1262 Conquest of the West and the East
The fighting sounds outside had no effect on the two people in the Ya room. Ye Qing quietly looked at Temujin opposite, with his eyes sincere and clear. Temujin opposite looked down at the empty teacup in front of him, with a deep and serious expression.
The two of them didn't even notice when the fighting outside started, and the two of them didn't even notice when the fighting outside stopped.
"Song Tingzhen needs rest?" Temujin asked after being silent for a while.
"The taxes of the court have far exceeded those of previous years. If the war continues, sooner or later, the entire Song Ting people will be in vain." Ye Qing replied frankly: "Although outsiders cannot see this sign at the moment, it is just because the Lian Zhan and Lianjie of the Northern Expedition covered up these problems, but it does not mean that these problems do not exist."
"But even so, isn't the King of Yan still determined to attack the gold? Isn't this a contradiction?" Temujin did not show any irony, but his expression still seemed extremely serious.
"If you don't attack Jin, how can you achieve great things? How can you continue to cover up internal problems? What's more,..." Ye Qing continued with a wry smile: "What's more, if you don't continue to attack Jin, my life's Northern Expedition will be completely meaningless. No matter how great your achievements were, as long as the Jin Kingdom still exists, the Song court cannot really wash away the shame of the past, nor can it completely achieve the final victory."
Temujin was silent again, then sighed and said, "Thank you for your honesty, but...this is not enough."
"This world is very big. Although the Central Plains is rich, as long as I, Ye Qing, is almost impossible to successfully move south. Even for the Jin Dynasty, Ye Qing is the first move now. What's more, although the Song court's taxes are increasing, there will be no problem if it is a war that will kill the death penalty. It's just that in the end, you and I will suffer from both sides, and in the end it will only be cheaper for Hualazimo people to be more from the west..." Ye Qing seemed to be emphasizing his bottom line.
"So you suggested that I attack the West and you attack the East, and you and I will not interfere with each other. And even if you need a temporary rest after attacking the Jin Dynasty, how can I believe that you would not suddenly stab me in the back when I attack the West?" Temujin began to ask with a smile on his lips.
While fighting sounded outside the Tai'an Building, it was when Ye Qing proposed a strategy to conquer the west and attack the east in front of Temujin.
Temujin obviously did not believe that Ye Qing's move was really for the so-called friendship between the two countries and never invaded. But we have to admit that when Temujin did not have much advantage in the Jin Dynasty, he gave up coveting the Jin Dynasty, turned to the west, expanded territory, plundered wealth, and quickly made the Great Mongol stronger.
After all, no matter what, it is better to waste time on the Jin Dynasty than to watch Ye Qing erode the Jin Dynasty. What's more, he also believes that Ye Qing has indeed encountered considerable problems in terms of food, grass and financial resources, but this problem obviously will not affect Ye Qing's attack on gold. It can even be said that it is precisely because of the problems of food, grass, financial resources and military strength that Ye Qing has to choose to ignore those problems and choose to crack, alleviate and cover up by attacking gold.
Yanjing City had already fallen into the dilemma of shortage of cash in the past few days. Although this problem has been alleviated, it also shows that Ye Qing is almost powerless now.
He had a head-on confrontation with him, and Ye Qing, for the sake of his current plan, he could only have real time to recuperate after taking over the entire Jin Kingdom. After all, if he gave up the attack on the Jin Kingdom, then as Ye Qing said, even his Northern Expedition in the past ten or twenty years was a failure. Therefore, no matter how big the internal problems were or how difficult it was, he would have to bite the bullet to destroy the Jin Kingdom and strive to win the victory of the destruction of the Jin Kingdom in exchange for a more peaceful environment to cultivate and rest.
Of course, Temujin could choose not to give in to the Jin Dynasty and compete with Ye Qing in the Jin Dynasty. But if this is the case, both Temujin and Ye Qing knew that this battle between them would inevitably be a loss. At that time, the one who got the advantage was the Jin Dynasty that they now looked down on now, and even the Goryeo people that Ye Qing always despised.
Ye Qing could not give Temujin any guarantee, ensuring that he would always choose to recuperate when he was expeditioning the West, and watched his great allies grow stronger and stronger.
Once interests and temptations are involved once, when there are huge benefits and temptations in front of you again and again, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it is almost certain that all politicians who see the opportunity will choose to tear up the covenant without hesitation and give up peaceful means to obtain benefits.
So once Ye Qing sees the interests and temptations and waits for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to weaken Mongolia, how could Ye Qing give up?
Seeing Ye Qing not saying a word, Temujin shook his head and murmured: "Yes, the conditions you had previously set were enough to make me moved, but these conditions of touching heart cannot make me absolutely relieved about you, Ye Qing."
