Chapter 177: Song-Jin Peace Talks

"This Youyun Sixteen Prefectures was originally the place I was courting, it was forcibly occupied by you, and now it is normal to come back, General Wanyan, you and I have been negotiating for a month, but there is still no result." Yu Wenxu looked at Wanyan Zonghan in front of him, frowned and said, "Returning the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is the bottom line of my peace talks." ”

Wanyan Zonghan shook his head and said to Yu Wenxu: "Now this Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are not in my hands, and now if you want it, you have to see whether this Qi State agrees." ”

Yuwen knew that this matter was over Yan Zonghan's sophistry, and the two sides had been negotiating for more than a month to tell the truth, although the Song Dynasty was really asking for a price, but the Jin Kingdom did not mean to repay the money, and it seemed that it had been really delaying time.

On this day, another envoy of the Jin State came from Shangjing, Li Xiaoliang, Li Xiaoliang was originally a Han who surrendered to the Liao State, and later the Liao State was destroyed by the Jin State, and he surrendered to the Jin State, but Li Xiaoliang also knew that he was a Han Chinese, and at this time the Jin and the Song were at war, and he still hoped to do something for the Great Song Dynasty.

At the negotiation table, Li Xiaoliang sat on the left side of Wanyan Zonghan, listening to the negotiation between the two, anxious, he came this time, he came with a mission, the situation in the Jin Kingdom has changed at this time, Wanyan Wu begged to buy and died, and the Jin Kingdom was really in chaos for a while because of the matter of the next heir.

Now, with the support of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Chang, Wanyan finally ascended to the throne smoothly, and the Jin Kingdom has stabilized again.

When the new monarch of Jin ascended the throne, the first thing he had to do was naturally to avenge the former emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai, who was originally sick because of Yang Zaixing's arrow, and finally died.

Therefore, Wanyan is now preparing to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and the second time the Jin army is going south is coming.

The purpose of Li Xiaoliang's coming this time was to paralyze the Song army, no matter what the Song army asked, the Jin army would agree, and then when the Song army was proud, the Jin army would take the opportunity to go south and kill the Song army by surprise.

This idea Li Xiaoliang naturally told Wanyan Zonghan, the main envoy of this negotiation, Wanyan Zonghan was overjoyed in his heart, he originally held back his anger and delayed time with Yuwenxu here, but now that the goal has finally been achieved, how can he be unhappy in his heart.

"After my consultation with the king, we are not unable to agree to the conditions put forward by the kingdom." Wanyan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu, although this guy is deeply influenced by Han culture, but it is obvious that he is not accurate enough to learn some words, and he actually directly calls the Song Dynasty a contempt country, of course, the meaning of this is naturally to belittle the idea of the Song country, but this disdain country is not used like this.

Yuwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Wanyan Zonghan: "So, did the Jin Kingdom agree to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to me?" ”

Wanyan Zonghan nodded and said: "My dynasty didn't have the heart to enter the Central Plains, but after all, this Youyun Sixteen Prefectures was also taken back from the hands of the Liao State by our dynasty, and I think that in order to recapture the sixteen states of Youyun, our dynasty also spent a lot of effort, and there were countless dead and wounded soldiers, if you Song Kingdom want to return to this Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, how can you give my dynasty a certain amount of compensation." ”

If you can redeem this Youyun Sixteen Prefectures with money, I believe that the imperial court is still willing to spend this part of the money, Yu Wenxu thought in his heart, this is the best news Yu Wenxu has heard since the negotiation.

Yu Wenxu naturally saw the new envoy Li Xiaoliang, and thought that Li Xiaoliang brought the news back from Shangjing in the Jin Kingdom.

"I just don't know how much your country wants me to compensate?" Yu Wenxu asked, he naturally needed to know what price Jin Guo wanted to sell this Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, so that he could convey it to the imperial court.

Wanyan Zonghan replied: "Two million taels of gold, one million horses of silk, and one million quintals of grain." ”

The lion opened his mouth.

Wanyan Zonghan is also asking for a sky-high price, and its purpose is naturally to ensure the authenticity of this negotiation, if the price is so high on his side, Song Guo will naturally not be suspicious, and when all his thoughts are put on the bargaining of this negotiation, it will be a good thing for Jin Guo.

After hearing this, Yu Wenxu was really taken aback, and said to Wanyan Zonghan: "General, your request is really too much...... There are so many that I can't take them all. ”

"That's not much, it's sixteen states, it's so much, it's already very cheap." Wanyan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu.

"My dynasty is not rich in gold in the first place, and even if I loot all the gold in my dynasty, it will not be possible to make up these two million taels; As for this silk, there is no way for my dynasty to get it together, this silk was originally produced in the north, and now this Youyun Sixteen Prefectures are occupied by your country, but now I am asked to take out a million horses, which is really difficult to do. Yu Wenxu said to Wanyan Zonghan.

(The climate of the Celestial Empire more than a thousand years ago was different from now, at that time the climate in the north was still warm and humid, such as raising silkworms and mulberry, in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was mainly concentrated in the north, and it was only later with the southward migration of the Song Dynasty and climate change, this silkworm cultivation and mulberry gradually came to the south.) )

"I think that in order to capture the sixteen states of Youyun back then, my Dajin country man suffered countless casualties, and now let you Song Kingdom pay a little reward, but you are pushing three and blocking four like this, it seems that although your Song Dynasty keeps saying that you want to return to the sixteen states of Youyun, in fact, you have no intention of peace talks." Wanyan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu.

Yuwen scolded secretly in his heart, this person is really shameless, after the Jin State captured Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of the Liao State, the Liao State has actually given up its resistance to the Jin State, as soon as the Jin soldiers arrived, they immediately opened the city and surrendered, where are there countless casualties, but now this Wanyan Zonghan is talking nonsense here, but he just wants to extort some more money from the Song Dynasty.

"I am determined to win the sixteen states of Youyun, but the price is too high, and I can't take it out at all, since it is a peace talk, then your country and my country should still show sincerity, otherwise there is naturally no way to carry out this peace talk." Yu Wenxu said a little strongly, at this time, it is natural that the momentum cannot be soft, otherwise, this negotiation can only be led by the nose.

Li Xiaoliang looked at the two people who were fighting for the price of this land redemption at the negotiation table, and he was secretly anxious in his heart, the more the Song Dynasty focused on this year's coin, the more dangerous it became.