A mound hundreds of zhang away from the city of Hangzhou.

The sky is clear, but the cold wind is a little bleak. Blowing on Xu Qian's clothes, the big cuffs danced in the wind.

Xu Qian's eyes were very clear, he looked at the city from afar, and suddenly said: "Everyone, look, the power on the upper floor of the Japanese Kou City has obviously weakened today, and it seems that we have an effect." He looked at the prince beside him and said with a smile: "Princess, it's time to see you now." ”

The princess looked resentful, but he had to nod: "If our family dies, then the godsons who are not successful will have to ask Master Xu to take care of them." ”

Xu Qian coughed and said, "Your godson is my godson, father-in-law can go with confidence." ”

The prince was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, our family has a wife in the palace......

Xu Qian said: "The wife of the prince is naturally Xu someone...... What's that...... Wang Gonggong, a manly husband, why bother with children, please enter the city quickly. ”

The prince gritted his teeth, under the cold wind, there was a lot of wind and cold, and the eunuch was gone, and the carriage was waiting under the hill, the prince got into the car, put down the curtain, took a deep breath, and said to the coachman: "Our family was castrated at the age of seven, entered the palace for 30 years, walked through the south and the north, and now I will break into this Longtan tiger's den, let's go!" ”

The wheels of the carriage rolled, raising countless dust, to the city, the groom called the door, the city of the Japanese Kou informed Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi was anxious, his plan was very meticulous, but the problem is that Hangzhou City has been variable, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control the situation inside and outside the city, after all, there are only so many people, and the Japanese do not have three heads and six arms, if the court does not come to negotiate with him, I am afraid that there is only to pack up the burden and prepare to run away.

At this time of impatience. But some people said that there was a father-in-law outside the city who wanted to enter the palace.

No matter how calm Wang Zhi was, he couldn't sit still at this time, so he hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate to greet him, and then personally led a team of leaders to the doorway, and waited for the prince with a smile. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Zhi had already stepped forward and said, "Dare to ask my father-in-law's surname." ”

came to be a thief, but he just wanted to make an elegant appearance, which made it difficult for the prince to adapt for a while, and smiled awkwardly. Said: "Our family name is Wang." ”

Wang nodded with a straight jaw: "I don't know if the prince has the emperor's order?" He asked, a little nervous.

But the prince said: "Our family is on the order of the Qincha. ”

Wang Zhi's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, he was counting on the prince to talk to him with the emperor's order, as for this Qincha, the ghost knows if this Qincha can do such a big master.

After all, Wang Gonggong is a person with exquisite faces, and he saw through Wang Zhi's doubts at a glance. He smiled: "Our Qincha has full authority to deal with this matter, I'm afraid you don't know who this Master Xu is, right?" This is the Son of Heaven's close ministers, and many things that cannot be done by the Lord have been done by him as soon as he says them. It is impossible for the imperial court to talk to you for no reason. Even if it's talking, it's impossible to order someone to talk, do you know what our family means? ”

Wang Zhixin was relieved and mediated with the Japanese Kou. It is impossible in the name of the Son of Heaven, if it gets out. It must be a ridiculous thing in the world, and this Xu Qian, as a Qincha, can talk about it, now after listening to the explanation of the prince, Wang Zhi put his heart down, the other party is indeed sincere, if he comes to fool, he must be pretending to have the emperor's order.

The more twists and turns it was, Wang Zhi believed it instead, and smiled slightly: "Please go up to the city tower to speak." ”

The prince was also relieved, although he saw many Japanese leaders glaring at him and killing him, but seeing that Wang Zhi was a reasonable person, he also became bold and put on a little shelf, and his beardless chin was slightly bit, but he did not follow Wang Zhi, but climbed the city tower first.

When they arrived at the city tower, the prince took the lead in sitting down, with the meaning that he was the master's family, several Japanese leaders were angry, and his hand pressed the hilt of the knife on his waist, but Wang Zhi glared at them with his eyes, but he was not in a hurry to sit, and he wanted to look at the sky outside the door, and said: "Wang Gonggong, you look at this Hangzhou, it is really a famous city of the first class in the world, which makes people forget to return, and the hometown of wealth and nobility is worthy of its name." ”

The prince was silent.

Wang Zhi continued: "Such a famous city, Wang really can't bear to destroy it, Wang is also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, just because he is desperate, he has done something that he can't live in the court, and now he is repentant, and the Buddha said: The sea of bitterness is endless, turn back to the shore, put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha on the ground." But I don't know, is there a way back for Wang? ”

The prince smiled, neither nodding nor looking back.

Wang Zhi frowned and said, "Why didn't my father-in-law say anything?" ”

The prince said: "Our family is ordered by the Qin Messenger to talk with someone who can make the decision, as for irrelevant, I'm afraid it is inconvenient to speak." ”

This means that here, except for Wang Zhi, the rest of the people can roll as far as they can.

