Chapter 1,778: Don’t be shameless

It is not known how the Liao people will react to Su You's suggestion, but it has already shocked the country's monarchs and ministers.

Situ is getting older and older, and his appetite seems to be getting better. These conditions are simply biting into the bones of the Liao people.

The ministers all shook their heads. It was impossible for the Liao Kingdom to agree to such harsh conditions. Anyone who looked at it would know that it was impossible.

Suyou called again and negotiated. Isn't it just asking for the price and paying back the money? Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, we should still fight for it.

It doesn’t cost much to give it a try. What if it succeeds, or even partially succeeds?

Zhao Xu heard that it made sense. How could he know it wouldn't work if he hadn't even tried it? Try it!

Then ask Situ to be the plenipotentiary representative to start negotiations with the Liao people!

But another telegram came from Su You. Hahaha, I'm sorry, Your Majesty. It's okay for me to give you some ideas, but I can't be the negotiator.

My heart is too soft, my temper is too soft, and I cannot bear to see the suffering in the world.

If a representative of the Liao people comes to the negotiation table and bursts into tears and laments, I may lose my temper if I can't bear it.

At that time, not only will we not be able to take advantage of the Liao Kingdom, but it is also possible that the Liao people will take advantage of us. I am afraid that I will become a sinner of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, this negotiation is different from the past. This time, we must send a black-hearted ghost who has a heart as stubborn as a stone and a head as strong as black iron. He has always been tough and regards the lives of the Liao people as nothing.

I really can't do this. Please, Your Majesty, please choose another talented person.

Zhao Xu felt that what Situ said was reasonable. People know their own merits. Situ was indeed such a soft person and was not suitable for this kind of bone-gnawing negotiation.

I searched through my pockets and found out that Zhang Dunzhang Tietou is in Hedong, isn't he? This man has also been in power and is an enemy of Wang Jing, so he is the best candidate ready-made!

He immediately issued an edict to promote Zhang Dun, who had long wanted to be promoted to a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace, and ordered him to serve as the Song Dynasty's envoy to aid the Liao Dynasty and go to Zhangzi Island to negotiate with Wang Jing!

However, Zhao Xu did not have much hope for the specific results. Anyway, the bottom line proposed by the Liao people was enough to make him laugh wildly at Queen Meng for a long time.

In March, Jiazi, Zhang Dun rushed to Daming Mansion to visit Su You. After the two sides had close and friendly secret negotiations, Su You opened the warehouse and asked Zhang Dun to bring a full two million stones of rice, flour, corn, and half a million

With a piece of silk and 500,000 yuan of imported money, he landed on Zhangzi Island and held a meeting with Wang Jing, who had just come back to take charge.

Regardless of Wang Jing's words, Zhang Dun just said, "I've brought everything. Do you want it? If you want it, sign it. If you don't want it, get out."

Wang Jing cried and shouted that this was not how he negotiated with Situ before. Situ had always been very reasonable.

Reasoning? You are a beggar, why do you want me, Lao Zhang, to reason with you?

When I learned about Dingzhou, I had already disliked those shabby villages in Feihukou. I repeatedly requested to send troops to recover them, but Su Mingrun, that little dog, stopped me every time.

I heard that there are only 5,000 native chickens and tile dogs left there, right? Mr. Sir, do you think those three shabby villages of yours can really stop me, Lao Zhang?

Mr. Wang, let me tell you, Su Xiaogou cannot stay in Hebei forever. Once he leaves, I will be in charge, hehehe...

So it doesn’t matter if you agree, or it’s better if you don’t agree. When the time comes, I’ll go get it myself, and I’ll get another military exploit for nothing!

Also, you and I both know very well what is going on in the three states in the package.

Can you still restrain Xiao Guli? Zhongzhe kills two groups before sending one group over casually. Will Xiao Guli send troops to cross the river and carry out rescue?

So these three states are actually the fault your emperor's uncle threw at Xiao Guli. They were originally under the rule of your emperor's uncle, but now even he himself has given up. Why are you still making trouble here?

Su Xiaogou used this as a condition for negotiation. I firmly disagreed because that area was already under my actual control!

Also, can you still receive taxes from the states along the Yalu River? They have been isolated from the land for more than ten years, and even the prefects dare not take up their posts.

You just have them on the map.

Although these areas still belong to the Liao Kingdom in name, they are actually of no use to you at all.

Think about it from another perspective, Mr. Xian, the more forces that interfere in that area, the more beneficial it will be to you, the Liao Kingdom?

So these terms, I'm actually very angry, really very angry.

Su Xiaogou is so kind that he even arranged so many steps for you.

