The old man smiled and said, "It is of course the most important reason to be reluctant to leave my hometown. It is hard to leave my hometown! But there are some reasons that cannot be avoided. The court exempted us from five years of taxes, but the south cannot avoid it. Of course, it is still a good idea to go home. I still have fifty acres of land at home?"

Lu Yihao next to him asked, "What does your father-in-law make a living in Ezhou?"

"Of course it's about growing grain, and I can only do this."

"Why didn't my father come here when planting winter wheat? The autumn rice in the south shouldn't have been harvested yet!"

The old man smiled: "So my son's family is still in Ezhou. I will come back after the autumn harvest. I have to plant fertilizer when I come back. The land has been deserted for a few years and I cannot grow grain immediately. I plan to plant a crop of beans first. If the fertility recovers after the autumn harvest, I will plant winter wheat directly. If it doesn't work, I can only continue to plant beans and plant rice next summer."

Li Yanqing nodded, worthy of being an old farmer, and he thought very realistically. He pondered for a while and asked, "What aspects do you think the imperial court needs to improve in immigration?"

The old man was a little embarrassed and said for a while: "If I say it, don't be angry."

Li Yanqing laughed, "I won't be angry, my father-in-law just tell the truth."

The old man then said, "I think the court encourages the people to go home, but the details are not thought carefully."

"What about it? Can you give two examples?"

"For example, the two things that everyone has the biggest opinions about, how can we come back? When we escaped, almost everyone ran to the south empty-handed, but in the past two years, every household has purchased furniture and some daily necessities. It would be a pity to throw them away. If hiring cars and boats is too expensive, we can't afford them. Can the court regularly send ships to help transport people who are willing to return home? I believe many people are unable to go home because of this difficulty."

Li Yanqing said happily: "It's very good. The court is not considering it carefully. I will solve it when I go back. My father-in-law will talk about the second example."

"The second thing is actually very realistic. After we return home, we will face reclamation and composting. We cannot plant crops for at least one season. So how should we spend this period? There is no food and no money. This has been a year of green and yellow, and everyone can't stand it. This is also a concern for everyone. The court cannot just exempt taxes and ignore it. It should also help everyone through this difficult period."

Li Yanqing also agreed, saying that it was right. These details were indeed unexpected by the officials sitting in the front room. They should go to the bottom floor to know where they are difficult?

At this time, Lu Yihao pondered for a moment and said, "I have an idea about helping everyone get through the reunion of the Qinghuang period."

"Tell me!"

"Weichen thinks it can be solved by using labor-for-relief methods, such as building water conservancy, clearing the canal rivers, repairing official roads, etc. They get paid by doing things for the government, thus spending the gap of this year. The government can also provide seeds and oxen to help them solve the problem of farming. This is the first, followed by the establishment of mutual aid groups, such as a group of ten families, and everyone helps to build houses and cultivate land together. There are many people and great forces, and many difficulties that are difficult for one family to solve can be solved."

The old man slapped his thigh, "It's a good method to set up a mutual aid group. The family can't complete the house in a month. Ten families work together and it will be repaired in two or three days. I also support the work-for-relief. Anyway, I'm idle, so it's better to go to build the water conservancy official road to make money. In the end, the water conservancy official road is repaired, and the benefits are still my own."

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Lu Yihao: "You can use Chenzhou as an example to write a detailed report and hand it over to Zhizhengtang. After Zhizhengtang discusses it, it can be implemented."

"I will write it when I go back today!"

Li Yanqing got up and left, and Lu Yihao accompanied Li Yanqing to inspect Xiangcheng County. Only then did Li Yanqing turn around and go to Caizhou for inspection.

At this time, the news of the Song army conquering Yanshan Prefecture reached Lin'an, turning Lin'an into a boiling ocean again.

The Jin envoy Xiao Zhonggong also arrived in Lin'an at this time and demanded negotiations with the Song Dynasty to reach a ceasefire agreement.

Li Yanqing also finished his inspection early and returned to Lin'an. He ordered Gao Shen to hold a ceasefire negotiations with Xiao Zhonggong for representatives of the Song Dynasty.

In the official room of the State Administration, Li Yanqing was listening to the negotiation report of senior officials. The initial negotiation has ended and neither side has shown his trump card, but some clues have been revealed.

"The Jin Kingdom has clearly requested a truce for one year. We believe that this is a truce for the Jin Kingdom to take a year to prepare for another southward invasion of the Song Dynasty. If they are really sincere in a long-term truce, they should sign an alliance instead of a temporary truce agreement."

Li Yanqing smiled. He did not think that the Jin Kingdom wanted to invade the Song Dynasty. According to the latest information, the Jin Kingdom could not even pay the pension, and the finances were extremely difficult. What would it use to support the war?

They proposed a ceasefire agreement, but they knew that the Song army would not be satisfied with a ceasefire at this time. Instead of paying a significant price to sign the alliance, it would be better to ceasefire at the lowest price.

Li Yanqing pondered and said, "A one-year truce is our original intention. This problem is not a big deal. The key is the conditions for the two sides to cease war. Now that the Jin Kingdom asks us to cease war, they have to show sincerity."

