Ye Luliang naturally didn't dare to agree to Lu Chengqi's condition of opening his mouth, if the money and silver were less, it would be fine, but it can be calculated, just because the ransom of these generals has exceeded one million yuan, how dare he agree?

If he agreed, he, the privy envoy of the Southern Court, would have done it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info When did the Liao State accept the softness, if he dared to agree to these conditions, he would definitely be written into the history books of the Liao State, as a typical traitor, he was scolded by future generations for generations.

In fact, Lu Chengqi's asking price is really not high, millions of yuan of money happens to be the total amount of pensions and rewards for the forbidden army and the border army. If you count the money distributed by the promoted officers, Lu Chengqi only loses and does not earn.

It's not that Lu Chengqi doesn't have the courage to ask for a higher price, it's just that Lu Chengqi deduced through the secret report of the inspector in Liao that the compensation that Liao can accept is so high, and if it is more, Yelu Hongji will be distressed. Liao is different from Dashun, with prosperous commercial tax and agricultural tax revenue, and the tax has not been high. In addition, in this era, there is no alliance between the Yuan, and the Liao State does not have the annual unearned millions of coins, and life has always been quite poor.

Realizing that Liao's economy is so weak, Lu Chengqi really can't bear to ask for too high a price, and millions of dollars is his bottom line. As the saying goes, when a cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold. In this different time and space, it is also a wise saying. In this way, tens of thousands of troops were used, and Lu Chengqi's rewards and military salaries exceeded one million yuan, and sure enough, the war burned money. Only the Song Dynasty in the official history can support the protracted war, and it has been fought for 25 years just around the sixteen states of Youyun. If the Ming Dynasty, which had a weak economy, would have been dragged down long ago. The end of the Ming Dynasty is an example, the court has no money, the army has no salary, and they are unwilling to fight with their lives, and finally the peasant uprising inside and the Tartars outside work together to overthrow the already crumbling Ming Dynasty.

There is no money to fight, and it is not like the nomads to loot, who is willing to sell their lives? Lu Chengqi secretly sighed in his heart, it is better to use fewer swords and soldiers if it is okay in the future, otherwise the economy will collapse, and the fun will be great.

Seeing that Lu Chengqi was so tough, Yeluliang suddenly became tough: "Your Majesty, if you force each other like this again, aren't you afraid that the two countries will use swords again?" ”

Where did Lu Chengqi not know that he was just intimidating, he was strong on the outside, if he was so tough, he would have gathered the army a long time ago, and started the war without saying a word, how could he send an envoy over? Lu Chengqi was not worried, and said: "Since this is the case, then see you on the battlefield, I am not afraid of war, even if ten soldiers are exchanged for one of you, there are still people in Dashun, do you have that population?" ”

Yeluliang was shocked by Lu Chengqi's tough attitude for a while. I always thought that Dashun was weak and could be bullied, but now this habitual impression is not a problem, and Yeluliang doesn't know what to do. He said in his heart: "If you can fight, Your Majesty will fight a long time ago, where will you send me over?" Presumably, this little emperor has taken my advantage of this, and I can't be led away by him. ”

Yeluliang, who had made up his mind, said: "Your Majesty, if you can fight, why do you need me to come to Dashun? Your Majesty, you also know that the tax revenue of the Liao State is not high, and it is really difficult for a strong person to pay a million yuan, so half of it can be reduced or paid. ”

Lu Chengqi saw that he was soft, so he said: "It's impossible to reduce it by half." I know that your cattle, sheep and horses are not valuable, but Dashun's cattle, sheep and horses are very valuable. In this way, according to the market price of Dashun, I allow you to use cattle, sheep and horses to offset the number, this is the final bottom line, if you don't agree, don't think about taking a person away from me! ”

The Dashun officials present are all important ministers and high-ranking officials, where have they ever seen such a-for-tat negotiation scene? Lu Chengqi saw their stunned expressions, and said secretly in his heart: "None of you have seen how negotiations were conducted during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and you talked while fighting!" The battle of sitting down to negotiate after the battle has already been fought is several times smaller. ”

Yeluliang pondered for a long time, still felt that he couldn't be this historical sinner, and just wanted to speak, Lu Chengqi didn't wait for him anymore, and when he saw his hesitant look, he knew that he had no sincerity to negotiate. Lu Chengqi waved his hand, then got up and left. The little chamberlain beside him hurriedly preached: "The emperor is driving!" ”

After the officials bowed and retreated, Yeluliang still stood in place, at a loss. It wasn't until the Khitan deputy envoy pushed him that he reacted. After leaving the palace, Yeluliang asked them in Khitan dialect: "Today's matter, in your opinion, what does this little emperor of the south mean?" ”

One of the deputy envoys said: "Although the little emperor of the south is young, his heart is high. It is the age of the flesh and blood, and I am afraid that he is not a person who is afraid of war. We threaten him with war, and we are afraid that we will play into his hands. It's better to agree to his conditions, after all, we have more cattle and sheep, and they are not very valuable. ”

Another deputy envoy also said in Khitan dialect: "Cattle and sheep can be given, but horses will never be given." You and I both know that Dashun lacks horses, if they are given horses, then we Khitans will definitely suffer. "I have to say that the Khitans are not stupid, they know that Lu Chengqi's intentions are to come for horses. They can also see that the current advantage of the Liao State of the horse is, and if Dashun equalizes this advantage, then their life will not be easy. It can be said that in this world, no one is really stupid, they all know what they can and can't do.

At the same time, Lu Chengqi announced to Feng Chengping, the twelve ministers of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Jiang Yu, the privy envoy of the Military Staff Department, and Pan Xingyi and Peng Jinkang, the deputy privy envoys.

"All of you must know why I want to summon you and others, the so-called thing, but the envoys of the Liao State asked for my Dashun prisoner. Do you think that I am too much of a philistine? Lu Chengqi took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

Feng Chengping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is equivalent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and when he saw that everyone was silent, he couldn't help but be silent. I saw him cautiously say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty's actions today are not in accordance with the etiquette system. He didn't dare to say that Lu Chengqi did something wrong, he just said that he didn't do it in accordance with etiquette. I have to say that readers are like this, if they want to accuse you, they have to beat around the bush.

Lu Chengqi put down the white porcelain teacup, if this official kiln white porcelain is put in the future, it must be the existence of collectors crazy. It's a pity that in this different time and space, the commonplace Lu Chengqi is no longer strange, and often sighs in his heart, if he can take a few white porcelain to travel to the afterlife again, he will become a millionaire, and he will not have to work hard for his livelihood every day.

Lu Chengqi slowly spoke: "I know that you can't accept this kind of negotiation for a while. But I would like to warn you that in future negotiations, you will not budge an inch. What is negotiation? Isn't it just for the best interests! Negotiations between countries revolve around interests. I have said that there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies between nations, only eternal interests. If you can't see clearly, you won't be able to sit down under your ass. After that, Lu Chengqi also glanced at Feng Chengping with his residual eyes.

Feng Chengping was personally reprimanded by him, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat and said: "What Your Majesty said is the truth!" ”

Lu Chengqi snorted coldly and said, "Why did I do this, don't you know? I am seeking some justice for the dead soldiers and the slain border people! Besides, it was us who won the battle this time, so why should we compromise with the Liao State? Hear clearly, these Khitan captives, especially the Khitan generals, are all my war dividends. I want you to know that there is money to be made by fighting! ”