Huang Shang asked: "What do you think will happen if Ambassador Xia dies in the post house?"
Qiao Feng said: "Song Xia has restarted the war."
Huang Shang asked again: "The Song Dynasty has just been defeated. Will it perish if we fight again?"
Qiao Feng said: "Probably not, but many more people will inevitably die."
Huang Shang nodded and said: "Ma Dayuan must also be able to think of these things you think of."
Qiao Feng pondered and asked, "Then why does he still do this?"
Huang Shang said: "For the sake of reputation. Song and Xia are at odds with each other. Xia Gang just defeated Song Dynasty. When Xia envoys came to the peace talks, they had to show off their power, and Song Dynasty had to pay a price. Xia Gang just killed more than 200,000 of us. How cruel it was. At this time After killing the Xia envoy, the people at the bottom will not think that this will restart the war and more people will die. They will only think that the assassin is a great hero and will have the pleasure of revenge. Even if the war starts again, as long as the guidance is good, No one would think it was caused by an assassin, and people at the bottom are the easiest to be fooled."
Qiao Feng asked: "Just for the sake of fame, so many people have to die in vain?"
Huang Shang said: "Maybe without Qiao Feng, he wouldn't have done this, but with Qiao Feng in the Beggar Clan, he wants to compete with you for the support of the lower-level gang members. This choice cannot be wrong. As for how many more people died, he thinks Even if he still has a conscience, as long as he hypnotizes himself that Song and Xia have been fighting for so many years without him, then the next war should have nothing to do with his assassination of the Xia envoy, and it will be easy to feel at ease, even You can still feel complacent about your feat of assassinating the Xia envoy."
Qiao Feng felt chilled in his heart. Is this still Brother Ma whom he has always respected?
Qiao Feng asked: "Since Master is here, why didn't you stop him?"
Huang Shang said: "First of all, they can't succeed."
Helian Tieshu had Ding Chunqiu by his side. As long as Qiao Feng didn't take action, it would be useless no matter how many people came from the Beggar Clan.
Huang Shang didn't say that he recognized Ma Dayuan at first sight. He even urged Ding Chunqiu to kill Ma Dayuan, but he didn't need to say it out loud.
Huang Shang continued: "Second, I am responsible for receiving the Xia envoy, but I am a civil servant and am not responsible for protecting him. Even if they have to take action, it will be the guards of the post house who take action, not me."
"Thirdly, and most importantly, what you see is that Song cannot defeat Xia and has to sue for peace, but what I see is that Xia's desire for peace is more urgent."
Qiao Feng was stunned and asked, "Why?"
Huang Shang said: "Xia will never be able to destroy Song. Xia knows it, Song knows it, and everyone knows it. So the purpose of Xia's war is just to extort money. However, last year, the Empress Dowager Liang teamed up with her brother Xiangguo Liang Yi to imprison the emperor. Monopolizing power has led to many internal conflicts, which can be described as internal and external troubles. If the war continues, they will collapse first. So even if the Xia envoy is killed, they will not continue the war, and we don’t even need to find excuses ourselves. They will Make good excuses for us and absolve us of responsibility.”
This is also the reason why Huang Shang has not been used to him since he met Xia Shi.
Qiao Feng nodded, so it turns out that this information is beyond their control at this level. Even if they can find out some information, they cannot dig deeply.
The truth must be in the hands of a few people. Ordinary people’s information comes from hearsay. It is difficult to distinguish true from false. Cheating often has the opposite effect.
Qiao Feng sighed, and Huang Shang asked, "Do you regret joining the Beggar Clan?"
Qiao Feng replied without hesitation: "I don't regret it."
Huang Shang said: "I have already seen that you are not getting along, you can't feel it yourself."
Of course Qiao Feng could feel it. Although he didn't analyze it as thoroughly as Huang Shang, there was no doubt that this matter was deliberately carried out behind his back, and he had already sensed the small gang at the top of the Beggars Gang.
Qiao Feng was a little sad, but his will remained firm and unwavering, saying: "Master, what Brother Ma and the others did, doesn't it prove that my path is right? They had no choice but to take this step."
Huang Shang was stunned. He didn't expect Qiao Feng to see the problem from this perspective. The disengagement from the top management only made him more sure of his position.
Huang Shang pointed out that the reason why Qiao Feng was able to advance so rapidly was not because he was on the right path, but because he was in the world of martial arts and he had powerful martial arts. Without the blessing of martial arts, even if his ability and character are better than Ma Dayuan, he is not Ma Dayuan's opponent. Selflessness is the real reason why he and the senior officials of the Beggar Clan are at odds with each other.
But this is indeed the world of martial arts. If Huang Shang said such things, it would be nonsense. Suddenly I felt that Qiao Feng was really lucky to be able to live in the world of martial arts.
Qiao Feng became more and more courageous as he became more frustrated, so Huang Shang could only save his words. Huang Shang left, and Qiao Feng started a new day with confidence.
The heroes of the world did not intimidate Helian Tieshu. With the military power of the Xia Kingdom's cavalry, the lion opened its mouth twice as much as in the Qingli peace negotiation that year, and even reiterated the requirement of "claiming to be a man but not a minister".
The emperor gave the bottom line for peace negotiations. Money is not an issue, but it is absolutely impossible not to surrender. Xia has already professed its vassalage to Liao, so what if it doesn't do so to Song?
Song Dynasty could not give up his dignity and spend more money to avoid disaster, but his face must not be ambiguous and his reputation must not be lost.
When we arrived at Huang Shang's place, before even talking about face, he refused to give in to the lining alone and didn't want to pull out a hair. He couldn't tell how wealthy the Song Dynasty was.
Helian Tieshu was so angry that his teeth ached. He had never heard that the Song Dynasty would care about money. How could he be so unlucky to meet such a tough guy?
Helian Tieshu scratched his lips, but Huang Shang was just indifferent, always rambling indifferently. Huang Shang only agreed to open a trade market. As for the money called "war reparations" or "year-giving coins", he didn't have any money.
In Huang Shang's words, as long as the Song Dynasty was willing to trade with Xia, Xia would have taken advantage of it. The implicit meaning was that the Song Dynasty would cut off trade with Xia if they could not reach an agreement.
Huang Shang's clumsy negotiation method not only annoyed Xia's envoys, but also made the Song negotiators at a loss. This completely went against the emperor's wishes.
Finally, the feedback was sent to the emperor, and Huang Shang came forward to explain to the emperor: "The talks have not collapsed, which means that the bottom line we have given is too high, and our opponents may want peace more than we do."
Huang Shang and the emperor carefully explained the situation of the Xia Kingdom. Now they are completely fierce and jealous. If they were really strong and negotiated like this, they would have returned to the country to reorganize their troops and fight again.
The emperor did not know everything about some information, but relied on guesswork, but no one dared to be as sure as Huang Shang.
The emperor has always valued Huang Shang. Since Huang Shang is so confident, let him play freely. Anyway, the war is over. This kind of negotiation that drags the Dazhao family can continue for as long as they like, and the Song Dynasty will not suffer any loss.
(End of chapter)
