After drinking a cup of tea, the atmosphere instantly became serious.
"I wonder how Prince Xu wants to cooperate with our Kingdom of Jin?"
Prime Minister Zhang Hao spoke first.
"I know that your Jin country has just experienced great turmoil and does not have enough strength to intervene in our affairs in the south!"
"And since I, Xu Xian, led the Northern Expedition, I have never confronted your current emperor, Wan Yanyong!"
"Furthermore, before you, King Ge, succeeded to the throne, you and the Song Dynasty negotiated the terms with the Yellow River as the boundary. I, Xu Xian, entrusted me to go to you to sign it. This can be regarded as an agreement between me, Xu Xian, and your current emperor!"
"Although I, Xu Xian, defeated Wan Yanliang, I never crossed the Yellow River and violated my original agreement!"
"So I would like to still use this clause to continue the contract with your Kingdom of Jin that used the Yellow River as the boundary and that we will coexist peacefully in the future. What do you think of it?"
Xu Xian spoke what he had thought carefully.
"Prince Xu!"
"Don't you think that now is the time when we jointly attacked Wan Yanliang?"
"Don't you know that what the Emperor of the Song Dynasty negotiated with our Kingdom of Jin was to use the original Huaihe River as the boundary, and also included the terms of ceding Haizhou and Xiangyang, and we, the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, did not agree?"
"You use such sincerity to negotiate with us, the Great Jin Kingdom, do you think we, the Great Jin Kingdom, are easy to fool?"
Zhang Hao immediately expressed his dissatisfaction and stood up directly.
"As far as I know, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty came up with such a condition that humiliates the country in order to let you send troops to attack Xu Xian on his behalf!"
"And I heard that it was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty who did not agree to cede the cities of Haizhou and Xiangyang, which led to no progress in your negotiations!"
"How come you, Prime Minister Zhang, have become the emperor of the Song Dynasty who agreed to cede the two cities of Haizhou and Xiangyang, but the emperor of the Jin Dynasty did not agree?"
"Could it be that you, Prime Minister, want to fool me, Xu Xian?"
Xu Xian immediately stood up and retorted, and his momentum was not lost at all.
"You...how do you know about our negotiations with the Song people?"
"Where on earth did you know that?"
Zhang Hao was naturally confused when he saw that Xu Xian actually knew about his negotiations with the Song people.
"How did I know that? Prime Minister, I won't bother you!"
"I just want to know, Prime Minister, do you, the Kingdom of Jin, really want to negotiate with Ming Dynasty?"
Of course Xu Xian knew that Prime Minister Jin also wanted to reach a reconciliation with him, otherwise he would not have greeted him with such great etiquette in person.
"If the truth was not sincere in negotiating with you, I would have sent troops to arrest you long ago!"
"Why waste time talking to Prince Xu here?"
Zhang Hao's attitude softened a bit.
"Since your Jin country sincerely wants to negotiate with me, the Ming Dynasty, you should sit down and talk about something practical and useful like I, Xu Xian, instead of talking like a lion just now!"
Xu Xian made it clear.
"good!"
"Prince Xu, the Yellow River as the boundary you just mentioned is absolutely unacceptable to us in the Kingdom of Jin. After all, you also know that what the Emperor of the Song Dynasty promised us was to use the Huaihe River as the boundary!"
Zhang Hao began to sit back calmly.
"You want to use the Huaihe River as the boundary of the Song Dynasty to divide the country's borders. How can your Jin country allow the Ming Dynasty to live in peace?"
"Aren't you forcing our Ming Dynasty to continue fighting with your Kingdom of Jin?"
"Now that the Song Dynasty has delayed sending troops to attack our Ming Dynasty, isn't it because they hope that both your Jin country and our Ming Dynasty will suffer losses, and they will reap the benefits of the others? Could it be that the Prime Minister cannot see through this?"
Xu Xian stated the pros and cons.
