Chapter five hundred and eighty-ninth game (eleven)
In the Internal Affairs Hall, Chen Qing is also discussing tomorrow's negotiations with Jiang Yanxian.
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "Tomorrow should be just a test. Li Hui came directly from Xiangyang. He can't know the bottom line of the court. I feel that he should test our sincerity and feedback to the court, and then the court will discuss and finalize the plan."
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Chen Qing nodded, "Since we want to talk, we have to show sincerity. Tomorrow we will take him to see Cixing Temple and Renzong Temple, and then talk to him."
"Your humble position suggests that it would be better for the Xuanfu envoy to meet Li Hui first and then go to the temple?"
Chen Qing thought for a while and smiled: "Li Hui had a good relationship with me before, so it doesn't hurt to meet him."
"Then where is the best place to arrange it?"
"right here!"
Chen Qing pointed in front of him and said, "Please come here as soon as possible. I can just meet him for a while."
"The humble job has been arranged!"
Chen Qing then told him: "Since tomorrow is just a test, don't expose my true intentions too early. Tomorrow is just a statement. Everything can be discussed. I believe they will understand what I cannot give in to."
"I understand, I understand. I will go and prepare first."
Jiang Yanxian stood up and left.
Chen Qing sent him out and when he came back, he saw that Zhao Qiaoyun had collected the tea cups and served him another cup of tea.
Chen Qing sat down in front of the brazier, added two pieces of charcoal, heated up the fire and said with a smile: "You should also sit down and warm yourself up."
Zhao Qiaoyun sat sideways next to Chen Qing, "What's wrong?" Chen Qing found that she was a little depressed, and smiled and said, "What unhappy thing happened to her?"
"It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that I feel a little unspeakably uncomfortable."
"Give me your hand!"
Chen Qing stretched out his hand, and Wang Qiaoyun hesitantly put his fair and petite hand into Chen Qing's broad palm. Chen Qing held her cold little hand and said with a smile: "If you don't want to reveal your identity, then don't force it."
Wang Qiaoyun lowered his head and whispered: "I just don't want to become a political marriage..."
Chen Qing said softly: "Unless I don't give you any status, as long as I marry you, the court will know about it sooner or later."
"Then... let them know later, I really... really don't want to be a bargaining chip on the negotiation table. Official, I feel very sad."
Chen Qing looked at her silently for a moment, then nodded, "Okay! I promise you, but in this case, you may not have a grand ceremony, and you may not have a matchmaker to get married. You can only be like A Ying and A Lian, and give your wife a bowl of tea.
, and then become my woman, are you willing?"
"I am willing, I am willing to be an unknown little woman, quietly with the officials. I don't want any grand ceremony at all. I really hate the title of Emperor Ji. It is something that I will never get rid of in my life.
nightmare."
Although Wang Qiaoyun is a very good bargaining chip, Chen Qing also knows that treating her as a bargaining chip will really hurt her a lot and is unfair.
And to say the least, Zhao Gou may not care about this kind of marriage. After all, Wanyan Wushu is also his brother-in-law. Zhao Gou will not take these sisters seriously at all. Otherwise, why has Zhao Gou ignored Wang Qiaoyun's existence in these years?
Even when Wang Ming was a supervisor, he didn't even ask her. He would only regard them as a shame.
Chen Qing took a report and handed it to Wang Qiaoyun and said with a smile: "This is the final draft of the negotiation between Yang Zaixing and Liu Guangshi. You can see if there are any problems. If there are no problems, I will sign it."
Wang Qiaoyun took the manuscript and said with a smile: "I remember we have been talking for more than a month. Are we going back and forth over the ownership of the ship?"
Gu Liao
"How do you know?" Chen Qing asked in surprise.
"I know that the ships in the Jingxiang area are extremely important. When the officials wanted to bring all Liu Guangshi's ships over, I felt something was wrong. Liu Guangshi might not agree."
"You are right. Liu Guangshi really refused to agree. He refused to give me even a big ship. After several rounds of back and forth, he finally relented and agreed to give me ordinary big ships. There were 277 ships in total. Then
Give us 400,000 guan of money and 100,000 grains, and redeem 25,000 soldiers."
"I'll take a good look at it tonight! I'll reply to the official tomorrow."
