it is internal, there are many disadvantages in the interior, the biggest disadvantage is the increase in fleeing households, the biggest reason for this situation is the increase in population and the lack of land.In fact, everyone was embarrassed to say that if Wang Hua could hand over the land in his hands, not to mention the distant American continent, it would be Oceania, and many people could be resettled.But the current situation is that if Wang Hua does not hand over, the imperial court will not let the people flow to Oceania.The entanglement here can be resolved, but it is still not the biggest crisis.

Next came the corruption of the government military system. Now the combat effectiveness of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is far inferior to before. If it was the early Tang Dynasty, would Wang Hua dare to be so arrogant?

However, Xueying told everyone through a living example that soldiers are part of it, and good generals are part of it.Good generals can bring out good soldiers. Let’s see what the blood camp looks like before. Are they farmers, workers, or herdsmen?

So what will it be?

I can't figure it out, so I have to ask people who are familiar with Wang Hua, such as Zhang Shuo, or Zhang Jiazhen, the Song Dynasty in the distance.These people are dragons and phoenixes, with good memory and quick response. Let's see if Wang Hua left any clues when he talked with them before.

Zhang said that when he heard it at first, he thought the question was very simple. Zhuge Liang's "Example of Teachers" said a lot about how to be a good king, and Li Shimin's "Emperor Fan" was even more eloquent.But after listening to Li Longji's next explanation, Zhang Shuo was also confused.

Wang Hua really talked to him a lot, although his friendship with Wang Hua was not as good as that of Song Laowei.But when he thought about it, neither was the answer.

So now that Wang Hua started to drive away the guests, Zhang Shuo asked a question out of spite.

Wang Hua gave Zhang Shuo a meaningful look.

Compared with Zhu Wei, Zhang said that he is a clear stream, straightforward, and has a fierce personality. At the same time, his other specialty, good at military affairs, has not yet been brought into play.However, it is still far from Yao Song, narrow-minded, short-tempered, slightly unsatisfactory, and humiliated face-to-face.This is very similar to the previous Xiao Yu.In addition, there is another fatal shortcoming, which is easy to be bribed.

Therefore, with his personality, it is reasonable to serve his future master and test himself.But it's not too bad, and I know I'm sorry, and the expression on my face after asking is a little uneasy.

"Zhang Shilang, you are in the spotlight now, why bother to add to the superfluity. Remember my words, the cunning rabbit is exhausted, the lackey is cooked, and the bow is hidden. It is gold that will shine sooner or later. There is no need to put yourself on the top of the waves. Only then is it clear and philosophic, in order to protect one’s body, to be slack all day long, and to serve one’s original meaning.”

"Being wise and philosophic, to protect one's body, to be slack at night, to serve one person" comes from "The Book of Songs. Daya. Steam", and later people extended it to be wise and protect one's life, which became a derogatory term.

In fact, the original meaning is to be able to understand good and evil, right and wrong, maintain moral character and oneself from pollution and harm, be a subordinate, serve the superior diligently, and do one's own duty.

"Book of Changes" also said in the Dun Gua that a gentleman is far from a villain, and he is not evil but strict.This hexagram also talks about a villain from Yiyuan, but it is not purely wise and safe, because there is a word strict, which really means that the villain gains power, the gentleman retreats, wise and wise, and waits for the opportunity to save the world.

Wang Hua used this sentence very implicitly, meaning that you are not officially taking refuge in Li Longji now, and there is no need to take refuge in him, and he himself has been standing on the top of the waves recently, so there is no reason to cause some trouble .

If you want to be a good courtier, you should not participate in the great event of the monarch's abolition or establishment, because it is a trap and it is beyond the job.What's more, while he was helping Li Xian to be a wise king under the banner, he was secretly sneaking with Li Longji. If it leaked out, what would others think?It's not just about one person.

Zhang said that his face turned red again.

He cupped his hands and said, "Be taught."

