In the November of the Song calendar, snowflakes fell in the sky of most of the northern capitals. Passers-by looked up at the sky, children shouted, and the burgeoning city was soon covered in silver.

The snow fell until the next day, the carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, and Hao Jing got out of the carriage and was welcomed into the palace by the guards.

Kublai Khan attached great importance to the Hao Sutra, and it was a rule to get off in front of the palace gate. After entering the palace, Hao Jing was helped onto a horse, and the guards led the horse to Kublai Khan's side. Entering the warm room, Kublai Khan was already sitting at the table. Seeing Hao Jing coming in, Kublai Khan hurriedly beckoned Hao Jing to sit down at the table.

There is a copper hot pot in the middle of the table, Hao Jing has not been to the 21st century, so he doesn't know that it is a copper pot that is common 'Beijing old hot pot', and he can't see the words 'Fuzhou Producer' at the bottom of the pot. Recently, more and more objects in the Southern Song Dynasty Palace have appeared in the Dadu Imperial Palace. Looking at the exquisite workmanship, Hao Jing knew that it was obtained from the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace.

In addition to Kublai Khan and Hao Jing, Prime Minister Shi Tianze was also present. The Mongolians don't have such rules, the hot pot is already hot, and everyone puts the beef slices, mutton slices and washed and cut winter storage cabbage into it. After the shabu-shabu was cooked, it was dipped in a sauce mixed with sesame paste, garlic, and leeks to eat, and the three of them were very happy. After eating about the same, Kublai Khan put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Song Guo is very good at cooking." ”

The damper at the top of the hot pot chimney was closed, and the soup inside the pot immediately became less boiling. Hao Jing knew that the purpose of the Great Khan Kublai Khan to find him was definitely not to eat, so he hurried to eat enough so that he could speak now.

After praising Jiangnan's cooking methods, Kublai Khan continued: "Do you think Zhao Jiaren will cut land, call himself a minister, and pay tribute? ”

did not mention the little emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, but directly pointed to Zhao Jiaren, the current ruler of the Southern Song Dynasty. When asked this question, Shi Tianze opened his mouth and said: "Great Khan, a few days ago, the Southern Song Dynasty descended to the capital, and I was ordered to see him. When asked about Zhao Jiaren, Gao thought that Zhao Jiaren had tried his best to ask Jia Yidao not to cede land, not to be a minister, and not to pay tribute when he negotiated peace with us. He thought he couldn't do that now. ”

"Gundam ......, hum." Kublai Khan smiled with emotion: "Among those people in Ezhou back then, only Zhao Jiaren was left on the side of the Song Kingdom, right?" ”

Shi Tianze hurriedly replied: "After Jia Rudao was reprimanded, he probably didn't have a chance to be used again. is still an official and a general, and only Zhao Jiaren is left on the Song side. ”

After listening to such a conversation, Hao Jing also felt emotional. In the battle of Ezhou, the Song army was Jia Yidao, Gao Dai, Lu Wende, Zhao Jiaren, Liu Quan, and some other generals. Lu Wende died of illness before the surrender of Lin'an, and after the surrender of Lin'an, the generals of the Song Army who had fought in Ezhou all chose to surrender. There were only two civilian officials left who did not surrender. If the two sides had a chance to fight again, the position of the generals would be too ironic.

With a little nostalgia, Kublai Khan turned the topic back to the present again, "Can't you canonize Zhao Jiaren as the emperor of the Song Kingdom?" ”

Without waiting for Hao Jing to speak, Shi Tianze shook his head, "I don't think it's good." ”

Hao Jing immediately said: "The minister is willing to go to Lin'an to give it a try." ”

