After the ceremony of the Tianxing Pavilion, the nine generals and representatives sent by the imperial court decided to borrow the Tianxing Pavilion from the next day, the ninth day of the seventh month, to negotiate and resolve the current problems of Dayan's independent affairs.

On the evening of the eighth day of the seventh month, Li Bin held a banquet in the camp to entertain the six disciples of Tianxing Pavilion, Liang Wendao, Wei Long, Wei Hu, Huang Ruijie, Liu Baotong and Wen Anwu.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Bin smiled and said to Liang Wendao: "Bingrong, I heard from Master Han that you often do things in a deviant way and do not play according to common sense?"

Bingrong is the outline of Liang Wendao.

Liang Wendao smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, lord, after I join the army, I will never do as casually as before."

Li Bin laughed and said, "Don't worry, Bingrong doesn't have so many rules in my Zhennan Army. As long as you are loyal to me, even if you break the sky, I can still take care of you."

Liang Wendao immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, lord, my Liang Wendaosheng is my lord's man, and death is my lord's ghost. If Liang Wendao dares to betray his lord and let Liang Wendao thunder strike, he will not die well!"

Li Bin nodded with a smile, and then spoke to Liang Wendao, Wei Long, Wei Hu, Huang Ruijie, Liu Baotong, and Wen Anwu, "You six first enter the guards next to me, follow me for a while, and then release you six of them when you have a suitable position. What do you think?"

Li Bin said this, how could Liang Wendao, Wei Long and others object? They hurriedly expressed their gratitude to Li Bin.

Then Li Bin turned his head and asked Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor, for tomorrow's negotiation, do you need to participate in it in person?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "My lord, it's better for me to go first, so that my lord will have more room for maneuver."

Li Bin nodded and said, "That's what it takes to be a military advisor."

In fact, Li Bin didn't have much hope for the negotiation between the ten forces. After all, the major generals have controlled the military and political power in their respective territories. Now, letting the major generals return the military and political power to the court, it is very likely that none of the generals are willing to do so. Anyway, Li Bin will definitely not agree.

Even if the military power is left behind, only the appointment and removal power of officials from yamen at all levels will be returned to the court, Li Bin was unwilling. Now all the civil servants under the twenty-three prefectures and two protective governments under the jurisdiction of Zhennan Grand Governor's Office are from Zhennan. Li Bin does not want other forces, including the forces of the Dayan court, to enter the territory controlled by Zhennan Army.

Only by firmly grasping the military and political power can Li Bin turn the territory controlled by the Zhennan Army into an iron barrel.

The reality is indeed as Li Bin expected. The negotiations between the ten forces were very strong from the beginning, and each general was unwilling to give up any of their own interests.

Originally, this negotiation was initiated by Xie Zhitong, the head of the Xie family, but Xie Zhiliang, who attended the negotiation on behalf of the Xie family, seemed to be unanimous of his elder brother's proposal.

As a result, during the negotiation, Xie Zhiliang's attitude was the toughest, saying that the Xie family would only recognize that Hengzhou Prefecture, Xiongzhou Prefecture, and Xinzhou Prefecture belonged to Dayan in name, but the Dayan court had no right to send any official, Hengzhou Prefecture, Xiongzhou Prefecture, and Xinzhou Prefecture, the army and taxes of Hengzhou Prefecture, and the court had no right to intervene.

The other generals were like the Xie family, who completely regarded their own territory as an independent kingdom and did not allow the court to point fingers any more.

The negotiation lasted for three days, and the representatives of the nine generals and the representatives of the court also quarreled for three days. Generals like the Luo family and the Xiao family, who were fighting were almost in the negotiation, and the full martial arts movement was performed.

Li Bin attended the meeting on the fourth day of the negotiation, but Li Bin's attendance was not to persuade the other eight generals to return the military and political power to the Dayan court. Li Bin participated in the consultation today to ask the other eight generals to allow the Zhennan Army to recruit refugees and bandits in the prefectures controlled by the eight generals and the capital roads controlled by the imperial court.

Li Bin recruited bandits not to recruit bandits and expand the troops of the Zhennan Army, but to prepare to eliminate the vicious bandits among the bandits, so that the people who were forced to become bandits could live a stable life again.

Of course, after these bandits and refugees become the people under the rule of the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office, they will also enhance the strength of the Zhennan Army.

