Li Yun hesitated twice in one sentence, and it was obvious that the words swirling in his stomach were not good ones.
A son of an official like Shi Kuanzhi had seen a lot of yin and yang since he was a child. How could he not feel it? The contempt contained in this overly obvious cover-up was more embarrassing than a slap in the face. He suddenly became furious, with veins all over his face.
I got angry.
The current situation is changing too fast, and the Prime Minister is in the center of many conflicts. Some things must be agreed with Li Yun, who represents Guo Ning, the Duke of Zhou. Last night, everyone in the Prime Minister's house discussed for a long time before deciding that Shi Kuan
Before he came forward to establish friendship with Li Yun, someone reminded him at that time that since the navy was sweeping the north, Li Yun must be arrogant and arrogant. Even if his words were unpleasant or malicious, he should try to suppress them as much as possible.
As the matter came to a head, it was really hard to suppress his anger. Shi Kuanzhi was always considered to have a gentle personality by outsiders. In fact, he had been a prime minister for such a long time, and his temper gradually rose unknowingly. He was usually modest.
The main reason for being gentle is that no one dares to seriously contradict him.
Shi Kuanzhi was about to jump when he saw it, and Xue Ji behind him was so frightened that he lost his mind.
When Li Yun revealed his identity before, Shi Miyuan arranged an imperial banquet on the spot and asked Xue Ji to attend the banquet. This was actually to arrange for Xue Ji to come forward and communicate with Li Yun. Due to the sudden change in the situation, an extra person was invited to come out today.
The eldest son of the Shi family showed his affection, but the responsibility for the success or failure of the matter always rested with Xue Ji.
He came up in a hurry, raised his voice, and gesticulated to arrange the queue of people accompanying the Northern Envoy today. As if inadvertently, he passed by Shi Kuanzhi, and then stepped on Shi Kuanzhi's instep with a hard kick.
superior.
"Ouch!"
Shi Kuanzhi screamed in pain.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Li Yun asked blankly.
Shi Kuanzhi felt severe pain in his foot. When he turned around, he saw Xue Ji throwing looks at him, and his beard was trembling with anxiety. His mind was still clear, so he casually said that he had kicked a stone under his foot, and then he leaned down and held the instep of his foot.
Take the opportunity to breathe evenly.
"I just thought of something."
When Shi Kuanzhi stood up, his expression returned to calm:
"You have used several layers of cover to place the manpower in Banjing Pavilion. Their mission is nothing more than to protect the safety of the wise brother, and to secretly convey information so that the wise brother can act. However, after all, those few people came from the sea.
Walking without a foundation. So the wise brother can know the battle situation in Kaifeng, but not what happened in Lin'an City, right?"
Li Yun immediately cheered up:
"Haha, haha, brother, I have been in the library for more than a month and I don't know anything about the outside world. Why, what happened in Lin'an City can actually affect the relationship between our northern and southern families? It affects my family.
A decision?"
"Of course it won't affect your lord, but we, the Song Dynasty, have our own national conditions here, and there are some things for my father... Alas, even if it is a deal between the two countries, you don't have to be too strong and simple, and some words are even more unscrupulous.
It’s time to speak out urgently.”
"What exactly happened in Lin'an City? Brother, please speak frankly. My father-in-law has always respected your father-in-law, and our two families have always cooperated happily, so we are willing to change uncle and nephew to brothers. Could it be that this has made things difficult for the father-in-law?
I don’t think the officials of the Song Dynasty have any quirks, so they must be the nephew of my father-in-law?"
"Alas, my dear brother didn't know that news of the battle in Kaifeng came back to Lin'an the day before yesterday, and Xuan Zhen brought a message from Duke Zhou. This was originally a good thing, but who would have expected that the news was leaked that night and spread everywhere the next day. "
Well, it turns out that the key lies in the leakage of secrets.
Li Yun himself knew the news, but he received an urgent message yesterday. The person responsible for transmitting the message was a veteran who had been with Guo Ning for a long time and was more senior than Li Yun; the message carrier was a special wax pill, hidden in a disguised In the clay pot for cooking seasonings, Li Yun saw the silk wrapped in the wax ball and immediately burned it.
Three or five people who are far away from home can still be cautious in doing things. The prime minister's palace in the Song Dynasty can't hide any news, which is simply a joke.
Li Yun shook his head and decided not to criticize, so as not to irritate Shi Kuanzhi again: "So what if it is leaked? Isn't this news a good thing for the Song Dynasty?"
Shi Kuanzhi let out a long sigh and said in a heavy tone: "A good thing is a good thing, and it also aroused the enthusiasm of many people in the government and the public. So yesterday, a large number of imperial students wrote to Fuque, and everyone was excited. They all said that since the Zhou and Song families As brothers, we should divide the territory of Dajin equally, so for two days in a row, they agitated public opinion between the government and the public, urging the court to send troops north to regain their homeland."
After hearing this, Li Yun's face was confused: "Equal division of territory? Brother, isn't this crazy talk? How powerful is your country, do you dare to talk about equal division of territory? Is this because you have taken the wrong medicine, and your anger has attacked your heart? Brother, these are People are afraid that they are sick and need to be treated!"
