Seeing that Yang Wu promised not to give Liu Zhichao the title, and he was also very happy on the issue of Liu Yan inheriting the Qing Navy's envoy, Wang Dingbao's heart finally let go of most of it.

He didn't think it would be easy to go to Jinling this time, and according to the worst scenario he had predicted before, Yang Wu directly refused to recognize Liu Yan's succession to the throne, and even insisted on letting Liu Yin's son Liu Zhichao succeed him.

If that is the case, Liu Yan can either choose to serve Liu Zhichao as the main body, and he will assist the government in the name of his uncle, or he can only turn against Wu Guo and forcibly ascend the throne himself.

Although with the current situation in Lingnan, even if they turn against Wu Guo, Yang Wu can't help Lingnan for the time being, but in that case, their previous efforts will be all wasted, and they will also cut off their own back road.

But if Liu Zhichao is the main one, Liu Yan's rule will be a little unjust, and it is easy for some ambitious people to secretly cause trouble.

Now Yang Wu did not dwell on this point and directly recognized Liu Yan as the new festival envoy, which made Wang Dingbao save his tongue.

However, what he didn't expect was that Yang Wu had a gentle attitude just now and didn't make too many demands, which made him feel a lot more relaxed; But then, Yang Wu made a request that made his heart tremble.

"What, ceding the lands of He, Fu, Wu and other six states? How can this be? ”

In the face of Yang Wu's request, Wang Dingbao said loudly with a bit of a gaffe.

Yang Wu's request was not anything else, but for Liu Yan to cede the lands of Zhaozhou, Hezhou, Fuzhou, Wuzhou, Mengzhou, and Gongzhou, and his reason was that these six states were not under the jurisdiction of Qinghai Town, so they should be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The Qing Dynasty made this feudal town appear relatively late, only more than 20 years ago in the Tang Dynasty, and its jurisdiction was also in Guangzhou and some nearby prefectures and counties.

However, after all, the vicinity of Guangzhou is the most developed place in Lingnan, and the Qing Navy is naturally the strongest feudal town in Lingnan.

Therefore, in the following 20 years, the Qing navy expanded one after another, and the territory expanded rapidly, and the six states of Zhao, Fu, and Wu were annexed by Liu Yin during this period.

Although according to the original regulations of the Tang Dynasty court, Qinghai Town naturally could not govern such a large territory today, but in this troubled era, any feudal town that is not powerful will expand its territory, and those that do not have strength will be swallowed up.

Like Zhu Wen's original Xuanwu Festival envoy, there were originally only four states including Bianzhou, but now it has expanded to the entire Central Plains and eventually replaced the Tang Dynasty, and no one has said anything incompatible with the Tang Dynasty system.

There is also the current state of Wu, which was also developed from the Huainan Jiedu envoy, if it is in accordance with the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, then the territory of the state of Wu does not know how much to shrink.

In addition, there are also Jiangxi's Zhennan Jiedu envoys, Zhenhai Jiedu envoys of Liangzhejiang, Zhendong Jiedu envoys, etc., weren't they annexed by Wu because of their lack of strength? I didn't see Yang Wu come out to talk about the regulations of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Dingbao was full of slander in his heart, but he didn't dare to mention these things on his face, so he could only argue with reason.

“…… King, these territories were all taken by the king of my county from the bandits in those places in the past, and the losses during the period will be incalculable, and the consumption of grain and grass is even more incalculable. ”

Not to mention that Yang Wu's request is not very reasonable, but there are enough reasons, and he will never dare to agree to the conditions of this land cution, otherwise he is afraid that his head will fall to the ground after returning to Guangzhou.

Yang Wu may also feel that his request is a little unreasonable, so under Wang Dingbao's pleading, he finally agreed to only ask for the four states of Hezhou, Zhaozhou, Fuzhou, and Mengzhou in the north, and no longer make demands on the other two states.

Although this condition is much more relaxed than the previous one, it is still a condition for cutting land, and Wang Dingbao naturally does not dare to agree.

It's a pity that no matter how much he reasoned, laid out the facts, or cried and pleaded, or forced to play tricks with death, Yang Wu never gave in again, and in the end Wang Dingbao could only temporarily retire with a face full of sorrow.

Without successfully completing the task, Wang Dingbao naturally didn't dare to go back like this, so he had to send someone back to Guangzhou to mention Yang Wu's request to Liu Yan, while staying in Jinling to find an opportunity to intercede.

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"The king, I suddenly mentioned the matter of land cutting before, but I was worried that Liu Yan would take advantage of the decline of Ma Yin's power and send troops to Hunan?"

After the meeting dispersed, Chen Yanqian and other cabinet ministers consciously stayed.

They had all seen Yang Wu suddenly receive the news during the court meeting, and they showed extremely surprised looks, so they all understood that something important must have happened and they needed to stay and discuss.

At this time, just coming to the Huagai Hall not far from the Central Pole Palace, Chen Yanqian asked with some curiosity.

"Yes, in order to prepare for the Battle of Tanzhou last year, Ma Yin basically transferred all the troops in other parts of Hunan."

