After listening to Yang Wu's proposal, the ministers all nodded and praised.

Li Chengsi asked directly: "I wonder how the king is going to distinguish these conditions?" ”

"Very simply, according to the different importances, those most important conditions can be called necessary conditions, that is, these conditions Ma Yin must agree, if he does not agree, the negotiation will not be achieved!" Yang Wu said in a deep voice.

Li Chengsi said: "Necessary conditions? The name "King" is very apt! ”

"As for those conditions that are relatively not so important, let's call them important conditions, which means that these conditions need to be agreed to by Ma Yin as much as possible, and at least some of them must be agreed!" Yang Wu continued.

"As for the remaining dispensable conditions, let's call them ordinary conditions! It's better to be able to make Ma Yin agree, and it doesn't matter if he can't. ”

After hearing this, the ministers nodded again and again and said: "The king's division method is very good, and the ministers feel that when they negotiate terms with other forces in the future, if they are all divided like this, then the rules will be much clearer, and they can save a lot of time and energy in negotiation!" ”

Yang Wu smiled and said: "In this case, Zhou Zong, you can record the division method that Gu said just now, and hand it over to the people of the Ministry of Rites when the time comes, so that they can learn to do this in the future!" ”

"Obey orders!" Zhou Zong bowed and said.

He was the newly appointed secretary of Yang Wu, who was responsible for conveying Yang Wu's orders and also had the duties of a secretary.

In the early years, Yang Wu was responsible for this task by Pi Guangye, and later after Pi Guangye was released, Yang Wu chose to choose one or two of the imperial examination jinshi to hold this position every year, but the general time of holding it will be released soon.

And Zhou Zong was the fourth in last year's imperial examination.

This person's talent is ordinary, and he has no outstanding ability, but he is calm, and he has not made any mistakes as a general.

And this person is also somewhat famous in history, or to be more accurate, his two daughters are very famous, so he also has a little fame.

And his two daughters are the two queens of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty - the Great Zhou Hou and the Xiao Zhou Hou.

Of course, at this time, neither the big Zhou Hou nor the Xiao Zhou Hou were born, and it would take at least thirty or forty years to be born.

After Zhou Zong wrote down what he had just said, Yang Wu continued: "Okay, since the rules have been set, let's take a look at it now, among the many conditions just proposed, which are necessary conditions, which are important conditions, and which can only be regarded as ordinary conditions." ”

"Let's talk about the necessary conditions first, you can all talk about them, which ones are necessary!"

Chen Yanqian stood up and said: "Ma Yin asked my country to surrender, and remove the title of King Chu and the title of Admiral Tiance, this should be regarded as a necessary condition!" ”

The ministers all nodded in agreement.

"Cession of all territories except Chenzhou and Jizhou, this should also be counted as a necessary condition!"

The ministers still nodded.

"Limiting Ma Yin's strength should also be considered a necessary condition!"

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The ministers deliberated one by one, and finally decided that the necessary conditions were as follows.

One. Ma Yin removed the title of King of Chu and the title of Admiral of Tiance, and accepted the title of Jiedu given to him by Yang Wu to make him take the throne.

Two. Ceded all the territories of the three towns of Wuzhen, Jingjiang and Wu'an, and only retained Chenzhou and Jizhou.

Three. After the surrender, Ma Yin's troops should be limited, preferably within 10,000 people, but the specific number can be discussed, and the maximum should not exceed 20,000.

Four. After the surrender, in order to ensure that Ma Yin would not betray again, in addition to Ma Yin himself, he wanted to send a son to Jinling as a proton, and other important ministers and generals of the Chu State also needed to send a son as a proton.

Five. After the surrender, Ma Yin should pay tribute on time every year, but the amount of tribute is not too much, and what Wu needs is only this name.

Of these five conditions, the other articles are all in accordance with the previous proposals, but the changes in the fourth article are relatively large.

Let those meritorious generals of the Chu State also send their sons as protons, this article was proposed by Yan Keqiu, which is obviously much harsher than only letting Ma Yin send his son as a proton alone.

However, there is no way to mention that the conditions are so strict, after all, just like Xu Dexun said before, those meritorious generals under Ma Yin are still there.

As long as these veterans who can fight well can still fight on the battlefield, then the Chu army cannot be said to be without threat.

And the main force of the Wu army cannot stay in Hunan to guard Ma Yin at all times, if Ma Yin takes advantage of the unpreparedness of the Wu State, or takes advantage of the opportunity of the Northern Expedition of the main force of the Wu army to turn his face, it will be a big joke.

You must know that a hero like Ma Yin will never care about one of his sons at a critical moment.

This is just like when Qian Biao saw the opportunity, he immediately decided to crusade against Huainan with the Liang army and the Jiangxi army; When Qian Biao sent troops to Huzhou, he didn't care about Qian Chuanxuan, who stayed in Guangling as a proton.

