Verse 44: The Contract in Lin'an City (1)
In August of the second year of Tianyun, in the past July, the Great Song Dynasty court and the Zongmen Holy Land confronted each other, which also made the world once again realize that today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer the Great Song Dynasty that could be bullied by anyone's forces, after five hundred years of extremely difficult forbearance and concession, the Great Song Dynasty court finally began to show that untouchable ambition.
Now whether it is the Qingtian Divine Sect, the Wilderness Royal Court or the Western Desert Buddha Kingdom, they are all afraid of the Great Song Dynasty in the Central Plains, and the current Central Plains is no longer the place where the three forces competed for control back then. No matter how the three forces are eager for the cultivation resources of the Central Plains, they have to think twice now, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for five hundred years, and after all kinds of conspiracies and methods of the three forces, they still survive tenaciously and become more and more powerful.
Great Song Lin'an City, the lobby of the Senate.
With regard to the continuation of the negotiations, the parties have not taken a step back on the terms of the negotiations. Even before the envoy, Ji Lan thought that the Great Song Dynasty would put forward harsh conditions, but Ji Lan did not expect that the Great Song Dynasty had put forward such conditions that would make the Southern Kingdoms and the Qingtian Divine Sect lose face.
"In addition to the Jintong Plains and Protons, our southern countries are willing to add more cultivation materials and gold, silver and jewelry," said an official of the southern countries' mission.
"No, we must return the Jintong Plain and send the protons into the Great Song Dynasty," an official of the Great Song Dynasty said-for-tat.
The Senate basically thought that such conversations would be repeated countless times a day, and these quarrels were basically between the ordinary officials of the Great Song Dynasty and the southern countries, and the elders of the Great Song Dynasty and the chief envoy of the embassy just watched each other quietly and did not speak.
It's just that Ji Lan's heart is extremely bitter at this time, because last night, the red-clothed priest of the Divine Sect visited him late at night and told him about the regression of the Qingtian Divine Sect in this negotiation. The Jintong Plain cannot be returned, but the conditions of the protons of the southern countries must be accepted.
This seems to be a regression of the Qingtian Divine Sect, but the real shame is the lack of the southern countries.
Cough, cough, cough.
Long Ge Lao's coughing interrupted the officials on both sides who were arguing, and Long Ge Lao saw that the officials of both sides who had stopped arguing and said with a smile, "Since the two sides still haven't reached an agreement, and it's almost noon, it's better to eat first and talk about it tomorrow."
Ji Lan had a helpless expression on his face after hearing Long Ge Lao's words, this was obviously delaying time, the Great Song Dynasty was not in a hurry, but the southern countries and the Qingtian Divine Sect were very anxious, and recently there was news from the country that there was a serious problem within the Qingtian Divine Sect, and if it weren't for this, the Qingtian Divine Sect would not budge.
"Old Dragon Pavilion, if not, we will both take a step back," Ji Lan said loudly.
"Oh, Master Ji, what do you mean," Long Ge Elder was just about to get up when he heard Ji Lan's words and asked.
"The Jintong Plain can't be returned, but our countries will send protons into Lin'an" As soon as Ji Lan's words came out, the officials of the countries behind him were stunned, and the Great Song Dynasty was also stunned, and he couldn't figure out why Ji Lan would send his mouth.
"No, Ki-sama. If you send the royal family and prince to Lin'an, then how can the royal family of all countries win the trust of the people," the officials of the various countries hurriedly said.
"Shut up, now I'm the head of the mission," Ji Lan said.
"My lord, even if you are the chief envoy of the mission, you can only represent the Qing country, not the other countries," said an official who was obviously not a Qing country.
"Then I, can I represent the southern countries," said the red-clothed priest of the Divine Sect, who had been sitting on the side for a long time without speaking.
When the officials of the countries heard the words of the red-clothed priest, they were stunned in their hearts, and they did not answer, but slowly returned to their positions. At this time, whether it was the officials of the Southern States or the Great Song Dynasty, they immediately understood that there was the meaning of the Qingtian Divine Sect behind this.
The elder of the Dragon Pavilion glanced at the red-clothed great priest meaningfully, and then said to Ji Lan, "We still need to show Your Majesty about this matter, and I will give you an answer tomorrow" After speaking, he left the Senate, as the power center of the Great Song Dynasty, the pavilion elder knew not a lot of news, and among them, there were serious problems within the Qingtian Divine Sect now.
The Imperial Study
"Your Majesty, this is what today's negotiations are about," Long Ge said as he stood underground.
After hearing the elder of the Dragon Pavilion say the content of today's negotiations in the Senate's house, the emperor and the three kings were silent, thinking carefully that they knew very well that there was a problem within the Qingtian Divine Sect, although they didn't know what the specific thing was, but they still knew something about it.
The emperor glanced at the third queen and said to the elder of the Dragon Pavilion, "You step back first, and the King of Jin will give you an answer."
Long Ge Lao didn't get angry when he heard the emperor's words, but he just bowed and withdrew from the imperial study.
"What do you think," the Emperor asked after seeing the Dragon Pavilion Elder push out of the Imperial Study.
"It seems that there is really something wrong with the Divine Sect, and the descendants of the group of Tsing Yi priests in the north have returned," King Jin said in a deep voice.
"Even if the descendants of the Tsing Yi priest come back, it is impossible for the unknowable place to be indifferent. King Lu said that the descendants of the unknowable land drove the envoy representing the blue sky and the bright sun out of the cult to the north.
"Zi Alcohol has gone up to the Cherry Blossom Mountains," the Emperor said softly.
The three kings were stunned when they heard the emperor's words, since the junior uncle of the academy had gone to the Cherry Blossom Mountain Range, it was no wonder that there was no movement in the Unknowable Lands.
"What we need now is time, King Feng has been in the sect for half a year, and we can't fail at the end," King Qi said.
"That's right, the Haoyang Regiment of the Qingtian Divine Sect of the Embankment has entered the territory of the Great Song Dynasty," King Lu continued.
Even if there is a problem within the Qingtian Divine Sect now, it still can't ignore the carelessness. Now the whole world knows that the Great Song Dynasty is going to make a move against the sect holy land in the territory, and the Qingtian Divine Sect cannot sit idly by, after all, the existence of the sect holy land has well restrained part of the power of the Great Song Dynasty.
"If the negotiations continue, it will definitely not work, and some people in the Blue Sky God Sect will definitely find an excuse to tear up this negotiation. And the most important thing is that this also gives the Qingtian Divine Sect an excuse to solve its internal problems," King Jin said, yes, if the negotiations continue, the Qingtian Divine Sect will definitely find an excuse to solve the internal problems, and then use troops against the Great Song Dynasty, although the current Great Song Dynasty will not be afraid of the southern countries and the Qingtian Divine Sect to use troops, but don't forget the existence of the Wilderness Royal Court and the Western Desert Buddha Kingdom, because no matter how hostile the three forces are, they are still the first target for the Central Plains Great Song Dynasty.
The emperor thought for a while and said, "In this case, the Jintong Plain does not need to be returned, but the compensation must be doubled."
After hearing the emperor's words, the three kings also pondered for a while, and then said, "It is feasible."
In this way, not only did they not tear up the Plains Agreement, but also gave enough concessions to the southern countries and the Qingtian Divine Sect, and they could not find any excuse to use troops against the Great Song Dynasty, which needed time now. There was no excuse for the head of the Qingtian Divine Sect to take the opportunity to let the descendants of the group of Tsing Yi priests attack quietly.
"King Jin, wait a minute, you will send a message to Long Zhi," the emperor said