The matter of the Sui coins comes from the Lin'an Peace Treaty signed in black and white. Now that Chen Kangbo is saying this, doesn't he clearly intend to default on it?
Do you really think that war with the Ming Dynasty is harmful?
Kong Maojie was very unhappy.
So Kong Maojie said: "That is the Southern Dynasty's own matter, and the Southern Dynasty will solve it on its own. Ming Dynasty does not need to know the process, as long as it gets the result. No matter what you do, the annual coin cannot be less. This is the principle."
Chen Kangbo looked embarrassed and "fighted" again.
"My emperor has tried his best to put down the rebellion and provide relief to the victims. However, his ability is limited and his finances are exhausted. He has to use annual coins to fund the military to exterminate the bandits. Otherwise, the bandits will rise up and our country will be in chaos and the country will be in crisis. Can the country get more annual coins?
Moreover, there were so many victims that the imperial court could not provide relief at all. Every day, they received news that the victims were starving to death. The imperial court was also very sad about this. It took this step out of desperation and asked the country to show mercy to the living beings of the Song Dynasty! Give the creatures of the Song Dynasty a way to survive! "
Chen Kangbo bowed deeply and looked sad, as if he had really come to plead for the people of the Song Dynasty.
Kong Maojie's face moved slightly when he heard this, but in the end he shook his head.
"In the final analysis, this is the Southern Dynasty's own problem. The Southern Dynasty failed to solve its internal problems, but asked the Ming Dynasty to bear the losses. This is unreasonable. Moreover, the peace treaty signed by the two countries clearly stipulated the amount of annual coins that the Southern Dynasty needed to deliver, in black and white. , can it still be changed?”
Chen Kangbo sighed.
"It is precisely because of this consideration that our emperor sent foreign ministers to the country to ask for forgiveness and give our country a chance to breathe. Otherwise, the people will be in trouble and their lives will be ruined. I heard that His Majesty the Ming Emperor is benevolent and righteous and loves the people. Is this true? Is this a scene that your country would like to see?"
Chen Kangbo directly placed himself on the commanding heights of benevolence and morality, trying to refute Kong Maojie from a high position.
At this moment, if Kong Maojie continues to insist on the wording of the treaty, he will certainly win, but he will be at a moral disadvantage. .
Although Kong Maojie had a profound theoretical foundation and a firm revolutionary will, he was still slightly deficient in sophistry. Faced with Chen Kangbo, a veteran Southern Song politician who was good at confusing right and wrong to attack political opponents, he was still a little immature and it was difficult to refute him.
As a big win-win player, Su Yonglin always adheres to the principle of winning twice and never lets his opponent have the upper hand, even just verbally.
He saw through the situation between the two sides at this moment, saw through Chen Kangbo's tactics and Kong Maojie's problems in dealing with it.
So he decided to kill himself.
Seeing that Kong Maojie was going to continue to refute, Su Yonglin coughed lightly, and Kong Maojie stepped back and did not continue.
Su Yonglin took over this topic personally.
He didn't say anything else, just asked a question.
"I heard that the Southern Emperor is building a palace in Lin'an City?"
Chen Kangbo was stunned, and the envoys such as Yu Yunwen and Lu You were also stunned. They were very surprised by Su Yonglin's unruly surprise attack.
this……
This is of course true.
But under such a situation, Su Yonglin telling such a fact can be regarded as a decisive blow for Chen Kangbo.
Chen Kangbo's moral high ground was instantly shaken by Su Yonglin's violent impact, and he was about to fall to the ground and become the laughing stock of everyone.
However, Su Yonglin's skills as the yin and yang monster king have just begun to show off.
"The national destiny of the Southern Dynasty was very difficult, with constant natural and man-made disasters, the finances were exhausted, and it was difficult to survive. Even the annual coins could not be collected. However, even under such difficulties, the emperor had to carry out large-scale construction of the palace. This was probably going to take several years. Billions of dollars are more than enough, so it can be seen that the emperor of the Southern Dynasties must be very filial, right?"
After a period of outputting his views, Chen Kangbo suddenly found that his moral high ground was no longer stable.
The civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty in the palace were still whispering to each other just now, but now they all showed ridicule and anger, and they all looked at the Southern Song envoy in the palace with unkind eyes.
