Qian Song

Chapter 266 Give All the Empresses to Li Cun (Ask for a monthly ticket!)
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While Li Cun was playing three-on-one with Zhao Yuanzhu, Zhao Zhuzhu, and Zhao Fobao, the three imperial concubines, Zhao Qi and Xie Ke's family, who received Li Cun's reply that they were willing to negotiate peace, left Qingcheng overnight and galloped on the thick snow.

——They want to go back to the city quickly to tell the people of the Zhao Song Dynasty that they have the good news that the Zhao Song Dynasty has a way out.

At the same time, He Li, Sun Fu, Chen Guoting, Mo Yu, Wu Kai, Yun Wang Zhao Kai and other ministers and princes from Zhao and Song Dynasty came to the palace one after another to discuss with Zhao Huan how to deal with the current precarious situation.
Sun Zhi was the one who came later, because his family lived in the outer city, and it was with great difficulty that he escaped the patrols of the generals and came to the inner city.

——In order to avoid the patrolling soldiers of the Gan army, Sun Zhi walked north along the Caihe River in the dark from Xigang in the south of the city alone, and then came to Yiqiu Gate, where he was hoisted in by the palace guards guarding the gate with a hanging basket city.

Since he passed through almost half of Bianliang City in Tokyo, Sun Zhi was able to get a better understanding of the situation in the outer city.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the palace, Sun Zhi told Zhao Huan all the things he had seen and heard in the outer city.

I heard that the Gan army has already controlled the outer city, and cut down a large number of trees outside the city. They arranged for the engineering army to transport the timber to the city wall overnight, and built various defensive facilities specifically for the inner city, so as to prevent the soldiers and civilians in the city from counterattacking. The soldiers and civilians in the army did not intend to resist the rule of the Daqian Dynasty, so Zhao Huan and his ministers couldn't help raising their hearts again.

Even He Li, Sun Fu and the others, who had been wanting to fight the Qianjun street before, were frowning when faced with such a result.

——At this time, He Li, Sun Fu and the others had already learned that the soldiers and civilians in the inner city were unwilling to fight with the dry army.

As a result, the road of street fighting seems to be unfeasible.

At dawn, Xie Ke's family and Zhao Qi entered Bianliang City, Tokyo, and then they unfurled a banner that had been prepared a long time ago with the four characters "Two Countries and Peace" written on it, and passed through the outer city in a very high-profile manner. .

After the people in the outer city saw this eye-catching banner through the windows and cracks in the door, combined with Wang Lun's shouting yesterday, they couldn't help letting go of their concerns.

Xie Ke's family and Zhao Qi resisted the banner of "peace between the two countries" and entered the city from the Xinsong Gate until they reached the Lijing Gate in the inner city.

At this time, the gates of the inner city were still all closed.

Xie Ke's family stepped forward and shouted to the city: "I am Xie Ke's family, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and I have just returned from peace talks with King Jing from Qingcheng. There are also four big ambassadors who came with me. Go and report to the emperor."

After reporting the situation to the guards guarding the gate, Xie Ke's family and Zhao Qi hurriedly invited Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi who had come back with them to take shelter from the cold at the Town God's Temple not far away, while waiting for Zhao Huan to send someone to pick them up. They go to town.

The Xie Ke family said with embarrassment: "I made the four ambassadors laugh."

The Xie Ke family spoke the truth.

It also suffered from wars, and the outer city encountered more wars than the inner city. No, in fact, the inner city did not encounter wars at all.

However, the outer city under the governance of the Daqian Dynasty quickly restored order, and there had been no bloodshed, while the inner city was still in chaos and it was not easy to get in.

Song Jiang said with a smile: "The country is broken and the people are chaotic, it is the law of nature."

Wu Yong then said: "There is no order in your court, so you can't offend him."

On the contrary, Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi remained silent.

Xie Ke's family couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi.

What Xie Ke's family is most worried about now is Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi's interference.

