The time when Song made Fan Chengda leave Jiankang was on the seventh day of November. Although it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, at this time, it is still a cold north wind and everything is bleak. At the moment when Fan Chengda boarded the boat and set off, there were even a few snowflakes falling from the sky.

However, the enthusiasm of the government and the opposition of the Great Song Dynasty for this envoy to the Jin Kingdom was unprecedented, and they all had very strong expectations and best wishes.

Since the Jin State sent Zhang Hu as an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, bringing a proposal to redeem the land with silver money, under the full advocacy and persuasion of a part of the courtiers mainly Zhou Kui and Ye Hao, the two governors, the opinions advocating accepting the proposal of the Jin State finally accounted for the majority, after all, it is better not to start a war to redeem the lost land without war. Even there are still many ministers who advocate a tough attitude towards Jin Guo, such as Han Yanzhi, Liu Heng and others, they also feel that they can accept Jin Guo's proposal with reservations, and they think that they will not give it a try.

In this case, Zhao Chen naturally agreed to accept the proposal of the Jin State, and in October of the same year, the imperial court instructed the household department to calculate how much money could be taken out of the current treasury to carry out the plan to redeem the land.

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Households, all the expenses of the imperial court this year have been paid out in the scriptures, and there is not a single copper coin. Most of the spring tax revenue in the first half of next year will also be budgeted for in the economy, and the state treasury must also retain a certain amount of property to deal with possible emergencies, so even after the spring tax revenue comes up in March and April next year, the state treasury can only come up with 1.5 million to 2 million yuan to redeem the lost land. That's probably only enough money to redeem two or three state capitals. It will not be until the end of next year, and if there are no other accidents, the imperial court can come up with four to nine million yuan to redeem nine to eight state capitals.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to delay until a year later to implement the plan to redeem the lost land, even if Zhou Kui and Ye Hao, who insisted on accepting this proposal, were also afraid of long nights and dreams, in case Jin Yu regretted it again, or if it was something else, it would be best to implement it as soon as possible. Even if only one or two state capitals are redeemed, at least it will be a good start. Therefore, the two felt that even waiting until March and April next year would be late 3, and it was best to implement it immediately.

But now the imperial court really can't come up with the money. As a result, a group of officials who fully and unconditionally supported this proposal began to think of various ways to raise money. Someone immediately suggested that the imperial court raise taxes, but even Zhou Kui and Ye Hao did not dare to express their support for this, because increasing taxes and servitude is often the beginning of the demise of a dynasty, no matter how good the excuse is, it is not a commendable thing. Moreover, after Zhao Chen took power, he has always adopted the policy of low taxes and light labor, paying attention to self-cultivation and recuperation. It was last year that the Great Song Dynasty almost wiped out the treasury in order to capture Western Xia, and Zhao Chen gritted his teeth and resisted, not daring to raise taxes. Therefore, the imperial court will not come to this point until the time when it is absolutely necessary.

Since the tax increase will not work, then someone immediately began to fight the idea of military spending. Because Zhao Chen advocated recovering lost territory by force, attached great importance to the construction of the army, and the country's regular main force reached more than 900,000, so in the financial expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty, military expenditure accounted for a large one, even in the years when there was no war, it accounted for more than half of the national financial expenditure, and this area should have a lot of room for savings.

So some people immediately wrote to the imperial court, thinking that since an agreement had been reached with the Jin State to redeem the lost land, there was no need to keep so many troops, so it was suggested that the imperial court should cancel the two imperial garrisons, so that nearly two million yuan could be saved immediately for the redemption of the lost land.

Zhou Kui and Ye Hao obviously agreed with this suggestion, but they were strongly opposed by Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan, because now Song and Jin were only an intention, and no real agreement was reached. And even if an agreement is really reached and implemented is started, it is necessary to prevent the Jin people from repeating it at any time, after all, the Jin country has done a lot of treacherous things. Therefore, there must be no relaxation in the size and investment of the army. And at this point, even Zhao Ruyu, who advocated accepting Jin's proposal, supported the opinions of Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan.

Of the five ruling ministers, three are against it, and only two are in favor, and they are all deputy ministers, so naturally it will not work. Therefore, the court discussed for nearly a month, but there was still no way to come up with the money.

And at this moment, Zhao Chen finally made a move, declaring in the court that for the sake of the national interests of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor should not be stingy with money, so he decided to take out 10 million yuan from the inner treasury to redeem the lost land.

