It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun's mood at the moment is very complicated.
It is true that in this battle, he defeated Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, and forced Chu State to stop fighting and make peace with Wei State due to Qi State's attitude. Therefore, it is not surprising that he was able to regain the power of his father, Emperor Wei. He made a promise to the King of Chu and refused the marriage proposal of his imperial sister Princess Yulong, but he also lost money to his brother Zhao Hongzhao, the sixth emperor, because of this.
To be fair, Zhao Hongzhao really can't say whether this matter is a gain or a loss. After all, Zhao Hongzhao and Princess Yulong are both very close to him. Although he has restored Princess Yulong now, he has lost the person he is. To be honest, Zhao Hongzhao felt uncomfortable with the Liuhuang brother who was very close to and respected him.
He remembered the time when he was short of money and secretly took the calligraphy treasures of his sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao outside the palace and sold them at low prices. Afterwards, when his sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao noticed this, he did not blame him. Instead, he sent someone to buy his paintings and calligraphy back.
Although the Sixth Emperor Brother also used this matter to force Zhao Hongrun, in the final analysis, it was just that he wanted to introduce Zhao Hongrun to his close friends, and it was not considered malicious at all.
Among the eight brothers, except for his younger brother Hongxuan, the others who Zhao Hongrun has a favorable impression of are probably the second emperor brother Yong Wang Hongyu and the sixth emperor brother.
But strictly speaking, Yong Wang Hongyu had a deep meaning in treating Zhao Hongrun favorably. For example, he hoped to win over Zhao Hongrun and let Zhao Hongrun support him in his fight for the throne.
However, the goodwill shown by Zhao Hongzhao, the Sixth Emperor's brother, to Zhao Hongrun has nothing to do with interests and is purely a friendship between gentlemen.
Such an elder brother, because he insisted on going to war with Chu, silently sacrificed himself to Qi as a hostage in exchange for Qi's support for Wei. To be honest, Zhao Hongrun felt uncomfortable after learning about this.
Although he knew that this move must have been done willingly by Zhao Hongzhao, because otherwise, their father would never send his once most respected and beloved son to Qi State as a hostage. It was only possible that Zhao Hongzhao took the initiative to persuade Their father.
But how much helplessness is mixed with this willingness?
If the Wei Dynasty was strong enough, would the Sixth Emperor sacrifice himself and go to Qi to seek help? If he had no other choice, he would leave Daliang, where he was born and raised. He would leave his father and mother and concubine, and travel thousands of miles to Qi. Being a hostage in Qi State, an unfamiliar place?
Dawei... is not strong enough!
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo coldly and attributed all the grudges to this guy.
Why is this kid looking at me nervously all of a sudden?
Xiong Tuo obviously couldn't guess what Zhao Hongrun was thinking, and felt a little baffled.
From the sidelines, Huang Su, a scholar-official of the Chu State, was afraid that the two men would argue like before, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Master Run, regarding the matter of peace, I don't know whether the master agrees."
In fact, his words can be regarded as making excuses. After all, Zhao Hongrun proposed "crusade Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo" instead of "cruel Chu State".
The slogan "" is enough to prove that Zhao Hongrun had already thought about eventually reconciling with the Chu State, so he did not completely break up with him.
Therefore, there is no so-called question of whether to agree or not.
The reason why Huang Xu mentioned this matter was simply to hope that everyone in the room would change the topic to Yan He's matter.
"..." Zhao Hongrun looked at Huang Xu several times after hearing this. Seeing his determined expression, he understood a little bit.
Obviously, the other party has already guessed that he also intends to stop fighting and make peace. With both parties knowingly knowing each other, any tricks they play would be a bit ridiculous.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun didn't play any tricks, nodded and said truthfully: "Okay, let's call it quits and make peace."
The reason why he was so cheerful was because he already knew that it was not all his credit that forced Chu to make peace with him this time. Half of the credit should go to his brother Zhao Hongzhao, the Sixth Emperor.
And why did his Sixth Emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao make such a huge sacrifice?
They just hope that their mother country, Wei, will end the melee between the two countries as soon as possible and get rich post-war benefits from Chu, which can be used to strengthen Wei.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun could not act according to his own preferences and ignore the sacrifice of his brother Zhao Hongzhao in this matter.
Huang Xu felt relieved when he heard the words "Stop the Army" from Zhao Hongrun. After all, he came to the conclusion from his secret observation of Zhao Hongrun. This King Su of Wei is not an easy person to get along with.
His courage, strength, and ability are even better than that of Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng next to him. He can be said to be a dragon among men.
Therefore, Huang Er was afraid that King Su would be blindly optimistic because of the good situation in front of him, so that he would reject Chu's good intentions. As a result, the war between Qi, Wei, and Lu and Chu in the coming year is very likely to end.
Start.
Fortunately, several consecutive big victories did not go to the head of King Su of Wei. He was still able to calmly analyze the contrast between the strengths of Wei and Chu, and wisely made decisions in a favorable situation.
Make the choice to call it a day.
This vision and courage made Huang Er couldn't help but remember the fourteen-year-old King Su of Wei in his heart: This person may become Chu's biggest enemy in Wei in the future!
"Since we have initially reached a tacit understanding, let's talk about compensation again..."
Huang Xu was striking while the iron was hot and wanted to reach the entire agreement as soon as possible. After all, had Zhao Hongrun not said these four words, Prince Su would have led the army to withdraw from their Chu country.
