Lu Yihao was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed Li Yanqing, "Li Taibao, please be at ease, although the death of the prime minister is sad, we should still take state affairs first." ”

Li Yanqing took a deep breath and sat down slowly, he controlled the emotions in his heart, tried to calm himself down, and asked slowly: "Lu Xianggong is here for the affairs of Western Xia?" ”

Lu Yihao nodded, "The official family attaches great importance to the situation in Western Xia, he heard that Western Xia was forced to withdraw his troops, and he is willing to negotiate with my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Does the official family have a will for me?" Li Yanqing asked calmly.

Lu Yihao took out an edict and handed it to Li Yanqing, "The official family issued a decree at the court meeting, asking me to go to Jingzhao immediately to participate in the negotiations with Western Xia, after the court meeting, the official family and I discussed in detail, and he proposed that the negotiation should be led by me on behalf of the imperial court, but the content of the negotiation The official family asked me to discuss with the Taibao, and the bottom line of the negotiation was decided by the Taibao." ”

Li Yanqing understood what Zhao Gou meant, the negotiation between countries, this face must be returned to the imperial court, but Lizi gave it to himself, that is, the bottom line of the negotiation is determined by himself, which can be regarded as a kind of arrangement for both worlds.

Li Yanqing said: "The purpose of my Western Xia campaign this time is also very simple, that is, to force the Western Xia to withdraw from the Xihe Road, and I have no intention of capturing the land of the Western Xia, my bottom line is very simple, restore the line of actual control that has been clear between the two sides in the Song-Xia Armistice Agreement in the fourth year of Xuanhe; Second, the Western Xia had to withdraw their troops from Lanzhou and Huizhou before the Song army could withdraw from Weicheng and Ta Cut Village, and the Western Xia were not allowed to capture the Han people when they withdrew from Lanzhou and Huizhou; Third, we captured 270,000 people in Western Xia, and Western Xia had to hand over 270,000 Song people in exchange; Fourth, officially cancel the New Year's coins given by the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia, these are my four bottom lines, and I will not agree to any other requests made by the Western Xia. ”

"I roughly understand, I still have a small request, can I let Tang Kai also participate in the negotiations, so that I can better understand the Taibao's thoughts."

"Yes, I will arrange for him to follow Lu Xianggong, in addition, what are the expectations of the official family for this negotiation?"

Lu Yihao thought for a while and said: "The expectations of the official family are exactly the same as the first bottom line of Li Taibao, but the official family hopes to reach a new armistice agreement with Western Xia. ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "This kind of agreement is actually of little significance, as long as there is an opportunity, the Western Xia can tear up the agreement at any time, but the official family must and can also put it forward, I think it should not be a big problem, the Western Xia is also depleted of financial resources now, the people are poor and the country is lacking, and they can't support it, they must stop fighting and resting." ”

Lu Yihao nodded silently, and at this time, he remembered something and said: "Li Taibao mentioned several personnel changes, and the officials have agreed, and soon there will be an official appointment edict over, and Li Guang is also on his way to Jingzhao, and he will arrive in a few days." ”

"What official position does Ma Shan hold in the imperial court?"

"Being the supervisor of Shaofu Temple, a very good position, he should be promoted."

The two explained a few more words, Li Yanqing said goodbye and left the post house, he notified Wang Gui, Liu Jian and others, and rushed to Tongguan overnight with dozens of generals to welcome the return of the coffin of the planter.

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The two sons of the seed master have passed away, and several grandsons have unfortunately died early, leaving only the eldest grandson Chong Yanchong alive, currently under Liu Tao as a general, Li Yanqing has sent someone to inform that after the unfortunate death of the seed master in Lin'an, he returned to his hometown by his nephew Chong Wei Fuling and returned to the southern suburbs of Jingzhao Mansion for burial.

The coffin was pulled by two oxen, and slowly drove into Tongguan, in front of which were twenty guards on horseback, holding the spirit flag, and behind the ox cart were thirty cavalrymen, a total of fifty cavalry escorted the coffin of the master to the west.

In Tongguan, all the buildings were tied with white flags, and thousands of soldiers stood in line on both sides of the road, with white cloths tied around their arms, silently watching the coffin cart enter the gate of Tongguan.

At this time, Li Yanqing led dozens of generals of the Western Army to kneel down on the coffin, crying on the ground, each of them wearing linen and filial piety, looking sad, Chong Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Yanqing, "Li Dutong, please get up, generals, thank you for coming to pick up the spirit!" ”

Speaking of this, Chong Wei's voice also began to choke.

Li Yanqing silently walked to the coffin, held the coffin, and became the first person to support the soul, and soon, Liu Ji, Wang Gui, Wu Jie, Liu Ziyu, Niu Gao, Liu Tie, Gong Zuwen and other seven generals of the Western Army followed behind Li Yanqing and also became a person who helped the spirit, and the two sides of the road were full of incense, candles, and paper money, to pay tribute to the former commander of the Western Army.

