Wei Zheng's words are actually very simple, since he has enjoyed the benefits of being an emperor, he has to bear the hardships of being an emperor. Risks and benefits coexist, and if Yun Hao was here, he would definitely be stunned. The philosophical ideas studied by many masters in later generations have been expounded most exquisitely by Wei Zheng more than 2,000 years ago.

Li Er still appeared on the shore of Weishui, and the bridge was still the temporary bridge stained with traces of gunsmoke. But the scene is very different. Here are Li Er with Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian and other six people. On the other side of the Weishui River, the Turkic Khan Jieli led an army of more than 100,000 troops.

The corpses on the ground were cleaned, and even the blood stains were carefully concealed. But the scorched black on the bridge, as well as the big pits on the ground one after another, could not be covered by any way. These are the only things that tell both sides of the negotiation what a tragic war has taken place here.

The Turks lined up on the north shore of Weishui, and countless banners seemed to spread to the horizon. Turkic warriors in leather armor, resembling a sinuous yellow dragon. Jieli took two servants and rode a horse very swaggeringly to face Li Er.

"Jieli Khan, after the Battle of Lanzhou. You seem to have made an alliance with my Datang, and the two sides will never offend each other. Now that the ink has not dried, you have personally led the army to the city of Chang'an. This doesn't seem to be the credit that a khan should have! The distance between the two sides was more than 100 steps, and Li Er pulled his neck and shouted.

"King Qin! Oh no, you should be called His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty by now. I Jieli made an alliance with you Datang, but the Tang Emperor at that time is here today? You killed your brother and imprisoned my friend of Jieli, your father. The Han people pay attention to fairness, but no one in the Han land can give justice to your father and brother. Then it's up to me, the Turk, to give them justice! ”

Jieli obviously did his homework and packaged his invasion as Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji seeking justice. It is said to be righteous and awe-inspiring, as if it is really like that.

Li Er's face immediately became gloomy, the matter of Xuanwu Sect was his reverse scale. No one in Datang dared to mention it, and Jieli actually said it in public about this taboo topic in Datang. Li Er's anger value has reached new heights.

But Li Er is Li Er after all, and he crisscrossed the world when he was the boss. Now the strength is not as good as others, and the kung fu of benevolence and forbearance can be regarded as a must.

Gritting his teeth and enduring Jieli's ridicule, Li Er swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Jieli Khan, I won't worry about the family affairs of my Li family." Just the day before yesterday, 30,000 troops under your command were buried at this Weishui bridgehead. If you don't withdraw from the Datang Realm with your people, I will tell you very responsibly. Your team, which stretches for dozens of miles, will soon end up with this 30,000-strong army. ”

"Li Shimin, you just rely on the sharpness of gunpowder. Do you think that my Turkic warriors will not be able to reply, as long as I give an order? The Turkic sons can now capture Chang'an City! ”

"Hahaha! If that's the case, you'll talk to me here? Jieli, don't beat around the bush. What you want, say it. What I can give you, I will give you. It's not that I'm afraid of you, but I want to give you a step.

The reason why I want to give you steps is to make a covenant between us. Let the Tang Dynasty and the Turks truly do not offend each other. You Turks are in great difficulty right now, and we in Datang also need to cultivate and recuperate. This is in the interests of both of us, but if you want to fight, I, Li Shimin, will accompany you to the end.

You have already seen the power of gunpowder, and last winter you 300,000 people could not defeat Lanzhou City. Now that you have more than 100,000 people, you dare to say that you are attacking Chang'an? Forget it, Jieli! Let them shake hands and make peace, and bring peace to your people and to my people. How is it? ”

Li Er was impatient to talk nonsense with Jieli again, and it was the best policy to let him withdraw early. There must be Turkic spies in Chang'an City, if they learn that the Tang army is now running out of gunpowder. What awaits Datang will be a catastrophe.

"Peace is a good thing, and Ben Khan would not be willing to fight each other if possible. Tell me what the steps you gave Ben Khan are. If this step is enough for Ben Khan to gain a foothold, my army will immediately withdraw from the land of the Great Tang Dynasty. Jieli nodded, bargaining is the focus of the day. And not the kind of verbal swords just now!

"There is still some surplus in the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been allocated to the Khan 500,000 guan. This is the step I gave to the Khan, how? It seems that Li Er is also a good businessman, and he has compressed his bottom line by half.

"500,000 guan, Li Shimin, are you too stingy. I'm not here to eat. Just 500,000 yuan, and you sent me away? Jieli pursed his lips, quite disdainful of the figures proposed by Li Er.

"And how much do you say?"

"One million is worth two dollars! As long as you come up with a million dollars, I will withdraw immediately. And I assure you that our Turks will not take the initiative to attack Datang in the future. Jieli calculated it for a moment and immediately gave his extortion price.

"A million times! Jieli, you really have a lion's mouth. Do you know that Datang's annual tax is only two million yuan? Now last year's tax has been spent, and this year's tax has not been confiscated. Even if I have a million yuan, I can't give it all to you. 600,000 guan, no more. ”

"One person gives a step, how about 800,000 guan?"

"700,000, no more. Otherwise, it can only be a war against each other. Li Er gave the final price.

