The peace talks between Song and Liao were finally finalized.

On the day the covenant was finalized, the princess of Yue invited Yang Yibi to shoot again; After the two of them turned over in the deep forest and survived, they sat together by the Baigou River, the clear river water flowed indifferently to the east, and occasionally a string of birds chirped on the water, and on the lonely riverside grass, the princess of Yue Kingdom threw herself in his arms and cried heartbreakingly, dead and alive!

In any case, the Liao State is now in a deep predicament, and Yang Yi has to bear a lot of responsibility, if he hadn't contacted the Divination Department and given strong support to the Divination Department, he would not have made the Divination Department a big trouble for the Liao State.

But think about it from another perspective, can you blame Yang Yi for this?

The Liao State has always supported the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty as enemies, and Yang Yi was an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was reasonable to support the Obstruction Department to seek benefits for the Song Dynasty.

The princess of Yue tried her best to comfort herself like this, but after all, she was the princess of Liao, how could she really not care in her heart? Strong love is mixed with deep hate, and she can't even tell whether it's love or hate; She only knew that she threw herself helplessly into Yang Yi's arms and vented, crying like a helpless little girl. With red and swollen eyes and a bright pink face, Yang Yi hugged her tightly, and the words of comfort did not know where to start, only a long sigh drifted in the wind.

The Baigou River flows quietly, this side is the territory of the Song State, and the opposite side is the territory of the Liao State, only separated by a shallow river, and this river flows between Yang Yi and the princess of the Yue Kingdom, but it has become an insurmountable gap.

The princess of Yue Guo was tired of crying, so she could only hide in his arms and sobbed weakly, Yang Yi patted her fragrant shoulder and sighed softly: "Princess, don't think too much, go back and be your princess......"

"No, call me Terry! I want you to call me Terry! ”

"Terry!"

"Why is that? Why? Why...... Woo...... Woo......"

"There are not so many reasons for things in this world, and if you have to ask the reason, it will only make your heart more tired."

"Is the jade pendant I gave you still there?"

"It's still there, I've always carried it." Yang Yi said and reached into his arms, and took out the jade pendant she gave to carve two geese, which were all on one foot, making a clear sound, as if they were pouring out each other's hearts.

The princess of Yue took the jade pendant, stroked it carefully, and the tears fell on it one by one, she stared at it for a moment, and couldn't help crying loudly, while crying, she wiped the tears on the jade pendant and carefully put it back into Yang Yi's arms.

"No matter what, you have to carry it with you for the rest of your life, you must carry it! I can't be white-headed with you in life, so let it be in the same hole with you on my behalf when I die...... Woo...... Woo......."

"Terry ......"

Yang Yi was also bitter and speechless, just hugged her tightly, maybe after this separation, the two would never have a chance to meet again, a life separation, for the two of them is a death farewell.

Yang Yi doesn't regret what he did, and if he does it again, he will do it again, but in the face of the sad eyes of the princess of Yueguo, he doesn't know why he feels so heavy in his heart.

The two of them sat quietly until the twilight of dusk spread from the woods to the river, and the sunset burned warmly on the horizon, red as blood, whose heart was dripping blood!

It was finally time to say goodbye, Yang Yi stood by the river, the evening breeze blowing his clothes, and the remnants of the photo made his whole person look like it was burning.

The princess of Yue Guo rode a horse, turned back in three steps, and her tears were like pearls with broken threads, one drop, two drops, three drops, countless drops, sprinkled all the way...... The poignant figure finally disappeared into the vast woods, and her mournful singing came from the evening breeze, faintly echoing in the twilight:

What is the love of the world?

Straight religion promises life and death.

There are double flyers in the south and the north, and the old wings have been cold and hot several times.

Have fun, don't leave the suffering, and there will be more crazy children among them.

You should have a saying, thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, who does the shadow go to?

