The two came to the central army tent and sat down. Li Yanqing asked his personal soldiers to serve tea. Liu Wei took a sip of hot tea and continued with a smile. "After the alliance, Jin Xia signed another copy. If Xixia encounters a crisis of destruction, the Jin Kingdom must accept and protect the nobles and important officials of Xixia, and help Xixia restore the country. There are more detailed terms. It should be based on this article that the powerful and nobles of Xixia began to transfer their property. If I guess correctly, Xixia should have asked Jin Kingdom for help many times."

"That's right. I know that Xixia has asked the Jin Kingdom for help twice, but the Jin soldiers in Datong Prefecture have remained unmoved. This is enough to show that the Jin Kingdom does not want to turn against us now, and it also shows that the Jin Kingdom's conquest of the troops in the northern part of the Mobei region is not going well."

"When it comes to conquering Mobei, I heard a news that Marshal should support Mobei's troops behind their backs!"

Of course Li Yanqing knew that this was Liu Ziyu telling his father. He pondered for a moment and said, "I know this matter will be made public sooner or later, but the matter has not been successful yet and cannot be known by the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, the Jin soldiers of Datong will send troops to destroy it. So I hope that Liu Jingluo will keep this matter confidential and even the court cannot say it!"

Liu Wei was shocked and hurriedly said, "I understand the importance of this matter, and of course it will be absolutely confidential. But is Marshal Du hinting at the court that someone colludes with the Jin Kingdom?"

"Liu Jingluo felt that all the ministers in the court were loyal and upright, and did not collude with the Jin Dynasty?"

Liu Wei was silent, how could it be possible? There are no shortage of treacherous charity in any dynasty, so how could the Song Dynasty be exception?

After a moment of silence, he nodded, "Li Dushuai was right. This matter is of great importance and must be kept strictly confidential. Dogzi told me about this matter, and I have repeatedly told him not to disclose it at all."

Li Yanqing said lightly: "I am not deliberately hiding the court, but I just want to wait until this matter is done before reporting to the court. If someone is dissatisfied with me and said that Li Yanqing is not in the court, then I have no choice."

"If that's the case, I'm willing to share part of the responsibility for Li Dushuai. This matter was decided by Li Dushuai and me after discussing it."

Looking at Liu Wei's upright gaze, Li Yanqing was moved. He smiled and asked again: "Tell me about Hexi! What's the situation in Hexi?"

"Hexi is very smooth. I have taken Shazhou. Currently, I stationed 5,000 troops in Dunhuang County, Shazhou. I will set up the Hexi temporary governor's office in Zhangye County, Ganzhou. When will Dushuai be invited to inspect Hexi?"

"Of course I have to go, but it won't work now. Let's talk about it when Xixia is destroyed! Actually, I am more concerned about whether the people of Hexi are willing to rely on the Song Dynasty?"

Liu Wei smiled slightly, "If they were convinced and loyal to the Song Dynasty, it would not be realistic. In fact, it was mainly interests. My taxes were much lower than those in Xixia, and they were exempted from taxes for the first three years, and they recognized the pastures left by their ancestors and did not infringe on their property. These interests and sincerity were enough to allow them to accept the rule of the Song Dynasty and lay the foundation for the Song Dynasty to take over Hexi smoothly. I have written to the court and asked the court to send officials to accept Hexi as soon as possible."

Li Yanqing said in silence: "I have recommended Liu Jingluo to the court as the first Hexi Chief Inspector, and I believe the court will accept my suggestions."

Liu Wei shook his head, "Not necessarily!"

Li Yanqing knew the words in Liu Wei, and the two were silent for a moment. After a moment, Liu Wei whispered: "Is the Supreme Emperor really going to restore the throne?"

