Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Nianhan visited Wanyan Wu and told him that the Southern Dynasty was not only unwilling to pay for the redemption of the sixteen states of Youyan, but instead came to Youzhou City with troops to seize Youzhou by force.
Wanyan Wu Qimai smiled and said: "Impossible! Since the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties cannot capture Youzhou from the Liao people, how can they capture Youzhou from the hands of Dajin? This is to use a fight to promote talks and to gain an advantage in the negotiations. Advantage."
"Uncle Emperor!" Wanyan Nianhan said: "I saw that the vanguard of the Southern Army was the surrendered general Guo Yaoshi from the Liao Kingdom. Who is this guy?! Before the surrender to the Song Dynasty, although he was a Khitan general, the Han people lived like a dog. Despicable; now that the Song Dynasty has been surrendered, I thought he was some great person, but he actually led a large army to fly domineeringly under Youzhou City, showing off his power, being arrogant and arrogant! This is intolerable, but what can't be tolerated! Please allow my nephew to wait. A brigade of powerful soldiers will kill him and destroy his majesty."
"Nianhan, don't be anxious!" Wanyan Wu begged: "The reason why Pharmacist Guo is so domineering, arrogant and arrogant is because there is no battle to fight; if there really was a battle to fight, Pharmacist Guo would not be so arrogant; now , we just wait and see what happens.”
Wanyan Nianhan said: "It's really unbearable for me to leave such a powerful army of Dajin and be bullied by that rebel Guo Yaoshi."
Wanyan Wu begged to buy and said with a smile: "A small impatience will mess up a big plan. Maybe there will be many wars in the future. After all, there are still many countries such as Goryeo, Xixia, and the Southern Dynasty at the same time. Okay, everyone, please be patient and wait. Since Zhao Liangsi comes to negotiate, everything else is an afterthought!"
Wanyan Zongwang asked: "Will Zhao Liangsi come?"
"Of course he will come!" Wanyan Wu begged: "The Sixteenth State of Youyan is in the hands of Da Jin, how could he not come? Unless the Southern Dynasty does not want the Sixteenth State of Youyan! The two nephews can rest assured, then Zhao Liangsi They will definitely come, and there will be a huge negotiating team. All we have to do is ask them for money. The two nephews will go back first!"
"Uncle Emperor!" Wanyan Nianhan said: "My nephew is responsible for guarding Youzhou. That guy, Medicine Master Guo, is showing his authority in the city. Is it possible that I just watch and ignore him?"
Wanyan Wu begged for help and said: "Nianhan just guards the city gate. It's okay if Medicine Master Guo doesn't attack Youzhou City. If he leads his troops to attack Youzhou, he will naturally not be polite and must attack resolutely. Kill him even if he's not even in armor." If you stay, then, Pharmacist Guo will know how powerful I am."
Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Nian rarely said anything, so they said goodbye to Wanyan Wu and returned to their respective official residences.
Five or six days later, Zhao Liangsi arrived with a negotiation team of dozens of people. In the negotiation team, there was not only Zhao Liangsi, but also Cai You, who had a higher official position than Zhao Liangsi. At that time, Cai You served as a scholar of the Song Dynasty and deputy envoy of the Privy Council.
The reason why Cai You also came to Youzhou City and participated in the negotiations to regain the sixteen states of Youyan was because of the order of Emperor Huizong. At that time, Zhang Lu was appointed by Zhao Liangsi. After meeting Tong Guan, he hurried to the capital to meet Emperor Huizong and reported to Emperor Huizong the situation of the Jin Kingdom's intention to let the court use gold and silk to redeem the sixteen states of Youyan. Emperor Huizong immediately issued an order to send Cai You to Youzhou, together with Zhao Liangsi, to negotiate with the Kingdom of Jin to regain the sixteen states of Youyan.
