On June 12, the Golden Palace of the Central Capital. ☆☆ ｚ!! ~Si~Lu~Zhong~Wen~Net~☆☆ Today, the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Changzhi summoned Fan Chengda, an envoy of the Song Dynasty, here.

Fan Chengda saw that after he finished giving his gifts, he finished his face and said: "Fan Chengda, this time your emperor of the Song Dynasty really wants to make peace with my Dajin?" ”

Fan Chengdao: "Naturally, it is sincere, if there is no sincerity, why should my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty send his foreign ministers thousands of miles to your country?" ”

After Yan Changzhi hadn't answered, the Shangshu Zuo Prime Minister who was standing on the side snorted heavily, and said: "That is, sincerely, then why did your Song Dynasty ask me Dajin to cede Nanjing, Jingzhao, and Shandong in the national letter, it is simply unreasonable, such conditions, where do you really want to negotiate peace with my Dajin?" ”

When he said this, the ministers of the Jin Kingdom in the hall immediately glared at Fan Cheng angrily.

Fan Chengda turned sideways, glanced at the servant san loyalty, and said calmly: "Prime Minister of the servant, Shandong, the Central Plains, and Qinfeng Zhulu were originally the land of my Great Song Dynasty, not only that, but even the Hebei lands are also the inherent land of my Great Song Dynasty, but they were forcibly occupied by your country back then, and my Great Song Dynasty wants to return to my own land, so why not." If you talk about whether the peace negotiation is sincere, do you remember that there were several peace negotiations between the Song and Jin countries, among which your country broke the treaty several times, and my Great Song Dynasty broke the treaty several times. Who is sincere and who is not? Naturally, you know. ”

"This ......" was speechless for a while, and he couldn't answer.

Territorial matters aside, but before the peace between the Song and Jin states seven years ago, there were two more peace talks, in the ninth year of Song Shaoxing (1139) and the twelfth year of Song Shaoxing (1142). And these two times it was indeed Jin Guo who broke the contract first, and the previous time was Wanyan Zongbi broke the contract in Shaoxing for ten years and raised troops to recruit south, but he was defeated by Yue Fei, and almost gave up Kaifeng. The latter time was in the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1161) Hailing King Wan Yan Liang broke the contract, and the royal driver personally conquered the Xing army to attack the Song Dynasty, but was also defeated by Yu Yunwen in the Shishi, and as a result, Wan Yan Yong rebelled in Zhongdu and seized the throne, Wan Yan Liang was also killed by the defeated army and died.

Although these two times are very old, and the most recent one was sixteen years ago, these two times are indeed the first of Jin Guo's mistakes, and there is no way to quibble. The servant had no choice but to refrain from forcing it: "What your envoy mentioned is a matter of a long time, so why bother talking about it." ”

Fan Chengda sneered and said: "As the prime minister said, put aside the long-term matters for the time being, let's talk about the recent events, since the Song and Jin countries negotiated peace in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty (1171), it has been seven years, isn't this time the Jin State the first to break the treaty?" ”

Fusan Zhongyi immediately argued: "This is obviously caused by your Southern Dynasty's attack on Western Xia, how can it be said that my Jin Kingdom has broken the contract?" ”

Fan Chengda said lightly: "My Great Song Dynasty attacked Western Xia, what does it have to do with your Jin State, why does Jin Kingdom want to rescue Western Xia, isn't this a renegade and a breach of contract?" ”

Fusan Zhongyi said: "Western Xia is still my big metal country, everyone knows it, your Song Dynasty attacked Western Xia, and even attacked my Dajin." I, Dajin, am the suzerain of Western Xia, and it is a matter of course to send troops to rescue Western Xia. If you want to talk about breaking the contract, it is also your Song Kingdom that breaks the contract first. ”

Fan Cheng said loudly and said, "Western Xia is a vassal country of Jin? The prime minister is not deceiving people with big words, Western Xia has been at both ends of the mouse between Song, Liao and Jin, and the Qin and Muchu dynasties, how can it be a subject country of the Jin Dynasty? Can the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom be sealed by Jin Guoce? Did Western Xia ever send his son into the hostage? ”

Wanyan Zongzheng saw that the servant was loyal and couldn't answer, so he immediately said: "What your envoy said, I thought that it was a matter of my Dajin Dynasty and had nothing to do with my dynasty. However, there is no definite owner of the land in the world, only the capable can get it, and the land of Nanjing, Jingzhao, and Shandong has been Dajin land for nearly 50 years, so if it is a fact, how can it be ceded at will. When the Southern Dynasties put forward such conditions, how could they see sincerity. ”

Fan Chengda said again: "Okay, as Pingzhang said, it is useless to argue about other rights and wrongs, but in the end, the conditions for peace are clearly stated by my Great Song Dynasty and must not be changed." ”

