Three years ago, when the Later Qin Dynasty defeated Guzang, Hexi was shaken, and Nanliang took the lead in paying tribute to Chang'an, and then Mengxun of Beiliang also called his ministers.

Forced by the situation, Li Wei could only send an envoy to Chang'an to claim his vassal, and Hexi Sanliang accepted the canonization of Later Qin under the obscenity of Later Qin, and nominally became a vassal of Later Qin.

In the evening, there was a big banquet in the Liangwang Mansion, and the envoy Jiang Ji of the Later Qin State entered the Liangwang Mansion with a group of Qin envoys behind him.

Jiang Ji, originally a subordinate of Houliang, returned to Nanliang after Houliang was destroyed, and soon defected to Qin, Yao Xing attached great importance to it, and took it as a confidant, and this time he was ordered by Yao Xing to send an envoy to Xiliang.

"Jiang Ji, the envoy of Great Qin, has seen the Duke of Jiuquan." Jiang Ji hugged his fists slightly at Li Wei, who was at the top of the head, and didn't even look at Li Wei with his eyes.

"Hehe, please sit down when the envoy from the kingdom comes." Li Wei held back his anger in his heart, nodded and replied towards the position below the hall.

"Duke of Jiuquan, this envoy is on the order of my Great Qin Heavenly King to send an envoy to Jiuquan, Jiuquan Duke insulted my Great Qin like this, is it the courtier's doing?" Jiang Ji looked at the seat in front of him, and couldn't help but be furious when he was arranged behind Song Miao and other important ministers.

After Yao Xing succeeded to the throne, he called himself the king of heaven, just like the former Qin Fujian, so Jiang Ji called Yao Xing the king of heaven.

"Lord Jiang, this is the Daliang Imperial Hall, not the Chang'an City of your Qin State, how can you be presumptuous!" Li Yan couldn't stand it for a long time, and many officials above the court were afraid of the Qin State, but Li Yan was not afraid.

"Yan'er, sit down! Don't be unreasonable! Seeing Li Yan get up and angrily reprimand the envoy of the Qin State, Li Wei hurriedly stopped.

"Duke of Jiuquan, are you conniving at your subordinates to be rude to the kingdom?" Jiang Ji saw Li Yan get up and reprimand himself, but Li Wei just scolded a few words and couldn't help but blush.

Suo Xian got up at this time and bowed to Jiang Ji and said, "Don't be angry, please take a seat." ”

After Jiang Ji and the others sat down, Li Wei instructed his subordinates to start serving wine and food, and after a while, all kinds of dishes filled the table.

"Lord Jiang, this king toasts you." Li Wei picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Jiang Ji picked up the wine glass, blocked the wine glass with a wide sleeve cannon, and drank it all with his head up.

"Hehe, I don't know what happened when you made me cold?" Li Wei put down the wine glass in his hand and asked Jiang Ji.

"Duke of Jiuquan, this is the letter of the King of Great Qin, this envoy came this time, in addition to conveying the will of the King of Heaven, there is also an important matter to discuss with the Duke of Jiuquan." Jiang Ji said as he took the letter of state from the entourage beside him and handed it to the attendant on the side.

"Oh? I don't know what you need to worry about? Li Wei took the letter of state from the attendant's hand and looked at it quickly.

Li Wei looked at Jiang Ji's national credentials, his breathing continued to get heavier, his face changed dramatically, and then he slammed Jiang Ji's credentials on the table.

"Didn't your envoy deceive me into being cold and unrelenting? A year to pay a tribute of 50,000 taels of gold, 300,000 stones of grain and grass, and 5,000 good horses, the king of Nuben could not agree! Hum! Li Wei was furious in his heart, Qin asked Xiliang to pay such a large amount of money and grain every year, how could Li Wei accept.

"Jiuquan Gong's words are serious, as a courtier, he should report to the king and the people, does Jiuquan Gong want to resist the decree and disobey it?" Jiang Ji got up and threatened.

