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First Meeting with the Temple Chapter 279: Borrowing the Head

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    Chapter 279: Borrowed from the occupied area and arrived at Tokyo in the Khitan-occupied area.  The Khitans were also relatively friendly and sent cavalry to escort or monitor the imperial envoys to Pingzhou.  The Khitan people were obviously very sincere and sent Li Chuwen to represent more than a dozen court officials to greet Ouyang and others. They just didn't know that Li Chuwen was already a member of the Song Dynasty. He deliberately left out his wife and children in Linhuang Mansion to be taken care of by the Song Dynasty. Now,  Life was good.  By the time Ouyang arrived, the two armies had completed the first round of fighting in the Tokyo area. After occupying one county and three mountains, the Song army was renovating.  The pace of fighting between the two sides has slowed down, and they are becoming more friendly to each other.  In this battle, as soon as Han Shizhong led his men to surround the county town, he sent a letter to explain the situation, how many men and horses he had outside, what weapons they were equipped with, morale and food and fodder conditions. After verbal exchanges, the general who defended the city and the deputy general who sent the letter took two verbal actions.  The soldiers retreated.  Everyone knew that Song and Liao were about to start peace talks and did not want to make meaningless sacrifices.  "I have met (see) the Queen." What Ouyang and others did not expect was that in the evening of that day, Concubine De, now the Queen, would be so anxious to invite them to the temporary palace in the state capital for dinner.  Ouyang's representative is Zhao Yu, so naturally he can't say "visit".  According to the covenant that has not been abrogated, the two countries are still brothers in name, and the people below will regard Concubine De as their queen.  Concubine De said politely: "Everyone has come from afar, don't be restrained, please take a seat." There are two tables at the front. Ouyang and Concubine De are sitting on the same table. There are two rows of tables below, one row is for Song people and the other is for Khitan people.  After Ouyang sat down, he asked: "Empress, Your Majesty's health" "Sigh" Concubine De sighed: "Since becoming the Dabao, your health has been getting worse and worse. I have seen all the good doctors but there is no explanation." "Your Majesty has a good friend."  "Tianxiang, the queen doesn't have to worry," Ouyang could only say so politely.  In advance, Li Chuwen revealed that Concubine De was actually in a hurry. Since Yelu Chun was in poor health, the peace talks must be completed before his death in order to achieve maximum benefits.  Otherwise, only Emperor Tianzuo or his son Yelvding would benefit.  This is good news, but there is also bad news. Li Chuwen said that Concubine De's goal was very simple, which was to hope that the Song Dynasty would support Yelu Chun as the emperor of Northern Liao Dynasty.  This is very different from Ouyang Na's bottom line.  "We won't talk about official business today." Concubine De raised her glass and said, "Liao and Song Dynasty have always coexisted in a friendly manner, so today we will only talk about friendship and not official business. Everyone can have a drink." There was indeed no official business discussed during the dinner. Ouyang knew that De  The concubine is giving herself a signal that she is confident.  Women are more suitable than men to participate in various negotiations. Their patience and patience are the key to their victory. Men have always been less defensive about women.  If you don't believe in women's patience, you can swap raising children with your wife for a day, and you will know that when you regret having a child at the tenth minute, your mother is still very patient at the twenty-fourth hour.  Zhang Bangchang was walking around drunk, and a maid from Concubine De sent him something to relieve his hangover, and then asked about it.  Zhang Bangchang is also a good person. He knew at a glance that this palace maid was no ordinary palace maid, and he immediately felt more frightened towards Ouyang.  Ouyang told him that Concubine De might arrange some informants, especially women, to contact officials and collect information on peace talks.  Zhang Bangchang didn't know that this was a common method used by commercial espionage in peace talks. Don't attack the people with interests. For example, don't try to conquer the chief negotiator like Ouyang, but try to conquer the chief officer's deputies, such as secretaries.  There are also representatives who accompany the negotiations.  Compared with men, women not only have a few more physical tools, but they can also easily make men relax their vigilance and increase their self-esteem.  So Zhang Bangchang, at the age of sixty, was forced to find a room with a palace maid who was less than twenty.  There is no other way. When acting, you have to do the whole thing.  After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhang Bangchang could freely curse Ouyang's ancestors. To be honest, he didn't like Ouyang Ben, and he had been holding these words in his heart for a long time.  