"That's it, Han Jiang, you can go and reply to the Xia envoy, the border demarcation can be agreed, and the talk of withdrawing the army will be stopped, this is your own domestic military and political affairs, and you can't take it to the table for negotiation."

Han Jiang's expression was gloomy, and he bowed down in agreement.

"You continue, no one else is allowed to interject, and we will discuss it together after Han Jiang finishes speaking." Zhao Zhen didn't want to see the noisy appearance.

"The second article is that the Xia envoy proposed to reduce the compensation for the money, silver and grain money requested for the first time, and only asked that the amount be restored to the level of the peace agreement of the Shenzong Dynasty, and still gave 130,000 horses of silk, 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 catties of tea for the year, so far it will follow the old system and never change."

"The third is that the Xia envoy prayed to our Great Song Dynasty to open up the Yanbian Rongchang mutual market, open bilateral trade, promise to send a large number of green salt, fur, cattle and mutton meat to exchange rice and cotton with my Great Song Dynasty, and pray to send craftsmen to assist the Xia people to build houses and cars, follow the example of our Great Song Dynasty to build a residence, and learn the words and deeds of our Great Song Dynasty etiquette state."

Han Jiang said the remaining two in one breath, and finally said: "The minister thinks that this time the Xia people are sincere, these two items are not excessive, and the attitude is humble and polite, the emperor governs the country with benevolence, and can finally influence these barbarians." ”

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Li Yuanhao, this kid has finally relented, these three proposals are quite sincere, and the secretaries think that these three articles can be deleted except for the proposal to withdraw from the army according to Fan Aiqing's intentions?" ”

The ministers smiled happily and congratulated one after another: "This peace agreement is just around the corner, my Great Song Dynasty has finally quelled the rebellion of the Western Thieves, congratulations to the emperor." ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "It's all because of your Aiqing's hard work for the country, I don't dare to lose your credit, I am very happy, the border can finally have a period of long-term peace and stability, and millions of people in the northwest can finally return to their homeland to live a stable life, this is the joy of my Great Song Dynasty and the joy of the imperial court." ”

In the midst of the enthusiasm, Zhao Zhen glimpsed the faces of Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others without any sense of joy, and his heart chuckled, these people didn't look happy at all, are they still not satisfied with such favorable conditions?

Zhao Zhen can't help but figure out the situation, he understands that these people are people he can rely on, although he is the emperor, in fact, the sensitivity in political affairs is often not as good as a few of them, Zhao Zhen has self-knowledge, so he has the name of benevolence, benevolence is benevolence in his generosity, he can be polite, he can know mistakes and can change.

"Yan Aiqing, what do you think of these three peace talks?" Zhao Zhen must make a statement to them, otherwise he will not be at ease.

Yan Shu's expression was serious, and he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister hasn't thought it through yet, and the minister just suggested that you don't rush to agree for the time being." ”

Most people understood what Yan Shu meant, this is a person who is left and right, with Yan Shu's ingenuity, how can he be slow to respond to these three simple peace terms, and ask the emperor to postpone his consent, which means to reserve his opinion, but he just doesn't want to oppose it openly.

Zhao Zhen wanted to ask Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, but when he saw that these two people's faces were very stinky, he didn't want to spoil the scenery in the court, so he turned to ask Su Jin, who had a calm face, this son should not be as thin and hard as Han Fan and the others, but his attitude more or less represents the attitude of the three big men in the northwest.

"Su Jin, tell me what you think of these three." Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin with a smile.

