The rise of the prince

Chapter 641 Stubborn Yelu Dashi
After listening to Xiao Hongqi's translation, Yelu Dashi just sighed, and then slowly spoke a lot of Khitan, his words were calm, without much anger or complaints.

"You're right. I lost completely. I didn't expect to lose to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid."

"You can do whatever you want with me, but I beg you to spare my generals and soldiers. As long as they put down their knives, they can also herd cattle, plow land, and provide Jingguo with a lot of tax revenue."

Xiao Hongqi kept translating what Yelu Dashi said, Li Xingzhou just listened, and waited for him to finish before asking: "Why do you beg me, you are just a prisoner now."

Xiao Hongqi translated it, he was silent for a while, and then began to answer.

"With my life, as long as I die, there will be no decent people in the Yelu royal family, and you, Emperor Jingguo, can feel at ease."

After listening to him, it seems that he was thinking that he was going to die, and it was true when he thought about it. The northern minorities have always been cruel, not only because of the cruel living environment, but also because they have not experienced the collision of ideas like the pre-Qin philosophers, so The weight of civilization is not that important in their eyes.

Even the upper-class nobles of the Mongolian tribes would trade their children for meat, and the Turkic people would let older people live outside the camp to keep out the wind in the cold and snow, so as to preserve the strength of the tribe.

For them, survival is paramount, so it is the most effective and rational choice for the weak and elderly to live outside to withstand the wind and snow.

But in the Central Plains, these will be reversed, thanks to the cultural achievements created by the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

In the final analysis, the practical problem that Confucius solved was: to find a way out for scholars, why study?
Studying and becoming an official is Confucius' answer to scholars.

This led to the cultural level and civilization level of the Central Plains countries far surpassing the surrounding countries, and even leading the world. By the time of the Song Dynasty, it was not an exaggeration to be called a beacon of world civilization.

But in the Song Dynasty, while the benefits of studying and being an official brought cultural benefits, its disadvantages also began to explode on a large scale.

Infighting among the parties, wantonly suppressing warriors, the imperial court's martial arts were weak, and their pride in wealth and civilization made them fat in the eyes of others.

Some people say that the decline of China was a matter of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the sea ban began in the Ming Dynasty (1), or that the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty had already been revealed, but it has not changed for hundreds of years, because it has been subtle.

Yelu Dashi thought that he would definitely kill him because he thought about it with the thinking of northern nomadic tribes, but in fact, not only Li Xingzhou, but even the emperor would not kill him with a high probability.

After the founding of Jingguo, slaves were ordered to be banned. Of course, there must be private and remote areas, but as long as the country issues explicit laws and regulations, it is another matter, which marks that its level of civilization is by no means comparable to that of neighboring countries. These things are also a little more civilized.

Just as the people of Jingguo didn't understand the people of Khitan, the people of Khitan naturally didn't understand Jingguo either.

"Hehe." Li Xingzhou smiled: "If I want to kill you, I can kill you if I want to, without your consent.

But I won't kill you. I don't need to kill your soldiers, but you and your generals will return to the capital with me to meet our emperor. At that time, the emperor will decide your fate. "

Yelu Dashi's calm face finally became surprised, and Xiao Hongqi quickly translated a lot of chatter.

"Why? Why don't you kill me? You look down on me, but you still want me to win people's hearts and let the Khitan people recognize your Jing Kingdom's rule."

Li Xingzhou was taken aback, if he doesn't kill you, he looks down on you, what logic?
"That's right, you can stabilize the mood of the people in the north if you live. If you cooperate, I guarantee that the emperor can make you king."

After Xiao Hongqi translated, Yelu Dashi just shook his head: "The Liao people have their own choices. They respect the strong, but they need to judge by themselves, not be deceived by others."

"Is Jingguo not strong enough?"

"Strong? You and your strange army are indeed counted, but I have fought against Jingguo for decades. When I confronted Jingguo, you were not born yet. Ask yourself, is Jingguo strong?
As for the prince, the Jurchen sent people to look for me repeatedly before, and if I surrender, I will be named a prince with a different surname. Do you think I care? "Although the words were translated by Xiao Hongqi, Yelu Dashi had a contemptuous smile on his lips when he spoke.