Shi Kuanzhi chuckled, not knowing what to say for a moment.
In the past few years, because Jin Dynasty was violently attacked by the Mongolian army, the communication between the north and the south was temporarily interrupted. Therefore, the internal judgment of the Jin Dynasty in the Song Dynasty has been constantly changing. For example, Cheng Ju of the Privy Council, Qiao Xingjian of the Secretary Supervisor Others believed that although the Jin Kingdom was severely damaged by the Black Tartars from the north, its strength still existed; another group of scholar-bureaucrats, including famous Confucian scholars Zhen Dexiu, believed that the Jin Kingdom's collapse was imminent and that it was time to use force.
The debate between the two sides was very fierce. As the prime minister, Shi Miyuan, although he had the final decision-making power, did not dare to act rashly. In order to find out the situation in the north, Ding Zhan and other envoys Jin He and his party were sent.
As a result, Ding Yan came back and brought a third opinion, that is, the Jurchens and Mongolia were not to be feared, but the newly rising Dinghai navy was the big problem.
Previously, the Prime Minister's office was planning to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jin Dynasty's two armies to fight each other to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao Fang's troops were mobilized to go north, with the intention of affecting the war situation and grabbing the greatest benefits for themselves. . But I never thought that when Zhao Fang wavered slightly in Kaifeng, he was suppressed by Ding Haijun with iron cavalry. Hundreds of people died on the spot, and he did not dare to move again.
Later, Zhao Fang wrote a special letter and entrusted Xuan Zhen to bring it back. In the letter, he used a lot of space to exaggerate the strength of the navy, described in detail the methods he saw in various aspects of running the army, and finally repeatedly emphasized , our side must not cause trouble again, otherwise it will be in vain to provoke an unprecedentedly powerful enemy and seek death.
Zhao Fang's status was higher than that of Ding Yan. He was a famous minister who knew the military, and his persuasiveness in military matters was more than ten times that of Ding Yan. If the original plan of the Prime Minister's Mansion was like a storm of anger, his move The letter came back like a bucket of ice water on top, making everyone involved tremble and have to calm down.
Unfortunately, they calmed down, but those in the government and the public who did not know the truth could not calm down.
It sounds like a coincidence. Previously, Shi Miyuan and the Northerners reached a tacit agreement to jointly attack Dajin. Behind this, it was naturally related to the political and economic interests of the Prime Minister's Office, and also related to some secrets that could not be disclosed to outsiders.
But since the two families have joined forces, there must be some convincing reasons. So in the past month, everyone in the history party has used all their strength to advocate and package the whole thing in another way.
So many people in the government and the public only knew that the powerful enemy that had suppressed the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years was about to end. In the process, the Song Dynasty also contributed to the attack by sending troops. The leaders of the subsequent regime were very polite to the Song Dynasty and took the initiative to propose
Change the relationship between uncle and nephew between the north and the south to brothers.
As a result, those who thought Daikin was still strong only felt that their own side was actually stronger; those who thought Daikin was weak even concluded that Daikin was really running around. After repeated calculations, in short, the enemy is so weak, but we are so strong.
; Looking at the subsequent regimes in the north that were so polite... Isn't it obvious that this was a good opportunity given to the Song Dynasty by God? If we don't return our country now, how long will it take?
What? Shi Xiang has no idea of mobilizing troops?
What? The soldiers from Jinghu who had arrived at Kaifeng City withdrew again?
What? Shi Xiang cooperated with Nading Navy in the north, but has not received any practical benefits so far?
Ahhhh! Shi Miyuan is indeed a traitor! We want to strike! We want to surrender, we want to submit a letter! We want to impress the emperor with our loyalty and drive away the traitor Shi Miyuan!
Shi Kuanzhi explained a lot and finally concluded:
"In short, the uncle-nephew relationship between the two countries can only be the result of arduous negotiations between our two families, but it must not be a concession voluntarily proposed by you. Otherwise, those Tai students will be forced to look forward to Shu, and the forces behind the Tai students will only add fuel to the flames.
The trend is getting bigger and bigger, and by that time, even if my father will not be hijacked, the civil and military forces in the border areas will inevitably become confused, and trouble may arise between the two families!"
Having said this, Shi Kuan's mouth became dry. He took a breath and looked at Li Yun again.
Li Yun still looked confused:
"Brother, if you have any objections to the matter of brothers and nephews from the two countries, please just say it directly. I really don't understand it by going around so far away from the topic! Imperial student? Fuguo wrote a letter? What kind of nonsense is this?
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"It is not a trivial matter for Imperial College Student Fu Que to submit a letter! It is a huge trend that can shake up the court and cause many variables! Your father-in-law's idea was brought forward too early and caused a lot of trouble!"
Shi Kuanzhi was a little impatient. He yelled a few words and then asked: "You, Dajin, also have students from the Imperial College. What will happen if the students from the Imperial College make trouble?"
Li Yundao: "At the end of last year in Zhongdu, when the Jin Dynasty emperor jumped from the building, there were indeed Jurchen members who caused trouble. Later, we held them responsible and most of them were killed."