I'm a marquis in Datang

"As for going to war with the Tang Dynasty, a lot of food and equipment will be consumed. The territory of the Xia Kingdom is vast and sparsely populated. Now that it is cultivated on a large scale, there is no shortage of food. Moreover, the Xia Kingdom's economy is very good and has not been affected by the war."

"On the other hand, although I have consumed a lot of food in previous battles, the benefits to Xia Kingdom in the end are even greater. On the contrary, they have promoted the development of Xia Kingdom. Therefore, wars are becoming more and more important to our Xia Kingdom. Well, it doesn’t mean that the war will continue, but it will drag down Xia Guo.”

He spoke eloquently and eloquently.

Wei Zheng also frowned.

Du Qi is powerful, Wei Zheng has seen it before, this is not

What ordinary people.In the past, Du Qi spoke eloquently about Chang'an, humiliating the Yin family, and causing the entire Prince's Mansion in the East Palace to be in a dilemma. Even in the court, no one dared to provoke Du Qi.

Kong Yingda smiled slightly and said, "Emperor Xia, you are actually wrong."

Du Qidao: "Kong Jijiu is a great scholar and a leader of Qingliu. Although there are not many exchanges between Kong Jijiu and I, I have heard about Kong Jijiu for a long time. Kong Jijiu is the empress of Confucius. man, sage

back.Kong Jijiu, as long as you are willing to come to my Xia Kingdom, I, Du Qi, will sweep the couch and wait. "

He did it on purpose.

This was to stimulate Kong Yingda. Of course, he knew that such a surrender would be impossible. However, it was not impossible to stimulate Kong Yingda and show off his attitude as a corporal.

Kong Yingda said: "Emperor Xia's love, Kong is very grateful.

It's a loyal minister who doesn't care about the two masters. Kong Mou worked for the Tang Dynasty and received the salary of the Tang Dynasty, so he should be a loyal person.Therefore, please invite Xiahuang Haihan. "

Du Qi said: "What a pity, what a pity!"

Kong Yingda said sternly: "There is no pity, Xia Huang's subordinates are also full of talents. Kong has heard that Xia Guo has recruited countless children from aristocratic families to Xia Guo, and these people are all holding important positions in Xia Guo. The rise has laid the cornerstone. In Xia Kingdom, there are so many talents, there is no shortage of people like Kong."

After a pause, Kong Yingda continued: "Emperor Xia, let's get down to business. You said that Xia Guo is not afraid of a war, and even the more Xia Guo goes to war, the more he can win and promote the development of Xia Guo. In fact, this is a paradox. Xia Huang In Tianzhu, it was indeed like this, like a snowball, constantly sweeping all over the place."

"But now, the Kingdom of Xia has been established, and the war between you and the Tang Dynasty will last for a long time, and it will consume countless grains. Even if the foundation of the Kingdom of Xia is behind, it will consume countless grains, equipment, and lose countless soldiers.

Xia Guona is also a huge burden.Emperor Xia, the monarch of this world, cannot fight without spending money. "

"The compensation alone is not a small amount. Although Kong did not participate in the battle of Changbaipo, Kong has heard a little about the results of the Changbaipo battle. I have lost countless losses in the Tang Dynasty. I have lost a lot. Having said that, Xia Guo lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, although Emperor Xia does not lack such soldiers, he can recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers at will."

Kong Yingda said: "How many thousands of people will be lost?

pension, to complete it?Just this sum of money for pensions and rewards is innumerable, and it is a huge burden.Even if the country of Xia had ample finances, it would have a great impact. "

Du Qi narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Kong Yingda is quite sharp.

I saw the problem at a glance.

Du Qi smiled slightly, and said: "Kong Jijiu, the pensions and awards you mentioned do exist. But for me, Xia Guo

It is said that the court of Xia Kingdom can still afford this burden.After all, my Xia country has countless pillar industries, and the domestic finances are extremely abundant, so there is no shortage of such money and materials. "

"In addition, you may not know that the war between Xia Kingdom and Persia Kingdom has now captured the city of Braun on the border of Persia, and beheaded the lord of Braun City, Kasde. Kasde is the prince of Persia. , served as the city lord of Bolang City, and Waldo, the Persian envoy who was sent to the Tang Dynasty, was only a Kasde counselor, and he was also captured by our Xia Kingdom."

Du Qidao: "The money and food in Bolang City are innumerable, and all of them have been escorted back to Xia Kingdom to be charged into the national treasury."

