Chapter 335: Worry

The Great Song Dynasty was dissatisfied with the peace talks, and transferred back the peace talks to make the right minister Chen Gongbo, and took over as the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Suo, and took Li Jun in the Ministry of Rites as the deputy envoy. For Li Jun, he is not only very unfamiliar to the people of the Jin Kingdom, but also very nervous to the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. Without waiting for the two deputy envoys of the Jin State to get to know them in detail, they received an order from China to ask the deputy envoy Xing Guzhan to return to Beijing as soon as possible to discuss the relevant peace talks.

The next day, under the holy decree, Tian Jue, who had been demoted to the rank of Henghai Jie Du was executed in the name of forming a party for personal gain, and at the same time, Xi Yi in the former Zuo Shilang, Xing Guzhan and Wang Zhi, Gao Fengting, Wang Xiao, Zhao Yixing, Gong Yijian and other important members of the Liao Party.

The holy decree was shocked, and everyone felt that even if the Tian Party led by Tian Jue was temporarily away from the political power center of the Jin State, Wushu and Cai Songnian and others still felt uneasy, and they felt that they should do something more to end this fierce political struggle, that is, to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and solve the future troubles forever! What is puzzling is that Yu Wenxuzhong and Gao Shitan, who have been sentenced to death, have not been executed and are still detained in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Subsequently, Cai Songnian recommended Xu Lin as the deputy envoy of the peace conference to continue negotiations with the Southern Dynasties, and both sides were replaced, and the effect was remarkable. The Jin State went south to the Central Plains several times and took away a large number of people, including the Han people to whom the original Khitan belonged, of course; The Jin State also proposed that the Song Dynasty had invaded large tracts of land such as Yanjing, Dading and Linhuang, and occupied the population here, and also regained a large number of people who had been taken captive back then, and the population captured by the capture of Liaoyang not long ago was also 100,000.

The Jin side thought that the two sides were just right to offset each other, and the two sides no longer asked for each other, and the Song side agreed to Jin's proposal after consideration and calculation. But the exchange of prisoners of war could not be talked about again. Song Fang proposed to exchange one for one, but Jin Fang quit again. The Song army captured earlier was incorporated into the army after more than ten years of fighting, and either died in battle or returned to the field because of old age. And several major wars between Song and Jin over the years. The Song side had the upper hand and captured a large number of Jin troops, while their own losses were very small, so the number of prisoners controlled by the two sides was so disparity that they could not exchange a few people at all, and they were certainly not happy.

The two sides quarreled over this endlessly, and finally the Jin side put forward a constructive suggestion to exchange the captured Song Dynasty officials for prisoners of war. But there was a difference between officers and soldiers, and one of the lowest officers was exchanged for ten prisoners of war. The higher the grade, the number of prisoners of war in exchange will of course increase exponentially. Their calculations are very fine, the Song Dynasty officials who were captured to the Jin State were not 1,000 but 800, of course, not all of them were used for their purposes, many people still cherish their homeland, they can just use these people to exchange prisoners of war, and they can also block the excuse of the Southern Dynasty to ask for surrender, as for who is loyal and who is traitorous, the Southern Dynasty itself will screen it, and the person who really reduces the gold can just take advantage of this to escape.

Of course, Zhang was ordered by the emperor to ask for Yuwenxu, and of course he refused to agree easily, and proposed that he must submit the list before discussing. Claim that none of the people listed at the beginning should be missing. Xu Lin didn't understand the meaning, so he once again proposed to submit and exchange in batches, he wanted to first use the Song officials who were abandoned by them to consume the quota in the hands of the Southern Dynasty. In this way, it will not hurt each other's harmony, and it can also achieve its own goals.

Faced with Jinfang's constantly changing moves, Zhang decided to discuss with Li Jun before dealing with it. His identity is that of a righteous envoy. However, Zhang knew that the deputy envoy sent to him by Emperor Dao was definitely not an ordinary person, and the information he provided to him was not only timely. And accurate. It reminded him of the legendary mysterious institution that had been hidden behind the emperor's back, and they held the power of life and death. Monitoring the hundreds of officials in the central government, they can directly dispose of officials below the fifth rank without going through Shangshu Province, and arrest officials below the third rank with the emperor's imperial gold medal.

At this time, Li Jun was also very anxious in his heart, the rescue team sent by the Intelligence Department had arrived in Huining, but he found that the prison of the Criminal Department where Yuwen Xuzhong was imprisoned was very tightly defended, and because of the repeated purges within the Jin Kingdom, the inner line of development could not get close to the core, and it would be difficult to break out of the encirclement even if it was successful. Therefore, they could only find another way, one was to rob people halfway to the execution ground, and then take advantage of the chaos to go out of the city and return to China with the help of troops outside the city; The second is to kidnap and kidnap high-ranking officials of the Jin State in exchange for hostages.

However, these methods are the last choices, and it is difficult to return home after traveling thousands of miles under the heavy round-up of the enemy, and the number of victories is not high; The hostage-taking swap exposed the true intentions of the Great Song Dynasty, threatened the security of those who were not exposed, and slapped the emperor in the face. And now that Jin Guo suddenly stopped the death sentence against Yuwen Xuzhong, it shows that their diplomatic strategy has shown that it has worked, so Li Jun is inclined to settle it through negotiations, and his 'capital' is thick, so he decided to give it a try.

