Hearing Wanyan Aguda's question, Zhao Liangsi bent down and replied: "To return to the great emperor's words. Our dynasty is an ancient country in the Central Plains. Since the unification of Qin, dynasties have changed for thousands of years. We have always been authentic and upright, and we are the center of all countries. I If North Korea formed an alliance with your country, it would have been able to take the upper hand, but considering the first cooperation between the two countries, there was no intention to overdo it."
Zhao Liangsi's words made Wanyan Agu doubtful. Could it be that Zhao Liangsi came here with an edict from another emperor? If that's the case, what should we do about the alliance? If we don't talk about it, the Song Dynasty is indeed a prosperous and beautiful country; if we talk about it, it will obviously reduce me, Dajin, to a vassal status.
Wanyan Aguda hesitated because of this.
Zhao Liangsi carefully observed Wanyan Aguda's facial expression and knew that Wanyan Aguda was upset about whether he held official credentials. In order to create a good atmosphere for negotiation, after slightly suppressing Wanyan Agu, Zhao Liangsi continued: "The alliance between Song and Jin must be fair and just. Based on this, I wrote a personal letter to the emperor during my pilgrimage. letter, and at the same time asked this envoy to bring my official credentials."
Wanyan Aguda was overjoyed when he heard that Zhao Liangsi had come with his official credentials and said happily: "Since your envoy has come with his official credentials, he sincerely regards our Jurchen as an ally. As for the matter, Regardless of how I get it, just being able to have contact with your country is my honor."
Hearing that Wanyan Aguda valued the Song Dynasty so much, Zhao Liangsi was relieved and felt that there would generally not be much of a problem with the conclusion of an alliance between the two countries.
After Wanyan Aguda finished speaking, Zhao Liangsi handed over Emperor Huizong's personal letter and official credentials.
Wanyan Aguda did not know Chinese characters, so he handed Gao Qingyi's personal letter from Emperor Huizong and the official credential of the Song Dynasty, and asked Gao Qingyi to read it to him.
At that time, the person who served as translator next to Wanyan Aguda was a Bohai native from Gao Qing. This man had served as a local official in the Liao Kingdom. He was fluent in Khitan, Chinese and Jurchen languages. He was an important civil servant in the early days of the founding of the Jin Dynasty.
When Gao Qingyi was a minister of the Liao Dynasty, he met Zhao Liangsi in the court; but at that time, Zhao Liangsi was not called Zhao Liangsi, but was called Ma Zhi, a very common name among Han people after the Khitanization. Gao Qingyi also had doubts after meeting Zhao Liangsi. He couldn't understand why Guanglu Qing of Liao became an envoy of Song and changed his surname to Zhao Liangsi.
Gao Qingyi nodded politely to Zhao Liangsi as a greeting, turned around, bowed his waist and saluted Wanyan Agu, then took the letter from Wanyan Agu, opened one and read: "Specially addressed to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. This letter is written to the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, and he has sent our secretary, Zhao Liangsi, to your country to discuss the alliance between the Song and Jin countries. All matters agreed between the two parties will be confirmed by our court, Zhao Liangsi, as the representative of the court. I hope your country will contact you. .”
After Wanyan Agu inquired about it, he asked Gao Qingyi, "Is this the credentials?"
Gao Qingyi replied: "No, the Great Emperor. This is a personal letter from the Emperor of Song Dynasty to the Great Emperor of our country."
Wanyan Agu said: "The letter written by the Great Emperor of Song Dynasty is quite clear."
Gao Qingyi replied: "Yes, it is basically equivalent to a certificate of credence."
Wanyan Aguda nodded and asked, "What does the national certificate say?"
Gao Qingyi then picked up the credential and read: "The third-rank secretary of our country, Cheng, and the editor of Youwendian, Zhao Liangsi, have come to your country to discuss the conclusion of an alliance between the two countries and jointly conquer the Liao Dynasty. Our court has authorized Zhao Liangsi to fully represent the court. Relevant matters can be decided by camera.”
"Okay!" After hearing the Song Dynasty's credential read by Gao Qingyi, Wanyan Aguda said loudly: "Since we have the Song Dynasty's official credential, everything will be easy to talk about."
Wanyan Aguda treated Zhao Liangsi more respectfully because Zhao Liangsi came with his official credentials.
Zhao Liangsi then proposed to discuss the alliance.
