Chapter 482: Compromise

Now Shi Bin occupies a total of six roads in Jinghu Road, Sichuan Road, Kuizhou Road, Henan Road, and Jingxi East and West Road, Lu Wende occupies two roads in Jiangnan, and Jia Nidao occupies two roads in Huainan. Only Guangnan East and West Road, Fujian Road, Lizhou Road and Jingxi Road are left to really obey the dispatch of the Song Dynasty, and they are all remote and barren places.

Even if Shi Bin and Lu Wende really want to separate, the emperor will have no choice. What can a mere messenger do? Therefore, Na Qincha recognized the situation and knew that he had no power to return to heaven, and it was impossible for him to use the holy decree to subdue Shi Bin and Lu Wende. The only thing he could do was to leave the camp safely and tell Li Zong the details of the situation as soon as possible.

Soon after, Ritsune heard the news that made him furious, and once again destroyed the antique calligraphy and paintings in the study. If Shi Bin alone does not obey the holy decree, he can accept it, but now Lu Wende does not listen to the holy decree, how can he bear it? Jia Nidao is still Shi Bin's father-in-law, and Lu Wende has a good relationship with Shi Bin and Jia Nidao. If the three of them are in cahoots, and other local officials follow suit, then won't he, the emperor, become a puppet?

The situation is so bad, it is natural that Rizune needs to find a punching bag. Of course, he would not think that it was caused by his rude cutting off the supply of grain and grass to Shi Bin and Lu Wende, but by Dong Songchen's bad idea.

Poor Dong Songchen was beaten all over his body by Li Zong, and finally thrown to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Guangchu Dye Zuo (one of the seven subordinate works of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) to work as a laborer. Dong Songchen naturally regretted it very much, lamenting that the misfortune came out of his mouth, and he accompanied the king like a tiger, but he regretted that it was useless and could only dye the fabric.

Although the gas is out, the problem has not been solved, and the problem must be solved before the matter is finished. Now Shi Bin and Lu Wende want to support their own troops and divide one side, but Li Zong did not show his attitude. After all, this kind of decision is not easy to make, and it needs to be carefully considered. However, it is not good for the Great Song Dynasty to drag on for a long time, and we must make a statement as soon as possible, whether to oppose or allow.

Perennial crickets playing calligraphy and painting have long lost the ability to deal with urgent affairs, so the first thing to do after being angry is to Xuan Zhaokui and Li Fu enter the palace to meet, hoping to get some useful advice or suggestions from them.

On the other hand, Shi Bin and Lu Wende did not express their attitude, whether they planned to cut off the alleged king or just be a warlord who listened to the tune and did not listen to Xuan. Although the two of them had a plan in their hearts, they didn't want to tell Li Zong directly, and wanted to use this vague attitude to put pressure on him and get more benefits.

When he heard the news that Shi Bin and Lu Wende refused to accept the holy decree, Li Fu was better, and Zhao Kui was in a cold sweat. Lu Wende was promoted with him in the southern and northern wars, and he was actually his general. Shi Bin joined forces with him several times to fight against Li Zong, and he himself supported Shi Bin in leading the army.

Even if he knew that Li Zong would not do anything to him, how could Zhao Kui feel at ease in such a situation? When Li Zong announced that he would enter the palace for an audience, he was even more nervous.

Zhao Kui and Li Fu met outside the study, both of them were bitter gourd faces, and they both knew that this was difficult. I couldn't hide, so I simply walked into the study of Li Zong with the appearance of a martyr.

Looking at the two courtiers in front of him, Li Zong's eyes were full of fire, and it was the two of them who agreed with Shi Bin to support Chen Yan and Li Tingzhi that caused today's big result.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." Zhao Kui and Li Fu pleaded in unison.

"What is the sin of the two? It is I who is guilty, and I am guilty only if I don't know people. ”

As soon as they heard Li Zong say this, the two of them were so frightened that their legs trembled and they almost knelt down. Fortunately, the Wenchen of the Song Dynasty had a very high status and would not kneel easily, so they barely stood still.

Seeing that both of them were standing against the wall, Rijong was not comfortable, and said that he would not pursue their faults, but that he would discuss a solution as soon as possible.

Zhao Kui and Li Fu were very happy that they were not asked by Li Zong, and of course they tried their best to find a way to deal with this crisis situation. Will there be eggs under the nest? If Da Song is gone, they will not have a good result. Li Fu, the privy envoy's first thought, was naturally to send troops to conscript, but he shut up before the words came out. Because he found that now the Great Song Dynasty has no soldiers or generals, and the generals and soldiers who can fight well are all under the command of Shi Bin and Lu Wende. If you have more than enough strength, you can only write if you can't do martial arts.

Since he was a privy envoy, he had to take the initiative to say this kind of thing, so he said very 'difficult': "Your Majesty, may I ask what Shi Bin and Lu Wende are going to do?" Do you want to cede the land and become the king, or do you just want to support the army and dominate the party? ”

"The attitude is not clear, but it should not be a land cession and a king. Because they said they would give me an answer when the matter at hand was done. Rizune smiled bitterly.

Give the emperor an answer after the matter at hand is done? What does this mean? Li Fu and Zhao Kui have been officials for decades, and they have never heard anyone say such ridiculous words to the emperor.

"What is that?" Zhao Kui said angrily, "It's lawless, is there an emperor in their eyes?" Sin is not punishable! ”

"What Cho Jae-fu said is extremely true, and it is indeed a crime that cannot be punished. But it's useless to just get angry, you still have to calm down and figure out a way. Before, the emperor said that they didn't mean to cede the land and claim the king, so everything would be settled, how about trying to talk to them? Li Fu said,

Talk to them? Although Li Zong and Zhao Kui knew that this was a solution, they were still very unwilling, so they were both resentful.

