Chapter 963 Asking for the price, sitting on the ground to pay back the money
Li Jing did not deliberately show the power of the Qin army to Yang Fuguang, but just a city of Yanjing had already made Yang Fuguang understand that this negotiation might be even more difficult. As expected, in the magnificent and dazzling palace city, Li Jing did not go around with him at all, but put forward his own conditions straight to the point.
"Gu knows the purpose of Yang Gong coming this time, so I won't go around the circle here. I'll just talk straight to the point. It's not impossible for Yang Gong to give up the enthronement of the new emperor, but if you want Gu to give up this plan, it depends on what kind of sincerity Mr. Yang is going to come out." Li Jing picked up a glass teacup, took the lid and gently slid the tea foam, and said with a relaxed and calm look on his face.
The meeting was in Fengtian Hall, with Yang Fuguang's two adopted sons Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouyi. On the other hand, Li Jing was the important officials of the Provincial Courtyard of the Political Affairs Hall.
Yang Fuguang had thought of many words along the way, and was about to persuade Li Jing to give up the enthronement of the new emperor today, but he did not expect that Li Jing was so direct, and did not even do any skill in the store, and directly talked about the goals of both sides this time.
The prepared speech completely lost its effect. Yang Fuguang was stunned for a moment and quickly understood. Li Jing really has the strength to say such things now.
"I wonder what conditions the King of Qin wants?"
Since his plan was completely disrupted, Yang Fuguang quickly adjusted his plan and planned to give up the plan he made in Chang'an and his brother Yang Fugong. Everything he saw along the way gave him a new understanding of Qin Fan, and today Li Jing's direct attitude made him understand that the original bargaining chips were not enough. Li Jing was direct and could not be vain at all. Although Li Jing now expressed his willingness to give up supporting the new emperor, this was after they could exchange the conditions that made Li Jing excited. If they could not give Li Jing what he wanted, then with Li Jing's strength, he could support a new emperor at any time.
He planned to explore Li Jing's tone first and see what conditions Li Jing had.
"Haha!" Li Jing laughed loudly and glanced at Yang Fuguang.
Later history books evaluated Yang Fuguang and called him one of the two most loyal and righteous eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty. The other was Zhang Chengye, the chief eunuch of Li Jing. Moreover, compared with Zhang Chengye, Yang Fuguang not only claimed that he was loyal and righteous in history books, but also praised his military talents. He said that he had military talents, strategies, could not be afraid of danger, and loved the soldiers, and did not use his power to seek evil and profit. He had a high prestige among the vassal armies of the late Tang Dynasty. In particular, he was born in a family of powerful officials in the late Tang palace, but also suffered from vassal states. He also made great contributions to the suppression of the rebels during rebellions in various places. He was even more loyal and devoted to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Jing thought these evaluations were fair. Of course, in Li Jing's view, this was actually also a choice of interests. Yang Fuguang was just a poor boy from Fujian in his early years. His family was forced to be sent to the palace, and then he became an adopted son under the powerful official in the palace. Since then, he has been linked to Li Tang's interests and tied together.
Maintaining the Li Tang Dynasty is equivalent to maintaining the interests of the eunuchs born from Li Tang. Unlike other people, eunuchs do not have the family background of civil officials or the strength of the vassal generals. Even if a eunuch takes eight ministers as his godsons, he can only stay behind the scenes and never get to the front and sit on the throne. In this era, eunuchs have great limitations. This is precisely even when Tian Lingzi was so powerful, he still had to rely on the emperor. Although the Yang brothers also supported Li Ye to establish a new dynasty, he was too restricted compared to Li Jing. Li Jing could establish a new emperor at any time, and even could simply establish a great power as a throne at any time, but a eunuch would not. Without the banner of Li Tang, there would not be any vassal soldiers who would continue to follow a eunuch.
In this regard, this negotiation was actually unfair from the beginning.
