rushed all the way to Zhongdu, Wen Daya did not choose to go to the pavilion to rest, but came directly to Ziwei Palace and met Su Wei and Pei Ju, but he also knew that Wei Yunqi, the secretary of the ministry, was Zhang Xuan's spokesperson in Zhongdu, so Wen Daya also asked Wei Yunqi to sit at the same time.

In the inner hall of the Tianci Building of the Ministry of Internal History, Wen Daya respectfully handed over the letters of Li Yuan, the son of heaven, and Chen Shuda of Xiangguo to Su Wei, and Li Yuan's letter should naturally be opened by the regent Zhang Xuan, but the regent was not in the central capital, so Su Wei of Xiangguo accepted it on his behalf.

And Xiangguo Chen Shuda's letter Su Wei unceremoniously opened, after reading the letter, he handed the letter to Pei Ju next to him, and said with a smile: "I will send someone to forward the letter of the Son of Heaven of your country to His Royal Highness the Regent, but I estimate that the content is similar to Chen Xiangguo's letter, Wen Shilang, I am right!" ”

Wen Daya hurriedly bowed down and said: "Su Xiangguo is not wrong at all, in fact, the content is the same, it's just"

"It's just a difference in wording and level." Pei Ju next to him finished the rest of the words for him with a smile.

Wen Daya nodded, "We have always cherished the friendship between the two sides and respected the agreement signed by both sides, so His Royal Highness the King of Qi led a large army to the east to conquer Goguryeo, Hebei was empty, we still abided by the armistice agreement signed by the two sides last year, and did not take advantage of the danger, and now there are still two months before the agreement expires, why did your army violate the agreement and the army entered the state?" ”

Speaking of this, Wen Daya took out the agreement signed last year, spread it out on the table, and continued: "Su Xiangguo, Pei Xiangguo, there are two autographs on the agreement, you won't deny your promise!" ”

The day before Wen Daya set off for Zhongdu, Li Yuan specially convened important ministers to discuss various details of the envoy to Zhongdu, among which the question of the pace of negotiation was raised. Or get straight to the point and make a request to the point?

These are two completely different ways of negotiation, and after discussion, everyone agreed to decide to adopt the latter way, and directly pointed out that the Northern Sui had violated the armistice agreement signed last year, after all, Zhang Xuan was not in the central capital, and it was better to put pressure directly on Su Wei and Pei Ju.

Su Wei and Pei Ju glanced at each other, they knew that the other party would definitely come up with this trick to oppress themselves, after all, there were their signatures on it, but Su Wei and Pei Ju also had a way to deal with it, Su Wei took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "I didn't expect Wen Shilang to take out this agreement, frankly speaking, this agreement has been sealed with us, that is, this agreement has long been invalid." ”

"Why didn't it work?"

Wen Daya suddenly said urgently: "It will be the last day of November before the agreement expires, forgive me for being stupid, I don't understand the meaning of Su Xiangguo's words, can you explain it?" ”

"Wen Shilang, don't worry!"

Pei Ju smiled on the side and said: "Everything has a reason, of course we don't take it for granted that it will be invalid, there must be something that makes it invalid, Wen Shilang might as well take a look at the second article of the supplementary clause of the agreement." ”

Wen Daya didn't know how many times he had read this agreement, he could almost recite it backwards, and he immediately understood what the second article of the supplement that Pei Ju was referring to, during the continuation of the agreement, if either party launched a war attack against the other party to the agreement, if the two sides did not reach an understanding within thirty days, then the agreement would be terminated.

Of course, Wen Daya was very aware of the restrictions of this invalid clause, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were also aware of this, so he immediately said: "From the Sui army entering Hedong County and seizing Pujin Pass, it has only been twenty days now, and the supplementary clause says that it will not expire until thirty days later, so the two prime ministers cannot say that the agreement is invalid yet." ”

Su Wei gave him a strange look and asked puzzledly, "Don't you think that attacking Huguan is not a war attack?" ”

Wen Daya was stunned for a moment, unable to say a word for a long time, when they discussed this agreement, they all forgot that the Tang army had attacked Huguan, and they didn't think that attacking Huguan would actually mean that the Tang Dynasty unilaterally tore up the agreement.

"But Huguan is part of the annexed state, so it shouldn't be within the scope of the agreement!" Wen Daya was a little unconfident when she said this.

At this time, Wei Yunqi, who had not spoken, said solemnly: "Huguan we won in mid-October last year, and this agreement was signed on October 30 last year, the agreement is very clear, the two sides recognize the actual control line on the date of signing the agreement, I remember that the two sides argued for two days over the ownership of Huguan and Xiguguan, and finally the two sides reached a compromise, Huguan and Xiguguan belong to the territory of the Northern Sui, this agreement should also have an annex map, which clearly marks the control territory of both sides, Huguan is our territory, Then, according to the supplementary terms of the agreement, the Tang army's attack on Huguan a few months ago also means that this armistice agreement is invalid. ”

Wen Daya was a little anxious, if the agreement expired, he would have no reason to ask the Sui army to withdraw, and then his envoy would be meaningless.

