"Your Highness, you, you..." As soon as Liu Fu sat down, he yelled at Zhao Bing with a distressed look, but when he saw the little Huangmen waiting in the hall, he swallowed his words again.? ??
Bi Quge w?w w?.
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"Mr. Liu, don't be anxious. If you have something to say, please speak slowly." Zhao Bing looked at his anxious expression, and for a moment he really didn't know how he had offended him. He hurriedly left his seat and brought him a cup of tea with his own hands, and ordered Wang De
Take people out, and no one can disturb you unless you call for it.
"Your Highness, I originally thought that you had lofty ambitions and could revive the greatness of the Song Dynasty in the future, but I didn't expect that Your Highness would give up so easily." As soon as he left, Ying Jieyan said with urgency.
"My lords, I am confused. I don't know where to blame. Please explain me clearly." Zhao Bing cupped his hands and said, thinking that these two old men came here to ask questions, but he was still confused!
"Has His Highness entered the palace today?" Liu Fu asked after taking a sip of tea and taking a steady breath.
"Yes, how dare I not go when the Queen Mother calls me to the palace."
"Then what did His Highness say?" Liu Fu asked again.
"My king...the queen mother is worried about state affairs. I said some words of comfort, played with the emperor for a while, and then returned to the palace." Zhao Bing was stunned for a moment, as if he understood something, but he was not sure.
So he answered half-truthfully.
"Did you just say some words of comfort? Did you mention the matter of peace?"
"said."
"Has His Highness agreed to pledge money to Mongolia?"
"accepted."
"Your Highness, oops..." Liu Fu slapped his thigh and sighed, unable to speak any more. His face was full of regret.?
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"Your Highness, going to Mongolia as a hostage is a matter of narrow escape, do you know?" Ying Jieyan also looked like a dead father and asked sadly.
"Of course I know. It's a long way from Jiangnan to Dadu, and the Tatars are people of no faith. Life and death are all a matter of a thought." Zhao Bing was sure at this moment. The two of them were anxious because of his initiative to request the pledge of Mongolia.
, and depending on the situation, it is a foregone conclusion to negotiate peace with Mongolia, but looking at their excited expressions, they seem to care about themselves very much.
"Since His Highness knew this, why did he take the initiative to go to Mongolia?" Liu Fu asked very puzzledly. When he heard that King Wei took the initiative to pledge money at the court meeting, he thought that he did not know the risks involved. Now he heard His Highness admit it personally.
I don't understand even more. I wonder if he drank the ** soup in the palace and the effects of the medicine haven't worn off yet!
"It's very simple. Only by promoting peace can I open a government office." Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Your Highness, you are confused! What's the use of going to Mongolia to open a mansion?" Liu Fu was so angry that he didn't know what to say. It took him a long time to say this.
"Your Highness shoulders the great responsibility of reviving the country. How could he be so rash and agree to pledge money to Mongolia just to open a palace? Is it just for the name of a general?" Ying Yanjie couldn't hide his heartache and felt even more sad.
I had misjudged the person. His Highness was seeking fame at such a young age.
"Two adults, do you think the peace negotiation can be successful?" Zhao Bing just wanted to be happy when he saw the performance of the two people. The peace negotiation has not yet come to an end, so he questioned himself with the words "deep love, deep pain"
' to describe it. And their performance made Zhao Bing really feel that these two people really cared about him, so there might be a way to take them under his command, so he didn't intend to hide it anymore and wanted to show off with them.
"Well...this really needs to be discussed.?" Zhao Bing said this, and the expressions of the two of them also changed. Liu Fu pondered for a moment and said. However, he was also relieved. This peace agreement is only for the Song Dynasty.
It is still unknown whether the Mongolians are willing to talk about the matter. And even if the other party is willing to talk, no one knows whether the negotiation can be successful and what kind of negotiation it will be. In short, the success or failure is only 50 to 50, and yet he rashly comes to ask questions.
'It seems a bit abrupt.
"But just to open a palace, is it worth it for Your Highness to take such a big risk? If the peace negotiation succeeds, His Highness will have nothing." Ying Jieyan thought about it and said, this child is brave enough, especially if he takes his own money.
Life is at stake.
"Two adults, everything is risky. Going out in a boat may capsize, and walking may cause sprained feet. Who knows if you will be able to see the sun tomorrow when you are lying in bed, but we should still take the boat as usual, walk and
Sleeping, why is this? Because everyone knows that although there are risks, they are very few and not worth worrying about." Zhao Bing said still smiling.
"Your Highness, you mean that peace talks are difficult to come by?" Liu Fu said with his eyes shining.
"I dare not say that it will definitely not happen." Zhao Bing said.
"How confident is Your Highness?" Ying Jieyan asked, but he saw that His Highness's expression remained calm and he was obviously confident. This was a redundant question, but he was still curious about where His Highness's confidence came from.
"The two adults have been in politics for many years and have gone through several dynasties. Their experience and qualifications are a hundred times better than mine. It's just time to help me with the details." Although Zhao Bing knew the result in advance, he couldn't let the two elders get off the stage because of his own stature.
There is nothing wrong with lowering your voice, so I acted like I was asking for advice.
"Your Highness, please give me some advice. I am all ears." Unexpectedly, the old man was also quite humble and looked like he was asking for advice.
