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It will take some time for Gao Lishi to come over.

Li Heng handed the negotiation minutes to several other prime ministers, "You all should take a look!"

Li Kui frowned and said: "The first feeling of Wei Chen is that the King of Qi started not to follow the rules. In the past, he pretended to follow the rules of the court, but now he is just robbing. It's like seeing a beautiful little girl on the street. Madam, it’s like I’m going to take her home as soon as I get her, is this how you feel?”

Pei Zunqing shook his head, "This metaphor is not appropriate. At least the King of Qi is still negotiating with us. If there is no negotiation and he directly sends troops to occupy Chang'an, that is what Li Xiangguo said."

Li Heng said impatiently: "Stop saying such useless words and tell the truth. What should we do now?"

At this time, Cui Huan said slowly: "Your Majesty, I feel that this is like fighting for a house. We moved and the old house became vacant, and relatives of the same clan wanted to buy it. There are two problems involved. First, we can't sell it. Sell? Secondly, how should we sell it?"

This metaphor is more vivid. Li Heng nodded, "Cui Xiangguo, continue!"

Cui Huan continued: "The relatives of the same clan have several strong sons who are very fierce and we can't fight them. One of them even broke into the yard and pitched a tent to live in. The most terrible thing is that we have no place to complain. I tried asking the neighbors to comment, but they all said that this is an internal matter within your family and they have nothing to do with it.

At this time, what will happen if we choose not to sell? Wei Chen estimates that they will most likely pry open the doors and windows and move in directly. They will also publicize to the surrounding neighbors that they are also one of the heirs of this house.

We either have to endure it, hold our noses and give the house to them.

Or just invite some martial arts masters to come to rob the house, and a fierce fight breaks out between the two parties. It's okay to win, but what if you can't? Will they retaliate and rob other clan properties, or come to our new home and take over our new home as well? "

"What if you choose to sell?" Li Heng asked.

"Selling is a matter of price. We can make a price, and the other party can also make a price."

Li Heng was silent for a moment and said, "If I trade Guanzhong for Bashu, do you think it's feasible?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Pei Zunqing said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Bashu is the Jiannan Road and the Shannan West Road. It is unlikely that the other party will agree."

Li Heng said without hesitation: "Then add another Guan Nei Road, and replace two roads with two."

Bashu was a prosperous land in the Tang Dynasty and was not affected by the Anshi Rebellion. Li Heng had always been thinking that if Guanzhong could not be saved, then he would simply give the other side the inner road of Guanzhong and exchange Bashu back.

Everyone expressed their support for the emperor's plan.

Pei Zunqing nodded, "I will discuss this plan with them next."

Everyone tacitly avoided the first major choice, not to sell the old house. Once the two sides started fighting, it would be uncontrollable, and no one wanted to get to that point.

More importantly, King Qi has an edict from the Supreme Emperor! With this edict, the Tang Dynasty had another choice.

At this time, Gao Lishi, wearing a Taoist robe, walked slowly over. He originally planned to go to watch the death of the Supreme Emperor, but Li Ye disagreed and specifically specified that Gao Lishi should become a Taoist priest in the palace, with the support of King Qi and other eunuchs. Don't dare to bully him.

"The poor Taoist Gao Lishi comes to see His Majesty the Emperor!"

It took a while for the surrounding ministers to recognize that this thin, small, hunchbacked old Taoist priest was actually Gao Lishi, who once held great power in the government.

Gao Lishi was once kind to Li Heng and saved Li Heng's position as prince at a critical moment, so Li Heng was quite polite to him.

"Excuse me, Mr. Gao. I have called you here to confirm something with you. Has the Supreme Emperor given an edict to King Qi?"

Gao Lishi nodded, "I gave it twice, once in Jingxiang, when the Supreme Emperor granted the west of Congling to King Qi, and the second time in Jincheng County, when the Supreme Emperor gave an edict to King Qi, recognizing his right to inherit the throne."

"Is this it?"

Pei Zunqing handed the copy to Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi looked at it and said, "This is it. If you take over Chang'an, you can inherit the Tang Dynasty's orthodoxy. I remember it very clearly."

"Why did the Supreme Emperor give an edict to King Qi?" Li Heng asked.

"Reporting to your majesty, the Supreme Emperor was under house arrest by Li Lin at that time. He hoped that Li Ye would send troops to rescue him back to Chang'an and support him to restore the throne. In return, he would make King Qi his successor to the throne. He gave King Qi an edict and a I went to Longyou to negotiate for the emperor's treasure. Later, Li Lin discovered it, so he monitored the emperor even more closely, and soon the emperor passed away."

Li Heng rolled his eyes and said, "Since the Emperor's agreement has not been fulfilled, can this Emperor's edict be invalidated?"

"Your Majesty, there are no additional conditions in the edict. King Qi has not signed any agreement with the Supreme Emperor. I am afraid it cannot be invalidated. Unless King Qi himself does not admit the existence of this edict, otherwise, the edict is a reality and we cannot avoid it!"

"All right!"

Li Heng was a little unhappy and said, "Go ahead! I know."

"Goodbye, poor man!"

Gao Lishi bowed and slowly retreated.

Li Heng then said to everyone: "Since the King of Qi has the edict of the Supreme Emperor, I can give up Guanzhong to the King of Qi, but the negotiation still needs to be completed, and the King of Qi must make some concessions."

Li Heng never mentioned the issue of succession to the throne, but only regarded the Supreme Emperor's edict as a step so that he could give up Guanzhong with dignity.

Negotiations continued in the afternoon, and Pei Zunqing finally relented.

"We have confirmed the authenticity of the edict, and Gao Lishi also proved that the edict of the Supreme Emperor is true. Since the Supreme Emperor admits that King Qi is qualified to aspire to the throne in the future, then we also agree that His Highness King Qi is qualified to sit in Chang'an, but being qualified is one thing. The court Agreeing to hand over governance to King Qi is another matter, which requires both parties to negotiate specific conditions."

Liu Yan smiled slightly and said: "To show our sincerity, we are willing to appropriately support the imperial government's finances."

Pei Zunqing's eyes lit up. This was the sentence he liked to hear the most. King Qi was willing to pay for Guanzhong.

"I wonder how much you can give me specifically?"

"Three million strings, or one million taels of silver!"

Li Ye originally wanted to give about 5 million guan, but Liu Yan thought that 5 million guan was too much and giving 3 million guan was enough.

Pei Zunqing nodded, "I will report to the emperor. In addition, the emperor also proposed another plan. We can exchange governance rights."

Liu Yan smiled and asked: "How to exchange?"

Pei Zunqing said slowly: "Exchange Guanzhong and Guannai Dao for Jiannan Dao and Shannan West Dao."

The other party was actually willing to take out Guannaidao, which was an opportunity.

Liu Yan pondered for a moment and said: "Since the emperor is willing to give up the governance power of Guan Nei Dao, then I might as well add another three million guan to support the imperial government's finances of 6 million guan in exchange for the governance power of Guanzhong and Guan Nei Dao."

Pei Zunqing nodded, "Since both sides have proposed their own plans, let's discuss it later! I wonder when His Highness King Qi will return to Luoyang?"

Liu Yan looked at King Qi's plan and then said to Pei Zunqing: "His Royal Highness King Qi is expected to return the day after tomorrow in the afternoon."