Since Wan Yan Xian has not been in the Daimyo Mansion for more than a month, the second round of peace talks has not been very smooth, and the second round of peace talks mainly involves the withdrawal of Jin soldiers from Hebei and Hedong, which is indicated in the terms of the first withdrawal agreement, and the two sides agreed to settle the Hebei and Hedong issues through peace talks.

However, Wanyan Zongwang's price was really difficult for the Song Dynasty envoys to accept, and the Jin State wanted 5 million taels, 50 million taels of silver, and 10 million horses of silk color, and ceded the land of Taiyuan, Zhending and the three towns of Hejian, in addition, the annual coin rose to 5 million taels of silver and 5 million horses of silk.

However, after Yan Zongwang's words were relaxed, and after Marshal Du returned, the conditions might be slowed down.

At present, more than 30 people from the Great Song Dynasty negotiation envoys live here, and there are more than 1,000 Jin soldiers standing guard around them, nominally to protect their safety, but in fact they are placed under house arrest here, and they are not allowed to go out a single step.

Zhang Bangchang was also very cooperative, and after entering the station, he ordered that no one should be allowed to go out, of course, there are also their troubles, this is a famous mansion! How should they explain when they go out and meet Song Min?

On this morning, Xiao Zhonggong, the deputy envoy of the Jin State, came to your hotel, Zhang Bangchang heard the news and personally greeted him at the gate, Xiao Zhonggong was a nobleman of the Liao State, he was quite polite to the envoy of the Song Dynasty, and he was very well cultivated, gentle and elegant, of course, it was far from the kind of rough man who wanted to be compared to Wanyan Zongwang, and it was reasonable for the envoy of the Song Dynasty to like him.

"I'm really sorry for making Zhang Xiangguo depressed these days!" Xiao Zhonggong walked into the door and said with a smile.

"Where! Where! The VIP conditions are very good, we are all fat these days. ”

Zhang Bangchang pulled Xiao Zhonggong and asked in a low voice, "I don't know if Marshal Yandu has returned?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong nodded, "Marshal Du came back last night, so I came to see Zhang Xiangguo today, and I have some news that needs to be exchanged." ”

Zhang Bangchang was immediately overjoyed, "Hurry up, please come to the middle hall to talk!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong was invited to the middle hall, the two sides sat down, in addition to Zhang Bangchang, the deputy envoy Geng Nanzhong also rushed to the middle hall, Geng Nanzhong served as an official of the East Palace for a long time, and the prince Zhao Huan at that time had a very close relationship, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, Geng Nanzhong was also exceptionally promoted to sign the Privy Council, from the fourth rank official to the second rank of the senior official, the speed of promotion even exceeded Li Yanqing.

Xiao Zhonggong took a sip of hot tea and sighed lowly, this sigh hung the hearts of Zhang Bangchang and Geng Nanzhong, is there anything that is not conducive to negotiation?

"Don't hide it from the two, the marshal of my family is in a very bad mood, this time he returned to Yanshan Mansion and was severely reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, not because he did not capture Bianliang, but because the casualties were too heavy, there were more than 60,000 casualties before and after, and the wolf lord was extremely dissatisfied!"

Zhang Bangchang and Geng Nanzhong glanced at each other, which left them speechless.

"So what to do?" Zhang Bangchang asked cautiously.

"It's very simple, Marshal Du hopes that your country will show sincerity, and with sincerity, we can continue to talk, if there is no sincerity, it will be difficult to carry out negotiations."

"I don't know what Marshal Du means by sincerity?"

"There are three kinds of sincerity: first, your country stops all celebrations; Second, it is not allowed to reward any meritorious person who kills gold; The third is to transfer Li Yanqing and his army away from Bianliang. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Bangchang hesitated a little, and Geng Nanzhong next to him gently kicked Zhang Bangchang, and Zhang Bangchang hurriedly said: "I will immediately send a pigeon letter to the imperial court for instructions." ”

Xiao Zhonggong waved his hand, "You listen to me after speaking, stopping the celebration is a matter of attitude, if the two sides do not negotiate, no one can care how you celebrate, since your country wants to solve the follow-up problem with us, then your country should at least respect us, and you can't base the celebration of the army on the grief of the Jin soldiers, as for Li Yanqing, he is the culprit of the death of the old wolf master, he is a stinger in our hearts, his existence makes us intolerable, we have proposed to hand over Li Yanqing to the Jin State for disposal, It's unrealistic to think about it now, so let's take a step back, transfer Li Yanqing and his army out of the capital, or let him be a civilian official, there are many famous generals in your country, you can use anyone, why do you want to use Li Yanqing to humiliate us, since you want to negotiate, you have to show sincerity. ”

Geng Nanzhong hurriedly asked: "If we meet your country's demands, can your country make appropriate concessions in the peace talks?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong smiled slightly, "Cast a peach to repay Li, Marshal Du said that if you meet the three points of sincerity we requested, then we can talk about Taiyuan Mansion first, and he can call the shots and let your country redeem Taiyuan at the price of one million taels of silver." ”

Zhang Bangchang was immediately overjoyed, "Is this true?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong nodded, "You can sign an agreement, in black and white, we will never deny it." ”

Zhang Bangchang and Geng Nanzhong discussed for a while, and Zhang Bangchang said to Xiao Zhonggong: "In principle, we can agree to your three-point request, I will send an eagle letter to report to the imperial court today, and we will give a clear answer as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Zhonggong said again: "Speaking of Eagle Letter, my Marshal has a normal request, we will have a special envoy stationed in Bianliang for a long time, in order to facilitate communication, I hope your country can open the pigeon letter and Eagle letter in the capital, the war between the two sides has ended, I think this request should not be too much!" ”

"No problem, I can agree to this request now." Zhang Bangchang hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Xiao Zhonggong smiled happily: "Our envoy will leave today, you can also send someone to Bianliang together, and I will send the official agreement when I go back, with the big seal of the marshal of my family, you can bring it back to Bianliang as a basis." ”

"Then we'll wait for Xiao Shilang's agreement!"

