Not a drop left?
Are you just crying about poverty again?
Zhou Zhi smiled coldly.
They still have some understanding of the economic conditions of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Right?
You are obviously very rich. I heard that the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou still has many unfinished palaces. Can't the money be used to pay compensation to the Ming Dynasty?
Of course, considering your embarrassment, if it's seven million, let's not talk about it if it's a penny less.
Shi Hao continued to cry about poverty and proposed a plan of 5.8 million yuan.
He hoped that Ming Dynasty would consider the difficulty of the Southern Song Dynasty. If such a large sum of money was handed over, they would have a big economic crisis and the people would suffer.
When Zhou Zhi heard this, he became furious.
"A few months ago, our chief of staff Xin Qiji went south to visit the Southern Dynasty. He told us that at that time he saw a large number of refugees near Lin'an City. Lin'an was such an important place where the emperor of the Southern Dynasty lived. Can refugees appear?
You didn't have any compensation at that time, and you didn't even need to pay the coins because the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Jin Kingdom. Despite this, did the people's lives get better? Not necessarily? Do you literary stars really care about the lives of ordinary people? Stop lying to me! If you have money, you will only spend your days and nights on your own. Who cares about the people? ! "
Zhou Zhi slapped the table and became furious, which made Shi Hao feel that he was a censor specializing in examining corrupt officials, and was quite surprised.
But this surprise was meaningless, because Zhou Zhi still wanted money, and he wouldn't let go of the seven million dollars.
Shi Hao had no choice but to continue to raise the price. He endured the heartache and raised the price to six million yuan. He also said that this was the limit and could not be higher.
Zhou Zhi was relieved when he saw this and lowered the price to 6.5 million yuan.
Shi Hao couldn't accept it, so he added another 50,000 coins and mentioned 6.05 million coins.
"Xianggong Shi, it is wrong for you to do this. I will pay you half a million guan for a reduction, and you will only get 50,000 guan for a raise. What do you mean? Is the Southern Dynasty really sincere about peace talks with the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhou Zhixue saw that Zhou Zhi was in a bad mood, so he took over Zhou Zhi and Shi Hao's back-and-forth, quarreling with each other.
In the end, the two sides barely reached an agreement on the figure of 6.2 million coins.
The one-time war reparations for this war were set at 6.2 million dollars.
Of course, this cannot be taken out in one go. The Southern Song Dynasty hopes to give a little bit every year for five or six years to give their finances a breather.
Zhou Zhixue also immediately put forward a new request - a deferment is possible, but interest needs to be paid. The money that Daming should have received will have to be delayed for several years. It is impossible without interest. The money can be repaid in five years. Yes, you have to pay a certain amount of interest every year as a late payment fee.
There is no other way, what else can we do?
When someone defeats you, you have to admit it.
Shi Hao decided to hold his nose and endure the humiliation.
The issue of war reparations has almost been discussed. Next is the issue of currency, the issue of ceded territory and the nominal issues between the two countries after the war. These issues involve a wide range of issues and cannot be decided by Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue alone.
They said that they had reported the matter to Su Yonglin and would receive new instructions soon, so they would not negotiate until then. Of course, they would not launch a military attack on Lin'an and asked the Southern Song Dynasty to restrain their troops. Don't cause any friction with the Ming army.
Otherwise, all consequences will be borne by the Southern Song Dynasty.
Shi Hao nodded and agreed to the Ming army's request.
When they were about to say goodbye and leave, Zhou Zhi stopped Shi Hao and stepped forward to talk to him cordially.
"The army has gone through a lot of things and suffered a lot since it came here. Now that the war has ceased, it needs some rewards. But I don't have anything good, so I hope that the Southern Dynasty can reward the army with cattle and wine. I wonder if the Southern Dynasty can Promise?"
Zhou Zhi's face was filled with a cheerful smile.
Hearing this, Shi Hao also had a wry smile on his face.
"Naturally, naturally, the army needs to be rewarded. I will go back and prepare now. I will prepare now..."
After returning to Lin'an City, Shi Hao brought the results of the first stage of the negotiations to Zhao Hao. Although he was mentally prepared, Zhao Hao couldn't bear it when he knew that the Ming army actually wanted 10 million yuan in money at the beginning. He smashed the tea bowl in his hand.
