"Chen Yu Yunwen, see the emperor."

It turned out that when Wang Yan and Wang Gangzhong set out from Lin'an, they sent people to Sichuan to send a letter to Yu Yunwen in an expedited manner of 800 miles, asking him to prepare for the transfer. Then the two hurried and arrived in Chengdu in only nine days. It only took seven days for the two sides to get acquainted, and then Yu Yunwen took a boat down the river and rushed back to Lin'an in only nine days. After returning to Lin'an, Yu Yunwen didn't care about going back to the house to rest, so he immediately rushed to rescue Zhao Tuan, just in time to discuss whether to fight with Jin or not.

"Yu Qing, flat."

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Tuan didn't care about being polite first, so he immediately told Yu Yunwen about the discussion of the ministers just now, and then asked: "Is it war or peace, what is Yu Qing's opinion?" ”

Yu Yunwen took the peace agreement from Lu Zhongxian's hand, read it, and said calmly: "Such a peace condition must not be agreed. He glanced at Lu Zhongxian again and said, "Who made this peace book, and this person should be beheaded first, so as to tell the world." ”

When Lu Zhongxian heard this, he trembled in his heart, and what he had just put down was mentioned in his throat again. Although Tang Siwei was not at ease in his heart, he said: "Now that the Jin army is 500,000 and the garrison of my Great Song Dynasty is only 150,000 on the front line of Jianghuai, how can I resist if I don't negotiate peace with the Jin State?"

Yu Yunwen glanced at Tang Sihui and said, "500,000 troops? This is just a lie by the Jin people to force me to cut the land and save peace, how can it be taken seriously. ”

Tang Siwei was unconvinced: "Now everyone knows that everyone in the head and alley of Lin'an Mansion wants to raise an army of 500,000 to invade the Song Dynasty, how can you say that this is a lie, Lord Yu." ”

Yu Yunwen smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, may I ask if there is an official document from the Jiankang Governor's Mansion or an urgent document from the Suzhou front, saying that the Jin State wants to raise an army of 500,000 to invade the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Tuan shook his head and said, "No." ”

Yu Yunwen said with a smile: "If the Jin Kingdom wants to invade the Song Dynasty, it is naturally the first to know about it from the front, and then the Jiankang Governor's Mansion and the Suzhou front line have not received any news, so how can the people of Lin'an Mansion know about the nickname first?" It can be seen that either the Jin people deliberately deceive, or the people are just spreading falsehoods, how can they really shout. He turned his eyes to Tang Sihui, "The prime minister is still the prime minister of the dynasty and an important minister of the country, how can he believe the rumors?"

Tang Siwei secretly complained in his heart, Yu Yunwen was different from Chen Junqing and Hu Quan. He has outstanding knowledge and courage, and in his early years, he had great achievements in the battle of Quarry Rock, and later served as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan twice, and at the same time served as the Privy Council of Tongzhi for many years, all of which dealt with the war between the Song and Jin countries, so he also made him proficient in military affairs, and knew the national conditions, troops, and ground strength of the Song and Jin sides well. It's not as easy to fool as those ministers. However, Tang Siwei still said stiffly: "This matter would rather be believed than not." What if it's true? Wouldn't it have buried the country of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Yu Yunwen "snorted" and said: "If the Jin Kingdom wants to invade the Song Dynasty, it will naturally be carried out secretly in order to surprise it. That is one of the reasons why he has not yet sent troops to make his subordinates know that even his military strength is to be exposed. Is 500,000 troops a small number, and from the assembly to the expulsion, can there be a roar that can be completed in two or three months? This is also the second. Although the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty was unsuccessful this time, the Jin State also lost troops and demolished generals, and there were no less than 50,000 troops in the first battle of Xuzhou, and nearly one million stones of grain were destroyed by our army in the battle of Heiyang Mountain. Now how can the Jin State dispatch an army of 500,000. This is also the third. From this, it can be seen that the Jin State is now unable to invade the Song Dynasty at all, and the so-called '500,000 troops to invade the Song Dynasty' is just a word of fear of the time, forcing our Great Song Dynasty to agree to their peace conditions. ”

These words were reasonable, Chen Junqing, Hu Quan and others nodded again and again, Tang Si retreated, and Qian Duanli was speechless. Zhao Tuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed: "Yu Qing, it's really my Pei Duye." ”

