Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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The Kingdom of Jin has already produced the tax accounts of the Yanjing area, but Zhao Liangsi is still brazenly bargaining, adding conditions bit by bit.

Zhao Liangsi first proposed to increase the annual coins to 20 guan, and then proposed to increase the amount by [-] bolts of silk. Based on these prices, he also wanted to take back the capital of Xijing.

Faced with the brazenness of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zonghan was also annoyed, and he said to Zhao Liangsi: "Yandi can receive 600 million yuan a year, and we need only 100 million yuan now, which is already an extra favor.

You are not satisfied with waiting, you used some odds to fool us, and now you have started to add other things, are you really deceiving me that the Jurchens don't know how to count?

According to me, our two countries should stop talking, just follow the original agreement, you retreat to the front line of Zhuozhou and Yizhou, and use that as the border between the two countries.

If your country cannot accept it and refuses to retreat, we will send a large army to patrol the border.

If you and I meet each other, we will compete on the battlefield! "

Seeing that Yan Zonghan was angry, Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others hurriedly stated that the two countries do not need to meet each other, and they can discuss long-term.

On the second day, Zhao Liangsi entered the barracks to pay another respect to the Emperor of Jin, Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Agu beat someone to give the letter of credence to Zhao Liangsi and asked him to bring it back to the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Aguda said to Zhao Liangsi: "You guys are so insincere about taxation, I wasn't going to talk to you at first, but I think we've been in business for so many years, so I'll give you one more chance.

All our requirements are in this letter of credence. If you agree, everything is easy to talk about. If you don't agree, we are not going to talk about it.

But I will personally lead the army to patrol the border in Zhuo and Yi, and I hope there will be no conflicts with you.

In addition, Gubeikou and Songting Pass belonged to Xidi, so they should not be given to you.

But in order to show our sincerity, we can also give you Gubeikou, which is not part of Yandi, and Songting Pass is still occupied by us. This is the last concession of our country.

When you come back, you can either accept all the conditions in our letter of credence, or wait until I send troops to patrol the border.

Go back and tell your emperor, if you have a decision, send someone to reply as soon as possible, don't waste time, because I have already scheduled to send troops to patrol the border on February [-], and you have no news by then, so there is no need to talk about it. "

Apparently, the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom believed that the Song Kingdom only wanted to take advantage of the Jin Kingdom, and had no sincerity in negotiating at all.Even Wanyan Aguda, who was the friendliest to Song, couldn't help threatening Zhao Liangsi with force.

The so-called patrolling the border, of course, is that the Jin army will use force to expel the Song army from Yandi.

After hearing this, Zhao Liangsi complained secretly, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, there is only one month until February [-]th, and Bianliang is thousands of miles away, how can we make it in time?

Why don't you send someone from your country to accompany me to Xiongzhou, and use the post station to deliver the news quickly, which can be faster. "

Jin Taizu approved Zhao Liangsi's remarks, and agreed to send someone to accompany Zhao Liangsi to Xiongzhou to wait for the reply from the Song Dynasty court.

Seeing that the Jin army showed signs of turning their backs, Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others did not dare to stay that night, and immediately rushed to Xiongzhou with the envoys of the Jin Kingdom.

After arriving in Xiongzhou and reporting urgently to Taiwei Tongguan, the Xuanfu Department Yamen sent a fast horse to rush Jin Guoshu back to Bianliang, Tokyo.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty carefully read the Jin Kingdom Letter sent by Tong Guan urgently, and saw that Emperor Wanyan Aguda of Jin Kingdom said this:

"We have received the first batch of silver silk from last year's coins totaling 20 taels. I also sent officials from the Khitan and Liao Kingdom who were responsible for receiving the old coins to make a detailed inventory, and found that the quality of the silk cloth you sent is very poor, far from what it used to be. To the level of Liao.

I hope that you will supply our Sui coins in strict accordance with the quality previously provided to the Liao Kingdom.

