Arrogant followed Cui Junsu into the council hall, he saw Yang Yuanqing at a glance, as early as the fourth year of Renshou, when Yang Yuanqing first came to Harry Lake, they met, strictly speaking, Yang Yuanqing is still his brother-in-law, although Asduo is still in the Northern Turks, but she is still one of Yang Yuanqing's wives.

He quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply to Yang Yuanqing, "Ashina is here to see His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and hugged him tightly, patted him on the shoulder and asked with a smile: "What kind of meeting gift did you bring me this time?" ”

"Bring five hundred good Turkic horses, all of which are one in a hundred horses, and I hope that Your Highness can ride our horses to fight in the south and the north, and revitalize the Great Sui River."

"Well said, I will remember your blessings."

Yang Yuanqing took his arm and introduced him to the other Xiangguo one by one, except for Pei Ju, the other three were meeting for the first time.

Seeing the salute, everyone walked into the council hall and sat down, Yang Yuanqing ordered the guards to serve tea, took out a parchment book, stood up and respectfully presented it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is a letter of apology written by our Khan himself, and I am deeply sorry for the Turkic invasion of Fengzhou!" ”

Yang Yuanqing took the apology, read it, handed it to Pei Ju casually, and said lightly: "The war was started by the former khan, but the Khan is willing to take responsibility for the former khan, I admire his courage, but ......."

Yang Yuanqing said that he couldn't help but change the topic slightly, "I can accept the apology, but I can't stop talking about war reparations." ”

In the council hall, the faces of the five Xiangguo became weird, in their opinion, the Turks are willing to apologize, which is already very good, and the governor actually wants the Turks war compensation, which makes them feel incredible, or rather, it is a little difficult to accept emotionally, and the manager treats people too harshly.

Yang Yuanqing did not discuss this matter with them in advance. In the eyes of the readers, asking for compensation is a difficult thing to say, but in the eyes of the Turks, this is a matter of course, just like Yang Yuanqing opened his mouth to ask what gifts he brought, Yang Yuanqing has dealt with the Turks for many years. He knew the rules and pragmatism of the Turks. It is not enough to apologize, and there must be in-kind compensation at the same time as apologizing, just like when Xue Yantuo Khan ransomed his son's body with 100,000 sheepskins.

Oddly nodded. He was mentally prepared for this, and reconciliation with the Sui Dynasty was extremely important to them, so that they would not suffer from the enemy. If the Northern Turks attacked on a large scale and the Sui Dynasty attacked from behind, they were in danger of being destroyed, and for them, trade was secondary, and the key was to reach an understanding with the Sui Dynasty.

"The only supplies we can come up with are cattle and sheep, and as compensation for the invasion of Fengzhou, we are willing to offer 500,000 cattle needed by the Sui Dynasty free of charge to show our sincerity in apologizing."

The five prime ministers looked at each other. They didn't expect the Turks to be so bold and take out 500,000 cattle in one go, in Hedong, a cow can be exchanged for ten stone rice, which is the price of five million stone rice, of course, 500,000 head of cattle may not be anything to the Turks. For the Turks, cattle were only a source of meat, but for the Sui Dynasty, they were an indispensable means of production, which is the difference between the concepts of nomads and agricultural peoples.

Yang Yuanqing's generosity also surprised Yang Yuanqing, although the Turks mediated conflicts with each other. One party had to come up with compensation in kind, but that was only between private individuals. And the compensation between countries is more of a gesture, there must be compensation in kind, how much I don't care very much, so that I can explain internally, Yang Yuanqing's bottom line is 100,000 sheep, just used to reward the soldiers, but the other party actually opened his mouth to 500,000 cows, which was really beyond his expectations.

But Yang Yuanqing immediately understood the urgency of Luo Khan's eagerness to reconcile, and estimated that next spring, a war would break out between the two Turks, he pondered for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "Add another 200,000 sheep, I hope we forget the unpleasantness of the Battle of Fengzhou." ”

Several Xiangguo really couldn't stand Yang Yuanqing's businessman-like increase, Pei Ju was just about to open his mouth to persuade, but he didn't hesitate to say: "Then we will make a decision!" ”

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Yang Yuanqing did not participate in the rest of the specific negotiations, he handed over Pei Ju and Cui Junsu to negotiate with Du Bi slowly, including the details of the settlement clause and trade, as the de facto supreme ruler of the Northern Sui, Yang Yuanqing only needed to grasp the general direction of the principle, and he handed over the rest of the specific provisions to his subordinates to negotiate.

At this time, the door opened, and Cui Junsu walked into Yang Yuanqing's official room, "Manager, are you looking for me?" ”

"Choi Sang-kook, please take a seat!"