Zhao Qiaoyun also went back, and Chen Qing immediately sent someone to inform Jiang Yanxian that he would meet Li Hui at the official residence tomorrow morning instead.
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Early the next morning, Chen Qing met with Li Hui in the official room. The two sat down separately, with Jiang Yanxian also sitting beside him.
Li Hui really didn't expect that he was a little nervous in front of Chen Qing. When he was appointed as the Privy Councilor, Chen Qing was just a student of martial arts. In just five or six years, Chen Qing became a prince, and there was a kind of aura in his movements.
An indescribable sense of pressure.
"When did the pacifier come to Jingzhao?"
"About the first year of Zhenghe! At that time, I followed Tong Guan to attack Xixia. I stationed troops in Jingzhao and was still a commander. More than twenty years have passed, and I feel that Jingzhao has not changed much."
Chen Qing shook his head and smiled: "There must have been changes in Jingzhao. It was occupied by the Jurchens and the puppet Qi army for eight years. Except for the official office of the Xuanfu envoy because Wanyan Loushi and Wanyanchang liked it, it was not destroyed. The others were like the big ones.
Official logos related to the Song Dynasty have been erased."
"It seems that the walls of Jingzhao have become taller."
"I actually ordered the height of the Jingzhao City Wall to be raised. The Jin soldiers will not be reconciled to the loss of Shaanxi Road and will definitely launch a massive counterattack. To prepare for a rainy day, I must defend Jingzhao City well."
Li Hui frowned, "If Chen Dutong places the battlefield in Jingzhao City, I'm afraid it will be a devastating blow to Guanzhong. The Jin soldiers will not leave any grass behind."
Chen Qing said calmly: "I am just taking precautions. Of course I will not place the battlefield in Jingzhao City. Please comfort the envoy to tell the court that the Western Army is fully preparing for war and will never let Shaanxi Road fall into the hands of the Jin soldiers again."
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Chen Qing's meeting with Li Hui didn't last long, and there was no negotiation involved. After leaving the government office, Jiang Yanxian accompanied Li Hui to Cixing Temple in the east of the city. Cixing Temple was built by Song Renzong Zhao Zhen for his biological mother Li.
Xiu, there is also an ancestral hall of Song Renzong in the temple, which the locals call Renzong Temple.
Abbot Huiming, the abbot of the temple, specially led the monks out to welcome Li Hui's arrival.
Li looked back at the big plaque on the temple. The words "Edict to Build Cixing Temple" were actually written by Song Renzong. He was a little surprised and said, "This plaque is still there?"
Abbot Huiming clasped his hands and said: "The pacification envoys did not know that the Jin soldiers captured Jingzhao and Cixing Temple was also destroyed. We hid the plaque, but in the second year of Jianyan there was a fire in the temple and the plaque was missing. It may have been stolen while fighting the fire.
After the people took it away, the Xuanfu envoy led his troops into the city and restored the burned Guanyin Pavilion and Renzong Temple. They also spent a lot of money to find plaques among the people and hung them again in front of the temple. Thanks to the kindness of the Xuanfu envoy, the monks in our temple all
Grateful."
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said nothing. Li Hui suddenly understood what the other party meant by bringing him to Cixing Temple. This plaque is proof. Chen Qing had no intention of betraying the Song Dynasty, otherwise this plaque would not be hanging here.
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They then came to the Renzong Ancestral Hall on the left side of the vestibule, also known as the Renzong Temple. There was a statue of Song Renzong inside. It looked like it was newly built. The abbot also introduced it in this way. The old statue was destroyed by the Jin soldiers eight years ago. This is the statue of Xuan Fu. After entering the city, he reshaped it and his merits were immeasurable.
Li Hui knelt down in front of the statue of Renzong and kowtowed three times respectfully.
He stood up and said to Jiang Yanxian: "I understand your hard work. It seems that there are rumors in the court that the Xuanfu envoy is ambitious, separatist, and betrays the court. These rumors are not true. I will report the truth to the court. You are indeed negotiating in good faith." .”
Jiang Yanxian smiled slightly and said: "The main reason is that Shaanxi Road is located in the northwest, far away from Lin'an, so communication is not smooth. All misunderstandings are normal. We have no choice but to station in Sichuan. We definitely do not want to separate Sichuan and Shaanxi."
Li Hui said happily: "In that case, I am willing to listen to Chang Shi's explanation!"
