After the Baifu gathering incident, Bai Shizhong lay at home for ten days before going to the court, and his entire mental outlook was sluggish, at least ten years old, it is no wonder that for these literati, reputation is more important than anything else, and the reputation in the capital is bad, and it is more uncomfortable than killing him, and the grudge between Bai Shizhong and Li Yanqing is over.

And Li Yanqing was completely silent in this matter, basically didn't go out much, and people couldn't catch him.

In early March, the Yellow River thawed completely, and the ships on the north bank of the Yellow River were under the strictest protection of the Jin soldiers.

And the negotiations between the Song and Jin on the return of Taiyuan have finally come to an end, the Jin State promised to return Taiyuan only refers to Taiyuan City, and the other places occupied by Hedong have nothing to do with it, which is equivalent to returning a castle in the air, even if the Song army is returned, it will not be able to pass.

After another month of tug-of-war negotiations, the two sides finally reached a compromise, the Song Dynasty redeemed the land south of Taiyuan City at the price of three million silver, including Taiyuan City, but the premise is that the Song Dynasty is not allowed to garrison troops in Taiyuan City, not a single soldier is allowed, and no more than 100 people are allowed to serve in the government, which was said by Li Yanqing, the Song Dynasty gained face, but lost the inside, Taiyuan City has no garrison, and the Jin soldiers can retake it at any time without much effort.

After the two sides signed the agreement, the time of the Song Dynasty's delivery of the silver was the standard, and once the silver was handed over, the Jin soldiers would withdraw from Taiyuan City, and the Song Dynasty would re-dispatch officials to govern it.

The first step was successful, Zhao Huan's heart was even bigger, and he immediately ordered Zhang Bangchang to start the next round of negotiations to recover the north of Taiyuan and Hebei Road, but Zhao Huan had no time limit this time, he knew that it would cost a lot of money to recover Hebei, and the imperial court could not afford it at present, so he had to wait for the southern silver pit to hand over a little more silver, which would take at least a year and a half.

In fact, Zhao Huan still has a thought, during the long negotiation period, the two sides died down, and he had the energy to reappoint the officials of the southern states and completely consolidate his throne, and the old man in the southeast was still eyeing him and refused to give up!

The negotiations were still carried out in the Daimyo's Mansion, Zhang Bangchang and the others were used to living in it, except for no freedom, everything else was very moist, well-fed, well-lived, served by women, and a large number of books, and several negotiation envoys also settled down with peace of mind.

This morning, Wanyan slant also came to the Yellow River in Liyang County again, at this time there is no piece of ice floe on the river surface, the water of the Yellow River is surging eastward, it is extremely spectacular, on the river surface in the distance, a big boat is slowly sailing to the north bank, the Yellow River is gentle in this area of Liyang County, suitable for boating, the river surface is not wide, both sides are plains, very suitable for the Yellow River ferry, the battle of Guandu in history broke out here.

Not long after, the big boat docked, Wanyan Zongwang walked off the boat quickly, came to Wanyan Xianye, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists in front of Wanyan Xianye: "See Marshal Du!" ”

"How about crossing the river?" Wan Yan Xian also asked with concern, he paid attention to every detail, including whether Jin Bing could adapt to crossing the Yellow River.

"Marshal Huidu, I have personally crossed the river three times, and there is no problem at all!"

Wan Yan Xian also nodded, and the one thing he was most worried about also fell, and he commanded again: "Next, we will practice a few ships to go south, be careful, don't let the Song people be suspicious." ”

"Please rest assured, Marshal Du, the lowly post will be handled properly!"

Wan Yan Xian also ordered a few more words, and then returned to Liyang County, Wan Yan Xian was also under a lot of pressure, and the wolf lord had already stated that he was unwilling to stay in Yanshan Mansion for a long time, which was urging Wan Yan Xian also.

Wan Yan Xian also knew in his heart that the plan he originally planned to implement in October this year could not be delayed, and he had to give an explanation to the wolf master within three months, which was also the deadline given by Wan Yan Sheng, and Wan Yan Sheng planned to return to Huanglong Mansion for the summer.

The plan that has been planned for a long time must be implemented immediately.

In the afternoon, more than 20 cavalrymen dressed as 'Song Army' escorted a civilian official out of Liyang County, and they boarded a boat at the Liyang Wharf, and Wanyan Zongwang personally escorted them across the Yellow River.

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After Zhao Ji went south, he did not go to Hangzhou, but stopped in Jiangning Mansion, after the Song army destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, demolished most of the forbidden palaces in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but because the Southern Tang Li family removed the emperor as early as the Later Zhou Dynasty and bowed to the north, the Song army did not completely destroy the palace, leaving a palace as a separate palace for the Song Emperor's southern tour.

This palace has been repaired and maintained for more than 100 years, so that Zhao Ji also has a place to stay in Jiangning Mansion.

