Chapter 675: Song Liao Peace Talks

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Chen Yuan didn't answer, Xiao Yueben's problem was a matter of course. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf Song Jun wants to destroy Emperor Sonhito, who is still in Hokkaido, it will be easy. The purpose of keeping him until now is to allow the entire Dongying to continue to be in a state of war.

War is a good thing, not only to make oneself rich, but also to solve things that would otherwise seem difficult. For example, the book was included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although these little people are short, their ambitions are not small. Being aggrieved for a long time on a small island caused them to have a dark heart makes it impossible for them to accept any foreign force.

In their hearts, the emperor is the greatest god and can do anything. After Nazunhito announced his succession as emperor in Hokkaido, some difficulties arose in the war. The samurai who joined Tsushima for various reasons did not contribute to the battlefield, and even did not help, and deliberately left the weapons given to them by the Song army on the battlefield to support their emperor in this way.

But now it is different, under the instruction of Chen Yuan, the battle of Tsushima was quite difficult, and every expedition to Hokkaido was always returned for various reasons, and more than 100,000 Toei samurai died in that land.

After a few years of war, even if both sides pay attention, casualties are inevitable. After seeing the blood, there was nothing to be polite about, and slowly the admiration and nostalgia of those samurai for the emperor were shattered by their own hands in the battles again and again.

Most of the older generation of samurai had been killed or disabled, and the new generation of samurai was more accepting of Tsushima than the maimed emperor who had beaten their father and brother.

Now that the heat is almost over, Chen Yuan asked Ji Xin to put forward the proposal of returning to the Great Song Dynasty first, and see the reaction of the Song Dynasty and the Dongying people.

Wen Yanbo naturally wouldn't know what Chen Yuan was thinking. At this time, Wen Yanbo sat in the position of privy envoy, and he was destined to ask Chen Yuan to carry out a series of cooperation in the future. Dongyeong's affairs, Goryeo's affairs, Mongolia's affairs, and Java's affairs.

The Song Dynasty's foreign relations did not become simple because of the victory in the war, on the contrary, from this time on, the Song Dynasty's diplomacy entered a new stage. When the country is strong, others will listen to what you say, but it will also face new challenges.

Like the Liao State and the party in the past, they came to negotiate with you, and there will be no people who ask for money and land, but some soft knives behind the back, small actions under the table, are more difficult to deal with than before.

The Song Dynasty had to learn to use some small actions to deal with the other party's small actions, even if it seemed a little shameless and not quite like the style of a scholar, but it was the best and only way. Negotiations between countries are interests, and comparisons are fists, and there are no eternal friends, let alone any gentlemen's friendships.

On July 18, the Song army marched into Zhongjing, and was greeted not by the rolling stones and sassal trees thrown down by the Liao people from the city, but by the firecrackers that had already been placed on both sides of the street. Wen Yanbo entered the city first, and was the first general of the Song army to set foot in Zhongjing.

Then there was the Renzong brigade, and the soldiers were very tightly guarded on both sides of the street, except for a few Liao generals who were searched and could walk to the position of more than a dozen steps in front of Renzong's horse, no one else could approach.

In the afternoon of the same day, Renzong sat on the chair made by the Liao emperor in the former capital of the Liao people, and received the envoys of various countries.

The moment he looked at those envoys of different skin colors and appearances worshipping at his feet, Renzong really had a sense of accomplishment.

Next, we can discuss some things that must require Renzong's opinion, such as what to do with the Liao people in the future, Xiao Tatar's envoy is still waiting for Renzong's reply in Zhongjing, and when the Song army does not have enough horses to support them to march into the grassland, it has become the only choice for the Song army to negotiate with the Liao people.

On this point, the generals of the Song Dynasty also understood that if they ran into the grassland with two legs and raced with the strong horses of the Liao State, they might lose all the fruits of victory in their hands, and now they must reach an agreement with the Liao people.

Renzong's envoy to the Liao State proposed that the current state of war between the two sides could be ended, and the Liao people should recognize that the territory actually occupied by the Song army was the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, which was a prerequisite for negotiations between the two sides. Only when the Liao people agreed to this can they find a place at the negotiating table.

As for what price the Liao State will have to pay for the Song Dynasty to put Yelu Hongji back, this is a matter of details, and the two sides will have to sit at the negotiating table and talk in detail before they can decide.

The Liao people were in charge of the negotiation, and Renzong in the Song Dynasty handed over the matter to Wen Yanbo, Di Qing, and Chen Shimei.

