Outside the city of Wuchang, the camp of the Wei Wu army.

The two envoys from Nanjing, as well as Gao Yihuan's staff, gathered in the tent.

At this time, Gao Yihuan waved his hand, invited everyone to sit down, and asked the guards to put tea and snacks, and then gently knocked on the handrail with his hand, and said with a smile: "Today, we gather together to calm down, solve the current problem, and avoid a military disaster for the world, which can be said to be a meritorious thing." ”

Gao Yihuan glanced at everyone, "Here Ben Shuai will first express his attitude, Ben Shuai is the place where he supports the peaceful settlement of this dispute." Therefore, Ben Shuai hopes that the imperial court can show sincerity and satisfy Wei Wujun. ”

Although Gao Dashuai is not an official in the court, he has an authentic official tone, and he doesn't know where he learned it.

In just a few days, Wang Yan has become accustomed to Gao Yihuan's style, he glanced at Gao Yihuan, and did not speak with a serious face, Chen Zilong was a little surprised in his heart, silent for a while, and said: "Then let's start now!" ”

Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, "Okay, about Wei Wujun's request, it will be stated by Mr. Chen of the shogunate." ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan wanted Chen Mingxia to raise his hand, "Mr. tell the two Qincha about it!" ”

Chen Mingxia stood up, first saluted Gao Yihuan, then bowed his hand to the two Qincha, and finally said unhurriedly: "The two Qincha, our marshal, and the requirements of Wei Wujun, are actually very simple, we only need the imperial court to meet our two requirements, the first is to punish Zuozhen to ensure the safety of our rear." Second, it is to ask the court to pay the arrears, and in addition, we must ensure that we will supply money and food in the future! ”

At this time, Gao Yihuan interjected again: "Zuo Liangyu treacherously, sneaked up on friendly forces, and provoked trouble, our first request is not too much!" As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and Ben Shuai has been obedient to the court for more than a year, fighting bloody battles for the court to resist foreign enemies, and asking the court for the money and food he deserves, and Ben Shuai thinks it is also very reasonable! ”

At the beginning of the negotiations, the Nanjing court fell into passivity, and I have to admit that what Gao Yihuan said has a little truth.

The two points raised by Wei Wujun seem to be really reasonable.

Zuo Liangyu provoked an incident, should he be punished? Wei Wujun fought for the imperial court, should he be paid?

Wang Yan and Chen Zilong discussed a few words, and Wang Yan said: "In this conflict, Zuo Zhen's vitality has been greatly damaged, and this official thinks that Zuo Zhen's threat to Wei Wujun is no longer big. I don't know, how can Wei Wujun rest assured? ”

Chen Mingxia said with a smile: "This time Zuo Zhen has suffered a lot of losses, but the strength still exists, and we believe that the threat has not been eliminated." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the two envoys, "Wuchang's location is critical, and Zuo Liangyu has no faith to speak of, what we mean is that Wei Wujun will also live in Wuchang City, and there will be 10,000 people, so that we can rest assured." ”

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, "This is absolutely not good!" ”

Let Wei Wujun live in the city, Gao Yihuan wants to take Wuchang, isn't it just a matter of words.

Chen Mingxia spread his hands, "Then what does the imperial court want to do?" ”

Wang Yan kept his face calm and didn't speak, and Chen Zilong, who was sitting on the side, came out to adjust the atmosphere, "Wuchang is the bottom line of the imperial court, and if Wei Wujun wants to garrison the city, it will definitely not work." Why don't you take the Jinshui River as the boundary, and Zuozhen give up the four counties of Jiayu, Chongyang, Tongcheng, and Puqi to garrison the Wei Wu army? ”

Wei Wujun has come to Wuchang, the matter will be solved after all, Chen Zilong said that the places to be given up are in the hands of Wei Wujun, if they can't be negotiated, the court can't get it back, so he said this.

Chen Mingxia looked at Gao Yihuan and saw that he bowed slightly, so he immediately said: "Yes, but we still want the right to navigate the Yangtze River waterway, and Zuozhen can't intercept our merchant ships, nor can we levy taxes." ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he immediately said with a black face: "The Wuchang section can not be accepted, but when you enter Nanzhi, you must hand over what should be paid!" ”

Chen Mingxia bowed slightly, "Yes, but how much to levy must be agreed upon by both parties." It is the responsibility of the imperial court to ensure the safety of our ships on the Yangtze River. ”

Wang Yan nodded and stopped talking, Gao Yihuan saw this, and immediately laughed, "Okay, the first one is solved, and the second one is next!" ”

This time, Zuo Liangyu lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and these soldiers and horses were still relatively capable of fighting in Zuo Town.

Zuo Liangyu's vitality was greatly damaged, and there was actually no threat to Gao Yihuan, on the contrary, Gao Yihuan became a threat to Zuo Liangyu.

