Chapter 921: Holding the Lord of the Country Hostage
Li Qianshun waved his hand, his eyes swept over the crowd, and his originally straight body was slightly rickety: "Let's go, from now on, stay incognito, don't reveal your identity." ”
Seeing that Li Qianshun had made up his mind, everyone bowed to Li Qianshun and left under the leadership of several clan elders.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out in a battle, and the entire Western Xia had completely lost the ability to resist, and all the cities where the army passed were surrendered.
In just three days, Chu Yi led a group of soldiers and horses to appear under the Western Xia King City.
Now that most of the Western Xia has completely fallen, when the soldiers and horses appeared under the Western Xia royal city, the guards on the city wall showed panic one by one.
Although they had already gotten the news, when they really saw the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty approaching the city, these horses were quite flustered after all.
Just when Fang La and the others were thinking about asking Chu Yi for a battle to attack the city, they saw the originally closed city gate creak and slowly open, and a team of people and horses slowly came from the city gate.
Everyone couldn't help but show a little surprise when they saw this situation, as these people approached, everyone found that the group of people who came were all dressed well, and they could see that these people should not be ordinary people just by looking at their temperament.
Seeing that the leader stepped forward and said loudly: "Please also say Tongbing, we are willing to sacrifice the city on behalf of the major families in the royal city." ”
In fact, when these people left the royal city, Fang La and the others could guess the intention of these people, and everyone couldn't help but look at Chu Yi.
Chu Yi rode on the war horse, his eyes swept over these people, and he raised his eyebrows, there are quite a few of these people, and depending on the situation, I am afraid that they account for more than half of the powerful families in the Western Xia Royal City.
Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu noticed Chu Yi's expression, and as soon as their hearts moved, they saw Zhu Wu step forward and said to Chu Yi: "Grand Administrator, it's okay for these people to surrender, but they must pay the price." ”
Hearing this, Lu Shisang nodded and said: "Yes, these people must be made to pay a certain price, otherwise, the change of dynasty does not seem to have much impact on them, not to mention the rest, the land and wealth occupied by these families alone should not be underestimated......"
Chu Yi glanced at Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu, and said with a slight bow: "In this case, the two of you will go and negotiate the conditions with these people." ”
Zhu Wu and Lu Shisang glanced at each other when they heard this, and happily accepted the order.
When those magnates saw the two of them coming from the Song Army's side, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Chu Yi would ignore them, as long as Chu Yi sent someone, it would mean that there was a chance to negotiate.
It's just that soon these magnates will not be happy, it is really Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang that the conditions they put forward are too ruthless, and one by one the conditions are simply digging meat on them.
It can even be said that this is no longer digging meat, it should be that you want to swallow them in one bite.
Look at the conditions put forward by Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu, not to mention anything else, what they can't accept the most is that the land they occupy must be handed over, and only one of their families is allowed to occupy ten acres of land, and at the same time, they must hand over ninety percent of the family's property......
These two conditions alone have deeply stimulated these magnates, thinking which of them is not a family fortune of hundreds of thousands or even millions, as for the land, at least it occupies tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. It can be said that if they lose their land and wealth, their family will lose their roots.
In the face of the conditions put forward by Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu, the first reaction of these magnates was not to agree, if they really agreed, wouldn't they be beaten back to their original form once, and what difference was there from those ordinary people's homes.
The Du family led by the Du family is definitely the top powerful family in Western Xia, and there are even two concubines in the family, at least a dozen clansmen occupy high positions above the court, even if it is not much worse than the Helian family.
As the patriarch of the Du family, Du Lu naturally knows the details of his own family, and the fertile land occupied by their Du family is hundreds of thousands of acres, and the property is millions of yuan, if it is according to the requirements of Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang, their Du family can still keep thousands of acres of fertile land at most, nearly 10,000 yuan of property, if it is distributed to each clansman, it is ten acres of good land per person, and 100 yuan of property.
If so, it might be a lot better than an ordinary house, but compared to what they have right now, it's like falling from heaven to hell.
Taking a deep breath, Du Lu looked at Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu and pleaded with a little pleading: "Are the two of you really going to kill them all?" Can we be more tolerant, at least the conditions are not so harsh, otherwise, we really can't explain to the clansmen. ”
The other magnates also pleaded with a pleading face, pleading with Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu.
