All the ministers present scolded him, but Li Yan was not afraid at all. When he came, he knew that this negotiation would definitely not go smoothly. And he represents the image of Dashun, even if he takes the initiative
Sue for peace, but in the past few years, Dashun almost always won every victory, and Ming Dynasty had no choice but to escape and surrender.
Therefore, when facing the anger of everyone, Li Yan still straightened his back and refused to give in.
"I only want five hundred thousand taels. If you give it, I will agree to peace with the Ming Dynasty. If you don't want to give it, I won't force it, but I refuse to negotiate for peace. Go back and tell your monarch to get ready. My army will go north soon.
." Zhu Ling's eyes forced Li Yan, who was not far away in front of him, and the two looked at each other, showing their sharpness.
Li Yan, who stood in the center of the hall, was also under tremendous pressure. As an envoy, he should fight for the interests of his monarch, and definitely not betray his monarch's interests.
In his opinion, giving up Beizhili was already the greatest sincerity, but now the Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually wants five hundred thousand taels of silver. Isn't this obviously adding insult to injury?
"Your Majesty the Emperor, does your idea mean to add insult to injury? Jiannu is a foreign enemy, not only our enemy, but also the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also needs to rest and recuperate, and it also needs to negotiate peace with our Dashun. We are now holding the view that
Great sincerity, but you... seem to have some."
Naturally, Li Yan still wanted to fight for it. After all, Dashun really needed to negotiate a peace!
"Five hundred thousand is nothing to Dashun. I know exactly how you treated the businessmen and officials of the Ming Dynasty before." Zhu Ling's words were quite majestic, each one becoming more severe than the last.
It seems that today's five hundred thousand taels are inevitable.
Li Yan could only sigh secretly. Before he came here, he thought that the peace talks would be smoother, at least not so difficult. But he really didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would be so open-minded and want to ask for half of Beizhili.
For five hundred thousand taels of silver, do you really think Dashun has been taken advantage of?
"I still have to report this matter to King Shun."
Seeing Li Yan let go again, Zhu Ling also immediately smiled. He immediately changed his tone and said: "Very good, I know that Jiannu is a foreign enemy, and both Ming and Dashun need to fight the enemy together. But now I, Ming, also have difficulties. When I need money, I will
Shun naturally should provide some assistance. If Dashun is in trouble in the future, Daming will also help."
Even though Zhu Ling's words were somewhat sincere, what Li Yan heard in Li Yan's ears was a hypocritical voice. After all, he had been asking for money and land just now, and now he was saying such heartfelt words.
They all felt a little shameless. But since Dashun was seeking help from Daming at this time, there was nothing he could do about it.
"Okay, messenger, please reply to your monarch quickly and send the money over!"
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The cost of a Mo Dao is extremely high, as can be seen from the length alone: the handle is about one meter long, and the blade is about one meter and three meters long, which is a length of two meters and three. The blade is sharp on both sides. It cannot be used by those who are not tall and strong.
Of.
Moreover, the raw material for forging the Mo Dao is iron iron, which is modern patterned steel. Ancient steel is very difficult to refine. Even a general may not have an armor made of iron iron. Even a governor like Zhu Dadian
, the armor on his body is not all made of such fine steel.
Just to make a Mo Dao requires fifty taels of silver, and the whole body weighs nearly thirty kilograms.
Such a powerful and domineering weapon was even described by a saying in the Tang Dynasty at that time: It was like a wall, and both men and horses were shattered.
It can be seen that the power of Modao was definitely the most powerful weapon at that time.
A set of armor costs 300 taels, and a Mo Dao costs 50 taels. Including all other expenses, after the 800 people went through the final selection again that day, there were only 500 people left. Five hundred people
The expenditure required 200,000 taels of silver, including salary and military merit rewards.
Five hundred thousand taels, just right!
"Your Majesty, in addition to the 500-man Mo Dao team, how many troops do we need this time? Our army now has a total of 120,000 troops from Yanzhou to the entire Shandong. If we add in the local troops in each prefecture and county,
We will have a total of 70,000 to 80,000 troops, but these troops... are probably not enough."
Wang Jiayan's words naturally make sense. The troops in the prefectures and counties in Shandong are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and he has not been rectifying the military and economy in Shandong these days. Once those soldiers and horses encounter a tough enemy
After that, it will be considered good if it can not collapse within a moment.
The soldiers and horses around Yanzhou also sent 30,000 to 40,000 troops because they wanted to recover Jinan and Liaocheng. However, the two places around Yanzhou also each had 10,000 troops stationed. Therefore, the troops in Yanzhou at this time were only more than 50,000.
