"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and the army will inevitably suffer countless casualties when attacking the city, and I can't bear to do it. www.biquge.info"Arubu said words that he didn't believe, when did they, the tribes struggling to survive on the Mobei grassland, have spared human lives?" "It's just that Ben Khan led an army of 200,000 to the south, and if he returns empty-handed, I'm afraid the sons and daughters won't agree."

"Although my Dawei has had many incidents in recent years, I still have some savings." Chen Jing'an was so excited that she couldn't care about testing the details of the other party, and immediately began to ask the price, "Dare to ask the Great Khan how much gold and silver he wants?" ”

This method is used by Arub on the steppe, and when he encounters a tribe that does not obey discipline, he will lead the army to push over, if they resist desperately, and their strength is not much weaker than theirs, then Arub may only need to obey nominally for the time being; If they are defeated, the cattle, sheep, horses, young and strong women and children in the tribe will all be taken away, and now Dawei is the meat on their chopping block, and there is no power to resist, so naturally the more the better, Arub can't help but want gold and silver, and also want this incomparably prosperous city, and from now it seems that nothing can stop Arub from getting these.

"How can a guest want to give a gift but first ask the lord what he needs?" Yuan Zhang said sarcastically, Chen Jing'an's performance once again refreshed the lower limit of his impression of Great Wei officials, "Aren't these all things that you should ponder?" ”

If you want to know the lack of a county, you only need to go to the antique shop in the west city of the capital to buy a 5,000 taels of calligraphy and paintings, and the adults will know what you mean, and it won't be long before you can go to work; As for wanting a prefect's real job, it will cost 30,000 taels of silver, and Chen Jing'an is clear about these unspoken rules; But no one has ever done this business of retreating, so Chen Jing'an didn't dare to refute Yuan Zhang's words, so he could only test the other party's bottom line in a roundabout way.

After talking for half an hour, Arubu and Yuan Zhang's last bit of patience was also consumed by him, and he got up directly to see off the guest, "Since you can't be the master, you can go back first!" If it's like this next time, it won't be used! ”

Hearing this, Chen Jing'an suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly pulled Yuan Zhang's sleeve and begged, "Please forgive me the National Teacher, the humble official position is really impossible to decide, I will go back to the city to ask your lordship's opinion, tomorrow... I'll give you an answer tomorrow. ”

"If you want to make peace, you can't do it, but you have to show your sincerity first!" Yuan Zhangtu saw the dagger, "If you want to come again tomorrow, send 10,000 stone of grain over first, you won't use it if you don't have food, tomorrow I will immediately wave the army to attack the city!" ”

After waiting for a long time, the other party finally vomited out his purpose, and it didn't sound difficult to do, Chen Jing'an nodded hurriedly, "Xiaguan will go back and prepare, and the food will be sent tomorrow." After seeing Yuan Zhang's satisfied nod, his courage also grew, "Dare to ask the National Teacher, will the army retreat after receiving the grain?" ”

"Haha, Lord Chen is dreaming?" Yuan Zhang said mercilessly sarcastically, "I have gathered 200,000 troops in Mobei, and I want to send us away with just 10,000 stone of grain?" This is just a means to show your sincerity, if you want the army to retreat, you better go back and discuss with the emperor what gift list to send, right? ”

After that, Yuan Zhang didn't bother to talk to him anymore, so he called two soldiers to drag Chen Jing'an out, and when Chen Jing'an was about to be dragged out of the tent, he vaguely heard Yuan Zhang asking, "How is Yang Xiangguo's health now?" ”

Chen Jing'an has been dragged outside the camp by the king's tent guards before throwing it to the ground, he didn't have time to rejoice that he escaped a way out, hurriedly turned around and came to the city wall, reported his name, climbed up the city head from the hanging basket and returned to the capital, asked the general who guarded the city for a horse, and quickly galloped to the palace and sent this precious news, of course, he just said that he asked for gold and silver and wealth, and did not dare to mention Yuan Zhang's last greetings to Yang Jiefu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what should I do about this? How much silver did these barbarians want to break the siege? The Queen Mother's words revealed that she was willing to pay money to avoid disasters.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be, the ambition of the wolf son of the North Captives, the demands are excessive, no matter how much silver we give, they are afraid that they will not retreat, and now there is only a desperate battle between the soldiers and the North Captives, and there may be a few chances of victory." Hearing this, Qiu Shangjian hurriedly admonished, now that the soldiers in the city are all supported by one breath, if there is news of peace, who will work hard to defend the city?

"Lord Qiu's words are wrong, barbarians don't know how to farm, don't understand poetry and books, what's the use of occupying the capital?" Chen Jing'an consciously made a great contribution, if the peace talks are successfully completed, it will be easy to be promoted and make a fortune with this great merit in the future, so Qiu Shangjian can question it? Of course, he is also bullying Qiu Shangjian, and his foundation is unstable, if it is Qiu Yuande who is talking now, he will definitely not dare to do so.

"Now there is a shortage of food and grass in the city, and it is not easy to defend the city." Bi Cheng, the head of the household, also stood on Chen Jing'an's side, and they finally beat Xungui down, if Qiu Shangjian took this opportunity to turn over, wouldn't all the previous things be done in vain? Therefore, he would rather spend a sum of money to buy the peace of the capital.

"A mere 10,000 stone of grain is really not worth mentioning, and you can get it out of the warehouse of the military department." The officials of the Ministry of War also stood up, Qiu Shangjian was not so generous when he asked them for military rations before.

The ministers discussed a lot, and directly put Qiu Shangjian aside to discuss the amount of money for peace, and the queen mother, who had little trouble, was fooled by the ministers, and directly bought the inner treasury that the previous emperors had worked hard to accumulate for many years, and was willing to take out two million taels of silver to buy the peace of the capital.

Inspired by this, the household department also made up a million taels of silver, and countless silk cloths, hoping that the 200,000 troops outside the city could retreat; And Chen Jing'an wanted to think more, his gaze kept sweeping over Yang Jiefu, maybe according to Yuan Zhang's meaning, only this person would retreat? It's just that he doesn't plan to discuss these things in the court, and he will go to discuss them with Lord Lu after going down to the court for a while.

"Did Mr. Sima mishear? The army besieged the city, and the civil and military officials in the city actually wanted to send food to the enemy troops outside the city? When he got the news, Li You couldn't believe his ears, what kind of thing can a pig teammate do?

"It's nothing." Sima couldn't help but shake his head, if these people were put in Daqin, I am afraid they would have been chopped into meat sauce a long time ago, "I also heard that there are officials in Beijing who wrote a letter, saying that in order to avoid misunderstanding in the north, it is recommended that the imperial court issue a holy decree and let the soldiers and horses of all Qinwang return the same way!" (To be continued.) )