Wanyan Zongwang personally called for wine and food, he couldn't drink it, he sat on the soft cushion, the wine was in his stomach, he didn't know the taste, and he wanted to mention the matter of peace several times, but all of them were blocked back by Wanyan Zongwang's words. For two whole hours, they were all drinking, and during the banquet, Yan Zongwang asked people to invite a group of dancers to come in, and happily enjoyed a song and dance. Zhang Bangchang can't be blamed entirely, he has no experience in negotiation, let alone negotiation skills, and he can't talk about understanding Yan Zongwang, so he can only be led by Yan Zongwang.

In the evening, it finally got to the point, Wan Yan Zongwang hugged the beauty in his arms, relaxed and comfortable, and as for the specific person in charge of negotiation, it was Wan Yan Gao. In the two cases, Zhang Bangchang and Wan Yan Gao sat opposite each other, compared to Wan Yan Zongwang's smile, Wan Yan Gao was a dead face, "Zhang Shilang, you have been in my Dajin State military camp for a few days, I don't know what you think of my Dajin State soldiers?" ”

"The warriors of the Jin Kingdom, all brave and good at fighting, the Dajin Kingdom is even stronger and stronger" Zhang Bangchang hurriedly replied, but the expression on his face was as uncomfortable as eating, I really didn't want to say these words, but after a few days of observation, the Jurchen barbarians are really high morale, and the soldiers are very strong, which is in stark contrast to the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. In the past, I didn't understand why the Great Song Dynasty had been defeated in many foreign wars, but since I saw the Jin State military camp, I can understand what is going on.

The Jin State military camp is strictly disciplined, and the soldiers are trained hard, but what about the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty? Even there are craftsmen and carpenters, and this kind of miscellaneous soldiers and horses can still win the battle? No wonder the old general scolded raising soldiers like raising insects, and now he is so angry that he has gone to Shandong to train a new army. Looking at Yan Gao's face, Zhang Bangchang felt like he was taking a bite. Because this Jurchen barbarian is too arrogant. Wan Yan Gao didn't care what Zhang Bangchang was thinking. He only cares about how much he can win this time. "Well, what Zhang Shilang said is good, the soldiers of my Dajin Kingdom are brave and fearless, invincible and invincible, presumably it will only take one day to defeat Bianliang City."

I don't know where Zhang Bangchang got the courage, he didn't raise his head, and hummed. "The Jurchen warriors are naturally brave, but how did the lower officials hear that in the first battle of Datong Mansion back then, your army was defeated by my Great Song Dingguo Army, could it be that the lower officials heard it wrong?"

One sentence choked Wan Yan Gao, but fortunately, Wan Yan Gao was not an ordinary person, his brows were locked, and he sneered, "What Zhang Shilang said is right, but haven't you heard a word?" The wolves led by sheep are sheep after all. But a flock led by a male lion can turn into a pack of bloodthirsty wolves. In the past, it was Wanyan Sheng, but now it is my Khan King Wanyan Zongwang who is in charge of the Dajin Kingdom. As for the Dingguo Army. It seems that the real person in charge is His Royal Highness the King of Qin in Guanzhong, the Great Song Dynasty, hehe. ”

After listening to Yan Gao's sarcastic words, Zhang Bangchang's face was panicked, but he couldn't say anything to refute it. Wan Yan Gao is clearly saying that the court is a bunch of incompetent waste, what about anger, what to refute others? The army of more than 100,000 was first defeated by the Khitans, and then to the Jurchens, this time it was the most ruthless, and it was just a defeat, and it directly led the Jurchen iron hooves to Bianliang City, Tokyo. I don't know if the Great Song Dynasty is really incompetent, at least the Great Song Dynasty is not a lion.

