Seeing that Ye Lujun finally couldn't sink anymore and took the initiative to ask about the conditions for his withdrawal, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile slightly, and then saw him put down his wine glass and glanced at the other party and asked: "Your Majesty wants us to withdraw from the army, I don't know what kind of conditions you are willing to pay?" ”

Ye Lujun saw that Zhao Yan did not answer his question, but asked what kind of conditions he could come up with, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "As long as the Song army is willing to withdraw from my Great Liao, then the Great Song Dynasty does not have to hand over the New Year's coins to my Liao State every year, and I can also guarantee that the Liao army will definitely not go south to fight the grass valley in the future, what do you think?" ”

Hearing these conditions proposed by Ye Lujun, Zhao Yan was almost angry, and immediately glanced at the other party and said in a stiff tone: "Your Majesty, we are all smart people, why bother to take these obviously insincere conditions, if you Liao are only willing to pay these so-called conditions, then this peace talks will not be discussed!" ”

In fact, it is not to blame Zhao Yan for being angry, since the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Western Xia, the national strength has increased greatly, on the other hand, the Liao State has been greatly injured because of the civil strife, since then, the Great Song Dynasty has broken off the Liao State's New Year's coin, so the New Year's coin has long existed in name only, as for the Liao State's guarantee that it will no longer go south to fight the Grass Valley, it is just a verbal talk, even if it is signed in the covenant, it is not reliable at all.

Seeing that Zhao Yan was a little angry, Yelu Jun also knew that the conditions he proposed were indeed not sincere, but he was not embarrassed, and spoke again at the moment: "Since Brother Yan feels that these conditions are not enough, then I will add two more, the first is that my Da Liao is willing to assign the area south of Nanjing Xijin Mansion to the Great Song Dynasty, and return some of the old coins that the Great Song Dynasty paid to us before, these two conditions should be enough!" ”

Zhao Yan heard that Yelujun still didn't give up, obviously the sixteen states of Yanyun had been occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, but he said that he was only willing to return the area south of Xijin Mansion to the Great Song Dynasty. The implication is that the Xijin Mansion to Gubeikou and other places must be returned to the Liao State, and what is even funnier is that the second article is obviously an indemnity, but Yelujun actually said that it was to return part of the previous New Year's coins, which is simply a death to save face.

However, from Yelujun's words, Zhao Yan finally knew that the other party must have wanted to bargain with him this time. However, Zhao Yan didn't have so much effort, and immediately put forward his own conditions: "Your Majesty, these conditions you mentioned are really insincere, you want me to withdraw from the Great Song Dynasty, and now I only have three conditions, the first is to take the Luan River as the boundary, the north of the Luan River belongs to the Liao State, the south belongs to my Great Song Dynasty, and the second is to compensate me for the military expenses of the Great Song Dynasty of 50 million." The third is that the Liao State will pay 500,000 yuan per year to my Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhao Yan's three conditions can be described as a lion's big mouth, the first two of which are just that, the third condition not only allows the Liao State to be a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, but also pays the annual coin, the number of the annual coin is the number of the annual coin paid by the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao State, originally this number was only 300,000 guan, but later the Liao State coerced by force several times, so that the annual coin rose to 500,000 guan.

"No way!" Yelujun didn't expect Zhao Yan to put forward such harsh conditions. He refused to say without thinking about it at the moment, and he was mentally prepared for the conditions for cutting the land. However, his bottom line is the sixteen states of Yanyun, as for the indemnity, it is too much, 50 million guan is almost equivalent to a year's tax revenue in their country, such a huge amount is impossible to agree, as for the last one to declare himself a vassal to the Liao State and pay the annual coin, with his arrogant character, it is impossible to agree.

"His Majesty is not even willing to agree to such conditions. Then there is nothing to talk about this time in peace talks, let's see you on the battlefield! Zhao Yan also said with a blank face at this time, although the conditions he proposed were a bit excessive, but Yelujun didn't even bargain, which showed that he had no possibility of accepting these three conditions. It would be a waste of time to talk about it any further.

Hearing that Zhao Yan tore his face and wanted to meet Da Liao on the battlefield, Yelu Jun really wanted to flick his sleeves and stand up and leave, but when he thought of the current situation in Liao, he didn't have the slightest confidence, and finally had to hold back the anger in his heart and said: "Brother Yan is angry, since I have come here thousands of miles from Shangjing, I naturally have the sincerity of peace talks, so let's do it, I feel that there is something wrong with the proposal you just made to be bounded by the Luanhe River, at most, our Liao State agrees to assign the sixteen states of Yanyun to you, and there must be no more!" ”

Seeing that Yelujun finally made a real concession and agreed to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he didn't really want to use the Luanhe River as the boundary, after all, the Luanhe River was farther north than the Great Wall, and even if he got the land between the Luanhe River and the Great Wall, the Great Song Dynasty might not be able to hold it.

