Chapter 1100: Everyone's conditions, Zhao Shen is disappointed
Chapter 1100: Everyone’s conditions, Zhao Shen is disappointed
Although Zhao Shen was slightly dissatisfied, he still nodded. Seeing Zhuang Chi stop, he couldn't help but ask, "What else?"
Zhuang Chi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I think this is enough! After they retreated, there will be no more conquests on Guangnan West Road. With the agreement in the credentials, they will not dare to talk about conquests in the future. In this way, our Song Dynasty The southern border can be kept safe for decades!"
Zhao Shen couldn't help but be stunned. He really wanted to ask his minister, what was going on in his brain!
In the past, when did our country negotiate peace with other countries, did we not pay a heavy price?
Money, population, even land, dignity! This time the situation was finally reversed, and it just passed so lightly?
Dali Kingdom withdraws its troops?
Now it is not a question of whether they can retreat, but a question of whether the Song Dynasty will allow them to retreat easily!
As for the so-called credential, all fools know that it is just for fun! If signing the credential was useful, there would have been no such thing as a war that day, and the country of the Song Dynasty is still in Bianzhou at the moment. Not only this half of the country will be left!
For the so-called credential to be useful, there must be two prerequisites. First, the other party must treat others with courtesy! However, the most important thing is that the Song Dynasty has enough strength! If there is no strength, then the so-called credential is What a joke! You can tear it off whenever you want. There is no sense of restraint at all.
"What do you say?"
Zhao Shen spoke again!
Ye Yong thought for a while, then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to the two points mentioned by Mr. Zhuang just now, we also need Dali to compensate for the losses of this war!"
"However, both sides still need to focus on peace talks. Therefore, although the compensation should not be too small, it should not be unacceptable to Dali Kingdom!"
Zhao Shen nodded and thought to himself, this is right! No matter what, it is true to get some benefits!
"How much compensation does Ai Qing think Dali should have?"
Ye Yong thought for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that Dali should be compensated for the loss of two million silver by the Song Dynasty!"
As soon as this figure came out, Zhao Shen was dumbfounded again! Two million is indeed not a small amount, but is Dali's compensation enough?
Dali's soldiers and horses captured more than ten cities on the South Guangxi Road, and millions of people suffered! Not to mention other things, the amount of gold and silver captured by Dali was definitely more than this number!
Now, you want to withdraw from the army after spending two million?
Is it possible that all the civil and military officials I raise in the court are all fools?
Especially when looking at the other people, their faces were full of agreement. Even Shi Hao didn't offer any objection! This kind of scene couldn't help but make Zhao Shen extremely disappointed!
In fact, of course these people are not fools! Which one can be ranked in the court without having spent more than ten years or even decades of struggle?
These people are the elites of the entire Song Dynasty. They are so smart that they are ridiculous. How could they be fools?
The real reason is that the interests they represent are different from the interests represented by the court or the royal family!
Or to put it more clearly, for these people, a powerful and strict Song Dynasty is not necessarily what they pursue! Therefore, at certain times they are willing to play dumb!
For quite a while, everyone discussed it, but no feasible suggestions were made.
Everyone is holding on to the theory of the Celestial Empire. Since the other party has expressed its intention to seek peace, there is no need for the Song Dynasty to continue to hold on to it!
"Everyone, please step back!"
Zhao Shen said coldly.
"Your Majesty, when will the peace talks begin? I better prepare in advance! In addition, since the Song Dynasty's envoy has arrived in Lin'an, will your Majesty summon him as soon as possible?"
Shi Hao asked slowly.
"I told you to stand down!"
Zhao Shen shouted sharply!
When everyone saw this, they could only salute and then retreat!
"Snapped!"
After everyone left, Zhao Shen threw the report on the table to the ground, "Are these people really my ministers?
If you didn’t know better, you would have thought they were ministers of Dali Kingdom!”
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Zhang Jun, the only one left, persuaded with a wry smile!
Of course he knew the source of Zhao Shen's anger, and he knew better why others said this. However, there were some things that even Zhang Jun couldn't directly expose.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about this matter. Even if I risk my life, I can't let Dali country negotiate peace so easily! If they don't pay some price, I will go to Guangnan West Road in person and fight to the death to keep their troops." Come down!"
Zhang Jun said loudly.
"Why!"
Zhao Shen sighed softly and felt weak all over his body! They say that emperors are rich in the world, but who knows the pain in his heart?
"Your Majesty! The Imperial City Department has sent back a secret report from Mr. Shen of Chengdu Prefecture!"
Suddenly, Wang Quan spoke softly outside the door.
Zhao Shen looked shocked. There were many constraints on things above the court. In the entire Song Dynasty, only Shen Tang could make him feel better. Only the things Shen Tang did could not only satisfy him, but also make him unhappy. As for being so frustrated!
"Bring it in immediately!"
Since the previous series of events happened, the normal report was submitted to the imperial court in accordance with the formal procedures.
However, Zhao Shen directly ordered some important matters to be delivered by the Imperial City Division! Firstly, it was to keep certain matters more confidential, and secondly, it was to prevent some people from seizing Shen Tang's memorial and delaying important events.
Not long after, Wang Quan came to Zhao Shen with a memorial!
Zhao Shen couldn't wait to open it, looked at it for a moment, and then sighed and said to Zhang Jun, "This Shen Tang still knows my thoughts!"
With that said, he gave the memorial to Zhang Jun!
Zhang Jun took it over and looked at it, but saw that it was also written about the peace talks in Dali.
However, compared to the conditions put forward by everyone just now, Shen Tang is obviously a "lion's mouth".
Among them, the first one is that the Dali Kingdom pays a tribute of one million taels of Song Dynasty coins every year. In addition, there are many important materials that are specialties of the Dali Kingdom!
Dali also needs to recognize its status as a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and the emperor of Dali needs to be canonized by the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, from now on, Dali will not be able to claim the title of emperor, only king!
In addition to these two items, it also includes compensation for the losses caused by the war between the two countries and the Song Dynasty!
According to Shen Tang’s ‘calculation’, Dali needs to compensate only for gold and silver, which amounts to as much as five million! As for grain, population and other materials, they are simply countless!
There is no need to go into details about various other conditions, but if Dali really agrees, it will never be able to compete with the Song Dynasty!
Zhang Jun grinned. In the entire Song Dynasty, only Shen Tang dared to propose such harsh conditions! Even though he had some ideas in his mind before, compared with Shen Tang's conditions, they were far behind!