Li Jing could either support the new emperor immediately, or temporarily hold up the support, or even make himself the emperor. He was the seller who owned rare goods and was waiting to be sold, and he was determined to maintain the Chang'an court. Even though he knew that even if Li Jing agreed not to support the new emperor now, it would be just a temporary urgent matter, he had no choice. The Li Tang Dynasty was shaky and could collapse at any time. Just like the late period of the Anshi Rebellion, although it seemed that Li Tang had recovered the old mountains and rivers, the strength of the rebels was still strong. The Li Tang Dynasty did not dare to continue to fight and could only "recruit" the rebels, which was actually equivalent to acknowledging the actual separatist rule of the Hebei vassal states.
The same is true for Yang Fuguang and the Chang'an court. The eighteen feudal governments attacked the Qin vassal while Li Jing was not at home, but in the end they did not even take down a city. Instead, Li Jing only recruited a few rebels and beat western Henan into a pot. It is impossible to truly defeat Li Jing with force, at least it is impossible now. In this case, they not only did not accept Li Jing, but also had to prevent Li Jing from coming to defeat them. Therefore, negotiation and appeasement became the only means.
As long as Li Jing can surrender to Chang'an on the surface, it will be of great significance to the New Dynasty. First stabilize Li Jing, then stabilize the towns and re-establish the prestige of the New Dynasty.
"There are only two conditions for the lonely. First, this provocation is really unforgivable to attack the border of our Qin vassal for no reason, destroying our crops, robbing our food, and robbing our population. Therefore, as the leader of the border vassal for this time, Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong, the court must hand them over to our Qin vassal for disposal. In addition, as compensation for the robbery of our Qin vassal for the border vassal for the Qin vassal for the robbery, the court must transfer Hedong Town and Xuanwu Town to the Qin vassal for the Qin vassal for the time being. In addition, Chengde and Wei Bo rebel against the court several times and attacked our Qin vassal for the Qin vassal for several times. Therefore, the court must allow the Qin vassal for the attack on Chengde and Wei Bo. In addition, in addition to the four towns of Hedong, Xuanwu and Wei Bo and Chengde, in fact, each town must compensate the Qin vassal for the losses of five million yuan to the Qin vassal for the losses and return all the looted Qin vassal for the people."
Li Jing slowly raised a finger and slowly raised his first request.
His words were neither hurry nor slow, but it had already made Yang Fuguang's white face darker and greener. He had known that Li Jing's conditions would never be simple, but he could not have imagined that Li Jing made such a request from the beginning.
This can no longer be considered a condition. These are many conditions. And one is too much more than the other. First, Li Jing asked Chang'an to hand over Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong to Qin Fan for the treatment, which is equivalent to taking the lives of these two people. This is not to say that Yang Fuguang would not be able to bear to accept the two as his godson. If he really gave them away, he would not mind if he could stop fighting. But the key is that this possibility is extremely small, and Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong are not ordinary people. Li Keyong is now the governor of Hedong Jiedu. But the key is that this possibility is extremely small, and Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong are not ordinary people. Li Keyong is now the governor of Hedong.
Zhu Quanzhong is the governor of Xuanwu. Moreover, Zhu Quanzhong also controlled Jinshang Town through his brother Zhu Cun, and even Shaanxi Guo Town. Zhu Quanzhong, a former young man from Li Jing and Huang Chao's anti-army general, now holds most of the western Henan territory west of the Bian River in Henan, and his power can rank among the top three among the Xinchao towns in Chang'an. Li Keyong has fought with Li Jing for many years, and even though he has been defeated by Li Jing, he has never won. But how can such a powerful general be sent away at will? How can he fight with Li Jing in the future?
These two conditions alone have made Yang Fuguang extremely sad, not to mention that this is just the first of Li Jing's first conditions. Li Jing's appetite is not only that. He actually asked the court to take over the two towns of Hedong and Xuanwu, and also asked the court to agree to him to swallow the two towns of Wei Bo and Chengde openly. As for the last one, each of the other fourteen towns paid 5 million in compensation and returned the people who were looted by Qin Fan. He did not take it seriously. It is not difficult to return the people. As for the compensation and so much compensation, he felt that this was just Li Jing's sky-high price so that he could repay the money on the spot.
But whether it is handing over Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong, or placing Hedong and Xuanwu to Qinfan, it is hard for them to accept. Even the two towns of Wei Bo and Chengde in Hebei, they have finally won over the ship of the Xinchao in Chang'an. Their position is exactly where Li Jing goes south, and it is very important. It is a block for Li Jing to attack western Henan. If Li Jing swallows Wei Bo and Chengde in one bite, can Luoyang still defend it?
