Horse on the World

Chapter 666 Conditions
"Wei Qing, listening to what you said, is the Great Chu about to perish?" Zhou Ruizong was surprised and delighted, and asked Wei Gang repeatedly.

"Although it is impossible to verify the truth and falsehood of what the other party said, but with the strength of Li Qing and the strength of the navy in Guanding Prefecture, I am afraid that the Great Chu is really in danger!" Wei Gang considered his words.

Zhou Ruizong looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Qin Wulie, Qin Wulie, you are under the Nine Springs, did you ever think that your Qin family will have today, hahaha, Wei Qing, I will go to sacrifice to the ancestral temple when I turn around, and take this great good Report the news to my ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they can rest in peace and smile at Jiuquan!"

Wei Gang was silent. Although the Great Chu was in danger, if Dingzhou agreed to negotiate terms, then the orthodoxy of the Great Zhou Dynasty would come to an end soon, and it would come to an end.

"Wei Qing, why don't you look very happy?" Zhou Ruizong gave him a strange look, "Can't this news make you happy?"

Wei Gang said silently: "Your Majesty, Dingzhou has set out the conditions for negotiation."

Zhou Ruizong's face darkened. Just by looking at Wei Gang's expression, he knew that the other party's conditions were very harsh.

"Tell me, what conditions do they want?"

"The first rule is that His Majesty must remove his title and abdicate, and the Great Zhou Dynasty will enter history!" Wei Gang whimpered, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

Zhou Ruizong trembled, covering his face with his hands, tears streaming down his face, "Wei Qing, tell me, does our Great Zhou still have a chance to return to the mainland and restore the former glory of the Great Zhou?"

Wei Gang closed his lips, unwilling to answer this question, because even a fool would know the answer to this question.

"So, if we go to war with this Li Qing, what will happen to us?" Zhou Ruizong continued to ask.

"The end result must be our country's subjugation!" Wei Gang whispered.

Zhou Ruizong nodded, "If that's the case, that's all." Zhou Ruizong smiled wryly, "We live on an isolated island and endure hardships. We are called the Great Zhou, but it makes people laugh. It’s not much stronger, instead of going to the end and letting all the people accompany me to die, it’s better to use my life to exchange the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on the island. It’s just that the Daoist system of the Great Zhou is finally in my hands, and after I die, I will die. You have no face to meet your ancestors, Wei Qing, after I die, you can bury me anywhere, and don’t let me enter the ancestral temple grave!"

Wei Gang fell to his knees with a bang, "Your Majesty, Dingzhou didn't want His Majesty's life. The condition they offered was that His Majesty would abdicate, move to Dingzhou, and be named Zhouhou. After the world is over, you can also be crowned King of Zhou, allowing His Majesty to continue offering sacrifices to ancestors!"

"Is this true or not?" Zhou Ruizong asked in amazement. In his opinion, the other party would never allow him to live with a character like him.

"It should be true, otherwise the other party wouldn't have brought it up!" Wei Gang said with certainty.

"What about the second one?" Zhou Ruizong continued to ask.

"Handed down jade seal!" Wei Gang gritted his teeth and said, "They want the passed down jade seal."

"There should be meaning in the question!" Zhou Ruizong murmured, "When we were discovered, the handed down jade seal became our life-destroying talisman. This Li Qing wanted to be the emperor, so he naturally wanted to get him and give it to him." Come on, give it to him, the orthodoxy is gone, what do you need this thing for?"

"Your Majesty!" Wei Gang looked at Zhou Ruizong with tears in his eyes.

"Wei Qing, I know your loyalty, but all these years, you must think that I only know how to eat, drink, have fun and don't think about making progress, but you don't know that I have long been disheartened. With this small island, how can we revitalize ourselves? The majesty, reshaping the glory. Now that I am alive, I can still set foot on the land of my ancestors and visit the ancestral temple that was abandoned in the mainland. I am very satisfied. Your Wei family abandoned their homes and businesses and followed their ancestors wandering overseas for hundreds of years. , now you can go back to offer sacrifices to your ancestors, fulfilling the wish that your ancestors of the Wei family have always cherished!"

Wei Gang broke down in tears.

"do you have anything else?"

"No more. They want to reorganize our regular army, incorporate it into their navy, and go overseas with them. Your Majesty, they originally went to open up overseas territories. They didn't come here specially to find us at all. They found that we are completely It was an accident!" Wei Gang smiled wryly.

"Heaven wants to destroy my Great Zhou Taoism, what can I say?" Zhou Ruizong murmured. "Alright, they want to reorganize our army, which shows that they still have a certain degree of sincerity. In this way, at least some of our generals can still stay in the army and make contributions, and they may still have a good future in the future!"

"Then how do other people arrange it?" Zhou Ruizong asked.

"Your Majesty, this special envoy doesn't have such power for the civil and military officials of our Great Zhou. He just promised us that they will build a naval base on Taiwan Island. If they want to station troops here, the original officials on the island can stay in one group, but It is only limited to low-level people-friendly officials, and other high-ranking officials must go to Dingzhou! Their commander-in-chief will decide the future of these officials!" Wei Gang said, in fact, Wei Gang concealed something, Yan Nanfei promised him in private, If everything goes well, then he will strongly recommend Wei Gang to take up the post of Minister of Rites of Dingzhou, because this post has been vacant since the establishment of Dingzhou.