…… The alliance finalized by the two countries this time, it is said that the Great Song Dynasty did not take much advantage, mainly because the Great Song Dynasty was afraid to prevent the rise of the Bu Department too quickly, and with the current tens of thousands of horses under the jurisdiction of the long government, it was enough to consume the Liao State in the boundless Mobei grassland; If the Liao State is not allowed to deal with it with all its might, once the Obstruction Department really replaces the Liao State as the overlord of the north, the Great Song Dynasty will have to face an emerging power; This was extremely unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty, so many concessions were made to the Liao State this time; Of course, this is also the reason why Da Song wants to concentrate his efforts and clean up the trouble of Western Xia's henchmen as soon as possible.

The terms of the peace treaty between Song and Liao are roughly as follows:

First, the Liao State "gifted" 100,000 war horses, 50,000 cattle, and 10,000 catties of iron to the Great Song Dynasty; The Great Song Dynasty returned Wuzhou and 40,000 Liao people to Liao.

Second, the two countries continued to use the national border in the first year of Shaosheng as the boundary, ceased war, and never invaded each other; reopen the market and allow the people of the two countries to trade freely; There are more than 40,000 troop movements along the border between the two countries, and they should inform each other in advance and send envoys to congratulate each other on major festivals.

Third, in the future, the Liao State will give 15,000 war horses to the Great Song Dynasty every year; The Great Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 coins and 10,000 silk horses every day.

Fourth, Song Liao rebuilt the country of brothers, Song is still a brother, and Liao is a brother.

is also embarrassed for Yelu Hongji, the old man, if according to the previous seniority, Song Renzong and Liao Xingzong are equals, then now Zhao seems to have to be called Yelu Hongji's grandfather; Now it's okay, Yelu Hongji is seventy or eighty, and he has to call Zhao Ru, the eldest brother of the hairy child, this is still good, when Yelu Hongji returns to the west, and Yelu Yanxi comes up, he will immediately call Zhao Ru's grandfather!

This time, Qin Zigui and Yang Yi performed a very successful double reed, and finally obtained compensation for 100,000 war horses and 50,000 cattle; Before coming, the bottom line given by the imperial court to the two was actually only 70,000 war horses, no cattle, and the two of them asked for a sky-high price, making a lot of money for the Great Song Dynasty.

After bidding farewell to Tang Shiyuan and others in Xiongzhou, Yang Yi and his entourage slowly returned to Beijing on a southward journey.

Qin Zigui was very happy on the return trip, for him, this peace talk was a very good political achievement, and when he was promoted in the future, he would have a strong stroke on his resume.

Yang Yi was a little embarrassed, he didn't care in the face of such a great achievement, riding on a horse with his whip sleeves hanging down, the look on his face was a little lonely, and he was humming a slightly sad song without a word:

One day in a certain year, a certain month, is like a broken face.

It's hard to say goodbye, so let everything go away.

It wasn't easy, and we didn't cry.

Let it come lightly, let it go well!

…… As far as the eye can see, Baiyangdian Lake is boundless, the smoke and waves are vast, the water is empty, and the water birds on the lake are flocking, circling and flying low; Or looking for food, or playing, the crisp chirping sound resounded all over the four fields, and the reed flowers that withered last year have grown new shoots, announcing that time has entered a new cycle.

Today's central Hebei land, the river is vertical and horizontal, the water system is developed, the south is easy water, the north is easy water, the Hutuo River, the Hulu River, the Juma River are all big rivers, plus the Yellow River flows north, the terrain in the Sanguan area is low-lying, forming a lake, swamp; Zhenzong stationed in the Waqiao Pass of the six houses to make He Chengju for the imperial Khitan, because of the land of Pize, the water is plugged, so that the rivers and lakes in this area are connected, with the gradual expansion of the water, formed a river along the river twists and turns 800 li, the width of the water Great Wall of 60 li, greatly reducing the defense pressure of the three passes.

Last year, Pan Rui and the others were able to use the strategy of breaking the embankment to stop the Liao army, which was also due to the developed water system near Sanguan.

