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 Yuanmeng is scared by Qin Hao. Compared with 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 that 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 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 had to be exchanged for being a hostage in Jinyang. Once he really went to Jinyang, the humiliation would be secondary. 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 was cautious and secretly assassinated him, Yuan Meng would be so weak that it would be impossible to seek justice for him. Once he died, his death would 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 task.
Regarding the peace talks with Qin, Yuan and Meng were also divided into two factions, the opposition and the approval faction.
The disastrous defeat at the Battle of Hetao made the whole country of Yuan and Meng fear Qin like a tiger. From the top to the common people, they were unwilling and did not dare to fight Qin. Therefore, the pro-peace faction was the mainstream, and the opposition was just a small minority. It's just a person, it can't 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 had 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 can be Yuanmeng's last fig leaf.
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, such as not being allowed to graze cattle, freeing Han slaves, etc., these were nothing to worry about. Everything could be sat down and discussed.
After Boyan, who was far away in Jinyang, got the 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, 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 country's 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 500,000 horses as compensation to your country. Look, How about three hundred thousand horses?"
Boyan said with a pleading expression, 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 for buying vegetables, can you still bargain? What difficulties you mentioned are all 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 it like this? Only 300,000 war horses will be compensated, 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 debate, the two sides finally set the total compensation for war horses at 350,000, with the other 150,000 being offset by cattle, sheep or treasures.
So far, there is no disagreement at all on the issue of compensation.
But then, the two sides started a new round of dispute over 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 settling the issue. .
In this way, the Qin-Yuan peace talks stumbled for half a month, and they reached a consensus of twenty-one points with great difficulty. Finally, Boyan, the special envoy representing the Yuan-Meng Empire, signed the first peace treaty in the late Han Dynasty with the Qin army in Jinyang. The treaty was called the Treaty of Jinyang in Han and Yuan Dynasties by later historians.
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, and other treasures were compensated.
This article contains the greatest benefits among all regulations.
With a total of 350,000 horses, plus the 450,000 horses captured after the Battle of Hetao, as well as the horses raised in the Jin Army's horse farms, the Qin Army has a total of nearly one million horses. Definitely a very scary number.
With so many war horses, no matter how much Qin Hao used them, they were enough to unify the country.
