late at night.

Wang Rong reviewed the progress reports of all parties at the Privy Council.

"Prince, I found that there was an abnormal letter in the backlog of documents of the Foreign Affairs Department. It was a letter of intensified diplomacy issued by the Liao Kingdom ten days ago. Do you want to read it yourself?"

At this time, the secretary came in with a foreign affairs document.

When Wang Rong heard this news, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This was the first time since the decision to evacuate the North in the 20 days, he had lost his heart.

Finally, Old Xiao was scared.

When Xiao Hui couldn't understand the deployment, he did not choose to start the war immediately. He conducted cautious testing, which was a common problem for smart people.

This time he sent someone to talk about it was a test, but it also became the last depth of the Song Dynasty.

The great devil needs Lao Xiao’s “hesitation this time”. If it weren’t for this hesitation, the price paid by the north of the Song Dynasty would be so painful that it would crush the nerves behind it. This time, the so-called empty city plan was not taken on the initiative. No one would like to play with such an extremely stupid method. It was all because of the current situation, which led to no choice but to take the initiative to do so.

It just barely worked.

Just have this buffer. The more day you have, the higher the evacuation rate in the north will be. Then, when the war breaks out, you will minimize casualties.

Wang Rong didn't even read the content of this document, and put it aside and said, "Tell Xiao Hui's special envoy to see me in the capital tomorrow."

"Don't you look at the wording of the content?" said the follower worriedly.

"No need to see. It doesn't matter what Lao Xiao's envoy said tomorrow. At this point, the war between the Song and Liao dynasties is a foregone conclusion. Lao Xiao's envoy came over and came to me just because he couldn't understand my deployment. He came to me to observe the opinions held by my political enemies to judge whether it was an empty city plan or a trap on the issue of evacuation in the north."

Wang Rong waved his hands...

The next morning, in order to receive Xiao Hui's special envoy, Zhao Zongshi also participated in the court discussion in order to more formally receive Xiao Hui's scorching sun, the prince of Tieli tribe Xiao.

Wearing Khitan's usual costumes and strange hairstyles, Xiao's arrogant and rough style, he stepped into the center of the Song Dynasty with his head raised and his chest raised.

He bowed with his usual Khitan etiquette and said, "I have met Prince Song and I have seen the mistress."

Zhao Zongshi smiled politely: "The Liao envoy is so polite."

Wang Rongze didn't say anything, but looked at him curiously.

Xiao's scorching sun looked around again and laughed presumptuously: "The State of Song is known as wealthy, but I don't expect that this capital hall is only of this size, and it is absolutely impossible to compare with the big tent of the skin chamber of the Great Liao Dynasty."

"You...you..." Even if many court officials were afraid of Liao, they could not stand the openly rude attitude of Liao envoys, and their faces were as anxious as the bottom of the pot.

Wang Rong raised his hand slightly, stopped the court officials' emotions, and asked with a smile: "Don't Liao envoy feel that these words seem rude?"

Xiao's scorching sun was not blindly arrogant and mindless. He closed his laughter and fisted at Wang Yun and said, "I have no intention of offending the majesty of the Song Kingdom, but if I think I am rude only by the opening remarks, then this negotiation may disappoint the whole country. Do you still want to listen to what I say next?"

Under this situation of taking the opportunity to attack, Xiao's scorching sun was carefully observing the postures and expressions of the court officials of the Song State. But he could not see through what the great devil was thinking?

Wang Rong said: "Since you are here, I can't tell whether your Liao Kingdom is sincere. You must listen to your words. Let me say that. If I listen carefully, I will definitely give you a reply."

After Xiao bowed the scorching sun, Chen Shang opened the map he carried and talked happily: "I was ordered by the Emperor of Liao and Xiao Xiang to discuss the territorial disputes between the Song and Liao sides back then. Now our Great Liao Kingdom has issued a final ultimatum: I hope that the Song Kingdom will immediately deliver 19 counties including Baoning, Hequ, Yanmen, Wushan, Beiping, Baxian, etc. These territory that have been undisputed since ancient times, are now actually occupied and controlled by the Song Kingdom. In addition, the annual monies of 300,000 taels of silver are no longer in line with the spirit of the Chanyuan period. Our Great Liao demanded that the annual monies be increased to one million taels of silver. I hope the emperor will give an explanation to calm the resentment of the special period in the Great Liao."

After saying that, Xiao's Scarlet Sun took the opportunity to observe the expressions and postures of the court officials in the first three rows of Song State, and found that some of them were angry, some were shocked, and some were strange and cowardly. In short, there were all kinds of postures.

But this made Xiao's scorching sun feel very real. This is the inconsistent attitude that the Song court should have when the army was pressing against the alliance under the city.