This time the Manchu dynasty was shaken again, because the ministers all knew that the emperor accepted the proposal of the Jin State was very exempt, but now he took the initiative to take out the money from the inner treasury, and it was a huge amount of 10 million yuan, and many ministers asked themselves in their hearts how much they would take out of their families if the imperial court ordered the ministers to donate money. Therefore, when Zhao Chen's resolution was announced to the world, the government and the opposition, officials and people from all over the country praised the emperor and Shengming, and they poured into Jiankang City like a rave of praise for a while.

Therefore, when Fan Chengda was ordered to send an envoy to the Jin State again to conduct substantive negotiations, the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty was full of enthusiasm for this negotiation, which was naturally a matter of course.

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For the Great Song Dynasty's action so quickly this time, Jin Guo was obviously a little caught off guard. Because when Wanyan Changzhi consulted with Wanyan Fushou, Na Yan Ming'an, Zhang Hu and others, he really only took into account the treasury of the Song Dynasty and ignored the inner treasury of the Song Dynasty.

Although all dynasties and dynasties had inner treasury, and the Jin Kingdom also had it, most of the money in the inner treasury was used by the monarch to build palaces and enrich the imperial palace, which was not the case even in the Jin Kingdom. Moreover, most emperors thought that the money in the treasury was not enough to squander themselves, and they hated to embezzle the money from the treasury to replenish it, and took the initiative to take out the money from the treasury to subsidize the treasury, which seems to have never been seen.

Because the Jin State has not yet received the official credentials, it is unknown whether the Great Song Neku really has 10 million yuan. But this proposal was put forward by himself, and the big words of "losing land and letting Da Song redeem it with money" were also thrown out, and now you can't regret it immediately. Therefore, after Yan Changzhi received this news, he had to order people to welcome the envoys of the Song Dynasty to Zhongdu, and on the other hand, he recruited the ministers of the court to discuss countermeasures, is this rumor reliable, how much savings does the Song Dynasty's inner treasury have, and how much will it really come up with? At the same time, he immediately ordered someone to go to Beijing immediately to recruit Zhang Hu's plan to return to the court.

Some people suggested that the spies sent by the Jin State to the Song Dynasty should be immediately instructed to investigate, and the reality of the Song Dynasty's inner treasury was just to check the Song Dynasty's treasury, and there may be some clues to be found, but the inner treasury is the treasury of the imperial palace, but there is really no way to find out. Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty's mission is on the road, and it will take ten days at most to reach Zhongdu, how can it be found out in such a short time?

What is even more confusing is that the rumors about the amount of savings accumulated in the Song Dynasty's inner treasury are also different, some say that it is only a few million guan, some say that it is 120 million guan, and there is an even more outrageous claim that the inner treasury of the Song Dynasty is very abundant, with 590 million guan, and the Southern Song Dynasty sent an envoy this time to redeem all the lost land in one go.

Just when there was a rush in the Jin Kingdom, the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty arrived in Zhongdu with scriptures.

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After Zhang Hu received the secret order, he did not dare to slack off, and rushed back to Zhongdu from Shangjing in a hurry. When they arrived in Zhongdu, it was November 29, and the Great Song Dynasty mission arrived three days after arriving through the scriptures.

After seeing Yan Changzhi's face, Zhang Hu found that the emperor's face was very bad. Zhang Hu couldn't help but be a little strange, he also seriously thought about this matter on the way back to Zhongdu, although the current situation was somewhat unexpected by the Jin State, but on the whole, it was basically under the control of the Jin State, the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to redeem the land, then let them redeem it, 10 million guan can only redeem about fifteen state capitals, aren't the thirteen state capitals on Fengxiang Road ready to give up? Although it is far more than Jin Guo expected, from another point of view, the imperial court suddenly has 10 million yuan more, and the financial pressure can be completely reduced, and many things can be handled immediately.

But the current situation is obviously not what I expected. And Yan Changzhi didn't say a word, and after Zhang Hu gave a salute, he picked up a piece of paper and said, "Boyi, look at it yourself!" ”

Zhang Hu took it and took a look, it turned out to be the national letter of the Song Dynasty, and there were two general contents:

First, the Song Dynasty demanded the redemption of Ruzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Maozhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Pizhou, Tengzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Tai'an, Jinan, Jingzhao, Fengxiang, Suidezhou, and Yan'an at the price proposed by the Jin State. There are 12 states and 4 prefectures. The total amount is eight million four thousand taels of silver. Converted into copper coins, it is about 1,000 yuan.

Second, the Song Dynasty and Mongolia were allies, and after signing an agreement with the Jin State, they acted as intermediaries between the Jin State and the Mongol State, so if the Jin State wanted to attack Mongolia, it must obtain the consent of the Song Dynasty, and if the Jin State attacked Mongolia without the consent of the Song Dynasty, it could be regarded as the Jin State reneging the treaty, and of course this also applied to the Mongols.

