Chapter 279: Borrowing the First Rank for One Purpose

Out of the occupied zone, arrive at Tokyo in the Khitan occupation zone. The Khitans were also relatively friendly, and sent cavalry to escort or monitor the Qincha brigade to Pingzhou. The Khitans were obviously very sincere, and sent Li Chuwen to greet Ouyang and others on behalf of more than a dozen court officials, but they just didn't know that Li Chuwen was already a member of the Song Dynasty, and he deliberately omitted that his wife and children in Linhuang Mansion were taken care of by the Song Dynasty, and now he is living a good life.

By the time Ouyang arrived, the two armies had already completed the first round of fighting in the Tokyo area, and the Song army was repairing after occupying a county and three mountains. The two sides fought at a slower pace and were more friendly to each other. In this battle, as soon as Han Shizhong led people to besiege the county, he sent a letter to tell him about the situation, how many people and horses he had outside, what weapons he was equipped with, the morale situation and the grain and grass situation, and the general who defended the city and the adjutant general who sent the letter led the troops to retreat after two verbal moves. Everyone knows that Song Liao is about to start peace talks and does not want to make meaningless sacrifices.

"I've seen (see) the Queen's Mother." What Ouyang and the others didn't expect was that in the evening of that day, Concubine De, who is now the queen, would be in such a hurry to invite them to the temporary palace of the state capital for dinner. Representative Ouyang is Zhao Yu, so naturally he can't say that he can see it. According to the covenant that was not abolished, the two countries were still nominally brotherly states, and the people below were to regard Concubine De as their queen.

Concubine De said politely: "Everyone is coming from afar, don't be restrained, please sit!" ”

There are two tables in the main position, Ouyang and Concubine De sit flat, and two rows of tables are erected below, one row is Song people, and the other row is Khitan people. Ouyang sat down and asked: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty *** ......"

"Alas......!" Concubine De sighed and said: "Since ascending to the great treasure, my health has deteriorated, and I have seen all the good doctors but there is no explanation. ”

"Your Majesty, the auspicious people have their own natural appearance, and the queen doesn't have to worry." Ouyang could only say so politely. In advance, Li Chuwen revealed that Concubine De actually had a reason to be anxious, because Ye Luchun was in poor health, and she had to complete the peace talks before her death in order to strive for the greatest interests. Otherwise, it can only be Emperor Tianzuo or his son Yeluding. This is good news, but there is also bad news, Li Chuwen said that Concubine De's goal is very simple, that is, she hopes that the Song Dynasty will support Yeluchun as the emperor of Northern Liao. This is very different from Ouyang's bottom line.

"I'm not going to talk about business today." Concubine De raised her glass and said: "The two countries of Liao and Song have always coexisted amicably, so today we only talk about friendship and don't talk about official affairs, and everyone can drink as much as you want." ”

There was really no official talk during the banquet, Ouyang knew that Concubine De was giving herself a signal, and she was confident. Women are better suited to participate in negotiations than men, and their patience and patience are the key to their success, and men have always been less defensive of women. If you don't believe in the patience of women, you can swap with your wife for a day with a child, and you will know that when you regret having a child at the 10th minute, the mother is still patient at the 24th hour.

Zhang Bangchang walked around while drunk, and a palace maid from Concubine De sent a hangover remedy, and then asked about it. Zhang Bangchang is also a good person, and at a glance, he knew that this palace maid was not an ordinary palace maid, and he immediately increased his fear of Ouyang in his heart. Ouyang told him that Concubine De might arrange for some informants, especially women, to contact officials and gather information about the peace talks. Zhang Bangchang didn't know that this was a common method of commercial espionage in peace talks, not to focus on stakeholders, such as for negotiators like Ouyang, not to try to conquer, but to conquer the chief officer's deputy, such as the secretary. There are also representatives who accompany the negotiations, for example. Compared with men, women have more physical tools than men, and it is easy for men to let down their guard and improve their arrogance.

So Zhang Bangchang, at the age of sixty, was forced to reluctantly open a room with a palace maid who was less than twenty. There is no way, you have to act in a full set. After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhang Bangchang could let go and curse Ouyang Ancestor, to be honest, he didn't look at Ouyang Ben right, and these words were also held in his heart for a long time. What's the big deal, etc., in front of the palace maid, he vented his dissatisfaction with Ouyang, counted the bad things Ouyang did to himself, or instigated others to do bad things to him, and even Ouyang did bad things to others, and he was quite jealous and hateful.

