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Zhao Junsheng also ordered: "Come here, inform the generals and ministers accompanying the army to meet the envoys of the Southern Dynasty together in the palace!"

When Zhao Junsheng and others returned to the palace, the generals and ministers of the various armies who were notified had already arrived. Hua Mulan came up to meet them and asked, "I heard that the Southern Dynasty sent people to negotiate a peace?"

"Yeah, I should have landed now!" Zhao Junsheng said while taking the sweat towel handed by Hua Mulan to wipe off his sweat.

Hua Mulan asked, "Who is here?"

"It's Liu Yixuan, the king of Nanjun in the Southern Dynasty, and several other ministers. Their official positions are not small!"

Hua Mulan was surprised and said: "The prince is the envoy, and there are several ministers, the standard of this mission is not low!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "They sent a high-level mission. We have to treat them like a prince because we don't understand the etiquette, but we can't let go of the interests we should strive for when negotiating peace!"

Hua Mulan nodded: "That's the truth!"

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan both changed into royal robes and phoenix robes before meeting the Southern Dynasty missions. Even though they were away from the army, it was not good for both of them to wear armor when they met foreign envoys.

The meeting place for the envoys of the Southern Dynasty was set in the barracks, and a platform was temporarily built with wood. Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat on the high platform, and the carpet was spread from the camp gate to the bottom of the high platform. The two sides of the carpet were full of people. Infantry and cavalry, banners fluttering in majesty.

"The envoys of the Southern Dynasties have an audience—" With a loud shout, the drums and horns sounded together.

Amid the sound of drums and horns, Liu Song Nanjun Wang Liu Yixuan, Zhu Bian, Xu Zhanzhi, Jiang Zhan, Pei Songzhi and others walked into the barracks.

There were many soldiers on both sides, and the cavalry were full of murderous looks. Liu Yixuan and others walked on the carpet with fear and fear.

Although he was scared to death, when he got to the high platform, Liu Yixuan stopped to force himself to be calm, and bowed his hands: "The envoy of the Great Song Dynasty and the King of Nanjun Liu Yixuan has seen the Qianwang and Wangfei!"

Even in the current situation of humiliation and peace, Liu Yixuan still thinks highly of himself. He is a prince, while Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan are just kings and concubines, not emperors. He thinks that the other party is not higher than him in status.

In fact, as the lord of a country, its name is not important. Whether it is an emperor or a king, Zhao Junsheng can call himself emperor at any time as long as he wants, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is the emperor. Doesn’t he only own half of the country?

Zhao Junsheng didn't care about the attitude of the other party, he only wanted practical benefits, but the civil and military ministers next to him quit, Li Yuande jumped out and pointed at Liu Yixuan: "Bold, it's just perfunctory to greet my king, isn't the envoy of the Southern Dynasty Look down on my king?"

Liu Yixuan was so frightened that he pretended to be very good on the surface. He asked calmly, "Oh, it turned out to be the prefect of Li Yuande. How does Lord Li think this king should greet Qian Wang? Qian Wang is the king of Qian Kingdom. It's you." My king, not this king's king, this king only salutes me to the emperor. At that time, Taishou Li first voted for the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then voted for the Qian Kingdom a few years later, no wonder he doesn't know the etiquette!"

"You..." Seeing Liu Yixuan satirizing his betrayal, Li Yuande immediately became angry, turned around and clasped his fists at Zhao Junsheng and said, "Your Majesty, the envoys of the Southern Dynasty did not treat you as the lord of a country at all, and are so arrogant in front of you. Domineering, if you don't show some color to the Southern Dynasty, the people of the Southern Dynasty will think that they are still high! Why don't you kill the envoy and send troops to Huainan? !"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Liu Yixuan, "Emissary of the Song Dynasty, although Gu is not called the emperor, he is comparable to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty in terms of status and status. You look arrogant and rude in front of Gu, and Gu wants to discipline you on behalf of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, so that you know what it means to be an emperor. Courtesy, come here!"

A few soldiers stood up, and the other officials in the envoys were frightened to death. Only a [-]-year-old minister stood up and bowed to the ground immediately when he saw that the situation was not good. Tianwei is magnificent, when my prince came here, he drank a few more glasses of wine to strengthen his courage, but if he wanted to drink a little more, please forgive me!"

Hey, this flattery is well done!Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but look at the old man with admiration and asked, "Who are you?"

The veteran Liu Song replied: "The old minister is Pei Songzhi, the doctor of Zhongsan of the Great Song Dynasty and the doctor of the leader of the country!"

"Pei Songzhi? Wait, are you the one who annotated "Three Kingdoms"?" Zhao Junsheng looked at the inconspicuous old man in surprise and asked.

Pei Songzhi bowed to the ground again: "I don't want the king to have heard of the humble name of the old man, and the old man's life is not in vain!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and said, "Sir, you are a great talent, please forgive me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's just a matter of genius..."

Zhao Junsheng said to Liu Yixuan solemnly: "King of Nanjun, today I will give Mr. Pei face alone, and I will not argue with you. If there is another time, I will definitely not spare you!"

Just now Liu Yixuan saw the soldiers standing up with their knives in their hands and was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. How could he dare to be stubborn at this moment, so he could only admit cowardice, "Don't dare, dare not!"