Wen Yanbo was a little excited, although he had also discussed things with other countries before, but it was all under the command of others, and his last deputy cooperated. Today is the first time he appeared as the protagonist, sat on the chair, really felt a little happy, looking at Zhang Li opposite and a few messengers sent by Xiao Tatari, Wen Yanbo first took a sip of tea to suppress his emotions, and then said: "Lord Zhang, this time our emperor asked me to negotiate with my lord, if you have any opinions, you can tell me, if Lord Zhang is dissatisfied with me, you can directly ask our emperor for a replacement." ”

This is just a polite gesture in the early stage, Zhang Li will not propose a replacement, even if he proposes it to the Song Dynasty, he will not agree. The opening remarks in this kind of negotiation Zhang Li are too familiar, and he smiled slightly: "Where did Lord Wen say, Lord Wen is an important minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and I have heard the name of Lord Wen many times in Liao, knowing that Lord Wen is not only talented, but also leading the army to fight is also really eye-opening, I believe that I will be able to find a suitable way with Lord Wen to solve the problems that our two countries are facing now." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled at Zhang Li's compliment, but didn't say anything. The conditions of the Liao people are also very simple, that is, they must let Yelu Hongji go back. It is impossible to agree to them immediately on this point, Renzong said very clearly, even if he wants to release Yelu Hongji, he will wait until he returns to Bianjing to see the people's situation before making a decision.

What Wen Yanbo has to do is to leave the Liao people at the negotiating table, so that the two sides can leave a door to communicate and wait for the development of the situation in Liao.

"There's no need to say anything superfluous, Master Zhang, let's get straight to the point."

Zhang Li nodded: "This war has brought great harm to your country and us, and the main responsibility is on our side, after all, we did it first." It's just that the war has been fought so far, and we hope to stop fighting with your country and sit down and settle the matter. After all, the friendship between us Song Liao for more than a hundred years was not easy to come by. ”

More than a hundred years of friendship between Song and Liao? When Zhang Li said this, Chen Yuan felt that he wanted to laugh, and Wen Yanbo's body next to him also moved slightly. The invasion of the Liao State against the Song Dynasty is described as friendship, and the suffering of the common people on the border for more than 100 years can best explain all this friendship.

This Zhang Tong can say this with his eyes open and a dignified face, and he can be regarded as a talent. Wen Yanbo coughed, and then said, "Our Great Song Dynasty has always liked peace. After the signing of the Tanyuan Alliance, our Song Dynasty has always abided by the treaty, and it is you who have repeatedly broken the agreement we reached. ”

Zhang Li nodded: "Yes, so we know that this time we have to take responsibility for our own mistakes." We have already given up the Yanyun area, and we have even given up near Zhongjing. The Empress Dowager's edict is very clear, as long as the Song Dynasty promises not to blame the past, we are willing to return to the grassland and never step into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty again. ”

Wen Yanbo's hand tapped on the table: "Lord Zhang, the most critical question now is, how can we trust your guarantee?" At the time of the Tanyuan Alliance, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State and the Emperor Zhenzong of our dynasty also swore an oath to the sky, what was the result? Small-scale invasions began the following year. ”

The attitude of the Song Dynasty was a bit forceful, but Zhang Li knew that he had to endure the sharp words of this Song Dynasty descendant who was much younger than himself, because that was the power of the victor.

Now she must negotiate the matter immediately and let Yelu Hongji go back, so that Xiao Tatari can be justified, and she can resist Yelu Neghu, who has retreated to the northwest of the grassland.

It's really, really urgent. Xiao Tatari asked Yelu to go and trick Na Yelu to come back, but Yelu came back alone, and Yelu Gollu cut off all the protruding things on his body and put them in a large jar to send back.

There was also a bloody typing under the jar, "Die!" ”

It was the war book of Jermane. This incident made the Khitan ministers who were already very dissatisfied with Xiao Tatari even more suspicious, and they must let Xiao Tatari explain clearly what was going on and why Yelu Gollum suddenly turned his face.

Where can Xiao Tatar say clearly? Outside, there was just a constant stream of information that Yelune had disseminated to these ministers through various channels. The current Xiao Tatari can be said to be embattled, if Yelu Hongji can't go back, there is really no hope at all.

It is impossible for Zhang Li to let others hurt Xiao Tali, although everyone regarded Xiao Tatari as a demon as soon as this incident came out, but in Zhang Li's eyes, she was still so pure and beautiful, just like a fairy in the world.

"What do you need us to say?" Zhang Li looked at Wen Yanbo and asked, as long as Wen Yanbo opened his mouth, he would definitely be able to do it. Because for the current Liao State, the situation has become so bad that it can't be worse.

"Let's say what you did, it seems a little insincere, right? I always thought that you Liao Guo had already thought of a suitable way. ”

Zhang Li was a little embarrassed, such a tone was used by the Liao people before, but now the Song people said to them in turn, making Zhang Li unable to accept the change of role for a while.

Wen Yanbo smiled very casually: "Since neither of us is prepared for this, let's leave it to discuss it when we have a plan later, let's discuss the rest first." ”

Zhang Li's brows furrowed, this is just like Wen Yanbo said, it is the people of Liao who want to find a way to make the Great Song believe that what they say will be fulfilled, if this is not good to negotiate, then do you need to talk about anything else?

However, it is not easy for the Song Dynasty to sit down, it is not necessary to sit down and talk, even if it is good to talk nonsense, the Song Dynasty people must not be allowed to leave the negotiation table.

(To be continued)