Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 134 Peace Negotiation
January, the fifth year of the Qingli period.

Although they fought a great war with the Liao Kingdom, they still defeated it.

However, Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Western Xia at this time, did not feel happy at all.

His generals looked at the diplomats who had returned with a cowardly look on their faces, and then said, "The Southern Dynasty is going too far! They actually offered such conditions for peace talks, and they don't even want to give us a piece of silk. Wu Zu, why don't you let me lead the troops and teach them a lesson, so that they know that we, the Western Xia, are not so easy to bully."

In fact, Li Yuanhao had wanted to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty for a long time.

Just of course!
We talked about the first year of the Qingli period and then the fifth year of the Qingli period.

Not once was successful.

He Congxu, a diplomat of Xixia, also said secretly at this time: "Officials from the Southern Dynasty revealed that we always seek peace talks with them, but none of them have been successful. They are no longer sure of our sincerity. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty said that Xixia can call itself the ruler of the country internally, but must be a vassal of the Song Dynasty. As for the annual gift, the Southern Dynasty said that they have no money now, but the market can be opened."

Zhang Yuan had not yet died of depression.

only……

Soon too.

At this time, Zhang Yuan immediately said: "Wu Zu, the Song Dynasty really doesn't take Wu Zu seriously. Keep fighting!"

however……

Li Yuanhao is not a fool.

Let’s not talk about what you, Zhang Yuan, have done before. If we ally with the Liao Kingdom and go straight into Guanzhong, we will definitely be able to take down the Song Dynasty.

The results of it?
The battle of Dingchuan Village was fought well, but the Southern Dynasty was not so easy to deal with.

Nowadays, the northwest of the Southern Dynasty is full of forts.

Li Yuanhao thought that if they continued fighting, they would not gain any significant benefits.

But it is indeed a bit insulting that they don’t even give this little bit of annual gift!

Li Yuanhao looked at Zhang Yuan with a sinister look on his face.

Fight again?

Even more people will die by then.

and……

It is not certain that we can conquer the Southern Dynasty.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Yuanhao thought, forget it.

He now didn't even have the idea of ​​deploying troops on the northwest border of the Southern Dynasty to scare the enemy.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to fight.

But after fighting for so many years, apart from killing many people from the Southern Dynasty, they did not occupy an inch of land.

If we continue to fight...

When Zhang Yuan saw that Li Yuanhao hesitated, he naturally thought that something was wrong.

after all……

He had switched from the Song Dynasty just to prove himself. If Li Yuanhao negotiated peace with the Song Dynasty, then he...

Wouldn't he be depressed to death?
Conquering the Song Dynasty was his only purpose in living in this world.

Zhang Yuan: "Wu Zu!"

Li Yuanhao had a round face and tanned skin, and looked tall and strong, with an imposing manner.

Even though I'm old now.

but……

This pressure should not be underestimated.

Li Yuanhao said calmly: "We have just fought a great war with the Liao Kingdom and need time to recover. Let's talk about peace. But I will repay you a hundredfold for today's humiliation in the future!"

Li Yuanhao said so.

In fact...

But he really wanted to negotiate peace.

Otherwise, what else can be done?
Once this war starts, we won’t be able to do business on the border, and if we can’t do business, the people at home will become restless.

It’s not that Li Yuanhao couldn’t defeat the Song Dynasty.

only……

This is just killing enemies, but it doesn't have much effect.

It would be better to open the market for a few years first, wait for the economy to recover a little, and then fight.

Especially now, they have completely offended the Liao Kingdom.

If we fight again, what if the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom really unite?
Li Yuanhao: "There is no need to talk about this matter any more, let's just leave it at that!"...

When the news reached the Song Dynasty court.

Zhao Xin, on the contrary, was a little bit unconfident about the other party's reaction.

Could it be that Li Yuanhao wanted to suddenly rob them when they opened the market?

of course!

When Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others learned the news, they were very happy.

Because I, Da Song, finally got hard for once.

Han Qi supported not giving even a piece of silk.

After all, the Song Dynasty has already deployed at least 150,000 troops in the northwest and is not afraid of Western Xia at all. Tell me, why should they give it to us?

It's just...

Han Qi has always known the emperor's temperament.

Therefore, when the news came, Han Qi understood at the first moment that this must not be the emperor's own intention.

If it were an official, he wouldn't even have enough time to give money to people.

Would he still respond so harshly to Xixia?
"Is it Zhang Dexiang? Or Yan Shu? Fu Bi?"

Among these three people, it seems that only Fu Bi may be relatively tough.

"If this is really Fu Bi's idea, then he is truly a pillar of the country and a talent who can assist the king! Finally, the burden on the people of Song Dynasty has been relieved!"

Then, he wrote a letter to Fu Bi, asking whether it was Fu Bi who asked the government to do so.

When Fu Bi received Han Qi's letter, he was speechless for a long time.

He is not responsible for this work at all.

and……

Why did Han Qi think it was him?

Even the words in this letter were quite exciting.

Fu Bi then wrote back to Han Qi, "This was not my idea, and I am also shocked by this."

Han Qi had no choice but to turn his attention to Pang Ji, who was guarding the northwest with him.

Because Pang Ji was one of the main people involved.

But soon...

He simply omitted Pang Ji.

Because he understood that the other party had no right to speak at all.

Someone must have told the government, and then the government dared to do this.

Han Qi never thought it was Zhao Xin.

after all……

In his opinion, Zhao Xin's role was still too small.

Soon, Li Yuanhao sent people to sign the peace agreement. After many people learned the news, they also rushed to tell others.

These intellectuals love to get together and discuss national affairs when they have nothing to do.

Fan Zhongyan was very calm.

Xixia would never accept a loss like this. Even though peace talks had been held openly, military affairs in the northwest could not be relaxed for even a moment.

And almost at the same time.

The Liao Kingdom also sent envoys to report to the Song Dynasty that they had returned from their campaign against Western Xia.

The Northern and Southern Dynasties were brotherly countries, so naturally, whatever one side did had to be told to the other side as well.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty had to send envoys to the Liao Kingdom to inform the other party that the Song Dynasty and Western Xia had signed a peace agreement.

The Liao Kingdom was initially a little dissatisfied with the peace agreement signed between the two countries.

However, when he saw that the Song Dynasty did not even give a piece of silk to Western Xia, he immediately became happy.

Can Li Yuanhao swallow this?

Isn't this an insult to others by the Southern Dynasty?

Even if you don't want to give it, you should at least show some appreciation. 20,000 or 30,000 would be appropriate.

Seeing that the relationship between the Southern Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty had not really improved and might even relapse in the future, Yelu Zongzhen felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)