Yu Yunwen then said awe-inspiringly: "Even if the Jin Kingdom really has an army of 500,000, there is no need to be afraid. The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty can also gather 500,000 people to fight to the death against the Jin State. When Wanyan Liang's 600,000 army invaded the Song Dynasty, wasn't it also defeated by our army? Even Wan Yan Liang died unexpectedly, not to mention today. Back then, His Majesty was the crown prince, and he still dared to take the initiative to ask for war, but now that His Majesty has ascended the throne as the emperor, are you still afraid that the Jin people will not succeed. If the Jin army doesn't come, if it really comes, there will be a second quarrying battle waiting for them, and Wan Yan Yong is afraid that he will end up with the same fate as Wan Yan Liang. The tone was resolute and sonorous.

When Zhao Tuan heard this, he also felt his blood surge, and said categorically: "Today's momentum is not compared with Qin Hui's time, and I will make a decision, and I will never negotiate peace with the Jin State." He looked at Tang Siwei and Lu Zhongxian, and at this time, Tang Sihui's heart couldn't help but "bang", and Lu Zhongxian was already trembling with fright.

Zhao Tuan said: "Lu Zhongxian, you disobeyed the competition and made peace privately, and the crime is unforgivable, and now you are demoted to Leizhou." ”

When Lu Zhongxian heard this, he was shocked, and cold sweat broke out all over his body. Leizhou is located in the southernmost part of the Great Song Dynasty, the climate is hot, there is a lot of Zhangqi, almost a panicked land, and the people who are exiled there are difficult to survive six or seven times out of ten. The Great Song Dynasty and Shao used the death penalty on the ministers, and exile to Leizhou was almost the heaviest punishment, no different from the death penalty. Frightened, he fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the emperor is gracious, gracious." Then he looked directly at Tang Sihui, hoping that Tang Sihui could help him say a few words, but at this time, Tang Siwei was also unable to protect himself, and he didn't know that the emperor would punish him like this, and he dared to speak for Lu Zhongxian.

Zhao Tuan looked at Tang Siwei again, and said: "Tang Sihui, I remember that you are an old minister of the two dynasties, and I will not punish you this time, you go back and think about it behind closed doors for ten days, and then come to see me." The ministers understood this point, it was not that the emperor did not punish Tang Siwei, but that he would give him a face, let him resign himself, and step down with dignity.

Then Zhao Tuan said: "Yu Yunwen." ”

Yu Yunwen said: "The minister is here." ”

Zhao Tuan said: "Today, I have ordered you to be the Duke of Yongguo, Shangshu Right Pu Shot, Tongzhongshu Men Pingzhang and Privy Envoy, Imperial Camp Guard, and Governor Jianghuai." ”

"Brute, look at the good things you do." Li Dao pointed to his second son Li Jinzhong, who was kneeling in front of him, and scolded, "I have repeatedly warned you, you must be cautious and cautious, don't be too arrogant, you are good, you cause trouble outside all day long, and now you have provoked Yang Yizhong's old man's head, do you want those imperial envoys to know that I am accused of not being strict in discipline and indulging in nonsense!" ”

Li Jin knelt on the ground, facing his father's reprimand, but he was still a little unconvinced, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it just Yang Yan?" Isn't his grandfather the old man in Yang Yizhong? What's the big deal. My sister is now the crown prince's concubine, and when the prince succeeds to the throne, she will be the mother of the main palace, and I am the uncle of the country. What are you afraid of them?"

Although his voice was small, it still made Li Dao hear, and Li Dao was so angry that he jumped like thunder and scolded: "Brute, you still dare to speak strongly, what do you know?" They will eat, drink, prostitute and gamble all day long, and they know how many people are staring at our Li family now, just waiting for our family to leak a little, so that we can fall into the well. Watch me kill this loser today. As he spoke, he picked up a stick and was about to hit Li Jinzhong.

