Chapter 50: Renegotiating
In just three days, a blink of an eye has passed, and within the time limit agreed by the two parties, the major wealthy lords who stayed in the capital of Weiguo have sent representatives to give an answer again, and the leader is no one else, or the former palace attendant Zhang Wei and Zhang Gonggong.
is still the same sentence, no matter what the outcome of the front-line war is, and what happens now, it is none of their business, whether they are loyal to the country or not, it will not affect their future career and development.
After all, a country is always short of talents, a virtuous monarch is always thirsty for talent, and the wealthy lords of the family control the channels for the rise of the Han people all the year round, and if they do not worship the mountain, they will never come out, and if an ordinary child wants to study and change his fate, the private school organized by the family and the library that can only be owned by generations of accumulation are also irresistible temptations for them.
No matter who you are, whether it is Duanmu Shuofeng or anyone, no matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are, it is impossible to conjure up a group of usable subordinates out of thin air in a short period of time, so you must still enable them in the future, not to mention that you are an emperor, if you are so naïve that you don't even understand the sixteen words of "the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit", thinking that if you can make them obediently work hard just by relying on a sense of belonging, then you will not be able to sit on the throne.
If all this is false, in fact, the situation on the front line has not yet been clear, in the future, the defense of the country will be victorious, Duanmu Shuofeng will return smoothly, and they still have a set of rhetoric to deal with, which is not to blame for our reluctance to resist, it is really because the enemy is too cunning.
In addition, almost all the major families in the city are involved, this is not a question of who will not tell the whistle in the future, but the question of who can be punished if there is a real day in the future, the so-called law does not blame the public, as long as the person is successfully saved, even if there is really that case, then take the initiative to ask for guilt, pay something, and let the heads of the family take advantage of the situation to step down and replace people, as long as both sides can get by, it is enough, otherwise what else can it be?
The people of the major families are not willing to work hard, they want to open the city and surrender, and sell the country for a good price, which is understandable, even if there are still loyal ministers in the court, there is no way, and the military attaches who can fight are basically gone with His Majesty the Emperor, and now they don't know where they are, and what remains is just a group of Wenchen who can play tricks, and they will talk about reasoning in the Jinluan Palace, but they are afraid of meeting the kind of unreasonable people, such as the families in the city who have retained their strength and have the real right to speak.
Not to mention, the current temporary generation of Da Situ is all from a family, where do you say he will not be oriented to his own family?
Not to mention that in fact, the emperor Duanmu Lei is still alive, after being forced to abdicate in the palace, he seems to have been deeply hit, and he has been living in the deep palace for a long time, and he doesn't care about anything at all, of course, even if he was in power, he actually didn't care much about things, at this time, where would these people ask his opinion, not to mention that there are scapegoats, those princes who were imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, aren't they the best excuses afterwards, and there will be no proof of death at that time, as long as it makes sense, it is enough.
However, the people in the city did not say that they would send representatives to negotiate specific matters separately, after all, when they gathered, it could barely be regarded as a threat, but once they were divided, it was easy to be defeated by each other.
These people of the wealthy family have been played with by the emperors of all dynasties for thousands of years, they understand that the so-called imperial mind is to pay attention to the word "balance", support one side, suppress one side, effortlessly, move their mouths, you can make them fall apart, each other is dirty, this is the use of people's greed, people can only ensure that they are not greedy, may ensure that others are not greedy, but once you think so, then you must learn to start first, and then it will be out of control.
It is precisely because these tricks are impossible to prevent that at least this time, they must hold together, and they must not do that kind of stupid thing because of a little profit in front of them, if they were really such short-sighted people, they would never be able to go today.
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The so-called is a lifetime, two ripe, but it is already the third time, but Zhang Wei's sense of awe for the master in front of him is getting deeper and deeper, he is like a dark abyss, the more you go downstream, you will only feel that the other party is more unfathomable, so Zhang Wei bowed to the ground as usual and bowed to the ground in a regular manner, and said very respectfully: "Villain Zhang Wei, see the prince。。。。。。! ”
"Okay!" Gu Xuan waved his hand a little impatiently, signaling that the other party didn't need to say those completely meaningless words anymore, and then asked in a gloomy tone: "Since you are here today, you must have come to tell this king good news, right? Or have you forgotten what this king said to you last time?"
Zhang Wei, who was lying on the ground, was so frightened that he trembled, and secretly said that the other party seemed to be really impatient to wait, otherwise he would threaten him like this when he came, and he had to persuade those people to make a decision quickly, otherwise he would come every few days, and he was afraid that the next time he came, if he couldn't bring a real good news, he was afraid that he would never be able to go back.
