Xu Wei sat in the hall to ask about the case, which quickly caused a sensation in the city. The common people all talked about it, and they didn't know what Xu Dashuai had done, and those few big businessmen in Chang'an City who had heads and faces were all abandoned as soon as they arrived in court, confessing that they had bought a large number of materials from Cangsi and sold them at a high price. Can you not recruit? The tiger wolf-like soldier directly broke into the door, put the egg-thick iron rope around his neck, and threw down a sentence: "Your case is committed!" We're handsome, please ask for a question! "Then there was a crackle and a deception, saying that you invited an official to dinner somewhere one day, and then how much grain you bought, and what said that the proprietor of the Maoyuan had confessed.

The merchants were so frightened that they had no time to say anything to their families, and they were escorted away by the fierce soldiers. As soon as I arrived at the mansion, I saw that the crowd was in formation, and none of them could withstand it, so they made all moves. As soon as they confessed their guilt, they didn't tighten up, pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and it turned out that the promotion of Chang Pingsi was not clean, and the whole was a "collusion between officials and businessmen".

Li Gang was furious when he heard the news and instructed to deal with it strictly. Isn't it a crime against the wind to commit crimes at such a juncture and disregard the laws of the country? Then he instructed the criminal department to not tolerate it, no matter how high or low the official rank, how many people can do it! The later result of this incident was basically similar to the era in which Xu Wei originally lived, and the big things turned into small things. There are only a few petty officials who are not in the stream, and it is estimated that they were also launched to take the blame.

But after this incident, the merchants were honest, and how many supplies they ate were recovered by Jingzhao Mansion, not to mention, many of them were spit out. I thought that this was the end of the matter, but who expected, Hu Maochang, a big official who was very famous in Chang'an City, then came forward and gathered a group of powerful businessmen, saying that they wanted to cooperate with the government, cooperate with the government, and return to Sangzi, and lower the price of shipments.

At this point, the people who had been in trouble for a while were finally at peace. It is said that it is not easy for Xiao Xu Jing to be slightly fair, and he has to manage the war and the people's livelihood, which is difficult. In fact, this matter is very easy for Xu Wei, he has been staring at the officials of the various divisions, the original intention was that during the war, the Jin army was coming to the city, and he needed a stable internal environment, and it was best for these people not to cause trouble for him. Who knew that there were other things to keep an eye on, which shops bought supplies from Kuraji, and he had already held the list. Interrogation in court is just pretense and acting.

Hu Maochang was also found by him, and he didn't bother to say anything. His current status is there, and Hu Daguan is very knowledgeable, and immediately after he returns, he will gather his peers to stabilize prices. However, Xu Wei didn't treat them badly, weren't the materials swallowed by those shops that made a fortune recovered from them? There was a problem with Cangji, so it was naturally difficult to handle it again, so Xu Wei asked Jingzhao Mansion to come forward and take over the errand. Then publicly designated Hu Maochang and others to handle it, although it is still sold at a low price, you can make more and always earn less, not to mention that you can have a good reputation?

In mid-September, the Jin army outside the city almost did not attack again. Occasionally, I put on a show and go to the city with a cannon. But it did not withdraw, and was still surrounded on all sides, cutting off internal and external transportation links. At this time, no one could have imagined that in fact, the imperial court had decided to negotiate peace with the Jin State. Moreover, the representatives of the Song and Jin sides began negotiations on the Dingrong army. They all thought that the Jin army was either trying to think hard about how to break the city, or they wanted to trap Chang'an.

Xu Wei didn't think much about it, in addition to still maintaining a high level of vigilance, he put part of his energy on the capital courtyard. He would go every two or three days to discuss the making and improvement of the equipment with the sorcerers and craftsmen. Seeing that it was about to be the end of September, he was thinking that the sixth brother should have a result when he went to Jingyuan, right? Whether the eldest brother comes or not, there must be a letter. Even if the Jin army did not attack, it would be surrounded for three or five months, and it was estimated that people would starve to death in the city, and they had to know the situation outside the country.

On September 23, the Jin army did not make any moves. Sticky Han is waiting for the outcome of Dingrong's negotiations. Yelu Ma Wu and Zhang Shen went to negotiate as the chief and deputy envoys of the Dajin Kingdom, and the Song envoy really felt that he had been slapped in the face. As soon as he saw Zhang Shen, he brushed his sleeves away, and sent someone to tell him that he would never sit at the same table to discuss matters with such people who betrayed their ancestors and sought glory and betrayed the country and defected to the enemy.

