When Liu Qingtan left the city, he brought many people, thousands of them, but the prisoners were taken over by the Song army halfway. Naturally, the soldiers who originally escorted the prisoners could not follow them to the Song camp. No one in the world had taken them.
Thousands of soldiers and horses went to others to ask for peace, and there were quite a few who asked for war.
Therefore, after Yang Zaixing took over, Liu Qingtan's side seemed a little thin, with only a dozen followers carrying some gifts to be given to Li Qi. As for Liu Qingtan, there were still two old faces around him, Su Qingyuan and Du Yunhe.
Although this is the second negotiation between the two parties, in the previous one, Jiaozhi came to ask questions, and both sides were just pretentious and had no real meaning.
However, this time they are here to seek peace, so they cannot be confused. In a strict sense, this can be said to be the first negotiation between the two parties.
Since this is the first negotiation, it is naturally a tentative negotiation. Jiaozhi will put forward their conditions, and the Song Dynasty will also put forward its own conditions, and then it will enter the real negotiation stage.
This can be said to be the basic process.
"Inform the Privy Envoy, the Jiaozhi Envoy is outside asking for an audience."
"Let them in."
Now that Li Qi is sure of victory, he will naturally not pretend to go out to greet the Cochin envoy. If he is a businessman, no matter how great the advantage is, he will usually greet people with a smile, because businessmen are the most taboo about offending others.
No matter how depressed that person is at this time, he still has to give him a smile or enough face on the surface. As for what he thinks in his heart, that is another matter. This is the hypocrisy that a smart person should have.
However, at this time, Li Qi represented the Song Dynasty, a large country in the Central Plains, so he had to overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum and treat the opponent as his subordinate.
As soon as Liu Qingtan and others entered the big tent, when they saw Li Qi, they felt that he was very young. Although he had heard that the Golden Knife Chef King was a very young man, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he felt that he was very young.
Unavoidably, he was still very surprised, but he bowed his hands to Li Qi respectfully and said: "Liu Qingtan, a bachelor of the Jiaozhi Imperial Academy, has met the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty."
Du and Su also saluted Li Qi one after another.
There is no way, other people's soldiers are already riding on their heads, they must lower their heads.
It's not that Liu Qingtan is a weakling and Yang Ying'er is a tough guy, it's just that their missions are different and the difficulties they face are also different. Even if Yang Ying'er comes here, the tough one will have to soften.
Of course, because Liu Qingtan has a gentler personality and Yang Ying'er is more violent, Zhang Boyu made such an arrangement.
"Be polite, be polite. I'm Li Qi."
Li Qi casually cupped his hands and without even getting up, he extended his hand and said: "You three, please take a seat."
"Thank you."
The three of them bowed again and then sat in the first three seats on the left.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Three adults, we are all busy people. Let's put aside the talk of old times and relationships for now. I believe we will have the opportunity to get to know each other in the future. Today we will focus on big things."
The implication is that all polite words are dispensed with.
Liu Qingtan said hurriedly: "I have this intention." After a pause, he sat upright and said: "Privy Envoy, I will come here this time---."
"I know."
Li Qi raised his hand to interrupt Liu Qingtan.
Liu Qingtan was stunned and asked: "What does the Privy Councilor know?"
Li Qi felt like laughing when he heard it. He said: "I know what you are going to say. If I guess correctly, you are here to ask for peace. And you are also prepared to surrender the table in the hope that our two countries can rebuild their old friendship. If possible, you still want us to return your land and captives, am I wrong?"
Although this is the fact, you can't say it. You have told me what I said, so what am I doing here? Liu Qingtan met Li Qi for the first time, and his understanding of Li Qi was limited to those rumors, but He now feels that Li Qi is a bit showy and exaggerated.
In fact, these words are not difficult to guess, and it is not surprising if you can guess them, but you don’t have to say them.
However, because Li Qi now has the absolute initiative, Liu Qingtan has no choice but to nod and say: "What the Privy Councilor said is that we implore you to be more generous. In the future, our country will follow your lead and pay tribute every year." The annual tribute will be twice as much as before.”
Sui Gong? Damn! I hate these two words the most. Li Qi did not express his position, and chuckled to himself: "If I don't agree, your second step is to submit a petition to surrender, just asking us to withdraw our troops."
"this---."
Liu Qingtan looked embarrassed. This first negotiation was an exploratory negotiation between the two parties. He had only prepared so much. It was not a trivial matter to declare surrender. It was not something he could make the decision. However, he did not dare to negotiate with Li Qi was furious. He had to be careful and use his hesitation to tell Li Qi that I didn't say this.
Li Qi was naturally as clear as a mirror, but he didn't care and continued: "Do you know why I know so clearly?"
Liu Qingtan shook his head.
Li Qidao: "It's very simple, because you did the same thing last time. Our army could have marched on the city wall, but your emperor came down to ask our army to retreat. It's a good move and you don't have to worry about using it twice. If this is the case, I can guess If not, then I would be a fool."
