(thirty-seven)
On the one hand, the main peace faction is reused, and on the other hand, the main battle faction is used.
This Qinzong's little calculation was too loud.
Unable to refuse, the elder of the Qin family had no choice but to take on the responsibility of ceding the territory.
A cessor?
They are just pathetic people who have lost their power and humiliated their country.
After the court, Wang Zhongshan, the father-in-law of the eldest son of the Qin family, said sincerely, "As a minister, you should obey the orders of the official family. When I asked for a son-in-law, I was interested in your brain. You should know how to judge the situation!"
"Don't think that ceding land is dishonorable. What is the glory of it?"
"The official's intentions are the greatest glory."
"Look at Tong Guan, a eunuch who wields power both internally and externally. He has been granted the title of king and prime minister. Even when the emperor fled south, he did not forget to take him with him. There are few people who can match this favor."
"Don't go your own way and lose your Sacred Heart."
"You can rest assured and do your job well. Once the peace talks are completed, the officials will definitely reward you."
"It's not impossible to even upgrade several levels."
The elder man of the Qin family looked at his radiant father-in-law who was talking eloquently, with confusion in his eyes.
If there is no country but a general, what is the meaning of official position?
But too many people told him that this was right.
"My son-in-law knows."
The elder man of the Qin family had thousands of thoughts in his mind, but was surrounded by thick fog, so he just responded mechanically.
Sunge looked at the triumphant Wang Zhongshan and felt deeply unlucky.
Didn’t it mean that Wang Zhongshan’s father was Wang Gui, the famous Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty?
Is this the family tradition of Mingxiang? integrity?
In the final analysis, they are just like flies and dogs, delving into the emperor's heart and trying to please him.
Wang Zhongshan looked at the lost eldest son of the Qin family and was quite angry that he refused to fight. He shook his sleeves and left angrily.
If Qin Dalang still insists on going his own way and disobeying the holy will, he must not let the Wang family be dragged down.
The elder man of the Qin family did not return home immediately, but stepped onto the palace wall to look for Li Gang.
"The officials' determination to negotiate peace is firm and cannot be shaken."
On the towering inner city wall, the eldest son of the Qin family and the freshly minted Prime Minister Li Gang stood opposite each other.
"It is not incomprehensible that His Majesty is pessimistic."
"In that case, let's delay the peace talks for a while, and King Qin's army will arrive and still be able to annihilate the Jin soldiers' eastern front army on the banks of the Yellow River."
"By then, our country, the Song Dynasty, will be preserved."
The wind rustled, and Li Gang made a loud noise.
Pity flashed in the eyes of the eldest son of the Qin family. He was not as upright and pure as Li Gang, so he saw things more comprehensively and thoroughly than Li Gang.
Your Majesty will never take the risk of offending Jin Bing by changing his orders day and night and drawing a sword against Jin Bing.
All are assumptions.
"Prime Minister Li, take care."
The eldest son of the Qin family said goodbye.
"I hope your trip goes well." Li Gang nodded.
As an envoy to cede territory, going to Jinying as an envoy was not really a good thing in his opinion.
If you are not careful, it will be stigmatized in the writings of historians.
Three days later, Zhao Huan issued an order, ordering Qin Hui and Cheng Yu as envoys to cede territory to escort Su Wang Zhao Shu to Jinying to discuss the signing of peace terms.
Su Wang Zhao Shu was detained by the Jin soldiers as a hostage, and he would be released after the peace talks were completed.
The peace talks are proceeding in full swing, and King Qin's divisions from all over the country are getting closer and closer to Bianliang City. The most frightening one is Zhong Shidao, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army.
Zhong Shidao fought against Xixia and Liao in his life. He was over seventy years old and also fought against Jin.
It can be said that he is a famous general who has experienced hundreds of battles.
Wanyan Zongwang, the commander-in-chief of the Jinbing East Route Army, was afraid of changes and did not dare to delay. He knew that the Song Dynasty could not collect the gold and silver he asked for in a short time, so he just took what he had already obtained and wanted to retreat to the north of the Yellow River.
