Chapter 681: Triple Alliance

In early August, the Song, Liao, and Xia formally concluded a peace treaty, and the three countries formed an alliance to jointly deal with the Dajin Kingdom. Xia cut the four prefectures and one prefecture in the west of the river, and Kyushu to the Song Dynasty bordering Shaanxi; Song borrowed the four states of Hexi to Liao; Xia terminated his vassal relationship with the Jurchens. Subsequently, Song and Liao held consultations on the issue of Xiao Heda.

Because Xiao Heda occupies the five states of Xia, Shi, Yin, Yan, and You, which is now the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and he himself is protected by the Western Army and controlled by Xu Wei, the problem is more complicated. Of course, Xiao Heda himself is willing to accept the leadership of Yelu Dashi and jointly revive Daliao. But at the same time, he was unwilling to hand over the territory and ran to Hexi to join his compatriots.

However, what embarrassed him was that he couldn't make the decision on his own. Xu Wei meant that since Xiao Heda was willing to accept the leadership of Yelu Dashi, he would hand over the territory and go to the four states of Hexi to serve his life. However, on the Liao army's side, although they were happy to accept Xiao Heda, they suddenly came with tens of thousands of horses and stretched out their hands to ask for food, which was indeed a big burden. After consultations, both sides made concessions.

Xiao Heda gave up Yanzhou and Youzhou to the Western Army, while Xia, Shi, and Yinzhou temporarily lent him for a foothold. In the future, after the Liao army returned to the east and laid the territory, it was returned to Shaanxi. Everything was negotiated, and the land ceded by Western Xia was already under the control of the Song and Liao armies, so it was only necessary to send a land cession envoy to go through the motions.

The Jingyuan Army, the Liao Army, and the Xiao Heda Department immediately withdrew from Xiping Mansion and lifted the threat to the Xia capital. Since then, the situation in the Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia Quartet has changed greatly, and the Jurchens have been completely isolated! When Ginting heard the news, he was shaken! Wu had a premonition that the trouble of the Dajin Kingdom was coming......

On August 15, the Sichuan-Shaanxi proclamation made Zheng Gangzhong complete his mission, and under Xu Wei's personal farewell, he left Xingyuan Mansion and set off to return to Jiangnan. During the period when this person was in Sichuan and Shaanxi, it can be said that he did not get along well with the local military and political dignitaries, so the officials of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Department were worried that this person might not say good things when he went back. However, Xu Wei was calm, and was busy setting up official offices in the recovered states, stipulating jurisdiction, and sending troops to garrison them.

At the end of August, after the Jinghu Xuanfu envoy had been suspended for a long time, Hangzhou Xingzai finally made a decision, and Han Shizhong, who was famous for capturing Fangla, was appointed as the "deputy envoy of Jinghu Xuanfu", with Yue Fei as the commander of the capital, and Liu Yan, the general of the Changjie Army, as the deputy commander, to rectify the Shenwu rear army and prepare for the Northern Expedition.

As for the promotion of Han Shizhong, there is a great deal of controversy between the DPRK and China. Although Han Shizhong is famous, he was only the deputy commander of the Jinghu Xuanfu Division before, and he ascended to the sky and worshiped the "deputy envoy of Xuanfu" in one step, which was not in line with the system. But Zhao Chen insisted on the appointment and had high hopes for it.

After the failure of the last Northern Expedition, Zhao Chen reviewed it very much. Thinking that he was in too much of a hurry, he rashly raised troops without adequate preparation, which led to defeat. This time, he listened to Xu Liang's advice, focused on the overall situation, made careful preparations, and made a name for himself if he fought again!

Hangzhou, forbidden, Qinzheng Hall.