Zhang Bangchang exhaled a long breath, and after trying to calm his mind, he arched his hand and said, "This time the Dajin Kingdom invaded my Great Song Dynasty, which really violated the friendship covenant between our Song and Jin Dynasty, and it was not a good thing for the people of the two countries to break out into war, and I hope the king will consider it deeply." However, the king ordered the army to retreat, and my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was willing to offer wealth, silk, cattle and sheep to consolidate the friendship between the two countries. ”

Wan Yan Gao pursed his lips, and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Bangchang a few more times, but he didn't expect that the eloquence of this surnamed Zhang was really good, obviously he was going to spend money to buy peace, and he said it so high-soundingly. Naturally, he couldn't easily agree to Zhang Bangchang, but Wan Yan Gao didn't answer clearly, but squinted his eyes and smiled lightly, "Zhang Shilang, I don't know what your identity is, you can really be the master of the Great Song Dynasty, and my Khan King doesn't dare to believe your words." ”

After listening to Yan Gao's words, Zhang Bangchang's face was colorful, not to mention how embarrassing it was. However, what Wan Yan Gao said is very reasonable, can what he Zhang Bangchang say represent the imperial court? Don't say that Yan Gao and Wanyan Zongwang don't believe it, even he doesn't believe it, when he came, the official family didn't say where the bottom line was, and he didn't send a person with status and prestige to follow. Zhang Bangchang is a smart man, he knows very well that only he is himself, and the Jurchens will not negotiate with him. I had no choice but to get up and arch my hands and smile bitterly, "My Great Song Majesty naturally has some arrangements, and I sent the lower officials to come, just to ask the king what he meant. ”

"Hehe, in this case, Zhang Shilang will please go back first, just see if your emperor is sincere, and ask Zhang Shilang to tell the emperor that Ben Khan only gives two days, if this period is over, don't blame Ben Khan for not remembering the old feelings."

Wanyan Zongwang said something at the right time, Zhang Bangchang's face was really ugly, and he felt a hot pain on his face, because Wanyan Zongwang's tone of voice was like treating the Great Song Emperor as his own son. There is a way to humiliate the ministers to death, but in the current situation, I can only swallow my anger. Waiting for Zhang Bangchang to say goodbye and leave, Wan Yan Gao took a sip of wine, and a little smile appeared on his face, "This Zhang Bangchang is not bad, but he is a little timid." ”

"Uncle is right, Zhang Bangchang is okay, but when he meets Zhao Ji, the father and son" Wanyan Zongwang waved his hand, signaling the woman to withdraw from the big tent, and her expression became solemn, and in the blink of an eye, the color of the waves disappeared.

This pair of Jurchen uncles and nephews will not be mentioned for the time being, let's talk about Zhang Bangchang, he left the camp of the Jin State with apprehension, except for seeing Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Gao, nothing else was found on this trip, and the situation in the Jinguo army was not too clear. Zhang Bangchang felt that he was a failure, and he didn't gain anything at all, will the official family blame him when he goes back? Along the bamboo basket, I returned to Bianliang City again. The palace at night is still brightly lit, and Zhao Huan has a lot of shortcomings, but there is one thing that is much stronger than Zhao Ji, that is, diligence. But there are twists and turns, Zhao Huan must bow down and read them one by one, and Zhao Ji is carte blanche to Cai Jing and Yang Jian. Recently, the people of the Jin Kingdom besieged Bianliang, and the letter asking for help flew into the palace like snowflakes. Although his heart is full of anger. But I still have the patience to review it little by little. Sometimes he will scold in a suppressed manner, but fortunately, he is often reminded by Chai Keyan, otherwise Zhao Huan really doesn't know if he can survive it.

Now at the critical moment, and he has just obtained the throne through Guò Zen, Zhao Huan must maintain a wise image, otherwise the little foundation that he has built up with great difficulty will collapse in an instant. Chai Keyan's reminder lingered in his ears all the time, and Zhao Huan couldn't listen to it if he wanted to.

Knock knock. There was a knock on the door, Yang Lian pushed the door open, didn't step in, stood outside the door and said respectfully, "Official, Zhang Shilang is back." ”

"Well, Xuan" Zhao Huan frowned and replied. Zhao Huan didn't like Yang Lian, but Chai Keyan didn't want to alienate Yang Lian. Yang Lian is the queen of Yang Jian. Zhao Ji's inner servant, if the new emperor can even retain Yang Lian. Doesn't it prove that the official family is open-minded, so that those original Zhao Ji and old ministers will also be a lot less vigilant. The reuse of Yang Lian is for outsiders to see, Chai Keyan has reminded him many times, and he must not show the slightest disgust, but Zhao Huan just can't control himself.

