Du Wenhao was stunned for a moment, and secretly praised in his heart, no wonder the Emperor of Western Xia sent him to negotiate, this old boy is really enduring, he insulted his emperor in front of him like this, he was very angry and did not return the favor, he was really a master of negotiation. Hearing him sincerely, the anger in my heart also disappeared by half, thinking that negotiation was originally a process of bargaining, and the conditions that the other party began to put forward were very harsh, which is understandable. If you then bargain, you don't have to be angry.

Du Wenhao glanced at him, then slowly walked back, took off his robe and sat back on the chair: "Okay, I'll talk about our conditions." We're not going to ask you for a lot of money and then negotiate slowly, we don't have the time to do it. ”

"Listen to me."

"Good! Our condition is that we can help your emperor regain imperial power, but in a safe way. The consideration in exchange is: first, you want to cancel the title of emperor, and my Great Song canonizes him as a vassal king, and the Western Xia is still under his jurisdiction, and the appointment of officials, finance and taxation, and the management of the people, etc., all remain unchanged. The Great Song Dynasty did not interfere in any way. ”

Du Wenhao said this, waiting for Wei Ma to speak out against it, but he didn't expect Wei Ma to be silent at all, still looking at him quietly.

Du Wenhao didn't know that before the Western Xia was called emperor, he was originally subordinate to the Song Dynasty and accepted the canonization of the Song Dynasty, even after he became the emperor, he also accepted the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty and paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, of course, in exchange for more "annual gifts". For the Western Xia emperors, it didn't matter whether they called themselves emperors or not, the emperor was the title of the supreme ruler of the Han people, and they naturally didn't care too much, as long as they were still the supreme leader of the Western Xia. Just changing from an emperor to a vassal king, you can exchange for a huge amount of coins, and they think that this is very advantageous, so the conditions offered by Du Wenhao are not new to Wei Ma at all, and naturally they are not unacceptable conditions at all.

Du Wenhao was secretly surprised, and continued: "Second, except for the 10,000 royal guards, the rest of your army is all reorganized into the Great Song Army, and it is commanded and dispatched by the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song army stationed in the Western Xia had the right to use the Western Xia Shandan Horse Farm and other military facilities, and in order to defend the Western Xia, they had the right to garrison troops anywhere except the imperial palace and serve as a defensive mission. ”

This condition finally made the smile on Weima's face stiffen, but he still did not speak, and listened quietly.

This old boy is really powerful, Du Wenhao secretly admired, and then said: "Third, from now on, Western Xia cannot sign any agreements with Daliao or other countries. The power to represent the state to the outside world could only be exercised by the Great Song Dynasty. In other words, the acts that need to be carried out externally in the name of the state can only be exercised by the Great Song Dynasty, not by the Western Xia. - Okay, that's all we have for these three conditions. ”

After a pause, Du Wenhao added: "In short, in a simple word, Western Xia became a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, and the military and diplomatic powers were exercised by the Great Song Dynasty, and the rest of the powers were still exercised by you, the Western Xia vassal kings. The Great Song Dynasty would not interfere, and the financial taxes did not have to be handed over to the imperial court. Do you understand? ”

Wei Ma swallowed his saliva, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Lord Zaizhi's words have been heard clearly below. For the first condition, I have been authorized by my emperor and can be agreed, and for the third condition, I need to go back and report to the emperor, and from my speculation, the problem is not very big. It's just that for the second condition, the reorganization of our army and the stationing of the Great Song Army in Western Xia, this condition is too harsh and we can't agree to it. ”

This result is completely within Du Wenhao's expectations, the first one has been accepted by them before, naturally it is not difficult, and the third condition, the issue of diplomatic power, the so-called "weak country has no diplomacy", in ancient times when transportation was extremely underdeveloped, it was just dealing with neighboring countries, and the surrounding areas of Western Xia, that is, Daliao and Tubo. Foreign affairs were very limited, and the ancients did not care much about the so-called diplomatic independence, they cared more about the benefits. This price, compared with the imperial power, is still worth it, so it is barely acceptable, and the third military power is difficult to accept, without the army, the imperial power will not be guaranteed. If there is no way out, no one will agree, and Western Xia is far from this. Emperor Huizong also clearly knew that without an army, his imperial power would be lost sooner or later.

