Song Jue looked at Wanyanxi who prostrated himself in front of him, sighed softly, and motioned to Song Qiyun to help him get up.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, you..." Wanyanxi looked at Song Jue blankly, "What do you mean?"
"Don't be nervous. We will definitely help you with this favor, but we still need to discuss with the Duke and the General how to help." Song Jue looked at Wanyanxi with a smile, "But before that, , in order to have a deeper understanding of Wanyanping, it is better to let the general and Qiyun talk about Wanyanping a few things. This can also be regarded as a deep understanding of her and familiar with her acting style. How about ?”
"Everything is subject to His Majesty's arrangements, and the foreign ministers have no objections."
"Very good." Song Jue raised his eyebrows at Song Qiyun, "Qiyun, come first. The general will fill in the forgotten points."
"Yes!" Song Qiyun took two sips of tea to moisten his throat, looked at Wanyanxi who was sitting across from him and chuckled, "Don't be so nervous, Mr. Wanyan, we are not friends, just treat it as a chat between friends. That's it." Seeing that the other party relaxed a little, he exchanged a look with Shen Cha and said, "I'm not particularly clear about what happened too early. Let me start talking about it from three years ago. At that time, This is my first time facing Wanyan Ping on the battlefield."
"What's your impression?" Wanyanxi blinked, "Isn't it beautiful?"
"Beautiful?" Song Qiyun touched his chin, "I didn't pay attention to that. I just felt that this person was not easy to figure out and I couldn't tell what was thinking in her mind. In my opinion, this person is very scheming and has many thoughts. Delicate, she has quietly laid a trap for her before she was aware of it. When I was happily preparing to celebrate my victory, I never thought that I had fallen into her trap without even knowing it."
"Are you feeling so emotional because you were fooled?" Song Jue tilted his head and looked at his brother, "The ending was tragic?"
"It's very tragic." Shen Cha glanced at Song Qiyun, who was a little ashamed, and a smirk flashed on his face, "If Brother Xiaotian hadn't saved him and waited for an opportunity to rescue him, my brother and I would have come to apologize to His Majesty. But that was the first time he faced Wanyan Ping, so negligence was inevitable. Even my brother, me, or Brother Xiaotian couldn't figure out her thoughts every time. We could only keep testing. "
"Is Wanyanping so good at using troops?" Song Jue had heard from Shen Haolin and Shen Cha before that Wanyanping was very good at using troops. He thought that Wanyanping might be evenly matched with these two people, but he didn't expect that they were also so afraid.
"It's not that powerful. She has many strange moves. Her layouts were beyond our expectations several times. If it were us, we wouldn't do that. Later we concluded that she..." Shen Cha spread his hands, " We used all the intrigue tricks in the court to fight. We are not very good at this, and we don’t think about it. Therefore, it is easier to be confused by her. The first two times we faced her, we were really overwhelmed. We suffered a lot of losses.”
"This kind of scheming is not ordinary. Usually military commanders would not think of this. They are not keen on this kind of fighting at all." Song Jue looked at Wanyan Xi, "On this point, Master Wanyan still has to be cautious. Keep it in mind so you don’t make the same mistakes again.”
"Yes, the foreign minister will remember it." Wanyanxi bowed slightly. He looked at Song Qiyun and then at Chen Cha, "Actually, I want to know more, they...oh, I mean Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping How did we get to this stage of betrayal and separation? Just... Brother Yuwen once sent me a letter. A few years before Wanyan Zongcheng became king, the people still supported them. After all, the people didn't understand the struggle for kingship. They support whoever keeps them fed and clothed. But why has their reputation declined so much during this period? Have they really done something unforgivable?"
"In addition to what we just said, in fact, the Kingdom of Jin has not been so peaceful in recent years. The merchants of the Kingdom of Jin in Jiaping Pass understand this very well."
"Businessmen from the Kingdom of Jin?" Wanyanxi suddenly said, "Oh, I remembered that there are many shops opened by Jin people and Liao people on Changxing Street."
