Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi glanced at each other silently, and both involuntarily sighed slightly. Of course, they knew that what Cheng Yue said was true, although they didn't think that Cheng Yue was afraid that it would be difficult to climb to the treasure when he said that real gold, and everything else was right.

Zhang Hongfan took a deep breath and asked, "I don't know where Gongzi got this news?" ”

Cheng Yue can't say that he read it from history books. So he said, "You really can't guess? ”

Zhang Hongfan remembered that Ah Shu and Ali Hague and others were still in his hands, how could he forget about it. It seems that Ah Shu really has a good relationship with Cheng Yue and has talked a lot of things. This is embarrassing, should I tell Boyan about this?

Cheng Yue was secretly laughing: You stupid, I didn't say anything. I'm just misleading you.

Zhang Hongfan had no choice but to say: "My Great Yuan Khan is heroic and sage, and Cheng Gongzi is rude." ”

Cheng Yue said: "If you don't want to hear me, you won't say it, just let me talk nonsense." What does this have to do with me? You can bring my words to Boyan, and talk about it here today, and talk about it tomorrow. ”

Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi had to get up and salute, and went back with heavy steps.

Cheng Yue said, it's not that they don't understand, it's just that they never think about it, because it's useless to think about it, and they can deceive themselves. But now that the political situation of the Yuan Dynasty has been exposed by Cheng Yue, they don't want to do it. But what can they do? However, the meaning of Cheng Yue's words was deliberated by the two of them, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was not simple, but they didn't understand the true meaning of the words.

Bo Yan saw the two come back with a solemn face, and thought that Cheng Yue was unwilling to make peace. After listening to the two of them repeat Cheng Yue's words, Boyan himself became heavy.

Boyan asked, "Tell me, is this Cheng Yue really a demon?" ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "Except for the shorter hair, there is nothing surprising about it. If anything, it's that this person seems to have a good eye on everything. If we don't talk about the demarcation today, it is obvious that we have seen through our calculations, so we deliberately said a lot of things to wake us up, which means that if we really want to talk about peace, we must reasonably give in to a place that he can accept, and anyway, he will definitely not agree to the place he occupies now as the demarcation. Otherwise, even if an agreement is reached now, the next war will be even more tragic. Also, if we give up some places, don't do sabotage, otherwise he will definitely settle accounts with us, that's what it means. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Bo Yan's face, and saw that Bo Yan was expressionless, so he continued: "The strange thing is that what Cheng Yue said about the DPRK and China is as if he saw it with his own eyes. Even if he got some information from Prime Minister Ashu, it would not be so clear. What's more, it's hard to say how much Prime Minister Ah Shu is willing to tell him. We wondered, is there someone in the DPRK who has any contact with him? Although this possibility is not large, it cannot be ruled out. ”

Boyan said to Meng Qi quietly: "What do you think? ”

Meng Qi said very sincerely: "Although this person is young, he is talented, and he always makes me feel that I am being played with by him." There is a lot of meaning in his words, but he is not trying to make a fuss, but he is hinting at his speculation to us. It seems unbelievable, but in fact, it is inherent, and people have to think deeply. In short, this person is unfathomable and cannot be measured by common sense. What we mean by this is that you might as well have honest fellowship with him, and you will get more out of it than you can get by going toe-to-toe. Please think again. ”

Boyan said: "Then do you speculate, how much space does he get before he is satisfied?" ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "Prime Minister Mingjian, I don't think Cheng Yue is unreasonable. This time, our army marched south and got so many places, how could it be possible to return them all? He had no foundation in the Song Dynasty, and he couldn't control it. So I thought that as long as it could make him feel safe, it could also form a deterrent to the Song Dynasty. If we all go back, then the Song Dynasty will not need him, but will be detrimental to him. Cheng Yue is a smart person, how can he not understand this truth? Therefore, please forgive the prime minister, and the lower official thinks that he might as well give him the place where he ends in Jiankang. In this way, we will not give too much, but we can also satisfy him, and we can also coerce the Southern Song Dynasty, and we can count it in one fell swoop, presumably Cheng Yue will also be grateful to us. ”

Boyan frowned, looked at Zhang Hongfan with some dissatisfaction, and said, "What if Cheng Yue gets Jiankang but comes to attack us?" ”

Meng Qi said: "Sooner or later, we and Cheng Yue will have to restart the war, if we don't give him Jiankang, this war will come earlier." Given him such a big place, he always needs some time to divide the troops to govern, which buys us time, and Song Ting is probably not willing to let Jiankang and other places be owned by Cheng Yue, they will have many internal contradictions, and Cheng Yue will have the heart of overpassing. But if he wants to stand on behalf of Song, he will need at least five years of operation. We can use this time to find a way to get the secret of Cheng Yue's weapon, and then come up with a method of restraint. Please decide. ”

Boyan closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he said, "What if Cheng Yue's appetite is even greater?" ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "We can guarantee that the place given to him will never be plundered, and everything will be as usual." With his troops, it was good to be able to get such a large place. As long as the prime minister agrees, the lower officials can go and talk about it. If Cheng Yue really doesn't agree, won't my Dayuan army of hundreds of thousands really help him? ”

Boyan pondered for a while, and finally said: "Just talk about it on this condition, and you can't let it anymore." Jiankang's surrounding Zhenjiang and others can also be given to him, and no more will be enough. In other places, Song Dumuda is afraid that he will suffer a loss, and I remember his credit. Yunnan cannot be lost, and Guangdong and Guangxi should also talk about it in this way. ”

Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi finally felt a little more relaxed, and bowed together and said, "Obey the Prime Minister's order." ”

The next day, the two got up early in the morning and discussed together for a while before Shi Shiran went to Cheng Yue's military camp to find Cheng Yue.