The next thing is to play with women, or to say that playing with women is also one of the revolutionary work. Li Bangchang cooperated very hard, and it was easy to complete the process, and then he had to show a very satisfied and enjoyable attitude.

An hour later, the information was sent to Concubine De. In total, three officials fell overboard, among whom Zhang Bangchang was the most valuable and credible. Zhang Bangchang and Ouyang were at odds, and Concubine De also heard about it. In the First Battle of Western Xia, Ouyang didn't take Zhang Bangchang in his eyes at all, causing the two to fight each other. Although one is a magistrate and the other is a Beijing official, it has always been wrong.

After analyzing the information, Concubine De concluded that Zhao Yu's bottom line for Ouyang was that Feng Yeluchun was the king of Northern Liao, with a hundred guards and the right to feed 10,000 households. This news made Concubine De a little cold, and the purpose of her peace talks was to give up part of the land in Tokyo and reduce the number of troops, and instead asked Song to support Yeluchun as the emperor of Northern Liao.

But if you think about it carefully, Yeluchun's current situation is that of the emperor of Northern Liao, if the Song Dynasty does not try to recognize the emperor of Northern Liao at all, and sends Qin to conduct peace talks, it will be too much to say. Concubine De knew that she had lost some of her bargaining chips, and if she had used the territory of Tongzhou and Linhuangfu to negotiate in the past, the Song people might have agreed to support it, but for now, her goal was too high.

And the next day of negotiation, Concubine De knew what it meant to be a lion's mouth. Ouyang said very sincerely that his bottom line was that the Liao people would give up their arms and return to the people. The imperial court will seal Yeluchun as the Duke of Liao, and eat 2,000 households. There is a saying about this title, the title can be inherited, but each generation inherited, it must be downgraded by one level. After two generations, the founding prince had nothing.

Although Ouyang asked for a price, Concubine De knew it in her heart, and she also paid back the money. Concubine De put forward several suggestions of her own, the first of which was the Emperor of Northern Liao, Ouyang resolutely disagreed, and clearly said that if this condition was the case, it would not be able to be discussed, and he would not be able to explain it to the emperor at all. The second suggestion is that Concubine De sacrifices some territory, as long as the king of the three states, as a return, Ye Luchun, as the king of the three states, enjoys the treatment of the king of Zhanglan Yuzhou, and completely implements autonomy under his rule, and everything in taxes is calculated by the king of the three states, and the three states of Yongzhen. As a condition, the three states will give up the right to support the army and use the Song law.

Ouyang emphasized that military power and local management power are the bottom line of this negotiation. Ouyang said that Ye Luchun's title could be adjusted, and it could also break the Song rule and be inherited by a woman. However, management will not be handed over. Ouyang introduced the current situation in Tokyo, with only 50,000 people, but more than 300,000 troops, which could not last at all. If the administration is not handed over, no one wants to emigrate to this place, there is no money without people, and there is a shortage of women, even if Yeluchun is supported as the emperor of Northern Liao, once the country can no longer support it, it can only continue to plunder, and it cannot guarantee production, let alone prosperity and recovery.

Feeding is different, Ouyang said that as long as he agrees, he will pick out richer cities from the interior of the Song Dynasty to supply feed. There is no management of feeding, but all the tax proceeds from the 2,000 people will go to the feeders.

The first day was over, and it seemed that both sides were a little bit of gunpowder, but in fact both sides were following the 'confidential information' leaked by Li Bangchang. Concubine De also received news that Ouyang sent someone to have secret contact with Emperor Tianzuo, who had been reduced to king. This is what Concubine De is most worried about. She had heard that Ouyang had never done his duty to negotiate, and there was a false holy decree incident in Western Xia last time, and finally forced Li Qianshun's bargaining chips out. In the event that the Song army supported Emperor Tianzuo to attack Tokyo, the soldiers would no longer have the slightest desire to fight.

"Still going?" Zhang Bangchang was about to cry: "Lord Qincha, that's a little goblin." If the lower official has the body of Lord Qincha, he is naturally not afraid, but ...... Lord Qincha saw that it was very difficult for Xia Guan to get up from bed today. Again, sooner or later, this old bone will be eaten by her along with the belt meat. ”

"Who told Ben Chin that the wind and rain come and go, and he doesn't frown?" Ouyang asked rhetorically.

