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The negotiations between Song and Liao had been interrupted for several months, and the Great Song actually controlled Wuzhou outside the Yanmen Pass, and the two sides did not have a major war for several months, and the small battles continued, and the Song army relied on the Great Wall north of Wuzhou to build a new defense line and firmly hold the land of Wuzhou.

There were many ministers in the court who wrote to end this hostility with the Liao state, and as time went on, this call became louder and louder; Shang Shu Youcheng Cai Bian, Deputy Privy Council Envoy Pan Rui and others all expressed this will.

At this time, the Liao State once again sent an envoy to Tokyo to deliver the credentials of the Liao State, conveying the desire of the Liao State to open peace talks with the Great Song Dynasty again.

Yelu Hongji's tone on the letter of state is very sincere, which shows that the Liao State attaches great importance to this peace conference.

The Great Song Dynasty also attached great importance to Yelu Hongji's national letter, and the next day's court meeting focused on discussing this matter;

Because Yang Yi had made an envoy to Liao, and the envoy was very successful, he was once again recommended as a regular envoy to Hebei to negotiate peace with the Liao envoy; As a negotiation assistant, the deputy envoy is the secretary Lang Qin Zigui.

Yang Yi had no reason to refuse, so he had to accept the envoy to negotiate peace with Liao, and joked to Qin Zigui that he was a Feng woman again.

In the Tianzhang Pavilion, Qin Zigui was reading a thick stack of documents attentively, for this peace talks, Yang Yi got a lot of information from the Privy Council and the Monk Book Province, except for the personal information of the Liao envoy Yelu Yan, most of them were the recent situation of the Liao ** government and people's livelihood that was transmitted back in detail.

On the tenth day of the first month, the people of the Obstruction Department fought with the 40,000 Liao troops who came to encircle and suppress in the Yuqu River and defeated the Liao army;

More than 10,000 soldiers joined the Divination Army under the jurisdiction of Changshi, increasing the strength of the Divination Department to more than 30,000 people, and firmly controlling the east of Hangai Mountain and the west of Wugu Mountain, that is, the area of Ulaanbaatar in later generations.

For more than two years, the Liao State has vigorously encircled and suppressed the rebels of the Divination Department, and has repeatedly failed, but the Divination Department has continued to grow, which has the reason why the Great Song Dynasty supported the Divination Department behind it, and at the same time, the Song Liao War also restrained most of the Liao's energy, so that the Divination Department has a chance to grow.

The Liao lord Yelu Hongji has been in power for more than 40 years, he is old, he is unable to handle government affairs, he is even more mediocre, and he is loyal and treacherous;

Now there is even a very ridiculous thing, the Liao lord does not know how to choose, and he actually makes the winner of the dice roll an official, which further aggravates the internal conflict of the Liao State.

Moreover, he firmly believed in Buddhism, printed Buddhist scriptures, built temples and pagodas on a large scale, and worked hard and lost money; It just so happened that Liaoguo has had frequent disasters and famines in recent years, and the people's livelihood has been difficult. All these have caused fatal damage to the national strength of the Liao State.

Now the Divination Department has become a big problem for the Liao State, and if you don't deal with it with all your might, it will endanger the country. Perhaps, this is the real reason why the Liao State came to sue for peace again.

Qin Zi Guihua spent half a day, and finally finished reading a large number of information, and said with a happy face: "Brother Ren, according to this point of view, our Great Song Dynasty does not have to be afraid of the Liao Kingdom!" ”

Yang Yi poured him a cup of tea, raised his eyebrows and replied: "Nonsense, since Shaosheng, when has our Great Song Dynasty been afraid of the Liao Kingdom?" ”

This time, Qin Zigui was appointed as the deputy envoy of the peace talks, not Yang Yi's intention, but recommended by Su Song, and the secretary of the province was in charge of the four books and regulations.

Qin Zigui said abruptly: "I mean, our Great Song Dynasty does not need to make more concessions in this peace negotiation, the Liao State is now in serious internal troubles, and it is no longer able to be an enemy of our Great Song Dynasty, and the Lord of Liao is obviously eager to reach a peace agreement with my Great Song Dynasty, so as to quell the domestic rebellion with all his might." Now it seems that the original brother took the initiative to contact the Divination Department, which is really from a high position, and with the Obstruction Department to contain the Liao State, we can force the Liao State to make more concessions during the negotiation. ”

Yang Yi played with a piece of lubricated Wen Yu in his hand, shook his head and said: "Zigui, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other, our Great Song Dynasty should not be too embarrassed by the Liao State this time, but should also make some appropriate concessions to ease the hostile relationship between the two countries." ”

Qin Zigui was greatly surprised, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he wouldn't have been able to believe that this remark was said by Yang Yi, who has always been tough.

Puzzled, he asked, "Why is that?" Liaoxia took advantage of the mourning of the Great Song Dynasty to commit a large-scale crime, which was already unkind and unjust, and our Great Song Dynasty survived the most dangerous time, why did he have to make concessions to the Liao State when the situation was good? ”

Yang Yi took the trouble to explain to this good brother: "Zigui, at this time, at that time, the Great Song Dynasty supported the Divination Department in order to contain the Liao State, but the degree of decay of the Liao State exceeded our judgment, resulting in the rapid growth of the Divination Department.

In the short term, this is still very beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty; But in the long run, a new nomadic tribe was a hundred times more dangerous to the Great Song than the decaying Liao State, which had been ossified for two hundred years;

At the same time, various interest groups are entangled in unclear conditions, competing for power and profit, internal friction is serious, there are many drawbacks, and it has long been difficult to return.

