Murong Yan is indeed beautiful. Her long silky hair falls down naturally, and she has many small braids between her ears, but the women's braids are cute and look very exotic. The eye sockets are deep, even if she looks at you expressionlessly, it seems to have a thousand kinds of feelings, although there is no grace and gentleness of a Han woman between a smile and a cheek, but she is full of enthusiasm, she is not a cup of green tea floating, but red sweet wine. There was not a trace of variegated mink fur around her neck, which set off the white nobility of that beautiful face.

Such a foreign princess, although she is married, makes people can't help but feel admiration.

But Xue Chongxun just bent down lightly on the horse and nodded as courtesy, and did not show too much affection...... He has not forgotten the purpose of this meeting, if he sacrifices the interests of the country in order to please other people's wives, it is really worth the loss.

Murong Yan smiled slightly when she saw this, it was meaningful, and the originally meaningless snowflakes between heaven and earth seemed to have become very poetic.

Xue Chongxun hurriedly retracted his gaze, hugged his fist at Fu Lu in front of him and said: "There are three things I said in the letter: first, the garrison; Second, taxes, one-third of the harvest of Tuyuhun in the beginning of the year belongs to me, including agricultural products, animal husbandry, and caravan net profits; Three, it is the matter of secret deliberation. If the prime minister agrees to these three things, then let's go to Shanzhou Yali to discuss the deal; If you don't agree with any of them, let's drink and reminisce about the old days, there are orchid songs and dances, Western wines, all kinds of delicacies, I will do my best to make the landlord's friendship, let you return happy. How is it? ”

Fu Lu frowned and said, "One-third, does Wei Guogong want us to starve to death next year?" ”

Xue Chongxun said lightly with a smile: "Of course, if you feel that this treaty is unfair, we can meet to hunt in the West Sea after the beginning of spring." The Tubo people can't reach the Eastern Front, and there are only you and me in this game, but they are happy. ”

"It's easy to talk about...... Fu Lu said with an embarrassed expression, "Why don't we talk about it later?" ”

"That's very good, please!" Xue Chongxun rode his horse out of the way and stretched out his hand. As soon as the drums sounded, the hundreds of brightly dressed foot riders behind separated on both sides and lined up neatly on the side of the avenue.

Xue Chongxun and Fu Lu rode side by side, followed by the Tuyuhun delegation driving behind and marching towards Shanzhou City in the east. When hundreds of honor guards served as guards, the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Regiment opened the way in front, and the other infantry cavalry guarded the left, right and rear sides, and the pomp and circumstance were well done.

But seeing the bright armor of the Tang Army, the military appearance was neat, and the heavy footsteps of the road shook the mountains and shook the mountains, and all the Tuyuhun people looked at each other. Moreover, the two hundred iron cavalry flying tiger regiments in front of them are all tall, powerful, and very imposing and stressful. I'm afraid the Tuyuhun people are also thinking in their hearts, they asked the 8,000 people stationed in Fuqi City to be like this? If there are 8,000 people like the Flying Tiger Regiment, there is no pressure to sweep thousands of miles, and the victory or defeat has been decided, what else is there to fight?

They didn't know that the regiment in Xue Chongxun's hand had carefully selected 300 people from thousands of people from the time it was formed, and all of them were warriors. Of course, there is no comparison between the small elite and the large army as a whole.

Hundreds of people entered the city from Xicheng, and the onlookers had not dispersed, and the streets were bustling with activity. Some people couldn't help but curse when they saw a group of barbarians entering the city, and some people even threw rotten vegetables into the street. This matter is understandable, the year before last, Shanzhou was broken by the Tubo army and slaughtered the city, the past is not far away, and the people are naturally indignant.

Some people said loudly: "They are not Tubo, they are Tuguhun people, and you have to see if you are angry." ”

The people of the Tuyuhun Mission, who were protected by the armor soldiers in the middle, naturally had no pressure, and they looked left and right curiously, looking at the tall temple tower in the distance and grunting in admiration.

At this time, Murong Yan in the carriage behind him stretched out her head and said loudly: "I didn't expect Shanzhou to be more lively than our royal city." ”

Speaking of urban civilization, the current era is naturally an agrarian society, Xue Chongxun looked back proudly and said: "The princess has never been to Chang'an, it is twenty times the size of this, the carved buildings and paintings are full of traffic, and all the countries are dressed there, that is really an international metropolis." ”

Murong Yan smiled: "We have envoys in Chang'an, and I wrote back to say it." ”

Fu Lu took the opportunity to say: "Datang is so rich, why does Wei Guogong want to collect money from us again?" ”

"It's not the same thing." Xue Chongxun said with a smile, "The territory of the Tang Dynasty is more than a million, we didn't fight you, but you united with the Tubo people to use troops against me, and now if you lose the battle, you have to cede the land and pay compensation, which is called taking the blame for yourself, and you have to remember it for a long time." ”

Fu Lu said: "Tuyuhun has called the Tang Dynasty Emperor Khan decades ago, but in the battle of Dafeichuan, your entire army was wiped out and defeated, causing the Tubo people to expand eastward, and we are also forced to do so." ”

"Yes, we lost the battle decades ago." Xue Chongxun said calmly, "But he didn't leave his subjects behind, didn't the Tuyuhun people who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty move to Lingzhou internally?" Those of you who stayed behind and fled to Tibet cannot lay the blame on the imperial court. According to the meaning of the imperial court, the Longyou army should expel you from the country and vacate the place to the tribes of Lingzhou, I think you still have a choice, you can move the tribe west, drive the sheep all the way to the southwest, maybe the Tubo people can take it in. ”

Fu Lu smiled bitterly and did not answer...... If they move westward, the Tubo people will not give them the fertile places of water and grass, and if they leave their homeland, they will no longer have strategic value, and they may not have a good time in the future.

