Li Yun hesitated twice in one sentence, and it was obvious that the words swirling in his stomach were not good ones.
A son of an official like Shi Kuanzhi has seen a lot of yin and yang since he was a child. How can he not feel it? This overly obvious cover-up, the contempt contained in it was more embarrassing than a slap in the face, and he suddenly became furious, with veins on his face popping out of anger.
The current situation is changing too fast, and the prime minister is in the center of many conflicts. Some things must be agreed with Li Yun, who represents Guo Ning, the Duke of Zhou. Last night in the Prime Minister's Mansion, everyone discussed for a long time before deciding that Shi Kuanzhi would come forward to establish friendship with Li Yun. At that time, someone reminded him that the Ding Navy was sweeping the north, so Li Yun must be arrogant. Even if his words were unpleasant, , even if there is malice, you have to try your best to hold it in.
As the matter came to a head, the anger was really hard to suppress. Shi Kuanzhi has always been considered by outsiders to have a gentle personality. In fact, after being a prime minister for so long, his temper has risen unknowingly. He is usually modest and gentle, but the main reason is that no one dares to seriously contradict him. .
Shi Kuanzhi was about to jump when he saw it, and Xue Ji behind him was so frightened that he lost his mind.
When Li Yun revealed his identity before, Shi Miyuan arranged a royal banquet on the spot and asked Xue Ji to host the banquet. This is actually to arrange for Xue Ji to come forward and communicate with Li Yun. Due to the sudden change in the situation, the eldest son of the historian was invited to show his kindness today, but the responsibility for the success or failure of the matter always lies with Xue Ji.
He came up in a panic, raised his voice, and gesticulated to arrange the queue of people who would accompany the Northern Envoy on his trip today. As if inadvertently, he passed by Shi Kuanzhi, and then stepped hard on Shi Kuanzhi's instep.
"Ouch!"
Shi Kuanzhi screamed in pain.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Li Yun asked blankly.
Shi Kuanzhi felt severe pain in his feet. When he turned around, he saw Xue Ji's expressions of anger, and his beard trembled with anxiety. His mind was still clear, so he casually responded and kicked the pebbles under his feet, then leaned down and held the instep of his feet, taking the opportunity to breathe steadily.
"I just thought of something."
When Shi Kuanzhi stood up, his expression returned to calm:
"You have used several layers of cover to place the manpower in Banjing Pavilion. Their mission is nothing more than to protect the safety of the wise brother, and to secretly convey information so that the wise brother can act. However, after all, those few people came from the sea, and they are here. Walking without a foundation. So the wise brother can know the battle situation in Kaifeng, but he doesn't know what happened in Lin'an City, right?"
Li Yun immediately cheered up:
"Haha, haha, brother, I have been in the library for more than a month and I don't know anything about the outside world. Why, what happened in Lin'an City can actually affect the relationship between our northern and southern families? It affects my family. Decision?"
"Of course it won't affect your lord, but we, the Song Dynasty, have our own national conditions here. There are some things for my father... Well, even if it is a deal between the two countries, you don't have to be too strong and simple. Some words, let alone It’s time to speak out urgently.”
"What exactly happened in Lin'an City? Brother, please speak frankly. My father-in-law has always respected your father-in-law, and our two families have always cooperated happily, so we are willing to change uncle and nephew to brothers. Could it be that this has made things difficult for the old man? I don’t think the officials of the Song Dynasty have any quirks, so they must be the nephew of my father-in-law?”
"Alas, my dear brother didn't know that news of the war in Kaifeng came back to Lin'an the day before yesterday, and Xuan Zhen brought a message from Duke Zhou. This was originally a good thing, but who would have expected that the news was leaked that night and spread everywhere the next day."
Well, it turns out the key is the secret being leaked.
Li Yun himself knew the news and received an urgent summons yesterday. The person responsible for transmitting the message was a veteran who had been with Guo Ning for a long time and was more senior than Li Yun. The carrier of the message was a special wax pill hidden in a clay pot disguised as cooking seasoning. Li Yun saw the silk wrapped in the wax pill and immediately burned it.
Three or five people who work far away from home can still be cautious in doing things. The prime minister's palace in the Song Dynasty couldn't hide any news. It was a joke.
Li Yun shook his head and decided not to criticize, so as not to irritate Shi Kuanzhi again: "So what if it is leaked? Isn't this news a good thing for the Song Dynasty?"
Shi Kuanzhi let out a long sigh and said in a heavy tone: "A good thing is a good thing, and it also aroused the enthusiasm of many people in the government and the public. So yesterday, a large number of imperial students wrote to Fu Que, and everyone was excited. They all said that since the Zhou and Song families As brothers, we should equally divide the territory of Dajin, so they incited public opinion between the government and the public for two days in a row, urging the court to send troops north to regain their homeland."
After hearing this, Li Yun's face was confused: "Equal division of territory? Brother, isn't this crazy talk? How powerful is your country, yet you dare to talk about equal division of territory? Is this because you have taken the wrong medicine, and your anger has attacked your heart? Brother, these are People are afraid that they are sick and need to be treated!”
