For two days in a row, no one came from the Kingdom of Jin. Instead, the "Turtle Master" kept bringing girls to the door, changing them one day at a time. They were all very beautiful, but they were all rejected by Li Qi.
This was the first time for "Gong Turtle" to meet such an upright foreign envoy. You must know that these girls can be regarded as the welfare of foreign envoys. Those foreign envoys who came in the past have all been looking forward to this moment, and those with insufficient status have not yet had this opportunity.
Welfare. For a prince like Zhao Kai, he can still understand. After all, he has a distinguished status and wants any kind of woman. It is reasonable not to be interested in these women. But for a man like Li Qi, he is still the first.
The first time they met, I began to wonder if Li Qi was "ill". If Li Qi found out about this, he would have to go up and slap his ears twice.
However, the two days of waiting made Zhao Kai a little unbearable. He bothered Zhao Liangsi every day, but the latter encountered this situation for the first time and didn't know what to do. He wanted to send someone to inquire, but
Aguda has to decide how to inquire about this matter.
Li Qi seemed relatively relaxed. When he was learning business from his father-in-law, he often negotiated with others. Sometimes he had to ask for help from others, and the other party often used this strategy to "entertain" him.
As the saying goes, one can make great efforts, then they will weaken, and three times they will be exhausted.
Li Qi knew that Wanyan Aguda just wanted to rub off the opponent's energy and explore their bottom line. If they became more anxious, it would be greatly disadvantageous for them.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the third day that Wanyan Aguda officially sent someone to inform them that they would go to the former site of the state government office tomorrow morning to discuss matters regarding Yanjing.
This finally made Zhao Kai and Zhao Liangsi breathe a sigh of relief.
In the early morning of the next day, the Song Dynasty envoy set out towards the government office in a mighty manner.
When they arrived at the government office, Wanyan Aguda and a group of key members had been waiting for them for a long time. Wanyan Sheng, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongbi and other senior officials from the Jin Kingdom were all present. The lineup was quite luxurious.
After the two parties bowed to each other, they all took their seats.
Wanyan Aguda naturally sat high on the throne, with Wanyan Sheng and Wanyan Zongwang sitting on his left and right respectively, and Wanyan Zongbi and a group of ministers sitting on the left.
The Song Dynasty delegation sat on the right.
Everyone is accompanied by a translator. The facilities are very complete.
But there were no singing and dancing to add to the fun, and even the number of maids was pitiful. They had to do the pouring and other tasks themselves, and the atmosphere seemed quite serious, just like fighting in an arena.
Wanyan Aguda smiled slightly and took the lead in saying, "How have you had a good rest these days, our distinguished guests? Don't be offended if there is a lack of hospitality."
Zhao Kai said without being humble or arrogant: "Thanks to your Majesty's concern, everything is fine with us."
"That's good."
Wanyan Aguda nodded and said with a smile: "Why have you come all the way here?"
Japan. Didn't you call us here? Li Qi rolled his eyes and was speechless. But he couldn't say that. Zhao Liangsi smiled and said: "I came here to discuss the Yanyun matter with your country."
Wanyan Sheng suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, you don't have to run this time."
Zhao Liangsi pretended to be confused and said: "Why did Bo Jilie say this?"
Wanyan Sheng snorted softly and preemptively said: "The last time my imperial brother sent people to your country to discuss the matter of Yanjing, everything has been explained, which shows the sincerity of our country. However, you have made excuses and repeatedly framed me, Dai Jin, in order to
You have trapped me, Dajin, in an unkind and unjust place. At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty of Dajin were very angry. It is really my brother who cares about the friendship between the two countries, so he did not argue with you."
After all, Zhao Liangsi is also a veteran, how could he be frightened by him? He argued rationally: "What Bo Jilie said is wrong. We are telling the truth in every statement and it is well-founded. Why is it such a strong word? As for the accusation, it is even more false."
Where to start?"
Wanyan Zongwang hummed: "Our two countries agreed to attack Liao together, but you have not yet mobilized troops. You even detained my envoy from Dajin. I wonder if I am wrong?"
