Three days later, Minamoto Yoshitaka led a mighty army and rushed over. However, they did not approach the city. Instead, they set up camp more than thirty miles south of the Echizen Prefecture city. ≤
Of course, they were not polite before fighting, but did not want any friction with the Song army, and invited Zhao Jingyan to negotiate. However, he did not invite Zhao Jingyan in the name of the enemy and ourselves, but invited the envoys of the Song Dynasty. The implication was that
I don't regard you as enemies, but as envoys. It can be said that I have given you enough face.
After considering it so carefully, Zhao Jingyan still had the nerve to refuse and agreed.
However, since there had been no contact between the Song Dynasty and the Minamoto clan before this, a great deal of trust had been placed in facilitating this negotiation. Zhao Jingyan could not possibly say that I would just go to your military camp to talk, and Yuan Yizhong was even more ungrateful.
They came to the city to negotiate, so the location was chosen at a place called Sakata Village between the two military camps.
Jiutian Village, as the name suggests, is very famous for the wine it makes because there is a mountain spring here, which is the most suitable for making wine. This generation was originally very wealthy, but due to the advent of the war, this generation has become deserted.
On this day, both sides came here to negotiate with a thousand troops each. This troop strength was already agreed upon by both sides.
On the Song Army's side, Zhao Jingyan and Wei Ming were in charge, while on the Genshi's side, Yuan Yizhong went into battle in person, because he still had many things to talk to the other party.
After the two parties met, they exchanged greetings for a while and then took their seats.
"Commander Zhao, we in Japan have always admired the culture of the Central Plains, and your country has always been called a country of gentlemen and a country of etiquette, and is admired by people all over the world. Although due to various reasons, there is no contact between our courts, but our two
However, the people of Japan have very close contact with each other, and their relationship can be regarded as just a piece of water. It is more appropriate to refer to yourself as a neighbor. Originally, we welcomed you as guests in Japan, but our emperor expressed deep feelings for your country to send troops this time.
Disappointed, this is our internal affairs, and as neighbors we should support us in countering the rebellion, but your country has sent troops to help our rebels, which damages your reputation as a country of etiquette and a country of gentlemen."
Minamoto Yoshitaka did not shy away from criticizing the Song Dynasty. His words and sentences were very sonorous and powerful, and his words were very targeted. The imperial court represented a country, and those who opposed the imperial court were traitors, no matter what they were.
The reason is that as a neighbor, you either don't help. If you want to help, you should help us suppress the rebellion. How can you help the rebels? This logic doesn't make sense.
Zhao Jingyan couldn't help but feel a little surprised when she heard that Yuan Yizhong spoke Chinese so well.
Little did they know that the Genji family was a large Japanese family. Although their status was not comparable to that of the nobility, their heritage was very profound. Today's Chinese is equivalent to English in later generations. After all, at this time, the Central Plains culture represented the most cutting-edge culture in the world. Therefore, Chinese is very popular, and Japan's
Scholars and aristocratic children can more or less know some Chinese. The key is that many books are in Chinese characters. If you can’t understand them, you won’t be able to absorb more knowledge. In addition, in the past ten years, the goods of the Song Dynasty have begun to be promoted to surrounding areas.
, Chinese became more popular.
But he was surprised. Faced with Yuan Yoshitaka's accusation, Zhao Jingyan just smiled and said calmly: "We are sending troops this time precisely because we are a country of gentlemen."
Yuan Yizhong smiled and said: "Really? Is it possible that when we helped Fang La, Song Jiang and others, we admired the Central Plains culture?"
"It seems that General Yuan knows the situation of our country very well!"
Zhao Jingyan heard that he could actually name Fang La and Song Jiang, and knew that the other party was prepared.
Yuan Yoshizhong shook his head and said: "No, no, it's just hearsay."
Zhao Jingyan said: "Before this, the Ping clan could not be regarded as a traitor to your country. Our dealings with him were not unreasonable and legal. But it is precisely because of this that we became very good friends. This friend
If there is a problem, if we, the Song Dynasty, turn a deaf ear, wouldn’t we be trapping ourselves in injustice? As the ancients said, a gentleman is known as a righteous man. How can he be a gentleman if he is unjust? The second one---"
At this point, she suddenly waved her hand, and a guard beside her immediately handed a pamphlet to Minamoto Yoshitaka, "Please take a look at it, General."
Yuan Yoshizhong subconsciously took it, opened it, and found a personal name inside, and curiously said: "This is ---."
Zhao Jingyan said with a serious face: "The people above are all Chinese businessmen who were killed by your army, and this is only what we know so far, the number may be far more than that."
"this---."
Minamoto Yoshitaka looked a little embarrassed.
Zhao Jingyan continued: "General just now also said that the people-to-people exchanges between our two countries are relatively warm, and your country also very much welcomes our merchants from the Song Dynasty, but this does not seem to be the case. Not only did you not show any welcome, you actually felt sad.
