Chapter 188 (II)
The "civil war" in the country of Jin finally stopped. The warring sides sent a complex mission to negotiate covertly, with Yang Pu and Deng Su on the Jinmen side and Han Fang and Liu Yanzong on the Huining side.
The situation was very strange: not only did the two sides bargain, but there was also a mutual check within the mission. Zong Han sent Han Fang as Liu Yanzong's deputy envoy because he was afraid that Zong Wang would monopolize the benefits of the peace treaty; And Cao Guangbi indirectly pushed Deng Su to the throne, but he was also afraid that Yang Yingqi would desperately promise the Han army to attack the Song Dynasty in order to save Zhi Yanchong.
After several days and nights of negotiations, the two sides finally reached several agreements:
The first is to declare the nature of this war a "misunderstanding". So who caused this misunderstanding? Da Song, of course! The documents on the false envoys and false envoys sent by Tong Guan to Pingzhou were taken out as evidence that the Great Song Dynasty had provoked the relationship between Jin and Han, although this "evidence" had not been taken to heart by either Pingzhou or Jinmen before. Of course, this "evil act" of the Great Song Dynasty has also become another excuse for the Jurchens to invade the Song Dynasty.
The second is that the Han tribe continued to recognize it as a large metal state, and the Han tribe openly expressed its loyalty to Wu Qimai and sent a message to appease the various non-Jurchen tribes in Dajin. On the Han side, Aru Man retreated, the Pingzhou Army lifted the siege of Liaokou, and the minerals of Anpo and the trade routes of Tokyo Road were reopened to the Han Department, but all merchants had to pay 10% more taxes than before when they left Liaokou. The Han tribe doubled the amount of tea, cloth, and silk that Huining paid every year.
The third is the assignment of tasks for the Song War: with the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army as the main forces to attack the Song Dynasty, the Han Department provided Dajin with 150,000 quintals of grain and grass (most of which went to Zongwang), but was not responsible for the battle. During the Song Dynasty, the Han had to cut half of their forces.
The fourth problem is that the Han Department welcomes the request of Zhi Yanchong. This time, the Jinhan and Dajin sides were actually carried out under the leadership of Zong Han Zongwang, and Wu Qimai didn't even have a place to speak, so he could only acquiesce in the end. However, Zong Han and Zong Wang considered that he was the emperor after all, and finally gave him many benefits. But Zong Han Zongwang ignored Wu Qimai's request to escort Zhi Yanchong back to Huining, and now Zhe Yanchong is actually under the joint management of Zong Han Zongwang, so Wu Qimai can only make empty promises to the Han Ministry's request to welcome back Zhi Yanchong, and Yang Yingqi also disobeys the reduction of troops on the grounds that "the general has not returned".
In addition, there are more than a dozen mutually restrictive clauses, and the list goes on.
For this result, on the Jin side, Zong Han was quite satisfied, Zong Wang also agreed, and Wu Qimai also reluctantly accepted it under Zong Gan's urging;
On the Han side, there was general dissatisfaction, Wan Yanhu and Yang Yingqi were dissatisfied that the Jurchens did not return Zhi Yanchong immediately, and Cao Guangbi was also quite disappointed that they could not stop the Jurchens from attacking the Song, but they finally accepted this fact out of many considerations. In fact, Yang Yingqi and Cao Guangbi also know that it is very rare for both parties to reach the agreement in front of them.
For this march, Zong Han and Zong Wang each have their own ambitions. Zong Han hoped to encompass Shaanxi and Hedong, so that the manpower and material resources at his disposal would become extremely terrifying; Zong Wang, on the other hand, was much more cautious, he only planned to take Yanjing Road as a territory, blackmail the Song regime to increase the annual currency as military spending, and then use Tanggu to implement his strategy of using Han to control Han. In fact, his strategy of using the Han to control the Han had already achieved results before it was implemented: Cao Guangbi saw that he could not stop the northern army from invading the south, so he actually sailed south and returned to the Song Dynasty with Deng Su and Shi Kang, who had resigned from their posts. Yang Yingqi had no ability to stop him, and he didn't intend to stop him at all.
Cao Guangbi did not go to Bianliang immediately after leaving Jinmen, but stayed at Qingyang Port to wait for further news: he was still worried that Zongwang would suddenly tear up the secret agreement and take advantage of his departure to invade southern Liaoning. However, despite this, the morale of the central system of the Han Department was greatly damaged by his departure. The great general was placed under house arrest, the second general resigned, and the sixth general betrayed! The three most capable people in the Han Department were gone in a blink of an eye, and at this time, even if Yang Yingqi wanted to start a war against Huining, he still had soldiers but no generals, generals and no commanders.
The trade routes of Tokyo Road were reopened, but even Yang Yingqi did not know how long this short-lived prosperity would last. Standing on the city wall of Liaokou and looking at the soldiers who looked tired under the sunset, he suddenly regretted a little: the Han Department without Zhe, Cao, and Xiao actually looked so weak, and this weakness made Yang Yingqi feel afraid. People's hearts and morale, sometimes they can't come back when they are scattered! The hearts of the Han people have not yet dispersed, which is the reason why the Han Department has been able to sustain itself, but it is no longer aggressive. At this moment, Yang Yingqi really realized the role of Zhi Yanchong!