Zhong Shidao, a veteran who came from afar, suggested that "when the 50,000 invading Jin soldiers retreat, take advantage of the fact that the Jin soldiers are halfway across the Yellow River to launch an attack and annihilate the enemy."
"This will strengthen the Jin army, suppress the Jin people's arrogance, and prevent the Jin people from making a comeback in a short period of time. The Song Dynasty will also have time to cultivate and recuperate."
The proposal of cultivating the way of teaching is similar to what the Qin family's elder said in the court that day.
Similarly, it also caused fierce rejection from the Zhuhe faction and Qinzong Zhao Huan.
In Zhao Huan's view, the vicious Jin soldiers finally retreated, so why bother provoking them if they didn't celebrate?
If this move angered the Jin people, and the Jin soldiers who came to the capital attacked the country in large numbers, who could resist them?
In the end, Zhao Huan did not adopt Zhong Shidao's suggestion, and even sent a prince to escort the Jin soldiers and help them cross the Yellow River safely.
Although he knew the direction of history, but he witnessed all the events in the late Northern Song Dynasty with his own eyes, Sunge still laughed in anger.
I have never seen a fool like Qin Zong who was so filial as to eliminate worries for his enemies.
What was taught to the princes and princesses in the Zishan Hall established during the Zhenzong dynasty?
It doesn't matter if you don't have a brain. The most terrifying thing is to think that you have a brain and turn a deaf ear to other people's unfavorable advice.
A son who is filial to his father is nothing more than this!
Zhong Shidao sighed in his heart, looked at each other with Li Gang, stepped back and said, "Officials are unwilling to betray their promises, and having the appearance of a benevolent king is the blessing of the Song Dynasty."
"The old minister has another plan, I don't know whether to tell it or not?"
Zhao Huan was impatient in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
Now that the danger of Bianliang City has been resolved, these Qinwang's troops did not return to their base and stayed in Bianliang. Could it be that they wanted to rebel and follow Cao Mengde's example of coercing the emperor to order the princes?
Especially for this kind of teacher's way, hard work and great achievements, he couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to show off his face.
"Qing Zhong, please speak." Zhao Huan smiled stiffly, pretending to be a courteous corporal.
"The old minister requested that the troops from Guan and He be concentrated in Cangzhou, Weizhou, Mengzhou, and Huazhou to build defense lines to prevent the Jin soldiers from coming again."
To put it simply, we are building a strategic defense line along the Yellow River.
In this way, it will be difficult for the Jin people to cross south, and Bianliang City will have an extra layer of protection.
"This is an act that wastes people and money, and is not allowed by officials."
After Zhong Shidao finished speaking, Lord Hepai spoke again and again.
Now that the national treasury is empty, there is no money to train troops by the Yellow River.
"Furthermore, the Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers. Why did it need to mobilize troops to build defenses to show the enemy's weakness?"
Sunge silently cursed in his heart.
This, this is a suggestion from a teacher.
Do those who don't listen to Li Gang and don't listen to the teachings of cultivators want to go to heaven?
Who is Master Zhong?
The history of the Song Dynasty records that "a veteran general with the same name as his master, he is feared by both enemies."
The status of the Zhong family in Song history is no lower than that of the generals of the Yang family, who were well known to later generations.
Five generations of Zhong family members served in the army, and dozens of them died in battle.
They don't listen to the advice given by such people, but they hit it off with the Zhuhe faction who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
The death of Song Qinzong was not unjust.
Even if he is trampled to death by a random horse in the end, he is asking for it.
Either of these two opinions of Zhongshi Dao could temporarily save the Song Dynasty from collapse.
It's a pity that Zhao Huan couldn't listen to it at this moment.
He asked himself, the golden soldiers had retreated, there was no need to worry now.
"Qing Zhong is the divine needle that anchors the sea in the northwest. I still need Qing Zhong to guard my northwest."
