It is said that this peace conference is much more sincere than the last peace conference presided over by Sange, and Zhenjin promised to call it a brotherly country under the actual control of the two countries, that is, to demarcate the border with the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to agreeing to the conditions put forward by the Song Dynasty before. Therefore, Ma Shao was full of confidence and felt that he could complete the task on this trip, but the reality was very cruel, and he met a completely unreasonable opponent - Zheng Sixiao.

The first meeting between the two sparked, Ma Shao thought that everyone was a Confucian, and they were all famous people in the world, and there should be many common languages. But after the meeting, the deputy envoy of the Southern Dynasty had a good face on him at all, and he even spoke with a gun and a stick.

If it was just that, Marsho would have endured it. If the words are not speculative, he thinks that he will talk about some wind and moon to ease the atmosphere, but he didn't expect people to abandon it, thinking that what he has learned is 'pseudo-learning'. At this time, Ma Shao couldn't bear it, this involved the character and righteousness of the scholars, and the two started a debate on who was true and who was false. Ma Shao thought that the origin, development and rise of Confucianism were all in Jiangbei, which was naturally authentic.

Zheng Sixiao believes that after the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, there was no Confucianism in the Central Plains, first of all, after the Central Plains fell into the hands of barbarians, the righteous people had all crossed south with Jun, and the people who stayed behind were also secluded in the mountains and wilderness, and there were no Confucianists in Jiangbei; In addition, how can the barbarians understand the breadth and profundity of Confucian culture, and the unscrupulous people in Jiangbei have deleted and razed the Confucian classic teachings in order to cater to them.

Zheng Sixiao's words are tantamount to pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man, ridiculing Ma Shao for being unkind and unjust, aiding and abetting abuse, and counting the sins of these barbarians. Ma Shao, who was furious, was difficult to refute, since the Khitan, Jurchen and the current Mongols have always been regarded as barbarians who do not understand the king, and now he has lost the name of righteousness and become the 'lackey' of the barbarians, and he naturally lost the opportunity in the debate.

Ma Shao lost points in righteousness, and naturally wanted to save face academically, but he swallowed it back by himself with one mouth, and people didn't want to talk about him as a pseudo-scholar at all, which made him feel like his fist was hitting cotton, and his stuffy chest was about to explode. He thought that since the words were not speculative, then everyone would talk about business, but Zheng Sixiao opened his mouth at this time, and it was difficult to satisfy the appetite of the Southern Dynasty by rowing the river.

Before leaving, Zheng Sixiao was summoned by His Majesty several times on the matter of peace talks, asking him to be reasonable and beneficial. Negotiate on the principle of not giving up an inch of land. But he also hinted that he proposed a peace proposal from Meng Yuan this time, and he begged us, and he must not show weakness, let alone be inferior, his attitude must be tough, and the conditions will not be conceded an inch, even if the talks collapse, don't be afraid.

Hearing these words, Zheng Sixiao was naturally enthusiastic and burst into tears of excitement. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, from the "Lanyuan Alliance" reached with the Khitan, the Jurchen's "Maritime Alliance", "Longxing Peace Conference", to the previous peace talks with Mengyuan, they have basically lost power and humiliated the country, ceded land and paid compensation, and even did not hesitate to surrender their identity and surrender their identities to bend their knees and beg for peace.

As an angry youth of the times and a radical nationalist, after Zheng Sixiao accepted the task of peace negotiation, he was determined not to be humiliated even if he died, and wanted to wash away the shame suffered by the Great Song Dynasty with his own blood and wake up future generations. But now that he has the support of the little emperor, he naturally feels more confident, and a six-grade official actually puts on the momentum of the first grade of the dynasty. However, Zheng Sixiao still underestimated the spirit of the little emperor, and the bottom line drawn was to take the proposal of 'Lianmeng to destroy gold' that year as the standard.

There are many controversies about the rights and wrongs of this discussion, but Zheng Sixiao thinks that in fact, the Song Dynasty has been constantly adjusting its strategy against Mongolia and Jin according to the changes in the current situation, and the introduction of the resolution of "Lianmeng to destroy Jin" has also turned around several times, and finally under the promotion of many unexpected events, under the joint action of various factors, it has to embark on the road of Lianmeng and Jin. And judging from the process, the imperial court is not unaware of the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and finally embarked on the road of "Lianmeng to destroy gold" is more of a helplessness of "taking the lesser of two evils".

In the spring of the sixth year of Shaoding, the Mongol army attacked Kaifeng, and Jin Aizong fled to Guide, which was 300 miles away from Kaifeng, and Cui Li, the governor of Kaifeng, surrendered to Mongolia. When Wanyan Shouxu continued to flee south to Caizhou, the Mongols sent people to Xiangyang in the Southern Song Dynasty to demand a joint extermination of Jin; As a result, the two countries signed a military alliance, Mongolia promised the Southern Song Dynasty that it could recover a number of areas south of the Huai River that had been forcibly occupied by the Jin, and the Southern Song Dynasty promised to supply grain; The Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia are still bounded by the Huai River.

In the process of destroying the Jin Kingdom, the Southern Song Dynasty recovered the four prefectures of Shou, Si, Su, Hao and the first army of Lianshui, plus the Haizhou obtained by destroying Li Quan, a total of five states, one army, and twenty counties, and the entire territory of Lianghuai was recovered. There are 11 counties in Tang, Deng and Xi in western Beijing, and 2 counties in Pizhou in Jingdong. However, Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi and General Zhao Fan, who did not discern the overall situation, hastily decided to take advantage of the unprepared opportunity of the Mongols to recover the three capitals in a flash: Kaifeng in Tokyo, Luoyang in Xijing, and Yingtian in Nanjing, dreaming of recovering the entire area south of the Yellow River in one night.

