The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 108 Post-War Negotiations
Before all the interrogations of this batch of prisoners of war were completed, the imperial court received another battle report. Well, the second batch is already on the way.

It was another battle with zero casualties, which was really a booster, and made all the generals excited.However, with the spread of the injuries of these captives, the scholar-bureaucrats also knew the secret weapon of Shieldfish Island.

The sound of impeachment from the imperial court resounded through the hall, and a stern censor came out:

"Your Majesty, I impeached General Gao Huaiyu, the commander of the Great Xia Navy. Fire oil is a restricted item in combat for hundreds of years, and General Gao actually used this forbidden item to burn 10,000+ people. It is inhumane. Your Majesty, please punish me severely!"

Another censor came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. The minister not only impeached General Gao Huaiyu, but also Li Anbang, the commander-in-chief of Ludi. I heard that the first firefight was initiated by Mr. Li, and this second time it was General Gao. Leader, these two have led the army for many years, and they spend a lot of military expenditure every year. Instead of doing real work, they tried to use such firearms that destroy human nature in vain, which will damage the dignity of our great Xia. I implore your majesty to punish them severely!"

"Senior minister!" A group of civil servants came out and begged.

The generals were outraged, the Duke of Wei came to court today, the old man remained motionless, his eyes lowered.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" Honglu Temple Minister came out calmly.

"Aiqing, please tell me!" Xia Hongdi smiled, not showing any irritation.

"Your Majesty, I have been in the prison in Beijing these days, and participated in the interrogation of the Eastern Japanese prisoners of war with the Dali Temple Minister. These Eastern Japanese people have not only been a shield fish island over the years, but the number of islands and small countries they have robbed is not very high. Counting, they even participated in the Kunlun slave trade of Westerners, burning, killing and looting wherever they went, the crimes are too numerous to list!"

"How is it humane to deal with a group of murderers who have lost their humanity? Controlling violence with violence is the right way!"

Yan Zhong came out: "The minister seconded, Your Majesty, as a minister, have you forgotten the tragic war in the northern border a few years ago? Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to our army!"

"Don't you all want a result of the death of jade and stone? Just for the sake of righteousness, you want to exchange the blood of my Daxia man for victory?"

"I agree with you, these sharp weapons are not for the people of our Great Xia. For foreigners, enemies who want to invade our Great Xia land, all methods are not exaggerated!"

"My minister agrees!"

Xia Hongdi lazily looked at the scholar-bureaucrats who were sweating and tried to argue, and said with a chuckle, "Well, this firearm is indeed more powerful."

"However, if any Aiqing thinks it's inappropriate, I can transfer the children of Aiqing's family to the Navy of Dunyu Island!"

"Then let General Gao make arrangements. If the next time you encounter an enemy attack, let your children fight with swords and guns. I will reward them for their achievements in actual combat with real swords and guns!"

Everyone gasped, who would dare to agree to this?Whose children are not precious?

"Your Majesty is wise, if you don't have enough children from the ministers' families, you will still be from the Nine Clans. If you apply for 20 people at a time, you can always make up all of them!"

Duke Wei came out and sang praises to his son-in-law, hehe, and even impeached his son, such a sharp weapon, his son would not dare to take the blame!

No one dared to respond, the censors acted like quails, and the generals all stared wide-eyed.

After the dynasty was over, the civil servants were dripping with cold sweat, and they couldn't help being afraid. This war didn't involve their own family members, so it was easy to say, but when it involved their own children, it was better to shut up.

Xia Hongdi was so proud that he ate an extra bowl of rice at the dinner in Kunning Palace, alas, why is it so fun to clean up people?
Different from the warm atmosphere of Great Xia, the Dongying people have already found out that something is wrong. There are no survivors in the two waves. The two waves of ronin warriors have basically been hired. Except for the rival family, now they have to go to the shield fish Island, had to be recruited.

However, the Emperor, without giving enough benefits, it is impossible to sign the conscription order.

We can only send envoys to Shield Fish Island to find out.

Gao Huaiyu looked at the envoy from the East Japan with the flag of peace, and brought a few translators who understand Daxia, and said arrogantly, your generals have been captured, and now they have been sent to my capital in Daxia. Accept my big summer trial.

The envoy of Dongying is furious, why do you Daxia judge my general of Dongying?

Gao Huaiyu smiled contemptuously: "We defeated you!"

When the envoy from Dongwo came in a panic, Chili Guala yelled at the interpreter, but the interpreter faltered and dared not return, Gao Huaiyu didn't make things difficult for them, and told them to leave immediately.

With this aggrieved news, the envoy from Dongbo returned to Dongwo, and the news of the defeat spread throughout Dongpu.

Although I always knew that Daxia was very powerful and the land was huge, I never expected their navy to be so powerful. The minister went to Daxia capital to negotiate.

This information was quickly sent back to the court. Xia Hongdi felt that the Japanese were too bad-tempered. How many people were killed or injured?Don't fight, beg for mercy!

Recalling the previous conversation with Uncle Zhongqin, Xia Hongdi found Wei Shangshu, a stingy man in the household department. He talked well.

Wei Shangshu was invited to the imperial study by the eunuch, and he was given a seat. After a while, Xia Hongdi took a sip of tea and asked, "Wei Shangshu has heard that this Eastern Japanese envoy is already on his way to Beijing!"

