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Chapter 1038 Song Jiang's request
Chapter 1038 Song Jiang's request
"Young general Song Jiang is here to see your majesty." On the battlefield, Song Jiang dismounted and paid homage respectfully to Liu He.
However, Liu He nodded lightly, and then said lazily, "I don't know what you have to say?"
Song Jiang could tell that Liu He's attitude was not good, but he still said patiently: "The reason why the young general came to see His Majesty is mainly to discuss the treatment of our army. Your Majesty should know that our army also made great efforts to fight against the Japanese. It cost a lot. Now on the battlefield, the imperial army and the Japanese are evenly matched. It is difficult to tell the winner. But if our army joins, it will not only allow the king to win quickly, but also reduce casualties. However, in this way, we There will inevitably be many casualties in the army, after all, our army is not yet a regular army of the imperial court, so the young general came to pay homage to His Majesty on behalf of those soldiers, mainly to see His Majesty's sincerity."
"Treatment?" Liu He frowned, and said immediately: "Didn't I already say that before? Your army can be rewarded for meritorious service like other armies. If you want to be an official, you can be awarded according to your military merit. If you don't want to be an official, You can confer knight titles or land property, this kind of treatment is the same as that of regular officers and soldiers of my dynasty, isn’t it enough?”
But Song Jiang said with a smile: "If it was a normal situation, it would be enough, but today's situation is special, isn't it? The success or failure of this battle depends on who our army helps. Even the King's Division will definitely win in the end, but if I If the army helps the Japanese, it will at least cause a lot of losses to the imperial army. This result is probably not what we want to see. Therefore, in order to reduce some losses, would your Majesty give us more compensation? This is equivalent to Some compensations are paid to avoid losses. As long as His Majesty gives the golden mouth, we are willing to assist the court to fight against the Japanese, which will reduce losses. I believe your Majesty can tell at a glance which one is better."
"Then what kind of treatment do you want?" Liu He glanced at Song Jiang lightly and asked.
"Our demands are not high. We only need His Majesty to reward each of us with the title of Duke, carve out a county from the border areas of Siyi as our fief, and allow us to keep the army. We will be loyal to the imperial court. , I will never betray you forever." With a smile on his face, Song Jiang raised his hands to Liu He and said, "Your Majesty also knows that all the barbarian lands are barren, and the people are unwilling to live there. When we get there, we will serve as the vassal of the Han Dynasty. Minister, we have guarded the border for the Han Dynasty for generations. This has reduced the Han Dynasty's military expenses and saved manpower, material and financial resources. It has achieved multiple benefits with one stone. So although we have selfish motives, we are also thinking about the Han Dynasty."
"Professor of the county? And you want me to split the soil and divide the land? What a big ambition, huh!" Liu He is a descendant, so he naturally knows that the so-called splitting the soil and dividing the land, a country within a country, and other things will bring great harm to the unity of the country. What kind of impact?Furthermore, even if the enfeoffment is really granted, it is impossible to entrust it to these people with ulterior motives. Liu He knows that they have no loyalty to the big man at all, otherwise they would not take the opportunity to threaten them and ask for enfeoffment.
Liu He was disdainful in his heart, and secretly sneered, but on the surface he still said to Song Jiang with a pleasant face: "Gongming, I know that you have always been loyal to my big man, and you are a person who is eager for justice and righteousness. It's not that I can't agree, because it's nothing to be a loyal person like you, but you also know that not all the heroes are as loyal as you, and many people are mediocre but ambitious , The so-called enfeoffment request is actually purely for the purpose of plotting against me in the Central Plains in the future, it is simply a legacy of raising tigers for people like this to entrust them, and I am not willing to entrust them no matter what."
"But Your Majesty..." Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that Liu He would not agree, so he rushed to defend himself.
However, Liu He waved his hand to signal him not to speak, and then said: "Furthermore, even if all of this is loyal and righteous, I don't have that much land to divide, because everyone can tell at a glance that there is no land here. There are dozens of forces, and this requires dozens of counties. Wouldn’t I want to give up half of the country to you? So this matter is absolutely impossible, but since you said it, I will give you a county from the land of the four barbarians , I promised to take a county from each of the four directions and give it to each of the four forces. Among them, you will definitely be given one county to the Qing family, and you can go back and discuss the remaining three, who will take it."
"Thank you for your Majesty's trust in the minister, but what county does your majesty want to bestow? Can you reveal something to the minister?"
