Chapter 342: Confrontation at the negotiating table
Three days after the mission arrived, the negotiations officially began, and the location was located in a restaurant in the luxurious area of Yujing City, which was also the property of the Chunyang Palace, and the layers of formations were re-set outside, and the Chunyang Palace sent heavy troops to protect it, at this critical moment, Lu Yan was also afraid that there would be radicals in the Pure Yang Palace to make trouble.
The restaurant has three floors, the first floor is basically unchanged, and the second floor has removed all the tables, chairs and benches, and moved a long table, each side has sent ten people as the main force of the negotiation, and the rest are listed on both sides as support.
"Pure Yang Palace Daoist, please see, this is what my Wu State needs to know about your surrender, the first point, Lu Guo needs to publicly recognize the founding of Wu State, the history of Wu State has nothing to do with Lu State from now on, and Lu State needs to publicly admit defeat, in exchange for Wu Guo's forgiveness.
The second point is about the border between the two countries, since the country of Lu surrendered, it is necessary to withdraw the heavy troops gathered at the border, every three thousand miles, only two or three hundred people are allowed to remain for normal defense, and within the border of one thousand miles, it is not allowed to hoard heavy troops.
The third point is that since you and I have fought several wars, since you have taken the initiative to propose peace talks, then you must compensate us for our losses, after careful consideration by our side·····"
The negotiator on the side of the Wu State was Geng Yunlong of the Danyang Sect, and he stated the needs of the Wu State one by one, there were sixty or seventy articles in total, and the focus was on the sanctions against the Lu State.
For example, the indemnity and the cession of territory, these two points are the most important, the total amount of compensation given by Wu Guo is 200 million Xuanjing, but it is not required to be taken out at one time, it can be divided into ten years, twenty years, or even a hundred years, and it can be bloodlet to Lu Guo continuously, just like the protection fee paid by Tianyun Prefecture back then, it is not more than 200,000 a year, but it is a very large number for a long time, and it has been paid for more than 100 years, more than 20 million Xuanjing.
And the cessed territory does not count the other five states and counties of Lu State, those states and counties have long been inclined to Wu State, and now Wu State wants the territory in the north of the original Chen State.
Before the fall of the Chen State, it was divided into two, the north was swallowed by the Lu State in half, and the remaining half was taken by the Cang State in half, and the cautious quarter of twenty or thirty years ago was taken by the Heavenly Eclipse State, and now the Wu State also has to take at least a quarter of the original, which is equal to the territory of the original Chen State in the north of the four countries to take a quarter each, becoming the common border area of the four countries.
Of course, half of the territory is taken, but the best place, the anointed land is also good and bad, the Lingshan over there is maturely developed and occupies a good place, and the Wu Kingdom can reduce consumption by gathering heavy troops in Natun.
In addition to these two key points, there are also some other provisions, such as trade, Lu Guo will not be able to prevent Wu Guo merchants from doing business within the territory of Lu State, must not be harsh, cannot deliberately embarrass them, if there is a dispute, how to deal with it, and so on.
Then there is the Lu family, the Lu family is the largest family in the Chunyang Palace, and it is also the royal family of the Lu State, and the Wu Kingdom on the side of the Chunyang Palace is not good to intervene directly, but the royal family must be replaced.
Because the Lu family is a matter of the imperial family, it has already received great benefits, at least the growth of the number of mortals of the Lu family has been very beneficial, which provides enough talent support for the strength of the Lu family, which is absolutely not allowed, after all, the Lu family has the greatest hatred for the martial country.
And Lu Guo's side is for Wu Guo's many requirements, one by one rebuttal arguments, the personnel on both sides are people who can speak well, quarreling is the same as fighting, of course, both sides are extremely polite, no matter how harsh the other party's conditions are, only quarrels are not allowed to move, once they do, both sides will be heavily punished.
On the third floor of the restaurant, Lin Xiao and Lu Yan sat opposite each other, and Lu Muying and Ye Nanyu, two intelligence leaders, were waiting on the side, helping to serve tea and pour water.
"Master Lin, your requirements are too harsh, it is impossible for Lu Guo to agree to such strict requirements"
"Lu Laozu, what's the hurry, negotiate, talk slowly, ask for a price all over the sky, and sit on the ground to pay back"
"Master Lin is right, talk slowly, but I'm afraid someone won't give us time."
"Wu Muyang and Yun Shaoyang don't have to worry, presumably they already know about the affairs of Bai Yucheng, where did they have the courage to go against us?"
"Speaking of Baiyucheng, Lu Mou is also very interested, who is the head of Lin, back then, there was only one Heavenly Saint Sect, and the highest cultivation was not beyond the Purple Mansion, when Lin Zhangmen took over, there had just been civil strife, and there were only dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled left, but it has only been more than two hundred years, and the Heavenly Saint Sect has become a behemoth at the southwest end of the entire Nanzhou, all kinds of things can be done by ordinary people here, Lu Guo lost, but I hope to lose a clear understanding"
"Lin Xiao is Lin Xiao, not a person"
"Also, if I had this identity, I wouldn't talk nonsense"
Lin Xiao didn't explain, he said that he had no backer, and no one believed him, so he couldn't talk nonsense again, if this was exposed, it would not be a trivial matter.
The two kept chatting and did not interfere in the negotiations downstairs until nightfall, and the various terms were only a dozen or so, and the Chunyang Palace organized a banquet, but everyone had no appetite, so they withdrew after dealing with it casually.