Two heavyweights were sent to the first batch of exchange lists of the Jin Dynasty, it was He Su, the prime minister of the Jingkang Dynasty, and Cai Xun, the commander of the horses, and the Song Dynasty also fulfilled the contract to return some of the captured Jin generals. In the second batch of lists, there are not only a few close ministers who suffered with Zhao Huan in the Five Kingdoms City, but also a few small 'shrimps', and this time Jin Guo asked to put back the general Tuhesu, but was refused, just because the chips exchanged were too low, but they sent quite a lot of prisoners according to the agreement.

In fact, both sides of these two exchanges are crossing the river by feeling the stones to test each other, and Wushu has always been skeptical about Zhao Er's sudden punishment of adultery, worried that he wants to rescue Yuwen Xuzhong and Gao Shitan, so the first two batches of people exchanged did not include two people, and the Southern Dynasty did not put forward a special request to fulfill the agreement. This dispelled Wushu's doubts, and the arrest of the two had achieved the goal of killing chickens and monkeys and eliminating the different parties. And it is a good choice to exchange two wastes with no use value to get back the sudden speed, and the reputation of these two people in the Jin Kingdom is far greater than that of Cai Songnian and others, which can just meet Zhao Er's request to punish the face of the traitor, so Yuwen Xuzhong and the two of them appeared in the third batch of lists with the hat of the biggest traitor in Jin!

After getting Yuwen Xuzhong, the Great Song side was really ecstatic and sent Tuhesu and the two captains back, and the exchange went much smoother. By November, the two sides had completed the handover of prisoners of war and signed a peace agreement, which seemed to end happily for all. But what happened next made the Wushu gang stunned, and the two of Yuwen Xuzhong were not treated as traitors, but were welcomed like heroes.

When the two returned to Beijing, Zhao Ta personally held a banquet in the Daqing Hall to welcome him, and gave Yu Wenxu as the Marquis of Huai'an, the young master of Feng, and the scholar of Longtuge University; Gao Shitan was given the title of Pingnan Marquis, Feng Zhengfeng Doctor, and Bachelor of Guanwen Palace. And then there were several assassinations in Huining City, the targets were all Song Dynasty ministers who were officials in the court, six people died, Cai Songnian also received a shot and luckily did not die, for a time in Jin Zhenchen people panicked, saying that they were sick and did not dare to go to the court. Wushu was very frustrated when he received the report, and after he made the most calculations, he still fell for Zhao Ersheng's plan to attack the west, and he had long expected that he would not return the real subordinates, and the continuous assassinations were the punishment actions of the Great Song Dynasty......

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"Why are you depressed these days?" Yu Liyan invited Zhao Xin to enjoy the snow in the inner garden, and said that the emperor always likes to sit alone these days, and often does not say a word, she asked with some concern.

"Your Majesty may have something on your mind, right?" Zhao Xin looked at Yu Liyan and replied worriedly.

"Now that the peace agreement has been reached, all the reinforcements have been withdrawn, and the autumn tax has all been put into storage, is it because of the things in the palace?" After Yu Liyan took over from the queen in charge of the inner palace, she was conscientious for fear of mistakes, and now that the foreign affairs have been decided, she is worried that she is not doing well enough.

"Don't be careful, princess, you are fair and decent, sympathetic to your subordinates, respect the courtiers, now the palace is in order, everyone is responsible, there is nothing wrong!" Zhao Xin and Yu Liyan were both born in Khitan, so they were still called princesses in private, and she was relieved.

"Alas, after the emperor succeeded to the throne, he had little leisure to take care of military affairs every day, and this year is an eventful autumn, and it is even more difficult than in the past!" Yu Liyan knew that Zhao Xin knew the emperor best, and he was relieved to hear her say that what she had done was not inappropriate, but she was anxious that she could not share her worries for the emperor.

"The emperor is working hard, he wants to be an idler, but he has been worried about the country and the people since he was so young, I don't know what to think about these days, whose idea is it......" Zhao Xin smiled, and wanted to say more, but when he saw the emperor coming in the snow, several attendants cautiously followed him from a distance, not daring to take a step closer.

"Your Majesty, who are you angry with?" Seeing that the emperor's steps were hurried and he didn't look like he was admiring the snow, frowning and drooping his face as if he was angry, Yu Liyan said softly.

"No, it looks like something happened!" Zhao Xin shook his head and said.

"What's going to happen, it's not going to be the Western Expeditionary Army, right?" Yu Liyan thought for a while and said, the only major event that has not yet been resolved this year is the battle of Gaochang for the Western Expedition.

"Well, I think it's a matter of Gaochang!" Zhao Xin nodded and said, she is very familiar with the appearance of the emperor, when Zhao Ren led an army through the desert to conquer Western Xia, he was unable to communicate for two months, and he was now restless.

"Oh, are you enjoying the snow too?" As he spoke, the emperor had already arrived, and the two stepped forward to salute, Zhao Ta seemed to be taken aback, and said in a stunned manner.

"Is Your Majesty also enjoying the snow?" Zhao Xin asked with a smile.

"Hmm...... Hehe, I originally came out to see this snow scene, but suddenly remembered that we all had a foot of deep snow here, and the snow in the northwest would be even greater, so I lost my mood! Zhao Ta thought that he didn't look like admiring the snow just now, and said with a wry smile.

"The emperor is worried about General Gao's western expedition, right?" Zhao Xin asked.

"Yes, there has been no news from the Western Expeditionary Army for two months, and they should have entered Gaochang a long time ago, what I'm worried about is that the road to and from the heavy snow is more difficult, the supply of heavy grain and grass is not available, or the way back from the war is not going well!" Zhao Ta sighed and said...... (To be continued......)