The envoys of Zhao entered the central capital.

Qin Guan had already arranged a place for them to live.

Let the subordinates take these tired officials to rest.

The envoys of Zhao State escorted the soldiers and put them directly into the camp of the North Route Army, these soldiers were warmly received, eating oily stews, mutton, and white flour buns, and the escort generals thanked: "Thank you for the warm hospitality of the North Route Army, it is too rich." ”

The logistics supervisor of the Northern Route Army said: "There is no special arrangement, we usually eat these." ”

The guard general was surprised, "Your food is so good, how much does it cost, it seems that you have gained a lot from killing all the way." ”

The logistics director smiled, "The marshal said, the soldiers go into battle to fight, fight with their lives, if they don't eat well, how can they have the strength, the marshal will subsidize the materials obtained to us soldiers." ”

After hearing this, the guard general sighed: "With such a marshal, even if it is us, we will fight with our lives, you don't know, now your Northern Route Army, but in the entire Great Zhao Kingdom, it is said that your Northern Route Army is the divine army brought out by Qin Dashuai." ”

The generals of the Northern Route Army love to hear this, "Tell us about it." ”

"You don't know, now in the country, the name of your Northern Route Army is spread everywhere, our soldiers are very envious, you can hit the capital of Liao, you go back, what a great merit, you go back, just wait for the reward."

After a day of rest, Lu Sheng, Feng Lun and other officials finally felt alive again, and the next day, Lu Sheng ordered someone to invite Qin Guan.

There was a fire stove in the room, and the kettle was spewing hot air out, making the room look particularly warm, and Qin Guan, Lu Sheng, Feng Lun, and more than a dozen officials in charge of various ministries sat around to discuss how to negotiate with Liao next.

Qin Guan asked, "Before you came, what regulations did Your Majesty and your ministers make?" ”

Lu Sheng said: "There is a charter, first, the two sides withdraw their troops and maintain the old borders. Second, Song Liao signed an alliance to stop fighting and stop fighting, and to be brothers forever, and third, the two sides guarded their borders along the border states and counties, and did not interfere with each other, and those who fled across the border were sent to each other. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Sheng paused, and then said: "These three must be done, but Your Majesty also said that it would be best if the previous alliance with the Liao State could be stopped and the "Year Coin" could be removed, and it would be better if the Yizhou and Daizhou that were ceded to the Liao State before could be returned, but these two articles are not used as a necessary condition, as long as the peace talks are successful and the Liao State withdraws its troops, it will be a great achievement." ”

Hearing these conditions, Qin Guan sighed in his heart, as an emperor, he has no domineering, no ambition to expand the territory, and it is his luck to be able to be a good monarch.

"Do the ministers and courtiers think the same way?" Qin Guan asked.

Lu Sheng said: "There is a minister who proposed to let the Liao State cede the land and pay compensation, but His Majesty did not agree, after all, there are still more than 300,000 troops stationed in the Liao State in our country, and the Liao State is unlikely to agree to these conditions." ”

Qin nodded his head and said he understood.

Lu Sheng looked at Qin Guan and asked, "Scholar Qin, you see how we can talk about it according to this strategy." ”

Now Qin Guan's official position and title are higher than Lu Sheng, and he is still the deputy envoy of the envoy group, and more importantly, the current situation is fought by Qin Guan, here, the Liao people are afraid of Qin Guan but not afraid of them, the ministers of Zhao State, so although Lu Sheng is not in the same faction as Qin Guan, he also attaches great importance to Qin Guan's opinion.

A person who can do the book of the Ministry of Rites, how can Lu Sheng be stupid, although he is attached to Zeng Yu, but he is not without his own thoughts, now Qin Guan has become a trend, it is not for him to compare, he can't play tricks with Qin Guan here, and more importantly, if he wants to go further, he needs the credit this time very much, so Lu Sheng is also cautious when he speaks to Qin Guan.

Qin Guan had already thought about the peace talks before, to be honest, he felt that the conditions of Zhao Guo were too low, Qin Guan said: "Add a few." ”

"First, the covenant made before must be nullified, and there will be no coins in the future, and the Liao State must be returned to Yizhou and Daizhou."

"Second, the indemnity, whether this is given or not, must be proposed."

"Third, open Fu, the two sides will market each other, establish complete tariffs, and free trade." Qin Guan's article is for future consideration, and economic warfare can be played without mutual aggression.

"Fourth, Zhao must not be restricted from buying horses in Liao."

Previously, the Liao State had always restricted the horses of the Zhao State, because it was afraid that the Liao State would organize a large number of cavalry.

"Fifth..."

Qin Guan proposed the above four articles, which had already surprised Lu Sheng, Feng Lun and others, and people thought in their hearts, can the Liao people agree to these conditions, he still has a fifth article.

"The fifth article is to demand the cession of land and the 16 states of Yanyun to us, including the Great Wall, and the two countries will use the Great Wall as the boundary in the future."

This last one really shocked everyone.

The head of the host and guest department asked in a shocked tone: "Yong'an Gong, if we make such a request, how can the people of the Liao Kingdom agree, I am afraid that it will anger them." ”

Lu Sheng's face was a little bad and said: "Scholar Qin, when you came, Your Majesty said that we must complete the peace talks, as long as the peace talks are successful, the withdrawal of troops from the Liao State will be a great achievement, and we had better not make more complications." ”

Qin Guan smiled and said: "It's just bargaining, the sky is asking for the price to pay back, and the same is naturally true for diplomatic peace talks, if you can get a little more benefits, you can get a little more." ”

"With the current situation, the people of Liao are not willing to really turn their faces."

Lu Sheng had no choice but to look at Feng Lun and asked, "What is Vice Envoy Feng's opinion?" ”

Feng Lun looked at Lu Sheng, then at Qin Guan, paused, and then said: "I agree with General Zhenguo's opinion, the conditions can be proposed, if it doesn't work, it will be stopped, if it is done, isn't this our merit." ”

Although Lu Sheng was the main envoy, he said that when he came, the three of them discussed and decided on the matter of peace talks, and now that Feng Lun and Qin Guan agreed to these conditions, it was not easy for him to refute them.

Let's talk about it, I hope you don't annoy the Liao people.

The next day, the envoys of Zhao State were almost rested, put on brand-new official uniforms, and participated in the peace talks in high spirits.

On the side of Zhao were Qin Guan, the general of the Zhenguo, Lu Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Feng Lun, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and more than a dozen officials of the Zhao State.

The Liao State is headed by the second prince of the Liao State, and Yelu Longyun, the prime minister of the left, is also a dozen Liao officials.

What surprised Qin Guan a little was that he was still in the peace negotiation team and saw Yelu Qingri's figure.

The peace talks began in earnest.

Lu Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, read out the conditions of Zhao Guo, he stood up and picked up the documents, and finally glanced at Qin Guan again, Qin Guan smiled and nodded, Lu Sheng had to read it out hard: "Everyone, the conditions for my Zhao State peace talks are. ”

"First, Song Liao signed an alliance, ceased fighting, and forever became brothers."

"Second, the two sides should guard their borders along the border states and counties, not intrude on each other, and send each other those who have fled across the border."

Hearing the previous two items, many people in the Liao State negotiation team nodded, feeling that the request was very reasonable.

"Third, open the Fu, the two sides will market each other, establish a complete tariff, which shall not be changed at will, and allow free trade."

"Fourth, the previous Yizhou Treaty was annulled, and Zhao no longer paid the "annual coin" to Liao, and Liao must return Yizhou and Daizhou. ”

"Fifth, Zhao must not be restricted from buying horses in Liao."