The negotiations in Huining County have been going on for two days, but they have reached a stalemate, and the bargaining between the two sides cannot be negotiated, and the Sui Dynasty asked for too high a price of 1 million stone of grain and 500,000 guan as compensation for military expenses, which made the Tang Dynasty unacceptable, and even dared not think about it.

The bottom line of the Tang Dynasty was not to talk about money and grain, but to talk about land, and to admit that Hexi, Huining County and Luoyang were officially assigned to the Sui Dynasty in the form of formal signing of documents, but the Sui Dynasty was unwilling to talk about land, and the positions of the two sides were too far apart.

In the deputy tent next to the tent, on both sides of a table, Xie Sili and Chen Shuda sat opposite each other, next to several civilian officers of the Sui Army, and Chen Shuda's two deputies also sat beside him.

The deputies on both sides were in charge of the records, but in fact, they had been silent for half an hour, and the paper on the table was still blank.

The atmosphere in the big tent was very depressing, and at this time, Chen Shuda sighed, "There is definitely no money and grain in Datang, and we can't let every family smash the pot and sell iron to compensate you!" I think that since we are negotiating, we should be realistic and talk about the conditions that can be achieved, first of all, we have sincerity and are willing to end the war, so that the people of the two countries will no longer suffer from the war, and secondly, we are willing to give out the land to negotiate with the Guizhou dynasty. This is the humiliation of Datang! Could it be that the Sui Dynasty really lacked this bit of money and food? ”

Xie Sili smiled faintly: "Let's not talk about the problem of money and grain, just talk about the land, let me make it clear, Hexi has been occupied by us, and the same is true of Huining County, which you belong to now, Luoyang is the last time we broke through Chang'an, the conditions for our withdrawal of troops, we agreed at that time, and it has nothing to do with the current negotiations, in fact, you are using the land of the Sui Dynasty to negotiate with the Sui Dynasty, I really don't understand, where is your sincerity?" ”

Chen Shuda was just about to speak, but Xie Sili waved his hand to stop him, "Chen Xiangguo listened to me finish speaking!" ”

Chen Shuda only held back the words in his heart, and Xie Sili said again: "Don't mention to us the matter of thinking about the people of the world, this sentence is uncomfortable to hear, what are you doing when we are fighting against the Turkic invasion?" Taking the opportunity to fall into the well and seize the land of the Sui Dynasty, is this for the sake of the people of the world? Now that you can't fight anymore, you say that you are fighting for the people, so why didn't you say it in the first place? Chen Xiangguo, it's better not to use morality as a bargaining chip, you can't stand it. ”

Chen Shuda was speechless, originally he wanted to say that the land occupied by the Sui army was not the same thing as the land officially recognized by the Tang Dynasty, but he couldn't say this sentence, he knew very well that between the hostile countries, there was only the level of force, and there was no legal strength.

Eventually, Chen Shuda sighed, "Okay then! What do you want, can you talk about it? ”

Xie Sili laughed, "I think we can go back and report to the above, listen to the opinions from above, and then we can sit down and continue to talk, what does Chen Xiangguo think?" ”

Chen Shuda nodded, "In that case, let's make an appointment for the next meeting." ”

……

……

In the handsome tent, Yang Yuanqing stood beside the map with his hands behind his back, listening to Xie Sili's report attentively.

"Your Highness, it's been two days, they have always refused to give in on money and grain, unwilling to compensate for money and grain, even if I propose to halve, they can't accept it, they think that they do have a crisis in money and food, and even can't make ends meet, and can't get money and food, so in the end they can only make concessions on the land, and the lowly position has clearly told them that Luoyang, Hexi, and Huining County are all exempt from talking, and the next step depends on their sincerity."

In fact, Yang Yuanqing also knew that the last time he saved Chai Shao and others, the Tang Dynasty had already taken out hundreds of thousands of stone grain, as for the money, the Tang Dynasty had just implemented a new coinage, where could there be 500,000 yuan, but the gold and silver in their treasury could be taken out, but now Yang Yuanqing is not rare money, he is not even rare in anything, he only needs to rest for a few months, and then launch a campaign again.

"I'll tell you a few bottom lines, and then you continue to talk to them, thanks to your credit, keeping the bottom line, it can be regarded as a successful completion of the negotiation, but you can't break through my bottom line, I'd rather break down the negotiation."

"I understand my humble duties, please tell His Highness!"

"The first bottom line is that I want all the land west of Shibao City, and the two sides can be bounded by Chiling to Lianyun Mountain, west of Chiling, including Heyuan County and Xihai County, to my Great Sui, and to the Tang Dynasty to the east."

Xie Sili understood that Yang Yuanqing's bottom line was actually to take away all the animal husbandry areas in the Hehuang area, leave the agricultural areas to the Tang Dynasty, and completely cut off the source of their war horses.

"I understand His Highness's intentions."

Yang Yuanqing saw that he understood, so he smiled again: "The second bottom line is in the Central Plains, Nanyang County and Xiyang County, which were originally divided into neutral zones, belong to the Great Sui, with Xiangyang County as the boundary, the south of Xiangyang County belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and the north belongs to the Great Sui, do you understand my intentions?" ”

Xie Sili thought for a moment, and then said, "Your Highness wants to cut off the direct connection between Guanzhong and Jingxiang?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Ping Pong is so, and my third bottom line, the first is to open up the trade between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in fact, it is strictly forbidden for the Tang Dynasty to mint fake silver coins, once I catch the evidence, it means that the war has begun, and finally it is not allowed to restrict the immigration of the people on both sides, whether it is the people of the Sui Dynasty moving to Guanzhong, or the immigration of Guanzhong moving to Hedong, it should be allowed, and the government and the army are not allowed to stop it." ”

Xie Sili pondered for a moment, he felt that the Tang Dynasty might accept the bottom line of Hehuang and the bottom line of Jingxiang, but the trade and immigration in the last three conditions might be difficult for the Tang Dynasty, especially immigration, this is a big taboo in a country, how could they agree?