"Haha, this is natural. I plan to grant the Japanese kingdom to you, Aiqing. In addition, Xianbei is in the north, Tubo is in the west, and Yizhou is in the south. You need to go back and discuss the ownership of these three counties."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will go back and inform the heroes, and I will reply to Your Majesty with the result of the discussion in a while." Song Jiang's face was full of joy. No matter what others did, he got a Japanese fief for nothing. Although it is in the administrative division It is a county in the Han Dynasty, but it is worth a large state. This deal is really a good deal.
As for the others?He doesn't care so much, so what does their fight have to do with him?
So Songjiang saluted respectfully, bid farewell to Liu He, and then returned to the camp.
"How did the negotiations go?"
"Yes, what did the emperor say?"
"Hey, do you still need to ask? You must have promised us, haven't you seen the smile on Song Gongming's face?"
"That's not necessarily the case. How could the emperor be so generous? There are dozens of counties, all of which account for half of the big man's country. No matter how confused he is, he can't agree to us, right?"
……
Everyone was discussing in a hurry, but they looked at Song Jiang with their eyes squeezed, hoping that he could tell everyone the result.
Song Jiang pressed his hand down and said with a smile to everyone: "Jiang has fulfilled his mission this time. The Emperor of Han Dynasty has agreed to our request."
"Ah? Really?" After hearing Song Jiang's words, everyone was pleasantly surprised. If they hadn't restrained themselves, they would have cheered.
However, Song Jiang then said: "Everyone, I haven't finished what I said. Although the emperor promised, he only promised four counties. These four counties need us to discuss with each other who will go to the canonization on your behalf."
"What? Four counties? Isn't that a little small?"
"That is, what is the emperor doing?"
"Send the beggar? It's ridiculous, we just don't accept it."
"Yes, if you don't accept it, talk to him again."
……
When the heroes heard this, they were all very angry and shouted.
"Everyone, please be patient. Although the Emperor has promised four counties, you still have to see which four counties they are, right? These four counties are Wa, Xianbei, Tubo and Yizhou. Although Yizhou is small, Cocoa is so prosperous now, I guess there is no need for Song to talk anymore, right? And how big the territory of Tubo, Xianbei and Japan is, I don’t need to say much, right? There are so many places, enough to accommodate dozens of counties, allowing us to settle down , what do you have to be dissatisfied with? We just found four representatives, and in the end, didn’t everyone divide it together?" Song Jiang saw that the situation was about to be chaotic, so he stood up to appease everyone.
"Hey, it's easy to say, but tell me, who is there to represent here?" At this moment, Hou Jing stood up, sneered, and asked.
(End of this chapter)
"Young general Song Jiang is here to see your majesty." On the battlefield, Song Jiang dismounted and paid homage respectfully to Liu He.
However, Liu He nodded lightly, and then said lazily, "I don't know what you have to say?"
Song Jiang could tell that Liu He's attitude was not good, but he still said patiently: "The reason why the young general came to see His Majesty is mainly to discuss the treatment of our army. Your Majesty should know that our army also made great efforts to fight against the Japanese. It cost a lot. Now on the battlefield, the imperial army and the Japanese are evenly matched. It is difficult to tell the winner. But if our army joins, it will not only allow the king to win quickly, but also reduce casualties. However, in this way, we There will inevitably be many casualties in the army, after all, our army is not yet a regular army of the imperial court, so the young general came to pay homage to His Majesty on behalf of those soldiers, mainly to see His Majesty's sincerity."
"Treatment?" Liu He frowned, and said immediately: "Didn't I already say that before? Your army can be rewarded for meritorious service like other armies. If you want to be an official, you can be awarded according to your military merit. If you don't want to be an official, You can confer knight titles or land property, this kind of treatment is the same as that of regular officers and soldiers of my dynasty, isn’t it enough?”
But Song Jiang said with a smile: "If it was a normal situation, it would be enough, but today's situation is special, isn't it? The success or failure of this battle depends on who our army helps. Even the King's Division will definitely win in the end, but if I If the army helps the Japanese, it will at least cause a lot of losses to the imperial army. This result is probably not what we want to see. Therefore, in order to reduce some losses, would your Majesty give us more compensation? This is equivalent to Some compensations are paid to avoid losses. As long as His Majesty gives the golden mouth, we are willing to assist the court to fight against the Japanese, which will reduce losses. I believe your Majesty can tell at a glance which one is better."
"Then what kind of treatment do you want?" Liu He glanced at Song Jiang lightly and asked.
"Our demands are not high. We only need His Majesty to reward each of us with the title of Duke, carve out a county from the border areas of Siyi as our fief, and allow us to keep the army. We will be loyal to the imperial court. , I will never betray you forever." With a smile on his face, Song Jiang raised his hands to Liu He and said, "Your Majesty also knows that all the barbarian lands are barren, and the people are unwilling to live there. When we get there, we will serve as the vassal of the Han Dynasty. Minister, we have guarded the border for the Han Dynasty for generations. This has reduced the Han Dynasty's military expenses and saved manpower, material and financial resources. It has achieved multiple benefits with one stone. So although we have selfish motives, we are also thinking about the Han Dynasty."
