A few days later, Wen You arrived in Yongnian County, and at the same time, Wang Yu and dozens of retinues also arrived in Yongnian County, and the two sides were to negotiate a way for the two families to coexist in Hebei on behalf of their respective lords.

The negotiation was held in the Assassin's Mansion in Zhaozhou, and early in the morning, both parties arrived at the Assassin's Mansion on time, exchanged a few words at the door, and then walked in together.

The two sides sat down in the lobby, and Wen You said with a smile: "I believe that you are like us, and I hope that the situation in Hebei can calm down and give the people a place to recuperate, so we will sit down here and talk about the follow-up matters in Hebei." ”

Wen You made it clear from the beginning that the nature of today's negotiations was set in order to live in peace in the future.

Wang Yu nodded, "We all came with sincerity, I hope we can be honest, there are contradictions, there are conflicts are not terrible, let us find a way to solve it, as long as there is sincerity, I believe there is always a way." ”

"The prince said it very well, and we also hope to be honest, this time it is my lord who proposed negotiations, mainly for three points, first, the two sides determine the border; Second, the two sides should set rules for getting along; Third, sign a non-aggression pact and see what you haven't added yet? ”

"Are trade, people, boats, and so on included in the second point?"

"Exactly!"

Wen You took out a large map of Hebei and hung it on a wooden shelf, Wang Yu was immediately attracted and walked up to take a closer look.

The map depicts the states of Hebei, as well as important rivers, in which a thick line is drawn with a red pen, and at a glance it is the dividing line between the forces of the Jin and Wei dynasties, but Wang Yu still feels a little different from the actual dividing line.

"What does this red line mean?" Wang Yu asked.

Wen You smiled and said, "It's the dividing line that we advocate. ”

"There is no problem with the western section, it is the Fuyang River between Xingzhou and Xiangzhou, Xiangzhou on the official road Xiangzhou side is Xiangyi Town, and Xingzhou side is Fuyang Town, which is completely correct, but is the north of Weizhou in the middle section along the Yongji Canal?"

"To be precise, in the middle section, we advocate taking the Yongji Canal as the boundary."

"That's not right, isn't it?"

Wang Yu said with a shocked face: "The Yongji Canal runs through Beizhou, dividing Beizhou into two, and the state governs Qinghe County on the west bank of the Yongji Canal, bounded by the Yongji Canal, so won't it cut off half of Beizhou?" How can this be! ”

"The prince continued to look at the eastern section, and then we talked together."

The eastern section is even more unusual, the red line actually went east along the floating water when it reached the fork of the floating water in Cangzhou, and extended to the seaside, that is, Cangzhou was divided into two.

Wang Yu couldn't say a word, where is this a sign of sincerity, it is obviously overbearing.

Wen You saw that he was dissatisfied, which was expected by him, and he smiled and said, "Didn't the prince find out?" Huaizhou is in your territory. ”

"Huaizhou?"

Wang Yu was also stunned, his eyes quickly moved to the bottom of the map, and the red dividing line in the southwest was also there, which was along the Taihang Mountain, that is to say, Huaizhou was assigned to the Wei State.

Wang Yu suddenly realized that this was probably the key to Guo Song's negotiations, and Guo Song wanted to exchange Huaizhou for half of the land in Beizhou and Cangzhou.

"I understand, this plan can be discussed, but can you tell us, what is the intention of His Royal Highness King Jin in such an exchange?"

Wen You pondered for a moment and said: "Although His Royal Highness the King of Jin did not authorize me to say this matter, I can tell you that with the Yongji Canal as the boundary, the main reason is that we want to use the river transportation of the Yongji Canal, and the freight between Youzhou and Chang'an is mainly through the waterway, as for Cangzhou, it is to obtain the salt field." ”

"But isn't there a salt field in Pingzhou!"

"The salt fields in Pingzhou are enough to supply the states of Hebei, but we still have the vast territories of Hedong, Guanzhong, Longyou, and Hexi, and the salt fields in Pingzhou are obviously not enough, so we must get more salt fields in Cangzhou."

Wang Yu also believes that this is the real reason, Cangzhou has a small population, although the land area is vast, but it is estimated that Guo Song is the least interested in land, for Guo Song, the biggest attraction of Cangzhou is the salt field.

"I personally think this exchange is feasible, but I have to ask King Wei, he is currently in Xiangzhou, I will send someone to deliver a letter to him, and I will know the result the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Wen You smiled slightly: "Okay, I'm looking forward to the good news of the prince." ”

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Tian Yue was in Anyang County, Xiangzhou at this time, which was very close to Yongnian County, and it only took a day to ride a fast horse.