Li Yanqing noticed that Liu Wei used the slightly derogatory word for restoration, rather than the word for restoration, which shows that he did not want Zhao Ji to ascend the throne again. Li Yanqing pondered for a moment: "I can tell Liu Jingluo clearly that I will firmly defend the throne of the official family. It is me who supports the official family ascends the throne, and I will never allow anyone to overthrow him. This is my principle. If Liu Jingluo is different from me, we should avoid talking about this matter."

Liu Wei laughed, "I am also a supporter of the official family. Frankly speaking, I do not agree with the Supreme Emperor ascending the throne again. The Song Dynasty must move forward, and have youthful vitality and vitality, rather than regress. I admit that the Supreme Emperor is scheming and skillful, but the Song Dynasty is becoming increasingly corrupt, and he has unshirkable responsibilities. On the contrary, the official family is a good emperor. Perhaps he is a little weak in the Jin Dynasty, but he is diligent, frugal, self-disciplined, able to cherish the people, and committed to the restoration of prosperity of the Song Dynasty. With this, we should fully support him."

Li Yanqing nodded, "I hope that the great victory of Xixia can bring prestige to the official family and support his throne."

"So I want to persuade Du Shuai, it is better to destroy Xixia than to stop it."

"Did Jingluo Liu hear any news?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Wei lowered his voice and said, "I got a news on the road yesterday. Qin Hui was patrolling Xihe Road to win over the prefect of Fengxiang Yao Xiuhong. Yao Xiuhong pretended to accept his favor. Qin Hui told Yao Xiuhong after drinking that the Supreme Emperor had controlled half of the Imperial Guard and Lin'an garrison, and that a coup was likely to occur. Yao Xiuhong immediately sent someone to send me a letter."

Li Yanqing took a few steps behind his hands. At about this time in history, the Liu and Miao mutiny occurred. He thought he had changed history and the Liu and Miao mutiny would not happen again. Now he suddenly realized that the Liu and Miao mutiny might happen in another way.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing felt that he had to remind Zhao Gou immediately.

At this moment, the prince reported outside the tent, "Report to the governor, two ministers came from Xingqing Prefecture, saying that they were granted the order of the Emperor of Xixia to negotiate with the governor."

"Who is it?"

"It was Cao Jing, the prime minister, and Yinggui, the Minister of War."

Li Yanqing sneered coldly. Both of them transferred a lot of wealth outside, and he was even in a position to represent the emperor in negotiations.

Liu Wei smiled and said, "It's okay to talk about it. If the emperor is willing to surrender from the city, he can spare their royal family's life and send them to Lin'an. This will be beneficial for subduing the Dangxiang tribe and consolidating the control of the Xixia region in the future."

Li Yanqing thought for a while and smiled, "I don't have the energy to talk to them. It's better for Liu Jingluo to negotiate with them for me. There's no problem!"

Liu Wei laughed, "I am handsome but I can catch strong men. It seems that I came too timely."

"Who said no? Liu Jingluo came early but was better than he did. This is called the right time."

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

.........

Cao Zheng and Yinggui entered the Song army camp and were immediately taken to the deputy account to wait. Both of them were in a heavy mood. They saw with their own eyes that the Song army was highly morale and well-trained.

Yinggui also noticed a detail that there was no scattered soldiers in the Song army camp. All the soldiers were walking in rows. If you look closely, there were two people in rows, three people in rows, the tent and various items were neatly ordered, and the ground was clean. These details were enough to prove the Song army's well-trained training and also prove that this Song army was no longer the corrupt Song army that had been fought against by Xixia for a hundred years in the past.

The two of them were speechless in the tent. After a long time, Yinggui sighed and said, "The emperor is probably going to be disappointed in this negotiation."

Cao Jian shook his head, "Let's do our best! Find all possible opportunities for reconciliation."

At this time, footsteps came from outside the tent, and the two of them quickly stood up. A middle-aged civil servant about fifty years old walked in. Both of them were stunned. It was rumored that Li Yanqing was only twenty years old, and this person could not be Li Yanqing no matter how they looked. Their eyes looked behind this person again, and there was no one else.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, "Liu Fu, the strategic commander of Xiaxihe Road, is specially welcomed by the Marshal of my family!"

