Xiao Ding was taken back to the camp outside the city by Zhu Yaoshi, and before entering the camp tent, Zhu Yaoshi's left vanguard, He Wuji, had already lined up and waited.

A thousand heavily armored cavalrymen were separated into two columns in white cloaks, and their horses were draped in brocade embroidered with tiger patterns, and the cavalrymen drew their swords and raised them high and shouted in unison: "Kneel! On your knees! Xiao Ding was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, and Pharmacist Zhu shouted: "The right prime minister sincerely came to negotiate peace, and he has to wait for Hugh to be presumptuous!" ”

The cavalry put away their long knives one after another, and Zhu Yaoshi helped Xiao Ding up: "The right prime minister is frightened, these are newly recruited soldiers and horses, they don't understand the rules, they collided with adults, and I ask you to forgive me."

Xiao Ding hurriedly accompanied the smiling face: "The general governs the army well, the soldiers are fierce and fierce, and the old man can be regarded as a long-term insight today."

Pharmacist Zhu also smiled: "Your Excellency is too good, and there are only hundreds of thousands of military horses like this. There are only about 8,000 elites."

Xiao Ding was stunned, and then returned to his smile: "As long as General Zhu can set things right, it will be okay to be a marquis and a king in the future."

As they spoke, they went to the tent, where ten generals and advisers were waiting to sit down on either side.

Pharmacist Zhu asked Xiao Ding to take a seat, Xiao Ding tried his best to refuse, but Pharmacist Zhu still sat on the main seat by himself and let Xiao Ding sit next to him.

Zhu Yaoshi squinted and didn't speak, but coughed first, and Wei Meng, the first Goryeo general on the left, spoke: "I heard that this right prime minister is coming to negotiate peace on behalf of Liang State, so let's talk about your conditions?" We in Goryeo have spent a lot of soldiers, horses, money and food, and it depends on how you Liang State will reward you."

Xiao Ding arched his hands: "Your country sends troops to help, my Liang will naturally be rewarded, as long as your country is willing to withdraw the army, my Liang will definitely present a lot of gold and silver cloths"

Wei Meng's eyes lit up and he immediately became serious: "My 10,000 horses and family members, you Liang Guo must settle down, this is not something that can be sent away."

Xiao Ding smiled: "Please also ask your country to make a list, so that I can go back and raise money with the imperial court."

Wei Meng stretched out his hands and fiddled for a while, and waved his big hand: "You need 5,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 horses of cloth!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu immediately opened his eyes and looked at Wei Meng, Xiao Ding hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Okay, just according to what the general said, I will go back immediately to raise money!" ”

The others were about to make a sound, but Zhu Yaoshi coughed again: "Ahem, the conditions of the Goryeo Kingdom have been negotiated, and the rest is that our Hebei soldiers and horses are begging for military salaries, grain and grass, and I also ask General Wei to go back and tell the soldiers of your country the good news."

Wei Meng went out to his camp satisfied, and told the left and right Liang Guo to promise to give Goryeo 1,000 taels of gold, 5,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 pieces of cloth.

Xiao Ding knew that Pharmacist Zhu's conditions would definitely not be the same as those of the Koreans who had never seen the world, so he waited for Pharmacist Zhu to speak.

Pharmacist Zhu didn't make a sound, but looked at his advisor Qiu Xingzhi. Qiu Xingzhi's beard and hair were all white and his body was thin and thin, but his eyes were pressing, and no one present dared to look at him directly.

Qiu Xingzhi was prepared, took out a list and walked in front of Xiao Ding: "Right Prime Minister, this is the peace condition of my Hebei soldiers and horses"

Although Xiao Ding was prepared in his heart, he almost fell from his seat, holding the list in both hands and trembling: "General Zhu, your conditions can't be done by the imperial court?" ”

Pharmacist Zhu closed his eyes and did not speak, Qiu Xingzhi glared at Xiao Ding: "This condition is opened by us on behalf of the people of the world, what we have to do is to do the way for the heavens, both rich and poor, and dividing the land is just one of them." The remaining 500,000 taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, and 10 million horses of cloth are all indispensable for the prince and the prime minister to be sent to the army as hostages! ”

Xiao Ding was also anxious, and threw the list away: "You are asking for a lot of money, even if you sell the old man, you can't exchange these gold and silver cloths!" If you don't discuss these conditions, the old man will die if he dies! After Xiao Ding finished speaking, he trembled, after all, it was the first time in his life that he was so bold, but he was also worried that Pharmacist Zhu would really kill him.

