Chapter 660

exchange

It was obvious that Shi Bin was a little confused, but he didn't know why he was confused, so Sai Xishi didn't ask immediately but watched quietly on the side. Look at what Shi Bin is like this, if it is just a small matter, she will not ask, if it is not a small matter, she will call Jia Ling to discuss it together.

It didn't take long for Shi Bin to speak: "Xi Shi, how much do you think is appropriate to ask Kublai Khan?" Now he is talking to Kublai Khan about accepting 5,000 good horses from the Western Regions and not helping Ali Buge. How much do you think Ali Buge will spend to win our support because of this? ”

"No more than three thousand." After thinking about it, Sai Shih Tzu said with certainty.

"Why?" Shi Bin asked.

"Because he can bypass you and send someone directly to the emperor, go to the emperor for evaluation and get support. However, if the price paid is not large, he still does not want to offend you. It's just that if you ask for too much, he'll probably do it. Even if the emperor can't help much, it will have a bad impact on you, after all, the concubine's brother can also be regarded as your relative. What's more, he is all your support. ”

If you have these two numbers in your heart, even if you have a scale, you will have a bottom in your heart. Then he talked with Kublai Khan, and after talking for half a month, the two reached an agreement: Kublai Khan gave 7,000 good horses from the Western Regions, Shi Bin, and he would not help Ali Buge fight for at least half a year, nor could he take in Ali Buge and his soldiers.

After receiving these 7,000 good horses, Shi Bin immediately sent them to several big cities in the Hexi Corridor to be stocked. Kublai Khan was of course overjoyed to learn of Shi Bin's departure, and constantly praised Shi Bin for 'keeping his promise', feeling that the day when he would win the throne of Khan was near. And Brother Ali Bu, who learned that Shi Bin had left, was furious and didn't sleep well for two days in a row.

On the third day, someone was sent to Yumen Pass to learn more. The answer is, of course, that something big happened in Lin'an, and Shi Bin had to go to solve it immediately. As for the matter of collecting Kublai Khan's horses, it has nothing to do with Shi Bin, and it is completely Sai Zhangfei's own decision. At this time, Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi also came out to testify, and they also had a big quarrel, so that Brother Ali Buge could not doubt it, so he could only scold Sai Zhang Fei for being shameless but had no other way.

However, two days later, Brother Ali Buge sent another person to negotiate, but this person did not come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but to win over Zhang Fei and a few others. Sai Zhangfei, Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi, who had already received Shi Bin's order, did not extort much from Ali Buge, and only asked for 3,000 good horses from the Western Regions, saying that they would definitely send troops to help after half a year, as long as he survived this half year.

Although it was not difficult to survive half a year, Ali Buge still didn't want to be cheated like this, so through continuous negotiations, he finally got 50,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 wooden handles from Sai Zhangfei.

In this way, the east of Yumen Pass in the northwest can get at least half a year of recuperation, and such good news will naturally spread to Lin'an soon, faster than Shi Bin's return to Lin'an.

Li Zong, who learned the news, was happy that the Hexi Corridor was finally recovered, and worried that this land was recovered by Shi Bin and his brother-in-law. This kind of situation of having an empty face but no inside is really difficult to feel happy from the bottom of my heart.

Only five days after Li Zong got the news, Shi Bin also returned to Lin'an. Because Shi Bin led the army to recover the northwest, the whole Lin'an City is already known, so the people on the street are full of admiration when they look at Shi Bin, and they seem to have completely forgotten that he is the traitor and thief who 'led the army to the king'.

Since he has been fighting in the northwest and returning to Lin'an is also a tiring journey, what Shi Bin wants to do now is to lie in bed and rest instead of accepting the worship of everyone. So he didn't stay on the street long before returning to the mansion.

After lying on the bed for a full day and a night, Shi Bin regained his senses, but his whole body was still as sore as if he had fallen apart. Before he lamented that it was too painful to be a general, Xu Feng entered the door and reported that Zhao Kui had come to visit.