"What sincerity does Your Highness need?"

"I ask them to release all the plundered Song people back. If they refuse, then it's better not to sign this armistice agreement!"

"I'm afraid they will give us thousands of people perfunctory."

"It's okay, this leaves a handle for us to tear up the armistice agreement at any time."

Gao Shen nodded repeatedly, "I understand. I will continue to talk to them tomorrow. In addition, something strange happened today."

"What's up?"

Gao Shen took out a note and handed it to Li Yanqing, "This is a subordinate of Xiao Zhonggong who secretly sent it to me and asked me to meet in the Mudan Room of Shilou tonight."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I'm interested in saying it. Why don't we go and listen to it together? What private news does the other party have?"

At about six o'clock in the evening, Li Yanqing wore an ordinary purple shirt and took a carriage with Gao Shen to Shilou. They went directly into the Peony Room on the third floor from the VIP passage behind.

Li Yanqing followed Gao Shen into the room and saw a man in his thirties sitting in the room. He looked not very much like a Jurchen or Khitan, but slightly like a Han Chinese.

When this man saw Gao Shen come in, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I am not good at ease, please see Gao Xianggong!"

"Who are you"

Gaoshen knew that he was a negotiating entourage in the Jin Dynasty, but he didn't know his name. The man hurriedly said, "The lower official is Wang Sen, a negotiating entourage, and a Goryeo!"

Gao Shen and Li Yanqing quickly exchanged a glance. It turned out that this person was from Goryeo. No wonder he didn't look like a Jurchen. Li Yanqing seemed to have thought of something. He didn't show his voice and gave Gao Shen a wink. Gao Shen understood and smiled and said, "Let's sit down and talk slowly!"

The Korean man Wang Sen glanced at Li Yanqing again and said with a deep smile: "This is my confidant, it's okay!"

"Okay! Please sit down for two."

Wang Sen asked Gao Shen and Li Yanqing to sit down, Gao Shen smiled and said, "The King of Envoys is good in Chinese!"

"Almost all the upper classes of Goryeo use Chinese, and our royal family has to learn from childhood."

"It turns out that you are a royal family of Goryeo, so you are disrespectful." Gao Shen bowed.

Of course, Li Yanqing knew that Goryeo is the Wang family Goryeo founded by Wang Jian, but the situation in Goryeo is chaotic and the power struggle is fierce. I am afraid that Wang Sen has other intentions.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Galleon has always been a vassal of the Song Dynasty. Why did he help the evil and help the Jurchens invade the Song Dynasty?"

Wang Sen showed a hint of shame on his face and sighed, "If the Wang family was in power, Goryeo would never have sent troops or soldiers. Now the Wang family has become a puppet. The Qingyuan Li family has grasped the military and political power of Goryeo for decades. The current Korean Duke Li Ziqian is even more powerful. In Goryeo, he will cover up the sky and send troops to assist the Jin Kingdom. "

Li Yanqing sneered in his heart. Wang Sen said it very well. Goryeo had long been the one who had the rat. After Aguda established the Jin Kingdom, Goryeo immediately formed a brotherly country with the Jin Kingdom. He also took advantage of the Liao Kingdom's endless opportunity to expand its territory to the Yalu River. Is this also the responsibility of the Li family of Qingyuan?

Now, the lime sentence is that the responsibility lies with the Li family in Qingyuan, so he shifted the responsibility of Goryeo sending troops to the Song Dynasty. How could such a cheap thing be in the world?

Li Yanqing didn't say anything, and continued to listen to Wang Sen's purpose today.

Wang Sen sighed and said, "The year before yesterday, the emperor was preparing to launch a coup to eradicate Li Ziqian and his in-laws Takujunjing. However, the result was a heavy defeat. The palace was burned down and the emperor was under house arrest. The Goryeo Dynasty was in danger. I heard that the Song army attacked Hebei by sea. Our emperor begged the Song army to send troops to Goryeo to eradicate the source of sin and rebuild the good relationship between the Song and Goryeo."

A trace of ecstasy flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes. He suppressed his emotions and took a sip of tea: "What is the basis for the envoy to say that he was entrusted by the Emperor of Goryeo?"

Wang Sen took out a secret edict from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it over, "This is the emperor's edict. I will take it out in my underwear. Please check it out."

Gao Shen opened the edict, and it was indeed a hand-written edict, begging the Song Dynasty to send troops to eradicate the powerful official Qingyuan Li family and help the Goryeo Wang family restore the country. There is the Goryeo seal and the signature of King Goryeo, the word "Wang Kai" with flying dragons and phoenixes. This is the name of King Goryeo.

Gao Shen asked Li Yanqing: "What do you think sir?"

On the surface, he was asking for advice from his staff, but in fact he was asking about Li Yanqing's attitude. Li Yanqing nodded slightly and said, "I think it is feasible!"

Gao Shen put away the edict and said with a smile: "This matter needs to be discussed by Zhizhengtang, but I estimate that it is more likely to pass it. If there is any news, I will notify the King of Envoy immediately."

Wang Sen was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude again and again.
Chapter completed!