"If we don't talk about it, we can only raise troops to fight, the problem is that we don't have so many troops now. What's more, our soldiers are all old soldiers who have never fought before, and Shi Bin and Lu Wende's men are all elite soldiers, so we will definitely not be able to defeat them. Li Fu, the privy envoy, explained with a bitter face.

Indignation to resentment, but it did not make them lose their minds. Since there was no other way to solve the problem, it seemed that there was only a way to talk, so the three of them discussed how to talk.

"Zhao Kui, what do you think should be done?" Li Zong did not call him 'Zhao Aiqing' this time, but called him by his first name.

"The old minister thought that the two of them should not be stimulated anymore, and that the policy of appeasement should be used."

"Appeasement? So how to appease? Does he have to say yes to whatever he wants? Rizume asked with a little anger.

Of course this can't be done, even if Emperor Li wanted to do this, Zhao Kui would not agree, so Zhao Kui shook his head again and again and said that it could not be done at any time, and emphasized that the appeasement strategy was only a delaying tactic to ensure that the Song court had time to deal with this sudden change. Li Fu originally had some misunderstandings, but after listening to Zhao Kui's explanation, he immediately understood and supported his proposal.

"What then? There has to be a bottom line. Rizuma asked again.

"The bottom line" Li Fu muttered, "The minister thinks that the bottom line is that we can agree with them to take care of themselves in the military and government, but they can't cut the land and claim the king, and they enter Beijing every year." ”

"It's easy to be the king without cutting the land, but I'm afraid it's difficult to enter the capital every year." Zhao Kui shook his head and said, "They are by no means wine bags and rice bags, and they will not think that once they enter Beijing, they will become turtles in the urn." ”

"Then the military and government can take care of themselves, but they are not allowed to cede the land and become king, and pay enough taxes every year, but the treasury will no longer allocate funds to them." Li Fu said.

Li Zong heard the words again and again that Li Fu had a good idea, but Zhao Kui couldn't cry or laugh, feeling that the two were stupid and cute.

Shi Bin and Lu Wende want to divide the territory, how can they pay taxes to the Song court every year and still not get the state treasury allocation? I'm afraid the best plan should be Shi Bin and Lu Wende to be self-sufficient. Especially the most domineering Shi Bin is still helping Song Ting block the sabre of the Yuan people in the north, isn't Li Fu's mentally retarded plan to make the situation worse?

Seeing that Zhao Kui just smiled bitterly but didn't speak, Li Zong and Li Fu were puzzled. In their opinion, it is already a great kindness to allow Shi Bin and Lu Wende to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, is it possible that they still want to not even pay taxes?

"Your Majesty, Lu Wende may be able to accept your conditions, but Shi Bin will never be able to do so." Zhao Kui said.

"Why? Could it be that he really wants to rebel? Li Zong frowned and said very seriously. In his opinion, military and political autonomy is the limit, and if he doesn't even pay taxes, won't he already be self-reliant? What difference does it make to be a king or not to be a king?

Looking at Li Zong's angry appearance, Zhao Kui knew how angry he was in his heart, but he still said: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Shi Bin will not rebel, at least not for the time being." The reason why Chen said that he would never accept this condition was because he now occupied a total of six roads, including Jinghu Road, Kuizhou Road, Sichuan Road, Henan Road and Jingxi Road, and he should even occupy Shaanxi Road. His power is too huge, and almost all the pressure on the northern front falls on him, so he will never do this loss-making business and use it as a shield for us in vain. ”

After listening to these Li Zong and Li Fu, they realized that this was their wishful thinking. Indeed, no one will do this loss-making business to others as a shield for nothing, let alone Shi Bin, who is strong enough to cut the land and become the king.

"What do you think of Zhao Kui?" Rizuma asked.

"The minister thought that he would be in charge of the defense of the Yuan along the Yellow River, but the grain, grass and military salaries had to be raised by themselves, and we didn't care." Zhao Kui said.

"Lord Zhao means to give Shi Bin an empty name and let him help us defend against the attack of the Yuan people?" Li Fu asked with a happy face.

"Exactly." Zhao Kui nodded and said.

"Good, good, good. What a 'sandpiper clam competing for fisherman's profit'! Li Fu laughed loudly, "Your Majesty, Zhao Zaifu's plan is very clever." Shi Bin and the Yuan people have always been at odds, and if the Yuan people knew that he wanted to divide the territory, they would definitely lead the army to attack and be ashamed. And he will definitely be disturbed day and night, and as a hero, he will definitely rise up to fight. In this way, it will be beneficial to us that Shi Bin and the Yuan people will lose and lose, and we can even take the opportunity to get rid of Shi Bin and stabilize the situation. ”

Li Zong thought carefully about what Zhao Kui and Li Fu said, and felt that the two of them were reasonable, and their faces gradually became kind.

"Then give him Shi Bin a false name, and allow him to take care of his military and political taxes completely by himself, but he must give me to resist the attack of the good Yuan people." Li Zong said, "As for Lu Wende, let him be the envoy of the Jiangnan and two roads, and take care of the military and government independently, but the taxes are still paid, and he is allowed to listen to the edict and not listen to the announcement." ”

Knowing that this was the best way that could be negotiated now, Ritsune didn't want to spend more energy on it, so he asked directly: who will negotiate. Because that's just the bottom line, a little less is just a little bit.

As soon as the problem came out, Li Fu immediately kept silent, and Zhao Kui knew that he couldn't escape, so he simply said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go north to negotiate with Shi Bin and Lu Wende." ”