The ox cart moved slowly, and eight generals supported both sides of the coffin to welcome the commander of the Western Army back to his homeland.

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Seed Master Dao was buried three days after returning to Jingzhao, including Li Yanqing, Liu Tao, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and other important generals, including more than 300 generals participated in the burial ceremony of the Seed Master Dao, Li Yanqing personally read the sacrificial text, the sacrificial text is written by Zhao Gou, the Son of Heaven, highly commended the life of the Seed Master Dao for the country and the people, loyal to the enemy, posthumously awarded him as the king of Wei, and was called loyal and brave.

After the burial of the Seed Master, the negotiations between the Song and Jin countries also ended, and the Western Xia fully accepted the four conditions proposed by Li Yanqing, and the army began to withdraw from Lanzhou and Huizhou, and no longer plundered the Han people.

At the same time, the Western Xia also began to collect the captured Song slaves in Xingqing Mansion, ready to exchange with the 270,000 Xiping Mansion Xixia people captured by the Song army, and the two sides signed a new armistice agreement, stipulating that the border between the two sides should be restored to the survey line of Xuanhe for four years, and the Western Xia promised in the armistice agreement that they would not attack the Great Song Dynasty within five years, and at the same time officially cancel the New Year's coins given by the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia.

Soon, a series of decrees of the imperial court were issued, in recognition of the brilliant achievements of the Jingzhao army, the imperial court rewarded one million taels of silver, three million horses of silk, and 50,000 hectares of land for meritorious soldiers.

After the end of the Western Xia Campaign, the Northwest Third Road got a short chance to recuperate, Li Yanqing actively trained recruits, trained gunpowder, firearms craftsmen, and made every effort to make sharp firearms such as earth-shaking thunder and flying fire thunder, in late October, the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou issued an edict and agreed that Li Yanqing's family would go to Jingzhao Mansion to settle down.

At the same time, the state capitals of the Northwest Third Road posted notices that the imperial examination will be held this year, the examination will be held on the eighth day of November half a month later, and the provincial examination of the imperial court will be held in Lin'an Mansion in March of the following year.

Li Yanqing came to Jingzhao and lived in the back house of the Stay-at-Home Mansion, the Jingzhao Stay-at-Home was actually the palace built in the Later Zhou Dynasty, after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, it was transformed into the Jingzhao Stay-at-Home Mansion, it is an official residence with the highest level in Jingzhao, only the prince and above can live in, King Kang Zhao Gou had lived here for a period of time when he served as Jingzhao Stay-at-Stay, Zhao Gou sealed Li Yanqing to Jingzhao, specially designated Li Yanqing to live in this highest-level official residence, and named it the palace of Anyang County.

During this time, Li Yanqing's personal soldiers have been busy cleaning up this mansion, in order to prepare for the upcoming arrival of the princess, the mansion covers an area of more than 200 acres, the external image of a 'convex' word, which is the prominent part of the official office, covering an area of about 50 acres, was originally Jingzhao left behind in the official office, and now it is renamed the Northwest Third Road Jingluo System Office, referred to as the Jingluo Mansion, which is currently the highest military and political official office of the Northwest Third Road.

The main body behind the word "convex" is the Anyang County Palace, the gate is open to the east, and the west gate of the Jingluo Mansion has nothing to do with it, the County Palace, covers an area of 180 acres, the lake of the back house alone reaches 40 acres, it is completely an out-and-out palace.

The county king's mansion is located in the south of Jingzhao City, very close to the Great Ci'en Temple, a small river flows from the south of the mansion, the other side of the small river is the famous Great Ci'en Temple, a delicate small wooden bridge across the river, surrounded by jungles, particularly quiet, the west part of the county king's mansion is Jingluo Mansion, located on the Suzaku Street, the opposite street is the Jingzhao Mansion, and next to the Jingluo Mansion is a military camp, stationed Li Yanqing's five hundred guards and soldiers.

It's early November, and the early winter season in the Gyeongzhao area has arrived, and the winter in Gyeongzhao Province is dry and cold, and it usually snows in late November, and the air in Gyeongzhao Province will become moist after a few heavy snowfalls.

These days, the streets of Jingzhaocheng are particularly lively, and in another seven or eight days it is the time to hold the liberation test, so that Jingzhaocheng is full of vigorous young scholars, who have learned and excelled, and have long been deeply soaked in the veins of the Han people, whether it is a war period or a peaceful era, the imperial examination will always make the scholars yearn for it.

In front of the West City Gate, dozens of peasants who were picking vegetables into the city to sell were shouting loudly, and at this time, a convoy of twenty ox carts slowly entered Jingzhao City under the escort of hundreds of cavalry.

"Mother! Is this Jingzhao City? ”

A two-year-old child stood in front of the car window and stared at the tall city wall overhead, a pair of dark eyes were exceptionally pure, Cao Yun looked at it, and smiled softly: "Yes, this is Jingzhaocheng, we are back again!" ”