Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Before meeting Zhao Ji, Chai Jin always felt that he could face Zhao Ji calmly and calmly, and even take the opportunity to avenge his ancestors for seizing the country and the country.

But after the actual confrontation with Zhao Ji, Chai Jin realized that he was wrong.

Even though the Great Yuan Empire now took the initiative, and even though he knew that Zhao Ji might be bluffing, he was still quickly defeated under the pressure of Emperor Zhao Ji, the absolute superior.

After a long silence, Chai Jin reluctantly uttered one word: "Yes."

The word "you" made Zhao Ji feel like hearing the voice of a fairy, and also made Zhao Ji feel like he had been granted amnesty.

What Chai Jin didn't know was that Zhao Ji, who seemed to be looking down on the world, was actually sweating profusely.

The strength displayed by the Yuan Empire in destroying the Liao, defeating the Jin, and sweeping across the grasslands was too strong.

The Zhao and Song dynasties are now besieged on all sides.

Therefore, what Zhao Ji said, that if Jiang Hongfei led his army south to attack the Song Dynasty, he would desperately negotiate a peace with Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La and fight to the death with Jiang Hongfei is simply unrealistic.

To take a step back, even if Zhao Ji has this intention, it is still unclear whether Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La can make him realize his wish.

If nothing else, Fang La would not let Zhao Ji get his wish easily.

You must know that Manichaeism hates the Zhao and Song Dynasty very much. From top to bottom, they are determined to drive the Song army out of the southeast and establish a country in the southeast. Therefore, unless Zhao Ji is willing to move the most important economic, food, and population center of the Zhao and Song Dynasty to the southeast, Ceded to Manichaeism, otherwise Manichaeism would not negotiate peace with the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Although Tian Hu and Wang Qing's place is not as extreme as Fang La's place, but there are not enough benefits, they will definitely not negotiate peace with the Zhao and Song Dynasty. At least they have to keep the territory they currently occupy, right?

On the other hand, if the Zhao and Song Dynasties ceded Hedong to Tian Hu, Huaixi to Wang Qing, and southeast to Fangla, how could the Zhao and Song Dynasties possibly succeed with the remaining territory, economy, food, and population? To defeat the Yuan Empire, which now has strong soldiers, strong national power, and overwhelming power?

In other words, fighting is not Zhao Ji's choice at all. He has one and only one choice, and that is to negotiate a peace with Jiang Hongfei, no matter what harsh conditions Jiang Hongfei offers.

Based on this, as long as Jiang Hongfei is willing to negotiate peace, Zhao Ji will have achieved this stage of victory.

Zhao Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Chai Jin and Xiao Rong: "As for specific matters, you can go to the home of Prime Minister Wang Fu to discuss them as usual."

Chai Jin took a deep look at Zhao Ji and thought to himself: "I am indeed not your opponent, but so what, your opponent is never me, and my opponent is not you."

When they arrived at Wang Fu's home, Wang Fu's men suggested that Chai Jin and Xiao Rong should pay tribute to Wang Fu, because Wang Fu was the prime minister and chief minister of the Zhao and Song Dynasties and had a higher rank than Chai Jin.

But Chai Jin refused and insisted on seeing each other in separate courts, that is, as equals.

Wang Fu didn't dare to provoke Chai Jin because of this trivial matter, which would lead to the breakdown of negotiations between the Yuan and Song Dynasties, so he had no choice but to agree.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Wang Fu said: "Since your dynasty intends to negotiate a peace so that the two dynasties can coexist peacefully, please state your conditions directly."

Now that the truth has been revealed, Chai Jin simply stated the conditions that Jiang Hongfei and his ministers had already formulated.

Chai Jin said slowly: "First, since your DPRK has promised to permanently cede Shandong, Hebei, and Hedong to our DPRK, then we will form a written document."

Wang Fu agreed wholeheartedly: "Of course there is no problem with this."

Chai Jin said: "Mr. Wang, please listen to what I have to say. Your court must not only formulate a written document, but also publish it in the capital."

