Su Shuang did not send back specific details, Gao Shun did not know the reason, and he didn't know what Li Ru's intentions were, so he invited Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others to discuss.

Xi Zhicai's opinion is that he is about to enter Yuzhou, the overall situation of the world has been decided, there is no need to care about Dong Zhuo's opinion, this must be their tactic to delay time.

Jia Xu didn't want to do this, he had to understand the truth before making a decision, after all, the emperor was still in Dong Zhuo's hands, and Luoyang City was also under Dong Zhuo's control; In advance, Sun Qian can be sent there and make a decision according to what he knows.

Jia Xu's opinion was more stable, and now that the overall situation has been decided, there is no need to be in a hurry, so Jia Xu's opinion was adopted.

After more than 20 days of trekking, Sun Qian arrived at Xiangyang City.

Gao Shun only sent one to come, and Li Ru was very dissatisfied.

Sun Gan made his first solo visit on behalf of Gao Shun's forces, and he was under great psychological pressure and seemed a little restrained.

Li Ru was reluctant to talk about Sun Gan's attitude when he saw Sun Gan's attitude, so he said with a cold face: "General Che Cai stabilizes the security of the frontier, protects the border people from being slaughtered by foreign races, and runs the prefectures and counties well, has abundant money and food, the people are rich, and the hard work is high. ”

When Sun Qian heard this, he thought to himself, this must be a trap.

Han Gaozu has the alliance of white horses, not the Liu family but the king, the world to attack it.

Although Gao Shun's military exploits were high enough, he did not dare to accept the title of king.

Now that His Majesty is under the control of Dong Zhuo, and he has not violated the ancestral teachings and made Gao Shun the king, there must be something else hidden, so he pretended to reply calmly: "The Lord of the Qiandai has thanked Your Majesty for your kindness!" It's just that as a courtier, it is his duty to protect the security of the frontier, and it is the duty of a courtier to share his worries for His Majesty. ”

Li Ru said angrily: "Hmph, how dare you make decisions for the Marquis of Gao?" Now that the court is weak and there is a shortage of money and food, His Majesty wants to exchange a throne for a high prince and a little money and food to get by; You don't need to call the shots, just convey the orders of the imperial court to the high princes. ”

Sun Qian's face was ugly, he didn't expect Li Ru to be so unreasonable and arrogant.

Li Ru continued: "Now that the imperial court has moved away from Luoyang, the imperial palace and Dongguan books that Gao Junhou valued before are all moving, if Gao Junhou wants to obtain it completely, he also needs to pay some money and grain in exchange. ”

Sun Qian asked curiously, "How much food do you need?" ”

Li Ru said: "The king needs three million stone grain, and Luoyang City, the Imperial Palace and the Dongguan Collection need at least seven million stone grain, a total of ten million stone grain. ”

"Ahh Sun Qian was taken aback by Li Ru's words, this is simply a lion's mouth, not to mention that the Gaoshun forces can't take out 10 million stone of grain, even if they can take it out, they won't do anything to make enemies.

Li Ru said: "This is not to discuss with you, this is an order from the imperial court, you only need to convey the news; Gao Junhou is loyal and patriotic, and will definitely carry out the orders of the imperial court. ”

Sun Qian was very angry, this was a peace talk.

Seeing that Sun Qianqing did not speak, Li Ru threatened: "Gongyou, Your Majesty still has a word, 10 million stone grain must be paid within three years, and only after the grain is paid can it be handed over to Luoyang City Defense and Luoyang Baguan, etc., and during this three-year period, the prince must not have disputes with the imperial army, otherwise, Luoyang City will be burned to ashes." ”

Sun Qian was laughed at by Li Ru's words, "Haha, the master is so calculating, if this is the case, even if my lord pays the grain on time, he will not have a chance to get a complete Luoyang, and when the time comes, what is the trouble of wanting to add to it?" ”

Li Ru felt that Sun Gan couldn't be the master, and it was useless to talk to him more, so he just let him pass on the news and no longer talked to Sun Gan in detail.

This is indeed not what Sun Qian can do, he had to write a detailed letter to Gao Shun, send someone to send it back, and he continued to wait in Xiangyang City.