What's so great about it, etc., venting his dissatisfaction with Ouyang in front of the palace maid, enumerating the bad things Ouyang has done to himself, or encouraging others to do bad things to him, or even the bad things Ouyang has done to others, he is quite jealous of evil.  The next step is to play with women, or playing with women is also one of the ** jobs.  Li Bangchang worked very hard to cooperate and finally completed the process, and then he had to show an attitude of satisfaction and enjoyment.  An hour later, the information was sent to Concubine De.  A total of three officials fell into the water, of which Zhang Bangchang was the most valuable and credible.  Zhang Bangchang and Ouyang were at odds, and Concubine De also heard about it.  During the battle in Xixia, Ouyang did not take Zhang Bangchang seriously at all, causing the two to become enemies.  Although one was a local official and the other was a capital official, they were always wrong.  After analyzing the intelligence, Concubine De came to the conclusion that the bottom line Zhao Yu gave Ouyang was to grant Yelu Chun the title of King of Northern Liao, with a guard of 100 people and the right to feed 10,000 households.  This news made Concubine De feel a little cold. The purpose of her peace talks was to give up part of Tokyo's land and reduce her military strength, and instead asked Song Dynasty to support Yelu Chun as the emperor of Northern Liao Dynasty. ??But it's right to think about it carefully. Yelv Chun's current situation is that of the emperor of Northern Liao. It would be unreasonable if the Song Dynasty had no intention of recognizing the emperor of Northern Liao and instead sent an imperial envoy to conduct peace talks.  De Fei knew that she had lost part of her bargaining chip. If she had used the territory of Tongzhou and Linhuang Prefecture to negotiate in the past, the Song Dynasty people might have agreed to support her, but as of now, her goal was too high.  ¡°And on the second day of the negotiation, Concubine De knew what it means to speak like a lion.  Ouyang said sincerely that his bottom line is that the Liao people give up their arms, disarm and return to the people.  The imperial court will confer Yelv Chun the title of Duke of Liao and grant food to two thousand households.  There is a saying about this title. The title can be inherited, but every time it is inherited, it will be downgraded by one level.  Two generations after the founder of the country, there was nothing left.  Although Ouyang asked for a lot of money, De Fei knew it and paid it back.  Concubine De made several suggestions of her own. The first one was for the Emperor of Northern Liao. Ouyang firmly disagreed and said clearly that if this condition was met, there would be no way to negotiate. He would not be able to explain to the emperor at all.  The second suggestion is that Concubine De sacrifices some territory and only wants the king of the three states. In return, Yelu Chun, as the king of the three states, enjoys the treatment of the king of Zhanglan Yuzhou. He will implement complete autonomy under his rule, and all taxes will be borne by him.  The king of the three states has the final say, and he will rule the three states forever.  As a condition, the three states will give up their military power and use Song law.  Ouyang emphasized that military power and local management rights are the bottom line of this negotiation.  Ouyang said that Yelu Chun's title could be adjusted, or he could break the Song Dynasty rule and let a woman inherit it.  But management rights will not be handed over.  Ouyang introduced the current situation in Tokyo. There are only 50,000 people but an army of more than 300,000. It cannot last long at all.  If management rights are not handed over, no one will be willing to immigrate to this place. Without people, there will be no money, and there is a shortage of women. Even if Yelu Chun is elected emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty, once the country cannot support it, it can only continue to plunder, but there is no guarantee.  production, not to mention prosperity and recovery.  Feeding is different. Ouyang said that as long as he agreed, he would select relatively wealthy cities in the Song Dynasty to supply feed.  The foragers have no management rights, but all the tax profits from these two thousand people will be used by the foragers.  The first day has ended. It seems that both sides are a bit gunpowder, but in fact both sides are developing according to the "confidential information" leaked by Li Bangchang.  Concubine De also received news that Ouyang sent people to have secret contacts with Emperor Tianzuo who was demoted to king.  This is what Concubine De is most worried about.  She had long heard that Ouyang never negotiated properly, and that there was a false edict incident in Xixia last time, which finally forced all Li Qianshun's bargaining chips away.  If the Song army supported Emperor Tianzuo and attacked Tokyo, the soldiers would no longer have any fighting spirit.  "Are you still going?" Zhang Bangchang was about to cry: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, that's a little goblin. If the official has the body of the Imperial Envoy, he won't be afraid, but The Imperial Envoy saw that the official had a hard time getting up from the bed today. Go again,  Sooner or later, these old bones will be eaten by her, along with the skin and flesh." "Who told me that the emperor would come and go without frowning?" Ouyang asked.  "" Zhang Bangchang stood up staggeringly and said, "Just go down to the official position." Zhang San felt that Ouyang was too cruel, so he helped Zhang Bangchang to the door attentively.  He came back and snickered: "Sir, Zhang Bangchang is covered in cold sweat and his clothes are wet." "Really, I asked him to play with women and do things for the country. How could he end up on the guillotine?" Ouyang laughed: "But, Zhang Bangchang  He is indeed a key figure. It can be seen from today's negotiation that Concubine De has accepted the bottom line we proposed. "Li Si asked: "Why did you secretly send people to contact Emperor Tianzuo?" "Looking for more cooperation.  . If Concubine De dares to speak loudly, we will not talk about supporting Emperor Tianzuo to attack Tokyo. After all, he is the orthodox emperor of the Khitan people and has certain influence." Ouyang said.  There is only one spot. If Concubine De doesn¡¯t want it, then give it to him. Or it¡¯s because a weak country has no diplomacy. By the way How is Yelu Chun¡¯s condition? " "Before we arrived, Concubine De sealed off the temporary palace, and all of them were concubines.  Li Chuwen couldn't even go in to visit the patient. "Li Si said: "But we still saw some clues. We speculated that Yelu Chun had been coughing up blood. After looking at the medicine residue we got, he must be suffering from tuberculosis.  Judging from the amount of medicine, Yelu Chun only has half a month left at most, and the deadline is approaching. " Zhang San said: "I heard that they didn't expect that we could capture Huanglong Mansion in winter, and the soldiers below are a little afraid of the strength of the Forbidden Army.  Under such circumstances, people don't like to fight. The Khitan people have been pampered for two hundred years, and their blood has been completely drained. " Ouyang said in a good mood: "I'm worried that Zhang Bangchang can't stand it. It doesn't matter if he dies.  It would be bad if the news got out. "Zhang Bangchang found the palace maid's residence again. Because of the temporary palace, the palace maids lived in civilian residences outside the state capital. After the local population was plundered by the Jurchens, the empty houses were already moldy.  The palace maid was waiting for Zhang Bangchang. Zhang Bangchang forced a smile and expressed kindness and kindness to the little goblin who greeted him.Desire.  What news will be revealed this time?  The news is based on inquiring information, Emperor Tianzuo has initially agreed with Song Jun's opinion.  He helped the Song army command the Khitan soldiers in Tokyo. After the success, he accepted the title of Duke of Northern Liao.  Moreover, Zhang Bangchang also revealed that Ouyang instructed Han Shizhong to take advantage of the peace talks and everyone's relaxation to occupy some important towns.  This news made Concubine De understand that she no longer had many bargaining chips.  Ouyang pressed forward step by step.  If he could escape to Xiliao back then, the situation would naturally be different.  However, the Northern Liao Dynasty is currently trapped in Tokyo, and the Song army is pressing forward in an aggressive manner.  It won't work if you don't have a softer attitude.  Yelu Chun's illness became more serious, which was also a reason for her helplessness.  There is only one issue that needs to be carefully confirmed now. If a peace treaty is signed, how will the Song Dynasty guarantee its promise.  Although Ouyang also showed sincerity, such as bargaining and so on.  But after all, Li Qianshun was secretly murdered afterwards.  Although there is no evidence, people like Concubine De can definitely guess that it was the work of someone under the Song Dynasty.  "Guarantee?" Ouyang Xiangxiang said: "Empress, let's be clear. Xixia is different from the Liao Kingdom. Li Qianshun is the real emperor and has deep prestige among the people. We also asked him to move to Bianliang, Tokyo. Although  He can't live the luxurious life of the original palace, but at least his descendants in Tokyo can be glorious and wealthy for several generations. But he keeps making excuses to delay, and even makes himself ill to prevaricate us. The only purpose is not to leave Xixia and plan to come back. So.  It is natural to get rid of such dangerous people. "What about me?" asked Concubine De.  Ouyang said: "The Empress sees the difference in treatment in the places occupied by the Song Army. I believe the Empress also understands some folk affairs. Even if the Empress wanted to instigate, I am afraid there will be very few responders. So the Song Dynasty definitely gave Yelu Chun  The emperor has great freedom. If he wants to stay there, he can live in Tokyo, or even go overseas. I, the Song Dynasty, will not stop him, but there is a condition.  Asked: "What are the conditions?" "General Yelu Dashi is my close friend. My emperor also admires Yelu Dashi's general style and intends to invite Yelu Dashi to serve in Tokyo." "Haha" De Fei said with a smile: "You guys have sharp eyesight.  