Several cavalrymen rushed all the way with Wang Yu's letter, and arrived in Anyang County at two watches, although the city gate was closed, but the messenger soldiers had Wang Yu's passage gold medal, and entered the city smoothly.

At this time, Tian Yue had fallen asleep, and the guards woke him up, and when he heard that it was the military advisor who sent an urgent letter, he was sleepy and hurriedly came to the study, and soon, the messenger soldier hurriedly walked in, and he knelt down and saluted worriedly: "On the order of the military advisor, send an urgent letter to the prince." ”

After speaking, he took out a thick letter and presented it to Tian Yue.

Tian Yue took out the letter, and inside was a map and a letter, and after reading the letter, he realized that the map was the dividing line drawn by Guo Song.

Tian Yue opened the map and took a closer look, this is a miniature version of Wenyou's map, the dividing line is divided into the southwest section, the west section, the middle section and the east section, the Jin army divided Huaizhou to themselves, but divided Beizhou and Cangzhou half each.

Wang Yu persuaded Tian Yue to agree in the letter, after all, the pressure was too great if the north and south faced each other, and if the north and the south faced each other, they would have at least a three-point chance to win, and the belly and back would not even have a chance to win.

In fact, Tian Yue doesn't care about Cangzhou, Cangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it doesn't matter if half of it is given to Guo Song, Tian Yue is a little reluctant to Beizhou, Beizhou has a large population, and it has always been a large tax state, and the part that has been cut away is the most populous area, such as Qinghe County, which accounts for 30% of the population of Beizhou.

However, as Wang Yu said, as long as Huaizhou is taken back and the enemy is no longer suffered, then there is nothing to be reluctant to, and Huaizhou has a large population, which should be a good deal.

Tian Yue immediately sent a text message to Wang Yu back to his home, completely agreeing with the other party's demarcation plan, once the border issue is resolved, the subsequent negotiations will no longer be a major matter, and in the follow-up negotiations, Wang Yu can make a decision without reporting to himself.

With the consensus of the two sides on the demarcation, the subsequent negotiations will be very smooth, whether it is personnel exchanges, trade exchanges, the prohibition of human abduction of each other, the prohibition of the sale of illegal salt, the Yongji Canal as a common waterway between the two sides, the seizure of each other's cargo ships.

The only dispute between the two sides was that the Jin State demanded that all checkpoints on the Yongji Canal and the Yellow River be abolished, and Du You insisted on this, and Wang Yu did not want to let it, if the checks were canceled, tax evasion and trafficking in illicit salt would definitely be rampant.

Neither side would budge, but in the end a compromise was reached, and Wang Yu gave in on the official ship.

The two sides immediately reached an agreement on the transit of official ships that were particularly important to the Jin State, allowing each official ship to follow a maximum of ten soldiers, but the total number of ships should not exceed 2,000 people, and the soldiers accompanying the ships were not allowed to go ashore.

In order to prevent private salt ships from pretending to be official ships, the two sides also stipulated a system for measuring the secrecy of official vessels in transit, that is, each official fleet would make a record in advance before transiting, and at the same time agree on a secret symbol.

After a series of agreements, the two sides formally signed an armistice contract, which is valid for one year and needs to be renewed before the contract expires before the contract will continue to be in force.

The armistice was a big deal for both sides, and for the Wei state, although they knew that the contract might not be valid in a year, they needed time to prepare for war, they needed time to sharpen their army, and they needed time to make large defensive weapons.

As for the Jin state, it also needed time to transport the vast wealth of Li Wujun and Zhu Tao back to Chang'an by water, and it also needed to transport the sea salt from Cangzhou and Pingzhou back to Chang'an by water.

In addition, retaining the temporary existence of Wei is conducive to the people of Hebei to return to their hearts, and the people of Jin are light and thin, and live a prosperous life, and then compare the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the people of Wei State, and live a difficult life, I believe that everyone will have a scale in their hearts.

Guo Song signed and sealed the armistice agreement and various subsidiary agreements, he left Taiyuan, escorted by 3,000 cavalry, went to Daizhou and Yunzhou to inspect, for the time being, he did not plan to return to Chang'an, he left Chang'an in mid-March, and when he returned to Chang'an, I am afraid it was already May or June.

This battle of Hebei, which lasted for a month and a half, completely changed the situation in Hebei, and the Jin State finally had land by the sea.

Wei and Jin were actually just kingdoms, and they were each dependent on the Tang court in Chengdu and the Qin court in Luoyang, and theoretically speaking, the agreement between the two countries could only take effect after the approval of their respective courts, but in fact, this kind of vassal was only a formal vassal.

The Jin State dared to annex Hanzhong, and the Wei State was able to fight fiercely with its own court in Liyang, and everyone in the world knew that this dependency relationship had long existed in name only.