Li Jinyuan, who was on the side, hurriedly came over to stop him, and said, "Dad, you extinguish the fire, and in the future, you will ask the second brother to go out less and cause less trouble." ”

Li Daoyuan was a subordinate of the thief army Li Heng. Later, he surrendered to Yue Fei and became Yue Fei's general. After Yue Fei's death, he listened to the use in the middle of Tianshi, and in the twenty-third year of Shaoxing, Li Dao pacified Yang Zaixing (the same name as Yang Zaixing, who was under Yue Fei), and wiped out Yang Zaixing, Yang Zhenggong, Yang Zhengxiu and other leaders. For this merit, he was rewarded as a "fallen official" and promoted to a full-time envoy. Shaoxing succeeded Liu Qi in charge of the Jingnan Mansion army for 30 years. After Yan Liang's southern invasion, he repelled the Jin soldiers' army crossing the river at Cihu. Promoted to Qingyuan Army Festival Envoy.

It is said that when his daughter was born, there was a black phoenix perched in front of the barracks, so she was named "Feng Niang". When Li Fengniang was a teenager, a Taoist priest Huang Fu Tan, who was good at the art of face-to-face, came to Li Mansion as a guest, Li Dao ordered his daughter to come out to visit, Huang Fu Tan pretended to be frightened, did not dare to accept it, and said: "Ling Yan will be the mother of the world in the future, how dare you accept her worship!" In the last years of Shaoxing, Huangfu Tan was summoned by Gaozong, and strongly recommended Li Fengniang, telling the story of Li Fengniang's birth to the sky, Gaozong listened to his words, and hired Li Fengniang as the concubine of King Gong Zhao Dan. Li Dao was also able to serve as the deputy commander of the front division of the palace.

However, Li Dao has been an official for many years and is familiar with the way of officialdom, although his daughter is now the crown prince and concubine, but he knows that the control of foreign relatives in the Song Dynasty is very strict, that is, he is afraid of the situation of dictatorship of foreign relatives. Since he served as the deputy commander of the palace, there have been many people who should not lead the forbidden army as an external authority.

Fortunately, he is usually low-minded, good at management, and makes good friends up and down, and does not participate in the debate between the main war and the main peace between the DPRK and China, and he also does a good job in official affairs, and he is also quite trusted by Zhao Tuan. And there was no too suitable person to replace him for a while, plus he was appointed as the deputy commander rather than the main commander, so Zhao Tuan has not removed him.

The eldest of the two sons, Li Jinyuan, is quite shrewd and capable, and is now Li Dao's right-hand man. But the second son, Li Jinzhong, is a gentleman, and he has always been idle, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling. Li Dao managed him a few times, but in the end, because there were too many official duties, and Li Jinzhong never caused a big wilt, he didn't do it. But this time, Li Jin provoked Yang Yan and almost made a move with Yang Yan. If Li Jinyuan hadn't stopped him in time, I don't know how much trouble it would have caused.

Li Jinzhong is now a person without an official position, and once he fights with Yang Yan, he will not be able to escape from the following crimes. But Li Jinzhong didn't know what to do, and he was eloquent, why didn't he make Li Dao angry, so he wanted to beat this rebel up. And Li Jinyuan loves his brother after all, and he is busy stopping him, and the two of them are struggling, and a family member should come over and say: "Master, now there is Lord Long, Lord Zeng is here, and he is waiting for you in the study." ”

Li Dao was stunned, knowing that it was Long Dayuan and Zeng Mo who came. These two people are close habits of Zhao Tuan, and they are very trusted by Zhao Tuan. Therefore, it is also the object of Li Dao and Lijiao. Therefore, Li Dao and the two of them were very close in private. And Long Dayuan and Zeng Mo also said a lot of good things about Li Dao in the emperor's ear. Li Dao was able to serve as the deputy commander of the front division of the palace as a relative, and the two of them also played a lot of roles.

Now as soon as Li Dao heard that Long Dayuan and Zeng Mo were coming to him, he knew that there must be something important to discuss with him, so he didn't care about teaching his son any more, and hurriedly threw the stick in his hand and said, "You go and wait first, and I'll come right away." "Don't go back to your room to change your clothes.

As soon as he took two steps, Li Dao stopped again, turned back to Li Jinzhong and said, "You brute give me a good listen, stay in the house honestly, and then go out to cause trouble, otherwise I will break your legs." ”

He said to Li Jinyuan again: "You give me a good look at this brute, he is causing trouble, I will ask you." ”