"Lord Han, what do you think, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the northwest have defeated the Western thieves in blood, how many people have shed their blood, and when it comes to negotiating peace, do you think that you should compensate the Western thieves for 130,000 horses, 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 catties of tea, why? I want to ask you, did we win, or did we lose? ”

"This ...... The lower officials follow the rules and regulations of the Shenzong Dynasty, and the Shenzong Dynasty ......"

"Shut up! Shiyi time shifts, this time and that time, when the Shenzong Dynasty, the West Thief is still my Great Song Dynasty, the first emperor gave the Xia people, is to appease and reward the party people, now the West Thief treason, has long been disloyal to my Great Song Dynasty, and in the past four years of war, the West Thief slaughtered and plundered my people, and now they have defeated them, but to compensate for their silver cloth? Are they worthy? ”

"It's not compensation...... Be...... Bestow ......"

"Stupid, that's just lying to yourself, people don't want to be a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty, what do you wish to give?" Han Qi couldn't help it and joined in the verbal criticism.

The ministers were reminded by Su Jinyi, and it was unreasonable to give coins to Xixia after they were defeated, as if the Great Song Dynasty was defeated and paid reparations, just because they all felt that it would not be wrong to follow the old system just now, but now that they think about it, they feel that they are wrong.

"Actually, the second article doesn't matter, and the little money given to the thief every year is nothing, but this is a matter of principle, how can black and white be reversed? Li Yuanhao is a white-eyed wolf, if I can't see this clearly, I will suffer a big loss in the future; From the third article they proposed, it can be known that Li Yuanhao is not dead, he nominally prays for us to open the border trade, what to say about exchanging cattle wool skins and green salt for our grain and cotton craftsmen, etc., and what to say about learning the etiquette of my Great Song Dynasty, it sounds like it is quite face-saving, but do you know who Li Yuanhao's craftsmen were with the army during the Battle of Weizhou? They are all craftsmen of the Liao Kingdom, building siege equipment for them and attacking my Great Song City; Fortunately, those craftsmen have rough craftsmanship and can only build simple trebuchets and simple ladders, if Li Yuanhao is allowed to get more sophisticated siege weapons, will Weizhou be able to defend it? ”

Su Jin looked around the silent hall and continued, "What is the wolf of Zhongshan? What is the legacy of tiger breeding? We are merciful to the Xia people today, giving them money, giving them grain, giving them cotton cloth, and giving them craftsmen; Tomorrow, the western thief who has recovered from fattening will bite back, if you don't believe it, please wait and see. ”

"My Great Song Dynasty is now immersed in the joy of victory, at this time it is easy to make the mistake of a bad good person, the difference between my Great Song people and the Western Thief Liao people is that they lack a tiger and wolf nature, and they always think that the enemy does not need to beat the water dog after defeat, which seems to be not merciful enough; Who has ever seen the party members and the Liao people forgive me the Great Song Dynasty? Because of this, they have repeatedly seized their weaknesses, and how to choose between them is naturally to ask the emperor to judge; If you think that I am rude and intolerable today, I will ask me to resign and go home to be my petty businessman. ”

Su Jin raised the official mansion on his arm, the official hat in his hand, stepped forward and put it on the steps of His Royal Highness, bowed to Zhao Zhen, got up and walked out.

The ministers were silent, and everyone was still immersed in the thinking of what Su Jin said, seeing that Su Jin had already walked to the door of the hall, everyone reacted, and Fu Bi was the first to shout: "Lord Su, no, the emperor did not allow you to resign." ”

Ouyang Xiu hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Su's words come from the bottom of his heart, and they are good words to be prepared for danger in times of peace, how can the emperor allow him to go into hiding?" ”

Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others also hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and plead, and as soon as these people knelt, the officials in the court suddenly fell to their knees.

Zhao Zhen was stunned, and immediately laughed and said, "When did I promise him to resign?" I'm just thinking about Su Aiqing's words, Su Aiqing, stop acting, why don't you come back quickly? ”

Su Jin turned around with a smile, or Zhao Zhen saw it through, he was making a show, how could he escape the responsibility of insulting officials in the court if he didn't act?

Zhao Zhen got up and walked off the throne, stretched out his hand to hold up the official uniform and hat, and when Su Jin walked in front of him, he stretched out his hand to put the official hat on and help Su Jin put it on, and picked up the clothes to help Su Jin dress, Su Jin quickly took it and said that he didn't dare, Zhao Zhen whispered in Su Jin's ear: "Do you want to do it?" You still owe me a life, if you don't do it, I will punish your nine clans. ”

Su Jin was taken aback by the cold meaning in Zhao Zhen's tone, Zhao Zhen didn't seem to be joking, but he clearly had a smile on his face, the emperor has the majesty of the emperor, just this seemingly joking sentence is enough to make people tremble.