"Publish the list! Doesn't everyone know that I ceded territory to the Song Dynasty and paid compensation to my wife?"

Wang Fu was furious: "What do you mean by this, do you want to humiliate me?!"

Chai Jin said lightly: "My court has no intention of humiliating you. It is actually your court who has not kept your word. You have clearly promised Shandong and Hebei to our court, and you have clearly stated in the previous agreement that the river will be the boundary. This I have come up with this condition again. Do you really think that I will be deceived by you again and again? "

After a pause, Chai Jin added with a smile: "And since your court can betray the Khitan and Tian Hu who have an alliance with your court, not to mention our court, which naturally puts villains first before gentlemen. "

Wang Fu was immediately speechless!

The previous idea of ​​using the Yellow River as the boundary, and this time the Zhao and Song Dynasty clearly proposed to cede Hedong to the Yuan Empire again, were actually Wang Fu's ideas to Zhao Ji.

Now, Chai Jin brought these two things up in front of Wang Fu, leaving Wang Fu speechless.

Wang Fu was silent for a while, and then used a delaying tactic: "I will truthfully ask my emperor for instructions on this matter, and I will give you an answer later."

Wang Fu said this, so Chai Jin naturally stopped continuing this line.

Chai Jin added: "Er Nai, my family already knows that Tian Bao, Tian Hu's brother, and his subordinate Shen An are in the west post of Duting. These two people will be handed over to our court for disposal."

As soon as Chai Jin said this, Wang Fu couldn't help but shrink his pupils!

Tian Bao and Shen An came as envoys to the Zhao and Song dynasties on behalf of Tian Hu to discuss the two families' joint efforts to conquer the Yuan Empire. Wang Fu personally sent people to arrange them at Duting West Station, and announced that they were Tubo envoys.

In fact, the relationship between the Zhao Song Dynasty and Tian Hu has always been a secret. If Le He had not become Cai You's absolute confidant, Cai You would avoid Le He in everything and discuss everything with Le He. It is impossible for the Yuan Empire to know about this.

It is no exaggeration to say that only the prime ministers and relevant officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties knew about this matter. Wang Fu also specifically ordered that the matter must be kept secret and arranged for his confidants to seal the Duting West Station tightly.

Unexpectedly, even though Wang Fu had achieved this level, the Great Yuan Empire still knew about this matter, and knew it so clearly and so quickly!

Wang Fu couldn't help but think: "Are Yuan Kingdom's spies so powerful?"

Wang Fu stabilized his mind and then refused righteously: "Which family I, the Song Dynasty, wish to associate with is the right and freedom of my country, the Song Dynasty. Your court has no right to interfere, let alone ask for the envoys sent by other families."

Chai Jin said slowly: "Xianggong Wang may have made a mistake. Are we talking about the rights and freedoms of your dynasty? What I'm talking about with you is a peace treaty. I hope Xianggong Wang will understand the situation first."

Wang Fu was very smart. He immediately realized that the target of the Yuan Empire's attack this time was not the Zhao Song Dynasty, but Tian Hu. The main purpose of the first two conditions proposed by the Yuan Empire was to drive a wedge between the Zhao Song Dynasty and Tian Hu. Tiger, don't let the two of them unite.

Wang Fu thought to himself: "That's right. Although the Yuan Kingdom defeated the Jin Dynasty, destroyed the Liao Dynasty, and shocked the grassland, Jiang Yan still did not dare to fight on two fronts and fight against our Song Dynasty and Tian Hu at the same time. Instead, he wanted to attack our Song Dynasty and Tian Hu separately." Of."

The third condition proposed by Chai Jin confirmed Wang Fu's guess.

Chai Jin said: "Three of them, my emperor wants to be the concubine of Emperor Deji, Emperor Xunde, Emperor Huifu, and Emperor Xiande."

Wang Fu secretly said: "Here he comes! Although he wants four empresses, Jiang Yan's real target should be empress Chengde!"

