Hua Rui's stomach was funny, Zhao Yuanzuo's performance was really the same as Leng Yi expected, this is the best, it can make it difficult for this negotiation to have a result soon. nodded at the moment and said, "The prince's words show the majesty of my Great Song Dynasty, very good, what about the opinions of several of you?" ”

Yang Yanpu also nodded: "Exactly, we must first show our momentum, and we can't be weaker than them in momentum!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo was a little surprised when he heard that Yang Yanpu actually agreed with his words, and smiled at him.

Zhao Pu also nodded and said: "That's right, the negotiation must be like this, first it must be weak, and then it will be difficult to negotiate." ”

Xiang Gong said: "That's right, but we also have to have a backhand, and Liao Guo will definitely not agree to such conditions." If they don't agree, what will happen next, we have to have an idea in advance. ”

Kong Shouzheng said: "Yes, our conditions are too far from theirs, it can be said that they are diametrically opposed, they will never agree, if this is the case, the negotiations will collapse in less than a day." ”

What Zhao Yuanzuo wanted was to force the Liao army to feel hopeless, so as to kill Zhao Guangyi, and immediately said angrily: "No, can't you accept their conditions of losing power and humiliating the country?" ”

Xiang Gong said: "That's not it, talk slowly." It's enough to force them to go down, to a lower level than we can accept. ”

"What are we acceptable? I can talk about it in the front, I can't promise any of the compensation for the land cution! Zhao Yuanzuo looked righteous and stern.

"No one said they were going to accept their terms!" Zhao Pu frowned and said: "It's just that now that the official family is in their hands, we can't be impulsive, we must talk slowly with this surname." ”

Hua Rui said: "This is reasonable, and I will set a few rules today: first, the negotiation must be dignified; Second, we must be temperate and not turn our faces with the Liao people; Third, it is okay to form an alliance, but it is not acceptable to pay compensation for land cession. Look at other conditions, such as trade between the two sides, barter, and so on. It's all negotiable. What do you think? ”

These are also what Zhao Yuanzuo hoped, and nodded immediately: "Okay!" It's still the mother's point of making sense! ”

Several others nodded.

Hua Rui said: "Negotiation must be patient, not impatient, it is likely that it will not be solved at one time, and you must be prepared to negotiate repeatedly." Don't easily agree to any conditions on the other side. Any conditions must be unanimously agreed by the five people, and the decision must be made after being reported to the mourning family and the rulers for consultation and approval. ”

Procrastination is not what Zhao Yuanzuo wants. However, there is no way for him to change, because he does not agree to send troops, and now, he can only wait for the opportunity. Therefore, he was silent.

They discussed here, and Leng Yi came out to talk to Shen Lun. Leng Yi said: "Lord Shen, let's go to Sanya to talk about how to divide labor, right?" ”

Shen Lun hurriedly agreed. followed Leng Yi and took a sedan chair to Sanya.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw two rows of soldiers, fully armed, with bright swords and guns, standing on both sides, and when he saw Leng Yi getting off the sedan chair, he immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying "Meet the commander!" Leng Yi nodded and stepped in, Shen Lun rarely came to Sanya, and rarely saw such a battle, so he couldn't help but change color on his face.

When he entered Sanya, the generals along the way, when they saw him, they all stood respectfully and saluted, and when he passed, he stood up straight and left. When he arrived in Leng Yi's lobby, Shen Lun was already sweating all over his head.

Leng Yi sat down behind the middle and long cases, and motioned for Shen Lun to sit. Shen Lun could only sit next to him. The guards stepped back after serving tea. Leng Yi said: "Today, Queen Hua Rui asked me to take care of the government with you, and I really drove ducks to the shelves." It's hard to be. How do we divide the labor, do you have an idea? ”

Shen Lun hurriedly said respectfully: "Obey the arrangement of the adults." ”

"How can you follow my arrangement?" Leng Yi smiled and said: "You and I are both secondary ministers, with equal power and status, and there is no question of who obeys whom." ”

Shen Lun was a little embarrassed, and said: "This, the two of us are really not very easy to divide labor, if we let the flower stamen Niangniang directly designate, it would be better." ”

Leng Yi said: "This is wrong! A few mothers must also be a bad division of labor, so let the two of us discuss it on our own, both of us are our own brothers, we can't talk about what to do, we will discuss and do major things. Right? ”

"That's that, that's."

"However, Niangniang also said that we still have to divide ordinary things. It's easy to manage, right? ”

"It should be, that's how it should be."

"Okay, I'll divide the work first, can you see if it's appropriate? If it's not suitable, let's discuss it again. ”

"I naturally obey the division of labor of adults." Shen Lun said with a smile.

"You're welcome!" Leng Yi pondered for a moment and said: "Zhongshu and Menxia, you and I are in charge of one place, I am in charge of Zhongshu, and you are in charge of Menxia, how about it?" ”

Menxia Province is in charge of the emperor's treasure seal, the great court will set up the throne version, praise and worship, worship the table, Xuanhuang, foreign officials and foreign officials examination classes, the transfer of the old Zhailang, and the signature of the accompanying performance of each division. The Zhongshu Province is mainly responsible for the suburbs, the emperor's canon, the state and county official examination classes, the repetition of Zhailang and other old years, the civil officials to change the chapter uniform, the monk to give the purple cloth teacher, the origin of the person and the number of temples. Comparatively speaking, the real power of Zhongshu Province is much greater, especially the assessment of state and county officials and the promotion of people's background, which is equivalent to attributing the control of major magistrates to Leng Yi's name. With such an important authority aside, the smile on Shen Lun's face stiffened a little when he heard it.