How could Wei's army willingly return all the conquered cities before King Su of Wei had obtained sufficient benefits?
Huang Arsenic is not so naive.
"Compensation matter." Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled, somewhat like he was sharpening his sword.
Because he felt that if he did not take the opportunity to kill Chu, he would be really sorry for the soldiers and civilians of Wei who were killed by the Chu people, and for the Junshui Army and Yanling Army who braved the cold to support him in declaring war on Chu.
The Sixth Emperor Brother Zhao Hongzhao created such an advantageous situation for him.
"What are you going to talk about?"
While talking, Zhao Hongrun told Shen Yu to send someone to invite Bailiba to come. After all, for such a major matter that concerns the interests of the entire Wei State, it is best to have a person with enough weight to guard the situation, so as not to spread rumors in the country.
What gossip.
After all, it stands to reason that Zhao Hongrun is not qualified to negotiate with Chu State.
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, Xiong Tuo immediately sold his brother Xiong Wu, Lord Guling: "Our Chu Kingdom withdraws from the Song Dynasty, and your army also withdraws from our Chu Kingdom."
"Is this the end?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Xiong Tuo with mocking eyes.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Tuo did not show any weakness. He said coldly: "Don't think that Xiong doesn't know. You sent people to steal the wealth of the Peng family, Lu family and other five big clans. Isn't it enough?"
"That's ridiculous!" Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and curled his lips and said, "Then you sent people to sweep away the wealth of several cities in our great Wei Dynasty. So what does that mean?!"
"Fart!" Xiong Tuo said angrily when he heard this: "Didn't those properties fall into your hands in the end?! I fled back to Chu State alone. What property did I take with you from Wei State?"
"..." Zhao Hongrun was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the situation was really as Xiong Tuo said.
"Then... what about the people of my Wei Dynasty who were killed by your Chu army?" Zhao Hongrun thought of the rhetoric in an instant and said lightly: "A Wei man has one thousand taels, which is an advantage for you."
"One thousand taels? Are all you Wei people made of gold?" Xiong Tuo was furious when he heard this. After all, the price was too outrageous.
He thought for a while and said bitterly: "One or two!"
Now it was Zhao Hongrun's turn to glare: "One tael? Who are you sending away? Believe it or not, I will give you one tael and then chop you off?"
Huang Er couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, fearing that the two would quarrel again and delay the compensation, he quickly stopped Xiong Tuo who was about to curse with his eyes wide open, and said to Zhao Hongrun with a bitter smile: "Huang understands what Young Master Run means.
However, the price of one thousand taels is really too outrageous. Otherwise, I, the Great Chu, will offer pearls, jades, lacquerware, and bronzes equivalent to 200,000 taels of silver to repay Master Tuo for his damage to the cities, soldiers and civilians in your country.
How about the offense?"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said: "One million!"
Huang Xu frowned when he heard this, and then spoke out a number: "One hundred and fifty thousand."
"Nine hundred thousand!"
"Two hundred thousand!"
"Eight hundred thousand!"
"Two hundred and fifty thousand!"
Zhao Hongrun was displeased when he heard this and said: "I will reduce it by 100,000, but you will only increase it by 50,000. Isn't this too stingy?"
After hearing this, Huang Er couldn't help but murmur in his heart: You are asking for a high price and making random nonsense, but we, the great Chu, want to give us real things. How can this be the same?
Gritting his teeth, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, Huang won't say more, five hundred thousand!... This is the final bottom line, Mr. Run." After that, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun and added: "
Mr. Run needs to know that these pearls, jade, lacquerware, and copperware worth five hundred thousand taels of silver are only worth a lot in our country. If they were shipped to your country, I believe their value would be much higher than this."
Zhao Hongrun said nothing, after all, he knew this kind of thing well.
"Okay, then it's five hundred thousand taels." Zhao Hongrun nodded and agreed to the compensation proposed by Huang Er, and then said: "Let's talk about the city ransom in your country. Eighteen cities will be sold in a package. The price is nine.
One hundred thousand!”
After hearing these words, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
But at this moment, Zhao Hongrun blocked the conversation between him and Huang Xu: "Is there any problem? You really don't think that after paying the five hundred thousand compensation, I will lead the army to leave your country.
The land of the king, right?... How can it be so cheap? Those eighteen cities were bought with the blood of my king’s soldiers. They were returned to your country for no reason. How can I have the face to treat them in the future?”
Hearing this, Xiong Tuo pointed at Zhao Hongrun and was so angry that he was speechless.
You must know that as far as he knew, Zhao Hongrun lost about 3,000 troops when he attacked Zhengyang County, and the other seventeen cities were obtained by using the original Chu soldiers of the Pingyang Army to fraudulently open the city gates. There was almost no profit. There were casualties, but Zhao Hongrun's tone sounded as if he had suffered heavy casualties when attacking those cities.
What a shameless person!
"If you have the guts, move those cities away!" Xiong Tuo said angrily.
Zhao Hongrun was not angry when he heard this, and said calmly: "I can't move the city, but I can burn it... I believe that the cost of rebuilding those eighteen cities in your country will be far higher. Is it above the nine hundred thousand?"
"..."
Hearing this, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo and Huang Xu looked at each other and frowned. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your Support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m... to read.) (To be continued.)