Zhao Zhen smiled brightly and said loudly: "Fortunately, I still have a lot of people who understand in the Great Song Dynasty, I admit that I am a little too kind, Su Jin's words reminded us, but how to negotiate this negotiation?" ”

Yan Shu saw that the situation had reversed, and he was about to say two words, so he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the negotiation should be another candidate, firstly, Han Jiang is not the most suitable candidate, and secondly, it is not up to Han Jiang to formulate new negotiation terms." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's okay, who is going to do it?" ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Naturally, it must be Lord Su, Master Su is an all-round talent in humanities and martial arts, and the western thieves can't fight a war, and they will not be opponents at the negotiation table." ”

Su Jin hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't do it, I still have a big mess in the northwest, and I have to produce again, so I don't have time." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "The negotiation location is set in Weizhou, the Xia envoy does not have to come to the capital, you only need to tell me what kind of terms you plan to draft, and after the court agrees, you will have full control over the rest." ”

Of course, Su Jin wanted to be this negotiation ambassador, because only by mastering the terms of the negotiation could he honor the agreement with the Yeli tribe, and if the other people still reached the terms of the grain deal, his attempt to exchange grain for war horses would be miscalculated.

"In this case, the minister's obedience to the decree is that the minister's negotiation conditions are very simple, and there is only one, that is, to ask the western thieves to cancel the emperor's title and release the plundered border people, otherwise my Great Song Dynasty will march directly into Xingqing Mansion! On the contrary, I will block the border, take advantage of the embarrassment in the country of the Western Thieves, and make it worse for them, so that they will not be able to recover in ten or eight years, and see what they will do to talk to my Great Song. ”

Everyone was silent, this kid was really poisonous, and he took advantage of his illness to kill him, but it was also relieving to think about it.

Du Yan frowned and asked, "What are you going to do if the Western Thief doesn't cancel the title of emperor?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "If I don't cancel it, I don't have a problem, it is impossible for us to send troops to really attack, but I will make a gesture to scare them, the most unfortunate thing is not to fight and not to make peace, anyway, both sides have to recuperate, my Great Song Dynasty's national strength recovery will definitely be faster than them, this year's wind and rain are smooth, and the summer grain is a bumper harvest, he Li Yuanhao can only gnaw grass after eating up the cattle and sheep." ”

Everyone rolled their eyes, what kind of negotiation is this, and a situation of no war and no peace has come out, but as long as the status quo can be maintained and the two sides stop fighting, the goal of peace negotiation will be achieved.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen ordered to appoint Su Jin as the envoy of the Qin Mission, and ordered someone to send a note to the envoys of the Xia State to change the place and time of negotiation, and change the candidates.

……

After the early dynasty dispersed, Su Jin knew that Zhao Zhen would definitely summon him alone, and deliberately walked at the end, and sure enough, Huang Peisheng ran over and whispered a few words in Su Jin's ear, asking Su Jin to go to the imperial study of Chongzheng Palace to see him; Su Jin walked to the Chongzheng Palace, and when he arrived at the imperial study of the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen had already changed into civilian clothes and sat by a small case waiting for Su Jin.

Su Jin stepped forward to salute, Zhao Zhen smiled and waved his hand, ordered Su Jin to sit opposite, and personally picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Su Jin.

"Su Jin, you are very good, I didn't look away, this battle in the northwest was fought beautifully."

"Thank you for the emperor's praise, the emperor is blessed, and Weichen will follow."

"Don't be modest, I know that you have the greatest credit in this battle, going deep behind enemy lines to burn the grain and grass of the army, this is not something that anyone dares to do, the courage is commendable, but...... Slightly reckless. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "The emperor's lesson is that I am also a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, and the emperor appointed me as the acting envoy of Jingyuan Road to know Weizhou, and I lost Weizhou on the back foot, what is it called?" Will I be able to hold my head up in the future? ”

Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "That's right, now the burden on your shoulders is bigger, and I have handed over Qin Fenglu to you, and the northwest is not easy to manage." ”

Su Jin said: "The minister is also worried, the recovery of production and the reconstruction of the city require a large amount of money and food materials, I want to ask the emperor to help me, otherwise I can't stay in the northwest." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I called you here to tell you this, I talked to Yan Aiqing about this matter yesterday, the main task in the northwest is to maintain stability, to stabilize the people's mind, and to restore production; In view of the fact that your burden is not light, the imperial court will naturally give great assistance, so if you have any requests, please put them forward. ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Then the minister is welcome, the minister really needs the help of the imperial court, and there is one more thing that needs the emperor's permission." ”

Zhao Zhen was very interested and smiled: "What kind of ghost name do you have?" Let's hear it. ”