Chapter 1368: 'The Treaty of Qin, Yuan and Jinyang' (Part 2)
Chapter 1368: "Treaty of Jinyang between Qin and Yuan Dynasties" (Part 2)
As soon as he heard what Tuo Lei said, Kublai Khan suddenly became anxious and said quickly: "Father, I believe that I, this battle cannot be fought at all. Whether it is slaughtering prisoners or transporting grain and grass to Zhenbeiguan, it is just Qin Hao's idea.
It’s just a way to force Dayuan to compromise. Qin Hao is just bluffing and has no power to send troops to attack Longcheng.”
Tuo Lei shook his head: "My child, it's not that I don't believe you, but that the whole Yuan Meng is scared by Qin Hao. Compared to your analysis, they believe that Qin Hao has this strength.
You also know that regardless of whether Qin Hao has the strength to send troops or not, Yuan Meng can no longer gamble, and he has no money to continue gambling, so my child, do you understand what I mean?"
Upon hearing this, Kublai Khan felt as if he had been struck by lightning and collapsed directly on the ground.
After the father and son were silent for a long time, Kublai Khan stood up, exhaled a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, for the sake of my great Yuan Dynasty, I am willing to go to Jinyang as a hostage."
Tuo Lei's eyes were full of relief, and he smiled forcefully and said: "Kublai Khan, my son, I have wronged you this time, and I don't want you to go as hostage, but now Yuanmeng is no longer in trouble, don't worry, I will
Before you leave, I will make you the crown prince. When you come back gloriously, you will definitely be the future emperor of my Yuan Dynasty."
Tuo Lei also felt ashamed of his son, so he decided to make Kublai Khan the crown prince to compensate for his debt to Kublai Khan.
If this had happened before, Kublai Khan would have been extremely happy, but now Kublai Khan was not happy at all.
This position of prince was obtained by going to Jinyang as a hostage, and once he really went to Jinyang, the humiliation would be secondary, and whether he could come back alive was the biggest problem.
Protons, protons, to put it bluntly, are hostages.
If any turmoil occurs between Qin and Yuan in the future, he, the hostage, will definitely be the first to suffer.
In addition, before Kublai Khan led the army to encircle and suppress Huo Qubing, he twice forced Huo Qubing into a desperate situation. Under his command, the Han army suffered heavy casualties. God knows whether Huo Qubing will take revenge on him for this?
If Huo Qubing is cautious and secretly assassinates him, Yuan Meng will be so weak that it will be impossible to seek justice for him. Once he dies, his death will be in vain.
Kublai Khan was not afraid of humiliation, nor was he afraid of death, but he was afraid of a meaningless death, but he seemed to have no other choice. Now that the entire Yuanmeng was on the verge of annihilation, as the prince, he must shoulder the responsibility of taking care of the country.
important responsibility.
Regarding the peace talks with Qin, Yuan and Mongolia were also divided into two factions, the opposition and the approval faction.
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Hetao made the whole country of Yuan and Meng fear Qin Ruhu, and no one from the top to the common people were willing or dared to fight Qin. Therefore, the pro-peace faction was the mainstream, and the opposition was just a small group.
He is just a human being and cannot affect the overall situation at all.
Soon after Boyan's flying eagle message was sent back, news came out that Prince Kublai Khan voluntarily went to Jinyang to be a hostage for the sake of peace. Suddenly the whole country was praising Kublai Khan for his understanding of righteousness.
At this point, the biggest differences in the negotiations between Qin and Yuan Dynasty disappeared.
Sending the prince as a hostage can be said to be the biggest disagreement in the peace talks between the two countries. This is not about interests, but about the face of the Yuanmeng Empire, which is the last fig leaf for Yuanmeng.
Now Yuanmeng doesn't even want to use this last fig leaf. This shows how much Yuanmeng is afraid of the Qin army. This is the impact of a hearty victory.
There were many regulations in the peace talks between Qin and Yuan Dynasties, but compared with the one about sending the prince as hostage, things like not being able to graze cattle, freeing Han slaves, etc., were nothing to worry about. Everything could be sat down and discussed.
After Boyan, who was far away in Jinyang, received this news, he also roughly understood the bottom line of the Tuolei peace talks, so he immediately started a new round of negotiations.
Since the biggest differences have disappeared, the subsequent negotiations generally went very smoothly. However, in terms of certain interests, the two sides still have considerable differences. The arguments are very fierce and every detail must be fought.
"Mr. Bowen, your asking price is too harsh. We, the Yuan Dynasty, are currently resisting the invasion of the Qing Dynasty. We also need a large number of horses to arm the army. We really cannot afford half a million horses to compensate your country. Look,
How about three hundred thousand horses?"
Boyan said with a pleading look on his face, but Liu Bowen pretended not to see it.
"Your Majesty Boyan, this is a sacred and solemn negotiation between the two countries. If you think this is a market to buy vegetables, can you still bargain? What difficulties you mentioned are your business. You can solve them yourself.
Five hundred thousand war horses, not one less."
"I really can't get it together. How about you think about this? I'll only pay 300,000 war horses, and the remaining 200,000 horses can be made up with cattle, sheep and other treasures."
"..."
Liu Bowen also saw that Boyan was not pretending to be poor, but that he really exceeded the limit of Yuan Meng's ability, and he seemed to have overestimated Yuan Meng's background.
"It's not impossible, but the war horses still need 400,000 horses, and another 100,000 horses can be offset by other things."
"There really aren't 400,000 war horses. What do you think of 320,000? The other 180,000 can be paid for with cattle and sheep."
"No, there must be at least 480,000..."
After a dry-mouthed argument, the two sides finally set the total compensation for war horses at 350,000, and the other 150,000 would be offset by cattle, sheep or treasures.
At this point, there is no disagreement at all on the issue of compensation.
But then, the two sides started a new round of dispute over the issue of how many cattle and sheep could be worth a war horse.
Liu Bowen believed that war horses were of high value during wartime. At least ten sheep could be worth one horse, while five oxen were worth one horse. Boyan thought this was too outrageous, and the two sides argued for a full hour before the issue was settled.
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In this way, the peace talks between Qin and Yuan stumbling for half a month, and they reached a twenty-one consensus with great difficulty. Finally, Boyan, the special envoy representing the Yuan and Meng Empire, signed the first peace treaty in the late Han Dynasty with the Qin army in Jinyang.
Treaty, later historians called it the "Treaty of Jinyang in the Han and Yuan Dynasties".
The Treaty of Jinyang in the Han Yuan Dynasty contains twenty-one regulations:
Article 1: A total of 350,000 horses, 450,000 cattle, 1.3 million sheep, gold, silver, silk, grain, grass and treasures will be compensated.
This article contains the greatest benefits among all regulations.
With a total of 350,000 horses, plus the 450,000 horses seized after the Battle of Hetao, as well as the horses raised in the Jin army's horse farm, the total number of horses owned by the Qin army was nearly one million.
Definitely a very scary number.
With so many war horses, no matter how much Qin Hao wastes them, they are enough to support the unification of the country.bdshare();