The two boats approached and gradually got closer to each other.
Tu Guobao stood on the deck with a complicated mood, while Yan Wogong, Li Yuchun, Wu Zhikui and others next to him were very calm.
If he hadn't been desperate, Tu Guobao would not have been willing to board the arrow boat of the pseudo-Admiral Jiangnan and come to see the pseudo-Admiral Zhu Wu.
"I've seen the military gate!"
Li Yuchun felt a little familiar now. He stood on the bow of the boat and bowed his hands to the man in silver armor, which was very natural.
Tu Guobao gritted his teeth and raised his hand to the smiling man. He had also heard about the name of Zhu Wu, the fake Jiangnan Admiral. Legend has it that he was the ninth brother of Lu Supervisor, and his title was General Zhenguo. But in the past, he had heard about Zhu Wu.
His deeds are all about how he was tortured by Li Yuchun in western Zhejiang. He was tortured eighteen hundred times, but he never surrendered.
At that time, I just thought this guy was kind enough, but I didn't realize that he was actually quite elegant and heroic.
"I've met Admiral Zhu!"
On the boat opposite, Zhu Yihai, who goes by the name of Zhu Wu, smiled and said to Tu Guobao, "You may as well be the Tu Admiral."
The official position of admiral was first held by internal ministers and civil servants. It was located above the general military officer and had the meaning of supervision. For example, in the Yongle Dynasty, the three major battalions of the pro-army army all had admiral internal ministers. In the Zhengde Dynasty, Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty claimed to be the governor of military affairs, and Wu Chen Jiang
From then on, Bin took Ping Lubo as his admiral and Wu Chen as his admiral.
After the mid-Ming Dynasty, there were many cases where governors also had the military title of admiral. There was an admiral in the camp in Beijing, and there was an admiral in Caojiang in Nanjing.
However, at this time, after the Manchus entered the customs, in order to appease the surrendered generals, they began to set up general troops indiscriminately, which could not only appease the surrendered generals but also weaken their military power. They also began to set up admiral-general military officers in each province to take charge of the military affairs of a province.
Zhu Yihai became the superintendent of the country, and he did not hesitate to add military commanders and governors to each province.
He also appointed himself the Jiangnan Admiral, who directly commanded the military affairs of the provinces south of the Yangtze River. Anyway, Zhu Yihai could supervise the military affairs along the three thousand miles along both sides of the Yangtze River, so his power was somewhat unlimited.
But in the eyes of Tu Guobao and other Qing generals who surrendered, they felt that this was in line with his legendary status as the ninth younger brother of Lu Jianguo.
When the admiral saw the admiral, Tu Guobao burst into tears.
Zhu Wu, the pseudo-admiral, occupied the city where he, the governor of Jiangning, supervised military affairs, and annihilated his Fu Biao, so that he, the admiral, now had no soldiers or city left, which was really embarrassing.
"Headquarters heard from the envoy you sent that you want to redeem Suzhou?"
Zhu Yihai got straight to the point.
When Tu Guobao heard the word "redemption", he blushed and argued, "It's not about redeeming Suzhou, it's about peace talks, a truce, and if you withdraw from Suzhou, we won't surround you and let you leave."
"Humph, that's not what your envoy told me. He said that you want to redeem the city and pay for it with money. That's why I agreed to see you. Now, why are you going back on your word? Can the headquarters just turn its back on you?
People, can I treat you to wonton noodles?"
"What wonton noodles?" Yan Wogong immediately complimented.
Tu Guobao, who has been a water bandit in Taihu Lake, knows very well that this is the Black Lake on the road. When water thieves rob people, they often say this sentence, which means throwing people into the water.
On the way here, Tu Guobao also thought about various negotiation techniques and calculated how many bargaining chips he had in his hands. For example, Yan Li and the others had 30,000 troops, and then there were Li Shutai, Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong and others who had tens of thousands of troops outside, and Jiang Ning.
Reinforcements from Hangzhou are definitely on the way.