When the group arrived at the Shanzhou Prefecture and stopped, the officials of the Tang Dynasty had already cleaned up the place and let the Tuyuhun people stay here. In terms of personal treatment, Xue Chongxun was very kind to them, and arranged a banquet in the Tang Dynasty in the evening, and personally led the officials to accompany him.

Shanzhou, as elsewhere, had official prostitutes for the purpose of having colleagues pass by or visit, so that they could wait at night. Of course, there were also those who could sing and dance, so Xue Chongxun called them to dance at the banquet, and asked someone to hire some orchids in the Qinglou, and the banquet was lively and very joyful.

Entertained that night, and the next morning it was time to get down to business. There were a total of six people who participated, and Xue Chongxun brought two staff members, Wang Changling and Yu Wenxiao; Fu Lu and another Tuyuhun person, his wife Murong Yan actually participated in this kind of negotiation, although Murong Yan is a woman, but because she is the family of the Khan King Murong clan, Xue Chongxun has no objection.

The location is in the signing room, although the place is not large, but there are not many people at the party, so it is easier to keep it secret here. There was already martial law around, and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Regiment were not allowed to hear the wind inside.

Xue Chongxun hugged his fists with a smile at the door and saluted, "The so-called turning hostility into a deal, why not?" If you had handed me over to Tubo and beheaded me at the beginning, you would have no chance to negotiate peace today, and Cheng Jiedu would definitely lead his troops to sweep across the West Sea...... But the King Khan and the Great Prime Minister only need some money and let me back, this is fate! Now, of course, I also want some money, and I don't want to fight each other. ”

"When did Wei Guogong become such a philistine?" Murong Yan said softly with a smile on her face. She wore a narrow-sleeved mink coat on her upper body, with a ribbon around her waist deliberately forming a slim and thin line, a skirt below that was knee-length, and trousers underneath the skirt. This dress makes her look slender and wonderful, which is exactly the style that Xianbei people like.

Fu Lu said while walking with a big belly: "The year before last, we originally asked for 200,000 yuan, but in the end we only needed 150,000 yuan. ”

"Let's talk." Xue Chongxun made a gesture of invitation unhurriedly.

Six people walked into the signing room one after another, and there was a big kang at the north end, on which there was a swallowtail warped head case, and the four treasures of the study room on the case were already available. The weather was cold, and it was warmer to talk on the kang, so several people took off their shoes and sat on the kang and sat on both sides of the table.

Xue Chongxun gently tapped a piece of paper on the table with his fingers: "Three conditions, we have said almost the same in the letter before, if there is no objection to the minister, let's reach a consensus happily, and after signing, we can submit it to Chang'an, and save time to play in Shanzhou City, right?" ”

Fu Lu frowned and said: "The knife is on the neck, and you can say whatever you want, but these conditions are inevitably difficult for the strongman, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it at that time." Wei Guogong should know that in the Longyou War last year, we were coerced by the Tibetans to use a large army for several months to no avail, and we lost the pastures in the Yellow River Valley, and this year's livelihood is already difficult...... Now that you have to fight for your life in Stone Fort City, and you have to pay one-third of the harvest, how can you do it without food and money? ”

Xue Chongxun said calmly: "Didn't you promise that as long as you take back the land of Chiling, Shibao, and Dafeichuan, and train the north and south into a line, you will agree to the Tuyuhun herdsmen to graze in the Huangshui and Yellow River valleys?" These places are all good land with water and grass, and they are very fertile for grazing and farming. ”

"If a third of the harvest is paid, I can't guarantee that my people will go hungry to eat Stone Castle City. Unless we are exempted from paying tribute this year, we will have enough food and grass to fight the war; Or pay money and food, but you go to fight in Stone Castle City. ”

Xue Chongxun persuaded patiently: "The prime minister must understand that it is not Xue who is greedy, but forced by the form. The imperial court could not trust Tuyuhun in the West Sea, and the most supportive method of the courtiers was to migrate the Xianbei people of Lingzhou to Huangshui to establish a detention state. The advantage is to use the state of detention instead of the Tang Dynasty to resist the Tibetans, and to stick to the country without spending a single soldier, and without having to pay military expenses, how can everyone disagree with such a good thing? Now I want to change this practice, naturally let everyone see enough benefits, otherwise how to get the support of Chang'an?

Let you fight Shibao City, one is to let Chang'an see the actual value, and the other is equivalent to a vote, who let you talk to the Tubo people before? Let you pay the currency, because of our garrison in Fuqi City, do we want the imperial court to pay for the military? Originally, there was no need to pay for the establishment of the state soldiers, but now if you want to send troops, you have to pay military expenses, do you think the imperial court is willing? ”

Fu Lu suddenly asked: "Since the establishment of the state is so beneficial, why does the Duke of Wei insist on negotiating peace with us?" I don't believe that for the sake of your past friendship, you don't hesitate to go against the court? ”G