Late Tang

"Negotiation, negotiation, negotiation!" Li Cunxiao muttered dissatisfiedly, picked up the wine glass, drank it down, and slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the wine table.

"Speak carefully!" Gao Siji didn't expect Li Cunxiao to react like this, so he quickly persuaded him in a low voice.Today was supposed to be a gathering of the brothers and sisters, so it was chosen in the mansion of the senior brother Liu Xun, and there were no outsiders, except Qian Liu and Yang Xingmi, two disciples of the King of Qin who were far away in the southeast, and the remaining eleven of the Thirteen Taibao. It's all here.In the past few years, the righteous brothers have a bright future, and now all of them are either Taibao, or inspecting the Taibao, or the prince Shaobao, inspecting the prince and Taibao.In recent years, the imperial court has granted official positions indiscriminately. They have been honored by King Qin, and they have also been awarded many honorary titles without real power. Because they added more titles of Taibao, the thirteen disciples of King Qin have the reputation of the Thirteen Taibao.Although most of the Qin Fan are not called by the title of the official position conferred by the imperial court, this title is retained.

It is also extremely rare for 11 members of the Thirteen Taibao to get together. In recent years, everyone has commanded an army. For example, although Li Rang, the seventh oldest, does not lead troops, he is the Minister of Finance of the King of Qin and the account manager of the Qin Fan. Bu Shangshu is even more busy.Finally, the war stopped for a while, and everyone rarely got together, so they drank sand wine.All present here are also important ministers of Qin Fan, and Liu Xun also talked about the current secret negotiations during the meeting.This matter is a secret to others, but it is nothing to them here.

"Third brother, don't stop me, I just said, let's talk about it. We have millions of troops, what are we talking about with them, just beat their mothers. Hurt people, but in the end, they were not killed. We broke down and scattered like birds and beasts, and now we have occupied the old nest. If you want me to say, for the bird court, whether it is from Chengdu or Chang'an, it should have smashed him with a punch. The world is already terrible. , It's time to change the world. In this world, it's our master who should sit here. Others don't have the qualifications and prestige."

Naturally, everyone here agrees with these words, regardless of whether it is public or private, if the King of Qin rules the world, then they are naturally the most willing.

"I guess my lord has more considerations about this matter." Liu Xun, as a senior brother, is not the oldest, but he has the most flexible mind. Little Zhuge is not called for nothing. It is famous all over the world.Now he is the head of the first legion at a young age, commanding [-] elites, but it is free.Although Li Jing negotiated with Chang'an, he was a little surprised.But after thinking about it, I felt that it was in line with His Highness's usual style.

Today's Qin Fan does have the upper hand and has various advantages over the Chang'an New Dynasty.But on the other hand, the more this is the case, the easier it is to force the other party to make concessions at the negotiating table, so that Qin Fan can achieve many results he wants on the negotiating table without using the army.In fact, he asked to meet Li Jing specifically for this matter, and asked what Li Jing meant.Li Jing did not hide anything from this clever disciple.

Tell him directly what you want.

At that time, Li Jing asked Liu Xun, "What is our goal?"

"Seize the world!" Liu Xun replied directly.It is a fact that everyone is aware of.Today's Qin Fan does not need to hide their goal, and no one will be unclear about this goal.

"Yes, our goal is to seize the world, but how can we seize the world?"

"Shoot it down!"

"Well, no matter how decadent the dynasty is, it will not be willing to give up the world. Conquering the world is natural, but you also understand that winning the world is the goal, and conquering the world is just a means. In layman's terms, war is just a continuation of politics, and war is just a continuation of politics. The means are not the end, the purpose is to seize the world. Therefore, if the goal can be achieved without fighting, then why bother to fight. At the negotiating table, sometimes more things can be obtained than the means of war. Of course, this must also be done in a powerful On the basis of China's military strength, there will be enough bargaining chips in negotiations."

At that time, Liu Xun was a little confused. He didn't quite know what he could get more on the negotiating table than on the battlefield.

However, Li Jing said some more words to let him understand.

"In fact, winning the world is only a primary goal, not our ultimate goal."

"final goal?"

"Well, we can't just be satisfied with winning the world. What we have to do is not join a game of thrones and win him. Instead, we have to create history and create the future. What we have to do is to make achievements in the present and stand in the future. For the blessing of future generations."

"What is the ultimate goal of your lord?" Liu Xun asked a little excitedly.

"Build a country that is rich and strong, where all nations come to congratulate the heavenly kingdom, the center of the world, so that the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the Chinese nation will stand on top of the world!" Li Jing said confidently.