Combined with the rumors that the Song people had moved their capital to avoid disasters at critical moments, Xiao's Scarlet Sun, who had a tentative purpose, vaguely felt that the time for the Liao Kingdom to advance was ripe, and the large-scale evacuation policy that Shen Jilang urgently launched in the north was because Xiao Xiang was overly cautious and misjudged. In fact, it was either a trap or an empty city plan that Wang Rong had no choice.

The details that Xiao Xiang ordered to pay attention to before he went on a mission. If the Song people evacuated in the north were the real "pocket" of the strategy, it would have to be a very huge plan. The first three rows of court officials in the State of Song should have been confident, because some things cannot be completely concealed.

With this judgment, combined with the news and remarks heard in the people of Bianjing over the past few days, Xiao's scorching sun's mission has been achieved, and he intends to find an excuse to leave.

So he added a sentence that knew there would be no result: "The above is all the requirements of our Great Liao Kingdom this time. We only need to hand over 19 counties and recognize the new annual monies agreement. The Great Liao Kingdom will withdraw its troops in the season when the backyard of the Song Kingdom catches fire and protect you as an ally."

Han Qi, who has always been impatient and also participated in the attendance, smashed the tea bowl directly on the ground and said, "Get out!"

Sima Guang and others were in tears and looked pale with an anxious face. They knew that such a request was too rude, but they asked themselves, the Song Dynasty is now ambushing, how could Han Qi say so decisively? This is not a way to deal with it?

With the help of Han Qi's scolding, Xiao's scorching sun was not saying anything, and turned around and wanted to leave.

But Wang Rong suddenly said, "Empress Liao, please stay."

Xiao's scorching sun turned around and shouted: "Why, I don't want to let me go?"

Wang Rong smiled slightly: "I'm thinking too much, I'm not that exaggerating or bold. You are protected by diplomatic rules, and there are more Song people and Song officials who benefit from this rule."

"Just understand." Xiao's Scarlet Ri deliberately made an arrogant attitude, trying to make Wang Rong angry and then was driven away.

Unfortunately, Wang Rong was not angry and hesitated and said: "The request you mentioned seems difficult to accept, but we have to admit that it is really possible to achieve it at this special time. I want to listen to you to confirm in person: Is your purpose of gathering more than 300,000 troops in sensitive border areas to achieve the supplementary clause of the Chanyuan Alliance 2.0?"

Xiao's scorching sun looked at Wang Rong with some confusion and said, "Yes, this is all the requirements and thoughts of my Daliao. What do you think?"

Seeing that Wang Rong was thinking and having a willingness to talk, Han Qi couldn't help but say, "You... won't be crazy and want to discuss such things, right?"

"It's over, the big devil wants to compromise... He has no other good idea!"

As a result, many court officials thought this in their minds, knowing that they were getting closer to an out of control. I am afraid that the Song Dynasty would have to face it. The Lenovo Demon also held similar thinking on the Jiaozhi issue, and it was really possible to sign this similar to the Alliance under the Clan 2.0.

Wang Yun looked at Xiao's scorching sun and said in a warm voice: "I have always had the intention of talking to the Song people. You can talk to it, but since it is a 'talk', both sides have to compromise and make concessions to achieve a balance, otherwise it is called robbery. The conditions you offer are relatively excessive and I, the Song State, cannot accept it. If there is a little movement, it can prove your sincerity, so you can continue to talk. In this way, let me consider it for two days, and you and I will also consider it for two days, and then both of you and I will report their respective reserve prices to see if there is a possibility of reaching a consensus?"

Getting such a response made Xiao's scorching sun a little surprised? And how should I respond?

After Han Qi jumped out again to relieve Xiao's scorching sun's embarrassment, and said in anger: "Wang Rong, you lose your power and humiliate the country. If you can discuss this issue at such a time, why did Renming Palace's resolution release you? Let him sell you out..."

"Shut up!"

Wang Rong slapped the table in the hall and said, "Nothing is useful now. You are roaring and discussing the matter. Letting me out is to pay for your early sex! If you hadn't made all the mistakes in the early stage, why should you be here!"

The smell of gunpowder made Xiao's scorching sun open his mouth and felt it was incredible. This funny situation could only happen in Song State, but it would not happen in Liao State.

The great devil's anger did not make Han Da's brain rebound. Han Qi was stunned and slowly calmed down. He asked himself, even though he knew that Liao was taking advantage of the situation, the regime with him as the core did indeed have many situations of being led by the nose, and this situation was formed step by step. The great devil said this right: he did come back and deal with the mess.

Thinking of this, Han Qi seemed to be in a disadvantage. Although he did not apologize and admit his mistake, he calmed down.

"This is all your Song people who are trying to die by themselves!"