Li Bin said in a deep voice to the representatives of the court and the eight other generals: "Now, except for the areas controlled by the Nanjun in our town, the other fifteen prefectures and capital roads have spawned a large number of refugees, and even bandits. After all, these refugees and bandits are all people of our Dayan. If it were not forbidden, no one would want to be refugees or even bandits. Therefore, this marquis hopes to place these refugees and bandits in the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate Mansion or the Southern Barbarian Protectorate Mansion. I wonder if you can agree?"

The Dayan court attached great importance to this negotiation, and it was led by Jiang Wenjun, the right chief of the Secretariat, personally participated.

As soon as Li Bin finished speaking, Jiang Wenjun, the right chief of the Secretariat, coughed and said, "Marquis Zhennan, as far as I know, there are no refugees in the capital, let alone bandits!"

Li Bin curled his lips, "Right Prime Minister, there are no refugees on the Beijing Road. The imperial court drove all the refugees on the Beijing Road out of the Beijing Road. The Grand Governor's Office in Zhennan alone accepted millions of refugees on the Beijing Road. This marquis felt that the court would drive away the refugees in the future, so he could directly notify the Grand Governor's Office in Zhennan to accept them, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties in the process of driving away the refugees."

The right chief of the Secretariat Jiang Wenjun coughed violently again to hide his embarrassment, "That... that's not to drive away, but to guide the victims to eat elsewhere. The harvest in the capital road has not been very good in recent years, and the imperial court has not taken out much food to help the victims."

As soon as Jiang Wenjun finished speaking, Xie Zhiliang, who represented the Xie family in the negotiations, sneered: "As far as I know, the capital road has been in good weather in recent years. The reason why so many refugees have emerged is entirely caused by man-made disasters. Some powerful people have used their rights to seize the land of the people, which has led to millions of refugees appearing in just a few years, as if the right prime minister's home has added tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in recent years."

Xie Zhiliang's words made the right chief of the Secretariat Jiang Wenjun feel a little uncomfortable, and then he snorted coldly, "You Xie family is in Hengzhou Prefecture, Xiongzhou Prefecture, and Xinzhou Prefecture. Are there too little land for the people? Don't pretend to be a gentleman here. The big reason why there are so many tributaries in the fifteen prefectures is that they are forced by generals like the Xie family!"

"The Right Prime Minister, I have to be responsible for some words!"

"Xie Zhiliang, I have never seen any scenes before. Don't think that a few words will make me afraid of your Xie family!"

"Right Prime Minister, don't forget that Xinzhou Prefecture, controlled by my Xie family, is next to the capital road."

"Xie Zhiliang, if you have the ability, send troops to fight, don't threaten me here!"

At this time, Li Bin suddenly spoke: "Right Prime Minister, uncle, can you give me a face? Everyone can say less?"

Li Bin said that, and gave Jiang Wenjun and Xie Zhiliang a step. The two snorted coldly at each other, but did not continue to argue.

However, the other eight generals and generals expressed their need to consider Li Bin's proposal, and it was obvious that they were unwilling to let Zhennan Army take over refugees and bandits from various prefectures.

The other eight generals and sects all understood that it would not be possible to have only territory but not population. The previous melee between the major generals and the disasters in various places had caused the fifteen prefectures controlled by the eight generals to lose a large amount of population, and these populations were basically taken into account by the Zhennan Army.

If the Zhennan Army continues to plunder the population on their territory, their families may even have difficulty conscription in the future.

The negotiations on this day ended in a noisy and no value was discussed.

That night, Li Bin sighed to Zhuge Liang and said, "It seems that there will be no result if we continue to negotiate. As for recruiting refugees and bandits, it is better to leave it to Yunshe for the responsibility! It is impossible to rely on the cooperation of the eight generals!"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, you came to Tianxing Pavilion to participate in this negotiation this time mainly to gain prestige, so it is best not to leave first. According to the estimates of his subordinates, there should be several generals who have already shown impatient."

Zhuge Liang's estimate was very accurate. The fifth day of negotiation had just begun. The Lin family in Weizhou Prefecture and Yunzhou Prefecture, first of all, said that the negotiation had turned into a farce. The Lin family had no time to argue here and decided to withdraw from the negotiation.

After the Lin family made a statement, several other generals announced their withdrawal from the negotiation, which eventually led to the negotiation of the top ten forces, and they ended in a bad mood.

Before Li Bin was about to lead the army away, Han Yu, the sect leader of Tianxing Pavilion, brought dozens of Tianxing Pavilion disciples to the camp of Zhennan Army to visit Li Bin.

