In the afternoon, the emperor Zhao Gou personally accompanied his brother Zhao Huan to the Yonggu Mausoleum to pay homage to the tomb of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. The reason why Zhao Gou was willing to accompany his brother was mainly because Zhao Huan spoke very well. His body collapsed in Liaodong.
He will no longer ask about political affairs, he just wants to take good care of his health and live a few more years.
How could Emperor Zhao Gou not like what he said so nicely, so after the meeting in the morning, he happily took his imperial brother and hundreds of civil and military officials to pay homage to his father's mausoleum.
In the evening of that day, 30,000 copies of the "Beijing News" appeared in Lin'an's restaurants as scheduled, and the teahouses were sold out instantly. The headline on the front page was 'The two emperors met in spring breeze, brothers sacrificed to their father and expressed deep love.'
It described in detail the meeting between the emperor and the late emperor on the West Lake, and even drew a woodblock print of the two embracing each other on the boat. It even quoted a sentence from Zuo Xiangguo Zhu Shengfei, "The officials are waiting."
Thirteen years later, when the moment finally came to see the emperor again, the official was very excited and said that he would personally accompany the emperor to the Yonggu Mausoleum to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor.'
After the meeting during the day and the sensational exaggeration by the "Beijing News" at dusk, Chen Qing finally achieved his goal, that is, the goods from the late emperor in his hands were genuine, and the court, the emperor and the people all recognized his legitimacy. This is very, very important.
This was to prevent the Emperor Zhao Gou and the imperial court from resorting to a desperate move to question the authenticity and legitimacy of Zhao Huan.
This is also one of the main reasons why Chen Qing traveled thousands of miles to Lin'an with the late emperor, so that the court and Zhao Gou could personally recognize the authenticity of the late emperor.
In the prime minister's house, Qin Hui was in a daze holding today's "Beijing News". The headline on the front page made him wake up a little. What does "two emperors meet in spring breeze" mean? Isn't this a public admission that there were two emperors in the Song Dynasty?
"Master, what have you discovered?" Wang brought tea in and found that her husband looked abnormal.
Qin Hui put down the newspaper with a dull expression and said after a while: "We may have been fooled."
"What were you fooled?" Wang was confused.
"We could have announced early that the late emperor died of illness in Liaodong, and resolutely refused to recognize the late emperor in Chen Qing's hands. He would not have the late emperor as a chess piece, and his unauthorized exchange with the Jin Kingdom would be worthless."
"But you didn't announce it!"
With a sarcastic smile, Wang said, "Today we arranged for the two emperors to meet and worship the Supreme Emperor together. At this time, Chen Qing is probably grinning from ear to ear!"
"Zhu Shengfei is really an out-and-out idiot. Who asked him to arrange today's meeting?" Qin Hui gritted his teeth and cursed.
Mrs. Wang glanced at her husband with disdain. Zhu Shengfei had only returned three days ago, but her husband passed the responsibility to him.
"Master, can you still turn the situation around?"
"How to reverse it? The civil and military officials of the court and the people all over the city know that the two brothers met at the West Lake and went to worship the Supreme Emperor together. Now if we say that he is a fake, can the emperor afford to lose his face?"
"Then at least this matter has nothing to do with the master! When the officials wake up in the future, won't they say that it is the master's responsibility?"
Qin Hui pondered for a while and said: "You have reminded me that this negotiation has far-reaching implications. I must not participate. It has nothing to do with me at all. I can't remind him either. He will definitely blame me for not saying anything earlier and reminding him later.
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"It's best for me to find an excuse to leave Lin'an and come back after Chen Qing has left. This way we can completely clear things up."
Qin Hui nodded, "Tomorrow morning, I will go to Jiangning to sweep the grave. I told the emperor before, but I have to leave early."
Before dawn the next day, Qin Hui left Lin'an and went to Jiangning to worship his father. In the letter he left to Zhao Gou, he said that he was deeply moved and ashamed by the officials and the emperor's brothers worshiping their father.
At night, his father told him in a dream that he didn't want to waste any more time and had to rush back to his hometown before his father's memorial day.
Zhao Gou was deeply moved by the sincere letter he wrote, and immediately issued an order to give Qin Hui a set of sacrificial utensils, and approved Qin Hui's early departure with a pen.
In the morning, Zhu Shengfei and Taichang Shaoqing Huang Guinian came to the Western Army camp together, and the two sides began formal negotiations.
Zhao Gou was certainly not a fool. Even if the emperor said he didn't want to ask about political affairs, it was useless. Chen Qing had to agree, so Zhu Shengfei had to come over to negotiate what the court had to pay before Chen Qing asked the late emperor to issue an abdication edict.
The plenipotentiary representative sent by Chen Qing was naturally Zhou Kuan, and Chao Qing, as Zhou Kuan's deputy, participated in the negotiations together.
