Bastard! Shameless! I'm going to kill all these Song people! "Just now in the hall of singing and dancing, Li Foma seemed to be crazy, the table full of wine and food had been overturned, and all the dancing girls around him had been beaten away by him, and he was brandishing a snatched musical instrument in his hand, and was frantically beating an unlucky chamberlain, as if this chamberlain was his imaginary enemy.

The ministers who were still indulging in pleasure just now were all dumbfounded at this time, and they all hid far away, not to mention stepping forward to admonish, they didn't even dare to approach at this time, and even Guo Shengyi didn't dare to approach Li Fuma who was angry at this time.

In fact, I don't blame Li Foma for being so angry, I just received the news that the Song State sent an envoy to come, which was not a big deal, but the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty did not play his cards according to common sense, the other party came from the sea, and the people did not get off the ship at all when they arrived at the port, but asked Li Foma to lead the ministers to meet him, and even had to kneel to meet the holy decree of the Great Song Emperor, which was absolutely unacceptable to the arrogant Li Foma.

After a long while, Li Foma finally had no strength, and the unlucky chamberlain had been beaten into a paralyzed pulp, as Li Foma waved his hand, immediately a guard stepped forward and dragged the body out, and Li Foma looked around at the surrounding ministers, and his eyes were bloodshot and said, "Go to the side hall to discuss the matter!" ”

In the side hall, Li Foma sat under the throne, Guo Shengyi and other ministers lined up on both sides, at this time, although Li Foma forcibly suppressed his anger, but there was still a bit of madness in his eyes, and then he spoke: "Let's talk about it, what do you think about the envoys of the Song Kingdom?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is really strange that the envoys of the Song State have made such an excessive request this time, and the ministers suspect that this is not a trick of the Song State, and they are likely to deliberately provoke Your Majesty!" I saw that Taiwei Guo Shengyi was the first to stand up and analyze at this time, he had already considered this issue just now, but no matter how he analyzed it, the envoys of the Song State did not conform to common sense, but seemed to deliberately provoke them.

"Anger me? What's in it for them? Li Foma sneered and asked rhetorically at this time, he didn't believe Guo Shengyi's analysis very much.

Guo Shengyi was also stunned when he heard this, in fact, he couldn't understand why Da Song did this, but apart from this reason, he really couldn't think of any other reason, but what was the reason why the Song people did this?

"Your Majesty is wise, the minister thinks that this is simply because the Song people are too arrogant and don't take our Li Dynasty in their eyes at all, so they will make such excessive demands!" At this time, someone immediately stepped forward and said again.

"Yes, the minister thought that this might be the Great Song Dynasty learned that we had defeated the city of Zhan, and the city of Zhancheng was a subject state of the Song State, so they would come forward, and it was likely that the envoys who came here this time were also because of the matter of the city!" Then someone spoke.

The opinions of the above two ministers are also more in line with Li Foma's speculation, and the other ministers have also expressed their opinions, but the general meaning is similar, which makes Guo Shengyi frown, because he still insists on his own opinion, after all, the performance of the envoys of the Song State is really abnormal.

"Since the Song Kingdom is here to occupy the city, and has made such excessive demands, how should we respond?" Finally Livermar spoke again, which made all the ministers who were talking about it shut up, because this question was not easy to answer, and if the answer was wrong, perhaps Livermar would vent his anger on them.

"Why don't you speak?" Seeing the ministers who were all silent, Li Foma asked again in anger.

"Your Majesty, the request of the Great Song Dynasty is too much, if Your Majesty really kneels to welcome the Holy Decree of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, I am afraid that it will also deal a blow to Your Majesty's prestige, so the minister thinks that he can send someone to meet the Song envoy and re-discuss the etiquette when receiving the decree!" That's when someone suggested.

With the first one, there is the second, at this time, the ministers also spoke, and their opinions were similar, nothing more than that they could not follow the rules proposed by the Song people, especially the etiquette of "kneeling and greeting", which was simply to rub their Li Dynasty's dignity on the ground, of course, the most important thing was that they also saw that Li Foma would never agree, so he would do what he liked.

Hearing the opinions of the ministers, Li Foma's face finally recovered a little, but at this moment, I saw Guo Shengyi hesitate for a moment and finally stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the Song Kingdom has made such an excessive request, it must have a plan, if Your Majesty does not agree to their request, maybe the Song State will make a move!" ”

"Move? What kind of move, is it possible that they still want to send troops to attack me, Li Chao? Li Foma sneered when he heard this, he didn't believe that Da Song would send troops at all, but he never dreamed that his words had actually already said the answer, and it was only to blame that Da Song didn't show the slightest rumor.

"This ...... It may not be possible to send troops, but if the Great Song Dynasty cuts off our tribute, or even forbids the border states to trade with us, it will be a big loss for us! Guo Shengyi hesitated for a moment and spoke again.

Even Guo Shengyi didn't expect the Great Song Dynasty to send troops, in his opinion, the most serious thing is nothing more than cutting off the tribute, for a small country like them, the tribute is not to send things to the Great Song Dynasty, but a kind of transaction, the tribute they send can be exchanged for the reward of the Great Song Dynasty, plus the border trade, maybe it is nothing to the Great Song Dynasty, but it is an important source of wealth for them.

"Hmph, what is it to cut off the tribute, I am not rare to see that little reward from the Song Kingdom!" Livermar said hard again.

Seeing Li Foma's attitude so resolute, Guo Shengyi didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only retreat at the moment, but the ominous premonition in his heart became more and more serious, and he even had a feeling of impending disaster.

Then Li Foma discussed it with the other ministers again, and finally decided to compromise, he could go to the port to meet the Song envoy, but it was delusional to let him "kneel to welcome", and then he would send someone to discuss with the Song envoy, and if he couldn't do it, he could bribe the Song envoy, after all, the tribute and border trade were still very important to them, and if he was not forced to do so, he would not give up easily.

Three days later, Li Foma led the civil and military officials to take a boat along the Jiahe River, that is, the Red River in later generations, and soon arrived at Dingnan City, another important city of the Li Dynasty, which is very close to the sea and can reach the sea through the Red River, so this is also the place where Li Chao's sailors are stationed.