Chapter 180: Conditions that cannot be changed
General Qin Qiong's face was expressionless, but he didn't know what to say in his heart, you kid is not very old, how can you be better at acting than your grandfather, and these words are also in place, and you are born to be suitable for negotiation.
This negotiation is too easy, we have almost nothing to do, we have to let the other party put forward all the bottom lines, and then we can still sit next to us and pick the fat and thin, General Qin Qiong feels that he has really found the right partner, and he has saved a lot of things inside and out.
Prime Minister Midu is also pondering Li Xiang's words word by word, it seems that the Tang Dynasty really wants to fight, and it is His Majesty the Emperor who insists on going his own way, and he thinks of some legends about Li Shimin, who was bullied by the Turks back then, and then reorganized his army and captured the Turkic Khan after a few years of war.
In the past few years, he has started to conquer Goryeo again, he is definitely a warmonger, Tuyuhun has provoked the Tang Dynasty one after another, perhaps to the extent that His Majesty the Emperor cannot tolerate it, and what Li Xiang said is also true, after all, he is only a grandson of the emperor, and it is impossible to decide the policy and politics of the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Thanks to His Royal Highness's efforts for the people of the two countries, I am willing to retreat one hundred and twenty miles, dedicate this one hundred and twenty miles of pasture to the Tang Dynasty, compensate the Tang Dynasty for 5,000 war horses, 50,000 cattle and sheep, and marry the eldest princess to His Royal Highness to marry the good of Qin and Jin."
Prime Minister Mi Du didn't hesitate, and hurriedly put forward all the things he had prepared, of course this is not their bottom line, this is only what they prepared in the first stage, if this kind of condition is the last negotiation, maybe Li Xiang will agree, and now you still take out these things, it will be a bit excessive.
"Prime Minister, these conditions of yours are a bit outdated, if there are only these conditions, I don't even have to open my mouth, let alone convince my grandfather, even I can't convince myself, let's continue to fight on the battlefield."
Li Xiang took a sip of tea and said, obviously I didn't like you things.
"If Your Highness is not satisfied, you can say it directly, we Tuyuhun are very sincere this time, as long as we can afford it, we must definitely avoid this war."
Prime Minister Midu is purely throwing stones to ask for directions, he is not afraid of Li Xiang bargaining, what he is most afraid of is that Li Xiang does not mention this stubble at all, if he does not mention this stubble, then this matter will be troublesome.
"My Datang needs four hundred miles of grassland outside Liangzhou City, and build a new city in the southwest direction, Tuyuhun herdsmen are not allowed to enter this area in the future, we will send troops to station, in view of the losses of my Datang in the war, Tuyuhun wants to compensate us with a one-time compensation of two million yuan, as well as the trade route to Tubo, our merchants and Tuyuhun merchants pay the same taxes, if these do not agree, I can't mediate this matter in the middle, you also know that the Tang Dynasty's troops are assembling Liangzhou City, Once we get a certain number of people, even if you're willing to produce these things, I don't think we need them. ”
Li Xiang knew that at this moment, Prime Minister Midu and these people had been squeezed to the limit, so he simply said everything we needed, of course, some projects were a bit excessive, and that was also to leave room for bargaining, as for the eldest princess you mentioned, my brother really didn't look down on it, aren't the women in Chang'an City beautiful enough?
After listening to Li Xiang's requests, Prime Minister Midu felt that the whole person was already a little dizzy, this is too much, just the four hundred miles of grassland can no longer be explained, plus the tax of the business road, this is the economic lifeline of Tuyuhun.
"Your Highness, these conditions are really difficult to agree, if we agree, then our Tuyuhun will cease to exist, how should our country survive, four hundred miles of grassland to support one-third of our country's population."
Prime Minister Midu said very excitedly.
"Prime Minister, you are a smart person, you should understand the actual situation now, I didn't force you to agree, even if you agreed, I don't dare to guarantee that the war will not come again, I can only say that I will go to my grandfather for you, it doesn't mean that I can decide this matter, if you want to say no, then I will be a better person, I and the Prime Minister hit it off at first sight, today the Prime Minister killed Zhe Duoji, I will remember it for the rest of my life, the Prime Minister is to maintain my dignity, Let's not get drunk here tonight, and after drinking this meal, we'll see you on the battlefield tomorrow. ”
According to Prime Minister Midu's thoughts, Li Xiang should bargain for those conditions, but Li Xiang has no intention of bargaining at all, if you don't want to, we will pull it down, tonight we only talk about Fengyue and not politics, after drinking this wine, tomorrow Lao Tzu will take a war knife to harvest you, then it will not be a four-hundred-mile grassland, it is very likely that the entire grassland is ours.
Prime Minister Midu didn't know what to say for a while, if he agreed, it would be difficult to explain to the Khan after he went back, if he didn't agree, what was waiting for Tuyuhun would be the danger of destroying the country.
"I also heard that Tuyuhun's roast leg of lamb is a must, I don't know if the prime minister has brought a cook, if you bring a cook, we really want to have a good drink tonight."
General Qin Qiong, who was half-asleep, came out to play a round again, and now the negotiations were deadlocked, if the two of them were to continue talking, it would be really embarrassing for both sides.
"There is a roast leg of lamb and there is a ......"
Prime Minister Midu is about to cry, when is this, do I have the mood to eat roast lamb shank? If there is a mistake in the thought, the whole Tuyuhun will be wiped out, how can you two be in such a mood, but Prime Minister Midu didn't dare to say it, so he could only arrange the meal first, and as for the negotiation, he would talk about it when he drank at night.
Li Xiang stretched out his thumb to General Qin Qiong, it was just the right time to wake up, you came and went between the two sides just now, General Qin Qiong didn't say a word, and when Prime Minister Midu made a decision, General Qin Qiong stood up and spoke, which is equivalent to giving Prime Minister Midu some time to think about it, you had better think about it yourself, this is related to the fate of your Tuguhun.
"Don't be afraid to run a dead horse, rush to the royal court as fast as possible......"
When arranging a roast leg of mutton, Prime Minister Midu summoned his most trusted men, and this note recorded all the terms of the negotiations, and although he was the plenipotentiary, he had to let the khan know......