However, for Du Wenhao, among the three conditions, the first and the third are all false, only the second is real, which is Du Wenhao's favorite, although he expected this result, he was still a little disappointed, smiled, and said: "You haven't returned to your emperor, how do you know that he won't agree?" ”

"There is no need to report it, the conditions that the emperor can accept are very clear."

"Oh?" Du Wenhao smiled, "So, Lord Wei has hole cards in his hand?" Then you don't have to work so hard, just show your hole cards and see if we can accept it. You must know that abolishing the Empress Dowager Liang and regaining the imperial power is still very urgent, beware of long nights and dreams! ”

"Yes, my lord is right, and my emperor thinks about it too, so this time, I want to make a decision once, don't bother too much. Whenever possible, a single negotiation can be achieved on mutually acceptable terms. ”

"Then show your hole cards!"

"Hehe, in fact, I don't have any hole cards, the first and third conditions mentioned by adults, we can all agree. But the second condition, we are really difficult to accept, can the adults change the condition? ”

"Then tell me, how can you accept it?"

Du Wenhao didn't want to show his hole cards all at once, now they have to ask for their own side, and they are anxious, and they must use this as much as possible to obtain the greatest benefits. So Du Wenhao still kicked the ball to the other party and watched the other party's cards.

Wei Ma thought for a while, and arched his hand: "In this way, how about halving the annual coins of the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia every year?" ”

Du Wenhao sneered: "New Year's coins? Don't you say that I still want to talk about it, do you think it's fair that we give you the so-called New Year's Coin every year? ”

"This is what the Great Song Dynasty gave me in Western Xia."

"I solemnly tell you, I hope you can convey to you Emperor Huizong, we will no longer give the annual coin in the Great Song Dynasty, and we will cancel this provision, because this is an unequal treaty!"

"Unfair? Why? ”

"Why? You still ask me why? Hehe, both sides of the peace need it, why should we give you money in exchange for peace? Do you really think we're scared of you? Ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see! ”

Wei Ma was tepid: "Lord Zaizhi, let's unify the conditions of the two sides, what has been agreed in front is that you agree to send troops to help our emperor regain the imperial power, and the two sides will form a brotherhood alliance and never fight......"

"Truce and keep the peace, this is the desire of both sides, and cannot be used as a quid pro quo!"

Wei Ma smiled reluctantly: "Okay, I agree with Lord Zaizhi's opinion. This is not a condition, but a result of an alliance between the two sides. So, is it okay for us to release more than 40,000 prisoners of war from your side in exchange for your return to us the occupied Hengshan and the forts south of Lanzhou? ”

Du Wenhao shook his head and said, "No! The prisoners of war must be released unconditionally, and since both sides are allied, no more hostages can be held on the other side. This is the inevitable result of an alliance. You should return all the more than 40,000 prisoners of war to us unconditionally! ”

Wei Ma smiled bitterly: "Since ancient times, there has been no such thing as unconditional release of prisoners of war!" ”

"I'll have it!" Du Wenhao said coldly, "On the other hand, if we capture your people, as long as the two sides call off the army and form an alliance, we will also unconditionally release your prisoners of war!" ”

"Lord Zaiji, the personnel of our side that you have captured in previous battles have never been released unconditionally."

Du Wenhao said: "That's okay, I'll go back and count, if our side captures your personnel, then the two sides will be exchanged." ”

"However, we have many more people capturing yours, so we won't lose it!"

"What's the loss? Once the two sides strike their troops, the prisoners of war must be released unconditionally, which is a matter of course, and it is not a market to buy and sell, but to bargain. ”

Wei Ma couldn't cry or laugh, he found that it was too difficult to convince Du Wenhao that the prisoners of war could not be released unconditionally, and what he needed now was to try to reach an alliance agreement, the prisoner of war issue could not be said, and he could only use other methods, Wei Ma said: "Then let's not talk about this issue, talk about other conditions......

"No!" Du Wenhao said brazenly, "Since we want to form an alliance, we must unconditionally release the prisoners of war, otherwise, everything is not negotiable!" ”

Wei Ma finally sank his face as well: "Since your Excellency said so, then the two sides have formed an alliance, should your country return the land that has invaded us to us?" ”

Du Wenhao remembered the alliance between the former Soviet Union and New China, when the former Soviet Union saw that New China was dependent on it, so he refused to return the large territory occupied by Tsarist Russia in China, and finally the two sides formed an alliance.