"It's too much!"
"Since ancient times, winners have tried their best to blackmail the losers. The losers can only accept it, otherwise they will bear greater responsibilities. Your Majesty, please be patient no matter what. Only by being patient can you gain hope. Just like Gou Jian!"
Shi Hao spoke sincerely.
Zhao Xin took a few deep breaths and gradually calmed down his restless heart.
"I understand. I'll leave the rest to you, sir."
"I will do my best to obtain the greatest concessions from the Ming Dynasty for Your Majesty!"
Goodbye Shi Hao.
The Southern Song Dynasty was ready to swallow the bitter fruit of this defeat, and on the other side, Su Yonglin, who was far away in Zhongdu, finally learned the outcome of the war.
After the war began, people kept sending frontline battle reports back to the rear. Su Yonglin was not worried about the army's battle situation, because in his opinion, the infantry of the Southern Song Dynasty was far from the opponent of the Ming army.
Those [professional soldiers] in the Southern Song Dynasty army who were more professional in gambling and drinking than fighting were certainly good at gambling and drinking, but they were all laymen when it came to fighting.
The only thing he worried about was the navy, because the navy in the Southern Song Dynasty was still professional.
But he did not expect that the Ming Navy would perform so well this time, defeating many fleets of the Southern Song Dynasty, and even destroying the main fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wiping out the entire Mingzhou Navy.
This is enough to prove that the Ming Navy has developed the ability to dominate East Asia. If it continues to develop, it will not be difficult to completely crush the naval power of the Southern Song Dynasty.
This is indeed a happy event.
Of course, the victory of the navy did not stop there. According to the battle report, the navy also destroyed several important salt fields of the Southern Song Dynasty along the coast, blocked Suzhou Yangtze, detained all merchant ships, and obtained all commodity rights as spoils of war. This severely damaged the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The blow to salt and commerce was perhaps more unbearable to the Southern Song Dynasty than the military blow.
There is not much to say about the Army's war situation.
The only unit of the Song Army that dared to confront the Ming Army head-on was Liu Qi's army, but Liu Qi tried his best and failed to stop the Ming Army from going south. It is said that Liu Qi is dead now. Although Yangzhou is still trapped, it is no longer able to fight. What impact will it have?
After this battle, the main force of the army in the Jianghuai Theater of the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the main force of the navy was destroyed, the military strength suffered heavy losses, and the entire theater was abandoned.
Jiankang Prefecture's 70,000 troops, Zhenjiang Prefecture's 40,000 troops, and the Forbidden Army's strength of about 50,000 people. Although the organization may not be complete, on the surface, the Ming Army annihilated the 50,000-horse infantry force. The Song army's 160,000-strong army marched straight into an uninhabited country, which was an absolute victory.
The Song Army suffered heavy losses, and it took five or six years to recover from the loss of military power in a war zone.
Su Yonglin can be sure that after this battle, the Southern Song Dynasty's military strength was greatly damaged, and it was basically unable to stop the Ming army from going south. It was also difficult to forcefully prevent the development of the power of the Fuxing Society internally. This would create a good opportunity for the Fuxing Society to bloom throughout the Southern Song Dynasty.
The death knell of the Southern Song Dynasty has sounded. As for when it will be buried completely, it depends on how much money those who want it to continue to live are willing to spend.
The other aspect that surprised Su Yonglin was the fact that Zhao Gouxian abdicated and Zhao Han succeeded to the throne at the speed of light and took the blame.
If you want to talk about Zhao Gou, he is a real dog.
Su Yonglin could see that after this battle, Zhao Gou would definitely abdicate and Zhao Min would come to power, so he felt that Zhao Gou should abdicate after being defeated and signing the treaty, taking all the blame and then abdicating, in order to create a good situation for Zhao Min. political environment.
As a result, he didn't expect that Zhao Gou was such a badass. Facing the Ming army's advance, he not only ran away, but also simply threw the throne to Zhao Hao, letting Zhao Hao take the blame, and he fled happily.
To be honest, when meeting such a superb former emperor, the new emperor would definitely want to scold him ten thousand times.
You're already in this state, and instead of taking the blame and stepping down, you actually just throw the blame away... You really don't want the Southern Song Dynasty to continue, right?
Looking at this report, Su Yonglin was speechless.
