The first thousand seven hundred and forty-three chapters
This round of confrontation can be regarded as a victory for each side. In the end, He Shi Liebohe had to break the deadlock.○
"We very much understand your country's position on this matter, and we have no intention to force your country to do something that goes against His Majesty's philosophy of governing the country. However, since your country is an ally of our Daikin, even if you do not speak out or make any efforts,
You should not aid Xixia, this is definitely not what an ally should do." After speaking, Heshi Liebohe's tone was sonorous and powerful, as if he represented God.
"Mr. He Shilie, where did you start talking about this?"
Li Qi said with a surprised look.
Heshi Liebohe said: "We know that your country and Xixia have always had a lot of business dealings, including weapons and food, and now we, Dajin, are conquering Xixia. If our soldiers of Dajin die in Guizhou,
Under the weapons made by the country, how can our Majesty explain to the soldiers? Isn’t there a saying in the Central Plains that I will not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. In any case, this is definitely not the case for the Song-Jin alliance.
A good thing.”
Li Qi nodded and said: "I deeply regret this, but our relationship with Xixia began before the founding of your country, and Xixia is our big exporting country, and it is also our big importing country. Many things in Xixia belong to us.
What the Song Dynasty urgently needs, the most important of which is horses, and the relationship is very complicated, cannot be cut off easily. If just because of this, our merchants are asked to cut off trade with Xixia, then our merchants in the Song Dynasty
We will face huge losses, which may directly affect the economy of our Song Dynasty, and even involve the economic construction of your country, so even if we want to break it off, it will take time."
According to what you say, maybe the war will be over by then. Wanyan Xilie immediately wanted to regain the right to speak, saying: "The Privy Council may have some misunderstandings. He Shilie's intention is not to completely sever relations between your country and Xixia, and
.We also know that this private business cannot be completely blocked with just one sentence, but we hope that your court can abide by the alliance between the Jin and Song Dynasties and cut off contact with the Xixia court. Your country is our ally, no matter what the reason.
Can't we let you support our traitors? When your country was marching south, we, as allies, were very supportive. As for the horses, haha, this couldn't be simpler. When it comes to horses, our horses in Dajin are far better than those in Xixia.
Horses, we will sell you exactly how many horses Xixia sells to you every year."
Before that, the Jin Kingdom strictly prohibited the sale of horses to the Song Dynasty. In fact, some people in the Jin Kingdom at that time proposed using horses to obtain wealth from the Song Dynasty. However, they were strongly opposed by Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, so they had to give up. Moreover, Yan
The Yun area was in the hands of two of them. They strictly ordered anyone to sell horses to the Song Dynasty. They also issued laws that anyone who sold a horse to the Song Dynasty would be punished with death. If more than three horses were sold to the Song Dynasty, not only those involved would be punished.
They face the death penalty. Moreover, their families will be slaves forever and will not be able to escape.
In the border areas, if the army strictly opposes it, then no one will dare to take risks. If they are caught, it will be all over.
Therefore, compared to the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom really completely prevented the transportation of horses to the Song Dynasty.
However, now that Wanyan Xilie has said this, it is obviously a delaying tactic. When the two sides reach an agreement and it is the turn of the Jin Kingdom to sell horses to the Song Dynasty, Xixia may be gone. After all, the horse business is not a small business.
It’s not a matter of a day or two. Will the Jin Kingdom really sell horses from the Song Dynasty?
Only a fool would believe it.
Li Qi felt that his intelligence had been insulted.
Wanyan Xilie added: "I have heard about some of the habits of the Privy Council. I know that the Privy Council trusts the contract and the evidence. In order to show our sincerity, at the end of this year, we will organize a group of horse merchants to come to Bianjing to meet with you.
The country is discussing the matter of horses."
His IQ was insulted one after another. Li Qi wanted to scold his mother, but he had to say that he really didn't have much choice. The Jin State killed Xixia as their traitor. In fact, it can be said that, and the Song Dynasty, as the Jin State,
Allies, if you support the traitors of your allies, aren't you slapping your allies in the face? Moreover, Wanyan Xilie said well, I don't care about your people-to-people contacts, but your court must have an attitude, and Li Qi clearly knows that Wanyan Xilie
Yan Xilie is trying to delay the attack, but he always said so. You can't say that you will come to attack me after you attack Xixia. I don't believe you. This is completely without evidence, at least for now.
