The New Year's bell has passed, and the Great Song Emperor Zhao Zhen once again dragged his sick body to the court.

The Hehuang battlefield has become a heart disease and embarrassment to this point, and at the time of the New Year's celebration, no one mentioned Wang Yan's amazing achievements. This requires political correctness, because Xiao Hui, the governor of Beifu, who represents the Great Liao State, participated in the negotiations.

Xiao Hui is here on behalf of the Liao State, no matter what state he and Yelu Hongji are, then try not to mention the military problems of the Great Song Dynasty in Hehuang, let alone the more sensitive Wang Yan.

The annual summary is a secret of Da Song and will not be carried out in front of outsiders.

So the next step is not Prime Minister Fu Bi's speech, it is Lao Zhao who takes advantage of this most festive day of the year, on behalf of the entire Great Song Dynasty, to thank the ministers for their conscientiousness, self-denial and dedication in the past year, and commend Zhang Fangping, Lu Huiqing, Shen Kuo and others for their achievements this year, as well as their contributions to the Great Song Dynasty.

Yes, I can't mention Wang Yan, it's too sensitive.

In his heart, this made Lao Zhao very sad and unworthy of Wang Yan, but he always dragged his life in compromise in his life, and he had to accept his fate.

Even if the Great Song Dynasty is no longer the weak Song Dynasty of the past, it is still a little weak in the face of hegemony......

The Liao people don't like the mode of meeting very much, and every time they experience Xiao Hui, they will be sleepy, so they sloppy and listened to Emperor Zhao Zhen for a long time without a sentence.

At some point, she couldn't help it, so Xiao Hui looked at Sima Guang in the first three rows.

Khan, as the boss of the Ministry of Rites, Sima Guang's standing position happened to be in the third row, which is true.

Xiao Hui seemed to ask, "Okay, why did the Great Song Dynasty delay in withdrawing its troops from Hehuang and rushing to the cold day." Sima Guang was also embarrassed by this, so he chose to avoid it and staggered his gaze.

At this point, Xiao Hui couldn't help it anymore, interrupted Zhao Zhen's speech, and cut in unhappily: "Your Majesty Emperor Song, shouldn't you properly say anything about the instability caused by the Song State Volunteer Army in Hehuang?" ”

Han Qi couldn't help but be furious and wanted to have a seizure, but was stopped by Zhao Zhen, who was not in good spirits, raising his hand.

Zhao Zhen said: "Why does the envoy of the Liao State feel that the volunteer army has caused the instability of Hehuang? ”

Xiao Hui said eloquently: "The Western Xia sent troops to Tibet because the Tibetans harassed the Western Xia in the border area earlier. This was originally their problem, and Da Liao believed that the Song State had sent troops to Hehuang under ill intentions, which caused some unrealistic illusions of the Song regime, and as the wrong party, after receiving the assistance and support of the Song State, they gave up admitting their mistakes and correcting their mistakes, and chose to resist, resulting in the deepening and complication of the military conflict in the region. This is why there is more and more bloodshed. ”

"Including some time ago, the Xining Prefecture Massacre caused by Xixia Manbaa was also caused by a misunderstanding, because he was forced by the majestic Wang Yanbu Volunteer Army to obtain a base for the winter in order to protect himself. Regarding all this, I Da Liao thinks that it is not all the fault of the Song State, but your intervention has played a role in fueling the troubles, and the Song State cannot escape the blame for the Xining Prefecture Bloody Case. ”

Xiao Hui finally said.

Sima Guang was also angry, and said uncalmly, "Blood spews people".

It is true that in private, Sima Guang and his party really had this kind of thinking, and described the "Xining Prefecture Massacre" that appeared in the Hehuang area as "Wang Yan is to blame." Because the people led by Sima Guang believed that it was Wang Yan, who was as imposing as a rainbow, who refused to withdraw his troops and forced Manba too aggressively, which caused the dog to jump off the wall in a hurry.

This view was supported by some within the Song state, at least openly by the empress. However, these are just the internal affairs of the Song State, and it is humiliating for outsiders to come to the court to say so, so Sima Guang can't help it.

In this way, the entire court was a little embarrassed. I think Sima Guang is too composed, and these words are so fast and useful?

