The first thousand three hundred and eighty-fifth chapters of the lion's mouth
"ensure?"
Li Qi suddenly burst into laughter.
When Liu Qingtan heard Li Qi's dismissive laughter, he immediately said with displeasure, "I wonder why the Privy Councilor is laughing?"
Li Qi shook his hand, and after a while, he stopped smiling and said, "Scholar Liu, don't you think your guarantee is ridiculous?"
Liu Qingtan said sullenly: "I don't think so."
"But I think."
Li Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "Thank you for saying such things, either you take yourself too seriously, or you treat me like a three-year-old child. Even if you are sincere in what you say,
, you are also qualified to represent your court, but is this really possible? Who in the world doesn’t know that stealing, abducting, robbing and robbing is illegal, but tens of thousands of people are still sued for it every year. Did you stop it? Isn’t it ridiculous, you promise?
? If we retreat this time and you try your old tricks again, what should we do?"
At this point, he suddenly raised his little thumb and said seriously: "Actually, your Jiaozhi is only about this big."
"puff---!"
Niu Gao immediately laughed out loud. Li Qi's action was so classic. He quickly lowered his head and drank a sip of tea to cover up his gaffe. He thought to himself, this privy envoy is really as powerful as ever. He just humiliated others.
The emperor, now he has come to humiliate the entire Jiaozhi Kingdom. This is not enough to let anyone live.
When Liu Qingtan and the others heard this, their faces immediately became very ugly.
Li Qi glanced at Niu Gao displeased, then pressed his thumb on his little finger and said, "The population is only so small."
Puff puff!
This time Yue Fei and the others couldn't help it anymore and lowered their heads one after another.
Liu Qingtan said angrily: "Privy Councilor, don't you think this is a bit too much?"
He really wanted something to ask for, otherwise, he would have flipped the table and left long ago.
Li Qi shrugged and said: "Isn't what I said the truth?" He suddenly changed the subject and said: "But such a small country with such a small population dares to pluck the hair from the tiger's head, and also
More than once.
why is that?
It's very simple, because you know that I, the Song Dynasty, will not come to this messy, desperate land because of such a trivial matter. This encourages your arrogance. In fact, you are right. In order to take the overall situation into consideration, our court can only treat you
You turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of the Song Dynasty, but there is a limit to human tolerance. You have violated the laws of the Song Dynasty and encouraged the chieftains of Lingnan to continuously invade the land of our Song Dynasty and harm the people of our Song Dynasty. This is unbearable.
If every time you cause trouble at the border, we have to send a large army to teach you a lesson, then we, the Song Dynasty, can just stare at you all day long and don’t have to do anything. This time the emperor asked me to come here just to teach you a lesson.
Solve this problem completely and avoid future troubles forever.”
To avoid future troubles forever? Liu Qingqin was worried, but his face remained calm as he said: "There are many ways to solve problems, and your country is a country of gentlemen. You should not choose to use force to solve it. This will harm the Central Plains."
The reputation of a great country."
"You are right. The Song Dynasty is indeed a country of gentlemen, and everyone in the world knows it."
Li Qi changed the topic and said: "But I am not a gentleman. I am a businessman and I don't know much about the ways of a gentleman. The emperor promoted me not because he wants me to promote the ways of a gentleman, but because he hopes that I can help him and let him
The people can live a prosperous life, that’s all.”
Having said this, he suddenly stood up, walked to the middle, and continued: "I am very clear about the distinction between public and private. When you want to have a relationship with me in private, you can be hypocritical, or you can pursue the friendship of gentlemen. It doesn't matter, but in
Talking about official matters and talking about the way of a gentleman is just a waste of everyone's time. Then let me ask you, why did you invade our Yizhou and Qinzhou in the first place?"
Liu Qingtan said: "This matter is our fault, I have already admitted it."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "No, no, no, there is no wind without fire, and no profit, no early start. If there is no profit, will you still do this? Obviously not. So you are not wrong, this person is selfish.
You are doing this because you want to make your country stronger and richer. From your point of view, you are not wrong at all."
Liu Qingtan was a little dazed by what Li Qi said. He never expected that Li Qi would defend them. At this moment, he didn't know how to reply.
Li Qi continued: "Similarly, the reason for our expedition this time is no different from your last time. You always asked me before why I sent troops to invade your Jiaozhi. This is not a benevolent act, and I never said that we
We are here for justice. We have only one purpose here, which is to safeguard the interests of the people of our Song Dynasty. It can also be said to safeguard the interests of our Song Dynasty and nothing else.
Maybe from your point of view, we are robbers, we are gangsters, but from our point of view, we must take this step, so there is no need to argue about this issue, and it is not clear, because we represent different sides.
We should focus on solving the problem.”
Liu Qingtan was very depressed after these words. Faced with such a frank Li Qi, the great principles he had learned were of no use. He simply asked the question to Li Qi and said: "Then I wonder what good advice the Privy Council has?"
Li Qi walked up to him and said with a smile: "I have always thought that there is nothing in this world that cannot be discussed. As you said, there are many ways to solve problems, and the plan you proposed is not a bad idea."
Liu Qingtan felt happy when he heard this and asked quickly: "Then you agree?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Why don't you agree? Your request is nothing more than asking us to withdraw our troops and return your land and your prisoners. On this basis, we can talk about anything."
"Exactly, exactly." Liu Qingtan nodded hurriedly.
Li Qidao: "Actually, our requirements are very simple. Ten million yuan and a population of 500,000. Once these two are obtained, we will withdraw immediately."