Kublai Khan was very serious about Hao Jing, and when he heard that he was going to the Southern Song Dynasty again, he was not happy in his heart. Hao Jing knew Kublai Khan's intentions, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that Your Majesty is worried that the Song State does not understand etiquette and kills the envoys. However, the minister heard that Zhao Jiaren had stopped his subordinates from doing so. I don't think that a person would commit an atrocity that kills the messenger. Even if he is stubborn, we have exhausted our benevolence and righteousness, and we will no longer be unbearable when we destroy the Song Dynasty. ”

These words were high-sounding and amused Kublai Khan. He sighed: "Since Mr. Hao is so insistent, I will let you go again." But only once. ”

After this meal, Hao Jing and Shi Tianze left together. After leaving the palace gate, Shi Tianze said to Hao Jing: "Mr. Hao, I got some good tea, do you want to go to my place to try it?" ”

Hao Jing thought about it for a while, and then said with a smile: "The snow is falling well today, and the body is warm, how about enjoying the snow in the car?" ”

Shi Tianze did not refuse, and after getting into the car, he said: "I don't think Zhao Jiaren will object to the peace, but he will not agree to our conditions." ”

Hao Jing sighed: "It's just that there are too many people in the Song Kingdom like this, so they will keep fighting." ”

Hearing this, Shi Tianze also sighed. He did not sigh because of Zhao Jiaren's stubbornness, but regretted Hao Jing's wishful thinking. As a veteran, Shi Tianze has a very high opinion of Boyan. If even Boyan didn't dare to stay in Jiangnan, why did Mongolia want Zhao Jiaren to cede land and claim to be a vassal. Li Pu, who was eliminated by Shi Tianze's army, was much weaker than Zhao Jiaren, didn't he still rebel.

Just when Shi Tianze felt that he was not speculative for more than half a sentence, he heard Hao Jing sigh: "If Marshal Boyan can destroy Zhao Jiaren, he will never be soft." Now even Marshal Boyan has withdrawn from Jiangnan, and he can't hold it if he wants to come to Jiangnan. ”

Suddenly hearing such a heartfelt word, Shi Tianze nodded violently. Then he realized that it was Hao Jing who was actually satisfied with the, which made Prime Minister Shi Tianze feel surprised.

Hao Jing sighed: "In the battle of Ezhou, the Song State was lucky enough to let me withdraw from the Great Mongolia. If Jia seems to be willing to negotiate peace, there will be no subsequent war. If Zhao Jiaren can stop making trouble this time, there will be peace between Mongolia and Song in the future. The reason why I went to persuade him was because I didn't want things to be the way they were. If we continue to fight like this, how many more people will have to die! ”

"But what if he refuses to cede his land and sue for peace?" Shi Tianze continued to ask the main point, and now that the Song army began to carry out a counteroffensive, Shi Tianze did not think that the Song army would be unable to hold on. Regardless of how the Song army had persevered in the crisis of national demise, since it had not wavered in the slightest during the darkest period, it was even more unlikely that it would bend its knees to Mongolia now.

"Even if the Song Kingdom does not cede the land and sue for peace, at least the Song Kingdom must feel that my Great Mongolia has the intention of peace. If the whole Song Kingdom thinks that my Great Mongolia is full of plans to destroy the Song Kingdom, then there will only be war and disaster, and there will be no peace. Hao Jing said angrily, and after finishing speaking, he shook his head with a wry smile.

Looking at Hao Jing's posture of tens of millions of people, Shi Tianze felt that he was really speechless. said that Mongolia did not want to destroy the Song State, but Shi Tianze himself did not believe it. Stumped, Hao Jing forgot how the Mongol court had been discussing the elimination of the Song dynasty's small court in Fuzhou for several months?

There was no way to continue talking about this, Shi Tianze remembered that there were other things at home, and said that he was going to get out of the car and go home. Hao Jing didn't make any reservations, the two were so separated, and when he left, Shi Tianze sincerely wished Hao Jing a smooth journey.

