Chapter 836
Zhao Bing and Zheng Huchen discussed matters all night long. In addition to asking the Bureau of Affairs to actively find the lost members of the operation team, they also asked them to closely monitor the changes in the situation in Yunnan, and at the same time to take action to "make trouble" in time to make them attack continuously. In addition, appropriate attention should be paid to the peace talks in the near future and understand the bottom line of the Mongolian and Yuan negotiations so as to take the initiative in the peace talks.
Another urgent problem to be solved is the funding problem of the Bureau of Affairs. Smuggling sea salt in Jiangnan is no longer feasible. At present, the Bureau of Affairs is becoming increasingly heavy and the expenses are naturally increasing. As Yuan banknotes are depreciating now, and printing counterfeit banknotes is almost impossible to meet the cost. These two transactions are basically no way to continue, and new sources of wealth are needed.
The two discussed the rooster crowing and chose several projects, but they did not finalize it. In addition, there was no office space after the Bureau of Affairs entered Beijing. The Pingshan Imperial Garden in the royal garden of Zhao Bing was their peripheral stronghold, and the Bureau of Affairs was originally affiliated with the inner government, which was both legitimate and obscuring people's eyes and ears. In addition, the driver's room near the Beigong Palace was converted into their office space to facilitate contact with each other.
Zheng Huchen was not convenient for him to stay here for a long time, so he left quietly before dawn. Seeing that he could not sleep, Zhao Bing went out to work with the guard camp as usual. After returning, he took a shower, changed clothes and had breakfast. He wanted to take a break. But just after he went to bed, Wang De came in to report that the left, right prime minister and two officials and officials came to visit him. He knew that the Yunnan turmoil would definitely send someone to ask for advice, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. He had no choice but to let them wait in the side hall and he would arrive later.
"There was a sudden turmoil in Dali, and Guangnan West Road was affected. I believe that the military newspaper had read it." Although everyone knew it well, since they came in the name of visiting the disease, of course they had to exchange greetings. After we were polite, Lu Xiufu reported first.
"Well, I have seen it, but it is said that what I know is that the King of Yunnan in the Yuan Dynasty was attacked when crossing the river in Luzhou. His subordinates suspected that it was the Nanzhao Fans' work, and then massacred the foreign villages and villages and triggered rebellion and led to unrest." Zhao Bing nodded and revealed some inside information inadvertently.
"Oh, Yesen Timur was attacked, was he alive or dead?" Several people looked at each other with incredible expressions. They all knew that the great kings of the Yuan Dynasty recommended real gold as the Great Khan. He granted Yesen Timur a hereditary position of the king of Yunnan, but before he returned, he encountered an attack, and there must be something strange about it. Wen Tianxiang stood up and asked.
"The specific situation is not known yet, but the two groups of Liang, King Ganmala, who had previously guarded Dali by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and King Aolu of Xiping, were also involved. They attacked each other with Yesen Timur. I judged that they might be dead!" Zhao Bing said.
"Is it because of the Liang king of the Mongol Yuan or the King of Xiping who was dissatisfied with Yesen Timur's hereditary king of Yunnan, so he planned the attack and then blamed the Fans of Nanzhao?" Liu Fu thought about it and asked.
"It is possible before the truth is revealed. Maybe the Dali Federations could not bear the oppression and assassinate them. Maybe the kings colluded with them, but everything is still to be verified!" Zhao Bing said, of course he refused to admit that it was his own, otherwise he would have advised him again.
"Your Majesty, Dali is adjacent to our dynasty, which will inevitably cause uneasiness in the court and the people. What should we do?" Lu Xiufu bowed and asked.
"I don't know much about the situation and can't judge the enemy's next action, but their internal struggles are not harmful to our dynasty!" Zhao Bing blinked a few times, but did not make a decision, but said ambiguously.
"Your Majesty, after learning about the situation, the Empress Dowager summoned the ministers and others to discuss, but the ministers had different opinions. The Empress Dowager asked Your Majesty to make a decision!" Lu Xiufu of course understood the little emperor's thoughts. Now the Empress Dowager is in charge of the government. How could he speak out without authorization? He smiled and made it clear.
"What do all the ministers think?" Zhao Bing asked.
"Report to Your Majesty, the ministers in the court have different opinions, but the main ones are still two opinions." Lu Xiufu reported, "One thinks that we should take advantage of the Dali turmoil and send troops to seize Dali to eliminate the worries of our court, and we can focus on facing the frontal enemy; the other should abide by the old instructions of Taizu, and the soldiers are no longer in the Jinsha River."
"Well, I think the current situation is still unclear, so I should keep my troops in the moment and see the situation before talking about it!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.
"Your Majesty, I think you should take advantage of the enemy's civil strife as soon as possible. Our dynasty can contact the Dali Federation to fight against the Mongolian Yuan. Otherwise, once the Yuan court reappoints the King of Yunnan and quells the civil strife, it will miss the opportunity!" Wen Tianxiang said hurriedly after hearing this.