"As long as you are in Mongolia for one day, I, Ye Qing, will never let even a soldier enter the grasslands of Mongolia..." Ye Qing took a deep breath and said.
"Who will have a longer life than me?" Temujin was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "So if one day you, Ye Qing, are gone, I, Temujin, can go south and point directly to the Central Plains?"
"Yes, we might as well compare who will live longer and who will live longer?" Ye Qing picked up the teacup, glanced at the tea that had already been cold, and thought for a while: "The two countries submitted letters of friendship to prove that if anyone violated it, then he would naturally be infamous for the people behind the scenes..."
"But I remember that what Ye Qing cares the most about before was his reputation, but now he has to use this as a condition to restrict each other. Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Temujin shook his head and said.
"It was time and time. At that time, I was young and ignorant and didn't care about anything. As the saying goes, I was not afraid of wearing shoes barefoot. In the past, I had no fame, and no profit, so I naturally wouldn't care about the fame behind me. But now... I, Ye Qing, is already one person in the Song court, and it also helped the Song court not only regain all the lost territory, but also the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were taken back by me, Ye Qing, and it was only a matter of time before the gold was lost. Therefore... I also had to hope that in the future history books, I could make a lot of money for me, Ye Qing."
"How sure are you sure of the dead gold?" Temujin changed the subject.
"Now at most 60%." Ye Qing said without hesitation: "The arrival of Gaoli Cui Zhongxian may be able to make the grasp bigger, but even if it is bigger, it will not exceed 70%.
"Because Yelu Liuge's part?" Tiemu
A slight slight creeped up at the corner of Zhen's mouth.
I have to say that once Tiemuzhen was really convinced by Ye Qing, then Yelu Liuge's part would become a thorn that had been stuck in Ye Qing's heart. It could neither be pulled nor provoked. Naturally, it would become the forefront of Mongolia's ability to invade the Song court at all times. It would be much easier and more convenient than attacking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Of course, it was also because of the place that Yelu Liuge and his family occupied now that Ye Qing had to admire. Later, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he shouted the emperor how passionate and in line with current affairs.
A noisy sound rang downstairs again. Ye Qing and Temujin listened silently at the same time. It was the voice of Zhang Qiyan, Minister of Rites of the Jin Dynasty and Yelu, Minister of Justice, who sought to see him successfully.
Ye Qing turned around and glanced at Temujin, and continued, "I am willing to ask for money, give me food, and even supplies for weapons, how about it?"
"Let me think about it." Temujin smiled and stood up. The door of Yashi's room was also opened at the same time. Boerhu and Yelu Shibei were still on both sides, but there were two more people at the door of Yashi, Zhang Qiyan and Yelu Chenggong.
Temujin took the first place to leave with Boer. When he left the Yashi, even Zhang Qiyan and Yelu Chenggong couldn't help but salute Temujin, but Temujin ignored it at all. Even when they passed by the two of them, they couldn't help but snorted coldly.
The two of them looked a little embarrassed. After all, there had just been a conflict. Although Temujin and Ye Qing were not at all in danger, and their people had the upper hand and won the face in Tai'an Building, Zhang Qiyan and Yelu Chenggong still felt that they were in a disadvantage, so they snorted coldly at Temujin's dissatisfaction, and could only conclude by Gong sending Temujin downstairs.
Ye Qing smiled and looked at Temujin leaving, and turned to look at him Zhang Qiyan and Yelu Chenggong. Without waiting for the two of them to speak, he smiled and said, "When they were in Long'an Mansion, Lord Zhang and Lord Yelu made a promise to Ye. Once Ye arrived at Ning Mansion, they would be free from any restrictions. They would go wherever they wanted and see whoever they wanted. What? In less than two days, are the two masters planning to change their minds?"
Zhang Qiyan smiled bitterly. Ye Qing's gentle attitude had already shown that he was not affected by the conflict outside. After all, if he was really affected, then Ye Qing would never sit here and nag him so well.
At that moment, Zhang Qiyan hurriedly apologized, and Yelu Chenggong also apologized. Naturally, the two blamed all the conflict today to the prefect of Huining Prefecture Wanyan Tuoda. Obviously, they also wanted to use Ye Qing's hands to complain Wanyan Tuoda's guilt in front of Wanyan Xun.
"King Yan, what happened today is really unexpected. We did not mean that we made things difficult for King Yan." Zhang Qiyan said sincerely to Ye Qing: "If we knew that King Yan was here to meet guests, even if we gave us 100 courage, we would not dare to disturb us. This is because the prefect of Ning Wanyan Tuoda..."
Chapter completed!