Shi Bin was not surprised by Zhao Kui's visit, because it was almost Zhao Kui's habit to do so, as long as he returned to Lin'an once, he would visit as soon as possible.

If it was before, Shi Bin would definitely not come out to see Zhao Kui soon, but now that Zhao Kui is old, he obviously wants to die with all his might, which makes Shi Bin really can't help but come out to see him as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhao Kui only came to the living room for two cups of tea, and Shi Bin came out to meet him. Seeing Zhao Kui, whose face was full of wrinkles and looked even older, Shi Bin sighed in his heart that 'the years are urging people to grow old'. I also think of the loyal ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who drove the crane west one by one, such as Meng Hui, Yu Jue, and Zheng Qingzhi.

"Lord Zhao, may I ask why you are coming to the Humble House today?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

"Lord Shi, the old man came here today to invite you to meet Your Majesty."

"See the Emperor?" Shi Bin said suspiciously. Isn't it a bit too fast to go to the emperor by yourself so soon?

"Lord Shi, please don't worry, not to mention that you don't have to worry, now the defense of the entire Lin'an, including the palace, is under your control. The emperor just wants to see you and talk to you. ”

Of course, I wouldn't believe Zhao Kui's nonsense, thinking that the emperor was just looking for himself to 'talk'. I'm afraid that the emperor won't be happy to chat with me, a powerful minister, and it's better to be comfortable fighting crickets. However, Zhao Kui is right about one thing, he really doesn't need to worry about safety.

"May I ask Lord Zhao, what does the emperor want to talk to me about, is it a matter of the northwest?" Shi Bin smiled disdainfully.

"Lord Shi misunderstood, the emperor has no intention of changing your official appointment, and the emperor will support your appointment as long as it is reasonable. This time, the emperor wants to talk to you about another matter. ”

"What's the matter?" Unexpectedly, Li Zong didn't want to revise his appointment, which made Shi Bin feel very strange.

It's just that if things are abnormal, there must be demons, and since Li Zong is not arguing with himself here, he must have plans elsewhere, so Shi Bin did not relax his vigilance.

"Actually, it's a reward for you."

At this time, Shi Bin remembered that he had made another great contribution, and Li Zong had to reward himself, but he was already a supreme minister and was about to be sealed.

"I see. May I ask Lord Zhao, how does the emperor plan to reward me? Shi Bin asked.

"Master Shi, you have made too many merits, and they are all unsealable, so the emperor decided to invite you to the palace to discuss."

This is indeed a sufficient reason, anyway, there will be no danger, Shi Bin is very happy and agrees to follow Zhao Kui into the palace to meet Li Zong.

Both of them were vigorous in their work, and soon they met Rimune in the imperial study. Li Zong's eyes when he looked at Shi Bin were complicated, obviously tangled. There is both gratitude and hatred.

It's just that Shi Bin doesn't care about this, and after saluting according to the rules, Shi Bin said: "May I ask the emperor Xuanwei what happened to the audience?" ”

"Zhao Aiqing, didn't you tell Shi Aiqing about it?" Rizumi asked suspiciously.

"Back to Your Majesty, of course the minister said it, but the minister didn't say it in detail, and the minister didn't dare to figure out the emperor's mind too much, so he didn't say it in detail." Zhao Kui replied.

This answer made Rizune very happy, and it gave him the feeling of superiority.

Of course, this feeling didn't last long before it came back to reality, and Li Zong said, "Shi Aiqing, what reward do you want for your great achievements this time?" ”

What bounty do you want? This question is interesting enough, and Li Zong actually became more generous and took the initiative to ask what reward he wanted. Of course, Shi Bin didn't believe this, and at the same time, he didn't speak indiscriminately, but just said that everything depends on the emperor's decision.

It's not because Shi Bin is afraid to speak, but he wants to come and see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Li Zong.

"Shi Aiqing has made such a great contribution, if I don't think about your thoughts, it would be too unkind to give a reward. Aiqing still thinks about it herself, let's discuss it. ”

Shi Bin suspected that something was wrong with his ears, when was Li Zong willing to consider his own thoughts? When didn't you use some means to get what you wanted?