Zhao Liangsi said: "We have already explained this matter clearly. At that time, there was a sudden disaster in the south of the Song Dynasty, which delayed the plan to attack Liao. As for detaining your envoy, it was his own fault. He spoke rudely to our emperor. Could it be that
Shouldn't he be given a small punishment but a big warning?"
Wanyan Zongwang sneered and said: "Actually, we have all heard about the Fang La traitor, and my father also expressed his understanding for this. However, you didn't even give an explanation at that time, so what's the point?"
Zhao Liangsi said: "There were wars everywhere at that time, and it was difficult to travel."
"What a walking inconvenience."
Wanyan Sheng didn't wait for Zhao Liangsi to finish speaking, and said: "Our envoys can still go to your Southern Dynasty, but you can't come to our country. It can be seen that you were not sincere at that time. As for whether you violated the
Covenant, we don’t want to argue with you on this matter, you know it yourself.”
"this."
Zhao Liangsi frowned, because these words were all made up by Li Qi randomly, and it was really difficult for him to fix the loopholes. He secretly winked at Li Qi.
Sweat! What's the point of looking for me? This matter is our fault, and it's public opinion and mother-in-law's case. There's no need to argue, so just jump over and get over it. Li Qi sipped the tea and pretended not to notice.
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What tricks did this kid want to play? Zhao Liangsi suddenly felt like he had been tricked.
Wanyan Zongwang glanced at Li Qi, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he felt a little uneasy. They all regarded Li Qi as their main target, but the problem was that this man didn't speak, and they had nothing to do with Li Qi. As for the long speech they prepared, they couldn't do anything about it.
Directly stillborn.
Wanyan Sheng was also slightly curious, but didn't think much about it, and said: "Also, you put the responsibility for the defeat of Yanjing on us. That is even more nonsense."
Zhao Liangsi argued: "We have not passed the responsibility to you. Don't believe those provocative words, Bo Jilie. This happened suddenly and no one wanted it. However, our defeat was not because of lack of strength, but because everything happened for a reason.
And the cause is indeed with you. Of course, all this is a coincidence, no one can blame you."
Wanyan Sheng laughed and said: "Because we are here? Humph, that's really funny. We had already agreed on the maritime alliance, but you didn't fulfill the agreement first. Do you still have to make us wait for you? Yes, of course.
After we captured Shangjing, there were indeed several times more troops in the Yanyun area. But you must understand that we were also continuing to attack Liao at that time, and most of the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom were resisting our attack. There was no way for Yanjing to
You don’t have many elite soldiers, you yourself are not up to par, and an army of hundreds of thousands was beaten to the point of abandoning its troops and armor, and you still have the nerve to say it’s because we are here?”
At this time, Wanyan Sheng was simply not the same person as he was two days ago. His words were sharp and majestic.
Wanyan Zongwang snorted coldly: "Speaking of your Southern Dynasty army abandoning its troops and armor. I was wondering at that time why the Liao soldiers suddenly had so many weapons. It turns out they were all sent by you."
Wanyan Sheng continued: "We had already driven the Liao soldiers to the end of their rope, but you came here and it was a blessing. Not only did you not share our worries, but you instead sent countless weapons and horses. Do you know that we were there because of you?"
How many men and horses were lost due to these soldiers and armor."
Shame on you.
The Song Dynasty envoys all felt ashamed.
This is not what I said. Zhao Liangsi almost cried and winked at Li Qi again, but the latter still shrank his head and said nothing.
Zhao Kai couldn't help it anymore and said: "This time our Song army was defeated. We have just made it clear. Do you think we deliberately defeated the army?"
Wanyan Sheng smiled and said: "Of course I don't think so, but it seems that you are the one who blamed us first. I just want to tell you that your sending troops did not provide us with any help."
Zhao Liangsi said: "That's not entirely true. Although I did not go out with the army, I have heard people talk about it. Since I sent out troops in the Song Dynasty, everyone in the Liao Kingdom has fallen into despair. You want to say that I have not provided you with help. I'm afraid.
It’s not appropriate.”
Wanyan Sheng waved his hand and said, "This is just your one-sided statement and is not enough to prove it."