Leng Yi didn't seem to see it, and then said: "Taichang, Zongzheng, Guanglu, Weiwei, Taifu, Taili, Honglu, Sinong, Taifu Nine Temples, as well as Guozi, Shaofu, Jiangzuo, Weapons, Dushui, Sitian Six Prisons, are all closed by you, there are too many miscellaneous things, I really can't get out." I can only work hard for you. ”

Shen Lun smiled bitterly, these nine temples and six eunuchs are all in charge of warehouses, wine, sacrifices, tributes from various countries, astronomical stars, imperial relatives, etc., most of them are not very important departments, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things, they are indeed very busy, and this big stall alone is enough for him to be tired.

Leng Yi said again: "I'll be lazy, there are fewer things in Shangshu Province and the Supervision Yuan, and they are also matched with my Criminal Court, so I will be in charge." In addition, Hanlin, Pavilion and Palace, these literati are arrogant and often disobedient to others, and I have some means to deal with them, so it is better for me to deal with them. ――Do you have any opinion on this? ”

Shen Lun was about to cry, Shangshu Province is the most important of the three provinces, in charge of the six departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the twenty-four divisions of Sifeng, Sixun, Gonggong, and Duzhi, and is in charge of agreeing on the official name, ancestral sacrifice, oath, military attache in Beijing, Zhu Jia, and the relocation of the twenty-four divisions. The Supervision Yuan supervised the hundred officials, and the Hanlin, the Pavilion and the Palace Scholars were the mouthpieces of the imperial court. In this way, plus Leng Yi's own three government commanders, deputy envoys of the three divisions, and the trial and punishment court, it is equivalent to Leng Yi controlling almost all important departments of the country, such as military, organization and personnel, finance, propaganda, justice, civil affairs, construction, etc., and giving Shen Lun those thankless departments that have no real power.

Seeing Shen Lun's crying face, Leng Yi frowned and said, "What, do you have any opinions on the division of labor of this official?" ”

"No, no! Hehe," Shen Lun laughed dryly, "I just think that this division of labor ......, well, is it for Queen Flower to see?" ”

Leng Yi smiled, how could Hua Rui not agree? Just as he was about to nod, Shen Lun continued: "In addition, the official family is under siege and can't take care of the government, since the official family has given Zhao Yuanzuo the holy decree of the prince, he can do it cheaply, isn't it better to give him a look?" ”

Leng Yi stopped smiling, it could be seen that this Shen Lun was not a submissive master, he still had some opinions, otherwise, the official Zhao Guangyi would not let him stay in the capital. frowned, and said, "There's no need for this, right?" Before the official family set out on the expedition, it had been clearly said that Queen Hua Rui would listen to the government, she was the queen of the first emperor, the imperial sister-in-law of the official family, she was in charge, could Zhao Yuanzuo, the nephew, still say no? ”

"This ......" Shen Lun hesitated for a moment, looked at Leng Yi, gritted his teeth, and said stubbornly: "It's just that many deacons in the six departments and twenty-four divisions are relatives of the emperor, if there is no royal man nodding, even if Commander Leng wants to take care of it, he may not be able to control them." ”

Leng Yi's heart sank, he had been on the border of Qinlongxixia some time ago, and he had just come back, and he was busy with the selection and reorganization of the army, so he had no time to care about anything else, and he didn't pay attention to the change of ministers in the court, and he didn't expect that during the time he was out, the personnel changes were so big!

You must know that the two emperors of the Great Song Dynasty so far have been very strict in the management of the emperor's relatives and relatives. Basically, it is only given generous and honorary official positions, and no real power is given. The main purpose is to prevent the royal family from competing for power and profit, and even endangering the imperial power. Unexpectedly, now they are using the people of the royal family to hold real power.

Leng Yi asked: "The official family went on the expedition, who made these appointments?" ”

"It's me." Shen Lun saw Leng Yi's gloomy face, knowing that this hit Leng Yi's weakness, he couldn't help but slowly straighten his waist, Shen Lun took out a holy decree from his arms and handed it to Leng Yi: "This is the secret decree given to me by the official family before they set out on the expedition." ”

Leng Yi took it and looked at it slowly, but the smile on his face regained his face. In this secret decree, Zhao Guangyi's authorization also required Shen Lun to gradually replace the prefects of important positions in the imperial court with people from the Zhao family when necessary, in order to ensure that Jiangshan Sheji would not fall into the hands of others, and the specific candidates would be discussed with Zhao Yuanzuo.

Leng Yi regained a smile on his face, this smile was more of this helplessness, I didn't expect Zhao Guangyi to have such a hand. It's really cunning.

Leng Yi said: "Which department chiefs have been replaced by relatives of the emperor?" ”

"The door is in the middle of the matter, the left scattered cavalry under the door, the middle scholar, the right to judge the Ministry of Shangshu are all trouble-free, the right to judge the military department is still trouble-free, the right to judge the Liunei Quan, the deputy envoy of the three divisions, the imperial history of Zhongcheng, Dali, Taichang two temples Leng Yi judge supervisor, Guozi, the judgment supervisor of the weapon, etc., it is estimated that there are about thirty percent." (To be continued.) )