At the same time that the imperial examination in Chang'an was in full swing, Zhu Jun's special envoy, Wang Ling, the secretary of the household department, also arrived in Chang'an, and Zhang Qiu'an, the secretary of the military department, received him.

Wang Ling was originally the governor of Puzhou, and he was very reluctant to do Zhu Zhu's household book, which is also a feature of the Zhu Zhu Dynasty, and the local assassin history and long history are unwilling to enter the court as officials, even if they are reluctant, and most of the officials are not long, and they change quickly, the long is a few months and half a year, and the short is a few days.

The reason is also very simple, first of all, there is no power, the government power of Zhu Zhu's court is monopolized by Liu Feng, and the power of each ministry is shared by a group of his staff.

The second and most important reason is that the legitimacy of the Zhu Zhu Dynasty is increasingly questioned by the people of the states under its jurisdiction, and the regions outside the territory do not recognize the legitimacy of the Zhu Zhu regime, either called Zhu thief or rebel, and its own subjects no longer recognize him as the orthodoxy of the imperial court because of their hardships and heavy taxes.

It is this widespread antipathy and non-recognition that makes the magistrates unwilling to enter the court as officials, but only want to keep their own magistrate powers, even if Zhu Zhu is destroyed in the future, the king of Jin will not be able to pursue the magistrates, unless it is the common people, who have gone too far.

Wang Ling was invited to the post house to rest, and in the lobby of the post house, Wang Ling briefly told Zhang Qiu'an about the content of his negotiation this time.

"The meaning of our Son of Heaven is that we hope that you will withdraw your troops from Cuihan, and in return, we will hand over Jeju and Yunju and Li Na and his son to you, that is, we will send troops to destroy Li Na? And hand over to you the two states of Ji and Yun and Li Na and his son. ”

"Is it that simple?" Zhang Qiu'an asked with a faint smile.

Wang Ling was silent for a moment and said, "I'll tell the truth too?" If we can't come to an agreement with you, then we're going to make an alliance with Leena? Full support for Li Na? Including money, food, armor and cooperation in the battle, to recapture the Qi country. ”

Zhang Qiu'an nodded? "Thank you Wang Shangshu for your honesty, but what do I also say about our attitude? Wang Shangshu can be the best master? If you can't make the decision, please transfer our meaning to Luoyang as soon as possible. ”

"Zhang Shangshu, please speak!"

"The first is about the issues to be discussed, and we should be detailed."

Zhang Qiu'an said unhurriedly: "We should divide it into three parts: Cuihan, Mianchi, Yuzhou and Yingzhou, of course, if you have clearly given up Yuzhou and Yingzhou?" So get rid of them? Let's just talk about Cuihan and Michi County, and then your bargaining chips, first of all, we don't recognize Jeju and Yunzhou, we want to talk about Mizhou, Yanzhou and Yizhou. ”

"It's a bit difficult!"

Wang Ling looked embarrassed, when he was leaving? The Son of Heaven repeatedly warned him that there was no room for negotiation in the three states of Mi, Yan, and Yi? Not participating in this meeting.

"We, the Son of Heaven, have made it clear that the three states of Mi, Yan and Yi will not participate in this meeting."

Zhang Qiu'an nodded? "Then let's change the plan, let's not talk about Kuihan? Only talk about Mianchi County and Henan and Yingzhou Prefectures? Or use Mianchi County to exchange for Ji and Yun Prefecture? Either it is reciprocal, and the two states of Yu and Ying are exchanged for the two states of Ji and Yun, and if you want to exchange Mianchi County and the two states of Yu and Ying, then in addition to the two states of Ji and Yun, you have to show other sincerity. ”

Wang Ling was silent for a moment and said, "I can't make the decision, I need to report to the Son of Heaven." ”

Zhang Qiu'an smiled slightly: "Don't worry, let's talk slowly, maybe we can find other feasible solutions." ”

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They chatted for a while, and Zhang Qiu'an immediately took his leave and went to report the other party's attitude to King Jin.

After listening to Zhang Qiu'an's report, Guo Song smiled faintly: "Since Zhu Jun wants to use Li Na to make a deal, he must first ensure the survival of Li Na's army, if I am not mistaken, they have already given Li Na's army some food." ”

"Your Highness, do you want to leave this chip to them?"

