Time and Space Development Guide

Chapter 169 Xia Song's First Communication ([-])
"Captain Zhao, can we discuss this matter further?"

He Li once again said to Zhao Yunlong that he didn't think there was any humiliation in ceding the land, but that the land cession treaty of Daxia cut off all the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty from the north of Tokyo City. Doesn't that mean that if you agree to this treaty, Tokyo City will be destroyed in the future? Is it next to the border of the Daxia people?Is this worth it?

The capital of a country is on the border of a neighboring country!
Besides, this neighboring country has a strong armed force, and it seems that it is not very friendly to itself. Doesn't that mean that if the neighboring country is unhappy someday, it can kill its own capital?

Of course, if such a thing really happens, Song Dynasty will definitely move the capital, but moving the capital is not a trivial matter.

It was with this in mind that He Li asked Zhao Yunlong again if they could negotiate.

"anymore question?"

He Li said: "Captain Zhao, can I redeem this ceded land with property?"

After saying this, He Li paused, as if hesitating.

Soon, his expression became firm again, as if he had endured some humiliation, he gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Yunlong: "As long as your country agrees, my Song Dynasty is willing to regard your country as the superior country, and will fulfill the righteousness of belonging to the country every year."

Hearing He Li's words, Zhao Xu, Sun Fu and other seven Northern Song ministers all looked at He Li with shocked eyes. This meant that the Great Song Dynasty was willing to submit to the Great Xia and recognize the Great Xia as the suzerain!

For these Northern Song officials, it is not a disgrace to cede land to the enemy, give away their wives and daughters, and this is it.

He Li also knew that what he said was very humiliating to the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, and if it was spread, it would affect his reputation and be criticized by others.

But He Li has no choice now, and anyway, he has already lost face with the Jin people once (the Jin people once asked the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers to surrender to the Jin Kingdom, and Song Qinzong and others did as well), so it doesn't matter if you lose face again.

For the sake of the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, He Li decided to let go of his old face and said this.

But the emperors and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty thought it was an extremely shameful thing for them to call themselves ministers, but they didn't think about whether Daxia would accept it.

After hearing He Li's words, the Daxia personnel in the tent just glanced at He Li lightly, and Zhao Yunlong said directly: "No need! First, my Daxia will not agree to your request to redeem the land with property; , Great Xia doesn’t need you to be respected as the suzerain.”

As soon as Zhao Yunlong said this, the faces of Zhao Xu, He Li, Sun Fu and the other seven Northern Song officials turned green and red, as if they were very ashamed.

Really embarrassing!
Recognizing another country as the suzerain is already a very shameful thing for this group of Northern Song officials, not to mention that they are still actively asking to recognize other countries as the suzerain.However, what I didn't expect was that the country they took the initiative to consider as the suzerain country would not agree?

It's like one day, a man with strong self-esteem decided to abandon his dignity, honor and disgrace, and took the initiative to run to be a licking dog for the goddess, but unexpectedly, after he took the initiative to run, the goddess still disliked him.

This is naturally more shameful!

But no matter how humiliated they were, all the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty didn't dare to vent it here, and their expressions were so wonderful that Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, etc. who were in the tent felt that they had watched a wonderful show.

Seeing that it was a foregone conclusion that the Daxia people wanted to occupy the northern territory of the Great Song Dynasty, He Li and the others stopped dwelling on it, and instead communicated with Zhao Yunlong and the others about other aspects, either actively asking, or making indirect remarks. I want to know if Daxia has any other thoughts about them.

Since people can be directly transferred from the Second Realm, Great Xia does not need to spend many years in the Second Realm to hide its power and accumulate strength in this world. Naturally, it does not need to sign too many treaties with the Northern Song Dynasty. Years will be captured by the Great Xia.

But Daxia still gave some treaties for He Li and others to look at. These treaties are mainly for the convenience of carrying out some operations later.

He Li and the others looked through the treaty, and saw that they did not require them to pay compensation, did not require them to send women, etc., but were "innocuous" matters. All the covenants and treaties signed were indemnities or land cession, especially the golden man went too far, not only requiring indemnity to cede land, but also women, craftsmen, and so on.

With such a comparison, He Li and the others suddenly felt that these Daxia people were much cuter.

After some discussion, He Li and the others returned to Tokyo City, where the Northern Song Emperor and ministers were still waiting for their news.

When the people of the Northern Song Dynasty in the city saw the team coming back from the Jinren camp, someone immediately climbed up and asked the officers and soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty who had gone together, He Xianggong and the others, how did they like meeting those strangers?Will those aliens still attack Tokyo City?
They are also very anxious, eager to know the news. After all, it is closely related to them. If these strange people with inexplicable origins come to besiege the city like the golden men, the city of Tokyo will really not be able to survive.

The daily material consumption of tens of thousands of people in the city is astronomical. During the siege of the Jin people, all the cats and dogs in Tokyo were eaten by the extremely hungry people of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But those officers and soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty didn't even get in the door, so they knew a ghost.

The common people really wanted to ask the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, but no one dared to ask these high officials and lords with cold faces.

Seeing the eagerness of the people, an official said with a cold face: "The peace talks have been completed, the Daxia people will not besiege the city, so don't think too much about it!"

This made the people in Tokyo cheering on both sides of the road, but when someone saw that the officials and lords seemed to be in a bad mood, it didn't look like the peace talks were successful, and they couldn't help beating their hearts. Could it be those strange people? What excessive demands were made?

After returning to the palace, He Li told Zhao Huan and others about their encounters in the Jinren camp. He was very surprised and curious when he heard about the various magical things of the Daxia people and that the Daxia people came from another world. When the people of Daxia want to occupy the territory north of Tokyo City, they frowned solemnly. When they heard that He Li, on behalf of Song Dynasty, took the initiative to recognize Daxia as the suzerain state, but Daxia refused to accept it, they all felt very incomparable. anger and shame...

After listening to He Li and others' narration, Zhao Huan said to a Northern Song official who was sent as an envoy: "Your hard work, He Qing and Sun Qing, you have waited... If you can make peace with the people of Daxia, you all have contributed a lot."

Afterwards, Zhao Huan asked somewhat unwillingly: "He Qing, can we discuss the land cession with the people of Daxia again?"

He Li shook his head and said, "Officials, I'm afraid this matter will fail, and the Da Xia people have already confirmed this matter."

"Ugh……"

Zhao Huan sighed dejectedly, and he naturally thought that after the land was ceded, Song Dynasty would definitely move the capital.

"That's right. Daxia people are powerful now. After this crisis is over, it's not too late to think of other ways. The other requirements of Daxia people should also be approved."

After Zhao Huan finished the above few sentences, he said again: "These Daxia people are better than those Jin people. The Jin people are cruel and barbaric. It is good not to insult us. These Daxia people are quite kind, and they are willing to take the initiative. Helping the people in the city. I just don’t know what their intentions are?”

He Li replied: "Your generation will know sooner or later. Officials, there will be an envoy from the Great Xia coming tomorrow. We should make preparations early to welcome the envoy from the Great Xia."

Hearing this, Zhao Huan looked solemn, and said: "Yes, this matter must not be neglected, we must make preparations immediately, and don't let the Great Xia envoy underestimate our Great Song."

(End of this chapter)