There are several kinds of people in this world who are the most terrifying.

A cultured hooligan.

A highly intelligent criminal.

There are also tyrants who can reason.

The officials in the court of the Song Dynasty deeply understood this.

The previous situation was that when the New Dealers went to investigate Huaixi and something went wrong, the blame was thrown at the New Dealers, creating resistance and causing former officials to quit.

Now, the main responsibility for Huaixi lies with the conservative leader Cai Mao. If you don't settle the points you said, get out.

In the evening, Cai Mao and Li Chunyou were drinking.

Li Chunyou complained: "Xiangong Cai, I have long said that Weng Yanguo is unreliable and dares to kill even the imperial officials. These people have brain problems. Aren't they deliberately causing trouble?"

Cai Mao drank and said nothing.

Li Chunyou continued: "Xiangong Cai, how about I deliver a letter to Shouchun Magistrate Zhou Cai and ask him to restrain himself? After you go there, you can find a few scapegoats and come back to discuss matters?"

Cai Mao glanced at him and snorted: "Should we let them punish themselves with three more drinks?"

"That's okay..."

"What the hell!" Cai Mao felt the fire of ignorance rising in his heart.

He is the leader of the conservatives, but he is not the leader of the rebels!

Regarding the Huaixi incident, Cai Mao clearly felt that those below were out of control.

Cai Mao put down his wine glass heavily and said: "If the things mentioned in the court today are not resolved, I will not be able to do my job as a consul!"

"How come, the officials still attach great importance to..."

"Taking care is useless! Now our man has committed a foul!" Cai Mao said with a gloomy face, and a cold light flashed from his two slit-like eyes, "If we can't rectify it, you and I will be out!"

Li Chunyou was shocked: "Isn't that..."

"We are kicked out of the capital, and others will have no good fruits to eat."

Li Chunyou said: "If Cai Xianggong is kicked out of the court, who will check and balance Zhao Ding?"

Cai Mao said with a face full of hatred: "Do you think He Li's return is really just as simple as a stamp?"

"What Mr. Cai means is..." When Li Chunyou thought about it, cold sweat broke out on his back.

He almost ignored the insignificant He Li.

He Li is the minister and minister Zuopushe. He has the power to refute, but most of the time, he sits like a mascot in the Zuopushe Hall and never refutes the current New Deal.

But don't forget, if he wants to refute, he can do so at any time.

The Zhao Guan family will indeed consider the balance of the court, and it is definitely not just Cai Mao's group who can be used to contain Zhao Ding.

When necessary, Zhao Ning can kill Cai Mao at any time, let He Li stabilize the situation, and then promote a new person to serve as Minister Zuo Cheng.

Li Chunyou said: "Then this time..."

Cai Maoxia said cruelly: "This time, Huaixi must bleed. If Huaixi does not bleed, our status will not be guaranteed!"

The situation in the DPRK has become complicated.

Especially a few days later, the news that one of the Ministry of Revenue officials was injured and another killed in Huaixi officially reached the capital, causing public outrage.

The contradiction between the New Dealers and the conservatives turned into a contradiction between the imperial court and local governments.

On the eighth day of February, Cai Mao personally rushed to Huaixi under the pressure of public opinion in the capital.

I heard that there were many bandits along the way from the capital to Huaixi. In order to protect the life and safety of Cai Cai, the Zhao family sent 3,000 imperial guards to accompany them.

It was under this complicated situation that Xilin Helu, the Jin envoy, entered the Song Dynasty again.

On February 13th, Xilinhelu arrived in Tokyo.

It was definitely inevitable that soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty would stop by along the way.

This time when I arrived in Tokyo, Xilin Helu met Li Ruoshui, the Minister of Rites.

Negotiators from both sides exchanged views on relations between the two countries, future development, the destiny of mankind, and world peace.

Everyone at the scene was very enthusiastic, communicated with each other, and listened patiently, which was touching.

I heard that more than a dozen chairs were smashed.

This kind of negotiation lasted three days in total.

On the fourth day, Li Ruoshui reported the contents of the negotiation to Zhao Ning.

Jin Guo’s requirements are much more restrained than last time:

1. Give 500,000 Guansui coins and 300,000 bolts of silk every year.

Second, the emperors of the Song Dynasty and the emperors of the Jin Dynasty were called uncles and nephews.

Third, mutual trade between the two sides was fully opened, and the Song Dynasty did not allow the collection of Jin caravan tariffs.

Fourth, delineate the border between the two countries, taking Taiyuan Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Zhongshan Prefecture, and Hejian Prefecture as the boundaries to delineate the national boundary between the two countries.

5. The two sides will never go to war.

After Zhao Ning read it, he also mentioned a few things.

1. There is no need to talk about annual coins.

Second, there is no need to talk about calling him uncle or nephew.

Third, we can consider opening up mutual markets.

Fourth, return the three northern towns and their original homeland, including the Yanyun land that Tong Guan bought with 1 million guan.

5. The two sides will never go to war.

Li Ruoshui went to talk again, and the two sides stayed together for three days and three nights, but finally ended without any resolution. Xilinhelu left Tokyo as angry as last time.

Li Ruoshui went back and replied: "Your Majesty, the Golden Envoy has left."

"I've heard about it."

Li Ruoshui asked: "Is your Majesty really not planning to negotiate peace?"

"Do you think we should negotiate for peace?"

"If we can negotiate a peace, it may not be a bad thing for the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty can take the opportunity to reorganize the internal affairs and train soldiers."

Zhao Ning smiled and said: "What you said is reasonable, but the Kingdom of Jin has already negotiated peace with me, the Song Dynasty."

Li Ruoshui was startled when he heard this: "I don't understand."

"The Jin envoy set foot in Tokyo for the second time and has already stated that the Jin Kingdom will not start a war with us in a short time, otherwise there will be no need for him to come again."

After Zhao Ning said this, Li Ruoshui finally reacted and said quickly: "Your Majesty is wise, I have never thought of this."

"The Kingdom of Jin just wants to extort another amount of money from our government and take the north as its own from a legal perspective to calm people's hearts."

What does it mean to take possession as one's own from a legal perspective?

There were a large number of Han people in the Kingdom of Jin, such as Taiyuan Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, and Hejian Prefecture, which were originally owned by the Song Dynasty but were occupied by the Jin State.

In ancient times, this was not a legitimate legal principle.

If the Song Dynasty recognized the boundaries proposed in the peace negotiation, it would also recognize the legal rule of the Jin Kingdom over these places.

Is this important?

Very important!

In order to govern the country, the people of the Jin Dynasty also needed scholars. There would never be a butcher who could only shout and kill.

When scholars govern a country, what they pay attention to is legal principles.

If the Jin Kingdom had no control over those places, then the internal ideology would be divided, and internal conflicts would easily arise in this regard.

This is also an important reason why in history, Jin Wushu stopped fighting in the end and forced Zhao Gou to sign the "Shaoxing Peace Treaty".

During the Shaoxing Peace Conference, Zhao Gou recognized that the northern Central Plains belonged to the Jin Kingdom. This led to the scene where scholars within the Jin Kingdom later criticized the Southern Song Dynasty as southern barbarians.

Therefore, for Zhao Ning, it is absolutely impossible to recognize national boundaries!

It would be fine for both sides to open mutual markets.
Chapter completed!