The old man smiled: "Of course, reluctance to go home is the most important reason, and it is difficult to leave the homeland!" However, there are some reasons that cannot be avoided, the imperial court exempts us from taxes for five years, but the south is not exempt, of course, it is still cost-effective to go home, how about I still have fifty acres of land at home? ”

Next to him, Lu Yihao asked: "What does my husband do for a living in Ezhou?" ”

"Of course, it's to grow food, and that's what I'm going to do."

"Then why don't you wait for the winter wheat to come over, the autumn rice in the south should not have been harvested yet!"

The old man smiled: "So my son's family is still in Ezhou, and then come back after the autumn harvest, I came back to plant fertilizer, the land has been barren for a few years, and I can't grow grain immediately, I am ready to plant a stubble of beans first, if the fertility is restored after the autumn harvest, then plant winter wheat directly, if it is not good, I can only continue to plant beans and plant rice next summer." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, worthy of being an old peasant, he considered it very realistically, he groaned and asked, "What do you think the imperial court needs to improve in terms of immigration?" ”

The old man was a little embarrassed, and said for a while: "If I say it, Your Highness, don't be angry." ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "I won't be angry, my husband just tells the truth." ”

The old man then said: "I think the imperial court encourages the people to go home, but it is not thoughtful in the details. ”

"For example? Can you give two examples? ”

"For example, the two things that everyone has the most opinions, how do we get back? When they fled, almost everyone ran to the south empty-handed, but in the past two years, every household has bought furniture and some daily necessities, if it is a pity to throw them away, if the hired car and boat are too expensive, everyone can't afford it, can the imperial court regularly send boats to help transport the people who are willing to return to their hometowns, I believe that many people are unable to go home because of this difficulty. ”

Li Yanqing said happily: "It's very good, it's the imperial court that hasn't thought it through, I'll solve it when I go back, and the old man will talk about the second example." ”

"The second thing is actually very realistic, we have to face reclamation and compost after returning to our hometown, and we can't grow crops for at least one season, so how should we spend this time? There is no food and no money, this is nearly a year of green and yellow, everyone can't get through it, this is also a concern for everyone, the imperial court can not just be tax-free and ignore it, but also should help everyone through this difficult period. ”

Li Yanqing also agreed, he was right, these details were indeed unthinkable to the officials sitting in the courtroom, and they should go to the bottom to walk more to know where their difficulties were?

At this time, Lu Yihao sighed and said: "Regarding helping everyone get through the green and yellow period, Weichen has an idea. ”

"Tell me about it!"

"Wechen thinks that it can be solved by means of cash-for-work, such as building water conservancy, dredging the Cao River, repairing official roads, etc., they get paid for doing things for the government, so as to get through the blank period of the year, and the government can also provide seeds and cattle to help them solve the problem of farming, which is the first, and the second is to set up a mutual aid group, such as a group of ten families, everyone helps to build a house together, plough the land together, there are many people with great strength, and many difficulties that are difficult for a family to solve can be easily solved."

The old man patted his thigh, "It's a good way to set up a mutual aid group, a family repairs a house, it can't be completed in a month, ten families work together, it will be repaired in two or three days, and I also support it with work relief, anyway, it's idle to be idle, it's better to go to repair the water conservancy official road to make money, and finally the water conservancy official road is repaired, and the benefit is still yourself." ”

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Lu Yihao: "You can use Chen Zhou as an example to write a detailed report and submit it to the Zhizheng Hall, and the Zhizheng Hall can approve the implementation after discussion." ”

"Wechen will write when I go back today!"

Li Yanqing got up and left, and Lu Yihao accompanied Li Yanqing to inspect Xiangcheng County, and Li Yanqing then transferred to Caizhou for inspection.

At this time, the news of the Song army's capture of Yanshan Mansion reached Lin'an, turning Lin'an into a boiling ocean again.

The envoy of the Jin State, Xiao Zhonggong, also arrived in Lin'an at this time and asked to negotiate with the Song Dynasty to reach an armistice agreement.

Li Yanqing also returned to Lin'an from his inspection ahead of schedule, and he ordered Gao Shen to negotiate an armistice with Xiao Zhonggong as a representative of the Song Dynasty.

In the official room of the prison state's mansion, Li Yanqing was listening to a profound negotiation report, the initial negotiations had ended, and neither side had shown their cards, but some clues had already been revealed.

"The Jin State has clearly asked for a one-year truce, and Weichen feels that this is the need for the Jin State to prepare for another southern invasion of the Great Song Dynasty, if they are really sincere in a long-term truce, then they should sign an alliance, not a temporary armistice agreement."

Li Yanqing smiled, he didn't think that the Jin State still wanted to invade the Great Song Dynasty, according to the latest information, the Jin State couldn't even pay the pension, and the finances were extremely difficult, so what did it do to support the war.

