Except for Liao and Goryeo, all other kingdoms signed it.
The reason why the Liao Kingdom did not sign it was because the Song Dynasty court did not send it to the Liao Kingdom at all.
The reason why Goryeo did not sign was because as the master of Liao, he did not sign. Naturally, he, a loyal servant, would not sign.
Xixia signed it, which was really surprising.
After all, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty court blocked the entire street where the Xixia Posthouse was located.
The hostility of the Song Dynasty court towards Xixia is self-evident.
Under such circumstances, it is really surprising that Xixia can still sign a treaty.
In the Xixia Posthouse.
Yeli Yuqi, a bald man with a few pigtails, sat in the hall with a gloomy face.
A Confucian scholar with fluttering sleeves sat casually under him, holding a wine pot and tasting it carefully, showing an aftertaste look from time to time.
“It’s been seven or eight years since I tasted the Tibetan jelly wine on Zhouqiao Street. I really miss it...”
Ye Li Yuqi stared at the Confucian scholar with a deep look and said solemnly: "Mr. Xia, don't you plan to explain to me why you must sign the covenant sent by the Song Dynasty?"
The Confucian scholar known as Mr.
Yeli Yuqi snorted coldly: "Mr. Xia, I need an explanation."
Mr. Xia glanced at Ye Li Yuqi and said in a neutral tone: "I respect Mr. Xia, so I promised Mr. Xia to help you Xixia. But it does not mean that I must answer your questions.
I am not your subordinate and there is no need to answer your questions.
This time on my mission to the Song Dynasty, Lord Li has given me permission to make decisions on any undecided matters..."
Mr. Xia was only halfway through what he said when Ye Li Yuqi gritted his teeth and said, "I am the official envoy! Although the king has allowed you the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arises, he has not allowed you to do things without telling me."
Upon hearing this, Mr.
Yeli Yuqi stared at Mr. Xia and said, "Why should we sign the covenant sent by the Song Dynasty?"
Mr. Xia said calmly: "Why don't you sign?"
Yeli Yuqi stared.
Mr. Xia yawned and said: "Stop staring, I'll tell you frankly. The purpose of our trip is to seek benefits from the Song Dynasty, not to enmity with the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, this covenant must be signed."
Yeli Yuqi snorted coldly: "But you have already offended the Song Dynasty as soon as you entered Bianjing City. You sent people to contact the businessman named Mu Chong, and then protected him privately, and then took Yizijiao Zipu.
These elements made the entire Song Dynasty full of hostility towards us.
Now, the people of Song Dynasty have blocked the street where our post house is located.
How do you explain this?"
Mr. Xia smiled calmly and said: "I did it, but it was not us who got into trouble in the end..."
Ye Li Yuqi was startled, frowned and said: "You spent so much money to send people to the Liao Kingdom's post station just to divert trouble to the east?"
Mr. Xia shook his head seriously and said: "You can't say that, I didn't divert the trouble to the east. It was the Liao envoy who was greedy for money, and Mu Chong happened to be rich and needed protection. I was just a thread between them.
I'm just a middleman, I just want to get some money to spend in Bianjing City, but I never wanted to harm anyone."
Yeli Yuqi snorted coldly, cursing in his heart that people in Song Dynasty are really dirty.
He hurts people so confidently.
Yeli Yuqi stared at Mr. Xia and said, "Then how are you going to deal with the Song people who are besieging us outside?"
Mr. Xia smiled calmly and said: "Why do we need to solve it? When they can't find the person here, and they happen to find the person in the Liao State Post House, they will naturally go to the Liao State Post House.
The problems that besiege us will be solved.
We don’t need to do anything.”
Ye Li Yuqi said in a deep voice: "If the Song Dynasty went to the Liao State Post House to cause trouble for the Liao people, would the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty start a war?"
Mr. Xia shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Who knows..."
Ye Li Yuqi's face turned dark and he wished he could strangle this guy to death on the spot.
Xia Song defected to Xixia and changed his name to Xia Yuan. With his wisdom and strategy, he became Li Deming's guest and Li Yuanhao's mentor.
It is unparalleled in Xixia.
This person took the initiative to find Xia Song at his door and took refuge with Xia Song.
Take Xia Song's lead and look forward to it.
Basically, I don’t have a good attitude toward other people in Xixia.
Xia Song was very respectful in Xixia, but this person was very arrogant in Xixia.
The reason why this person has not been killed yet is because he is indeed talented.