Wei Shangshu is puzzled, what does this have to do with my household department?Steady to answer: "I have heard about it, I wonder what your Majesty needs the assistance of our household department?"

"Well, Wei Shangshu, here is our chance to make a fortune!"

The old man's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, I would like to hear more about it!"

Xia Hongdi blew on the tea leaves in the teacup, and said unhurriedly, "Eastern Japan is rich in silver!"

Wei Shangshu rolled his eyes: "Do you want them to pay for the burning of our warship?"

"Aiqing, you can be bolder!"

The old man stood up and paced back and forth: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can you still pay us some ransom?"

Xia Hongdi was speechless, and asked: "Your grandson fought with the grandson of the Zhao family next door, your grandson won the fight and severely injured the grandson of the Zhao family, and people from the Zhao family came to your house. As the head of the house, what are you going to do? "

"Apologize to the person, and give the soup and medicine fee and a heavy gift!"

"The other way around, the country that has lost the battle, come to apologize, what should I do?"

The old man was so excited that he almost jumped up: "We must lose money!"

Xia Hongdi whispered to the dry old man for a while, the old man nodded repeatedly with bright eyes, but finally asked: "Your Majesty, if the negotiation is successful, how much money will be brought into the treasury after you ask for it? You don't know, this money He is not rich enough."

Bargaining and fighting with reason, anyway, when leaving the imperial study, Wei Shangshu's face was full of red light, and he vowed to assist Honglu Temple Minister to participate in this negotiation.

The anxious Dongying envoys, a group of ten people, were escorted all the way to the capital by Daxia officers and soldiers, and lived in the post house in Honglu Temple.

They still couldn't figure out the attitude of the Daxia court. After handing over the papers, they spent a lot of money to inquire about the news in a few days, and learned that several of their generals were imprisoned in Dali Temple, but no matter how much they spent No matter how much gold and jewels, there is no way to visit the prison.

The first peace talks were led by Honglu Siqing and Wei Shangshu. The envoys of Dongying put forward the core requirements of the peace talks: to release their generals and soldiers. For the Great Xia Dynasty, they were willing to make annual sacrifices, and this time they brought a lot of offerings.

Honglu Temple Minister nodded with a smile: "Yes, we agree to release the prisoners!"

Wei Shangshu then said: "About the ransom for captives, we have stipulated that the ransom is [-] gold per person for rank four and above, [-] gold per person for rank eight to four, and [-] gold per person for soldiers without rank. !"

The envoys of Dongying were stunned: "This, this is against the rules, Shangguo has never asked for this!"

Wei Shangshu said bluntly: "I have never seen anyone treat Shangguo like this! It is only natural to pay money to redeem people!"

The Minister of Honglu Temple added insult to injury: "Except for the captives, our country suffered heavy losses this time. The Dunyu Island navy lost dozens of ships. These are the best ships of our Daxia Shipyard in the past ten years!"

Wei Shangshu: "There is also my shield fish island, which was bombed by Japan and needs to be rebuilt after the war. This also needs money!"

Honglusi finally said sternly: "Since ancient times, defeated countries have had to cede land and pay compensation. Let's not go to Japan to garrison. Let's convert it into silver!"

The translators are numb. When talking about money, this dignified minister doesn't have the demeanor of a big country. It's simply insulting to the gentleman!

In the first round, they broke up unhappy, and the envoys of Dongpu were so angry that they were about to have a cerebral hemorrhage. Shameless, so shameless!

Xia Hongdi listened to Wei Shangshu's report, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, but next, you two love ministers don't need to go out in person, and use the young people in your department to make demands on them. You can only ask for more and be more ruthless, but no bargaining is allowed!"

In Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Households, there are quite a few young people who want to get ahead, and they regard Dongying as a fat sheep. In the second round of negotiations, the military rations consumed by the war and the salaries paid by the soldiers were all counted. , One stroke, one stroke, there is zero and there is whole.

The envoys from Dongying were so anxious that half of their hair fell out. Well, it's no wonder they dared to sign this kind of agreement!
The most exaggerated thing is that after the negotiation reached a stalemate, the post house they lived in actually started to charge fees, asking for money for accommodation and money for meals, and said grandly: "Our free service has a time limit!"

If you want to move out, it’s not enough. The Daxia official said: "If you want to move out, who will be responsible if there is a problem?"

But to make things difficult, I issued a final warning in Daxia: the last negotiation, if we can’t reach an agreement, then we will skip the negotiation, all the prisoners will be sentenced to death, and our Daxia navy will conquer Dongying Kingdom.

What is there to talk about, robbers, robbers, but they have no choice.

With a mournful face, he signed a series of treaties, from the compensation for the defeat, to the ransom for the sergeants, to other losses, a total compensation of 3000 million taels of silver for Daxia, which can be converted into gold for settlement.

The day when the compensation is paid is the time of release.

The Dongying people took the signed treaty and left the capital in despair. This Great Xia Dynasty can't be offended, can't be offended!

Wei Shangshu still can't believe it, they actually extorted such a large amount of money, this is Daxia's tax for 3 years!
Your Majesty is really powerful, you can even make a fortune in war!
(End of this chapter)