Emperor Huizong was not at all ambiguous about regaining Youyan through redemption, because through the previous two battles against the Liao Dynasty, Huizong had some understanding of the combat capabilities of the imperial troops and horses, and knew how to recapture Youyan from the Jin Kingdom by force. Sixteen states are unlikely; besides, the Song and Jin Dynasties were allied countries, and Emperor Huizong did not want to start a war with the Jin Kingdom, which would cause loss of life and waste money for the people.
Emperor Huizong also approved of sending troops and horses to the city of Youzhou to put military pressure on the Jin Kingdom. Only in this way can he spend less money. Therefore, before Zhang Lu returned to Xiongzhou, Emperor Huizong specially arranged for Zhang Lu to let Zhang Lu Tell Tong Guan that it is okay to send troops to force Youzhou, but the prerequisite is that there cannot be a fight. If there is a fight, things will be complicated, so it is better not to send troops.
After Zhang Lu returned to Xiongzhou, in addition to conveying Emperor Huizong's order that Cai You go to Youzhou to join Zhao Liangsi in negotiating with the Kingdom of Jin, he also told Tong Guan that sending troops and horses to Youzhou would only serve as a deterrent and not cause conflicts.
Tong Guan received Emperor Huizong's order and quickly sent people to Liangxiang, asking Guo Yaoshi to lead the victorious army back to Xiongzhou. Tong Guan was also worried about Pharmacist Guo. He was worried that Pharmacist Guo was so eager to make meritorious deeds that he would actually get into trouble with the Jurchens in order to become the prefect of Yanshan Prefecture.
Following the orders of Emperor Huizong, Cai You and his party went to Youzhou to meet Zhao Liangsi. When passing through Liangxiang, they specially summoned Pharmacist Guo and ordered him to lead the victorious army back to Xiongzhou. After receiving this order, Medicine Master Guo had no choice but to carry it out, and led more than 20,000 victorious troops back to Xiongzhou.
After Cai You arrived in Youzhou, he immediately discussed with Zhao Liangsi and decided to transfer the gold and silk tribute originally paid to Liao to Jin to redeem the sixteen Youyan states.
After the discussion, Cai You and Zhao Liangsi led the main members of the Song Dynasty envoy to the Jin Kingdom Palace to pay homage to Wanyan Aguda.
Wanyan Aguda met Cai You for the first time. Cai Jing and his son had heard of Wanyan Aguda a lot; especially Cai Jing, Wanyan Aguda still admired Cai Jing because of his talents in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. For this reason, Wanyan Aguda was particularly fond of Cai You.
Cai You first expressed his intention.
Cai You said: "Dear Emperor, I have been appointed by my pilgrims to come to your country to discuss the return of the sixteen states of Youyan to our country. The Emperor knows that there is an alliance between the Song and Jin Dynasties. After they jointly conquered the Liao Dynasty, Youyan The sixteen states of Yan belong to our court. Now that the Liao Kingdom no longer exists, our court will exercise the sovereignty and management rights of the sixteen states of Youyan in accordance with the provisions of the covenant."
Wanyan Aguda said: "What the bachelor said is absolutely true. I have made arrangements for the return of the Sixteen States of Youyan. The Jin and Song Dynasties can just discuss the specific procedures and issues for the return of the Sixteen States of Youyan. .”
Cai You said: "Great Emperor, this is an obvious matter. Your country will just hand over the sixteen states of Youyan in accordance with the covenant. There are no procedures or other issues to discuss during the period."
Wanyan Aguda said, turning to look at Zhao Liangsi.
Zhao Liangsi quickly stood up and saluted Wanyan Aguda.
Wanyan Aguda said to Zhao Liangsi: "Since the signing of the alliance and the signing of the alliance, Secretary Zhao has been to our country more than ten times, and he is very clear about the situation; especially the issues and procedures for the ownership of the sixteen states of Youyan, the crown prince and the second prince I have also had discussions with your envoy, so I think there is no need for me to repeat this issue, right?"
Zhao Liangsi said: "Your Excellency, the Great Emperor. Regarding the issue of the ownership of the sixteen states of Youyan, this envoy has indeed had many discussions with the second king and the second prince. However, the redemption method proposed by the crown prince and the second prince is not accepted by our court. . Great Emperor, Song and Jin are allies, and allies must abide by their covenants."
