Yang Sichang received a secret letter from Wang Chengen, at this time, Gu Junen had not yet arrived in Zhending Mansion City, after all, Gu Junen wanted to leak the news all the way, so as not to encounter calculations. From Gu Junen's approach, Yang Sichang has already felt that Li Zicheng and Gu Junen's attitudes on this matter are different.

With the full support of the emperor, Yang Sichang has made up his mind to do things well, that is, to transfer the contradiction to Zheng Xunrui, which is the so-called eastward movement of the troubles, so that Zheng Jiajun and the Liukou can fight, as long as such a goal can be achieved, even if they agree to Li Zicheng and Gu Junen some conditions, it doesn't matter.

When Gu Junen was about to arrive in Zhending Mansion City, Yang Sichang had already made all the preparations.

The situation in the capital, Yang Sichang is not particularly clear, but he also knows some, the Donglin Party represented by Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, desperately impeached, and the eunuch represented by Wang Chengen is fully supported, this situation makes Yang Sichang completely speechless, I can't imagine that it is actually a eunuch who supports him, which is a huge irony.

The situation in the capital is no longer important, it doesn't matter who supports it, Yang Sichang's purpose is already very clear, since he has started to do something, then try to do it well, don't think about other interference.

At the beginning of July, Gu Junen arrived in Zhending Mansion City.

Yang Sichang personally came forward to negotiate with him, which was the first time in the Ming court.

It has been more than ten years since the Liukou rebellion, and the imperial court has spent great energy to exterminate the Liukou, although none of them have succeeded, but there has never been a cabinet minister to negotiate with the Liukou, and the Liukou surrendered to the court when they were desperate.

Yang Sichang talked to Gu Junen face-to-face, which also illustrates the fact that the power of the Liukou has grown, and the power of the imperial court has weakened. Otherwise, it is impossible for both sides to sit down and talk.

Yang Sichang's heart is very uncomfortable, after all, he is the second assistant of the cabinet and the number two person in the imperial court, but he has to negotiate face-to-face with Li Zicheng's adviser Gu Junen, I am afraid that the future history will not have such a glorious record.

The talks were arranged to be held at the official post in Jindingfu.

Gu Junen and a few people under his command were arranged at the post station, and the rest were stationed outside the city.

When Yang Sichang entered the official post. Looking up at the sky, it was gloomy and stuffy.

Yang Sichang has seen the portrait of Gu Junen, Li Zicheng and Gu Junen and others have been listed as felons by the imperial court, if there is no face-to-face discussion, the two will be arrested by the imperial court.

When he saw Gu Junen, Yang Sichang was still a little surprised.

Gu Junen is not full of meat, on the contrary, he looks polite. The body is still quite strong, and there is no excessive expression on its face, and it looks very calm.

"In Xia Gu Junen, I have seen Lord Yang."

Gu Junen hugged his fists and saluted, which made Yang Sichang stunned slightly.

"Well, do you have a reputation?"

"I used to be a child."

Gu Junen didn't care about Yang Sichang's somewhat arrogant attitude, his reputation as a child was really not worth mentioning. You must know that Yang Sichang is from the two lists, and the rules of the Ming Dynasty are like this. As long as you are a scholar, you need to be respectful when you see a scholar who is older than you and has a higher education.

Gu Junen has followed Li Zicheng to rebel for so many years, and it is said that these rules should be left behind, but unfortunately Li Zicheng's ideas have changed, and Gu Junen should also pay attention to recruiting talents for Li Zicheng. It is also necessary to re-attach importance to the rules between readers.

Yang Sichang nodded, it is said that according to the reputation of taking care of Jun En, you need to kneel down and salute when you see him, and the words just now are just to remind Gu Junen, or to give Gu Junen a dismount. Yang Sichang didn't think about letting Gu Junen really kneel, after all, he came to negotiate on behalf of Li Zicheng.

After a few simple greetings, Yang Sichang sat down first, Gu Junen also knew the rules, and waited until Yang Sichang sat down before he sat down.

The purpose of the two sides was very clear, and the negotiations quickly got to the point.

Gu Junen first put forward the request, covering three aspects.

On the first side, Li Zicheng and his rebels were willing to be loyal to the imperial court and accept the imperial court's edict, and on the second aspect, the emperor made Li Zicheng the king of Dashun and allowed Li Zicheng to appoint officials on his own in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places, and third, the imperial court should allocate a certain amount of money to the rebels.

The emperor and the imperial court agreed to these three demands, and General Li Zicheng led the rebel army to attack Shaanxi.

Yang Sichang also calmed down, speaking of this negotiation, Yang Sichang's preparation was not sufficient, he knew what kind of request Li Zicheng would make, but he hadn't really thought of how to reply, after all, his purpose was to let the Liukou and Zheng Jiajun catch and fight, and finally let both sides achieve the consequences of losing both, which would be the most beneficial to the imperial court.

Gu Junen put forward the conditions, and it was impossible for Yang Sichang not to express his position.

How to express his position, Yang Sichang needs to be particularly cautious, he does not have the emperor's holy decree in his hand, and some states cannot be expressed.