Qiu Xingzhi smiled: "Peace is always discussed, you are willing to be a loyal minister, and naturally there are people who are willing to negotiate peace", after speaking, he signaled the general next to him to drag Xiao Ding.

The two generals immediately got up and grabbed Xiao Ding and dragged him out, and Pharmacist Zhu opened his eyes again: "Don't be rude to the right prime minister, since we are sincere in discussing peace, we must give the right prime minister some time to think about it, these things are not up to him alone, it is better to let him bring this list back and let the court discuss it again."

Everyone understood and let go of Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding thanked him: "General Zhu still knows the general situation, and I should be allowed to go back and discuss with the important ministers of the court under such harsh conditions."

Pharmacist Zhu got up to escort Xiao Ding out, and when Xiao Ding returned to the city, everyone complained that Pharmacist Zhu was not domineering enough, which would make the court drag it down in the name of peace. Zhu Yaoshi summoned everyone and asked He Wuji and Qiu Xingzhi to lead the troops to the counties around Jinling to divide the fields and real estate equally, and distribute half of the assets of the big wealthy merchants to the untouchables and half to the army. The two happily received the order to go separately, and in less than ten days, they recruited another 100,000 troops to besiege Jinling.

After Xiao Ding returned to the city, he took the list and led all the officials to see Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan saw the list and threw it on the ground: "You can also bring back such conditions, it's really difficult for you." The treasury has long run out of money, even if the treasury has money, such a sky-high price, and the prince and prime minister are required to be hostages, losing power and humiliating the country, how can I agree! ”

Everyone just knelt on the ground, silent, just waiting for Liu Xuan to speak, Liu Xuan did not talk nonsense, and asked Qin Zhong to immediately draw up an edict, seal Zhu Yaoshi as the king of Yan, guard the Hebei prefectures, reward 50 taels of gold, give 2,000 horses of cloth, and strike the army within ten days.

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, but they didn't dare to speak out, so they had to take the edict. Liu Xuan glanced at the ministers: "This edict will send Prime Minister Zuo and Zong Zheng to take a trip!" ”

These words are tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Xiao Shan and Liu Gan, such an edict will only anger the other party, but Xiao Ding preemptively shouted: "The emperor is wise, I think that Zhu Yaoshi is still a person who understands general affairs, this time there is Prime Minister Zuo and Master Zongzheng, and the negotiation will definitely be successful!" ”

Xiao Shan thought about it, this Xiao Ding can come back alive, how can he not come back alive, as long as he doesn't provoke the other party, and then deceive the snake and the snake, it will definitely be no problem to save his life.

So Xiao Shan echoed loudly: "The emperor is wise, and the minister Xiao Shan is edicted!" When the country is in such a great disaster, the minister, as the head of a hundred officials, must stand up! ”

Even Liu Xuan didn't expect this sentence, Liu Xuan originally intended to stimulate Xiao Shan, but he didn't expect Xiao Shan to dare to take it. So Liu Xuan smiled: "Okay, the country is difficult to show loyalty, Prime Minister Zuo has such courage, then this peace plan will be handed over to Prime Minister Zuo, and I will prepare for the war and wait for good news!" ”

All the officials were stunned, as if they didn't know Xiao Shan, Xie Rui actually reached out and touched Xiao Shan's forehead on the way back, Xiao Shan pushed it away: "Do you think I'm crazy?" Don't you know that wealth and wealth are in danger, this list will be told the mystery when I return home, and things will take a turn for the better! ”

It turned out that Xiao Shan already had a new plan after reading the list. When he returned to the house, he sent his henchmen to find the crown prince Liu Ke, Xie Rui, Xiao Ding, Chen Hongda, and Liu Gan to gather in the inner hall and copy the list for each person.

