Chapter 486 Got Carried Away

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Yangzi Town. (Niu Wen ~ Net)

The main force of the Jin army has been stationed in Jiangbei for several months, and seeing that it is impossible to take the Yangtze River moat for a while, the command center of the Jin army has also moved from the barracks to this riverside town. At the beginning of February, spring is blooming, and because in this picturesque Jianghuai area, although the Yangtze Town is small, it is extremely rich and prosperous because of its geographical location.

After the command center of the Jin army was stationed here, he restrained his subordinates with Wushu, claiming that he would "commit no crime in autumn". It was his current marshal mansion, which was also requisitioned from the local gentry. Absolutely no force was used, only a petty officer was sent to say hello, saying that the army is going to requisition your house, move the place, what can the master say? What dare you say?

At this time, the commander of Dajin, the fourth prince of Wanyan Aguta, and the leader of the emerging forces in the Jin dynasty, Wushu, was sitting on a low bed, supporting the bed with one hand, and putting his knee on the other, with his eyes slightly closed, not knowing whether he was taking a nap or contemplating. The room is very elegantly furnished, the tables and chairs are decorated, the cubicles are draped with drapes, the floor is also covered with precious blankets, and an incense burner is smoking from the ground, which makes the room quiet and elegant, which is intoxicating.

There was more than one Wushu in the room, and Han Fang, who he leaned on as his confidant, sat on the side of his lower head. In the end, it is a Sven person who has read the books of sages and passed the top prize, Han Fang obviously knows how to enjoy this elegant environment. He knelt on the seat, his hands on his thighs, his upper body remained straight, his demeanor was peaceful, and he was listening attentively to the woman outside stroking the piano.

"Okay" Wushu suddenly sat up, waved his hand, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

This move obviously scared the violin girl outside, Han Fang turned his head sideways and nodded to the woman to signal her to retreat. After he left, he smiled and asked Wushu, "Marshal, how is the sound of the piano?" ”

"I don't understand, it's not as loud as the trumpet." Wushu replied cheerfully. "And this thing also lies uncomfortably, and it can't sit and can't sit down. The house was too low and oppressive. It seems that I can't afford this kind of thing, so I might as well go and shoot arrows on horseback. ”

Han Fang laughed when he heard this: "Marshal, if you want to serve the southerners, you must first understand the southerners." And to understand the Nanren, we must start with their daily life. The owner of this house should be from a scholarly family, and this kind of person is very representative in the Southern Dynasty. If you understand them, you will also understand China. ”

Wushu stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, I will have time to learn in the future." Go, go out with me. ”

Han Fang saw that he was really not interested, and he didn't force it, so the two left the house. There are more than 1,000 families in this town, and in addition to those who escaped the river, there are hundreds of families. But because the town has been walking in the town recently, the ordinary people stay at home. Wushu and Han Fang walked out of the town along the smooth stone road.

I saw that in the distance, lush and green, and spring had quietly arrived. Walking on the trail outside the town, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the warm sun shines on the body, which suddenly makes people feel lazy. On the roadside, the vegetation is renewing and the wildflowers are budding, and in the midst of such beautiful scenery, the vultures still have not forgotten their troubles.

"The Song army's naval division is quite powerful, and it has been defeated in four strong attacks. Spring has arrived in a blink of an eye, midsummer is not far away, and the grain and grass in the army are almost insufficient, which makes people anxious. ”

Han Fang persuaded: "This time, the marshal led the army south, took Shandong, captured the Central Plains, and the troops reached the river. The occupation is greater and the income is more abundant than before. Even if you can't enter Jiangnan this time, what does it matter? It's a long time coming. He knew very well in his heart that until now, the Jin Army had not been able to cross the river, and this time there was not much chance.

Wushu was not discouraged, and said with a smile: "This is also the truth. I have captured the Central Plains, as you said, the Central Plains is a place of all directions, and those who have won the Central Plains have won the world, and the Southern Dynasty is now relying on it, but it is just a Yangtze River. Now I am on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and I share it with him. It took him three or five years to set up a sailor, teach the soldiers to practice water warfare, use craftsmen to build warships, and take Jiangnan, but sooner or later. ”

"The marshal's words hit the nail on the head." Han Fang said happily.

Wushu was quite complacent, looked into the distance, and praised: "The scenery of this southern country is different from that of the north, and the rivers and mountains are splendid." ”

"The north is bitter and cold, but it is a place where the king and hegemony have been achieved, and the south is rich, but it has always been a fish on the board. Since ancient times, the unification of the world has always been from north to south. Han Fang talked eloquently.

