Five days later, the Jin State sent Gao Juqing, a Bohai man, as an envoy to Bianliang, Tokyo, to ask for a negotiation with the Song Dynasty to negotiate an armistice and withdraw the army.

At this time, there was no initial panic in the capital, the Jin soldiers could not cross the Yellow River, so that the panic of the people in the capital gradually calmed down, the defenders of Taiyuan City bravely resisted the enemy, and the news of nearly 50,000 casualties of the Jin soldiers also spread to the capital, which suddenly made millions of people in the capital rejoice, so that the soldiers and civilians in the capital saw a glimmer of hope, after the defeat of the Hebei army, the victory of the Taiyuan defense battle brought a little bit of imperial dignity to the soldiers and civilians of Tokyo.

These days, the streets and alleys of the capital are talking about the battle of Taiyuan, talking about Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing has undoubtedly become the mainstay of the Great Song Dynasty, and even many people went to Baoyanzhai to visit Li Daqi, but Li Daqi had left the capital ten days ago and went to Jiangxia, and his wife, daughter and daughter-in-law had arrived in Jiangxia by boat from Bashu.

The arrival of the envoy of the Jin State made the feelings of the people in the capital very complicated, of course they knew that the peace talks of the Jin State would make the Great Song Dynasty face humiliation, but they did not know what kind of huge price the Great Song Dynasty would have to pay, and the Jin soldiers would withdraw their troops?

In the afternoon of this day, the Sanyuan Restaurant outside the north gate of Taixue, although noon is the time to drink tea, but the restaurant has been a bit chaotic in the past two months, and every day from morning to night it is full of Taiyuan students who come here to drink and talk about state affairs.

"The southern invasion of the Jin Kingdom is clearly caused by man-made disasters, the traitors are in power, and the eunuch party is in power, resulting in the demotion of loyal ministers and the chaos of the dynasty!"

Several students made a generous statement, angrily rebuking the darkness of the court, "Everyone has seen it over the years, the top magnates are arrogant and lascivious, and the states and counties below are knocking on the bones of the people, and a flower stone gang will make the rich Jiangnan into a dilapidation, so that the treasury is empty, the people's grievances are boiling, rebellions in various places are one after another, the national strength is empty, and the armament is slack, so that the Jin people have a chance to take advantage of it, this is the root cause of the fall of Hebei, if it is not corrected from the root, the Great Song Dynasty will always beg under the iron hooves of the Jin people!" ”

The student who said this is Jia Guan, who is also one of the leaders of the students, has a very high prestige among the students, and his words attracted the warm applause of hundreds of students in the restaurant, at this time, his friend Chen Dong pulled him to sit down, poured him a glass of wine and smiled: "Don't get excited, drink a glass of wine first!" ”

Jia Guan drank all the wine in the cup, and he said depressedly: "It's just that the envoy of the Jin Kingdom came to negotiate, which made my heart depressed!" I don't know what kind of price we have to pay to get the Jin State to agree to withdraw its troops, I knew today, why did we have to join Jin to destroy Liao in the first place? ”

Chen Dong shook his head, "It's not that simple! ”

"What do you say it's not that simple?" Jia Guan asked in amazement.

"I mean, Jin sent envoys to negotiate, it's not that simple."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because the Yellow River has not frozen yet, the Jin soldiers can't cross the Yellow River, so they first sell favors to the Great Song Dynasty, extort a sum of money and then withdraw the army, but once winter comes, the Yellow River freezes, do you think the Jin soldiers will come again?"

"No, it won't! This is an agreement between the two countries, how can it be a child's play? ”

Chen Dong snorted, "Didn't the Song-Jin Covenant say that it would be torn apart?" Do you still expect Kim to abide by the agreement? Just find an excuse and it's scrapped. ”

"What then?"

Chen Dong shook his head, "I believe that the imperial court also knows very well that they will weigh it, and we can't interfere in this kind of thing." ”

At this time, a Tai student hurriedly ran in, found Chen Dong and said urgently: "I got the news that the withdrawal condition issued by Jin Guo is to send Li Yanqing to Jin Guo for disposal!" ”

"What!"

Jia Guan slapped the table and said angrily: "Jin Ren actually offered such shameless conditions? ”

Chen Dong grabbed the student, "Is the news accurate?" ”

"The news is conclusive, my father also participated in this morning's negotiations as an adjutant, and he told me personally just now."

At this time, several Tai student leaders surrounded Chen Dong together and asked in a low voice, "What should I do?" ”

Chen Dongyi gritted his teeth and said: "This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen, we must put pressure on the imperial court!" ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, tens of thousands of Tai students suddenly appeared on the royal street, they carried the statue of a saint, held high slogans and banners, shouted slogans, gathered in front of the Xuande Building to demonstrate, opposing the shameless demands of the Jin State, and strongly opposing the handing over of Li Yanqing to the Jin State, this news spread quickly, so that the whole city of Tokyo was shocked, the Jin State actually demanded that Li Yanqing be handed over, the people of the whole city were angry, more than 200,000 people in the capital rushed to the Royal Street, joined the demonstration of the Tai students, and a huge demonstration was launched in front of the imperial city.

