Zhao Yan led hundreds of civil and military officials, traveled fifty miles a day, and arrived at Guide Mansion in the second year of Longxing, on the twenty-ninth day of the winter month.

Emperor Wan Yan Liang of the Jin State sent his henchmen to wait here early, and as soon as the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and his party arrived, they immediately conducted peace negotiations.

On the third day of the lunar month, Zhao Yan summoned the prime minister of Jin State with hundreds of civil and military officials in the camp.

The prime minister of the Jin State met with the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and did not ask the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to accept the letter of the State of Jin as a courtier, and the hearts of the hundred officials of the Great Song Dynasty were shocked.

Originally, Tang Siwei was ready to accept the letter of state on behalf of the emperor, and he didn't want the prime minister of Jin to mention this stubble at all, so he directly received the letter of state from the internal servant and handed it to Emperor Zhao Yan.

Just when everyone was surprised, they only heard the prime minister of Jin State say: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Song State came to discuss the peace in person, and my Emperor Dajin deeply felt his sincerity, and specially ordered Gan to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Song State in person, and acted as the sole agent for the peace negotiation." The conditions of the Jin State are very simple, as long as the Song army retreats a hundred miles, Bianjing will be ceded to you. ”

"Jokes. Bianjing is my Great Song Dynasty land, how can I cede it? I give it back, and I return it as it is! Without waiting for others to speak, Chen Kangbo immediately spoke up to correct the other party's uncomfortable remarks.

"Dajin has owned the land of Bianjing for more than 30 years, and the Jin Song Dynasty and the conference of Shaoxing in the 11th year are also clearly written, the north of the Huai River is the land of my Dajin Kingdom, and Bianjing is near the Yellow River, not to mention. Bianjing is now the land of the Dajin State, and now the two sides negotiate peace and cede it to the Song State, isn't it right? Kim retorted.

"Shaoxing peace talks? When you tore up the peace agreement three years ago, there was no peace talk between Song and Jin, let alone no borders, as far north as Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, and west as Lanzhou and Lintao Mansion, all of which belonged to the land of the Great Song Dynasty! Occupying the land of the Great Song Dynasty for more than 30 years, it is time to return the land of the Great Song Dynasty and withdraw from the Central Plains, and there are no conditions to talk about. ”

Chen Kangbo said, and immediately continued: "Return the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and your emperors and officials can return to the north, but they must not take anything that belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, nor can they take away wealth, nor can they take away our people, let alone the army." If you don't agree, it won't be difficult to destroy you! ”

"How can this be true? If what you say represents the Song Kingdom, then there is nothing to talk about, just wait for the jade to burn! The prime minister of Jin was furious when he heard this.

"Let's talk about peace, why bother. We have come from thousands of miles away, and the sincerity of this is clear to the Prime Minister. Now hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are in Bianjing, and the Jin Kingdom only returns one Bianjing City, which is unreasonable, Zhengzhou and Luoyang have to be returned, so it can be regarded as sincere, otherwise why bother if we run thousands of miles? Tang Siwei immediately came out to play the round.

"What my lord said is that Gan came with sincerity in this peace negotiation, but Lord Chen opened his mouth and asked me for half of the land of Dajin Country, how is this possible? Zhengzhou and Luoyang can only give one city, Bianjing is close to Zhengzhou, if the Song army retreats a hundred miles, Zhengzhou will also be given to you, there is nothing to do, this matter, Gan can still call the shots! The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin bowed his hand to Tang Si.

Tang Siwei hurriedly returned the salute, and then said: "Bianjing is the former capital of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is very important to my Great Song Dynasty, and there is no room for the slightest damage. If there is malicious intent in destroying the city, I am afraid that the peace agreement between the two countries will be in vain. You know, the ruined Bianjing City doesn't mean much to us, can you understand? ”

As soon as these words came out, the prime minister of the Jin State was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor sent Gan to negotiate peace, which was originally with great sincerity, but if someone in the Song State got in the way and was unwilling to reach a peace agreement, the Great Jin State would not mind destroying Bianjing, just a city, it would not mean anything to us." ”

When the civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty heard this, their faces all changed greatly, and the other party threatened to destroy Bianjing City, and no one dared to speak.

After a moment of silence in the hall, Chen Kangbo said: "As far as Chen knows, Bianjing City was burned down most of it as early as the Jingkang Rebellion, and it has been destroyed a lot of times in many wars over the past few decades, coupled with the flooding of the Yellow River, Bianjing City is no longer the prosperous Bianjing City of forty years ago, for us, she is just a memory that is difficult to give up." If you really take back Bianjing City, the Great Song Dynasty will destroy her completely, and there will be no trace of the golden people. threatened to destroy the city, Chen saw that you had miscalculated. Chen said in one sentence, before the Jin people went south to Yanjing, all the land belonging to the Great Song Dynasty must be returned, otherwise see you on the battlefield! ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked again, and even Zhao Yan, who had been silent, was a little moved.

"Chen Xiang, this is not right, we have come thousands of miles away, not just to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible and take back the homeland of Bianjing. If the peace talks are not reached, and the war continues, not to mention the empty consumption of national strength, and the recovery of Bianjing, I don't know how many years it will have to delay. If the problem can be resolved through peace talks, why resort to force? Do you think so? Tang Siwei took over again.