"Your Highness, there may be problems with the article of immigration, and they will not agree."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Actually, the third one, it doesn't matter if they agree or not, the key is Jing Xiang and Hehuang, use the third one to force them to agree to the first two." ”

Xie Sili suddenly realized at this time, and praised: "Your Highness is really famous, so I want to ask again, what about the term of the treaty?" ”

"The deadline can be promised to them, they want three years for three years, one year for one year, you decide."

"Humble duty understood."

Xie Sili secretly thought, "I can't let them see the flaws" if he promised too much......

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At the same time that Yang Yuanqing explained the three bottom lines to Xie Sili, Li Jiancheng was also teaching Chen Shuda face-to-face.

"Yang Yuanqing's money and grain is estimated to be a disguise, he still has to talk to us about land in the end, I guess he has already thought of it in his heart, and listen to what conditions they take the initiative to put forward at night, this time it is they who take the initiative, we consider whether it can be accepted."

Chen Shuda hesitated and said: "Actually, Weichen thinks that money and food are not impossible, because Xie Sili has relented and can be halved, that is, 500,000 stone grain and 250,000 yuan, and we don't have to pay each other at once, pay in three years, so not only is our burden small, but also can delay the peace time, and prepare for us to raise jīng accumulation, what does Your Highness think?" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I talked to my father and the emperor about this, we both think that if we pay for food in installments, the other party will definitely not agree, and they have already paid half of the money, how can they promise another three years, unless it is not halved, but if it is not halved, we can't take out the grain for thirty thousand stones in one Chinese New Year's Eve, or listen to their plan." ”

"Then Weichen can you give it a try, halve it and add three years."

Li Jiancheng thought for a while, "You can give it a try"

……

The negotiations continued in the evening, and as expected, when Chen Shuda proposed that the money and grain be halved and then paid in three years, Xie Sili refused on the spot, and without hesitation, rejected his proposal very clearly.

"We just took into account that the Tang Dynasty couldn't take out a million stone grain and 500,000 guan money at a time, so we agreed to halve the payment, the premise of the halving is a xìng payment, within one month of the signing of the agreement between the two parties, it must be paid in full, if it must be paid in three years, it is okay, that is the initial condition, one million stone grain and 500,000 guan money, this is our biggest concession."

Chen Shuda smiled bitterly in his heart, Yang Yuanqing was really unambiguous, and he felt the old bottom of the Tang Dynasty clearly, and in desperation, he had to say: "Then talk about the land!" Can you please put forward the conditions, and I will consider it. ”

Xie Sili said unhurriedly: "We have three conditions, the first is that all the Sui Dynasty in the Hehuang Valley, that is, with the Yellow River as the boundary, and the west of the Yellow River ......."

Xie Sili opened his mouth strongly, and Yang Yuanqing was put forward on the line of Chiling and Lianyun Mountain, and pushed thousands of miles to the east, encompassing all the land west of Jincheng.

Hearing this condition, Chen Shuda was dumbfounded.

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"No way!"

Li Jiancheng categorically rejected the conditions of the Sui Dynasty, how could it be possible to give all the Hehuang Valley to the Sui Dynasty, how difficult it was when they destroyed the Western Qin State, how many soldiers died, and now it is okay, all of them will be handed over to the Sui Dynasty? How did he explain to his father and the emperor, and how did he explain to the people?

Or the last three, he can promise to stop minting fake silver coins, and fully open up the trade between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he can also agree, because the trade will definitely not be stopped.

Li Jiancheng knew that opening up trade would lead to an influx of silver, but he had no choice, only the Sui Dynasty had silver, and silver would have a way to flow in.

The key is to let go of immigration, which he must not agree, because the Sui Dynasty implemented the equalization system, while the Tang Dynasty did not, which will inevitably lead to a large number of tenant farmers and serfs in Guanzhong fleeing to the Central Plains to accept the grant of 100 hectares of land, and the taxes are not heavier than those of the Tang Dynasty, which will lead to extremely serious consequences.

"The last one, about immigration, I must not agree, in addition, Hehuang needs to talk about it again, this is too much, I can't explain it when I go back, let them give in, and the rest can be agreed."

……

Negotiations between the Sui and Tang dynasties lasted for three days, and finally the two sides reached a compromise and recognized the current de facto control of each other, and the Heyuan and Xihai counties west of Chiling and Lianyun Mountains were assigned to the Sui dynasty; To the east, it was bounded by Xiangyang County, and the Tang army completely withdrew from the Central Plains; The trade between the two countries was fully liberalized, and the Tang Dynasty was not allowed to destroy the Sui Dynasty's issuance of silver coins, etc.

In terms of the final contract term, the Tang Dynasty insisted on reconciliation for three years, the Sui Dynasty only agreed to one year, and in the end, the two sides each made a concession, and the two sides ceased fighting for two years.

Yang Yuanqing and Li Jiancheng respectively signed their names on the new armistice agreement and stamped the Great Seal, and the next morning, Yang Yuanqing led the army back to Taiyuan, finally ending the two-month battle.