Chapter 117: Negotiations Continue
Prince's Mansion.
The night was deep, and the paper lanterns hanging under the eaves of the apse were like bright and dark, swaying gently in the evening breeze, pulling the two figures in the hall into constant turmoil.
Pan Shangshu sat on the Taishi's chair and burst into tears: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are suspicious, saying that the assassin who assassinated Fang Zheng was instigated by the old minister, and the old minister is really wronged!" I can't wait to die to prove my innocence......"
The prince said with relief: "The teacher doesn't have to be angry, the clean person will clear himself, and the grievances will one day be revealed to the world, and I believe that the teacher is innocent." ”
Pan Shangshu shook his head and said: "Whether it's clear or turbid, the old minister is in the bureau, but he can't see this outside the situation clearly." His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister has a teacher-student relationship with you, and the old minister doesn't understand, why don't you discuss it with the old minister when you make a move? ”
The prince was slightly surprised and said, "I don't know what the teacher means?" ”
Pan Shangshu said in a deep voice: "There are no outsiders here, the old minister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have never been secretive, the old minister is rude and straight to the point." May I ask His Royal Highness the Prince, the assassination of Fang Zheng, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did it? ”
The prince was taken aback: "Why does the teacher suspect that it was done by someone who sent it alone?" ”
Pan Shangshu stared at the prince's expression without blinking, and said in a deep voice: "Several times in the entire court, the only ones who really have a grudge against Fang Zheng are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the old minister. In other words, only you and I want his life, the old minister knows, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is becoming more and more wary of Fang Zheng, this person is a family of Fu Wang, and now the Fu King's favor is deepening, if you don't cut off his wings early, I am afraid that the Fu King will have a chance to take your heir, so the old minister dares to think that to kill Fang Zheng, His Royal Highness the Prince has more reasons than the old minister. I don't know if the old minister guessed yes or no? ”
When the prince heard the word "Fu Wang", the corners of his eyes twitched imperceptibly, and then the prince smiled gently: "The teacher is serious, it doesn't matter if it's right or not, hasn't the teacher taught Lone before, and there shouldn't be a personal grudge in the heart of a person who is in the court?" As long as it is beneficial to himself, he has a great grudge in private, and he can also cooperate with him temporarily. ”
Pan Shangshu looked at the prince deeply, thinking of the words "if there are drawbacks", he suddenly smiled: "His Royal Highness the prince is right, it is the old minister who is confused, hehe, he is getting older, he is getting older and dizzy, it seems that the old minister should also take care of his old age." ”
The prince smiled lightly: "Teacher, don't say that, the court relies on teachers in many places, and those who can work hard, how can teachers easily retire?" Lone wanted to ask his father to give the teacher another knighthood to show royal favor. The teacher is biased, and he has to work hard for the court for a few more years. ”
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After Young Master Fang recuperated from his injuries for five days, the alliance negotiations between the Hua Dynasty and the Turks finally resumed.
Early in the morning, Fang Zheng came to the post house where the Turkic national teacher Mo Jian lived.
The emperor's grace is vast, the emperor is worried that Fang Zheng will be assassinated again, and ordered Feng Qiudao to send five hundred soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army to protect Fang Zheng.
Fang Zheng can finally walk sideways like a crab now, he is very happy in his heart, the score on the stage is bigger than anyone else, the front 200 people sound the gong to open the way, and the back 300 people closely follow the "138 Reading Network" is official travel, and those who don't know think that they are escorting death row prisoners to the court.
Mo Jianlian led the officials of the Turkic mission to greet Fang Zheng, Wei Chengde and Feng Qiudao at the gate of the post house. As soon as Mo Jianlian saw Fang Zheng, he smiled and said, "Lord Fang, I haven't seen you for many days, and you look good." ”
Fang Zheng pretended to be surprised and stepped forward, arched his hand and said with a smile: "Oh, the tired national teacher greeted him personally, how dare this official, you can sit in the post house with peace of mind and wait for me to come to see you, why bother to come out in this big sun, look, you have become dark in the past few days, do you want to use some men's skin care products such as Yuzhai?" Very cheap oh ......."
Mo Jianlian smiled bitterly, he really couldn't guess what this slick boy was thinking, every time he spoke, he could choke people half to death.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and when they entered the post house, the guests and hosts sat down, and Mo Jian said with concern on his face: "The old man heard that Lord Fang was assassinated a few days ago, and he was also a little injured, and now his injuries are healed?" ”
Fang Zheng smiled nonchalantly: "It's much better, the National Teacher has a heart, but he hasn't been able to find out who the assassin instigated, it's really annoying." ”
Mo Jianlian smiled when he heard this, but didn't say anything.
The two sides then formally began negotiations.
Mo Jianlian said in a deep voice: "Lord Fang, the conditions that the old man mentioned last time may not be appropriate, I went back and thought about it, the old man decided to mention it again, how about you listen to it?" ”
Fang Zheng smiled happily: "Very good, very good, Lao Mo, I didn't say you, you guys are mixed in the grassland, you should all be bold and bold people, how can you mention the conditions to be stingy, this habit is not good, it weakens the reputation of your Turks." Mention, just mention, I hope this time I don't disappoint, I'm optimistic about you. ”
Mo Jianlian was secretly annoyed, this person was full of ruffians between his words, and there were no rules of officialdom, I really don't know how the emperor of the Hua Dynasty would send him to preside over the negotiations.