"What Wen Xiang said is not without reason, but most of them are thousands of miles apart from Dali, so I'm afraid he can't reach it. Moreover, he had just inherited the Khan throne, so the court might be stable in time. Yesen Timur and his family inherited the King of Yunnan were forced by the situation. Therefore, the unrest is more beneficial to the iron Yunnan. Maybe this attack will be his mastermind." Zhao Bing chuckled, "Besides, if the Yuan court wants to quell the unrest, they can only mobilize the army of Sichuan and Shu, but they still need to prevent our army from capturing Sichuan and Shu along the river, so even if they want to take care of it, they can't."
"Well, Your Majesty thinks that the real gold will not intervene in the turmoil in Yunnan?" Wen Tianxiang thought that what the little emperor said was not without reason. The terrain of Dali is closed and it is easy to form separatist forces. At the moment of weak power, civil strife is of course conducive to the rule of the real gold.
"I think he still needs to do the surface, but it is nothing more than sending a few decrees to show his existence. With this, it is impossible to calm the wars of all parties. And Yesen Timur's two sons are already adults. It is hard to say who inherits the throne!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Your Majesty's words are reasonable. Taizu also said that the Dali people are fierce and brave, tough and hard to cure, and rebelled against impermanence. The Mongol Yuan has been in power for thirty years and cannot be completely pacified. It can be seen that this is true. Now that they attack and kill each other, they will inevitably weaken their strength and will no longer have any threat to our dynasty." Liu Fu nodded and said.
"Well, Governor Liu said well. As long as we recover Jiangbei and the Mongol Yuan power declines, Dali will inevitably rely on our dynasty, and we will recover Dali without bloodshed!" Ying Jie Yan Yan said.
"I think it's better to be quiet than to move at the moment. Just ask the troops on the Western Front to strictly guard the border. The refugees who fled into our dynasty can be properly placed, and the enemy who invades must be resolutely attacked, but do not cross the border and pursue them to avoid falling into it." Zhao Bing said.
"I will follow the sacred edict and wait for the Empress Dowager to report to the Xijiang Commander." Lu Xiufu said with politeness.
"It is the time when the two countries are discussing peace. It is easy to give people a handle to send troops at this moment. Your Majesty's Holy Defeat will make me quarrel with them!" Wen Tianxiang also shook his head and smiled. In fact, he originally supported the acquisition of Dali, but he was worried that he would rashly send troops and be deeply trapped in the mud. Under the contradiction, he felt relieved after listening to the little emperor's analysis.
"Oh, what's going on in peace now?" Zhao Bing asked in an unknown way.
"Report to Your Majesty, the Mongolian Yuan has now changed to Boyan as the official envoy. He has already set off from Dadu and will arrive in Yangzhou soon!" Wen Tianxiang reported.
"Haha, are enemies really not gathering? I remember that Wen Xiang and Na Boyan also held peace talks on behalf of their respective courts. Unexpectedly, they gathered again ten years later, which became a good story." Zhao Bing smiled.
It was the first year of Chunyou. The commander of the Yuan Dynasty, Bo Yan, had crossed the Yangtze River and attacked Lin'an in three groups. One of them set out from Jiankang, crossed Pingjiang, and rushed straight to Dusong Pass. Wen Tianxiang led 30,000 troops to support the king and also led troops to Lin'an. Right Prime Minister Chen Yizhong sent him to Pingjiang to defend. As soon as he left Pingjiang, Dusong Pass had been captured by the Yuan army and wanted to return to Pingjiang again. Pingjiang was also lost. He discussed with Zhang Shijie, a general from Yingzhou, and suggested to the court that he would concentrate his troops to fight the death battle with the Yuan army. However, the timid Chen Yizhong disagreed.
At this time, Boyan led his troops to Gaoting Mountain, which was only 30 miles away from Lin'an. All the ministers in the court, including the left prime minister Liu Mengyan, slipped away. Empress Dowager Xie and Chen Yizhong were panicked and quickly sent an official to Boyan's camp to seek peace with the National Seal and the surrender. However, Boyan designated the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty to negotiate in person. Chen Yizhong was afraid of being detained and did not dare to go to Yuan camp and fled to the south. Zhang Shijie was unwilling to surrender, so he was so angry that he led his troops to sea on a Shanghai ship. Empress Dowager Xie had no choice but to announce that Wen Tianxiang would replace Chen Yizhong as the right prime minister and asked him to negotiate surrender in Boyan camp.
Wen Tianxiang did not want to discuss peace at all. Under Boyan's coercion and inducement, he not only did not surrender, but also scolded him. As a result, Boyan detained him in the camp, and Empress Dowager Xie was determined to surrender, and changed his position to Jia Yuqing as the right prime minister, and went to the Yuan camp to seek surrender. After Boyan accepted the surrender letter, he asked Wen Tianxiang to enter the camp and told him that the court had sent someone else to surrender. He was so angry that he scolded Jia Yuqing, but the surrender could no longer be restored. He was escorted to Dadu with the young emperor, but he escaped halfway.
