Chapter Seventy-One: The Victor Will Never Surrender to the Loser
"That's too much of a lion's mouth, isn't it?"
Ma Kuo looked at the price list brought back by Wang Yue in astonishment......
Indeed, it can be described by this word, Xiao Puxian and her ministers are selling the still existing Great Liao Empire to the great painters at a clear price.
"Feng Yeluchun Yan Wang, set up the Yan King Shogunate, if Ye Luchun dies of illness, it will be inherited by Xiao Puxian's daughter, and the entire territory of Xijin Mansion will be the fief of Yan Wang, and the taxes will be returned to Yan Wangfu, and one million will be given to Yan Wangfu every year, and Yanwangfu will be set up to guard the three armies, with 10,000 personnel per army and a total of 30,000 foot riders, listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, what does this mean?"
He went on to say.
"It means that when there is a war, the Xuanfu Division can mobilize the guards of the King of Yan with the consent of the King of Yan, but the King of Yan will not accept the summons to join the court."
Wang Yue said.
"That's the three towns of Heshuo."
Ma Kuo said.
"This is different, the magistrate is still appointed by the imperial court!"
Wang Yue said.
Ma Kuo looked at him deeply.
"Zifen, are you stunned by that woman?"
He said.
"Which one?"
Wang Yue was startled and hurriedly said.
"Naturally, that Xiao Ta doesn't smoke, can there be anyone else?"
Ma Kuo said speechlessly.
"Uh, don't talk nonsense, I'm the one who covets women, not to mention that we are innocent between us, I know you want to say that this will definitely cause endless trouble, but our army just can't beat people, what other way can we do? Besides, the Changsheng Army and the Zhuozhou Regiment Training Army, as well as the Han army of Xijin, it is definitely impossible to listen to them anymore, these people also have nearly 20,000, and they are stationed in Xijin, and they are not afraid of them turning the sky, you will tell the Taishi when you go to Xiongzhou, if the Taishi is not at ease, I will show him here.
Whoever dares to rebel and I hack him to death! ”
Wang Yue said.
"But isn't it too cheap for them to pay all the taxes?"
Ma Kuo said.
"How much can a Xijin Mansion pay in taxes?"
Wang Yue said disappreciatively.
"How much? Nanjing Road is 6 million per year! ”
Ma Kuo said very simply.
"Well, this is just an offer, and it's not like we're just bargaining according to this, it's just a big deal to cut out a few states and counties."
Wang Yue said.
This number is simply exaggerated.
It is said that the entire Beizhili of our Ming Dynasty pays less than 600,000 stone a year, which is the entire Beizhili, adding a few roads in Hebei in the Song Dynasty, and then adding Pingzhou Road, these total taxes are less than 600,000 stones, and the Liao State can actually collect a full 6 million yuan on Nanjing Road, which is equivalent to Shuntianfu.
If Chongzhen had the ability to collect taxes, wouldn't he be able to live for another 500 years?
"As for these ......"
Ma Kuo looked at the rest of the list and then said: "These are easy to say, since they are subordinate to the imperial court by themselves, it is indispensable to seal some officials, and the rewards are also indispensable, and the Jinshi of Liao was originally similar to our Jinshi, even if it is to envelop these Youyan families, they will not be counted in this, in the end, one hundred thousand guan is still not worth mentioning to the official family." ”
"That's it, in the end, we lost, and it's already a surprise that people can still submit to it."
Wang Yue said.
"You're thinking about them?"
Ma Kuo looked at him suspiciously.
"If I don't make an effort to make this happen, do I wait for Yelu Dashi to come over?"
Wang Yue said.
"Okay, I'll return to Xiongzhou, and I'll try my best to persuade the Taishi to facilitate this matter."
Ma Kuo thought for a while and said.
That's fine, Wang Yue is not worried that Master Tong will refuse.
It is definitely not okay to accept it as ordered, but it is just bargaining, Xiao Kui and a few other envoys will slowly settle the rest through negotiation, and if you can't give the entire Xijin Mansion to Xiao Puxiannu, then cut out Yizhou and Zhuozhou, and add eleven counties to the six states under the Xijin Mansion, this territory is indeed a bit big.
Six million dollars in taxes.
I'm really like a fool!
In fact, the next day he and Xiao Kui, in addition to Wang Jieru and other official envoys went south, in order to avoid being blocked by Yelu Dashi, they simply took a boat down the river, to Sannuzhai that is, the Sancha River in Tianjin, and then there by the garrison of the Song army escorted to Xiongzhou, that is, it took two or three more days, but it could avoid the control of Yelu Dashi on the southern line.
