Xianxia version of Water Margin

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If you don't ascend the throne and claim the title of emperor, or even the king, after careful discussion, you might be able to accept the canonization of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and you don't want the imperial concubine or the war compensation.

Even the Zhao and Song courts could declare to the outside world that this was the rule of Jisi.

Jiang Hongfei was about to seize the throne and proclaim himself emperor. In the end, he, Cai You, negotiated the rule of Jisi. It can be said that the face of the Zhao Song Dynasty and Zhao Ji was almost saved, and he could easily explain it to his subjects. .

The key is, Jiang Hongfei only has a dozen or so family members!

The key point is that the dozen or so families Jiang Hongfei wants are not big shots!

Zhao Ding was criticized not long ago for admonishing him to replace Gao Qiu from among the divisions or Yao Gu, and to let the new commander decide everything on his own. He should also boldly appoint talented, loyal and brave people as commanders without limiting civil and military positions. After being criticized by many civil servants, Zhao Ji thought that Zhao Ding's comments were inappropriate and was banished to Jiezhou. He may not have taken office yet.

Li Guang, Cai You also knew, was originally Dr. Taichang and was promoted to Si Feng. Two years ago, he first accused the scholar-bureaucrats of being sycophants and sycophants. He even quoted Xun Qing's words of "obeying but not admonishing" to block the way of speech; It is also believed that the air of resentment and resentment condenses into evil spirit. Wang Fu disliked him very much and ordered the officials to appoint him as the magistrate of Yangshuo County in Guizhou.

In Cai You's view, Li Guang was in some trouble.

Yangshuo County in Guizhou belongs to Guangnan East Road. Now Fangla occupies the southeast and Wang Qing occupies the Jingxiang area. Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road have lost contact with the Zhao and Song Dynasties. What is the situation there now? The Zhao and Song court had no idea at all, so they could only send people to try by sea to see if they could bring Li Guang's family back.

Chen Kangbo and Cai You also have impressions. His father, Chen Hengzhong, once served as the governor of Jiangdong Changping. He has excelled in both academics and ethics since he was a child. In the first half of this year, he was promoted to Jinshi in Shebingke. He is currently in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and is easy to find.

Zhan Du, Wang Zhen, and Cai You also know that they are Tong Guan's disciples, and they can just send someone to ask Tong Guan for them when the time comes.

Cai You was not very familiar with Liu Qi. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to be from Gao Qiu. He could ask Gao Qiu when the time came.

After Wen Huanzhang, Cai You knew that he was now serving as a counselor to Gao Qiu, and it was just a matter of words.

Cai You had never heard of Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Zhao Li, Li Xiaozhong, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Yang Yizhong. Cai You had never heard of them. I guess they were not big shots. Such people were not worthy of mentioning the whole family. Even if the whole family gave it to Jiang Hongfei, Cai You felt there was no problem.

In short, in Cai You's view, Jiang Hongfei's proposal to use these fourteen people and their families in exchange for Jiang Hongfei not ascending the throne, not proclaiming himself emperor, not proclaiming himself king, not wanting war compensation, not not wanting the concubine is simply giving him credit. .

Cai You hurriedly confirmed with Jiang Hongfei: "You have no joke!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Cai You realized that he had said the wrong thing. As an envoy of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, how could he call Jiang Hongfei, a grass bandit, king?

Fortunately, Jiang Hongfei didn't hold on to this sentence, and there were no people from the Zhao and Song dynasties here.

Jiang Hongfei said with a smile: "I have always said that Shaobao has nothing to worry about. Now that the big plan has been decided, Shaobao will discuss the details with Brother Chai Jin and Brother Li Ying."

Although he still had to discuss it with Chai Jin, with the general direction set by Jiang Hongfei, Cai You was not afraid that Chai Jin would interfere with it again.

The next morning, Chai Jin and Li Ying came to Cai You's residence.

Cai You took the initiative and said: "The key to the agreement between the two parties is to make it clear and understand the specific meaning, so as to avoid misunderstandings caused by disputes in the future."

Chai Jin said with a cold face: "This is exactly why we are here."

After that, Chai Jin handed a thick stack of rosters to Cai You.

"Why so many?"

Cai You frowned and picked up a roster and looked through it. He saw that it read:

"Wu Jie, courtesy name Jinqing, was born in Longgan, Deshun Army. His father was buried in Shuiluo City and he moved to Yan. Young Shen Yi was determined and honest, knew soldiers well and was good at riding and shooting, and he was able to read and understand justice. Before he was crowned, he was assigned to Jingyuan as a son of a good family. Army. During the political peace, the Xia people invaded the border. They used their merits to make up for the deputy lieutenant of Yi and promoted the generals. From the pursuit of Fangla...father Wu Ke, mother Liu, brother Wu Lin, sons Wu Gong, Wu Fu, Wu Miao, Wu Kuo, Wu Hao... servants Yang Zheng, Guo Hao, Yao Zhong, Wang Yan, Tian Sheng, Li Shiyan..."