Li Qi actually expected that this situation would happen. If the Song court blatantly supported Xixia, it would be really unreasonable. He said: "What you two said makes sense. OK, I will report this to the emperor. Details
It is up to our emperor to decide what to do."
"Then I'll ask you, Privy Envoy Lao."
"It should, it should."
Negotiations of this level cannot be resolved in one day. Both sides used this first day to test each other. Now that Li Qi knows what Jin Guo means, today's negotiations will end here. After the negotiations,
Li Qi immediately rushed to the palace.
When they arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Qin Hui was already there. In addition, there was Zheng Yi, the dean of the Second Academy.
Li Qi first saluted Zhao Kai and then said: "Qin Shaozai, you guys have finished talking so quickly."
Qin Hui smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing to talk about. I didn't even say anything. I just listened to what Richard said."
"What did he say?"
"I just hope that our Song Dynasty can send troops to help. Oh, he also analyzed the current situation for me and said that if the Jin Kingdom attacks Xixia, our Song Dynasty will be next. This is similar to what those in the DPRK who support aiding Xixia said."
Qin Hui looked bored. Although Richard prepared some wonderful persuasion, Qin Hui followed Li Qi and had seen too many wonderful negotiations, so he was immune to Richard's persuasion.
In fact, there is really nothing to say here. Any smart person knows what Richard would say. Zhao Kai asked Li Qi again: "What's the situation over there in the Kingdom of Jin?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's almost as expected. He just hopes that our court will cut off all contacts with Xixia. The implication is that we don't want us to sell food and weapons to Xixia on a large scale." As he said that, he simply explained the entire negotiation process.
Said it once.
Zhao Kai hummed and said, "Then what do you think?"
Li Qi shrugged and said: "The Kingdom of Jin has good reasons and it is difficult for us not to agree to it."
Zhao Kai stood up and came to the table and said: "It's just the beginning. We can't send troops to help yet. We have to let them bite for a few more days so that we can prepare everything. But we can't refuse Xixia. If we refuse outright,
, Xixia will definitely hate us and surrender to the Jin Kingdom again, and the Jin Kingdom will definitely use this as an excuse to encourage Xixia to attack our Song Dynasty. How do you think we should reply to them?"
Li Qidao: "It's very simple. We only need to agree to the Kingdom of Jin on the surface and assist Xixia privately. We can use the name of businessmen to provide assistance to Xixia."
"What about Xixia?"
Zhao Kai turned to look at Qin Hui.
Qin Hui smiled and said: "In fact, Xixia has purchased a large number of weapons from us in the past few years. I believe they will not be too short of weapons at present. The key is food. As the war continues, Xixia's food will become increasingly tight. We can
He confessed to Xixia and said that he would secretly support them, so that they would have a reason to continue fighting."
At the beginning, Li Qi threatened to buy Kubu at a high price and deceived the people of Xixia to grow Kubu. He thus neglected the cultivation of grain, which made Xixia, which was already short of food, even more stressed. It may not be obvious at ordinary times, but once a war breaks out, Xixia's food will immediately
Becoming as valuable as gold, this is the seed that Li Qi planted a few years ago, and now it has finally paid off.
Zheng Yi added: "Xixia has offended the Jin Kingdom, and they also understand that the Jin Kingdom's sending troops this time is not just to intimidate them. It is to destroy them, so they will not surrender until they are in a desperate situation. Therefore, as long as we
If the Song Dynasty gives them a little help, they will definitely not succumb to the iron heel of the Jin army."
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "You are right, but there is one thing we must be careful about. We are allies with the Kingdom of Jin, not a relationship between monarch and minister. We do not need to obey their orders. If we do this
If you agree, it will damage the majesty of our Song Dynasty, and Xixia, he is our enemy, not a friend, we must not help them for free, we must make them pay a price, in order to weaken Xixia."
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "What the emperor wants is an exchange of benefits so as not to lose face. But what we want, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely not give or it is just a verbal agreement to delay the war. Otherwise,
Besides, we don’t have much demand from the Jin Kingdom, but we can strive for some benefits for our allies.”