Of course, Zhao Ji abdicated this time unwillingly, but there was no way, the Jin soldiers were too fierce, and the Great Song Dynasty was worried about destroying the country, in case the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the country, he Zhao Ji would become the last emperor, he could not afford such a crime, so he could only choose to abdicate, hand over the throne to his son, and let his son bear the responsibility of destroying the country.

But the final situation was beyond Zhao Ji's expectations, Li Yanqing led the Song army to withstand the crazy attack of 250,000 Jin soldiers, held Tokyo Bianliang, the Jin soldiers were forced to retreat north, Zhao Ji of course would not think that the Jin soldiers' northward retreat was the result of negotiations, he knew in his heart, it was completely Li Yanqing's credit for defending the city, and it was Li Yanqing who sent his generals to burn down Liyang Cang to prompt the Jin soldiers to retreat north.

Since there is no worry about destroying the country for the time being, Zhao Ji began to think about how to restore the country, and he has denied the plan to directly claim the emperor's restoration in the south, although it is the simplest, but he can't afford the political consequences, after all, the temple is still in the capital, and he finally decided to return to Kaifeng Mansion and take the orthodox road to reset.

It's just that his son is too ruthless, and he just got in touch with Wang Hao and other old ministers, so he was slaughtered by him, and helplessly, Zhao Ji's eyes fell on the military, which is another effective method.

Li Yanqing is of course the most suitable candidate, he has a very high prestige in the military and the people, but he was deposed by his stupid son, and at this time, of course, Zhao Ji wanted to try his best to win over Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing's father, Li Daqi, Zhao Ji has already sent someone to contact him secretly, although Li Daqi can't give him a clear answer, but at least he is neutral, which is a good start, and the Cao family, the old man Cao also made it clear that he is neutral.

But the statement of these two people is not enough, the key is Li Yanqing himself, just yesterday, the henchmen sent by Li Yanqing finally arrived in Jiangning Mansion.

In the study, Zhao Ji personally wrote a formal decree of the emperor, which is one of the conditions for Li Yanqing to support him, in which he clearly promised to canonize Li Yanqing as the king of the county, and at the same time allowed Li Yanqing to marry an emperor as his second wife, which is also a request clearly put forward by Li Yanqing, this is of course to seek political bargaining chips, Zhao Ji fully understands Li Yanqing's thoughts.

It's just that there seems to be no precedent for letting the emperor marry a courtier as a second wife, but it's not a big deal, it's just that the royal face is not very good-looking, but in order to be reinstated, Zhao Ji has decided to let go.

After writing the holy decree, Zhao Ji personally took the seal and stamped his treasure seal under the holy decree, and when the ink and ink dried slightly, he put the will into a vermilion lacquer bamboo tube, handed it to a confidant guard, and asked him to transfer it to the person sent by Li Yanqing, this is one of the conditions for Li Yanqing to support his reinstatement, one is status, the other is identity, of course, Li Yanqing has other conditions, but those conditions are not big, and they can be negotiated later.

After sending away the holy decree, Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, a eunuch whispered beside him: "Your Majesty, Cai Xianggong has an urgent request to see!" ”

Cai Xianggong is Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You, and is Zhao Ji's confidant, although Cai You has been deposed by the new emperor Zhao Huan, but Zhao Ji does not admit it, just as he does not admit that he has abdicated, and still requires the eunuch guards to maintain the old title.

Zhao Ji nodded, "Announce him in!" ”

After a while, Cai You hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Cai Aiqing, please take a seat!"

Zhao Ji smiled and asked him to sit down, "Aiqing has something urgent to look for?" ”

Cai You glanced back at the eunuch behind him, Zhao Ji understood, waved his hand to the two eunuchs, the eunuch retreated, and only Zhao Ji and Cai You were left in the study.

"Say it! What's the matter? ”

Cai You lowered his voice and said, "The Jin State has sent a messenger here!" ”

"What?"

Zhao Ji was taken aback, Jin Guo actually sent a messenger to find him, this.... What is the reason for this?

"What's the matter with them?"

"Your Majesty, the envoy first found Weichen, he has a token of the Emperor of the Jin State, and he came to see His Majesty on behalf of the Emperor of the Jin State, what he means is that the Jin State is willing to support His Majesty's reinstatement."

Zhao Ji was stunned, Jin Guo actually expressed his support for his reset? This was really unexpected, he didn't expect that Jin Guo would also participate in the battle for the throne of the Song Dynasty.

After being stunned for a while, Zhao Ji asked again: "What conditions did they put forward?" ”

Of course, Jin Guo will not support himself for no reason, and must have put forward more harsh conditions.

"Their conditions are very simple, that is, the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhending, and Hejian are assigned to the Jin State, and they propose an annual coin of two million silver."

Cai You said cautiously: "Your Majesty, in fact, Hedong and Hebei are in the hands of the Jin people, even if they don't mention the territory, we can't get it back, in fact, we don't lose by giving up the three towns and replacing them with most of Hedong and Hebei." ”

Zhao Ji thought about it, then nodded and said, "Okay!" Bring a messenger to me first, and then I will have a good talk with him!" ”