In the imperial study, the crown prince Zhao Huan said in a fierce tone: "Li Yanqing resisted the enemy in Taiyuan, made Taiyuan stand tall, thwarted the plan of the Jin State, and forced the Jin State to come to peace talks, if Li Yanqing is handed over to the Jin State, it will undoubtedly destroy the Great Wall, and we will not be able to explain to the people of the world, can't we hear the voices of hundreds of thousands of people outside?" ”

There was silence in the imperial study, faintly hearing the shouts outside, and the faces of everyone in the imperial study were unnatural, at this time, Wang Hao said: "I don't want to agree, why don't the Jin people have a tough attitude, if they don't hand over Li Yanqing, they will resolutely not withdraw the army, then the negotiation will not be able to proceed, Your Highness said what should I do?" ”

"First of all, you have a problem with your attitude!"

It has been almost two months since the establishment of the wartime military council, and the progress of various war preparations has been slow, to a large extent, Wang Hao is hindering, which makes Zhao Huan hate Wang Hao very much, he looked at Wang Hao angrily and said: "As the negotiation envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, of course, he puts the interests of the Great Song Dynasty first, and strives for his own interests, even if he has to compromise, he must insist again and again to minimize the losses, you are the attitude you should have. ”

Wang Hao's face was red and white for a while, and he tried his best to argue: "Your Highness has wronged Weichen, how can Weichen not safeguard the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, Your Majesty has repeatedly explained that the Jin soldiers must first retreat from Hebei, so that the people of Hebei can return home as soon as possible, this is the purpose of our negotiations, but the Jin people also have a tough attitude, insisting on avenging the old wolf master, and Li Yanqing must be handed over, otherwise they will never withdraw, Weichen is in a dilemma, and cannot complete His Majesty's trust!" ”

At this time, Zhao Ji, who had not spoken, looked at Cai Jing, and saw that Cai Jing was like an old monk, and said with some displeasure: "Why is Old Minister Cai silent and doesn't share his worries for me?" ”

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "The old minister doesn't dare, it's just that the old minister thinks that it is pointless to talk about handing over Li Yanqing to Jin Guo now!" ”

Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing sharply, he suddenly understood what Cai Jing meant, now that Li Yanqing has a heavy army in Taiyuan, wouldn't he force Li Yanqing to rebel, he had to nod secretly, Jiang is still old and spicy, or Cai Jing can see it thoroughly.

Zhao Ji hurriedly asked, "What about what about Old Cai's opinion?" ”

"The old minister is foolish, what to avenge the old wolf lord and hand over Li Yanqing to the Jin State, in fact, it is an excuse for the Jin State to not be able to capture Taiyuan and lose face, Wang Xianggong has not been able to see this, if the negotiation really fails, the Jin people will not accept it, so the old minister thinks that the Jin people will definitely give in, the key is that we must adhere to the bottom line, we must not hand over Li Yanqing, stick to this bottom line, then the negotiations can end as soon as possible."

Cai Jing's words made the crown prince Zhao Huan feel a lot more comfortable, and he hurriedly said: "Cai Lao Xianggong is right, negotiations cannot have a bottom line, if the bottom line is lost, the negotiation is meaningless, and Erchen suggested changing the negotiation ambassador......."

Zhao Ji waved his hand, and said very unhappily: "Wang Xianggong is carrying out my intentions, there is nothing inappropriate, there is no need to change the ambassador, the top priority is to complete the negotiations, let the Jin soldiers withdraw as soon as possible, and the emperor will not interfere anymore." ”

Zhao Huan had to bow his head with hatred, and Zhao Ji said again: "The students outside are too anxious to make trouble, the emperor should go and appease him!" Let them disperse at once. ”

"Sons obey orders!"

Zhao Huan went in a hurry, Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing again, Cai Jing understood, and also got up and retired.

At this time, only Zhao Ji, Wang Hao and Cai You were left in the imperial study, Cai You was the eldest son of Cai Jing, and replaced Zhang Bangchang as the deputy minister a month ago.

However, Cai Jing's statement just now Cai You did not jump up to object, he knew that he could not behave too much in front of the official family, it would embarrass the official family, so he kept silent.

Zhao Ji walked a few steps with his hand in his hand and said: "Old Xianggong Cai is right, the Jin State only made a reconciliation gesture when it couldn't capture Taiyuan, you continue to negotiate with the Jin envoy, Li Yanqing has a heavy army in Taiyuan, it is impossible to hand him over to the Jin State, I can make appropriate concessions in other aspects, I ask for a negotiation within three days." ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid three days is not enough, and the other party still has to ask the Son of Heaven of the Jin Kingdom, and it will take at least ten days to do it."

"That's it! You look at it, there are only two bottom lines for me, withdraw the troops from Hebei and Hedong as soon as possible, Li Yanqing cannot be handed over to Jin Guo, and other conditions can be agreed. ”

"Obey the order!"

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