Li Yuanhao was defeated in Hexi and lost tens of thousands of Xixia elite soldiers. After returning to the Xixia capital, he almost reached the point where thousands of people would criticize him.
This person came forward and after some lobbying, Li Yuanhao's crisis was easily resolved.
Not only that.
This person also visited the Liao Kingdom and helped Xixia win over nearly a thousand tribesmen from the Liao Kingdom who were bullied in the Liao Kingdom.
Supplemented Xixia's losses in Hexi.
Li Yuanhao relied heavily on this person.
I also like this person's arrogance.
Not only did it not stop this person's arrogant behavior in Xixia, but it even meant to support him.
If this person hadn't only recognized Xia Song, Li Yuanhao would have thought of making him his right-hand man.
Ye Li Yuqi had countless ways to kill him, but he couldn't kill Li Yuanhao, so he could only let this man be arrogant in front of him.
Ye Li Yuqi stared at Mr. Xia and said in a deep voice: "You diverted the trouble to the east and provoked a war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, which is indeed beneficial to Xixia. You have done the right thing in this matter, and I will take credit for your contribution."
Will report to the king of the country.
But you know clearly that there are traps in the covenant sent by the Song Dynasty, why did you still sign it?"
Mr. Xia stared at the wild beggar and asked calmly: "Do you want to become a single man? Or, do you want Xixia to be trapped by the Song and Liao countries and not be able to develop?"
Yeli Yuqi frowned and said nothing.
Mr. Xia curled his lips and said: "Although the Liao Kingdom is large, the goods it produces can only be used for its own use, and nothing can be shared with Xixia. Xixia will not gain much benefit from doing business with the Liao Kingdom.
But the Song Dynasty was different. The Song Dynasty had a vast land and rich resources, and produced countless goods.
As long as we can afford the price, we can get whatever we want.
Some of the cheap things we have can be sold to Da Song at high prices.
If we use some more methods in the middle, we will get more benefits.
As long as there are enough goods and money, Xixia can grow rapidly.
Therefore, even if there are traps in the covenant sent by the Song Dynasty, we must sign it.
Because we need to make a deal with Da Song."
After a pause, Mr.
The Liao Kingdom did not sign it because the Liao Kingdom was confident and could get what it wanted from the Song Dynasty.
Does Xixia have it?
Xixia does not have that confidence.
In the battle in Hexi, you lost two Xixia elite troops. Now Xixia only has two elite troops with less than 100,000 men left.
Not as good as Qingtang.
How to challenge Da Song Dynasty?
If you are not qualified to challenge Da Song, you can only be bullied by Da Song temporarily.
All other countries signed the treaty proposed by the Song Dynasty, but Xixia did not sign it.
Does Xixia look very dazzling?
Since Xixia did not sign the treaty and it became irritating again, why did the Song Dynasty still do business with Xixia?
They just need to do what other countries do.
The benefits provided by other countries to the Song Dynasty were enough to satisfy the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty canceled its business with Xixia and did not suffer much loss.
Therefore, whether Xixia signed the treaty or not, there was not much loss to the Song Dynasty.
But if Xixia lost the right to do business with the Song Dynasty, it would be equivalent to losing the opportunity to develop and grow.
Without the support of goods from the Song Dynasty and the support of many craftsmanship from the Song Dynasty, how could Xixia develop and grow?
You don’t simply think that today’s wars between countries can still be solved by relying on personal bravery, horses and swords, right?”
Yeli Yuqi had a gloomy face and said nothing.
The scene of a salvo of artillery fire appeared in his mind involuntarily.
Mr. Xia continued: "In the Battle of Hexi, where did you lose? It was with firearms. In the territory of Huangtou Uighur, Kou Ji defeated hundreds of thousands of Huangtou Uighur troops with thousands of people. What did he rely on?
The benefits of firearms.
In the Battle of Hexi, Kou Ji used firearms to severely injure Tie Yaozi twice, defeating all your plans in Hexi.
If the Song Dynasty had no firearms, how could they defeat Huangtou Huihe's army of hundreds of thousands.
If the Song Dynasty had no firearms, how could it severely injure Tie Yaozi?
Huangtou Huihe's army of hundreds of thousands was not seriously damaged, and Tie Yaozi was not seriously damaged. So will the results of Hexi's battle be rewritten?
Those Forbidden Forces that have been corrupted for a long time are fighting against you with real swords and guns. Are they really your opponents?
The firearms in the hands of the Song Dynasty have changed some ways of fighting.
