Li Hao finally made it clear that the carriage and horses were on the side of the Qingxi faction, and Jin Zidian and other ministers of the Gongxi faction withdrew from the palace in a gloomy manner.

Without the Gongxi faction, the negotiations between the two sides officially began.

Xi Benzhen sat back on his seat, and Li Hao asked straight to the point, "According to the information from Yizhou, the regent suddenly sent a large army to land on Phi Island, why did he come?" ”

Xi Benzhen smiled faintly and said, "Great King, the regent wants to follow Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town back then and use Phi Island as a fortress to attack the hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

Li Hao asked, "The regent doesn't know that the Manchu Emperor Dolgon has already sent someone to inform us that he wants to closely monitor Phi Dao's every move. If there are Ming troops stationed, they must be reported, and then cooperate with the Manchus to destroy any enemy who dares to land. ”

Xi Benzhen smiled coldly, "The Manchu Dolgon has such a big breath, it is still difficult to protect himself, and he dares to be arrogant and threaten the king!" ”

Li Hao did not have Xi Benzhen's optimism, and he had no way to judge which was stronger or weaker between the Xuanjia Army and the Manchu Eight Banners. However, the most recent part of the Xuanjia Army is only in Shandong, and it is still separated from Korea by thousands of miles. And the Manchus are under their noses, and once they anger Dolgon, they will inevitably raise troops to attack.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty is too close, the Xuanjia Army is too far away, Li Hao is still afraid!

Li Hao was embarrassed and said, "Is the envoy too optimistic, although the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, but after all, they are rebuilding Phi Island under the nose of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." If it is winter, once the sea is frozen, the Manchu Tartars attack Phi Island from Yiju, this victory is very unpredictable! ”

Now that the two sides have made an explanation, there is no need for Xi Benzhen to hide the purpose of this trip, "So the regent hopes that the king can help rebuild Phi Dao, as long as your country does its best, before winter, you will be able to rebuild the Phi Dao military fort." ”

Li Hao finally knew the intention of Xi Benzhen's trip, which was to ask the Korean State to send a large number of people to help build the Phidao Military Fort, and said hesitantly, "I shouldn't have hesitated to ask for the request of the country. However, if the Manchu Qing knew about it and immediately sent troops across the river to attack, how could they resist it? I'm afraid my country's meager army can't hold it! ”

Xi Benzhen said coldly, "The king doesn't have to worry too much, there are natural dangers in the Yalu River and Datong River, and our army will send sailors to support, and the Manchu Tatars will be able to cross the river?!" ”

Li Hao was embarrassed and said, "What if in winter, the Datong River and the Yalu River are frozen?" Where is there any natural risk?! ”

Xi Benzhen had already been entrusted by Fang Yuan before he left, and he could handle the peace talks with full authority. Fang Yuan had absolute trust in him, and even gave him a blank edict stamped with the big seal of the regent palace, and he could decide for himself what terms and what wording to write on the peace treaty according to the situation of the peace talks.

Although Li Hao wanted to take revenge on the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, his own family knew his own affairs, and with the strength of the Korean State, he could cooperate with the Ming army to fight a dozen guerrillas while the Manchus went out. If you carry it head-on, this amount of strength is not enough to stuff the Manchus. If Li Hao's concerns were not eliminated, he would never dare to easily stand on the side of the Xuanjia Army.

Xi Benzhen said slowly, "King, others are afraid of the Manchu Eight Banners like a tiger, but the regent regards the Manchu Eight Banners like a dog. Now there are 20,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry and 10,000 elite infantry of the Xuanjia Army on Phi Island. As long as the king is willing to stand on our side, the king is only responsible for building the Phi Dao military fort for our army, and our army is willing to guard the gate for the king, and the defense of the Yalu River and the Datong River will be undertaken by our army. ”

His suggestion made Li Hao very moved, if he didn't carry it with the Manchu Eight Banners, he could repay the blood feud of Ding Mao and Bingzi, and this deal was obviously very cost-effective. The construction of a large military fort on Phi Island alone was a huge expense at the cost of countless Korean national forces, but it was easier than carrying the Manchus head-on.

The only thing Li Hao was worried about was whether the Xuanjia Army was willing, or whether it could guard the defense line of the Yalu River and Datong River for the Korean State.

Li Hao groaned and said, "Your Honor, it's not that I don't trust Shangguo, it's just that twenty or thirty years ago, Yuan Chonghuan, the Jiliao Governor of Shangguo, had more than 100,000 troops, but he sat back and watched the Manchu Tartars attack and destroy our country, causing chaos in Ding Mao, and several people in the north of our country were all slaughtered by the Manchus. He also killed General Mao, who had a close relationship with our country, so that the Phi Island, which had been in business for ten years, was destroyed. This time your country wants to rebuild Phi Island again, how determined is the regent? Will you send an overseer like Yuan Chonghuan to preside over the battle again?! ”

Xi Benzhen knew that Yuan Chonghuan had sat back and watched the Manchu Qing attack and destroy Korea, and only sent 9,000 people to watch the battle and retreated. Later, he killed Mao Wenlong, who acted as a business intermediary between the Ming Dynasty and the Korean State. It has had a huge negative impact on the image of the Ming Dynasty to the outside world, and the Korean state is deeply afraid of the Ming Governor. If he is betrayed by the gourd again, it is estimated that Li Hao will be arrested and taken to Shengjing again, and he will never want to come back again in this life.