"Why didn't you point this out at that time, if your country sent an envoy to Chang'an to negotiate, then the two sides may also reach an understanding, we will not attack Huguan again, and there will be no embarrassment that the agreement will not be invalid."

Wei Yunqi sneered, "I don't think attacking Huguan should be a hot head for some general!" Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Chang'an doesn't know, then it should be that you both come to China to explain the matter afterwards, and the two sides reach an understanding, but you don't send anyone here, then we can only think that your country is unwilling to continue this armistice agreement. ”

Wen Daya was extremely passive, his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't say a word, at this time, Pei Ju smiled and said: "Wen Shilang has worked hard all the way, even if we meet today, we will formally discuss another day, I believe that there are more ways than difficulties, as long as both parties are sincere, they will definitely find a plan that is acceptable to both parties." ”

Wen Daya had a step, he got up to say goodbye, Pei Ju personally sent him to the Honglu Temple building to rest, at this time, only Wei Yunqi and Su Wei were left in the inner hall, Wei Yunqi took out a letter and handed it to Su Wei: "This is a quick letter sent by His Royal Highness King Qi early this morning, Xiangguo, please take a look." ”

Wei Yunqi is upright and principled, he doesn't like Pei Ju's selfishness to be too heavy, for example, Pei Ju will inevitably say something that can't be put on the stage when he sends Wen Daya to the pavilion, which is despicable, on the contrary, Wei Yunqi appreciates Su Wei's style of pretending to be confused in small things and stressing principles in big things.

Su Wei was slightly stunned, and hurriedly took the letter, he read the letter again, the content of the letter was very short, but the point of view was very clear, with Wei Yunqi as the negotiator of the Central Capital, the Tang Army could redeem Pujin Pass and Hedong City, and Shangdang County and Changping County would not give up an inch of land.

Su Wei nodded slowly, and he asked with some puzzlement: "Your Highness said in the letter that let the Tang Army redeem Pujin Pass and Hedong City, then what about our conditions?" Did Your Highness say it to Yunqi before? ”

"Don't hide it from Xiangguo, I'm also thinking about this issue, since His Highness didn't mention the conditions in the letter, obviously because I know what conditions to mention, I think that although there is no shortage of food for the time being, His Highness mentioned that the army will be expanded to 350,000 people, then the food will obviously be tight again, I think it is still necessary to take food as a condition, as for how much food, it is up to us to decide."

Su Wei also remembered that Zhang Xuan did mention that he would increase his troops to 350,000, and it was because the existing population and grain production could not support it, so he decided to take Jianghuai, and the food problem was always a big problem that plagued them, otherwise they would not have used a large number of vetch to relieve the disaster.

Thinking of this, Su Wei nodded, "You're right, the condition should be grain!" ”

The function of Honglu Temple is equivalent to the external liaison department of later generations, due to the need to receive the envoys of the vassal state, Honglu Temple has a building covering an area of about 50 acres in the people's square opposite the Ziwei Palace, and Wen Daya and his party live here.

Pei Ju personally sent Wen Daya to the pavilion, at this time, Wen Daya saw that Cui Junsu had left, so he took out a letter and handed it to him, "This is a handwritten letter from the Son of Heaven to Pei Gong, I wanted to visit Pei Gong tonight, but it doesn't seem to be convenient, let's hand it over to Pei Gong directly!" ”

Pei Ju took the letter but didn't read it, he put it away directly, he knew what Li Yuan would say in the letter, but he didn't have any interest in the Tang Dynasty now.

"Thank you Wen Shilang, is there anything else Wen Shilang?"

Wen Daya sighed again and said: "Today I have suffered a major setback, and my confidence has been lost, can Pei Gong show me a clear way, is it true that I am going to fail this mission?" ”

Pei Ju smiled slightly, "Didn't I say it?" As long as there is sincerity, there will be a solution, and the key is sincerity. ”

Pei Ju patted him on the shoulder again, and said seriously: "The mission is a big matter, not one or two negotiations between the two sides can reach an agreement, let alone staying in Zhongdu for a day or two to solve the problem, the two sides need to continue to negotiate and compromise, and finally reach a consensus, Wen Shilang needs to be patient!" ”

Wen Daya realized something in his heart, and began to have a little confidence again, he bowed deeply, "Thank you Pei Gong for giving guidance to the juniors!" ”

(To be continued.) )