After seeing Li Bin, Han Yu sighed and said, "Marquis Zhennan, in addition to the fifteen disciples who participated in the ceremony of the army, there are twenty-eight disciples with martial artists who have reached the level of cultivation. They are also preparing to leave the sect of my Tianxing Pavilion."

After pausing, Han Yu continued, "I am going to hand over all these twenty-eight disciples with Huajin cultivation to Zhennan Hou to avoid more disciples from Tianxing Pavilion fighting on the battlefield."

No one can be promoted to a master warrior. The twenty-eight disciples who were in the cultivation level of Han Yu all felt that they had little hope of breaking through to the master realm and were not ready to stay in the Tianxing Pavilion for wasting their time. So he took advantage of the Tianxing Pavilion's launch ceremony and prepared to surrender to the sects of the major generals.

However, Han Yu did not let the twenty-eight disciples with Huajin cultivation reach contact with other generals, but instead planned to send all the twenty-eight disciples with Huajin cultivation to the Zhennan Army. After all, only the Zhennan Army is still out of the matter now, and the other eight generals have been involved in the melee within the Dayan Army.

Li Bin smiled and said, "Then thank you Master Han. Don't worry, this marquis will not treat any disciple of Tianxing Pavilion unfairly!"

Han Yu nodded and said, "I am ten thousand at ease when my disciples from Tianxing Pavilion join the Zhennan Army. There is another thing I hope Zhennan Hou can agree."

"I don't know what?"

"If Zhennan Army meets my disciples from Tianxing Pavilion on the battlefield in the future, please ask Zhennan Hou to show mercy and spare their lives."

"Zengzhu Han was joking. Our Zhennan Army doesn't want to be enemies with other generals."

"Maybe there will be a special situation. I just hope that Zhennan Hou can open a glimpse of my disciples in Tianxing Pavilion on the battlefield and save their lives."

"Don't worry, Master Han, there are many disciples from Tianxing Pavilion in my Zhennan Army. I have special feelings for the disciples from Tianxing Pavilion."

Twenty-eight disciples of Tianxing Pavilion with Huajin cultivation were immediately temporarily arranged by Li Bin to the guard team.

Now the commanders of the guards Chen Jun and Xing Tao, all came from Tianxing Pavilion. Of course, they welcomed the 28 junior brothers with Huajin cultivation, Liang Wendao, Wei Long, Wei Hu, Huang Ruijie, Liu Baotong and Wen Anwu, who joined the guards.

Before Li Bin was about to lead the army away, he also met Xie Zhiliang from the Xie family.

After the two met, Xie Zhiliang said to Li Bin straight to the point: "Wende, my Xie family hopes to form an alliance with the Zhennan Army. I wonder if Wende agrees?"

Li Bin smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, my Zhennan Army really doesn't want to intervene in this melee between the major generals. If the Zhennan Army forms an alliance with the Xie family, it will be difficult for our Zhennan Army to stay out of the matter anymore, so I can only say sorry to my uncle."

Xie Zhiliang nodded, "I also know that you boy won't agree, but my brother asked me to ask you personally. If I were in your position, I would never agree."

Li Bin hurriedly said, "It's good that my uncle can understand."

Xie Zhiliang then waved his hand and said, "I won't tell you that it's empty. If the Zhennan Army can win the world in the future, I hope you can leave a way out for the Xie family for the sake of Yingying's girl."

Li Bin opened his mouth and was interrupted by Xie Zhiliang, "Just remember my words, say goodbye!"

Li Bin looked at Xie Zhiliang's back as he was gone, and said to Zhuge Liang with a wry smile: "It seems that there are still many people in the world who understand it."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Lord, now our Zhennan Army controls the twenty-three prefectures and the Eastern Man Protectorate. The Southern Man Protectorate is about to be added soon. It has fully possessed the strength to sweep the world. In fact, the major generals and sects are very clear about this. A large part of the reason for the melee between the major generals and sects is that in order to enhance their own strength, the major generals and sects are trying to annex the power of other generals so that they can compete with our Zhennan Army in the future."

Li Bin sighed and said, "As long as these generals and sects are not united, our Zhennan Army will not need to pay attention to it. Let them continue the melee!"

On the morning of July 17, 4th year of Ruikang, Li Bin led a large army to set off and prepare to return to Guizhou City. At this time, the teams of the other eight generals had already left the foot of Cangyun Mountain.
Chapter completed!