Mu Yanfengguan hurriedly avoided the great ceremony, stepped aside, and knelt down and said: "Why did the queen say this? I eat the emperor's salary and bear the emperor's worries. But the Luo family has seduced the master and wants to mess up the harem. I will eliminate the traitors for the country."
It's your duty, how can you dare to accept the gift from the empress?"
After this incident, Mu Yanfeng Guan became famous, famous both at home and abroad, and attracted the attention of all officials.
And soon, the Jin Dynasty court received two urgent military intelligence reports. The first one said that the Song Dynasty was in the Huainan area on the Jin-Song border and had 300,000 troops to attack the Jin Dynasty!
The second one was that Wanyan Yanke was defeated in the battle against the bandits, and more than half of his troops were lost. However, the Song Army's commander-in-chief, Jiang Hai, was leading his troops rampant and might attack Kaifeng Mansion at any time!
Wanyan Shouxu was frightened and hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Da'an Hall.
All the officials of the Jin Kingdom frowned and did not dare to speak. Even Wanyan Bojia, the political advisor who had been the loudest shouter before, did not dare to speak nonsense at this time.
Wanyan Shouxu was furious and shouted: "I'm already mute. How can I speak? What should I do? What should I do?"
Facing the furious Wanyan Shouxu, all the officials bowed their heads and paused, not daring to look at the person, let alone speak.
Wanyan Shouxu pointed at Wanyan Bojia and said, "Speak, what should you do now?"
Wanyan Bojia trembled, "Master Lang, no, no, no, why not recruit 300,000 civilians as soldiers to deal with the Song army in Huainan."
Although Wanyan Bojia still said to fight, he was no longer confident at this time. After all, the Jin Kingdom had been in constant war for years, and the troops were stretched thin at this time. If he recruited ordinary people as soldiers, he would not be able to form combat effectiveness for a while, and the possibility of defeat was extremely high.
This fashion book made Li Tangying take courage and said: "Master Lang, the Song Dynasty invaded our country, Dajin, obviously to avenge our Jin Dynasty's southern expedition ten years ago. Now Mongolia is still entangled with our country. If we rashly make peace with
The founding war of the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that Song and Meng will eventually join forces, and I will be in great danger."
As soon as Li Tangying took the lead, the peace faction suddenly gained momentum. Minister Li Bingwen came out and said: "Master Lang, our country, Dajin, has been at odds with the Song Dynasty across the Huaihe River for a hundred years, and has not been able to defeat the Song Dynasty. Now that the Mongolian enemy is on our side, how can we still win?"
Can there be another war? I ask Master Lang to send envoys to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, so that the two countries can stop fighting and have a truce to rest and recuperate."
If this sentence had been spoken a few years ago, Li Bingwen would have been drowned by Tumo Xingzi, a civil and military man of the Manchu Dynasty. Isn't this a joke for the mighty Jin Kingdom to take the initiative to send envoys to the Song Dynasty for peace talks?
But now, today is different from the past. The Song State is not the Song State of the past, and the Jin State is not the Jin State of the past. There is no way to change the countermeasures.
After Li Bingwen finished speaking, several more ministers came out to support peace talks with the Song Dynasty and temporarily stabilize the situation.
In particular, Wu Linda, Minister of the Ministry of War, also supported the peace talks, which made the voices of the peace party even louder.
Wu Lin replied: "Master Lang, if the Song Dynasty can be defeated by recruiting the people into the army, I am willing to recruit all the people's strength. However, the world is in turmoil and the situation changes day by day. If a large number of troops are recruited, not only will the Song Dynasty not be defeated, but also the Song Dynasty will not be defeated."
On the contrary, these newly conquered people also launched a rebellion, which will make our country of Jin even worse."
There were more rebellions by people in the Jin Kingdom than in the Song Dynasty, but the difference was that the rebellions by the people in the Song Dynasty were quickly put down, even before the news reached the court.