Needless to say Xiao Rong, he is from Khitan, and he must not die in the heart of Zhao Song Dynasty.

——As we all know, all Khitan people hate Zhao and Song Dynasty very much.Because in the eyes of the Khitan people, the Jin people rebelled against them, robbed Khitan women, enslaved Khitan men, and dug their ancestral graves. The Khitan people are already very pitiful, but they have an alliance with the Liao Empire. The Zhao Song Dynasty took advantage of the danger and stabbed the Khitan people from behind. First, they formed an alliance with the Jin people to attack them, and then brought the Daqian Dynasty to the Yanyun area and completely wiped out their Daliao Empire.

People in the Zhao and Song Dynasty were well aware of this, and even many people in the Zhao and Song Dynasty believed that the reason why Li Cun came to attack the Song Dynasty was because he was bewitched and provoked by the Khitan people.

You must know that there were not only many Khitan officials in the Dagan Dynasty, but also a large number of daughters of the Liao royal family and clan in Li Cun's harem.

These Liao people must often bewitch Li Cun to attack the Song Dynasty and provoke the relationship between the Dagan Dynasty and their Zhao Song Dynasty. They want to see the two countries fight, and then the Liao people can take revenge.

As for Zhao Liangsi, it was Zhao Huan himself who caused the disaster.

At the beginning, Zhao Huan and his ministers devoted themselves to internal fighting and vigorously liquidated the old ministers of Zhao Ji's era, especially the old ministers of Zhao Ji's era who advocated uniting Jin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Because Zhao Liangsi was the initiator of the alliance to destroy the Liao Dynasty and recover the Yanyun Sixteen States, he has always been at the top of the liquidation list.

Later, all the people who were on the liquidation list with Zhao Liangsi were all liquidated by Zhao Huanjun and his ministers. The luckiest among them just took a life and were beaten to the end. Among them, the unfortunate ones, like Wang Fu, like Tong Guan, like Cai You, was not only killed by Zhao Huanjun and his ministers, but even his family was copied by Zhao Huanjun and his ministers, and even his family members were divided by the powerful officials of Zhao Huan's era.

If Zhao Liangsi hadn't been detained by Li Cun in the sightseeing group, he would have followed in the footsteps of Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You and others.

The fact is exactly the same. At the beginning, Hu Shunzhi, the censor, impeached Zhao Liangsi and caused border troubles, destroyed the century-old friendship between the Zhao Song Dynasty and the Daliao Empire, and led to the invasion of the Dagan Dynasty, which brought disaster to China. The family members of Zhao Liangsi must also be investigated.

It can be imagined that if Li Cun hadn't saved Zhao Liangsi's family, Zhao Liangsi's fate would never have been much better than Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You and others.

Let me ask, under such circumstances, how could Zhao Liangsi not hate the Zhao Song Dynasty?

This is not difficult to see from the fact that Zhao Liangsi voluntarily surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty after Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Cai You and others were killed, and changed his own name back to Ma Zhi.

Now, Li Cun sent Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi as envoys, which would definitely do a lot of harm to the extremely passive Zhao Song Dynasty.

Xie Ke's family took another look at Song Jiang and Wu Yong, who had kind faces, and thought to themselves: "These two are kind, and they are trusted and favored ministers of Emperor Daqian. I should remind Your Majesty to bribe them."

In less than half an hour, the gate of the city was opened from the inside, and then Mei Zhili personally came out with a few tall horses, and invited them to ride into the palace to face the saint.

Last night, after Zhao Qi and Xie Ke's family left, Zhao Huan and his ministers stayed in Xiangxi Palace, waiting for Xie Ke's family and Zhao Qi to bring back good news.

At that time, many people actually felt that Xie Ke's family and Zhao Qi's actions were more than auspicious, and they were likely to be detained by Li Cun, who liked to detain people from the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Therefore, some people advised Zhao Huan to rush out of Bianliang City in Tokyo, and others advised Zhao Huan to personally organize street fighting and fight the Daqian Dynasty to the end.