After returning to the inn, Geng Yunlong reported the process to Lin Xiao, for the Chunyang Palace, they accepted the compensation, but the quantity was very controversial, and the cession of the territory was not clear within them, and the territory in the north of the Chen Kingdom was originally divided between the whole and the whole of the Chunyang Palace, so naturally not everyone was willing to give up the benefits.
The most difficult thing for the Pure Yang Palace to accept is the sanction on the Lu family, the Pure Yang Palace and even the entire Lu country, it can be said that the Lu family established it single-handedly, a long time ago the Lu country was still wild, it was the ancestors of the Lu family who came here to open up the wasteland, hunt demon beasts, occupy the spiritual mountain, and reproduce mortals, and then the stall became bigger, and the restrictions of the family were too great, so the Pure Yang Palace was formed.
Only then did the Chunyang Palace grow step by step, and then absorb the vassal forces to establish the State of Lu, and after a long period of development, there was the territory of the thirteen states of the State of Lu before.
It can be said that the mortals of the Lu Kingdom have become accustomed to the leadership of the Lu family, and their ancestors have been like this for dozens of generations, even if they are monks, and the pressure to sanction the Lu family is extremely high.
"If you can't sanction, then divide and break up, Yunlong, you should know that the family has its own strengths, but it also has the benefits of the family, especially a cohesive family, which is very terrifying, their elders would rather shrink their clothes and diet, rather starve, but also cultivate their own excellent juniors, with the population base of the Lu family, as long as it is not a catastrophe of extermination, it will not take many years to recover, as long as there are a few geniuses, they can lead the family to glory, but they are brilliant, what should we do, this is related to the interests of the entire martial country, and we must not relax for half a point”
"Master Lin, I know that the Lu family will not fall, the Pure Yang Palace will not fall, the Pure Yang Palace will not fall, the Lu Kingdom will not fall, even if it is a year of talking, we cannot withdraw this condition"
"That's right, don't be afraid of too long, the longer the time, the greater our advantage, drag hard"
"Understand, Master Lin, by the way, the other five families of the Lu Kingdom also have selfish intentions and want to meet you, can you see them?"
"I don't see them, you come to see them, how to operate, you should understand"
"Know"
Geng Yunlong replied that if the other five families were dealt with, one-third of the strength of the Lu State would be gone, which would be of great significance to the Wu Kingdom.
In the following days, the two envoys continued to exchange ideas at the negotiating table, and the rest of the terms had been negotiated, that is, the sanctions against the Lu family, the amount of compensation, and the cession of territory.
Among them, the amount of compensation has changed from 500 million Xuanjing to 270 million, which is almost the psychological expectation of Wuguo, and the cession of territory has also been negotiated, that is, the specific ownership of the spiritual mountain is still disputed, there are many high-level spiritual mountains in the area of Chen Qing Valley, and a spiritual mountain involves countless interests.
The envoys of Cangguo and Tianeclipse had made no progress in Yujing City, which forced Wu Muyang and Yun Shaoyang to come to Yujing City in person to prevent the interests of the two countries from being betrayed by Lu Guo.
It's no wonder that the two countries are so worried, Lu Yan, an old fox, really did this kind of thing, if the two countries suddenly form an alliance and attack their territory, they can't stop it at all.
The arrival of Wu Muyang and Yun Shaoyang accelerated the speed of negotiations between the two countries a lot, and finally more than half a month later, the negotiations that lasted 20 days were reached.
Lü formally surrendered to Wu, acknowledging the existence of Wu, and admitting defeat, the two sides drew a clear line and removed the large army on the border, leaving only a few men and horses.
As for the remaining five states and counties in the thirteen states of the Lu State, they were given one year to decide whether they belonged to the Lu State or the Wu State, and it was up to them to decide, and there was no chance to regret it after the decision.
As for the conditions such as trade, there was no difficulty, and the two sides promised to ensure the safety of each other's firms, without discrimination, and not to make difficulties, and the Heavenly Saint Sect even restored Lu Guo's qualification to participate in the auction of Dao Ji Dan.
The focus is on the amount of compensation for losses, as well as the terms of ceding territories and sanctioning the Lu family, the amount of compensation finally talked about 220 million Xuanjing, after the negotiation is over, 20 million will be given first, and the remaining 200 million will be paid off in 400 years, 500,000 per year, without interest, but once Lu Guo stops paying, it will be regarded as a provocation, and the military will launch a war claim.
At the same time, Lu Guo ceded half of the territory originally occupied in the north of Chen State, which was about 3,000 miles in radius, of which there were two fourth-order spiritual mountains, three third-order spiritual mountains, and first- and second-order spiritual mountains.
These spiritual mountains are not enough for the Wu Kingdom to divide up, so the top five sects of the Wu Kingdom each sent 500 people to be stationed in this area, and there are also some business personnel, and the output will be used to support more than 2,000 people, and the rest will be divided up and down by the Lu State together with 500,000 compensation.
The second is the sanction against the Lu family, the Lu family can continue to serve as the royal family of the Lu family, but it must be divided into seven parts within this range, and the mortals under the rule of the Lu family will move out of one million people, and the remaining six parts of the Lu family will not listen to Lu Yan's words, and the Wu Kingdom will not care, but the Wu Kingdom knows that once the family is separated, there will definitely be a gap between the Lu family and the Lu family after one or two generations.
At the end of the negotiations, only a few people were left in the Wu State Mission, and the rest withdrew to the territory of Wu State, while the Heavenly Eclipse State and Cang State also left, and the four countries restored peace and avoided the danger of war, and Wu Guo no longer targeted Lu State.