Yang Hao was recognized by the Living Buddha of Dacuo as the reincarnation of Gangjin Gongbao, and this title had a very powerful effect on his restraint of the ethnic groups in the northwest and the support of religious forces, so Yang Hao has been consciously or unintentionally promoting this. Since the official family is the protector of the Buddhist family, how can anyone under his command not be well-behaved, naturally there will be no damage to this temple, so the temple that has been looted once by the military disaster has finally not suffered a second disaster.

Liao State envoy ink marks in the forbidden army guards under the guidance of the temple into the temple, although the temple is empty, but is very neat, the ground is sprinkled clean, the doors and windows of the palace are neat, bypassing the bell tower, it is a square courtyard in front of the main hall, in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the left and right side halls are respectively dedicated to the eight Jinzhou Arhats.

The ink marks of the Liao envoy were introduced into a side hall in the left chamber, and the four King Kongs enshrined in this side hall had been pulled down and broken when the Song army besieged Youzhou last time, and this room was used as a place for the guards to stay at night, and now it was cleaned up by Yang Hao, but it still looked empty and clean, so it was a place for himself to rest. In the side hall, there are several piles of charcoal fires that burn vigorously, and the heat is surging, and it is as warm as chūn.

The ink marks just came in from the outside, wearing a raccoon dog fur robe, a fox tail fur hat, and a pair of black satin leather boots under his feet. However, since they have taken the initiative to beg for peace, no matter how calmly they show their attitude, how can they hide their current embarrassment?

Yang Hao looked at his demeanor in his eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Yang Hao was wearing a Yanju regular dress at this time, like a gentlemanly and elegant and personable son, and he couldn't see that he was actually a monarch who ruled the Central Plains and personally controlled hundreds of thousands of troops.

The ink mark stepped forward quickly, peeked at it, and recognized that the sand table was the map of Youzhou, and he thought about it, but everyone was in front of him, but it was inconvenient to look closely, and he suddenly saw Yang Hao looking at him, and he was busy making a look of not squinting, and stepped forward to salute, and said: "The ink mark of the foreign minister has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Kingdom." ”

Yang Hao glanced at him and said with a smile: "Everyone is an old friend, why bother to see the outside like this, come and come, sit down." ”

The ink mark agreed, and hurriedly sat down on the marching horse opposite him, and took the opportunity to peek at the sand table a few times, and saw that there were two small red and blue sè flags on it, from the distribution point of view, the red sè represents the Song army, and the blue sè represents the Liao army.

Yang Hao smiled and said, "What did Empress Xiao send you to say to me?" ”

"Huh? Oh...... The ink mark was startled, and he quickly gathered his mind and talked to Yang Ban about the purpose of this trip.

“…… Qin Shi Huang sent Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu in the north, but the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows and complained, what was the result? Didn't Han Gaozu encounter the siege of Baideng? When he arrived at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he poured all the strength of the whole country and spent the money saved in the rule of Wenjing, what can he do. Emperor Wen of Sui was eloquent and strategic, and only used a little trick to make the Turkic East and West split, and the internal friction continued, and in the Tang Dynasty, he fought and pulled, and finally the Turks were wiped out, and the Khitans rose again......

Although His Majesty currently has the upper hand, if he wants to destroy the Liao State, he will never be able to do it, and the grassland desert is the world of nomads after all. The foreign minister is also a Han Chinese, and although he is a Liao minister, he has no intention of hating China. In the eyes of the foreign ministers, Song Liao's good-neighborliness and friendship are far more conducive to the development of the two countries and peace in the country than to fight each other......

It's really difficult for this Mo master, he has been talking for more than half an hour, from Pangu to the world, to the three emperors and five emperors, from Yuding Kyushu, and to Qin Shi Huang's domination of the world, ink marks on the one hand generously stated, while carefully observing Yang Hao's face, figuring out his mind, changing his lobbying words at any time, striving to be able to impress him, from time to time to take a look at the sand table, to see the detailed deployment of the Song army, try to keep it in mind, one heart and three purposes, it is really good.

Yang Hao listened, taking a sip of wine from time to time, unhappy and calm, it was difficult to see what he was thinking from the face.

In fact, Yang Hao is also looking forward to peace talks, but now he is calm and indifferent, just trying to take the initiative in negotiations.

