The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 26 Who am I?What is his identity?
Early in the morning on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the envoys of the Jin Army came to the door of Suanzao again, clamoring to see the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

The soldiers guarding the city cursed: "Why do you think you want to go through the back door? If you want to see our officials, go to Nanxun Gate and enter the city!"

Seeing that the envoy of the Jin Army still refused to leave, the scolding became even more filthy: "Young girl is a jue, how can I not understand Kaifeng dialect?"

The Jin Army envoy really didn’t understand what “young lady” meant, let alone what “jue” meant, but he could still hear the three words “Nanxunmen” clearly, so he walked around for more than 40 miles and ran Arrive at Nanxunmen.

Nanxunmen should have received the news in advance. After checking their identities, they released the Jin Army envoys into the city.

But the war horse under his crotch was surrendered: "Horses are prohibited in Kaifeng City!"

The poor Jin Army envoy could only walk all the way from Nanxunmen, along Nanxunmenli Street, and when he passed through Zhuque Gate, he was already out of breath. The two imperial guards who accompanied him into the palace sneered: "No. eat?"

While talking, he also acted as a considerate tour guide: "The one on the left is Sun Ji Mutton Soup. The soup is fresh and the meat is tender. One bite is as good as the gods; the one on the right is Li's Steamed Bun Shop. The skin is thin and the fillings are big, and the mouth is full of oil." ; Look over there, the candied sweet cake is so sweet and not greasy... You Jin people have probably never heard of these, right? Listen to what our officials say, are you still drinking blood like hair?"

The feeling that the Jin Army envoy feels now is similar to the feeling of eating a snack while being too hungry in the middle of the night to sleep.

After walking along Zhuquemenli Street for a while, the road suddenly opened up in front of me.

A huge piece of bluestone one foot wide was paved with a total of 60 yuan on the left and right sides!

The Jinjun envoy had seen the [-]-foot-wide river, and the [-]-foot-wide street... he had never seen it in his dream.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, selling a wide variety of products.

He knew the items sold in some shops, such as Tang's Gold and Silver Shop.

He had heard about some shops, such as Li Niang's silk shop.

But some shops were beyond his scope of knowledge, such as Wang Jipin Cat House.

"Can these cats and dogs be sold?"

The accompanying Imperial Army looked at the Jin Army envoy's unseen appearance and laughed: "Whatever is sold or not, that's called hiring a cat!"

The Jin Army envoy immediately made inferences and guessed that when the Liao Emperor asked the Jurchens to capture Haidongqing as tribute, they should have sold it for money. These people are really good at playing!
When they arrived outside Xuande Gate, the Song Dynasty officials who greeted the Jin envoy had been waiting there early. Seeing the Jin man with braided hair appear, Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong hurriedly greeted him: "Oh, why don't you take a ride?"

The Jin Army envoy said in broken Chinese: "Isn't it a ban on horses?"

Bai Shi shook his head angrily: "You can also take a boat, we have been waiting for you for two hours!"

The Jin Army envoy was wronged, can you blame me?Do you think I want to walk?
Turning around to look at the two imperial guards accompanying him, they had already escaped!

After entering Xuandemen, it was the imperial city. Li Yanbang and Bai Shizhong did not dare to take the Jin envoy to see the officials directly. Instead, they took the Jin envoy to Zhongshu Province. They had to find out the requirements of the Jin army before meeting the officials. It’s not too late!
Envoy Jin first handed over Wanyan Zongwang's autographed letter. Before Li Bangyan could open it, he stopped him and said, "The commander-in-chief said that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty must personally sign it."

This kind of letters are usually polite and not very interesting.

Li Bangyan collected the letter and asked: "Since Commander Zong Wang wants to negotiate peace, there must be a price. The envoy might as well tell me first. We can also help him talk to the officials later, right?"

There is nothing taboo about asking for a price. In the end, all the officials in the Song Dynasty will know.

