"Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate!" Li Cunxiao muttered dissatisfiedly, picked up the wine glass, drank it all, and slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the wine table.

"Be careful!" Gao Siji didn't expect Li Cunxiao to react like this, and hurriedly whispered on the side. Today was originally a gathering of senior brothers, and it was chosen in the mansion of senior brother Liu Xun, and there were no outsiders, except for Qian Biao and Yang Xingmi, two disciples of the King of Qin, who were far away in the southeast, and the remaining eleven of the thirteen Taibao were all here. In recent years, all of you righteous brothers have a bright future, and now they are either Taibao, or the school Taibao, or the prince Shaobao, and the prince Taibao. In recent years, the official positions of the imperial court have been indiscriminately awarded, and they have been stained with the light of the King of Qin, and they have also been awarded many honorary titles and titles without real power, because of the title of Taibao, so the thirteen disciples of the King of Qin have a good reputation of the Thirteen Taibao. Although most of the Qin domains are not titled by the rank of official positions conferred by the imperial court, this title is retained.

Eleven people in the thirteen Taibao get together, it is also extremely rare, in recent years, everyone is in command of an army, such as Li Rang, who is the seventh in line, although he does not lead troops, but he is the finance minister of the king of Qin, and the head of the account of the Qin domain is even more busy. Finally, the fighting stopped for a while, and everyone had a rare gathering, and they couldn't help but drink sand wine. All of the important ministers of the Qin clan were all here, and Liu Xun also talked about the secret negotiations today. It's a secret to others, but it's nothing to them.

"Third brother, don't stop me, I'll just say it, talk about a bird. We have an army of millions, what else do you talk about with them, just hit the fuck directly. Hu people are cross, but as a result, they have not been beaten by us and collapsed. Now the nest is occupied by us. Want me to say. To the court of the bird. Whether it's Chengdu or Chang'an, it's long overdue to smash him with one punch. It's already a terrible day, and it's time for a change. In this world, it is time for our master to sit. Others don't have this qualification, and they don't have this prestige. ”

Naturally, everyone here agrees with these words, whether it is public or private, if King Qin sits in the world. Then they are naturally the most willing.

"I guess my lord has more to think about this." Liu Xun, as a senior brother, although he is not the oldest, his mind is the most flexible, Xiao Zhuge is not called in vain, and his reputation for one step and seven plans is even more famous all over the world. Now he is the commander of a legion at a young age, commanding 50,000 elites, but he is given for nothing. Although Li Jing negotiated with Chang'an, he was a little surprised. But after thinking about it, I feel that it is very in line with His Highness's consistent style.

Today's Qin clan does have the upper hand and has various advantages over the new Chang'an dynasty. On the other hand. The more this is the case, the easier it will be to force the other side to make concessions at the negotiating table. So that the Qin clan could achieve many of the results he wanted at the negotiating table without using the army. In fact, he specifically asked to see Li Jing for this matter and asked Li Jing what he meant. For this clever big disciple, Li Jing has never hidden anything.

Told him his intentions very directly.

At that time, Li Jing asked Liu Xun, "What is our goal?" ”

"Take over the world!" Liu Xun replied very simply and directly. This transgression is a fact that everyone knows. Today's Qin Domain, there is no need to hide their goal, and no one will be unaware of this goal.

"That's right, our goal is to take over the world, but how to take the world?"

"Knock it down!"

"Well, no matter how corrupt the dynasty is, it will not be willing to give up the world. It is natural to fight the world, but you also understand that winning the world is the goal, and fighting the world is only a means. In layman's terms, war is only a continuation of politics, and war is only a means, not an end, and the purpose is to seize the world. Therefore, if you can achieve your goal without fighting, then why bother. At the negotiating table, sometimes more can be obtained than the means of war. Of course, this must be based on strong military strength in order to have enough bargaining chips in negotiations. ”

Liu Xun didn't seem to understand at that time, he didn't know what it was that he could get more at the negotiation table than on the battlefield.

However, Li Jing said a little more to make him understand.

"In fact, winning the world is only the primary goal, not our ultimate goal."

"The ultimate goal?"

"Well, we can't just be satisfied with winning the world, what we need to do is not join a Game of Thrones and win him. Instead, we want to create history and create the future, and what we have to do is to make contributions to the present generation, stand in the future, and seek benefits for future generations. ”

"What is the ultimate goal of the adults?" Liu Xun asked with some excitement.

"Establish a country that is rich and the people are strong, and all nations come to congratulate the heavenly kingdom, the center of the world, so that the descendants of Yan and Huang and the Chinese nation can stand at the top of the world!" Li Jing said confidently.

At this moment, the smart Liu Xun understood everything. Li Jing looked further, although the Qin army now has strong strength and can dominate the world with capital and brutal force. But such a price will also be very high, but the King of Qin has seen further, he is working for a rich and powerful Celestial Empire, he is avoiding a fierce war and destroying the world. This man has not yet sat on the dragon chair, but he has already begun to think about things with the eyes of the king of the world.