Wanyan Aguda heard this and said: "There is no hurry. Since your envoy has arrived at the main tent of the Central Army in Dajin, negotiations will happen sooner or later. Your envoy will go with the Khitan envoy Xi Nilie to see how I can attack Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. It won’t be too late to talk again after I capture the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.”
Wanyan Aguda wanted to show Zhao Liangsi and the Liao envoy Xi Nilie how powerful the Jin people were, so that he could take a more active position in the negotiations.
That night, Wanyan Aguda held a banquet in honor of Zhao Liangsi and the Khitan envoy Xi Nilie.
Early on the next morning, Wanyan Aguda took Zhao Liangsi and Xi Nilie to watch him attack Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom.
In the wilderness, there were several Jin soldiers and horses, with flags fluttering and swords and guns standing everywhere. They galloped towards the capital of Liao Kingdom.
Zhao Liangsi and Xi Nilie marched with Wanyan Aguda's headquarters.
Amid galloping war horses, the Jin army besieged Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom.
Outside the city of Dadingfu in Zhongjing, Wanyan Aguda said to Zhao Liangsi and Xi Nilie: "You can watch my use of troops. After I capture Zhongjing, you can decide for yourself whether to stay and negotiate or leave and return home."
The Jin army was excited. Wanyan Aguda came to the city in person and took command from the front, urging the soldiers to beat drums, shout and charge.
The Jin army began to attack the city in the morning. Near noon, Wanyan Mu had already led his men to the outer city of Zhongjing.
The man who guarded Zhongjing was Yelu Tabuye, a famous Liao general. Seeing the fierce attack of the Jin army on the city, he knew that he could not defend the city, so he led the soldiers in the city to surrender.
Zhao Liangsi knew that the Jin soldiers were brave, but he did not expect them to be so brave. They actually captured the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom in half a day, forcing the famous Liao general Yelu Tabuye to surrender. Jin's plan to destroy Liao aroused doubts.
Zhao Liangsi secretly thought that it was me who initiated the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao. The reason why I first advocated joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty was because I wanted to use the power of the Jurchens to contain the Khitan, so that the imperial court could regain the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. However, judging from the current situation, the Jurchens are more powerful than they were a few years ago. Will such a powerful Jurchen take advantage of the Song Dynasty after conquering the Khitan in the future? If this is the case, it is really hard to say who will win if a war breaks out between the Song and Jin Dynasties in the future.
Zhao Liangsi was very worried. However, things had progressed to this point and he could not go back! Besides, it would be a good thing if the two countries formed an alliance and did not break the agreement with each other. Judging from the current situation, only the United Jin Dynasty can destroy the Liao Dynasty, which is nothing more than seeking the greatest benefits for the court as much as possible.
At this time, although Zhao Liangsi was muttering in his heart, he did not dare to show it on his face.
After capturing Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda and the Song envoy Zhao Liangsi came to Longgang to discuss the alliance.
After the two sides sat down respectively, Wanyan Aguda asked Zhao Liangsi: "Just now, you watched me use my troops. Our Jurchen warriors bravely broke through the city and captured Khitan's central capital in half a day. The above envoys have seen that our country can conquer Khitan alone." ?”
Wanyan Aguda's words are very provocative.
What Wanyan Aguda originally wanted to ask was who was stronger, the Jurchens or the Song Dynasty? But considering that Zhao Liangsi should save some face, he compared it with the Khitan instead.
Zhao Liangsi laughed when he heard this and said: "Return to the words of the great emperor. When I watch this battle, the Khitan generals have no fighting spirit and their soldiers have no fighting spirit. Your country's troops are facing the direction, and the Khitan has no decent resistance. So they surrendered the city. This can only show that The Khitan is weak; however, the Khitan territory is vast, and even if your country can capture the Khitan, it is unknown whether it will be able to defend the Khitan in the future."
Zhao Liangsi only admitted that the Liao Kingdom was weak and did not admit that the Jin Kingdom was strong. Naturally, this meant that he did not admit that the Song Kingdom was not as good at fighting as the Jin Kingdom.
Upon seeing this, Wanyan Aguda said that he would no longer talk about the Khitan affairs, and asked Zhao Liangsi: "What is your country's thoughts on the alliance? Do you have any specific opinions?"
Zhao Liangsi said: "Return to the great emperor's words. Our opinion is that your country should attack from the northeast to the southwest, and we should attack Yanjing from the south to the north. We have no other intention, only Yanjing is our plan. Then the area around Yanjing, This is the land of the old Han Dynasty. Now I want to make an appointment with your country and attack the Khitan. Your country will take the south of Zhongjing, and this dynasty will take the Youyan area."
