If these two are just a headache, this third one is to make his head explode, because it is Chiguoguo's 'land cutting', and the level of shame is still above the indemnity, the Song Dynasty before ceding the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao State is already a big injury, and the whole country is deeply ashamed, and now it is going to cede a city to the Tang State - although it is much better than giving it to a foreign race, but it is not good, Su Yuanjing can imagine what kind of face everyone will have if he goes back and tells Huizong and the hundred officials about it.

He had to smile bitterly and said: "Lord Li Ying, Your Highness, this condition is really a bit harsh, it is beyond the scope of the subordinate officials' duties, can we discuss it again, even if we have more money and food, it will be no problem." ”

Wu Yong smiled at this time: "Taiwei Su, in fact, we are also thinking about you, you see, this first article is just a little money, the court is widely drawn, this money is really a drop in the bucket, and there is no need to give it to the Western Xia Kingdom in the future, how much will be saved every year; The second word is also for your good, our Tang country now has no place to produce half of the salt, we have millions of people up and down, of course it is not possible to eat without salt, we only need one-third of the output of Liangzhou, this is not a high requirement, right?

As for the third one, it is the mercy of our king, if the lower officials are not mistaken, there are at least two or three cities in Yongzhou that have been attacked by the Liukou of Western Xia, and even ransacked, right? We didn't specify which city the court would give us before, just for your sake, you can give us one of the middle of it, so that we can be considered to have a legitimate reason to send troops to the Western Xia Kingdom, which can be described as the best of both worlds. ”

Wu Yong's eloquence is second only to Du Jia in the entire Tang Kingdom, his mouth is like a hanging river, and Su Yuanjing is stunned, he thinks that it is indeed the same reason, so many people in the Tang Kingdom want to eat salt, if the court dies and they will not have to fight again, and those cities have already been looted by the Western Xia army, and they are unable to recapture them, so that the Tang State is better than giving it to the Western Xia.

In fact, he wronged the Tang State this time, Yongzhou was selected in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty was not next to each other at all, it was completely an 'enclave', it was useless for the Tang State to get it in his hands, this sent fewer troops and became a lone army, and it was not cost-effective to send more troops, Tang Guo put forward this request on the one hand is indeed as Wu Yong said in order to be famous, on the other hand, it is also to show his strength to the world, after all, it has been several years since the state of Chu, Wu and Jin, but none of them have been recognized by the imperial court, and the Tang State can make the imperial court public. Rewarding 'a city down, this prestige will naturally overwhelm them.

As for the future after getting this mansion, Du Jia didn't even plan to send troops over, only arranged for a few officials to go there to take office, and the taxes obtained continued to be handed over to the Song Dynasty, at most just send some local products back, just in this name.

Thinking of this, Su Yuanjing gritted his teeth and said: "I see, the lower official is deeply grateful for your country's kindness, this matter is so decided, I can guarantee it in my own name first, and let the saint announce it as soon as I go back, and send the money and food as soon as possible, but the military situation is urgent, and I hope that your country will send troops as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, Su Yuanjing immediately asked his cronies to take out his seal, asked for a pen, and was willing to sign an agreement on the spot, the literati at that time took their reputation very seriously, even people like Gao Yu did not dare to openly betray their promises, let alone a clear stream official like Su Yuanjing, if he broke his trust in the world, there would be no second way except to die to apologize.

Although it is a hostile relationship, the officials of the Tang State are also quite impressed when they see Su Taiwei's move, which is tantamount to gambling with his own political career and even the life of his whole family, in case he goes back to Huizong and turns his face and disagrees with these requirements and he promises in advance, then he will be cut to the people at the lightest, and he will be imprisoned if it is heavy, it can be seen that he is indeed for the court, this kind of uneconomical thing Brother Qiu Cai Jing and other traitors will never be able to do.

After Su Yuanjing signed the agreement and stamped his big seal, Wu Yong immediately changed his smile and took his hand enthusiastically and said: "Lord Su is too polite, in fact, with the relationship between us, why should we be so serious, we can naturally trust the reputation of Lord Su, Lord Su, you are tired from afar, please rest here for a few days, we will prepare military horses now, and we will send troops to Yongzhou within three days." ”

Su Yuanjing couldn't help but scold Wu Yong's shamelessness in his heart when he heard this, he was so shrewd in settling accounts with me just now, he was completely business-like, and to say something unpleasant was to talk about feelings and hurt money, and now when he agreed to the conditions, he immediately pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, as if talking about money insulted the personalities and feelings of both parties, Ni Mei's truth and backwords were all let him say it alone, such a talent was really a serious dereliction of duty if the court failed to select it, no wonder it has been so turbulent over the years, it is indeed deserved.

However, how can people not bow their heads under the low eaves, how dare Su Taiwei turn his face and blame Wu Yong at this moment, so he had to smile bitterly a few times to resolve the embarrassing scene, and then he didn't care about resting or even refusing to eat, so he took people down the mountain to go back to his life on the spot, at this time he was very anxious, on the one hand, he was worried about how much the two teams of the Western Xia Kingdom had brought to the country during this time; On the other hand, he is also worried about signing this agreement rashly, he can be said to be dedicated to the country, but I don't know if Huizong will think so, and those turbid traitors will definitely make a big fuss, he must go back as soon as possible.

Just when Su Taiwei was desperately rushing back, the other two Qincha had already returned, Tian Hu and Wang Qing were both greedy and selfish, and the only principle for them to do things was whether they had any benefits or not, and the life and death of the people and the righteousness of the country had nothing to do with them at all; What's more, they don't have Du Jia's big picture and far-sighted vision, as sworn enemies, they can't wait for the court and the Xixia Kingdom to fight to the death, it's too late to laugh at this time, how can they send troops to help?

Wang Qing was a little better, but he didn't see him behind closed doors, and let people drive away the Qin messenger sent by the imperial court, in order to leave a line in the future, in case of an accident, he would see each other again; And Tian Hu cruelly directly sent someone to cut the minister as a 'celery', and also looted the team, and took all the rewards, the team only ran a few dozen casually, which can be said to give full play to its tyrannical and killing characteristics, in terms of the degree of resoluteness of the rebellion, he was better than Wang Qing, and he didn't think about how to get along with the court in the future.

(End of chapter)