The eunuch in the house took the box back to the main hall to meet Emperor Song, handed the box to Emperor Song, and relayed the words of the Liao envoy.

When Emperor Song heard this, his face darkened immediately, and he opened the box. There was a map and a letter inside.

The eunuch and the left minister stepped forward to help open the map, which was the topographic map of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Emperor Song opened the letter, glanced at it, and his expression suddenly changed.

Zuo Xiang was surprised, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what's the matter? What did Emperor Liao say in the letter?"

Emperor Song calmed down and smiled slightly: "It's nothing... I'm a little tired, Prime Minister Zuo, you can go down first."

Zuo Xiang saw that Emperor Song was not telling the truth, but it was inconvenient for him to ask more questions, so he bowed his hands and withdrew.

"Internal Servant, bring the Liao Kingdom envoy to me!"

The eunuchs went out and led the envoys of the Liao Kingdom in after a while.

Emperor Song threw the letter in front of the envoy of Liao Kingdom, and said with a sullen face, "What does the emperor of Liao Kingdom mean by writing this letter?"

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom picked up the letter and said with a slight smile: "The letter has made it very clear.

My Daliao is willing to cede half of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty, and the two countries will stop fighting.

If His Majesty insists on refusing, then we can only talk to Wu Tian directly.According to the news received by our Liao Kingdom, Wu Tian is quite dissatisfied with His Majesty, and this time he went out to the expedition, but because he owed the favor of the Prime Minister of the Left.

Now, he has the military power in his hands, occupies Bazhou, controls Yanmen, Jiameng, Dongguan and other places, and is powerful. Your Majesty, you can do nothing to him.

"If at this time, our Liao Kingdom cedes all the remaining fifteen prefectures to Wu Tian in exchange for peace, I believe Wu Tian will not refuse.

But for His Majesty, not only did you not get an inch of land, but you lost three passes and one county, and you also cultivated a strong enemy.

In the future, as long as Wu Tian wants to seize the Central Plains, he only needs to send his troops south and cross the Yellow River, and he can go straight to the city of Tokyo!

At that time, Your Majesty, do you think you can still sit safely in this high position? "

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom stared at Emperor Song and smiled meaningfully.

These Song emperors are most afraid of four words.

Gong, Gao, Zhen, Lord!

really!

Emperor Song's heart skipped a beat, his brows were furrowed.

After a long time, his restless heart calmed down, looked at the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and sneered: "Do you, the Liao Kingdom, think that I am a three-year-old child and want to use this kind of indecent divorce plan to separate our monarchs and ministers? Dreaming!"

"Go back and tell Emperor Liao to return all the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to Song Dynasty, and to pay tribute every year!"

Chapter 134

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom looked calm, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, your conditions are too harsh. Although my Daliao army is defeated, there are still 50 million people to fight.

Even if Wu Tian could capture the Sixteen States of Yanyun, he would have to pay a heavy price.

As for letting the Liao Kingdom pay tribute every year, it is not impossible at all! "

"Since it's impossible, don't talk about it! See off!"

Emperor Song flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was ashamed and angry, but he could only bear it back and turned to leave.

As soon as he left the palace gate, he happened to meet Gao Lian coming out of the imperial hospital.

Gao Qiu once represented the Song Dynasty as an envoy to the Liao State, and he knew the envoy of the Liao State.

"Master Gao, what's going on with your face?"

Gao Qiu recognized the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Gao Mou accidentally tripped over the threshold when he was going to court, and fell down."

"So that's the case. It just so happened that I brought some high-quality medicine from the Liao Kingdom. Mr. Gao, come and sit with me. How about I just give it to you?"

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom laughed.

Emperor Song resolutely rejected his request, and the Liao Kingdom was at stake.

He could only change direction, start with Gao Qiu, and let him persuade Emperor Song.

Gao Qiu pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Since the messenger is so kind, then Gao Qiu will not bother you."

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom and Gao Qiu took sedan chairs and entered the post station in the east of the city.

Entering the post station, Gao Lian was waiting in the lobby, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom entered the bedroom, and came out with a box after a while.

"Master Gao, all these medicines are in the box, take a look."

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom put the box on the table.

Gao Lian opened it and saw that there were two small tin boxes and a stack of bank notes inside the box.

"This……"

"Master Gao, the silver note in this box is a total of 100 million taels. It is a wish from this emissary. Please accept it, Mr. Gao."

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom smiled slightly.

Gao Qiu was surprised, 100 million taels, which is equivalent to 20.00% of Da Song's annual tax!

"Master Messenger, Gao Mou really dare not accept so much money, please take it back, Lord Messenger."

Although Gao Qiu was greedy for money, he was still very clear-headed. It was impossible for the envoy of the Liao Kingdom to give him 100 million taels of silver for nothing.

The envoy of Liao Kingdom smiled, walked over and patted Gao Qiu on the shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, Mr. Gao. I will not let Mr. Gao do dangerous things. Besides, this matter is also good for Mr. Gao."

Gao Qiu frowned slightly, feeling more and more uncertain.

"The thing is like this, my Liao Kingdom is willing to cede half of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to make peace with Song Dynasty, but Emperor Song is not willing, and emphasizes that Wu Tian will recover Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and we Liao Kingdom will continue to court every year. , pay tribute every year."

"Such a condition, my Liao Kingdom will naturally not agree."

Gao Qiu understood the meaning of the Liao envoy.

"Master Messenger, do you want me to help you persuade my Majesty to agree to your terms?"

The envoy of Liao Kingdom nodded.

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