Chapter 1782

Politics is the art of compromise.

Jiang's royal family is willing to compromise.

Then appeasement came.

If they were unable to fight against the fierce wind Khan in the war, the Jiang royal family would try to compromise politically and seek peace.

One of the most common means of seeking peace is to make peace with relatives.

The idea of reconciliation was put forward by gusto Khan.

At that time, the royal family of Jiang family had no choice but to send envoys, carrying a large number of precious gifts and kowtowing to the fierce wind Khan. At that time, the windy Khan was only three cities away from the capital of the Dragon empire.

Although the three cities were fortresses, extremely strong and with amazing defense, the Jiang royal family had no confidence in the three cities. Barbarians are not good at attacking cities, but they are more dangerous. The Great Wall has been won by barbarians. I'm afraid these three cities will not last long.

In particular, after the barbarians stepped into the Great Wall, they also obtained a large number of stone throwing machines, ladders and other siege equipment. Taking those three cities and driving straight to the capital of the Dragon empire is just around the corner. If the Dragon Empire doesn't find a way to deal with it, the day of its demise has already entered a countdown.

So the royal family of Jiang sent messengers for peace.

"We, the people of the grassland, you are the people of the territory. The people of the grassland are fond of grazing and are not good at farming. So we have no ambition for your land. But this year, the weather on the grassland suddenly turned cold, a large number of livestock died, and we had to live. War is killing people, and war is just our helpless choice. " Gale Khan is not so tyrannical as the emissary imagined. He said to the emissary kindly.

"So avoiding war is good for both of us. We are looking for peace with 120 thousand sincerity," he said

"Peace is a good thing, it's hard won, and you are the losers," he said. The peace of the defeated is even more hard won, and it has to pay a certain price. Are you ready? "

The emissary said: "we have realized that as long as you are willing to withdraw, we will promise you any harsh conditions."

Gale Khan said: "seven conditions! As long as you meet my seven conditions, I will withdraw from the army, otherwise nothing will be said! "

The emissary said, "please tell me, I have a lot of power to decide. If I don't have enough power, I will go back quickly and ask for instructions."

It seems that there is already a case in the heart of the gale Khan, saying: "condition one, the people of the grassland should be free from famine, we need five million grains."

"Second, the people of the grassland should resist the cold. We need 100000 Jin of linen, 100000 Jin of silk and 100000 Jin of cotton."

"The third condition is that the withdrawal of soldiers should be agreed collectively. The soldiers participate in the war in order to get rich. If I want to retreat, I have to make my soldiers rich. So I want 50000 Jin of gold, 100000 Jin of silver and 200000 Jin of other treasures. "

"Third, the grassland is short of iron. Many people in the grassland don't even have iron pots. So we need 500, 000 Jin pig iron and 200, 000 Jin cooked iron. "

"Condition four, we need craftsmen. So we need a thousand blacksmiths, a thousand carpenters, a thousand stonecutters and a thousand tanners. "

"The fifth condition is that the people of grassland need to trade with the Dragon Empire, so we need to set up a border trade city in the Great Wall to exchange needed goods, trade and make long-term plans."

In addition, we need 100000 Jin of tea, 100000 Jin of salt, 50000 Jin of rhubarb and 50000 Jin of pepper. Two hundred thousand catties of fodder for herdsmen's use. "

"The last condition is that in order to make peace look more sincere and enhance our mutual trust, I want you to make peace. You must send a princess to me as a concubine to prove your sincerity. "

"If you agree to the above seven conditions, it's easy to say. If you don't agree, I don't care. I'll lead 100000 cavalry to smash your mountains and rivers and drive straight into your capital. You don't want to give it to me. I'll take it myself! And before that, I won't stop attacking the city! "

As soon as the wind Khan changed his friendly face at the beginning, he said harshly, his aura was fully opened, and his domineering side leakage made the emissary dare not go out.

There is no doubt that this is the lion's big mouth.

However, it is precisely because of the fact that kuangfeng Khan was a lion's big mouth and attached with many humiliating conditions that the emissary believed in the sincerity of kuangfeng Khan's peace talks. After all, since ancient times, nomads fought for the purpose of plundering. There was no precedent for nomads to fight for other countries' land in Tianyuan.

The barbarians are good at herding and farming is not attractive to them.

Since the purpose of fighting is for money, if you can get a lot of money without wasting a single soldier, why should kuangfeng Khan sacrifice the lives of his subordinates and continue to compete with the Dragon Empire? You should know that even if the Dragon empire was destroyed, the income of the windy Khan would not be higher than the price he offered now.

However, it was because the price offered by the Khan was too high that the emissary could not make his own decision. He could only say, "Dear Khan, I can't make my own decision. I have to go back and ask for instructions."

Gale Khan said: "then you go back to ask for instructions. You'd better hurry up. Your city is crumbling under my anger. Every time you lose a city, our price will be higher. If you lose all three fortress cities, then peace will never come again. At that time, the Dragon Empire, which has been handed down for five hundred years, will have no other ending but to perish. "

"Yes, yes, yes..." the messenger left submissively.

"That's ridiculous. It's insane!" This is the anger of Jiang Feng, the contemporary emperor of the Dragon Empire, at the opening of the lion.

But anger is not power. It doesn't help.

Jiang Feng felt deeply powerless.

The barbarian attack was so fierce and unstoppable. Most of the princes in the north were watching the excitement, and none of them helped the Jiang family.

Although they can understand that once the royal family of the Jiang family perishes, they will not be able to please, but it is even more thankless for them to use their own strength to help the royal family of the Jiang family now, which is not what they are willing to do.

They prefer to watch the fire from the other side and watch the tiger fight from the mountain.

As for the princes in the south, although they did not revolt in name, they actually revolted. For ten years, the Dragon Empire did not receive normal taxes from the south, and the taxes it collected shrank year after year. For example, the tea tax in a southern province, a big tea producing province, has only 500 silver coins. Even a middle-class businessman's annual income is more than 500 silver coins.

From the tax revenue, we can see that the Dragon Empire has been unable to control the south, and the south is basically independent in fact. The reason why they still obey the royal family of the Jiang family in name is that the princes have not decided whether to win or lose, and no one is willing to be the boss, so they just let the dying boss continue to be the boss.