As long as our Great Song Dynasty continues to innovate and strengthen itself, in the face of the gradually decaying Liao State, it will not be far from recovering the land of Yanyun, and it is not impossible to even let the Liao Kingdom completely become the Pingbo in the north of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the Divination Department is different, once it grows uncontrollably, sooner or later it will replace the Liao State as an emerging power, and at that time, the Divination Department will be like the rising sun, radiant and aggressive, which is even more unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty;

There are no eternal friends between countries, and now the Great Song Dynasty and the Obstruction Department are allies, and it is very likely that they will become mortal enemies at that time.

Therefore, the Divination Department must not be allowed to really rise, it should only be a "pawn" on the chessboard, and it must not be allowed to be a "general" or a "handsome". ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yi's face was already a little calm, the Jurchens and Mongols in later generations were also extremely weak tribes at first, but the speed of their rise was all jaw-dropping, one beat the Song Dynasty into a half-crippled, and the other directly wiped out the Song Dynasty.

With a suitable soil for such a steppe tribe as the Divination Division, the current rise rate is no less than that of the Jurchens and Mongols in later generations, who can guarantee that Chang Zhidi will not become another Wanyan Aguta and another Temujin?

There are these living examples, Yang Yi has always been strongly wary of the Divination Department, and he only wants it to contain the Liao State, but never wants it to replace the Liao State.

Therefore, in this peace talks, perhaps some concessions should be made, so that the Liao State can spare more energy to deal with the Divination Department.

After listening to Yang Yi's words, Qin Zigui was silent for a long time, this result was too different from his prediction, and it took some time to digest.

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Zigui doesn't need to be too surprised, the implementation of every policy should first consider the national interest, and every policy is not guaranteed for 10,000 years, so it needs to be constantly adjusted according to the times;

In the past, supporting the Divination Department brought great benefits to the Great Song Dynasty, and now giving some concessions to the Liao State to restrain the Divination Department is also for the sake of the long-term interests of the Great Song Dynasty, and the two are not in conflict. ”

Qin Zigui got up and bowed and said, "Brother Ren's golden jade is good, the younger brother has been taught!" ”

"Okay, don't come to these false courtesies in front of my brother, although I will make some concessions to the Liao State this time, but according to the meaning of Zhang Xianggong and Xu Shumi, I don't plan to be too cheap for the Khitans. The so-called tiger brothers, this time you and my brothers, as negotiation envoys, have to knock the Khitan people a few sticks, and how much benefit they can give back to the Great Song Dynasty depends on our brothers! ”

Yang Yi smiled, Qin Zigui felt a chill in his heart, Yang Yi often called Zhang Dian in private, and now it seems that Zhang Dian is not the only one who is good at peeling!

Yang Yi seemed to know what he was thinking, and quipped: "Zigui is scolding me in his heart!" I want to state that I haven't reached the realm of Zhang Papi yet, I can only be regarded as an understanding person at most, and this level is a lot worse, hahaha......"

Qin Zigui laughed so hard that his intestines twitched, his face was distorted, and in the entire Great Song Dynasty, probably only Yang Yi dared to make such a joke.

The two of them reorganized the information, and it was time to disperse, and when they left Xuande Gate, Yang Yi rode to the old Caomen Street alone, arrived at Yilufang, and went straight in;

Where did those handymen in Yilu Fang dare to stop him, and when he came to the room where Qin Cao lived in the backyard, the furnishings in the room had not changed much, but he didn't see where the jade man was, and Yang Yi's sword eyebrows were tightly locked.

Ming Pei got the report of the maid ring, and hurriedly rushed over to meet, she combed a palace bun today, wearing a dark green cardigan shirt, the front placket was just tied with a streamer, and the goose-yellow bandeau was faintly roaring in the twin peaks, and the appearance was still extremely glamorous.

Yang Yi didn't have the heart to look at it more, and asked in a deep voice, "What about Qin Cao?" So that she doesn't have to hide, and hurry out to meet me. ”

Ming Pei's long eyelashes fluttered twice, Yang Yi really came to look for it again today, while Ming Pei was happy for Qin Cao, she was secretly a little lost in her heart, she said with a blessing: "The slave Ming Pei has seen Master Yang, please sit down with Master Yang, and the slave family will order someone to bring some tea over." ”

"No need, just ask Miss Mingpei to tell Qin Cao, I'm here, let her come out to see me, I have something to say to her."

Ming Pei hesitated for a moment, and replied softly: "Please forgive me, sister, she took a boat back to Hangzhou this morning, and my sister is very determined, and the slave family can't persuade her." ”

"Back to Hangzhou? Really back to Hangzhou? ”

"How dare the slave family deceive Master Yang, this is a letter left by my sister to the adult." Ming Pei said as he pulled out a letter from the bookshelf in the room.

Yang Yi took it, but didn't immediately open it to look at it, and muttered in his mouth: "She really went back to Hangzhou?" Why is she avoiding me? ”

Ming Pei replied with some embarrassment: "This ...... My sister may have other troubles, but the adults will understand after reading the letter. ”

Yang Yi was a little depressed, nodded and said, "Don't bother Miss Mingpei, I will leave." ”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, won't you sit down for a while? The slave family has asked people to prepare fragrant tea, since the adults are here, why not rest and turn over and leave? Ming Pei was not perfunctory, she really hoped that Yang Yi could stay for a while, and her beautiful eyes couldn't hide a hint of expectation.

It's a pity that after Yang Yi heard that Qin Cao returned to Jiangnan, he was in a bad mood, and he left politely.

When he got home, Yang Yi opened the letter from Qin Cao and saw that there was only one song on the red note:

Once the sea was difficult to water,

But Wushan is not a cloud.

Take the second flower bush lazy review,

Half-edge cultivation and half-edged king.

After reading this poem, Yang Yi's face sank like water, and he tore the red note into pieces at once and fell into the wind.

(To be continued)