Lin'an City.

The hot summer has just passed, and Lin'an City immediately entered the restless September.

Se Yuan, Shi Fu, Shi Song's study.

Shi Songzhi was a little irritated and threw the military intelligence reports in his hand onto the case, got up and paced around in the irritable study. These days, Shi Songzhi is having a very bad time.

The sudden death of Yu Tianxi, the right-hand man, gave him the heaviest blow to him who was still preparing to take advantage of Yu Tianxi and him to regain the former majesty of the Shi clan.

If it was just the death of Yu Tianxi, with Shi Songzhi's current status, he would not be so depressed. After all, Yu Tianxi's ability to sit in the position of Prime Minister Zuo was an unexpected joy. Without Yu Tianxi, although some of the arrangements that have just been made need to be readjusted, it does not mean that without Yu Tianxi, the left prime minister, the Shi family will not be able to get along.

After all, after Shi Miyuan, he hasn't even sat in the position of Prime Minister Zuo, hasn't the Shi family survived? Not to mention, now that he is still the right prime minister, isn't he? No matter how bad the Shi clan's situation is, no matter how many enemies they make, can they really be worse than at the beginning?

It's really just half past this September, and the news one after another has already exhausted Shi Songzhi.

If it is said that Xiangyang City won a great victory, it is normal for the young uncle ally to be transferred out of Lin'an City by a group of people and go to Xiangyang City to fight the army; Then, from the time when the Mongol king Kou Wen Buhua led hundreds of thousands of troops south to besiege Xiangyang City, the matter of Yiying began to deviate uncontrollably.

Of course, the young and vigorous uncle ally knew that Xiangyang City had become a tiger's den in Longtan and still insisted on going to Xiangyang City to sacrifice the army, although it was extremely surprising to everyone in the government and the opposition, Shi Songzhi had already guessed the result when Zhao Yun said that he would let Jia Yidao make his own choice.

Before the Qionglin banquet, Shi Songzhi didn't know much about Jia Nidao, at most he had only heard of some of his domineering behaviors, after all, his son Shi Xiang and Jia Nidao were actually much the same, and they were all the way.

At the Qionglin banquet, Jia Rudao entered Shi Songzhi's eyelids for the first time. Of course, Qionglin Yan Jia seemed to be Dao not only into Shi Songzhi's eyelids, but also the first time he let those high-ranking officials and ministers above the court begin to look at him for the first time.

Next, Jia Rudao was like a rocket, and his official position began to soar sharply, and in just eight or nine months, he had already reached a high position like Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, which could be regarded as a real entry into the center of the Great Song Dynasty.

Jia Yidao's promotion speed, not to mention unprecedented, at least in the history of the Great Song Dynasty, it is unique. Of course, although some people slander Jia Yidao's good luck, not many people can really find fault with it. After all, what Jia Yidao did every time he was promoted was not something that ordinary people could do.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be Jia Rudao's turn, would it?

Then, because of various coincidences, Shi Songzhi and Jia Nidao became allies. It is precisely because the two are allies that Shi Songzhi knows Jia Nidao better than most people in the DPRK.

That young high-ranking official is young, and he doesn't seem to really care about much, but he is a proud figure inside.

If it was just that he heard that Kou Wen Buhua was besieging Xiangyang City, Jia Rudao would be frightened and didn't dare to go to the army, but it would have surprised Shi Songzhi.

The battle in Xiangyang was getting worse day by day, followed by the smoke of Sichuan and the Huaidong Theater, which had basically not experienced much fighting. It was as if the Mongols wanted to destroy the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

During that time, although the DPRK and China had not yet reached the point of panic, it was not much better. The war is unfavorable, and Shi Songzhi, the privy envoy in charge of the Privy Council, can naturally imagine the pressure on his body.

Just when Shi Songzhi was thinking about dealing with the war like this every day, and did his best to pull the Mongols to the peace table, he never thought that it was really "the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village", and the news suddenly came from Xiangyang City that he was willing to withdraw from the army and talk to the Great Song Dynasty.

