Seeing that Yelu Jun finally couldn't hold back and took the initiative to ask about his conditions for withdrawing the army, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile. He put down his wine glass and looked at the other party and asked back, "Your Majesty wants us to withdraw. I wonder what conditions are you willing to pay?"

Yelu Jun saw that Zhao Yan did not answer his question, but asked what conditions he could come up with. He thought for a moment and said, "As long as the Song army is willing to withdraw from our Great Liao territory, then the Song Dynasty does not have to hand over the annual monies to our Liao Kingdom every year. In addition, I can also guarantee that the Liao army will never go south to attack Caogu in the future. What do you think?"

When Zhao Yan heard these conditions proposed by Yelu Jun, he was almost happy. He looked at the other party and said in a stiff tone: "Your Majesty, we are all smart people, why bother to use these obviously insincere conditions? If you Liao Kingdom is only willing to pay these so-called conditions, then it would be better if you don't have a conversation this time!"

In fact, it is not Zhao Yan's fault. Since the Song Dynasty destroyed the Western Xia, its national strength has increased greatly. On the other hand, the Liao Kingdom suffered great damage to the vitality due to civil strife. Since then, the Song Dynasty's annual tribute to the Liao Kingdom has been cut off, so the annual quota has long been in name only. As for the Liao Kingdom's promise not to go south to fight Caogu, it is just a verbal statement, even if it is signed in the alliance, it is simply unreliable.

Seeing that Zhao Yan was a little angry, Yelu Jun also knew that the conditions he proposed were indeed not sincere, but he was not embarrassed. He immediately spoke again: "Since Brother Yan feels that these conditions are not enough, I will add two more. The first is that the Liao Dynasty is willing to allocate the area south of Nanjing Xijin Prefecture to the Song Dynasty, and return some annual monies paid to us before the Song Dynasty. These two conditions should be enough!"

Zhao Yan still didn't give up when he heard that Yelu Jun was still in trouble. Although the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun had been occupied by the Song Dynasty, he said that he was only willing to return the area south of Xijin Prefecture to the Song Dynasty. The implication was that the Xijin Prefecture would return it to the Liao Kingdom from Gubeikou. What's more funny is that the second item was obviously compensation, but Yelu Jun actually said that it was to return part of the annual monies paid before. This was simply a waste of face.

However, from Yelu Jun's words, Zhao Yan finally knew that the other party must have come to bargained with him this time, but Zhao Yan didn't have that much effort. He immediately put forward his own conditions and said, "Your Majesty. The conditions you put forward are so insincere. I want to withdraw my troops from the Song Dynasty. Now I have only three conditions. The first is to use the Luan River as the boundary, and the north of the Luan River belongs to the Liao Kingdom. The south belongs to the Song Dynasty. The second is to compensate me for the military expenditure of the Song Dynasty. The third is to pay the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty and pay 500,000 yuan a year in the future!"

Zhao Yan's three conditions were a big talk. The first two conditions were fine. The third condition not only made the Liao Kingdom surrender to the Song Dynasty, but also had to pay annual monies every year. The annual monies paid by the Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom. Originally, this amount was only 300,000 monies, but later the Liao Kingdom threatened several times with force, which led to the annual monies rising to 500,000 monies.

"No!" Yelu Jun did not expect Zhao Yan to propose such harsh conditions. He refused without thinking about it. He was mentally prepared for the conditions for cede land, but his bottom line was the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. As for the compensation, it was too much. Five million trump cards were almost equivalent to the tax revenue of their country for one year. Such a huge amount could not be agreed. As for the last one to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom and pay annual monies, it was even more impossible to agree with his arrogant personality.

"Even if Your Majesty is unwilling to agree to such conditions, then there is nothing to discuss in this peace talk. Let's meet on the battlefield!" Zhao Yan also said with a stern face at this time. Although the conditions he proposed were a bit too much, Yelu Jun did not even bargain, which shows that he had no possibility of accepting these three conditions, so it would be a waste of time to continue to negotiate.

Hearing that Zhao Yan had torn apart and wanted to meet Da Liao on the battlefield. Yelu Jun really wanted to shake his sleeves and stand up and leave, but when he thought of the current situation of Liao Kingdom, he had no confidence. Finally, he had to suppress the anger in his heart and said, "Dear Yan, since I have arrived here from Shangjing for thousands of miles, I naturally have the sincerity of peace talks. So, I think it is inappropriate to the proposal you just made to be the boundary with the Luan River. At most, our Liao Kingdom agreed to allocate the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to you, and we must not have a single trace of it!"

Seeing that Yelu Jun finally made a definite concession and agreed to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he did not really want to use the Luan River as the boundary. After all, the Luan River is closer to the north than the Great Wall. Even if the land between the Luan River and the Great Wall is obtained, the Song Dynasty may not be able to defend it.