Except for a few officials of the main battle faction, the rest of the civil and military officials immediately responded one after another.

It is precisely because they want to negotiate peace that they take the risk of coming to the front line of Defu, and if they still want to fight, they don't want to come, and if the momentum of the great peace negotiation is disturbed by the stubborn main battle faction, they will have to go all the way to the front, but the gains outweigh the losses.

"You Aiqing don't have to argue about this, peace must be discussed. The Jin State proposed and made conditions, asking the Song army to retreat a hundred miles, and my Great Song also had peace conditions. In addition to the redrawing of the border between the two countries, there are two conditions. First, the Great Song Dynasty no longer called Jin a vassal, and the Song and Jin countries could be about brothers. Second, cancel all New Year's coins. You go back and tell the Emperor of Jin that if you agree, you can talk about the demarcation of the border, and if you don't agree, you don't need to negotiate peace. Zhao Yan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

How could Jin Ren accept these two suddenly extra conditions?

But as soon as the emperor Chrysostom opened, there was still room for return.

The prime minister of Jin was speechless for a long time, and the civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not know whether to approve or oppose.

The two conditions proposed by Zhao Yan should have been discussed with some confidants and important ministers in advance, otherwise they would not have been suddenly put forward at this time.

As soon as the main peace faction headed by Tang Siwei moved, they aimed at Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao and others, except for them, no one would encourage the emperor to put forward such conditions that obviously hindered the peace.

In the eyes of the Lord and the faction, it is impossible for Jin Guo to agree to the conditions proposed by Zhao Yan.

But Zhao Yan's attitude was very tough, but the prime minister of Jin did not immediately refuse, the situation was so complicated that Tang Siwei and others were not clear for a while, and did not dare to rashly besiege Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao and others.

"If the Jin envoy feels embarrassed, he might as well go back and prepare, Bianjing, Luoyang, my Great Song soldiers will take it themselves, but what price your country will pay at that time is not predictable at this time." Zhao Yan's tone was calm, and he seemed to be confident.

After a moment of silence in the hall, he only heard the prime minister of the Jin State say: "The proposals and conditions of your country are really harsh, although Gan is in charge of peace affairs, he can't make the decision, he needs to go back to Beijing to meet His Majesty the Dajin Emperor, and then there is war or peace, and His Majesty the Dajin Emperor should be in charge." ”

After a pause, he said: "As for the re-demarcation of the territory and national borders, you might as well put it forward together, and Gan Mou will take it back and consider it together." ”

Zhao Yan looked at the civil and military officials in the palace, and then said: "Don't talk about Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, or Taiyuan Mansion, the Daimyo's Mansion and the south of the Yellow River must be returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and the specific details will be talked about next time." If no peace can be reached within one month, the matter of proposing peace will be suspended in the future. ”

Gan understood. I must repay the conditions put forward by your country to Emperor Dajin, and ask His Majesty Emperor Dajin to make a holy judgment! Leave! ”

The prime minister of Jin turned around, strode away, hurried out of the palace, and hurried back to Bianjing.

And in the hall, just after the prime minister of Jin Guo left, a fierce controversy immediately broke out.

The main peace faction led by Tang Siwei attacked Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao and others for lack of discussion and sincerity, and encouraged the emperor to put forward such harsh conditions, which was completely sabotaging the peace.

He even proposed that the Lord's Peace should be sent by the Lord to deal with it with full power, and Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao and others would only incite the use of force, which would not benefit the Peace Negotiations at all, and they should be allowed to return to Lin'an immediately, so as not to stay in Guide Mansion and sabotage the peace.

However, Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao, and others refuted and argued on the basis of reason, telling the main peace faction led by Tang Siwei that the purpose of negotiating peace this time was not just to negotiate peace, and the purpose of negotiating peace was to get enough benefits, not to negotiate peace for the sake of negotiating peace, if that was the case, negotiating peace would have no meaning.

At the same time, they were told that negotiating peace was only a way to regain what the Great Song Dynasty had lost, and this way was only to sacrifice less and shorten the time, but if they could not get what the Great Song Dynasty wanted by negotiating peace with the Jin people, they must seize it through war, rather than compromise and reach peace with the Jin people.

The two sides argued endlessly, blaming each other.

It's all because the difference between the starting points and positions of the two sides is too great, and they can't talk about going together at all.

Before the Jin people did not send a peace signal, the main battle faction could completely suppress the main and faction, and now that they have come to Guide Mansion, the main and the faction are in seclusion, which is not what the young Zhao Yan wants.

Now, Zhao Yan's dream is very big, in addition to Bianjing, he also wants to do the great cause that Taizu, Taizong and others have not been able to complete for dozens of generations, and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun!

This dream was so big that he never dared to mention it to any minister, and even his teacher Shi Hao didn't reveal a single thing, lest people think he was crazy.

The land that has been recovered by the current Great Song Dynasty has never been in the south of Jishui and south of the Yellow River for more than 30 years, and it will soon all be returned to the Great Song Dynasty.

It is only a matter of time before Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and even Yanjing are recovered, he has only been on the throne for three years, and he is still young, so he can afford to wait!

Therefore, the high-spirited Zhao Yan will not be led by the Lord and the faction at all.