"For example?"
"Goryeo."
Li Qi smiled and said: "During the battle at Yanyun, Goryeo's troops helped us a lot. Goryeo was a very important chess piece for us to contain the Jin Kingdom. We should consolidate our relationship with Goryeo. Although the problem in Baozhou was
In the book, the Jin State made certain concessions in order to ease the relationship with Goryeo, but in my opinion, this was just a delaying tactic. The Jin State's request was to return the Liao soldiers who fled to Goryeo. Although Goryeo also
We agreed, but the Goryeo side was afraid that this would hurt the people, so they kept delaying it. So far, Baozhou has been in dispute between Goryeo and the Jin Kingdom. We can take the opportunity to ask the Jin Kingdom to recognize the military alliance between Goryeo and us.
, in this case, they have no reason to ask Goryeo to surrender to them and recognize that Baozhou belongs to Goryeo."
Zhao Kai narrowed his eyes and said, "But will Jin Guo agree?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Now Baozhou has always been under the control of Goryeo. The Jin Kingdom agrees today and can renege tomorrow. Their main goal now is Xixia. I believe they will make concessions. They can ask for it as allies.
We do not want to aid Xixia, we can also use our allies to ask them to make concessions to our allies, but we can secretly assist Xixia, and they can also regret attacking Goryeo. This is an equivalent exchange."
Zhao Kai said: "But what will we get from it?"
Nowadays, he no longer flaunts himself as a gentleman. His request is very simple, that is, repayment.
Li Qi replied: "A long-term and stable strategic ally, this favor is not light for Goryeo!"
Zhao Kai said lightly: "What else?"
Li Qi hesitated for a moment and said: "The other thing is to let Goryeo share our supply to the Japanese battlefield."
"That's pretty much it."
Zhao Kai just nodded, without any expression on his face, and asked Qin Hui: "Where is Xixia?"
Qin Hui said: "Reporting to the emperor, Xixia has just recovered and is probably no longer able to afford to buy our food with money. Besides, this little money is of no use to me, the Song Dynasty. So the lady Zhang suggested that I use Xixia to smelt it."
Technology and a large amount of medicinal materials can be exchanged for our food."
Xixia's smelting technology has always been among the best in some aspects. Their armor and weapons are very hard, which is not as good as that of the Song Dynasty. However, with the development of firearms, they are also very eager for smelting technology, so the Song Dynasty had already
They have secretly sent people to infiltrate Xixia in the hope of stealing Xixia's smelting technology. However, since this aspect has always been the monopoly of the Xixia court, the results obtained are limited. Moreover, Xixia has a lot of medicinal materials. It happens that the Song Dynasty is popularizing hospitals again. For medicinal materials
The desire is very great.
"This lady is indeed a talent."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "But are you sure that Xixia will agree to our request? Especially their smelting technology?"
Qin Hui said: "At that time, Wei Chen also asked Madam Zhang the same thing, and Madam Zhang answered Wei Chen like this: Food is the most important thing for the people."
"A good people regards food as their first priority."
Zhao Kai laughed, full of confidence.
Zheng Yi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I just listened to the privy envoy's report on the negotiation process and thought of a problem."
"explain."
"The Kingdom of Jin is not reminding us to evacuate the merchants in Xixia as soon as possible. According to the attack route of the Jin army, they should also march from west to east along the Hehuang area. By then, the people in this area will definitely be in ruins. Why don't we take the opportunity?
Absorb local people and move them to Tubo to fill Tubo's manpower and promote Tubo's productivity."
Zhao Kai pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "You are right, Tubo has a large territory, but its population is too small. The economic envoy once said that without productivity, it is impossible to revitalize the economy. Facts have also proved that states and counties with a large population need to
It is richer and has a more prosperous economy than the sparsely populated states and counties." After saying that, he immediately turned to the dean of the Second Academy and said: "Two deans, the laws regarding the migration of foreign subjects to our Song Dynasty have not been passed.
Perfect, the Western Regions and the Hehuang area will face this problem in the future. If they cannot be given an identity as people of the Song Dynasty, once the war is over, they will most likely choose to go back. How to retain them and how to integrate them?
I hope to see a memorial on this aspect in the short term.”
"I obey my orders."
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