The first thing Geng Nanzhong did when he returned to Beijing was to convene a meeting of the Zhizheng Hall, and at present, among the six phases of the Zhizheng Hall, He Miao had been killed in battle, and Bai Shizhong was dismissed, leaving only Geng Nanzhong, Wu Min, Li Bangyan and Tang Ke.

Geng Nanzhong put forward the conditions of Jin Guo, and the meeting hall was silent for a while, and after a while, Wu Min said in a deep voice: "Let the official family go to the military camp to negotiate, he will not agree." ”

"Of course I know, that's why I'm talking to you, what should I do about this?"

"Do you have to let the official go?" Tang Ke said cautiously: "Can you negotiate with Jin Bing again and change the conditions." ”

"Yes, then Tang Xianggong will negotiate with Jin Bing, how about it?" Geng Nanzhong glanced at him coldly.

Tang Ke immediately closed his mouth tightly and asked him to negotiate, didn't he just let him go to death?

Geng Nanzhong glanced at the three of them, and said viciously: "This is the last chance that the Jin Kingdom has given us, if we don't agree, the Jin soldiers will enter the city and leave the chickens and dogs behind, this is what Wan Yan Xian also said personally, you and I are dead, I'm afraid that you and my wife and daughter will also be sent to the Jin camp, are you willing to see such consequences?" ”

The faces of the three of them changed greatly, they were court officials, unlike the powerful and rich who sent their families to the south, their wives and children were in the capital, and they didn't dare to imagine the consequences of breaking the city.

At this time, Li Bangyan, who had not spoken, said slowly: "Otherwise, we will mobilize hundreds of officials to persuade the officials!" Anyway, the city is broken, and the official family can't escape, so it is better to persuade him to negotiate. ”

Tang Ke also said: "Emperor Taishang fell to Jinying, as the eldest son, the official family should go back to change his father, I support Li Xianggong!" ”

The three of them looked at Wu Min again, Wu Min nodded, "Geng Xianggong also said just now, Wan Yan Xian is also willing to guarantee the safety of the official family, I think there is nothing wrong with the official family going to visit, tomorrow morning we will gather hundreds of officials and persuade the official family together!" ”

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That night, more than 200 trebuchets rumbled close to the north wall of the inner city, stopping at a distance of 250 paces, and with Wanyan Zongwang's order, 200 trebuchets started at the same time, and the long arms were swung, and more than 200 oil barrels took off and flew towards the north city wall.

The purpose of the Jin soldiers was not to attack the city, but to put pressure on the imperial court, only to see countless small black dots over the city wall, falling into the city, some on the roof, some in the courtyard, some on the street, the oil drum burst when it hit the ground, a large amount of fire oil poured out, the people living by the city wall saw the fire oil flowing everywhere, they immediately realized that something was wrong, and fled to the city in horror.

Although the goal of the Jin soldiers was not the head of the city, there were still more than a dozen oil barrels falling on the head of the city, and the defenders of the city head were in chaos, and the main general Wang Daoqi shouted urgently: "Cover it up with mud and sand!" ”

At this time, the adjutant general Gao Jiangong stepped forward and offered a plan: "The enemy's trebuchet is only two hundred and fifty steps, if we use a bed crossbow, we can destroy them all!" ”

If it was an ordinary general who came up with this strategy, Wang Daoqi would have scolded him a long time ago, but Gao Jiangong is Gao Shen's nephew and his own deputy general, he has to save some face, Wang Daoqi shook his head and said: "Now that Song Jin is negotiating, we can't anger Jin Bing, and I ordered that no one should be allowed to release arrows." ”

"But the Jin soldiers have no fear of attacking us!" Gao Jiangong was very dissatisfied.

"I know, but this is an order from the prefectural hall, and we must carry it out!"

"Shit Zhizheng Hall, a bunch of soft bones!"

Gao Jiangong turned around angrily and left, Wang Daoqi's face was extremely ugly, at this time, five thousand gold soldiers crossbowmen rushed forward like a tide, a soldier was angry and unbearable, opened his bow and took an arrow, and shot an arrow, Wang Daoqi, who was depressed, was suddenly furious, and stepped forward to behead the soldier with a knife, he shouted: "Who dares to release the arrow again, immediately beheaded!" ”

Gao Jiangong looked at the beheaded soldier, he slowly gritted his teeth, and his eyes were about to erupt with hatred.

Immediately afterwards, the rockets under the city rained down, frightening the Song army at the head of the city squatted down one after another, and one rocket after another swept over the city and shot towards the city, the rockets ignited the oil and flames suddenly ignited all over the city.

At this time, the trebuchet outside the city fired again, smashing barrels of fire oil into the city......

The fire burned all night, the raging fire lit up half of the night sky, billowing smoke filled the sky over the capital, the smoke was bloody red, as if the end was coming, strong fear shrouded everyone's heart, and Zhao Huan, the son of heaven, was also so frightened that he didn't sleep all night.

