When he heard this, he immediately snorted coldly, "Fifteen years ago, it was your Chu State that attacked Dayi, not so much that Chu State protected my Dayi, but that my Dayi paid tribute to you every year to avoid the encroachment of Chu State, which was originally an unequal treaty." My Dayi has never been afraid of the surrounding small countries, and I don't need the Chu State to send troops to protect it. Today, I am on the mission of the monarch, and I have come to negotiate with you Chu State! My Dayi has repeatedly proclaimed himself a vassal to the State of Chu, and paying tribute is a humiliation for the people of my Dayi. If you have the talent to solve this problem in Chu, I will continue to pay tribute; If not, then please withdraw the troops stationed in my Dayi, cancel our vassals and tributes, and return peace to my Dayi. ”

The beard is a native of Dayi, and he is usually rude to speaking, which is quite elegant.

He wanted to say that he was talking about paying tribute in exchange for asylum, and these tributes were clearly the protection fees paid by Dayi to the Chu State to protect the Chu State from attacking Dayi.

To put it simply, a weak country has no diplomacy.

However, in recent years, the new king of Dayi has worked hard, trained soldiers and horses, and his national strength has gradually strengthened, on the contrary, under the leadership of Chu Yao, the national strength of Chu has been declining day by day, and even the Tiansheng Kingdom next to it can barely be defeated.

If it weren't for Chu Xuanchen, the god of war, the Chu State would have been eaten away by the Tiansheng Kingdom a long time ago.

The state of Chu is now being eyed by the Tiansheng State, and after the succession of Emperor Hongyuan, the national strength of the state of Chu has gradually weakened, and the treasury is empty.

They Dayi people are all nomadic people, like to eat meat, born with good physical fitness, have always been brave and good at fighting, born fierce, and have infinite combat effectiveness, and now they are not afraid of Chu at all.

Therefore, they no longer want to be "protected" by the State of Chu, let alone pay tribute to the State of Chu.

But fifteen years ago, the old king of Dayi signed a fifty-year tribute contract with Emperor Qingyun, the first emperor of Chu.

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At that time, the people of Dayi were poor and weak, the old king was greedy for life and afraid of death, the state of Chu was strong, and a small country like Dayi really did not dare to provoke the state of Chu, so it was forced to sign this unequal treaty.

Not only did the state let the state of Chu garrison troops, and in addition to being threatened all the time, it also had to pay a lot of tribute to the state of Chu every year with a lot of furs, cattle and sheep, silk, yew trees, horses and other things.

After the young king succeeded to the throne, he was brave and strategic, hard work, and had been working hard to develop the economy and military for ten years, and now Dayi has become the hegemon of the northwest side, and even the surrounding small countries are afraid of them.

They became stronger, but the state of Chu became weaker after Emperor Hongyuan succeeded to the throne, so, of course, they didn't want to pay tribute in a low voice.

But he didn't dare to tear up the treaty directly, for fear that people would say that he was not trustworthy, so he thought of such a difficult way to make Chu withdraw its garrison and no longer pay tribute and pay tribute to Chu.

"It's really child's play, it's a treaty signed between two countries, how can it be torn up because of your question?" Emperor Hongyuan said coldly.

Now that the national strength of the Chu State is weakened, even a small country like Dayi State dares to be arrogant in front of him.

The bearded man glanced at Emperor Hongyuan with contempt, and said with his beard: "The treaty that my Dayi Kingdom signed with Emperor Qingyun back then, but I didn't sign it with Your Majesty, since Emperor Qingyun has died, after so many years, there is no need to continue this contract." ”

"Emperor Qingyun is the first emperor of my Chu State, representing the Chu State, the treaty you signed with him is equivalent to signing with the Chu State, how can you divide him and the Chu State into two? Speaking of which, it's because you don't pay credit and don't want to pay tribute, so you find such an excuse. The people of my Chu State have always kept their promises, and they will never do such a thing that goes back on their word. Emperor Hongyuan said in a deep voice.