Chapter 88: Negotiation II
The reason why I say this is because it stands to reason that Zhu Changyuan is the minister appointed by the imperial court, although he is not the governor of the three sides, but he is also a feudal envoy in Shaanxi, and he is also a feudal official, in the final analysis, he is the master, and Li Zicheng is just a guest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The envoy gave his hand to Zhu Changyuan, and said with a smile: "The general's prestige is far and wide, shocked in China, and the king of my family is also very admired, knowing that it is not easy for the general to come to Shaanxi on a saddle horse all the way, and he doesn't want to be an enemy with the general, so he is ordered to come over to negotiate peace!" ”
The name of the person who came was Hu Jialin, and he was a civil official on Li Zicheng's side, and he had always been able to speak well, so he was sent over as an envoy to make peace.
Originally, he didn't want to make peace, especially after accepting the word "surrender" from Zhu Changyuan, Li Zicheng was still quite annoyed, if it weren't for Zhu Changyuan's ability to fight, he would have fought a decisive battle with him a long time ago.
Rao is like this, after Zhu Changyuan surrounded the entire Chang'an Mansion, he also sent several waves of cavalry out to disturb, but the result was the same as rumored, Zhu Changyuan's cavalry was invincible.
Later, although there were a large number of soldiers in the city, Li Zicheng had to send someone to negotiate peace with Zhu Changyuan, but there was no way, he really couldn't beat it.
"Please come in." Zhu Changyuan made a gesture of invitation and invited Hu Jialin into his tent.
For Li Zicheng's peace, he naturally can't ask for it, compared with Liaodong, Shaanxi is also a big pit, if you want to rely on his own 200 cavalry to beat the entire Shaanxi or Li Zicheng's army, it is naturally not difficult, but in that case, the task cannot be completed, and Chongzhen made a wedding dress, he is naturally unwilling.
Now the top priority is to stabilize Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and then it is best to be able to carry out their own plans without opposition or even support from the two, if they can succeed, not only can the civil unrest in Shaanxi be self-defeating, but also, most importantly, it can also brush up its reputation. Get a reward or something.
invited Hu Jialin to his tent, then invited him to sit down, and said, "What, is Zicheng willing to surrender?" If so. It is really a blessing for the court and the people of the world! ”
Zhu Changyuan also knew that it was impossible for Li Zicheng to surrender, so saying this was nothing more than taking the initiative in words first, a negotiation strategy. Only by giving yourself more room for detours can you get more benefits in the negotiation.
Especially in this kind of situation where I am a fish for the sword!
"General, you're kidding!" Hu Jialin smiled bitterly, arched his hand towards Zhu Changyuan, and said: "Although the king of my family is trapped here at the moment, he is in a safe corner, but according to today's affairs, who the destiny of heaven is not yet known!" ”
"What if!" Seeing Zhu Changyuan's flat expression, Hu Jialin said again: "With the talent of a general, if he is subordinate to my family and the king, he will win the world one day." It's okay for the general to be the king of the earth! ”
This is good, as soon as Zhu Changyuan spoke, the peace negotiation over there turned into persuasion.
It is no wonder that although Zhu Changyuan is not famous, Li Zicheng is not an idle person, especially in the battle with Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, everyone thought that he was beaten only a lonely man and had no future, who would have thought that hundreds of thousands of troops would be called up overnight.
As a result, many superstitious lower-class peasants blindly believed that Li Zicheng was born as the Son of Heaven. If you don't die in a great disaster, you will definitely be able to dominate the world in the future.
As a result, Li Zicheng is very unified and united internally. Same. is also very arrogant, even the fat man in front of him, who is full of red face, is familiar with poetry and books, and even dares to persuade Zhu Changyuan to surrender.
Zhu Changyuan smiled and shook his head.
"Even though Zhu has heard of the name of King Chuang, he is the queen of the clan. How difficult it is for Emperor Taizu to come by, how can he be a descendant of that unscrupulous, so don't mention the matter of obedience. ”
"General Ben came this time to appease Shaanxi, if it is self-defeating to the imperial court, it would be easy to do, otherwise, the jade can only be burned, let Zicheng lead the army to come, to see if he is powerful at breaking the king, or is the general's iron cavalry superior?"
Surrender, it can only be someone else and me, let me surrender to the enemy, that's a joke.
If you don't kick the red-faced fat man in front of you out, it's already an extrajudicial favor.
"The general is angry, the general is angry!"
Hu Jialin said: "General, my lord, you are the Shaanxi Fu envoy, my king has no intention of competing with the general here, the king sent me, that is, to negotiate peace with the general, in the future, the general will act in Shaanxi, and my king will try to support it." ”
Zhu Changyuan waved his hand, put up the stinky shelf, and said: "Hmph, negotiate peace, didn't I say surrender, how did it become peace." ”
"No!" Hu Jialin's face was average, his face was serious, and he said: "The general should not deceive people too much, you must know that the rabbit bites people when he is in a hurry, my king is not invincible to the general, nor is it Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Xiaofeng and the like can compare, there are countless lieutenant generals in the army of the king of Chuang, and everyone serves to the death, and fights back, even if the net cannot be broken, the general may not get benefits!" ”
Zhu Changyuan took the teacup, drank two sips of tea leisurely, pondered for a while, but looked at Hu Jialin with a calm look on his face, and said: "If Zicheng is really interested in fighting with this general, this general is willing to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman!" ”
"Humph!" Kong He stepped forward, stood majestically in front of Hu Jialin, and said loudly: "Vertical Zier dare!" My two hundred brothers are waiting for each other night and night, and if they have their own kind and come with an army of 100,000, what does it matter? ”
The words were loud for a while, and Hu Jialin was also frightened for a while.