To put it bluntly, our Navy is now sailing into the Yalu River with great arrogance. I'm afraid you won't even get the news!

So, using these places in exchange for the money and food of my Song Dynasty, Su Xiaogou is really very interesting to you.

It’s a pity that this guy is so good at petting, but he is also my immediate boss, so Lao Zhang has no choice but to hold his nose and go to this shabby island to sit in front of you.

I don’t want to say anything else, that’s all I mean, you can sign it or not.

By the way, when I passed Daming Mansion this time, Su Xiaogou asked me to bring a message to my husband for you to take back to the emperor of your country.

Wang Jing grimaced: "I don't know what Situ has to say?"

"Eight words." Zhang Dun pointed his finger at the negotiation table and said word by word: "I would rather give a friend to my country than a slave to my family!"

Wang Jing's face immediately showed joy, Damn, Situ can do it! If you use this sentence to prevaricate His Majesty, the matter may be settled!

However, Zhang Dun then made Wang Jing look bad again: "I, Zhang Dun, will send six more words to my husband."

"What does the bachelor have to say?"

"Stop being so shameless!"

Wang Jing did not dare to make the decision, so he wrote Zhang Dun's request and his rhetoric into his own opinions in a memorial, and sent it to Shangjing to ask Yelu Yanxi to make a decision.

In the memorial, Wang Jing focused on the ingenious Soviet oil facilities, which seemed aggressive but actually did no harm to the Liao Kingdom.

"In the Song Dynasty, when Suo restored the old boundary in front of Xining, it was at Feihu and Shuoying. The emperor's uncle reduced the troops to the south to prepare for the enemy on the west side. He did not abandon it."

"The three states within it are nothing but useless. If Henan is cut off, we will not be able to save it if something happens, and we will waste food if nothing happens. If they want to take it, it will be as easy as picking up mustard. If I want to defend it, my power will be as high as the sky."

"On his left and right, there are two surnames of Zhe Zhe. They are warlike and strive for merit. They often start disputes and provocations. If the harmony between Song and Liao is broken, it will definitely start from this."

"If we had not drawn the Yellow River as a boundary, the Song and Liao dynasties would have been cut off by this sky."

"The prefectures along the Yalu River have repeatedly rebelled, and have not been cured for a long time. Nowadays, women are isolated. The governors of successive prefectures regard them as fearful, and some even resign."

"I have no wits left, my muscles and bones are prematurely aging. In the autumn of crisis, I came back to accept orders. Throughout the Zhou Dynasty, we are all enemies of tigers and wolves, but only the Song Dynasty can be relied on for support."

"This is not a time to cling to the weak, but to measure the country's material resources and gain the favor of China."

"The land that is ruined and decayed will not belong to the Song Dynasty today, but it will also be taken over by the old Tibet in the future."

"My family's property would rather be donated to a friendly country than given to the slaves of the family. When the Song Dynasty conquered all the lands, the Tatars and captives traveled between them, and disputes would inevitably arise. This is also a plan to divert disaster and attract reinforcements."

Yelu Yanxi held a meeting at court, but some ministers objected, thinking that it was a loss of power and an insult to the country.

Yelu Yanxi said: "Since you object and these places must be defended, how about I ask you to guard the three states in Tao Nei and the Yalu River coast for me?"

The objections immediately disappeared.

Yelu Yanxi then approved the King's Scripture, which contained only five words, "ask them to give money"!

In March, Renwu, Zhang Dun reported to the court, and the Song and Liao countries signed a new agreement. The Liao people accepted all three conditions proposed by Situ, except that the three villages of Feihukou firmly refused to cede to the Song Dynasty.

The price proposed by the Song Dynasty was 200,000 pieces of silk, 300,000 guan of imported money, and 500,000 dan of grain.

Wang Jing expressed his opposition and demanded that the silk be replaced with grain to meet the urgent need.

The price of grain in the mainland of the Song Dynasty has dropped sharply. In Hebei, it has almost fallen to the bottom line of thirty-five cents per pound of rice. In March, it increased slightly, and it has only just reached forty cents.

And the price of food in the Liao Kingdom has now reached as high as one stone per kilogram!

So Zhang Dun and Wang Jing started arguing again, and finally used 100,000 shi of grain to save 200,000 bolts of silk for the Song Dynasty at the price of 200 coins per dou.

In the end, the Song Dynasty used 300,000 guan of imported money and 600,000 shi of grain to easily seize the sovereignty of the three states in the Liao Kingdom and the five states along the Yalu River, and restored the borders between the two countries to the pre-Xining state.
Chapter completed!