Hualu City of Jiaozhi was originally the old capital of Jiaozhi State, but later one of the kings thought that the pattern here was too small and not conducive to the development of Jiaozhi, so he abandoned this old capital and moved to Shenglong Mansion on the bank of the Fuliang River, but although Hualu was abandoned, the palace here is still there, but after so many years, Hualu's palace is also dilapidated, but some time ago, Li Rizun was defeated in Shenglong Mansion, so he had to flee to Hualu with people to live temporarily, and gathered troops to plan for the future.

In the dilapidated palace, Li Rizun stood on the city wall and looked at the northwest direction, but couldn't help sighing, there was originally the capital of Dayue, Shenglong Mansion, but now it is occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, I heard that the Song army burned and looted there and did all kinds of evil, I am afraid that the current Shenglong Mansion has become a pile of ruins, as for the gold and silver treasures in the city that they have not had time to take away, I am afraid that they have all become the spoils of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have sent a request for help to the state pastors of the twenty-four roads in the country, but so far there are only eleven roads willing to send troops, and the rest of the roads have either been defeated by the Song army before, or they have other ambitions to move their troops, and even if it is the rescue army sent by the eleventh road, plus the remnants of the army in our hands, I am afraid that it is less than 100,000, and there is no strength to counterattack Shenglong Mansion at all!" Li Changjie stood behind Li Rizun at this time and said in a low voice.

In just a few months, Li Changjie has aged a lot, but he is not yet fifty years old, but now he has gray hair and his face is full of wrinkles, it seems that the fiasco during this period of time has hit him very hugely.

"Hmph, a group of rat-eyed people, do they think that this king has been destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, and they can take the opportunity to fight for the throne of my Dayue!" When Li Rizun heard Li Changjie's words, he slapped the city wall angrily and scolded.

After the establishment of the country, the country was divided into 20 roads, and the governor of each road was called the state pastor, who was in charge of the military and political power along the way. It can be said that the power of the state pastor of Jiaozhi can be compared with the jiedu envoy at the end of the Tang Dynasty, but the king of Jiaozhi has a large army in his hands all the year round, and he can overwhelm the state pastor from all walks of life, so there has been no rebellion of the state pastor in these years, but now the army in the hands of Li Rizun was defeated by the Great Song Dynasty and was almost exhausted. There is no longer an overwhelming advantage over the state pastors in various places, so there are many selfish people among those state pastors immediately, and they plan to wait until Li Rizun is destroyed and take advantage of the situation to replace him, so most of them have no response to Li Rizun's request for help.

"The king is angry! Now I am worried about internal and external troubles, but compared to external troubles, my subordinates still feel that the Great Song Dynasty does not intend to destroy us. This can be seen from the fact that they did not move after they captured Shenglong Mansion, so now for our Dayue, the most important thing is to negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty, and then go back and clean up those dissidents in the country, as long as the national foundation of Dayue is still there, there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future! Li Changjie said in a deep voice again at this time.

Li Rizun was able to lead Jiaozhi to defeat foreign enemies several times, and even the city was looted by him, so he was naturally not incompetent. Hearing Li Changjie's analysis, he also nodded in agreement, although Li Changjie has been defeated repeatedly. But this is not Li Changjie's incompetence, but the army of the Great Song Dynasty is too powerful, especially the firearms used when breaking the city, which are simply not something that can be resisted by manpower, so Li Rizun still attaches great importance to Li Changjie.

"Taibao, did you say that the Great Song Dynasty would agree to negotiate peace with us?" At this time, Li Rizun suddenly asked. In fact, he had already thought about negotiating peace with the Great Song Dynasty when the Song army surrounded the Shenglong Mansion, but unfortunately the Great Song Dynasty suddenly stormed the Shenglong Mansion, causing him to retreat in defeat and flee, and the envoys sent to the Great Song Dynasty before did not have any news. So this also made him confused about the thoughts of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Definitely!" Li Changjie replied confidently, "The Great Song Dynasty just destroyed the Western Xia before, and the national strength is far from recovering, this time I have worked hard to conquer my Dayue, and the country must be very difficult, and the Great Song Dynasty will not have any benefit in destroying us, it will only cheapen the surrounding countries such as Zhancheng and Dali, and now they occupy our national capital, in fact, they just want to use this to blackmail us and strive for some conditions for future peace negotiations!" ”

However, as soon as Li Changjie's words fell, he saw Li Rizun frowning and said: "Taibao, I remember that when the Shenglong Mansion did not fall before, you also said the same, but then the Song army suddenly attacked us, and as a result, the Shenglong Mansion fell, and now you are saying this, it is really difficult to convince this king!" ”

"Your Majesty, for the Song army suddenly stormed the Shenglong Mansion, the ministers were also very puzzled at first, but later the ministers lurked in the Shenglong Mansion some details of the report, after the Song army occupied the Shenglong Mansion, immediately blocked the treasury and the inner treasury of the palace, and quickly moved the property inside to the Great Song Dynasty, so from this His Majesty can judge that the reason why the Song army suddenly attacked the Shenglong Mansion is probably because we know that there are a lot of treasures in our city, and the Great Song Dynasty is now just empty of the treasury, and it is the time when money is needed. And it just so happened that the Great Song Dynasty didn't know where to learn the news of the reserve of property in the Shenglong Mansion, which led to the disaster of the city breaking. Li Changjie spoke again at the moment, which was also something he had thought about for a long time before he figured it out.

