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"Is this embarrassing for you?" The eldest grandson Wuji sneered and said, "Can there be two emperors in one country?" Or do you think that the world is divided as it is now, and frequent wars are the best outcome? If that's the case, then I don't mind another war! Anyway, I haven't been back to Guan Long's hometown for a long time to take a look, so I just led the army back to take a look! ”

Liu Jing was suddenly speechless, he couldn't say, then fight a war! Therefore, he could only tremble and say: "In fact, the world has been divided for a long time, since the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, it has been divided for two hundred and seventy-two years, until the ninth year of the emperor's opening, the Sui Emperor Yang Guang destroyed Nanchen and unified the world. But who would have thought? It was only a little more than a dozen years before the reunification of the world was divided again...... We think that it is better to be like the Northern and Southern Dynasties in those years, the Great Zhou Emperor and the Tang Emperor are the two emperors of the East and the West, and divide and rule the world according to the two regions of the East and the West......"

"Humph! It's overwhelming! During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was not much difference in strength between the south and the north. The eldest grandson Wuji snorted coldly and said, "But now? Don't say that the strength of your Tang Dynasty can be on an equal footing with our Zhou Dynasty! If you really think so, then I don't think there is any need to negotiate! Let's go back and reorganize our men and horses and fight again! ”

Liu Jing was speechless by the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jiancheng saw that the situation was not good, and said: "Lord eldest grandson, fighting is a death!" And you and I have already killed and wounded many soldiers and surnames. If we have to fight again, I'm afraid more people will die! Therefore, we don't want to fight anymore...... It's just that your conditions are really harsh, so it's difficult for us to agree......"

"Brother Jiancheng, then in your opinion, what kind of conditions should be there before we can stop fighting? Do you want to say that your Tang Dynasty didn't pay any price, so let my Great Zhou's Wanxiong Division stop advancing! Yu Ming took a sip of tea at this time and said lightly.

Li Jiancheng was a little sad at this time, because Li Yuan had not authorized him to make substantive concessions before. Although he had already asked Liu Jing to send a messenger to Chang'an, asking for a formal decree to be issued to him, authorizing negotiations on land cession and compensation. But there has been no response yet.

Just when he was thinking about what to say and prevaricate, a guard's voice came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness King Yan, Lord Liu, a messenger came from Chang'an, saying that he brought the secret decree of the Tang Emperor!" ”

Li Jiancheng and Liu Jing were overjoyed, they really wanted to sleep and came to the pillow. The secret came at a timely time.

The two hurriedly got up, bowed to Yuming and Eldest Sun Wuji, and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Eldest Sun, let's be absent for a while, and we will negotiate after reading the holy decree!" ”

Yu Ming and Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at each other, then nodded quietly in agreement.

It's just that they were all a little surprised, Li Yuan sent someone to send a special message to Li Jiancheng after a few days, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? Could it be that this Tang Emperor plans to establish Li Jiancheng again?

Li Jiancheng and Liu Jing went to the door of the room, received the holy decree from the messenger, and then watched carefully. Since this is a secret decree, there is naturally no need to put an incense case and bow down to receive the decree.

However, after reading the holy decree, they were shocked, because Li Yuan not only fully granted Li Jiancheng the right to cede all the land except Guanzhong and Longxi, but also agreed that he would give the Zhou Dynasty a compensation of no more than 50,000 guan. In addition, what surprised them the most was that Li Yuan even said that as long as an armistice agreement could be reached, he was even willing to cut off the emperor's title and change his name to Tang Wang, as long as he did not hand over the territory of Guanzhong and the command of the Tang army.

"Why did my father's state become like this all of a sudden?" Li Jiancheng and Liu Jing glanced at each other, both puzzled.

"Maybe something happened in Chang'an, so Your Majesty changed his attitude and wanted to really reach an armistice agreement!" Liu Jing said in panic.

Li Jiancheng also thought so, with the current situation in the Tang and Zhou dynasties, as long as he was not an idiot, he could see that the Tang Dynasty was already in decline. In this case, if Li Tang's de facto ** can be retained, even if Li Yuan's throne is removed, it is not unacceptable.

So, after discussing for a while, the two returned to the conference room and continued to negotiate.

This time, Li Jiancheng didn't hesitate any longer, and said to Yuming and the eldest grandson Wuji: "Just now, this king has been authorized by my father, and I can negotiate on behalf of Datang." To show our sincerity. This king can agree to cede the Hetao to the Great Zhou, and at the same time take out 10,000 copper coins as compensation, I don't know what Your Majesty and the eldest grandson want? ”

After Yuming and Eldest Sun Wuji heard this, they were stunned. After a while, the eldest grandson Wuji laughed and said, "Li Jiancheng, you are really good at talking!" Ceding to us what our army has already occupied? Then I can also say that Guanzhong and Longxi were also given to you by my Great Zhou Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, can you return them to us now? ”

"What? Lord Eldest Sun, you said that the Hetao area fell into your hands? When Li Jiancheng heard this, he immediately became panicked. He knew how important the land of the Hetao was to the Tang Dynasty.

