Chapter 169: The Problem of New Year's Coins
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The hall fell silent for a while, Liu E was already a little annoyed, a good birthday banquet was actually disturbed by these crude Liao people, and what made him even more angry was that the room full of ministers, no one could say anything about this Liao people!
The failure of the Yongxi Northern Expedition was undoubtedly the most defeated battle since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the emperor drove the expedition in person, but was beaten by the Liao people to lose his armor, 200,000 troops collapsed, and also lost the lives of many generals, among which Yang Lao Linggong - Yang Ye was killed in this battle, and no one in the Song Dynasty wanted to mention this war, so Yelu Xinghe mentioned this matter, and all the ministers were silent.
Yelu Xinghe was even more proud when he saw that the ministers of the Song family were speechless, and he glanced mockingly at the Great Song officials present, some of them frowned, and some of them glared angrily.
"What an arrogant thief!" Old Man Cao was the first to quit.
As soon as Cao Wei opened his mouth, all the generals began to scold, and all kinds of foul words about "Liao thieves and Liao dogs" were endless.
When Cao Wei participated in the Yongxi Northern Expedition, he was in the prime of life, and after the failure of the Northern Expedition, he had been actively preparing for the Northern Expedition again, but this was more than 20 years, and in 20 years, he saw the veterans pass away one by one, and he became a veritable veteran. He understands the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, the older generation of generals has passed away, the young generals have not grown up, and the general altar of the Great Song Dynasty is the gap period of handover.
There is no shortage of fierce generals, but what is lacking is handsome, and they are the core people who can coordinate the overall situation and strategize. Alas, if there are still a few veterans alive, which round will get the Liao people so presumptuous!
Yelu Xinghe ignored it completely, and let the generals scold him so much that he didn't move, this thing is a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, you can scold it.
"It's a pity, General Yelu has become a sinner in the Liao Kingdom, and he doesn't know it yet." A small voice sounded, just enough to overpower the insults of the generals.
"It's you again!" Yelu Xinghe snorted coldly, it was Li Ce's guy again.
"General Yelu doesn't know yet, does he? Some time ago, the party sent an envoy to discuss a major matter with the Great Song Dynasty. Li Ce ignored his fire-breathing eyes and said to himself.
"What does the Dangxiang clan have to do with my Da Liao?"
"Huh...... General Yelu is really big-hearted, do you know what the party came to ask for? He wants us to join forces with him to attack your Liao Kingdom!" Li Ce suddenly retracted his loose expression and said coldly.
"What? Hum...... You're lying to me. Yelu Xinghe was startled at first, and then quickly thought that this matter seemed unlikely, the Song people have always been cunning, especially this young man, who is full of wisdom and must not be guarded against.
"You have a lot of imagination, let me ask you that the Xiang clan cried to us, saying that your Liao people have repeatedly oppressed them, robbed them of their food, and killed their people, but is there such a thing? The party called us ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and the courtiers were bullied, so we naturally couldn't sit idly by. Li Ce lied, his face did not change, and his heart did not beat.
These words are true and false, and there are also Li Ce's speculations, since the Liao army has repeatedly committed the Great Song Dynasty, it also borders on the Dangxiang clan, according to the character of the Liao people, how can it be safe with the Dangxiang clan?
Yelu Xinghe's eyes kept rolling, obviously his heart was constantly summarizing, Li Ce was right, the Liao army had indeed repeatedly violated the party's items, and just a month ago, they had just plundered a lot of their food and women. If the party is really forced to join forces with the Great Song Dynasty, then the Liao State will suffer, today the Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty, Your Majesty and all the ministers are here, this kid doesn't dare to talk nonsense, Yelu Xinghe was shocked, is this true?
Li Ce made such nonsense, and he actually bluffed Yelu Xinghe.
Of course, Yelu Xinghe was not a three-year-old child, and he asked unrelentingly: "There is no evidence, but there is a letter from the party?" ”
"You're not sick, you are, can I show you? The party begged us to send troops, and then we turned around and sold people? This is also done by you Liao people. Li Ce said disdainfully.
