In the afternoon, Wang Yan officially summoned the Anguo envoys for peace talks, with Li Hanyao by his side, as well as Jin Yan, Huo Fei and others.

Negotiation of peace is just a superficial statement, and now, Anguo is just a fish on the board, at the mercy of Wang Yan.

Wang Yan proposed the terms of peace:

Article 1: Escort Emperor An back to the capital, take him hostage, and imprison him for life. This is to prevent Qin Peng's ambition from dying and encroaching on the Central Plains again.

Article 2: Angola shall redeem all captives at the price of twenty taels of silver per person, but not in silver, but with horses, cattle and sheep, grain, copper and iron and other mineral deposits, skin and herbs, and other materials.

Article 3: The war indemnity shall be 5 million taels, which shall be converted into material payment.

Article 4: In the future, Angola shall pay an annual tribute of 1 million taels of silver to the Central Plains, which will be converted into horses, minerals, furs, medicinal materials and other materials.

After hearing this, the Anguo envoy's face was like ashes.

Angola captured more than 286,000 people, equivalent to 5,730,000 taels of silver. If you just use this number to argue, it is not much, but the war is the most expensive money and materials, after this big war, the treasury is empty, and the king does not want silver, but war horses, cattle and sheep and other materials, how can this be made?

When it is all together, how will the people bear it?

In addition, tribute will be paid every year after that.

This envoy was Du Lu, who was sent by Qin Peng to negotiate the last time when Wang Yan betrayed the rebels' relatives at the price of five buckets of rice. He is an upright official, and after calculating this account, he first worries about the people of Anguo; Secondly, feel ashamed for Qin Peng. The lord humiliated his ministers to death, and he fought to the death, and he also had to bargain.

He walked to the center of the big tent, bowed to Wang Yan and said, "Please be considerate of the people of Anguo." With so much compensation, the people will not be able to make a living. If you can't survive, you will inevitably have a heart of resistance, and at that time, I am afraid that the war will start again. ”

Wang Yan's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "Hugh wants to use the people as an excuse!" If Emperor An and his wife had the slightest sympathy for the people, they would not have provoked this war. I really want to leave some room for the people of Anguo, but I am afraid that some people will not die, not only will they not be grateful to us for forgiveness, but they will secretly accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity to retaliate. Isn't that why we raise tigers? Therefore, it is better to pay more. ”

Du Lu begged bitterly: "My Royal Highness will never go back on his word." Seek the great benevolence and righteousness of the son, and accumulate virtue for the common people in the world. ”

Wang Yan said categorically: "The ransom cannot be reduced!" The indemnity depends on what Your Highness will do in the future, and this time it cannot be reduced! If your Royal Highness is bent on revenge and wants to take back his Lao Tzu, the reduced indemnity today will become the capital for his future invasion of the Central Plains. At that time, I am afraid that the Angolan people will not only suffer from intensified exploitation, but also suffer from war and lose their lives on the battlefield. ”

Du Lu had already learned the sharpness of his tongue, and seeing that there was no hope of reduction, in despair, he thought about it calmly, and suddenly said: "This ransom is still negotiable." ”

Wang Yan asked, "How to discuss?" ”

Du Lu said: "On the same day, Pan Zihao led 200,000 Jing troops to surrender, and this time the prisoners released from Xuanwu Pass, only half of our Anguo soldiers accounted for them, and the other half were all surrendered troops. Their families are all in the Central Plains. If Anguo buys them back, they will be separated from their families. Therefore, these people should be returned to Dajing. ”

Wang Yan asked: "Anguo doesn't want them anymore?" ”

Du Lu hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't want to cause them to separate their flesh and blood." ”

Wang Yan looked at him playfully and said, "Lord Du is very scheming. This loyalty is admirable. My lord has this heart for the country and the people, and I hope that I can admonish Qin Peng more in the future, and don't be ambitious and use swords in vain! ”

Du Lu endured the insult: "Du Lu obeys." ”

Wang Yan sighed: "After all, it is my Central Plains soldiers, if you refuse to ask for them and pay the ransom, can you still kill them in the future?" Forgiveness should be in your heart. I hope they will not take revenge and commit treason again. ”

Du Lu: "......"

No matter how ashamed he was, he couldn't fight for this, he could only watch Wang Yan take advantage of this to buy the hearts of the army, he still worried about the reparations and materials.

Li Hanyao quickly calculated: the ransom plus compensation, totaling more than 7 million taels, was converted into materials and delivered in two installments.

Du Lu saw that this little girl reported the amount to Wang Yan, and guessed that she was Li Hanyao's maid, one of the key figures who led to the defeat of Anguo; Before Qin Peng was defeated and retreated, he desperately wanted to kill the people, but he didn't kill them, and was saved by Wang Yan.

Such a woman, if she is in Anguo, she will definitely be reused by the court and praised by the people, but at this moment, Du Lu will never admire her.

He looked at Wang Yan and Li Hanyao, and thought maliciously: "It's best for Wang Yan to be confused by this little girl and lose to Li Hanyao." Li Hanyao was a woman, no matter how talented she was, she was not accepted by those Confucian disciples, and was finally killed by men. The Central Plains is full of smoke, and only then can our country have a chance to overcome this difficulty......"

Suddenly, Li Hanyao looked at him, smiled at him, and said, "Master Du, don't just care about bargaining, what about Pan Zihao?" If Qin Peng refuses to hand over this traitor, no matter what An Jun or An Huang, don't even think about living! ”

Du Lu: "......"

Femme fatale!

You're not going to end well!

Yuan just cursed indignantly in his heart, and suddenly he remembered that Empress An had said: Jiangnan Li Hanyao, don't worry, someone will deal with her. As if he had seen a star in the dark night, Du Lu's heart beat fast, and he ran to the firelight and thought: Did the queen install someone in Jiangnan? Who is it? What is the situation in Jiangnan now?

Wang Yan asked in a loud voice, "Envoy?!" ”

Du Lu was startled, and hurriedly replied: "Pan Zihao is already on the way to escort him. ”

Wang Yu ordered someone to check if he had entered the customs.

Back and forth when you are young: Pan Zihao has entered the customs!

Qin Peng was reluctant to hand over Pan Zihao, but Wang Yan's conditions were always so mean that he had no room for bargaining: Pan Zihao was the only choice compared to his father and hundreds of thousands of Anguo soldiers.

He asked Pan Zihao for understanding.

Pan Zihao also knew that this time was in a catastrophe, so he said angrily: "Your Highness doesn't have to feel uncomfortable, if Weichen goes here in exchange for the emperor's peace, Weichen will die without regrets!" His Royal Highness will also work hard to bring back the emperor as soon as possible. Although Weichen has no great talent, he is a native of the Central Plains; The Pan family was also in power for a while, but now that it has fallen, there are still some hidden forces, and there is still room for His Highness to create opportunities. ”

He refused to admit defeat, hoping to use his own death to wake up Qin Peng's revenge, but he found that Qin Peng seemed to have no ambition anymore, and he only wanted to keep Anguo, and had no intention of revenge against the Central Plains, so he didn't dare to mention revenge, only said to create an opportunity to help Qin Peng take back Emperor An. He believed that Qin Peng would not give up on this matter.

As for how to create opportunities, he didn't say.

He believed that as long as the Central Plains was in turmoil, Qin Peng would definitely rekindle the flame of revenge and wave his army south, but now the situation was just out of control.