"The second condition is that although the compensation of 50 million seems to be a lot, Your Majesty, you should also know that when Jiaozhi was defeated by us, I, the Song Dynasty, only asked them for compensation of 50 million yuan. With the national strength of the Liao Kingdom, it seems that it is not particularly difficult to take out this money, right?" Zhao Yan's face calmed down at this time, and even asked with a smile.

"Jiaozhi? If I remember well, Jiaozhi cedes land and compensation from the Song Dynasty in the first defeat, you Song Dynasty will destroy Jiaozhi within a few years, right?" Yelu Jun heard Zhao Yan mention Jiaozhi, but said with a sneer. Although Jiaozhi is a primary school country, it is also considered a strong country in the south. However, such a powerful country has been destroyed in just a few years. There are some other reasons, but the smile compensation paid by Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty every year has already made Jiaozhi have heavy debts on his back. The national strength is also developing slowly, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed. Yelu Jun does not want his country to follow the old path of Jiaozhi.

"Haha~, how can Jiaozhi be compared with the Great Liao? Whether it is in terms of land area or population, the Great Liao is countless times that of the little Jiaozhi. So although it looks like a lot of 50 million guan, it is not unbearable for the Liao Kingdom." Zhao Yan laughed again at this time. It was because he knew that Liao was not a small country like Jiaozhi that Zhao Yan dared not ask for anything. After all, if Yelu Jun is distracted from everything, it would not be of any benefit to him.

"That's not OK. This time, you tore up the Chanyuan Alliance without any confidence and attacked our country without authorization. Not only did you occupy the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but also attacked Zhongjing, causing a heavy disaster to the Liao Dynasty. Now all parts of the south need money to be rebuilt, so I really can't afford too much money. At most I can only pay you one million yuan for compensation!" Yelu Jun first refused firmly, then started crying and poor again, and finally took out a few tenths of the number to send Zhao Yandao.

"No, one million guan is too little. Even the pension for our fallen soldiers is not enough, and at least 40 million guan!" Zhao Yan bargained again. Although he hoped that the more money the Liao Kingdom would pay, the better, he also knew the reason why too much is not enough. Making some concessions appropriately will be beneficial to both sides.

"Two million coins!" Yelu Jun retreated again.

"Three thousand five million coins!"

"Three million coins!"

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Zhao Yan and Yelu Jun started bargaining little by little like hawkers in the vegetable market, without the demeanor of an emperor or a prince at all. In the end, the two quarreled for a long time and finally set the compensation amount to 10 million yuan. This was the biggest concession Yelu Jun could make. In the end, no matter what Zhao Yan said, he refused to make another article, so he had to settle it like this.

"Okay, we have reached a consensus on the first two points, so let's talk about the third one next!" Zhao Yan said with a smile at this time. The first two conditions have basically met his expectations. Now it depends on this last condition.

"The third condition is not to be discussed. My Great Liao will never surrender to the State of Song!" As soon as Zhao Yangang spoke, Yelu Jun directly expressed that the Song and Liao countries were nominally brotherly countries, but the Song Dynasty has always paid annual monies to the State of Liao. So in fact, the status of Liao is higher than that of the State of Song. Now he bows to the State of Song, which makes him unable to do anything.

Seeing Yelu Jun's attitude on the last one was so firm, Zhao Yan finally said after thinking for a while: "Okay! For the sake of His Majesty's first two, I will make a concession for the third one. The Liao Kingdom does not have to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty. Everyone is still brothers like before, but you need to pay annual monies to us, and it must not be less than 500,000 jin per year!"

Hearing that Zhao Yan no longer insisted on letting the Liao Kingdom pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, Yelu Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, when he heard that the other party insisted that the Liao Kingdom pay annual tribute to the Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but frown again. Although the 500,000 guan was not much, it was also a small burden. Moreover, the annual tribute was nice, but in fact it was the security money paid by the weak country to the strong country, and used money to exchange for peace, which made Yelu Jun feel particularly humiliated.

However, no matter how humiliated it is, Yelu Jun could only endure it. After all, in comparison, it is good to be able to exchange money for peace. So after thinking for a while, he finally spoke again: "Our Great Liao can pay annual monies to the Song Dynasty, but it must be based on the 300,000 monies stipulated in the Chanyuan Alliance, rather than the 500,000 monies now. In addition, these monies cannot be said to be paid, but the monies returned to Daning by the Great Liao Dynasty. It has been more than 60 years since the Chanyuan Alliance. The Song Dynasty has also paid 60 years of annual monies to us. Then the Great Liao can only return 60 years of annual monies to the Song Dynasty. Sixty years later, the accounts between the two countries will be paid off, and no one needs to pay annual monies to anyone."

Zhao Yan heard that Yelu Jun not only reduced the annual currency to 300,000 guan, but also changed to a name that sounded nice to the Liao Kingdom. This made him look hesitant. I wonder if he would agree to Yelu Jun's final bargaining? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!