Chai Keyan has what idea, Yang Lian knows it in her heart, and she just needs to change the courtyard and change places to be Infernal Affairs. Zhao Huan was also anxious to know how the peace talks were going, and when Zhang Bangchang entered the Zichen Palace, he hurriedly asked, "Zhang Shilang, what is the reaction of the Jurchen barbarians, how many things do they want?" ”

Zhang Bangchang's face was a little bitter, and he had to reply truthfully, "Back to the official's house, I didn't touch on the substantive content this time, and the Jurchens didn't say how much they wanted, but looking at Yan Zongwang's expression, it didn't seem that he was much interested in peace talks." ”

Standing in the Zichen Palace, Zhang Bangchang explained in detail what happened that he could go to the Jurchen camp again, but the peace talks must have a person with status. No matter who made these requests, Zhao Huan felt that it was still within the acceptable range, just imagine that if he was Wanyan Zongwang, he would also want to talk to someone with status, because then the credibility is strong. As for where the bottom line of the negotiation is, it is actually very easy to grasp, because there is no bottom line in Zhao Huan's heart, as long as he can coax the Jurchens away, it is okay to pay as much as he wants, it is nothing more than how much money he pays. I am not afraid that the Jurchen lion will open his mouth, if the Great Song Dynasty can't pay the price, the Jurchens will mention it in vain, presumably Yan Zongwang will be stupid enough to give this kind of Cheng dù, and give a price code, it must be something that the Great Song can afford.

Now the question is, everything else is easy to say, who should be sent to accompany Zhang Bangchang to the Jurchen military camp again to negotiate? A person with an identity, of course, is the most suitable candidate for the royal family, is it a candidate, Daddy Zhao Ji? After thinking about it, he shook his head directly, Qin King Zhao Yougong? Just kidding, who can command Zhao Ling? These two identities are not the most suitable, and the only ones left seem to be the third brother Zhao Kai and the ninth brother Zhao Gou.

Such a big matter, I can only talk to Chai Keyan, in the harem, Zhao Huan said what he was worried about, but he didn't expect Chai Keyan to answer immediately, "What are you worried about so much?" Just let the third brother go! ”

Chai Keyan replied too easily, Zhao Huan couldn't help grinning bitterly, "County Lord, what you said is too easy, how is the third brother, you don't know, let him accompany Zhang Bangchang, can he agree?" ”

"Zhao Guanjia, can you use your brains well?" Chai Keyan squinted his phoenix eyes, stroked his hair with his slender hand, and did not hide the disdain in his eyes, "Of course he can refuse, but don't you just give him a reason that he can't refuse?" Tomorrow will convene a general meeting, and put this forward in front of everyone, and when the time comes, you will say so, but you have to see if the third brother can refuse. ”

On the second day, the court meeting in the main hall, everyone who should come came, Zhao Huan sat on the Jinluan Palace, his face was full of sadness, "A few days ago, Zhang Shilang went to the camp of the Jin Kingdom, but Wanyan Zong looked at Zhang Shilang's identity and refused to negotiate, today I have a noble person in the clan to accompany Zhang Shilang to go together, I don't know which brother is willing to go on my behalf?" ”

After speaking, Zhao Huan's eyes swept the audience, and finally fell on Zhao Kai, who was the first civil official, and in an instant, everyone's eyes in the hall stopped on Zhao Kai, as if they were going to swallow this handsome mess His Royal Highness King Yun. At this time, Zhao Kai felt like he was sitting in a charcoal basin, his whole body was hot, damn, the boss was going to force him to a dead end. Why are so many people staring at Zhao Kai, the reason is very simple, the real suitable ones in the royal family are King Yun Zhao Kai and King Kang Zhao Gou, King Kang is still young and immature, but His Royal Highness King Yun has been in charge of Kaifeng Mansion for many years. He also serves as the head of the Ministry of Households. The ability to deal with things is not comparable to King Kang. Of course, there is also His Royal Highness the King of Qin. But Chao Chinese Wu, like Zhao Huan, directly and automatically filtered out, let His Royal Highness King Qin be in charge of peace talks? His Royal Highness King Qin is not afraid, the question is who has the courage to give him an order.