At this moment, the clever Liu Xun understood everything.Li Jing looked further, although the Qin army now has great strength and can dominate the world with capital and tyrannical force.But such a price would also be very high, but the King of Qin has seen farther, he is working hard for a prosperous and powerful celestial dynasty, and he is avoiding fierce wars that will destroy the world.This man has not sat on the dragon chair yet, but he has already started to think about things with the eyes of the king of the world.

"Now is not the time for a decisive battle. We have just finished the battle in the Northeast. The army needs to recuperate, and the ordnance and supplies need to be replenished. The evacuated granary is still waiting to be filled with food again. The local government also needs to invest more money and manpower. Construction. The most important thing is that, like a hunt, we are now like a tiger entering the mountain, and all the beasts in the forest are fleeing. But if we only deal with one prey silently, then the other wild beasts will not be vigilant Fleeing, and even killing each other as usual. There is a saying of besieging a city, and the current situation is actually the same. What we have to do is to recuperate as much as possible, and at the same time not stop expanding. But we have to avoid the other party's joint resistance, what we have to do is to relax their vigilance, disintegrate their alliance, and then attack one target at a time, until we finally win them all."

"Those conditions proposed by His Highness?"

"Hehe, negotiation, how can it be possible to reveal the truth as soon as you come up, hide your true intentions in a bunch of false demands, and then use those false demands to negotiate a deal with the other party and compromise, and finally achieve your own goals? Real intentions, that's the negotiation."

"Then what is our real intention?"

Li Jing smiled lightly, "It's very simple. Chang'an recognizes Weibo and Chengde as rebel towns, allows Qin Fan to send troops to attack the second town, and restrains the towns from interfering in this matter."

"That's it?" Liu Xun still couldn't believe it, it was too simple.

"Why, do you think this request is too simple?" Li Jing shook his head, and said seriously: "Don't underestimate this request. If the goal is really achieved, then Weibo and Chengde in Hebei will be completely isolated. We can Annex them easily without worrying about fighting a war of attrition that we don't want to fight at this time. Recovering Hebei is very important to us. Development, with Yanjing as the center, controls Hebei, leans on Taihang in the west, leans on Yanshan in the north, controls Hedong on the left, and rests on Shandong on the right. After all, the center of the huge feudal town of Qin Fan is the Bohai Sea Circle. Over the years of development, the entire Bohai circle has Hebei as its core and Yanjing as its center. Hebei is extremely important to us. If we don’t control the Hebei area that is too far east, we can’t really go south to Henan or west with confidence. Guanlong in the east of the river. Now that the northeast and the rear are leveled, our eyes will move to the west and south in the future, and Weibo and Chengzhen are our two biggest roadblocks."

"I have assembled hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in the north. As soon as the negotiation reaches its goal, I will immediately attack the second town of Hebei. I will never give the Chang'an court a chance to go back on its word."

"But since the second town of Hebei is so important, how could Yang Fuguang agree?"

"Hahaha!" Li Jing laughed for a while, "So, this requires the art of negotiation. What we really want is that the Chang'an court and the towns controlled by him will not interfere with us to destroy the second town. Therefore, when we negotiate This is the purpose of putting forward all kinds of conditions that are too harsh to be possible. With strong strength as the backing, we can talk to them step by step, and finally achieve our real goal."

Liu Xun nodded, understood. "So it's for this reason that your lord requested that the imperial court assign the two towns of Hedong and Xuanwu to Qin Fan, and hand over Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong to us?"

"Almost!" Li Jing took a sip from his teacup and replied, "Li Keyong is the biggest threat to our seizure of Hebei Second Town, followed by Zhu Wen. Especially Li Keyong, we are dead enemies with him. Even negotiations are impossible. If Li Keyong intervenes in the war in Hebei, then Wang Chongrong and others are very likely to be involved, and even cause chaos in the end. Therefore, Li Keyong is the first target we have to settle. It's not suitable to attack Li Keyong directly, but if you put pressure on the court, Li Keyong will have to obey." Although Li Jing wanted Li Keyong's head very much, he also knew that Yang Fuguang would not treat him like this. However, if he used force to force him to force Yang Fuguang to control Li Keyong so that he would not intervene in the war in Hebei, it would probably be feasible.Li Keyong would not pay attention to him, but he had to be somewhat afraid of Yang Fuguang's words.This is the big fish eating the small fish, and the small fish eating dried shrimps.

Of course, it would be best if Yang Fuguang sincerely handed over Li Keyong and Zhu Wen.However, it depends on the next negotiation process, it depends on who can win the most desired result at the negotiating table.Except for the most important one of letting the court give up its involvement in the war in Hebei, in fact, for Li Jing, it was nothing more than beating rabbits, and he didn't care too much about it.You have to eat a meal one bite at a time, and you have to take it step by step to conquer the world.The short-term goal is to win the second town of Hebei, and Li Jing won't think too much about the rest for the time being. (To be continued.)