Lord Moyu was forced to open

After discovering the breach, the Haifu County Secret Guard Headquarters quickly investigated the family partners with tax anomalies according to the information reported by Yun Sanliu. They quickly found some clues, and then conducted a strict investigation on these people. Monitor and wait until they reveal their flaws.

At this time, at the junction of Chunluo and Biguo, Wang Ce and his party finally waited for the envoys from the two countries.

The envoy of Piao State was a Confucian scholar with a literati look. Because it was close to the Song Dynasty, Confucianism, the mainstream theory of the Song Dynasty, was highly respected in the country.

Nearly 90% of the domestic scholars are Confucian scholars, which also leads to the fact that almost all civil servants in Biguo are Confucian students.

This time, I learned that there was an opportunity to meet the envoys of the superior state, and to see what kind of Confucian style the envoys of the superior state had. The imperial court of the state of Pi was very excited for the position of this envoy.

In the end, it was Zhao Yi, the eldest son of the Zhao family, the most powerful family in the Piao Kingdom, who was the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Piao Kingdom at the time, who won this position.

From the side of Chunluo came Tadiya, the Minister of Rites of Chuanluo Kingdom.

The two sent invitations to Wang Cezhi and others on the same day, hoping to have a chance to talk with the envoys all night long before the negotiations began.

When Li Yuanfang sent the invitations from the envoys of the two countries to Wang Cezhi's desk, Wang Cezhi didn't even open it. Instead, he turned to Li Yuanfang and asked:

"Yuan Fang, what do you think of their invitation?"

Li Yuanfang directly expressed her truest thoughts.

"Sir! According to Yuan Fang, we shouldn't go."

"Oh~ what do you say?"

Wang Cezhi had a smile of approval on his face, but he still asked.

Li Yuanfang immediately explained:
"This time I am here to report on behalf of the Song Dynasty, and to bear witness to the armistice between the two countries. If it is just a mere witness, I can go with this invitation.

But now the armistice between the two countries has involved the current territorial division of the two countries, which affects the respective interests of both countries. In this case, no matter which company we accept the invitation, we will be suspected of favoring one side. This will also cause the other party to be dissatisfied with the decision we make later.

This is extremely detrimental to both our mission and the face and credibility of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Xiaguan believes that at this moment, it is best for us not to have contact with any party. In this way, no matter what the final result is, at least we, the Song Dynasty, have achieved impartiality, and all the countries in the world cannot be against each other. The result was criticized! "

Wang Cezhi heard the words and nodded in agreement: "What Yuan Fang said is true. From our standpoint, there are two parties who wanted to test us in this invitation, and Fang Weizhengli rejected both of them."

Li Yuanfang nodded, then picked up the two invitations on the table and said, "In that case, the official will send people back to both families, and we won't go to any of them for a banquet?"

"Hmm~ That's very good."

Wang Cezhi nodded, but then asked: "Then Yuan Fang thinks that when we come here on behalf of the Song Dynasty, what attitude should we adopt when negotiating the peace talks three days later?"

Li Yuanfang thought for a while and then said: "Yuanfang thinks that as a superior country in the Song Dynasty, as long as we can be fair and just in the disputes between small countries and let people have no objections, it is already excellent. As for the disputes between the two countries, Successful negotiations are naturally a good thing for the people of both countries.

But if the negotiation doesn't go well, it's hard for me to interfere. After all, this is another country's internal affairs. "

When Wang Cezhi heard this, he nodded first and then shook his head.

Just when Li Yuanfang was puzzled, Wang Cezhi said: "Fairness and justice are no problem. This is the basis for us to preside over the negotiations. However, the fight between the two countries has now reached this level, but I, the Song Dynasty, cannot let it go.

Although they are other countries' internal affairs, the two countries are also vassal states of our Song Dynasty. As suzerain states, the people of the two countries are also the people of our Song Dynasty! "

"Then according to your opinion, what should we do?" Li Yuanfang asked curiously.

Wang Cezhi smiled slightly: "Of course it is to show the image of a great country and shoulder the responsibilities that a great country should bear!"