Some people may have doubts, what is different about this Chengde Emperor? Why would Wang Fu guess that Jiang Hongfei mainly wanted her?

In fact, whether it is in terms of identity, appearance, or figure, there is nothing outstanding about Chengde Emperor Ji Zhao Huer.

Of course, this is inappropriate.

Zhao Huer's mother was Empress Zheng, the current queen of the Zhao Song Dynasty, so she was Zhao Ji's true legitimate daughter.

However, if it were just that, Wang Fu would not conclude that Jiang Hongfei and his ministers were here for Zhao Huer.

The reason why Wang Fu was so sure that Jiang Hongfei and his ministers were here for Zhao Huer was mainly because Zhao Ji had just agreed to marry Zhao Huer to Tian Hu and form a marriage between the two families. This was also one of the things that Tian Bao and Shen An discussed on their mission to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

What Jiang Hongfei and his ministers did even more brilliantly was that they actually took away all of Zhao Ji's unmarried but adult daughters.

This not only prevented Zhao Ji's monarchs and ministers from using Zhao Ji's other daughters to marry Tian Hu, but also gave the Zhao and Song dynasties a clear warning: "No more marriages with Tian Hu, no, no more anything to do with Tian Hu, otherwise I will Dayuan’s target may not be Tian Hu but your Song Dynasty!”

Wang Fu clearly interpreted Jiang Hongfei's true intentions.

Only then did Wang Fu understand why Jiang Hongfei and his ministers let go of the Zhao and Song dynasties: "It turns out that the Yuan Kingdom did not let go of the Song Dynasty at all, but wanted to destroy Tian Hu with all its strength first and occupy all the areas north of the Yellow River, and then deal with it." I’m Da Song!”

Wang Fu looked at Chai Jin and thought: "Jiang Yan is really good at calculating!"

Chai Jin continued: "Four things, I, Dayuan, want to recruit three thousand literati in Tokyo, and I hope that your dynasty can fully cooperate."

After Wang Fu heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Don't go too far, please declare it publicly. You are asking for Tian Hu's envoy, you are asking for four empresses from my court, and now you are asking for three thousand talents to govern the country. You are bullying me!"

Faced with Wang Fu's anger, Chai Jin met Wang Fu's gaze and said slowly again: "I should have reminded Mr. Wang that what I'm talking about with you is a peace treaty. What I'm talking about is my court." You have the right and freedom to refuse to agree to the peace terms proposed, and we also have the right and freedom to choose how to respond if you do not agree.”

Chai Jin almost said directly: "If you dare not agree to our conditions, we will not attack Tian Hu, but directly attack Song Dynasty!"

Wang Fu was so angry that his veins jumped, but there was nothing he could do!

Chai Jin continued: "There is one more thing. You have to give me three million shi of food."

Wang Fu couldn't stand it any longer, and he said angrily: "This year, there are floods, droughts, or insects everywhere in my country. The disasters are extremely serious. There are tens of millions of victims. How can I raise three million for your family?" Shi Liangliang, aren’t you trying to force someone to do this?”

This is really not Wang Fu's shirk.

I don’t know if God is going to destroy the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Just when Jiang Hongfei went north to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, disasters continued in the areas controlled by the Zhao and Song Dynasties, including Henan, the Huaihe River Basin, Huanqing, Yingning, Jingyuan and other places. All suffered major disasters, and there were even migrations of refugees in these places.

In order to prevent another civil unrest, Zhao Ji sent his servants to various places to understand the situation, and ordered various state governments to provide emergency disaster relief and compensate the people.

But years of war, coupled with the fact that a large amount of the Zhao and Song Dynasty's territory, especially the southeastern part of the grain-producing area, was occupied by the four major bandits, made the Zhao and Song Dynasty unable to provide disaster relief at all.

As a result, a large number of disaster victims appeared in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Moreover, there was a severe famine in many places within the Zhao and Song dynasties. Parents exchanged their children for food. There were even corpses posted in the market, and people sold human flesh in exchange for money to buy food. Not to mention ordinary people, even many Song Army soldiers were in a state of decay. What's more, in some places, seven out of ten garrison soldiers were starved to death.

