After receiving the news, Zhao Bing did not rush to leave, but stayed in Xuzhou. He knew very well that after this war, all the troops were exhausted, especially the imperial guards who were responsible for the main combat tasks, needed some time to rest. So while ordering the troops to go on-site to rest, he assisted in clearing out the remaining enemies, suppressing the rebellion, and assisting the court in establishing a regime.

Another reason for staying in Xuzhou was that in addition to Zhao Bing's attempt to personally inspect the actual situation of Li Guojian, he also understood that with the recovery of Yingtian Prefecture, the combat goals of the Eastern Group had been basically completed, and the Western Group had also completed the preparations for the battle. It was only a matter of time before the recovery of Xiangyang. Therefore, a decent reason for truce is needed now, otherwise the truce will not be explained to the court and the army if the situation is beneficial to our side.

Unfortunately, there was no United Nations in this era, and there were no countries around that matched the national strength of the Song and Yuan dynasties, so they mediated for them. When I went to Yingtian Prefecture in this sensitive period, it would likely lead to the misunderstanding that the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties would continue to fight, which stimulated them to continue to increase their troops and prepare for war, resulting in the delay of the war and confrontation indefinitely, which would affect the later economic recovery and strategic layout of the two Huaihe areas.

It was already early summer, and the weather was getting warmer and the flowers were green everywhere. It was already a vibrant scene. Zhao Bing also wanted to go out for a walk, but because of his identity and because he was in a war zone, he was surrounded by thousands of officers and soldiers, which was really disturbing the people. He could only stay in the camp honestly to review the memorials accumulated recently, handle some urgent matters, or summon officials to inquire about the situation of forming local governments and solve the problems arising from it, and he was not idle every day.

"Your Majesty, news came from the Bureau of Affairs that the Mongol Yuan had adjusted the officials in the court, and the position of the magistrate of Yuechi Chaer was removed from the position of the Privy Council, and the right Prime Minister of the Secretariat was appointed Boyan; Antong was appointed as the left Prime Minister of the Secretariat; Li Qian and Wanze were appointed as the political affairs of Pingzhang; Sang Ge and Buhumu were appointed as the chief minister of the Ministry of Revenue; Ali was appointed as the Minister of Revenue; and ordered the general commander of the Privy Council to be appointed as the co-magistrate of the Privy Council, responsible for reorganizing the personal army of the guards." At this time, the head of the imperial front office, Zhuang Gong, reported from the inside.

"Oh, the Mongolian Yuan adjusted the central important officials this time, adding two new faces!" Zhao Bing took it and looked at it.

"Your Majesty, Wanze and Buhumu are not names, but are considered the best of the new generation of officials." Duke Zhuang said from the side that he had been in front of the imperial court for many years, and knew all the important officials inside and outside, and thought for a while.

"Wanze was born in the Tubi Yan family. The ancestors were Xue, and from Taizu, they started Shuofang and pacified the tribes. Taizong attacked Jin and ordered his brother Ruizong to advance from Shaanxi right to attack him. Tubi Xue was the vanguard. Then he went to Wuxiu Pass, crossed the Han River, narrowed the Fangcheng to the north, and defeated the Jin soldiers in Yangdi. Jin was destroyed, and attacked Xingyuan, Lang, and lizhou, and appointed him as the Marshal of the Capital. Taking Chengdu of the Song Dynasty, he beheaded his general Chen Longzhi, and gave him 600 households. His father Quanzhen was in charge of the imperial court. At the beginning of the Zhongtong period, he followed Shizu to the north to fight. In the fourth year, he was appointed as the right prime minister of the Central Secretariat and discussed the dynasty with the Confucian ministers. Wanze was once the secretary of the Eastern Palace and was considered an old man of Zhenjin, but it is said that he was smooth in his work and worldly manner, and had a close relationship with all parties."

"Buhumu is from Kangli. His grandfather Hailanbo was captured by Genghis Khan. His father Yan Zhen and his mother were from Goryeo. When Yan Zhen was young, he was raised by Concubine Tolei, Soluhetenei, and later became Kublai Khan's confidant. Mengge had a rift with Kublai Khan, and Yan Zhen once advised Kublai Khan to fight south to ease the conflict between their brothers. After Mengge died, Alibuge fought for the throne. Yan Zhen led Kublai Khan to stay in his troops and escorted Kublai Khan's wife to move south, which made great contributions."

"Buhu Mu was the second son of Yan Zhen. He studied at the Imperial College when he was young. In the 14th year of Zhiyuan, he served as the Shaoguan. In the 15th year, he served as the deputy envoy of the Hebei Road, Yannan. In the 19th year, he was promoted to the Imperial Censor. In the 21st year, he served as the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Works, and the Minister of Justice. After Zhen Jin ascended the throne, he was appointed as the Hanlin scholar and the master of imperial edicts, and he was aware of imperial edicts and also compiled national history. He was honest and upright, obedient to the law, and was not afraid of powerful ministers, dared to directly advise; he opposed gathering, sympathized with the people, and was deeply admired in the court."

"They are all people with big legs, where did that Ali come from?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked again after hearing this.

"Ali should be a trusted official when Ah Hema was in power, and later was dismissed from office due to his involvement. This time, it should be the recommendation of Brother Sang. As the Minister of Revenue, it may be that he can only manage his finances!" Duke Zhuang replied.

"This time the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty adjusted the center, Boyan was a capable person and had some prestige in the court and the country. He wanted to revive the court and straighten the relationship between various forces, but added a great enemy to our dynasty. The two new entry into the center were both Mongols, but Han officials did not adjust to their actual positions in order to ease their relationship with the old Mongolian sects and use them to defend half of the river." Zhao Bing thought for a moment.

