The Ming bombardment lasted for ten rounds, and then it died down.

The monarch of the Li clan waited for another long time before another guard came to report in a daze: "Your Majesty, the Ming army is debugging the artillery, most of the shells fell in the open space outside the city, and a small part fell in the moat.

According to the observation of the last general, the Ming army did not have the idea of attacking the city in this round of bombardment, but was just scaring us. ”

Li Jun waved his hand and motioned for the guards to retreat, and then asked the important ministers: "The matter has come to this, what can I do?" ”

At this time, no one disliked the emperor's young age, and no one stopped the emperor from talking.

Because the time has come to carry the pot.

Like Daming, when Zhu Qiyu was the king of Yu, he did not have any say in political and military affairs. As soon as Tumubao is defeated, the Ming Dynasty is in danger of losing the country, at least the capital is likely to be unprotected, at this time, someone needs to take the blame, and Zhu Qiyu, the man who carries the blame, will be able to have the final say.

At this time, Li Jun was also facing the same situation, even the Empress Dowager Xuanci did not jump, and the ministers were even more honest, and no one was willing to answer the question of 'what can I do'.

Li Jun had no choice but to name: "The Marquis of the court, what do you say?" ”

Ding Lie replied: "Weichen thinks that he can send a special envoy to talk to Xu Youzhen's army, and then go to Wang Ji's army to talk and see which side gives better conditions." ”

At this point, the ministers tried their best to avoid using the word surrender, and from now on, the word surrender could only come out of the emperor's mouth, and it had to be spoken by the emperor.

Ding Lie's implicit meaning is to see who gave Xu Youzhen and Wang Ji the best conditions for surrender.

Although the general direction has been set by the Ming Emperor, in many things, Xu Youzhen and Wang Ji still have a great space for independent operation.

Li Jun nodded: "Then there is a visit to the Marquis of Lao Ting in person, and among the important ministers, you can talk to the commander of the Ming army." ”

Ding Lie asked, "Your Majesty, to what extent are you allowed to talk about it?" ”

Li Jun replied: "Only the elite of the Ming army with strict discipline can enter the city, and after entering the city, they must not commit any crimes in the autumn and must not disturb the people."

The land and property can be given to the Ming court, but the property of the royal family and ordinary people in the city must be protected.

The conditions given by the Ming Emperor before must still be valid.

Also, Da Ming needs to restrain Li Yimin and prevent him from taking revenge on us.

You go talk about it first, and see how sincere Xu Youzhen is. ”

Ding Lie received the order, and immediately took a few guards out of the city and went straight to the Ming army camp.

Xu Youzhen and Wang Tong were chatting in the big tent of the Chinese army: "Coming to this Tokyo Shenglong City again, how do you feel about Chengshanhou?" ”

Wang Tong replied with a solemn face: "The old man thought that it would be 'Wang Shinan's Jiaozhi Day, and the family sacrifice was not forgotten'. Unexpectedly, the reality is 'Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger'.

The saint is wise and powerful, and he actually makes the old man have a day of shame. ”

Xu Youzhen nodded: "It's also the first time for me to lead the army, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly." It is all thanks to the Holy Lord's strategy that we have won thousands of miles away. ”

Liu Chang, who was on the side, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Xu Youzhen and Wang Tong both asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Liu Chang waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing, the battle is so beautiful, I'm just a little too happy." ”

But Liu Chang still couldn't stop laughing, Xu Youzhen's sentence 'It's all up to the saint to plan in the veil' is too interesting, as soon as the saint and the curtain are mentioned, people can't help but think of the tender and watery Ning Xiang Niangniang.

Xu Youzhen and Wang Tong had never heard of the emperor's chariot affair, and they couldn't understand Liu Chang's thoughts, so they could only shake their heads in confusion. The capacity of the Daming Water Division is limited, and the main force of Yingzhou Wei will arrive one after another tomorrow, so now Liu Chang is the most relaxed mentality.

A few people were talking and laughing, and the soldiers came to report: "Marshal, the special envoy of Annan asks to see Hou Dinglie in the court." ”

"It's finally here, please come in."

After a while, Xu Youzhen and others welcomed Ding Lie into the tent and sat down as guests.

After the cold noise, Ding Lie entered the topic: "Dare to ask Xu Gong, my Guangwei soldiers and civilians were flooded and displaced by the flood, I don't know if I can be accommodating and ordered to enter the city?" ”

Xu Youzhen nodded: "Yes, aren't they outside the West Gate, this official has no intention of taking advantage of people's danger, you just open the city gate and let them in."

