The Jin Kingdom was in an uproar.
All the pro-war factions shouted in the court that the Song Dynasty must be destroyed immediately.
If Liu Chan dared to recover the fallen land now, wouldn't he counterattack the Jin Kingdom in the future?
How could he tolerate this?
They had to send troops immediately to deal a heavy blow to the Song Dynasty's arrogance!
Even if they couldn't destroy them, they would at least lose half their lives!
Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zongjun, who were in power, were the two who advocated peace.
Faced with the threat of the Song Country, he expressed that there was no need for that.
Because the two emperors of Song Country were still in their hands.
The old one had already died of illness, and the younger one was better off dead.
"We haven't had the time to defend the south of Bianjing. Yue Fei launched a surprise attack.
It was a shameless sneak attack!
Therefore, the people of Song were still weak.
Moreover, this matter might not be a bad thing.”
In the plan of Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun, and the others, Henan and Shaanxi were originally to be returned to the other party in the name of peace negotiations.
They were indeed powerless to rule these two places.
As for Yue Fei's current northern expedition, he had only gone a little further north.
Actually, the impact wasn't that great.
"That's right. These places don't have much money.
Since the Song people were so eager to take it away, he would just give it to them.”
In the eyes of the pro-war faction, these places would become a burden to the Song people.
Therefore, they were not as angry as the Song court had imagined.
However, this was not the case for the war faction.
"If Bianjing changes hands, what if the Song people have the intention to resist?
Then it would be difficult to go south, and they would not be able to help in the war.”
"I just broke the spine of the Song people. We can't let them grow back!”
But in Wanyan Dan's ears, these words were just an excuse to start a war.
It was an excuse for the war faction to regain power.
He wasn't against attacking Song, but he wanted to resolve the internal crisis first.
"Alright, the messenger from the Song Dynasty is here.”
Wanyan Dan temporarily stopped the argument between the two sides and called Qin Hui over.
"Greetings, Ruler."
Wanyan Dan could not help but be dissatisfied with Qin Hui, who was carrying fear as he bowed respectfully.
He was not dissatisfied with Qin Hui, but with his own people.
Neither the peace faction nor the war faction had much respect for him.
The huge imperial court was still in a mess compared to when they were in the tribe.
To put it nicely, these were the simple grassland men.
To put it bluntly, they did not have the concept of hierarchy.
Which country's ruler or emperor would be willing?
"Emissary Song, please rise."
Wanyan Dan suddenly felt that the etiquette of the Song people was quite good.
The Jin Kingdom should have a similar system to make everyone kneel before him.
"Thank you, Country Ruler."
Qin Hui stood up shakily. When he raised his head, he saw that his eyes were filled with people who were as fierce as wolves and tigers!
He was so scared that he did not dare to continue.
"Despicable Song people, how dare you fight without a declaration!”
"Shameless sneak attack!"
Faced with these accusations, Qin Hui only weakly replied.
"Aren't the two countries at war?
War was not a good thing for both countries. If they could negotiate peace, they would stop fighting.”
The general idea was to negotiate peace.
Peace negotiations were a beautiful thing.
However, the pro-war faction began to curse.
"Despicable!"
Spittle seemed to fly over and drown him.
There were also golden men who were not satisfied with his personal attacks and wanted to attack him personally.
Qin Hui was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
It could be seen that diplomatic missions had always been a dangerous thing since ancient times.
Especially when the two sides were still fighting.
In the end, after the war faction vented their anger.
The peace faction stood out and began to negotiate.
Liu Chan's letter of credence was sent up.
The conditions of the Song Dynasty were very simple.
Maintain the current occupied borders and stop the war.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
"Is this the sincerity of the Song people in negotiating peace?”
Wanyan Zong Pan frowned and his tone changed.
Qin Hui was on the verge of collapse when faced with the questions from the golden man.
He wanted to fork out a few million taels of silver as protection fees, but he had no say in the royal court.
……
Bianjing.
At the Grand Marshal's Manor.
The generals of the Yue Family Army were discussing.
"Have you heard? The Emperor intends to negotiate peace?”
"How do we negotiate?"
"It is to stop the war and maintain the existing borders.”
This condition was not as tough as the Song Dynasty.
Without the traditional skill of the year coins, the generals found it hard to believe.
The official spoke so unyieldingly.
"Marshal Yue, what do you think of this peace negotiation?”
Yue Fei, who was on the main seat, pondered for a moment.
"It's actually quite good to negotiate peace with the Jin people according to the current conditions.”
The recent logistical problems had given him a headache.
A few days ago, there were commoners eating and drinking, so he didn't feel that there was any problem.
Later on, he calculated that one Yue Family Army's food supply was enough.
It was four times more than the rear!
This was because the losses of transporting grain on land were too great.
First of all, the horses needed food and grass, and the commoners also needed to eat.
He didn't feel it when he was in Ezhou. It was just normal wear and tear.
However, the transportation of grain from Jiangnan to here consumed one-twentieth of the total.
That was 20 dan of grain, but when it was transported to Bianjing, there was only one dan left.
Who wouldn't gasp when they saw this ratio?
Who wouldn't feel heartache when they saw it?
"Yeah, let's play slowly."
After the northern expedition, everyone present had risen three levels because of this huge contribution.
Some of them even advanced three or four levels.
However, they had to admit that the Yue Family Army could no longer fight.
"We don't have enough food. We have to open up wasteland in the next two years.”
Hearing this, Yue Fei looked at Zhang Xian." Have you replied to the letter to the imperial court?”
"Marshal Yue, such a major matter, the Imperial Court will definitely have to discuss it carefully.”
Zhang Xian smiled bitterly.
Because Yue Fei had proposed a way to solve the logistics problem.
That was to implement a kind of wartime management on the recently recovered land.
The general idea was that the original civil officials would not be set up for the time being, and all would be managed by the generals.
After the commoners gathered, they would open up wasteland and resume sowing.
The grain harvested was not subject to taxes. After it was enough for the people to eat, the rest would be used as military rations.
"Yeah, we have to wait."
Yue Fei knew the pros and cons of this method.
The benefits were obvious. It could quickly restore order and food production.
After one or two years, the people's lives would be greatly improved, and the food would be enough to maintain the army's logistics.
As for the disadvantage, as a Grand Marshal, he would be above all the generals and civil officials.
In the future, the governors who managed several provinces did not have as much authority as Yue Fei.
It could be said that he had made half of the Song Dynasty completely obey his orders.
Thinking of this, Yue Fei suddenly felt a little regretful.
He already had a large army in his hands, yet he still asked for such great authority.
Isn't it a little inappropriate?
After all, Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty was dressed in a royal robe.
If this decree had been implemented for two years, Yue Fei would have been no different from Zhao Kuangyin.
With soldiers, power, and everything.
At night.
Yue Fei thought about it and felt that he was still too impulsive.
He cared too much about the Northern Expedition, so much so that he had neglected all these.
That night, he began to write a memorial, saying that he had not thought enough and deeply reflected on his mistakes.
However, he did not expect that just as he finished writing the memorial and was about to send it the next day.
The imperial edict of the imperial court had come down, and it was almost completely in accordance with Yue Fei's imagination, granting him great authority!
Liu Chan had even written him a letter.
"Zhen believes in you. Do it without worry.”
Yue Fei was stunned on the spot, and then tears fell.
The officials trusted him too much!
The generals of the Yue Family Army were also filled with respect and tears.
Loyalty to the government was not absolute, but it was absolutely disloyal!
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