Hearing that Yin of Kaifeng Mansion was beaten to death, Zhao Huan was so frightened that he couldn't sleep all night, and summoned courtiers in the middle of the night to discuss military and political affairs.

Zhang Shuye said: "Your Majesty, how can the Zhu thief be so kind? Couldn't he understand that the people who bought the grain were all sergeants in disguise? Knowing that he is a sergeant, he still wants to sell food, which is nothing more than an attempt to disturb the hearts of the military and the people in Tokyo. Don't send people out of the city to buy rice anymore! ”

"Quasi-play, from tomorrow, no one is allowed to leave the city again!" Zhao Huan immediately agreed, he was afraid that the people would rush the palace.

The seed master said: "Zhang Xiaochun resisted the decree and did not abandon Taiyuan, and the Western Xia soldiers did not withdraw from Shaanxi. This is a rip-off, and no one owes anyone. While Tokyo's food is not yet exhausted, it is necessary to urge the Jin people to hurry up and cross the river to suppress the thieves! ”

Zhao Huan instructed Geng Nanzhong: "Master Geng is responsible for this matter." ”

"Obey." Geng Nanzhong said.

The monarch and ministers said a lot, and when the ministers left the palace, Zhao Huan suddenly called the eunuch: "Go and invite Li Bangyan into the palace." ”

Li Bangyan, who was pushed to the end, saw the emperor again in this way.

Zhao Huan asked, "Li Qing and Zhu Thief are old acquaintances?" ”

Li Bangyan hurriedly cleared up the relationship: "Your Majesty, the minister and the Zhu thief are only a few faces, where can they talk about old acquaintances?" Saying that the ministers colluded with the Zhu thief is purely framing! ”

"I summoned Li Qing not to ask the master to ask for guilt," Zhao Huan said his thoughts, "I want to crown Li Qing as a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, and restore Li Qing as the attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Honglu Temple, and go out of the city tomorrow to contact the Zhu thief." If he is meritorious, he can be promoted to deputy prime minister. ”

Li Bangyan couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and pretended to be at a loss: "What does Your Majesty want to talk about with Zhu Thief?" ”

Zhao Huan said unspeakably: "Go and ask Zhu Thief, if I cede Shaanxi and Lianghuai, can Zhu Thief agree to withdraw the army and return the Jingbei Road and the prefectures and counties of Kaifeng Prefecture." ”

"Yes!" Li Bangyan gave up his hand.

Zhao Huan advised: "This matter must be kept secret and not let outsiders know." ”

Li Bangyan took the opportunity to give Geng Nanzhong eye medicine: "Most of the nobles around Your Majesty are the old Qiandi Yuan, and they have close contacts with Geng Gong. When Weichen was dismissed, he wanted to see His Majesty but couldn't. I heard that even Shi Yuangong, the envoy of the Zhu thief, asked to see His Majesty and was stopped by the palace people. Ministers can naturally keep secrets, but those nobles are not necessarily. I'm afraid that His Majesty summoned the ministers tonight, and the news has already leaked out. ”

When it came to Zhao Huan's heart, he also felt that Geng Nanzhong was becoming more and more domineering, so he chose to summon Li Bangyan alone at night.

Li Bangyan bowed and retreated, and Zhao Huan suddenly shouted again.

"What else does Your Majesty command?" Li Bangyan asked.

Zhao Huan said: "Wait a minute, bring him the birthday of my nineteenth sister." If we can negotiate, I will marry again. ”

Li Bangyan was surprised: "Isn't Emperor Shunde already promised to serve Xiang?" ”

Zhao Huan said: "The seniority is not compatible. Emperor Shunde is my imperial sister, but Xiang Shizhi is my cousin, and the emperor is dizzy before ordering the mandarin duck spectrum. ”

Early in the morning, Li Bangyan went out of the city with a mission and soon met Zhu Ming smoothly.

Zhu Ming smiled and arched his hand: "Brother Shimei, I haven't seen you for a long time, congratulations to Your Excellency for being reused again." ”

Li Bangyan shook his head and sighed: "Alas, Zhao Huan is a person who is not worthy of being a king. The character is cowardly and doesn't speak.,Things are still erratic.,It's easy to be swayed by villains.。 ”

"What does he want to do?" Zhu Ming asked.