Obviously, if she can say this kind of thing, Xiao Hui is here to show her superiority in soy sauce, and she will not carry the diplomatic purpose of "wanting to negotiate" at all. That is also known as going through a procedure, salute first and then soldier.

In fact, from Zhao Zhen's point of view, Xiao Hui's rhetoric has been personally embellished by him and can be regarded as more polite.

It is completely conceivable that this is because he Xiao Hui and the newly enthroned Liao Emperor do not deal with each other, so he deliberately does not speak too stiffly.

Now the opinion within the Liao State is that the Xining Massacre occurred because of the Song king. But Xiao Hui was just willing to modify the rhetoric to "It's not all Song Guo's fault, but you have played a role in fueling the troubles."

To the ears of Zhao Zhen, who was used to being cowardly, it was indeed Xiao Hui who deliberately released water and softened his tone.

While Zhao Zhen was thinking, Xiao Hui said again: "Your Majesty Emperor Song, the current situation is like this, and I Da Liao does not recommend that the Song army continue to make trouble in the Hehuang region. It is also necessary to consider the rapid withdrawal of the Song army as appropriate, so as to safeguard the interests of the Quartet and achieve the purpose of the Song State's participation in the tripartite talks when he went to Beijing. ”

Han Qi intervened: "Of course, it is simple for your envoy to withdraw the troops. But for now, let's not talk about the diplomatic cliché template, everyone knows in their hearts, there must be a reason for war, the king will be defeated, and if the war is won, it will be justice and the defeat will not be said. The result so far is the hard work of our Great Song Volunteer Army for half a year. In case the Song State believed your words and withdrew its troops from the Hehuang battlefield, what did you mean by deploying the main force of the Xiao Clan's Shan Army in the Nanjing area of the Liao State during a critical and sensitive period? If my Great Song Dynasty withdraws its troops, what should you say about Liao? ”

Xiao Hui also felt embarrassed about this question, it was not something he could decide, so he could only answer vaguely: "Han Xiang, don't worry, regarding the deployment of the Shan army in the territory of Da Liao, we have our reasons, it is the internal affairs of my Da Liao, and the Song State does not need to over-interpret it." ”

"Oh, I see, I've received your opinion." Han Qi nodded strangely, and stopped talking.

This probably means that there is nothing to talk about. So many people originally had something to say, but now they also know that it's time to save some saliva.

In this way, at the beginning of the fourth year of Jiayou, the Hehuang battlefield was slow to produce results, and the government and opposition of the Great Song Dynasty were shrouded in Liao-phobia, and Xiao Hui, the governor of the Northern Prefecture of Liao, and the first consultation with the Great Song Dynasty broke up unhappily......

The snow is falling, and the people are discussing:

"No matter when my Great Song Dynasty arrives, I will never be able to avoid the threat of the Liao State, and I will always be blackmailed."

"Yes, now I pay attention to these news every day, my brother is fleeing from the land in Hebei, and at this time, the Liao army is close to the border of the Great Song Dynasty, and I don't know if I really want to fight."

"Don't worry, uncle, I promise I won't fight. Even if you want to fight, the current Song Kingdom is not what it used to be, as long as the Great Demon King comes out, he will definitely be able to lead the Great Song Dynasty out of the darkness and win the war. ”

"Don't be too optimistic, Liao is not Western Xia. And the Great Demon King is now trapped in the quagmire of the Hehuang Battlefield, and it stands to reason that there is no chance of a result before April. At this critical time, there are many unstable factors within our Great Song Dynasty, and I don't know what the food and financial situation will be in the coming year. Why, the Great Song Dynasty can't accept a full-scale war with the superpowers at this time. ”

"Yes, although the Great Demon King is belligerent, objectively speaking, he has always avoided a full-scale war with the great powers, and wants to win buffer time for the rise of the Song Kingdom."