Sticky Han is also very tough, if you want to talk about it, you can talk about it, and you don't talk about pulling it down. I stopped attacking Chang'an because you said you wanted peace talks. If you talk nonsense, don't blame Lao Tzu for taking Chang'an City in one go. This hand seemed to shock the Song envoy, and he no longer dwelled on Zhang Shen's question, and the two sides began negotiations.

Since he stopped attacking the city, he had nothing to do, and spent his days riding horses and archery, hunting and patrolling the mountains. On this day, a group of generals was gathered in the battalion to practice mounted archery. The Jurchen generals were divided into one faction, and the other generals were on one side, competing with each other. At this time, it was the Wanyan Silver Technique that could gallop across the horse, holding the bow in his hand early, pulling it round, and when he crossed the arrow target, an arrow was released, and he hit the edge of the red heart. The generals cheered and praised the means. Silversmithing can be quite self-satisfied, raising a bow to show the four directions.

This caused a Jurchen teenager to be dissatisfied, and it was a living girl. couldn't help but say, and urged the war horse, but he was calm. Let the horses gallop, and when the time comes, they quickly take the bow from the saddle, set up the arrow, pull the string, and launch, and the action is done in one go, and it is right in the heart! Regardless of the soldiers, they all applauded and cheered. Sticky and rare, he said to Wan Yan Lou Su beside him: "The living girl is skilled in arching and horses, and she has courage and strategy, and she can rely on to do big things." ”

Lou Su thanked him, although he was modest in his mouth, he was very useful in his heart. This kid of my family, when Taizu was there, predicted that he would become a famous general one day.

All the generals have already shot, so please stick to Han to play tricks too. Since the attack on Chang'an City, the prime minister of Dajin has not lived in peace, and it is rare that he is in a good mood today, so he ordered to lead the war horse, took the bow and arrow, and tried to shoot it once. At this moment, a team of horses flew over, looking at it from a distance, it was not very real, and when it got closer, it was found that it was Zhang Shen.

Sticky Han didn't shoot anymore, knowing that if he didn't call back, it must be the result of the Dingrong negotiations. After a while, Zhang Shen ran to the front, turned over and jumped off the horse, and saluted: "I have seen the prime minister of the country." ”

"Say, how did you talk? Did the Song envoy agree to my conditions? Sticky Han asked, holding the bow in his hand.

Zhang Shen looked embarrassed and replied cautiously: "Some, some difficulties. ”

"If you have something to say, just say it! I can't see you going around and around with the simplest sentence, and you can't even understand it! "Sticky Han was a little impatient.

"After returning to the country, so far in negotiations, the Song envoy has only promised to recognize the 'Jingkang Peace Conference' and compensate the Western Army for attacking Hedong at the beginning." Zhang Shen said.

Sticky Han stared at him, as if to verify the truth of his words. How is this possible? It was the Southern Dynasties who took the initiative to propose peace, did they really think that with such a small price, they could let me quit the North and return to the North? Zhang Shen glanced up at him, lowered it again, and reported: "General Ma Wu thinks that the Song envoy is probably intentional. ”

Sticky Han gritted his teeth and didn't speak, and after a long time, he turned away. took an arrow and put it on the string, and pulled the bow like a full moon, and all the generals waited to cheer, but found that the prime minister had not let go. Suddenly, I only heard a "click", and a good bow was torn into two pieces!

Throwing the remnant bow on the ground, Sticky Han's chest couldn't help but rise and fall, obviously extremely angry. The generals didn't dare to speak, and when Lou Su saw this, he asked tentatively: "The Southern Dynasty has such an attitude, and our army must return the color." "It's easy to say, how can you return it? The Purple Gold Tiger occupied Chang'an, and repeated attacks were ineffective, but more than 20,000 lives were taken. Now this situation is really a bit difficult to ride a tiger.

Just when Sticky Han was silent, he saw several horses running over, and the strange thing was that behind one of the horses, there was actually a person dragging him!

"Report! Prime Minister, capture a Song Army messenger! The knight on horseback shouted from afar.

These words attracted the attention of everyone present, and even Mu Han turned his head sideways. But seeing that the man was bound by clues, his clothes were torn, his flesh and blood were blurred, and there was only breath in and out.