Thinking of this with a playful attitude, Xiao's scorching sun also had other ideas. Judging from this situation, Shen Jilang no longer had Zhang Liang's plan or crossing the wall ladder. This is indeed the moment of life and death of the Song Kingdom. Therefore, his high-profile evacuation in the north is not a pocket, but an empty city plan.

Theoretically, with this judgment, we should quickly withdraw and report, so that the Great Liao Kingdom can take the opportunity to advance. Unfortunately, Xiao's scorching sun also has his own ideas:

This is indeed the moment of dividing the Song Dynasty, but the size of the Song Dynasty is here. The size of the 100 million people and the army of two million are not fake. There is no problem with local invasions and robbery and blackmailing money. But if you really want to occupy it in full, dealing with long-term resistance and struggle, that is another concept. It will take too long and too many Liao people will sacrifice.

The barbarians in Mobei are extremely robbed and killed, but in politics, they must be side effects, so it will still be the responsibility of the direct Tieli tribe. As the prince of the Tieli tribe, no one can figure out how many Xiao tribes have to witness the bloodshed for this war.

So Xiao's scorching sun couldn't help thinking: Assuming that the Liao Kingdom was not prepared enough to completely destroy Song, and only had local interests, in fact, after obtaining the supplementary clause of Chanyuan 2.0, Shen Jilang was willing to give up the interests of the Border River and ceding nineteen counties, which is also a kind of benefit that is not cut off. It may not be much less than the benefits obtained after the war to pull over hatred?

Considering this Xiao's Scarlet Sun felt that it might be the interests of Yelu Hongji and Lao Xiao to quickly occupy a large area of ​​Song territory in the north. But after protecting the Tieli tribe and getting enough sincere diplomatic fruits, it is the core interests of my Xiao's Scarlet Sun and the Tieli tribe?

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao's scorching sun looked at Wang Yun and said, "Okay, since the fate is sincere, I will stay for two more days. But one thing must be explained, a little movement may be available, but there will be no room for much room for it. This is a problem that the Song Dynasty must face."

Wang Yun took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Go, let me think about it in the past two days, and there will definitely be an answer at that time."

“That’s good.”

Xiao's scorching sun raised his head and smiled long, leaving behind the courtiers looking at each other.

Zhao Zongshi's thoughts are the most complicated. He is a cowardly person by nature and understands the difficulties of the great devil "to talk about". But as the successor of the Song Dynasty in the future, increasing the annual monies with the current financial capabilities of the Song Dynasty may be acceptable, but ceding the territory will undoubtedly make Zhao Zongshi feel distressed and want to vomit blood.

But he was helpless that one wrong step had led to one mistake. Even if the great devil came out of the mountain, there was no better way.

The Great Northern Quarter has actually been called surrenderism by many people in private. For the time being, it is only because of the strong prestige of the Great Demon King in the past that there are not many doubts about the rebound.

After a little bit of trouble, Zhao Zongshi was in a bad state of health and became angry and fell into the court.

"Your Highness... What's wrong with you, Prince..." A large group of soy sauce parties surrounded him.

The tall Han Qi clenched his fists and his knuckles crackled, but it didn't happen in the end. He sighed to Wang Yun: "I can't interfere if I'm not in his position. To use your words at that time: You are the prime minister, I serve the country. In terms of morality and ethics, I can't hold you back and support your work. I only hope that your decisions and actions during this period will be worthy of the nation and the country."

Wang Rong nodded slightly, but said nothing.

Han Qi turned around and hunched over and left the court. Now his hair is completely white, which is much older than a few months ago. These months are like he has spent ten years.

So looking at his back, the big devil was not thinking about being suppressed by him these days, but the various cares that Han Dawang had taken on him when he was a child. Success or failure was Xiao He. Without him, Han Qi, Dalian would never have been able to get this step.

To a certain extent, the encounter between the Great Demon King and Lao Han is a bit like the encounter between Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, which is an enhanced version. They were both enthusiastically recommended and cared for by Han Dawang in the early stage, but they were in a blink of an eye because of a conflict of values.

Unfortunately, Han Qi retained this virtue until his hair was completely white, while Dalian was still young, so Wang Rong had forgiven him to a certain extent based on the principle of strict discipline and lenient treatment of others.

Han Qi thought that he was not allowed to retreat in the Renming Palace resolution, and appointing the Three Sessions was the Queen's decision, but he was actually wrong. This was the private suggestion of the Great Demon King, because Han Qi was really a thief, and he would not always be correct, but he represented the most lacking spirit in the Song Dynasty in this era.

If Han Qi had really abdicated at that time, unlike Wang Anshi, it would have almost been "resigned by blame", and his life would have been denied.

At that time, during the Renming Palace meeting, the Demon King's private view was: Han Qi could be denied, but "Han Qi's spirit" could not be denied at will. It was just that this favor turned into the prince and the queen...
Chapter completed!