"Now that the army is in Hubei, it is not to be taken lightly." Hao Jing calmed down and slowly said what Meng Ge had given him: "You also know that with Jiangnan's current form, he is not qualified to negotiate conditions. The Great Khan raised a large army to the south, and the army and horses spent countless amounts of money and food, how could he collect his troops and return north without any gain? The conditions of the Great Khan are very simple, although the Mongol army has the ability to crush Jinghu and take Lin'an directly, but the Great Khan respects the ability and character of Zheng Xianggong, and does not want to burn the jade under the first war, and the Southern Dynasty country can be retained! This is already the last bottom line of the Great Khan! However, in order to retain the Zhao family, the following conditions must be met. ”

"First, Ezhou and Jiangling will be handed over to our army free of charge, and our two armies will be bounded by the Han River, and Jinghu Lake will be west of the Han River, all of which belong to the territory of Mongolia. In the land of Sichuan, the Song people kept 10,000 security troops, and the rest of the troops had to be reduced, and Mongolia transported troops and materials from the Yangtze River into Jiangling for supplies, and the Song army could not stop them. ”

When he said this, he saw that the faces of the people in the hall were not good, where is this peace, it is clearly to persuade surrender, there are four cities in Jinghu that can be called the backbone of the country, that is, the front-line base of the north, Xiangyang, the Jinghu system and the Jiangling, the absolute core of the military Ezhou, and Huangzhou, an important town at the junction of Jinghu and Huaixi, Meng Ge asked for three of them, which clearly meant to put Jinghu into the palm of his hand, as for Sichuan to leave 10,000 public security troops Yunyun, it is even more ridiculous, the Sichuan Song Dynasty has already occupied the advantage, and the cavalry of the Mongolian army has been defeated by the mountain city several timesThe Song army is trying to take the strategy of step-by-step, constantly extending the fortress group, and now it has recovered several prefectures and counties such as Puzhou and Wenzhou, and the Mongolian army may not even be able to keep Chengdu, and now it is simply wishful thinking to keep only 10,000 soldiers in Sichuan.

Zheng Yunming saw this as a signal of danger in Ezhou, and he knew that if it weren't for the fact that Ezhou would be broken, Meng Gezhi would be complacent and would not offer such conditions. If the city of Ezhou is broken, then the Mongols will occupy Ezhou, and it will be easy to conquer Jiangling in the west, and if they control Jiangling, they will completely cut off the connection between Sichuan and the Song Dynasty, and Sichuan will become an island in the ocean, losing the support of the imperial court, and the fall is only expected. Even the shape of Yunnan will be shaken, and the achievements of the ten-year War of Resistance will be wiped out in an instant.

Meng Ge's meaning, but he didn't want to waste his troops, and it also had the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger on the Southern Dynasties.

Hao Jing ignored the anger of the crowd, and said to himself: "Second, the Southern Dynasty officially surrendered to the Mongols, and the Great Khan of Möngke intended to make the emperor of the Southern Dynasty a vassal. ”

The people of Jiangnan took this condition as an insult, especially since the Liao State, to the Jin State, to Mongolia, and the conditions offered all required that the father, son, uncle and nephew be commensurate. In the eyes of the people of Middle-earth, this is not as good as simply calling the courtiers, at least not being humiliated. But people who understand the customs of the Hu people understand that the so-called father, son, uncle and nephew is the title between the vassals on the grassland and the main country, if one asks the other to call themselves father or uncle, it does not mean the establishment of blood relations or personality insults, but marks the establishment of the subject relationship.

However, once this relationship was recognized, the price that the Great Song Dynasty would have to bear was not just a monetary loss, according to Mongolian customs, all vassal countries and nationalities, when the Great Khan had an order, they had to go out on the expedition, and at that time the Song army would become cannon fodder for the Mongol army to drive to attack other countries around it. For Möngke, being able to drive such a strong team is definitely a cost-effective thing.

Hao Jing said again: "About the year of tribute"

This is the point, and everyone in the hall can't help but prick up their ears.

"Still according to the previous example, the annual annual tribute of 200,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk is sufficient." Hao Jing's words make people feel incredible again, Mongolia regards itself as a big country of 10,000 miles, and its actions have already surpassed the Jin country a lot, and now it is unbelievable that it is only asking for the price code of a hundred years ago. Moreover, for the current Great Song Dynasty, this material is not difficult at all, just the tax collected by the Kunlun Island Trade Station for a year is enough to pay for this amount.

Hao Jing said: "But in addition, there is an additional condition, that is, Mongolia will have to draw five out of one hundred for all kinds of goods transported through the Nanyang Trading Post every year. In addition, the Southern Song Dynasty had to organize ten trading fleets every year, and the size of the ships and the number of sailors were designated by the Great Khan to carry out trade in the South Seas for Mongolia. ”

Zheng Yunming was also a little angry at this time, the imperial court used a simple and lenient policy for Nanyang, and the tax at the trading post was only five out of a hundred, and now the Mongols did not send troops, did not build a merchant station, and did not build a merchant ship. As soon as you open your mouth, you have to extract the same taxes as the Great Song Dynasty, which is the real profitless! As for the formation of a merchant fleet and the like, they regarded the Southern Dynasty as a casual man.