"Then the king is lying." Zhao Bing was very satisfied with this. Everyone lowered their posture so that they could speak. "The Mongols started their troops from Temujin, but in the past few decades they have destroyed Jin, Xiliao, Xia, and Korea.
, sweeping through the countries in the Western Region, winning every battle and conquering every battle, has become increasingly arrogant, massacring cities and destroying countries at the slightest disagreement, treating the people of the world as pigs and dogs, and all countries as nothing. Is what I say true? "
"Everything His Highness said is true and not false." Liu Fu nodded.
"Well, let's look at the fact that it has been more than two hundred years since the founding of our country by Taizu. After the Jingkang Revolution, we retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and gradually declined. There was no hope of returning to the north of the Yangtze River. Finally, we lost Lin'an last year. Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the following hundred officials have requested to surrender.
, as usual, if the capital fell and the emperor surrendered, it would mean that the country was at an end. God was merciful, and the emperor's brother and I escaped by chance. With the support of all the ministers, the emperor's brother became the emperor and continued the country's lineage. But in the eyes of the Mongols, was it
Do you regard our dynasty as one country?"
"This..." Liu Fu and Ying Jie Yan were silent. They knew in their hearts that everything the prince said was true, but they couldn't say it with their mouths and didn't know how to answer.
"It is true that in the hearts of our people and loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, the emperor is still there and the country is not destroyed." Zhao Bing looked at the two people and said, "But the facts cannot be changed. In the eyes of the Mongols, the Song Dynasty has been destroyed by them. We
The DPRK is just a remnant of the wandering Korps, how could it regard it as a country and make peace with us?"
"Alas, although what His Highness said may not sound good to the ears, it is indeed the truth." Liu Fu sighed and said with a gloomy face. However, he refused to admit that the country was exhausted. He only held a trace of illusion. On the contrary, he was not as honest as a child, and felt even more in his heart.
Ashamed.
"Last time I had a conversation with Mr. Jiang over the government. His Highness once said that the Mongols were in civil strife and would send troops from the south of the Yangtze River north to quell the chaos. After inquiring, there were indeed signs of their return from the north. Therefore, during the court meeting, Mr. Jiang strongly advocated taking the opportunity to reorganize the army and establish an army.
However, some courtiers thought that this was a good time for peace talks to negotiate with the Tatars, and they wanted to temporarily stabilize Jiangnan and prevent the recurrence of chaos, so as to negotiate with our court.
It is not impossible to reach a peace agreement!" Ying Jieyan said. He knew that Mongolia had been in chaos for several years due to civil strife over the struggle for the throne, and there was a precedent for this.
"Absolutely impossible." Zhao Bing shook his head and said, "Firstly, our country no longer has the conditions to negotiate peace with the Mongols. When we negotiated peace with Jin, we still had half of our country, but now our southeast has been lost. Bashu has only a corner of Hezhou left, and Yunnan and Guizhou are precarious.
It also fell into the hands of the enemy long ago. After the fall of Guangzhou, both Guangdong and Guangxi surrendered one after another, leaving only a few scattered states and counties along the coast. There was no way to talk about ceding territory and paying compensation. Moreover, the peace negotiation was a negotiation between countries. The Tatars no longer had our country in their eyes, so how could they agree to it?
Talks and peace talks are just wishful thinking of those in the court."
"Furthermore, the current civil strife in Mongolia is related to the struggle for throne among the Khans more than ten years ago, but it is not like before. The thief chief Kublai Khan has been in power for nearly twenty years, controlling thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Central Plains and south of the Yangtze River, holding in his hands
With hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and huge wealth, the foundation has been solidified. However, Tottamur, the son of Mengge, Xiliji, and Mingli Timur, the son of Alibuge, who caused rebellion, no longer have the strength to respond to one hundred people in the past, and they have their own thoughts and conflicts with each other.
Continuous suspicion and resentment will inevitably lead to internal strife. Besides, the big commotion this time is also related to the internal reconciliation strategy adopted by Kublai Khan to attack the Song Dynasty, thereby appeasing traitors and leading to chaos. Now the elite from the south cannot be transferred to the north.
How long will it take for the rebellion to subside? Moreover, the Tatars are full of cavalry and can arrive in ten days on a thousand-mile journey. I estimate that they can return to the south of the Yangtze River in as little as half a year or as little as a hundred days. Therefore,
Mongolia will not affect its strategy of 'annihilation' against our DPRK by quelling the rebellion."
"As His Highness said, it is indeed difficult to reach a peace agreement, but is His Highness's information reliable?" Ying Jieyan nodded. The prince knew the situation very well, and his analysis was reasonable and he asked. But Chaozhou is about to explode.
The Western Region is thousands of miles away, but His Highness clearly knows the origin of the rebellion and the people who caused it, but the court still can't figure out the root cause, which makes it hard for him to believe.
"What I said comes from my own words. Whether it is true or not can be verified in the future." Zhao Bing took a sip of tea and said without further explanation. Of course, he had no way to explain this, so he could only pretend to be mysterious.
"Sir Ying, don't think too much. What His Highness said is definitely true." Liu Fu waved his hand to stop Ying Jiyan who wanted to continue questioning.
"Why is Uncle Sheng so convinced? Do you..." Ying Jieyan was very puzzled as to why he had no doubts about His Highness's words, but suddenly he thought of something and turned his face to look at Liu Fu in surprise.
Chapter completed!