The World Heroes 129_The World Heroes full text is free to read_Chapter 129 The price is from

The negotiations in Huining County have been going on for two days, but they are in a deadlock. The bargaining between the two sides cannot be reached. The Sui Dynasty asked for too high a price, asking for one million stone of grain and five hundred thousand jin of coins as military expenses. This sky-high price made the Tang Dynasty unacceptable, and it was even hard to imagine.

The bottom line of the Tang Dynasty was not to talk about money and grain, but to talk about land. It was admitted that Hexi, Huining County and Luoyang were officially assigned to the Sui Dynasty by formally signing documents, but the Sui Dynasty was unwilling to talk about land. The positions of the two sides were too far apart.

In the deputy account beside the commander's tent, Xie Sili and Chen Shuda sat opposite each other, and there were several civilian officers of the Sui army sitting next to him, and Chen Shuda's two deputy officers were also sitting next to him.

Both sides' deputy were responsible for recording, but in fact, they had been silent for half an hour, and the recording paper on the table was still blank.

The atmosphere in the tent was very depressing. At this time, Chen Shuda sighed, "There is definitely no money and grain in the Tang Dynasty. We can't let every household sell their money to compensate you! I think since the negotiations, it should be more realistic. Let's talk about the conditions that can be achieved. First of all, we are sincere and willing to end the war so that the people of the two countries will no longer suffer from the war. Secondly, we are willing to take out the land to negotiate with the Gui Dynasty. Looking at all dynasties, who is willing to take out the land? This is the humiliation of the Tang Dynasty! Is the Sui Dynasty really short of this little money and grain?"

Xie Sili smiled faintly and said, "Not to mention the issue of money and food, just talk about land. I will make it clear. Hexi has been occupied by us, and the same is true for Huining County to which you belong now. Luoyang was the condition for us to withdraw our troops when we captured Chang'an last time. I agreed at that time, and it had nothing to do with the current negotiations. In fact, you are using the land of the Sui Dynasty to negotiate with the Sui Dynasty. I really don't understand, where is your sincerity?"

Just as Chen Shuda was about to speak, Xie Sili waved his hand to stop him, "Listen to me and finish my words!"

Chen Shuda only held the words back to his heart. Xie Sili said again: "There is also something that should not be considered by us as the people of the world. This sentence is uncomfortable. When we are fighting against the Turkic invasion, what are you doing? Taking the opportunity to put down the injustice and seize the land of the Sui Dynasty. Is this for the people of the world? Now you can't fight anymore. Just say that you stop fighting for the people, so why didn't you say it at the beginning? Chen, it's best not to use morality as a bargaining chip, you can't stand it."

Chen Shuda was speechless. He originally wanted to say that the land occupied by the Sui army was not the same as the land officially recognized by the Tang Dynasty, but he couldn't say this. He knew very well that among hostile countries, there was only the level of force, no legal strength.

Finally, Uncle Chen sighed, "Okay! What do you want, can you talk about?"

Xie Sili laughed. "I think we can go back and report each one and listen to the opinions from above, and then we will sit down and continue talking. What do you think Chen Xiangguo?"

Chen Shuda nodded, "Since that's the case, let's make an appointment for the next meeting first."

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In the handsome tent, Yang Yuanqing stood beside the map with his hands behind his back, listening to Xie Sili's report with all his attention.

"Your Highness, it's been two days since they have never been willing to make concessions on money and grain, and they are unwilling to compensate for money and grain. Even if I propose to cut it by half, they cannot accept it. Beizhi believes that they have indeed had a crisis in money and grain, and they are even unable to make ends meet and cannot get out money and grain, so in the end they can only make concessions on the land. Beizhi has clearly told them that Luoyang, Hexi, Huining County, these places are free of negotiations, and the next step depends on their sincerity."

In fact, Yang Yuanqing also knew that the Tang Dynasty had already taken out hundreds of thousands of stones of grain to save Chai Shao and others last time. As for the money, the Tang Dynasty had just implemented new coins, so there could be 500,000 jin. However, it would be fine to take out the gold and silver from their warehouse. But now Yang Yuanqing doesn't care about money, and he doesn't even care about anything. He only needs to rest for a few months and then start a battle again.

"I will tell you a few bottom lines, and then you will continue to talk to them. It is more of your credit. Keeping the bottom line will be considered a successful completion of the negotiation, but if you cannot break through my bottom line, you would rather have the negotiations break down."

"I understand my duty, please tell me!"

"The first bottom line is that I want all the land west of Shibao City. Both sides can use Chiling to Lianyun Mountain as the boundary, west of Chiling, including Heyuan County and Xihai County to our Great Sui Dynasty, and to the east of the Tang Dynasty."

Xie Sili understood that Yang Yuanqing's bottom line was actually to take away all the animal husbandry areas in the Hehuang area, leave the agricultural areas to the Tang Dynasty, and completely cut off their source of war horses.

"I understand your highness's intention."

Seeing that he understood, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "The second bottom line is in the Central Plains. Nanyang County and Xiyang County, which were originally designated as neutral districts, were bounded by Xiangyang County, and Tang Dynasty to the south and Dasui to the north. Do you understand my intention?"

Xie Sili thought for a while and said, "Does Your Highness want to cut off the direct contact between Guanzhong and Jing Xiang?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "That's true, and my third bottom line is that the first thing is to relax trade between the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In fact, it is strictly forbidden to cast fake silver and money in the Tang Dynasty. Once I seize the evidence, it means that the war begins. In the end, it is not allowed to restrict the immigration of both sides. Whether it is the Sui Dynasty's people to Guanzhong or Guanzhong's immigrants to Hedong, it should be allowed, and the government and the army are not allowed to stop it."