"The rise is still far away, and now the Beijing industrial base is just taking shape. Just fighting a river war, how much strength did it cost to our northwest, and how many soldiers and civilians were mobilized? You should not only look at the deployment of the 20,000 Song troops on the Hehuang battlefield, but in fact, starting from Funing County and extending to the entire northwest logistics supply line, more than 450,000 soldiers and civilians have been mobilized to participate so far, just to supply the logistics of the volunteer army, but also to feed the Tubo people in the war-torn areas. ”

"Yes, don't just see the early good news of the Volunteer Army, if you don't withdraw and don't end the Battle of Hehuang, even if you don't consider the blackmail at the critical moment of the Liao State, it will bring fatal pressure to my Great Song Dynasty, in short, the Great Song Dynasty may become the biggest loser!"

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By 9 January, the governor of the northern province of Liao had held several consultations with the Song court, and in addition to asking for the purchase of more flintlock guns, he also demanded the purchase of machine tools and steam engines produced by the Funing County Machinery Factory.

In addition, it was also proposed that the new Liao Emperor was interested in agriculture and animal husbandry, and asked the Song State to sell the rice, wheat, and soybean seeds improved by Wang Yan's firm to the Liao State to improve the agricultural environment of the Liao State. In addition, it is proposed to introduce the rare "winter greenhouse green vegetable technology".

In addition, Yelu Hongji believed in Buddhism and asked the Song State to strengthen the communication between the Liao State Master and the Song State Xiangguo Temple from the religious level, and to ensure that there were enough Buddhist temples in the Song Kingdom, and there must be no more "Wang Yan's bad deeds of demolishing temples in Funing County".

As the secretary of the Song State Rites Department, Sima Guang did not respond to other requests, but vigorously agreed with Xiao Hui Xiangye's views on the protection of religion.

This made Fu Bi Tie blush, and left the negotiation site with his sleeves flicked up. Shi Fu Bi said: This negotiation is not recognized by the disciples of the Great Song Dynasty, which is the personal behavior of individual officials of the Ministry of Rites.

I never thought that Fu Bi would be like this, which made Sima Guang and Xiao Hui dumbfounded.

Of course, they don't know how much Fu Bi loves to maintain stability. Authorized ruthless Zhang Congxun to see such things as not acting in light, Fu Bi has done a lot, and most of them are related to religion. It's just that Fu Bi has come to "know my sins, I only know my spring and autumn", many events have not been declassified, and others don't know.

Unless there is a Tianfu Bi who wants to be completely denied, those egg pains will be turned out. Otherwise, now that he is the prime minister, even Han Qi does not have the authority to decrypt the "secret level" he set......

Until January 13.

In the fifth negotiation between Song and Liao, Xiao Hui was very interested in not mentioning religious matters.

However, Xiao Hui also requested: Increase the annual coin given by the Song State to the Liao State to 400,000 taels of silver. And Xiao Hui did not mention the fact that the Shan army was stationed in Nanjing, but once again urged the Song army to withdraw from the Hehuang area.

This time, Fu Bi Han Qi was dumbfounded.

It's not a difficult question to talk about, it's not something to talk about at all. They also want to garrison troops on the border to carry out armed blackmail, and they have to buy flintlock pistols, grain seeds, greenhouse vegetable technology, breeding technology, and they also have to buy the latest generation of boring machines and steam engines at cheap prices. They also demanded an increase in the annual coin, and then asked the Song State to withdraw its troops from Hehuang when they were not defeated, but did not mention at all whether they withdrew their troops from Nanjing, the Liao State?

Feelings don't mention the issue of Buddhism, even if the conditions given by Dad Guo to Song Guo this time?

Speaking of which, even if you give back to the only "Buddhist conditions", it is not that Xiao Hui is benevolent or Sima Guang is not stubborn. It was because of the last negotiation that Sima Guang almost lost his power and humiliated the country in response to religious remarks, and he killed the Confucian Li Jiao, who was not in good health. Yes, Li Jing has just passed away a few days ago.

Speaking of Li Jingqi, he, like Sun Fu, was one of the great masters of Confucianism in this period. In the early days, he was strongly recommended by Fan Zhongyan and became an assistant teacher of Guozijian. Later, he was promoted to professor (professor). The position before his death a few days ago was roughly equivalent to "*******".

Li Jing is also Wang Anshi's friend and literary friend. A while ago, I also gave Wang a lot of ideas for changing the law. In addition, he was a famous atheist and great thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he also admired many of Da Yan's works in the early stage, which is the reason why ordinary people can't take Da Yan. Otherwise, many of Wang Yan's articles would have been promoted and harmonized.