Cao Jing was a little displeased, "I am the prime minister of Xixia. Do you have no qualifications to negotiate with you marshals?"

Liu Wei said lightly: "Cao Prime Minister can choose not to talk about it."

Yinggui quickly called and explained: "Don't get me wrong with Envoy Liu. Our emperor has a handwritten letter to Li Dutong, asking us to hand it over to Li Dutong himself. This is what Cao Cao means."

"It's okay, I can give it to you."

Cao Jian also recalled that they had no choice but to agree with the arrangement of Song Jun and handed the letter to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei handed the letter to a Li Yanqing's personal soldier. The personal soldier rushed away. Liu Wei waved his hand, "Please sit down, two!"

The deputy account was actually quite spacious and didn't feel bored at all. The two sat down at a wide table, Liu Wei sat down opposite them, and Li Yanqing's chief clerk Cao Ye also sat next to Liu Wei, putting paper and pen. As Liu Wei's negotiating assistant, he was responsible for recording the negotiations between the two parties throughout the process.

Cao Jian was still not feeling well, so he gave Yinggui a wink and asked him to speak. Yinggui understood and bowed and said, "Song and Xia have fought for a hundred years and reconciled for a hundred years. In the past two years, Xixia is the time when national strength is relatively weak and they have no intention of fighting with the Song Dynasty. Therefore, after the last time the armistice was reached, Xixia has always adhered to the agreed boundaries between the two sides and never harassed Qinggang Village, which is close to the Western Xia. This is a manifestation of our sincerity, but this time the Song army suddenly tore up the agreement and trampled on the sincerity of Xixia. "

Liu Wei smiled, "For more than 100 years of war between Song and Xia, the Song Dynasty has experienced the sincerity of your country, so don't mention any sincerity here. As for tearing up the agreement, it is just a ceasefire agreement, and there is no time limit on it. That is to say, the two sides can start a war at any time, so there is no need to tear the agreement. If you must talk about the agreement, there is really no need to negotiate."

Liu Wei directly retorted. When did he even use the principle of using great principles to suppress others, that is, he would not know the height of the world.

This is because Liu Wei is a civil servant who is well-educated and gives them face. If Li Yanqing sat here, he would immediately be beaten out. When did he not kneel down and beg for mercy, he even accused him of violating the agreement.

Cao Jian waved his hand and told Yinggui not to mention this time. He pondered for a moment: "As long as your army can withdraw, we, Xixia, are willing to make the following concessions. First, Xixia is willing to remove the imperial title, surrender to the Song Dynasty, and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty; Second, tribute 300,000 sheep to the Song Dynasty every year. In the past, we will return the annual tribute of the Song Dynasty year by year; Third, Songxia signed a permanent peace agreement, and Xixia guaranteed in writing that no invasion of a certain inch of land in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years; Fourth, Xixia arrested all the civilians of the Song Dynasty in the past years, and gave them appropriate compensation; Fifth, Xixia is willing to form an anti-Jin alliance with the Song Dynasty to jointly fight against the Jin Dynasty. The above five points fully demonstrate the sincerity of Xixia, and urge your army to consider it carefully."

Liu Wei smiled slightly, "I believe in your sincerity, but these five are more suitable for both sides to fight on the frontier and be defeated by Xixia. It is not suitable for the current situation. Of course, I have no right to make any decision. I will report to Marshal Du immediately and he will decide."

At this time, Cao Ye had finished writing and gave the memorandum to Liu Wei to read it carefully. Liu Wei read it and said to Cao Ye: "Okay, give it to Li Dushuai for a look."

Cao Ye hurried away and came back soon after. He said a few words to Liu Wei. Liu Wei nodded and said to the two nervously, "Marrior Du cannot accept your conditions. If you decide that Marshal Du is too small, you can also send someone to Lin'an to negotiate. Marshal Du will obey the court's decision, then I will have to lose my companion."

