Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 170 The Problem of Year Coins

The hall fell into silence for a while, and Liu E was already a little annoyed. A good birthday banquet was disturbed by these rough Liao people. What made him even more angry was that no one in the room was full of ministers. A Liao man!
The failure of Yongxi's Northern Expedition that year was undoubtedly the most severe defeat since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Among them, Old Linggong Yang——Yang Ye died in this battle. No one in Song Dynasty wanted to mention this war, so when Yelu Xinghe mentioned this matter, all the ministers were silent.

Seeing that the ministers of the Song Dynasty were speechless, Yelu Xinghe was even more proud. He glanced mockingly at the Song officials present, some of them frowned, and some glared angrily.

"What an arrogant Liao thief!" Mr. Cao was the first to quit.

As soon as Cao Wei opened his mouth, all the generals began to curse, "Liao thief, Liao dog" all kinds of obscenities were heard endlessly.

When Cao Wei participated in Yongxi's Northern Expedition, he was in his prime. After the Northern Expedition failed, he had been actively preparing for another Northern Expedition, but this waited for more than 20 years. During the 20 years, he saw the veterans die one by one, and he became a veritable veteran. .He understands the situation of the Great Song Dynasty. The older generation of generals has passed away, and the young generals have not yet grown up.

There is no shortage of fierce generals, but handsome talents, core figures who can coordinate the overall situation and strategize.Alas, if there were still a few veterans alive, how could the Liao people be so presumptuous!
Yelu Xinghe ignored him completely, and even though the generals scolded him bloody, he remained unmoved. This guy is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, so just scold him.

"It's a pity, General Yelu has become a sinner of the Liao Kingdom, and he still doesn't know it." A moderate voice sounded, which just overwhelmed the curses of the generals.

"It's you again!" Yelu Xinghe snorted coldly, it was Li Ce again.

"General Yelu doesn't know yet, right? Dangxiang sent envoys to discuss a major matter with Da Song." Li Ce ignored his fiery eyes and said to himself.

"What is the relationship between the Dangxiang clan and my Daliao?"

"Hehe... General Yelu really has a big heart. Do you know what Dangxiang is asking for? He wants us to join him in sending troops to attack your Liao Kingdom!" Li Ce suddenly changed his sloppy expression and said coldly.

"What? Hmph... you're deceiving me." Yelu Xinghe was startled at first, and then quickly realized that this matter seems unlikely. Song people have always been cunning, especially this young man, who is full of wit and tricks, so he must guard against it.

"You have a rich imagination. Let me ask you that the Dangxiang people cried to us, saying that you Liao people repeatedly oppressed them, robbed them of food, and killed their clansmen. Is there such a thing? , we naturally can't sit idly by." Li Ce told a lie without changing his face or beating his heart.

There are some truths and falsehoods in these remarks, and there are also Li Ce's guesses. Since the Liao army has repeatedly violated the Song Dynasty, it also borders the Dangxiang clan. According to the temperament of the Liao people, how can they live in peace with the Dangxiang clan?

Yelu Xinghe's eyes kept rolling, obviously he was constantly calculating in his heart, Li Ce was right, the Liao army did repeatedly invade the party, and just a month ago, they had just plundered a lot of food and women from them.If Dangxiang was really forced to join forces with Song Dynasty, then Liao Kingdom would suffer a lot. Today, the Queen Mother of Song Dynasty, His Majesty and all the ministers are here. This kid dare not talk nonsense. Yelu Xinghe was surprised. Could this be true? of?
Li Ce's nonsense actually bluffed Yelu Xinghe.

Of course, Yelu Xinghe is not a three-year-old child, he asked without giving up: "Empty words have no proof, do you have a letter from the party?"

"Aren't you sick? You just have it. Can I show it to you? The party asked us to send troops, and we turned around and sold him? Only you Liao people can do this." Li Ce said contemptuously.

Yelu Xinghe was so angry that his teeth were itching. Regarding the affairs of the Dangxiang clan, he had some beliefs, but also some disbeliefs.

