"No, no, no!" Li Jing chuckled and shook his head, throwing the latest negotiation conditions submitted by Yang Fuguang back to the case, "Mr. Yang has not shown his greatest sincerity yet."

"King Qin, our family thinks that the court has made great concessions." Yang Fuguang said with some confidence in his heart. But he still insisted, mainly because of Qin Fan's continuous concessions during this period, he felt that Li Jing should also want to reach this negotiation, so he kept pressing down. But this time, the smile on Li Jing's face slowly turned into a sneer, "Don't regard our concessions as weakness, things have a limit. Today is Laba Festival, and it is less than a month before New Year's Day. Mr. Yang will not forget it, right? Could it be that Mr. Yang didn't really want to reach this negotiation? If so, there is no need to waste both sides' time."

Yang Fuguang was shocked. Li Jing's sudden change made him uneasy. He carefully watched Li Jing's expression. This was definitely not a negotiation skill, nor a tactic of hard-to-get. Li Jing's attitude showed that this had indeed reached the bottom line of Li Jing.

"What does the Qin King mean?"

Li Jing waved his hand, and Luo Yin, the chief minister of the cabinet, handed a memorial to Yang Fuguang, which was the final condition of Qin's vassal.

After a whole day of final negotiations, the negotiations finally came to an end and the two sides reached an agreement.

In the end, both sides made a move. In this agreement, the two sides divided the territory according to the current actual control area. Cai, Hao, Ying and Chen in western Henan were then transferred to the Qin vassal states. In addition, the only remaining Bian and Zheng vassal states controlled by Zhu Wen were divided into two, and Bianzhou was transferred to the Qin vassal states. Zhengzhou was transferred to the Chang'an court. In addition, regarding the compensation of each town, each town of the 18 towns compensated the Qin vassal states 2.5 million guan, which totaled 45 million guan. However, this money would not be really handed over to the Qin vassal states, because there was another article in the agreement. The Qin vassal states paid 4.5 million guan a year to the Chang'an court as taxes of the Qin vassal, including various salt, tea, and mine taxes. The Qin vassal state transferred the 45 million guan of the 18 towns to the court, which was equivalent to paying all taxes for ten years at a time.

This is actually just a word game. The towns cannot really be willing to pay Li Jing. If they ask them to pay Li Jing, it would be better to start a war directly. Li Jing would not be able to pay tribute to the court. In this case, both sides played a word game. In literally, the towns paid 45 million yuan from the Qin Fan, and the same. In literally, the Qin Fan also paid 45 million yuan of taxes to the court for ten years at one time. But in fact, this is just a set of numbers on the books, without any actual transfer of a penny. Li Jing could not receive compensation from the vassal states, and the court could not receive tribute from Li Jing. Of course, the vassal states would not turn to the court to pay the money. But on the surface, this word game was very meaningful, which made this negotiation more fruitful.

Of course, the most core thing is the other ones. For the Qin vassal, the most important achievement this time was that the Chang'an court finally gave up betraying the two vassal states in Hebei, Wei Bo and Chengde. They had agreed to define Wei Bo and Chengde as rebellious vassal states, and authorized Li Jing to send troops to attack the two towns. After capturing the two towns, they were completely controlled by the Qin vassal states.

For the Chang'an court, they also achieved the most desired result. Li Jing agreed to give up the plan to support the new emperor and establish the new dynasty in Hebei. Qin Fan and Li Jing were only loyal to the Chang'an emperor, and were still nominally vassal states under the Tang Dynasty. For this reason, the court also granted Li Jing the positions of General Tiance, Shangshu Ling, Fake Huang Yue, the Grand Marshal of the World, and Shangshu Ling, the Grand Xingtai of Shaanxi Road.

In addition, as compensation for Li Jing's abandonment of supporting the new emperor, the Chang'an court agreed to immediately enthrone the governor. The candidate finally chose the candidate proposed by Li Jing, a candidate that no one expected in advance. Neither King Zhao Li Shi nor King Ji Li Bao, but King Mu Li Yi. Li Yi, Li Yan and Li Ye, Li Bao's younger brother, Li Xian's nephew, the eighth son of Emperor Yizong, and the daughter of an ordinary palace man. He has no matriarchal power and is only ten years old now.