It can be said that because the four major bandits carved up a large amount of territory of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, especially the southeast was not under the control of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, the Zhao and Song Dynasty had a big problem with its money and food.

Not long ago, even Bianliang City in Tokyo was occupied by disaster victims, and the city was full of suffering people.

In order to prevent others from seeing the defeat of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Wang Fu sent people to drive all the victims out of Tokyo.

If he had food, could Wang Fu use such damaging moves?

The key is that others don't know it, but Wang Fu knows clearly that taking advantage of the disaster in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, a large number of Song people crossed the Yellow River to Hebei, or to Shandong, or to the areas controlled by the Yuan Empire in the southeast. Warehouses were opened all over the empire to provide disaster relief, and then they took this opportunity to move a large number of Han people to the Yanyun area, diluting the ethnic minorities in the Yanyun area and stabilizing the regime of the Yuan Empire.

If the Yuan Empire didn't have a lot of food, how could it do this?

Moreover, Wang Fu also knew that Jiang Hongfei and his ministers could also sell grain to Dayi State, which had good relations with the Dayuan Empire, and several tribes on the grassland.

In Wang Fu's view, this is simply a case of wealthy landlords exploiting poor people who can't even put food on the table. It's too much.

In fact, Chai Jin and Xiao Rong walked along the way and saw the miserable situation in the Zhao Song Dynasty, and knew that this was indeed a difficult situation for the Zhao Song Dynasty.

However, they were demanding high prices and had to pay on the spot. Chai Jin and Xiao Rong had to leave some room for the Zhao Song Dynasty to bargain, otherwise, their mission this time would not be easy to handle.

Regardless of Wang Fu's attitude or mood, he had to truthfully tell Zhao Ji and other officials Jiang Hongfei's conditions.

After listening to Wang Fu relaying the peace terms proposed by Jiang Hongfei and his ministers, Zhao Ji and other ministers of the Zhao and Song dynasties were also filled with indignation, feeling that the Yuan Empire was too bullying.

However, getting angry won't solve anything at all.

When Zhao Ji and his ministers calmed down, Zhao Ji asked, "How should we deal with this matter?"

Zhang Bangchang said: "Dazai's analysis is very reasonable. The purpose of the Yuan envoy's mission to the Song Dynasty is to divide the Song Dynasty and Tian Hu. His next goal is probably to defeat Tian Hu."

Wang Anzhong said: "I will not do what the enemy wants, and currently our Song Dynasty united with Tian Hu is still difficult to defeat the Yuan Kingdom. If we sit back and teach the Yuan Kingdom to destroy Tian Hu and unify the north, the next step will be to attack our Song Dynasty with all our strength. "

Who among those present cannot understand what Wang Anzhong said?

But the problem is that the Yuan Empire has made it clear that if the Zhao and Song dynasties do not give up their alliance with Tian Hu, Jiang Hongfei will attack the Song Dynasty first.

Also, if Jiang Hongfei gave Tian Hu the same choice, what would Tian Hu choose? Most likely they would sit still and wait for the result of Jiang Hongfei's attack on Song Dynasty, and then respond according to the situation.

After much discussion, Zhao Ji and his ministers still felt that it was better to let Tian Hu defend the Zhao and Song Dynasty for a while than to die from Taoist friend Ping Dao. In this way, the Western Army defending Tian Hu from Zhongshi Dao could be temporarily mobilized according to the situation. Then go to reinforce Tong Guan and destroy Fang La. If things go smoothly, the Zhao Song Dynasty may be out of trouble. By then, the Zhao Song Dynasty may really be able to fight the Yuan Empire.

As for Jiang Hongfei's request for Zhao Ji's four daughters and 3,000 talents to govern the country, will the Zhao and Song dynasties be embarrassed?

Zhao Ji and his ministers really can't take care of it. If the situation continues, the Zhao and Song dynasties may be in danger of extinction...

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