Unexpectedly, the young pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu did not give him a chance to perform.
If you want to talk, just show sincerity and make an offer. If you don't want to talk, just get out.
"Nine Kings, please calm down. We are very sincere. You see, if we dare to come alone, we have taken great risks. How dare we come if we are not sincere?" Yan Wogong said quickly.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and make a quote. What benefits can you give me that are worth giving up Suzhou City?"
"The Jiangning and Hangzhou armies are coming soon. Even if Admiral Zhu takes Suzhou, you won't be able to hold it," Tu Guobao said.
"Then just ride on the donkey and read the songbook and we'll see what happens. There's no need to talk."
"Wait a moment!"
"What benefits does Admiral Zhu want before withdrawing his troops?" Tu Guobao was anxious. This feeling of seeking skin from a tiger made him a little uneasy, but also a little exciting.
"I heard that the Tatars from Jiangning City are coming to aid Suzhou, so my headquarters will take the soldiers to Nanjing for a tour to pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum. I might not have a chance to enter Nanjing City."
The next step is to negotiate. Although Tu Guobao is always reluctant to let go, and he obviously wants to redeem Suzhou and save his life and official position, he still has some scruples.
Fortunately, Yan Wogong, a super spy, was on the side to stir up the atmosphere. Tu Guobao, a cruel and brutal governor, slowly came into his own. Even Li Yuchun would be there to do some finishing touches from time to time. After all, he had already had a good cooperation with Zhu Yihai.
, has a lot of experience and can point out some inappropriate points in Tu Guobao's proposals.
Zheng Jiwu also offered a few words of help from time to time.
Even Wu Zhikui nodded from time to time.
Tu Guobao really thought that everyone had this attitude. He didn't know that this was actually a big show, and everyone else was just an actor or a supporter, accompanying him in the show.
For example, when Zhu Yihai was still young, he earned some manuscript fees by writing books part-time, so he also wanted to follow the trend and buy a house. When he entered the sales office, it was very hot, and he fought hard to get a house. After waiting for several years, he finally got a house.
Handed over the house, got the keys and went to decorate.
After finishing the installation, he discovered that at night, the building in the new suburban area was silent. The entire high-rise building, except the top floor that he had finally grabbed, was lit with lights, reflecting the bright moon, giving the quiet building a touch of light and lighting up others.
night sky.
Tu Guobao originally had a lot of experience, but he would never have thought in his wildest dreams that Yan Wo Gong, Zheng Jiwu, and Wu Zhikui were actually Zhu Wu's people, and Zhu Wu was not named Zhu Wu, but was actually Lu Jianguo.
Even Li Yuchun was deceived by boiling a frog in warm water and became lame.
In such a confused way, you finally negotiated a secret agreement with me, just like Li Yuchun did.
Zhu Yihai didn't offer a high price. He only asked for one year's tax in Suzhou to be converted into silver, which was more than 1.1 million taels. The whole price was two million taels. Tu Guobao cursed in his heart, is there such a round-up method?
In the end, after half a day of bargaining, Zhu Yihai insisted on paying taxes for one year and rounded up the amount by converting silver into 1.2 million taels of silver.
Of course Tu Guo Bao couldn't get such a large sum of money.
Of course, Zhu Yihai didn't expect him to be able to pay it out. The hundreds of thousands of taels of money that Tu Guobao had worked so hard to embezzle were now in his hands.
So in the end, a payment plan was drawn up to redeem the city in exchange for silver. Zhu Yihai was very generous and said that it didn't matter if he had no money. As long as anything valuable could be exchanged for silver, from gold and silver to jewelry, from grain to cloth, from horses to
Cattle and sheep, from armor to swords and guns, from guns and cannons to gunpowder, and even slaves, as long as they are valuable.
"Don't feel bad. You are the fake governor of Jiangning. You can use the money and materials in the treasury without having to pay out of your own pocket. I can even give you a little cash back as a thank you for your cooperation."