Zhao Huan was uneasy and very worried about his own future, but at the same time, Zhao Huan was unwilling to go out or fight in the streets as suggested by the ministers in such a situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak.

While Zhao Huan waited anxiously, the guards guarding the gate came to report that Xie Kejia and Zhao Qi came back against the banner of "peace between the two countries", and brought four envoys from the Daqian Dynasty.

Zhao Huan was overjoyed, and quickly arranged for Mei Zhili to invite the four envoys of the Daqian Dynasty.

Under the anxious waiting of Zhao Huan and his ministers, the four of Song Jiang were invited to Zichen Palace by Zhao Qi, Xie Kejia and Mei Zhili.

At this time, Zhao Huan and his subjects were all holding their breaths, and some of them were poor in mental quality, and their backs were soaked in sweat.

To be honest, it's not that the psychological quality of Zhao Huan and his ministers is too bad, but that the attitude of Song Jiang and the others is too important.

——If Song Jiang and other envoys of the four Dagan dynasties have a better attitude, it means that the Zhao Song Dynasty still has a chance; Most of them will perish.

Just when the hearts of Zhao Huan and his ministers were already in their throats, the four Song Jiang respectfully paid their respects to Zhao Huan, and then Song Jiang said: "Foreign Minister Tong and envoy Song Jiang, etc., pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty."

As soon as Song Jiang's words came out, Zhao Huan and his ministers, who had always thought that the Zhao Song Dynasty was in danger, finally let go of their tightly held hearts, and many people's faces even flushed with excitement.

——Song Jiang is full of courtesy at the moment, and he bears the title of "Tonghe Envoy". This shows that Li Cun is willing to talk to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the Zhao Song Dynasty still has a chance to keep the country!
Zhao Huan wanted to maintain his majesty as an emperor, and said a few words that would not make him look too cowardly, but as soon as his words came out, they became: "Hurry up and save yourself!"

Seeing that Zhao Huan lost his prestige, Mei Zhili hurried out to help Zhao Huan make amends, saying: "Dare to ask the ambassador, what conditions does your dynasty have?"

Song Jiang didn't answer Mei Zhili's question, but said: "I don't know. I'm here only because I was ordered by the emperor to inform your court that I am willing to negotiate peace with your court. As for the conditions, I would like to ask your court to send an envoy out of the city." Miansheng, I beg my emperor to issue a decree."

Seeing this, Zhao Huan and his ministers looked at each other, feeling uneasy, not knowing what to do.

There was no other way, Mei Zhili had no choice but to ask Song Jiang and the others to go down first.

After the four of Song Jiang left, Zhao Huan hurriedly said: "Emperor Daqian only said that he would make peace, and he didn't say anything about it. Should he attack the city? Should he withdraw his troops? What kind of conditions does the Song Dynasty agree to before Dagan withdraws from the siege? When will the siege be withdrawn? What is the intention of Emperor Daqian not saying anything?"

Xie Ke's family immediately told Mr. Zhao Huan and his ministers how he and Zhao Qi met Li Cun in detail.

According to Xie Ke's family, Zhao Huan and his ministers all felt that the reason why Li Cun was willing to negotiate peace with Zhao Song Dynasty was probably because of the six imperial concubines Zhao Yuanzhu, Zhao Xianlang, Zhao Xiangyun, Zhao Zhuzhu, Zhao Fobao, and Zhao Jin'er.

In Zhao Huan's view, sending many concubines to seek peace is not a disgrace, on the contrary it is a good thing.

——If a few women can solve such a big crisis of destroying the country, their Zhao Song Dynasty will be very lucky.

Zhao Huanjun and his ministers even thought about the reason. When Liu Bang lost the battle and was surrounded by the Huns, it was not because of sending the princess to seek peace that the subsequent 400 years of the Han Dynasty came. They were just imitating the ancients.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Li Cun is willing to withdraw his troops, Zhao Huan and his ministers are even willing to send all the concubines to Li Cun.

