"Minister Wu, this should be like this..."

Song Jiu said.

In fact, after coming to Taiyuan, Song Jiu didn’t have much control over the border, so he didn’t have to worry about it. Pan Mei did a good job in Hedong, and Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, there was no need to add anything to it.

Song Jiu focused his energy on civil affairs.

The number of households in Hedong is pitifully small, especially in the central and northern regions. The current population density is not as high as that in the backward Kuixia area. Although some people have been migrated one after another, some are placed on the middle road of Hedong Road.

Most of this reason is caused by the war between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty, and part of it is caused by the backward water conservancy construction in the entire Hedong.

So Song Jiu turned into a transferee in Lingnan, Song Jiu carefully managed civil affairs, from water conservancy to people's livelihood, from workshops to planting and breeding, from commerce to transportation... and guided them one by one in detail. He even rode down to see horses, went from villages to households, and did not put on airs, and talked to the people, and had problems and suffering.

Moreover, he ran to a large area, not only Taiyuan, but also visited other states, which once put a lot of pressure on military officials in various prefectures near Taiyuan.

For example, the Wu Magistrate of Taigu County, listened to Song Jiu pointing out the shortcomings of the water dam in front of him one by one, and sweat kept blew out of his forehead.

But on the contrary, some competent officials have arrived.

Just as the people were watching curiously, Guo Da sent Pan Lian'er's letter.

Song Jiu opened it and smiled slightly.

It was part of that Feng plan to ask Zhao Kuangyi to bow his head to Xiao Yanyan.

But Song Jiu did not say that over the years, many people of Liao have captured the Song Dynasty, and many people of the Song Dynasty have captured each other. There were countless soldiers captured by each other. Among them, there were generals and officials, so Song Jiu could not say it.

However, Song Jiu said obscurely that Wu Zixu of Chu was in Wu, and Chu was in tragic, but Bo Jing arrived in Wu. That was the miserable Wu State. Such an incompetent Liao State important official, who traded with Liao State and released it back, may not be able to become the Bo Jing of Liao State, but at least it would embarrass Han De, a famous official of Liao State.

I won’t say anything else, but it will be up to what Zhao Kuangyi thinks later.

In fact, Song Jiu expected Zhao Kuangyi to do this. But the matter was not decided, so Song Jiu did not disclose it to Pan Lian'er.

However, after receiving Pan Lian'er's letter, Song Jiu suddenly thought of something and wrote a memorial in Taigu County Government, asking Guo Da to hand it to the capital.

At this time, the capital was also in trouble.

It wasn't arguing about changing Yuping. In fact, Zhao Kuangyi had planned to have this idea before. He planned to exchange Pu Nuning's son for Yuping. However, when Song Jiu saw that Xiao Yanyan was "arrogant", he was afraid that Xiao Yanyan would disagree, so he harmed Yuping and gave up the matter.

It is a bit unsuitable to use a Southwest Liao Dynasty to recruit a concubine, but Song Jiu is not a concubine of ordinary people. Besides, Song Jiu made such a great contribution and did not enter the East Prefecture as prime minister. On the contrary, this may be a compensation from the court.

Quarreling is another thing.

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly changed his mind and took the initiative to ask for peace. This should not be the case. It was not when the army was defeated in Qigou Pass. The Song Dynasty won three consecutive victories. It was not the Song Dynasty, but the Liao Kingdom who wanted to ask for peace.

Some lords and factions agreed. However, most ministers believed that the emperor's actions were a great shame and a loss of national system.

The big mouths like Tian Xi, Wang Yuxi and others almost rode on the dragon throne to protest to Zhao Kuangyi.

Countless Song Dynasty ministers thought it was aggrieved, but the reaction from Liao State made them even more angry.

Wang Huaji Fengchen Pupu went to Liao Kingdom, and the two countries fought. They did not kill the envoys, but they were detained, but that was the naked contempt of "chiluo", and it would never happen to Xiao Yanyan.

So he met Wang Huaji in Youzhou.

After listening to Wang Huaji's report, Xiao Yanyan and a group of Liao ministers were also stunned. This is unreasonable!

There was no reply at that time, and Wang Huaji was asked to rest.

Xiao Yanyan left the ministers to discuss why the Song Dynasty suddenly proposed to reconcile?

This is a lion-tiger fight. Maybe Song Jiu has been wearing tinted glasses to see the problem. However, without the country that Xiao Yanyan has captured, the future Liao Shengzong is a strange thing!

