Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 79 Peace Talks: Bargaining

Chapter 79: Peace Talks: Bargaining

Zuo Sheng came to the other palace in Peicheng again, but what was different from the last time was that the attitude of the people in the other palace was much more friendly, which was a good sign.

"Big Zhao Zuo Sheng pays homage to the King." Zuo Sheng bowed.

"Well, you don't need to be too polite." The king of Chu said feebly: "After careful consideration, I feel that if we continue to fight, it will be of no benefit to you and me. In this case, it is better to stop fighting and truce, and please return to Zhao. Wang, just say that the widow agrees to negotiate a peace. After ten days, the widow will go to Hulu City with King Qi, Deng, and Chen to discuss peace talks with King Zhao, Wei, and Song. The widow will also order. From now on, Before the peace talks come to fruition, our armies will not attack you."

"Your Majesty is wise, and the people of the Central Plains will be the next generation. Thank you for your kindness." Zuo Sheng said happily.

Ten days later, outside Hulu City, a high platform stood on the flat ground, which was built by the Western Army for peace talks.

Deng Sheng, King Chu, King Qi, King Chen, King Zhao, King Wei, and King Song climbed onto the platform together.

King Zhao smiled and said to King Chu: "Haha, I am very happy to know that King Chu is willing to negotiate peace. King Chu really understands justice."

"Hmph!" The King of Chu didn't have any good looks for King Zhao. After all, King Zhao was really dishonest this time. Before the war started, the State of Chu sent people to the State of Zhao, saying that everyone should go together and kill the State of Wei. Yes, it doesn't matter that you didn't join us, but it's embarrassing that you actually joined Wei Guo.

Zhao Wang smiled awkwardly, turned around and walked away, not looking for trouble anymore.

After the kings sat down, Deng Sheng, as the only person here who had no major conflicts with all the countries, spoke first: "Everyone gathered today to quell the war in the Central Plains and restore peace to the people of the world. Everyone can speak freely today. , and speak out what’s on your mind.”

"What King Deng said is true. This is also our idea." Zhao Wang nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Deng Sheng continued: "In this case, let the widow represent us to put forward the terms of the peace talks."

"Deng Wang, please." Zhao Wang, Wei Wang, and Song Wang did not have any objections. After all, it was their own side that first proposed the peace talks.

Deng Sheng was very satisfied that the other party was so knowledgeable and interesting, so he said: "Our condition is very simple. You will compensate us with 50 shi of grain and grass, one million in gold, 20 pieces of cloth and [-] pieces of silk each, and [-] horses. You must acknowledge the fact that my Great Deng occupied Yingchuan County, Chu State occupied Lu County and Taishan County, return the city of Lu County that you occupied, and also cede the land east of Dongping City in Dongjun County of Wei State and north of Jishui in Jibei County of Song State Give us the city."

"Impossible, you are taking advantage of the fire, we will never agree." King Wei jumped out first, joking, how could he agree to such a harsh condition?Not to mention that the outcome is still undecided, even if he lost, he would not agree to such a condition, and he would have to cede land to Wei, which is even more impossible.

"Deng Wang, isn't your condition too much?" Zhao Wang frowned.

"Hmph, we have these conditions. If you don't agree, then let's continue fighting." Chu Wanghan said with a face, you don't want to talk, are you willing to be an old man?

"Fight and fight, you are really a widow, and you are afraid that you will fail." Wei Wang is also a violent person, and if the negotiation is based on such conditions, Wei Guo will lose the most, so how could Wei Wang agree.

"King Chu and King Wei, stay safe and don't be impatient. This negotiation has to be discussed carefully, and don't just talk about fighting." Deng Sheng, as a peacemaker, came forward to persuade.

"Hmph!" King Chu and King Wei glared at each other and continued to sit down.

Seeing that he had finally persuaded King Chu and King Wei, Deng Sheng couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Although it was said that the seven countries would talk together this time, the most important thing was that Chu and Wei agreed.

"Wei Wang, Zhao Wang, and Song Wang, since you think our conditions are unreasonable, then you can tell me what you want before you can accept it." Deng Sheng said again.

King Wei was emotional, and King Song had no qualifications, so King Zhao had no choice but to stand up as the representative of the Eastern Army.

