At noon, in the Sanyuan Restaurant outside the north gate of Taixue, Li Yanqing walked into an elegant room quickly, and there were three people sitting in the elegant room, except for Li Yanqing's confidant Mo Jun, the other two were Taixue students Chen Dong and Jia Guan.

Seeing Li Yanqing walk into the room, Chen Dong and Jia Guan hurriedly got up and saluted, "See Li Dutong!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Let the two of you wait for a long time, please take a seat!" ”

Chen Dong and Jia Guan sat down, Li Yanqing also sat down on the main seat, and asked Mo Jun again: "Have the military rations been arranged?" ”

"It's already arranged!"

Li Yanqing nodded, and smiled at Chen Dong and Jia Guan: "How many students are there in Taixue now?" ”

"There are more than 3,000 people."

"Actually, I invited you two to come over because I had one thing to discuss with you." Li Yanqing pondered and said, "Do you two know that the imperial court is preparing to negotiate peace with the Jin people?" ”

Chen Dong and Jia Guan glanced at each other and shook their heads together, "We have never heard of this matter. ”

Li Yanqing sighed, "Now that we have the upper hand militarily, the Jin people are no longer able to break through the capital, but the Song army I sent burned Liyang Cang and burned millions of loads of forage for the Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers have withdrawn soon, but at this juncture, some officials began to clamore for peace with the Jin soldiers, which is really infuriating." ”

"What is the attitude of the officials?" Chen Dong asked again.

"The official family has listened to the slander and is bent on peace, and this morning they sent Ma Zheng to Jinying to contact the Jin people."

"Does the capital control want the students to come forward and prevent the imperial court from negotiating peace with the Jin people?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "More than seventy percent of the officials in the imperial court are in favor of peace, and the Tai students alone can't stop it, I just hope that the Tai students can stand up and openly express their attitude, and I believe that hundreds of thousands of people in the capital will also support you." ”

Chen Dong and Jia Guan discussed in a low voice for a moment, and the two stood up and said, "Time is urgent, we will go back now to mobilize the Tai students and strive to march on the streets early tomorrow morning!" ”

Li Yanqing raised a glass of wine, "In front of the country's righteousness, I salute the two of you with a glass!" ”

The two bowed to Li Yanqing, turned around and walked away quickly.

After the two of them walked away, Mo Juncai asked in a low voice, "Do you think they can stop the peace?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "More than seventy percent of the officials are in favor of peace, and the Son of Heaven is even more iron-hearted, and it is difficult for students and ordinary people to change the decision to negotiate peace." ”

"Why do you need to ....... Natutong?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Taixue is a very important political resource, I have no foundation in the imperial court, if this political resource can be mastered by me, it will be of great use at a critical moment in the future." ”

Li Yanqing saw that Mo Jun was still a little puzzled, so he explained with a smile: "I have been dealing with Chen Dong and them for a long time, they will not be attached to any powerful person, they have their own independent opinions, like today they immediately agreed to demonstrate, not to give me face, but they are also against peace, if you want to master this political resource, you have to let them have a common position with me, which requires subtle inducement, and tomorrow's opposition to peace is a key link." ”

Mo Jun nodded, and asked again: "Do you think that this time Song Jin can make peace?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed slightly, "This time the Jin people are very skillful, and they have successfully provoked a split within the Great Song Dynasty, if I am not mistaken, this time the negotiations of the Song Dynasty will be a great success, and in this way, the Jin people will succeed in making the Lord and the faction take the throne." ”

"Would the Jurchens have such a deep scheming?"

Li Yanqing sneered, "If you think that the Jin people just want to retreat with dignity, then you would underestimate them, but this operation is quite strategic, and they have a very thorough understanding of the imperial court, and this should be the Song Dynasty officials who surrendered to the Jin people to give advice inside." ”

Mo Jun also sighed lowly, "I always thought that the official family opposed the Lianjin to destroy Liao, actively presided over the war preparations, and would definitely be a promising Ming monarch after ascending the throne, but I didn't expect that he would still be a weak and compromised monarch after ascending the throne, and Dutong was actually loyal to such a monarch, which is really depressing!" ”

Li Yanqing saw that Mo Jun was depressed, so he patted his arm and comforted: "Don't be so depressed, what kind of person is he, I have always been very clear in my heart, our active resistance is not to serve a certain person, but to prevent millions of people in the capital from becoming lambs slaughtered by the Jin people. ”

These words made Mo Jun's mood feel a lot more comfortable, and he let out a long breath, "It's all right, we are defending millions of people in the capital, as long as the Jin soldiers can't enter the capital, those lords and ministers want to invite merit, or if they want to negotiate peace, let them make trouble!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "That's what it means!" ”

.........

Ma Zheng's return was like a powerful stimulant, which made the officials who advocated peace talks extremely excited, and Ma Zheng brought the news that the Jin people were willing to negotiate a settlement of the war, and also made the officials who were tormented by the tragic siege war finally see the hope of an armistice.

