Dangxiang's request for peace caused an uproar in the court, and combined with the debate about the county and the county ahead, the court talked about it several times without any results. The update was quick and there was no advertisement. Liu Liufu had arrived at the border, and the court still sent Fu Bi to serve as a companion.

The most important officials in the court who supported peace talks were Deputy Prime Minister Yan Shu, Song Xiang, Zhang Fangping and others. Li Di was old and Lu Yijian was in poor health. In the past two years, the prime minister and the Privy Councilor were facing replacement. People had dreams. Although Yan Shu had always been proficient in protecting himself, he also had ideas about these two positions at this time. When it comes to qualifications, he would not let him go when Li Di and Lu Yijian left.

Yan Shu was born as a child prodigy and had early entry into the government. Although he was just over 50 years old, his qualifications were extremely rich. Even Lu Yijian was just comparable to him. The officials of the Mesozoic dynasty, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and others were all his juniors. More than ten years ago, when Xu Ping was still farming in the village in a white house, Yan Shu had already become the chief minister.

To take over Li Di and Lu Yijian's old ministers, Yan Shu hopes that the government will be stable. If the war continues, there will be too many variables. After the battle in Tiandu Mountain, Xu Ping's reputation has increased greatly, and it is a foregone conclusion that the war has ended and it is a matter of being the prime minister. Yan Shu hopes that Xu Ping will go to the Privy Council and take over Li Di himself, otherwise he will not have the confidence to suppress Xu Ping. If he enters the dynasty as a participant in politics or even as a deputy prime minister, no matter how calm Xu Ping is, he is just another Kou Zhun who doesn't talk so much and doesn't show his edge. Yan Shu is not in the world, but his cultivation is far from the level of Lu Duan and others, and it is difficult to work with such Xu Ping.

Song Xiang was a minister of the Ci. He hated war and was afraid of war. Even if the front line won consecutive victories, he felt frightened when fighting. Since the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the Khitans have controlled the political situation of the Central Plains with their super national strength, and have often gone south. In their hearts, they were like nightmare and could not be gone. Unconsciously, they subconsciously regarded Dangxiang and Khitan as their kind, worried that the war would continue, and a bad Dangxiang army would enter Guanzhong and threaten the world. It would be best to be able to negotiate peace, and the country would be peaceful from now on, and the country would be stable. They would be a peaceful husband.

Young officials such as Zhang Fangping calculated the economic accounts and thought it was not cost-effective to continue to fight. Now the court is full of money and food and development is booming. Instead of spending energy on wars, it is better to do your best to manage the country well.

Those who oppose peace talks and fight against the war are the officials of the Sansi. Whenever an official says that it takes money to fight, Cheng Lin will just say in a simple sentence. If the court has money, the Sansi is most worried about how to spend money. If you say a thousand words, you can't afford to spend a lot of money. It's better to send money to soldiers who have won military merits than to know where to spend it. Moreover, the Sansi's subordinates have farming and various farming services. They need fertile Xingling and the two states, and even more need a trade route to the Western Regions. Maritime trade is exchanged for gold, silver and various treasures, but the Western Regions trade route can be exchanged for spices and horses, especially horses, which have special strategic significance for the Song Dynasty.

But the one who made the most noise in the court and was the loudest in the war was not the Sansi, but the Tongzhi Jianyuan Cai Xiang and Ouyang Xiu, who was edited by the Yiguan Pavilion. They were always famous for their courage and harsh words, and they deliberately tried to attack those who appreciated them. Yan Shu was a literary scholar of the generation and admired them very much, and happened to be gathered by them.

The officials of the Three Divisions are based on their own yamen and are making facts and reasoning, but these two people are not so polite. In particular, Ouyang Xiu fully utilized his literary expertise and cited widely. From the Third Dynasties to the Late Tang Dynasty, he lamented the disadvantages of seeking peace.

In the past two years, Ouyang Xiu was proud and had slowly recovered from the trough of being demoted to Yiling.

First, Fan Zhongyan led Yanzhou and once appointed him as the secretary. Ouyang Xiu believed that letting him do the "handwriting and paper music" was a waste of talent and said politely on the grounds that he wanted to support his mother. As for the fact that he was demoted to Yiling for support of Fan Zhongyan, Yingyan was suspected of forming a party, Ouyang Xiu disdained this statement. The so-called "Friends, if the world is concerned, I would rather have a party!"

