Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 147
1Chapter 16: Ma Rong was tricked
"Foreign minister Ma Rong pays homage to King Deng." In Jingyang Hall, Ma Rong saluted Deng Sheng.

"Ma Xiang, please stand up." Deng Sheng raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, my lord!" Ma Rong stood up and said.

"System, let me test Ma Rong's thinking."

"Ma Rong, force: 51, commander: 82, intelligence: 93, politics: 94."

"Ma Xiang came all the way, why don't you know why?" Deng Shengming asked knowingly.

"Back to the king!" Ma Rong replied: "The foreign minister came here to resolve some small conflicts between your country and our country on the border a few days ago, and some prisoners of our country fell into your hands. The foreign minister hopes that the king will For the sake of the families of these soldiers, who miss their fathers, children, and husbands, we can return these soldiers to our country."

When Deng Sheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and joked: "Ma Xiang, this is not a small conflict, and our army has killed many soldiers because of it, this cannot be resolved by Ma Xiang. "

"Alas..." Ma Rong sighed, "Then I don't know how the king can clear up the misunderstanding and return our soldiers back to the country?"

Deng Sheng ignored Ma Rong.Instead, he said to Cui Hao and Su Hong: "Cui Qing, Su Qing, the specific matters will be left to you two to discuss with Ma Xiang and retire from the court."

"Here!" Cui Hao and Su Hong responded.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Seeing that Deng Sheng was about to leave, Ma Rong hurriedly wanted to call Deng Sheng to stop him, but Deng Sheng ignored him and left Jingyang Hall directly.

"Maxiang." Cui Hao walked up to Ma Rong, and said: "Maxiang, let's go, let me and Su Shangshu go and sit under the door of my servant."

"Alas..." Ma Rong sighed and followed Cui Hao and Su Hong away.

In the living room of the provincial capital under the door, Cui Hao, Su Hong and Ma Rong sat opposite each other.

"Ma Xiang, come, please have a glass of water and wine." Cui Hao smiled and pushed a glass of wine in front of Ma Rong, making a gesture of invitation.

Ma Rong didn't take the wine, but said to Cui Hao and Su Hong: "Cui Xiang, Su Shangshu, let's talk about something serious."

Cui Hao and Su Hong looked at each other, and they made eye contact, Cui Hao said: "Why should you be anxious, Prime Minister Ma, who came all the way from Puyang to my Wancheng, and I have to treat you well. We will talk about these things later. It's not too late to talk."

This is a routine discussed by Cui Hao and Su Hong. The purpose is to make Ma Rong anxious. As long as Ma Rong is anxious, he will unknowingly follow their routine.

But Ma Rong is not a good opponent, he also knows that whoever is anxious first will lose, so Ma Rong pretended to be calm and took a drink.

Just like that, a very embarrassing scene appeared, three old bastards with different thoughts, drinking a glass of wine in harmony.

After more than half an hour like this, Ma Rong finally couldn't bear it anymore. It stands to reason that Ma Rong's career as an official for decades, with ups and downs, should be very calm. Hong has a bargaining chip in his hand, [-] Wei army captives, this is Cui Hao and Su Hong's biggest bargaining chip, unless Ma Rong doesn't want these [-] captives, otherwise he is destined to be not as calm as Cui Hao and Su Hong.

"Well, I'm old, but I'm not as good as Cui Xiang and Su Shangshu after all." Ma Rong sighed and said, "Let's talk about it, how can your country release our prisoners and return to the country?"

Seeing this, Cui Hao and Su Hong looked at each other and smiled, Cui Hao said with a smile: "Maxiang is joking, in fact, our condition is very simple, as long as your country compensates our country for the land of Chenliu County, one million yuan in gold, and ten million shi in grain , 1000 each of cloth and silk can return 50 soldiers from your country.”

"What! You two are going too far?" Facing Cui Hao and Su Hong's lions, Ma Rong held back his anger and said.

Cui Hao shook his head and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Ma? Why are we going too far? You have to be clear, there is no deep hatred between your country and ours, but your country actually dispatched 20 troops to the south to ravage Yingchuan. What is it trying to do?" What's more, it is because of your country's unprovoked invasion that my Great Deng's tens of thousands of sons died on the battlefield, this is not too much."