If you want to return to Yanjing, you must increase the yearly coins to 100 million taels per year. We cannot accept the [-] or [-] taels mentioned by Zhao Liangsi.

Ping, Ying, and Luan prefectures are impossible to give to you, how about Xijing will be discussed in the future, and the current negotiating amount of old currency is only used to exchange for the 24 counties of the six prefectures of Yanjing.

If you agree to our conditions, please ship the coins that were not paid last year and those that should be paid this year to Yanjing for delivery before the New Year this year.The rest of the silk and other things can be delivered in October.In the future, according to the old practice of the Liao Kingdom, the deliveries will be made in Pingzhou five times a year.

In the future, we can delineate the border between the two countries between Yanjing and Pingzhou, and set up a boundary stone as proof.

The two countries still need to find a suitable place to open a negotiation field.

Whenever the emperors of the two countries celebrate their birthdays, the other party must send envoys to congratulate them.

Due to repeated wars, the people of Yanjing may miss the spring plowing, and a large number of people will be displaced. Some people may be willing to leave with our Jin army.

If you don't want to see this situation, please help them according to the old Khitan and Liao methods.

In addition, the fundamental measure is to delineate the border as soon as possible and withdraw the army, so that the local order in Yanjing can be restored as soon as possible, so as to prevent the people of Li from suffering. "

Chapter 841 No Complaints Between Soldiers

When Zhao Liangsi and others left Yanjing with the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin and returned to Bianliang City in Tokyo again, some changes occurred in Yanjing City.

The ministers of the Liao Kingdom who had surrendered gold in Yanjing City resented the Song Dynasty for making trouble when the Liao Kingdom was in crisis, and they were unwilling to let the Song Dynasty get the Yanjing area.They all said to Wanyan Agu, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom: "The Song Dynasty acted cowardly, as evidenced by the fact that when Liu Yanqing attacked Yanjing, the 15 army was defeated by the 2 troops of the Liao Kingdom. The conditions in Beijing are too cheap for the Song Dynasty."

Zuo Qigong, who was originally the prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, even wrote a poem to the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, saying: "The king should not listen to the suggestion of donating Yan, an inch of mountains and rivers is an inch of gold." The Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Aguda saw that all the ministers were opposed to ceding the land of Yan, and after thinking about it over and over again, he felt a bit shaken in his heart.

Therefore, Wanyan Agu ordered the Jin army to wait for Zhao Liangsi and other Song envoys to cross the Lugou River, and burned the bridge on the river with fire, as if there was a plan to draw a boundary and guard it.

Seeing this, Ma Kuo wrote a petition and presented it to Taiwei Tong Guan when he arrived in Xiongzhou, hoping that Tong Guan could adopt his opinion and adopt a tough stance on the negotiations with the Kingdom of Jin.

However, Tong Guan was focused on taking back Yanjing and restoring the trust of Emperor Daojun in him, so he didn't dare to confront Jin Guo toughly.

Tong Guan said to Ma Kuo: "The Kingdom of Jin is asking too much, but the Holy Majesty will definitely not be too fussy in order to take back Yanjing. We still have to understand the holy will and return Yanjing as soon as possible, so that the world will be peaceful from now on."

Taiwei Tongguan withheld Ma Kuo's application and ignored it, so Ma Kuo had no choice but to continue on the negotiation journey.

After the Kingdom of Jin was handed over to the court of the Great Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of Song discussed with the Prime Minister Wang Fu and others, and the imperial approval agreed to give the Kingdom of Jin an additional 100 million two-year-old coins every year, but required that the Kingdom of Jin should not add any additional money in addition to the conditions already proposed. terms.

At the same time, Song Huizong once again sent Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others to the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate the ownership of Xijing.

Zhao Liangsi and others rushed to the tent of the Jin army without stopping, and asked Jin Guo whether the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan could not be handed over to the Song Dynasty, so whether Xijing could be handed over to the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Xiyin, who was in charge of negotiating for the Kingdom of Jin, replied to Zhao Liangsi that the land in Xijing could be transferred to the Song Dynasty, but all the local households, the Kingdom of Jin, would be taken away.

