Chapter 261 Imitation
The people of the ceded cities were treated well by the Northern Jin.
There will be no taxes for three years, and women can study, become officials, do business, and remarry.
Those passionate people in Nanchu secretly conducted an on-site investigation and temporarily put aside the slogan of taking back the old mountains and rivers.
Soon after, the Northern Zhou imitated the Northern Jin and also used the story of Lady Guanyin bringing disaster to the country and the people, and went to war with Southern Chu.
The Northern Zhou did not follow the gentle approach of the Northern Jin. Instead, it sent out elite troops, which defeated the 300,000-strong army of the Southern Chu.
"Your Highness, among the 300,000-strong army of Southern Chu, no one surrendered, no one fled, and all died in battle. It's a pity that Northern Jin had strong soldiers and horses and advanced equipment, but only lost 30,000." Tu Mi whispered with a heavy cry.
She was impressed by the heroic spirit of Nan Chu.
She was sad again, and Nan Chu was powerless to save the situation.
"Tu Mi, let me think about it." Zhu Huaizhen rubbed his forehead and sighed.
Tu Mi meant, can we save Nan Chu?
However, no one saved her Nan Wu at that time.
Of course, her Nan Wu is very spineless.
So, Zhu Huaizhen was bored on the beauty couch surrounded by black lacquer and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding a round fan with a mahogany handle embroidered with pomegranates, cats and butterflies on a silk surface, and stroking it intermittently, with a lazy posture like a Persian cat, while listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
She couldn't drink the rich and colorful tea with sesame, salt, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, loofah kernels, and walnut kernels, and the spring immortal seagull tea with swan osmanthus, rose, and brine, and Lu'an sparrow tongue bud tea.
"Tu Mi, please write a letter to Emperor Chu Ming for me, asking him whether he wants to overthrow Guanyin Tower?" Zhu Huaizhen sighed softly.
If Emperor Chu Ming could realize that the reconstruction of Guanyin Tower was a mistake from the beginning, then she, Zhu Huaizhen, would turn the tide once. However, it would only be this once, and she would have to rely on Nan Chu's luck.
After hearing this, Tu Mi immediately sent a letter, coming and going like the wind.
"Your Highness, he doesn't want to." Tu Mi gritted her teeth, with bloodshot eyes.
"Tu Mi, there's nothing we can do." Zhu Huaizhen suddenly felt relieved.
Nanchu is about to perish, and relying on her will only speed up the process.
Three days later, at the negotiation table, the Northern Zhou envoy made a huge demand: cede three cities and pay 300,000 taels of silver as compensation, not a penny less. The Northern Zhou envoy also threatened that if he died for his country, the Northern Zhou would definitely continue to attack Southern Chu.
Then, Southern Yan took advantage of the situation and used its existing envoys, namely Chen Ming'an, the prince of Duke Dingguo, and Lou Li, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to join the negotiations. They said that Lady Guanyin was bringing disaster to the country and the people, and demanded a city and 100,000 taels of silver.
"There is no solution." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.
Northern Jin, Northern Zhou, and Southern Yan, this set off a frenzy of dividing up Southern Chu.
Five days later, the head of the Nanyang Zheng family, participating in negotiations as an envoy from Southern Yan, was attacked and nearly killed. The head of the Lanling Xiao family continued the negotiations, actually using the assassination of the Nanyang Zheng family head as an excuse to weep bitterly, and forced a lower indemnity.
Southern Yan asked for 50,000 taels of silver, and Northern Zhou asked for 200,000 taels of silver.
"The Nanchu family is about to wake up, but it's too late." Zhu Huaizhen suddenly caught a cold and kept coughing. I'm afraid he doesn't have much energy to control the overall situation.
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