They proposed an armistice, but they knew that the Song army would not be satisfied with an armistice at this time, and it was better to cease the war at the smallest cost than to sign the alliance at a heavy cost.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "It is also our original intention to cease the war for a year, this problem is not big, the key is the armistice conditions of both sides, and now that the Jin State is begging us to cease the war, then they have to show sincerity." ”

"What sincerity does Your Highness need?"

"I ask them to release all the captive Song people, and if they refuse, then this armistice agreement will not be signed!"

"I'm afraid they'll take a few thousand people to perfunctory us."

"It doesn't matter, it leaves a handle for us to tear up the armistice at any time."

Gao Shen nodded repeatedly, "Wechen understands, Wechen will continue to talk to them tomorrow, in addition, a strange thing happened today." ”

"What's the matter?"

Gao Shen took out a note and handed it to Li Yanqing, "This is one of Xiao Zhonggong's subordinates who quietly stuffed it to me, and asked me to meet in the peony room of Shilou tonight." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I'm interested, why don't we go and listen together, what private news does the other party have?" ”

..........

At six o'clock in the evening, Li Yanqing wore an ordinary purple shirt and rode a carriage with Gao Shen to the time building, and they entered the peony room on the third floor directly from the VIP passage in the back.

Li Yanqing followed Gao Shen into the room, only to see a man in his thirties sitting in the room, looking less like a Jurchen or Khitan than a Han Chinese.

Seeing Gao Shen coming in, this person hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See Gao Xianggong for his humble position!" ”

"You ......"

Gao Shen knew that he was the negotiation entourage of the Jin Kingdom, but he didn't know his name, and the man hurriedly said: "The lower official is the negotiation envoy Wang Sen, a native of Goryeo!" ”

Gao Shen and Li Yanqing quickly exchanged a look, it turned out that this person was a Goryeo, no wonder he didn't look like a Jurchen, Li Yanqing seemed to think of something, he gave Gao Shen a look quietly, Gao Shen understood, and said with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk slowly!" ”

Wang Sen, a Korean man, glanced at Li Yanqing again, and said with a deep smile: "This is my confidant, it's okay!" ”

"Good! You may be seated. ”

Wang Sen invited Gao Shen and Li Yanqing to sit down, and Gao Shen smiled slightly: "Wang Yuanjun's Chinese is good!" ”

"Almost all of the upper echelons of Goryeo use Chinese, and our royal family has to learn it from a young age."

"It turns out that Your Excellency is a member of the Goryeo royal family, and you are disrespectful." High and deep arch hands.

Of course, Li Yanqing knew that the current Goryeo was the Wang family Goryeo founded by Wang Jian, but the domestic situation in Goryeo was chaotic and the power struggle was fierce, so I am afraid that this Wang Sen had other plans.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing raised his eyebrows and said: "Goryeo has always been a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty, why did he help the Jurchens invade the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Wang Sen showed a trace of shame on his face, sighed and said: "If the Wang family is in power, Goryeo will never send a single soldier, now the Wang family has become a puppet, the Qingyuan Li family has been holding the military and political power of Goryeo for decades, and the current Korean prince Li Ziqian is even more powerful, and it is his decision to cover the sky in Goryeo and send troops to assist the Jin State." ”

Li Yanqing sneered in his heart, this Wang Sen said very beautifully, Goryeo has long been the first to be at both ends, after Aguda established the Jin State, Goryeo immediately formed a brotherly country with the Jin State, and also took advantage of the Liao State to take care of itself and expanded the territory to the Yalu River, is this also the responsibility of the Qingyuan Li family?

Now I said lightly, the responsibility lies with the Qingyuan Li family, and the responsibility of sending troops to the Song Dynasty in Goryeo is shirked, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world.

Li Yanqing did not speak, and continued to listen to Wang Sen's purpose today.

Wang Sen sighed and said: "The year before last, the Son of Heaven prepared to launch a coup d'état to eradicate Li Ziqian and his in-law Tuo Junjing, but the result was a miserable failure, the palace was also burned, the Son of Heaven was placed under house arrest, and the Goryeo Dynasty was in danger. ”

A trace of ecstasy flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes, he held back his mood swings, took a sip of tea and said, "The envoy said that he was entrusted by the Son of Goryeo, what is the basis?" ”

Wang Sen took out a secret edict from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it over, "This is the edict of the Son of Heaven, I will take it out in my underwear, please take a look." ”

Gao Shen opened the edict, and sure enough, it was a handwritten edict, begging the Great Song Dynasty to send troops, eradicate the eunuch Qingyuan Lee, and help the Goryeo royal family restore the country.

Gao Shen asked Li Yanqing, "What do you think, sir?" ”

On the surface, he was asking for the opinions of his staff, but in fact he was asking about Li Yanqing's attitude, Li Yanqing nodded slightly and said, "I think it's feasible!" ”

Gao Shen put away the edict and said with a smile: "This matter needs to be discussed by the Governor's Hall, but I estimate that it is more likely to be passed, and if there is news, I will immediately notify the envoy king." ”

Wang Sen was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude again and again.

In fact, Li Yanqing's five words 'I think it is feasible' are already the final word.