"This~, don't misunderstand your envoy, it's just that this year's tribute has increased nearly tenfold, my Daliang is sparsely populated, and the land is barren, so I really can't meet the requirements of your envoy." Although Li Wei was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, he was not good at tearing his face at the moment.

"Jiuquan Gong is serious, now Jiuquan Gong has taken five out of ten in Hexi, and he has pocketed most of the Western Regions, who doesn't know that Jiuquan Gong occupies this rich land?" Jiang Ji said with a smile.

"This matter still needs to be discussed, and I cannot reply to your envoy for the time being. I will reply after the king's deliberations. Li Wei waved his hand and sat on the throne weakly.

"Hehe, this is not in a hurry, this envoy will wait for good news in the post station." Jiang Ji smiled, as if he had seen Xiliang surrender at his feet, not to mention how comfortable he was.

"Just now your envoy said that there are important things to discuss, I don't know what your envoy said?"

With so much money and grain, Xiliang will not be able to take it out for a while and a half, and now he has been fighting for many years, and the soldiers and horses cannot make ends meet, so how can there be extra money and grain to pay tribute.

It's just that the Qin State occupies these oasy places in Guanzhong and Luoyang, and there are hundreds of thousands of people with armor, which are not at all comparable to poor and weak countries like Xiliang, Li Wei is extremely worried in his heart.

Jiang Ji looked at Li Wei at the top, got up and said proudly: "Over the years, the three Liang have attacked each other, and there have been many wars, and my Great Qin Heavenly King can't bear to suffer this great calamity in the world. ”

"What your envoy said is extremely true, over the years, the Huns and thieves have repeatedly attacked my Daliang, kidnapped my people, mutilated the living beings, and displaced the people, this king is deeply sympathetic, as long as the Huns withdraw from Lechuan and return the plundered people, this king is willing to form an alliance with Zhangye Gongyong." Li Wei drank the glass of wine in his hand and said with a flushed face.

"Jiuquan Gong's words are wrong. Now Zhangye Gong has said that as long as Jiuquan Gong cedes the land of Jiankang County, Zhangye Gong is willing to swear not to offend Jiuquan Gongmeng, and I promise that Zhangye Gong will no longer commit crimes in the west, I don't know what will happen to Jiuquan Gong? ”

When Jiang Ji passed through Zhangye, Frustrated Meng Xun held a banquet to entertain Jiang Ji, and when Jiang Ji looked at the golden jewels in the big boxes in front of him, his eyes were straight.

With the prestige of Great Qin, it was effortless to promote the two families to stop fighting, in Jiang Ji's eyes. Although this time, the Heavenly King Yao Xing confessed that his purpose was to ask for tribute from Hexi Sanliang.

Now the Qin State in the past few years, the south to defend the Beifu army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the north of the Northern Wei perennial Chen soldiers border, two years ago, the north of the Southern Huns Iron Buddha Department Liu Bobo openly rebelled and proclaimed himself the king of the Great Summer, and now the entire Hetao area has been captured, these two years continue to invade the south of the Qin State, pit and kill tens of thousands of troops.

Although since Yao Xing succeeded to the throne, the national strength of Great Qin has gradually become stronger, but now in the face of Hu Xia and Liu Bobo's attack, Great Qin's soldiers, horses, money and food have been consumed hugely, and Jiang Ji will give advice to Hexi Sanliang.

"Lord, by all means! The land of my Daliang was all bought by the soldiers with blood, why did it cede to the Hun thieves? When Zhang Jing, the general of Zhengnan, heard that Jiang Ji said that he would cede Jiankang County to Pseudo-Liang, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart.

"Jiuquan Gong, are you unwilling to make any concessions for the people of Hexi to no longer suffer from the misery of their lives? What's more, now Jiankang County has fallen into the hands of Zhang Yegong. ”

"This matter will not be talked about again, this king will never agree, although Jiankang County has now been occupied by the Hun thieves, but it is also easy for me to recapture Le Juan in Daliang." Li Wei flatly refused.

"That's right! Can't promise them. Many civil and military officials above the court chimed in.