"Border trade is one of the most important components of border customs. We have no objection to Jin Kingdom merchants doing business, as long as they don't violate our laws and don't do things they shouldn't do." Shen Cha nodded, "About It was three years ago, when His Highness faced Wanyan Ping for the first time on the battlefield, that complaints about her from businessmen from the Kingdom of Jin began to reach our ears."
"Are they... very harsh on the merchants of the Jin Kingdom?" Wanyan Xiyi frowned, "Brother Yu Wen once said that the life of merchants is not easy."
"It's not that easy. We also learned some things. Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping classified the merchants of the Jin Kingdom into several levels. These merchants who do business with Xia, Liao and other countries have the heaviest tax burden. Then there are the big merchants who have the support of nobles as their backers. The other small merchants are not particularly affected, but overall, the additional taxes they need to bear are at least double what they were before."
"Wanyanping holds most of the military power of the Jin Kingdom. Since ancient times, raising soldiers has been a huge expense. Moreover, she has no property herself, so she can only rely on this method to make money. Otherwise, her military power will be We will no longer be able to hold on to power." Bai Meng sneered, "When Wanyan Zongcheng first came to the throne, it seemed that a lot of taxes were reduced, and the people of the Jin Kingdom were quite happy. This was also because they supported Wanyan Zongcheng. The main reason for Yan Zongcheng and Wan Yanping. Unexpectedly, within two days of the good days, the nightmare came."
"Increasing taxes is one thing, and another thing is that since Wanyan Zongcheng became king, he has not dared to go against the clan and nobles. Even if his daughter has a heavy army, he is not willing to fall out with these people, at least not openly. Falling out. Therefore, whenever a descendant of a clan or aristocrat makes a mistake, as long as the other party is an ordinary civilian, even if he has a little foundation, he will calm down the matter. At best, he will persuade the clan relatives to discipline their children, which symbolizes Sexually, he gave the victim some money as compensation."
"Even if it's a serious crime like murder and arson?"
Wanyanxi couldn't believe his own ears. He knew that some members of the clan and nobles were more playboys and idled around all day doing nothing. It was the same when his father and brother were still there. But he was young at that time, and no matter how much he made a fuss, nothing would come of it. It was not like the behavior of clan members and nobles now, which was really beyond his imagination.
"That's right." Shen Cha nodded, "Even if it's such a serious crime, as long as the person standing behind the crime is Wanyan Zongcheng's family who doesn't want to fall out with him, he can get away with it and continue to live his small life."
"Confused!" Wanyanxi was so angry that her face became even more ugly, and she shivered and shrank into a ball, "They...since they got the throne, why didn't they...treat it well instead of destroying it? What good will it do them to destroy the Kingdom of Jin?"
"The benefit should be that the Wanyan clan and the big nobles have begun to reflect. If they had not supported Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping's rebellion, or had not stood by while they rebelled, none of this would have happened. If they had If they remain silent now, sooner or later, the fate of those civilians will befall them." Song Qiyun patted Wan Yanxi gently, "So, they began to look for other ways."
"These people may support sincerely, or they may have their own agenda in the name of support, but in the end they are separated from Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyanping. Moreover, in order to further attack Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyanping, they We must confront them no matter what happens, just like the continuous natural disasters in the Jin Kingdom in the past year. If we had handled it properly at the beginning, the situation would not have been so serious, and there would not have been as many refugees as there are now."
"What... does this mean?" Wanyanxi swallowed, "Is this situation man-made?"
"It is said that Wanyan and Master Wen were the first to express their disapproval of disaster relief, and other clan members and nobles followed suit, which led to the current situation."
"Impossible, Brother Yuwen is not this kind of person!" Wanyanxi shook his head like a rattle, "He said in the letter he wrote to me that he has sent people to relieve the disaster and resettle the victims. He is absolutely You won’t lie to me!”