Everyone thought that Zheng Xianggong would definitely thunder this time, but Zheng Yunming just glanced at Hao Jing coldly, and said in an indifferent tone: "Mongolia's conditions only stop here? ”

Hao Jing couldn't figure out Zheng Yunming's true thoughts, so he could only reply stubbornly: "If the Southern Dynasty can fully meet these terms, the Great Khan will lead a million-strong army to return north immediately, and from then on, the two countries will stop fighting and form an alliance forever." ”

"Your conditions, we have indeed received. It's just that the major matters of peace between the two countries cannot be agreed upon by Zheng alone. The gentleman can hang out in Hanyang for a few days. Wait for us to negotiate a result, and then Pegasus will report to Lin'an, and wait for His Majesty's imperial approval before making a decision. ”

Hao Jing also understood that the matter of peace negotiations was a long and tedious mutual temptation and wrestling, which was more irritating than the simple use of force. Fortunately, the most important thing for the Mongolian army now is time, under the fierce attack of Shenwu artillery, the walls of Ezhou City collapsed section by section, but every time the Mongol army broke into Ezhou City, it was defeated by Wei Sheng's desperate counter-assault. But even Wei Sheng, under the repeated attacks of superior forces, its combat strength will inevitably weaken day by day, and the Mongolian army is already victorious, and the only worry is Zheng Yunming's army, which can be seen clearly from a distance across the river.

Every time Zheng Yunming delays for a day, he is adding a noose to his neck, since he is willing to talk slowly, how can Hao Jing not be happy?

After the meeting, Liu Kezhuang served as the guest envoy, arranged a banquet in the other camp, and washed the dust for Hao Jing.

At the banquet, Liu Kezhuang talked and laughed freely, and his witty words were full of witty words, but Hao Jing was absent-minded, just casually perfunctory. His mind was on pondering Zheng Yunming's attitude, Zheng Yunming was a famous minister in the world, a peerless soldier, and a pillar of the Southern Dynasty, he could not sit idly by and watch Ezhou be swallowed up by the Mongol army. If he wants to delay time, the reason is very simple, that is, delaying time is beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

The moon is bright in the middle of the sky, the night is deep, Liu Kezhuang is obviously a little too drunk, and he said loudly to Hao Jing with his half-drunk eyes: "Sir, although you and I are enemies, but Mr. Wencai, Kezhuang has always admired, in the future, Zheng Xianggong will go north to the Central Plains and recover the mountains and rivers of his ancestors, I have a lot of time with Mr. to sing to the moon, and please don't dislike my lack of literary thoughts."

Hao Jing watched his voice gradually blur, and looked around, the servants around him were all drowsy, and there was no other sound outside the camp except for the occasional passing by. He boldly asked: "The Great Khan of Mongolia personally led a million heroes to drive the expedition in person, is Zheng Yunming not worried at all, and is still plotting the dream of the Northern Expedition?" ”

Liu Kezhuang raised his drunken eyes and looked at him, suddenly laughed, lowered his voice and said: "Millions of troops, what's the big deal, Xianggong only needs one or two people, and within a few days, he can ask for Meng Ge's head!" Did you really fall into the hands of Mongolia so easily when Xiangyang fell? ”

Hao Jing's head buzzed, and his mind was extremely clear at the moment, and the clues before and after were like a complete chain, strung together at once. He was originally suspicious, although Mongolia is strong, but there are already some signs of decay, the Song Dynasty is like the rising sun in the east, more and more prosperous, in this situation, Lu Wenhuan suddenly abandoned the south and returned to the north, although he kept saying that Jia Yidao persecuted too much, but Jia Yidao is only a local governor after all, and further up, there are also famous ministers in the world, he is not a person who can't see the general trend, how can he commit this kind of confusion?

The only explanation is that Zheng Yunming performed a bitter plan, Zheng Yunming's ambition in his life was unpaid, that is, to expel the Tartars and restore the mountains and rivers of his ancestors, but he has recently been suspicious of the emperor, and his ambitions cannot be extended. His chance to turn over was to provoke the north and south to fight, and then block the emperor's speech with his military exploits, and let the Manchu courtiers dance to their own rhythm. His plot is not limited to this, he can completely follow the policy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, first with a general to subjugate the Northern Dynasty, lure Meng Ge to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty, and then take advantage of the chaos in the army to assassinate Meng Ge, lead the Mongolian army to chaos, and break it in one fell swoop, and then the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the establishment of a thousand years of hegemony, this series of layouts, Hao Jing has seen it clearly, he seems to have really seen that Meng Ge's sudden assassination, the rout of the Mongolian army and the one-sided slaughter of the Song army, ten years ago, Zheng Yunming used this method to make the Qu army collapse, Who can guarantee that in 10 years' time, he won't repeat his old tricks?

Liu Kezhuang's voice became lower and lower, and his head gradually drooped, obviously drunk like a dream, Hao Jing turned around and looked around, all the guards were listless, and no one seemed to take this envoy of a great country to heart. He stood up and was about to walk out, but the entourage guard hurriedly intercepted him and said, "Where is the gentleman going?" ”

Hao Jing pretended to be drowsy and said: "I am a little anxious, and I have to rest after going to the toilet." ”

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