Wanyan Aguda said: "Regarding this issue, you will have detailed discussions with the Crown Prince and the Second Prince after you go down. Today Academician Cai is here. This is a great honor for our country. I want to talk more about our friendship with Academician Cai. ." After saying that, Wanyan Agu turned to look at Cai You and asked, "How is Grand Master Cai?"
Cai You hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Emperor, for your concern. My father has always been fine."
"Is Master Cai Gui Geng?"
"If I'm not sure, it's eighty."
"Okay! Okay!" After Wanyan Aguda said yes repeatedly, he continued: "I, the Jin people, are also very familiar with Cai Taishi's talent and learning, and I personally admire him very much. Taishi Cai is eighty years old, and he is still energetic and must have something unique. Can you teach me a thing or two about how to maintain good health?”
Cai You replied: "Nothing else, I'm just infatuated with calligraphy and painting."
Wanyan Aguda laughed and said, "In this case, I can't do it anymore."
Cai You also laughed.
Immediately, Wanyan Aguda and Cai You brought the parents together. Cai You also became proud of Wanyan Aguda's kindness, and had a lively conversation with Wanyan Aguda.
Zhao Liangsi, who was beside Cai You, was anxious, thinking that just taking care of his family was not enough, he had to discuss the matter of returning the sixteen states of Youyan quickly.
Finally, Wanyan Aguda finished talking to Cai You's parents. Cai You, Zhao Liangsi and others stood up to leave, preparing to discuss the issues of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyan with Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zongwang and others.
Wanyan Aguda did not try to persuade him to stay, but said to Zhao Liangsi: "Secretary Zhao is more familiar with the situation. During the negotiation, we should have a good discussion and resolve the matter in Youyan Sixteen Prefectures as soon as possible."
Zhao Liangsi and others said goodbye to Wanyan Aguda and came to the official residence Wanyan Wu was begging to buy. When Wanyan Wu was begging to buy his official residence, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Nianhan and others were all present, obviously waiting for Zhao Liangsi and the others. After the two parties met, they immediately started a discussion on the issue of returning the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyan.
Wanyan Zongwang first proposed that there was no problem in returning the Sixteen States of Youyan, but the Southern Dynasty had to use gold and silk to redeem them, because the Sixteen States of Youyan were conquered by the Jin State, and the Southern Dynasty had to compensate the Jin State.
It seemed that the redemption of Youyan's sixteen states through gold and silk was a definite matter and could not be changed. Zhao Liangsi and Cai You agreed. Wanyan Wu begged for money and asked: "How much gold and silk will your country pay to redeem the sixteen states of Youyan?"
After Cai You and Zhao Liangsi looked at each other, Cai You replied: "Second king, your country captured the sixteen states of Youyan. It cannot be said that it is inappropriate for our country to give your country some compensation; let's do this, one price, Our country will transfer the 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk that were originally sent to the Khitan to your country, and your country will return the sixteen states of Youyan to our country."
Wanyan Zongwang, who was sitting next to Wanyan Wu begging for money, said loudly: "Too little! This is absolutely impossible!"
Zhao Liangsi said: "Second Prince, that's quite a lot. One hundred thousand taels of silver and two hundred thousand bolts of silk. Do you know how huge this amount is?"
Wanyan Zongwangzheng didn't have a specific idea of the amount of this amount, but he knew that the Song Dynasty should give them more than the Khitan, because the Khitan only maintained peaceful relations with the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty sent 100,000 yuan to the Khitan every year Two pieces of silver and two hundred thousand bolts of silk. We are returning the sixteen states of Youyan to the Song Dynasty. How can it be possible that the Song Dynasty gave the same amount to the Khitan?
So, Wanyan Zongwang explained his reasoning and then made his request: "Double it! Two hundred thousand taels of silver and four hundred thousand bolts of silk."
This guy is pretty good at math.