The victory or defeat on the battlefield actually depends on factors outside the battlefield in many cases, Yang Hao intends to let the messenger of the Liao State go to Beijing enter the city, in order to strengthen his own negotiation base, now Xiao Xuan is trapped in the city, and the intelligence system of the Liao State is far less efficient than his Feiyu secret spy, and he cannot grasp the true and detailed information of the Song State now, which creates conditions for Yang Hao to try his best to grasp the initiative of negotiation.

In fact, Yang Hao can't hold on for too long, the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is unimaginable, it is said that he is the country of Zen, even if the son succeeds his father's business, inherits the unification, and just ascends the throne away from the country, and consumes the savings of the empire, it is also a very dangerous thing, he does not have the ability to continue to expand, but he wants to maximize the guarantee of vested interests.

In this battle, he took advantage of the insufficient preparation of the Liao State to quickly occupy and control the seven states in front of the mountain, the morale of the people will be boosted, his personal prestige will rise to the peak, the authority of the new dynasty will be more stable, through the war, the military power will be completely controlled in his hands, and the domestic officials have also been sorted out in a timely manner, and the political intention has been achieved, and it is time to accept it.

After the ink marks were finished, Yang Hao put down the wine glass and said solemnly: "The Queen Mother has sincerity and reconciliation, and I don't care about myself, peace talks can be made, everything can be discussed, but I have one condition, which is a prerequisite for me to agree to peace talks, this article "can't be done, everything is not to talk!" ”

Jiang Shuiji stood up solemnly and said with a long sigh: "Your Majesty, please speak!" ”

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From this day on, the Song army's attack on Youzhou City stopped.

Discussing a method while fighting, and negotiating peace after an armistice is also a method. In Yang Hao's view, it is easier for the military and civilians of Youzhou, who have long fallen into despair, to see a glimmer of hope, and it is easier for them to make concessions.

The envoys of the two sides began to communicate frequently, only the highest level of the two sides knew what they were talking about, and the Liao reinforcements on the outside line also learned what the two monarchs were negotiating, and the entire Liao Empire from west to east, from south to north, all entered a state of truce, and everyone was watching Youzhou, waiting for the final outcome.

Yang Hao's prompt is that the Liao State officially signed a document to cede the six states in front of the mountains occupied by the Song army, including Youzhou, which is still in the hands of the Liao army, to the Song State.

The Liao State proposed other workarounds, the Liao State could declare itself a vassal to the Song and fulfill the obligations of tribute, pilgrimage, and He Zheng to the Song Dynasty, while the Song State withdrew from the occupied territory of the Liao State.

Yang Hao himself had been a vassal to the Song State, and he knew this meaningless submission more deeply than anyone else, how could he agree? Yang Hao said no, there was no room for negotiation at all, and the ink traces returned.

After several consultations, the Liao State came up with a new plan, the Liao State Emperor could call the Emperor of the Song State the emperor, the two countries would forever be married to the father and son country, and the imperial clan could be used as hostages in the Song State, and the border states of the Liao State would never garrison troops. Yang Hao laughed when he heard this, what kind of country of father and son, the little emperor of Liao was originally his blood and blood, this name does sound strong enough, and it is enough to make the people of the Central Plains raise their eyebrows, enough to make the scholars and literati of the Central Plains burst into tears, enough to create an unprecedented scenery, and let the glorious title of Tian Khan also have to be torn apart, but does that have any practical significance?

Where is the territory that was once ruled by the Heavenly Khan? Where are the people? Those Shan Yu and Khan, who once honored the emperor of the Central Plains as the Khan of the Heavens, as soon as the Central Plains were weak, immediately turned into a tiger and wolf, and took a bite hard, this title may be very tempting for another emperor to hear, but for Yang Hao, it is not worth it.

Yelu Longxu is the secret of his own son, and it can never be announced to the public, so the future emperors of the Liao State, as well as their civil and military and people, will always regard the title of "Emperor" as a great shame, and as soon as they have the opportunity, they will provoke a war again, and every prince of the Liao State, since he was established as the prince, his greatest wish in life is probably to defeat the Song State and cut off his humiliating title.

Heroes, who are not people who can bend and stretch, they can endure all the unbearable humiliations of ordinary people, and wait for all opportunities to make a comeback. Gou Jian can even give his wife to the enemy's bed and eat the enemy's feces himself, what is the final result? Agreeing to this meaningless piece is just helping the Liao people establish the goal of always making the Song people enemies.

