Under the instigation of the empress and Neishì, the Zhao official family finally decided to hide it from the imperial court. [.Read without pop-ups!] Huainan Xuanfu, who directly instructed the front, made Liu Guangguo come into contact with Jin. But in the end, the emperor was still afraid of the government, and repeatedly stated that it was only contact, that is, even if Liu Guangguo negotiated everything in front of him, and finally decided the case, the court still had to come forward.

Although it was not a complete achievement, Liu Guangguo was also overjoyed. After the defeat, he left his troops to guard the gate of Xuzhou, and he withdrew to Suzhou, where he communicated with Ma Wu's envoys. Liu Guangguo was extremely secretive, except for his younger brother Liu Guangyuan, even Li Xianzhong and other senior generals of the Shenwu Left Army did not know about it. After several contacts, he generally understood Jin Guo's intentions. This time, the Jurchens sincerely want peace and are willing to make concessions, hoping to end the state of hostility and war between the two countries for decades.

Finding this tone, Liu Guangguo was very excited and made a wishful thinking. If the Jurchens are willing to return the land of Shandong, and this matter is presided over by him, then just like Tong Guan back then, the merit of recovering Shandong should be counted on his head. In this way, the court should fulfill its promise and crown him as the king of the county. From then on, he was juxtaposed with He Guan and Xu Wei, only under the quality of King Lin.

But this is just his wishful thinking, whether the Jurchens agree or not, they have to say something else. For this reason, he took the initiative to send his henchmen to Jinying to meet Yelu Mawu, saying that the south also intends to negotiate peace, so how to make peace depends on the attitude and sincerity of the north. These words were put more than ten years ago, and even if the envoy to Jinying didn't lose his head, he would have to suffer a few big mouths. But now is different from the past, the Jurchens are losing and retreating, relying on Yelu Ma Wucai to save some face on the battlefield in Shandong, so they have to swallow their anger. Tell Song Envoy that we are very sincere. Previously, all the treaties concluded by the Song and Jin dynasties were nullified, and the benefits obtained by the Southern Dynasties up to the present time were fully recognized by the Daejin Kingdom. In other words, you have recovered the Central Plains, recovered Huaidong and the territory that Hedong fought back, and my Dajin Kingdom does not think about it, it is yours. Even if it is the old land of Western Xia seized by your King Xujun, we also recognize it as a fait accompli, but we do not recognize the territory occupied by the Khitans.

In addition, the Song and Jin Dynasty were brothers, and the Dajin Kingdom no longer called the Great Song Dynasty "Jiangnan" and renamed the "Southern Dynasty" as a sign of sincerity.

Hearing this, Liu Guangguo was so beautiful that his snot bubbles came together. But don't worry, the Jurchens have enough sincerity, should the Southern Dynasty also express it? Ma Wu then made a Jurchen request. First, this is naturally to end the state of hostilities and stop fighting, needless to mention: second, Hedong is not allowed to garrison the Western Army in this area, including Linfu Road, except for the troops necessary for local security, banditry, and anti-theft, and third, the Southern Dynasty must not return the capital to Tokyo: and fourth, the Southern Dynasty must abandon the alliance with the Khitans in order to show its sincerity in making peace with Jin.

Liu Guangguo is not a fool, he looked at the four requirements put forward by the Jin people and found that the Jurchens only had one purpose. That is self-protection, not allowing heavy troops to be stationed in Hedong, because he is afraid that Xu Jiu will wave his army to the north and go straight to Yanyun: if he does not let the capital return to Tokyo, he is also afraid that once this happens, I am afraid that the Song army will go to Hebei next: let him abandon the alliance with the Khitans, and he is also afraid that Song Liao will join forces to cut gold.

In general, it is beneficial to Dajin and harmless to Da Song.

Otherwise, why not get Shandong for nothing?

At this time, Liu Guangyuan came out and reminded his brother that it was no different just for us to agree. Of these four articles, there are two that not only cannot be the Lord of us, but I am afraid that the Holy One will not be the Lord either. One is the issue of the Hedong garrison, and the other is the issue of abandoning the covenant, both of which depend on the meaning of Xu Wei, the king of Wuwei County.

Although Liu Guangyuan has never met Xu Wei, he is no stranger. Why? His wife in the main room is the pearl of He Guan and He Junwang, He Shuying. And Xu Wei's wife is He Shuying's cousin. Speaking of which, the two of them are quite a brother-in-law. Coupled with the relationship between He Shuying and Xu Wei, can Liu Guangyuan be unfamiliar with Zijin Tiger?

Liu Guangguo naturally knew that Xu Weiwei was famous and powerful, but as a relative, he naturally sided with the emperor. Even if Xu Wei has the merit of conquering the world, he is just a courtier, if the official family decides to negotiate peace, what can he say? And what did he dare to say? Regardless of him.

In this way, the Jurchens' requests were accepted in full, and naturally, the benefits were not refused. But for most of the month, Liu Guangguo and Yelu Mawu hit it off. It's just that the two of them, after all, are just front-line commanders, although they are doing things according to their intentions, but in the end, they still have to be approved by their respective emperors. Moreover, there are some cutscenes, which still have to be left.

After Liu Guangguo negotiated with Ma Wu, he immediately reported to Hangzhou. Naturally, it was not reported to the imperial court, but to the emperor. After Zhao Jin learned the news, he didn't know the severity, but said that the Jin people returned to Shandong for nothing, and it was the Great Song Dynasty who picked up a bargain. As for the four-point request put forward by the other party, it is not very harmful to Yu Da Song. How could he not think about the harmlessness of the Jurchens' willingness to give up the land of Shandong in exchange for the Southern Dynasty accepting their four-point demands? He also believes that this is the prestige of the Great Song Army.

The front line talks are settled, and it is only necessary to wait for the two countries to send envoys to each other to finally finalize it. It's just that once it comes to sending envoys to each other, it's not easy to bypass the imperial court. The Zhao family understands this, and Empress Liu understands this even more, Shen Xue gave the emperor an idea, and if he wants to do this, he must first create momentum in the court.

On this day, it was the first day of the fifth month, and the weather was already very hot. In the early morning, hundreds of officials gathered at the palace gate to prepare for the court, because of the heat, the ministers seemed a little restless, and their voices were noisy. Xu Liang was surrounded by a large group of colleagues, discussing something. As soon as the hour came, the imperial history came out of the whole class, and then marched to the senior palace.

When they arrived in the hall, the civil and military classes stood still, the head of the palace stopped cheering, and the emperor came. I can't help but push the gold mountain, pour the jade pillar, and shout long live. Zhao Guanjia sat upright, glanced at the black gauze hat that was moving below, I don't know if it was because of the fire, he cleared his throat a few times, and then said: "Zhuqing has something to do, you can play." ”

Recently, there has been no major event in the court, and the king must be the prelude, so the emperor asked this sentence, and His Royal Highness was silent. This is also in line with his heart, so he said: "Since the ministers are fine, I have a chance to ask the opinions of the ministers. ”

When this sentence came out of his mouth, it really made the ministers feel fresh, so they all listened attentively, thinking that the Holy Lord could consult the civil and military officials about anything.

"Since the king set the Central Plains in the north, the war has stopped, and in the future, what should I do, do you have any ideas?" The Emperor asked...