Zhao Kuangyi is not simple either. Although he has a bad origin in his throne, it is undeniable that his spirit of pioneering is just that Zhao Kuangyi is a little sad. He meets the strongest Liao monarch and ministers, and the most cunning party member, Li Jiqian. If the story under the city of Chanyuan is staged in advance decades later and put in Zhao Kuangyi's hands, it is likely that Xiao Yanyan and his son will not want to go back. Xiao Yanyan is a fierce lion, and Zhao Kuangyi can also be regarded as an evil tiger.

So this time, it's too unreasonable.

Everyone was guessing, and after guessing for a long time, they actually inferred an amazing "truth". If there was a big problem in the Song Dynasty, what big problems would arise? It was not a disaster. The Song Dynasty had such a big disaster in the past few years. Besides, they had never heard of any major disasters in the Song Dynasty, and it could force Zhao Kuangyi to ask for peace. Then there was only one possibility that Zhao Kuangyi would be out of the capital, so he transferred Song Jiu out of the capital. Otherwise, Song Jiu had too much influence and would endanger his son's smooth transfer of rights. Therefore, he negotiated peace with the Liao Kingdom and gave the Song Dynasty a smooth transition time of power.

After guessing this "truth", Xiao Yanyan called Wang Huaji. Regarding the second private request, Xiao Yanyan also understood that this was the compensation for Song Jiu who had worked hard and made great contributions, but she could not refuse. After all, Han Dewei was Han Derang's younger brother, and with dozens of Southwest recruits and officials, the transaction was far more than Yuping's value.

Xiao Yanyan recognized this transaction.

But when Xiao Yanyan asked for peace, he put forward his own conditions, that is, the Song Dynasty handed over the ten counties in Guannan and Shi Jingtang ceded these places to our Liao Kingdom. Our Liao Kingdom was not greedy. As long as we returned these territory to our Liao Kingdom, we would not want the remaining Song Dynasty land to us. We agreed to reconcile the two countries as before, but we would not agree and continue to fight.

The so-called ten counties in Guannan are the three gates of Yingzhou and Juma Henan. Once handed over to the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom's troops will be deployed directly to the Yellow River.

Wang Huaji shook his head and had no choice but to go back.

The man in front just arrived at Daming Mansion, and Zhao Kuangyi from behind received his quick comments and gave him another edict, so he had to ride a horse back to Youzhou again.

Zhao Kuangyi has increased his position again.

In order to show sincerity, the Song Dynasty gathered all the Liao soldiers captured over the years and exchanged prisoners of war with the Liao Kingdom.

This person is relatively large. However, many prisoners of war work under the mines, live a dark life, and are mostly tortured to death. Therefore, there are only more than 14,000 prisoners in the Song Dynasty. There are more Song soldiers captured by the Liao Kingdom, especially the Gaolianghe and Qigou Pass. However, there are not many left in the Liao Kingdom. Xiao Yanyan, a capable official general, followed Han Derang's advice and won over the use of them one after another. If they do not listen, they will be killed. Most of the remaining ordinary soldiers were rewarded to various tribes as slaves.

Don’t expect them to live a good life, no less than mine slaves in the Song Dynasty.

Now the Liao Kingdom is difficult to take back. Many people were also tortured to death by the leaders and nobles of various tribes.

But it is still OK to recover ten thousand prisoners.

This transaction seems to be still beneficial to the Liao Kingdom, because most of the Liao Kingdoms were cavalry, and their value was better than that of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom had a small population base, and the people who were captured might not be relieved. These authentic soldiers were loyal soldiers of the Liao Kingdom.

However, the Song Dynasty emphasized internal governance and was able to exchange for more than 10,000 prisoners of war. This means that at least 10,000 households can be reunited. The gains and losses depend on which angle we analyze.

In short, the Song Dynasty was full of harmony and sincerity.

However, Xiao Yanyan still said the same thing, trading prisoners of war can be done, and I want to reconcile it, and we will return the ten counties in Guannan, Liao.

Wang Huaji sighed and said, "Empress Dowager, can the people of the two countries live and work in peace? It's all in the Queen Mother's thoughts. I heard that the Queen Mother believes in the Buddha's interpretation and the Buddha is compassionate. Does the Queen Mother not know?"

"Since I know that compassion is my heart, why do I occupy the ten counties in Guannan?"

This principle cannot be explained clearly.

Wang Huaji had to frustrate Xiao Yanyan and exchange prisoners of war with him and hurriedly returned to China.

It is a big deal, and it can't be hidden even if you want to.