"Before, Liu Yin still had the purpose of letting Ma Yin block our army, so he didn't send troops to Hunan to rob while the fire was burning."

"However, now that Ma Yin has been defeated in Tanzhou, he is no longer able to stop the attack of our army, and in this case, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Yan will not take the opportunity to send troops to Hunan." Yang Wu explained.

Although it is said that even if Liu Yan sends troops to Hunan, it is not a big deal, and he will always be able to take it back in the future; But after all, Liu Yan was nominally subordinate to the state of Wu, and if he sent troops in the name of helping the Wu army deal with Ma Yin, Yang Wu really couldn't do anything with him in a short time.

Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, Yang Wu needs to start in advance and first put forward a condition that is difficult for Liu Yan to accept.

If Liu Yan doesn't agree, I believe he won't dare to turn his face with Wu Guo because of this matter, then the two sides can only continue to argue about this matter, and it will naturally be difficult for Liu Yan to send troops to Hunan during this period.

And as long as the time is delayed for a year and a half, I am afraid that the Wu army will have already captured the whole of Hunan.

It would be even better if Liu Yan really agreed to cede Zhao, He and other four states, because after losing these four states, the road between Lingnan and Hunan would be cut off, and Liu Yan naturally could not send troops to Hunan.

In the final analysis, it is just to create some trouble for Liu Yan, add a little pressure, and not make him feel idle.

After explaining a sentence about Lingnan, the ministers' thoughts were more focused on the news that Yang Wu had received before.

"This is just sent from the Tanzhou Army, everyone take a look!"

Without waiting for the ministers to ask, Yang Wu took out the document he had received before and asked Cheng Xun to present it to the ministers to read in turn.

There is not much content in the document, that is, about Ma Yin's envoy Jiedu judge Gao Yu will send an envoy to Jinling and propose peace between the two countries to Wu State.

However, the ministers were a little surprised after reading it.

You must know that in this era, when the two major forces are competing with each other, if one of them has an absolute advantage, it is extremely difficult to negotiate peace.

Like when Zhu Wen had the absolute upper hand, the most important reason why he agreed to Li Maozhen's peace negotiation was that the Liang army besieged Fengxiang City for a year and was never able to break through the city, and the Liang army soldiers were already sleepy;

Externally, there are forces such as Jin Hedong and Huainan that are expanding vigorously, and the most important purpose of Zhu Wen in that dispatch of troops is to control Tang Zhaozong in his hands, so after the goal is achieved, he agreed to Li Maozhen's request for peace.

But now the advantage of Wu is greater, and there are no external worries, and the soldiers of the Wu army are even more in rotation, so that they can get sufficient rest and recuperation, and there is no fatigue of the soldiers; Moreover, Ma Yin was not sure that he would hold the city like Li Maozhen without being broken by the Wu army.

Therefore, it is obviously difficult for Ma Yin to negotiate peace, unless he can put forward sufficiently generous conditions to make it difficult for Yang Wu and others to refuse.

"King, as Xu Dexun said, those battlefield generals under Ma Yin who have fought for decades are still there, and the Chu army also has a lot of troops. Therefore, the minister thought that if the conditions proposed by Ma Yin were suitable, the king might as well temporarily stop fighting with him and deal with other forces first! ”

When the ministers were still thinking, Yang Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, stood up first.

"The right conditions? So what kind of conditions are suitable conditions? Yang Wu asked with a smile.

"If Ma Yin is willing to cede the whole of Hunan, this is the right condition!"

"No!"

"You can't agree to peace so easily!"

As soon as Yang Xin's words fell, some people stood up to oppose it.

Yang Wu turned his head to look and saw that it was Liu Wei and Tao Ya who stood up to oppose it, and couldn't help laughing.

With the death of those veterans in Huainan one after another, there are not many veterans who have experienced the fierce battle with Sun Ru back then, and there are only two people in front of them who are in the center.

The others were either not of sufficient rank or were serving as governors and were unable to attend cabinet meetings.

It is Li Chenghe, the first person in the army today, when he first defected to Huainan, Sun Rudu had been killed for many years, and naturally he had not experienced the tragic battle of Sun Ru's army.

But Liu Wei and Tao Ya are different, as Yang Xingmi's henchmen, the two of them were the main generals who fought against Sun Ru, and they were abused in the process of fighting with Sun Ru, and the soldiers under their command lost a lot, and the grudge was very great.

Coupled with the soldiers lost by the Huainan Army and even the Wu Army in the process of fighting with Ma Yin, Liu Wei and the others were naturally unwilling to let Ma Yin go so simply.

"Ma Yin has been an enemy of our army for so many years, causing so many casualties to our army, and now that he is weak, he only thinks of negotiating peace, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" Liu Wei sneered.

"If Ma Yin wants to negotiate peace, it is impossible. Although he still has some strength in his hands, it is too far behind our army. Great King, this man has been an enemy of our country for many years, and he must be completely destroyed, otherwise other forces will follow Ma Yin's example! Tao Ya's tone was also a little aggressive.