Mo Jianlian held back his breath and said: "The old man's conditions have increased slightly compared to the last time, first, my Turkic Turkic compensation to the Hua Dynasty for the war losses over the years totaled three million taels of silver, if the silver is not enough, we can use good horses, cattle, sheep and furs to compensate. Second, to release all the Chinese women, children, and laborers in the Turks. Third, if your country forms an alliance with our Turks, our Turks promise that they will never destroy the alliance and will never send a single soldier to your country for generations. But in the same way, the old man asked your country to send an army to work with my Turks to exterminate the traitors after forming an alliance with my Turks, these are the conditions of the old man, what do you think, Lord Fang? ”
Fang Zheng looked at Mo Jianlian with a smile, he didn't speak for a long time, Mo Jianlian was uncomfortable by Fang Zheng, and after a while, Mo Jianlian couldn't help but say, "Lord Fang,...... Lord Fang! ”
Fang Zheng came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Hehe, don't blame the national teacher, I was just thinking about the conditions you proposed." ”
Mo Jian couldn't help but be very happy when he saw that Fang Zheng didn't explicitly refuse this time, it seems that the conditions mentioned this time are somewhat reliable.
Mo Jianlian smiled and said, "I don't know what Lord Fang thinks about? ”
Fang Zheng smiled: "Master Guoshi, your condition is still not enough, well, far from enough......"
Mo Jian hurriedly said: "I don't know what Lord Fang wants, you can say it, and we will discuss it together." ”
Fang Zheng shook his head and sighed, "Master Guoshi, it seems that you have been traveling in our Hua Dynasty for a long time, and you have lost the bold spirit that the Turks should have." ”
Mo Jian opened his mouth, and was about to speak, but Fang Zheng didn't give him a chance, and continued: "Let me make an analogy with you, for example, I robbed your wife......"
Mo Jian raised his thick eyebrows, and was about to get angry, Fang Zheng hurriedly said: "Parable, it's a metaphor, Mrs. Ling must be older than my mother, the official is not interested in it at all, this Lord Wei behind me may like this tone more......"
Wei Chengde glared at Fang Zheng vigorously when he heard this.
"For example, I robbed your wife, and then slept with her for a few years or even more than ten years, and one day I returned her to you, do you say you should thank me for my generosity, or just slap me with a big mouth?"
Mo Jian said angrily: "I, the Turks, regard the hatred of taking my wife as not sharing the sky, and I will never give up if I don't cut the person who took my wife with a thousand knives!" ”
Fang Zheng patted his thigh and said: "That's right, so you said that you returned the women and children of the Hua Dynasty, I don't think this is a condition at all, this is what you should do, my Hua Dynasty didn't send troops to fight you, it was our mercy and didn't care about you, but you listed it in the conditions, this really makes the official feel ridiculous, the official will make another analogy, I went to dig your ancestral grave......"
Mo Jianlian was about to get angry again, Fang Zheng hurriedly smiled: "Metaphor, or metaphor, don't be like this all the time, how can you understand the truth of this matter if you don't use metaphors." - For example, I dug up your ancestral grave and stole all the corpses of your grandfather, grandfather, and parents, and then I told you that I would return all these corpses to you, and you would not hurry up to thank me? - Master National Teacher, I don't know if you are happy to hear this? ”
Mo Jianlian was silent when he heard this, he probably understood what Fang Zheng meant.
Seeing that Mo Jian didn't speak, Fang Zheng smiled, and continued: "So, Master Guoshi, the four conditions you just mentioned are actually only three, and one of them still asks my Hua Dynasty to send troops to help you exterminate the rebels. In my opinion, the release of women, children, and laborers is not a condition, but the sincerity that your country wants to show in advance in alliance with our Chinese dynasty. ”
Mo Jianlian thought about it for a while, and nodded wordlessly, in order to achieve the purpose of forming an alliance, he could only let Fang Zheng mess around.
Fang Zheng was overjoyed when he saw Mo Jianlian nodded, and patted him on the shoulder with relief: "Yes, the National Teacher understands the righteousness, it seems that the Turks are not completely arrogant and unreasonable." The national teacher is an obvious negative teaching material among the Turks......"
Hearing this, Mo Jianlian smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Fang, let's continue to talk, don't say irrelevant words, okay?" ”
Fang Zheng smiled: "I'm just praising you." Let's go on to say that there are only two conditions you just mentioned, and there are only two advantages for our Hua Dynasty, one is three million taels of silver, and the other is a promise never to infringe. This will never be violated, in fact, it is just a polite word, I have a straight temperament, don't be unhappy when I say it, if we work together to destroy the silent slurp, do you think it is possible for you Turks not to invade our Hua Dynasty? You don't even believe that, do you? So, that never-aggression and so on is really just. ”
Fang Zheng glanced at Mo Jianlian with a smile, and saw that he frowned and was silent, obviously acquiescing.
Fang Zheng continued: "So the essence of the condition you put forward is to pay three million taels of silver to ask my Hua Dynasty to send troops to help you fight. That's right, right? ”
Mo Jian frowned, he always felt that Fang Zheng's words were wrong, but he couldn't say anything wrong for a while, so he had to be silent and didn't say anything when he heard the words.
Fang Zheng said with a smile: "You Turks are the boss, and you are willing to pay three million taels of silver, and my Hua Dynasty is a part-time worker, so at least you have to send 100,000 troops out to help you fight, right?" Then I'll give you another analogy......"
Hearing this, Mo Jianlian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Fang, you say it directly, the old man can understand it, and there is no need to make any more analogies." ”
Fang Zheng's analogy is either to rob his wife or dig his ancestral grave, Mo Jianlian is really afraid of Fang Zheng's analogy.
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