Zhao Kai scolded in his heart, he knew that if he retreated this time, Chinese Wu Ke would have to look him through the crack in the door in the future, and then he wanted to regain his prestige. It's not that simple. If you don't want to take the throne, then give up your face, admit that you are incompetent, and let the official family choose another talent, but is you really willing to be an idle king for a lifetime? Soon Zhao Kai made up his mind, he took two steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, my brother is willing to go, as long as he can benefit the people of my Great Song Dynasty." Even if the subordinate brother dies, there is no regret. ”

Zhao Kai's words are very touching. Many officials secretly gave him a thumbs up. Zhao Huan was naturally very happy, and said some words of encouragement, but the look in his eyes was clearly saying that if you go, don't come back, it's best to die at the hands of the Jurchen barbarians.

As Zhang Bangchang went to the peace talks, Zhao Kai did not have no requests, he asked Li Bangyan to go with him. Zhao Kai is also kind, but Li Bangyan angrily scolded his mother, he is now the Infernal Affairs warrior of the Qin Palace, and he doesn't need to follow Zhao Kai to gain prestige at all, but His Royal Highness the King of Yun and the official family already have orders, dare not obey, do you stand in front of Zhao Kai to expose his identity, in that case, it is estimated that His Royal Highness the King of Qin has not made a move, and Zhao Kai will chop him up first.

The peace talks, said to be peace talks, were actually just Jurchen conditions, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty nodded their heads according to the acceptance. As a noble prince, when did Zhao Kai have the experience of peace talks? This time, he was sent to the Zhao official family for peace talks, and it was clear that the official family wanted to borrow the hands of the Jurchens to get rid of him Zhao Kai. However, Zhao Kai is not an incompetent person like Zhao Huan after all, although he is panicked in his heart, he can settle down after all. It seems dangerous to negotiate peace with Jinguo, but there are many opportunities. This time, not only do you have to return to Bianliang alive and well, but also make the eldest brother Zhao Huan disgusted, if you can complete the task smoothly this time and send away the Jurchens, then this credit will be counted on his head Zhao Kai, and when the time comes, let people publicize it well, afraid that they will not be able to accept the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty?

A pair of brothers, a peace talk, but each with their own scheming, everywhere hidden conspiracies. Accompanied by Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan, the three of them came to the city along the city wall, and looked from afar, only to see the Jin State military camp with flags covering the sun, and the momentum was magnificent, which could scare Zhao Kai enough, this was the first time to see so many alien soldiers and horses. Zhao Kai is not very bold, Zhang Bangchang is even less bold, as for Li Bangyan, not to mention, the Great Song Dynasty found such three people to be in charge of peace talks, which can be regarded as a miracle. Before he arrived at the barracks, Zhao Kai began to mumble in his heart, "Zhang Shilang, is Wanyan Zongwang that Jurchen barbarian vicious?" ”

Zhang Bangchang's heart is up and down, listening to Zhao Kai's question, he is a little afraid, he is not afraid of the Jurchens, but afraid that His Royal Highness King Yun will temporarily retreat, so wouldn't he Zhang Bangchang go in vain. The camp of the Jin Kingdom is not far away, Zhang Bangchang hurriedly arched his hand, and said with a smile, "Your Highness doesn't need to worry, that barbarian just wants to ask for more money, don't dare to do what about us, Bianliang City has thick walls, and tens of thousands of troops are stationed there, and the Jurchens have to guard against the soldiers and horses of the Qin kings from all over the Great Song Dynasty, where do you dare to mess around, you can get some money to go back, it is already very good." ”

Zhang Bangchang said these words to be a good Zhao Kai's heart, but it is not unreasonable in his words, Bianliang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and if the soldiers and horses of King Qin of the Great Song Dynasty really gather here, more than 50,000 soldiers of the Jin Kingdom will really fall into a siege. Wanyan Zongwang was not panicked at all, and he also got the fact that the soldiers and horses of King Qin did not move, at least now Liu Che and Song Jiang's tens of thousands of troops have no signs of moving westward, if these soldiers and horses of King Qin have moved, there is no need for the Dingguo army to come, and Wanyan Zongwang will have to consider whether to withdraw to the north first, at least it must be stationed in Chenqiao Town in the north to be safe. To calm down, the three of them came to the camp of the Jin Kingdom with apprehension, and as soon as they entered the camp, they were shocked by the scene in the camp. I saw a small road in the camp, there were more than 100 people standing on both sides of the road, the weather in early spring was still very cold, the wind was strong, but these knife and axe hands were all open-chested and exposed, and the big axe was carried on their shoulders, and their eyes were wide open, full of murderous atmosphere. Seeing this scene, Zhang Bangchang swallowed his saliva dryly, and Zhao Kai was even more unbearable, his neck shrunk, and he almost ran away. On the contrary, Li Bangyan has become the calmest person, and he has more or less seen the chaotic people in Suzhou Mansion, and he can be regarded as having fought a war when he led the troops to assemble in Suzhou Mansion, and he still knows a little about these dramas. The barbarians are going to get off the horse, if they are really frightened, the Jurchens behind can open their mouths. A general of the Jin Kingdom strode over with a sword, came to the front, and asked in a cold voice in a condescending tone, "King Zhao Kai?" Hehe, my king has been waiting for you for a long time, please. ”