The first condition Zhou Kuan offered was completely within Zhu Shengfei's expectation. Chen Qing requested that he be promoted to the title of King of Qin, appointed as Grand Master, be granted the title of Three Divisions of Officials and Officials, and be granted the title of General of Hussars.
There is no problem with the official position at all. When Chen Qing destroyed Xixia, the imperial court called for Chen Qing to be named Grand Master. He also regained the Hexi Corridor. With his achievements, there is no problem at all to be appointed as the first rank. Whether it is Grand Master, open an account.
Whether it is Yi Tong Sansi or Hussar General, these are all empty positions, and the emperor will not be stingy.
The key is the title. The emperor agreed to make Chen Qing the prince, but he did not want to make Chen Qing the core prince. Who are the core princes? Qin, Jin, Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chu, Shu, and in the Song Dynasty, there were also Bian Wang and Liang Wang.
Wang, wait, the emperor just wants to make Chen Qing the King of Liang.
Therefore, Chen Qing wanted to be crowned King of Qin, while the emperor only wanted to be crowned King of Liang. This was their first conflict.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a quarter of an hour, and Zhu Shengfei smiled and said: "Why don't we put the specific name of the prince aside for now, and let's look at other conditions."
Zhou Kuan put forward a second condition and asked for the jurisdiction of Jiangling Prefecture, Lizhou, Dingzhou, Yuezhou and Tanzhou.
Chen Qing did not have many requests, only three, but each of them was difficult for Zhao Gou to accept.
Actually asking for the King of Qin, the first item was unacceptable to Zhao Gou. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, what did Chen Qing want to do?
Of course, Zhao Gou also knew Chen Qing's intention to ask for the King of Qin, because his main territory was Shaanxi Road. To be honest, Zhao Gou was not willing to grant him the title of King of Shu.
Thinking of King Shu, Zhao Gou suddenly remembered something and asked anxiously: "What did he say about Sichuan Road?"
"He said that officials from more than a dozen states on Sichuan Road were selling illicit salt, and finally rebelled with Li Jinxiao. Those officials who did not want to rebel were brutally killed by him, and their families were wiped out. He said that facts proved that losing the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Envoy
Under the control of the company, the entire Sichuan Road has become a mess."
Zhao Gou was unhappy and interrupted Zhu Shengfei, "Tell me the important point, what is the final conclusion?"
"He said that all officials were appointed by the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy Department and submitted to the Ministry of Personnel for record."
"no!"
Zhao Gou slapped his palm on the table and said with a livid face: "I don't accept it. The officials on Sichuan Road must be appointed by the imperial court. At least the officials at the state level must be appointed by the imperial court. Continue to negotiate with him."
"Wei Chen knows."
Zhu Shengfei hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, what's the second condition?"
Zhao Gou took a look at the second condition and asked for the jurisdiction of Jiangling Prefecture, Lizhou, Dingzhou, Yuezhou and Tanzhou.
Of course he understood what Chen Qing meant. It was equivalent to taking away the area around Dongting Lake. The so-called jurisdiction meant that the face was returned to the imperial court. They were still the territory of the Song Dynasty, but the inner area belonged to Chen Qing.
Zhao Gou took two steps behind his hands and asked Li Guangdao: "How is the tax situation on Jinghu South Road?"
Li Guang bowed and said: "Reporting to your majesty, Jinghu South Road has passed through Yang Yao's Rebellion and Liu Guangshi's Rebellion. The population is sparse, the foundation is very weak, there are almost no taxes, and there is no ten years. Don't even think about recovering."
Zhao Gou thought for a long time and said to Zhu Shengfei: "If he agrees to the Sichuan Road, I can agree to the second condition."
"Go and talk to them!"
Zhao Gou looked at the third condition and frowned, "What does he want Quanzhou's jurisdiction for?"
"They said that the Western Army wants to do overseas trade to supplement its insufficient military salary."
Zhao couldn't imagine what else Quanzhou could do besides trade? Quanzhou alone would be no problem. The imperial court could put trade in Guangzhou or Mingzhou.
But Zhao Gou was concerned about garrisoning troops. "Did they say they wanted to garrison troops?"
"The humble official also asked, if they want to fight against pirates, they must have appropriate troops stationed."
Zhao Hua thought for a while and said: "Vigilante groups can be organized appropriately to combat piracy, but troops are not allowed to be stationed."
Zhu Shengfei was a little embarrassed, "In this case, the minister is worried that he will not be able to get the abdication edict."
Zhao Gou's eyes widened, and he was really dissatisfied and said: "You go to talk to him first, why are you always thinking of giving in? Tell him, King Qin will definitely not do it, and I can't explain it to my ancestors."
At this time, Xu Xiantu smiled slightly and said: "Weichen just remembered that Chen Qing is still His Majesty's brother-in-law. It seems that the one accompanying him this time is the Shunde Emperor! What Weichen meant was, could you please give her some advice?"
Chen Qing?"
The last thing Zhao Gou wanted to mention was this matter. He waved his hand and said, "If we don't mention this matter first, we will consider it later if we really can't."