"Mr. Xianhe, what do you mean?"
Cao Pi couldn't help but stand up immediately after hearing what Jian Yong said, and the expression on his face instantly changed from a chuckle to anger.
Looking at that look, if it wasn't for someone pulling him, he would have hit Jian Yong to death with the one-legged stool he was sitting on.
However, Jian Yong seemed to have expected Cao Pi's attitude. He still calmly fiddled with his sleeves and robes before Shi Shiran spoke.
“What Your Majesty said is interesting. Since it is a peace negotiation, do you still want me to wait empty-handed?
My Majesty sent out troops in three directions and sent all the princes of my great Han Dynasty into the tiger's den. Is this what happened?
Didn't His Majesty just say that our Majesty suffered a great defeat at Yiling, which was a time of internal and external troubles.
If His Majesty is unwilling to lend a helping hand, should I ask His Majesty, who is over sixty years old, to personally go out with his sword to put down the rebellion?
The cost of food and grass, the people, counties, etc. are all trivial matters. "
"A trivial matter?" After hearing Jian Yong's words, Cao Pi couldn't help but laugh angrily, "This is still a trivial matter, so what is a big matter?"
"Hey... it was just the land that we occupied. Even if Your Majesty doesn't agree, can you still take it back?
Of course, if Your Majesty insists on continuing to fight, there is no harm in it.
I am naturally just waiting for the outcome of the war. "
"The land you occupy in Nanyang is just a small Wancheng for you to occupy!"
"Hehehe... But isn't this small Wancheng enough?" Jian Yong stroked his long beard slightly, and then continued to speak.
“Not only that, please Your Majesty to return the head of my General Guan Yu.
In addition... Xu Shu is a minister of my Majesty. He had no choice but to go to Xuchang because his mother was kidnapped by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. As a result, he is under house arrest by you until now.
Over the years, I heard that Your Majesty also loves Yuan Zhi very much and keeps giving him official posts. But... I don't know what kind of contribution Yuan Zhi has made that deserves Your Majesty's treatment? "
"...Hmph, Xu Yuanzhi was also on the list of Gu's persuasion back then!"
"Well...I have nothing to say, after all, there are no outsiders here. If His Majesty does not allow the late emperor to abdicate...there is nothing my Majesty can do, hehehe..."
"...."
"Also, it was Shi Tao and Yuan Zhi who left together back then. The two of them had a brotherly relationship. Please come back together, Your Majesty."
"Come back...I, the minister of the Cao family, how can I return it to you!"
"Hey..." Jian Yong just sighed helplessly at Cao Pi's anger, but did not continue to argue with him.
Then he continued speaking directly to Cao Pi.
"Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"You haven't finished yet?" Cao Pi's eyes couldn't help but widen, "Don't push yourself too far!"
"What Your Majesty said is really funny. Now you and I have reached this point.
My Highness has sacrificed his life to achieve this situation. Isn’t it possible that I can’t push my limits with Your Highness at this time, but I also need to be gentle and humble to each other?
If this is the case, how can I be worthy of His Highness who is far away in Wancheng and is in a dilemma of life and death! "
Jian Yong, who was just a little tired at first, suddenly burst out at this moment.
Those fierce words and fierce tone left Cao Pi without any doubt that if the two parties did not reach an agreement, the other party would smash his head with the one-legged stool under his buttocks...
And these words of Jian Yong also made Cao Pi wake up instantly.
Even at this moment, his stature was half shorter.
It was not because he was intimidated by Jian Yong's aura, but because Jian Yong's words finally made him understand his current situation.
He has no choice!
In Nanyang before, he could advance, attack, retreat or defend, and he was the one in control of everything.
Even if he failed on the battlefield, with the money his father Cao Mengde left him, he could make a comeback in less than a year and a half.
It’s that Jiangdong has to beg for himself!
But now, no matter how big his family is, it has no effect, even if he can gather hundreds of thousands of troops from the prefectures and counties within a year to conquer the world.
Able to drag Liu Bei and Sun Quan to die with him!
So what's the use if he doesn't live until that time?
There is not enough food and grass, civil strife continues, and plague is rampant. Any one of these things can kill him now.
It was his own momentary inattention that landed him in his current situation.
Overturning the table...Sun Quan may have had this idea, but Cao Pi...the man who survived countless dangers and frame-ups to survive until now, only to reach this position.
How could he have such an idea of dying together?
Only by living can you have the possibility of what comes next.
"Why is Mr. Xianhe so excited? Since Mr. Xianhe said it, I can also ask Mr. Xianhe... Does Liu Xuande really not intend to take his son's life?
Although what Mr. Xianhe said is good, please don’t forget it.
If it really comes to that point, the worst I can do is recall Zidan and force the army to withdraw.
Even if we abandon these tens of thousands of elites, we may not be able to escort me back to the Central Plains.
But before I leave... I will make sure that no chickens or dogs are left in Wancheng! "
"..." Jian Yong couldn't help but glance at Cao Pi in front of him, and sat back silently.
At the same time, I sighed twice in my heart. This Cao Pi was worthy of being able to kill one of the many descendants of the Cao family. The posture just now did not fool him.
It's just a pity. I originally wanted to bring up the old story between Chen Qun and Xuande and try to send Lian Zhao to Chengdu.
What a pity.. What a pity.
As for Liu Chan's rhetoric of serving the country with his life... Jian Yong doesn't plan to mention it anymore. It's enough to say this once, just in case Cao Pi takes it seriously.
Wouldn't that harm his eldest nephew?
After sighing silently in his heart, Jian Yong picked up his energy again, and then continued to speak to Cao Pi.
"In that case, what do you think of His Majesty?"
"The three Shangyong counties can no longer pursue the case. As for Nanyang... do you really think that occupying a Wancheng means occupying the entire Nanyang County?"
"Then Nanxiang..."
"Now that the people of Nanxiang have been moved away by you, do you think I don't know your thoughts?"
"...Ahem...Your Majesty, my Majesty's soldiers and horses are also short of men and horses. It is the time when they need food and grass. The three hundred thousand dendrobium of food and grass..."
"My army doesn't even have thirty thousand stones of food and grass. Even if I promise you now, do you think you can get it?"
"Then your Majesty is not very sincere..."
"But I can give you this Jiangling City, which is equivalent to the three hundred thousand grains and grass!"