The last time was not as good as now. The last time your army was unable to protect itself, and the food supply could not be supplied at all. If it drags on any longer, the whole army may be annihilated. We just care about the reputation of your great country in the Central Plains and do not want to be ruined again. Otherwise, who will lose? It is still unclear who will win. Liu Qingtan thought to himself, but said: "The Privy Councilor is right. It was precisely because of the letter of surrender from His Majesty that our two countries reunited. This is yours." It was a wise decision by both of us, and now we can completely rebuild our old friendship. Isn't there a saying in the Central Plains that turns hostility into friendship?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "You can't say that. Whether the last decision was wise or stupid cannot be represented by your words. You have to use the results to explain it. But the current result, what I see is not wise. , but it was a mistake. Do you know why I did not rush to attack Thang Long City, but gave you a chance to negotiate?"
There were beads of sweat on Liu Qingtan's forehead. The Golden Knife Chef King did not follow the procedures when negotiating. He had no chance to say what he had prepared earlier. He said: "God has the virtue of good life, I guess The Privy Council does not want to see the lives of people in ruins."
"You are right. This is indeed one of the reasons, but it is not the only reason."
Li Qi sneered and said: "There is another reason, that is, Li Qiande is dead. Don't deny it. Everyone knows this. I can tell you. If Li Qiande had not died, even if he knelt in front of me, I would never I won’t show any mercy. Although people are dead, they should be treated with respect, but I’m sorry, but I can’t respect an executioner.”
too direct!
Liu Qingtan was immediately disgraced. His emperor was so insulted by an outsider. This was really bullying. In any other situation, he would have walked away. But at this time, it was not that he did not dare. It was that he could not and remained silent. language.
Li Qike didn't care about so much and said bluntly: "When Li Qiande and Li Changjie launched the war of aggression against our country, their behavior was simply unscrupulous. They slaughtered more than 100,000 of our people, and those people had no restraints. People with the strength of a chicken, why don't you give them a way to live. As for the soldiers who died in that war in the Song Dynasty, I don't even want to mention it. Fortunately, they both died early. If they fall into my hands, I will definitely It will make their lives worse than death, don't blame me for rehashing old scores, that's how I hold grudges."
Liu Qingtan frowned slightly and said: "What our country did in some aspects was indeed inappropriate, and we are deeply sorry for this. However, your country also punished us, and it has been a long time. Now when we talk about this matter, is it right? Something is wrong."
This clay figurine also has three points of fire!
Li Qidao: "There is nothing wrong. I am also a human being and I also need to vent, especially when I meet certain special people in certain special places. For example, when I mention Li Qiande, I can't help but think of it. One thing you cannot deny is that Li Qiande has always coveted our territory, even though you clearly stated in the original surrender that you would no longer disturb our border.
But in fact, you are changing the law to plunder the property of the people of our city and the two states of Qin. There are many chiefs of the two states of Qin and Qin sitting here. They all know this very well. Not only that, you also colluded with Luo Hu. As well as many local chieftains, they trafficked people from our country to work as slaves, and even tried to invade and occupy the two states of Qin and Qin again. Along the way, I met many of my compatriots in the Song Dynasty, and 99% of them were not I came here voluntarily.”
Liu Qingtan shook his head and said: "This is private sales, I really don't know, and this matter can't be slapped with a slap. This was done by your own people. If you want to blame it, I'm afraid you have to blame the chieftains first."
Ning Wu and other chiefs frowned when they heard this, and there was a trace of anger in their eyes.
"So as soon as I came here, I killed Luo Hu." Li Qi spread his hands and said: "But this is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. When one Luo Hu falls, the next Luo Hu will stand up immediately. After all, There is a supply and demand relationship here, where there is demand there must be supply, don’t you think so?”
Liu Qingtan said: "As far as our country's laws are concerned, if the other party transports slaves to our country, any sale is legal."
"Well said, that's the problem." Li Qi smiled and said: "If the supply and demand relationship is not broken, this situation will definitely continue, and the bandits in your country will continue to harass our borders. Please stand up, too. Think about it from the perspective of our country. Thousands of people are trafficked out of the country every year, and the people are the foundation of our country. This is no small matter! I tell you without exaggeration that based on this, even if we It is reasonable and reasonable to devote everything we have to solving this matter."
Liu Qingtan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. To break the relationship between supply and demand, although it was an extremely professional economic term, the meaning behind it was very huge. How to break the relationship between supply and demand? Only by smoothing out the demand can we stop it.
There will be supply, and once this is wiped out, I'm afraid Cochin will be gone.
Liu Qingtan said hurriedly: "We are indeed responsible for this matter, and we are deeply sorry, but I always believe that both you and I are responsible. Your country never paid attention to this matter, and we did not pay much attention to it until the Privy Council mentioned it today.
After learning about this matter, I realized that this matter has caused very serious trouble to your country. Here, I can promise you on behalf of our country that we will strictly supervise this matter in the future. If anyone traffics people from your country to our country, I will
We will definitely punish them severely and send the people of your country back to your country for free. As for the bandits disturbing the border, we will also let the soldiers stationed at the border strictly guard against this." (To be continued...)