After several suggestions from Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Privy Councilor Du Yan, Zhao Zhen summoned Fu Bi and Su Jin and ordered them to reach a compromise with the Liao envoy as soon as possible.
Su Jin also felt that the heat was almost there. On the seventeenth day of February in the second year of Qingli, the day before the Liao envoy returned to the country, the two sides reached an agreement on the four demands made by the Liao leader and the content and terms of the Chanzhou Treaty.
In order to escape, Xiao Temo and others gave in again and again, and finally approved the Song Dynasty's explanation of the four requirements of the Liao Kingdom.
Su Jin and Fu Bi's reply to the first point raised by the Liao Dynasty that "Zhou Shizong should not seize the ten counties south of Waqiao Pass" was: the terms of the Chanzhou Alliance signed by both parties in the first year of Jingde had already been made very clear.
: "It is unreasonable to care about all the things that happened before." At this moment, the Liao Dynasty once again proposed that things that happened before the founding of the Song Dynasty were groundless.
Regarding the second point of the accusation that "Taizong launched a three-pronged expedition to the north of the Liao Kingdom, attacked Yanji, and the troops came out of nowhere", Su Jin and others responded: Taizong attacked Yanji because the Liao aided the Northern Han and hindered the unification of the Song Dynasty. Qu was not involved.
Song Dynasty.
The response to the third and fourth accusations is as follows: The ten counties south of Waqiao Pass are a matter of a different generation, so they should not be mentioned again. The reason is the same as the first one. The agreement with Chanzhou has already said that old things will not be mentioned. Western thieves
Regarding Yuan Hao's incident, the Song Dynasty believed that Yuan Hao had already been "given a surname and a vassal status by his ancestors, and received a salary from Shuo". Now that he was disturbing the border with arrogant names, he should be punished, and he had heard about it in advance in the Liao Dynasty.
As for the Liao Dynasty's accusation that the Song Dynasty "prepared fortified passes and paraded soldiers", it believed that this was "the normal behavior of border ministers who are responsible for their duties." This means that building cities and forts on the border and setting up fortifications are the responsibilities of the border guards and are also internal affairs.
Liao was not allowed to interfere.
Finally, Su Jin proposed that both sides should "keep their borders on both sides and ask for nothing except folding books." This completely blocked the mouths of Liao envoys Xiao Temo and Liu Fu who wanted to retreat and seek other benefits.
Xiao Temo had no intention of fighting. He had already sensed the tough attitude of Su Jin and Fu Bi in the negotiations. In addition, Su Jin's unintentional words made him feel that there was no benefit in continuing to entangle.
At the end of the negotiations that day, when deputy envoy Liu Fu was still trying to ask for some additional benefits, Su Jin said half-jokingly: "We are about to report to the court recently and want to re-examine the rationality of the Chanzhou Alliance. According to our
It seems that the Chanzhou Alliance did not benefit the Song Dynasty in the slightest. It gave 100,000 coins and 200,000 silks every year, but in exchange for an empty name; why Song and Liao are countries of brothers, and Song is a country of brothers.
What is the result of being a younger brother? The younger brother will still come to trouble the older brother regardless of his age and moral integrity. What is the use of such a younger brother? He must be punished."
Xiao Temo broke out in a cold sweat. His words seemed to imply that he wanted to abrogate the Treaty of Chanzhou. The Treaty of Chanzhou was an agreement between the two countries to cease war and make good relations. The abolition of this treaty meant that the Song Dynasty had no intention to do so.
The Liao Kingdom lived in peace; with the current strength of the Song Kingdom, how could they have the confidence to do this? There is only one answer, and that is that the Song Kingdom's new firearms gave them strong confidence.
Xiao Temo made a prompt decision and ended the negotiation decisively. He came empty-handed, so it was no big deal to return empty-handed. If he failed to extort money, if he lost even the only benefits, he would be killed by the emperor when he returned;
Moreover, the firearms manufacturing blueprints he carried had to be quickly sent back to the country to manufacture equipment; once the Song Dynasty really tore out the cover, this thing could also be used to counter the Song Dynasty.
In this atmosphere, both parties reached a memorandum of understanding.
That night, Su Jin wrote down the contents of the negotiation and went to the palace to meet the emperor. Zhao Zhen could not believe his eyes.
Don't give in even an inch, money, land, and management will all be taken away.
The bottom line in Zhao Zhen's heart is that, except for the fact that the land is inalienable, everything else is open to negotiation; the three giants Lu Yijian, Du Yan, and Yan Shu also expressed the same idea, that is, the worst possible outcome is to give more benefits to the Liao Kingdom.
