Zhao Ta left Taiyuan and returned to Beijing under the 'escort' of a battalion of soldiers sent by Fan Qiong. This time, he was also a light car, and a squad of internal guards was responsible for taking care of his daily life and a hundred and ten personal guards accompanied him as guards. Now the prince has a lot of enemies, and many people want to put him to death, in order to ensure his safety, everyone advises the prince to abandon the horse and ride.

First, the car is specially made, not only can protect from the wind and rain but is not afraid of slashing and axe, even the most powerful long-range weapon today, the bed crossbow, is difficult to penetrate; The appearance of the two cars is the same, and the prince's car is mixed in with it, and it is difficult for those assassins to determine the target; Third, it is convenient for camping in the wilderness, and it is convenient to carry heavy weapons, that is, 1,800 people attacked, and about 20 four-barreled machine guns fired together, so as to ensure that they did not return.

Zhao Ta thought about it and agreed, and when he saw it, he was happy to mobilize twelve four-wheeled carriages, which took a day to modify, in addition to the prince's car, there were also special cooking cars, baggage trucks and troop carriers equipped with machine guns, and a locomotive was installed to catch up with the modern presidential special train. They don't go much every day, they stop when they encounter a post station, and they leave again in the morning, and the Hebei army that escorted them did not dare to disobey the prince, he said whatever he wanted.

Walking to Zezhou, Zhao Ta suddenly found that there were more people on the road suddenly, hurriedly going south, and by car, there were horsebacks, most of them were pedestrians carrying burdens and burdens, and they didn't look like caravans doing business, but they walked faster than them, as if someone was chasing behind.

Zhao Ta asked people to inquire, this question is not tight, and he was startled when he asked! It is said that Li Gang was defeated, and it is rumored that he has passed the three levels and is attacking Taiyuan. On the other hand, Jin Junhan can't leave the truth. The Yellow River will soon be crossed, so the people are running south. to avoid the disaster!

Zhao Ta was a little stunned, he had just left for more than ten days. Taiyuan was besieged again, and he was busy in vain. But he didn't believe it, Zong Han and Han couldn't help but let themselves clean up, and they would not have eased up so quickly, if the real Jin army of the two roads really went south, his life would be too bitter, and even if the eldest brother didn't lock himself up, he had to let the Jurchens besiege the city. He hurried into the city. The contact point of the Intelligence Division was approached and asked to get the matter straightened out as soon as possible and the details were reported.

The boss directly ordered to a small contact point, no one dared to slack off, and quickly touched the situation, Zhao Ta saw that it was just a false alarm, after Zong Han repelled Li Gang's troops who attacked Daizhou, he did not continue to attack, and Li Gang had already ordered to strictly guard Shiling Pass, and the Jin army did not attack. And Han is even more outrageous over there. He just sent people to ask for the three towns and the rest of the compensation again, and in order to scare the Great Song Dynasty, he only sent a small force to harass the two towns of Zhongshan and Zhending.

The situation was not so serious, but it still caused panic among the people of Taiyuan, who had just experienced the Jurchen invasion. They fled one after another, and the government did not explain it, and rumors spread everywhere. The more it spread, the more evil it became, and the rumors soon swept through several states in Hedong. It was difficult for a large number of soldiers and civilians to flee...

And the news he got next made Zhao Ta even more disappointed, and his mood was even more depressed. After Li Gang's army was defeated, the main peace faction headed by Geng Nanzhong put the blame on Li Gang, saying that Li Gang "presided over the war and spent money on the loss of his teacher" and caused a great disaster. Zhao Huan issued an edict to demote Li Gang to the prefect of Yangzhou.

Liu Jue, a member of the Zhongshu House, wrote a book about Li Gang's loyalty and courage to serve the country, and Feng Lu, a servant of the Ministry of Officials, said that Liu Jue was lobbying for Li Gang, so the court wanted to demote Liu Jue and ordered it to be sent to Zhongshu Province. Geng Nanzhong was furious, and He Su, the Chinese scholar, took advantage of the situation to squeeze out Hu Anguo, and Liu Jue and Hu Anguo were both degraded.

Zhao Ta's previous life was to listen to "Say Yue" grew up, in which Li Gang was a person who dared to act and take responsibility, a loyal minister who rolled over the nail board for the country, and a figure with noble national integrity, a rare talent. After coming to this world, he didn't have the opportunity to meet, and finally met in Taiyuan, but he stood on the side of 'opposite', he faithfully carried out the emperor's order to force himself to return to Beijing, although he was helpless, but it still made Zhao Ta unhappy.

But Zhao Ta also understood that although Li Gang was not as upright as the legend, he was also a loyal man in this era, but he was unladylike and destined to be a tragic hero. People like him are generally only reused in difficult times. It is easy for them to win the support of their subordinates, but it is difficult for them to win the favor of their superiors, and it is even more difficult for them to avoid the jealousy and exclusion of their colleagues.

At the beginning, Zhao Huan kept Li Gang, firstly, to appease people's hearts, and secondly, to use these loyal and upright people to eradicate the traitorous ministers favored by his father. When Zhao Huan completed the activities to consolidate his position and the Jin soldiers retreated, he immediately changed his ugly state of wanting to escape from the battle when the Jin soldiers came, being incompetent in command during the war with the Jin soldiers, and being timid when negotiating with the Jin State.