Xi Benzhen said loudly, "The regent Wang Yan is comparable to Yuan Chonghuan? No matter what the terms are agreed this time, the regent will never go back. ”

Li Hao instinctively wanted to delay a little longer, at least spend this winter safely, observe the battle situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty in the coming year, and then negotiate slowly It is not too late, so he said, "Your envoy will go down and rest first!" Let's talk about it again! ”

Xi Benzhen has been in officialdom and business all year round, how could he not see that Li Hao wanted to delay time, got up and said, "King, the war between the Xuanjia Army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is imminent, and the regent is waiting for the results of this peace talks in Jiangnan, every second counts, we can't wait any longer!" ”

Li Hao was embarrassed and said, "Your envoy is too anxious, even if we negotiate the conditions, don't you want to go back to Jiangnan to discuss with the regent, and then come to our country to sign a treaty?!" This comes and goes, and this winter will definitely not be able to be negotiated. ”

Xi Benzhen didn't give him a chance to shirk at all, and directly took out the blank edict prepared from his arms, and said coldly, "King, as long as the peace treaty is agreed, there is no need to send it back to Jiangnan to be handed over to the regent, and the treaty can be concluded immediately." ”

Li Hao saw that Fang Yuan wanted to drive the ducks to the shelves, forcing the Korean state to submit immediately, and was silent.

Xi Benzhen said loudly, "The conditions for the regent have also been prepared for a long time, if the king is unwilling to talk, I will leave immediately, and the Xuanjia army will also withdraw from Phi Island immediately, and there is no need to talk about it in the future." From now on, Jiangnan will stop all trade in raw silk, silk and porcelain with Korea! After our army destroys the Manchu Qing Dynasty and captures Liaodong, we will see you on the battlefield if you are friends or enemies with your country! ”

Xi Benzhen left angrily, that is, he no longer gave Li Hao any chance to ride the wall, forcing him to immediately express his position on which side to choose between the Manchu Qing and the Xuanjia Army.

This time it was Li Hao's turn to panic, North Korea was short of materials, and most of the materials had to be purchased from overseas, mainly from the Ming Dynasty and Japan. Now that Japan is in a civil war, the Ming court in the capital is even more preoccupied with itself, and the only one who can provide material assistance to Korea is the Jiangnan regime.

Previously, Fang Yuan was inspired by the battle of Liaodong, and the help of the Korean State was provided to the Korean State according to the original price of general commodities, and he did not earn a tael of silver from it.

If Jiangnan's envoy leaves like this and cuts off the trade with the DPRK, although it is still possible to buy goods from smuggling channels, the price of goods in the DPRK will inevitably soar if the price is increased layer by layer. Needless to say, the common people were poor, and even the use of the royal palace could only be simplified.

Li Hao was unwilling and unable to bear this price, so he hurriedly glanced at Song Shilie.

Song Shilie hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the angry Xi Benzhen and said, "Your envoy, you have something to say!" The regent brought the conditions, and you and I discussed it again. ”

Xi Benzhen took the opportunity to step down, looked back at Li Hao and said, "First, the amount allocated by the regent to rebuild Phi Island this time is one million taels of silver, and if the Korean state is willing to build it for us, all one million taels of silver will go to the king!" ”

With the barrenness of the Korean country, a tribute of a few hundred taels of silver on weekdays is also a huge amount of money, and there are only tens of thousands of taels of silver in the palace. As soon as Fang Yuan made a move, it was one million taels of silver, which was dozens of times the silver stored in the palace, Li Hao was excited, and hurriedly asked, "What about the second?" ”

Xi Benzhen continued, "Second, as long as the Phi Dao Military Fort is completed, the regent will give another 30,000 horses of silk and 20,000 stone of grain as a token of gratitude. ”

There is a famine in the Korean country in the past few years, and the silk and grain supported by Fang Yuan are really timely rain, Li Hao swallowed his saliva when he heard it, and then asked, "What about three?" ”

"Third, after the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, the regent will give another 500,000 taels of silver, 50,000 full strong, and 50,000 full women for your country's shame! Fourth, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty invades your country and kills them all, the regent will allow the king, as well as 10,000 people from your country's clan and ministers' families to go to Jiangnan to avoid trouble. ”

Fang Yuan's conditions were already very generous, at least in his previous dealings with Da Ming, there was never such a generous reward. is to flee and resettle, the Wanli Emperor only promised to cross the river with one or two thousand people, but Fang Yuan promised to accept 10,000 people to live in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the water town of Jiangnan, Li Hao had only dreamed of it in his dreams, and in his heart he had approved the conclusion of a peace treaty with Fang Yuan, looked at Song Shilie, and asked for his thoughts.

Song Shilie was originally a member of the Qing Western faction, and he supported the attack on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he hurriedly said, "The regent and the noble envoy of the kingdom are so generous and benevolent, if we shirk it again, we will lose our faith and righteousness, let's sign a contract!" ”

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