Li Xingzhou was speechless, he couldn't refute, he was beaten on the ground by the defeated army before.

In the long century-long conflict, they won the most beautiful game, but there were also many losers. Compared with the Jurchen in the northeast, Mongolia in the northwest, and Yelu Dashi, who had been at odds with Jingguo for decades, in the heart of Yelu Dashi, Jingguo was fundamentally different. It has nothing to do with "strong".

"What about the lives of your generals and soldiers?"

He shook his head, "If you insist on killing them, there's nothing you can do about it. They should have been prepared to die on the battlefield long ago, and death now counts as death on the battlefield, not an insult."

"You have nothing else to ask for?"

After Xiao Hongqi translated, he shook his head firmly. Li Xingzhou didn't expect him to be such a stubborn person. Since he didn't accept his conditions, it was impossible to let him go.

"If you insist, there is only one dead end."

"I said at the beginning that I only want to die." Yelu Dashi didn't mean to be afraid.

Li Xingzhou sighed. Sure enough, this kind of character is destined to be difficult to deal with, but his uncooperative attitude and contempt for Jing Guo will not end well when he meets the emperor.

"Take him down." Li Xingzhou waved his hand, giving up his intention to persuade him and his previous plan.

The soldiers were about to take him down when Yelu Dashi seemed to think of something and spoke suddenly, the soldiers couldn't understand what he said, but subconsciously stopped.

"What did he say?" Li Xingzhou asked Xiao Hongqi beside him.

"He said wait a minute."

Li Xingzhou motioned him to speak, Yelu Dashi spoke slowly, and he looked at Xiao Hongqi.

"He said he could say yes, but with conditions."

"Ask him what the conditions are." Li Xingzhou said quickly, finally finding a breakthrough.

Xiao Hongqi spoke Khitan, and Yelu Dashi also spoke quickly, this time speaking very long.

After a long time, after he finished speaking, Xiao Hongqi said: "He said that he can promise the prince, he can help the prince to comfort the people in Liao, and he can accept any conferment from Emperor Jing, but he wants the prince to help him save a person. "

"Who, his family?" Li Xingzhou was curious, who else did Yelu Dashi care about? Could it be that he missed his family?
According to what Yan Shen said, they have already controlled the temporary imperial palace in Nanjing City. There are young khan Yelu Dun of Liao Kingdom and his queen in it, and there are many noble relatives living in the outer courtyard, including Yelu Dashi's wife and children. His eldest son was also captured by the new army on the battlefield.

Xiao Hongqi shook his head: "My lord, he said that she is the former emperor and princess, her name is Yelu Yali, she is about the same age as my lord, and now she is in Shangjing and is under house arrest by the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin.

He said that as long as Princess Yelu Yali is rescued safely and her safety is guaranteed, he will promise everything, otherwise he will kill him."

After Xiao Hongqi finished speaking and looked at him, Li Xingzhou felt dizzy when he heard it.

The hostage of the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin. He had long considered the Kingdom of Jin as a serious concern in his heart, but he never thought of offending the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin now. After all, he is still alive!
　Off-topic: Some people explained that the opening and closing of Chaolongqing meant opening up, which proves that the Ming Dynasty was not closed to the outside world.

　　In fact, the Ming Longqing switch was only forced to open in a very limited manner due to the pressure of Japanese pirates. With many management and restrictions, only a small port called Yuegang in Fujian was opened.

　　The Ming Dynasty was the last Han Dynasty, so compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty received too much favor and protection, but it is necessary to look at history objectively and rationally.The Ming Dynasty itself is worthy of recognition, but the sea ban was indeed implemented by the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty officially became a national policy and carried forward. It was intensified by the Qing Dynasty.

　　Japanese pirates cannot be simply understood as Japanese ronin. Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, said: "Probably three out of ten real Japanese".

　　It means that only [-]% of Japanese pirates are Japanese, so what is the remaining [-]%?It is the coastal people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)