"......" Zhang Bangchang staggered to his feet and said, "It's just to go down to the official." ”

Zhang San felt that Ouyang was too cruel, so he diligently helped Zhang Bangchang to send him to the door. came back and snickered: "My lord, Zhang Bangchang is in a cold sweat, and his clothes are wet." ”

"Really, I asked him to play with women to do things for the country. It's like going to the guillotine. Ouyang smiled: "However, Zhang Bangchang is indeed a key person. It can be seen from today's negotiation that Concubine De has accepted the bottom line we put forward in her heart. ”

Li Si asked, "Why did the adults secretly send people to contact Emperor Tianzuo?" ”

"Look for multi-point cooperation. If Concubine De dares to open her mouth, we won't talk about it, in the name of support, and support Emperor Tianzuo to attack Tokyo. After all, he is the orthodox emperor of the Khitans, and he also has a certain amount of influence. Ouyang said: "Anyway, there is only one place, if Concubine De doesn't want it, then give it to him." Either it is said that a weak country has no diplomacy. That's right...... What is the condition of that Yeluchun? ”

"Before we arrived, Concubine De *** went to the temporary palace, and it was all Concubine De's people, and even Li Chuwen couldn't go in to visit the patient." Li Sidao: "But I still see some clues, and it is speculated that Yeluchun has been coughing up blood." Our imperial doctor looked at the medicine residue we got and identified it, it should be tuberculosis. Looking at the dosage of this medicine, Ye Luchun only has half a month at most, and the limit is about to be reached. ”

Zhang Sandao: "I heard that they didn't expect us to take the Huanglong Mansion in winter, and they are all a little afraid of the strength of the forbidden army." The soldiers below are not warlike in today's situation. The Khitan people have been pampered for two hundred years, and their blood and qi have been consumed. ”

Ouyang was in a good mood and said: "I'm worried that Zhang Bangchang won't be able to stand it, it doesn't matter if he dies, it won't be good if he doesn't release the news." ”

Zhang Bangchang touched the residence of the palace maid again, because of the temporary palace, the palace maids all lived in the houses outside the state capital, and the local population was plundered by the Jurchens, and the empty houses were already moldy. The palace maid was waiting for Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Bangchang smiled forcefully, and expressed his kindness and ambition to the goblin who greeted him.

What is the news this time? The news is based on the information inquired, and Emperor Tianzuo has preliminarily agreed with Song Jun's opinion. He helped the Song army to order the Khitan soldiers in Tokyo, and after the matter was completed, he accepted the title of Duke of Northern Liao. Moreover, Zhang Bangchang also revealed that Ouyang instructed Han Shizhong to take advantage of the peace talks and everyone to occupy some important towns.

This news made Concubine De understand that she didn't have many chips anymore. Ouyang is pressing step by step. If he could have escaped to Xiliao back then, the situation would naturally be different. But at present, they are trapped in Tokyo, Northern Liao, and the Song army is pressing the border, and the situation is aggressive. If you don't have a soft attitude, you can't do it. Ye Luchun's illness is more serious, which is also a reason for her helplessness.

Now there is only one question that needs to be seriously confirmed, and how the Song dynasty will protect its promises if a peace treaty is signed. Although Ouyang also showed sincerity, such as bargaining and so on. But after all, Li Qianshun was secretly killed afterwards. Although there is no evidence, people like Concubine De can definitely guess that it is the hand of the Song Dynasty.

"Guaranteed?" Ouyang thought about it and said, "Queen Mother, let's put it bluntly." Western Xia is different from Liao, Li Qianshun is a genuine emperor, and he has deep prestige among the people. We also asked him to move to Bianliang, Tokyo, and although he could not live the luxurious life of the original palace, he could at least be able to live a prosperous life in Tokyo for several generations. But he kept procrastinating under the pretext of procrastinating, and even made himself sick to prevaricate us, the only purpose was that he was unwilling to leave Western Xia and tried to come back. Therefore, for such dangerous people, it is natural to get rid of them. ”

"And what about me?" Concubine De asked.

Ouyang said: "The queen mother, look at the difference in treatment in those places occupied by the Song army, I believe that the queen mother also understands some folk things." Even if the queen has the intention to instigate, I am afraid that there are very few responders. So the Song Dynasty definitely gave Emperor Yeluchun quite a big ***. If you want to stay local, you can. You can live in Tokyo if you want to, or even overseas. The Mediterranean, Yuzhou, my Great Song Dynasty will never stop it, but there is one condition. ”

"Conditions?" Concubine De asked, "What conditions?" ”

"General Yelu Dashi is a close friend of Xiaxia, and my emperor also admires Yelu Dashi's general demeanor, and intends to invite Yelu Dashi to serve in Tokyo."