Cheng Yue saw that the two of them were here again, and he seemed to be much more confident. smiled: "What news did the two gentlemen get and be happy to be like this?" ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "For Cheng Gongzi, of course, it is great news, but for our Dayuan, it is not enough." If you don't, we can also repay the favor that Gongzi gave us yesterday. ”

Cheng Yue raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Zhang Hongfan said very simply: "We relayed everything that Gongzi said to Prime Minister Boyan yesterday, and the Prime Minister was greatly rewarded and wanted to make friends with Gongzi, so we plan to give Gongzi a large piece of land as a gift." Since then, the two armies have stopped fighting and shared peace. The two of them thought of a way to just say it directly, not to beat around the bush.

Cheng Yue said: "Let me guess, do you want to give me Jiankang?" Zhenjiang can also be used, right? You can't let it go anywhere else, am I right? ”

Zhang Hongfan and Meng Qi were shocked! How did he know? Yesterday there were only three people present, and it is impossible for them to leak the military plane. Could it be that this Cheng Yue is really a monster, or is he like a god?

Zhang Hongfan calmed down and said: "Childe's expectations are not bad, and we promise not to plunder and give Childe a complete health." ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said: "You have thought it through, since the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan was overthrown by you, I don't want to care, you can keep it." But Guangdong and Guangxi can't give it to you, and you don't occupy much space there, so just quit. As for Jiangdong, I have 5,000 elite soldiers who are all from the vicinity of Chenzhou, so let's take that as the boundary. I have one more additional requirement. It is that I want Meng Zhijing, the son of Meng Hui, and Meng Zhijin's two families, anyway, they don't have their father's ability, it's just a symbol, but I assured the Southern Song Dynasty court of this matter. Meng Zhijin is in good health, and Meng Zhijing also bothers you to return it to me, and the peace agreement can be reached. How is it? ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "But Song Du Muda has connected dozens of cities, do you want to give it to you?" ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "It's just a few dozen cities, is it a lot?" If it weren't for Huang Wanshi's miscellaneous greed for life and fear of death, you would let me send someone to guard there and take a look? We still have some defenders in Sichuan guarding Chongqing Luzhou and other places, you put them back, so that the whole of Sichuan up to Zhenjiang is yours, and there is a large area of land in Jiangdong, not to mention the wealth of Jingxiang and the property of Huaidong and Huaixi, I just want to come back to such a small place, what is too much? If you think Song Dumuda will be unwilling, I can talk to him alone. Put a knife against my neck, can I not react? At this time, Sichuan was not completely occupied by the Yuan army, and it was not until the surrender of the Southern Song Dynasty in history that Chongqing and other places were still resisting because of the lack of information. And Huang Wanshi, who was traitorous and brutal in history, had surrendered at this time, but now he was stirred up by Cheng Yueyi, and he was still waiting.

Zhang Hongfan knew that it was impossible for Cheng Yue to make concessions on this matter, which was not much different from what they had estimated before, so he said: "What Gongzi said is reasonable, I will wait to go back and report to the prime minister, presumably it is not a big problem." But Meng Zhijing, Meng Zhijin's affairs are difficult. Our Great Khan is planning to let Meng Zhijin be the secretary of the military department, how can he be put back to you? ”

Cheng Yue said: "You are wrong, this matter is easy to do." Prime Minister Boyan knows these two people, and the two brothers together are not as good as their fathers, but they are just false names. What the Southern Song Dynasty wants is this kind of false name after welcoming back Zhongliang, and what you Great Khan wants is the false name of the famous general Meng Hui to serve in the court after that, is it useful? Do those two people deserve to be the secretary of the military department? Can't get things done badly? Besides, Meng Zhijin has already said that he doesn't want to do it, so why force him? Compared with the overall situation, these two are just small people, as long as Prime Minister Boyan plays, you Great Khan has no reason to disallow it. ”

Meng Qi said: "I don't know what Cheng Gongzi plans to let them do?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Now that there are so many places, I have to send people to govern them." There are only a limited number of people on hand. ”

Zhang Hongfan said: "We still have some demotes, if they are willing to come back, is the son willing to give them a place to rest?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Do you think I'm afraid of accepting these people? I'm not afraid, if you give it to me, I'll want it. If I find out that they have a problem, I will kill his whole family! Kill another hundred Mongols to vent their anger! I'm going to be ugly, so you can see what you do. ”