"As long as you are willing to sincerely cooperate with our Jin Kingdom, our Jin Kingdom can give you five years, as long as you withdraw from Huaibei and Guanzhong within five years!"
"We in the Jin Kingdom will definitely not send troops to attack you in these five years, nor will we care about your previous attacks on our Jin Kingdom. But you can use these five years to compete with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!
"
"I wonder if Prince Xu thinks it's feasible?"
Zhang Hao began to change the conditions.
"I have already said that when I attacked your Kingdom of Jin before, I was attacking Wan Yanliang, the unprincipled and ignorant king. I have never been hostile to your current emperor!"
"What does it mean that your Kingdom of Jin still takes this as a condition?"
"You also threatened me to withdraw from Guanzhong and Henan within five years. Did your current emperor conquer Guanzhong and Henan?"
"These places were taken from Wan Yanliang's old troops with the blood and sweat of my soldiers. How come they have become the territory of your current emperor?"
"Moreover, our land in the Central Plains, including the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, was plundered by you Jin people. When will you Jin people return these lands to us Han people?"
Of course Xu Xian was dissatisfied with Prime Minister Jin's conditions.
"Prince Xu, based on what you said, it seems there is no need for us to continue talking!"
Zhang Hao couldn't bear it anymore.
"Since your Jin country doesn't sincerely want to talk!"
"so be it!"
After Xu Xian finished speaking, he stood up and left.
"Prince Xu...walk slowly!"
"Stay!"
"Stay!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Xiang reached the gate of Zhang Mansion, Zhang Hao chased him again.
"how?"
"Don't you want to talk, Prime Minister?"
"Why do you want me to stay?"
"Could it be that you want to hold me hostage?"
"Let me tell you, even if you take me hostage, my army in Luoyang will go north to avenge me at any time!"
"Yue Lin, Yang Polu!"
Xu Xian said, and immediately motioned to the two men on the side to reveal their weapons.
"Prince Xu, don't be anxious...don't be anxious!"
"I don't mean any harm, I just want to persuade you, Your Majesty, to go back and continue the negotiation!"
Zhang Hao feels explained.
"What else is there to talk about?"
"You have no sincerity at all!"
"No need to talk!"
Xu Xian's attitude was very tough and he was ready to leave.
"We, the Jin Kingdom, can promise to fulfill the treaty with you with the Yellow River as the boundary, and we will not require you to return Henan and Guanzhong within five years, but...!"
"But this detail needs to be carefully discussed and discussed!"
Zhang Hao lowered his posture.
"good!"
"Prime Minister Zhang, you said this yourself!"
"Then let's go back and talk!"
Xu Xian also understood that this was probably the most ideal condition that could be achieved now.
So Xu Xian returned to the courtyard and started negotiating with Zhang Hao, Prime Minister of Jin.
"Your Kingdom of Jin actually requires us to send troops to deal with Song Ting before you are willing to sign a treaty with us?"
"Could it be that you don't believe us?"
After another discussion, when it came to the issue of sending troops, Xu Xian was a little dissatisfied again.
"After all, this is our first time working together. How about you, Prince Xu, show some sincerity first?"
Zhang Hao explained.
"Then what kind of sincerity does your Jin country have?"
Xu Xian immediately asked again.
"Isn't our sincerity just a contract?"
Zhang Hao responded.
"Of course this won't work!"
"If you want us to take the lead in sending troops to attack Song Ting, you must provide us with the horses and luggage we need, and show the sincerity that your Jin country should have!"
"After all, when the Liao Kingdom invited the Northern Han Dynasty to jointly attack the Later Tang Dynasty, they personally sent out a large army to help them destroy the Later Tang Dynasty!"
"Your Kingdom of Jin asked us to help you conquer the Song Dynasty without providing troops. Why are you not even willing to give us horses and baggage?"
Of course Xu Xian understood at this time that he was already in a dominant negotiating position. If he could deceive the golden man, he would of course have to deceive him even more.