Of course, Xiao Xuanken proposed this kind of thing that many people would rather give up their lives than agree, on the one hand, because they can endure what others cannot, and on the other hand, they may want to impress him with the love of father and son, or let the father and son who can't recognize each other have an identity that can be seen, and they may not have such a long-term plan.

Yang Hao saw it very clearly, agreeing to this condition is tantamount to establishing a saddle between the two countries, but if there is one rì, it will be a feud.

If the land lost by the ancestors is not able to get it back, the descendants of future generations can put it aside, and they can pretend to be deaf and dumb, but how can you escape the title of "child emperor" directly imposed on him? How to endure it? Only Shi Jingtang's kind of superb will be shameless to this realm.

The negotiations between the two sides became more and more frequent, but Xiao Xuan refused to make more concessions, Yang Hao felt the need to use force to beat and beat, so that the Liao court, which was still in illusion, sobered up, a certain rì, Yang Hao launched an attack on Youzhou again, and the outer line also launched an attack at the same time, Pan Mei personally commanded, wiped out all the Liao army reinforcements, Youzhou was shocked, and finally began to face up to the conditions of the peace talks that they could not bypass: cede the land!

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What is March 3?

The third day of March is the ancestor of the people, it is said that this day is the day when Fuxi and the female nǎi get married, and the human race has been able to reproduce since then, so Fuxi is revered as the "ancestor of the people," and this day has also become a rìzi for good men and women to commemorate the ancestors.

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is also the birthday of the Taoist Zhenwu Emperor. Emperor Zhenwu was born in the ancient world of Xuanyuan, and was the righteous god in charge of military affairs and warfare in Taoism. Therefore, this day is another Taoist event.

On March 3, the third day of March is Shangsi rì, the rì officials and citizens are bathed and cleaned, the disease is descaled, the water feasts, and the chūn outing.

March 3 is Valentine's Day of the Central Plains people, March 3 rì weather is new, Chang'an waterside Dolly people. The state is thick and true, and the texture is delicate and even. Embroidered Luo clothes shine on the twilight chūn, and the golden peacock and silver unicorn. He has everything on his head, and Cui Wei Guiye hangs his sideburns. What can be seen behind the back, the bead is pressed and the waist is firmly fitted......

The third day of March this year is tantamount to an even more pleasing rì, because on this day, the two countries of Song and Liao finally reached an agreement, and the two countries will sign their credentials at the Baoguang Temple in the south of the city.

A day in advance, the besieging Song army retreated twenty miles back and camped, and early in the morning, Xiao Tzu Rin and Yang Jiye led Jīng's chosen Jīng Rui [Shi Bing] to arrive at Yanguang Temple, deploy defenses, and make all preparations.

It was not until noon that Yang Hao's guard of honor and the guard of honor of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of Liao State marched to Baoguang Temple.

A high platform was erected in front of the mountain gate of Baoguang Temple, this is the place of sacrifice to the heaven and earth, once you enter the mountain gate, until the front of the main hall, the ground is covered with red felt, at the end of the main hall, a few low furnishings, four treasures of the study, all available.

Accompanied by their cronies and important ministers, the heads of state of the two countries came out of the side hall and entered the meeting hall.

Yang Hao looked at Zhen at a glance at Yelu Longxu, the little emperor of Liao who was holding in Xiao Xuan's hands, the little emperor was wearing a well-cut emperor's robe, and at a young age, he had to pretend to be very majestic, so he didn't do it...... The child has no city government, and the puffing god can't hide it after all, he doesn't understand the major national affairs, he only knows that the guy opposite is the big villain who bullied his mother and didn't show a smile for a long time.

Yang Hao stared at him, and suddenly smiled at him, the little emperor glared at him fiercely, and raised his chin with a snort.

Yang Hao smiled again, raised his eyes slightly, and then looked at Xiao Xuan.

Wu Xuan wears a green sè left sock shirt, the front shirt is on the ground, the back is draped on the ground, the clothes are hung with apricot yellow belts, the waist is hung with jade pendants, the black boots are sewn, and the head is wearing nine dragons and four phoenix crowns, etc., noble and charming, when the noble and coquettish are integrated, it also brings the charm of the woman to the extreme, and the natural stunner is nothing more than this. Seeing Yang Hao looking at her, Xiao Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of hatred, and Xiao Yao's nose was slightly upturned, as auralike as her precious son.

