Although the comprehensive national strength has not returned to its heyday, the national cohesion is comparable to that of the Taizu period.

This kind of political environment is very suitable for Zhao Shuo to quickly consolidate power.

The spring breeze in March washes away the chill in the dark corners.

The showers stopped.

The streets of Bianliang City, as usual, were filled with a constant stream of noise from early morning to late night.

Just like the wind and clouds above the court.

Just today, Zhao Shuo entered the Wende Hall early.

He had a major deal to deal with, according to the 100,000 people in the major military towns in the north.

The Jin State has already shown reconciliation with the Great Song Dynasty.

Emperor Wanyan Wu begged to send his ministers to the Song Dynasty.

And they are going through very formal official channels.

This is the first time in recent years that the Jin Kingdom has shown respect for the Great Song Dynasty.

Soon, Gao Yu, the commander of Wu Desi, came to the outside of the Wende Palace.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

"Gao Aiqing, let's get even."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, the Golden Envoy is here."

"Oh? Who's coming? ”

"It's Liu Chengru, the general of the Jin Kingdom." Gao Yu said: "Now the court is speculating about the intentions of the Jin people. ”

"How do they all speculate?"

"The officials all hope that Your Majesty, you can be as harmonious as ever with Emperor Jin."

"Harmony as ever? When did my Great Song and Jin Guo ever reconcile? ”

Gao Yu was speechless.

At this moment, Li Huai walked in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Jin State has entered the palace. ”

"Announce him to the temple."

"Yes."

"Wait, let all the courtiers above the fifth rank in Bianliang City go to the Vertical Arch Hall to listen to the discussion."

"Yes."

Jingkang 3rd year, March 12.

Vertical arch hall.

Zhao Shuo sat on the dragon chair, and the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty bowed their heads.

The sword-wielding guards of the Wu De Division lined up from the entrance of the palace to the west gate of the imperial city.

The Son of Heaven Guard commanded by Qi Yu was constantly patrolling around the Vertical Arch Palace.

The entire Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty fell into the majesty of the forest.

It gives people a chilling sense of coercion.

The Jin envoy Liu Chengru entered the vertical arch hall with two accompanying envoys.

Salute, salute, congratulate, and worship the emperor of the Song Dynasty!

Liu Chengru fought a defeated battle in the hands of the Song Dynasty and suffered a big loss.

Being here today is a very bad situation.

Although he pretended to be calm, he was still trembling.

"Where did the golden envoy come from?" Zhao Shuo asked condescendingly.

Liu Chengru glanced up at Zhao Shuo, and felt that his eyes were about to be blinded.

Oh, my God?

In the past three years, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who has been trying his best to resist Jin, is so young?

It looks even more fierce.

The emperor is the face of the country, and the emperor is so vigorous and murderous.

It made Liu Chengru have a more serious misjudgment of the heritage and strength of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Chengru hurriedly bowed his head, put his right hand on his chest, and bowed again: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, I hope to form an alliance with your country forever." ”

"My Great Song Dynasty is now united in the army and the people, and there are many soldiers and enough food, why should I make peace with you?" It wasn't Zhao Shuo who spoke, but Qin Hui!

Liu Chengru said: "The Song-Jin War has caused officials and generals on both sides to get tired of it over the years. His Majesty Zhao is the Holy Monarch of the Central Plains, and I don't want the people to live in misery with Your Majesty. ”

Sun Fu said: "Isn't that just right, my Majesty the Great Song Dynasty only needs to make a holy decree, and then the good general can lead the army to the north, and then there will be no more gold country in the world, and the world will naturally be peaceful." ”

Zhao Shuo didn't speak, but he secretly poked and poked Sun Fu to give Sun Fu a thumbs up.

The current Great Song Dynasty needs Sun Fu's pretending to be forced to support the scene.

Otherwise, the Jin State would not know the 'strength' of the Great Song Dynasty at all.

Liu Chengru was horrified in his heart, but he also thought about how to respond to such words.

He immediately said: "My Jin country has a vast territory, rich and million, if the Great Song Dynasty marches north, there is no certainty of victory, at most it will fall into the quagmire of more than ten years of war between the two countries, even if my Jin Kingdom is accidentally destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to stand alone." ”

Liu Chengru continued: "At that time, it will be those poor people who will suffer from each other. ”

What he said said was the actual situation that Zhao Shuo was most willing to hear.

"Then your Jin Kingdom came this time and said that you want to build an alliance between the two countries, can my Great Song Dynasty get benefits?"

"If we don't have the bargaining chips to impress us, I won't make peace in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, there are so many dead and injured soldiers and civilians, how can we make peace?"

Liu Chengru said: "Our Jin country also came with sincerity this time, and the silver and gold obtained in the last years of Xuanhe can be returned in full, as for the dead and wounded soldiers, since it is a battle, both sides have casualties. ”

"Then you mean not to mention it?"

"No, it must be mentioned, but let's think differently."

"Oh? Say it. Qin Hui asked again.

Liu Chengru said: "The armistice of Song and Jin is the trend of the times, which is beneficial to the country and the people. ”

"At least the military town does not need excessive investment, the soldiers do not need to sacrifice needlessly, the people do not need to toss and turn, displaced, business does not need to avoid war-torn places, and arable land and textiles and many livelihood policies can also be issued and quickly implemented."

"Both countries can develop their economies so that their people have enough food and clothing, and they don't think about war."

"And I, Jinguo, am willing to open a mutual market with the Great Song Dynasty and open a horse farm for you."

"It is the treasure of our Jin country that enters the Great Song Dynasty, and it can also expand the commercial territory of the Great Song Dynasty to our Jin country."

"When the time comes, the people of the two countries will have close contacts, and they will jointly remember the war and deeply remember the pain caused by the war, so that they will forget the war and stay away from it."

"Such a friendly alliance is the common dream of the people of the world, and I believe that His Majesty the Great Song Dynasty and all the ministers want to do so."

Liu Chengru, this guy, is not very good at fighting.

However, on the strategic issue of economic and peaceful development, he has farsightedness and sagacity.

Coupled with the way he speaks, you can see the sincerity in his heart.

It's just that Liu Chengru's words are a bit of a taste of Zhao Shuo.

As we all know, if you open up business and communicate with each other, the officials in the court who want to get rich the most are the officials.

The second is the business families that they cultivate among the people.

In the final analysis, when development reaches a certain bottleneck, corruption will breed again.

This is the cycle of history.

No one can avoid it.

All Zhao Shuo can do is to establish and improve a good and efficient inspection system.

However, the common desire of Song and Kim for peace is indeed the trend of the times.

In the vertical arch hall, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty fell silent.

They're thinking, but they don't need to think.

Because Song Jin is peaceful, it is in line with their expectations.

"The minister believes that peace between Song and Jin is indeed the common wish of the people of the world, please make a holy judgment on Your Majesty."

It was Li Yanhui who was promoted and reused by Zhao Shuo who spoke.

As soon as Li Yan replied to this, it meant that the emperor's thoughts had begun to emerge.

This is indeed in line with Zhao Shuo's own thoughts.

But he can't say it all at once.

This kind of thing has to be said by the scholars and doctors in the court.