Guo Song shook his head, "I have never regarded Li Na as a bargaining chip in negotiations, and I have already ordered Li Bing to divide his troops into two ways and take Jeju and Yunzhou as soon as possible. ”

Guo Song took a few steps with his hand, and said: "The bottom line of my negotiation is to exchange Michi County for Mi, Yan, and Yi Prefectures, if they don't do it, they will gain nothing in the end." ”

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On the Yellow River in the north of Jeju, two hundred cargo ships loaded with grain and grass materials along the south bank to Lu County, today the weather is very good, the sun is shining, the sky and white clouds are overhead, the Yellow River has just passed the flood, the water volume is very large, and the water speed is relatively urgent,

A team of slender men dragged the big boat forward on the shore, and on the 5,000-stone boat led by him, a lookout soldier stood on the mast overlook, holding a curtain, and looking sharply at the south bank in the distance, he vaguely saw a small black dot, which should be Lu County.

"Ring the bell, Lushi County is coming!"

'When! While! While! The big ship rang a hurried bell.

On the shore, 30,000 cavalry led by the general Li Bing were marching along the banks of the Yellow River, keeping pace with the fleet, and their horses were naturally transported from the other side of the Yellow River, so that the Jin army quickly recovered the cavalry army.

Li Bing heard the bell, turned around and smiled at the soldiers: "Hold on a little longer, let's go to Lu County to rest!" ”

The cavalry lifted their spirits and continued to move forward at a uniform pace.

In fact, Lu County is the state of Jeju, with the largest population and the largest city, but Li Na put his troops in Dong'e County, the main reason is that the city wall of Lu County is too dilapidated and has not been repaired for 50 years, the wood has rotted, and the city bricks will become powdery with a light blow, and even the soldiers dare not patrol the city, for fear that if they walk, people will fall.

The city wall is not suitable for repair, can only be rebuilt, at least it will cost tens of thousands of dollars, where is Li Na willing to come up with so much money to build a city, three years ago, the people of the county raised 20,000 yuan, ready to rebuild the city wall, but this money was misappropriated by Li Na as a military force, causing the anger of the people of the county, and cursing Li Na's ancestors for eight generations.

Without money to repair the city, the city walls could only remain in their old state, and they might collapse completely one day, so Li Na naturally did not dare to put the army in such an unsafe city.

There is another unknown reason, that is, Lu County was an enclave of Tian Chenghe's uncle and nephew on the south bank of the Yellow River for a long time, just as Liyang County was an enclave of Zhu Zhu in Hebei.

After the fall of Wei, Li Na took over Lu County, but the two county orders he appointed were driven away by the people of Lu County, and finally Li Na and the Lu County gentry reached an agreement not to recruit Lu County young men to join the army, and Lu County accepted the county order appointed by Li Na.

The fleet finally arrived at the Yellow River wharf outside Lu County, which is also the most important advantage of Lu County, it is the largest wharf on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and it is the most important river crossing in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The cargo ships began to dock one after another, and at the same time, the cavalry also arrived at the same time, Li Bing turned over and dismounted, at this time, dozens of gentry from Lu County came to welcome the arrival of the Jin army.

A group of gentry stepped forward and bowed, "Salute General Li!" ”

"You know me?" Li Bing asked in surprise.

One of the gentry said: "The villain has just returned from Licheng County and has seen General Li!" ”

I see, Li Bing nodded with a smile and asked, "Is there a Qi army in the county?" ”

A middle-aged man who looked like an official saluted and said, "General Hui, there has never been a Qi army in the county, and now even the county order and the county official have abandoned the official and fled." ”

"Then you are ......"

"Humble Wu Liang, he is the county lieutenant of Lu County, and he is a local."

Li Bing said happily: "From now on, you are the county magistrate of this county!" ”

Wu Liang was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "The villain is willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

"Now you have something, you go to the county to recruit thousands of people to unload the goods on the ship for me, of course there is a salary, two hundred yuan per person per day, as soon as possible!"

This salary is not low, and it is still old money, naturally everyone is enthusiastic, even the slender men have joined the team of the unloading army, and Wu Liang soon recruited thousands of young and strong men to come to the dock to help unload the goods.

For a time, the wharf was very lively, first of all, the tents and barracks were unloaded, and the soldiers began to set up a large camp not far from the wharf and install the barracks.

In a pavilion next to the pier, Li Bing was asking a dozen gentry about the situation in Jeju.

An old man who understood the situation said: "General Qiyu, there are 10,000 garrisons in Jeju, in Dong'e County, led by the general Liu Hao, but I heard that they are short of food and grass, and the soldiers can only eat one meal a day, and complained, Liu Hao robbed the grain shops in Dong'e County and Yanggu County and the granaries of dozens of large households, and barely solved the food problem. ”

Li Bing nodded, Li Na ordered his son Li Shigu to appease the people of Jeju, but Liu Hao did the opposite, arson and plundered, which of course would anger Li Shigu.

"And then?"

"Then I heard that Li Shigu went to Yunzhou overnight, and Liu Hao led the army to stay in Dong'e County."

Li Bing fell into deep thought, he offended Li Shigu, and life would not be easy with Li Na, can this Liu Hao win it over?