Yang Hao smiled bitterly, this pair of ** really made him offended. For the Song Kingdom, the land of Youyan is the northern barrier, according to this place, the safety factor of defending against the steppe tiger wolf will be greatly increased, which is the most important for the Central Plains country, for the ordinary people, especially the people of Jiangnan, but they are not happy to see the imperial court recover Youyan, due to water, soil and climate reasons, the south is far richer than the north, so the taxes in the south are higher than those in the north, and the south of the Yangtze River is like a blood transfusion through the continuous supply of food and rice needs in Tokyo Bianliang and the northern borderlands, if the territory expands to the north, their burden will be heavier, Although even so, Jiangnan is still richer than the north, but who is afraid of money?

For Liao, the significance of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is not only military, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are the main farming areas of Liao, the well of Liao, roughly the same as the role of Jiangnan to Song, at the same time, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is an area bordering the Song State, which is an important channel for Liao to absorb the Central Plains culture and integrate into the Central Plains economy. The Liao State, which had just prospered economically and culturally, would henceforth go up and downhill.

The sixteen states of Yanyun are equivalent to the economic lifeline and political foundation of the Liao State, and now Yang Hao took advantage of the political turmoil and military defeat of the Liao State, the Queen Mother and the Emperor were trapped, and forced her to cede the seven states in front of the mountain, how could Xiao Xuan not hate in his heart. The only thing she won was that Yang Hao made concessions in the status of the Jurchen and Mur Wei's vassals, in the initial plan, Murwei and Jurchen should be included in the Song State's vassals, and send troops to garrison, the Jurchens could not see the deep meaning, but Xiao Sui could see that in the end, Yang Hao finally took a step back, and agreed that the Jurchens would be ministers to Song, and the Song garrison would be garrisoned, and Murwei would be called ministers to Liao, and Liao would control them. Cutting the Jurchens and the Mongols apart, in Yang Hao's opinion, is just to prevent them from sitting together to get bigger, and in Wu Xuan's view, this is Yang Hao's only charity to her.

She raised her head, forcibly endured the tears that had risen, and when she looked at Yang Hao again, her eyes were already a little red.

Seeing her forbearance and pretending to be strong, Yang Hao really wanted to walk over, catch her thin shoulders, and whisper to comfort her, but ...... But he could only harden his heart, smile faintly, and arch his hand: "Please sit down." ”

Everything has been agreed a long time ago, and even the content of the national credentials has been scrutinized word by word by both sides, and there is no need to discuss it again, just take it and sign it on the spot by the emperors of both sides, and use it as a seal.

What Yang Hao wants is the seven states in front of the mountain. The sixteen states of Youyun, the seven states in front of the mountain, the nine states behind the mountain, and the total land of the sixteen states are about 120,000 square kilometers. The seven states in front of the mountain guard the Great Wall line of Yanshan and the north branch of Taihang Mountain, the fertile field is thousands of miles, the north limit is the mountain, the heavy mountain is complex and there is a dangerous pass, it is the natural barrier that separates the Han region of the Central Plains and the northern nomadic region, the strategic location is the most important, it is the north gate of the Central Plains, and the commander is ordered to garrison the troops, and the danger is lifted, and the horses dare not herd in the south. If the states of the thistle are lost, then thousands of miles of land must be met by the enemy, and thousands of miles of plains will be uneasy. Now, at last, the merit is complete.

At this time, the New Year has passed, although Yang Hao has not returned to the capital, but the year has been set, and promulgated the world, the year is the first year of Yonghe, the peace is dominated by the Song State, so the peace agreement is subject to the Song State year number. They signed, sealed, and exchanged national credentials, seeing their young sons laboriously lifting the heavy national fortress, and with the help of the inner servants, the bright red seal was properly stamped on the national credentials, Xiao Xuan's nose was sour, and he couldn't help but burst into tears......

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The national bookmark, because the emperor of the Liao State is young, by the descendants of the Emperor of the Emperor of the Listening to the Government for the sacrifice of the sky, Yang Hao and Xiao Fei each hold the peace treaty, slowly ascend the high platform of the earth, the high platform is larger than the eaves of the Xiongbao Palace, the eaves of the large Xiongbao Hall are also one head higher, the left step is the Liao State guard, and the left step is the Song State guard, on the high platform, lay the incense case, the red felt is all over the ground, except for the two people, there is no one empty, the civil and military ministers of the two countries are standing under the stage, only the living house of the two countries descends to the third order to stand.