However, Hu Jialin is on a mission after all, although the two forces are trembling, he also has to stand up, salute Zhu Changyuan, and say: "General, it's not that I, Hu someone, doesn't give face to the general, it's really their own master, my family is the king's bottom line, so why can't I?" If the general insists on provoking the Shaanxi War, he is not a soft bone for fear of breaking into the king. ”
After speaking, he arched his hand towards Kong He, flicked his sleeves, and said, "Farewell!" ”
"Stop!" Zhu Changyuan stood up and said to Hu Jialin's short and fat back: "Mr. wants to leave, so he will bring a word to Li Zicheng for this general, and say: This will be ordered by the Son of Heaven to appease Shaanxi, and he has no intention of using force, if he has the intention to negotiate peace, he will send someone to send 100,000 taels of silver tomorrow to show his sincerity." ”
"If you don't want to make peace!" Zhu Changyuan's voice suddenly became cold, and he said softly: "Ben General doesn't mind letting him repeat Zhang Xianzhong's old things!" ”
"Farewell!"
After speaking, Hu Jialin bowed to Zhu Changyuan, and then retreated out.
Kong He saw Hu Jialin leaving, stepped forward with a puzzled expression, and asked Zhu Changyuan: "General, why don't you let your subordinates lead the soldiers and horses to have a big battle with him Li Zicheng, why do you still want to negotiate peace?" ”
"At this time, the stakes are very high, and you can't act recklessly!" Zhu Changyuan finished speaking softly and sat down in his seat by himself.
Where did I think that as soon as I sat down, I heard Kong He start to complain, and said: "My subordinates think that there is no need to be like this at all, with the prestige of the generals and the courage of the soldiers, they can be defeated by themselves, once Chang'an is captured, Luo Rucai will be attacked in the first place, so that the land of Shaanxi can be calm!" ”
The more Zhu Changyuan listened, the darker his face became.
Angrily, he pressed the cup in his hand on the table in front of him with a "bang", and said: "Let me ask you, defeat Zicheng today, defeat Luo Rucai tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, if someone rises up in Shaanxi, what should I do?" ”
"Kill!" Kong He's face was ruthless, he didn't notice Zhu Changyuan's darkening face at all, and continued: "As the old saying goes, if you kill all the soldiers of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, no one will dare to fight back!" ”
"Put p!" Zhu Changyuan couldn't help but be furious, stood up and said, "Let me ask you, do you know why the people in Shaanxi are willing to follow Zicheng as a thief instead of being a good citizen?" ”
Hearing Zhu Changyuan say this, and seeing his boss's face so dark, Kong He's heart couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't say why he came after talking for a long time.
To tell the truth, when he came here, all he thought about was how to defeat Li Zicheng, how to stage a thousand-mile chase again, and then lead the whole family to enjoy it, and at the same time prove his bravery and honor to the world with his achievements.
As for how to deal with the victims in Shaanxi and why so many people followed the rebellion, he couldn't say why.
"Short-sighted!" Zhu Changyuan scolded, took another sip of water, and said sternly: "The people of Shaanxi have not harvested for many years, and the folk Yizi cannibals do not know how many, if there is a mouthful of food, who is willing to pin their heads to the waistband of their pants to rebel?" ”
"Today is broken, killing millions of people, tomorrow those people have no food to eat, they will also rise up, and so on, do you want this general to kill all the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi?" Zhu Changyuan asked rhetorically.
The land of Shaanxi is not as good as Jingxiang!
Huguang actually did not have a disaster, whether it was the bandits hiding in the mountains, or the villains hiding in Yunyang, Gucheng, they just wanted to take advantage of the weak opportunity of the Ming Dynasty to speculate, and the soldiers under them were actually not short of food and clothing, and when Zhu Changyuan's bloody wrist was taken out, it would definitely work.
But Shaanxi is different, Nima has nothing to eat, knowing that there is a knife in front of him, as long as he can have a full meal, it is worth dying! Either starve to death, or be killed by others after eating first, choose one of the two choice questions, most people should choose the latter.
Therefore, in other words, if we cannot solve the food problem of millions of people in Shaanxi, no matter how many wars there are, it will be in vain.
Could it be that Zhu Changyuan doesn't want to make contributions and make a career, and doesn't want to beat Li Zicheng into a ghost?
Of course, but are these useful?
It's just useless!
He believed that once the food problem of most of the people in Shaanxi was solved, even if they were only given one meal a day, as long as they did not starve to death, the disaster of Shaanxi Li would disappear.
After all, the common people of China have been accustomed to being obedient since ancient times, oppression is okay, exploitation is okay, as long as they don't go too far, they can endure it.
"I'll ask you again!" Zhu Changyuan slowly walked up to Kong He, who was kneeling on the ground, and said softly: "You and Li Zicheng's team have also fought three or four times, what is the difference between his soldiers and Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers?" (To be continued.) )