After Li Jing proposed this list that unexpectedly exceeded everyone's expectations, everyone felt that it was so normal. After all, King Zhao was very old and had a certain force, and Li Bao was known as a wise king. Whether it was Li Shi or Li Bao, they were not as good as a prince who was ten years old and had no matriarchal power.

Yang Fuguang did not object to this candidate. They had already compromised on this point. As for whom they became the governor, they could not interfere anyway, so they were too lazy to care.

On New Year's Day, Li Yi was officially awarded the title of the Emperor of Chang'an in Yanjing and became a national military supervisor. Originally, Li Jing planned to directly make Li Yi the crown prince, but Yang Fuguang refused to compromise on this matter. In the end, Li Jing stopped when he saw the situation. Although he was not the crown prince's governor and had to lose some level, he could still compete with Chang'an with justifiable reputation, whether it was nominal or actually actually, and greatly strengthened his control over his allies and vassal states, especially with a governor in the Qin vassal state, which played a great role in the wealthy families within the Qin vassal states, especially those former civil and military officials from Chang'an and Luoyang and other places.

When Li Yi became a military and national affairs supervisor, he would establish the prefecture in Yanjing, and according to the agreement, there would be three Pingzhang's military and national affairs to assist in the administration of the country. These three Pingzhang's military affairs were held by the emperor's uncle, King Qin, King Zhao, Li Shi, and King Ji, Li Bao, three "senior vassal kings". Pingzhang's military and national affairs were important, and even above the prime ministers who were in the same Pingzhang's affairs. The three Pingzhang's military and national affairs were also led by Li Jing.

In addition to these most important things, Yang Fuguang finally had to give up the intention of making Li Jing's daughter the queen under Li Jing's rejection. The last candidate for the queen was the niece of Li Jing's tribe. Although he failed to get Li Jing's legitimate daughter as the queen, he might get the Li clan daughter as the queen. In Yang Fuguang's view, it was a good result.

Of course, there is a secret clause in the end, and the Chang'an court needs to hand over Zhu Quanzhong's head to the Qin Fan.

"Mr. Yang!"

"King of Qin!"

The negotiation was finally reached. Li Jing and Yang Fuguang signed their own names on the agreement, stamped them with seals, and each extended their hands and shook hands. Li Jing held Yang Fuguang's hand and shook it tightly. Yang Fuguang was a little painful when his powerful hands pinched Yang Fuguang, but he still had to smile on his face. He didn't like this new etiquette that was quietly emerging in Qin's wife. He always felt that it was too Huhua. Just like the current clothing in Qin's wife, it was full of too many Hufengs.

Hu Feng was so popular. Even when he walked on the street, he could see all kinds of Hu people everywhere, especially the short-term hair shaving order of Qin Fan: All Hu people, no matter where they came from, southeast, west and north, as long as they were not Han people, were not allowed to retain their original hairstyles. Whether they had bald hair or braided hair in the past, now all Hu men are shaved into short hair, like the monk. Looking around, half of the streets are short hairs, which makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Today's Qin vassals are indeed strong, and even have a kind of atmosphere in the early Tang and prosperous Tang dynasties. Openness, tolerance, and all races surrendered, all serving the Qin vassals. However, this open atmosphere also made the Hu vassals serious. Too many Hu people flocked to various parts of the Qin vassals. While the Qin vassals were assimilating and changing the Hu people, the Hu people were also influencing and changing the Han people. Especially Li Jing's Hu people's order of not being able to intermarry with the same race seemed absurd, but the consequences were extremely strong. After decades, how could a pure Khitan person be found?

Various tribes such as Xi people, Marine people, Tatars, Goguryeo and other tribes? By then, there would only be Han people and Hu people, and even according to Li Jing's current practice. Perhaps a hundred years later, even purebred Han people could not find them. Just as the Hu people now began to shave their hair and wear Han and Tang clothes, it might not take long for the Han people of the Qin vassal to shave their long hair for thousands of years. Even Han and Tang clothes may eventually be combined with Hu clothes in one day, and eventually become a brand new, full of qualified new clothes for Hu Han.

