Lin Jue didn't really know the specific content of these three peace talks until this moment. But unlike Zhang Hanqiu's anger, Lin Jue did not feel as humiliated and angry as Zhang Hanqiu after listening to these three conditions of the peace agreement. Because Lin Jue saw that although the terms of these three peace negotiations were harsh, they did not touch the bottom line of Da Zhou.

You must know that the Great Zhou is facing the threat of annihilation. After the defeat of 300,000 elites, if you want to make peace with your opponent, Da Zhou will have to pay a great price. This kind of negotiation is not reciprocal and has no right to speak. And now, in addition to asking for a large amount of indemnity and annual coins, the whole terms of the peace negotiation are the so-called humiliation of calling themselves nephews. But this self-proclaimed nephew, while indeed a humiliation, is a senseless humiliation. It seems that the Liao people deliberately did it and deliberately hit the morale of the Great Zhou and attached conditions. The real core of the peace talks is nothing more than a large amount of compensation.

reparations, which are inevitable. With the national strength of the Great Zhou, it is just a matter of saying that such a small amount of compensation and New Year's coins want to hollow out the entire Great Zhou. No matter how you say it, Da Zhou has also experienced a hundred years of prosperity. Although the state has a serious financial deficit, the people are still quite solid. The so-called folk do not refer to the homes of ordinary people, but to the aristocratic scholars and merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After so many years of promotion, these people have amassed a lot of wealth. At this time, when the country is in trouble, Guo Xu will definitely force them to take the silver. Moreover, the annual fiscal and tax revenue of Da Zhou is at least seventy or eighty million taels, and on the whole, this compensation greatly damages the national strength, but it is not fatal.

No wonder Guo Xu will quickly agree to the terms of the peace negotiation, it is best to solve the crisis with money, and the other party did not put forward the request of land cession or other unacceptable requirements to shake the foundation of the Great Zhou, this kind of peace negotiation is naturally absolutely acceptable to Guo Xu under the current circumstances.

On the other hand, this may also be what the Liao people want to see. If the Liao people, as they thought, were just to divide and conquer and break up the alliance between the Great Zhou and the Jurchens, then the terms of this peace negotiation were so simple that it seemed reasonable. However, what Lin Jue wanted to know was that since the peace discussion did not hurt Da Zhou much, how did he provoke Guo Xu and let him kill Yang Jun at this time. Is it just stupidity?

"Don't be angry, Lord Zhang, with all due respect, the terms of the peace negotiation are harsh, but this is the consequence that must be borne by the defeat of the Great Zhou. Da Zhou's decision was wrong in the first place, and it would be a blessing if real peace could be obtained through this agreement. What I am afraid of is that this agreement is just a delaying tactic by the Liao. Lin Jue expressed his opinion.

"Lord Lin seems to have something to say?" Zhang Hanqiu frowned.

Lin Jue looked at the two white water birds flying and chasing on the lake in the distance, and asked in a deep voice: "Lord Zhang, I got the news, did the imperial court kill Yang Jun for defeat?" What's going on? ”

Zhang Hanqiu's already somewhat calm mood instantly became excited again. He clenched his fists and slammed them on the stone table in the pavilion, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Lin, it was this incident that made me completely disappointed in the imperial court, so I resolutely decided to leave the capital. It's incredible, can you imagine that in such a difficult time, the court is still intriguing with each other, and is still taking the opportunity to cut off dissent? Can you imagine that as an emperor, he personally killed important ministers in front of hundreds of courtiers? How could my big week become

Such? How can I have such a person as the emperor in Da Zhou? The ancestors of the past dynasties knew that they would not be blind to death. It's heartbreaking. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Zhang Hanqiu gritted his teeth and described the situation in detail in the early morning of the day, and Zhang Hanqiu, as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, naturally attended the morning court. He had witnessed Guo Xu's beastly behavior, and he had also heard what Yang Jun said. After the next dynasty, the more Zhang Hanqiu thought about it, the more he felt that it was no longer necessary to stay in the court, the Great Zhou court was already in a miasma, and the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was no longer worthy of his allegiance and support. So after thinking about it for two days, he finally made a decision, packed his luggage, and fled out of the capital with his family to Funiu Mountain. He didn't even resign, he didn't say hello to anyone. Because he knew that if he did, he wouldn't even be able to get out. That kind of court is no longer the court he works for.

Lin Jue listened to Zhang Hanqiu's narration almost with his mouth open, and when he heard the half-dead part of Yang Jun smashed by Guo Xu with an incense burner in public, he shook his head and laughed.

"You're still laughing? Lord Lin, you yourself said that you are still the minister of the Great Zhou, do you still laugh when such a ridiculous thing happened to my Great Zhou? There is nothing terrible about such a thing as negotiating reparations, but what is terrible is the chaos in the court. Do you know what the mood of the entire court is now after the emperor did that? Many officials are like ashes, they can't imagine how my Da Zhou can become like this, how can the emperor be such an emperor? ”

"What's there to say about that? Lord Zhang, a person who killed his father, killed his brother, killed the queen mother, killed the queen, what else can you expect from him? Don't you still believe it? Do you still think that I, Lin Jue, am willing to rebel and rebel when I go out of the capital? You people just don't want to believe the truth, but you have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. Now you understand what kind of tyrannical person Guo Xu is. Hahaha. I'm not laughing at Guo Xu, I'm laughing at you. Lin Jue laughed non-stop.