"I have also thought about this problem, although the north is hard, but the people are fierce, the soldiers are good at fighting, and it is really a land of tigers and wolves. Although the south has a good life, these beautiful mountains and rivers, fine clothes and fine food, are easy to make people tired. Otherwise, how could the people of the southern dynasty be defeated by my Jurchen? Wushu smirked.

Han Fang reminded in a timely manner: "It is difficult to start a business, but it is not easy to keep it. The king of Qin swept **, annexed the Quartet, and then died in two lifetimes. Emperor Wen of Sui ruled the world and attacked the Turks in the north, which can also be described as a hero, but when it reached Emperor Yang, a huge country fell apart in the blink of an eye. The reason for this is nothing more than the four words of immorality and benevolence. ”

Wushu nodded frequently when he heard this: "That's the truth, this time I didn't want to force Mr. to go south with the army." It's just that Mr. Bo is familiar with the past and the present, and he knows the Southern Dynasty very well, so he can't do without it. It is better not to delay my nephew's studies, he will ascend to the throne of God after all, and we have to rely on him to build the foundation of our first two generations. ”

"The emperor's eldest grandson is intelligent by nature, eager to learn, and has learned something in a few years, so the marshal doesn't have to worry." Han Fang couldn't hide his pride when he heard him mention his students.

As he was talking, he saw a group of people coming not far away. At first, Wushu didn't care, but later they got closer. He found out that most of this group of people were soldiers of the Jin Army, but there were several Han people among them, especially one person, wearing a red robe and black veil, who was obviously an official of the Southern Dynasty.

Isn't it strange that Nanguan appeared in Jiangbei? After a closer look, he found that this Nanguan did not come empty-handed, and his entourage carried several large iron boxes, one of which seemed to have accidentally fallen into the boat, and flowed all the way.

"You, go and ask, what's the way from." Wushu shouted at the captain of the guard who had followed him all the way.

After the Jurchen Meng's order, he strode forward, approached to block the way, and asked one of the Han soldiers in the lead, "What's the matter?" ”

"This man came from Jiangnan, called himself Nanguan, and wanted to see the marshal." Hanmouk replied.

"How did he cross the river?" The commander asked again.

"It was sent by the Song army warship." Hanmou Kedao. Since it was the Song army's warship that sent it across the Yangtze River, it should not be fake, so the Jurchen Meng placed the way and immediately returned to the Wushu.

"Marshal, here comes the beggars." Han Fang's face was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Wushu sneered: "I really know how to pick the time, but I chose it when I couldn't cross the river." Hmph, I'm not going to see you yet, my husband will meet me on my behalf to see how he speaks. ”

In the town of Yangzi, in a private house. The red-robed and black-gauged official, about forty years old, was pacing back and forth in the tent, and several large boxes that he had brought across the river were piled up in the corners, until now, at least half an hour had passed, and no one had come to receive him. And the Jin army didn't allow him to go out, and outside the door, several wolf-like soldiers were guarding.

When I was feeling uneasy, I suddenly heard two light coughs behind me, and suddenly looked back and saw an elderly man entering the room. Earlier than the year of the Mandate of Heaven, he was seven feet long, wearing Hanfu, wearing a hat, easy-going, elegant demeanor, and a long beard on his forehand, as if smiling but not smiling. Seeing such a person in the camp of the Jin Army is really more comfortable than the sunshine of this spring.

After he politely returned the salute, he invited Nanguan to take a seat, and asked the soldiers to serve tea, and then introduced himself: "In Xia Han Fang, didn't you ask for advice?" ”

"Han Fang? Isn't it the old days in Tokyo...... Emissary? As soon as he heard this name, the Han official suddenly remembered an allusion.

Han Fang actually knew what he wanted to say, and he was not angry, and smiled indifferently: "That's right, it was Han Fang who was detained and imprisoned by one of your young generals in Tokyo back then. ”

He was generous and did not shy away from it at all, which made the Nanguan a little overwhelmed, and he couldn't speak for a while. When Han Fang asked him again about his origin, he replied as if he had woken up from a dream: "It's really a coincidence, the lower official is also surnamed Han, and his name is Zongquan, and he is the head of the Imperial Camp Department with the service system of the Xianmo Pavilion." ”

"It turned out to be Han Shi, rude." Han Fang said with a smile.

