Qiming 1158

Chapter 1111 I'd rather die than surrender to them!

After calming down, Zhao Tan thought about it carefully and felt that what Yu Yunwen said also made sense.

If the Ming Kingdom is determined to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and kill his old Zhao family, then they will definitely not negotiate. If they accept the negotiation, it means that they are not ready to go south.

The event required for this preparation is by no means a day or two, but one or two years as soon as possible, and three or five years as slow.

This is the chance, this is the possibility of surviving.

And using this as a breakthrough point, they can refuse some unreasonable demands that the Ming Kingdom may make. Anyway, they can maintain the interests of the Southern Song Dynasty as much as possible, so as not to lose Mrs. Brigade again.

Yu Yunwen's suggestion was approved by Zhao Tan. Among the officials, Chen Junqing, Hu Quan, Wang Dabao, Wang Shipeng and others also agreed with Yu Yunwen's suggestion, so Zhao Tan nodded and accepted the decision and made up his mind.

Then he glanced at the others who said nothing.

Ye Yiwen, Shen Kai and Zhou Linzhi.

In the previous chaos, these three people didn't say anything, they were at a loss, like a useless mascot with dementia, which made Zhao Tan very unhappy.

Now that the situation is like this, Zhao Tan can't make them feel better no matter what.

Let's start with Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai.

"Ye Xianggong, Shen Xianggong, as ministers of the Great Song Dynasty Zaifu, this is the time when you should play your role. I appointed you as ministers and deputy envoys to the Ming army. I wonder if you are willing?"

Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai had just reacted, and when they saw Zhao Tan's face full of anger, they immediately realized that their performance in the previous Lin'an chaos was not very good, and they did not get Zhao Tan's approval, so they need to do more now. The matter came to be recognized by Zhao Tan.

With their status and power, it is naturally impossible for them to flee in a panic before the Southern Song Dynasty is determined to perish. However, under this circumstance, it is difficult for them who have never participated in the military to make any precise response.

Not every civilian has the courage of Yu Yunwen to go directly to the out-of-control military camp and ask the soldiers to follow him.

However, since Lin'an City has been stabilized and order has been forcibly restored, as servants of Zaifu, they must do something to prove their usefulness and reliability.

but……

Mission to the Ming Army...

Is this really a mission and not a funeral?

The two of you look at me, I look at you, the expressions on their faces are very bad.

"Your Majesty, this..."

"Are you afraid?"

"Sir wait..."

"I'm afraid of it! The two armies are fighting, if you don't kill them, and the Ming Kingdom claims to be the upper country, will it still embarrass your two envoys?"

Zhao Tan said angrily: "Even if they embarrass you, you can kneel on your knees and go directly as Ming ministers, but it depends on whether Su Yonglin wants you or not!"

Zhao Tan's words came out of Zhao Tan's mouth, and Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai couldn't help but feel uneasy, so the two hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

"As a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, how dare you do something that deviates from the Great Song?"

"The minister eats the king's wealth and receives the king's kindness, and he must do his best, and then he will die!"

"Humph!"

Seeing the two of them kneeling on the ground, Zhao Tan shouted angrily and said, "I hope you can really do what you said, but don't be scared to stand up when you arrive at the Ming army camp. Can't say anything!"

Ye Yiwen frowned, Shen Gai's face was miserable.

The two were too busy to dare.

They also knew that what they did in this storm was too humiliating, but the terrifying news was so terrifying that they really thought that Da Song was in the midst of the storm and was about to collapse.

They are civil officials who don't understand the military. If they really encounter this kind of thing that concerns the life and death of the country, they can stand firm and not fall, even if they have the courage.

Although they usually disdain the military and military generals, it is to their own people. The military generals of their own country have been bound and tamed. The general social environment is such that no military general dares to be detrimental to the civilian officials, even with the civilian officials. Very contempt for the military.

But once you encounter foreign troops that are not bound by the rules of their own country, it will be different.

The Ming Dynasty established the country with military force, the army was mighty and good at fighting, very powerful, and the military commander had a high status, which was not the same as the Song State military commander.

Now is not the classical era of the past, when there was a division between civil and military, and there were few people who were both civil and military. Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai were both helpless people. In the face of the fierce Ming army, they really couldn't. Know what to do.

But they had to follow the emperor's order, and they could only bite the bullet and ask the emperor for advice on the purpose of this mission and their authority.

"Go and ask why the Ming Kingdom violated the black-and-white peace treaty and attacked our country south, and ask why they did such a thing. Is it because I am not respectful enough? , I even took it on my knees, what else do they want? Do they want me to be half of the country?"

Zhao Tan said with grief and indignation: "If I really want half of my country, I, Zhao Tan, will never be the king of subjugation, let them come! I would rather die than surrender to them. !"

Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai looked at each other.

You didn't say our authority?
So Shen Gai asked daringly, "Then what is your Majesty's request?"

"Let them go back where they came from!"

Zhao Tan said angrily: "Kill our people and occupy my territory, what do they think they are? Barbarians?!"

"His Majesty!"

The two hurriedly kowtowed, asking Zhao Tan to calm down.

Several ministers next to him also quickly persuaded Zhao Tan to not be so angry.

Zhao Tan took a few deep breaths and calmed down a little.

"You are not allowed to agree to any conditions privately, come back and talk about anything, no matter what Ming State's intentions or requirements are as the criteria for a truce, whether you want money or ceding land, as long as you dare to agree to one privately, I will ask you It's beautiful, can you hear it clearly?!"

"The minister leads the order!"

Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai quickly said that they understood.

On the way to leave the palace to make preparations, Shen Ging sighed.

"This time, I don't know if it's good or bad. If one is bad and I lose my life there, what can I do?"

Seeing Shen Cai's useless appearance, Ye Yiwen suddenly became angry.

"It's embarrassing enough just now. Yu Yunwen stole all the limelight. As ministers, we are actually sent out as ambassadors. What a shame! Do you still need to consider personal gain or loss here?"

"This... Ye Xianggong, you are too..."

"I have been an official for decades, and I have never been so contemptuous and humiliated by the Lord. It is a great shame. This time, I must be ashamed before the snow, and never let the shame continue!"

Ye Yiwen clenched his fists, and the flame of fighting spirit in his heart rose higher and higher.

Shen Ging looked wrong and said hurriedly, "What do you want to do? Ye Xianggong, this is an envoy to the Ming army, don't mess around!"

"If the two countries don't fight against each other, if the Ming Kingdom doesn't even understand this, then there is nothing to say! If you die, you will die!"

Ye Yiwen flicked his sleeves and left the palace with his head held high.

He felt that he was just too embarrassed. Compared with the tough Yu Yunwen, he didn't look like a man at all.

No, it can't go on like this. After all, he is the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, but now he has become an envoy. If he loses face again, who knows how he will be punished in the future?

Can this Shangshu Zuocheng continue to do it?

Ye Yiwen soon had some thoughts on the next negotiation.

(End of this chapter)