Zhao Wangdao: "Deng Wang, your conditions are too harsh. You must be clear, we are not the defeated party, but only propose peace talks in order to quell the war and restore peace to the world. We will not accept such conditions. "

Deng Sheng nodded. Of course he knew that the other party would not agree. The conditions he just proposed were impossible for any one of them. But for negotiation, he had to ask for a price and pay back the money. Since Deng Sheng made the offer To make such a price is to wait for the other party to counter-offer.

Seeing that Deng Sheng did not object, Zhao Wang breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Deng Wang, although our side initiated the peace talks this time, we have not lost. It is impossible to cede the land. The conditions proposed by our side are We admit the fact that Deng State occupies Yingchuan County and Chu State occupies most of Taishan County and Lu County, but it is impossible to hand over the Qufu and Zou counties that we occupy. In addition, in order to show our sincerity, we can give With your grain and grass one hundred thousand shi, gold fifty thousand, one thousand war horses, and ten thousand cloth and silk each."

"Hehe, King Zhao's bargaining is really powerful. Your conditions are less than one-tenth of ours. How can you let us accept it? Let's do this. We can give up the land east of Dongping. But the land north of Jishui must be ceded to our side, and Qufu and Zou counties must be returned, as well as 30 shi of grain and grass, 40 gold, [-] horses, and [-] pieces of cloth and silk." Deng Sheng retreated a step, and again Put forward conditions.

Hearing the conditions put forward by Deng Sheng, King Song's heart trembled. Deng Sheng gave up the land east of Dongping in Wei State, but insisted on his own land north of Jishui. This is bullying his weak Song State. So King Song stared at King Zhao, with a hint of pleading in his eyes, hoping that King Zhao would not sell himself.

Fortunately, Zhao Wang was still very moral, shook his head, and said: "This is still too harsh, and we still won't accept it. We can also make a concession. It is impossible to cede the land. Zou County can return it to you. At the same time, 15 shi of grain and grass, [-] gold, [-] horses, and [-] cloth and silk."

"Hmph!" Deng Sheng sneered, "It seems that King Zhao is totally insincere."

Zhao Wang smiled and said: "Why is Deng Wang doing this? This negotiation has to be done slowly. Since the widow has made a counter-offer, if Deng Wang does not accept it, he can continue to make an offer."

Deng Sheng pondered for a while, then asked the price again: "We can give up the land east of Dongping and north of Jishui, but Qufu and Zou counties must be returned to us. We will not accept an incomplete Lu county. 20 shi of grain and grass, 15 gold, [-] horses, [-] cloth and [-] silk each, this is our bottom line, if you still don’t agree, well, let’s go back to form an army and fight again.”

Deng Sheng's attitude this time is very firm, this is the bottom line, if you disagree, then continue to fight.

King Zhao really wanted to force Deng Sheng to back down again, but he saw that Deng Sheng had the momentum to fight if he disagreed with him, and the conditions proposed by Deng Sheng were not unacceptable, so he looked at King Wei and King Song, and saw King Wei and King Song. They all nodded one after another, that is all right, Zhao Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, said: "I accept your conditions."

Deng Sheng and King Qi, King Chu, and King Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally negotiated.

Now that the terms were negotiated, Deng Sheng asked someone to draft a peace agreement, and the seven kings signed and stamped in front of it, and affixed their respective king's seals, and the peace agreement officially came into effect. At this point, the vigorous Central Plains war finally came to an end.

After the peace agreement was reached, the two sides withdrew their troops, and Deng Sheng and others began to divide the spoils after they returned to Peicheng.

20 war horses, 15 horses each from Deng and Qi, 15 horses from Chu, Qufu and Zou County and other Lu counties belonged to Chu, [-] shi of grain and grass, [-] shi of Qi, [-] shi of Chen, [-] Ten thousand gold, Deng State thirty thousand gold, Chen State twenty thousand gold, Qi State and Chu State each fifty thousand gold, and cloth and silk were divided equally.

This distribution method takes into account the interests of all parties, and everyone can accept it, and everyone is happy.

After distributing the stolen goods, the kings led their troops back home, and Chu State also urgently mobilized its army to go south to teach Wu State a lesson.

(End of this chapter)