"King Qin, you are so sarcastic. Is this your sincerity?" Yang Shouliang asked angrily.
Li Jing just smiled slightly, but ignored Yang Shouliang's eyes, but directly looked at Yang Fuguang, "Is it because Mr. Yang has the same attitude as well? If this is true, then there is nothing to talk about. Mr. Yang came to me to negotiate and asked me to make the conditions. I made my own request as requested by Mr. Yang, but how can you refuse? Is this your sincerity?"
As he said that, Li Jing picked up the teacup, Luo Yin, the new prime minister of the cabinet, immediately stepped forward, stretched out his right hand and spread it: "Mr. Yang, please come with me. Your Highness has arranged for Mr. Yang to check in at the Diaoyutai Hotel!"
The meaning of this is already very obvious. Li Jing doesn't want to talk about it anymore. Regardless of whether this is true or not, Li Jing has at least shown this attitude. Yang Fuguang secretly endured his hardships in his heart. Li Jing was too strong and did not give him any room for anything. Today he could only swallow his teeth and swallow it, otherwise, the matter might have collapsed.
"King Qin, wait!" Yang Fuguang stood up and saluted Li Jing first, and then said, "You don't know etiquette, please forgive me if you hit the King of Qin." After that, he glared at Yang Shouliang and asked him to apologize to Li Jing. Yang Shouliang stood up unwillingly to apologize to Li Jing. Li Jing's face changed immediately, and he actually said with a smile, "So, has Mr. Yang agreed to this little request from my king?"
Yang Fuguang smiled bitterly, "The request made by the King of Qin is indeed a bit difficult for others. But since our family is here, it comes with all sincerity. Why not let the King of Qin put forward another request first and let our family hear what to do?"
Li Jing didn't care about the old fox's methods. Anyway, Qin Fan took the initiative in this negotiation.
"There is a small condition. The Qin Fan can recognize the Chang'an court as orthodox, or express allegiance to the Chang'an emperor. But..."
Hearing one, however, Yang Fuguang's muscles couldn't help but twitched a few times, but this one was so helpless.
"However, I thought the Emperor of Chang'an was still young, but the world was not peaceful at the moment. I was old and concise to the country, and I thought it would be better to establish another ruling country, thinking that if there is a change in the temporary crown prince, there will be no trouble, but Mr. Yang thought?"
The State Supervisor, the temporary crown prince! Yang Fu Guangxin was thumping so hard that Li Jing's request was even more excessive. Although he did not say who was appointed as the State Supervisor, it was obvious that the State Supervisor must be the one supported by Li Jing, otherwise there would be no need to make it alone.
There is a Supreme Emperor in Chengdu and a new emperor in Chang'an. Now Li Jing wants to establish a crown prince in Yanjing? What a fucking thing about this? Li Jing has a crown prince. How different is it from him? At this moment, Yang Fuguang almost couldn't help but swear, but in the end he suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Who is the right person to be the crown prince of Qin?"
Li Jing smiled, smiling like an unscrupulous businessman, and even more like a hunter and smiling at the prey.
"Well, Crown Lord, Deputy Lord! This candidate is very important, so I think everyone can sit down and discuss it together. Gu does have several candidates here, one is the eighth son of Emperor Xuanzong, the younger brother of Emperor Yizong, the younger brother of Emperor Yizong, the younger brother of Emperor Zhao, and the younger brother of Emperor Zhao. There are two other candidates, one is the sixth prince of Emperor Yizong, the younger brother of Emperor Ji, and the other is the younger brother of Emperor Ji, Li Yi, the younger brother of Emperor Yizong, and the other is the younger brother of Emperor Yu and the younger brother of Emperor Yizong, Li Yi, the younger brother of Emperor Yu. Of course, it is better for everyone to discuss it carefully. However, the candidate of the crown prince can be discussed. But Gu believes that after selecting the candidate for the state supervision in the future, it is best to supervise the state in Luoyang and establish a left-behind court in Luoyang."
