Chapter 147: The Truth
Looking at Zhan Du's distorted face because of anger, Zhao Ta secretly sighed in his heart that this old guy does have a sense of justice, but it is precisely because he is too upright that it is difficult for him to be expelled from Yanjing by joining forces with Wang Anzhong and Guo Yaoshi, but it is precisely because of his debasement that Dingzhou was saved from falling, this really doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for the Great Song Dynasty, but history is stumbling forward in this accident and accident, and Zhao Ta, who wanted to persuade him, swallowed his words back.
"What is the situation in Yanjing now, if you want this king to send Wanyan Dushuai here in a hurry, has he already negotiated with the Jurchens and is ready to enter Yanjing City!" Zhao Ta raised his glass and drank a glass with Zhan Du and said.
"Alas, it's not easy to seek skin with a tiger!" Zhan Du glanced at Wan Yan Xian, who was laughing with the Kabuki, and sighed and said, "The Taishi just wants to use it to blackmail the Jurchens and take advantage of it!" ”
"Oh, my Great Song is in decline at this time, and I am afraid that it is inappropriate to threaten it!" Zhao Ta was 'surprised' and said that if Tong Guan returned Wan Yan Xian at this time, the Jurchens would still be grateful to him for his sincerity, but if he was to use him as a hostage as a bargaining chip, it would only provoke the Jurchens to be angry and provide them with an excuse to break the contract, even if they compromised temporarily, it would only leave endless troubles. It is precisely in view of the situation at this time that Zhao Ta himself has not settled the account with Wan Yan Xian, just to keep a tail.
"The prince said very well, but in the negotiation with the Jurchens to recover Yanjing, the Jurchens seemed to be unwilling, and the Taishi was eager to show his merits, so he made this decision again!" Zhan Du shook his head and sighed, in fact, Tong Guan is in a hurry, the emperor is in a hurry, can the eunuch not be in a hurry? At the beginning of the invasion of Liao, the emperor couldn't wait to give the names of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and who knew that the sky was happy. Now that the Jurchens have been snatched back, he happily arranged for officials to prepare to take over. The Jurchens refused to spit it out, can Tong Guan not feel uncomfortable in the middle!
"Didn't the conversation with the Jurchens go well? Can the pacifier speak to the king? Zhao Tayao finished saluting Yan Xian and also had a cup. Putting down the wine glass, he said.
"If the prince wants to hear it, the lower official will talk to the prince!" Zhan Du nodded and said, in fact, these things are not a secret among them, and he is also holding his stomach and wants to find someone to talk to, and Zhao Ta basically restored the negotiation situation from his narrative combined with what he knew...
After Tong Guan, who was sick and went to the hospital, sent someone to contact the Jurchens, the emperor sent Zhao Liangsi to talk in detail. The Jurchens proposed to ask for one million yuan in tax money, and Zhao Liangsi already had a bottom in his heart, but he couldn't give as much as he wanted. And he bargained with them. But he didn't know that the Jurchens of Ludao suffered heavy losses because of their defeat in Xijing, and they wanted to earn some money to subsidize them, and the Jin Fang's dissatisfaction with the Song people was also accumulating.
The Jurchens were annoyed by the talks, and suddenly became tough during the negotiations, and Zongxiong, as the main force of the negotiations, was very organized and reasoned with Zhao Liangsi. Last year, China sent a special envoy to visit the Song Dynasty to meet to attack Liao, and our army was stationed and waiting for a response. However, you have stranded our envoys for no reason, wasted time in Bianjing, missed the military period, and did not send envoys to apply for employment. Just send an ordinary sergeant across the sea to send a piece of paper, is this to look down on us, or do you want to cut off relations with my Dajin!
This can be set aside. Speaking of attacking Liao, we will arrive in Zhongjing in the first month of the Golden New Year. In March, he marched into Xijing and fought alone for half a year. After suffering all the hardships and suffering from the crime of the old nose, you only sent troops in May, this is to take advantage of it, cheat and play tricks, and bully us honest people. But then again, you should also inform us in accordance with the prior agreement when you send troops, so even if you send troops, it is considered a breach of the contract, which directly leads to our failure to capture Xijing, and you will be held responsible.
Zongxiong said that we can put these aside first, Khitan is not only our henchmen, if you can't beat it, I'm afraid it will also harm the Great Song Dynasty, so our emperor decided to go to Yanjing in person, but after the defeat, let's talk about it if I don't give it to you!
Zhao Liangsi was stunned, and argued with reason, saying that when your emperor Mr. Aguta signed the alliance, he swore to the sky that he would never betray the alliance, and Yanjing would definitely give it to us, and now you are breaking the contract. Zongxiong smiled and listened to him finish speaking, and then said Our emperor authorized the capture of Yanjing and handed it over to you, and the annual 500,000 years of coins should be according to the old Khitan practice, but I will tell you clearly, 'Don't say that we will hand over the twenty-four counties of Yanjing to you, that is, if we don't hand it over to you, do you dare not give us the year-old coins that were given to the Khitan in the past?' If I want you 500,000 more, that's cheap! ’
Zhao Liangsi was stupid, and the military defeat directly led to the political defeat. Then Zongxiong gave him the most reluctory, on this condition, hurry back to report, reply within half a month, expire and wait, but it is not good to give no amount of money...
Zhao Liangsi quickly whipped up and ran back and forth, and the Jurchens were shocked, Da Song actually did not make a counteroffer, and all the conditions were agreed, but there was an additional condition, that is, I had to find a way to get Yunzhou back for me. But they quickly reacted, when we were stupid, we had to buy a big one and build a small one, and you took another 200,000 yuan, so we agreed. Money has no concept for Zhao Ji, so he agreed without hesitation.
The deal was negotiated, the money was passed, and the Liao State quickly captured Yanjing, and when the Jurchens asked for Yanjing again, the Jurchens were not in a hurry and began to play Tai Chi, or they picked bones in the eggs, and became not at all happy...
"Now the Jurchens say that our national letter is scribbled and difficult to read, and they ask for it to be rewritten, and they have come and gone three times, but the Jurchens still say no!" Zhan Du shook his head helplessly and said, but things are in the hands of others, and they can't be beaten, what else can be done except sigh!
"They just want to stay in Yanjing and not leave, and it's useless to write the national letter a hundred times!" Zhao Ta was clear about this kind of thing, how could he not know that Lu Dao had other intentions.
"The prince is right, now the Jurchens say that the remnants of the Khitan are attacking everywhere, and now they are handed over to us in the Great Song Dynasty, worried that we will be difficult to pacify, and they will use this to delay, and they also ask for 200,000 stone of grain and grass!" After listening to it for a long time, Zhan Du felt that the prince was still the master who could listen to his opinions, and wanted to use his mouth to convey his opinions to the emperor, so he did not hide his attitude.
"Master Tong has no idea, and now he wants to use him to blackmail the Jurchens, isn't that what he means?" What else can Zhao Ta do except smile bitterly, he wants to beat them and refuse, and he has made the Jurchens half-disabled, but they don't have the courage to challenge, but they are quite good at engaging in these small actions that can't be put on the table.
"Taishi probably wants to use this person to save some face and take the initiative, what does the prince think!" Zhan Du couldn't guess, so he could only say vaguely.
"A weak country has no diplomacy, it is self-defeating, and it shoots itself in the foot!" Zhao Ta drank all the wine in the cup and said... (To be continued.) )