The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 177
"This Youyun Sixteen Prefectures was originally the place where I went to court. It was forcibly occupied by you, and it is normal to come back now. General Wanyan, you and I have been negotiating for a month, but it is still the same. There is no result." Yu Wenxu looked at Wanyan Zonghan in front of him, frowned and said: "Returning Youyun Sixteen States is the bottom line of my peace talks."

But Wanyan Zonghan shook his head, and said to Yu Wenxu: "The Sixteen Youyun Prefectures are not in our hands now, and if you want it now, it depends on whether the Qi Kingdom agrees."

Yu Wenxu naturally knew about this matter. After Yan Zonghan's sophistry, the two sides have been negotiating for more than a month to be honest. Although the Song Dynasty was asking for a lot of money, the Jin Kingdom did not intend to pay back the money. It seems that it has always been true. delaying time.

On this day, another envoy from the Jin Kingdom came from Shangjing, Li Xiaoliang. Li Xiaoliang was originally a Han who surrendered to the Liao Kingdom. Later, the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom and surrendered to the Jin Kingdom. Knowing that he is a Han, at this time Jin and Song are at war, he still hopes to do something for Song.

On the negotiating table, Li Xiaoliang sat on the left side of Wanyan Zonghan, listening to the negotiation between the two, he felt anxious. He came this time with a mission. The situation in the Kingdom of Jin has changed at this time. Wu Qimai passed away, and Jin Guo was really in chaos for a while because of the matter of the next successor.

Now with the strong support of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyanchang, Wanyan Quan has finally ascended the throne smoothly, and Jin Kingdom has regained its stability.

The first thing the new king of the Jin Kingdom had to do when he ascended the throne was naturally to avenge the former emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai. It was because of Yang Zaixing's arrow that Wanyan Wu Qimai caused the disease and died in the end.

So Wanyan Quan is now preparing to rectify the troops, and the Jin army will come again when it goes south for the second time.

The purpose of Li Xiaoliang's visit this time was to paralyze Song Jun. No matter what request Song Jun made, Jin Jun would agree.

Li Xiaoliang naturally told Wanyan Zonghan, the chief envoy of this negotiation, that Wanyan Zonghan was overjoyed. He was holding back his anger to delay time with Yu Wenxu, but now that his goal has finally been achieved, he is not unhappy. reason.

"After my negotiation with the king, it is not impossible for us to agree to the conditions proposed by the country." Wan Yan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu. Although this guy is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, it is obvious that he does not learn some words accurately enough. , actually directly called the Song Dynasty a despicable country. Of course, the meaning of this is naturally to belittle the idea of ​​​​the Song country, but this despicable country is not used in this way.

Yu Wenxu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said to Wanyan Zonghan: "So, Jin Guo agreed to return Youyun Sixteen Prefectures to me?"

Wanyan Zonghan nodded, and said: "I didn't have the heart to rule the Central Plains at first, but after all, the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures were also taken back from the Liao Kingdom by my dynasty at the beginning. , I also spent a lot of effort, and there were countless soldiers killed and wounded. If you Song Guo wants to return to the Youyun Sixteen States, you must give me a certain amount of compensation."

If you can use money to redeem the Youyun Sixteen States, I believe the court is still willing to spend this part of the money, Yu Wenxuan thought, this is the best one Yu Wenxu has heard since the month of negotiations information.

Naturally, Yu Wenxu also met the new envoy Li Xiaoliang, and thought that the news was brought back by Li Xiaoliang from the Kingdom of Jin.

"It's just that I don't know how much your country wants me to compensate?" Yu Wenxu asked, he naturally needs to know what price Jin Guo wants to sell the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures, so that he can relay it to the court.

Wanyan Zonghan replied: "200 million taels of gold, 100 million bolts of silk, and 100 million dans of grain."

The lion opened his mouth.

Wanyan Zonghan is also asking for a lot of money, and his purpose is naturally to ensure the authenticity of this negotiation. If he asks for such a high price, Song Guo will naturally not be suspicious. At that time, all his thoughts will be on the bargaining of this negotiation. Time is a good thing for Jin Guo.

After hearing this, Yu Wenxu was really taken aback, and said to Wan Yan Zonghan: "Your request, General, is too much... too much, and I will definitely not be able to give so much."

"It's not a lot. This is a place in [-] states. It's very cheap to ask for so many." Wanyan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu.

"I am not rich in gold at all, even if I collect all the gold in my dynasty, it is impossible to get together the 200 million taels; as for this silk, I can't even get it together, this silk was originally produced in Beidi, now the Youyun sixteen prefectures are occupied by your country, but now I am asked to provide 100 million horses, which is really difficult to do." Yu Wenxu said to Wanyan Zonghan.

(The climate of the Celestial Dynasty was different from that of the present more than 1000 years ago. At that time, the climate in the north was still warm and humid. Things like raising silkworms and planting mulberry were mainly concentrated in the north during the Northern Song Dynasty, and later moved south with the Song Dynasty , climate change, this sericulture and mulberry planting gradually spread to the south.)
"I think back then in order to capture the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, countless men from the Kingdom of Jin were killed and injured. Now that you Song Dynasty is asked to pay a little reward, you are pushing back and forth like this. It seems that although you Song Dynasty keeps saying that you want to To go back to the Sixteen States of Youyun, in fact, there is no intention of peace talks at all." Wanyan Zonghan said to Yu Wenxu.

Yu Wen humbly cursed inwardly, this man is really shameless, after the Jin Kingdom captured Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom had actually given up resistance to the Jin Kingdom, as soon as the Jin soldiers arrived, they immediately opened the city Surrender, there is no such thing as countless casualties, but now Yan Zonghan is talking nonsense here, but he just wants to extort more money from the Song Dynasty.

"I am determined to win the Sixteen States of Youyun, but the price is too high, and I can't afford it at all. Since it is a peace negotiation, then your country and our country should show sincerity, otherwise this peace negotiation will naturally have no way to go on. " Yu Wenxu said a little forcefully, at this time, it is natural that the momentum cannot be softened, otherwise, this negotiation can only be led by the nose.

Li Xiaoliang looked at the two people who were arguing over the price of the land redemption at the negotiating table, and secretly worried, the more the Song Dynasty focused on this old coin, the more dangerous it would be.

(End of this chapter)