Wu Fei held the peace treaty in her hand, her face was pale, and she looked at everything that could be seen in front of her, and soon, this place would be surnamed Song, and she would have to stop and lead her subjects out of here, perhaps...... Never to come back.

Yang Hao coughed lightly and said, "Queen Mother...... Don't you take the oath? ”

Wu Xuan sneered and said, "Yang Hao, you have fulfilled your mind today, you must be happy and tight?" ”

The two of them held the peace treaty in their hands, standing solemnly in front of the incense case, their gods were cold, their eyes did not squint, and they looked at the eyes of the two countries in the audience, as if they were solemnly praying to heaven and earth.

Yang Hao was silent for a while, and sighed faintly: "If Song Liao is easy to wither, what will the Queen Mother do?" ”

Xiao Xuan is finally a masterpiece of a generation, and when he thought about it, his heart was alleviated a lot, and he only said gloomily: "If you take the danger and park me to cut the land, the people of the Central Plains should have a good lunch, and my children should live in the open air, living in the water and grass, and the generations and grandchildren will be miserable and poor?" ”

Yang Hao looked at the magnificent hall of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and said abruptly: "What can I say?" Are all beings equal? In the eyes of the Buddha, who keeps saying that all beings are equal, there are also the three good paths of heaven, man, and asura; Beasts, hungry ghosts, and hell are three evil paths, and there are upper, middle and lower grades in the way of good and evil, not to mention that I am a mortal emperor? Who has the power to take care of everyone? It is my Song Kingdom, the people of the north and south, the people of the west and the east, the people of Chengzhuo Mountain Village, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, how can they live in a splendid land and enjoy a glorious life? ”

Yang Hao sighed lightly and said, "I don't want to...... But I know that I don't take Youyan today, and I will never be satisfied with having Youyan when I come to Liao, if there is no Youyan, the Song Kingdom will be flat and peaceful, and there will be no danger to rely on, even if the poor people are redundant and spend ten times the strength, it is not enough to defend themselves. ”

Wu Sui sneered: "Good reason, you take my food and help your mouth, but it is justified and righteous?" ”

Yang Hao smiled faintly: "I have never thought like this, and I have no intention of only caring about myself." But the Khitan clan, as soon as a natural disaster **, has no livelihood, it is a fact that Sinan invades the Central Plains, in its position, seeking its government, I have to plan for myself first. Mencius has clouds, the poor are good to themselves, and the good is good to the world, this is true for a gentleman, and as an emperor, I think it should be the same. ”

Mai Yu just sneered.

Yang Hao glanced at her and asked, "You...... Have you ever heard the story of the Fire House? ”

Wu Xuan was slightly surprised: "What fire house?" ”

Yang Hao said leisurely: "This is a story told by the Buddha Shakyamuni to his disciples, the story says that a long time ago, there was a very rich family in the village near the national capital Wangcheng, with prosperous people, many children, wide fields, and many houses. One day, a fire broke out in the house, but the children in the house were unaware and were still playing in the backyard.

A man ran to tell them that it was on fire, but they didn't believe it at all, so they just ran around and played. No one believed him in any case, so he came up with a solution, and he told the children that someone at the entrance of the village had brought a lot of strange and interesting little animals, and many fun toys, and if they didn't hurry to see them, that person would take them away.

When the children heard this, they urged him to take him with them, and they all ran out of the manor, and the whole farm was burned to ashes, but none of the children were burned to death. Of course, there are no strange little animals at the entrance of the village, and there are no fun toys, and the man deceived the children, but the children's lives were saved. ”

Xiao Sui also looked at him, and said coldly: "What do you mean?" ”

Yang Hao said: "I mean, the means are not important, the result is important."

Don't just see whether my methods are good or not, one day, you will understand my hard work. ”

Wu Xuandai frowned: "Well is hard? ”

Yang Hao said to himself: "I'm just a mortal, mortals can't be equal to all beings, there is always a difference between relatives and distances, I don't have a perfect way to make everyone absolutely satisfied, but I will work hard...... I want to live, and I have to make people live......"

Xiao Xuan's resistance gradually ran out, his eyes flashed with dangerous sparks, and he said hatefully: "What the hell are you talking about?" ”

Yang Hao looked back and smiled, and his treasure looked solemn: "You won't believe what I said now...... But one day you'll understand. ”

"Huh?"