The other leaders were immediately furious, especially this Li bald head, whose angry muscles were exposed, and shouted angrily: "Dead eunuch, is there a place for you to speak here?" ”

Wang Zhi couldn't help frowning, but the prince and the prince's clever words had already seen that Wang Zhi was eager to negotiate with Daming, but he was not afraid, crossed his legs, and looked at him with a smile.

Wang Zhi's eyes glanced gloomily, as if he was weighing something, and finally shouted in a low voice: "Everyone go out!" ”

Li Guangtou looked at Wang Zhi fiercely and said, "What do you have to say, do you still need to hide it?" ”

Wang Zhi felt that his prestige was being challenged, and reprimanded: "Get out!" ”

These three words naturally have a murderous intent, Li Guangtou snorted unwillingly, and had to leave.

As soon as he left, the other leaders lost their backbone and naturally dispersed.

Only Wang Zhi and Wang Gonggong were left in the room, Wang Zhi stared at Wang Gonggong fiercely, and there was no longer any politeness, and he said indifferently: "Wang Gonggong, can we talk now?" ”

The prince nodded and said: "Your surrender table, the court has been discussing, you have the heart to serve the country, and you are willing to repent, the court for the peace of the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, there is nothing to appease you, a title, plus you are allowed to transfer goods, in fact, there is no loss to the court." It would be even better if this could be exchanged for the extinction of the Japanese Bandits. ”

Wang Zhi's face softened a little: "The imperial court really thinks like this, or is it just Master Xu who thinks like this?" ”

Wang Gonggong smiled and said, "This is Master Xu's idea." ”

Wang Zhi's eyes became unpredictable, and he said in a deep voice: "Can Master Xu influence the imperial court?" ”

Wang Gonggong shook his head: "It's a little difficult." ”

"What do you mean by this, Fang just said......" Wang Zhi angrily rebuked.

The prince said earnestly: "The difficulty is not to appease or rebel, the key is to face, think about it, you took the Japanese to occupy Hangzhou, the world was shaken, and the face of the court has been lost, at this time, the court is appeased to you and give you a knighthood, what does this mean?" The Ming Dynasty has been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, but there is no such thing, and the face of the imperial court is not so worthless. Anyway, you are in Hangzhou, and the rebel armies of the imperial court will arrive immediately, and sooner or later the city will be broken, so why give you benefits? Although it is really a fight, it is not good for the military and people of Hangzhou, but why don't you want to think about it, how can the imperial court have any scruples when it encounters such a thing? In the year of Jiajing, you know about the incident of Li Xiaoyuan in Guangxi, right? He also wants to surrender, but so what, the court is desperate for a deficit of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and it is still said that it will be killed, and if it is not wiped out, how can it be stopped? Dead people are nothing, if there are no steps in the imperial court, you have to die, ten dead people are dead, and thousands of people are also dead, do you know what our family means? ”

Wang Zhi's face turned pale, in fact, the truth was understood, through the news of some people outside, he also knew that the current court was trying to suppress it, and now the prince was also frank, putting all the difficulties in front of him, but he showed a lot of sincerity, if the other party was just talking nonsense, he wanted to coax himself and fool himself like a fool, I am afraid that he would not say these difficulties.

Wang Zhidao: "Since you blindly want to encircle and suppress, why do you want to let the prince come, the prince comes, don't you just talk about these difficulties?" ”

The prince smiled and said, "Hey...... There are difficulties, but Qincha is also from Hangzhou, and he can't bear to be miserable, so he came up with a way to appease him, in fact, it is not completely impossible, as long as he does things beautifully, so that everyone can go down the stairs. ”

Wang Zhidao: "What steps does the imperial court need?" ”

Wang Gonggong smiled faintly: "It's easy, the court needs a big victory, you need to sacrifice hundreds of heads, the court has to make a look of defeat, and you, as long as you offer these heads, we can declare to the outside world that you are well aware of the righteousness, and you are in the battle to turn against the enemy, and you have made the first contribution in the battle of Pingwei, so although you are the leader of the bandits, you can not be blamed for the past, and the court will make you an earl, and then follow the precedent of the Tianjin Sea Road to pacify the envoy, and let you be the Hangzhou Sea Route pacification envoy, This maritime trade monopoly also has the power, in this way, the court has gained face, and you can be regarded as guilty of meritorious service, everyone is happy, wouldn't it be good"

There is no flaw in Wang Gonggong's words, at least Wang Zhi can't find a flaw, the court wants to save face, and he wants to get face back, so he needs a big victory, this kind of inside information, Wang Zhi naturally understands, so he asked him to hand over hundreds of thousands of Japanese heads. Secondly, there is no problem for the imperial court to knight him in the name of meritorious service, although he is asking for a duke, and the imperial court only gives an earl, he wants a sea route franchise, and the court only grants him a Hangzhou sea route pacification envoy, it seems that this is obviously a bargain from the other party, and there is no problem.