"I ask you, why are you here to see Gu Suo?"

Liu Yixuan saluted and said: "Your servants have come to discuss peace with your country by the order of my Great Song Emperor!"

"Reconciliation?"

The ministers and generals of the Qian State who had been in agreement for a long time immediately cooperated with Zhao Junsheng, and jumped out to oppose one by one.

"My lord, there is only one breath left in the Southern Dynasty. As long as our army kills across the river, we will be able to attack Jiankang in one go and destroy the Southern Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, peace cannot be negotiated. The Song Kingdom doesn't follow the rules, openly tore up the agreement and launched an army to attack our country. What's the point of negotiating a peace? Such a treacherous country is simply shameless. Treating this kind of country, there is no reason for them. , just kill them!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, and the discussion stopped.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Since the Southern Dynasty sent a prince as an envoy, it can be seen that they also attach great importance to this peace negotiation. I will give them a chance to talk first. Talk if it goes well, and fight if it doesn't work!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng said to Liu Yixuan: "Nanjun King, I have given you this opportunity alone, I hope you will cherish it!"

Liu Yixuan cupped his hands: "The ministers came here with sincerity!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, and said to Dongfang Chen: "Dongfang Chen, you represent the Qian Kingdom and negotiate peace with the envoys of the Southern Dynasty. Among the ministers accompanying the army, you can choose three people to assist you at will!"

Dongfang Chen stood up and agreed: "The minister leads the order!"

Afterwards, Dongfang Chen named the names of the three military ministers, and Zhao Jun ordered the three of them to assist Dongfang Chen.

After the candidates for the peace talks were decided on the spot, Zhao Junsheng said: "The envoys of the Southern Dynasty are exhausted today, so they will rest for two days first, and the peace talks will officially start in the morning the day after tomorrow! Come, prepare tents and living utensils for the envoys of the Southern Dynasty. Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, fine wine and meat! Give it to Zhou Qiu, and you will handle it!"

"Your ministers will receive the decree!" Zhou Qiu stood up and agreed, and said to Liu Yixuan, Pei Songzhi, Zhu Bian and the others: "Several envoys, please follow me!"

Liu Yixuan and others saluted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan: "I will retire now!"

After Liu Yixuan and others left, Zhao Junsheng got up and said to the ministers: "Go to the commander's tent to discuss the matter!"

Everyone followed Zhao Junsheng to the tent. Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat down and waited for all the ministers to come in. They said, "Everyone, tell me how you plan to negotiate this peace? What conditions does our country propose?"

In order to gain a sense of presence, each military minister actively stood up to express his thoughts and suggestions.

After discussing for more than an hour, they failed to come up with a plan that satisfied Zhao Junsheng. In the end, Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to order Dongfang Chen and other officials who were actually in charge of peace negotiations to stay and let everyone else disperse.

"Okay, now there are only a few people left here, and there is no need to worry about our bottom line leaking out. After thinking about it for a long time, the conditions we put forward must be raised higher. The harsher the conditions, the better! Think about it, the main thing is Where do you start from?"

Dongfang Chen thought for a while and stood up and said: "My lord, I have thought about it and think that it can be raised from several aspects such as subordination, land cession, compensation, annual tribute, and proton!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately said: "Talk about it first!"

"Yes!" Dongfang Chen agreed, and said: "The affiliation relationship is proposed by us. I am the elder brother of Qianguo, and the younger brother of the Southern Dynasty. From then on, the two sides are brothers. Let the Southern Dynasty cede the area north of the Yangtze River to our country; Song Dynasty compensates our country. Lose 3000 catties of gold and 1000 million copper coins; pay tribute to our country every year with [-] catties of gold, [-] million coins, [-] catties of high-quality tea, [-] bolts of silk, and [-] bolts of cloth!"

After listening to the conditions put forward by Dongfang Chen, all the ministers couldn't help drooling, this is simply a lion's mouth!

Chapter 739 Confrontation at the Negotiation Table

Li Yuande, one of the officials who assisted in the peace negotiation, was a little unbelievable: "Dongfang Shangshu, your condition, let alone an envoy of the Southern Dynasty, even I think it is too harsh, and the Southern Dynasty will never agree to it!"

Dongfang Chen smiled and cupped his hands: "Of course they can't agree. Negotiating a peace is actually just like doing business. Now we want to continue to attack the Southern Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty doesn't want to fight, so they come to talk to us and say they don't want to fight. We said yes, but you must agree to give us a suitable price, so we will not hit you. We bid first, they can counter the price, and the two sides will come and go until a price that both parties agree to is negotiated!"

"That's the truth, let's talk about it first!"

Zhao Junsheng said something with a smile, suddenly remembered something, and said to everyone: "We don't have to cross the river here to build warships here, whether it is a bluff or really attack from here, it is just to put pressure on the Southern Dynasty. A Huaihe River can't stop our army. Liang Yi sent news from Huaiyin that they found a river section nearby where they can wade across the river on foot! Gu has ordered Liang Yi to cross the river to attack, which will put more pressure on the Southern Dynasty. Gu believes This will speed up the peace negotiation process, and will also allow the Southern Dynasty to agree to our conditions as much as possible, Dongfang Chen!"

Dongfang Chen cupped his hands: "Here!"