Wanyan Aguda saw that he had refuted all Li Qi's remarks, and then he said: "There is no need to pursue such old matters anymore, there is no point in continuing to argue, let's talk about business.
"As he spoke, he glanced at the Song Dynasty envoy with an eagle eye, and said: "We will return the old land of Yanjing to you. In addition to the annual tribute agreed upon by you, in addition, the land tax of the old land of Yanjing must also be returned to us, and you will temporarily retain it.
Pay one million dollars first."
There are so many days, why don’t you go and grab them? Li Qi felt angry when he heard this. In order to prevent himself from being impulsive, he quickly recalled the history of the Qing Dynasty, and then he felt a little more balanced. After all, it is more effective to buy land than to pay compensation for ceding it.
There is a lot of "dignity".
Zhao Liangsi decisively refused: "As for the land beneficiary for the Yanjing generation, we have already stated our rejection. We only care about the land beneficiary. How can there be no reason not to endow the land with the land?"
Wanyan Sheng didn't wait for Zhao Liangsi to finish his words and said: "It has not been a rule since ancient times. Even the rules can be changed. We agreed at the beginning that you would capture the Yanjing generation and we would capture the Shangjing generation. Last year we captured
After we went to Datong Mansion in Xijing, we could have captured Yanjing in one go. However, my brother, the emperor, kept his covenant and ordered no one to cross the border. He waited for you to attack Yanjing, but you failed repeatedly. Later, you sent people to ask us to help you.
Fight, we still have letters as proof. We could have refused you. However, out of benevolence and righteousness, my emperor brother ordered the attack on Yanjing, and the loss was more than one million yuan. You will naturally have to pay for this money. Is it possible that you want my big money?
Has the blood of the soldiers been shed in vain? How can my brother, the emperor, explain this to the soldiers?"
Zhao Liangsi knew that what they said was true, because at that time the Jin soldiers did stop at Yanshan and never went further. This shows that he still abides by the covenant, and this matter involves Tong Guan, and his relationship with Tong Guan is incredible.
Qian, for a while I was a little too cautious and didn't dare to say anything.
Li Qi, who had been sitting aside and pretending to be mute for a long time, was speechless when he saw Zhao Liangsi. He thought to himself, "What are you doing? This is just the beginning. You won't just give up. This can't be done. It's not possible to let others trick you."
Regarding the method, if money is also cheated, then it shouldn't be done. By then, Song Huizong's stupid emperor will definitely increase taxes to make up for this huge amount. The people of the Song Dynasty have not yet recovered from the last increase in military pay.
After he recovered, how could he suffer such a disaster again? It seemed that I, the soybean, had to help him sort out his thoughts. He suddenly laughed twice, his voice full of disdain.
The sound is not loud, but it is particularly harsh in such a serious occasion.
Wanyan Aguda had been paying attention to him and asked with a smile: "I wonder why Doctor Li is laughing?"
Li Qi stood up directly and said loudly: "I have heard that the Great Sage Emperor of the Northern Dynasties was a generation of outstanding people with great talents and strategies. He rose from the white mountains and black waters of the Northeast. He was invincible and invincible. He overturned the throne with just a few thousand soldiers and horses. The Khitans’ brutal rule is truly heroic.”
When Zhao Kai heard that Li Qi started to flatter him, he felt relieved.
Although Wanyan Aguda was very wary of Li Qi, when he heard his words, he couldn't help but smile and his face looked quite satisfied. This was all the truth!
Those golden people also behaved very proudly.
Unexpectedly, Li Qi suddenly changed the topic and said: "But." When he said this, he suddenly stopped again.
Wanyan Zongbi looked at each other angrily and said, "But what?"
Damn it! If I answer you with your tone, I will be like a stick. Li Qi's face tightened, as if he had said the wrong thing, he shook his head and said: "Nothing, nothing, I have finished what I want to say. "
Another move? Zhao Liangsi glanced at Li Qi and felt very nervous. This is not his territory, and you are still talking about other people's emperors. If you don't say a word well, you will lose your head. (To be continued...)