Chen Kangbo and others' faces turned red and white, and they felt very embarrassed.
But this matter is indeed true, and there is really no way to prevent Su Yonglin from knowing.
There was a lot of construction work going on in Lin'an, there was such a big movement, and there were so many business travelers coming and going, it was hard to say that there were no businessmen from the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible not to let them know about it.
Once they knew it, it wouldn't take long for the news to be spread all the way back to the central capital. Finally, it would fall on Su Yonglin's ears, and it would become a killer in the palace.
You said that you asked Ming Dynasty to reduce the annual currency for the sake of the common people?
So why did you spend billions of dollars to build a luxurious palace for Zhao Gou?
The huge conflicts caused Chen Kangbo to lose his moral high ground. The tragic scene just now was instantly reduced to a clown-like performance, and it became obvious that he was right.
Chen Kangbo was so embarrassed that he almost wanted to dig a hole and bury his head in it. It would be best if he could disappear in an instant and escape from here.
But he couldn't do it.
And Su Yonglin has not stopped outputting yet, he is still continuing to output.
"If you have the money to build a palace for the Supreme Emperor, but if you don't have the money to pay the Ming Dynasty coins, the treasury of the Southern Dynasties is really a bit unreliable."
This full of ridicule directly amused the civil and military officials of the court. The civil and military officials no longer concealed it and laughed loudly. The laughing envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty were embarrassed and felt as if there were ants crawling and biting them, and they were uncomfortable.
"As the saying goes, once you are old, twice you are familiar. It seems that the fundamental reason why the Southern Dynasty treasury refused to pay for life is that we go less and meet less, so we are not familiar with each other. Otherwise, I will not be familiar with you again. Send a hundred thousand troops south to Lin'an to visit the Southern Dynasty's treasury?"
As soon as Su Yonglin said these words, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty laughed even louder, but Chen Kangbo and others could not laugh.
Isn’t this naked military deterrence?
Bullying us that the Song Dynasty has no army that can fight?
It seems...there really isn't.
Although he knew that Su Yonglin's words were mostly a joke, Chen Kangbo was still very embarrassed.
But after all, Chen Kangbo was a veteran politician and a master of sophistry. He had been at the top of the Southern Song Dynasty politics for a long time without falling behind. He was reviled several times and climbed to the top tenaciously. These ups and downs in the officialdom had already trained him to be intangible with emotions and anger. Color ability.
Although he was embarrassed and panicked in his heart, he was still solemn and calm on the outside, motionless as a mountain. This psychological endurance was really very strong.
Faced with Su Yonglin's attack that drove him off the moral high ground with ridicule and criticism, he did not admit defeat, stood up tenaciously, and decided to attack again.
If the banner of benevolence and righteousness can no longer be waved, then raise another banner!
filial piety!
"Your Majesty, the emperor of our country built a palace for the Supreme Emperor to honor the Supreme Emperor's wish. It is actually a filial piety for the son of man. Filial piety is the road of human ethics. The ancients praised it. Although the country does not like Confucianism, is filial piety wrong?"
Chen Kangbo waved the banner with the word "filial piety" and launched a counterattack against Su Yonglin. His fighting will was still very strong.
Su Yonglin twirled his beard and nodded slightly.
"Filial piety does not belong to Confucianism. Filial piety is a beautiful virtue that a person should have. It belongs to the principles of nature and has nothing to do with Confucianism. You don't need to mention Confucianism. Filial piety is also highly respected by the Ming Dynasty. Those who are unfilial will not be able to gain the people of the Ming Dynasty. approved."
"This is it!"
Chen Kangbo was overjoyed and said: "In this case, my emperor is pure filial piety and is willing to use the strength of the whole country to respect the emperor and let the emperor spend his old age in peace and enjoy the happiness of family. This is human nature, what is wrong with it?"
Chen Kangbo felt that he had occupied the high ground of absolute victory in this situation and would never lose.
How to lose?
The banner of [filial piety] is raised high, I will ask you how to lose!
However, as the king of people in the Ming Dynasty, Su Yonglin, how could he be at a disadvantage because of such remarks that secretly changed the concept?