Yang Yuanqing invited him to sit down, and then asked with a smile: "How about it, 500,000 cattle and 200,000 sheep, do you think the price is okay?" ”

Cui Junsu was originally the Taishou of Wuyuan County, after the Battle of Fengzhou, he had roughly calculated the losses of Wuyuan County, if in terms of material losses, these cattle and sheep are enough, but if in terms of the compensation of the casualties, this is not enough, however, considering that the Turkic casualties are far more than the Sui army, then this account is not easy to calculate.

Cui Junsu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if I can compensate for it, but I think the general manager's asking price is really ruthless." ”

Yang Yuanqing raised his head and smiled, "This bit of cattle and sheep is nothing to the Turks, they will carry millions of cattle and sheep in a southern invasion, I can see that my asking price is still within their bottom line, so I will not hesitate to agree, I don't plan to deal with him anymore, with these cattle, we can solve the problem of animal power for spring ploughing, and 200,000 sheep are used to reward the army and stimulate the morale of the soldiers." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing said to Cui Junsu again: "According to etiquette, after the Turks send us this time, we have to visit them again, I plan to let you be my plenipotentiary to the Turks, do you have any questions?" ”

Cui Junsu shook his head, "There is no problem with the subordinates. ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to him: "The reason why I agreed to reconcile with the Turks this time is mainly from two aspects, on the one hand, we need to concentrate our forces to the east, and we have no time to defend against the Turks, if the agreement is reached, I am ready to transfer another 15,000 cavalry from Fengzhou, and it is enough to leave 5,000 troops there; On the other hand, I don't want the Chuluo Khan to be destroyed, or Utu to be destroyed, now Utu and Chuluo Khan are equal in strength, their long-term internal strife is in line with the fundamental interests of the Sui Dynasty, if a unified dynasty appears in the grassland, it will be the enemy of the Central Plains sooner or later, don't think that the relationship between me and Utu is good, the Sui Dynasty should support Utu, if you think so, you are wrong, not my race, its heart will be different, Utu may not invade the south because of the situation, what about his son? The lesson of Keemin Khan is still vivid, Choi Sang-kook, I hope you can understand this. ”

Cui Junsu nodded silently, "My subordinates understand that this is also the consistent strategy of the Great Sui, to help the weak and attack the strong, and divide them into between." ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed, "That being said, but the grassland people are not stupid, they will also consider the life and death of the nation, give up infighting, and seek unity, I estimate that in another four or five years, the Turkic civil war will end, and we will face a new powerful Turkic dynasty again, but in another four or five years, our civil war should also end, and the Turks will also face a new powerful Central Plains dynasty, and the two sides will start again, but in any case, the battle of Fengzhou has won the border peace in the past few years, This is extremely important to us, and this time you have sent an envoy to the Turks, hoping to maintain the dignity of the heavenly court, not humble or arrogant, and to talk to them with an equal attitude. ”

"The subordinates will remember the instructions of the governor, and the subordinates want to ask, what should the Turks do if they want to be canonized by us?"

Yang Yuanqing did not hesitate to deny this possibility, "They should not seek canonization, their apology is written in the tone of equal relationship, even if they want to canonize, we can't agree, this will hurt the dignity of Utu, we just go to reconcile and eliminate each other's hostility, this is your mission." ”

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It was getting dark, Yang Yuanqing got into the carriage and slowly returned to the house, the carriage walked smoothly and slowly, the coachman Lao Qin knew that at this time, the old man would sit in the carriage and close his eyes to rest for a while, he tried his best to control the speed of the carriage, so as not to let the carriage bump and shake to wake up the old man's rest.

In the carriage, Yang Yuanqing leaned on the soft couch and closed his eyes to recuperate, in fact, he did not rest, his heart was thinking about Asduo who was far away in the Northern Turks, after the Battle of Fengzhou, Asduo was brought back to the Turks by Chuluo Khan, and then handed her over to Kedun Anuli of the Northern Turks, and more than half a year has passed, and Asduo has never returned.

Yang Yuanqing knew very well that Utu would never detain Asduo, she did not come back for a long time, it can only be said that it was her own reason, perhaps the battle of Fengzhou tore the last bond between the Turks and the Sui Dynasty, so that the two peoples completely turned against each other, on the one hand was her father and brother, on the other hand was her husband, Asto could not face this hatred, she could only choose to escape.

Yang Yuanqing could understand Asto's pain and helplessness, and did not send someone to pick her up, as time passed, this hatred slowly faded, and she would return to her side sooner or later.

Perhaps because people are slowly maturing, Yang Yuanqing also feels that the passion of the young man has slowly faded, and it is rare that something makes him excited and makes his blood rush, and his position can no longer make him act as recklessly as he did when he was a teenager.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and only a young woman's voice was heard outside the carriage: "Lord Qingtian, the people are wronged!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, someone actually stopped the car and complained, what is going on? He immediately instructed his soldiers: "Go and ask what's going on?" ”

After a while, the soldiers came back and reported in a low voice: "Chief, it seems to be related to the Taiyuan royal family!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, he pondered for a moment and said, "Take this woman back home!" ”