Half a year later, after destroying the Jin State, the Fei Mongol Corps had already withdrawn to Guanzhong. The Song army attacked in three ways, recovering Kaifeng, Shangqiu, and Luoyang without encountering resistance, and the Southern Song Dynasty staged a nationwide carnival comedy; A month later, before the carnival of national celebration was over, the Mongol corps launched a counteroffensive, and the result can be speculated, Sanjing fell again, the elite of the hot-headed Song army lost more than 100,000 people, and the battle of Mongolia and Song began.

Therefore, when Ma Shao heard Zheng Sixiao's request that the agreement made when the two countries jointly destroy Jin on that day prevail and that the boundary should be demarcated by the Yellow River, his first feeling was that this kid was crazy. However, Marshallw patiently explained that according to the practice of the past dynasties, the agreement signed between the two countries should be based on the latest agreement, so the agreements signed at that time could not be counted. But he was soon slapped in the face, Zheng Sixiao helped him review the previous peace negotiations between the two countries, but in the end, they were all rejected by Meng Yuan and not reached, so this should prevail.

Ma Shao thought about it, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed, and he regretted that he had nothing to do with it. But he absolutely didn't dare to admit that if he agreed to demarcate the Yellow River, no matter how good his temper was, he would have to chop him and make dumplings. Therefore, it was sophistry that the area north of the Huai River was the land of the Jin State, not the Great Song Dynasty, and the occupation of the Meng Yuan naturally belonged to them, even if there was a dispute, they had to talk to the Jurchens.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Zheng Sixiao opened his mouth. He said that since the Jin State had died, and the area north of the Huai River was theirs, then he should admit it. However, the Huainan region is indeed the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty still exists, so the area south of the Huai River, Sichuan and Shu, as well as the 11 counties of Tang, Deng, and Xi in western Beijing, and the two counties of Pizhou in Jingdong should be returned to the Great Song Dynasty in accordance with the agreement.

Unexpectedly, he lifted a stone and smashed himself in the foot, Ma Shao was speechless when asked, and he naturally did not dare to agree to this condition, only saying that the Lianghuai region had been actually occupied by this dynasty, and he could only talk about it on this basis. Zheng Sixiao heard it even more simply, since whoever occupies it is who's own, what else is there to talk about, just continue to fight.

Ma Shao listened to it but his face was black, I don't want to talk about it, but who made this dynasty suffer defeat, I have to talk to you! But at this point, he has also learned to be smart, and when he meets again, he is like gold, lest he will lose too many words, and he will be caught by the stinky and hard boy. As a result, the peace discussion became a big eye and a small star, and no one spoke, so that the peace discussion became empty talk again.

It was not until the Song army crossed the river and attacked the Taizhou horse farm and plundered tens of thousands of war horses that it took a turn for the better again. Ma Shao felt that this incident was very serious, especially during the peace talks, and he also thought that the Song army had provoked this matter first, and he could not shirk it no matter what. And since the peace discussion, he has been deflated again and again, and this time he has to get back face.

So Ma Shao immediately crossed the river to meet and lodged a solemn protest to the Great Song Dynasty, demanding the exchange of the plundered horses, the surrender of the perpetrators to be severely punished, and compensation for the losses. Unexpectedly, as soon as the two sides met, Zheng Sixiao protested to him instead, claiming that the cause of the incident was that the Mongolian army in Jiangbei coveted the war horses on Chongming Island in the Great Song Dynasty and repeatedly smuggled and stole horses. After the island's garrison failed to warn him many times, he was forced to return fire when the horse theft incident occurred again, and strayed into Jiangbei during the pursuit, but there was absolutely no robbery of the war horse.

Isn't this talking nonsense with your eyes open? Of course, Ma Shao was furious, hundreds of people on the ranch were killed, tens of thousands of war horses were missing, and thousands of troops were blocked outside Haizhou. In such a large-scale military operation, the other party said that it was just the garrison on the island chasing the horse thieves into Jiangbei by mistake, and they didn't see so many horses at all, which is really unreasonable.

And the next answer was even more angry at Ma Shao's nose. Zheng Sixiao not only resolutely denied it, but also said that the ranch was so big, and it was close to the river and the sea, maybe it was washed away by the river, swept away by the waves, or died of the plague, or even sold privately by the soldiers who herded horses. In order to shirk their responsibilities and escape punishment, they lied that they were looted by the Song army, which is clearly a false accusation and an unreasonable provocation.

Ma Shao didn't expect that a scholar who was born in Tanhua and was deeply disgusted by the way of Confucius and Mencius would be able to deny it in the face of the facts, with red lips and white teeth, and without changing his face and heartbeat, and also claimed that he must apologize for the false act, otherwise he would make them pay the price if he provoked the anger of the Son of Heaven. At that time, he couldn't wait to go up and bite him to relieve his hatred, but reason still told him that he couldn't do it, if he could beat the Southern Dynasty, would he still use himself to be angry here!

And at this time, in order to avoid being provoked by Sange's debt collection, Yuxi Timur was already confused Ma Shao and joined them without thinking about it......