"Now is not the time for a decisive battle, first, we have just finished the battle in the Northeast, the army needs to recuperate, ordnance and materials need to be replenished, the empty granary is still waiting to be filled with grain again, and the local government also needs to invest more financial resources, manpower and energy to build. The most important thing is that, like a hunt, we are now like a tiger in the mountains, and the beasts in the mountains and forests are fleeing. But if we deal with only one prey silently, then the other beasts will not be vigilant and will even tear each other apart as usual. There is a saying that the siege of the city is three and one, and the current situation is actually the same. What we need to do is to recuperate as much as possible while not stopping the trend of expansion. But we have to avoid a joint rebellion from the other side, all we have to do is to let their guard down, break up their alliance, and then break them one goal at a time, each one at a time, until we take them all down. ”

"What conditions did Your Highness propose?"

"Hehe, negotiation, how can you expose the bottom as soon as you come up, hide your true intentions in a bunch of false requirements, and then use those false requirements to negotiate and compromise with the other party, and finally achieve your true intentions, this is negotiation."

"And what is our real intention?"

Li Jing smiled lightly, "It's very simple, Chang'an recognizes Wei Bo and Chengde as rebellious feudal towns, allows the Qin clan to send troops to crusade against the two towns, and restricts the towns from interfering in this matter." ”

"That's it?" Liu Xun still couldn't believe it, this was too simple.

"Why, do you think this request is too simple?" Li Jing shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate this request, if the goal is really achieved, then Wei Bo and Chengde in Hebei will be completely isolated, and we can easily annex them, without worrying about fighting a war of attrition that we are not willing to fight at this time." The recovery of Hebei is very important to us, the Bohai Rim is our core, and from the perspective of the development strategy of our Qin Domain, the development around the Bohai Sea, with Yanjing as the center, controls Hebei, Taihang in the west, Yanshan in the north, Hedong on the left, and Shandong on the right. In the final analysis, the center of the huge feudal town of Qin Domain is the Bohai Circle, and with our development in recent years, the entire Bohai Circle has Hebei as the core and Yanjing as the center. Hebei is extremely important to us. If we do not control the Hebei region in Taihang and east, it is impossible for us to really go south to Henan or west to Guanlong, Hedong. In the current situation that the northeast rear is flat, in the future, our eyes will move to the west and move to the south, and Weibo and Chengzhen are our two biggest roadblocks. ”

"I have gathered hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in the north, and as long as the negotiations reach the goal, I will immediately attack the second town of Hebei, and never give the Chang'an court a chance to regret it."

"But since the second town of Hebei is so important, how can Yang Fuguang agree?"

"Hahaha!" Li Jing laughed for a while, "So, this requires the art of negotiation, what we really want is that the Chang'an Imperial Court and the towns under his control will not interfere with us to destroy the two towns, so when we negotiate, we have to put forward all kinds of conditions that are so strict that it is impossible, and this is the purpose." With strong strength as the backing, we can talk to them step by step, and finally achieve our real goal. ”

Liu Xun nodded, understood. "So it's for this reason that the lord made a request that the imperial court should assign the two towns of Hedong and Xuanwu to the Qin Domain, and hand over Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong to us for disposal?"

"Almost!" Li Jing took a sip of the teacup and replied: "If you want to say that the biggest threat to us to seize the second town of Hebei is Li Keyong, followed by Zhu Wen. Especially Li Keyong, we are mortal enemies with him, and even negotiations are impossible. If Li Keyong intervenes in the Hebei war at that time, then Wang Chongrong and others are also likely to be implicated, and even make the most chaotic mess again. Therefore, Li Keyong is the object we have to settle first, and we are not suitable to take direct action against Li Keyong, but if we put pressure on the imperial court, we can make Li Keyong have to comply. Although Li Jing really wants Li Ke to use the head, he also knows that Yang Fuguang will not hand over such an important general to himself at will, but if he forces him by force, it is estimated that it is feasible to force Yang Fuguang to control Li Keyong and prevent him from interfering in the war in Hebei. Li Keyong ignored him, but he had to be a little jealous of Yang Fuguang's words. This is the big fish eating the small fish, the small fish eating the shrimp, one thing drops the other.

Of course, if Yang Fuguang really handed over Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, it would be the best. However, it depends on the rest of the negotiation process, and it depends on who can compete for the most desired outcome at the negotiation table. In addition to the most important thing to make the imperial court give up meddling in the war in Hebei, in fact, for Li Jing, it is just a grass and a rabbit, and he doesn't care too much. The meal has to be eaten in one bite, and it has to be taken step by step to conquer the world. The short-term goal is to win the second town of Hebei, and Li Jing will not think too much about the rest for the time being. (To be continued......)