, the annual coin was originally given to one hundred thousand, at worst, it will be increased to one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, and the annual silk will also be increased to one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand. Aren't the Liao people just trying to take advantage of the situation? Let them extort a sum of money, the Song Dynasty
In exchange for time and effort to deal with the Western thieves, this deal is worth it.
In the minds of Du Yan and Lu Yijian, this move was just an excuse to question Su Jin. No matter what kind of concessions they made, Lu Yijian and Du Yan would instruct the court officials to join Su Jin, Fu Bi and others to lose their power and humiliate the country. With more people, strength;
When everyone came to accuse them, the emperor had no choice but to punish them appropriately to quell public anger without Lu Yijian and Du Yan coming forward in person.
But the current result is simply unimaginable. I really don’t know why the Liao envoy started to provoke, but then quickly compromised, and came to this in vain. It is really puzzling.
Zhao Zhen quickly wrote a letter in his own name and listed these replies.
Of course, with Zhao Zhen's character, he still had to say some good things, enumerate the history of friendship between the two countries, talk about the benefits of good relations between the two countries, and finally have a fight with Liao Xingzong and Yelu Zong, who are really brothers, haha, and then cover up
He obtained the seal and gave it to Fu Bi for safekeeping.
Early the next morning, Zhao Zhen met with the Liao envoy in the main hall and ordered Fu Bi to deliver the autographed letter to Xiao Temo and deliver it to Yelu Zongzhen. In order to appease the Liao envoy who returned empty-handed, Zhao Zhen rewarded the Liao envoy with some money and supplies, and prepared some
Xiao Temo generously asked Xiao Temo to present it to the Lord of Liao, and earnestly urged the Liao envoy to stay in Bianliang for a few more days to see the scenery.
Xiao Te was so eager to return home that he had no time to wander around Bianliang City, so he immediately said goodbye and returned home. Zhao Zhen then ordered Fu Bi and Su Jin to hold a banquet to bid farewell to the Liao envoy Yunyun.
On the afternoon of the 18th, when the Liao envoys returned home, Su Jin and Fu Bi hosted a farewell banquet at a pavilion fifteen miles outside the north gate. The host and guest were moved by their affection, and Su Jin even composed an impromptu poem to send them off.
Xiao Temo, the envoy to the Liao Dynasty, also sang a desolate tune on the grasslands of the Liao Kingdom to express his farewell.
Anyone who knows the inside story understands that these few people have been plotting against each other for more than ten days and even insulting each other, doing everything possible. This behavior is really fake and cannot be fake anymore; people who don't know the inside story think that the envoys of Song and Liao are
There is a real feeling between them, and the brotherly love between them is beyond words, enough to make people shed tears.
After the banquet, when Xiao Temo and others got on their horses to ride out, a dramatic scene occurred. Su Jin ordered seven or eight bald prisoners to be escorted out, saying that they would be given to Xiao Temo and taken back to the Liao Kingdom.
Xiao Temo was surprised. Fu Bi took out a large stack of confessions from a small official and handed it to Xiao Temo. Only then did the Liao envoy realize that the reason why he had been quiet and comfortable in the post since the last assassination incident was because of Yuan's
Another group of assassins sent by Hao have been rounded up and captured by Su Jin and others, and their confessions have been recorded.
Xiao Temo was really touched. This kid Su Jin is not too bad. At least his safety has always been under his protection. From the tangled muscles and hazy eyes of those party members, he could see
None of these people are mediocre; if it were not for the protection of the Song people, it is really not certain whether I would be able to return safely.
Finally, Su Jin ordered a large box on the stage, which contained ten thousand taels of silver, plus his own IOU of ten thousand taels of silver. At this moment, Xiao Temo's nose became sour and he almost shed tears.
Liu Fu was the same. When he saw the jade pendant left to him by his late father, he almost cried while hugging Su Jin.
"Your envoy came from afar, but we did not take good care of it. Please forgive me! If your envoy had not been busy with official duties, the rich envoy and I would have really wanted to make a personal acquaintance with you two and have a good relationship." Su Jin felt very sad in his heart.
, if Zhao Zhen had not strictly ordered him to return the silver, he would not have given back a cent. This was all earned by himself.
"Rich Envoy, Deputy Envoy Su, how can we be worthy of this? Xiao feels ashamed of himself. I didn't say anything. We have made friends like you two. If they are destined to live in Daliao, you will come and stay in Daliao.
The two people I, Xiao Te, are waiting for are doing their best."
Su Jin laughed loudly and cupped his hands and said: "There will definitely be a chance. The road is long and the road is long. We will see you in the future."
Everyone said goodbye one after another. Xiao Te finally had the treasure map in his arms, the money was recovered, and all the debts were cleared. Naturally, his ambition was fulfilled. Although this trip seemed to be a failure and he did not get any benefits, but
In Xiao Temo's opinion, this trip made a lot of money.