Yang Fuguang did not respond. He knew that Li Jing would not really propose to support someone who was beyond his control. He believed that Li Jing would definitely have other foreshadowings later.
Sure enough, Li Jing paused and continued to say to himself: "I thought the emperor was in Chang'an and the crown prince was in Luoyang to supervise the country, one east and one west. In this chaotic time, it will greatly help restore the glory of Li Tang and restore the prestige of the court."
Now that Luoyang is under the control of Yang Fuguang himself, he would not believe that Li Jing really sent the crown prince to him. He was waiting for Li Jing's chess to get dark, and Li Jing's last sentence proved that his idea was correct.
"Of course, as a witness of the sincerity of both sides, I feel that Luoyang should be handed over to the king to lead the army to guard. The Qin soldiers are all loyal and brave and good at fighting. If we protect the Superintendent of the State and the remaining court in Luoyang, it will be impossible to ensure that there is no accident."
No wonder Li Jing said before that he could discuss who was appointed as the crown prince. It turned out that he was arranging a trick here. If Li Jing controlled Luoyang, then no matter who they discussed who was appointed as the crown prince, what was the point? Anyway, after people were in Li Jing's hands, he was still established by others, and it was not the same.
Yang Fuguang sighed long, he really wanted to leave with his sleeves. Li Jing's so-called two small conditions were simply unreasonable, and the lion spoke up.
If Li Jing really agreed to him as Li Jing said, it would mean that Li Jing completely swallowed Hebei, then swallowed the half that was already half left, and then swallowed the half of the western Henan, which was only half left.
Although on the surface, Li Jing only took a bite each. In fact, if Li Jing occupied Daibei and then Taiyuan, the entire Hedong would not be able to defend at all. And the same is true in Henan. If the remaining half of Henan and even Luoyang was thrown to Li Jing, the entire Henan would become Li Jing's possession.
There is also this damn crown prince plan. If you finally establish the lords according to Li Jing's idea and be controlled by him, it would be no different from Li Jing's establishment of a new emperor.
No matter what, Yang Fuguang could not agree to such conditions.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but put his conditions in front of Li Jing in anger.
First, the various vassal states returned the people taken away from the Qin vassal.
Second, each vassal state can appropriately take out some money as compensation for the Qin vassal.
Third, Li Jing was loyal to the Chang'an court, and the Chang'an court divided Li Jing's existing actual control area into the Qin king's vassal territory of Li Jing.
Fourth, Li Jing immediately ordered Qin Zongquan, Shang Rang, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guimu, and the Qin army in western Henan to withdraw from western Henan, and the Qin army must hand over the four prefectures of Caizhou, Haozhou, Yingzhou and Chenzhou west of the Bian River to the Chang'an court.
Fifth, Li Jing's eldest daughter was appointed as the queen.
Sixth, Li Jing must open the canal to the court.
Seventh, all taxes in the Qin vassal states were paid to the vassal states according to the three-point tax system, one was given to the vassal states, and one was given to the court.
Eighth, the Qin army's quota was set at 100,000, and the excess was cut off.
Li Jing proposed two conditions, and Yang Fuguang raised eight points in one breath. In fact, when he mentioned these eight points, he was on the fire, and some even mentioned them were insincere. For example, he asked Li Jing to pay one-third of his wealth to the court, and for example, let Qin Fan only retain 100,000 troops and lay off the excess.
Yang Fuguang also felt that this negotiation was completely difficult to reach, so he was a little prepared to give up. In his opinion, the conditions offered by Li Jing were too difficult, and the conditions he proposed were simply the conditions he had planned in Chang'an. Originally, these eight items could not be the real bottom limit, and most of them were used for bargaining. But now, he proposed it directly, and he planned to give up the negotiation.
Just as Yang Fuguang was about to get up and leave, he unexpectedly saw Li Jing sitting there and smiling, and said gently: "The conditions proposed by Mr. Yang are really hard to force people. However, in negotiations, there must be a process of negotiation. Everyone pursues the same and seeks differences, and the purpose is to turn war into jade. In this way, it is better to come here today, and everyone will go back and think carefully. Let's continue to talk tomorrow. How about it?"
Chapter completed!