If it is good news from others, this is already the best news in this period of time, and it is naturally called good news, and you will not believe it anyway.

The Mongols invaded the Great Song Dynasty on three sides at the same time, with an army of more than 100,000 troops, how much manpower and material resources were spent? Seeing that the Great Song Dynasty didn't have much strength left, it suddenly withdrew its troops without spending money? And looking at the meaning of Meng Heng's words, it seems that he still has a warm mouth and does not take the initiative to propose peace.

If it is said that Kou Wen Buhua took the initiative to withdraw from the army to make Shi Songzhi a little unbelievable, then Meng Heng's letter said that Kou Wen Buhua was willing to include Bianliang and Kaifeng of the Great Song Dynasty in this peace negotiation, and the condition was that in exchange for the support of the Great Song Dynasty and a certain secret recipe for making firearms in the army of the Great Song Dynasty, Shi Songzhi did not believe it at all.

Include Bianliang and Kaifeng in the peace? Is there such a simple thing? Kaifeng and Bianliang are not just two cities? What about the more than 1,000 miles of anointed land around? Well, even if the two capitals are really returned to the Great Song Dynasty, the two capitals outside the borders of the Great Song Dynasty, what is the use of the Great Song Dynasty? Isn't it always possible for the Mongols to take it back at any time? It's like putting something from the left pocket to the right pocket, and the left pocket is gone. Isn't it still in your pocket?

What's more, what kind of firearms could make the Mongols spend so much money?

Just when Shi Songzhi was thinking about what conspiracy the Mongols had, the paperwork about what to talk about was also on Zhao Yun's desk.

This document instantly stirred up boundless waves above the court of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the document, Kouwen Buhua not only personally determined that he would negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty, but also made it clear that this time he would include more than 1,000 miles of land south of the Yellow River, including Bianliang and Kaifeng, into the agenda of the peace talks, and at the same time, in order to show the sincerity of Mongolia, Kouwen Buhua not only withdrew his troops from Xiangyang City in advance, but also the rest of the Mongol armies in Sichuan and Huaidong would also stop the offensive against the Great Song Dynasty at the same time. And in the near future, all of them will retreat to the border between the two countries before the war......

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

The Mongols were willing to put the two capitals of Bianliang and Kaifeng and the surrounding more than 1,000 miles of land into what to talk about, this is something that no one in the Song Dynasty has ever thought about, if it were not for the document was solemnly sent by the Mongolian ambassador who was still in Lin'an City, I am afraid that Zhao Yun and the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty would think that someone was deliberately playing tricks on the Great Song Dynasty.

And the place to talk about it is still in Kaifeng City.

The most anticipated thing appeared in front of me inexplicably, and it seemed to be within reach. Although the peace talks have not yet begun, it is obvious that Kouwen Buhua has put down the Mongols' chips on the table, and now it depends on what kind of chips the Great Song Dynasty can provide to Kouwen Buhua to make Kouwen Buhua satisfied.

Everyone in the government and the opposition seemed to be stunned by the pie falling in front of them, and fell into a frenzy, but they didn't know whether they intentionally or unintentionally put forward the peace ambassador who went to Kaifeng City to participate in the peace talks...... Jia Rudao ignored it.

Others can ignore or forget, but Shi Songzhi can't!

From the bottom of his heart, Shi Songzhi didn't believe it at all in this peace talk.

The relationship with Meng Heng made Shi Songzhi understand some things that the rest of the ministers of the DPRK and China did not understand at all.

Well, Shi Songzhi also hopes that this matter is true.

However, when he saw the candidates for the ambassador for peace designated in the document, Shi Songzhi was keenly aware that the truth of the peace talks was not very important, and the important thing was why the candidate for the ambassador for peace was not in line with the convention.

Why Jia Nidao?