Zhang Hanqiu frowned and smacked his lips and was silent.

"Keep talking, Master Zhang, what's the follow-up? What happened in the court after Yang Jun was beheaded? Lin Jue asked.

“…… The emperor ordered Yang Jun to be beheaded, and his plea was published to the world. Subsequently, Lu Zhongtian was appointed as the privy envoy and Yuan Zhenqian was appointed as the deputy privy envoy......"

"What? Lu Zhongtian as a privy envoy? Lin Jue exclaimed, by now, this was the most unexpected thing he had heard.

Originally, Bai Qi was going to be promoted to be a privy envoy, but for some reason, he suddenly asked Lu Xiang to temporarily serve as a privy envoy. The explanation given by the emperor is that Bai Qi is still young and cannot serve the public, and at this moment, he should take this position as an important minister in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Taking Lu Xiang as a temporary replacement is good for stabilizing the overall situation. Wait for the situation to stabilize and then find a suitable person to appoint. All this is changing so fast, all kinds of private news are flying all over the sky, and I don't know the specific reason. ”

"Oh? What kind of gossip is it? Lin Jue was interested in these private gossip.

Zhang Hanqiu frowned and said: "Some people say that it is because Bai Qi played the emperor and said that he should not kill Yang Shu's envoy, this is a self-destruction of the Great Wall." made the emperor unhappy. Some people said that it was the emperor who wanted Bai Qi to purge Yang Jun's henchmen, and asked him to behead Han Gang, Ma Qingshan, and other generals of the Northern Expedition who were still in Bazhou

They must also be held accountable for the defeat. The emperor was also worried that they would be dissatisfied because Yang Jun was killed. But it is said that Bai Qi refused, so the privy envoy was gone. Anyway, there's all sorts of theories, but I don't have the heart to ask for them, and you know I'm not the kind of person who likes to gossip. ”

Lin Jue's brows twisted into a pimple, the problem was much more serious than he thought, and his original doubts about Yang Jun's death now had a basic answer. And beyond this, there is an extra layer of worry. It's serious, so serious that it's almost irreparable. Lin Jue could almost conclude that Yang Jun's death was a conspiracy of the Liao, which just explained why Guo Xu would execute Yang Jun in this situation. Guo Xu may be stupid, but Lu Zhongtian is definitely not stupid, doesn't he know what Yang Jun's death means? But he didn't seem to stop Guo Xu from doing so. The reason why Lin Jue made such a judgment was naturally derived from Zhang Hanqiu's narration.

"Yang Jun's death was a trick of the Liao people. The imperial court was forced to kill Yang Jun. Mr. Zhang, this is my opinion on this matter. You're in the capital, I don't know if you feel this way. Lin Jue groaned.

Zhang Hanqiu was stunned for a long time, frowned, and said, "How could you come to such a judgment?" ”

"It's very simple, first, Guo Xu wants to kill Yang Jun, and he doesn't have to wait for Yang Jun to admit his guilt. After the defeat of the army, it can be punished in this way. Why did you wait until Yang Jun took the initiative to play and ask for guilt? And it was done only after the terms of the peace agreement had been passed. There must be a connection between Yang Jun's death and the terms of the peace agreement. Perhaps this explanation is not convincing enough, then we can look at it from another angle. Assuming that the Liao people asked to kill Yang Jun, can it perfectly explain why Guo Xu killed Yang Jun after the peace agreement was reached? Because in addition to the three articles we have seen, there is also an invisible requirement in the content of the agreement, which is to ask Guo Xu to kill Yang Jun. I was surprised that the terms of the peace agreement were too simple and easy to reach, but with the addition of this article, there would be no doubt about this. ”

Zhang Hanqiu's mind was full of fog, and he couldn't figure out the key to it for a while.

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "The Liao people only need to make one more secret request outside the agreement, and Guo Xu has to agree in this situation." And this condition must not only be acceptable to Guo Xu, but also achieve the goal of weakening the Great Zhou of the Liao people. Yang Jun can be a scapegoat, and Guo Xu can shift all the blame on his head, so that he can avoid the pressure of public opinion. Killing Yang Jun is very much in line with the interests of the Liao people, the purpose of the Liao people is to divide the alliance between the Great Zhou and the Jurchens, and after the peace agreement with the Great Zhou is successful, he can go all out to exterminate the Jurchens. After that, he still has to do something to me Da Zhou. Then cutting off Yang Jun is to reduce the big trouble when he returns to use troops against Da Zhou in the future. Yang Jun is the backbone of my Great Zhou army, if he is here, the Liao people are still extremely jealous, because he can unite the military heart and can command the troops and horses. He is the only one who is suitable to lead the army, and no one else can convince the public. You also said that the imperial court's killing of Yang Jun was a self-destruction of the Great Wall, which shows that you also think so in your heart. Therefore, if you can force Da Zhou to kill Yang Jun, it will make the Liao people happier than getting some compensation for the silver and materials. ”

Zhang Hanqiu suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, but he was still a little puzzled: "But...... The emperor could have killed Yang Jun directly, why did he have such an uncontrollable situation in the court? ”