He remembered what the other party said last time, let him wait one more day, kill a thousand more prisoners, dare to resist for a moment more when attacking the city, and kill a thousand more people after the city is broken.
"Lord Yuming. Zhang Wei hurriedly swallowed his saliva first, suppressed the shock, and then trembled and took out a very formal-looking document from his arms, handed it out carefully, and said, "Please, please, please take a look at the prince." ”
Seeing this, Gu Xuan beckoned to the side, and Lan Yunxuan, who was silent, stepped forward, took the document from Zhang Wei's hand, and then passed it on, but as soon as he took it, he couldn't help but let out a puzzled "um", because what fell into his hand was actually two copies, but he didn't see it before.
Gu Xuan's face didn't change when he took it, after all, this was his territory, no matter what tricks the other party played, he could only harm himself, not him, he first looked at the first document in hand, what was written on it was actually the meaning of the families in the city.
It's easy for them to think about it, if the front line is defeated, then they will resist stubbornly here, and when all the people of Liangguo really come over, it will be too late to surrender at that time, not only will it anger Gu Xuan, who is waiting outside now, but also after the city is broken, they will inevitably suffer huge losses and revenge!
In addition, Gu Xuan now has a large number of captives in his hands, these are important descendants of their major families, in order to save the lives of these second ancestors, they are willing to surrender, but there are some conditions.
First of all, they asked to play a play, fake a fight, and it was best to damage each other, so that they could explain to the old master and the people of the world, otherwise they would surrender without resisting at all, and it would be too bad to hear it go out, of course, the most important point is to prevent that if it really happens, they can also shirk their responsibility, after all, they can't fight and don't resist, are two concepts.
The second point is that Gu Xuan must ensure that their interests in defending the country are still the same as they are, not violated, and help them to expand into the territory of Liang Kingdom, of course, as a group of generals, their status is already low, and it is impossible to just take benefits, which is not realistic, so in exchange, they will only look forward to Gu Xuanma in the future, and will take the initiative to send important people of the family to work under Gu Xuan's hands, which is not only to strengthen cooperation, but also to act as a proton.
As for the second document, it is somewhat interesting, because at the beginning, the other party called himself Duanmu Pingyi, and the meaning was also very straightforward, that is, he was willing to open the city for Gu Xuan, and he didn't want anything else, just Gu Xuan needed to ensure the safety of their Duanmu family, at least they had to spare their brother's life.
As long as they can agree to this request, they will give up the capital at that time, so as to avoid a war that is not beneficial to both sides, if the Liang country is at ease, let them continue to stay in the Wei Land, and be a vassal of the Liang country, they are also willing to swear that they will not rebel in their lifetime, if they are not at ease, let them move to other places, as long as they are guaranteed to be rich and glorious, even if it is just a rich family, it is enough.
It's not surprising that they are so humble, because in comparison, it would be good for the people of the Duanmu family to save their lives after the city was broken, after all, they were considered the royal family of the previous dynasty, and compared with the children of other families, there was not much room for choice, so their attitude was much better in comparison.
Gu Xuanzai carefully read the two documents, and then raised his head, looked at Zhang Wei, who was still kneeling underneath, chuckled, and said, "Heh, it's a little interesting." ”
He understands it now, it turns out that this eunuch is not honest, and he is afraid that he will not get too many benefits, so he bets on both ends, but he should still be more inclined to the original royal Duanmu family, otherwise this eunuch does not have to take such a big risk to do things other than this kind of task.
Zhang Wei knelt on the ground nervously, silent, looking so pitiful and helpless, as if he was just quietly waiting for fate to pronounce on him.
Indeed, first of all, his relationship with Duanmu Pingyi is extraordinary, not to mention that he is just a eunuch, a crippled body, the eyes of the wealthy family are above the top, and he can't look down on him at all, when he needs it this time, he will use him, and the best result in the future is just to have a small courtyard for the rest of his life, and worse, maybe even ordinary people are not as good, so he is not willing to be scribbled and abandoned again, if he can help Duanmu Pingyi, who is already in prison, even if it is just the snort of the people of Yangliang in the future, at least, his future status is different。
Gu Xuan gently knocked on the armrest of the chair, because it was separated by a thick layer of fur, so his voice was a little dull, and he said lightly: "Bring a message for this king, tomorrow at noon, this king will lead the army to cross the river, how to do it is their business, and the meaning of this king, you already knew it three days ago, this king will not say it a second time, now, you go back." ”
He didn't say who this sentence was brought to, but Zhang Wei probably understood what he meant, and he didn't dare to ask anything else at the moment, Gu Xuan urged him to go, so he stood up directly, saluted, and said goodbye directly: "The villain retires!"
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This chapter is a little watery, and there are two more good chapters in the evening
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