During his time in Braun City, Kasde really worked hard, so he had a lot of money and food.In Lai Ji's letters, it was mentioned that now they are being transported back gradually to be filled into the national treasury.

Kong Yingda frowned when he heard Du Qi's words.

It is not easy to seek peace!

According to the result of the discussion between Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda on the way here,

It would be best to stop the war with Xia Guo without losing the state of Tang Dynasty, but now it seems that it is impossible for Datang not to pay a little price.

Chapter 1192 Bargaining

bargain

Kong Yingda looked very solemn.

The situation is not good!

Unexpectedly, the Persian side turned out to be defeated.According to the information that Datang knew, Kasder on the Persian side was the prince of Persia, and Waldo, who was sent to Datang, represented Persia.Now it seems that the news is not complete. It is true that Kasde is the prince of Persia.

But he is the lord of Braun City, and Valdo is only Cusde's counselor.

The Persian state wasn't going all out.

In other words, Waldo could not represent Persia, but only the city of Braun, Persia, and nothing else.

Kong Yingda's thoughts changed sharply, and he said in a deep voice: "Emperor Xia, although Xia State defeated the people of Persia in Bolang City, in fact, it only defeated the city owner of a city in Persia. Persia is powerful and has a vast territory.

, Now that the Xia Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom are at war and have captured a city in the Persian Kingdom, the Persian Kingdom will not let it go. "

Kong Yingda was already a little anxious at the moment, so he said urgently: "The next step, Persia will definitely go to war with Xia. Once Persia and Xia go to war, and Xia goes to Tang. For Xia, It is not a favorable thing. So at the moment, a truce between Datang and Xia is the most appropriate arrangement."

Du Qi said with a smile: "Kong Jijiu, you may not believe it,

I am not afraid of a fight.The strength of our Xia Kingdom is not something you can guess.What's more, Xia Guo has even more powerful weapons.Now that the city of Braun has fallen, Persia has no gunpowder.Such a Persian country, even if it is powerful, cannot be the opponent of the Xia country. "

Kong Yingda said: "If Xia Guo insists on going to war with Datang, the gunpowder will be introduced to Persia. And if Datang and Xia Guo have a truce, then Datang will not intervene in the war between Persia and Xia Guo. Don stopped fighting, and had the opportunity to go all out with Persia.

Going to war is a cost-effective thing. "

The corner of Du Qi's mouth curled up into a smile, and he said, "Kong Jijiu, if you pin the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty on Persia, that is a big mistake. You keep talking about Persia, but in fact, The state of Persia is not as good as it used to be. The state of Persia was indeed a big country in the past, and it can be called an empire with a vast territory."

"But in today's Persia, the former revivalist Khuslao II was killed by his son who usurped power. Kwad, the son of Khuslao II

The Second King was in power, but he was ambitious and incompetent, and he was unable to control the current Persian state at all, so that the domestic situation in Persia was turbulent, the various regions were divided, and even invaded by other empires. "

Du Qi said with a smile: "Under this premise, the Persian country itself is difficult to protect itself, so there is no spare power to attack our Xia country. It is lucky that the Persian country is not worried about our Xia country's invasion. So, pin your hopes In Persia, that is wrong."

When Kong Yingda heard this, he frowned immediately.

The situation is not good!

To persuade Du Qi to truce, it is definitely impossible to rely solely on lip service at the moment.

There is definitely a price to pay.

Kong Yingda suddenly ran out of words, and could only look at Wei Zheng.Because at the moment, he really doesn't know how to debate, and when he debates with Du Qi, because of the unequal information, he refutes Du Qi's words, but Du Qi may have dug a hole for him, so at the moment, the right to negotiate is still to wei

Zheng, he helped from the side.

Wei Zheng immediately understood what Kong Yingda meant, and he took the words and said, "Emperor Xia, the matter is not so simple. If the two countries really fought each other, just like the previous battle at Changbaipo, Xia would suffer countless losses. Although Xia The victory was won, but it would also hurt Xia Guo. If there were another one or two such battles, as in the current situation, Datang would indeed be in trouble, but Xia Guo would not feel well either, and it would definitely hurt the root. "

After a pause, Wei Zheng continued: "Since that's the case, why do you need to do such things that harm others and benefit yourself? I, Datang, took the initiative to ask for peace, hoping to stop fighting. Correspondingly, Datang is also willing to pay a certain price in order to calm down. Something happened."