If Wei Wujun had a garrison in Wuchang Mansion, and the army would not need to cross the river to directly threaten Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu would definitely have to be worried and be a man with his tail between his legs.

Regarding the conditions in Wuchang, Gao Yihuan was still quite satisfied, after all, he occupied several counties and obtained the right to navigate the Yangtze River waterway. This is not only convenient for Gao Yihuan to transport the grain out, but also convenient for other materials to be transported back to Huguang.

After talking about the first point, everyone was silent for a while, thinking about the gains and losses.

The two Qincha kept Wuchang, and they can be regarded as guarding the bottom line of the imperial court.

Chen Zilong asked, "Regarding the second article, what does Wei Wujun think?" ”

Chen Mingxia said: "I have more than 300,000 Wei Wu troops, and the annual military expenditure is 4 million taels. This money has always been paid by the marshal out of his own pocket, and the imperial court has not paid Wei Wujun a military salary so far, and even Wei Wujun defeated the Eastern Capture and captured Kong Youde, and the imperial court has not given a reward of a penny of silver. We, Wei Wujun, also know the financial situation of the imperial court, and the two Qincha don't say anything about the transfer from Nanjing, we don't believe this at all, so what we Wei Wujun means is that the imperial court will assign Hunan to us, and we will collect taxes ourselves to solve the problem of money and grain. In addition, the imperial court must also allow us to open a money bank in Jiangnan and do business. ”

In fact, Zhu Cihong also issued an order to reward Wei Wujun, and there was also a sum of money and grain every year, which was to be allocated to Wei Wujun, but the Nanjing departments were not given, and the money and grain were either allocated to Jiangbei by Ma Ruan, or misappropriated by Donglin and given to Zuo Liangyu.

This one, which cannot be refuted, is a joke in terms of military spending of four million a year.

Wang Yan and Chen Zilong were both a little angry in their hearts, Wei Wujun was only more than 100,000 people, how could it be 300,000 in the blink of an eye?

However, it is useless to question these, Gao Yihuan can indeed pull out 300,000 people in minutes, after all, there are tens of thousands of prisoners alone this time.

The army has its own territory and can collect its own taxes, which is basically equivalent to breaking away from the central government and becoming an independent kingdom.

The two Qincha did not want to see such a situation, but in fact, Wei Wujun had already become a feudal town, and the imperial court could not take out the silver at all to satisfy Gao Yihuan's appetite.

If the imperial court wants to raise its own troops, it must have no money for Wei Wujun, but it is obviously unwilling to hand over the entire Huguang into the hands of Gao Yihuan.

For a while, Wang Yan and Chen Zilong exchanged a few more words, and finally Chen Zilong said: "Hunan's taxes can be handed over directly to Wei Wujun without being sent to Nanjing, but Wei Wujun can only enter Changde and Yuezhou, and cannot use troops against central and southern Hunan!" As for Wei Wujun's desire to do business in Jiangnan, as long as he abides by the laws and regulations of the imperial court. ”

This is tantamount to acquiescing in the Wei Wu army's occupation of northern Hunan and at the same time handing over the taxes of Hunan to the Wei Wu army, but there are still Ming garrisons in Changsha and other places. However, Chen Zilong obviously didn't know much about running a money bank and doing business, so he didn't care too much.

Chen Mingxia looked at Gao Yihuan, Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, "Yes, but this commander will send someone to supervise Hunan's taxes, if someone is a ghost, this commander will not guarantee that he will not use troops against Changsha!" ”

The two Qincha glanced at each other, both with a little helplessness in their eyes, but the situation was pressing, and they couldn't help but compromise.

Wang Yan stood up, "This official has no opinion, the Korean Duke is ready to withdraw from the army!" ”

Gao Yihuan laughed, strode over, and grabbed Wang Yan's hand, "Haha~ This dispute can be successfully resolved, and Qin Cha has contributed a lot!" In fact, this incident was completely provoked by Zuo Liangyu, and it was all blamed for the destruction of the trust between Ben Shuai and the court. Now that this matter has been successfully resolved, after the Qin mission returns to Beijing, he will also tell His Majesty that this marshal has always been loyal to His Majesty! ”

Wang Yan struggled to break free of his hand, glanced at Gao Yihuan, and said with a cold face: "I hope that the prince will not live up to the name of Jingzhong!" ”

Gao Yihuan saw his expression, knew that he didn't believe it, laughed, and suddenly proposed: "What, Ben Shuai also knows that after this incident, there will definitely be a gap between the court and Ben Shuai." Ben Shuai doesn't look like this! Princess Kunxing is not small, so you might as well entrust it to me! ”

Wang Yan instantly glared angrily, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Gao Yi smiled and said, "What, I'll agree as a messenger!" ”

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