Chapter 531: Bargaining

How does this make it?!

Gao Yigong is very resentful! Since the founding of the country, Dashun has rewarded farmers and mulberries lightly, and at the same time reclaimed wasteland in Huguang, Henan and other places in Shaanxi Province to restore water conservancy and help the victims. If it weren't for the purpose of raising money, grain, cattle and horses, why let He Jin, Yuan Zongdi and others brave the wind and snow to fight the Mongols and Tibetans in Qinghai? If there is enough grain, grass and silver in his hands, why did Wu Xing raid the homes of countless Jin merchants in Shanxi one after another to raise grain and salary?

Now Nanyue Jun took out Chongzhen's IOU and said to Da Shunjun, if you want to take over from Chongzhen as the master of this great tomorrow, you have to admit that Chongzhen owes us money, and then pay the principal and interest for him. Is there still such a truth in this world?

The negotiations have reached an inevitable impasse for a while!

This is also Gao Yigong, a thief from a peasant, and the pattern of buns is too narrow! How could he formulate that in the history of Li Shouhan, more than 200 years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, no matter the change of dynasty or regime change in the land of Shenzhou, whether it was the forerunner in Nanjing, or Yuan Datou in Beijing, or when other marshals entered the city of Beijing, they must first make a solemn commitment to the international community, "We are willing to undertake all the obligations of the previous dynasty, recognize various treaties, and borrow money." "At this point, the best and most personable person has to be said to be the principal.

In 1939, more than a year after Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government, was captured by the Japanese, the principal was still urging the then finance minister to pay the relevant expenses of Gengzi's indemnity to the Japanese on time. In order to ensure our image and credibility internationally. It was also lest the Japanese planes lacked fuel and bombs, the artillery had no shells, and the soldiers' bayonets were not sharp enough.

At this time, it had been seven or eight years since the entire Northeast had fallen. Who can match this kind of statesmanship? That's why principals are internationally respected. There is credit! It wasn't until the librarian of Peking University who came out of the countryside of Hunan came to power that he was a scoundrel and a hooligan who denied all kinds of treaties and loans between China and the world. On the surface, it was a loan that could have been repaid by children and grandchildren in hundreds of years, but it turned out to be in exchange for decades of blockade and embargo, alas! The pattern and demeanor of a politician are very important!

The two sides sat on either side of the table, staring at each other in a stalemate.

After a while, Wu Ruyi, the head of the imperial camp, opened his mouth to break the deadlock: "Lin Da Shopkeeper, you said the thoughts and requirements of your host and your army, don't you listen to Your Majesty's grace to your army and your host?" ”

Wu Ruyi has always served as a Chinese officer, the head of the Chinese army, and the head of the old camp in the camp, and it is not his specialty to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it is indeed his strength to deal with all kinds of coarse and complicated contradictions and reconcile problems. According to the logic of asking for money on the spot, Wu Ruyi naturally thought that the Nanyue Army had set its own conditions and sold them at the price. I want Dashun to show his sincerity.

Facing the olive branch handed out by Wu Ruyi, oh, no, at this time, I probably don't know what an olive branch is in the land of China! It should be a sachet or handkerchief thrown out. Lin Wenbing naturally can't turn people away thousands of miles away. asked with a smile right away.

"Your Majesty intends to officially assign the land in Hanoi occupied by Li Huayu's troops in Shandong Province to the jurisdiction of your army. However, officials above the state and county level had to go to the car to thank them, and the taxes of the people of Hanoi were paid to the imperial court. The imperial court was responsible for the food and supply of the military horses there. ”

The so-called land of Hanoi refers to Hanoi County. In a broad sense, it refers to the area north of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, which is about equivalent to the area north of the Yellow River and east of Taihang in Henan. It also includes places such as Russi and the Daimyo's Mansion. Li Zicheng's plan was to use this area as a buffer zone between the Dashun army and the Nanyue army.

"Is that all?" Lin Wenbing's face was unwavering, "If that's the case, then it doesn't mean anything." At present, all the states and counties are under the control of our army, so why bother with the thoughts of the generalissimo of labor?! Lin Wenbing's words were also very polite. Anyway, these territories are controlled under our guns, are you Li Zicheng so giving away a favor from the bears? Do you also plan to take away the money, food, taxes, and the right to appoint and dismiss officials from these places? It's beautiful to think about!