Su Jin pointed to his nose and asked, "Me?" ”

The ministers laughed, and Zhao Zhen also laughed: "Are you distracted?" Are you anxious to go home and report the good news? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "The emperor made fun of it, why didn't the emperor ask Fan Shuai and Han Shuai's opinion?" ”

Zhao Zhen felt funny, tilted his head and said, "I asked one by one, I asked you first." ”

Su Jin said: "I don't want to say it. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "Why don't you want to say it." ”

Su Jin said: "Because ...... I'm afraid I'm going to offend people. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Say, I told you to say." ”

Su Jin took a breath, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said, "Please forgive the emperor for the crime of disrespect." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I want you to say that there are so many tricks, forgive you, but you must not say anything." ”

Su Jin thanked him, glanced at his gaze, and finally stayed on Han Jiang, and suddenly stretched out his hand to point at Han Jiang and scolded: "What kind of negotiator do you deserve?" Do you still have a brain? You dare to bring up such an obvious traitorous clause in the court, and your book has been read on dogs? Stupid, you are still on the list, I feel ashamed to be on the same list with you! ”

The civil and military officials were all petrified, their eyes were jumping on the ground, Su Jin began to scold the street like a shrew as soon as he opened his mouth, and insulted Han Jiang in front of the emperor and in front of all the officials, Han Jiang is also a five-grade official, and now he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he was recommended by Du Yan to serve as the negotiator of the Xia people, plus his son Han Yi was an old minister of the two dynasties, everyone has to give him some face, Su Jin actually insulted him so much, this is too outrageous.

Han Jiang's mind was confused, why did Su Jin suddenly scold him, he and Su Jin didn't have any holidays, this negotiation can be regarded as a dedication, and the three terms have also won the emperor's approval, why did it touch this Su Jin's backlash?

Han Jiang was already dissatisfied with Su Jin, but he naturally refused to be humiliated at the moment, and immediately countered after reacting: "Master Su, your words, this is above the court, you are scolding the street like a villain in the market, and you are spreading it out to make people see the jokes of our Great Song Dynasty, and I don't want to reason with you; Your Majesty, the minister asked Lord Su to tell the reason for insulting me, the minister's family is innocent, loyal and filial heirloom, this time he was attacked for no reason, and the minister asked for justice for me. ”

Zhao Zhen regretted not falling, how could he forget that Su Jin was not a fuel-efficient lamp in the first place, and he thought that he was an official, and he would be much calmer after several months of hardship in the northwest, but he didn't expect it to be that virtuous, this time it was even worse, and he actually insulted his colleagues, and this wind must not last.

"Su Jin, you are too presumptuous." Zhao Zhen said angrily.

"Su Jin, do you take the emperor and the ministers in your eyes? This is above the court, and you are not the businessman of the day, please respect yourself. Du Yan lost no time in agreeing.

Although Xia Zhu didn't speak, he was full of schadenfreude, this was a situation he liked to see, Su Jin, who was stunned, was angry this time.

Su Jin sneered: "It's ridiculous, the scolding is still light, tens of thousands of soldiers in the northwest spilled their blood on the battlefield, and the fruits of victory in exchange were squandered by these ignorant people at will, I scolded you Han Jiang because I think you are still worth scolding, if I don't scold you, tens of thousands of heroes in the northwest are afraid that they will pester you every day to explain the law." ”

"Su Jin, if you talk nonsense again, I won't allow you." Zhao Zhen's face turned pale, this kid was too uneasy.

Su Jin calmed down his emotions and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister asked to resign and go into hiding, and the minister quit." ”

Zhao Zhen trembled angrily and said angrily: "Do you think entering and leaving the court is like a child's play? If you have something to say, you can say it well, you can't insult your colleagues and lose your demeanor, you are now a member of the Northwest, what kind of big thing is such impulsive? You've disappointed me so much. ”

Yan Shu hurriedly stopped Su Jin and said: "Su Jin quickly confessed his mistake to the emperor, why don't you change your temper?" Do you know what to say? ”

Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, of course I have to say the reason for scolding him, if you think I should apologize, then I will apologize." ”

Zhao Zhen patted the handrail and said, "Then you don't want to say it quickly?" ”

Su Jin stretched out his hand to take off the official hat on his head, and then took off his official uniform and put it on his arm, looking like he was about to resign and go into hiding, Zhao Zhen held his breath and looked at him pretentiously, and held back his anger and didn't say anything more.

"Your Majesty, my lords, I would like to ask all of you here, why did the war between my Great Song Dynasty and the Western Thieves start?"

