Chapter 1693: Shen Tang's conditions, Jin Shi's tangle
Chapter 1693: Shen Tang’s conditions, Jin Envoy’s entanglement
Nowadays, it is natural that the Jin Kingdom is strong and the Song Dynasty is weak. However, there are unforeseen circumstances. If the situation is reversed one day, the Jin Kingdom, which has lost the natural protection of the Yellow River, may have no choice but to retreat to the north of Yanyun. Therefore, as long as the Jin Kingdom is not A fool will never give up the natural dangers of the Yellow River. This must be the bottom line of the Jin Kingdom.
The south of the Yellow River is basically most of Shandong and Henan!
The strategic importance of Shandong to the Jin Kingdom is secondary. The most important thing is that after the Jin Kingdom moved south, the policy gradually changed from high pressure on the Han people to the current acceptance and integration. Even the Han people who served as officials in the Jin Kingdom Quite a few, this has a lot to do with the fact that the Kingdom of Jin recognized the teachings of Confucius and Mencius and followed them.
Nowadays, the Confucian family is divided into North and South Kong, and Shandong has been lost. In a sense, the Jin Kingdom has lost its legitimacy to rule the Han people. Therefore, Zhang Jun chose Shandong for his northern expedition, and the Jin Kingdom also Deploy an army to deal with it at any cost!
Relatively speaking, the land of Henan is located in the interior of the country, and there is no danger to defend except the Yellow River. It is not important for the Jin Kingdom to give away more or less.
Shen Tang was thinking about it almost city by city, trying not to touch the bottom line of the Jin Kingdom, but at the same time, it would allow the Song Dynasty to gain more benefits.
After two full hours, Shen Tang just rubbed his sore eyes and asked someone to bring a pen and paper to write a reply to Zhao Shen.
After writing it, he directly summoned the messenger and handed the letter to him. Without any delay, the messenger got on his horse and left the camp with his men, heading quickly towards Lin'an.
Pu Sanzhuo was a little anxious waiting in Lin'an. Although the Song Dynasty treated them very well, not to mention the food and clothing, everything was top-notch. Even the unscrupulous Minister of Etiquette brought many people from the flower house with him. Honest officials came to accompany me.
My servant Sanzhuo has never seen the world?
Under Wei Qi's earnest persuasion, Pusanzhuo kept two of them...
In addition to Wei Qi, several other high-ranking officials in the court also came here to watch. Pu Sanzhuo was not a fool, so it was naturally impossible for him to reveal his trump card...
After waiting for more than half a month, Wei Qi finally came again, and Pu Sanzhuo walked out of the house with some reluctance. He could only spend the evening talking about poems and writing poems with these two upright officials...
"Lord Pusanzhuo, Your Majesty has summoned you!"
Pusanzhuo was shocked, shook his head vigorously, and asked in surprise, "Has your Majesty already reached a conclusion?"
"I don't know this, but I think I won't disappoint you!"
"Okay, Brother Wei, wait a moment, I will take a shower and change clothes!"
Not long after, Pu Sanzhuo and several envoys followed Wei Qi into the palace! This time, in the Qinzheng Hall, not only Shi Hao and several others were present, but also several other ministers and three ministers besides Wei Qi. Ma Shao was also present. It was obvious that Zhao Shen also intended to let all the ministers witness the incident.
After greeting each other, Pusanzhuo took the initiative and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder how your country's discussion goes?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has summoned all ministers to discuss the matter several times, and now a preliminary conclusion has been reached!"
Shi Hao said, "Our previous proposal of Shandong and Henan was indeed a bit unrealistic, but your envoy's suggestion of Kaifeng Prefecture was also not sincere enough. Therefore, what we are discussing is the Nanjing Road with the Yellow River as the boundary and southward. The land of the various state capitals belongs to the Song Dynasty, including the ferry crossings on both sides of the Yellow River, and your country needs to give it up."
After listening to Shi Hao's words, Pusanzhuo knew that this time the negotiation was basically more reliable, at least it was not like the last time, where it was impossible to negotiate at all.
However, Pu Sanzhuo had a wry smile on his face and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, this is your country's victory over Shu! Being able to give up Kaifeng Mansion, plus two or three state capitals at most, is already the greatest sincerity of our Majesty. No more words can be given."
, Don’t say that your Majesty doesn’t agree, but because I can’t make the decision, if your country insists on doing this, I have no other choice but to return like this.”
"Although I will be scolded by His Majesty for not getting things done, it is still much better than going back and having my head chopped off!"
"And, to be honest with you, our Majesty only gave me two months.
In other words, if we can’t reach an agreement this time, there will basically be no chance for another negotiation.”
The hearts of everyone in the Song Dynasty were a little heavy, but they were still unwilling to give in, so they started to argue with each other almost from one state to another, and from one city to another.
Pusanzhuo made some concessions but refused to give in. The most important thing was that he knew very well that his emperor would not give up the crossings on both sides of the Yellow River that the Song Dynasty requested.
Until sunset, seeing that there was still no result, Zhao Shen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seemed that reaching the point Shen Tang said was the best result.
"cough!"
Zhao Shen coughed slightly and interrupted everyone's conversation.
Then, I heard Zhao Shen say, "Pu Sanzhuo, I know that each of these things has its own difficulties, so I won't make it difficult for you. But if it is exactly as you said, there is a huge difference!"
"I sent people to inquire with Marquis Zhongwu, and Marquis Zhongwu also gave a suggestion. Marquis Zhongwu has already said that if your country does not allow it, he will immediately ask me for an order to let Zhang Jun's troops leave Dasan north.
Pass, and then march eastward to Chang'an, and his troops and horses will directly join the Xia and Liao troops."
Pu Sanzhuo looked solemn. This should be the final bottom line of the Song Dynasty?
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
Zhao Shen waved, and Wang Quan took a simple Nanjing Road geological survey map sent by Shen Tang and handed it to Pu Sanzhuo!
Pu Sanzhuo and several other envoys all watched intently. At first glance, they felt full of tangles in their hearts! The area delineated on this geological map made everyone extremely uncomfortable.
If you don't accept it, the important places mentioned by Wan Yanyong before are not included in it.
But if they accept it, this area is almost twice as big as they had expected before, and, most importantly, Shen Tang proposed that the ferry on both sides of the Yellow River north of Kaifeng Mansion, the south bank belongs to the Song Dynasty, and the north bank belongs to the Jin Kingdom.
To sum it up in one sentence, it was given...but not completely given out!
In addition, Zhengzhou in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture was also delineated, but it was stated that all the ferries on both sides of the Yellow River belonged to the Kingdom of Jin.
Caozhou in the east of Kaifeng Prefecture was bounded by the Yellow River, Dongming in the south belonged to the Song Dynasty, and the crossing of the Yellow River, as well as Dingtao and Jiyin in the north of the Yellow River, all belonged to the Jin Kingdom.
At the same time, Junzhou, Suizhou, Ruzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Ruzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou and Shouzhou were all delimited by Shen Tang.
How to describe it?
If Nanjing Road is compared to an egg, except for the eggshell part of the state capital at the junction of the east, west, and north roads, basically everything else has been drawn by Shen Tang.