Xie Sili pondered for a moment. He felt that the Tang Dynasty might accept the Hehuang bottom line and the Jingxiang bottom line, but the trade and immigration in the last three conditions may be difficult for the Tang Dynasty, especially immigration. This is a taboo for a country. How could they agree?

"Your Highness, I guess there may be problems with immigration, and they will not agree."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether they agree to the third item or not. The key is Jingxiang and Hehuang. Use the third item to force them to agree to the first two items."

Xie Sili suddenly realized and praised: "Your Highness is indeed a high reputation. I want to ask again, what is the duration of the treaty?"

"You can promise them the deadline, they will give three years to three years, and one year to one year, you will decide."

"I understand."

Xie Sili thought to himself: "We can't let them see the flaws, if they agree too well."

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Just as Yang Yuanqing explained three bottom lines to Xie Sili, Li Jiancheng was also giving Chen Shuda a face-to-face explanation.

"Yang Yuanqing's money and grain are probably also a cover. He finally wanted to talk to us about the land. I guess he had already thought about it in his mind. Let's hear what conditions they took the initiative to propose at night. This time they took the initiative and we will consider whether we can accept it."

Chen Shuda hesitated and said, "Actually, I think money and food are not bad, because Xie Sili has already let go and can be cut in half. That is 500,000 shi of grain and 250,000 kilograms of money. We don't have to pay each other at one time, and we pay in three years. This not only makes us less burden, but also delays peacetime and prepares for us to accumulate strength. What does your Highness think?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I have talked to my father about this. We all think that the other party will definitely not agree to pay the money and grain in installments. Moreover, they have already cut it by half. How could it be possible to agree to it for another three years, unless it is not cut by half, but it is not cut by half. We can't produce 300,000 s of grain a year, so we should listen to their plan."

"Can you give me a try? halve and add three years?"

Li Jiancheng thought for a while, "You can give it a try."

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The negotiations continued at night, but it was true that Li Jiancheng did not expect. When Chen Shuda proposed to cut the money and grain in half and then pay in three years, Xie Sili refused on the spot, without hesitation, and very clearly rejected his proposal.

"We agreed to pay half of the payment, which was considered that the Tang Dynasty could not afford one million stones of grain and five hundred thousand jin of coins at a time. The premise of half was a one-time payment, which must be paid within one month of the two parties' signing of the contract. If all payments must be made in three years, that's also possible, that's the initial condition, one million stones of grain and five hundred thousand jin of coins, which is our biggest concession."

Chen Shuda smiled bitterly in his heart. Yang Yuanqing was indeed unambiguous and understood the Tang Dynasty's old foundation clearly. In desperation, he had to say: "Then let's talk about the land! Can you please put forward the conditions, I will consider it."

Xie Sili said calmly: "We have three conditions. The first is that all the Hehuang Valleys are in the Sui Dynasty, that is, the Yellow River is bounded by the Yellow River, and west of the Yellow River..."

Xie Sili continued to speak loudly, and raised Yang Yuanqing to Chiling, Lianyun Mountain, and moved eastward for thousands of miles, including all the land west of Jincheng.

These three conditions made Chen Shuda stunned.

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"no!"

Li Jiancheng flatly rejected the conditions of the Sui Dynasty. How could he give all the Hehuang Valley to the Sui Dynasty? When they destroyed the Western Qin State, it was so difficult. How many soldiers died? Now, Is it all handed over to the Sui Dynasty? How did he explain to his father and to the people?

If he stopped minting fake silver coins, he could agree, and he could fully open up trade between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because trade would definitely not be able to resist.

Li Jiancheng knew that opening up trade would lead to a large amount of money influx, but he had no choice. Only when there was silver in the Sui Dynasty, silver could flow in.

The key is to let go of immigration. He must not agree to this, because the Sui Dynasty implemented the equal-land system, but the Tang Dynasty did not implement it. This will inevitably lead to a large number of Guanzhong tenant farmers and serfs fleeing to the Central Plains to receive land grants of 100 hectares. The taxes are not heavier than those of the Tang Dynasty, which will lead to extremely serious consequences.

"The last one, I must never agree to immigration. In addition, Hehuang needs to talk about it again. This is too much. I can't explain it when I go back. I ask them to give in, and I can agree to the rest."

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The negotiations between the Sui and Tang dynasties took three days, and finally the two sides reached a compromise, acknowledging their current actual control areas, and the Heyuan County and Xihai County west of Lianyun Mountain were assigned to the Sui Dynasty; the Xiangyang County was bounded to the east, and the Tang army completely withdrew from the Central Plains; the trade between the two countries was fully liberalized, and the Tang Dynasty was not allowed to destroy the issuance of silver and money in the Sui Dynasty, etc.

In terms of the final contract period, the Tang Dynasty insisted on reconciliation for three years, while the Sui Dynasty only agreed to one year. In the end, both sides made a concession and the two sides made a ceasefire for two years.

Yang Yuanqing and Li Jiancheng signed the names on the new armistice agreement and stamped them with a large seal. The next morning, Yang Yuanqing led a large army back to Taiyuan, and finally ended the two-month battle.

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[Because I want to guide my daughter to study tonight, to be precise, I help her do her homework and be pitiful to be a father! So this chapter was written at 2:10, and Lao Gao was finally exhausted. Brothers, reward me with monthly tickets!]

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