Someone said: "Then you still need to ask?" Naturally, the western thief sentenced the country to stand on its own, and then our army conscripted it. ”

Su Jin sneered: "It's hard for anyone to remember this, the Xia people were originally my Great Song Dynasty territory, and the original conquest of them was because of the rebellion against the Song Dynasty, in fact, my Great Song Dynasty has long lost control of the Xia people, and the original crusade was because of the loss of face, and I was afraid that other subject countries would follow suit, am I right?" ”

Everyone was silent, Zhao Zhen naturally knew that Su Jin said what was in everyone's hearts, the Great Song Dynasty was indeed unable to get over face, so he raised troops to crusade against the self-reliant Li Yuanhao, but in fact, before that, he had already been unable to give orders to the Xia people; Of course, this is no wonder of himself, as early as the Taizu Taizong Dynasty, after the army was defeated in the Western Xia, this situation already existed, but the Xia people were well-behaved at that time and called the Song Dynasty, so they could get by on face, and it was over.

Su Jin continued: "The cause of the war is this incident, so what is the premise of the terms of the peace negotiation now? Is it just peace for the sake of peace? Then why did you send troops to fight in the first place? Isn't that a slap in the mouth? Besides, now that the war in the northwest has reversed, the party has been defeated and returned, at this time it is not that we want to negotiate peace, but that Li Yuanhao urgently needs to negotiate peace, and the initiative in negotiations at this time is in our hands, why don't I see a word in the negotiation clause mentioning that the Xia people should cancel the establishment of the country? This is the premise of the negotiations. ”

Everyone suddenly said, yes, the rebellion against the Song Dynasty was the fuse, and the peace proposal was naturally to let the Xia people cancel the founding of the country, so that they would return to the old road, and the face would be regarded as a pass, otherwise they would indeed slap themselves in the mouth, and make peace for the sake of peace.

Zhao Zhen nodded secretly, he didn't think of this, he just felt that if this article was proposed, the negotiations between the two sides would inevitably break down, and Zhao Zhen didn't want to fight anymore, so he pretended to be confused.

"Master Su, do you think your wishful thinking Xia Ren will agree?" Du Yan said coldly.

Su Jin said angrily: "Do they disagree with us, do we need to think about it?" When Li Yuanhao led the army to attack my Great Song Dynasty, why didn't he ask us if we agreed? ”

But what if the party members disagree with this premise? Do you keep fighting? Xia Zhu asked.

Su Jin sneered: "This is the premise of the peace negotiation, whether they agree or not, at least it shows that my Great Song Dynasty does not tolerate betrayal, otherwise several feudal countries in the southeast, northwest and northwest will think that my Great Song Dynasty has connived at betrayal, this is not a matter of party members, this is related to the attitude of all parties, many pairs of eyes are looking at us, how can we allow the Xia people to be confused." ”

"But...... If you fight again, are you confident that you will win again? Wouldn't it be nice to take it when you see it? It's too much. The deputy prime minister said as if he had a sentence.

Su Jin said: "No one dares to guarantee victory, at the beginning, the elite soldiers under the grandfather were like clouds, the party at that time was still a weak tribe, and they were not able to conquer them, and now the soldiers are not as good as the soldiers of the Taizu Dynasty, and Xia has become the climate, under the advantages of one another, it is not easy to conquer them, and the three kingdoms of Song, Xia and Liao are established, and the destruction of Xia will cause the Liao State to unite with it, but it will bring disaster, so I do not advocate continuing to use troops; But this does not prevent us from negotiating the premise; They don't agree, so we continue to fight, and the Xia people can consume us? ”

Everyone understands Su Jin's meaning, Su Jin's meaning is very clear, face must be recovered, the Xia people are unable to fight again, even if the peace agreement fails, at least maintain the status quo, but for the subject countries on all sides, it shows that the attitude of resolutely not allowing betrayal is not allowed.

"That's not all I should have scolded." Su Jin pointed the finger at Han Jiang here, and Han Jiang was so sad and angry that he couldn't even stand still.