Hao Jing originally wanted to take a boat to the south, it was winter at this time, and it was just the time to go south to Lin'an. After asking someone, the official in charge of the ship said with a sad face: "Pingzhang, you should take the land route." ”

"Why?" Hao Jing asked. From the north, it takes four or five days to take a boat south to reach Qingyuanfu. It takes a long time to travel by road.

The official sighed: "Before the capture of Xiangyang, our ship can still walk on the sea." Ever since the capture of Xiangyang, the Song warships have been cruising around the sea, sinking our ships when they see them. Hundreds of people have died on our side, and no boat has dared to go to sea for most of the year. Pingzhang, don't embarrass us. ”

"Why didn't you report it?" Hao Jing asked. However, after he finished speaking, he also felt that it was unreasonable to ask such a question. Hao Jing is now a university scholar Zhiping Zhangshi, mainly to give advice to Kublai Khan. It seems that he should know everything, but in fact, many specific things will not be told to him at all. For example, if you think about it, it is inevitable that something will happen. How could Zhao Jiaren, who had the upper hand, allow the Mongol warships to sail freely on the seas?

There is no way to go by sea, so you can only take the land route. The quicker route is naturally to take Shandong and go south along the canal. Cross the Yangtze River from Yangzhou and continue along the canal to Lin'an. Hao Jing went to the Ministry of War, hoping that the Ministry of War could issue a document to him, so that he could be escorted by local troops when he passed through various parts of Shandong.

The people in the military department also frowned, "Pingzhang, the Song army is raging in Shandong this year, and Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places have not been able to fully recover until now. It's okay to send you to Texas, but it's not enough to send you to Yanzhou, I'm afraid it won't work just by relying on the place. Why don't you just ask for a team of people to escort you. ”

Hao Jingdeng was a little stunned. Of course, he knew that the Song army had set out from Haizhou this year and wreaked havoc in Shandong. Everywhere they went, the Mongol governors were slaughtered. But Hao Jing never expected that a few months later, a new batch of magistrates had already been dispatched, but the local situation had not yet recovered.

No, Hao Jing found Prime Minister Shi Tianze and asked him if there was really such a mess in Shandong. Shi Tianze smiled: "Probably those people are afraid that something will happen to you." Although Shandong is a bit chaotic, it is not so chaotic that it is impossible to move. ”

I wanted to say this to fool Hao Jing, but seeing Hao Jing's serious expression, Shi Tianze continued: "What's wrong with sending a team of people to escort you?" ”

"How could Shandong be so chaotic?" Hao Jing asked.

Shi Tianze sighed: "That's because Li Pu's subordinates rose up to make trouble before?" ”

"Li Pu was all ten years ago, how can it still be messy now!" Hao Jing didn't believe it.

Shi Tianze sighed, "You don't know." Although Li Pu died ten years ago, how to deal with the 20,000 people under Li Pu. Everyone's idea is that if it doesn't work, let's kill it. As a result, more than 10,000 were killed, and although the remaining ones were spared, they also held grudges. The Song army slaughtered in Shandong this year, and those ill-intentioned people rose up again. The imperial court is now purging it. ”

Hao Jing wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he held back. When they were about to walk to the door when they said goodbye, Hao Jing stopped and turned around and said: "If there is no truce as soon as possible, the country will only continue to be in turmoil." ”

Under the protection of 50 cavalry, Hao Jing left Dadu and headed south. Before he set off, he had already contacted the Song army in Haizhou, and when he arrived in Haizhou, he checked the official documents, and the Haizhou Song army let 50 Mongolian cavalry stay and sent someone to send Hao Jing to Lin'an. All the way through the canal, arriving at the destination Lin'an in December.

After the Battle of Ezhou, Hao Jing also went to Lin'an to negotiate with the Southern Song Dynasty. The conversation was very bad, and the Southern Song Dynasty did not agree to the Mongols' request. What will happen this time?

Entering December, it is almost New Year's Day. Returning to this famous city, looking at the sparse pedestrian appearance of Lin'an City, Hao Jing felt very uneasy.