"General Zheng, as the first great general of Annan, does not mention his meritorious achievements, glory and wealth, doesn't he want to support your lord to be the lord of the entire Annan country?" Lin Xiao smiled faintly, his attitude was very elegant, not like an opponent who was fighting with his life yesterday, but like an old friend who had not seen him for many years.

Zheng Ke's eyelids moved slightly, and he didn't answer.

"General Zheng, you must also understand the situation in my Ming Dynasty, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, I will wait for the Savior of King Qin to return to China, drive out the Tartars, save hundreds of millions of Li people from fire and water, and return me to the Ming Dynasty. Presumably General Zheng agrees, right? ”

"Although the number of my Qinwang Righteous Army is small, but they have brought the best firearms in the world. This must be the same for General Zheng, right? ”

"What does the family affairs of the Ming Kingdom have to do with my Annan Kingdom? What is the reason why you don't want to fight against the Manchus, but you come to take away my land in Annan and plunder my money in Annan? How innocent am I, Annan Limin? How innocent are my tens of thousands of fallen soldiers? ”

Zheng Ke finally opened his mouth and choked, it's okay not to mention the war, but I get angry when I mention the war, I'm in Annan, you don't go to fight the Manchus, but you come to destroy us?

"General Zheng's words are ridiculous!" Lin Xiao said coldly

"Don't say that you have received the emperor's favor in the world, but you don't know how to respect it, and you have repeatedly violated the border; Will it be beneficial to just watch the Ming Dynasty die? ”

"Donghu Tartar is the master of jackals, how can it be humane, aren't you afraid of cold lips and teeth?"

Zheng Ke's lips moved, but he was powerless to refute.

"Now that we are waiting for everything, only money and food are missing, my Ming Dynasty has suffered natural and man-made disasters, and the people of Li have no food to eat and are displaced, shouldn't you give a little help?"

"Besides, we won't take money and food in vain," Seeing that Zheng Ke was no longer choking, Lin Xiao threw out the bait in time:

"The Li clan is dim, there is no way to rule, if the general assists your lord, he can really get along with my Ming Dynasty, and we don't mind helping."

"Once the Nguyen clan is naturalized and the north and south are unified, the generals and others will definitely go down in history!" Seeing that Zheng Ke's face was a little loose, Lin Xiao continued to increase his weight.

The meaning is already very clear, what to do is to see what to do.

"That's all I have to say, the general thinks about it carefully, and then he takes his leave." Lin Xiao bowed his hand and took his leave.

I'm leaving, think about it slowly.

……

In the face of Zheng Ke's angry interrogation just now, Lin Xiao was actually a little moved, but when he thought of his domestic compatriots who were swaying in the miserable wind and rain, Lin Xiao had to be hard-hearted, and he couldn't show any guilt.

It's not that he is unreasonable, and in the face of greater goals, he sacrifices the interests of some people, even if he sacrifices the lives of some people, he will not hesitate to do so.

He can't care about the anger and resentment of the Annan people, not to mention the Annan people who have always had a bad attitude towards China, even if he sacrifices his life, he will not hesitate and will not hesitate.

He can't think about whether he can succeed, since he has chosen a distant place, he only cares about the wind and rain; He can't think about whether there will be cold wind and cold rain behind him, since fate has given him a chance, he can no longer be a sick man in East Asia who has been weak for a hundred years!

Annan people, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the hundreds of millions of people in China, I have to wronged you.

Say I'm sorry? I'm sorry, not to mention that you and I are our own masters, we are both serving the country, but I was just careless, and you were unlucky.

What's more, are you really innocent little fresh? Even in the Hereafter, you are still restless and unceasing, where are you like a good neighbor?

At that moment, Lin Xiao thought of that sentence: "What does it have to do with you to destroy you?" ”

……

On the morning of the third day, when Zheng Nahu was in a dilemma and could not even find anyone who dared to negotiate with him, the garrison sergeant came to report that General Zheng Ke had returned.

Zheng Nahu hurriedly brought people in, although he was a little disappointed in him, but after all, he was a confidant he relied on, so it was better to appease him. Except for Zheng Ke, Zheng Nahu really couldn't find anyone who could suppress those small crumbs in the court.

As for the defeat, Zheng Nahu saw the battle with his own eyes, not because our army was incompetent, but because the Ming army was too strong.

Killing me on this day is not a crime of war!

After some secret talks, Zheng Nahu listened to the Mingren meaning conveyed by Zheng Ke and felt that the result was not bad.

No, not good, but simply overjoyed.

Donating some money and grain is nothing, Annan has three crops a year, the wind and rain are smooth, and there is food.

If a little blood can be exchanged for a king, and if the Southern Dynasty can be pacified again, then ...... Zheng Nahu was excited when he thought about it.

The haze of so many days has been swept away!

Zheng Ke also figured out these things before he came back at the risk of death.

As soon as the two came out, they made a plan and acted immediately.

Don't bother the two masters, or send Zheng Ke as a plenipotentiary envoy to negotiate specific matters with the Ming people.

……

Seeing that the Annan people took the bait, Lin Xiao's conditions were not as gentle as his attitude:

First, within three years, Annan paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty with 10 million stone of rice, 1 million stone of beans, 500 horses, 10,000 cattle, and 300 flat-bottomed ships on inland rivers. The first batch of tribute grain is 5 million stones, and the rest will be paid in installments within three years;

Second, within three years, Annan paid tribute to the Ming army with 10 million taels of silver, the first batch of tribute was 5 million taels, and the rest were paid in installments within three years;

Third, within three years, in addition to gold and silver mines, coal mines, iron ore, copper mines, Baisha mines and other minerals in Annan, fifty percent of the annual output will be tributed to the Ming Dynasty;

Fourth, in order to ensure the safety of the Ming people, the Taiping River was used as the boundary, and the coastal areas around Haiyang in the west, the Taiping River in the south, and Ha Long Bay and Jinpu in the north were demarcated as the refuge and rental areas for Ming refugees, which were temporarily garrisoned and protected by the Ming army.

As a reciprocal condition, the Ming Righteous Army promised the following three points:

First, the Ming army immediately released all prisoners of war and returned all captured ordnance;

Second, immediately depose Li Weizhen as the commander of Annam, and support Zheng as the commander of Annam, with the rank of second grade, hereditary, and one tribute for three years, and the Zheng family can be called the king of the county internally, hereditary;

Third, within three years, the Ming army could help the army of the Annam Metropolitan Command to pacify the Nguyen clan of the Southern Dynasty, and the military and civilian household registration land within its territory was included in the management of the Annam Metropolitan Commandery.

……

Zheng Ke complained bitterly in his heart, and vigorously demanded that the food salary be reduced or reduced as appropriate, saying that raising 5 million stone of grain within three years, and 5 million taels of military salary was already the limit, and he could no longer afford more.

"Lord Lin, the small people in Annan are widowed, and they really can't get so much food."

Lin Xiao didn't give an inch.

Who are you coaxing? More than 100 years ago, in the Yongle Dynasty, the general Zhang Fu led his troops to attack Thang Long City and seized more than 13 million stone of grain reserves. More than 100 years later, Annan's household registration has increased a lot, more and more fertile land has been cultivated, and in recent years, it has been a good harvest every year, how can it not take out only 10 million stones?

As for gold and silver, Lin Xiao will not be soft, especially crying poor! Lao Tzu seized millions of silver dollars under a pirate ship, how can you be so bad that a country can't take out a mere 10 million taels?

Zheng Ke tried his best to resist but gained nothing, there was no way, who let the truth be within the range of guns.