"Unless Ma Yin comes to Jinling in person and kneels down to ask the king to surrender, then he can be let go of his life and let him enjoy his old age in peace! Otherwise, he will die by the sword and axe! ”

Liu Wei and the others said very firmly.

Although Yang Xin is Yang Wu's brother, he is a child of the clan, and he was promoted by Yang Wu to sit in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and rank in the center, but he knows that he is too young and too young, so he is usually very low-key.

In the past, in this kind of cabinet deliberations, he either kept silent, or the opinions he put forward were relatively safe, but he didn't expect that just one sentence today would provoke Liu Wei and the others to be unceremoniously reprimanded, and he suddenly closed his mouth and didn't dare to say anything more.

After all, he was still young, and soon after he was born, Sun Ru was pacified by Yang Xingmi, and he had not experienced the tragic war of that year, plus he was a civilian official, he had never been on the battlefield, and he didn't know the bloody sacrifice on the battlefield, so he naturally didn't realize the depth of the grudge between the Wu and Chu families.

In fact, not only Yang Xin, but also Yang Wu couldn't understand the enmity between Liu Wei and Ma Yin, after all, when he fought with Sun Ru, he was also very young.

So after seeing Liu Wei's fierce reaction, he was also a little surprised.

Fortunately, he was a person who had been on the battlefield after all, so after thinking about what happened back then, he understood the mood of Liu Wei and the others.

"Then it doesn't seem to be easy! Liu Wei and the others have such an attitude, presumably other veterans, like Zhou Ben, Liu Xin and others, have similar attitudes! Yang Wu thought in his heart.

His original plan was to agree to Ma Yin's peace, but in addition to asking Ma Yin to submit to Wu Wai, in terms of territory, Yang Wu only planned to keep Chen and Erzhou.

After all, most of the two states are inhabited by barbarian natives, and the degree of development is very low, even if they are captured, there is not much benefit, and they have to bother to develop, so it is better to hand over this drudgery to Ma Yin.

In addition, as Yang Xin said just now, if Ma Yin is forced to be in a hurry, it will also cost a lot to completely eliminate him in the future, and it is better to deal with other forces first after negotiating peace.

Maybe after Wu eliminated the other forces, Ma Yin would have developed the two states of Chen and Ji well, so that if Wu sent troops to seize them, he would be able to reap the benefits.

"What other people think, you might as well talk about it." Yang Wu looked at the other civil and military officials and asked them.

He planned to see the opinions of other people first, and if everyone did not advocate peace, then there was no need for him to confront the ministers.

But what he didn't expect was that the other ministers didn't speak, but instead bowed their heads and pondered.

Yang Wu thought about it and understood that they should also have the idea of making peace, but considering Liu Wei and the others, he didn't want to speak rashly.

"Chen Yanqian, you are a scholar of Shoufu University, so you can say it first!" Yang Wu had no choice but to name him.

Chen Yanqian stood up and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Yang Shangshu's opinion, and it is not impossible for our army to negotiate peace with Ma Yin at this time. ”

When Liu Wei and the others heard this, their faces suddenly looked a little unpleasant.

But then, Chen Yanqian added: "However, Yang Shangshu's peace conditions, the minister feels that it is a little low!" ”

Liu Wei and the others listened to it, and their faces were a little better.

"Then I don't know what kind of conditions should be put forward by Scholar Chen?" Tao Ya asked in a deep voice.

"The first point, Ma Yin must ask the king to surrender, and remove the title of King Chu and the title of General Tiance, and the king will give him the official position of the envoy of the festival."

Liu Wei and the others looked a little better when they heard this, if Ma Yin asked Wu to surrender, and removed the title of King of Chu and the title of General Tiance, then the State of Chu would no longer exist, which would be an explanation for those soldiers who died in the process of fighting with the Chu army.

I only heard Chen Yanqian continue: "The second condition, in addition to Chenzhou and Huizhou, the other territories under Ma Yin's command, including the Hunan prefectures, Lizhou and Langzhou west of Yuezhou, and the six states of Jingjiang in the south must all be ceded to China!" ”

If you look at it from the point of view of territory, Ma Yin's territory is really not small, among which Tanzhou and Hengzhou in the seven states of Hunan have been occupied by the Wu army, and the remaining five states are still in the hands of Ma Yin.

The two places of Langzhou and Lizhou, which originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the Wuzhen Festival Envoy, were taken by Ma Yin from the original Wu Zhen Festival Envoy Lei Yanwei.

As for Yuezhou, which originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the Wuchang Jiedu Envoy, it is needless to say that it has long been captured by the Wu State.