Du Wenhao sneered: "Land is different from people, whoever owns the land belongs to whomever it owns." Prisoners of war are our soldiers who were captured by you in the war, so they must be returned to our army! ”

"Lord Zaiji's words are a bit strong, right?"

"Strong words? Hehe, I'd like to ask you a few questions. May I? ”

"Lord Zaiji, please."

"Excuse me, when did you establish a kingdom in Western Xia?"

"Emperor Jingzong's Heavenly Rite Law Yanzuo first year, that is, the first year of the Great Song Dynasty's Baoyuan"

"Let me ask again, whose land was Western Xia before this?"

"Party item Lee."

"Whose canonization did they accept?"

"Da Liao and Da Song."

Du Wenhao slapped his thigh: "It's still true, speaking of which, your entire Western Xia is the land of the Great Song Dynasty, do you want to return it?" ”

"This is not right, at that time, the party was only allied with the Great Song Dynasty and accepted the canonization, and the Great Song Dynasty did not govern Western Xia."

Du Wenhao was not familiar with this history, and he didn't know if what he said was true, so he turned a corner and said: "Let me ask, since the founding of the Western Xia, you have not occupied the land of my Great Song Dynasty, nor have you encroached on other people's land?" ”

Wei Ma was stunned for a moment, the Western Xia had used troops against the Uighurs and occupied a large territory, in the war of the Great Song Dynasty, while the land was captured by the Great Song Dynasty, it also occupied part of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and in fact, both sides occupied part of the land of the other party. This point cannot be avoided, if it were an ordinary negotiation between the two countries, Weima would definitely be arguing nonsense and arguing slowly. But now he has a request for others, and he doesn't want to do this, so as not to annoy the other party and backfire.

He is now anxious to form an alliance and use the power of the Great Song Dynasty to regain imperial power, which is the main thing. Since they are not even willing to return the land they have occupied, let alone ask the other party to cede the land. Wei Ma didn't want to mention the issue of the Great Song Dynasty ceding the reeds, rice fat, Futu, and Anjiang Sisai. "This ...... is not the same thing......

"Nature is the same thing!" Du Wenhao was secretly proud, but there was a look of indignation on his face, "Lord Wei, the negotiation must be sincere, this is not a verbal statement, and there must be actual actions." Don't talk about those unrealistic things, let's think of something real and fair for both parties! ”

Wei Ma sighed and said, "In the opinion of Lord Zaizhi, what is a fair and real condition? ”

Du Wenhao didn't bother to go around the bend with him, and he didn't expect that they would accept the conditions for changing the Western Xia Army, so he said: "Okay, I see that you are also a happy person, to be straightforward, I will modify the conditions, as long as I agree to our conditions." None of these conditions can be changed! If it works, it will be pulled. ”

"Okay, Lord Zaiji, please speak."

"We will send troops to help you kill the Empress Dowager Liang and regain the throne. The quid pro quo were: first, the unconditional release of all our prisoners of war; Second, cancel the New Year's coin; Third, cancel the title of emperor, my Great Song canonized him as the king of Western Xia, and Western Xia is still under his independent jurisdiction; Fourth, cede the land south of Xuanhua Mansion and Liangzhou to me in the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Wei Ma nodded again and again when he heard the front, and when he heard the end, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "My lord is really joking, that area is one of the richest places in my Western Xia, how can I cede it?" Everything else is easy to say, the last one, hehe, it's really hard to follow. Adults, let's change the conditions. ”

Du Wenhao stood up: "I said, as far as these conditions are concerned, none of them can be changed, just do it, and pull it if it doesn't work." If you refuse to cede this land to us, it doesn't matter, anyway, our army will capture those places in the future, if you don't believe it, let's see. Leave! ”

"My lord! If you have something to discuss! ”

Du Wenhao has already thought about it, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he must bring Shandan Racecourse over. To build a strong cavalry force, count on the second largest horse farm in the world. Therefore, this condition must not be allowed, even if the two conditions except for the prisoners of war are waived for this reason. What's more, they have obviously agreed to these three conditions, which can be regarded as additional income. So Du Wenhao didn't want to talk about it anymore, ignored Wei Ma, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Cai Jing hurriedly caught up, and didn't dare to talk nonsense outside, so he sent Du Wenhao to the door. Before Du Wenhao got on the sedan chair, he told Cai Jing to take care of the Western Xia envoy, and then returned to Wuwei Hall in the sedan chair.