Cai You was furious.

Jiang Hongfei only wanted Wu Jie and Wu Jie's family members, but Chai Jin and Li Ying not only listed all Wu Jie's family members, but also listed all Wu Jie's family members.

Forget it, Wu Jie’s surname is Wu. Who are those surnamed Yang, Guo, Yao, Wang, Tian and Li?

Not to mention others, there are hundreds of people in Guo Hao's family alone!

And there are almost two hundred servants of Wu Jie like Guo Hao!

Cai You made a rough estimate, and Wu Jie's "family members" alone must number three to five thousand people!

Cai You pointed at the names of Yang Zheng, Guo Hao and others and said angrily: "The leader of the village only wants Wu Jie's family. What does Chief Chai mean by giving me these lists?"

Chai Jin said calmly: "These are all Wu Jie's subordinates. They are brothers and sisters with Wu Jie. Naturally, they can also be regarded as Wu Jie's family members. If Shaobao is not willing to exchange, you don't have to exchange. I, Shuibo Liangshan, never force others to do anything!"

Li Ying was on the sidelines and said, "My brother said that if the deal is done, these fourteen people will not be allowed to have any concern with your family. Otherwise, if one of my family's 10 million yuan is spent, wouldn't the sky-high price be wasted?"

Cai You thought the same thing. In this world, the market price of a person is only one hundred to one thousand yuan. This is the price of a young woman and a young man. The elderly and children are much cheaper, ten million. Minling money, let alone three to five thousand people, even buying three to five million people is not a problem.

Cai You flipped through it again and found that the list given to him by Shuibo Liangshan was very detailed, including name, age, place of origin, height, appearance, characteristics, experience, and deeds.

It is difficult to find people using this roster, even if you want to find the wrong person.

Similarly, it is impossible for the Zhao and Song dynasties to fool Shuibo Liangshan.

Cai You thought to himself: "His family has planned this for a long time."

By this time, Cai You also figured out that the conditions offered by Jiang Hongfei were not as simple as he imagined.

After patiently discussing the details of the transaction with Chai Jin and Li Ying, Cai You immediately returned to Bianliang City in Tokyo to meet Zhao Ji.

Cai You was able to negotiate that he was going to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, insist on having three imperial concubines as concubines, and demand 50 million yuan in war compensation, so that Jiang Hongfei could accept the canonization of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, without imperial concubines, and without war compensation. He had always been afraid of Jiang Hongfei before. Zhao Ji, who refused to let go and made it difficult for him to get off the tiger, was so happy that he agreed to the peace terms on the spot.

But when Zhao Ji thought about it carefully, Jiang Hongfei didn't want to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, he didn't want an imperial concubine, he didn't want war reparations, he just wanted talents, and he couldn't help but feel wary!

After a while, Zhao Ji murmured: "Jiang Yan, this thief, will definitely become a serious problem for our Song Dynasty!"

Cai You echoed from the side: "I also think so.

I also sent people to inquire about the people Jiang Yan asked for, and most of them had some ability.

Take Han Shizhong as an example.

Although Han Shizhong came from a poor family, he was extremely brave, advocating justice and not sticking to trivial matters.

Before he could win the title, he bravely responded to the recruitment of Xiangzhou and was incorporated into the military register of Yan'an Prefecture to resist Xixia and win the three armies bravely.

Over the years, he experienced great achievements in the battle against Xixia. With his military exploits, he successively served as Deputy Lieutenant Jinyi and Deputy Lieutenant Jinwu.

Currently, he is suppressing Fangla in the southeast. Not long ago, he used an ambush plan to defeat a large number of rebels. The pioneer general Wang Yuan praised him as "the enemy of ten thousand people". "

When Zhao Ji heard that Han Shizhong was so brave, he couldn't help but feel reluctant to give up.

Seeing this, Cai You said: "This Han Shizhong is good, but he is just an unqualified Weiyong, a military commander, not even a junior envoy."

"Well……"

Zhao Ji couldn't help being startled!

The military attachés of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were divided into eight echelons and sixty levels.

The eight levels from top to bottom are: 1. Taiwei; 2. Chief envoy of the horizontal squad; 3. Chief envoy of various divisions; 4. Deputy envoy of the horizontal division; 5. Deputy envoy of various divisions; 6. Ambassador; 7. Xiao. Envoy; 8. Wei Yong without rank.