"Your Majesty, don't make fun of me. This matter is regarded as the greatest humiliation in my life!" Wen Tianxiang blushed and said with a polite manner.
"The words of Wen Xiang are not bad!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, "I think Wen Xiang was still not afraid of powerful enemies when the country was destroyed. He dared to scold Boyan in person, demonstrating the iron-mindedness of my Song Han'er, who is our role model and a pillar of the Song Dynasty."
"Your Majesty is too honored, I am ashamed." Wen Tianxiang quickly politely after hearing this, "I failed to achieve my mission, so the king was humiliated by the Tartars, and I wish I could repay the emperor's kindness with death!"
"Haha, don't feel guilty about Wen Xiang. Now that our dynasty returns to Jiangnan, it is no longer the past. If he dares to humiliate you again, I will let him humiliate himself!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"I understand. Now the peace talks are coming soon. I have agreed on the statement. Please take a look at your Majesty!" Wen Tianxiang took out the memorial from his sleeve and presented it to him.
"Oh, the price lists of the Qing family are too low. Wouldn't they be more frightened?" Zhao Bing took it and looked at it. The above list should be just an outline, but it was not very satisfying. He frowned and sighed.
"Your Majesty, please tell me!" Wen Tianxiang looked at the other colleagues and said, "This was drafted by the several ministers after several discussions. He thought it was extremely appropriate, but the little emperor was very dissatisfied.
"I think the first order of peace talks is to send the Meng Yuan back to Emperor Chunyou and his accompanying royal family to return the coffin of the Empress Dowager." Zhao Bing took the imperial pen and filled in the notes on it.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. If Emperor Chunyou returns to the country, wouldn't he have two lords? Where will His Majesty be placed?" Lu Xiufu immediately spoke.
"In the Jingkang Incident, the two emperors Huiqin died in the north hunting of the Five Kingdoms City. It was a shame for the Song Dynasty for a hundred years. Only by welcoming Emperor Chunyou can we get rid of the shame of the past. As for the throne, if I am willing to give it to him!" Zhao Bing said. He knew that the chance of refusing Emperor Chunyou was almost zero, and not making any gestures was equivalent to being unkind and unrighteous, so this hypocritical good man still had to do it.
"Your Majesty is loyal and filial, I respect you!" The little emperor said this, so of course several people should praise you.
"Meng, the Song Dynasty regards the Yangtze River as its boundary. This is too conservative. I think it is only possible to say it with the Huai River as its boundary!" Zhao Bing raised his hand and asked them to waive the courtesy and said again.
"Your Majesty, it's of course the best to use the Jianghuai area as the boundary, but will the Meng Yuan agree?" Lu Xiufu frowned.
"Even if we draw the boundary with the Yangtze River, will the Minister of Land think that the Mongol Yuan will agree? Let's start the price, and they can repay the money locally!" Zhao Bing laughed and said, "If both sides call each other a brotherly country, this is not appropriate. Then there is still a difference between the upper and lower levels, and they cannot take advantage of this advantage."
"Your Majesty, the brothers' country has shown that we both are equal and will not let them take advantage!" Wen Tianxiang said with a wry smile.
"That's not OK. I'm younger than real gold, wouldn't that be a loss!" Zhao Bing said as he had already picked up the pen to cut off the post. "The establishment of a deliberation needs to be discussed carefully. The pricing power must be in our hands, so as not to be blackmailed by them!"
"Yes!" Lu Xiufu also smiled bitterly. This is not to prevent others from extorting themselves. It is clearly because His Majesty wants to extort them!
"If the Meng Yuan plundered the old things in our palace, they will be returned, and the craftsmen will also be recovered!" Zhao Bing continued to outline.
"What Your Majesty said is very different from the conditions proposed by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and I am afraid it is difficult to achieve!" Seeing the little emperor making such a big change, Liu Fu said anxiously.
"Governor Liu is too honest. We have occupied Jiangnan. If he has the ability to take it back, why should he talk to us? If the negotiations cannot be reached for a while, let's talk slowly. Anyway, we are not in a hurry. We can make a profit if we can fight for an inch of land!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Your Majesty..." Liu Fu wanted to say something, but then he thought about it. The little emperor clearly used a delaying strategy, using peace talks as a guise to delay time with the Mongol Yuan. He really wanted to talk, because of his ability to squeeze money from the sea water, wouldn't it be so easy to seize food from his mouth?
"What Your Majesty said is that the current situation has reversed, and our dynasty has become invincible. One step back is a failure and cannot explain it to the people. Not to mention that we should respond to those harsh conditions. Let us become our vassal states, and paying tribute every year is simply a vassal. We must not make any concessions on this!" Wen Tianxiang said seriously.
Chapter completed!