Li Rizun also showed a contemplative expression after hearing this explanation, and finally sighed and said: "This explanation is also reasonable, but the Great Song Dynasty has always flaunted benevolence, righteousness and morality, but I didn't expect that it would also be wealthy, which is really disgraceful." ”

Hearing Li Rizun's complaining words, Li Changjie behind him smiled bitterly, Da Song is indeed flaunting benevolence, righteousness and morality, but people are not fools, they Da Yue provoked Da Song several times, and they have already angered Da Song, it just so happens that they have a lot of money hidden in the country, if Da Song doesn't take it, he will be a real fool.

A few days later, the Jiaozhi envoy who hurried back from the Great Song Dynasty Tokyo City finally came to Hualu City, and then told the conditions of the Great Song Dynasty for the land cession and compensation, which made Li Rizun furious on the spot, although he was ready to be slaughtered by the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect the Great Song Dynasty's knife to be so ruthless, and the compensation was just that, but the conditions for the land cession made him really difficult to agree, after all, the land of Dayue was all shot down by the ancestors of their Li family, where could they cede it lightly?

"The king is angry, although the conditions proposed by the Great Song Dynasty are excessive, but now the shape is out of the ordinary, the Great Song Dynasty has made it clear that he wants to use this to knock us hard, and we don't have bargaining chips, so please think twice about it!" In the face of the furious Li Rizun, the other ministers who escaped with him did not dare to speak out, and in the end, Li Changjie could only persuade him.

"Anger? How do you appease the king's anger? The dignified Song Dynasty actually coveted my Dayue territory, aren't you afraid that it will be spread out and make the world laugh? Li Rizun was angry at this time, and he couldn't listen to Li Changjie's words at all.

Seeing this, Li Changjie had no choice but to bow his head and retreat, as for the others, he naturally didn't dare to speak out, only Li Rizun's angry roar was left in the entire hall, and it took more than half an hour before Li Rizun vented the anger in his chest, and the whole person finally calmed down.

"Your Majesty, the situation is critical now, Da Song can wait, but we can't afford to wait, so please ask Wang Shang to make a decision as soon as possible!" At this time, Li Changjie finally came out again and said, those state pastors in the country are all staring at them, and if they are not careful, they will die and the country will be destroyed, so Li Changjie will urge Li Rizun so anxiously.

I saw Li Rizun sitting there, his eyes fiercely glanced at the ministers in the hall, and after a long while, he spoke: "Since the Great Song Dynasty proposed that we send envoys to Guangzhou to discuss the matter of peace, then everyone should discuss who should be sent to negotiate peace, right?" ”

Hearing that Li Rizun finally agreed to accept the harsh conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, the ministers in the palace were also relieved, but when they heard Li Rizun ask about the candidates for peace, they all shrank back.

Seeing that the ministers below did not speak, Li Rizun also understood their thoughts, and couldn't help but snort coldly at the moment, and then directly appointed an unlucky minister as an envoy, but the selected minister was paralyzed on the spot, but Li Rizun did not give the other party a chance to resign, and directly announced his retreat from the court, and the next day he let people go to Guangzhou with the envoy half hostage.

Princess Dening and her husband Wang Shiyue have long been appointed by the imperial court to serve as the envoys of the negotiation with Jiaozhi, in fact, their task is also very simple, the indemnity court has already stipulated, absolutely not less than 50 million guan, for this number, Princess Dening and his wife's first feeling is that the imperial court is not poor and crazy, you must know that the imperial court's annual financial income is only more than 100 million yuan, this time even let the small Jiaozhi compensate the Song Dynasty for half a year's financial income, such a huge number, even if Jiaozhi does not eat or drink, It will take at least a few decades to pay it back.

However, the imperial court stipulates that the capital of Jiaozhi is still in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty anyway, and I am not afraid that Jiaozhi will not agree, and the imperial court's decree to Princess Dening is also very clear, so that Jiaozhi can pay compensation in batches every year, but the amount of compensation in the first year must not be less than 500,000 guan, which is not a small amount, and it is estimated that Jiaozhi will have to clean up the whole country to pay compensation.

In addition to the indemnity, it is a land cession, this time the court gave Princess Dening and his wife a lot of freedom, because the court is not familiar with the territory of Jiaozhi, and the territory ceded this time is mainly used by the Great Song Dynasty as a harbor, so the location of this land ceded is decided by Princess Dening and his wife, but it must be able to build a good harbor, of course, the area should not be too small. (To be continued......)