"Your Excellency has made mutual protection in the southeast throughout the Yangtze River, and Your Majesty has also recognized it. As long as these places change their banners and become the jurisdiction of Dashun, the emperor will treat them equally. With Xiaogushan as the boundary, the land west of Xiaogushan belongs to Dashun, and the east of Xiaogushan is controlled by Guidongjia. In addition, the title of Liang Guogong given to your family by the Ming Dynasty was intentionally abolished by the emperor and replaced by the lord of Jiangnan. ”

"Jiangnan Lord?" Lin Wenbing almost didn't laugh out loud. Thanks to Li Zicheng's several important ministers, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and others are still famous for their achievements. Don't you know that the lord of Jiangnan is the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu, who went to the emperor and changed his name after giving in to Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty? ! This is an extremely taboo name for the death of the country. Are you Dashun planning to turn our Southern Yue Army into the Southern Tang Dynasty and Li Shouhan into Li Yu? It's a pity that our lord is a good hand at making money and food and paying taxes lightly, clearing wasteland to clear thorns, and smelting steel and making guns, but the only thing that can't be is poetry and songs.

However, is there the name of the lord of the south of the Yangtze River, from Shandong along the canal to the south, on both sides of the Huai River, south of the Yellow River, and in the Yangtze River basin, which city is not only Li Shouhan and the Nanyue army are the leaders? Especially in Gannan and Biyuan to the south of the Yangtze River, officials below the state and county level have begun to gradually become officials of the Southern Guangdong Army, and the kind of rural politics controlled by the gentry and large households has gradually been squeezed out. Therefore, whether there is an empty name of the lord of Jiangnan or not is of little significance to Li Shouhan and the Nanyue army.

"My lord is not short of those taels of gold." Lin Wenbing also bluntly responded to the kindness released by Wu Ruyi.

"So, are your hosts and your army going to resist the heavenly soldiers to the end?" The anger in Gao Yigong's chest was on the verge of exploding.

"Resist the Heavenly Soldiers?" Lin Wenbing smiled, and under the reflection of the lights, he couldn't tell whether his expression was sarcastic or sarcastic. "It is we who have come out of Shangluo Mountain to supply your army with knives, guns, equipment, armor, grain, rice, and medicines. It is we who have conquered cities and territories in Henan and raised supplies, food, and gunpowder for your army. It is still us who help your army turn all kinds of useless things into cash, and buy much-needed supplies everywhere. Uncle Gao's words seem to have forgotten the friendship between your and our armies, right?! ”

"Friendship? It seems that I broke into the camp and gave your army a full price! Referring to this period of the past, Gao Yigong was full of anger. It is no wonder that people are easy to remember resentment, remember a grain of sand in the porridge rice, but selectively forget, without this bowl of hot porridge, you may have a hard time surviving the cold winter night. At this time, Gao Yigong only remembered the fact that he handed over a truckload of seized gold and silver goods, as well as the population that could not be digested by the camp, to Long Shengxing in exchange for weapons, food and medicine. But he never thought about what these supplies meant to the rapidly expanding camp.

"Since Uncle Gao talked about the business between us, and it just so happens that Lin is in charge of Tao Zhu's affairs on the orders of the lord, let's talk about the business between us." Lin Wenbing snorted, took his book of protection from the attachΓ© standing on the side, took out a fold and began to calculate the number of trade transactions between the Nanyue Army and the Dashun Army for Gao Yigong and Wu Ruyi.

The number of groups was reported, and the originally high heads of Gao Yigong and Wu Ruyi gradually lowered, and the arrogance that had been aroused by the constant victories since the eastward crossing of the Yellow River suddenly poured out like a pig's urine bubble punctured by a needle.