The Jurchens are such a people, they revere the strong and despise the cowardly, and people like Zhao Kai, who are as timid as a mouse, will only despise them, but will not have the slightest respect. Zhao Kai didn't have the heart to think about how Yan Zongwang knew that he would come, looking at this fierce and vicious general of the Jin Kingdom, he nodded instinctively, and Zhao Kai's reaction fell into the eyes of Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan, and he was really disappointed. His Royal Highness King Yun, His Royal Highness King Yun, are you frightened and confused, you are the noble prince of the Great Song Dynasty, how can you be led by the nose by a Jurchen general, with the identity of His Royal Highness King Yun, how can you be greeted by someone with the status of Wanyan Gao or Wanyan Zongbi, what people say, how to talk about the next peace talks? Zhao Kai didn't know how bad his reaction was just now, but Zhang Bangchang couldn't say it yet, so the three of them followed the general of the Jin Kingdom into a big tent with three expressions of disgrace.

In the big tent, it was empty, there were only three angels of the Great Song Dynasty peace talks, a table in the tent, and nothing else, and the people of the Jin Kingdom were ruthless enough not to even give a glass of water. Zhang Bangchang felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, even if the Jurchens deliberately delayed to consume the energy of the three of them, they shouldn't even understand the most basic etiquette. I couldn't figure it out in my heart, confessed, got up and came to the door of the big tent, who knew that as soon as I opened the curtain of the big tent, there were two steel knives on my neck, as soon as I felt the coldness, Zhang Bangchang shivered, and said with a smile, "Several, we are waiting to discuss important matters with the king, somehow, how can we be treated like this?" ”

Sent to the vicinity of the big tent, most of them listened to the Chinese dialect, a Jin soldier pushed Zhang Bangchang, raised his chin and snorted, "What are you talking about, the king has an order that the camp is discussing military affairs, military aircraft affairs, how can it be leaked, in order to avoid a few people from being burned, please stay in the tent for a while." When the time comes, the king will summon you. ”

Zhang Bangchang was pushed back to the big tent, and in desperation, he could only jump to his feet and scold his mother. At this moment, even Li Bangyan was dumbfounded, what are the Jurchen barbarians going to do? Isn't it a peace talk, why did they detain them, the Jurchens don't want gold and silver treasures?

Of course, Zhang Bangchang and the others didn't understand what Wanyan Zongwang was thinking, Wanyan Zongwang wanted to detain Zhang Bangchang and the others and constantly wear down their patience. Since Zhao Kai is here, he must make good use of it. Wanyan Zongwang has come to Bianliang not a small number of times, and he knows a little about the situation in the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Yougong, the only capable person in the Great Song Dynasty, was still forced out of Bianliang City by his own family, and the remaining group of royal brothers could only intrigue with each other, figuring out how to kill their own people one by one, and doing the right thing, according to Zhao Yougong was too far away. Wanyan Zongwang hopes that the negotiations will be smoother, and it is best to obtain the greatest benefits in the shortest time, and these will fall on Zhao Kai's head.

In normal negotiations, as long as they are not fools, they have to bargain, even if Zhao Kai and Zhang Bangchang have been scared enough, but their bargaining skills are still there. Normal talks will definitely delay time, and the benefits may not be the most, but if Zhao Kai feels enough threat, the result will be different. The threat can't come from his Wanyan Zongwang, because Zhao Kai is not a fool, he knows very well that if Dajin Guo wants to negotiate peace, he has to save his Zhao Kai's life, but the threat from Zhao Huan is different.

Wanyan Zongwang didn't see Zhao Kai and the others for a long time, so he dragged on for a day. (To be continued......)