Gao Shun received Sun Gan's letter, and felt that Dong Zhuo had reached the end of his rope and dared to trade anything, but he was reluctant to let Luoyang City and Dongguan books be burned, so he convened people to negotiate.

Xi Zhicai doesn't attach much importance to the matter of sealing the king, and even becomes a stain, and he must not do this kind of transaction with the enemy, his point of view is to fight directly, quickly march, and force the defenders of Luoyang to surrender.

Jia Xu also felt that he was spending too much food, but he attached great importance to the matter of sealing the king, if Gao Shun really became the king of Wei, it would be very beneficial to pacify the world and unify the Central Plains; and occupy Luoyang, then the emperor will be justified; Therefore, as long as he pays less, he can still accept it.

The judge said: "My lord, everyone, what Gongyou said in the letter is very right, even if we agree to the transaction, we may not be able to get an intact Luoyang City at that time, this is Li Ru's conspiracy, the trap set for us, we have to guard against." ”

For the White Horse Alliance of Han Gaozu, everyone didn't care, now is the period of chaos in the world, the imperial court is decaying, and the rules and regulations are completely destroyed, so the words of the trial are the focus of everyone's attention, and they don't want to pay a huge amount of food, and Dong Zhuo finally burned Luoyang, if they were played by Dong Zhuo in vain, they will become the biggest joke in history and be praised through the ages.

Gao Shun had the desire to be the emperor, he thought to himself, in the future, he would also formulate relevant policies to restrict the king, so he didn't want to open a precedent of a different surname to be crowned a king, so he said: "Being crowned a king because of money and grain transactions will definitely leave a notoriety in history. And trading money and grain to protect Luoyang City and the Dongguan book collection will leave a good name for the ages, no matter how much it costs, you will not hesitate to come up with a complete strategy. ”

Everyone listened to Gao Shun's words and fell into a long period of contemplation.

After a long time, Jia Xu asked, "How much grain does the lord want to pay to keep Luoyang?" ”

"No matter the cost!"

Jia Xu said: "Lord, you are too anxious, if you expect it to be correct, it must be the last time you sent Zhengnan to warn Dong Zhuo, which attracted their attention, and let them know that the lord cares too much about Luoyang City, which is equivalent to grabbing the handle of the lord, so they have no fear, they will definitely think that the lord will not attack Luoyang because of the rat trap." ”

Gao Shun nodded and agreed with Jia Xu's words, Dong Zhuo's forces had never been so domineering before, this was the first time.

Xi Zhicai said: "In this case, why don't we retreat and give up peace talks, we don't want the throne of King Wei and Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo is now at the end of the road, and he will be in a hurry." ”

Gao Shun shook his head and vetoed Xi Zhicai's suggestion, in history, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang to ruins, and he didn't want to take the risk.

The judge said: "Lord, why don't we announce Dong Zhuo's intentions to the world? ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "Haha, Zhengnan, you are too loyal, Dong Zhuo is under the banner of His Majesty, even if it is announced to the public, it will not be binding on him, and it will only discredit the royal family." ”

Gao Shun said: "Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Your Majesty, they are now nominally one, and everyone in the world knows that all the decrees of the imperial court are from Dong Zhuo's hands, but even if it is announced to the public, Dong Zhuo does not want to keep his promise, and we have nothing to do, anyway, he has enough notoriety, and I don't care about adding one more." ”

Jia Xu said: "My lord, I suggest that no matter how much food is paid in the end, we must receive Luoyang completely when we pay half of it, and after the payment is completed, we can hand over the eight passes, which is the bottom limit of our side, I believe Dong Zhuo will not do anything stupid." ”

His meaning is very clear, pay half of the money and grain, at this time, even if Dong Zhuo burns Luoyang City, they will not become a laughing stock in history, the world will only remember their efforts to protect Luoyang City.

Gao Shun understood Jia Xu's thoughts, and in the absence of a better way, he could only do so, so he said: "The stakes are very high, let's trouble Zhengnan to go to Xiangyang City once!" ”

"Yes, my lord!" The review should be done immediately.