On Xu Xing's war horse, Qin Zigui looked at the wide waters of Baiyangdian, and suddenly said: "Brother Ren, the imperial court guides the Yellow River to the east, or let it flow north, it has been difficult to make up your mind, according to me, the north flow of the Yellow River is not without benefits, this scene of rivers and lakes crisscrossing the country, it looks like it really has a bit of the taste of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still well governed, and the north flow of the Yellow River is still more beneficial than disadvantageous to the land of central Hebei." ”

Qin Zigui mentioned this, Yang Yi's spirit was also concentrated, and now the Yellow River course is uncertain, and it is divided into five rivers near the Daimyo's Mansion, and two rivers roughly enter the sea from the vicinity of Yucheng in Shandong in later generations; Three of the rivers flowed northward through the Daimyo's Mansion and into the sea from the urban area of Tianjin.

The formation of these three north-flowing rivers is inconsistent, and the easternmost river through Xiajin was formed in the seventh year of the reign of Injong Qingli.

The middle river through Qinghe County was formed in the Yuanfeng period, and the westernmost river through Julu was formed in the beginning of the Yuanyou period; The formation of each river means that the local area will suffer a major flood, especially during the Yuanyou period, the imperial court's financial resources were exhausted, and the river defense was unable to govern, and floods occurred in Hebei almost every year.

Now, after the New Party came to power, it has done some governance work, but because when the New Deal was rolled out, it was necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in clearing the land alone, and although the revenue of the national treasury has improved somewhat, it has not been able to draw a large amount of funds for a while in response to several major wars last year and the construction of the Yongtai Mausoleum, so the imperial court is not able to carry out a comprehensive river control project at present.

Yang Yi looked at the lake in the distance and thought that in the future, due to the lack of water in North China, the country should make great efforts to divert water from the south to the north, and if the Yellow River can stabilize the northward flow, in the long run, it may be of great benefit to the ecological balance here.

However, if it is based on the development trend of later generations, it may be a big mistake, because the ecology of the plain in the middle wing has not suffered major damage, the water system is extremely developed, and there is no shortage of water at all; Allowing the Yellow River to flow north through Tianjin into the sea is not necessarily a good thing.

Yang Yi is not an expert in water conservancy, and he can't provide better insights in this regard, so he can only smile bitterly at Qin Zigui: "Zigui, have you thought about it, the Yellow River carries a lot of sediment, and in the Jizhong Plain, where the water flow is gentle, it is easy to cause the river to be silted, and once it is silted, it is easy to cause a catastrophe of embankment bursting."

What you see now is a scene of water towns intertwined with lakes and rivers, once the flood season is heavy, I am afraid that what you see is a tragic scene of destroying the wall and falling down, therefore, the north flow of the Yellow River may not be as good as you say! ”

Qin Zigui didn't quite agree with Yang Yi's point of view, and said: "Of course, it is not appropriate to let the Yellow River flow artesianly at the moment, and it is easy to become a disaster, but if it is vigorously controlled, one river channel will be retained in the east and north directions, and the two rivers will be conducive to diverting the flood season water, and the pressure on the river embankment will be much smaller, and at the same time, the river water flowing north is conducive to irrigation and water transportation in Jizhong, which is of great benefit to agriculture and commerce. ”

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Zigui, if you can really govern to the extent you described, it is really good, but Zigui, you have ignored one point, this is not the kind of crystal clear river water in the south of the Yangtze River, the key to river control is actually sand control, the Yellow River has a large sediment content, as you said, one east and one north each keep a river channel, after the diversion of the water volume is reduced, the water flow will be more gentle, the sediment will be deposited faster, naturally, the frequency of the embankment will be higher." ”

Qin Zigui came to the momentum, and argued with Yang Yi along the way about governing the river, and finally almost carried a shovel on the embankment to play really!

Although the argument between the two will not lead to anything, in Yang Yi's view, the work of river control should indeed be prepared.

(To be continued)