That Han Zhongquan saw that the other party was so knowledgeable, and he called it very accurately, and he unconsciously relaxed a little. It's just that he didn't know where Han Fang came from, so he had to say something about the scene: "I have heard the name of Han Gong for a long time, and I can see it today, which is enough to comfort my life." ”

Han Fang knew that this was an excuse, and he didn't expose it, so he said a few polite words and asked directly: "Your two countries are fighting together, I don't know what happened when Han Shiji crossed the river to the north?" ”

"Ugh." Han Zongquan sighed before he could speak, "Xianxian Yun, soldiers, murder weapons, have to be used as a last resort." In the past, Song Jin concluded a collegial agreement on Longxing, which had already stopped fighting. Unexpectedly, I will be in charge of a group of ministers, who will be in charge of war discussions, blinded the Holy Hearing, recruited troops and made weapons everywhere, and talked about recovery, so that today's matter will be achieved. ”

At the beginning, he first exonerated the Jurchens from the responsibility for the invasion. Saying that the Jurchens invaded the south was the fault of their own side, and that it was the fault of their own "handful of people". The Son of Heaven was deceived by this "handful of people".

Han Fang didn't interject, he knew that the other party was looking for himself to go down the stairs, so as to pave the way for the rest of the words.

Fortunately, people of insight in the court rose up to resist and finally made the officials realize. I want to value our two countries, there was an alliance on the sea back then, and we met to attack Liao. Later, it was because of all kinds of unnecessary misunderstandings that it was now out of control, which made people feel sad, "Han Zongquan is serious."

Han Fang also nodded in agreement at the right time.

"Today, the official is on the order of Huang Gong, the right of the Shangshu of my court, to cross the river to ask to see the commander of your army, one is to convey the meaning of Fang Cai, the second is to prepare a thin gift to present, and the third is to hope that the truce will stop the war and form an alliance together." That's to the point.

Han Fang didn't understand too much, and questioned: "Since your country wants to be reconciled, why doesn't the Zhao official family express its position, but is the deputy prime minister?" At least it has to be Shangshu's left and right servants, or a privy envoy, right? ”

Han Zongquan was shocked, and he couldn't wait to extend his thumb to praise "insider", and said honestly at the moment: "Your Excellency doesn't know that the official family is not in Jiangnan now. But Vice Minister Huang did follow the edict of the official family. ”

Han Fang sighed, naturally it was not easy to ask the other party, and Zhao Guan's family was now safe. But just imagine, the army of the Jin Kingdom is on the Yangtze River, and the Taishang and Young Emperors of the Southern Dynasty are naturally fleeing in a hurry, and it is reasonable that they are not in Zhenjiang. Since the deputy prime minister was sent as a representative and came to test it, the sincerity was quite sufficient.

However, he only came to listen to the other party's intentions on behalf of the marshal, and he didn't need to express any attitude, so he said: "The meaning of your country is already clear below, and you should truthfully return to the marshal of our army." Before that, he also asked Han Shizhi to take a moment in the army and wait for news. ”

"Of course, of course." Han Zongquan hurriedly nodded. Seeing that the other party got up and wanted to come out, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, pointed to the big box and said, "This is a little bit of my heart that I presented to the commander of your army, and please accept it on my behalf." ”

Han Fang didn't look at it, and said indifferently: "If you can't give orders, how can you dare to trespass?" Please be calm and wait for a reply. After speaking, the money came out.

When Han Fang conveyed the news to Wushu, the latter did not express his position, nor did he plan to meet the Song envoy, let alone let him go back. Only let it stay in the gold camp. It dragged on until mid-February, during which Huang Qianshan, who was waiting for news on the south bank, sent two groups of messengers to urge him one after another, but they were all detained by Wushu. At the same time, the so-called "sailors" of the Jin army practiced in the river every day to "deter" the Song army. Orihiko did not show weakness, and ordered the sailors to drive the battleship to the river to show off their martial arts several times, and confronted the enemy-for-tat.

This made the officials on the south bank feel that the Jurchens did not seem to intend to make peace with us. But on February 13, things changed. Han Zongben, who was one of the first envoys to Jinying, returned to Jiangnan and brought back a piece of news that made Huang Qianshan very excited.

He finally met the commander of the Jin army, the other party was the right deputy marshal under the Marshal of the Great Jin Capital, surnamed Wanyan, named Wushu, the fourth son of Wanyan Aguta, the founder of the Great Golden Dynasty, and a Chinese name, called Zong Bi. When Wushu met with him, he did not make it clear whether he agreed to negotiate peace, but only said that he would let the right person come to talk.

