As soon as the news of Yu Wenxu's arrest came back, Zhao Ta summoned Li Jun and ordered him to immediately order Huining Station to organize a rescue, and at the same time send an action team to cooperate with the operation. Then he ordered the Dading and Linhuang garrisons to send elite detachments to secretly cross the ceasefire line and infiltrate the hinterland of the Jin State to prepare for the response team.

Although a series of rescue measures were taken, both Zhao and Li Jun understood that there was little hope of success. On the one hand, Bianjing and Huining are separated by thousands of miles, even Dading and Linhuang are thousands of miles away, and the transmission of news is slow, and when they receive the order to carry out the operation, they may both be cold; Moreover, Yuwen Xuguo, who was already dying, pulled Gao Shitan into the whirlpool, which can be said to have done a very stupid thing, not only harming his best friend, but also bringing great difficulties to the implementation of the rescue plan on the Song Dynasty's side.

Gao Shitan is the 'blue bird' of the Intelligence Department, he is responsible for developing the downline and liaison through an intelligence network in his hands, and he has also communicated with Yuwen Xuzhong through him for many years, relaying intelligence and orders. Now, his sudden arrest has led to the loss of all communication and the impossibility of contact with the internal line, which has temporarily paralyzed the intelligence network in Hoerinh and made it difficult to implement the rescue and transfer plan that had been formulated in advance.

Zhao Ta initially released the captured Great Song officials through the Peace Legation, and claimed that the severe punishment of the subordinates who served in the Jin State was to confuse the Jurchens, so as to divert the attention of the vultures and protect the intelligence agents who served the Great Song Dynasty, such as Yuwen Xu. However, the vultures were the first to strike, and now there is little hope of rescuing them by force, and resolving them through diplomatic means has become the first choice......

"Zhang Shilang, how are the negotiations going now?" Zhao Ta urgently recalled Zhang from Pingzhou and inquired about the situation.

"Your Majesty. The peace talks between the two countries are nearing the end and are now mainly turning to the negotiation of the exchange of prisoners of war. Because there are too many involved, it is very difficult to talk! Zhang replied.

"Oh. What's the difficulty? Zhao asked.

"Your Majesty, the main point of contention between the two sides is that we demand that the Jurchens return all the Han people in the Central Plains who were captured after the Jingkang period, including the many officials who were taken captive; However, the Jurchens were only willing to return the Song soldiers, generals, and clans who were captured in the battle, but did not include the common people! Zhang replied.

"Well, Jingkangzhi has been difficult for ten years, and millions of people and officials have been taken captive from Yanjing, Lianghe and Gyeonggi, many of whom have already married wives and children, settled down in Jin, and many people are officials in Jin. was reused, of course, the Jurchens refused to be easily released, and some people did not want to come back! Zhao Ta nodded, indicating that it was understandable.

"What His Majesty said is that most of the Jin people captured by our dynasty are warring soldiers, and there are many Han soldiers mixed in, and the number is less than two percent, so they ask for prisoners of war to be exchanged for one, and we ask for all of them to be exchanged. It is difficult for the two sides to reach an agreement on this dispute! Zhang said with a wry smile, speaking of the bargaining chips in the negotiation are too different, and they are also lacking in confidence to talk.

"It was a really difficult thing to do, and the people fled in all directions during the war. Some died on the way, some were killed by the rogues, and some died in the kingdom of Jin. There are even those who have been incorporated into the army, and it is difficult to count the number of people on our side. Even if an agreement is reached, it is difficult to count, and in the end it is a mess! Zhao Ta touched his chin and said.

"Your Majesty. That's true! The number of people reported by various prefectures and counties varies greatly, and some even count the number of people who fled to Jiangnan, which in any case does not match the number of people taken captive by the Jin State, and they cannot make concessions during the negotiations, so the two sides are in dispute, and the negotiations do not know how long the negotiations will drag on before an agreement can be reached! Zhang Suo said happily, this can be regarded as meeting a bosom friend, the emperor is too considerate of these courtiers, and understands his own suffering. It's not like Youcheng who rarely shows up in the capital all day long, and he finally went once, and jumped up and quarreled with the Jin envoy in a few words, he didn't look like a Sven, and he had to wipe his ass when he left.

"Youcheng is often in Beijing, and the peace talks are handled by one person, which is really hard!" From Zhang Suo's expression, he could see at a glance that the two peace envoys were a little incompatible. Chen Gongbo is fair and honest, but he is too rigid and not good at flexibility. He used him as a peace envoy to match this point, and in the negotiation to get back Zhao Huan, he refused to give in at all, and his attitude was tough, making the golden envoy helpless.

"Your Majesty Xie is considerate, although the minister is working hard, but the big idea still needs to be decided by Youcheng!" was praised by the emperor, and Zhang Suo's heart was also happy.

"Well, Zhang Shilang is also over forty years old, right?" Zhao Ta nodded and asked.

"Oh, the minister has spent forty-five years in vain!" Zhang Suo's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he quickly replied.

"Well, it's the prime of life, and it's time for a big responsibility!" Zhao Ta took a sip of tea and said thoughtfully, "Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of War has written several times that he is not familiar with military affairs and wants to change his position; The prince of the country, the priest of the wine, is very old, and wants to open the museum to teach his apprentices to write books. Zhang Shilang once recruited troops in Hebei to resist gold, and has been at the border for many years, so he is very familiar with military affairs! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister just has some experience, and it is thousands of miles away from His Majesty!" Listening to the emperor's words, Zhang Suo's heart jumped twice, and almost jumped out of his throat, the emperor deliberately promoted himself to the secretary of the military department, then it is considered to be a cabinet, and it is one step away from entering the prime minister, he said with a strong excited heart.