"We really can't replace Big Brother." Yang Yingqi said a little gloomily: "If the eldest brother hadn't had an accident, Hanbu would definitely not have become what it is now!" ”
There was only one person who listened to Yang Yingqi - his cousin Yang Kaiyuan. However, Yang Kaiyuan neither followed the chagrin, nor did he say anything to comfort Yang Yingqi, but just said: "I think that our current weakness is only temporary. ”
"For the time being?"
"Hmm." Yang Kaiyuan said: "Ying Qi, have you noticed something?" ”
"What's the matter?"
"The timing of You Yu's escape back to Liaokou."
"When did You Yu flee back to Liaokou?" Yang Yingqi said: "What does the third brother mean...... The timing of his escape back to Liaokou was wrong? ”
"Nope! Contrary! Yang Kaiyuan said: "The timing of You Yu's escape back to Liaokou is too right!" Just enough time for us to react! If he comes a day late – or even half a day! Liaokou and Jinmen may not be able to react correctly as they have already happened. ”
"You mean...... Something is wrong with this? ”
"It should be." Yang Kaiyuan said: "What do you think?" ”
Yang Yingqi was silent.
Yang Kaiyuan said again: "We won't mention this matter for the time being. Now I ask you, what are you going to do next? ”
"What's next?" Yang Yingqi smiled bitterly: "What else can we do besides watching and guarding here?" It would be bad if Zong Wang was forced to be anxious and really hurt the eldest brother. ”
Yang Kaiyuan asked, "Do you really plan to wait for the air?" ”
Yang Yingqi sighed: "I didn't plan to do this, I originally ......" hesitated for a moment, and finally told Yang Kaiyuan about his immature "Yin and Yang Strategy". And he said, "Unfortunately, we can't do it at all...... Hey! Wrong! ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "What's wrong?" ”
"Third brother, we ...... We can do it! Yang Yingqi said: "Yes! OK! Although the eldest brother is not there, it is perfectly okay to do so! Even...... Even more justified than originally planned! ”
Yang Kaiyuan thought about it and understood, and sighed: "It seems that this is really the case. ”
Yang Yingqi didn't speak. The sunset is still the same sunset, and the soldiers are still those soldiers, but in Yang Yingqi's eyes, it is completely different: he feels that these soldiers are not tired, but resting, resting for the next larger-scale charge!
"Third brother, I'm going back to Jinmen." Yang Yingqi's blood suddenly moved, and even his eyes were full of destructive power.
Yang Kaiyuan could also see that he couldn't calm down, so he didn't hold back, but said to him before parting: "Ying Qi, although the eldest brother is not in southern Liaoning now, I believe that we will definitely be able to defend the Han Department." He was still comforting Yang Yingqi, but he didn't know that Yang Yingqi didn't need comfort at the moment!
"No!" Yang Yingqi said: "Third brother, you are too conservative!" What we want now is not to defend the Han Department! ”
"Isn't it to defend the Han Department? What is that? ”
Yang Yingqi pointed to the southwest, where was the sea; He pointed to the direction of the northeast, where was Changbai Mountain, as if the mountains and seas were already in his hands: "What we want is to realize the grand aspiration of the Han Department and create a country we expect!" When we walked out of Daxianbei Mountain, didn't we swear like this? This ambition will not change because of the temporary departure of the eldest brother! He paused and said: "We have experienced a lot of twists and turns in the past two years, I don't know what Hanbu will become if we go on any longer, and I don't know what the people of the world will think of us!" All I know is that we have to keep going! ”
After leaving these few unclear words, Yang Yingqi left, his mind was in a burning state all the way, and after entering Jinmen, even he felt that the fire in his heart was burning too much. He summoned Yan Qing and asked him to invite Lin Ling to come over to the house.
When Yan Qing arrived at Lin Ling's mansion, Lin Ling was busy: during this time, the Lin family really lost a lot of business in order to support the Han Ministry, and many dead and bad debts in the north could not be collected. According to the past practice, if Yang Yingqi wanted to see her for business, most of them would reveal some news. Lin Ling pondered Yang Yingqi's attitude, and felt that most of it was not very important private matters, so he asked Yan Qing to apologize to Yang Yingqi on his behalf, saying that he really couldn't get out.
It was already the middle of the night, Lin Ling estimated that Yang Yingqi would not send anyone again, but who knew that it didn't take long for Yan Qing to come again, this time he didn't say anything, just handed over a note. Lin Ling opened it and saw that it was Yang Yingqi's handwriting, and there were only five words on the paper: "I want you to come over." ”
Lin Ling was stunned for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll change my clothes and go with you." ”
After the twelfth volume of "Bian Rong" "The Two Ends of the Snake's Head", please pay attention to the thirteenth volume of "Jingkang's Doubts"
——————
Request a day off...... This month is even more damning for my birds...... The next update will be tomorrow night or early Monday morning, so don't wait tonight. Woo, please be considerate and considerate......