"Where's the copper coin?"

"There should be less than two million copper coins left in the treasury!" Pei Songzhi reported the approximate number he knew.

Liu Yixuan frowned: "Two million guan is too little, this king estimates that there is no ten million guan to satisfy their appetite!" ”

The rest of the people didn't know what to do, and after a while, Zhu Yan said: "Lord, now it is not far from the day of autumn tax collection, when the court in addition to the autumn tax, add another item when collecting taxes, and collect 10 million yuan should not be a problem, but in this way, it will not be easy for the court next year!" ”

"Okay, just set 10 million, this is our bottom line! Now let's talk about the annual tribute, let's discuss, let's set a bottom line, and this bottom line must be within the range that our dynasty can bear! ”

Liu Yixuan's words made Zhu Bian, Pei Songzhi and others carefully consider it.

Pei Songzhi silently calculated in his heart, and said to Liu Yixuan: "Lord Wang, the lower officials have calculated, if our country gives the Qianguo an offering, it cannot exceed 1,000 catties of gold, 2 million copper coins, 2,000 catties of high-quality tea, 1,000 horses of silk, 10,000 horses of cloth, and 300,000 stones of rice every year!" If it exceeds this number, our country will not be able to bear it, mainly because the days are long, and the supply must be made every year, which is not an overnight thing, so we must try to keep the number as low as possible! ”

Liu Yixuan thought about it for a moment and looked at Zhu Bian: "What do you think of this number?" ”

Zhu Yan said: "The following officials estimate that the amount that Master Pei said is very pertinent, this is already the maximum number we can bear, if it exceeds this number, but in a few years, my Great Song will be weakened!" ”

"So be it! There is another one, and the last one, the Qianguo side also put forward a request for me to send protons to Qianjing, what do you think of this one? ”

For this article, Zhu Bian, Pei Songzhi and others are not easy to answer, send protons? The new emperor Liu Jun has not yet established a queen, nor has he accepted a concubine, and he has no heirs, where did he get the heirs to give to Qianguo as a hostage?

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

The capture of Gaoyou by Qianguo's soldiers and horses put tremendous pressure on Liu Yixuan and others, and they had to make significant concessions and compromises.

After another seven days of difficult negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on the first few issues, but encountered disagreements when discussing the last condition.

Qianguo asked the Southern Dynasty to send a proton to Qianguo as a hostage, but the Song State did not agree, believing that the current emperor had no heirs and could not send a proton, but the Qianguo direction said that the emperor's brother could be taken hostage.

"Guys, I'm afraid this is not right, right? I have as many as a dozen brothers of the emperor, and even if I send several of them as hostages, Your Majesty will not feel distressed even if I am afraid! ”

Zhu Chang said while drinking tea, looking at the expressions on the faces of Dongfang Chen and the others, "Actually, your country now has the proton of my Qianguo in your hand, so why do you ask us to send the proton again?" ”

Already got protons? Dongfang Chen and the others thought about it, and immediately understood who Zhu Yan was talking about, it was Liu Yikang!

Dongfang Chen thought about it for a while, and said: "Okay, this statement is accepted by the official, and the conditions of the proton will be stopped, and the few articles agreed on before will be used as the specific terms and conditions, and we will order someone to prepare the text of the terms of the agreement, in duplicate, and we will come here again tomorrow morning to sign the agreement!" ”

On the 10th day of the first month of August, the Qianguo and the Song State agreed to sign an agreement with the ministers: First, the Qianguo and the Song State became brothers, with the Qianguo as a brother and the Song State as a brother! second, the Song State compensated 70,000 catties of gold and 10 million copper coins; Third, as a country of brothers, the Song State provided 1,000 gold gold, 1.8 million copper coins, 2,000 catties of high-quality tea, 1,000 horses of silk, and 20,000 horses of cloth to the Qianguo every year! Fourth, within one month from the date of the signing of the agreement, all cadres and troops withdrew to Huaibei; Fifth, since the signing of the Entente, the two sides have taken the Huai River as the military demarcation line, and the Qianguo State must not invade the Southern Song Dynasty for at least 20 years! Sixth, the indemnity of the Song State must be handed over to the Qianguo within three months, and the annual payment must be paid before the first day of the fifth month, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of the treaty, and the Qianguo has the right to take any military action.

After the signing of the peace treaty in duplicate, Dongfang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Yixuan and the others on the Southern Dynasty side did not ease down, and they would face a severe test after they returned.

Under the orders of Zhao Junsheng, Liang Yi and Lu Shuang led their troops to Huaibei respectively, bringing back a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, grain and grass materials, which were captured from the official warehouses by breaking through the cities along the way!

On August 20, Zhao Junsheng ordered Xue Andu to take 10,000 horses and horses to stay in Yicheng to supervise the Southern Dynasty's fulfillment of the provisions of the treaty.

A few days later, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan returned to the dynasty with a large army, along with the captured emperor Liu Yikang of the Southern Dynasty, thirteen ministers of the army, and nearly 20,000 prisoners and soldiers.

Along the way, Liu Yikang was in a very bad mood, this time he went to Qianjing, and he didn't know if he could return to Jiankang in his lifetime, his mood was very low, even if Wu Guifei comforted him from time to time, it didn't play a role.

