Chapter 584: The Treacherous Scheme Succeeded
After Qian Zongshu's strong refusal, which had no room for negotiation, the atmosphere in the entire lobby became solemn again. Qian Zongshu could even clearly feel that Wei Zheng, who was only a zhang away from him, once again exuded a strong murderous aura.
As a result, a trace of deep remorse quickly came to Qian Zongshu's mind.
Just when Qian Zongshu thought that he must be in a catastrophe this time, and his face became more and more pale again, Zhou Shuyuan spoke again.
"Since the imperial court is worried that the food and tax supplies of Beizhili will be cut off by our Tiger and Leopard Army, they are afraid that we will cut off the trough transportation. Then why didn't the imperial court give up Beizhili? ”
"As far as I know, the current Beizhili is a burden that can't be thrown away even if you want to. After the continuous attack, burning, killing and looting of the Houjin Tartars, Beizhili not only failed to bring any taxes to the imperial court, but also spent a large amount of silver on the imperial court for disaster relief. What's more, the imperial court also spends a lot of silver every year to raise the army, and defend this piece of Beizhili, which has no meaning to itself......"
"However, what about after the imperial court gave up Beizhili? Everything will change......"
"The imperial court no longer needs to spend huge sums of money every year on disaster relief, nor does it need to feed so many multilateral armies to defend against another invasion of the Tartars......"
In the face of Zhou Shuyuan's direct hint, if Qian Zongshu still kept his sanity, he would definitely understand: Zhou Shuyuan in front of him was not helping him to break the siege, but implying that the real purpose of the Tiger and Par Army was Beizhili. In front of him, round after round of dismounting, it is likely that Wei Zheng and Zhou Shuyuan are acting for themselves.
Since it's acting, there's nothing to worry about. Negotiate as you want.
But. Under the watchful eye of Wei Zheng. Qian Zongshu, who was already scared stupidly, couldn't think of these at all.
At this moment, in Qian Zongshu's heart, Zhou Shuyuan was very timely to reconcile and untie the siege, and once again pulled himself back from the king of Hades.
Therefore, as soon as Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, Qian Zongshu cast a grateful look at Zhou Shuyuan.
Then, following the construction proposed by Zhou Shuyuan, he said directly: "Dashuai." If the imperial court moves the capital, gives up Beizhili, and hands over Beizhili to the Tiger and Leopard Army, I don't know if the marshal is satisfied! ”
Although Wei Zheng's purpose was to take Beizhili, when Wei Zheng saw Qian Zongshu, who had completely lost his mind in front of him, Wei Zheng decided to seize this opportunity and continue to pursue the victory to fight for greater benefits for the Tiger and Leopard Army.
So. Wei Zheng directly met Qian Zongshu's slightly weak gaze, and asked in a mocking tone: "Bei Zhili." Mr. Qian, are you playing handsome? "Beizhili is the seat of the imperial court's Jingshi, which may be of great significance to the imperial court. However, for my Haw Par Army, Beizhili is also a burden, and it is also a huge burden......"
Hearing this, Qian Zongshu's forehead once again burst into beads of sweat the size of beans because of nervousness.
At the same time, he quickly focused his eyes on Zhou Shuyuan in front of him, hoping that Zhou Shuyuan could continue to relieve himself.
Zhou Shuyuan did not live up to his expectations, and persuaded Wei Zheng with a smile on his face: "Dashuai, don't be too angry. Today's Beizhili, although the people are not happy, the people are scarce. But, after all, there are such large chunks. Besides, the capital has never been burned and looted by the Golden Tartars in the future, and if the imperial court can hand over the capital to my Tiger and Leopard Army in its entirety, it will not be beneficial to my Tiger and Leopard Army......"
"Of course, just one Beizhili has no way to make up for the losses of our Tiger and Leopard Army. I think that in addition to Beizhili, the imperial court should also hand over the two provinces of Shandong and Anhui to my Haw Par Army......"
Regarding Zhou Shuyuan's previous sentence, Qian Zongshu understood. Therefore, as soon as Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, Qian Zongshu gave a very positive answer.
"Please rest assured, as long as the marshal is willing, the imperial court will definitely hand over the entire capital intact to the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Army. But...... Shandong and Anhui provinces, I hope the marshal can think about it again......"
"Even if I agree to the marshal's request, the court will not agree. Because, the price paid by the imperial court is too great...... If it's just a province in Shandong, I can still find a way to get the imperial court to agree......"
What Qian Zongshu didn't expect was that under Wei Zheng's series of blows, Qian Zongshu, who had experienced many lives and deaths, had begun to change his position.
As a negotiator sent by the imperial court, he did not think about the imperial court and strive for the interests of the imperial court. It's for the sake of his own life, to do his best, to meet the requirements of the Haw Par Army, and to betray the interests of the imperial court......"
At this time, Wei Zheng and Zhou Shuyuan staged a scene of black face and red face again.
In the end, Wei Zheng, who was full of murderous face, was moved by Zhou Shuyuan's words, and agreed to Qian Zongshu's request...... "The imperial court will immediately move the capital to Nanjing, and hand over the entire territory of Beizhili and Shandong to the Tiger and Leopard Army for garrison ......"
At the same time, in order to appease the dissatisfaction in Wei Zheng's heart, Wei Zheng also added these ......
"Except for Emperor Chongzhen, who can take a hundred carts of property from the capital, other imperial relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs, when they leave the capital, each person can only take one to ten carts of property......"
"Secondly, when the imperial court left the city of Beijing, it could only take the army, courtiers, and relatives of the emperor with it...... You can't take any ordinary people ......"
"Finally, the imperial army stationed at the major border passes must wait for the arrival of the Haw Par Army before retreating. In order to ensure that the city of Beijing does not fall into chaos, before the imperial court moved the capital, the Haw Par Army sent a division of troops into the city of Beijing to defend the major city gates and ensure the safety of the Beijing division......"
In addition to these conditions, in order to keep the wealth of the capital as much as possible, Wei Zheng also proposed a decision that all the civil and military ministers of the imperial court would scold him......
"The imperial court moved the capital from the north to the south, and it could only be ...... by land During the half month in Tongguò Shandong, the Haw Par Army will not provide any food supplies to the imperial court......"
This decision, which is dispensable in the eyes of others, hides a very big killing motive in Wei Zheng's eyes.
With limited carts, they had to spare more carts to load food if they couldn't get food supplies along the way. In this case, they will have to leave more wealth in the capital.
In addition, with this condition, Wei Zheng could sell grain to those imperial relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs who would rather carry gold and silver than bring a little more grain at a sky-high price that others could not imagine...... (To be continued......)