Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing led 50,000 cavalry to leave Bianliang and returned to Jingzhao. This time, he was not as eager as when he came, but returned calmly.
In Lin'an, King Yong's special envoy Hu Yun visited Xu Xiantu again.
But this time it was not at Xu Xiantu's home, but at Xu Xiantu's official residence. This time it was official business.
"What the special envoy means is that Bianliang can be handed over to us?" Xu Xiantu was a little surprised.
"King Yong only promised a political handover. I don't know if Mr. Xu understands what I mean. It is not a complete handover to you, but a formal handover, or that both parties will jointly manage Bianliang."
Xu Xiantu nodded, "I understand what the special envoy means, but I want to know more, what does His Highness King Yong want?"
"His Royal Highness King Yong does have conditions, which means both parties need to sit down and talk to reach a plan acceptable to both parties."
Xu Xiantu pondered for a moment and said: "Although the Emperor really wants to take back Bianliang, he is not without principles. The special envoy will tell me a general condition before I can reply to the Emperor, otherwise the Emperor will also blame me for my incompetence."
Hu Yun smiled slightly and said: "I can only say that His Highness King Yong is more interested in Jinghu South Road."
"I understand, I will report it to the emperor."
Hu Yun said a few more words and then left. Xu Xiantu thought for a moment, then got up and went to the imperial study.
In the imperial study, Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei were also there. Although the Northern Expedition ended in vain, at least the warlord Han Shizhong, who held military power, was eliminated, which made Zhao Gou happy. I am afraid that in his heart, eliminating the vassal was more important than occupying a few pieces of land.
important.
He and Chen Qing did not fall out, and everyone still maintained harmony on the surface, just like a rebellious son of a big family. No matter how much people hate him, at least he still comes to worship his ancestors every year. As long as he still acknowledges his ancestors, he will be fine.
If something is out of line, you can tolerate it as long as you can, or you can keep it out of sight.
The same is true for Chen Qing. He has a de facto separatist regime, and is even a de facto imperial court. But as long as Chen Qing does not proclaim himself emperor, does not ascend the throne, accepts canonization from the imperial court, and recognizes himself as a minister of the Song Dynasty, then the emperor Zhao Gou can tolerate him.
.
But this was the previous state, and when Chen Qing captured Henan Road, Zhao Gou was full of fear of Chen Qing. He knew that as long as Chen Qing's army went south in a large scale, it would be easy to seize the land north of the Yangtze River. He now strictly forbids any confrontation with Chen Qing's army.
This is the reason for the conflict, lest Chen Qing find an excuse to send troops.
After listening to Xu Xiantu's report, Zhao Gou narrowed his eyes. Chen Qing's suggestion completely touched his heart!
Bianliang is the place where his ancestors established their capital, and all their ancestors are buried there. Zhao Gou even dreamed of taking back Bianliang!
"They said sharing Bianliang, I don't understand what they mean?"
"What Hu Yun means is that Bianliang is only given to us in name, but they are still responsible for the specific governance of Bianliang."
"What about the conditions?" Zhao Gou asked again.
"The other party's condition is Jinghu South Road!"
"No!"
Zhu Shengfei immediately objected: "Chen Qing is really full of hatred. Fortunately, he can think of it and give us a false name, but he wants actual benefits. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
Zhao Gou was silent. Qin Hui was so shrewd. He had already seen that the officials were actually interested, and he also knew the officials' desire for Bianliang. At this time, he was not as stupid as Zhu Shengfei, who rejected it outright.
Qin Hui bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, even if you get Bianliang in name, there are many situations. We cannot generalize. It depends on how much benefit the other party can offer. This needs to be discussed. Even if we can't reach an agreement, Wei Chen feels that it doesn't matter.
loss."
Zhao Gou felt a little more comfortable and asked Xu Xiantu again: "What is Xu Aiqing's opinion?"
Xu Xiantu thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, for us, Bianliang has no distinction between name and reality. They are both the same thing. Even if he really gives Bianliang to us, we will not be able to govern it. They can just find any excuse.