"No, it won't! Our King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is still in the Hetao, how can you occupy there? Liu Jing also said with a look of disbelief.

However, his words reminded Li Jiancheng, because he knew that Li Yuan had sent someone to secretly recall Li Shimin and the main force of the Tang army from Hetao. If his second brother led the main force of the Tang army to leave the Hetao and return to Guanzhong, the Tang army left behind in the Hetao area would inevitably be difficult to resist the attack of more than 100,000 Zhou troops led by Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin, two generals of the Zhou army. Therefore, it is inevitable that it will fall.

And he and Liu Jing are in Luoyang, and they don't know anything about the situation in the Hetao. But whether it is Yu Ming at the negotiation table or Li Yuan in Chang'an, the news is much better than the two of them. Li Yuan's approval of his authorization so quickly, and his willingness to make such a major concession, must have something to do with the fall of the Hetao.

From this point of view, what Yuming and Eldest Sun Wuji said is probably true.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng quietly touched Liu Jing, and then whispered in his ear that Li Shimin was secretly recalled to Chang'an by Li Yuan.

After Liu Jing heard this, her face also changed suddenly. He naturally knew that if Li Shimin led the main force of the Tang Army to leave, then only the tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people who were originally stationed in Hetao would definitely not be able to stop the cavalry of the Zhou army like wolves and tigers. Under such circumstances, the negotiations on our side are bound to find ourselves in a rather unfavorable situation.

After a while, Li Jiancheng swallowed his anger and said, "Since Lord Changsun said that the land of Hetao has fallen into the hands of the Zhou army, then we will also admit it." We are very sincere in reaching an armistice. For this reason, the king is willing to cede Hanzhong and Xiliang to your country, and at the same time increase the compensation to 20,000 guan. I wonder if Your Majesty can agree? We very much hope that the two countries will be friendly from now on and never go to war! ”

"Hehe, Brother Jiancheng, it seems that you still haven't seen the situation in front of you clearly!" Yu Ming stared at him with his eyes at this time, and said coldly: "Since you also know that the Hetao is lost, then I won't beat around the bush." Our conditions are: the Tang Army must all surrender, accept the reorganization of our army, its generals will lead the officers, and our Da Zhou will ensure their personal safety. ”

"And Your Majesty Li Yuan, I will make him the king of Tang and the ruler of Zhou, and will buy him a large manor in Luoyang for him to live in. Brother Jiancheng will also become the Tang dynasty and can inherit the title. The other clansmen of the Li family, as well as the officials of the former Tang Dynasty, would enter the Great Zhou court together, and after the assessment, they would be given corresponding positions. I can guarantee that I will treat the officials of the former Tang Dynasty and the Li family equally, and will never suppress or dislike them. ”

"If the current Tang Dynasty officials and generals are not willing to be officials in my Great Zhou, they can also be given a large amount of severance pay to let them return to their hometowns!" Yu Ming said at this time: "This fee is enough for the next half of their family to live a rich life, without worrying about food, clothing, housing and transportation...... But I don't know what happens to the brothers? ”

"This ......" Li Jiancheng couldn't help but feel a little moved, frankly speaking, this condition is okay. If it was when the Zhou army was in the city, he dared to guarantee that his father would definitely agree to this condition.

But the problem is that there are still 500,000 male soldiers in Datang, although many of them are county soldiers, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, as well as new recruits who have just been recruited into the army, but the number of warriors should also be about 100,000.

In this case, let Li Yuan surrender without a fight, accept the condition that it can almost be said to give up all power, and be a prince at home at ease, I am afraid that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will not agree.

"Your Majesty, can you raise the conditions by one liter?" Liu Jing said cautiously at this time: "This condition is no different from surrender. When Emperor Chen Houzhu of Southern Chen, after being destroyed by the Great Sui, he was almost resettled on this condition. But at that time, Nanchen was already in ruins, and the whole army was destroyed...... And I, Datang, still have 500,000 soldiers, and the fertile field is thousands of miles......"

Yu Ming ignored him, and asked Li Jiancheng instead, "Brother Jiancheng, I don't know if what Lord Liu just said can represent what you mean?" If that's what you mean, then I'll think that you have rejected my Great Zhou's conditions...... The result is self-evident......"

Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone present could hear that it was a resumption of war.

At present, the conditions of the Zhou Dynasty have been opened, and the negotiations have reached the most critical moment, it depends on how Li Jiancheng makes a decision.

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