Liu Wei got up and was about to leave, and Yinggui quickly shouted: "Liu Jingluo, please stay, in fact, we still have the sixth one."

This is the so-called negotiation. It is essentially similar to the bargaining market. It is impossible for the Western Xia side to get it done in one step. Seeing that the other party was about to end the peace talks, they quickly made new concessions.

Liu Wei sat down again, nodded and said, "We are willing to listen carefully!"

Yinggui and Cao Jian discussed in a low voice, and Yinggui sighed and said, "We promised to ced the four prefectures of Hexi to the Song Dynasty. This is our biggest concession. Please ask Tong Li to agree."

Cao Ye went out again. After a moment, he brought a letter back and handed it to Liu Wei. Liu Wei looked at it and handed it to Yinggui. "We are all handsome and think that it should be the Song army's conditions now. This is our conditions. You go back and report it!"

Yinggui opened the envelope, and Cao Jian hurriedly came forward to take a closer look. The two of them were stunned by the conditions inside.

Liu Wei said lightly: "I just said that if you think Li Dushuai's negotiation is not qualified, you can send someone to Lin'an to negotiate with the court. If the court makes a decision, we will follow the decision of the court. I have said enough, please go back!"

Cao Jian and Yinggui returned to Xingqing Mansion in great disappointment. When they returned to the palace, Li Qianshun and a group of ministers were all waiting here.

When Li Qianshun finished reading the conditions written by Li Yanqing himself, his face turned pale. He waved his hand and said to Yinggui: "You will read it to everyone!"

Yinggui had to read it out one by one.

1. The defenders of Xingqing Prefecture must surrender immediately. If the surrender is sincere enough, the Song army can cancel the surrender ceremony.

2. When the Western Xia surrendered, the royal family of the Li family and the concubines of the Western Xia were escorted to Lin'an by the Song army. The King of Xixia could guarantee that he was granted the honor of a king of a different surname and that his personal belongings could be preserved.

3. When the Western Xia surrendered, the Song army was kind to the Dangxiang tribes, not invaded and seized their property and land, and allowed their descendants to live at the foot of Henan Mountain for generations.

4. When the Western Xia surrendered, the Song army was strictly in charge of military discipline and did not allow any plunder of the people.

5. When the Western Xia surrendered, the Song Dynasty would restore the territory of the Heshuo area and its prefectures and counties during the Tang Dynasty, and would also promote some Dangxiang people who understood Chinese as prefectures and counties as appropriate.

The above five items are the last conditions for the Jingzhao Army. If the city breaks and surrenders, the above conditions will be reduced as appropriate.

Yinggui read it, and the hall was filled with excitement. Brother Richard said furiously: "Li Yanqing bullies people too much. I still have 50,000 troops in Xixia. I still don't know who will kill me. Let him wait and see who will laugh to the end."

Jiao Yanting also shook his head and said, "This is the condition for destroying the country. If we agree, the Western Xia will perish. I am sorry for the ancestors who shed blood and tears in order to establish the Western Xia for generations. I would rather die in battle than agree to such humiliating conditions!"

At this time, Cao Jian waved his hand and said to everyone: "This is just Li Yanqing's condition, not the Song Dynasty. I should find a way to go to Lin'an as quickly as possible to negotiate with the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty. Things may turn around."

Li Ganshun was excited, "This is a good way to implement it. Jiao Shangshu has been dealing with the Song Dynasty for a long time, so I will leave this matter to you."

Jiao Yan bowed and said, "I will never be humiliated!"

Yinggui added: "From here to Lin'an and return, it takes as long as one month to run with horse hooves day and night. The key is whether we can defend Xingqing Mansion this month?"

Everyone also realized that this problem was the key. Li Ganshun thought about it and finally turned his eyes to Brother Richard."

"Your Highness King Jin, I will give you the power to command the military and civilians in the city to fight against the war."
Chapter completed!