After reading it, Zhang Hu couldn't help but be surprised, he couldn't imagine that the Southern Song Dynasty would give Jin Guolai such a hand.

First of all, the first article, this is not a question of whether the Southern Song Dynasty can afford to pay for it, but the twelve states and four prefectures that the Southern Song Dynasty wants to redeem are not together, Ruzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Maozhou, and Suzhou belong to Nanjing Road, Xuzhou, Pizhou, Tengzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Tai'an, and Jinan belong to Shandong Road, and Jingzhaofu, Fengxiangfu, Suidezhou, and Yan'an belong to Yanyan Road and Jingzhaofu Road.

Moreover, these places are all strategic locations in the Central Plains, Shandong, and Guanzhong without exception. Once the Song Dynasty was redeemed, Nanjing Kaifeng would be in the Song Dynasty's three-way sandwich, and the entire Shandong Peninsula was basically separated from Dajin proper, and the entire Guanzhong region was under the three-sided clamp of the Song Dynasty. It can be said that if these twelve states and four prefectures are lost, once the Song and Jin wars resume, then the Song army will be able to easily occupy the Central Plains, Shandong, and Guanzhong by virtue of favorable terrain conditions, and push the power of the Jin State back to the north of the Yellow River.

Although the Jin State could exchange these twelve prefectures and four prefectures for 10 million yuan, it would not be cost-effective at the cost of losing the entire brand new land south of the Yellow River. Because no one dares to guarantee that after the Southern Song Dynasty got these twelve states and four prefectures, it would keep its promise and continue to redeem other places with silver. Zhi Shaowan Yan Changzhi put himself in his shoes, if he changed himself, he would never do it.

And the second point is even more unacceptable to the Jin State, which put forward this suggestion in order to stabilize the Southern Song Dynasty and deal with Mongolia wholeheartedly. How could Jinmeng's decision-making power be handed over to the Southern Song Dynasty? Everyone knows that between Jin and Mongolia, the Song Dynasty will definitely favor Mongolia.

After Zhang Hu finished reading the national letter of the Southern Song Dynasty, he said again: "Boyi, you can take a look at this again." With a slight wave of his hand, two attendants brought up a large box full of notebooks.

Zhang Hu is now the ruling minister, so he is naturally qualified to read the ministers' transcripts, but he is very clear in his heart, and Wanyan Changzhi is now letting him see this, not to let him start to deal with government affairs, so he asked: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi smiled bitterly and said, "It's all against the demolition." ”

Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood. If Dajin could use public opinion to influence the decision-making of the Song Dynasty, then the Song Dynasty could also use public opinion to influence Dajin's government in turn.

Of course, Zhao Chen and Yang Yan knew that although Jin Guo's proposal was full of conspiracy, they must not refuse it first, it would be too unpopular to do so, so they could only force Jin Guo to break his promise. Therefore, Zhao Chen first announced in a high-profile manner, agreed to accept the conditions of the Jin State, and took the initiative to claim that he would take out money from the inner treasury to redeem the lost land in the case of financial difficulties in the imperial court. This holding immediately won unanimous praise from the government and the opposition in the Great Song Dynasty, and immediately seized the commanding heights in morality.

And Yang Yan carefully selected the places of these twelve states and four prefectures as the first batch of state capitals to be redeemed by the Great Song Dynasty. For this point, the Great Song Qunchen also has nothing to say, although the twelve states and four prefectures are not in one place, but scattered in three regions, and they are all strategic places, but they did not violate the proposal of the Jin State, and Zhao Chen also said that the strategic land was redeemed first, but also to prevent the Jin State from repeating, anyway, they all want to redeem, so it is okay to redeem that place first. If Jin Guo was sincere, there was no reason not to agree to the Great Song Dynasty's request.

Then the privy envoy Wang Yan wrote to the imperial court, suggesting that the relationship between Mongolia should also be written into the end of the agreement, which was immediately opposed by Zhou Kui and Ye Hao, believing that this was an agreement between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State, and Mongolia should not be involved. But Wang Yan also has a full reason, it is precisely because of the Song-Meng Alliance that he has a dominant position over the Jin State, and it is difficult to say whether the Jin State is sincere now, how can he give up the Song-Meng Alliance? That is, what if the envoy of the Jin State is a plan to stabilize the army? Really use a few cities to stabilize the Great Song Dynasty, and then deal with the Great Song Dynasty after destroying the Mongols?