When the army arrived at the city and was about to cross the river, Liu Yikang said to the general who guarded him: "I want to see the king of your family!" ”

Baili Guiyuan looked at Liu Yikang in surprise, and hugged his fists: "I'll go and report to you, as for whether the king will see you, I don't know!" ”

"You just have to report it!"

Soon, Baili Guiyuan came to the gate of the palace and hugged his fist to the guards and said: "Because of Liu Yikang's request, Baili Guiyuan came to see Your Majesty, please pass it on!" ”

After the guards went to report, they quickly returned and asked Baili Guiyuan to enter, and Baili Guiyuan came to a wooden house, built with a palace momentum.

Baili Guiyuan walked into the main hall and saw Zhao Junsheng sitting on the main hall, he immediately stepped forward and bowed: "King, Liu Yikang wants to see the king!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng was stunned, "Did he figure it out?" Go and bring him then. ”

"Yes!"

After a while, Baili Guiyuan came to the palace with a toothed armor soldier to protect Liu Yikang.

Zhao Junsheng saw Liu Yikang walk in, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty wants to go back to the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Liu Yikang asked: "You won't let me go back to the Southern Dynasty unconditionally, tell your conditions!" ”

Zhao Junsheng stroked his palm: "Your Majesty is quick to talk, this is very good, Lone likes to deal with people like Your Majesty!" If Your Majesty goes to the south, you only need to agree to one condition, and you only need to go to the land of Sichuan and Shu, as long as Your Majesty announces that the land of Bashu will be ceded to the Qianguo, Your Majesty and the concubine will be able to restore their freedom and return to the Southern Dynasty! ”

"Of course, if Your Majesty thinks that it is not safe to return to the Southern Dynasty alone, Gu can also find a way to get you an army for you, so as to protect Your Majesty's safety; Second, Your Majesty can use them to return to the Southern Dynasty to regain your own throne! ”

Liu Yikang was moved when he heard this, "The army that King Qianwang said should not be more than 20,000 surrendered troops and prisoners, right?" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and nodded: "Your Majesty thinks about bringing them back to the Southern Dynasty when you go back?" ”

How could Liu Yikang not understand that the world would not fall the pie for no reason? He said in a deep voice, "What price do I have to pay to regain control of this army?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Gu knows that the generals and officials of Liangzhou and Yizhou are all His Majesty's confidants, as long as His Majesty agrees to cede Liangzhou and Yizhou to my Qianguo, Your Majesty can return to the Southern Dynasty with 20,000 troops!" ”

Liu Yikang looked at Zhao Junsheng: "Your appetite is too big!" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't want to think about it, if Your Majesty thinks about it long enough, how much it will cost Gu to feed those 20,000 troops and keep them fighting power! As long as Liangzhou and Yizhou are alone, this is already a very fair deal! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty can think about it slowly, you are not in a hurry, and when Your Majesty thinks about it, you can find Gu again!" ”

Liu Yikang fell into a contradiction, why didn't he want to go back to the Southern Dynasty? However, the conditions put forward by Zhao Junsheng are too unacceptable, Yizhou and Liangzhou are anointed lands, if the Southern Dynasty loses these two territories, it will lose a very important source of taxation, both of which are large grain-producing regions, and if they are ceded to Qianguo, it is equivalent to cutting off their left arm and sending it to Qianguo.

Liu Yikang is not stupid, he knows what Zhao Junsheng's purpose is in doing this, that is, to put him back and snatch the country from Liu Jun, the new emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and plunge the Southern Dynasty into civil strife.

But you know that Liu Yikang did not sacrifice himself to fulfill the noble character of others, everyone in this world is selfish, for the position of the emperor, fathers, sons, and brothers can be killed to the point of blood, not to mention that he Liu Yikang and Liu Jun are just uncles and nephews!

"Wait!" Liu Yikang saw that Zhao Junsheng was leaving, and immediately shouted, "Liangzhou can be ceded to you, but Yizhou can't!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, Gu wants to remind you that now you don't have the right to bargain with Gu, you only have two choices, either accept it or not!" In order that Your Majesty will not regret it in the future, Lone can give you a year to think about it! Within this year, as long as Your Majesty has figured it out and willingly agreed to exchange Yizhou and Liangzhou for the opportunity to return to the Southern Dynasty with 20,000 surrendered troops, Your Majesty can come to find Gu at any time! ”

Zhao Junsheng had already planned it, even if Liu Yikang agreed, he would not let Liu Yikang and the 20,000 troops return to the Southern Dynasty now, Qianguo had just signed an agreement with the Southern Dynasties, and the compensation of 70,000 gold and 10 million guan had not yet arrived, how could Liu Yikang and the 20,000 horses return to the Southern Dynasty at this time? What if Jiankang refuses to fulfill the agreement in anger after learning the news? So even if Liu Yikang agrees to this matter, he will have to wait until he gets the compensation before making a decision.

After the remaining soldiers and horses crossed the river, Zhao Junsheng ordered the soldiers and horses drawn from all over Hebei to return to their original stations to rest and recuperate.

After the army crossed the river, it walked for more than ten days and finally returned to Qianjing, and the Manchu ministers of civil and military affairs went out of the city under the leadership of Liang Lian, Cao Jiao, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others, and the road leading to the south gate of Qianjing was full of officials and people on both sides, as well as soldiers to maintain order.