Li Bangyan said: "He intends to cede Lianghuai and Shaanxi in exchange for the marshal's withdrawal of troops, and marry the Shunde Emperor to the marshal." ”

It's all under the city of Tokyo, how can there be any reason to withdraw the troops?

But it's still okay to coax that faint gentleman, anyway, he doesn't leave black and white words, only gives a verbal promise.

Zhu Ming said: "It's okay to withdraw the army, but I'm afraid that Zhao Huan won't believe it, so I have to let the seed master Dao hand over Xianyang and Chang'an first!" ”

Li Bangyan said tentatively: "Is the marshal really willing to withdraw the army? ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Since you already have Shaanxi and Lianghuai, why can't you accept it when you see it?" As long as the peace talks are successful, I will ensure that Brother Shimi will be Dazai. ”

"The wealth and wealth of the lower are all thanks to the marshal, and they will definitely promote peace talks!" Li Bangyan was overjoyed.

He really wants to facilitate peace talks, which can not only please Zhu Ming and leave a way back, but also stay in the Great Song Dynasty to enjoy power, which is simply perfect!

Li Bangyan was happy in his heart, and took out the birthday of the nineteenth princess.

Zhu Ming glanced at it, it was a little Lori again, her name was Zhao Yingluo, and she was still two months old and fifteen years old.

Putting aside the eight characters of his birthday, Zhu Ming personally sent Li Bangyan out of the camp, and also gave him thirty stones of grain to be transported to the city by ship.

At this time, sending food is more precious than sending anything.

Li Bangyan did not hide it and even deliberately showed off, swaggered back to the city by boat with food, and ordered the defenders to open the water gate to let them go.

Since it has been exposed, then expose it thoroughly, and use the power of thieves to raise your value!

Sure enough, seeing that Li Bangyan was able to bring food back from the thief camp, the soldiers defending the city all looked at him differently, and even some officers took the initiative to escort him, just to take the opportunity to get close to Li Bangyan.

After the news broke, many officials, big and small, also quietly visited his residence, and Li Bangyan took advantage of this to re-cultivate party henchmen.

Geng Nanzhong couldn't sit still, and sent someone across the river to talk to the Jin people.

Wanyan Zongwang summoned Shi Liai: "Mr. Shi, the Emperor of the Song Kingdom is capricious, and he has sent someone to contact Zhu Thief again." If our army does not move, I am afraid that Song Guo will really want to negotiate peace with the anti-thieves. ”

Shi Liai said: "The Song people really don't give Taiyuan, so they can only give up, anyway, Zhongshan has already arrived." But verbally we had to be tough, let the Emperor of the Song State buy Taiyuan with gold and silver, and agree to let our army enter the city of Tokyo. ”

"Gold and silver are easy, but I'm afraid it's hard to get into the city." Wanyan Zongwang said.

Shi Liai said: "Then let the Emperor of the Song State depose Cizhou Taishou, this Zhizhou called Zongze, blocked behind our army to defend the city, and refused to supply grain and grass to our army." After the Song State deposed him, the retreat of our army was completely opened, and we could still occupy Cizhou to obtain its military rations. ”

Wanyan Zongwang nodded: "Just do what Mr. Shi said." ”

……

Tokyo, Todo.

Geng Nanzhong had already quarreled with Li Bangyan: "Your Majesty, the Zhu thief is not credible. The Jin people just went south to plunder, but the Zhu thief wanted to change the dynasty. This year, Shaanxi and Lianghuai will be ceded, and what will happen if Zhu Thief comes again next year? ”

Li Bangyan sneered: "The Jin people are just looting? Then why cede Zhongshan and Taiyuan? ”

Geng Nanzhong said: "The Jin people asked for Zhongshan and Taiyuan, but they were just a few state capitals. What Zhu Thief wants is Lianghuai and Shaanxi Four Roads, which are dozens of state capitals! ”

Li Bangyan said: "Zhu Thief didn't ask to enter the city, why do Jin people want to enter Tokyo?" ”

The seed master interjected: "Your Majesty, you must not let the Jin people enter the city, otherwise the city of Tokyo will be plundered!" ”

Geng Nanzhong said: "You can't give up Xianyang and Chang'an, otherwise the soldiers of the Zhu thief will be killed in Tongguan." Your Majesty, Li Bangyan must have been bought by the thief, and some people saw him return a boatload of grain from the thief! ”

"How can there be a boatload of grain, but it's only thirty stones," Li Bangyan generously admitted, without the slightest scruples, but began to accuse Geng Nanzhong, "Your Excellency was bought by the Jin people, right?" His Majesty summoned me at night, and I went to the thief's camp in the morning, and the Jin people came to negotiate in the afternoon. Who leaked the news to the Kim people? Who colluded with the palace people to spy on His Majesty? ”

"Nonsense, where will I spy on Your Majesty, you don't want to spew blood!" Geng Nanzhong hurriedly denied it.