It has always been the nature of civilian officials to hate war and bloody fighting, which is also an important reason why the civilian clique of the Song Dynasty was eager for diplomatic peace and inclined to negotiate.

At night, the lights in the imperial study were still bright, and the four leaders of the main and faction, Bai Shizhong, Wu Min, Li Bangyan and Zhang Bangchang, were discussing the details of tomorrow's negotiations with Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that since it is the other party's boss Wan Yan Xian who also talks with Ma Shaoqing in person, it is enough to show that the Jin people attach great importance to the peace talks, as long as both sides make appropriate concessions, Weichen believes that the Jin soldiers will definitely complete the withdrawal in a short time."

Speaking is the right minister Bai Shizhong, in the Cai Jing era, Bai Shizhong is just an ornament, attached to Cai Jing's snort, now the daughter-in-law of many years has finally become a mother-in-law, Bai Shizhong has also become the leader of the hundred officials, he should not let his speech as the voice of the Zhizheng Hall, in front of the other Xiangguo full of strong style.

Bai Shizhong is the leader of the peace-seeking faction, and the proposal signed by hundreds of officials is what he came up with, and it has been responded to by nearly seventy percent of the court officials, and in turn, this proposal has become his powerful capital in front of Zhao Huan, the son of heaven.

Zhao Huan nodded, "Bai Xianggong, please continue!" ”

Bai Shizhong turned back to Ma Zhengdao and asked, "May I ask Ma Shaoqing, did Wan Yan Xian hint at their needs to you?" ”

Ma Zheng lowered his head and thought for a while: "Wan Yan Xian just said that if we can meet their special conditions, they will not only fully withdraw their troops, but also return the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the Great Song Dynasty, this is his clearest statement." ”

Although Ma Zheng did not say what the special conditions were, everyone knew that the special conditions of the Jin people were to hand over Li Yanqing, but this was obviously unrealistic, not to say that Li Yanqing had heavy troops, even if Li Yanqing had no military power, they did not dare to risk the world's disapproval to hand over Li Yanqing, and the Xiangguo present all knew in their hearts that this was just a bait for the Jin people, and if Li Yanqing was really handed over, the Jin people would never fulfill their promises.

Bai Shizhong waved his hand, "Is there any hint other than this?" ”

"Wan Yanxian also said that he understands our financial difficulties, and he only hopes to get some reasonable compensation, but he did not say the specific compensation."

Bai Shizhong's eyes lit up, "Understanding our financial difficulties is his exact words?" ”

"Exactly!"

Bai Shizhong suddenly said a little excitedly: "Your Majesty, since Wan Yan Xian also has this sentence, it means that he will not open his mouth in terms of money compensation, of course, we don't have much gold and silver to compensate the gold soldiers, and we suggest that we can make appropriate concessions on the New Year's coins and strive for the other party's comprehensive withdrawal." ”

At this time, Li Bangyan said on the side: "How likely does Bai Xianggong think it is that the other party will withdraw the army at one time?" ”

Bai Shizhong was choked speechless by one sentence, and he was a little annoyed: "What does Li Xianggong mean?" ”

"I think we should prepare a plan, if the Jin soldiers are willing to retreat north at one time, of course, but if the Jin soldiers are unwilling to fully withdraw north, what should we do? All these must be taken into account, since we cannot be too blindly optimistic or too conservative, we must consider all kinds of situations clearly. ”

"Humph! Li Xianggong's words are equivalent to saying nothing. ”

At this time, Zhao Huan waved his hand lightly and said: "There is no need to set the goal too high, now that the weather is getting warmer, the Yellow River is gradually thawing, our top priority is to ask the Jin soldiers to retreat to the north of the Yellow River first, and then continue to negotiate the withdrawal from Hedong Road and Hebei Road in the second step, as for the first step of the withdrawal conditions, as long as it does not exceed one million taels of silver, I can agree." ”

For Zhao Huan, the top priority was to lift the siege of the capital and restore his true imperial status, so that his edict could reach all parts of the Great Song Dynasty, so that he could justifiably exercise his imperial power and completely regain the power of his father.

Now that Zhao Huan has made a final decision, everyone will not say more, at this time, Zhao Huan said to Zhang Bangchang and Ma Zheng: "Tomorrow's negotiation will be entrusted to Zhang Xianggong and Ma Shaoqing!" ”

Zhang Bangchang's heart was very bitter, the official family actually asked him to go to Jinying to negotiate, which was more uncomfortable than killing him, but now he didn't dare not agree, so he had to stand up and say, "Weichen will definitely not let Your Majesty down!" ”

Zhao Huan nodded, "Leave early tomorrow morning, just like I said just now, as long as the conditions for retreating are within one million taels of silver, Zhang Xianggong can agree, as for the New Year's coin, the second step will be to talk about it, let the Jin soldiers retreat to the north of the Yellow River first." ”

"Obedience!"

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words to Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan frowned, and his face showed displeasure.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what had happened?