But Zhao Huanjun and his ministers also knew that sending the emperor to play with Li Cun could only make Li Cun let go. If Li Cun really wanted to withdraw his troops, the Zhao Song Dynasty had to pay tangible benefits.

Later, Xie Ke's family reported his analysis of Song Jiang and other four envoys to Zhao Huan.

After hearing this, Zhao Huan immediately asked Xie Ke's family to bring a heavy gift to see Song Jiang.

After Xie Ke's family gave the heavy gift to Song Jiang, Song Jiang's smile immediately became more friendly, and then he took the initiative to say to Xie Ke's family: "I am a big soldier within five hundred miles of the capital, and I have a hundred thousand cavalry. You, a man of Zhao and Song Dynasties, must be unable to fly without wings. You can tell your emperor not to flee, you will die if you flee, and please deal with internal affairs to prevent civil strife. I only want to get the land of two rivers, nothing else. It was because your court tore up the previous agreement that our emperor had to personally lead the army to hold him accountable."

After receiving Song Jiang's tip-off, Xie Ke's family immediately returned to the palace.

When Xie Ke's family came to the Xiangxi Palace, Zhao Huan and his ministers were thinking hard about countermeasures, and all of them were frowning.

Seeing that Xie Ke's family came back, Zhao Huan lost his voice and said, "Ai Qing is here, what's the big deal?"

Xie Ke's family hurriedly reported "Li Cun's original plan" to Zhao Huanjun and his ministers.

Hearing that Li Cun's bottom line was only to want Hebei and Hedong, Zhao Huan and his ministers were all relieved.

However, someone reminded Zhao Huan that wanting Hebei and Hedong was just Li Cun's previous idea. Now that Bianliang City in Tokyo has been broken by the Gan army, it is impossible for Li Cun to only want Hebei and Hedong. They have to be controlled by Li Cun. Mentally prepare for a severe slaughter.

Zhao Huan took it for granted, and compared his heart with his heart. If it was him, he would definitely destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty in one go. In that case, everything in the Zhao Song Dynasty would belong to him.

Zhao Huanxin said: "If you don't have a hard heart, how can you be an emperor? The benevolence of Li thief this time has given me a chance to breathe. I will learn from Goujian and try my best to repay this shame and humiliation!"

Of course, revenge or something is a matter for the future.

Now, Zhao Huan just wants to protect himself.

And in order to save his own life, even if it is to let him give all the concubines of the Zhao Song Dynasty, no, even all the women in Bianliang City, Tokyo to Li Cun, and even give all the concubines in Bianliang City, Tokyo to Li Cun. The property, including all the property in Fengchun's treasury, was given to Li Cun, and he, Zhao Huan, would spare no expense.

Xie Ke's family said to Zhao Huan again: "Before the minister came out, Ambassador Song whispered to the minister that the prince and Zaizhi could be sent to Qingcheng to discuss peace."

As soon as Zhao Huan heard this, he immediately decided to let Ji Wang Zhao Xu and He Li be the "envoys to ask for orders", and immediately went to Qingcheng to seek peace with Li Cun.

As soon as He Li heard that Zhao Huan asked him to ask for peace, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he quickly declined, not daring to go to Qingcheng to meet Li Cun.

Seeing that He Li was so unwilling to share his worries, Zhao Huan insisted on asking He Li to sue with displeasure on his face.

Both the monarch and his ministers refused to make concessions.

This matter has been dragging on like this, and it has not been resolved.

Seeing this, Mei Zhili pointed at He Li's nose and yelled: "This is what happened to me in the Song Dynasty. You are all incompetent and belligerent! Today, the country and society in the Song Dynasty are in danger, and you are not responsible for dying! Don't you dare to shirk the blame?" The important task of saving the country?!"