Now in Zhenjiang Mansion, the only person who represents the emperor is Huang Qianshan, who is naturally the most suitable person. But because of the ambiguous attitude of Wushu, he did not dare to cross the river rashly, and sent Han Zongquan to the north again. After going back and forth several times, the Jurchens finally relented and agreed in principle to negotiate peace.

Huang Qianshan was overjoyed, and immediately asked Zhi Yanzhi to order the sailors to return to the camp separately, and from now on, they must not go out to conduct military exercises again, so as not to be suspected of provocation. And he himself is also preparing to cross the Yangtze River north and go to Jinying in person. Although peace talks are an extremely complicated and time-consuming matter, at least a general idea must be made before bargaining.

On February 18, the town of Yangzi was brightly lit, and several tables of banquets were set up in the hall of the mansion where Wushu lived, and all the civil and military officials of all ethnic groups in the Jin Army attended.

The banquet is very chic, with both north and south characteristics. There are not only large pieces of beef and mutton and pasta that northerners like to eat, but also various exquisite side dishes unique to the south, and as for wine, it is naturally a big altar.

In the hall, several huge candles illuminated the hall clearly, and the civil and military officials of all ethnic groups in the Jin Army were diligently persuading each other, and the atmosphere was warm. It's just that a considerable number of people still find it difficult to change their arrogant nature, grabbing beef and mutton in one hand and stuffing it into their mouths, and holding the wine jar in the other hand and fighting with their colleagues.

It's easy to tell which people they are by their behavior. For example, the civil officials and military generals of the former Liao State were much more literate, drinking only a small sip, and eating with chopsticks. And the one who spoke the loudest and drank the most was the Jurchen. It is the Xi people who only care about burying their heads in eating, trembling, and cautious in their words and deeds, that is, the newly surrendered Han officials. And the officials of the other ethnic groups of the Jin Army did not intend to pay attention to them.

Wushu and Han Fang sat at the main table, and the two were next to each other. Wushu was in a good mood, drank a lot, and was talking about the table in front of him at this time.

"You say they made this table boxy? If you want to take the food in the center of the table, you still have to stand up and stretch out your hand, which is very inconvenient. ”

"The southerners talk about rules, the so-called no rules are not a square circle, the rules are square, and the rectangles draw circles, so the southerners' tables only have two shapes: square and round." Han Fang explained.

"Rules? How can there be so many rules, we Jurchens don't have these vanity, we only know the same, forward, forward, and forward" Wushu said loudly with a bowl. With that, he raised his head again and poured the whole bowl of wine down.

These words resonated with all the generals in the hall and echoed them.

Han Fang chuckled, said no more, and took a sip in the wine bowl. At this time, Wushu suddenly put his hand on his shoulder, and said with a mouth full of wine: "Sir, you know a lot, and tell me, this time the Southern Dynasty took the initiative to beg for peace, what price should we offer?" ”

Before Han Fang could answer, someone had already rushed to say, "Then you still need to say?" Shandong, our Central Plains, is also ours, right?"

"Yes" was full of shouts.

Wushu was infected, slammed the wine bowl on the table, slapped the table and shouted: "Come for Shandong, for the Central Plains, do it"

The "dry" cheerful civil and military responded in unison.

"In addition to land, cities, and household registration, money is indispensable, what are we trying to fight for? Isn't that all there is to it? ”

"Yes, let the Southern Dynasty take out money every year to send us less, don't do it, and continue to fight"

"Don't forget, the Central Plains of Shandong Province can't be alone, and the place of Shaanxi can't be left in the hands of the southerners."

Everyone is gossiping, you say everything I say, and the opinions you put forward are reasonable or unreasonable, at least reliable. However, some people actually proposed that in addition to money, the Southern Dynasty should send women every year to enrich the "Huanyi Courtyard", which caused a lot of laughter

"You people, you just don't know how to think about the land and money, but you forget the most important thing." A Khitan man said loudly.

"If you have knowledge, tell me what is most important? I don't believe it, what else is there in this world besides land and money? ”

"You don't understand, do you? After the Southern Dynasty is made a vassal to Dajin, if it dares to play tricks again, it will be rebellion, that is, it will be guilty of rebellion, our army will send troops to quell the rebellion, and the division will be famous."