"The Song Dynasty needs to give me 200 million taels of golden annual tribute every year, reward the army with 500 million taels of gold, 5000 million taels of silver, 200 million pieces of silk, [-] horses, oxen, mules, and a thousand camels."

After hearing the request of the Golden Envoy, most people would have exploded!

Are you here for peace talks?This is obviously for blackmail!
But Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong, both of whom had seen the great Song Dynasty Prime Minister, looked extremely calm: "Are there any more?" Jin Shi looked at the desserts on the table and swallowed.

Bai Shizhong observed his words and pushed the jade plate with a smile: "Eat some snacks and then talk. Eat some snacks and then talk."

The Jin envoy was not polite. He grabbed a few pieces of cake and stuffed them into his mouth. He finished the whole plate hungrily, drank a few sips of hot tea, burped and continued: "Cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian!"

Hearing this, Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong finally had some expressions. They looked at each other and thought that money was easy to talk about, but ceding land... they didn't have the courage!

"If he is sincere, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty can slowly raise money, and our commander Zong Wang is not in a hurry, but our commander-in-chief has said that there must be a guarantee!"

"Oh, what kind of guarantee does Commander Zong Wang want?"

"One prince and one prime minister will go to our Jin Army camp as hostages!"

Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong finally lost their composure and became furious: "How can there be such a request!"

The Jin Army envoy was stunned. They wanted so much money and so much land, but these two people were so calm. Why did they get... angry when they talked about hostages?

Could it be that officials in the Song Dynasty regarded money and land as dung, but put people first before heaven?

What the Jin Army envoy didn't know was that if he only wanted one prince, or even two princes, Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong would never be angry, but you want Zaizhi, no!Absolutely not!

Because these two people are the current Prime Ministers, and the rest of the Prime Ministers' team are also our own!

Who can be used as hostages? Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong can't be allowed to go, right?

After listening to the Jin envoy's request, the two people discussed it and finally felt that this matter should be reported.

Although the officials came to them last night and asked them to take full responsibility for the peace talks, the two of them were so excited that they couldn't sleep all night, thinking that the officials finally figured it out. If the peace talks were to end early, they would have to go to war!
Although there were two small wins in the past two days, other people don't know what the Song Dynasty is like. Would they, the top dignitaries of the Song Dynasty, not know?
Money, lots of it!
War cannot be fought!
Peace talks are the character of the Song Dynasty!

However, this and negotiating the price...

The only one who dares to make a final decision is the official himself!

The two came to the imperial study and saw that the imperial study was very lively. Needless to say, Li Gang and Han Shizhong, who had been running to the imperial study every day since they ascended the throne, were also familiar with several other people, including General Guo. Pharmacist, Minister of Rites Zhang Shuye, Imperial City Company Secretary Guo Jing.

Seeing the presence of the Minister of Rites, Li Bangyan was overjoyed: "The officials are determined to negotiate peace, otherwise why would they call the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the Lantern Festival celebration? As for these main war factions, they should be here to fight to the death and persuade the officials. Don’t ask for peace talks!”

After analyzing the situation at the scene, Li Bangyan bowed and said: "Guan family, Jin Envoy is here. When will Guan family see him?"

Zhao Fujin raised his head slightly: "Meet him? Why do you want to see him?"

Li Bangyan smiled and said: "Have the officials forgotten? The Jin envoy came to negotiate peace today."

Zhao Fujin snorted coldly: "What is my identity? What is his identity? Let alone a military envoy, Wanyan Zongwang is not worthy of me coming to see him even if he comes by himself! Zhang Shuye, do you think what I said makes sense?" "

Zhang Shuye smiled and nodded: "According to etiquette, if the envoy is sent by Emperor Wanyan Sheng of the Jin Kingdom, the official family can still see him, but the official family really does not need to see Wanyan Zongwang's envoy!"

Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong were stunned. It turned out that the Minister of Rites was waiting for them.

(End of this chapter)