And the real trouble is still the Jerod stone......
The south bank of the Lugou Bridge.
"Da Shilin's teeth are a lot haggard!"
Wang Yue was dressed in the uniform of an ordinary soldier, and he also put on makeup and beard, mixed in a group of thin soldiers, and looked at Yelu Dashi under the hunting house at least fifty meters away with emotion.
The latter is in the process of receiving orders.
In front of Yelu Dashi, Zuo Qigong, dressed in official uniform, was announcing the decree.
Yelu Dashi's injury was obviously not healed, in fact, he had been fighting these days, and he was already strong in resistance before it deteriorated, and that arm was still hanging down visibly stiffly, and he stood there with a gloomy face, obviously the anger in his heart was suppressed to the extreme. In fact, he was already preparing for a strong attack, and even a large number of rafts had been lowered from the upper reaches and ready to force the crossing at any time, and the thin army under his command were all Liaodong people or Bohai people, and these Xi nomads who were better than Xiao Gan were suitable for this.
It's just that it has just rained heavily, and the flash flood is too strong and the water is too strong to wait for the time being.
However, he waited for the order to withdraw the holy decree of Zhuozhou, and it was not only Zuo Qigong who passed the decree, but even Xiao Bodie and Xiao Ta Buyan, who accompanied him, which proved that this was not Zuo Qigong, a Hanchen who bewitched Yeluchun, but really out of Yeluchun's meaning.
"I want to see Your Majesty!"
He said slowly.
"Big Stone Linya, the Changsheng army is on the north shore, they won't let you enter the city."
Zuo Qigong said.
"Then please tell Your Majesty that I have defeated Tong Guan, the army of the Southern Dynasty is rotten like rotten wood, and if you don't block the blow of my Khitan warriors, the army of 100,000 will collapse like sand, why should we bend our knees to such an opponent? Why should we submit to such an adversary? Are my Khitan Haojie's knees so worthless? The victor bends his knee to the loser and sues for peace, and the world would rather have this! ”
Yelu Dashi shouted with grief and indignation.
"Da Shi Linya, Your Majesty is also for the sake of the future, even if we win for a while, but after all, we can't stop the Southern Dynasty and the Jurchen from attacking from both sides, even though Tong Guan has been defeated and retreated, but the Jurchen is approaching Juyong Pass, at this time there are enemy troops entrenched in the city, continue to fight, hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children in the city, after all, it is inevitable to poison the hands. There are not many of our people left, in order to prevent our people from becoming extinct, we still swallow this breath, in the final analysis, our enemy is the Jurchen and not the Southern Dynasty, the brother of the Liao and Song dynasties for a hundred years, the Great Liao is dead, and it is only right for us to return to the Song Dynasty. ”
Xiao Bodie said.
"What kind of benefits have you received from the Song people?"
Yelu Dashi sneered.
"Da Shi Linya, how can you smear people's innocence out of thin air? I'm just telling the truth, this is His Majesty's holy decree, do you want to resist it? ”
Xiao Bodie blushed and said with a thick neck.
"Resistance? I didn't see Your Majesty, and I won't answer anyone's decree! ”
Yelu Dashi sneered.
"Da Shi Linya, the old man said, the Changsheng army is on the other side, and they won't let you enter the city."
Zuo Qigong said.
"Then I'll call it!"
Yelu Dashi said.
Then he drew his knife......
"The warriors of the Khitan, the heroes of the Xi people, the men of the Han family, and the athletes of the Bohai Sea, you have seen how cowardly the Song people were, are you willing to kneel down and beg for mercy from such an enemy? We are the victors, the victors will never surrender to the losers, raise your swords and guns, kill the past and recapture Xijin, the sun and moon banner of Daliao will never fall! ”
He yelled.
Xiao Fu and the others behind him immediately pulled out their knives and followed him into an excited roar.
The other soldiers were accustomed to listening to their commands, and they also drew their swords and roared, and for a time the entire formation that received the order suddenly entered a state of imminent battle, hunting with flags, people shouting and neighing, countless swords and guns were held high in the air, and the roar even made Zuo Qigong and others change color......
"Well, why don't we return to the Southern Dynasty? The Southern Dynasty has money, and I heard that the salary of the light army for them to serve as a soldier is fifty yuan a year! ”
A sinister voice suddenly sounded.
The thin army in the original roar was centered on this voice, and the roar began to weaken in an instant......