Zhu Wu snorted coldly and said: "The conditions for us are already very generous, as a minister of the fallen country, do you still want to enjoy the wealth and glory as before?" ”
His face changed slightly, and Du Lu gritted his teeth and said, "If we don't cooperate, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for you to take over the Western Xia Royal City and even other places......
Obviously, these elites have no choice but to threaten with this.
Zhu Wu and Lu Shisang couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and looked at Du Lu and the others with disdain: "Don't you know that I don't have many other people in the Great Song Dynasty, but there are many officials, believe it or not, if the head of my family enters Beijing with a letter, the official family will transfer thousands of officials to take over the Western Xia region." ”
Du Lu pointed at Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang, trembling with anger, and said after a while: "Can we go back and discuss with the clansmen!" ”
Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu nodded and said, "Yes, but you only have half a day, if you haven't decided in the afternoon, then don't blame us for attacking the city." ”
Seeing these powerful people leave, Lu Shisang said with a little disdain: "I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, it's time to think that I can get through this catastrophe without paying any price." ”
Zhu Wu said lightly: "The nature of these people is like this, it is more difficult to want their land and wealth than to kill them. I'm afraid that after these people go back, there will be trouble. ”
Lu Shisang sneered and said: "If they have an incident, it will be even better, just have an excuse to catch them all, do you really think that without them we will not be able to take the royal city and receive the Western Xia?" ”
The two of them saw Chu Yi and told them about their conversation with the Western Xia magnates, and they heard Lu Shinang say: "The chief manager, judging from the subordinates, these magnates belong to the kind of people who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, so they also ask the chief manager to send an order to go down, and as soon as the soldiers are ready, they will attack the city in the afternoon." ”
Chu Yi looked at the royal city in front of him, and said with a slight bow: "It's just a group of clowns who jump off the beam, and what kind of storm can they make." ”
But it was said that Du Lu and the others returned to the city, and the city gate behind them was closed, and someone immediately said angrily: "I'm angry, the Song people are really too deceitful, they are going to break the foundation of our family, no matter what, we can't agree, otherwise we will become sinners of the family!" ”
"Yes, even if it is death, you can't agree to such conditions that ruin the future of the family."
"Lao Yu has never seen such harsh conditions, you must know that we are going to sacrifice a royal city, this kind of credit is not rewarded to us, and even put forward such harsh conditions for us, Lao Yu first expressed his attitude, and our Chen family will never agree."
"Yes, our Wang clan will not agree either!"
All of a sudden, a group of powerful people were furious, and some even shouted fiercely that even if they died, they would not agree.
But at this time, one person said quietly: "If I don't agree, I'm afraid that what awaits us next will be a bloody slaughter, and everyone will be wiped ......out at that time."
As soon as these words came out, all the powerful people present suddenly seemed to be choked by someone, and even the most powerful people who were shouting just now were like being splashed with cold water, and their faces became extremely pale.
After the man finished speaking, his eyes swept over the crowd, and he sighed slightly: "You should think about it, whether it is your life that is important, or whether land and wealth are important." ”
In the imperial city, Li Qianshun listened to the news from his henchmen, and his pale face couldn't help but show a little mockery and said: "Okay, okay, that's how it should be, I want to see what choice these people will make." ”
After all, he is also the lord of a country, and the royal family still has some background, obviously among those powerful people there is the eyeliner planted by the royal family, so it is difficult to hide the actions of these powerful people from Li Qianshun.
It's a pity that Li Qianshun also knows that he has lost the support of those magnates, and the royal guards loyal to Western Xia have died on the battlefield, and hundreds of guards in the imperial city alone will not play a role at all, and the imperial family has no strength to suppress those magnates.
Suddenly, a look of madness flashed in Li Qianshun's eyes, and he immediately said: "Come on, swing, I want to go out of the city." ”
The waiter couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, his face was full of shock, but when he looked at Li Qianshun's calm and indifferent face, he subconsciously shuddered and hurriedly went out to give orders.
Soon, under the protection of the Praetorian Guards loyal to him, Li Gan rode out of the imperial city and ran along the wide long street to the city gate.
