After the assassination, the envoy of the Northern Sui unilaterally stopped the negotiations, and the chief envoy Pei Ju put forward two demands, one is that the Tang Dynasty must give a clear explanation to the Northern Sui for this assassination, which is one of them, and the second is that the Tang Dynasty must make concessions in the negotiations to break the current deadlock between the two sides. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the evening of the same day, the crown prince Li Jiancheng came to the hotel on behalf of his father to apologize to the Northern Sui mission, and he was accompanied by Chen Shuda, a formal visit, so that both sides put on official uniforms.

In the lobby, Li Jiancheng put a scroll of letters on a vermilion lacquer plate and asked his subordinates to present it to Pei Ju, and he explained: "This is a letter of apology written by my father to His Royal Highness King Qi, apologizing for this assassination, and asking Duke Pei to forward it to His Royal Highness King Qi." ”

Pei Ju nodded, "I can feel the sincerity of your country, and I will send someone to Zhongdu immediately to send this letter." ”

Chen Shuda next to him added: "In order to give your delegation an explanation, this afternoon, the Holy Lord has dismissed Chen Junbin, the head of the household department who has jurisdiction over the two cities, and Liu Yuan, the secretary of the Taifu Temple, to investigate their lax control of the merchants in Guanxi City, which led to Wang Shichong's spies pretending to be businessmen and infiltrating the West Market, which is one of them. The second is that all the spies of Wang Shichong's intelligence point have been arrested, and they are the masterminds of this assassination, and we will escort them to Zhongdu and hand them over to your country for disposal; Third, we have come out to apologize to you this evening, and we apologize for the trouble we have caused. ”

After speaking, Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda both knelt down and apologized to Pei Ju and Wen Yanbo.

Pei Ju and Wen Yanbo glanced at each other, since the other party expressed his position like this, it was not good for them to insist on letting the other party explain, but it can also be seen from this that the Tang Dynasty also hoped to reach an agreement as soon as possible, and they also had to prepare for war, and they did not want to be entangled in the assassination case again, so the other party apologized in such a low profile, and even Li Yuan's handwritten apology letter was available.

Pei Ju nodded, "Since the assassination case has not caused us substantial harm, then we should not dwell on this matter anymore, but in order for the negotiations to continue, I hope that both sides can show some sincerity, what do His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Chen Xiangguo think?" ”

Li Jiancheng said happily: "This is also my intention, in order to show support for your army to fight against the Turks, we are willing to support 30,000 stone of grain, although the amount is not much, but it is an attitude, I hope you can understand." ”

Pei Ju smiled slightly, "We don't lack food, so we don't need it, so let's do it!" Let's start with a proposal, and if you can accept it, then our initial agreement will be reached, and then we will continue to discuss it in depth. ”

"Pei Gong, please speak!"

Pei Ju said unhurriedly: "We also know that it is difficult for your country to make a breakthrough on the Nanxiang Road, so we can let go of the Yangtze River waterway, and your country's cargo ships can sail directly from Jiangxia to Bashu, and the Sui army naval division will not intercept it again, and will ensure that your cargo ships arrive safely in Yiling County." ”

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, in this way, the copper and iron of Jiangxia County could continue to be exported to Bashu and even Chang'an, and the water transportation channel was finally solved, and he hurriedly asked: "Then what conditions do you need?" ”

Pei Ju groaned and said: "The Turks will invade the south on a large scale, we can't guarantee that they will be intercepted north of Loufu Pass, if the Turkic cavalry breaks through Loufu Pass, it is likely to kill Taiyuan, Taiyuan City has a high wall to prevent, the Turkic cavalry is helpless, but the people in other counties are difficult to protect, we hope that all the people in Taiyuan County except Taiyuan City will be evacuated to Hebei, I don't know if you can agree?" ”

Chen Shuda's face changed, the other party was actually begging for the population of Taiyuan County, how could this work? A small concession to the waterway wants to exchange for half of the county's population, and the Northern Sui Xinhei is not a little bit!

He was just about to explicitly refuse, but Li Jiancheng waved his hand to stop Chen Shuda from speaking, Li Jiancheng said lightly: "I can't call the shots in this matter, I need to report to my father, I hope that the negotiations can resume tomorrow, and we will formally reply to you at the negotiation table, how about it?" ”

Pei Ju smiled and nodded, "Then we'll make up our minds!" ”

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In the imperial study, Li Yuan listened to Li Jianxin and Chen Shuda's reports, and couldn't help sneering: "It's a good idea!" Not only did Shangdang and Changping counties not return it to us, but they wanted the population of our Taiyuan County to be a small Yangtze River waterway, is this their sincerity? Why don't you say no on the spot? ”

Li Jiancheng said calmly: "Father Qi, of course the sons want to refuse, but then the two sides will turn their faces again, and the sons hope that the negotiations can continue, isn't it the same thing to politely refuse at the negotiation table?" ”