Then, Li Jingqi has a characteristic: anti-religion.

The atheist, he exalted Confucianism and rejected all sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Manichaeism, and Birdfeatherism, saying that they were all heretics.

It is said that just because Fan Zhongyan was almost denied and died early, otherwise if Fan Zhongyan was in power and Li Ji was used, I am afraid that their means of attacking religion would be more obscene than that of Fubi Wang Yan.

In Wang Anshi's view, the death of Confucianism, atheism, and vice president of Taixue was caused by Sima Guang and Xiao Hui. After the death of this venerable gentleman, I am afraid that many bad thoughts will rebound in the future, at least in Taixue. Taixue is the base of the reserve officials of the national dynasty, and if it is influenced by Sima Guang's party, I am afraid that it will gradually become a lingering disaster for the national dynasty in the future.

As a result, although Wang Anshi did not participate in the negotiations between Sima Guang and Xiao Hui, he decisively broke into the Shangqing Palace, and Amway Lao Zhao had some "Li Jing's Positive Influence and Achievements on the Great Song Dynasty".

Khan, Zhao Zhen knows what kind of person Li Ji is, but he is a protégé of the sensitive person Fan Zhongyan, and he is anti-Taoist and not treated by the queen, so Lao Zhao's appointment of Li Zhen has always been very low-key. However, now I heard Wang Anshi's slanderous rumors that "Li Jing was only in his early fifties, and he was angry to death by Sima Guang and Xiao Hui's remarks during his illness."

So Lao Zhao supported Wang Anshi, although it was inconvenient to reprimand Sima Guang angrily because of Xiao Hui's reasons, but Zhao Zhen immediately gave Li Ji enough to chase the seal, and ordered the "Li Ji Collection" with more than 300,000 words to be included in the cabinet.

There are really too many volumes, except for Wang Yan, a big parallel import, it is generally difficult for the literati of the Great Song Dynasty to produce so many words, but whether it is water or not, it has all been affirmed by Lao Zhao.

In this regard, the folk talent friends were boiling, and scolded Li Jian for being a parallel commodity like Wang Yan, why didn't he include the Xiaobai text of "Iron Head Light" in the pavilion, or use it as a teaching material in Taixue? Do you want to get Wang Yan to go to Guozijian as a doctoral supervisor again? See what kind of students he can teach?

But the fact that Xiucai dares to scold does not mean that officials dare to speak out. In short, Sima Guang was not scolded this time, but the emperor included Li Jing's hydrology in the cabinet and posthumously sealed it, which was politically an extremely rare slap in the face of the Ministry of Rites' propaganda.

Xiao Hui didn't want to really annoy the Emperor of the Song State and cause trouble, so she reached a tacit understanding with Sima Guang, and never said anything about the "Cultural Exchange between Liao State and Daxiangguo Temple" in the fifth negotiation.

But even so, there is still no need to talk about it.

In private, Wang Anshi may be able to accept his son's reluctant choice to withdraw the army, but he must not accept "the act of signing an unequal treaty under the pressure of the Liao army".

Regarding the current situation, Wang Anshi has already said that the withdrawal of the Volunteer Army has something to discuss, but the premise is that the Liao Guoshan Army will immediately withdraw from Nanjing, and there must be at least a move of 300 miles north before it can be discussed.

As for the rest of the conditions proposed by Xiao Hui, Wang Anshi didn't say much, but only used the word "tsk" in the short article, and there was no follow-up.

In view of this, both the court and the people are more careful. With the increasing differences in the Song-Liao negotiations, and even excessive friction, it is possible that the Song-Liao War will really break out, and it will not be too far away, I am afraid that it will be in March.

The fear of the Liao people in the Great Song Dynasty from top to bottom is deep-rooted, and some folk critics believe that there may be people who carry the past, because people like Kou Lao Xi'er still have them in the Great Song Dynasty.

When people are in a crisis, they always think about that person again. Even if he has a lot of infamy, it undoubtedly shows that even if the Great Demon King is young, the aura of the leader has taken shape, and although the Demon King Realm has not yet become a climate, it has begun to spread......