The things you relied on before are not worth mentioning in front of the powerful firearms of the Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, the Song Dynasty had a limited number of firearms.
Production shouldn't be easy.
So we still have a chance.
If the firearms of the Song Dynasty were equipped to the entire army, then I would not appear in Xixia. I would even appear in the court of the Song Dynasty, leading the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty to destroy Xixia.
Today's Great Song Dynasty Hall is different from before.
In the past, the halls of the Great Song Dynasty were filled with rats who only knew how to fight among themselves.
Now in the Great Song Dynasty Hall, there are a group of beasts with sharp fangs.
Their strength is not enough now, so they just bared their teeth and did not open their mouths to eat people.
But when they are strong enough, they will open their mouths without hesitation and swallow Xixia in one bite."
Yeli Yuqi gritted his teeth slightly unwillingly and said: "Battles are fought by humans after all."
Mr. Xia nodded and said: "I don't deny this, but you also have to see who the other party is. If the other party is a mouse, then no matter how ferocious a weapon they hold, they will not pose any threat to Xixia.
But if the opponent is a ferocious beast and holds a sharp weapon, how can Xixia fight with him?
If you have read the history books of the Central Plains, you should understand how ferocious the people of the Central Plains were when they transformed into ferocious beasts.
During the heyday of the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, who was it not that the four barbarians surrendered due to fighting, making the surrounding neighbors tremble under their ferocious power?
Today's Song Dynasty is different. You can no longer look at the Song Dynasty with the same eyes as before, otherwise you will suffer a big loss.
Compared to Xixia, I actually appreciate Qingtang more.
Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo was able to establish a foothold in the Western Region and become the overlord. He was indeed an outstanding person.
His sense of smell is far more acute than yours.
After he smelled the power of the Song Dynasty's firearms, he immediately chose to befriend the Song Dynasty and tried every means to obtain firearms from the Song Dynasty.
Wait until the Song Dynasty equips the entire army with firearms and looks at the world.
He will definitely have enough firearms to protect himself.
If the Song Dynasty wanted to dominate the world and incorporate the whole world into the Song Dynasty, Qingtang would definitely survive longer than Xixia."
Ye Liyuqi gritted his teeth and stared at Mr. Xia.
He was dissatisfied with Mr. Xia's praising Qingtang and belittling Qingtang.
But I have to admit that what Mr. Xia said is right.
Mr. Xia said quietly: "Xi Xia wants to grow stronger, and now is the only chance. Before the Song Dynasty equips the entire army with firearms, get firearms, learn to make firearms, and control firearms.
Therefore, Xixia cannot lose the right to do business with the Song Dynasty.
Once you lose it, you are destined to lose control of the firearm.
Without firearms, Xixia could only tremble under the iron heel of the Song Dynasty from now on.
Therefore, we must be willing to dig into the trap set by the Song Dynasty.
Even if we suffer a loss, we have to get in."
"According to your opinion, if the Liao Kingdom lost control of firearms without signing a treaty, would the Liao Kingdom also tremble under the iron heel of the Song Dynasty?"
Yeli Yuqi said with great disdain.
The Liao Kingdom is recognized as the strongest country in this land and the overlord.
No one in the world would think that Liao would tremble under the iron hooves of others.
They will only make others tremble under their iron hooves.
Mr. Xia sneered and said: "Can Xixia compare with Liao? Why do Liao need to do business with what they want? They want firearms, and they can seize them by sending millions of soldiers and horses regardless of damage.
Can Xixia do it?”
Yeli Yuqi's cheeks turned red.
Ashamed.
There are not many soldiers and horses in Xixia that can fight now, only 100,000 elites.
Even worse than Qingtang, let alone the Liao Kingdom.
Mr. Xia stared at Ye Li Yuqi and said: "You are someone who has seen those firearms. You should know better than me how powerful firearms are. Xixia is not as wealthy as the Song Dynasty, nor is it as vast as the Liao Kingdom, and its population is pitifully small.
There are not many people to rely on.
If you want to stand out from the crowd, if you want to make a big impact with a small amount, if you want to develop and grow rapidly, you must use firearms.
We are in urgent need of firearms more than any other force in the world."
Having said this, Mr.
If we can hold firearms in our hands during this period, we can take a big step forward and equip the entire army with firearms.
That way the latecomers can take the lead.
From passive and occupying to active.
When the time comes, whether we attack the Song Dynasty or the Liao Kingdom, we will be able to take them by surprise."
Yeli Yuqi had a gloomy face and said nothing, his mind was in a mess.