"Haha!" Concubine De smiled: "You have sharp eyes. This Jelu stone is much more valuable than my husband and wife. ”

"That is, Yelu Dashi is a royal family, and he is deeply loved by the soldiers and trusted by the court." Ouyang said: "The queen mother thinks well, it is indeed to invite Yelu Dashi to Tokyo for house arrest." But it will definitely not be treated badly, not to mention the influence of Ben Qincha, the generals also admire Yelu Dashi, and they must not let others abuse it. ”

Concubine De thought about it and said, "I can do this, but ...... We want to go back to Linhuang Mansion to live, after all, it is still the Imperial Palace. Since the Song Dynasty wants to make us the king of Northern Liao, the pomp is not too shabby, right? ”

"......" Ouyang was shocked: "How do you know?" ”

Concubine De smiled: "Lord Qincha, Ming people don't say secret words, isn't that the case?" ”

Ouyang's face changed, and he remained silent after taking a sip of tea, and only asked after a long time: "Is it Zhang Bangchang's bastard informant?" ”

Concubine De nodded without denying it: "Yes!" ”

"Someone!"

"In!" Two guards clenched their fists.

"Catch Zhang Bangchang, ask on the spot, and see me."

"Yes!" The two guards clenched their fists and left.

The two ministers who accompanied Ouyang hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, ......"

"Collaborator, kill!"

Concubine De said: "Actually, I hate such villains too. While taking the court's money, he betrayed the court. "This is Concubine De's last attempt, and what she tried was Ouyang's sincerity. If Zhang Bangchang's words are true, it means that the Great Song Dynasty really did not have the idea of plotting against Ye Luchun. If Zhang Bangchang's words are false, just a trust, Ouyang must not be able to kill him.

The two chatted politely, the internal guard came in with a plate, Ouyang lifted the white cloth and sighed: "Why bother! ”

Concubine De got up and saw that it was indeed Zhang Bangchang's head, and she immediately let go of her doubts. Ouyang also pushed the boat down the river and confessed the bottom line of the imperial court. The two sides reached a consensus on the general direction. But there are still conflicts over the details. For example, Ouyang made an exception for the female lieutenant, and his wife replaced her dead husband to lower her title? And then where to divide the feeding grounds? Of course, Concubine De wanted Yangping, but Ouyang didn't agree when she saw that she had dug into her own corner. So we have to discuss.

There is also the arrangement of Concubine De's mother's family, such as Concubine De's younger brother and child going to college and settling in Songnei, hoping that Ouyang can send a few official positions. Ouyang smiled bitterly, he is only a sixth-grade official, how can he send an official position.

Such detailed negotiations were not Ouyang's strong point, so the officials of the Ministry of Men and the Ministry of Rites began to negotiate. Not only selfish interests, but also included the disposal of Emperor Tianzuo, the placement of soldiers, the imperial court's subsidies to Tokyo, and so on. It is estimated that negotiations on such details will last at least a month. However, the general direction is solved, and the next step is to bargain over the small details.

But Ouyang didn't expect Concubine De to be more difficult than he imagined, and it was difficult to agree on a few details. For example, Concubine De demanded that the Song Dynasty return their property and property with the courtiers in Linhuang. Another point is that most of the Liao soldiers are equipped with their own weapons and clothes, and it is difficult for them to surrender all their weapons, and finally it is the shameless idea of Concubine De who wants to exchange the materials hoarded in Tokyo for cash at market prices.

The first detail is reasonable, although it is not within the scope of negotiation considered by Ouyang, but those lands cannot be moved, the title deeds and so on are temporarily seized in the army, and the property is also handed over to the imperial court by Han Shizhong at that time. It is not difficult for Ouyang to do it.

The second detail belongs to customs, Ouyang visited some Liao soldiers, and the Liao soldiers all said that weapons and horses were their private property, and they were unwilling to hand over these two things. As for firearms, they don't care.

The third detail is nonsense, Ouyang especially despises Concubine De's greed.

Ouyang agreed to the first detail, and Ouyang agreed to half of the second detail, and Ouyang said in the drafting of the peace treaty that he would buy the soldier's weapons, but the soldiers must hand over the weapons. As for the horses, the soldiers can be kept. In the third detail, Ouyang personally went into battle to theorize, and finally Concubine De accepted the price of 100,000 yuan. Later, Ouyang learned that Concubine De was so greedy for her own safety. First, to divert the attention of Ouyang and others, and secondly, to show that she values money more than the land.