When the day finally dawned, the golden soldiers and trebuchets in the outer city had retreated, and the fire was gradually extinguished.

The north city of the inner city is dominated by large mansions, the prince's mansion, the mansion of the powerful, the mansion of meritorious ministers, including the Cao Mansion is also not far from the north city wall, the fire almost burned the mansion area of the inner city into white ground, a complete house can not be seen within a mile from the north city wall, there are ruins everywhere, Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao's mansion in the northwest corner occupy too much area, and there are still flames burning.

At the same time, more than 100 middle and high-level officials, led by the four ministers of the Zhizheng Hall, went to Ziwei Palace to put pressure on Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven, and forced him to go to Jinying to negotiate.

The news was transmitted to Li Yanqing through Cao Sheng as soon as possible.

Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing, history is not out of shape at this point, in history, Zhao Huan was indeed forced to negotiate in Jinying by the civil official group, the most powerful in the Song Dynasty was not the emperor, but the civil official group, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to reuse Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and other eunuchs in order to confront the civil official group, but the power minister Cai Jing still had several ups and downs, Zhao Ji had no way to take him, so he had to reuse him to stabilize the government.

In normal times, the civilian clique may not dare to confront the imperial power, but in the face of vital interests, the imperial power was isolated, and finally had to compromise with the civilian clique.

"Yanqing, you said that the official family will really be forced to negotiate in Jinying?"

"He will definitely go, this is the purpose of the Jin State to promote peace, they want to force the Song Dynasty to surrender and crush the Song Dynasty spiritually!" In the end, Li Yanqing's gaze became sharp.

Cao Sheng didn't notice the change in Li Yanqing's gaze, he looked out the window in a daze, as if he had thought of something, and after pondering for a while, he asked in a low voice: "You haven't made a move on Wang Daoqi for a long time, are you just waiting for this opportunity?" ”

Li Yanqing retracted his sharp gaze and returned to his calmness, he nodded, "You are right, I sent King Kang away before, and I was also waiting for this opportunity, if Zhao Huan is an ordinary prince, it would be fine, but he is an unqualified emperor, and I have no choice." ”

Although Cao Sheng had long realized that Li Yanqing had the intention of changing the emperor, he said it so bluntly today, which still made Cao Sheng a little unbearable, and he lowered his head and muttered silently.

Li Yanqing understood his mood and knew that he needed time to figure it out, but Cao Sheng represented the Cao family, and the Cao family was one of his moral backings, so he needed to let Cao Sheng know and participate in this matter, and completely tie the Cao family to his chariot.

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder, got up and walked out of the door.

As soon as Li Yanqing walked out of the door, Mo Jun hurriedly greeted him, "I just received news from the palace that Zhao Huan promised to go to Jinying to negotiate!" ”

"So fast?" Li Yanqing was a little surprised, he thought that Zhao Huan would hold out for a few days, but he didn't expect to compromise in just one hour.

Mo Jun sneered, "He was not determined in the first place, and it is estimated that the burning of the city of the Jin Kingdom last night also frightened him, and he did not dare not agree to the request of the Jin Kingdom." ”

"Are there any officials who oppose Zhao Huan going to Jinying to negotiate peace?"

"There are quite a few, but mainly lower-level officials, who demand a decisive battle with the Jin soldiers and oppose peace, but their opposition has no effect."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Let him go, is there any news from Gao Jiangong?" ”

"Not yet, if you need it, I'll send someone to contact him."

"Go ahead! Now he is the key to the whole situation, and whether he can stabilize the army or not depends on him. ”

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Zhao Huan finally gave in, and the ministers took turns to force him, making him unprecedentedly isolated, and he had to announce that he would personally go to the military camp to negotiate and visit his father, but Zhao Huan also put forward a condition, he asked to take all his brothers with him to visit his father, who was imprisoned by the Jin.

"What does he mean!"

Cao Sheng was really angry, "Is he still the Son of Heaven, or the eldest brother?" I have never seen such a selfish and cold-blooded person. ”

"Just because he's the emperor!" Li Yanqing said lightly: "He only has the throne in his heart, and he has no family affection for a long time, he is afraid that he will be detained by his own golden soldiers, and we will set up another prince as the emperor, there is no prince in the capital, we can only try to redeem him back." ”

Cao Sheng was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed softly, "I don't know now why you sent King Kang away, you had already thought that there would be this result, right!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I'm just guessing, but just in case, I have to leave a back road." ”

"Then let them go to the Golden Camp?"

Li Yanqing smiled, but didn't speak, he didn't care if others went or not, but Zhao Huan had to go.

Cao Sheng understood what Li Yanqing meant, he had to sigh secretly, since Li Yanqing had chosen King Kang, Zhao Kai was completely hopeless.

At this moment, a pro-soldier quickly stepped forward to report: "Qiqi Dutong, an old eunuch came outside, saying that there is an urgent matter to ask to see Dutong." ”