Qian Biao can do this, I believe that Ma Yin will not care about a son.

But if all of his meritorious generals have sons who are protons in Jinling, then Ma Yin needs to be much more restrained when he acts.

After all, he didn't care about his son, but his subordinates might not be like him.

If he insists on going his own way and rebelling against Wu again, then these meritorious generals will each lose a son, and at that time, I am afraid that there is no need for the Wu army to come to crusade, and those veteran generals will rise up and rebel first.

Therefore, if Ma Yin can be forced to agree to this article, it can be said that the possibility of Ma Yin betraying again in the future is very small, at least before those meritorious generals die, Ma Yin should not have the idea of betraying again.

And when those meritorious generals are dead, presumably Ma Yin himself will not be able to grow old, will he still have the ambition to compete with Wu Guo at that time?

Therefore, Yan Keqiu's plan can be said to be a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, which fundamentally cut off the possibility of Ma Yin rebelling again.

All the ministers present agreed that it was better to make some concessions on other conditions, but this must be implemented, otherwise they would have to continue the war with Ma Yin until they were finally eliminated.

Once you've enumerated the necessary conditions, the next step is to list the important ones.

Although important conditions are not as important as necessary conditions, they are more difficult to grasp in the process of determining them, because there are more problems involved.

For example, Yin Wengui proposed to ask Ma Yin to come to Jinling in person to meet him, although this article is very important from the perspective of etiquette, it can even be included in the necessary conditions.

However, there is not much possibility of realizing this article, you must know that there is an example of Wang Zhenzhi in the front, even if Yang Wu is as enthusiastic about him as he was to Wang Zhenzhi after Ma Yin arrives in Jinling, but who can guarantee that Ma Yin's uneasy sons will not make something happen in the rear like Wang Yanjun?

Therefore, the possibility of this article is basically non-existent, and if it is for the sake of this face-saving thing and the negotiation fails, it will be a little more than worth the loss.

Therefore, in the end, this can only be included in the important conditions, and even if it cannot be achieved at that time, it can be used as a chess piece, and it can be used in exchange for the opponent's consent to some other conditions at a critical time.

In addition to this article, among the important conditions are to investigate the responsibility for killing the captured generals of Wu State, release the captured soldiers in the Battle of Tanzhou this time, recruit soldiers under Ma Yin's command to fight for Wu State, and if there are Chu people who are willing to serve Wu State, Ma Yin must not stop them.

Yang Wu and the others don't expect the other party to agree to these conditions, as long as one or two can be realized, plus the necessary conditions, then Yang Wu will agree to the final negotiation.

As for the rest of the ordinary conditions, there are many entries, such as the condition that Ma Yin sent a daughter to Jinling to serve Yang Wu mentioned earlier is one of them.

Relatively speaking, these ordinary conditions are like an addition, it is better to achieve them, and it doesn't matter if they can't be achieved, everyone, including Yang Wu, will not care about these ordinary conditions.

After the conditions for the surrender were determined, a long time had passed, and it was already noon, and everyone's stomachs were already hungry.

"Okay, that's all for today's discussion, although there are still some details to be discussed, but those things don't need to be discussed now."

"In addition, the matter discussed today is confidential, and after leaving the Huagai Palace, I don't want to hear anyone discuss this matter, let alone leak the news to the public."

"If anyone leaks the news, then don't blame Lonely!" Yang Wu said with a serious expression.

"Obey your orders!" The ministers hurriedly replied.

Everyone present knew the seriousness of the matter, and knew that if these conditions were leaked out, Ma Yin's envoy would let the other party take advantage of it and bring unnecessary trouble to the negotiation.

In addition, Yang Wu personally instructed again, and everyone naturally did not dare to take it lightly.

Yang Wu's gaze swept over the ministers, and finally fell on Zhou Zong's body, and then retracted.

Except for Zhou Zong's low status, everyone else present is an important minister in the court, but Zhou Zong has a calm personality and there should be no problems, so there is no need for Yang Wu to specifically instruct him.

"Now that the business has been discussed, and it is not too early, everyone must be hungry. It just so happened that Lone had already ordered someone to set up a banquet in the palace, and everyone who was sitting at the banquet was invited. ”

"Now that you're ready, let's go with Lone!" In the end, Yang Wu smiled and said to everyone.

"If that's the case, then you're welcome!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!"

"The minister's stomach has long been hungry, but I didn't expect the king to be prepared!"

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The ministers were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Yang Wu, and after each sent someone home to report the news, they followed Yang Wu to the harem.

Although it is not yet a complete elimination of Ma Yin today, Ma Yin, who can be forced, took the initiative to send someone to "negotiate peace", which shows that Ma Yin can no longer hold on.

Seeing that the old enemy for many years was soft, everyone was naturally very happy.