"Boyan is indeed a talent for governing the country in the world, but the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty's military and political affairs are not useless to our dynasty at the moment!" Duke Zhuang said in his words.

"Oh, where do you say this?" Zhao Bing smiled.

"After our dynasty entered Jiangnan, Boyan was in charge of the two Huai Rivers and repeatedly wanted to invade the south, but they were all defeated by our army. He realized that it was no longer possible to invade the south with force, and at least it would be difficult to do it in a short period of time. Therefore, he changed his strategy, rebuilt cities along the river, and built fortresses, and changed from offense to defense. If real gold could adopt its strategy, the Northern Expedition would not be so smooth after several years of operation." Duke Zhuang said in his words.

"Now the Mongolian Yuan has suffered consecutive defeats and lost countless territory, especially the loss of troops. The Han army suffered a devastating blow, which forced the Mongolian Yuan to rely on the Mongolian army to stabilize the situation. This broke Kublai Khan's usual strategy of "using Mongolia to govern the Han and using Han to control Mongolia" and the kings of the grassland sect have always rejected Han laws from the court, which put Mongolia in the danger of division. In order to avoid this situation, Boyan must reorganize the Han army, but this takes time, so he can only adopt a defensive move against our dynasty and make peace with our dynasty."

"What if I don't want to discuss peace with him and continue the Northern Expedition to conquer Dadu in one fell swoop, and don't give him time to regroup?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty also thought that Boyan was a great enemy, so he could naturally see through the current situation. He knew that our dynasty had already come out in full force, and the two battlefields of Jingxiang and Sichuan were still in progress. If our army continued to fight north, it would do its best to reinforce the other two battlefields at the cost of giving up Dadu, which would break the crisis and threaten the empty Jiangnan, causing our dynasty to lose sight of one and another. Therefore, in order to maintain the front line, we would not continue the northern expedition and go deep into the Central Plains, and we would only compete for one city and one pool." Duke Zhuang explained.

"If our court and the Mongolian Yuan negotiate peace, do you think where should be beneficial to our court?" Zhao Bing nodded, thinking that Duke Zhuang was smart, and this battle stopped at Yingtian Mansion. He had not mentioned it to anyone, but he had already thought of this section. But he didn't know whether it was learned from his unintentional words or whether it was analyzed by his own judgment of the situation, so he had the intention of taking the exam.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think they can discuss and demarcate the boundaries with the Mongolian Yuan according to the relevant regulations in the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement" back then!" Duke Zhuang was surprised to hear His Majesty ask him, but he still expressed his thoughts.

"Well, the situation is similar to that time..." Zhao Bing said with a frown.

He knew that the Shaoxing peace talks were signed by the Southern Song and Jin in the year of Shaoxing. At that time, the Song army had achieved certain victories in the counterattack of the Jin invasion, but Song Gaozong and Prime Minister Qin Hui were afraid of hindering peace talks against the Jin Dynasty, and lifted the military power of the three generals Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei, and even created Yue Fei's unjust prison, making it impossible for the Anti-Japanese War parties to oppose the surrender and peace talks.

In the 11th year of Shaoxing, the two sides reached a peace agreement: Song surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, and Jin appointed Song Kang King Zhao Gou as the emperor; the boundary was demarcated, with the middle stream of the Huai River in the east, Dasan Pass as the boundary in the west, and the south belonged to Song and the north belonged to Jin; Song paid tribute to Jin every year, with 250,000 taels of silk each, and since the 12th year of Shaoxing, it was moved to Sizhou for payment every spring. The Shaoxing peace talks determined the political inequality between the Song and Jin River, ended the war state of long-standing troops for more than a year, and formed a confrontation between the north and the south.

From the perspective of the situation, since the fourth year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty, until the eleventh year of Shaoxing before Yue Fei was killed, the military power contrast between the Song and Jin Dynasty was gradually changing in a direction that was beneficial to the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty changed from weak to strong, and the Jin Dynasty declined from prosperity. Wanyan Zongbi, the commander of the Jin Dynasty, despised the military power of the Southern Song Dynasty in the past and believed that using force could destroy the Song Dynasty, so he "was determined to defeat the alliance and raise troops to fight in the south."

But the result of the southern invasion was that the Jin army was "defeated in Shunchang, defeated in Yancheng, and defeated in Zhegao". The Jin army was defeated again and again, which made Wushu see that the Jin Kingdom had lost its military advantage and it was impossible to destroy the Song Dynasty with force. The spirit of the Jin Dynasty's war faction was frustrated, so the Jin commander Wanyan Zongbi changed his strategy and proposed to make peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, and then "begin to make peace, and there was nothing to do in the north and south."

It is obvious that if the Jin soldiers could win on the battlefield, then the Jin ruling group that had always despised the Southern Song Dynasty would not make peace with the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be seen that the Song and Jin Dynasty reached peace as soon as possible, which was not only a prudent and suspicious of the military generals of the Southern Song Emperor Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, and Qin Hui, the traitor who sold the country for glory, was also the need of the Jurchen rulers of the Jin Dynasty.

By demarcating this boundary, the Southern Song Dynasty geographically formed three major rivers, namely the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, to provide geographical protection for itself. Therefore, it was obviously not realistic for the Mongolians to directly take the capital like the Jin people during the Jingkang Battle. The Southern Song Dynasty took the initiative to attack not only to use the newly captured Jin land to provide buffer for its own defense, but also to take advantage of the situation where Mongolia continued to take the initiative to attack north before establishing a stable rule over the Central Plains, or when attacked, they would strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and use the Huai River and Yangtze River behind them to stabilize their northern defense line.
Chapter completed!