Fusan Zhongyi was also furious, and said: "Since your envoy said so, then I am afraid that there will be no reconciliation between our two countries, it seems that the Southern Song Dynasty is going to insist on being the enemy of my Dajin this time?" ”

Fan Chengdao: "Our two countries have long been enemies, and in the battle of Western Xia, didn't our Song army win a complete victory?" ”

Servant San Zhongyi said: "Victory and defeat are still common things, what if you have an occasional victory in the Southern Song Dynasty?" What's more, I still have a million male soldiers and thousands of generals, and I can raise troops to the south at any time to collect the land south of the Yangtze River. At that time, I am afraid that it will be too late for you southerners to regret it. ”

Fan Cheng also did not show weakness, and said: "I have the Yangtze River in the east of the Great Song Dynasty, the mountains and rivers in the west, and there are no less than a million people with armor, seven years ago, I was able to defeat you, but now even if I fight, what are you afraid of?" ”

Seeing that the two sides were getting stiffer and stiffer the more they talked, as if they were about to fight, Wanyan Fushou hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "Your envoy, the prime minister, you all dissipate your anger, everything should be based on state affairs, and it is better for the two of you to speak calmly." ”

In fact, Fusan Zhongyi and Fan Cheng are both people who have been in officialdom for a long time, so how can they be so uncontrollable? The conversation just now seemed to be full of gunpowder, but most of them were pretentious gestures, and they all wanted to press the other party in terms of language momentum first. Now that someone came to play the round, both sides understood people, and immediately went down the ladder to the wall, and their attitudes eased a lot.

At this time, Wan Yan Changzhi said: "Let's discuss here today." The envoys of the Song Dynasty should go back to the pavilion to rest first, and wait until tomorrow to discuss. ”

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After Zhang Hu returned to the court, he had a conversation with Wanyan Changzhi, so that Wanyan Changzhi sorted out his clues, and began to gradually implement the plan of governing the country.

What Jin has to do now is to stabilize the border between the north and the south, and if there is no peace on the border, then everything else will be out of the question. And between the north and the south, Wanyan Changzhi still chooses to settle in the north.

This is because it is now the middle of June, and autumn is about to begin, and the autumn is high and fat, and the horses are sufficient, and it is also the best time for the Mongols in the north to disturb the border, so it is difficult to cope with the Mongol raiding tactics if the boundary trenches are not repaired and the defensive arrangements are arranged before the autumn comes. At present, the Southern Song Dynasty is tired, and it is unlikely that it will attack on a large scale, and there is still a monk Wanyan Chen in the south, even if there are fewer soldiers, Wanyan Changzhi is more assured, and at the same time, Nanjing, Jingzhao, and Shandong were originally the old places of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the residents were mostly Han Chinese, so it was impossible for the Southern Song Dynasty to use Mongolian-style plundering tactics.

It is precisely based on these reasons that Wanyan Changzhi first dispatched 60,000 horses to the north to increase the strength of the northern front, and then appointed Fushi Lie Zhining as the left-behind envoy to Beijing, responsible for the defense of Linhuangfu to Shangjing, and Yang Woyan as the left-behind envoy to Xijing, responsible for the defense of Xuande, Datong, and Huanzhou, and at the same time supervised the repair of food and other affairs.

At the same time, Wanyan Changzhi officially appointed Zhang Hu as the prince's master, paid for teaching the prince Wanyan Chenglin, and prepared to plan the reform of the land and taxation system. At this time, the Song Dynasty sent an envoy to the Jin State with Fan Chengda as an envoy to negotiate a new peace between the two countries.

Because before, the Jin State had twice sent envoys to the Southern Song Dynasty to discuss the matter of peace, the first time was a test to see if the Southern Song Dynasty intended to renegotiate peace with the Jin State, and soon got a reply from the Song Dynasty: it is okay to negotiate peace, but the conditions must be reformulated on the basis of the last peace negotiation between Song and Jin.

At this time, Wanyan Nagayuki was at war with the Mongols. Wanyan Fushou presided over the overall situation in the court, so after receiving the reply from the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Fushou immediately invited the ministers to discuss and set several conditions: the status of the two countries is still equal, regardless of each other. The national border between the two countries will be subject to the actual occupation of each country for the time being, and then the border will be redrawn. The exchange of gifts between the two countries could be canceled, but the Jin state wanted to reopen the Rongchang on the border and trade according to the Song Dynasty's Rongchang model.

In fact, the content of the treaty agreed by the Jin State is not much different from the last peace, Wanyan Fushou and others also know that the Song Dynasty will definitely not be satisfied with this, but the negotiation is a process of bargaining with each other, no one is willing to take the lead in showing the hole cards, and Wanyan Changzhi is not in the court, without him making a decision, even Wanyan Fushou is not good at making his own decisions, and makes some substantive concessions to the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, there is plenty of time to negotiate peace this time, and we can talk a few more back and forth. So Wanyan Fushou immediately sent someone to the Song Dynasty again with this agreement to negotiate peace.