But the Jin Kingdom was different. The rebellion of the people of the Jin Kingdom was really suppressed, and they were killed incessantly, and more and more people were killed.
Just like Li Quan, Peng Yibin, Shi Qing, Xia Quan, Zhang Hui, Fan Chengjin and others. They were all people who rebelled in the Jin Kingdom. They rebelled for ten or twenty years. No matter how hard they were suppressed, they could not be wiped out. In the end, it was not easy.
, it took a lot of effort to drive them to the Song Dynasty.
If this large-scale conscription recruits several more Li Quanxia and others, it will be a big headache.
Wu Linda's words further encouraged the peace faction, and more people came forward to advocate peace talks. The war faction was worried about becoming the target of public criticism, so they did not dare to take the lead.
Wanyan Shouxu had no idea. When he saw many ministers suggesting peace, he agreed, but who should he send for peace talks?
Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, no envoy has gone to the Song Dynasty to request peace talks. Who can afford to be embarrassed? The officials all fell silent and hid.
Finally, Wanyan Shouxu looked at Mu Yanfengguan and said: "Mu Yanfengguan, you are loyal and smart, I will leave this job to you."
"Ah, sir, are you going?"
Mu Yan Fengguan was dumbfounded. He was a scholar, and he wanted face most. It was more uncomfortable for him to beg for mercy in front of the Song Dynasty than to kill him. But Wanyan Shouxu had opened his mouth, and he had no choice but to accept it.
After the meeting, Wanyan Shouxu discussed the bottom line of the peace talks with several important officials in the court, and told Mu Yan Fengguan about it, allowing him to act easily.
After deciding on the peace strategy, Wanyan Shouxu ordered Wanyan Yingke not to attack the Song army for the time being. At the same time, he sent envoy Mu Yanfengguan to Jiang Haijun to express his willingness for peace talks with the Jin Kingdom and hoped that Jiang Hai would not fight for the time being.
In order to show sincerity, during the period of peace talks, the Song army's military rations were provided by the Jin court.
Jiang Hai was calm on the surface, but he was overjoyed in his heart. For the first time, they had forced the always aloof Jin Kingdom to sue for peace. This was a major event that could be recorded in the annals of history. Jiang Hai would also leave his name in history along with this incident.
Jiang Hai scolded Mu Yan Fengguan and showed off his authority. Then Jiang Hai immediately ordered people to send Mu Yan Fengguan to the territory of the Song Dynasty. He also followed his previous plan and temporarily stopped attacking various parts of the Jin Kingdom to facilitate the two countries.
Peace talks.
Of course, during the waiting period, Jiang Hai ordered the army to strengthen the city defense and register the household registration of the people in the city. It looked like he was not planning to leave.
This is of course also a kind of pressure on the Kingdom of Jin.
Lin'an, Imperial Palace, Funing Hall.
Zhao Yun was summoning Chen Guiyi in the study at this moment. Zhao Yun was drawing with a brush while saying: "Qing family, how is the investigation of the Yicang matter?"
Chen Guiyi felt guilty and said: "Your Majesty, the Yicang incident has been going on for a long time and many people were involved. I haven't found out the truth yet. I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
Zhao Yun seemed to have expected this answer and did not show any surprise. "Continue to investigate. If you have anything, you can report it directly to me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Guiyi agreed, already thinking about what to do.
Zhao Yun asked again: "How is the Qing family doing in the Ministry of Household Affairs these days?"
Chen Guiyi raised his hand and said: "I thank your Majesty for your concern. I have worked hard in the Ministry of Household Affairs and received your guidance. I have also received help from many colleagues, and I have benefited a lot."
Zhao Yun stopped the brush in his hand and turned to look at Chen Guiyi, "Really? The Qing family is guilty of bullying the emperor."
Chen Guiyi opened his mouth, then lowered his head and said nothing.
Because Chen Guiyi impeached Zheng Qingzhi many times, he finally forced Zheng Qingzhi to submit his resignation and return home as a soldier. This made Chen Guiyi quickly become famous in the court.