Han Shizhong is now the 53rd level Jinwu Academy Lieutenant, and belongs to the rank of Ungraded Lieutenant.

What is this concept?

According to the ninth-rank official system, Han Shizhong is now completely out of rank. In other words, Han Shizhong has not even reached the ninth rank.

Zhao Ji didn't expect that Cai You talked so lively and made Han Shizhong so heroic, but in the end Han Shizhong turned out to be an extremely small person.

Cai You added: "The same is true for Wu Jie. Zhao Li and Li Xiaozhong are even worse. They can only be regarded as rural warriors now, and they are not formal soldiers. Liu Guangshi is the second son of Liu Yanqing, and Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong are seed masters." The beloved general, Liu Qi, is the second son of Liu Zhongwu."

Zhao Ji frowned when he heard this. He felt that Jiang Hongfei was just kicking in the sky and kicking on the ground. He really couldn't figure out what Jiang Hongfei was thinking? How do you get these people from him?

Cai You concluded: "The people Jiang Yan wants are indeed unusual, and they can all be regarded as people with some abilities. However, our Song Dynasty is full of talents, and there is no shortage of these talents. It can also be said that our Song Dynasty has many such talents. Or even more outstanding talents. In my humble opinion, Jiang Yan is just a bandit after all, with limited vision. I don’t know where he heard the deeds of these people, so he regarded them as great talents, so he opened his mouth to ask for them."

Zhao Ji felt that what Cai You said made sense.

"This is the only explanation that makes sense." Zhao Ji thought to himself.

"Can we find the people Jiang Yan asked for?" Zhao Ji asked.

Cai You replied: "Among these people, the only troublesome ones are Li Guang, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong. Li Guang is currently in Yangshuo County, Guizhou. Due to the blockade by bandits, the imperial court has cut off contact with Guangnan. , it is really difficult to say whether we can find him, even if we can find him, it will not be possible to bring his whole family in a short time; Liu Yanqing is currently serving as the presidential commander to suppress Fangla, and handing their family over to Jiang Yan may destroy The suppression of Fangla, so their family needs to be discussed; Zhong Shizhong is currently resisting Wang Qing's expansion on Qinfeng Road. The road leading there has been blocked by Wang Qing and Tian Hu recently. I wonder if Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong can be defeated Find it."

Zhao Ji frowned when he heard this!

Five people exchanged Jiang Hongfei for not ascending the throne, proclaiming himself emperor, or king. Five people exchanged for 50 million yuan of war compensation, and three people exchanged for three imperial concubines.

After this calculation, the Zhao Song Dynasty had to give Jiang Hongfei thirteen families.

But according to Cai You, the Zhao and Song Dynasty could only give Jiang Hongfei ten families.

This is how to do?

Give Jiang Hongfei three emperor concubines, or give Jiang Hongfei 30 million?

Cai You saw Zhao Ji's dilemma and took the initiative to ask Ying: "Guan family, I am willing to go to Shuibo Liangshan again. I will risk my life to solve this problem for the official family!"

Zhao Ji was greatly moved and said: "The rough wind knows the loyal ministers, and the strong wind knows the strong grass. Ai Qing is really my most important minister!"

After receiving Zhao Ji's praise, Cai You was also filled with excitement, and the next day he went to Shuibo Liangshan again.

Cai You squatted in Shuibo Liangshan for three days and finally waited for Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei did not disappoint Cai You. At Cai You's request, Jiang Hongfei added Wang Yan (another Wang Yan, that is, Wang Yan of the Eight-Character Army, not Wang Yan of Wu Jie's subordinates), Qiu You, and others. Cai You and Chen Gongfu allowed Cai You to return in triumph.

It's not that no one can see that Jiang Hongfei wants talents, and he doesn't want to ascend the throne, proclaim himself emperor, king, money, or empress.

But at first, most of the Song ministers, like Cai You, felt that the Zhao and Song dynasties were full of talents, and there was no shortage of talents that Jiang Hongfei wanted.

Secondly, most of the Song ministers, like Cai You, felt that their Zhao Song Dynasty had gained from such a deal.

Thirdly, given the situation, Zhao Ji and his ministers actually had no other choice.

In short, under Cai You's mediation, the two sides negotiated a peace and stopped fighting.

It is not a glorious thing to give up one's own civil servants and generals to the enemy. Of course, the Zhao and Song Dynasty had to try their best to conceal it.

So what outsiders see is this: The Zhao and Song Dynasty made Jiang Hongfei the Duke of Qi, appointed Jiang Hongfei as the military envoy of Liangshan Army, guarded Shandong and Hebei for generations, and both sides stopped fighting...

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