"General Yelu, since you brought up the New Year's Coin, we might as well open the skylight and speak clearly..."

"What do you want to open?" Yelu Xinghe couldn't understand his sentences that were sometimes mixed with the language of later generations.

"It's just honesty!"

"We need to change the yearly currency to 5 taels of silver, but the silk will remain the same, it will still be 20 pieces." Li Ce smacked his lips, pretending to be magnanimous.

"It's simply ridiculous!" Yelu Xinghe stood up and said, the old coins are not increasing but decreasing?

Everyone was stunned, even Liu E straightened up, Zhao Zhen stared at Li Ce speechlessly, what kind of joke is this kid, there is no room for sloppy military affairs.

"Didn't hear clearly? Silver has been reduced to 5 taels!" Li Ce repeated loudly.

"No! It's fine if you don't increase, how can you reduce it?" Yelu Xinghe asked loudly.

"The [-] was given to the Dangxiang clan. You keep stealing things from other people. Can we not appease you? What else? Let's fight you together with him?" Li Ce reprimanded with an unhappy face.

"You're talking nonsense, you made this up!" Yelu Xinghe pointed at Li Ce and said loudly: "If it's true, why don't your prime ministers know, and you need a kid to tell it." It's just that his voice is loud, but She trembled faintly, obviously feeling a little guilty and afraid.

"Is it true, you will know if you ask?" This fellow is well versed in the skill of pulling a thousand catties, and he lightly dumped the burden on Ding Wei.

Ding Wei secretly scolded Li Ce as a bastard in his heart, and he opened his eyes and talked nonsense, but he insisted on dragging himself into the water, since he is already a lot of age, should he also talk nonsense with him?But the current situation can't expose him!

Ding Wei didn't see the slightest emotion on his face, he just said in a cold voice: "Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, I don't want to bring up such disappointing things." Acknowledging Li Ce's words, but not denying his words.

But from Yelu Xinghe's ears, that's not the case. What Ding Wei meant was to admit that this matter did exist. The reason why he didn't say it was because today is the Queen Mother's birthday.

Yelu Xinghe's face was cloudy, why did he suddenly become like this...

"No, how can you easily change the contract that has already been made? Are you people of the Song Dynasty still faithful?" When Yelu Xinghe said this, he felt blushing.When he came, Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Kingdom had told him to discuss with Song about increasing the annual currency, just to test the bottom line of the Song Dynasty. If the negotiation can be reached, it is naturally the best. If Song disagrees, don't go too far Forced, now is not the time to tear up the contract with Song.

But the problem is that not only did the negotiation fail now, but the Great Song Dynasty actually wanted to reduce the old coins again. This situation was never thought of by Yelu Xinghe. In fact, he had memorized many of the words just now. Before coming, the ministers of the Liao Kingdom gave him After thinking about all kinds of rhetoric, this guy is just following the script.

The hall fell into silence again, and everyone was waiting for Yelu Xinghe's reaction, but this guy was obviously panicked and didn't know how to deal with it.

Zhang Shixun has always been mature and prudent, but he can't let Li Ce torment him endlessly. This guy is timid and bold, and there is no limit to spreading a panic. If he pulls out something even more outrageous later, wouldn't it be helpless? It's over.He stood up and said, "General Yelu, our Da Song respects you as a guest from afar, so it's good to entertain you. Don't forget that today is Empress Dowager Liu's [-]th birthday. If you continue to pester me, don't blame me Da Song for being ruthless. Humph!"

Liu E nodded to Zhang Shixun with a rare approval. Although the old man usually hates him very much, he still knows how to take care of the overall situation at critical moments.

Yelu Xinghe has already confirmed the matter of Dang Xiang's request to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty. Just now, he was eating with gusto and complacency, but now he suddenly became dull. The situation reversed too quickly. Although he did not complete the mission, it was not without gain. I didn't expect that Dangxiang would join forces with the Song Dynasty to conspire against me in Daliao, and bringing this important news back is not a waste of money.

(End of this chapter)