Shi Kuanzhi chuckled, not knowing what to say.
In the past few years, because Jin Dynasty was violently attacked by the Mongolian army, the communication between the north and the south was temporarily interrupted. Therefore, the internal judgment of the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty has been constantly changing. For example, Cheng Jue of the Privy Council, Qiao Xingjian of the Secretary Supervisor, and others believed that although the Jin Kingdom was severely damaged by the Northern Black Tartars, its strength still existed; a group of scholar-bureaucrats, including famous Confucian scholars Zhen Dexiu, believed that the Jin Kingdom was already destroyed. Day and night is the time to use force.
The debate between the two sides was very fierce. As the prime minister, Shi Miyuan did not dare to act rashly even though he had the final decision-making power. In order to find out more about the situation in the north, Ding Zhan and other envoys Jin He and his entourage came together.
As a result, Ding Yan came back and brought a third opinion, that is, the Jurchens and Mongols were not to be feared, but the newly rising Dinghai navy was the big problem.
In the previous planning in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he really thought of taking advantage of the opportunity of the two armies fighting within the Jin Kingdom to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty. That's why Zhao Fang's troops were mobilized to go north, with the intention of affecting the situation of the war and grabbing the greatest benefits for themselves. But they never thought that when Zhao Fang wavered slightly in Kaifeng, he was suppressed by Ding Haijun with iron cavalry. Hundreds of people died on the spot, and he did not dare to move again.
Later, Zhao Fang wrote a special letter and entrusted Xuan Zhen to bring it back. In the letter, he spent a lot of space to exaggerate the abnormal strength of the navy, and described in detail the methods he saw in various aspects of running the army. Finally, he repeatedly emphasized that his side must not cause trouble again, otherwise it will be in vain to provoke an unprecedentedly powerful enemy. Seeking death.
Zhao Fang's status was higher than that of Ding Yan. He was a famous minister who knew the military, and his persuasiveness in military affairs was more than ten times that of Ding Yan. If the initial plan in the Prime Minister's Mansion was like a rage, his letter was like a bucket of ice water poured over the head, making everyone involved tremble and have to calm down.
Unfortunately, they calmed down, but those in the government and the public who did not know the truth could not calm down.
It sounds like a strange combination of circumstances. Previously, Shi Miyuan reached a tacit agreement with the Northerners to jointly attack Dajin. Behind this, it was naturally related to the political and economic interests of the Prime Minister's Office, and also related to some secrets that could not be disclosed to outsiders.
But since the two companies are joining forces, there must be some compelling reasons. So in the past month, everyone in the History Party used all their strength to advocate and package the whole thing in another way.
So many people in the government and the public only knew that the powerful enemy that had suppressed the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years was about to end. In the process, the Song Dynasty also contributed to the attack by sending troops. The leaders of the subsequent regime were very polite to the Song Dynasty and took the initiative to propose Change the relationship between uncle and nephew between the north and the south to brothers.
As a result, a group of people who thought Daikin was still strong only felt that they were stronger; a group of people who thought Daikin was weak decided that Daikin was really running around. After repeated calculations, in short, the enemy is so weak and we are so strong; and looking at the regime that followed in the north is so polite... Is this a good opportunity given by God to the Song Dynasty? If I don’t return my country now, when will I wait?
What? Shi Xiang has no intention of using troops?
What? The soldiers from Jinghu who had already arrived at Kaifeng City withdrew again?
What? Shi Xiang has cooperated with Nading Navy in the north, but has not received any practical benefits so far?
Ahhhh! Shi Miyuan is indeed a traitor! We are going on strike! We want to defy the emperor, we want to surrender and submit a petition! We must impress the emperor with our loyalty and drive away the traitor Shi Miyuan!
Shi Kuanzhi explained a lot and finally concluded:
"In short, the uncle-nephew relationship between the two countries can only be the result of arduous negotiations between our two families, but it must not be a concession voluntarily proposed by you. Otherwise, those Tai students will be forced to look at Shu, and the forces behind the Tai students will only add fuel to the flames. The trend is getting bigger and bigger, and by that time, even if my father will not be hijacked, some civil and military officials on the border will inevitably become confused, and trouble may arise between the two families!"
At this point, Shi Kuan's mouth became dry. He took a breath and looked at Li Yun again.
Li Yun still looked confused:
"Brother, if you have any objections to the matter of brothers and nephews from the two countries, please tell me directly. I really don't understand it by going around so far away from the topic! Imperial student? A letter from Fucheng? What kind of nonsense is this? ?”
"It is not a trivial matter for Imperial College student Fu Que to submit a letter! It is a huge trend that can shake up the court and cause many changes! Your father-in-law's idea was brought forward too early and caused a lot of trouble!"
Shi Kuanzhi was a little impatient. He yelled a few words and then asked: "You, Dajin, also have students from the Imperial College. What will happen if the students from the Imperial College make trouble?"
Li Yundao: "At the end of last year in Zhongdu, when the Jin Emperor jumped from the building, there were indeed Jurchen members who caused trouble. Later, we held them responsible and most of them were killed."
"this……"
(End of chapter)