After the Xuhe victory, Song Jiu made a lot of publicity, and many people from all over the country became Song anger, especially Li Jilong's words that he was insulted and died. It was widely circulated.

As soon as Wang Huaji arrived in the capital, he was scolded by many ministers.

After all, you are the leader of the great ministers, but the request to lose power and humiliate the country has not yet formed a peace agreement and was insulted. You should resign to thank the king and thank the people of the Song Dynasty in the world.

The soldiers on the front line even wrote a letter enthusiastically, asking the court to make another Northern Expedition to repay this shame.

Nothing is reported in the book.

And Zhao Kuangyi thought that this happened, but gathered the prisoners of war and took them to the banks of the Yishui River to exchange them at the Yuyishui Bridge.

...

"Yu Ping, you can finally go back." A young man in a yellow robe said sadly.

"Your Majesty, where is my concubine's home?"

"I'm leaving now, I'm a little reluctant to leave."

At least all of Yelu Longxu's arithmetics were from Yuping and the Suzhou Sect. If it were not for the protection of the little emperor of the Liao Kingdom, Yuping and the other two would have been dismantled by Xiao Yanyan.

"Your Majesty, you are a good emperor."

"Am I a good emperor... I don't know if that emperor of your Song Dynasty wants to ask for peace."

Yuping was also puzzled.

Of course, it was a happy event to be able to go back. Her father was injured because of fighting and killing on the battlefield. He died not long ago. It was better if the stepmother didn't mention it, and there were several younger siblings. Although his father died, after his father died, under the education of the snobbish stepmother, several younger siblings became snobbish. Even her second brother was once greedy for the beauty of the big and small Su Su, and wanted to touch her. He was discovered by the little emperor of Liao Kingdom and carried back fifty times.

This also made Yu Ping feel heartbroken, so she had almost no nostalgia for the northern family.

"Yuping, if you go back, say something to your husband's official, at least I don't want to fight. The two countries have been fighting for many years, and the people are suffering too much. If he intends, as long as he stops Liaodong from rebelling, he will use the refusal of Mahe as the boundary. I will convince my mother and agree to the peace between the two countries."

In fact, it is impossible for the Liao Kingdom to occupy the relevant ten counties. Unless the Song Dynasty was destroyed, it would be better to hand over the ten counties in southern Guannan to the Liao Kingdom, and it would be better to let the Liao Kingdom send 100,000 elite cavalry to station on the Hezhou outside Dongshuimen.

But it was also impossible for the Song Dynasty to occupy all the sixteen states of Yanyun. Without Yanyun, what is the difference between the Liao Kingdom and the nomadic peoples in the past? Even if it is strong for a while, it will soon weaken, like the Huns and Turks, disappearing into the long river of history.

"Your Majesty, you can't make a decision."

If Song Jiu heard this conversation between Yelu Longxu and Yuping, he would definitely be surprised.

Yes, Yelu Longxu is an emperor who loves peace.

This is also one of the truths that the Chanyuan Alliance can be implemented. After Xiao Yanyan's death, there was almost no war between the Liao and Song dynasties. Even the Liao Kingdom did not take the initiative to participate in the dispute between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia. But at the hands of his future son Liao Xingzong, he could no longer do so, and blackmailed the Song Dynasty to increase its investment and went to the Western Xia.

But Yuping's words pointed out the truth.

If you want peace, can you be peaceful? Even though you are the emperor, who will listen to you?

But did Xiao Yanyan do something wrong?

Just like Song Jiu's understanding of Taizu, his evaluation was not high, the country was extremely regressed, and the people did starve a lot, and some aspects were not Qin Shihuang. But if he had not defeated the US imperial twice on the battlefield of Jiaozhi in Goryeo, if it weren't for the battle of Zhenbao Island, if it weren't for the foundation laid by the southern Tibet battle, maybe the entire China would be torn to pieces by a group of hungry wolves. Even before he wore it, the entire country was still enjoying the remaining power of Taizu, and the US imperial was hesitant to make a decision about China...

Xiao Yanyan's contribution is the contribution of Taizu. She even did better, won better in people's livelihood, and was even worse in military affairs. She created a peaceful environment and enjoyed the rich annual tribute of the Song Dynasty!

Otherwise peace...

Are the emperors of the Song Dynasty all vegetarians?

Therefore, in terms of foresight, Yelu Longxu is not far away from his mother.

But now that Song Jiu's variable appears, everything is a bit hard to say.
To be continued...