"Then what about the second condition, although the indemnity of 50 million seems to be a lot, but Your Majesty, you must also know that when Jiaozhi was defeated by us, my Great Song only asked them for an indemnity of 50 million, with the national strength of the Liao State, it doesn't seem to be particularly difficult to come up with this money, right?" Zhao Yan's face softened at this time, and he even asked with a smile.

"Cochin? If I remember correctly, after Jiaozhi was defeated for the first time and paid compensation to the Great Song Dynasty, you Dasong destroyed Jiaozhi in a few years, right? Yelujun heard Zhao Yan mention Jiaozhi, but he said with a sneer, although Jiaozhi is a small country, it is also a strong country in the south, but such a strong country has been destroyed in just a few years, although there are some other reasons, but Jiaozhi's annual indemnity to the Great Song Dynasty has already made Jiaozhi bear heavy debts, and the national strength is also developing slowly, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed, Yelujun does not want his country to embark on the old road of Jiaozhi.

"Haha~, how can Jiaozhi be compared with Da Liao, whether it is land area or population, Da Liao is countless times that of Xiao Jiaozhi, so although 50 million guan looks like a lot, it is not unbearable for Liao." Zhao Yan laughed again at this time, it was precisely because he knew that Liao was not a small country like Jiaozhi, so Zhao Yan didn't dare to ask for it, after all, if he provoked Yelujun to be desperate because of this, it would not do him any good.

"That's not good, this time you have no faith to tear up the alliance of the Yuanyuan back then, attack our country without authorization, not only occupy the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also attack Zhongjing, causing a heavy disaster to my Daliao, and now all parts of the south need money to rebuild, so I Daliao really can't take out too much money, at most I can only compensate you for one million!" Yelu Jun first resolutely refused, then began to cry poorly, and finally took out a few tenths of the amount to send Zhao Yandao.

"No, one million guan is too little, even the pension of our fallen soldiers is not enough, at least 40 million guan!" Zhao Yan bargained again, although he hoped that the Liao State would lose as much money as possible, but he also knew the truth that it was too much, and it would be beneficial for both parties to make some concessions appropriately.

"Two million!" Yelujun took another step back.

"Thirty-five million!"

"Three million!"

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Zhao Yan and Yelujun were like vendors in the vegetable market, and began to bargain a little bit, without the demeanor of an emperor and prince of a country, and finally the two quarreled for a long time, and finally set the amount of compensation at 10 million, which was already the biggest concession Yelujun could make, and in the end, no matter what Zhao Yan said, he refused to propose another article, so he could only settle it like this.

"Okay, we've reached a consensus on the first two, so let's talk about the third!" Zhao Yan said with a smile at this time, the first two conditions have basically met his expectations, and now it depends on the last condition.

"The third condition doesn't need to be discussed, I, Da Liao, will never be a vassal to the Song State!" As soon as Zhao Yan spoke, Ye Lujun directly said that originally Song and Liao were nominally brotherly states, but the Great Song Dynasty has always paid New Year's coins to the Liao State, so in fact, the status of the Liao State is higher than that of the Song State, and now let him bow to the Great Song Dynasty, which makes him unable to do it anyway.

Seeing that Ye Lujun's attitude on the last article was so resolute, Zhao Yan finally spoke after thinking for a moment: "Okay! For the sake of the first two His Majesty are very happy, then the third I will make a concession first, the Liao State does not need to be a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and everyone is still a brother to each other as before, but you need to pay us the annual coin, and it shall not be less than 500,000 yuan per year! ”

Hearing that Zhao Yan no longer insisted that the Liao State be a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, Yelujun couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, but when he heard that the other party insisted that the Great Liao pay the New Year's coin to the Great Song Dynasty, he couldn't help frowning again, although 500,000 guan is not much, but it is also a small burden, and the New Year's coin is good, but in fact, it is the peace money that the weak country pays to the strong country, and the money is exchanged for peace, which makes Yelujun feel particularly humiliated.

But no matter how humiliating he was, Yelu Jun could only endure it, after all, it was not bad to be able to exchange money for peace in comparison, so after thinking about it for a while, he finally spoke again: "My Da Liao can pay the New Year's coin to the Great Song Dynasty, but it must be in accordance with the 300,000 yuan stipulated by the original Lanyuan Alliance, not the current 500,000 Guan, and these old coins cannot be said to be paid, but the New Year's coins returned to Daning by my Da Liao, it has been more than sixty years since the Lanyuan Alliance. The Great Song Dynasty also paid us sixty years of coins, so my Da Liao can only return the sixty years of the Song Kingdom, and after sixty years, the accounts between the two countries have also been paid off, and no one needs to pay the coins to anyone. ”

Zhao Yan heard that Yelujun not only reduced the number of coins to 300,000, but also changed the name that sounded better for the Liao State, which made him also show a hesitant expression, not knowing whether to agree to Yelujun's final bargain? (To be continued......)