The centurion got off his horse, took out something from his bosom, and presented it to Muhan, but it was a wax pill. The latter took it, glanced at the half-dead man on the ground, and with a force in his hand, crushed the wax shell, revealing the letters inside. He didn't know Chinese characters, so he handed the letter to Zhang Shen and asked, "What is written on it?" ”

Zhang Shen took a look, and his face changed suddenly. This is a letter written by Xu Wei, the pacification envoy of the Yongxing Army, to Xu Yuan, the pacification envoy of Jingyuan Road. It was said that the grain and grass materials in Chang'an City could still be supported for more than half a year, and there was no problem in holding on, so Xu Yuan was asked to send troops to attack Yanyan, so that the Jurchens had no place in Guanzhong, and they would retreat after a long time.

Zhang Shen was originally the pacification envoy of Yan Yanjing, of course he knew that Xu Wei's idea was not empty talk. Now the main forces of the Jin army are gathered around Chang'an, and several armies in the north of Yan'an and the Linfu Road where the Zhejia family is located have not yet been pacified.

As he explained the contents of the letter to the people, Muhan became more and more manic. The first thing that shocked him was that Chang'an's material reserves were so rich that they could support more than half a year? If I besiege this place for half a year, I will starve myself to death first. 200,000 people, the daily consumption is huge, let alone half a year, even if you stay for another three months, there will be logistical problems.

Second, Xu Wei's assertion is deeply worrying. He was confident that no army would dare to fight him in the Guanzhong Plain, not even the Hu'er Army. But Yan Yan is different, he has transferred almost all the elites to Chang'an, if Xu Yuan or Qu Duan takes advantage of this time to send troops to Yan'an, the consequences will be worrying.

However, in a hurry, sticky Han is not a reckless man in the end. Soon he thought of a question and said to the generals: "According to you, is this letter of Zijin Tiger true or false?" ”

Lou Su hesitated: "It's hard to say, Zijin Hu is not an idle person, he may want to use this letter to slow down our army's heart, so that our army will retreat in the face of difficulties." His opinion was agreed by many generals, thinking that this was Xu Wei's trickery, maybe the city had already broken off his mother, and he was starving. After all, we watched the people of Huazhou, Dingrong, Tongzhou and other places rush into Chang'an City. Not to mention too much, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, right? Can he store so much supplies? Don't forget, we've even cut off the water source for him!

"If it's true......" Wanyan Yinshu said.

If that's true, it's going to be tricky. Chang'an doesn't fight or fight, if you turn the horse's head and go to Huanqing now, you can fight by the way, if you encounter stubborn resistance again, your morale will fall to the bottom. Alas, if I knew this was the case, I should have listened to Yelu Mawu's persuasion and played the song directly!

Sticky Han was speechless for a while, and now he was in a dilemma. Since the army was sent south, the Jurchen army has been attacking fortifications, and now it can be regarded as a hard stone. If the fighting continues, I am afraid that there will be no other result than to increase casualties. What about logistics in the event of a prolonged siege? Yan'an can't prevent it? If you retreat to Yanyan, divide the troops into Tuntian, and don't have insurance, in case the Purple Gold Tiger often sends troops to attack and harass, will it be tenable?

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but have a little headache. At this time, he somewhat understood the mood of being inseparable from Yan at the beginning, and it was really a headache to meet an opponent like Xu Wei. Isn't there anyone who can cure him?

In the following two days, he did nothing, so he convened the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures. Everyone has their own opinions, but there is one thing that no one disagrees with, that is, don't kick the iron plate of Chang'an again. Since there is no attack, there are only two options left: encirclement and retreat. If you want to besiege it for a long time, you must prevent Xu Yuan and Qu Duan from fighting Yan'an, and Chang'an is such a big city, the effect of the city lock law may be reduced. If you choose to return to Yan Yan, you are afraid that the Song army will harass you from time to time.

Discussions came and went, and everyone reached a consensus. What is most beneficial to the Jin army now is peace talks. If the Southern Dynasty could recognize the land occupied by the Jin army, then things would be much easier. Under the iron hooves of the fertile Jurchen in Guanzhong, we can use Yanyan as a foothold, divide our troops into Tuntian, and be self-sufficient. Everyone knows that the Southern Dynasty is "using literature to control force", as long as the Song court agrees to cede it, even the Purple Gold Tiger will not dare to disobey their emperor's will, right?

But immediately the problem came again, and now the Song envoy was even worse than the Jin envoy, only admitting the "Jingkang Peace Talks" and promising to pay some money, as if the Dajin Kingdom had lost the war. How good is that?

This is hard to help sticking to Han, now that Dingrong is under his control, what is the situation in Chang'an, Song Envoy does not know. I said that the city of Chang'an was about to be broken, and if the Southern Dynasty did not agree to the conditions, I would break through the city within a month and slaughter the whole city!