Xiao Ding was a little disdainful: "The land on this list is divided between the rich and the poor, even if Your Majesty agrees, can we agree?" Not to mention the terms that follow"

Xiao Shan sneered: "Pedanty, the so-called will take what you want must be given first, don't they want to divide the land equally between the rich and the poor?" Let's give all the fields in Danyang, Qiantang and Huaiyang to their generals, and if it's not enough, our big families will take out some of their fields and reward them. Naturally, they don't feel sorry for their share of our fields, but now that these fields have become theirs, will they still divide them? That's the first step! ”

The crown prince Liu Ke asked: "Then Prime Minister Zuo is willing to be a hostage himself?" It's been slaughtered by others."

Xiao Shan waved his hand: "This is a bad word, although Zhu Yaoshi has captured many counties, there are still the armies of Chen Hongyi and Wang Guan in the west, and there are two khanates in the north, and his strength is not enough to change the dynasty." What he wants to do is just to take advantage of the meritorious position of the great minister, so he asked the prince to go to his army by name, and the emperor has not known much in the world, so whoever holds the prince in his hands is the hero of the new dynasty! ”

Liu Ke sighed: "I'm afraid that when he is not popular, how can I, the puppet emperor, have a good end?" ”

Xiao Shan laughed: "Haha, the prince doesn't understand, although the people's hearts are insufficient, but how can he succeed alone, there is no one in this world who can't be bought, didn't he let the prime minister and the prince go over as hostages?" Let's go to some more generals and strategists who are divided into different parts to buy them, this is called mixing sand, and when our people account for the majority, we can completely influence Pharmacist Zhu. ”

Xie Rui shook his head: "It's easy to say, in case they kill us directly, is there still a chance?" ”

Xiao Shan nodded: "What the general said has to be guarded against, but the right prime minister can maneuver, and we can go, not to mention that I also have a countermeasure to their sky-high asking price, they will not refuse."

Everyone looked at Xiao Shan, and Xiao Shan blinked: "Convert the women in the city into gold and silver according to the net worth of everyone's ladies, and you can also get married, and most importantly, after their people and the people in Jinling City get married, will they still desperately attack Jinling?" ”

Everyone had to admire Xiao Shan, no wonder he could be the head of the Xiao family, he could think of this kind of idea.

"Prime Minister Zuo is really in the chest, in this way, we might as well write some more letters to shoot out of the city, the content of the letter is to give some treasures and fields to his cronies, but there must be a big difference, so that even if they are not tempted by these things, they will make them suspicious of each other" Xie Rui will also plan and tell his plan.

Xiao Shan smiled: "Good idea, as long as they are divided and disintegrated, then the world will still be ours after all, so good, let's go to the camp outside the city first and then discuss."

Xiao Shan and Liu Gan left the city with the edict from the hanging basket on the city wall, and were taken back to the camp by Zhu Yaoshi's soldiers.

After entering the camp, Xiao Shan put the edict aside and said directly: "General Zhu, this edict is just a bargaining thing, and the terms of this peace negotiation must be discussed in detail with General Zhu and me!" ”

Pharmacist Zhu didn't say anything, and a person stood up in the tent, with a dark face, nine feet tall, and a sledgehammer hanging from his waist: "Could it be that the imperial court can't get the gold and silver cloth, and wants to trick us into delaying time?" ”

Pharmacist Zhu stretched out his hand: "Wang Tiezhu, you sit down, this bit of proportion will be grasped by the handsome, and the gold and silver cloth will not be able to lose half a cent!" ”

Xiao Shan smiled: "What are the things such as gold, silver, cloth, and silk, these will be there." Wouldn't it be a blessing for men in the world to be able to marry a lady from a big family?"

With just this sentence, everyone in the camp swallowed their saliva, and Pharmacist Zhu coughed: "This matter is not in the peace agreement, there is no need to mention it!" ”

Xiao Shan looked at Pharmacist Zhu: "This collegial clause is slowly discussed, after all, the war will always end, everyone must have a peace, and General Zhu can continue to put forward anything that he has missed."