"I won't talk about all kinds of grains and rice, the names and types of products, there are too many and too messy. Every year, it is around nearly 10 million stones. Salt, 200,000 stones, feeding horse beans, 600,000 stones. Gunpowder, 150,000 barrels. cloth of all colors, one hundred and twenty seventy eighty thousand. All kinds of armor, five to seventy thousand sets. Spearheads, 60,000 to 100,000. Bows, 50,000 sheets, arrows, millions. As for all kinds of meat porcelain jars, cured meat and duck cured meat, it is no less than millions of catties every year! ”

As for artillery, guns and other things, Gao Yigong and Wu Ruyi no longer had the heart to listen to it. During the period of the camp and the current Dashun army, they were all in charge of the Chinese army and were responsible for money and food affairs. It is clearer than anyone what these supplies mean for the camp. If there are no such materials, I am afraid that the camp will not be able to sustain itself.

"Two uncles, do you know that my lord has entered Beijing every time, and there are people in Beijing who are trying to disadvantage my lord. What precautions has my lord done? ”

"I would like to listen to the teachings of the treasurer of Lin Da." Unconsciously, Gao Yigong's momentum was invisibly struck by Lin Wenbing, and his words were much more polite.

"Actually, there is nothing. The guards stationed outside the city, as long as they heard that the city was unfavorable to the lord, immediately went east to Tongzhou, that is, the city behind a certain family, and burned all the boats on the wharf, the grain in the warehouses everywhere, and blew up several adjacent canal locks. Then go to Tianjin to meet the sailors. After receiving the news, the sailor immediately went south to deliver the letter, and the sailor of our Nanyue Army would immediately blockade the Yangtze River and cut off the canal waterway. Jingshi, hehe! As long as you are not afraid of becoming a dead city full of hunger, you can only make up your mind to my lord! ”

Lin Wenbing's hand is called knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. On the surface, it was about how to ensure Li Shouhan's personal safety in the struggle between the various factions in the court, but it showed his hideous fangs to Gao Yigong and Dashun behind him.

If you dare not agree to our terms, we can also cut off the Yellow River and stop trading with you. It was even possible to order the sailors to go north along the Yangtze River and capture the granaries of the Dashun army, Huguang, De'an, Zhongxiang, Jingzhou and other places. Let you starve to death in this desolate Central Plains and the North!

Although the Dashun Army had already begun to reclaim land in Henan, Huguang, Shaanxi, and other places, to restore the farmland and water conservancy facilities that had been damaged by successive disasters and wars, and to restore agriculture and mulberry as much as possible, these activities could not be achieved overnight.

What's more, at this time, the average yield per mu in the north is very low, but the yield per mu is 2.31 stones. It's still a good time. With such a level of yield per mu, if the grain source in Nanzhong is cut off, and there are still large areas of cotton planting fields in the jurisdiction of the Dashun Army, the loss of this entry and exit will be huge! Military supplies and civilian food have become problems. If it doesn't work, another popular uprising will break out!

The grain of 2.31 stone should not only ensure the rations and seeds of the peasants themselves, but also ensure the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses of the Dashun army. These four-legged guys have a lot of appetite than two-legged guys. According to the record of the sixth year of Wanli in the "Wanli Huidian of the Ming Dynasty", the Huguang area, which is known as Huguang and the world's fullest, is only more than 2.2 million hectares of land. With a high-grain production area like Huguang, it may not be able to feed hundreds of thousands of out-of-production troops, I really don't know how any region can train tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses in the world?!

If it is not done well, Zhang Xianzhong of the Great Western Army who confronted the Dashun Army in Qinling, and Zuo Liangyu, who was struggling to breathe in Wuchang, will instantly turn into two mad dogs and pounce on the Dashun Army to bite the Dashun Army madly, until they bite the Dashun Army to death!

The so-called barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, if they go back a few years, Gao Yigong will definitely not take Lin Wenbing's false words and intimidation in his eyes, if you want to fight, you will fight, and if you want to stop trade, stop trade! Once the trade stops, although I have no food and no weapons to supply, you will also have no important source of cotton, your thousands of miles of rice fields, an average yield of 10 stone per mu of grain and rice every year, I will see how you can solve it! However, now everyone's identity is different. You can't take risks when you think about problems and deal with them.