After Wanyan Changzhi returned to Beijing, Wanyan Fushou also reported this matter to him. Wanyan Changzhi didn't say anything, just waited for the Song Dynasty to send envoys to talk. Because the Jin State sent two envoys in a row, if the Song Dynasty really wanted to show its sincerity in negotiating peace, then it was time to send envoys to respond to Dajin. Otherwise, there is no need to talk about it anymore, and let's prepare for war.

Sure enough, a month later, the Song Dynasty also sent Fan Chengda as an envoy and brought a letter of state, formally putting forward its own peace conditions. The Song Dynasty had roughly two conditions, one was that the Jin State had to return the land south of the Yellow River, that is, to expand all the places in Shandong, the Central Plains, and Guanzhong, and the other was to open trade routes, and merchants from the two countries could freely enter the country to do business. Moreover, this time the envoy Fan Chengda's attitude was very tough, and there was a great sense that if the Jin State did not agree to come down, the Song Dynasty would never back down. Therefore, he talked with Jin Guo three times in a row, but each time the two sides broke up unhappily. This interview with the Golden Palace was the same result.

In fact, the ministers of the Jin State also knew that the conditions proposed by the Southern Song Dynasty could never be agreed, and if all the land south of the Yellow River was returned to the Song Dynasty, then Dajin might as well just die in the country. Because although Shandong, Central Plains, and Guanzhong together only accounted for more than 20% of all the land in Dajin, they were not only strategic places, but also important sources of tax revenue, and it was impossible to return them to the Song Dynasty.

Of course, the Song Dynasty may not know this, but the reason why such harsh conditions are still issued is still one purpose, that is, to ask for a sky-high price, waiting for the Jin State to repay the money on the spot. However, one thing is obvious, this time the Song Dynasty hopes to use the negotiation and force the Jin State to make some concessions, which is also very understandable, after all, the Song Dynasty fought in the first battle in Western Xia, and it was also allied with the Mongols, and the north and south attacked the Jin State, so it can be said that it is gaining the upper hand, and it is natural to want to achieve some benefits at the negotiating table.

Some people advocate that although it is impossible to cede all the places of Shandong, Central Plains, and Guanzhong to the Song Dynasty, some substantive concessions should also be made to the Song Dynasty, because now Dajin's national strength is also insufficient, and it is necessary to try to avoid the situation of fighting on two fronts at the same time, although the Song Dynasty can take advantage of it, but at least it can temporarily stabilize the south and make room for a period of recovery preparations.

In terms of the specific concession location, there is basically not much room for concession on the Nanjing and Shandong lines, but in the southwest, the entire Fengxiang Road, including Pingliangfu, Fengxiangfu, Qingyangfu, Qinzhou, Zhenrongzhou, Deshunzhou, Longzhou, Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Huanzhou, Ningzhou, Pizhou, Qianzhou and other thirteen state capitals can be returned to the Song Dynasty.

Because after the Song Dynasty annexed the Western Xia, the entire Fengxiang Road was surrounded by the Song Dynasty on three sides, easy to attack and difficult to defend, once the war started, it would be attacked by the Song Dynasty from the left and right, and immediately cut off the connection with Dajin, which was extremely difficult to hold, so it was better to give up all, withdraw the entire defense line in the west, and rely on the two cities of Yan'an Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion to garrison, and the garrison troops could also be concentrated. And I believe that being able to get these thirteen state capitals can make the Song Dynasty satisfied.

However, some ministers believe that the actions of the Southern Song Dynasty are just a bluff, and the current national strength of Dajin is insufficient, but after the Southern Song Dynasty went through the war to collect the Western Xia, the national strength is not much better, and everyone is only half a catty to eight taels. Moreover, Dajin defeated the Mongol army that invaded the south, and the pressure on the north was also reduced a lot, so in this case, there was no need to show weakness to the Southern Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, there could be no real peace between the Jin and Song dynasties, and even if Dajin ceded the land, it would not make the Southern Song Dynasty give up its hostile attitude towards Dajin from then on. And since the founding of Dajin, it has always been to occupy other people's land, so there is a reason to return the land. Therefore, it is better to simply take a tough attitude towards the Southern Song Dynasty and directly refuse the request for land cession. If the Southern Song Dynasty must go to war, then Dajin will accompany him to the end.

For this reason, Daikin civil and military officials also have a lot of discussions, each holding their own opinions. So whether Daikin will make concessions now, and those concessions, can only wait for the emperor to make a decision. But after waiting for several days, even the Song envoy Fan Chengda and his entourage had already left Dajin and returned to the Southern Song Dynasty, but the emperor had not expressed his position. The civil and military officials also felt inexplicable, but the emperor did not express his attitude, and no one dared to speak easily, lest he say the wrong thing.

In this way, several days later, the imperial court suddenly issued an order to appoint Zhang Hu, the governor of the government, as an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty, to discuss the peace between the two countries again.

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