"Since it's a negotiation, what request did we make?" Zhou Ruizong asked.

"First, of course, it is the personal safety of His Majesty and the clan and the treatment they deserve! They have already responded to this point, and the minister has also reported to His Majesty." Wei Gang said that after Zhou Ruizong abdicated, he will be named Zhouhou. In the future, he may also be named King of Zhou. "They will build the Marquis Mansion for His Majesty in Dingzhou. And all the property in the palace will be protected by Dingzhou as His Majesty's future private property."

"Second, the life and property of all people on the island are safe, and they are not allowed to force ordinary people to leave the island except senior officials. They also complied with this one."

"Well, yes, these people are loyal subjects of our Great Zhou, we must do everything possible to protect them!" Zhou Ruizong nodded repeatedly.

Wei Gang knelt down suddenly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"Wei Qing has worked so hard and made great contributions to the continuation of the Zhou family's ancestral temple. What is the crime?" Zhou Ruizong said in surprise.In his opinion, the results of Wei Gang's current negotiations have far exceeded his expectations.

"Your Majesty, in order to ensure the future safety of Your Majesty and the interests of all officials on Taiwan Island, I have specifically proposed a marriage with Dingzhou, and made this a necessary condition for the realization of the previous ones. If this one is not If you agree, then all the previous conditions will be void!"

"Marriage?" King Zhou Rui raised his eyebrows all of a sudden, "Are you talking about Yanran?" Zhou Ruizong stood up abruptly, "Yanran just turned 14 this year, and you actually asked him to marry an old man, Do you want to ruin this daughter of mine?" In Zhou Ruizong's view, it would take decades for Li Qing from Dingzhou to achieve such a great achievement, so he must be very old, maybe even older than himself. Although I have several sons, but such a precious daughter, how can I push her into the pit of fire?

Wei Gang looked at Zhou Ruizong and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have inquired about it. Li Qing, the Commander of Dingzhou, is in the prime of his life. He is not yet thirty, and he is in the prime of life, and his former wife, Princess Qingcheng, is also the Princess of Dachu." , and later plotted a rebellion with the intention of killing Li Qing, and committed suicide after the incident was revealed. Now Li Qing has no real wife, only a concubine such as his wife. The marriage between Princess Yanran and Li Qing is not a disgrace to the princess. Maybe in the future Li Qing will win the world. Princess Yanran is a legitimate queen! In this way, His Majesty's status and life safety in Dingzhou can be protected to the greatest extent!"

"You mean Li Qing is less than thirty?" Zhou Ruizong asked in surprise, his eyes widened.

"Yes, I asked Yan Nanfei about it, and I also found some other people, and I asked their guards secretly. It's really good!"

Zhou Ruizong sat down slowly, "This special envoy agreed?"

"He agreed, and he looks very happy!" Wei Gang wiped the sweat from his brow.

"I told him, we can hand in the handed down jade seal first, but your Majesty, you must announce the marriage between Li Qing and Princess Yanran in Dingzhou before arriving in Dingzhou, and their adaptation of the soldiers on Taiwan Island and the construction of a navy on Taiwan Island The base can only be implemented after this." Wei Gang said.

In the apartment of the negotiator in Dingzhou, Yan Nanfei sipped the tea leisurely and looked at Tang Hu walking back and forth in front of him with a smile on his face.

Tang Hu turned around a few times, stared at Yan Nanfei with one eye, and said bitterly: "What kind of princess again, what kind of princess again! Master Yan, if you don't report to the commander-in-chief, you will agree to marry him for the commander-in-chief without authorization." The other party is married, hmph, be careful when you go back, the commander will expose your skin!"

Yan Nanfei laughed loudly: "General Hu, you don't know. Didn't you see that the other party listed this condition as the prerequisite for the implementation of all the conditions? If you don't agree, then all negotiations will fail. Hu General, are you going to fight all the way with your army and let the blood flow like a river?"

Tang Hu snorted and said, "That's all right!"

"Okay, if General Tiger promises to enter the Zhou Dynasty's palace within ten days, how about we turn around and leave now?" Yan Nanfei laughed.

Tang Hu was furious, "Are you laughing at me?"

"Don't dare!" Yan Nanfei said, "General Tiger is brave, and he can't guarantee that he can take this place in a short time, but Dingzhou can't afford to wait. Deng Peng's navy must return as soon as possible, otherwise our Pang Jun will definitely break the chain of the outer sea."

"Also, General Hu, the Princess Yanran of the Zhou Dynasty was only fourteen years old, and she was in the age of cardamom. Wei Gang said that although the princess was young, she was born with a beauty, gentle and virtuous. This person is from the Great Zhou Dynasty. The real brand princess can be said to be of extremely noble blood, and our commander-in-chief is a beauty and a hero, complementing each other! I believe that after I bring this princess back, the commander-in-chief will be very happy!" Yan Nanfei said excitedly Lively and authentic.

"Happy?" Tang Hu snorted, he had been by Li Qing's side the longest, and knew Li Qing's temper best, the Marshal hated people arranging his personal affairs the most, Yan Nanfei was definitely in trouble this time.

(End of this chapter)