On the contrary, Zhao Huan did not mention anything about Li Gang's single-handedly assuming the safety of the country when the country was in crisis, forgetting his life and death, and commanding the army and the people to resist foreign enemies. His attitude towards Li Gang also changed from obedience to dislike, and the people below also understood it, so Li Gang was repeatedly impeached, first saying that he "risked the merits of inner Zen to make a name for himself", "fake knights to record the city's personal favor", etc., and later linked him with Cai Jing, saying that he "winged at Cai's gate and devoted himself to his dead party", which eventually led to the dismissal of this person who "served the country with his own sacrifice for the safety of the society and the people".

In this series of appointments and dismissals, Zhao Ta was very disappointed, which marked another change in the direction of the Great Song Dynasty's attitude towards the Jurchens, and there was no one in the imperial court who dared to resolutely lead the war, and the main peace faction occupied the court again, and his way back to Beijing would be even more difficult. And what disappointed him the most was his eldest brother, Emperor Zhao Huan, who was like a crappy drummer, always beating the drum to make people panic and at a loss.

However, it was not easy for the Song court to embark on the right path, and the accumulation of bad habits for many years made it difficult for the court to change. In terms of party contention only, the Zhao Huan era still continued the internal friction of the previous generation, did not remove the old and cloth the new, and did not establish new value standards.

At this time, the bureaucracy was still inheriting the remnants of the faction since Zhejong, and the bad habit of the party to fight against each other was constantly intensifying, which led to the changeable personnel of the ruling party and the slow response, which seriously affected the decision of the supreme ruling group on the major plans of the militaristic state. Typically, all the officials in the imperial court who had been introduced by Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong, and Wang Hao were ostracized. In fact, not all of these officials are related to Cai Jing and others, and many of them are very honest and talented.

Within half a year of Zhao Huan's accession to the throne, "all four prime ministers, nine rulers, and more than ten attendants" were used." Cheng Zhen, the servant of the ministry, lamented: The ministers are not in harmony, there are many discussions, the edict is lightly changed, and there are a few failures. The Jin people have been fighting for half a year, and those who have not understood it so far have not been able to say that they are fighting peace. It is difficult to be undefeated if you are entangled in small things all day long, but are unwilling to take effective countermeasures to major matters that affect the overall situation.

From February of the first year of Jingkang to August of the autumn and August, when the Jin army rode back again, in this nearly half a year, it was a good time for Zhao Huan to sum up experience, draw lessons, promote talents, check and fill gaps, and strengthen national defense, so as to prevent the Jin soldiers from committing another crime. However, he thought that the peace negotiation was acceptable, and he did not think about war preparations, so he turned a deaf ear to the discussion of dividing troops and camping and controlling important places in the way of the cultivation of the master, and also ignored Li Gang's eight strategies to resist the enemy.

Zhao Huan, who was bent on consolidating the throne, and the ministers of the court, who were bent on chasing high-ranking officials and powers, gradually squeezed out the virtuous and loyal people in the endless strife and internal friction. Zhao Huan did not realize that there was no longer a capable minister by his side who could seek the country and defend against the enemy when he heard that the Jurchens wanted to go south again, and he was panicked, and there was only one way left to sue for peace.

So Zhao Huan sent Liu Cen and Li Ruoshui to send envoys to Wanyan Sticky Han and Wanyan to leave the army respectively, and asked to "suspend the departure of the army." Liu Cen and Li Ruoshui reported on the negotiation situation - Wanyan did not urge gold and silver, and Wanyan Muhan focused on the three towns not being ceded. Zhao Huan, Geng Nanzhong and other ministers saw that Jin Guo did not close the door to peace talks, and still pinned their hopes on the success of peace talks!

But they are also well aware that the cession of land is unpopular and can provoke a strong reaction at home. After discussion, Zhao Huan secretly changed the concept and changed the language, and Zhao Huan sent Wang Yun to envoy Jin Ying, promising to pay tribute to Jin with all the tax income of the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian, and wanted to ask Jin Guo to "turn war into jade silk" at this price.

Han Li quickly gave an answer, and sent a messenger to deliver a message, proposing to Song that 'use the New Year's coins from the three towns, the treasures of the ancestors' inner mansion, and the 100,000 horses of silk for the master'. Hearing that Zong Wang only needed such conditions, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not say a word, and immediately sent an envoy to second.

The envoy who could be sent was not really decided, and Han Li took the initiative to reduce the price of the disagreement, "not to reconsider the cutting of the three towns, but to ask for five chariots, crowns and suozun and other things", and at the same time proposed that King Su was taken captive, and the prince needed to be sent as a hostage before a peace agreement could be reached. Regarding the peace negotiation conditions that Zong Wang took the initiative to update, Zhao Huan convened the Taichang officials and asked them to collectively discuss what honorific title should be given, and at the same time asked Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, to prepare and wait to send an envoy to Jinying.

However, before the things were ready, the conditions for Han to leave suddenly skyrocketed, "I must want to get the three towns, otherwise I will enter Biandu!" Han's sudden turn of face shocked the Great Song court, and they were at a loss for a while. Zhao Huan convened hundreds of officials in the Yanhe Palace, and adopted a collective resolution on the conditions of this peace negotiation of Han Li, and Zhao Ta also hurried to the capital at this time... (To be continued......)