"Then, does your host have to admit the money owed by the former Ming Chongzhen, and at the same time ask Dashun to continue to implement the relevant terms?" Thinking about the cause and effect before and after, Gao Yigong also tried his best to calm his tone.

"My lord is far away in Guangzhou, and he is preparing to go north to King Qin. However, what I said just now is not much different from what the lord thinks, which is what the eldest young marshal of my family explained in person in Jinan. ”

This ambiguous answer made Gao Yigong quite satisfied. In his opinion, Li Shouhan's sharp soldiers and horses in the south, and the conditions put forward by Li Huayu in Jinan are nothing more than measures and means taken to extort more benefits here in Dashun.

However, no matter how Gao Yigong and Wu Ruyi threatened and lured, laid the facts to reason, and knew the righteousness of the world, Lin Wenbing's head was like a rattle. Let you say the great heavens, do not agree to admit the account owed by Chongzhen to the king of Hades, do not promise to repay the money for Chongzhen that can never be repaid, and do not want the Nanyue army to show a little submission or support to the Dashun army.

Dozens of miles away, the negotiations between Zhang Nai and Luo Hu and Tan Chery and Luo Mingzu did not go very smoothly.

Taking advantage of the aftermath of the defeat of Gu Ying, Tan Chery and Luo Mingzu were dismissive of the will of the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng brought by Zhang Nai to appease the two of them.

In the eyes of the two of them, as long as the Luo Hu junior brother in the Dashun army does not move, the rest of the battalions and departments are nothing more than that! Even if Liu Zongmin came in person, he could only go back in front of the new military camp.

As long as they hold the only way to connect the Jingshi with the outside world under this entry, no matter which direction the reinforcements arrive, they are all meritorious people who defend the city. If the Beijing division is not guaranteed and the emperor is touring south, then they are even more duty-bound to escort the meritorious people who go south from the dragon.

Compared with these two great credits, the price offered by Zhang Nai is a little insignificant. However, the original officials will remain in office, and after the emperor enters the city, he will award them knighthoods according to their dedication to the city. Joke! Lao Tzu himself is the earl of the Ming Dynasty, can you give Lao Tzu a prince after dedicating the capital division? !

When the east showed a touch of fish belly white, the negotiation or bargaining activities between the two sides finally could not go on. Zhang Nai's anger rose, "Huzi, let's go back and report to the emperor." Let's just say that you and my brother are incompetent, and they failed to appease the two generals, so they had to make meritorious contributions and go into battle to atone for their crimes! ”

Without waiting for Luo Hu to speak, Luo Mingzu on the side answered with a smile: "Please rest assured, General Zhang, we are friends and brothers here." If the general came with men and cannons, we two brothers would definitely be warmly welcomed. We're done fighting on the battlefield, and we're still brothers. ”

These angry words made Zhang Nai's face red and white for a while, flicked his cloak, and led his soldiers to leave in a huff. Seeing this, Luo Hu had no choice but to say goodbye to Luo Tan and the others, and hurriedly chased after Zhang Nai.

"Huzi! These two bastards fooled us all night! After traveling for several miles, Zhang Nai listened to the advice of several pro-soldiers, and stamped his feet in the stirrups with hatred. The yellow horse under the crotch kept making a long cry of "Herod".

This night, Luo Tan and Zhang Nai and Luo Hu grinded their teeth at the negotiation table, but their capable generals were not idle at all, urging the people and soldiers to overhaul the special fortifications near the Chaoyangmen wharf, digging two trenches, stacking three low walls, and building dozens of artillery fortifications with hemp packed loess barriers. Although the fortifications were rudimentary, they were enough to defend for a while. If the Dashun army attacked Chaoyangmen, I was afraid that it would suffer heavy losses.

Listening to the report of the pro-soldiers, Zhang Nai's face couldn't help but turn blue. "Huzi, you say, how should we explain this errand to our father?!"

The two of them didn't say anything all the way, just to the place where Li Zicheng was stationed at this time, the area of Yuyuantan and Diaoyutai outside Fucheng Gate.