Zhao Chen is buried in the first case, writing non-stop, reviewing the notebook. The emperor described him as a little haggard, and he was born thin, coupled with his pale face and red eyes, which made him look even more worried. Shen Ze gently put a cup of tea on the imperial case, and reminded in a low voice: "Official, it's late at night, let's rest." ”

Zhao Chen didn't raise his head: "You haven't seen so many books waiting for approval?" What time is it? ”

"It's the third watch, do you want to approve it sooner?" Shen Ze gently picked up the lamp.

"Tomorrow I have to go to the morning court, and I have to go to Deokshou Palace in the afternoon to say hello, these are the affairs of several major Xuanfu Divisions, and they can't be delayed." Zhao Chen replied with a yawn. "It's a little cold, pick up a robe."

Shen Ze had a worried look on his face, and seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, he had no choice but to take a robe and put it on the emperor. Then this one stood next to the emperor and watched him review the transcript. Zhao Chen is approving the book of the Huaixi Pacification Division, asking for the expansion of the ranks. He was probably also tired, so he couldn't concentrate, and when he wrote about Li Xianzhong, he still wrote "appeasing the division system".

When Shen Xue saw it, he thought for a moment and corrected: "Official, Li Xianzhong has been promoted to the deputy envoy of Huaixi to pacify, not the commander. ”

Zhao Chen had already finished this batch and put it next to him, and when he heard this, he picked it up and looked at it again, and sure enough, he wrote it wrongly. Quite annoyed, he closed the notebook and sighed: "It would be nice if people didn't have to sleep, alas." ”

Shen Xue glanced at him and said cautiously: "Forgive the little slave for talking too much, there are also several clerical errors in the book approved by the official family before. Rather than this, it is better to rest and recuperate enough to ...... tomorrow"

Zhao Chen shook his head again and again: "If it doesn't work, it can't be delayed." As he spoke, he took back the book that had been approved, and planned to re-read it one by one.

But as soon as I opened a notebook, I was a little discouraged, and said casually: "Since you can see it, then change the mistakes and mistakes, I really don't want to look back anymore." ”

Shen Xue was stunned and blurted out: "This is not appropriate, right?" ”

"Isn't this an expedient measure, if I turn it back again, I'm afraid that I won't be able to finish the approval until the morning." Zhao Chen didn't mind much. When Shen Ze heard this, he no longer refused, took the stack of notebooks to the side, put them on a chair, and squatted to correct them. Seeing this, Zhao Chen gave him a seat again.

It didn't take long for him to correct the emperor's clerical mistakes one by one, and Zhao Chen took a look at it, and was very satisfied, and said with a smile with red eyes: "It's a shame that you can be rough in writing and ink, and it will be good for me to fight." Let's take a look at what I just approved, and if there are any mistakes, correct them together. ”

The two of them worked all night in the Qinzheng Hall to finish all the books, and when they were finished, it was almost morning time. When Zhao Chen saw this, he said: "That's it, don't go back to the dormitory, I take a nap here, you sort out the book, and send it to the divisions when the time comes." When he finished speaking, he leaned back on his throne and narrowed.

Shen Ze didn't sleep all night, but he still had to be busy. But he is the closest person to the emperor, and others have not had a chance to think about it. The emperor squinted for less than a meal, and it was already early in the morning, so he woke up the emperor, took the court clothes and changed them for Zhao Chen in the Qinzheng Hall, and then accompanied him to the Imperial Palace.

After the end of the early dynasty, after breakfast, Shen Ze persuaded Zhao Chen to take advantage of the time before going to Deshou Palace to say goodbye, and went back to the palace to rest. He was worried about the matter of Lianliao, so he turned to the Vertical Arch Hall and summoned Zheng Gangzhong.

When Shen Xue saw it, he knew that today was over again, and when the emperor finished meeting Zheng Gangzhong, he had to go to Deshou Palace immediately to say hello. As usual, it is impossible to sit and leave, you have to talk to the Emperor and the Queen Mother, and you have to eat the banquet of the Emperor and the Queen Mother before you can leave. After doing this, it was night again......