Bianliang City has been sealed off, unless they are willing to give us Kaifeng Prefecture, Chenzhou and Yingzhou together, but this is impossible, so Wei Chen thinks there is no harm in talking about it."
Only then did Zhu Shengfei wake up. It turned out that the officials wanted to talk. He felt regretful and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not opposed to the talks, but the ministers suggested that the talks be held in Lin'an, and we were passive in the talks in Jingzhao."
This suggestion is good. Zhao Gou nodded, "We can talk, but don't expect me to make much concessions? It must be reasonable and both parties can benefit. Xu Aiqing, go tell Hu Yun that we can talk. First, in
Talk to Bianliang; secondly, if he can make the decision with full authority, then you can talk to him; if he cannot make the decision, then invite someone who can make the decision to come and have peace."
"Wei Chen told him, who will take part in our negotiations?" Xu Xiantu asked.
Zhao Gou thought for a moment and said: "I will make the final decision on this matter. Xu Aiqing will report to me at any time. Then the specific negotiations can be carried out by Zhao Yan, the Minister of Rites, with Xu Aiqing guiding him behind the scenes."
"I obey the order!"
Zhao Gou said to Qin Hui again: "Qin Xiangguo will focus on Zhang Jun next. I hope he will take the initiative to hand over military power."
Qin Hui bowed and said, "Wei Chen will look for an opportunity to talk to him."
As for Zhu Shengfei, he was on the wrong team just now and categorically rejected the possibility of negotiation, which made Zhao Gou quite unhappy. Therefore, in this opportunity to help the emperor solve problems, he stepped aside.
After ten days of marching, Chen Qing's army finally returned to Jingzhao. This time it took a full month to deal with the crisis of the Song Army's Northern Expedition. It was early spring in February when they set out, and it was already spring in March when they returned.
The air is full of warmth, the sun is shining brightly, flowers are blooming everywhere, and everything is so beautiful.
But Chen Qing was not in much mood to appreciate the beautiful spring scenery. He was really a little tired. After returning to Jingzhao, he slept for two days before slowly recovering.
In the morning, Chen Qing opened this month's ultimatum in his study. These have been dealt with. His wife Lu Xiu specially left a record to let him know what important things happened in the past month.
Basically, there was nothing important. The most important thing this month was the imperial examination. The largest expenditure was the purchase of a ship. Eighty thousand guan was spent from the inner treasury. This expenditure made Chen Qing a little strange. He drew it with a pen.
In a circle, he rented hundreds of large ships from Zheng Quantong. There is no shortage of ships for the time being. What ship is he buying with these 80,000 yuan?
At this time, there was a rush of running footsteps outside, and Chen Qing laughed knowingly. He saw two young ladies rushing in. It was his two precious daughters, five-year-old Bing'er.
With four-year-old Xue'er, the two little guys were inseparable all day long.
"Dad, you are back!"
Chen Qing happily picked up his two precious daughters and kissed each of their little faces.
"Daddy is not here, are you good?"
The two little ladies nodded like chickens pecking at rice. Bing'er quickly said: "Shall we take daddy to see a baby?"
The two struggled to get off the ground, holding their father's hand and walking out, "What baby? Is it a little squirrel?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"It's not a little squirrel, it's something Daddy likes."
The two little guys couldn't talk about each other. Each of them grabbed his father's hand and led him out.
Chen Qing had no choice but to follow the two of them out of the study.
The place to go is not far, just behind the study. There is a small garden here with a wide view and good light. The warm sunshine shines on several plum trees and peach trees. Chen Qing likes the whiteness of plum blossoms and the beauty of peach blossoms.
, so I specially planted a few peach and plum trees, which can be seen as soon as I open the window.
"it's here!"
The two little guys pointed to the open space in front of them and said with joy on their faces: "Mom said, this is daddy's treasure!"
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[I accidentally pulled out a fire thorn on the middle finger of my right hand, and I got paronychia as a result. It happens to be the most important finger for typing. It was very painful to type on the keyboard. I only typed out two chapters after a day of typing. I applied Dixonide and I hope it will get better tomorrow. I'm sorry.