"In short, the old man will never accept these conditions." Ma Rong said angrily, jokingly, if the compensation is really according to the conditions proposed by Cui Hao, will Wei Guo still want it?Chenliu is the most affluent county in the state of Wei, ceding Chenliu, it would be better to kill the state of Wei, a million dollars is not a big problem, the key is 1000 million shi grains, Wei state is rich, and there is a lot of grain. But the 1000 million shi of grain is a full third or even half of the grain stored in Wei State. If it is gone, Wei State may have to live a tight life for several years.

"Since Prime Minister Ma disagrees, I have no choice but to go up to the king and send the [-] Wei soldiers captured to the frontier to repair the city wall. As for your country, it is none of my business." Cui Haohan replied with a straight face.

"This..." Ma Rong was in a hurry, how can we talk about this, the script is not like this, shouldn't you ask how much I can give next?Why did the jar break so quickly? How can this shit talk about it?
"Cui Xiang, Ma Xiang, please be safe and don't be impatient." Su Hong persuaded with a smile. This is what Cui Hao and Su Hong discussed in advance. One will sing the bad face and the other will sing the red face. It's time.

"Cui Xiang, let's not embarrass Ma Xiang too much. As for the officials, why don't we just descend? As for the land of Chenliu, it is the lifeblood of Wei Guo. If it is given to us, Wei Guo may be in big trouble. , let’s forget it?” Su Hong said to Cui Hao.

"Forget it, I'll give Su Shangshu a face, and because Ma Xiang is our senior, let's go down a bit." Cui Hao said pretending to struggle.

Cui Hao pretended to think about it, and said: "How about this, we don't want to leave a place. And the food only needs 800 million shi?"

In this way, it becomes, gold million, grain 800 million shi, cloth and silk each 50 thousand.

"This is still too high, Cui Xiang, can you lower it?" Ma Rong still couldn't accept it, and said with a bitter face.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Ma Xiang, are you here to redeem someone? Are you so insincere?" Cui Hao said loudly.

"Cui Xiang, don't be angry, let's see what Ma Xiang said." Su Hong persuaded Cui Hao in a timely manner, and then said to Ma Rong: "Ma Xiang, why don't you tell me how much your country can provide? I will persuade Cui Xiang again."

"This..." Ma Rong gritted his teeth and said, "50 gold, 500 million stones of grain, 20 cloth and silk, this is the limit of our country, and we can't get any more." He gave Ma Rong the maximum authority, and he was cheated out by Cui Hao and Su Hong.

Cui Hao and Su Hong looked at each other and nodded silently, but Cui Hao still pretended to be angry and said: "Ma Xiang, you are not sincere, I don't think there is any need for us to talk." Close your eyes and stop looking at Ma Rong.

Ma Rong was in a hurry, pulled Su Hong and said, "Su Shangshu, look at this, this is really the largest amount that our country can provide."

Su Hong patted the back of Ma Rong's hand, and said, "President Ma, don't be impatient. I will persuade Xiang Cui again."

Then Su Hong pulled Cui Hao, and said: "Cui Xiang, I think Ma Xiang is already very sincere, why don't we just leave it like this, and we are not at a loss."

"Su Hong, you..." Cui Hao stared at Su Hong with wide eyes, then shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "That's all, that's all, since Su Shangshu and you have said so, what else can I do? But let’s talk about it first, you have to tell the king yourself about the result, and you have to bear all the responsibilities.” After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff.

Seeing that Cui Hao left directly, Ma Rong looked at Su Hong for no reason.

Su Hong smiled and said, "Ms. Ma, Mr. Cui has already agreed."

"Really!" Ma Rong said happily.

"Of course." Su Hong nodded, and said with a smile: "I will draft the document later, and when your country's compensation reaches our border, how about handing over the money and the person?"

"Okay! Okay! That's it." Ma Rong said.

But after finishing speaking, Ma Rong looked at the smile on Su Hong's face, thoughtfully, and suddenly understood something, and said angrily, "Su Shangshu, I didn't expect you to be so dishonest and deceive this old man."

Seeing that Ma Rong finally understood, Su Hong smiled, and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Ma? How did we cheat you? Isn't this the condition proposed by Mr. Ma? We agreed for the sake of the common people of Wei Guo. Yes, you can also see that because of Ma Xiang, I even angered Cui Xiang."

"You...you..." Ma Rong suddenly didn't know what to say. The compensation figure was stated by himself, and others agreed. Everything was settled, so what else could he say?Ma Rong could only swallow this bitter fruit. Ma Rong sighed. He didn't expect that he, who had been in the officialdom for decades, would be tricked by two young men. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. The younger generation is terrible.

Su Hong looked at Ma Rong with a smile, feeling very proud.

(End of this chapter)