Yelu Xinghe was so angry with this guy that his teeth itched, and he believed in the affairs of the party and the clan, and he also believed in it a little.
"General Yelu, since you mentioned the matter of the New Year's coin, we might as well open the skylight and say something......
"What are you going to open?" Yelu Xinghe was a little incomprehensible to his sentences, which were sometimes mixed with the language of later generations.
"It's honest!"
"We will change the annual coin to 50,000 taels of silver, and the silk will remain unchanged, or 200,000 horses." Li Ce smacked his lips and pretended to be generous.
"It's ridiculous!" Yelu Xinghe stood up and said, the year's coins do not increase but decrease?
Everyone was stunned, even Liu E straightened up, Zhao Zhen stared at Li Ce speechlessly, what kind of joke is this kid, there is no room for sloppiness in military affairs.
"Didn't hear me? Silver reduced to 50,000 taels! Li Ce repeated loudly.
"No! If you don't go up, it's just that, how can you reduce it again? Yelu Xinghe asked loudly.
"The 50,000 is for the Dang Xiang clan, you always rob other people's things, can we be uneasy? How else? Join forces with him to fight you? Li Ce rebuked with an unhappy face.
"You are talking nonsense, this is simply made up by you!" Yelu Xinghe pointed at Li Ce and said loudly: "If it's true, why don't you prime ministers know, and you still want you to talk about it." It's just that although his voice was loud, he was faintly trembling, obviously a little weak and scared.
"Is it true, don't you know when you ask?" This guy is well versed in the skills of four or two thousand catties, and he threw the burden to Ding Wei very lightly.
Ding Wei secretly scolded Li Ce as a bastard in his heart, he just opened his eyes and said nonsense, he still had to pull himself into the water, he was already a lot old, did he have to accompany him to talk nonsense? But at the moment, this situation can't expose him!
Ding Wei didn't see the slightest emotional fluctuation on his face, but said coldly: "Today is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and the old man didn't want to mention these unhappy things." This old guy is not an old oilman, and he said it well, neither acknowledging Li Ce's words nor denying his words.
But in Yelu Xinghe's ears, this is not the case, Ding Wei's meaning is clearly to admit that this matter does exist, and the reason why he doesn't say it is because today is the birthday of the Queen Mother.
Yelu Xinghe's face was cloudy, why did he suddenly become like this......
"No, how can the contract that has been made be easily changed, and you Song people still don't talk about faith?" When Yelu Xinghe said this, he felt blush. When he came, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu told him to negotiate with Song about increasing the annual coin, just to test the bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty, if it can be negotiated, it is naturally the best, if Song does not agree, don't force it too much, now is not the time to tear up the contract with Song.
But the problem is that not only has it not been negotiated now, but the Great Song Dynasty has to reduce the New Year's coin, this situation is something that Yelu Xinghe never thought of, in fact, many of the rhetoric just now were memorized by him in advance, and before coming, the ministers of the Liao State thought of various rhetoric for him, and this product was just a script.
The hall fell silent again, and everyone was waiting for Yelu Xinghe's reaction, but this guy was obviously panicked now, and he didn't know how to respond.
Zhang Shixun has always been old-fashioned, but he can't let Li Ce toss endlessly, this guy is small and bold, and he is even more frightened, in case he pulls out something more outrageous later, it won't be able to end. He stood up and said: "General Yelu, our Great Song Dynasty respects you as a guest from afar, this is a good hospitality, don't forget that today is still the 60th birthday of the Empress Dowager Liu, if you continue to entangle, don't blame me for being ruthless, hum!" ”
Liu E nodded at Zhang Shixun with rare approval, although Old Man Zhang hates it very much on weekdays, he still knows how to take care of the overall situation at critical moments.
Yelu Xinghe has confirmed the party's request for an alliance with the Song family, just now he was eating with relish and contentment, but now it has suddenly become boring, things are reversed too quickly, although he did not complete his mission, but it is not without gain, I didn't expect the party to unite with the Song family to plot against my Daliao, and bring this important news back, it is not nothing.