Chapter 1041: Song Jiang's Request
"Young general Song Jiang to see Your Majesty." On the battlefield, Song Jiang dismounted and respectfully bowed to Liu He.
However, Liu He nodded lightly, and then said lazily: "I don't know what you have to say?" ”
Song Jiang could hear that Liu He's attitude was not good, but he still said patiently: "The reason why the young general came to see Your Majesty is mainly to discuss the treatment of our army, Your Majesty should know that our army has paid a lot of price in order to fight against the Japanese people before, and now on the battlefield, the imperial army and the Japanese people are evenly matched, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, but if our army joins, it will not only allow the Wang Division to achieve a quick victory, but also reduce casualties, but in this way, our army will inevitably have more casualties, After all, our army is not yet a regular army of the imperial court, so the young general came to meet His Majesty on behalf of those soldiers, mainly to see His Majesty's sincerity. ”
"Treatment?" Liu He frowned, and then said, "Didn't you already say it before?" If you are willing to be an officer, you can award an officer according to your military merits, and if you are not willing to be an official, you can be awarded a knighthood or a field of property. ”
But seeing Song Jiang said with a smile: "If it is a normal situation, it is naturally enough, but the current situation is more special, isn't it?" The success or failure of this battle depends on who our army helps, even if the Wang division will inevitably win in the end, but if our army helps the Japanese people, at least it will increase a lot of losses for the imperial army, and this result is probably not what we want to see, so, in order to reduce some losses, whether Your Majesty will compensate us more, which is equivalent to some compensation to avoid losses, as long as Your Majesty opens the golden mouth, we are willing to assist the imperial court to fight against the Japanese together, but will reduce the losses, which is better and which is inferior, I believe Your Majesty can see it at a glance. ”
"And what kind of treatment do you want?" Liu He glanced at Song Jiang lightly and asked.
"Our requirements are not high, we only need Your Majesty to reward us with the title of a county duke, and cut a county from the Siyi frontier as our fief, allowing us to keep the army, we will be loyal to the imperial court, and we will never betray forever", Song Jiang smiled and said to Liu He: "Your Majesty also knows that the land of Siyi is all barren, and the common people do not want to live, after we get there, as vassals of the Han Dynasty, we will guard the frontier for the Han Dynasty for generations, which will also reduce a lot of military expenses of the Han Dynasty, Saving manpower, material and financial resources is really a lot of gains, so although we are selfish, we are also for the sake of the Han. ”
"Feng Jungong? And you want me to tear the soil and seal it? What a big ambition, huh! "Liu He is a later generation, so he naturally knows what impact the so-called splitting of the soil and the country within a country will have on the unification of the country? Besides, even if it is really divided, it is impossible to divide it to these people with ill intentions, Liu He knows that they have no loyalty to the Han at all, otherwise they would not take the opportunity to blackmail and take the initiative to ask for the seal.
Liu He was disdainful in his heart and secretly sneered, but on the surface, he still said to Song Jiang with a pleasant face: "Gongming, I know that you have always been loyal to my Han, impatient and righteous, and a person who can be trusted, so the conditions you put forward are not impossible to agree, because a person like you who shouts loyalty to me is nothing to canonize, but you also know that not everyone in the group is as loyal as you, and many people are mediocre but ambitious. The so-called request for sealing is actually purely for the purpose of plotting against my Central Plains in the future, and people like this dividing them are simply a legacy of raising tigers, and I am unwilling to divide them no matter what. ”
"But Your Majesty ......" Songjiang was very shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect Liu He to not agree, so he was in a hurry to justify.
However, Liu He waved his hand, signaled him not to speak, and then said: "Besides, even if all of them are loyal, I don't have so much land to divide, because everyone can see at a glance that there are dozens of forces in this, and this is dozens of counties, don't I want to give up half of the country to you?" Therefore, this matter is categorically impossible, but since you said that I will divide one county from the land of the four yi and give it to you, I will agree to take one county from each of the four directions and give it to the four forces respectively, of which one county will definitely be given to the Qing family, and you can go back to discuss who will receive the remaining three. ”
"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust in the minister, but what county does Your Majesty want to bestow? Can you tell me a little bit about it? ”
"Hehe, this is natural, I plan to give the country of Wa to you, Aiqing, in addition, the north is Xianbei, the west is Tubo, and the south is Yizhou, and the ownership of these three counties needs you to go back and discuss."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will go back and inform the heroes, and I will reply to Your Majesty after a while." Song Jiang's face was full of joy, no matter what others did, he got a fief of the Wa Kingdom for nothing, although it was a county of the Han Dynasty in terms of administrative division, but it was worth a big state, this deal was really cost-effective.
As for the others? He doesn't care so much, what does their competition have to do with him?
So Songjiang saluted respectfully, said goodbye to Liu He, and then returned to the camp.
"What happened to the negotiations?"
"Yes, what did the emperor say?"
"Hehe, do you need to ask? It must have promised us, didn't you see Song Gongming's smile on his face? ”
"That's not necessarily, how can the emperor be so generous? These are dozens of counties, all of which account for half of the Han Dynasty, no matter how confused he is, he can't agree to us, right? ”
……
Everyone was talking about it, but all eyes were squeezed to look at Song Jiang, hoping that he could tell everyone the result.
Song Jiang pressed his hand and said with a smile to everyone: "This time Jiang has not disgraced his mission, and the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty has agreed to our request." ”
"Huh? It's true? Listening to Song Jiang's words, everyone was pleasantly surprised, and if it wasn't for restraint, they would have cheered.
However, Song Jiang then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, a certain word is not finished, although the Son of Heaven promised, but only promised four counties, these four counties need us to discuss with each other, who will go to canonize on your behalf. ”
"What? Four counties? That's a little less, right? ”
"That is, what is the emperor doing?"
"Is it called Hanako? It's ridiculous, we don't accept it. ”
"Yes, yes, don't accept it, talk to him again."
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When the heroes heard this, they were all angry and shouted.
"Everyone, don't be impatient, although the Son of Heaven has promised four counties, you also have to see which four counties they are, right? These four counties are Waguo, Xianbei, Tubo and Yizhou, although Yizhou is small, but how prosperous it is now, presumably there is no need for Song to rap anymore, right? And how big is the territory of Tubo, Xianbei and Wa, I don't need to talk too much, right? With so many places, enough to settle dozens of counties, so that we can settle down separately, what are you dissatisfied with? We just found four representatives, and in the end, didn't everyone share it together? Song Jiang saw that the situation was going to be chaotic, so he stood up to appease everyone.
"Hehe, it's easy to say, but tell me, who is going to canonize here and there?" At this time, I saw Hou Jing stand up, sneered, and stepped forward to question.