Li Qianshun's actions were just a cup of tea and passed to the hands of those magnates, who didn't know how many eyeliners they sent to stare at the movements of the imperial city, so Li Qianshun left the imperial city here, and soon the news spread.
The powerful people who were gathering together to discuss how to deal with it were stunned for a moment when they got the news, and then reacted.
I only heard a powerful person exclaim: "It's not good, Your Majesty, he doesn't want to go out of the city to see Chu Yi." ”
"Do you mean ......?"
The expressions of the powerful people couldn't help but change greatly, you must know that just now, they tried their best to see if they could make Song Jun change their minds, at least not so harsh.
In the end, someone asked whether it was possible to capture Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, and dedicated it to Chu Yi, believing that such a credit should be able to make Chu Yi change his mind.
At least this kind of credit, even if Chu Yi didn't show credit to the Great Song Emperor, they should be allowed to keep the family's wealth.
But what they didn't expect was that they had just discussed such a method here, and before they could take action, Li Qianshun himself actually ran out of the imperial city, looking at the posture, it was really possible to go out of the city to see Chu Yi.
"No, we must not let Li Qianshun go to see Chu Yi, otherwise, we will no longer have the bargaining chips to negotiate conditions with Chu Yi!"
No matter how Li Qianshun is also the lord of a country, this is definitely a good bargaining chip, if Chu Yi refuses to agree to their conditions, they can do everything to hide Li Qianshun and create trouble for the Great Song Dynasty.
Du Lu suddenly got up and said: "Everyone, if you decide, you will decide, whether you capture Li Qianshun and talk to Song Jun about the conditions, let's take a stand together." ”
As he spoke, Du Lu's gaze swept over the crowd and said, "I mean to gamble." ”
"That's it!"
"For the sake of the family, fight!"
In the eyes of these people, the family is the most important, and Lu Shisang and Zhu Wu's conditions are basically to cut off the foundation of their family, so even if they know what kind of risks their actions contain, they must gamble.
These people are like gamblers who have lost red-eyed, even if they know that the probability of winning the bet is slim, but they refuse to admit defeat.
Soon, a group of powerful people present gathered a private army of thousands of people to come out.
Under these magnates, which family does not have hundreds of servants, and many of these servants exist as family guards, in the final analysis, they are just the private army raised by these magnates, at most it is just a change of identity.
The private army of thousands of people soon headed for the long street leading to the city gate under the leadership of a half-step celestial powerhouse.
Li Qianshun's imperial speed was extremely fast, because Li Qianshun knew very well that his whereabouts could not be hidden from those people in the city, and his actions would definitely stimulate those people, so he had to get out of the city as quickly as possible.
Li Qianshun, who was sitting on top of the imperial bowl, kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”
The Praetorian Guards were running almost all the way, and seeing that they were still less than a mile away from the city gate, suddenly a voice came: "Your Majesty, please stay!" ”
Hearing that voice, Li Qianshun's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't be more familiar with that voice, it was a strong man of the Du clan, and he was once crowned Du Ming, the general of the Eastern Expedition.
However, Du Ming had already resigned and retired more than ten years ago, and he was dedicated to cultivation, never thinking that this person would appear here.
Taking a deep breath, Li Qianshun sat in the middle of the imperial palace and said in a deep voice: "General Li, don't pay attention to it, continue to hurry." ”
Li Qianqiu, as Li Qianshun's confidant general, is in charge of the Praetorian Guard, and it can be said that Li Qianshun is the most trusted and relied on person, and when he heard this, he said: "Your Majesty will go first, and the last general will lead people to stop Du Ming, a traitor!" ”
Since Du Ming is here, it must not be so easy to dismiss, especially when Li Qianqiu found out that there were nearly a thousand private troops with Du Ming, so he made a decision in his heart.
Li Qianshun didn't say anything, just told Li Qianqiu to be more careful, and then hundreds of Praetorian Guards immediately divided into two parts, one of which continued to run towards the city gate under the leadership of the deputy general, while the other part was under the leadership of Li Qianqiu.
Seeing this situation, Du Ming's face turned cold and said, "Your Majesty should stay!" ”