However, the six states under the jurisdiction of the Jingjiang military festival envoy Gui, Rong, Liu, Xiang, Yi, and Yan were seized by troops during the Tianfu period, and the land of these six states is similar to that of Chenzhou and Huizhou, and it is also an area with a high degree of development and a low degree of development by barbarian aborigines.

In general, Ma Yin still has a lot of territory in his hands now, and if the Wu army captures them one by one, it will take a lot of time and energy, pay a lot of price, and waste a lot of money and food, so Chen Yanqian and others feel that the peace policy is feasible.

After listening to the second condition proposed by Chen Yanqian, Liu Wei's faces were a little better, and they began to consider the feasibility of negotiating peace.

"As for the third condition, the minister thought that after the peace was reached, the army in Ma Yin's hands must be limited, and the number of troops should not exceed 10,000! Otherwise, it may threaten our territory, and even if we use troops in other places in the future, we will have to worry about Ma Yin's sneak attack. Chen Yanqian continued.

"The minister's opinion is these three points for the time being, and if there is anything missing, please add it to the king and other colleagues!"

The ministers all nodded in approval when they heard this, and Liu Wei's faces returned to normal, obviously they also felt that if Ma Yin could agree to such conditions, then it was not unacceptable to negotiate peace.

At this time, Zhou Yin opened his mouth and asked: "Such conditions, I'm afraid that they are a little harsh, will Ma Yin accept them?" ”

"Whether to accept it or not is Ma Yin's business, if he doesn't accept it, then destroy him!" Liu Wei sneered.

Yang Wu also nodded in agreement: "Regardless of whether Ma Yin can accept it or not, let's list all the conditions first, and then talk about them one by one, and if the negotiation is good, then accept Ma Yin's 'please surrender', if the negotiation is not good, then we can only fight!" ”

He deliberately pointed out one point, that is, what the two sides are about to engage in is "negotiation and surrender", not "negotiation".

If Ma Yin has the idea of "negotiating peace", then he should be allowed to die as soon as possible.

At this time, Luo Zhixiang stood up and said: "King, the minister adds two points, the first point is that Ma Yin must send his son to Jinling as a hostage to ensure that he will not rebel in the future!" ”

"As for the second point, after the surrender, Ma Yin must pay no less than 50,000 tributes to the imperial court every year!"

Yang Wu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Luo Shangshu's first condition is reasonable, but the second condition is that I feel a little too much when I look at it!" ”

The ministers also laughed.

If the surrender can really be reached, according to the current conditions, Ma Yin can only stay in Chenzhou and Jizhou in the future.

With the current situation of the barren and backward land and the majority of indigenous people in these two places, I am afraid that Ma Yin's annual income may not be 50,000 guan, how can he pay a tribute of 50,000 guan to Wu State.

Luo Zhixiang said with a smile: "This is a sky-high asking price, if Ma Yin can't accept it, he will soon repay the money!" ”

"Sure enough, you often deal with those merchants, you Luo Zhixiang don't look like a book now, but like a street vendor!" Yang Wu joked with a smile.

When the two of them said this, all the ministers were also happy, and the dull atmosphere in the Huagai Hall before because of Liu Wei's fierce reaction was also eased a lot.

The ministers then put forward a lot of opinions, such as investigating the crimes of many Huainan generals who were captured by the Chu army and being killed, and asking Ma Yin to send troops to fight with the Wu army in the future.

The conditions proposed were strange, and there was even a proposal for Ma Yin to send his daughter to Jinling to be a concubine for Yang Wu, in short, all kinds of conditions made Yang Wu a little crying and laughing.

Of course, he also knew that many of these conditions were indeed very reasonable, but others were deliberately mentioned by the ministers present.

After all, Ma Yin has been an enemy of Wu for many years, and often defeated the Wu army during this period, causing a lot of casualties to the Wu army.

Such an opponent has finally reached the point of exhaustion, and the ministers are naturally very happy in their hearts, coupled with Yang Wu's previous jokes about Luo Zhixiang, this has caused the ministers to also have a little fun.

After laughing for a while, everyone's expressions became serious again, after all, what we want to discuss today is a major event that will lead to the future of Wu Guo, so naturally it can't really be regarded as a joke.

Yang Wu sat up straight back on the chair, and said with a solemn expression: "Everyone, since Ma Yin took the initiative to negotiate surrender, then no matter what he thinks, in short, our conditions must be put forward, as for whether he agrees or not, we will talk about it when the time comes." ”

"But there will definitely be a lot of conditions that we will propose, some of which are extremely important, some of which can only be regarded as relatively important, and some of which can only be regarded as dispensable."

"With so many conditions, I feel that I must distinguish them, and divide them into different categories according to their importance, so that when the time comes, I can be more calm when I put forward the conditions, so as not to mess up the pace!"