Immediately walk away.

After returning home, he told Li Xian of Wang Hua's request with a fast horse. He didn't say any conditions, but said that Wang Hua would not negotiate with him now, and that he could only choose one of the three Weis.

Li Xian called the ministers in, and as soon as he explained the matter, Wei Wen immediately fell down and said: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible."

"Why not, the blood battalion is attacking the three levels now, the blood battalion will not retreat for a day, and the world is raging, aren't you the prime minister of the court?"

"Your Majesty, he doesn't want peace talks at all. He still wants to use the banner of peace talks to continue plotting rebellion."

"Then you mean to continue to fight the blood camp?"

Wei Wen couldn't answer.

Wei Anshi glanced disgustedly at this distant brother in his own family, cursing in his heart, stupid pig, to say such a thing, and to let the emperor stop him.

He respectfully said: "Your Majesty, it's a pity that he doesn't want the minister to go, otherwise the minister would be willing to serve the court."

In fact, with the development of the situation, he now knows very well that if he doesn't ask for help, it is possible that even the entire Wei family can be dragged into the water by these people.

He said it very sincerely, but he didn't say anything.

But at this moment, Wei Juyuan looked at Wei Anshi and said with an idea: "Your Majesty, let me go."

In fact, he was the only one among the three Weis who could go. Wei Wen, Wei Sili, and Wang Hua had no handover, and if there was handover, it was only after they were promoted, they started to be hostile.Wei Sili was in Wu Zetian's time, because the Wei family and Wang Hua were on their honeymoon at that time, so they didn't have much contact, but the impression was not bad.

So Wei Juyuan came to the blood camp, it was already the fourth day, and it was considered that the old Wei, regardless of his 70-year-old age, drove to the city of Chang'an non-stop with the fastest carriage day and night.

Once again, the hospitality was richer than the banquet Zhang said.This reassured Wei Juyuan a little, and then negotiated the conditions. Li Xian agreed to let Wang Hua worry about the governor of Lingzhou, Jieduling, Yan, Xia, Yin, Feng, Sheng, Yuan, Lan, Hui, He, Lin, Shan , Die, Tao, Jishi, Pour, and Lanchi Governor's Mansion (Liuhu Prefecture) for the military and civil affairs of the 500 prefectures. In addition, 500 yuan, 500 million shi of grain, [-] million pieces of cotton cloth and [-] million liters of rapeseed oil were distributed to the people of the eight prefectures .

It happened to be cut in half, but it was still a large amount. In addition, the surrender of Linxia and other Kyushu states also showed that the court had great sincerity this time.

But there are several conditions. The first horse administration must be handed over to the imperial court for management, but the salt administration voluntarily gave up.The commercial roads on the Silk Road must be taxed by court officials, but other taxes are automatically not mentioned.In fact, before including military expenditures, the imperial courts of these more than a dozen states have been subsidizing them.But this money did not save much, even in the future, troops will be deployed in Minwei and other prefectures, and even a lot of soldiers may be stationed, but it does not seem to be obviously aimed at the blood camp this time.At the same time, according to the practice of the imperial court, that is to let the eight states have commercial rights, they can transfer food and materials to the eight states by themselves, and sell the goods from the eight states to various places in the Tang Dynasty. However, according to the rules, it is not counted in the eight states. If you go out of the eight states, you will also have to pay customs duties and taxes.

This condition is not too much.

The last is to hand over the prisoners of war and allow the imperial court to send officials to jointly govern the eight prefectures and counties.In addition, in the future, troops will not be sent to other states in the Tang Dynasty without reason.In fact, the so-called joint governance is also to cover up the ugliness. What can the officials sent in the past govern?Who will listen?The latter one is also necessary, otherwise, will the court feel at ease if they don't send troops to Chang'an at every turn?

Therefore, this time the court is very sincere.

But Wang Hua immediately sneered after hearing this: "That's all?"

(End of this chapter)