When he returned to Beijing to conduct a review of the imperial edict, Song Qi also named Ouyang Xiu himself when he was awarded the imperial edict. It was a road to edicts. Ouyang Xiu's popularity now is naturally impossible, but it also shows that he has entered a small circle.

Cai Xiang and Ouyang Xiu were in charge of the battle, and the incident caused a lot of storm and their articles were widely circulated.

A few days later, Zhao Zhen and several prime ministers in Chongzheng Hall were still discussing this matter. Fu Bi accompanied Liu Liufu on the road and slowly came to the capital. Xu Ping in the northwest was reorganizing his army, and the war would not start before the New Year. But after the New Year, the court would set the direction no matter what. Xu Ping's nearly 200,000 troops were stationed north of the Zhenrong Army, and the cost was huge and he could not wait there.

Yan Shu still insisted that he should agree to the peace of the Dangxiang, but the conditions were set more strictly, so that Yuan Hao would go to the imperial examination and even take Zi to the capital for quality. Since they had already been defeated, it would be meaningless to continue to fight, and he could not really occupy that land.

Cheng Lin said slowly: "Now there is enough money and food. Even if the army of 200,000 is on Jingyuan Road, the three departments have enough money and food to support it. If you want to discuss peace, what should you say about Lanzhou, Huizhou and other places that you occupied earlier? I'm afraid that the thieves will come to fight."

Yan Shu said: "The land is barren and the people are poor, and there is no output. If this dynasty has occupied it, he will send officials to pacify the Suifan tribe, and spend money everywhere. There is no benefit or anything else, even if it is returned to the thieves, it will not be very harmful."

Cheng Lin shook his head slightly: "I had asked Bao Zheng to prefect Huizhou before. He had a lot of mines and seedlings there, and he had a lot of copper production. This item alone was good. If you want to give it up, the three departments would definitely not agree! Moreover, after the battle in Tiandu Mountain, Dangxiang had no spare time to harass the dynasty. Qinfeng Road Yingtianwu had already visited Lanhui and the land was surveyed in the next spring. Now that manpower and material resources are available, it is absolutely impossible to let the Yingtianwu take away the land surveyed," he said.

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the Secretary of the Central Committee was involved in the affairs of the Three Divisions, Chen Zhizhong kept nodding, obviously agreeing with Cheng Lin's words, knowing that it was impossible for him to make the Three Division make concessions. The land occupied by San Division was already there to install a venue, wanting them to spit out the meat they had eaten. With the current strength of San Division, he, a deputy minister, was not enough.

Seeing that Li Di and Lu Yijian didn't say anything, Yan Shu had to say, "Now that Yuanhao's situation is over. Even with the Khitan mediation, we can still return the occupied counties and land to them. If Yuan Hao does not agree, then let the Longyou Protectorate continue to attack. The 200,000 troops in Longyou, if you don't believe Yuan Hao dares to be arrogant."

Because the debate on the opinions of the court and China was too fierce, Li Di and Lu Yijian, who were in charge of the overall situation, have not expressed their opinions publicly, no matter which side they tend to. It is necessary for middle and lower-level officials to discuss it extensively, so that they will not cause a rebound.

Cheng Lin's opinion was very clear. The Sansi had enough financial resources to fight the war and also had enough financial resources to digest the captured land. And he did not hide it at all. The Sansi hoped to obtain the fertile land of Xingling and the two prefectures, which was originally the prefecture of the Song Dynasty. It was also unconcealed. Whether it was to fight or reconcile, the Sansi had to firmly grasp the trade routes of the Western Regions.

Even if Yan Shu was able to preside over the peace talks with the Dangxiang, both of the requirements of the Sansi must be met, so that they could give up the interests they had occupied. The copper in Huizhou, the land of Lanzhou, and the cattle, sheep and horses in Qinzhou were already the material foundation that supported the vast area. If it was gone, the Sansi would have to transport money and grain from the mainland, and the Sansi would not do it.

Just when Yan Shu was already rising in the hall, Xiaohuangmen came to report, and the deputy chief of the Privy Council ordered Li Zhang to ask for an emergency, saying that there was an emergency document from Xu Ping of Longyou.

Zhao Zhen asked Li Zhang to come in. Li Zhang held a book in his hand and handed it to Lu Yijian, the head of the Privy Council sitting aside, and retreated aside.

Lu Yijian opened Xu Ping's book and looked at it, got up and held the scepter to Zhao Zhen, and said, "It's impossible to be harmonious!"
Chapter completed!