This Yelu Dashi is much more valuable than my husband and I. " "That's right, Yelu Dashi is a member of the royal family, and is deeply loved by the soldiers and trusted by the court." Ouyang said, "The Queen has a good idea, and she really wants to invite Yelu Dashi to Tokyo.  House arrest. But I will never treat him badly. Not to mention the influence of this imperial envoy, the generals also admire Yelu Dashi and must not let others abuse him." Concubine De thought about it and said: "I can do this, but we want to.  Returning to live in Linhuang Mansion, after all, it is still a royal palace. Since the Song Dynasty wants to make me the king of Northern Liao, the situation is not too shabby, right? " "" Ouyang was shocked: "How did you know?"  He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, people in the light don't tell secret stories, is that true?" Ouyang's expression changed. He took a sip of tea and remained silent. After a long time, he asked, "Did that bastard Zhang Bangchang snitch?" De  The concubine did not deny and nodded: "Yes" "Here" "Here" the two internal guards clasped their fists.  "Catch Zhang Bangchang and behead him on the spot. Raise his head to see me." "Yes." The two internal guards clasped their fists and left.  The two ministers accompanying Ouyang said hurriedly: "Sir" "Those who collaborate with the enemy will be killed." Concubine De helped: "Actually, I also hate such villains. They take the salary of the court and betray the court at the same time." This is.  De Fei's last test was to test Ouyang's sincerity.  If what Zhang Bangchang said is true, it means that the Song Dynasty did not have the idea of ??plotting against Yelu Chun.  If Zhang Bangchang's words are false and just a pretext, Ouyang will definitely not be able to kill him.  The two chatted politely, and the inner guard came in with a plate. Ouyang lifted the white cloth and sighed: "Why bother?" Concubine De stood up and saw that it was indeed Zhang Bangchang's senior, and she immediately put down her doubts.  Ouyang also followed the trend and confessed the bottom line given to him by the court.  Both sides reached consensus on the general direction.  But there are still conflicts over details.  For example, Ouyang made an exception for a woman who could become a peerage. Can a wife take the place of her deceased husband and be demoted to a peerage?  Then where are the feeding areas divided?  Of course, Concubine De wanted Yang Ping, but Ouyang certainly didn't agree when she saw that she was poaching her own corner.  So we still have to discuss it.  There are also the arrangements for Concubine De¡¯s natal family. For example, Concubine De¡¯s younger brother and children are going to college and settling in Song Dynasty. I hope Ouyang can give her some official positions.  Ouyang smiled bitterly, he was only a sixth-grade official, how could he get an official position?  Such detailed negotiation is not Ouyang's strong point, so the officials from the Ministry of Menxia and the Ministry of Rites began to negotiate.  Not only personal interests, but also the treatment of Emperor Tianzuo and the safety of soldiers.??, the imperial court's subsidies to Tokyo, etc.  It is estimated that such detailed negotiations will last at least a month.  But the general direction has been solved, and then we have to negotiate on the small details.  But Ouyang didn¡¯t expect that Concubine De would be more difficult to deal with than he thought. There were several details that were difficult to agree on.  For example, Concubine De asked the Song Dynasty to return the property and property they and their courtiers had in Linhuang Mansion.  Another point is that most of the Liao soldiers are equipped with their own weapons and clothes, so it is difficult for them to hand over all their weapons. Finally, it is the shameless idea of ??Concubine De to exchange the materials hoarded in Tokyo into cash at market prices.  The first detail is reasonable. Although it is not within the scope of negotiation that Ouyang is considering, the land cannot be moved, the land deeds, etc. are temporarily detained by the army, and the property was also registered and turned over to the court by Han Shizhong at that time.  It was not difficult for Ouyang to do it.  The second detail belongs to customs. Ouyang visited some Liao soldiers. The Liao soldiers all said that weapons and horses were their private property and they were unwilling to hand over these two things.  As for firearms, they don't care.  The third detail is nonsense. Ouyang particularly despises Concubine De's greed.  Ouyang agreed to the first detail, and Ouyang agreed to half of the second detail. Ouyang drafted the peace treaty and said that he would purchase the soldiers' weapons, but the soldiers must hand over their weapons.  As for the horse soldiers, they can keep them.  For the third detail, Ouyang personally went into battle to discuss the matter, and Concubine De finally accepted the price of 100,000 yuan.  Ouyang later learned that Concubine De was so greedy for her own safety.  Firstly, it diverts the attention of Ouyang and others, and secondly, it shows her attitude that money is more important than country.
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