Is this change good? Yang Fuguang was a little lost for a moment. The early Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty had the heart to accommodate all rivers and be tolerant. As a result, all races were tolerant and created an unprecedentedly prosperous and powerful Tang Dynasty. But in the end, these Hu people gave the most fatal blow to the Tang Dynasty, making the Tang Dynasty weak since then. Since then, the Tang Dynasty no longer trusted the Hu people and always maintained a deep vigilance. Today, Li Jing seems to be following the old path of the Tang Dynasty, but it is a little different.

Think about the foreign commanders such as Li Keyong, Li Sigong, Helianduo, etc. in the imperial court. Then look at the foreign generals and soldiers under Li Jing’s command, and the two sides are heading in completely different directions. Maybe the imperial court has gone astray!

"Mr. Yang really won't stay in Yanjing to celebrate the New Year together?"

"No, our family has to implement the agreement between us right away." The agreement has been answered, but Yang Fuguang will not relax his vigilance. This agreement is just a slowdown to win the rest of the court. It is not really peaceful. He knew very clearly that Li Jing's compromise at this time was just a retracting of the heavy punch that had just been shot in the Northeast. It won't take long to go out that fist again. There is not much time, so they have to prepare early and it is urgent.

"Since that's the case, I won't keep Mr. Yang for good news in Yanjing!"

Yang Fuguang knew that this was about Zhu Wen's head, so he nodded. To truly deal with Li Jing, the first thing the Chang'an court needed was to reunify the vassal states that were in charge. Taking advantage of Li Jing's goal to target the second towns in Hebei, he happened to take down Zhu Wen and retake the three towns of Xuanwu, which were controlled by Zhu Wen, and control it in the hands of the court. Only when the territories directly controlled by the court were large and the troops were strong, can the other vassal states be ordered, and finally they were united and fought against Li Jing together. Otherwise, the court could not even control other vassal states in the end, how could they deal with Li Jing?

Seeing Yang Fuguang not willing to stay for a moment, he suddenly left Beijing in a hurry, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Jing's mouth.

This negotiation was unexpectedly successful!

Li Jing was in a good mood. Although the Qin army was very strong, no matter how strong it was, it would not be able to fight in a war. It was a great reward for Li Jing to succeed in forcing the Chang'an court to give up the second towns in Hebei. After being abandoned by the Chang'an court, the second towns in Hebei had completely become fish on the chopping board of the Qin army and were slaughtered by the Qin army.

Tactical, the more you face a weak enemy, the more you have to leave a glimmer of hope for the other party, so that they can have fantasies and find it difficult to truly break out. It gives them hope that will never be touched, so that they can keep retreating, retreating, retreating with this trace of luck.

After all, one day, when they found that they had no choice but to fight to the death, he had nowhere to hurt people at all.

This is both a tactic and a weakness of human nature.

"Notify the Shandong garrison. Be prepared to take over Bianzhou at any time, and then notify the camp in western Henan. Let them not take the initiative to provoke the war and stick to the four prefectures in western Henan. But if anyone dares to provoke, they will fight back without hesitation!" Li Jing issued an order, "The General Staff and the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Army is ready to devour Wei Bo Chengde Town next year."

Gai Yu said: "The plan of the General Staff is to be more stable. Now that the negotiations are completed, it is enough for war soldiers who have returned from outside the pass to sit in various places, and there are border guards and guards on the border. All the auxiliary soldiers and civilians can be disbanded and returned home. Let them rest in preparation for next year's spring. After the beginning of spring, we will first send a small group of troops to attack the long borders of the states in Weibo and Chengde towns, destroy their spring farming work and delay their farming time. Then, when the summer harvest is reached, we will launch another large-scale attack.

The main purpose of the war is to seize the crops and grains of the second towns. And to strictly block the Yellow River. In this way, they will fall into famine. When the food is about to be cooked in autumn, our troops have been rested, there is food in the granary, and sufficient equipment in the arsenal. The horses on the horse farm are also fat. At that time, we will gather a large army to attack the second towns on the whole line, first seize their food, and then attack the city without harvest. The two towns will be difficult to fight, and we will be able to end the war in this autumn. We will be able to take the second towns at the latest in winter."