To say a word from Meng Lang, in the eyes of this official, those people are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and I will not be bored to chase and kill them. ”

Ding Lie hurriedly thanked him and continued to ask: "Xiaguan also wants to confirm with Duke Xu that if we surrender, will the conditions prescribed by Emperor Ming continue to be valid?"

Can the Ming army only send the elite with strict military discipline into the city and not commit any crimes? Can the wealth of our lords, ministers, and people be protected, except for the land? ”

Xu Youzhen nodded: "Emperor Daming's promise is still valid, the royal family of Annan moved to Qiongzhou, the hereditary prince, Princess Annan is still the crown prince of Daming."

I can only send the emperor's army into the city, and I will not commit any crimes in the autumn and never disturb the people.

As for wealth, all land and property should be confiscated by the Ming court, and other property of the people in the city of Tokyo should not be encroached upon.

However, the wealth of the royal family should be temporarily kept by the official, and the specific distribution should be decided by the saint. However, the official has promised to let the king of Lang Son divide the million-dollar fortune from it, and this part must be cashed out immediately.

As for the Chinese military officials and noble gentry in the city, they could retain thirty percent of their wealth, and the rest would be handed over to the Ming court.

That's the condition I can give, if you are not satisfied, you can talk to Jing Yuanbo again.

This is the case, Jing Yuanbo and I will have the final say on whoever accepts the surrender of the Li clan first, and who enters the city first.

Go back and discuss who to surrender to, and you'd better make a decision quickly. In ten days at most, the coalition forces of the small countries in the south will be killed.

I can control the Ming army, but I can't control them. Although the Holy One gave me the right to act cheaply, it did not include waging war against these small countries. ”

Ding Lie didn't bargain, got up and saluted, and had to go back to discuss with his emperor first.

At this time, Xu Youzhen hurriedly stopped Ding Lie: "Don't leave in a hurry, the official has a gift for the Li family's monarchs and people." ”

Ding Lie looked at Xu Youzhen curiously, his own side had failed so much, and this Xu Youzhen even gave gifts in turn?

I saw Xu Youzhen clapping his hands, and several personal soldiers walked in with an old man.

This old man was neatly dressed, groomed and clean, and at first glance he was treated preferentially and had not been sinned.

Ding Lie asked, "What does Xu Gong mean by this?" ”

Xu Youzhen said with a smile: "Court Marquis, please take a closer look, you recognize this person." ”

Ding Lie was surprised when he heard this, and the old man came in to take a closer look, and suddenly exclaimed: "This is ......, could this be Ma Qi, the eunuch who guarded the town back then?" ”

At that time, Li Li, the Taizu of the Li Dynasty, was forced to rebel by Ma Qi, and Ding Lie was one of the old ministers who followed Li Li to raise troops.

Xu Youzhen said with a smile: "This Ma Qi is too old, I am afraid that he will die halfway, so I eat and drink well." Now that it's been given to the Li clan as a gift, the official thinks it should be Ling Chi, but this is just a reference opinion, and you can dispose of it as you like. ”

Ding Lie was overjoyed, bowed deeply to Xu Youzhen, and then escorted Ma Qi away.

An hour later, Ding Lie returned to the palace.

Li Jun, Empress Dowager Xuanci, and other important ministers were very strange, Ding Lie was depressed when he left, and when he came back, he was full of energy, and those who didn't know thought he had won a big battle.

Ding Lie didn't go around the bend, and knelt down directly to congratulate: "Your Majesty, Xu Youzhen, the commander of the Ming army, presented the former eunuch Ma Qi as a gift to show the sincerity of the peace talks." ”

"Ma Qi?"

These two words are extremely powerful, and the court suddenly exploded.

Li Jun hurriedly escorted Ma Qi in.

Ruan Chi and other old ministers all recognized Ma Qi, and first cried with joy one by one, and then gathered forward and scolded Ma Qi and fought.

Ding Lie hurriedly stopped: "Don't beat him to death, Xu Youzhen's suggestion is very reasonable, such a traitor should be executed by Ling Chi and eaten his flesh raw, it is too cheap to kill him." ”

Only then did everyone react, and they all echoed and hurriedly retreated.

You can't fight, but you can scold. Everyone cursed at Ma Qi for a full hour before they took him under good care and waited for tomorrow to start in public.

After smiling at Xu Youzhen's gift, the Li monarch and his ministers also went down the stairs.

Li Jun was in charge, and ordered Ding Lie to go to Wang Ji's camp to negotiate again, so as to compare the conditions offered by Wang Ji and Xu Youzhen, and see which one was better to accept.

(End of chapter)