Li Yuan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, pondered for a long time and said: "Actually, it's not necessarily a bad thing if you don't refuse on the spot, I believe that they are also waiting for us to make a bargain, no one can accept this kind of unequal conditions, and the other party also knows, so Pei Ju deliberately lowered the conditions, just waiting for us to bargain." ”

Chen Shuda understood a little, and he asked with a smile, "What does Your Majesty mean—"

Li Yuan said lightly: "It's not impossible to give them half of the population of Taiyuan County, but I want another condition, I want Xiao Miao's country, and the Tang army will go east again, and they are not allowed to support Xiao Miao, and they must withdraw the water division." ”

Chen Shuda gave a thumbs up, "Your Majesty is smart!" ”

Li Yuan asked Li Jiancheng again, "What do you think of Jiancheng?" ”

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "This plan is feasible, and we have to put forward a request, we can't forcibly drive the people of Taiyuan County to Hebei, they must go voluntarily, in this way, not all the people of Taiyuan County are willing to go to Hebei, and there are many people who prefer to go south, and they can't take away the entire population." ”

Chen Shuda hurriedly added: "When negotiating tomorrow, don't immediately put forward Xiao Miao's request, let's first mention it to Dang County and Changping County, if the other party refuses, we will retreat and put forward Xiao Miao's condition, so that the possibility of the two sides reaching a compromise will increase." ”

Li Yuan happily stroked his beard and smiled: "Yes!" Moreover, if the population of Shangdang County and Changping County were to move to Jinnan, I did not want them to stop it, and in return, if the people of Lishi County and Xihe County wanted to flee to Hebei, I would not stop them, in short, the people were free to move, and both sides could not force them. ”

At this time, Li Jiancheng asked again: "Then Wang Shichong's side, do we want to send someone to Xingshi to ask for the guilt?" ”

Li Yuan shook his head, "Wang Shichong will let it go for a while, don't mention this matter for the time being, and then settle the account with him later, this account will have to be settled sooner or later." ”

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Early the next morning, the negotiations between the two sides continued to be held in the Zhongshu Provincial Hall, with the communication the night before, today's negotiations were much smoother, because it was possible to reach a compromise today, Pei Ju and Chen Shuda both envoys attended the negotiations, Chen Shuda first replied to Pei Ju's request yesterday, the Tang side did not need the Chang'an waterway, and hoped that the Sui side could return the two counties of Shangdang and Changping to the Tang Dynasty, as a reciprocal condition, the Tang Dynasty would allow the people of the counties of the state to move freely to Hebei.

Pei Ju made it clear that he rejected this plan, Shangdang County and Changping County were the territory of the Northern Sui Dynasty, and they must not be exchanged for territory.

Chen Shuda said slowly: "Since Pei Gong can't accept the exchange of territory and refuses to return Shangdang and Changping Counties, then let's go back to the original conditions, last night Pei Gong proposed that the people of all counties in Taiyuan County except Taiyuan City would move to Hebei, as a condition, the Yangtze River waterway can be used by us, and no longer intercept our cargo ships, is that so?" ”

Pei Ju smiled and nodded, "Not only will it not be intercepted, but it will also ensure that the cargo ship arrives safely in Yiling County." ”

"We want you to go one step further with this plan."

"Chen Xiangguo, please speak!"

"We hope that the Sui Army's naval division will withdraw from Nanjun, and we hope that your army will remain neutral when we attack Xiao Miao."

Pei Ju pondered for a long time and said: "Xiao Miao's territory is thousands of miles north and south, if all of them are assigned to the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid we can't accept it." ”

Chen Shuda immediately asked Li Wenhe to go to the Holy Lord to ask for the Holy Lord's opinion, and after a while, Li Wenhe returned and asked him to hang up a map given to him by the Son of Heaven.

He pointed to the map and said: "Qingjiang County is close to the Three Gorges, it is the outer defense of Bashu, we must take it back, followed by Nanjun, Liling County, Wuling County and Baling County, the above five counties belong to our Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the five counties of Changsha, Yuanling, Lingling, Hengshan, and Guiyang can be collected by you, and the counties of Guangnan Province further south, except for Jiaozhi County, which has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, we can give up the rest of Guiping, Yulin, Yangshuo and other counties." ”

Li Yuan is very shrewd, he wants all the Han inhabited areas except Changsha County, most of the southern counties are sparsely Han people, in fact, they are controlled by barbarian tribes, but they nominally belong to the original Sui Dynasty, and there is no strategic value, he can be generous as a personal favor.

Pei Ju thought for a while and said: "Then if the people in other counties in Bingzhou are willing to withdraw Hebei, I hope you will not block it, of course, if the people of Shangdang and Changping counties want to withdraw Jinnan, we will not block it, so can you accept it?" ”

Chen Shuda said happily: "Then we will reach a compromise on this!" ”

[Lao Gao is a little out of state these days, and he can't watch three more, and he will resume three more in two days, forgive me! ] (To be continued.) )