This is a very stable strategic plan and a traditional tactic. It is especially suitable for the attacking side and the advantageous side.

"Will the time be too long? I'm afraid that there will be more dreams in the night in a year?" Lin Wei was a little worried. According to this plan, he would have to wait for more than half a year. Who knows if the Chang'an court will repent in such a long time? If they interfere in the Hebei war again, then the compromise that Chang'an has made has been in vain.

"It's not long. If the second towns can really be defeated in a year, it will be very short." Although the second towns in Hebei have weakened, they are old vassal states. They have not suffered too fatal blows in recent years and their strength is still there. When it's time to fight, especially when they defend the territory and fight completely at home. It's not easy to fight one city after another. Moreover, the Qin army is still very tired now. It's just ending the Northeast War, and it's impossible to fight another big battle without stopping. Now it's the middle of winter. Although it's not as cold as outside the pass, fighting inside the pass is very different from outside the pass. The war inside the pass is more of a city offensive and defensive battle, which is actually more difficult than a war outside the pass.

Moreover, the Qin army had just finished the battle of the Northeast, which consumed a huge amount, but the war dividends of the occupied areas in the Northeast were not able to immediately obtain too substantial gains. The Qin army itself also needed a transition time!

"Well, isolate them, siege them, consume them, defeat them with fear and hunger, and let the Supervision Office and the Propaganda Department also devote themselves to combat preparations. In the next year, our main focus will be around this war." Li Jing has his own plan, and no matter what the situation outside, he is moving steadily towards his goal.

Li Rang smiled and said, "You guys don't have to worry. In fact, Chang'an is far worse than we imagined. Not to mention a year, they may not recover if they are given three years. The Ministry of Revenue predicts that the famine in Guanlong area will continue next year, and there will even be a trend of expansion and spread. Next year, large-scale famine will break out in Guanlong, Henan, Hedong, Shannan, Jingnan and other places. After these years of melee, more and more evil consequences are breaking out, and the good show is still coming."

"There are more than these good shows!" Li Jing added silently in his heart. Yang Fuguang promised to hand over Zhu Wen's head to him, but he didn't believe that Zhu Wen was so easy to deal with. He was very interested in knowing how Yang Fuguang wanted to deal with Zhu Wen. Maybe he could add more fire to make this matter more lively. If Zhu Wen started to fight with the Yang brothers, that would be truly lively. At that time, even if the Chang'an court wanted to interfere in the situation in Hebei again, it would probably be too much.

Thinking of this, Li Jing turned to Gongsun Lan and said, "Auntie, you should arrange for the Supervision Department to closely monitor the movements between the Yang brothers and the Zhu Wen brothers. If there is any turmoil, I will repay you immediately."

Gongsun Lan guessed Li Jing’s idea, “Why don’t you secretly reveal the agreement with the Yang brothers to Zhu Wen directly?”

Is it a plan to disagree?

Li Jing shook his head, it was too simple. He told Zhu Wen too early that maybe Zhu Wen would compromise with Yang Fuguang in the end and it was possible to reach a new agreement. This matter should not be disclosed too early, so the matter had to be done. If both sides had no way out, it would be interesting to intervene again when neither side could retreat.

"What method will Yang Fuguang use to deal with Zhu Wen? Assassinate, or bribe General Xuanwu led the mutiny?" Interesting, interesting, Li Jing chuckled a little proudly. Many people at present don't take Zhu Wen seriously, and most of them underestimated Zhu Wen. The Yang Fuguang brothers protected Li Keyong without hesitation and abandoned Zhu Wen, which seemed normal. But Li Jing knew that in history, Li Keyong's tactical ability might be the first, but in terms of strategic ability, he ranked fifth or even tenth. But Zhu Wen, a very ordinary guy in the early stage, was actually not weak in tactical ability, and at least ranked among the top three in the late Tang Dynasty. In terms of strategic level, he surpassed Li Keyong ten streets, and was the highest among the leaders of the towns at that time.
Chapter completed!