When He Li heard this, he was so ashamed that he agreed to go to Qingcheng to meet Li Cun for peace.

in fact--

He Li was neither mentally prepared nor dared to meet Li Cun for peace, and he didn't know how to negotiate peace with Li Cun after seeing Li Cun.

So He Li was really panicked in his heart, and really didn't want to seek peace with Li Cun.

This made He Li's legs and feet tremble constantly because of fear before setting off, and he couldn't even get on the horse.

Seeing this, the people who were on the mission with He Li quickly worked together to help He Li onto the horse, and then they could go to meet Li Cun.

But on the way to Qingcheng, He Li couldn't even hold the whip because of his weak hand, which made the whip fall to the ground three times.

After He Li left, Zhao Huan hurriedly sent a group of servants out of the palace through Donghua Gate, and then passed around the inner city, saying that the Zhao Song Dynasty had negotiated peace with the Dagan Dynasty, and there would be no more wars in the future, and everyone need not worry anymore , so...

After the people in the inner city heard the good news, they gradually settled down.

Soon after, Zhao Huan also began to order the palace servants to patrol the inner city to maintain law and order...

Three poles in the sun.

Zhao Xu and He Licai came to Qingcheng in the southwest suburb of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

After a total of three body searches before and after, Zhao Xu and He Li were brought to the front of the fasting palace.

Along the way, Zhao Xu and He Li saw that there were heavily armed guards everywhere, and the defense was extremely strict.

It can be seen from this that for Li Cun's guards, the whole army dare not be careless.

When they came to the gate of the fasting palace, Yao Xing, the leader of Li Cun's guards, said to Zhao Xu and He Li, "Your Majesty hasn't risen yet, please wait a moment."

After hearing what the guards said, Zhao Xu and He Li, especially the former, felt very uncomfortable.

——Yesterday, Zhao and Song Dynasty sent six concubines here. Today, Li Cun slept until noon and didn't get up. The reason is self-evident.

Zhao Xu and He Li waited for almost an hour before Li Cuncai walked out of the palace with the six concubines escorting him, and then asked Zhao Xu and He Li to be brought in.

As soon as He Li saw Li Cun, he fell to the ground and begged to die.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu also fell to the ground without saying a word.

Sitting on the dragon chair where Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan used to sit, Li Cun looked at Zhao Xu and He Li, and said calmly, "You tore up the peace treaty and attacked me in Hebei and Hedong, who planned it?"

Unlike before when he was so afraid that he couldn't help himself, He Li has passed the stage of being afraid after this journey of psychological construction.

At this time, He Li thought to himself: "At most, it's just a dead ear."

After thinking about it this way, He Li calmed down instead. Moreover, because his mind was open-minded and he ignored life and death, He Li's body no longer trembled.

Therefore, in the face of Li Cun's questioning, He Li replied responsibly: "It is I who lead the battle, and has nothing to do with my emperor. My emperor has no intention of fighting Dagan. I slander and confuse my emperor's ears."

Li Cun looked at He Li and asked, "You dare to reject my army, are you not afraid that I will kill your nine clans?"

He Li replied: "For the country and the people, He Li Manchu, die without regret."

Li Cun nodded: "You are also a loyal minister, but you are ignorant of current affairs and foolish enough to use Guo Jing to defend the city. How can Zhao Song survive?"

When He Li heard this, his face was ashamed like a monkey's butt.

Seeing that He Li was rendered speechless by Li Cun's words, Zhao Xu said aloud, "I beg your majesty to remember the souls of the two dynasties and lower the terms of the peace."

He Li also realized at this time that the most important thing now is to seek peace with the Dagan Dynasty, not his personal honor and disgrace, so he immediately continued: "Washing the city can only make your majesty show off his power for a while; but loving the people and Shide, Your Majesty will definitely be kind to all ages."

After hearing Zhao Xu and He Li's words, Li Cun was silent for a while, and then said: "You two go back and ask your emperor to go out of the city to have an interview with me. There is no excuse."

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