Chapter 2269 Qin-Tang Luoyang Treaty (Part 2)
Chapter 2266: The Treaty of Luoyang in Qin and Tang Dynasties (Part 2)
"Mr. Zhang Yi, my king has already agreed to surrender and he has left the throne, but your side still wants to ced the entire Zuo Feng Ling and You Fufeng counties. This is a big appetite." Li Shangyin said angrily.
There are three counties and 38 counties in Guanzhong, and 14 counties have been occupied by the Qin army.
Zuo Fengling has 13 counties, of which 7 have surrendered to Qin, and only 5 counties remain under the control of the Tang army.
There are 15 counties in Youfufeng, and there are also 4 counties in the hands of Qin.
Once the eight counties required by Qin State fall into the hands of the Qin army, the originally scattered territory of the Qin army will be connected into a whole and will completely gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong.
At that time, Guanzhong will be divided into two, showing a trend of division between the north and the south.
The northern part of Guanzhong and the eastern part belong to the Qin army, while the southern part and the western part belong to the Li Tang.
In this case, it would be difficult to expel the Qin army from Guanzhong, which Li Shangyin would not want to see anyway.
"The cedes of Feng Ling and Fufeng County on the left are absolutely not allowed." Li Shangyin refused decisively.
Zhang Yi seemed not surprised at Li Shangyin''s reaction and smiled faintly: "Dare you ask the Tang envoy, can the defense of these eight counties be compared with Xiao Guanwuguan?"
Li Shangyin was silent for a moment and replied, "I can''t."
"Even Xiaoguan and Wuguan have been captured by our army, and Chang''an is in danger now. Do you think our army does not have the ability to break through these five counties?"
Hearing this, Li Shangyan did not dare to speak.
Zhang Yi''s attitude is already very obvious. If you do not take Zuo Fengling''s five counties and connect the place you have obtained into a whole, the Qin army''s foundation in Guanzhong is ultimately unstable, so whether Li Tang agrees or not, the five counties and Qin states of Zuo Fengling''s five counties and Qin will be settled.
Li Shangyin only felt powerless in his heart. He only now truly realized the sentence Ying Hao said: A weak country has no diplomacy, how correct and cruel it is.
Li Shangyin understood clearly. The choice given by Qin State was actually to either give up Chang''an or leave Feng Ling''s five counties.
Give up Chang''an is equivalent to giving up the entire Guanzhong.
Give up the 5 counties of Fengling on the left and 3 counties of Fufeng on the right, and can still own half of Guanzhong.
So, he had no choice but to choose the latter.
"The Tang Dynasty can cede land, but there are too many 8 counties, and the Qin Dynasty must also ensure that after the Tang Dynasty surrenders, the Qin army will not be allowed to take the lead in using troops against the Tang Dynasty." Li Shangyin said seriously.
"Of course, but the premise is that the Tang Kingdom cannot betray the Qin Dynasty." Zhang Yi said with a smile.
Li Shangyin nodded and began to discuss the number of county towns ceded, and proposed that at most three counties could be ceded.
Zhang Yi naturally couldn''t agree, but after talking for a long time, he could no longer talk about the four counties.
In this regard, Zhang Yi and Li Shangyin both chose to keep the common and preserve the differences and began to continue discussing the subsequent regulations.
"Mr. Zhang Yi, your side called Qin Hai, Sima Yi and Kong Peng a traitor to the Qin State. As far as we know below, neither Sima Yi nor Kong Peng has served in Qin State."
The implication is that if you want to get a friend, you can only get a friend of Hu Hai, and it is impossible for the other two times.
For Hu Hai''s moral corruption and useless waste, Li Tang might have protected him during his prosperous period, but now the Tang Dynasty itself is difficult to protect him, so it is naturally impossible to protect him.
As for Sima Yi and Kong Peng, they are both the most top talented civil and military talents, so it is naturally impossible to give up.
"But Sima Yi betrayed the Sima family, planned a coup, and participated in the rebellion, which caused considerable losses to the Qin Dynasty..."
