Chapter 409: Vested Interests
What Wu Shaogang, Li Tingzhi and others didn't expect was that the Great Yuan Court really sent an envoy to Chengdu Fucheng, and the envoy this time was still Prince Moge. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, Wu Shaogang arranged for Zhang Wenqian to negotiate on behalf of Jiedu to make the yamen negotiate, and he had to reconsider, after all, Prince Moge also has a special identity, that is, Akecha's uncle and Wu Shaogang's uncle, whether in terms of specifications or etiquette, Zhang Wenqian is not suitable as a negotiator.
Li Tingzhi undertook the heavy responsibility of negotiation, and this time the negotiation, the meaning is not the same, Wu Shaogang and everyone have done many analyses, the Great Yuan court and Kublai Khan both want to be able to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, and concentrate on taking Xiangyang Fucheng, so they will definitely lower their posture and strive to coexist peacefully with Sichuan in a short time.
This time the negotiations, in fact, are the use of each other by the two sides, Wu Shaogang also thought that Sichuan and other places can be temporarily stable, of course, the stability will not be too long, the intelligence from the capital, as well as the intelligence detected from Xiangyang, Xiangyang Fucheng, which has been isolated from the outside world for more than two years, is basically difficult to support, the army sent by the imperial court to help the army, repeatedly defeated, Xia Gui and other generals who are responsible for leading the rescue have resigned to the imperial court many times, but they have not been approved.
The time of the truce determined by the Yamen of Jiedu was actually the time when the Great Yuan Imperial Court captured the city of Xiangyang.
This seems a little incredible, but for his own interests, in order to be able to reach the top smoothly in the future, Wu Shaogang must make such a choice, maybe such a choice will leave a disgraceful mark in the history books, but that doesn't matter.
On the fifth day of the sixth month, in the middle of summer, Brother Mo came to Sichuan again.
This time, Wu Shaogang didn't let Brother Mo wait more, and came to the official post the next day, met Brother Mo, and accompanied Wu Shaogang to the official post together, as well as Li Tingzhi and A Kecha and others, as for Hao Jing and Zhang Wenqian and others, they did not come forward, so as not to stimulate Brother Mo.
To Wu Shaogang's surprise, Brother Mo's expression was very gloomy, his hair was much grayer, and the whole person looked like he was showing signs of aging, and his spirit was not very good.
Wu Shaogang's meeting with Prince Mo Ge only lasted for half an hour, during which Brother Mo spoke politely, and he also showed respect for Wu Shaogang, and he didn't have the feeling of complacency when he came last time.
Akocha stayed, after all, it was not an ordinary relationship.
When returning to the Jiedu envoy Yamen, Wu Shaogang and Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing and Zhang Wenqian and others consulted again, Wu Shaogang believed that the attitude of Prince Moge had explained everything, and this negotiation was a shame to some extent for the Dayuan court, which was difficult for Kublai Khan and others to accept, but in order to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, Kublai Khan had to send envoys to negotiate in order to concentrate on capturing the city of Xiangyang.
Wu Shaogang also analyzed one thing, that is, the situation in Mobei is definitely not optimistic, Haidu and others are not fuel-efficient lamps, Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court are most worried about the thing, that is, the Central Plains will not be stable, Xiangyang Mansion will not be able to capture for the time being, and the chaos in Mobei will appear again, if the pressure from these three sides hits at the same time, even the brave Kublai Khan is difficult to deal with.
It was in this discussion that Wu Shaogang made a decisive decision to send an envoy to Mobei to inform Haidu of many situations, believing that Haidu would definitely take action after knowing these things.
Zhang Wenqian suggested, do not send envoys to Mobei, as long as send merchants to do business, the Mongolian tribes in Mobei are very welcome to go to do business, they have suffered from Kublai Khan and the blockade of the Yuan court, the economy is very difficult, at this time to send a merchant group to trade, will receive an unprecedented welcome, needless to say, Haidu and others, will definitely ask Shangjia Central Plains and Dadu matters, at this time Shangjia said the situation in the Central Plains, the south and Dadu, It's just a matter of course.
The reason why Zhang Wenqian put forward such a suggestion was because Haidu and others were more hostile to the Han people than Kublai Khan, so sending envoys may not be able to achieve the desired results.
Wu Shaogang adopted Zhang Wenqian's suggestion and asked the envoys sent by the Yamen to mingle in the ranks of merchants and go to the Mobei grassland to trade.
Because they occupy Jingzhaofu Road and other places, Jiedu has actually opened up the path to Mobei for trading, and they don't need to detour to Dadu, they can completely enter the grassland directly from the Yanyan Road.
As for the Yan Road, the Dayuan court basically gave up, Henan Road, Qingyuan Road and Jingzhaofu Road and other places, all of which were occupied by the Song army in Sichuan, and the Yan Road has been completely and completely surrounded, no one will continue to stick here, especially after the defeat in the battle of Henan Road, many new annexed troops stationed here have chosen to evacuate to Kaifeng Mansion.
