Kai Fu Han

Chapter 533 Gambling

On the [-]th, Xu Zhong came to the lobby of the Ministry of Rites again.

"Do you think that if you kill Wang Boyan, you will be able to influence our decision to promote the Han League?"

Xu Zhong received the news of Wang Boyan's death that day.

His subordinates suggested that Xu Zhong send people to kill Left Prime Minister Huang Qianshan directly, retaliating with tooth for tooth.Xu Zhong did not agree after consideration.

Except for Zhao officials and Xu Zhong who were present yesterday, no one in the world knew that Wang Boyan had surrendered to the Xinghan League.Who would believe that a right-wing prime minister of a country would surrender to an enemy country?

The world will only believe that Wang Boyan was killed by his own enemy, or even by the assassins of the Xinghan League, in order to threaten Zhao Guo to make an unfavorable decision in the negotiation.

This is blatant frame-up.

"It may not be affected, but I just need to let our own people know that there will be no good end for people like Wang Boyan who pick on the outside world." Huang Qianshan replied.

"Since you Zhao Guo insisted so much, there is no need to continue the discussion. Let's see the truth on the battlefield." After Xu Zhong finished speaking, he got up and walked out without waiting for Huang Qianshan to reply.

"I heard that your Xinghan League has recruited many sailors here in the south of the Yangtze River, and some of these people have sworn to join the Xinghan League." Huang Qianshan didn't stop him, but said to himself: "This kind of person can be regarded as He has committed treason and the three tribes should be punished."

Xu Zhong stopped and turned to look at Huang Qianshan, waiting for his next words.

"I also heard that most of these people did not move their families to the jurisdiction of your Xinghan League, but stayed in Jiangnan."

"Do you really want to die that much?" Xu Zhong asked.

Huang Qianshan threatened Xu Zhong to compromise with the lives of the family members of the navy officers who joined the Xinghan League.

"It doesn't matter if I die, the plan is already there. And if you just kill me, I don't know if the next person who takes over my role in negotiating will be as good-tempered as me." Huang Qianshan looked at Xu Zhong with a sinister look.

He is gambling.

The Han League will not care about the lives of their own soldiers' families if they want to prosper.

In the end, Huang Qianshan completely suppressed Wang Boyan's negotiating disadvantage in the next game.

Now, the two sides have returned to the original equilibrium state.

"Let's do this. Each of us will state our needs, seek common ground while reserving differences, and then discuss it." Xu Zhong did not intend to continue playing tricks.

The ability of people like me to play tricks is far worse than the scholars of Zhao State.

These people are shameless, shameless, evil-minded and experienced. If they continue to fight for others' strengths, the results will only become more ugly.

"Yes, but you have to say it first." Huang Qianshan nodded in agreement, indicating that Zhao Guo was indeed sincere in planning peace talks.

"I won't beat around the bush and just show our Xinghan League's trump card. If we succeed in signing a peace treaty, we won't win on the battlefield." Xu Zhong then stated the needs of the Xinghan League one by one. There are three main points:
1. Both sides ceased fighting, and the garrison on the north and south banks of the Yellow River must not exceed 1 people.

2. The north bank of the Yellow River will be governed by the Han League, and the south bank of the Yellow River will be governed by the Han League.This article does not mention who is the master and who is the slave, which can be regarded as indicating the decision of the Xinghan League to become independent.

3. The governments of the two countries shall not interfere with normal non-governmental trade without reason, and shall not limit the content and quantity of transactions.In this regulation, Xu Zhong specifically reminded that this requirement was for both parties and was not restricted to Zhao State only.

After Xu Zhong finished speaking, Huang Qianshan stated Zhao's requirements, which were far from the needs of the Xinghan Alliance expounded by Xu Zhong.

Zhao State not only did not intend to directly give Haizhou in Hebei to the Xinghan League, but also required that the Xinghan League's sphere of influence should not extend beyond the Jingdong West Road and Jingdong East Road.Regardless of whether Zhao Guo has the ability to regain the land west of the East and West Road in Beijing.

Huang Qianshan did not put much emphasis on trade. He presumably was interested in the profits from sea trade and did not want the fleet of the Xinghan Alliance to continue to block the Qiantang River estuary.The biggest dispute between the two parties is the division of chassis.

After all, Zhao State still has close to one million forbidden troops and does not intend to simply give up the land in Hebei.

The two negotiating teams conducted in-depth discussions on the terms of the peace treaty in the next few days. First, they reached an agreement on the small peripheral terms, and finally Zhao Guo also agreed to the two sides' request to reduce the garrison at the handover point.

Zhao State sent Kaifeng's 20 Western Army back to the Hetao area, while the Xinghan Alliance withdrew its second fleet from the mouth of the Qiantang River to the outer sea.

In the end, the point of dispute still lies in the division of the dividing line.

Zhao Guo repeatedly emphasized that the Xinghan League had not yet recovered the chassis west of the East and West Road in Beijing, so it could not claim sovereignty.The Xinghan League believes that except for Haizhou, all the land in Hebei no longer belongs to the Xinghan League. It was either occupied by Xixia, or by the puppet Qi and Jin countries, so whoever regains it should belong to whom.

On March [-], the two sides sat together again.

"Our official family has a request. As long as you can agree to it, he will agree to whoever regains the land in Hebei." Huang Qianshan said.

"Tell me about it." In the past few days, there have been too many such routines. In the end, the "official family's" demands were too much, and Xu Zhong couldn't accept it and left it alone.

"You, the Xinghan League, must announce to the world that you will never assassinate any middle-level or higher officials from his forces."

This was tantamount to abolishing martial arts. Xu Zhong did not dare to make up his mind. After the negotiations were suspended, Xu Zhong immediately sent a letter to Liu Xinqi.

"Promise him, but only to the State of Zhao." Liu Xinqi's first sentence in the reply was followed by an explanation: "The text of the peace treaty is easy to break through. It cannot be assassinated, but can also be attacked by force, so don't worry about it."

And the peace treaty can be broken.

In the afternoon, the two sides sat together again.

"Our alliance leader has agreed, but only for Zhao. We, the Xinghan Alliance, will not be merciful to foreign countries." Xu Zhong said.

"That's good. According to the agreement, whoever recovers will return to whom. Haizhou and Lianshui Army now belong to Zhao State, so you can no longer covet them." Huang Qian said kindly.

"For the same reason, Yuzhou Island is currently occupied by our Xinghan League, so it should belong to our Xinghan League."

This is the bottom line explained by Liu Xinqi and cannot be exceeded.

"That won't work. Yuzhou Island belongs to Donghai County and Haizhou, so you should return Yuzhou Island to us."

"Impossible." Xu Zhong's attitude was very firm.

"How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed? You have stationed a large number of troops on Yuzhou Island. How can we, the officials of Haizhou, sleep?"

"In any case, Yuzhou Island already belongs to the Xinghan Alliance, and this cannot be changed." Xu Zhong refused to discuss with Huang Qianshan to avoid getting into Huang's rhythm. .

"Then what do you think we should do?" After so many days of negotiations, no one among the Xinghan League officials looked tired.

"Yuzhou Island can also be regarded as a front line of the Yellow River. The result is already obvious. The defenders of Yuzhou Island should also be counted among the 1 people."

"Yes." Xu Zhong nodded in agreement.

Jiaozhou Bay is within easy reach, and Yuzhou Island is just a good place to stay and does not require too many people to be stationed there.

(End of this chapter)