Is this also called something to talk about?
Liu Qingtan's heart sank into the ice cellar again. He felt that he had been tricked. Even if Jiaozhi sold everything they could, they wouldn't be able to get so much money.
Li Qi smiled and said: "What? Are there any difficulties?"
Liu Qingtan said angrily: "I really can't see the sincerity of the Privy Councilor's words?"
Li Qidao: "No, I'm just asking for reasonable compensation. Let me settle an account for you. When you massacred 100,000 people in our Yizhou and Qinzhou, if each person can create ten thousand pieces of wealth for our Song Dynasty every year, then that's
One million guan, a person has at least 20 years of prime time, so it is 20 million guan. During these fifty years, you have sold thousands of people from the Song Dynasty to your Jiaozhi every year. Even if you have two thousand people, ten years is enough.
20,000 people, calculated over twenty years, then it is 4 million guans. In addition, when you plundered our city, you even demolished the city walls, fertile fields, houses, etc., there are countless more, so you plundered 6 million guans.
Calculation. Here is 30 million strings.
For this matter, our court sent 100,000 troops to recover Yizhou and Qinzhou. Including labor, there were a total of 300,000 people, and the casualties were about 200,000. Calculated according to the previous formula, it is 40 million guan. In addition,
For military pay and labor costs, two million guan is not too much. At least it is a 50% discount, so it comes to about 72 million guan. As for the remaining 28 million guan, just treat it as a guarantee."
"bond?"
Liu Qingtan really had the urge to fight Li Qi desperately.
Li Qidao: "Of course. This is not a trivial matter. With just a letter of surrender and a verbal promise, you make us believe you? If it were you, would you believe it? Of course you have to pay the security deposit. As long as you pay the security deposit
After that, we will retreat immediately. And we will never bother you again. To be honest, you are so poor. Even if we want to rob, we have nothing to rob, but you don’t come to take our ideas. As long as you treat me
Any damage caused to the people of the Song Dynasty will be deducted from the security fund. If your security fund is deducted, our army will definitely come back here to collect the next security fund. But don't worry, we in the Song Dynasty have plenty of money.
Those who will covet your little money, if I have no worries for a hundred years, I will pay you back in full, oh, it also includes interest, so what, it’s fair enough."
How domineering these words are!
Niu Gao and the others gave a thumbs up in their hearts.
Are you not greedy? Are there people in the world who are more greedy than you? It’s fair. What kind of fairness is this? Liu Qingtan really wanted to spit on Li Qi’s face, and almost roared: "You are the only one who counts."
If it’s ours, then it’s ours. Aren’t we harmed by this? Aren’t we dead?”
"Yes, yes, I missed something." Li Qi responded humbly, nodded repeatedly, and said: "The key is that you have nothing to calculate here. It's just your place. I want to destroy it, but I can't find a place. I want to
Let's plunder the property, everyone is extremely poor, and there are only three to four million people in the country. No one can be killed if you want to, and the ability of the people to create wealth is far inferior to that of the Song Dynasty. So, if I am more generous, I will convert it to two thousand
Wan Guan, then you have to give us 80 million Guan. As for the population of 500,000, you must agree unconditionally."
This is really a lion's mouth. When Wanyan Zongwang faced the Song Dynasty, he only asked for a few million guan, but Li Qi faced the poor Jiaozhi, and his mouth opened for ten million guan.
Liu Qingtan was too lazy to argue with Li Qi and said bluntly: "Privy Councilor, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Even if you kill us all, we can't come up with so much money."
"Yeah?"
"Believe it or not."
Li Qi was not annoyed at all and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay. Since your road doesn't work, let's find another way. I have a plan here."
Liu Qingtan knew that Li Qi's previous words were all paving the way for this, so he cheered up and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Li Qi's face changed and he said seriously: "Why do you keep disturbing my border? The fundamental reason is that you are poor. This is driven by interests. You are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes, so as long as you change this
One point, then all problems will be solved."
Liu Qingtan was stunned when he heard this. He felt that this statement made sense and nodded slightly.
Li Qi added: "But the facts have proved that the Li Dynasty is simply unable to lead the people of Jiaozhi out of the predicament and towards the bright future, so the only way is to change the people to rule here."
Liu Qingtan's eyes suddenly opened.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't look at me like that. I'm just telling the truth. They say parents are officials. Then let me ask you, does this official serve the people or the emperor?"
Liu Qingtan said nothing. This was obviously a trap, because no matter how he answered, he would be wrong.
Li Qidao: "It is precisely because of the support of the people that the emperor can be called the emperor. Without the people, there would be no emperor. But without the emperor, the people still exist. The emperor's duty is to manage the country and lead the country to prosperity. From this aspect,
It is said that the emperor is actually the servant of the people. Emperors are like this, so officials like you and me are even more like this. Since you or we all serve the people, then we should think from the perspective of the people.
This is what happened with our Song Dynasty's expedition. As servants, when we see our masters being hurt and bullied, we must stand up and do something. Now the same problem is before you, and you should be the same.
The life of your people in Jiaozhi is very difficult. There may be many reasons, but the incompetence of your emperor is the root cause. In this case, we should fundamentally change this. I can assure you that if this place is ruled by me, the Song Dynasty, in ten years
After that, this place will have a completely new look, and the people living here will definitely live and work in peace and contentment and will no longer worry about food, rice, oil and salt. In this way, the problems mentioned above will no longer exist." (To be continued...)