However, since Li Zong said this, Shi Bin was not going to be polite, and said directly: "Your Majesty, you must have known that this time we got a total of 10,000 good horses from Kublai Khan and Ali Buge, and Weichen hopes that the emperor will give the ministers 8,000 horses and train them into infantry cavalry, so as to facilitate the future expedition to the desert and subdue the Yuan people." ”

This sentence made Li Zong and Zhao Kui suddenly unable to think normally, they never expected that Shi Bin would dare to open his mouth like this. There were only 10,000 good horses in total, and he dared to ask for 8,000. If Zhao Kui had been before, he would definitely blurt out and scold Shi Bin for being insatiable, but time has changed, Shi Bin is no longer the previous Wuxia Ameng, everything can only be discussed.

"Lord Shi, is this too much?" Zhao Kui asked with a smile.

"Lord Zhao, what's the matter? I think it's good to have 10,000 good horses all organized into infantry cavalry. ”

"Shi Aiqing, I am discussing the reward with you, not what to do with the 10,000 good horses, please think carefully about what reward you want." Li Zong suddenly reminded solemnly.

Because he didn't know much about the official position of the Great Song Dynasty, Shi Bin also knew a few titles, so he couldn't answer when he was asked by Li Zong.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can seal Lord Shi as the Duke of Qi, Shaobao, Prime Minister, and Privy Envoy, as for the ruling power of the three yas, he will hand over the post of the front secretary of the palace to check the position, and as for the material, he will be rewarded with 200,000 taels of silver and 50,000 horses of Shu brocade."

"Yes, Zhao Aiqing's proposal is good." After hearing this, Li Zong was very 'happy' and said, "Shi Aiqing, what do you think? ”

At this moment, Shi Bin understood that he wanted to use a short 'Shaobao' and some wealth in exchange for the position of the front secretary of the palace.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"What's wrong?" The Emperor asked.

Shi Bin didn't say anything else, and directly scolded all the generals he could think of who still had some ability, saying that they were useless. said that as long as they served as the front secretary of the palace, the emperor would definitely be assassinated. As a result, no one except Shi Bin can take on the position of the front secretary of the palace.

For a while, the situation became awkward, and neither side wanted to compromise. Li Zong wanted to replace the palace guards with people he trusted, and Shi Bin wanted to hold Li Zong firmly in his hands, and the matter seemed to be unsolvable.

After a stalemate like this for a while, Zhao Kui spoke, "Lord Shi, do you think this is good." The emperor will give you 5,000 horses from the Western Regions to form infantry cavalry, and you will hand over the position of the front secretary of the palace to inspect it. ”

A palace front division is inspected for a short Shaobao, 200,000 taels of silver, 50,000 Shu brocade and 5,000 horses from the Western Regions...

It seems to be good, Shi Bin's heart is moved. It's just that he still has a calm face, not only the emperor didn't see the clue, but even Zhao Kui didn't have it.

Even if he couldn't think of how to respond, Shi Bin could be sure that the conditions that Zhao Kui was offering now would definitely not be the bottom line between him and the emperor, so he definitely couldn't agree.

After deliberately delaying for a while, Shi Bin said in a 'righteous manner': "Lord Zhao, your suggestion is still not good. I can't put the emperor in danger for some possessions, it would be shameless to forget what is right. ”

Hearing these words, Zhao Kui and the emperor were both furious, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces.

"Lord Shi, you don't have to worry about these things, you can temporarily not hand over the authority of the palace front division to inspect the capital, just promise to hand it over after we find a suitable replacement. If Lord Shi is dissatisfied with the reward and the successor, he can also put forward his own opinions. Zhao Kui said with a smile.

Although his heart was itching, Shi Bin still resisted the temptation and did not fall into the pit dug by Zhao Kui, but said that the matter still needed to be discussed, and he couldn't agree. Then he left the palace on the grounds that he was unwell.

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