The negotiations began very quickly, and although Wu Shaogang did not directly participate in the negotiations, he always kept track of the negotiation process.
And the intelligence of the capital and Xiangyang Fucheng has also become the focus of Wu Shaogang's attention.
Judging from the intelligence from the Xiangyang Mansion City, it is impossible for Lu Wenhuan, who is holding on to the Xiangyang Mansion City, to hold on for a long time, although it is said that the food stored in the Xiangyang Mansion City is sufficient, but more than two years have passed, according to the amount of food consumed, the Xiangyang Mansion City should have entered a difficult period, and it is difficult to support it, and more importantly, the multi-way reinforcements sent by the imperial court have never been able to break through the encirclement of the Mongolian army, but have lost their troops.
Based on the information from all sides, Wu Shaogang made a judgment that if the imperial court did not change its strategy and did its best to aid Xiangyang Fucheng, it would not take more than half a year to kill Xiangyang Fucheng, which would definitely fall, that is to say, Xiangyang Fucheng would not be able to hold it within the year.
This analysis is very important for the Sichuan side.
At that time, Wu Shaogang would take Kaifeng Fucheng and approach Xiangyang Fucheng in the south, and start a decisive battle with the Mongol army attacking Xiangyang Fucheng, striving to completely defeat the Mongol army attacking Xiangyang Fucheng.
In the Battle of Henan Road, the Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army occupied Shaanzhou, Songzhou, Dengzhou, Ruzhou and Henan Province, but did not attack Tangzhou, Caizhou, Zhengzhou and Junzhou.
Tangzhou and Caizhou are close to Xiangyang Fucheng, which is the support base for the Dayuan court to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, as for Zhengzhou and Junzhou, it is close to Kaifeng Fucheng, if these state capitals are taken, it is impossible for the Dayuan court to attack Xiangyang Fucheng with all its strength, and it is even more worried about the safety of the entire Central Plains.
The reason why Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court sent envoys to negotiate was because Wu Shaogang did not attack and occupy these places, in fact, when the Battle of Henan Road was won, the Song army took these places without much effort.
From the current actual situation, it is not that the more places occupied, the better, Wu Shaogang's concept is different from that of others, all the places occupied need to stabilize the people, at least not let the people freeze and starve to death, which requires the Yamen to take out a large amount of money and grain to maintain the stability of the places that have just been occupied.
Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, and others, who accepted Wu Shaogang's idea, also did not approve of occupying a large number of places in a short period of time, and they understood from another aspect, that is, if they did not occupy these places for the time being, the burden would be on Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court, and the festival would make them have a lot less expenses.
Li Tingzhi combined with the many situations analyzed by Wu Shaogang, and patiently and meticulously began negotiations with Brother Mo.
The conditions put forward by Brother Mo confirmed many of Wu Shaogang's judgments, Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court recognized the many places occupied by the Sichuan Jiedu Yamen, and would not send a large army to attack these places, and the Dayuan court and the Sichuan Jiedu made the yamen stabilize the status quo, and the two sides did not interfere with each other.
Li Tingzhi, on behalf of the Jiedu envoy Yamen, put forward the only demand, that is, compensation in terms of money and grain, the reason is that many places on Henan Road have been exploited by the Dayuan court, and the people are not happy, and the Dayuan court must give a certain amount of compensation.
This condition, Brother Mo agreed without much thought, and proposed to compensate for the amount of 100,000 taels of silver.
Li Tingzhi became a merchant at this time, bargained with the two brothers, and finally determined the amount of compensation at 150,000 taels of silver, plus 100,000 stone of grain.
Li Tingzhi and Brother Mo reached a negotiation agreement, this negotiation, because the intentions of the two sides are basically the same, so there is not too much quarrel, as the last brother of the Mongolian prince, there is not much concept of money, and will not bargain too much with Li Tingzhi in terms of compensation money, but Brother Mo insists on a point of view, that is, 150,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 stone of grain, is not the compensation given by the Yuan court to Sichuan, but a reward.
Li Tingzhi didn't agree with such a statement, but Wu Shaogang didn't care, 150,000 taels of silver, plus 100,000 stone of grain, was enough to stabilize Henan Mansion and other places, and that was enough.
Wu Shaogang knows very well that this negotiation agreement cannot last long, and the next big war will start in a very short time.
Brother Mo stayed in Chengdu for the time being, and the negotiated agreement was sent to Dadu, and when the silver and grain rewarded by the Dayuan court arrived in Chengdu Fucheng, Brother Mo could return to Dadu.
How to treat Prince Moge, Wu Shaogang also has his own opinion, he had a serious conversation with Akecha, and decided to leave Prince Moge in Chengdu for the time being, not to return to Dadu, after all, the agreement reached through this negotiation did not have much effect, that is to say, Prince Moge did not really complete the task, if he returned to Dadu again, he might encounter the punishment of Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan Dynasty, and even endanger his life. (To be continued.) )