Zhao Liangsi said: "Since all the land has been given to our country, how can the people living on it have any reason not to give it to our country? Only the land is given, but no one cultivates it. What's the use of going back to this place? Besides, Xijing has been fighting for years, and the local people have been killed and injured. There are quite a few, and there are not many people left. Your country can’t actually take away many people, so it’s better to leave it to our country, and everyone is happy.”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Our army fought hard for eight or nine years before we defeated the Liao Kingdom and took Xijing into our hands. Now that the land has been generously given to you, what's unreasonable about asking for some households? Logically speaking, even if Xijing is divided between our country and your country, it should be half of the country's land, and it should be a household now, as it should be."

After Zhao Liangsi heard this, he discussed with Wanyan Xiyin kindly: "Your country and our country are as close as one family. Your country gave us Xijing according to the agreement. This is a demonstration of your country's faith. However, there are only lands and no households. It’s not perfect. It’s better for your country to be more generous and give all the land and households to our country. This is the morality of the good relations between the two countries.”

Seeing that Zhao Liangsi wanted to confuse himself with morality and trustworthiness, asking Jin Guo to give up his benefits, Wanyan Xiyin said dissatisfiedly: "Your country is really greedy, so why are you talking about morality? That Xijing was defeated by our army Yes, it is our country's spoils of war. Now that His Majesty the Emperor is generous and agrees to give you land, why does your country insist on households? How can you say that the value of land is greater than that of households? Now that China has given your country land, you The country needs more people. But your country refuses to give more rewards to our army for their hard work, what is the reason for this?"

What Wanyan Xiyin meant was very clear. Xijing was brought down by the Jin army who shed blood and sacrificed. The Great Song Dynasty could not take advantage of the Jin country for nothing. There is no such reason in the world.

Only now did Zhao Liangsi understand that when the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin agreed to cede Xijing to the Song Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin wanted to use the population of Xijing as a bargaining chip to gain more benefits.

Zhao Liangsi knew that it was Wanyan Zonghan who was leading the negotiations in the Kingdom of Jin, so he took Ma Kuo and others to meet Wanyan Zonghan with Wanyan Xiyin, trying to persuade Wanyan Zonghan to accept the 100 million two-year-old coins of the Song Dynasty in exchange for Yanjing and Xijing The plan, don't add extraneous complications.

After Wanyan Zonghan learned of the intention of the envoy of the Song Dynasty, he said to Zhao Liangsi: "Xijing has a vast land, and your country has not made any effort to conquer Xijing. Now that your country wants land and people, it is really greedy. You still say that we are greedy for money? You just blindly say that 100 million taels is too much, and you can’t give more. But you don’t think about it, no matter how much money you have on weekdays, can you buy an inch of land from other countries? What's more, 50 of the old coins and silver were originally given to Khitan by you every year. According to the covenant of the year, they should have been transferred to us. Land, what’s the point of getting more silver.”

Ma Kuo, who was on the side, heard Yan Zonghan mentioning the old coins, and said: "Don't your country know that the Khitan fought with my Song Dynasty for many years in the early years, and then the two sides made peace, and only then did they have 30 old coins. Later, the Khitan If you are willing to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, you will get another 20 taels. Now that our country is willing to transfer the 50 taels to your country, why is it not a favor of our country?"

After hearing this, Wanyan Zonghan laughed loudly, and said calmly: "The envoy Ma deceived me that the Jurchen didn't read history? It is true that your country and the Khitan have been fighting for many years, but they have been defeated repeatedly and have nothing to do. Make peace. If you don’t want our two countries, put aside the matter of the old coin first, and both sides will bring troops to the battlefield to fight. If our army wins, we will talk about how much old coin your country will give , if our army loses, we don’t need a penny, do you think it can be done?”