In order not to irritate the other party too much, Mu Han decided not to send Zhang Shen as an envoy again. He also sent someone to inform him that in order to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, some conditions could be compromised. For example, the Song Emperor wanted to respect the Jin Emperor as his uncle, the Jin envoy must bow down, and the Song Emperor must be canonized by the Jin State. All in all, the negotiation strategy of the gold side is to be pragmatic and not pragmatic.

But what happened next made Sticky Han unable to understand. Although Yelu Ma Wu made concessions, the Song envoy still looked like an uncle, and insisted on admitting the "Jingkang Peace Proposal" and losing money. This can't help but make Jin Jun Wenwu wonder, what is this Song envoy here for? Are you here to negotiate peace, or are you here to find something uncomfortable? Don't forget, it was you who took the initiative to propose peace, and now it is like my Dajin Kingdom begging you!

Sticky Han is going crazy, he can't understand, what trick is the Southern Dynasty playing? Is there such a peace? The one who asks for food is better than the benefactor?

Finally, things took a turn for the better at the end of September and the beginning of October.

Since the withdrawal of the Wushu army in Tokyo, although Xu Shao did not relax his armament, he still opened the city gates, allowed the people to enter and exit freely, and restored the city. At present, the people's lives have basically returned to normal, Shandong and the Daimyo have been entrenched by Gao Shiyou's army, during which they tentatively attacked twice, and were defeated by Xu Hong, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and other generals, and did not dare to attack again. If it weren't for Zhenjiangxing's strict order not to enter the army to recover his homeland, it is estimated that the generals who stayed behind would have recovered Shandong.

Although it was war-torn and devastated, Tokyo was the capital of the Great Song Dynasty after all, and the city was still full of people, business was still thriving, and the boats on the Bianhe River were still shuttling. People have to admire Xu Shao's ability, in the end, he is the one who has been a privy envoy.

The Tokyo Left-behind Division was established in the former Privy Council, but it was just a new plaque. In the yamen, in the second hall, Xu Shao was wearing a robe and was reviewing documents. By October, the weather was already cooler.

What he held in his hand was the report sent back from Dingrong by the officials who negotiated with the Jin army on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty. According to the report, they followed the instructions of the remaining guards and did not give an inch, which made the Jin envoy very angry, and had already declared that if they did not get a satisfactory answer within a month, they would attack the city of Chang'an and slaughter the whole city!

"If you can break through the city, will you make peace with me?" Xu Shao muttered to himself and shook his head with a smile. His three nephews and one son are all in Shaanxi, especially Xu Wei, he is the most relieved. With the ability of the ninth child of the Xu family, not to mention the side, there should be no problem in guarding Chang'an. Sticky Han shouted so deceitfully, which means that he is already in a hurry.

"Xianggong, Huang Youcheng came to see him again." A voice rang out from outside the room.

Xu Shao put down the letter, raised his head and pondered for a moment to the sky, after all, the other party was a special envoy of the imperial court, coming on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he had avoided seeing him several times before, and now he refused, I am afraid it is not appropriate. As soon as he thought of this, he said, "Please." ”

After a while, one person entered with his head up. He was about fifty years old, not tall, about six feet old, his eyes were bright, his bearing was extraordinary, and a few strands of sparse beard made him look quite calm.

"Xiaguan Huang Qianshan, I have seen Xianggong." This is not an outsider, and it can even be said that he is not an outsider, it is Shangshu Youcheng, Huang Qianshan. When Xu Wei was still white, he was the magistrate of Xia Jin.

"Don't be formal, just sit down." Xu Shao pulled the robe on his body and said kindly.

After the other party sat down, Xu Shao pulled up the homely routine: "Speaking of which, Maohe is not an outsider. This official often heard Xu Jiu mention that when he was in Xiajin, he was taken care of by Huang Youcheng, and he was always grateful. ”

Huang Qianshan was in a hurry here, but when he mentioned Xu Jiu, he said with a smile: "Time has passed, and time is like an arrow." I think that back then, the young man in Xia Jin is now the commander of the Western Army, dominating the field, and the golden people call him the Purple Golden Tiger, and he is majestic! When he was in Xiajin, the lower officials decided that Ziang was not a thing in the pool, and he would one day make a contribution! Sure enough! When he left Beijing, the official family repeatedly instructed him, saying that he had seen Xu Ziang and wanted to encourage him, telling him that he was thinking of him. ”