Looking at her boss's weird smile, Li Yuanfang looked confused.

The weather of a great country? What's the responsibility?

I know each of these words individually, but what do you mean by suddenly saying this in this matter? Why can’t I understand?
...Three days later.

Hefu government office.

The original location for the negotiations was Peng Sanfu, where the confrontation between the two sides was fiercest, and it was also the inland center of the border between the two countries.

However, Wang Cezhi considered safety issues, so after arriving in Hefu, he notified both parties and changed the negotiation location to Hefu.

Early in the morning, the genius had just begun to shine, but people from all three parties had already gotten up.

Each took their own people and headed towards the public house where the negotiations were taking place.

Soon, the three parties sat down in the Hefu government office. The place had been tidied up as early as yesterday. A long table was specially placed in the office. In addition to Wang Cezhi, the head of the Song Dynasty ministers group who came as a witness, sat there. Except for the main seat, the other two parties sat down on the left and right sides of the long table.

At the beginning, Wang Cezhi expressed his position on behalf of the Song Dynasty and made it clear to both parties that once an agreement was reached under the witness of the Song Dynasty, no matter which side of the two parties regretted it, the Song Dynasty would do its best to maintain the negotiation regardless of means. The result was to ensure the majesty of the Song Dynasty.

This can also be regarded as a warning to both parties. You can ask Da Song to preside over the negotiations, but once the decision is made, it is not allowed to be changed. Whoever wants to change it will see if you are capable enough to stop the embarrassing Da Song.

Both sides said it made no sense.

As a result, armistice negotiations between the two countries officially began!
From the beginning, Zhan Luo immediately made his position clear.

The Minister of Rites of Chunluo, Tediya, who had just entered middle age this year, directly expressed the hope that the country of Bi would withdraw from the original national boundary and return all the land that had been occupied by Chunluo to Chunluo, and the two countries would cease war.

At the same time, in response to the damage caused by the country of Bi to Zun Luo, the side of Zhui Luo expressed the hope that the country of Bi would provide compensation, and the amount of compensation would only be a symbolic five hundred thousand taels of gold.

As soon as this condition was announced, Zhao Yi from the opposite country immediately quit!

WTF!

Not only do we have to return the land we finally conquered to you, but we even ask us to pay you compensation?
Is this an armistice or a defeat?

Are you trying to be cowardly by sleeping without waking up?

Zhao Yi, the Minister of Rites of Piao State, immediately refuted these conditions, and gave Piao State's plan for a truce, maintaining the current boundary line of the land occupied by the two countries, and from then on, Zhiluo Luo paid a tribute of 100 yuan to Biguo every year. With one million taels of silver for peace talks, Piao could cease the war.

As a result, neither country was willing to agree to the conditions, so a fierce negotiation began!

At first it was very civilized, with both parties politely rebutting each other, but when the temper arose, they began to greet each other's eighteenth-generation female relatives.

By the time the morning's negotiations were almost over, both parties were ready to take off their shoes.

Li Yuanfang, who had seen this scene for the first time during the whole negotiation, was dumbfounded, but Wang Cezhi, who had already experienced this, was very calm. He sat in his seat and drank tea silently all morning without disturbing the quarrel between the two parties.

When the talks were suspended and the two sides took a break for the afternoon before continuing, Li Yuanfang looked at her superior in disbelief and asked in astonishment: "Sir, how could the negotiations between the two countries be like this?"

What happened this morning was a bit too explosive for a fledgling like Li Yuanfang. Shouldn't the negotiations between the two countries be based on reason and strive to show their respective eloquence and strive for the greatest interests for their own countries?
Why... why... why is today's negotiation as vulgar as the aunt and the hawker who are buying vegetables in the market, arguing over a penny or two?

He really couldn't accept it for a while.

In response, Wang Cezhi finally put down the tea cup he had been holding all morning, stood up, patted Li Yuanfang's shoulder and comforted:
"Just get used to it, be normal, stay calm..."

Then Shi Shiran left, leaving Li Yuanfang alone with doubts about life.

……

(End of this chapter)