"Professor of the county? And you want me to split the soil and divide the land? What a big ambition, huh!" Liu He is a descendant, so he naturally knows that the so-called splitting the soil and dividing the land, a country within a country, and other things will bring great harm to the unity of the country. What kind of impact?Furthermore, even if the enfeoffment is really granted, it is impossible to entrust it to these people with ulterior motives. Liu He knows that they have no loyalty to the big man at all, otherwise they would not take the opportunity to threaten them and ask for enfeoffment.
Liu He was disdainful in his heart, and secretly sneered, but on the surface he still said to Song Jiang with a pleasant face: "Gongming, I know that you have always been loyal to my big man, and you are a person who is eager for justice and righteousness. It's not that I can't agree, because it's nothing to be a loyal person like you, but you also know that not all the heroes are as loyal as you, and many people are mediocre but ambitious , The so-called enfeoffment request is actually purely for the purpose of plotting against me in the Central Plains in the future, it is simply a legacy of raising tigers for people like this to entrust them, and I am not willing to entrust them no matter what."
"But Your Majesty..." Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that Liu He would not agree, so he rushed to defend himself.
However, Liu He waved his hand to signal him not to speak, and then said: "Furthermore, even if all of this is loyal and righteous, I don't have that much land to divide, because everyone can tell at a glance that there is no land here. There are dozens of forces, and this requires dozens of counties. Wouldn’t I want to give up half of the country to you? So this matter is absolutely impossible, but since you said it, I will give you a county from the land of the four barbarians , I promised to take a county from each of the four directions and give it to each of the four forces. Among them, you will definitely be given one county to the Qing family, and you can go back and discuss the remaining three, who will take it."
"Thank you for your Majesty's trust in the minister, but what county does your majesty want to bestow? Can you reveal something to the minister?"
"Haha, this is natural. I plan to grant the Japanese kingdom to you, Aiqing. In addition, Xianbei is in the north, Tubo is in the west, and Yizhou is in the south. You need to go back and discuss the ownership of these three counties."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will go back and inform the heroes, and I will reply to Your Majesty with the result of the discussion in a while." Song Jiang's face was full of joy. No matter what others did, he got a Japanese fief for nothing. Although it is in the administrative division It is a county in the Han Dynasty, but it is worth a large state. This deal is really a good deal.
As for the others?He doesn't care so much, so what does their fight have to do with him?
So Songjiang saluted respectfully, bid farewell to Liu He, and then returned to the camp.
"How did the negotiations go?"
"Yes, what did the emperor say?"
"Hey, do you still need to ask? You must have promised us, haven't you seen the smile on Song Gongming's face?"
"That's not necessarily the case. How could the emperor be so generous? There are dozens of counties, all of which account for half of the big man's country. No matter how confused he is, he can't agree to us, right?"
……
Everyone was discussing in a hurry, but they looked at Song Jiang with their eyes squeezed, hoping that he could tell everyone the result.
Song Jiang pressed his hand down and said with a smile to everyone: "Jiang has fulfilled his mission this time. The Emperor of Han Dynasty has agreed to our request."
"Ah? Really?" After hearing Song Jiang's words, everyone was pleasantly surprised. If they hadn't restrained themselves, they would have cheered.
However, Song Jiang then said: "Everyone, I haven't finished what I said. Although the emperor promised, he only promised four counties. These four counties need us to discuss with each other who will go to the canonization on your behalf."
"What? Four counties? Isn't that a little small?"
"That is, what is the emperor doing?"
"Send the beggar? It's ridiculous, we just don't accept it."
"Yes, if you don't accept it, talk to him again."
……
When the heroes heard this, they were all very angry and shouted.
"Everyone, please be patient. Although the Emperor has promised four counties, you still have to see which four counties they are, right? These four counties are Wa, Xianbei, Tubo and Yizhou. Although Yizhou is small, Cocoa is so prosperous now, I guess there is no need for Song to talk anymore, right? And how big the territory of Tubo, Xianbei and Japan is, I don’t need to say much, right? There are so many places, enough to accommodate dozens of counties, allowing us to settle down , what do you have to be dissatisfied with? We just found four representatives, and in the end, didn’t everyone divide it together?" Song Jiang saw that the situation was about to be chaotic, so he stood up to appease everyone.
"Hey, it's easy to say, but tell me, who is there to represent here?" At this moment, Hou Jing stood up, sneered, and asked.
(End of this chapter)
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