If you don't say anything, you can't do it, Gu Junen came to Zhending Mansion specifically, and you need to get a promise, otherwise why would the rogue attack Shaanxi.

After Gu Junen finished speaking, Yang Sichang did not pause, and quickly spoke, he knew this very well, he must not think about it, lest the other party see that his preparation was not sufficient.

Yang Sichang also reiterated the old saying, basically those words in the letter, that is, Li Zicheng first needed to attack Shaanxi, and after attacking Shaanxi and achieving certain combat results, the imperial court would naturally fulfill its promises, as for the current situation, if nothing was done, he would make a request, or even ask for money and food, which is impossible.

Gu Junen was fully prepared, and after Yang Sichang finished speaking, he also spoke.

It means that the righteous army needs to make a lot of preparations to attack Shaanxi, and it is not the purpose of the righteous army to attack Shaanxi, since the righteous army needs to enter Shaanxi to fight and do things according to the requirements of the emperor and the imperial court, then the imperial court should have a clear attitude, money and food should be supplied, and the righteous army can be given a name, otherwise why should the righteous army attack Shaanxi.

When Gu Junen made a request, Yang Sichang was secretly surprised, in fact, Gu Junen's words had already pointed out one thing, that is, once the Liukou attacked Shaanxi, he would be tied to the imperial court, and the Liukou attacked Shaanxi in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court, and he must get a name, otherwise he would not attack Shaanxi for no reason.

Yang Sichang had to think about it carefully, things were not as simple as he imagined.

Two days later, the second round of negotiations began.

During this period, Yang Sichang received a holy decree from the emperor, agreeing that Yang Sichang would negotiate with the Liukou, and could agree to many conditions, but it was necessary to ensure that the Liukou and Zheng Jiajun would fight.

From the emperor's decree, Yang Sichang felt the emperor's hatred and worry for Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

With the emperor's decree, Yang Sichang's heart was a lot more stable, he felt that he could retreat slightly, and agreed to some of the conditions put forward by Gu Junen, the purpose was to let the Liukou attack Shaanxi as soon as possible.

In this negotiation, Yang Sichang was the first to speak.

Yang Sichang agreed to give Li Zicheng a certain title, he could be crowned as the governor of Tongzhi, and lead his soldiers to attack Shaanxi, as for the money and food, the imperial court will not provide it for the time being, and must wait until Li Zicheng attacks Shaanxi, and the imperial court will consider providing it at its discretion, as for the matter of being crowned the king of Dashun and ruling Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, this time will not be discussed for the time being, and it is also necessary to wait until Li Zicheng attacks Shaanxi and achieves victory.

Gu Junen was extremely surprised by Yang Sichang's statement.

Gu Junen came to negotiate, he didn't want to get any ending at all, along the way he noticed from the eyes and words of officials at all levels of the imperial court, asking the righteous army to attack Shaanxi was just Yang Sichang's meaning, and the officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty didn't know at all, which also showed that Yang Sichang was thinking about using the righteous army, and talked to Yang Sichang for the first time, Yang Sichang didn't make any statement, which also showed his conjecture, in this case, there was no need to negotiate.

However, Gu Junen can't jump to conclusions, after all, Li Zicheng is still waiting for news.

In just the past two days, Yang Sichang made it clear that the emperor would appoint Li Zi as the governor of the capital, but the rebel army must start attacking Shaanxi.

The governor knew that he was a military attache of the second grade, and the emperor was willing to give an order, so it was said that Gu Junen could not make other requests.

Gu Junen, who was a little annoyed, took out the attitude of playing a scoundrel, and began to put forward such and such demands in terms of the court's provision of money and food, as well as the affairs of the righteous army's own governance of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and cautiously asked the emperor to have a will on these things.

This time, Gu Junen underestimated Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang's attitude became tough, he clearly told Gu Junen that the emperor and the court are this attitude, if Gu Junen feels dissatisfied, he can not agree, he will send a special envoy to Taiyuan Fucheng, Shanxi, to negotiate with Li Zicheng, to see if Li Zicheng agrees, really disagrees, and the negotiation is over.

Later, Yang Sichang also revealed a layer of meaning, that is, if Li Zicheng was unwilling to attack Shaanxi, then the Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shaanxi would also have the possibility of taking the initiative to attack.

This made Gu Junen's heart cold, he was not afraid of Yang Sichang, he was cautious and not afraid of the emperor, but he had to care about Li Zicheng's attitude, let alone let Li Zicheng know that he was unwilling to negotiate successfully, which would lead to Li Zicheng's distrust of him.

With the gradual growth of the strength of the rebel army, Li Zicheng also began to undergo many changes, some of which were by no means a good thing in Gu Junen's opinion.

And Yang Sichang said that the Zheng family army attacked the righteous army, this is not impossible, after all, the Zheng family army still belongs to the Ming court, and the Zheng family army was able to send a surprise army to destroy Zhang Xianzhong, and now it is possible to send troops to attack the righteous army again.

After several trade-offs, Gu Junen had to agree to Yang Sichang's general request.

In terms of details, the representatives of the rebels and the imperial court discussed for a day. (To be continued.) )