You say a word, I say a word, Zhao Huan was so noisy that his brain was buzzing.

For a while, I felt that Li Bangyan was right, and for a while, I felt that Geng Nanzhong was right. Whether to join forces with the thieves or negotiate with the anti-thieves, Zhao Huan couldn't make a choice at all.

He wanted to come with the two!

Zhao Huan finally spoke: "Zhao Zongze returned to Beijing and asked him to stop guarding Cizhou." Then order the seed master to give up Xianyang, but Chang'an must be defended, and wait for the Zhu thief to withdraw his troops and then give up Chang'an. ”

This made Uncle Zhang stupid, and he said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, Lianjin will be Lianjin, and peace talks with Zhu Thief will make peace." You can only choose one of the two, how can you show favor to the Jin and Zhu thieves at the same time? ”

"I must give sincerity, Zhu thief and Jin can rest assured, otherwise it will be bad for the people of Tokyo to drag it on." Zhao Huan also used the people as an excuse.

……

Magnetic State.

When Zong Ze received the holy decree, his chest rose and fell with anger, he tried his best to defend the city, and the emperor actually recruited him to return to Beijing at this time.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Zong Ze said to the messenger who delivered the message: "This is a chaotic life, and it is really difficult to accept. As for the great crime of resisting the decree, after the Jin people retreated, I went to the capital to accept the punishment. Angel, please come back! ”

The messenger stopped talking, and then said goodbye.

Not long after the envoy left, someone arrived with thousands of soldiers and horses, and Zong Ze immediately went to greet him in person.

It was Zhang Suo who came, and he was appointed by Li Gang as the envoy of Hebei to recruit a large number of thieves and recruit a large number of militia to resist Jin. Regardless of whether they actually obeyed the command or not, at least nominally, there were more than 100,000 Hebei soldiers under Zhang's leadership.

Since the Song-Jin alliance, Zhang was eliminated and ordered to disband those anti-Jin forces.

"Brother Rulin, the officials in the entire Hebei, only Ling is still fighting against Jin," Zhang Suo sighed, "I returned to Beijing this time and brought thousands of soldiers and horses over, all of whom are determined to resist Jin's righteousness and bravery, and I hope that Brother Rulin can treat them well." The main force of the Western Route Army of the Jin State has opened up the northern states and counties, and it may go south this month. ”

Zong Ze arched his hand and said: "If the city is broken, it is only death." ”

Zhang Suo introduced: "This is my fierce general Wang Yan, who has been admitted to the Wujin Warrior, and has also followed the Seed Jingluo to conquer the Western Xia twice. ”

"Meet Zong Taishou!" Wang Yan stepped forward to salute.

Zong Ze took Wang Yan's hand and said, "At first glance, you can see that it is a warrior!" ”

Wang Yan said: "As long as you fight against the Jin people, you will never frown even if you are sent to death." ”

Zhang Suo pointed to a junior general behind Wang Yan: "This is named Yue Fei, and he is a strong man who Zhu Thief once asked for. I have personally tested and taught, and I am quite skilled in martial arts, and I am brave enough to win the three armies. ”

Zong Ze took Yue Fei's hand again: "A good man can't be a thief, and fight against gold with me." ”

"I am willing to die for Taishou!" Yue Fei saluted respectfully.

Zong Ze said: "The garrison of Cizhou is enough, and no matter how many troops there are, there will be a shortage of food. Are the two willing to lead their troops to kill Mingzhou or Xiangzhou and recover the cities of those who surrendered to Jin? ”

Yue Fei said happily: "So-and-so's hometown is in Xiangzhou, if you go there, you can recruit countless righteous people!" ”

Zong Ze nodded and said, "Okay, General Yue will go to Xiangzhou, General Wang will go to Mingzhou, and I will stick to Cizhou." The three states are all there, and they are horns for each other, which can make the golden people like a man. ”

(End of chapter)