Zhang Yi put pressure on Li Shangyin from all aspects. Li Shangyin was sweating on his forehead, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to let go.
The two sides talked for an afternoon, but there were still many differences. No one could tell anyone, so they could only stay for the talk tomorrow.
Before leaving, Zhang Yi threatened: "Mr. Li, remind you that negotiations are negotiations and wars are wars. If Chang''an City is captured by our army during our negotiations, you will have much more than that."
Li Shangyin was so angry that he couldn''t speak, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn''t make any decisions about some things. He could only send a letter back first, waiting for the orders of the King of Tang, and at the same time contacting envoys from various countries to put pressure on Qin.
The next day, Li Shangyin pulled the envoys of the six countries of Shu, Chu, Song, Wu, Ming and Sui to negotiate with Zhang Yi, and put pressure on the seventh momentum, hoping to use this to force Zhang Yi to give in.
Seeing this, Zhang Yi found envoys from the Southern Barbarians of Wei to show his momentum and let them watch from the side.
Faced with the pressure from the seven countries, Zhang Yi still firmly adhered to the bottom line, and used his own strength to fight against the group, bringing the art of negotiation to the extreme.
The two sides debated for a whole day, advancing and retreating, but there were still a lot of differences.
All seven countries were shocked by Zhang Yi''s toughness, especially the attitudes of Song and Wu became more ambiguous.
As a result, the Qin and Tang negotiations were initially in a deadlock. It was not until the arrival of Sun Jian and Zhao Kuangyin and the Fei Ge’s letter from Chang’an that the deadlock was broken again.
After Sun Jian and Zhao Kuangyin arrived, they did not directly express their opinions on the Qin and Tang negotiations, but during the meeting with the King of Qin, they said a few words to Tang State, which also made Ying Hao wary.
Qin does not care about the opinions of these hostile countries in Shu and Chu, but the three allies of Wei, Song and Wu must not care about them.
Once they all turn against Qin, then Qin will be enemies all over the world. Before completely digesting Hebei and restoring national strength, Qin still needs the existence of these allies.
In order to give face to the Song and Wu countries, Ying Hao ordered Zhang Yi to take a step back on the issue of cede land, and finally talked about only cedeing Zuo Fengling''s five counties.
With 5 counties in hand, Qin''s territory in Guanzhong can still be connected into a whole area.
As for the Feige''s letter sent by Li Shimin back, he gave Li Shangyin greater negotiation authority and also told Li Shangyin to let him end the negotiation as soon as possible.
In the end, Zhang Yi proposed to reduce the war allocation by half, and Li Shangyin accepted all the conditions of Qin.
In the witness of many countries such as Chu, Shu, Sui, Wei, Song and Wu, Li Shangyin represented the Tang Dynasty and Zhang Yi represented the Qin Dynasty, and jointly signed the famous "Treaty of Qin and Tang Luoyang" in later generations.
The "Qin and Tang Luoyang Treaty" has a total of 18 large and small regulations:
Article 1: The Tang Kingdom will leave the pseudo-Han from now on, and will surrender to the Qin Dynasty, and voluntarily become a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty.
Article 2: King Li Shimin of Tang took his throne and was demoted to Duke of the State.
Article 3: Qin and Tang Dynasty used the current occupation of land as the dividing line, and Tang State was ceding the land of Zuo Fengling to Qin State.
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Article 6: Send the prince Li Zhi to Luoyang to take on the hostage. There are no major changes in the Tang Dynasty, and the prince is not allowed to return to the country...
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Article 9: The two countries will marry each other and make an alliance forever. Princess Li Xiuning of the Tang Dynasty married King Ying Hao of Qin...
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Article 11: Li Shimin wanted to inherit the mistake of besieging Luoyang and personally apologize to the soldiers who died in the Qin State...
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Article 15: Tang State returns Qin Hai, the traitor of Qin State...
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Article 18: After the armistice, the Qin and Tang dynasties jointly disarmament, and the total strength of the two countries in Guanzhong shall not exceed 100,000.
(This chapter ends)