According to Song Xiance, the number one god stick of the Dashun Dynasty, the reason why he chose this place as Li Zicheng's station, "Eight hundred miles of Taihang Mountain to Beijing's West Mountain knot, so the West Mountain is lush and green, the king is very strong, and the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, and it is impossible to keep this heavenly king's breath." My emperor is carried by the sky, and the dragon is prosperous in the west, so the "Chronicles" cloud: "Eighteen children sit down". Now Dingding Chang'an, not only because Shaanxi is the land of the emperor's mulberry, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, but also in response to the prophecy of 'sitting'. Diaoyutai is geographically connected with Yuyuan Pond, just in the exchange side of the Beijing Division, and the holy driver is stationed here, which is also the meaning of 'sitting on the exchange'. And the king of Xishan is very prosperous, the Ming Dynasty is in decline, can not enjoy, and the great Shun righteous master came from the west, this lush and vast Xishan king gas belongs to my Dashun. ”

Moreover, in the area of Diaoyutai and Yuyuan Pond, there are not only springs gushing out from the ground, hence the name Yuyuan, but also Yuquan Mountain and water from other places also flow here, the blue waves ripple, the vegetation is abundant, and it is rare to find it in the near city. I should be transported with water virtue, and it is most appropriate for the holy car to be stationed here. ”

Li Zicheng's palace was set up in the Ding family garden near Diaoyutai.

Take Diaoyutai and Yuyuan Lake as the middle. The east is bounded by the west bank of the Sanli River, and the north bank of the small river is also bounded to the south, within a radius of about three or four miles, it has become the forbidden place where the Emperor of Dashun is stationed, and many residents are forcibly driven to other places, and people who really have nowhere to go are not allowed to go out casually, and the word "Shunmin" must be written on yellow paper and pasted on the forehead of the door. If you live next to the road, you have to set up a square table at the door, and there is a yellow tablet on the table, on which is written "Long live Emperor Yongchang". There is an incense burner in front of the tablet. The imperial camp had 3,000 cavalry, and some of the civil and military officials of the central yamen of the Dashun Dynasty (some of them stayed in Chang'an), as well as a large number of personal soldiers. Servants and servants, and the like, numbered about 5,000 on foot. The houses in the Diaoyutai and Yuyuantan areas were far from sufficient, so after Li Qiang and Wu Ruyi led the front team of cavalry and mules and packs, they immediately sent soldiers to occupy public and private houses, drive away residents and idlers, and clean up, and set up many military tents in relatively open places to clean and renovate the road leading to the palace. At all important intersections and around the "palace", soldiers were sent to guard them. One of the largest mansions is counted as the palace of Emperor Dashun, and the other better mansions serve as the residence of Prime Minister Niu and the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion. In addition, on the bank of the Sanli River, there is a place called Li Huangqin's Garden, which serves as the residence of the chief and deputy military divisions and the officials of the military division.

Originally, this place was a place where the emperor often came to play and fish in the Jin Dynasty, but it was abandoned after the death of Jin. In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, it was bought by a dignitary surnamed Ding, rerepaired, and added many pavilions, winding corridors, rockery ponds, and water pavilion docks, becoming the famous Dingjia Garden, so it is also known as the Garden Village. In the more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, the owner of this place changed several times, but the old name of the Ding family garden is still preserved. After two courtyards, to the third courtyard, there are five halls in the middle of the north facing south, there are roll sheds in front, there are five east and west rooms on the left and right, there is a temporary throne in the middle of the hall, it is a carved sandalwood Taishi chair, and the yellow satin embroidered chair is draped. There is a table of eight immortals in front of it, and a yellow satin curtain is hung. A little earlier, two rows of smaller Taishi chairs with blue satin embroidered cushions and cloaks were placed on the left and right for use by important civil and military officials at imperial meetings. Because according to the doctrine of "the end of the five virtues", Dashun is the "King of Water De", and the color is still blue, so in addition to yellow is the color of the royal clothing, the officials and the people take blue as the top.

Outside the gate of the palace, Zhang Nai and Luo Hu had just reported to Li Qiang, who was in charge of the imperial camp, and the horse team of Gao Yigong and Wu Ruyi in the distance also galloped with anger. (To be continued.) )