Xiao Zhonggong then said goodbye and left, Zhang Bangchang and Geng Nanzhong sent him out of the door, and the two returned to the inner hall to sit down, Geng Nanzhong said to Zhang Bangchang: "Before the Jin State clearly asked to cede Taiyuan, and now they are willing to return Taiyuan to us, we must seize this opportunity, otherwise I will go back to Beijing, I am responsible for persuading the official family, and strive to return Taiyuan as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Bangchang pondered for a moment and said, "You're right, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we can't miss it." ”

.........

Later that day, the Song Dynasty obtained the text of the official agreement signed and stamped by Wan Yan Xian, and Geng Nanzhong took the main bookkeeper Qin Hui and went to Bianliang in Tokyo with Wu Xiaomin, the envoy of the Jin State.

At this time, the ice surface of the Yellow River had partially melted, and it was barely possible to reach the opposite bank by boat of less than 500 stones.

There was also a garrison on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Yao Pingzhong's subordinates deployed 20,000 men led by Zhang Qu on the south bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhang Qu immediately sent an army of 500 men to escort Geng Nanzhong and Wu Xiaomin to the capital......

In the imperial study room of Ziwei Palace, Zhao Huan looked at the two documents on the table in a daze, two documents, one is the commendation and reward plan for generals above the intermediate level, and the other is the condition of Jin Guo to redeem Taiyuan, of course, the official text is still on the way, this is the text copied from Zhang Bangchang's eagle letter, Zhang Bangchang sent three eagle letters in a row, and explained the negotiation matters in detail.

There are five Xiangguo and Tang Ke in the imperial study, after circulating Zhang Bangchang's report, everyone was silent for a while, at this time, Bai Shizhong coughed lightly, breaking the silence in the imperial study, he said to Zhao Huan in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I think Jin Guo is not right about people, he really hates Li Yanqing, it can be seen that they asked to hand over Li Yanqing before, and now since they have made a step and only ask for transfer or revocation of military positions, we can seize this opportunity, in fact, as Zhang Xiangguo said, My Great Song is not only Li Yanqing, but if you transfer him away, the city lord will be replaced! General Dong and General Yao can do it, and they can even let Zhizheng Tang Xiangguo be the main general, and it is too unwise to give up Taiyuan for the sake of a courtier's face. ”

Next to him, He Li said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that the issue of the general's reward should be solved first, and it was suggested that Your Majesty and Li Yanqing, Dong Ping and others talk about it again to strive for their understanding, after all, it is more important to take back Taiyuan." ”

Zhao Huan pondered for a long time and put aside the reward plan, "That's it!" An hour later, a meeting of the Zhizheng Hall was held in the side hall, and Li Yanqing, Dong Ping, and Yao Pingzhong were notified to participate together. ”

Everyone retreated, but Zhao Huan left Wu Min behind, "Wu Aiqing, this matter is not easy to do!" Zhao Huan sighed and said.

Under the repeated lobbying of everyone, Zhao Huan no longer wants to reward Li Yanqing's subordinates, this time the agreement of the Jin State is just a reason, but the problem is that if the reward is canceled for Li Yanqing's subordinates, Dong Ping and Yao Pingzhong will inevitably be canceled together, and if he offends Li Yanqing, he is afraid of offending the other two and losing the support of the entire military, which is what Zhao Huan is worried about.

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that the focus of the Jin Kingdom is still on Li Yanqing, as long as the matter of Li Yanqing is handled well, and the general's reward is low-key and flexible, I think the Jin Kingdom should be able to accept it."

Zhao Huan is very hesitant about Li Yanqing now, if he says that the credit shocks the lord and the prestige surpasses himself, this is just an emotional problem, if Li Yanqing is low-key, he may not be able to bear it.

But since his father sent someone to find Li Yanqing, Zhao Huan suddenly realized the importance of Li Yanqing in the matter of competing for the throne, although Li Yanqing killed his father's envoy, which is a kind of team, but this line still makes Zhao Huan dissatisfied, after all, Li Yanqing did not directly refuse his father's solicitation, he can only be regarded as expressing his position to himself, and he still played a tactful role on his father's side, and did not take a stand.

In contrast, Dong Ping and Yao Pingzhong had a clear attitude and openly rejected their father's wooing, which made Zhao Huan very uncomfortable.

Now in addition to the unclear position, Li Yanqing seems to be targeted by Jin Guo again, Jin Guo clearly asked to revoke his military power, and he was attacked from both sides, Zhao Huan has made up his mind to move Li Yanqing, but how to move it remains to be discussed.

Wu Min wanted to persuade again, but Zhao Huan waved his hand, "Li Yanqing's matter will be talked about later, and the matter of the reward will be solved first." ”