Troop strength. This time we are going to march into Yingtian Mansion and get rid of Ma Shiying. If there are too many troops in Yanzhou, there will be no troops; if there are too few, there will be risks.
"I think it's better to wait first."
Shi Kefa is quite familiar with the situation of Ma Shiying and Yingtianfu. Although they are both plains, there are paddy fields all over, which is not suitable for large-scale battles. The Modao Team is more suitable for fighting there. If it weren't for the ridiculously high cost of setting up the Modao Team.
, he really wanted the entire army to be equipped like this.
"Then Yuan Jixian is contacting the soldiers and horses in the southern provinces? Wait for news from him. If everything goes well there and he has gathered a lot of troops, we don't need to send out a lot of troops here. After all, even if we negotiate a peace with the intruders, we still have to wait for news.
There is a threat of slavery.”
"good."
Zhu Ling also thought about it: "It is estimated that Ma Shiying will hold the coronation ceremony in these two days, and we have to start preparations. Or we can hold the coronation ceremony first and catch Ma Shiying and the others off guard!"
"As you command!"
Yingtianfu
At this time, Ma Shiying was already running around in a hurry. Ever since King Yong and King Ding escaped a few days ago, the prince had not woken up. Even though Lu Zhenfei had escaped, the prince still did not look like he was about to wake up. Even he was ten o'clock all day long.
I have been monitoring the prince for two hours, but did not notice him waking up.
"Hey! The enthronement ceremony is about to begin! The prince hasn't woken up yet, so he must find a way!"
Just at this time, Liu Liangzuo also walked in. Looking at Ma Shiying who had been pacing back and forth, he couldn't help but feel a little speechless: "What are you going around here? It makes me upset."
Hearing this, Ma Shiying immediately explained: "Many days have passed since we read out the false edict. The officials and soldiers below have begun to doubt their trust in us. If we cannot prove our legitimacy, there will definitely be big problems in the future.
!And now the most important prince cannot wake up, and the two highnesses have also run away. I am worried about this."
Hearing that Ma Shiying was worried about this matter, Liu Liangzuo just chuckled a few times, and then said disdainfully: "What's so difficult about this? At worst, just replace it with a fake one. Who can find out? Or who dares to ascend the throne?
Does the ceremony say that the emperor above is fake?"
I knew that Liu Liangzuo was a bit bold, but I didn't expect that he would dare to use fake ones even when he ascended the throne. It was beyond Ma Shiying's expectation.
"If someone finds out, do you know how serious the consequences will be?" Ma Shiying was also helpless because of his boldness. Do you really think this is a small matter? Once someone finds out, this matter will definitely spread. By then they will
You will definitely not be able to escape the charge of being a traitor and a traitor, and you will definitely be cast aside by others.
"If others find out that the prince who was enthroned at the ceremony is fake, you, Ruan Dacheng, and I will immediately be branded as traitors and traitors. After that, many of the officials who were loyal to us will probably turn against us!"
"You think too much!"
Liu Liangzuo couldn't help but stood up and said: "So what if we know? When you and I seize power in the future, won't they scold us? It seems that sooner or later they will betray us, so it is better to eliminate them completely this time!"
There are many people who want to be officials waiting! As long as we make them loyal to us, we can grant these official positions to them, why not?"
"Then how can the people be calmed?"
"This is easier." Liu Liangzuo suddenly didn't know why he wanted to cooperate with such a stupid person before. "Those civilians just want land and life, just give it to them. Those businessmen don't want to increase business taxes, so let's reduce them a little.
, in this way, we can stabilize here immediately."
After listening to Liu Liangzuo's words, Ma Shiying slowly calmed down. Although he still felt some bad premonitions in his heart, it could only be so.
Except for the crown prince, everything else for the enthronement ceremony has been prepared. People from the Ministry of Etiquette, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were found to arrange and plan the enthronement ceremony. In order to make this ceremony appear real, they even took out five
One million taels of silver transformed the ceremony into the most luxurious scene.
"Have they not found Wu Linzheng and Zheng Chenggong yet?"
Liu Liangzuo sat down again and said dissatisfiedly: "I am the only one searching these days. How can I find them? It seems that we still have some spies here and have hidden them."
"It's better to let it go for the next few days. The enthronement ceremony is over first, and it won't be too late to find them later." Ma Shiying ignored Liu Liangzuo's dissatisfaction and continued.
"I have sent a troop of soldiers and horses to the road that Zheng Zhilong must pass. If he wants to bring troops here, it will be impossible."
"There is one person I am worried about, the Governor of the two provinces and Nanjing - Yuan Jixian."
[Author's digression]: I'm sorry, I posted the wrong chapter due to my negligence yesterday. I will contact the editor as soon as possible to correct it.