"Hehe, Zhang Shilang is humble!" Zhao Ta smiled and said, "Now that the affairs of the DPRK and China are cumbersome, it is difficult for the right minister to take care of them, I am ready to hand over the matter of the peace meeting to Zhang Shilang to preside, and send another deputy envoy to help, what do you think?" ”

"Thanks to Your Majesty's attention, the minister will not disgrace his mission!" Zhang Suo agreed without hesitation, this kind of opportunity is rare, although the emperor did not make it clear, but it is clear that as long as he can successfully complete the peace negotiation, the post of the secretary of the military department is his own.

"Okay, this time the peace is very important, do you remember the incident that I asked you to ask for a traitor a few days ago?" Zhao Ta knew very well that 'if you want the horse to run, you must give the horse grass', and when he saw that the success aroused Zhang Suo's appetite, he began to turn to the topic.

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers, and immediately after receiving the order, he sent a note to the golden envoy and informed him of the request for the traitor! But the minister was a little puzzled, these people defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, why did His Majesty insist on claiming them back, and did not hesitate to make concessions to them! Zhang replied, expressing his doubts.

"Hmm...... This matter involves the secrets of the country, among which there are only a few people who know the secret secret, and I tell you today, hoping that you can facilitate this matter and live up to my hopes. Zhao Tan pondered for a moment.

"Please make it clear to Your Majesty, the minister will never give up!" Zhang Suo's whole clothes saluted again and said solemnly, the emperor is so solemn that there must be a big secret in it, and now tell himself that he has stepped into the ranks of the emperor's henchmen and embarked on the road of prosperity.

"Actually......" But the emperor got up and turned around in the hall after saying two words, his steps were very heavy, and he seemed to be hesitating, and Zhang Suo's heart was raised again.

"Actually, Yuwen Xuzhong and Gao Shitan are the internal response of my Great Song Dynasty in the Jin Kingdom, they are our Great Song Dynasty defeated the Jin Kingdom is a special achievement, and now the two of them have been detected by the Wushu because they want to contact the ministers in the court, and now they have been arrested in the prison, and their lives are worried!" Zhao Ta said slowly.

"Ah......" Zhang Suo was taken aback when he heard it, he also heard about what the two of them did in the Jin Kingdom, Yuwen Xuzhong was respected as a national teacher, and Gao Shitan was also a bachelor of Hanlin, their status was very lofty in the Jin Kingdom, but they were despised by the Song Dynasty and the opposition, denouncing them as traitors, but they didn't expect that the two were the emperor's inner line in the Jin Kingdom.

"There are very few people who know the identities of the two, so you must not divulge half a word before they return to China, otherwise you will not only harm the lives of the two, but also yourself!" Zhao Ta said word by word with a calm face.

"Your Majesty, Weichen knows that he is powerful, and he will never talk about it to others!" Zhang hurriedly gave a salute and reassured.

"Very good, telling you this is to make you understand the importance of the two, they have contributed to the Great Song, and the Great Song can rescue them at any cost for them, understand?" Zhao Tan stared at Zhang Suo's eyes and asked.

"Weichen understands that His Majesty is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, and will never abandon my people of the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhang calmed down under the emperor's forced gaze and said calmly.

"Well, I just want to tell the people of the world that the people of my Great Song Dynasty are not allowed to invade at will, even if they are thousands of miles away!" Zhao Ta said.

"The ministers thank Your Majesty for the people of the world, and the state has a Ming monarch like this, which is the blessing of the people of my Great Song Dynasty and the luck of all the people in the world!" Zhang Suo turned over and knelt down, and bowed to him, he was an old minister who had experienced the change of Jingkang, and he had seen the tragic situation of blood flowing and pestle and corpses covering hundreds of miles, and understood the helpless despair of a common people when the country was ruined and the family was destroyed......

On the first day of October, civil and military officials above the fifth rank in Beijing and some foreign countries all went to the pilgrimage to meet in Beijing. Twelve years ago, at this time, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin State requested approval to attack the Song Dynasty on the grounds that Zhang Jue had changed, and then sent troops to attack Yanshan Mansion, provoking a war between the Song and Jin Dynasty that lasted for more than ten years, until today.

The emperor made a long speech at the court meeting: pointed out that the Jin State has always bullied the weak and feared the hard, and once it suffered defeat and was in danger of losing the country, he would send envoys to sue for peace, sing the tune of Song and Jin friendship, and praise the Great Song Dynasty as a benevolent, generous, and kind country, so he thought that the Great Song Dynasty could let it go magnanimously. Now he is telling the Jin State and all hostile countries that any provocation of the Great Song Dynasty will be dealt a heavy blow; No matter who betrays the interests of the Great Song Dynasty and betrays the motherland, wherever they hide, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely arrest them and return to China at any cost to severely punish them!

As soon as the emperor's words were finished, the four were shocked, which indicated that the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty had further changed, and that it would no longer do things that were 'false words and actual losses', and everything would be based on the interests of the country and the people...... (To be continued......)