Fang Xuanling's jaw is about to drop on his feet, this is too damn something. The top leaders of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty are like two vendors in a vegetable market. Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of pairs of eyes, such a blatant bargain.

"700,000! Deal! Tomorrow by noon, send the money to my camp. I'll quit immediately! Jieli calculated for a while, and finally agreed to the amount proposed by Li Er.

"Good! A gentleman's word! ”

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

Fang Xuanling let out a long sigh of relief, and finally talked about it. Chang'an City was saved now, although it lost 700,000 yuan. But the maximum given by the household department is 1 million, and now 300,000 is saved. This winter's consumption can be richer again.

To be honest, if the army does a battle in Chang'an. The loss of money and food must have exceeded a million yuan, Yun Hao's round of bombardment the day before yesterday. After the calculation, it was enough to throw out 300,000 yuan. This is not a war, this is a spilling of money. The 30,000 Turkic soldiers were not so much killed by the bombing as they were stoned alive by copper coins.

Jieli's subordinates took out a white horse, and Li Er and Jieli urged the horse to come together. After killing the white horse, he dipped his hands in horse blood and wiped it on his face. Then he sincerely swore to the heavens that in the future, the two families would never violate each other.

Of course, observance does not keep this oath. It depends on the strength of both sides, not these stupid oaths.

When he followed Li Er back to the city, Fang Xuanling found that Li Er's back was already soaked. Today, only one link went wrong, and six people died. Fang Xuanling even secretly brought two grenades, just because he didn't want to die too painfully. But when I saw His Majesty the Emperor, I also took out two grenades from my arms. Fang Xuanling knew that the emperor actually thought the same way.

As a business partner, Jieli is not a bad person. At least he took the money and did things, and at noon 700,000 yuan was sent to the Turkic military camp. In the afternoon, Jieli drove back to the grassland.

This is actually a hemp pole to beat the wolf at both ends, and Jieli is afraid of the firearms of the Tang army. And Li Er, who is weak, is afraid that Jieli will see through the essence of his weakness. When neither side has the will to war, peace is unstoppable.

All the nobles in Chang'an City breathed a long sigh of relief. After all, the battle did not start, and the family's fiefdom outside the city was saved. Those other courtyard Zhuangzi or something, also saved. Most importantly, the farmers were saved from being raided by the Turks. If there is no Zhuangzi of the banker, then what the hell can it be called Zhuangzi?

All of them were rewarded, but Yun Hao refused again. The emperor had no choice but to reward Yun Hao's wife. Zhao, who has been a woman all her life, never thought that she would become a dignified lady of the imperial court.

Even Yuan'er and Xin'er, who have a very low status, have become four-grade fate. In the capital, I don't know how many good families and beauties are envious to death.

The guys who followed Li Er to Weishui to negotiate were all rewarded. Gao Shilian was awarded the title of Duke of Guo, and the fief increased by 200 hectares. The number of households has increased by 300, and it seems that the eldest grandson also played a role here. After all, the eldest grandson sibling grew up in his uncle Gao Shilian's family since childhood.

Fang Xuanling was awarded the title of Liang Guogong, and the left servant of Shangshu was awarded the title of Shot, Sikong. In order to show the favor of His Majesty the Emperor, Li Er gave Fang Xuanling two beauties in the palace in front of hundreds of civil and military officials at the celebration banquet. Everyone looked at Fang Xuanling with envy, the beauty given by the emperor so ceremoniously must be the best in the world.

I don't know if it's stunning in the world, the banquet is not over yet. The fierce Mrs. Fang entered the Taiji Palace, crying and shouting for the emperor to take the beauty back. and angrily said that he doesn't need a little three. As soon as two women entered the house, she committed suicide.

"Lu's! When have you taken back what I have given you? As a big woman, you are so jealous. Do you think that I will not be able to control the affairs of your women? Li Er was rejected, and he was very angry. It can be seen from his face, which is so cloudy that it can drip water, and those who are familiar with the emperor know that this is a precursor to the outbreak of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Your Majesty can not take back her fate, but the little woman will also die to make her will." Mrs. Fang knelt down with her neck stalked, which could be regarded as a barge with the emperor.

"Want to die? All right! Come, bring a bowl of poisoned wine. If you don't respect my will, as long as you drink this bowl of poisonous wine, I will take it back. ”

The waiter came out with a bowl of black-brown things, and the pungent smell of this thing could be smelled from afar. The ministers all covered their noses, many of them had some friendship with Fang Xuanling, or the Lu family turned their heads and didn't want to see this miserable scene.

The Lu family is worthy of the name of a fierce woman, and she is not afraid of a bowl of poisonous wine. As soon as the waiter brought it to his eyes, Lu grabbed it and drank it all. Li Er was dumbfounded, but he didn't expect that there was such a jealous woman in this world who was not afraid of death.

"It's so sour!" Just when people hid their faces and couldn't bear to look at it, Lu Shi, who had done a bowl of poisonous wine, said two words with a bitter face.

"That's a bowl of vinegar, how can I really give you poisoned wine. Never mind! I've taken it back! Li Er sighed helplessly, admitting defeat.