Killer, our businessmen came here just to do business, without any malice, and the court encouraged them to come, so the court should be responsible for them.
The general is right. We should not send troops to interfere in your internal affairs. However, the main purpose of our coming here is not to interfere in your internal affairs, but to protect our people in your country. Since he came to the throne, our Majesty has loved the people like his sons and advocated benevolent politics.
In the world, if we see our people being harmed and still don't care, how can we talk about benevolent governance in the world? If we don't send troops, it will be regarded as unkind and unjust. If so, how can we talk about the country of gentlemen?
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Wei Ming on the side added: "Compared to you, after we came to your country, let alone our businessmen, even the people of your country, we have never harmed them arbitrarily. Not only that, our generals and military advisors are still committed to protecting them.
The people of your country, I believe the general should have heard of this."
Minamoto Yoshitaka originally wanted to use his troops to attack the city wall to give the opponent a showdown, because he expected that the opponent would be very scared, but he didn't know that the opponent was not afraid at all, but appeared calm and leisurely, and in turn accused them of their faults.
Indeed, if the Song army came just for the Taira clan, then it is wrong whether you are friends or relatives. After all, this is Japan's internal affairs. Why do you, the Song Dynasty, interfere?
But this involves the people of the Song Dynasty, so it can be said that our businessmen came here to do business, they did not break the law, they were not smuggled here, and they were allowed by you. Why do you kill our people? Of course I
It is reasonable and reasonable to send troops to protect our people and safeguard the interests of our people here.
The main reason is that from the beginning, the Yuan family regarded the Song Dynasty as their enemy, and they only wanted to eliminate the Ping family as soon as possible. Because the Ping family had such inextricable connections with the Song Dynasty, many merchants of the Song Dynasty were Ping family members.
partners, then of course they would not let these Song Dynasty businessmen go.
Not only that, after the Song army came to Japan, they did not take the initiative to launch an attack. Instead, they governed the Song people's state and treated them equally. Whether they were Japanese or Han people, they took very good care of them. In comparison, the Genji side couldn't help but pale in comparison.
Zhao Jingyan is also a master of debate. How can Yuan Yizhong be his opponent? After all, it is their fault, and he has no reason to refute, because he has indeed killed many businessmen of the Song Dynasty. He only said: "For
I deeply regret this list, but this is definitely not our original intention, and I have never had any intention of going against your country. There must be many misunderstandings in this."
Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "I think so too, but this also shows that there is a lack of communication between us."
"Yeah."
Minamoto Yoshitaka nodded hurriedly and said: "This is why there is this negotiation, rather than directly solving this problem through force. We hope to resolve the misunderstanding through this negotiation."
Zhao Jingyan smiled softly and said: "We in the Song Dynasty have always opposed the use of force to solve problems. We prefer to solve them through negotiation to avoid the loss of life."
Her strength and fearlessness made Minamoto Yoshitaka very depressed. This is the foundation of a big country. It is obviously at a disadvantage, but it looks like it has an advantage. There is nothing they can do. The Song Dynasty is behind them, so they can continue to be entangled.
, is just asking for trouble, Minamoto Yoshitada said: "As for the businessmen from your country, we admit that we have neglected something, and we are willing to compensate for it."
What he emphasized was regret, misunderstanding, and compensation, but he did not admit his mistake because he was now at an advantage. If he hadn't coveted the Ping family property, he might not have chosen peace talks. Compensation was already his bottom line, and he would never
He would not admit his mistake, because he felt that he was not at fault, it was Da Song's fault, and taking a step back had already shown enough sincerity.
But even with the compensation, his men were still surprised. Some even prepared to remind Minamoto Yoshitaka, but were stopped by Minamoto Yoshitaka with his eyes.
The more he said this, the more confident Zhao Jingyan became. Knowing that her guess was definitely correct, she held up her hands and said: "General Yuan speaks quickly and dares to take action. He is a real man, and I admire him endlessly."
"This is what should be done." Yuan Yoshizhong said, and then said straightforwardly: "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I wonder when your army will withdraw?" He knew that this military advisor was by no means a fool, so he simply became more direct and stopped beating around the bush.
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Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "Actually, if the general had been delayed for half a month, we might have left."
This made Minamoto Yoshitaka a little surprised and said: "What did the military advisor say?"
Zhao Jingyan sighed and said: "Now that things have happened, I will no longer hide it. Before the battle at Noban Mountain, we warned the Ping family in advance, but the head of the Ping family was always on guard against us and did not adopt our advice.
Otherwise, the victory or defeat will be unpredictable, which makes us very disappointed. Moreover, we have provided a lot of help to the Taira family with money and efforts, and we have also fulfilled our obligations as a friend. After the battle at Nosaka Mountain, we were actually preparing to retreat.
However, when we retreated to Echizen Prefecture, we learned that your army was about to arrive. At that time, we did not know what your army was planning, and we were a little worried, so we postponed the retreat. We never expected that the general would be so reasonable. I really feel sorry for you.
A man’s heart will judge a gentleman’s belly.”
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