When Wanyan Aguda heard this, he remembered the letter written by Emperor Huizong saying: "Yanjing and the prefectures and cities it governs were originally Han Dynasty." He knew that the Song Dynasty had no great ambitions and only wanted to take over the sixteen states of Youyan.
Because Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom had just been captured, Wanyan Agu took a much tougher tone and said to Zhao Liangsi: "The Khitans are unjust and I have defeated them. Logically speaking, all the states and cities of the Khitans should be our territory. But I think. The emperor of the Southern Dynasties has good intentions towards me, Dajin, and Youyan is originally from Han Dynasty, so I can answer you now and return it to your country after Youyan is captured in the future."
When Zhao Liangsi saw that Wanyan Aguda had agreed to the main items, he was very happy and said: "The Khitan is unruly and has no luck. The Song and Jin countries are attacking from the north and the south. How can it survive? It's just that your country has nothing to do with me!" What are you doing with the Khitan envoys here? We must act consistently and never make peace with the Khitan again."
When Wanyan Aguda heard this, he said cheerfully: "Since the Jin and Song dynasties have been reconciled, how can we make peace with the Khitan? The reason why the Khitan envoys are detained is because the Khitan despises our country. Since you have said it for this reason, then I will tell the Khitan envoy directly and ask him to go back and tell Agu that I have made an agreement with the Southern envoy to give Yanjing to the Southern Dynasty; unless he gives Yanjing to the Southern Dynasty, there will be no peace between the two countries."
The "Agu" mentioned by Wanyan Aguda refers to Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty. Yelu Yanxi's nickname was "Aguo". When Wanyan Aguda said "Aguo", the pronunciation was "Agu".
When Zhao Liangsi heard this, he was still worried and added: "Today's verbal agreement has been established. Although no oath has been made, the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods are here to protect us, and it cannot be changed!"
After all, Zhao Liangsi served as Guanglu Qing of the Liao Kingdom and was familiar with the spiritual and value values of the Khitan and Jurchens, so he spoke very sincerely, solemnly, solemnly, and to the point.
Wanyan Aguda naturally had no objections and readily agreed.
It was almost noon when the negotiation was over, and Wanyan Aguda held a banquet in honor of Zhao Liangsi.
After the banquet, Wanyan Aguda invited Zhao Liangsi to Beijing to continue the alliance negotiations between Song and Jin Dynasties.
The two of them rode horses and rode side by side. They entered the city from the west side gate, passed by Wuluan Hall and Xuanzheng Hall, and then placed wine in Yanhe Tower and chatted happily over the wine.
Zhao Liangsi was a scholar in Yanjing, so he couldn't help but feel sad, so he immediately wrote a poem:
The old monument of the founding of the People's Republic of China is dark, and the old place of King Xing is dry and dry.
He turned around and said with a smile that he was the prince, and rode up to Wuluan with the army.
After some poetry, wine and laughter, the two parties discussed the issue of new year coins.
Zhao Liangsi promised that after the alliance between Song and Jin, the annual tribute coins paid by the Song Dynasty to the Khitan would be transferred to the Jin Kingdom. The specific amount was 300,000 liang. This amount was negotiated between Song and Liao during the Chanyuan Alliance; it was later increased to 500,000 taels.
Wanyan Aguda heard this and said: "During the Khitan period, Yanjing did not belong to the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty still had to lose 500,000 taels to the Khitan. Now that the Jin Dynasty has conquered Yanjing and the Southern Dynasty, why is the annual coin less than 200,000 taels? This proposal is inappropriate. If Yanjing returns to the Southern Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty will lose one million pieces of golden coins every year."
Zhao Liangsi was shocked when he heard this. The price offered by Wanyan Aguda greatly exceeded his expectations.
Zhao Liangsi said: "The return of Yanjing to our dynasty was due to the alliance between the two sides. Our dynasty will also attack the Khitan. It is not the Dajin family that destroyed the Khitan and sent Yanjing to our dynasty. Therefore, the matter of Sui coins, The disparity should not be too great, our government can send up to 400,000 taels of gold to Daijin every year."
"Seven hundred thousand horses!" Wanyan Agu said: "After all, Dajin was the first to attack and has occupied a large amount of Khitan land and wiped out the Khitan's effective strength. Even if the Southern Dynasty captured Yanjing, it was because of Dajin's help. strength."
