Chapter 76 Section Four: Messenger Chasing Messenger

The failure of the Northern Expedition dealt a heavy blow to Song Xiaozong, who was determined to fight, and also caused the Song Dynasty's peace faction to become rampant.Xiaozong had no choice but to appoint Tang Situi, a minister of the main peace faction, as prime minister, planning to negotiate peace with Jin Guo.Tang Situi was once a partisan of the treacherous Prime Minister Qin Hui, and what he followed was Qin Hui's style of subjugation and seeking peace.So how would such a person negotiate peace with Jin Guo? Tang Situi was completely self-respecting, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Lord's Peace to strengthen himself and let his faction gain power.He told the emperor, hurry up to negotiate a peace with the people of the Kingdom of Jin, if we don't negotiate a peace, the army of the Kingdom of Jin will come to kill us, we can't beat them, but it will be too late.So the emperor sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin.Before the mission, the emperor told the envoys that they could not cede the land, especially the four states of the Jin State occupied by the Song Dynasty at that time - Haizhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, and Sizhou. They must not be ceded to the Jin State. This is our negotiation. bottom line.When the envoy Song went out, Tang Situi pulled him and said, the emperor told you that you are not allowed to cut off the four states, but if the agreement can be reached, the four states will be cut off, you can do it cheaply, don’t listen to everything Emperor's.At that time, the envoys of the Song Dynasty could not go to the court of the Kingdom of Jin, so they could only go to see the Marshal Pu San Zhongyi of the Kingdom of Jin.

After the servant San Zhongyi met with the envoy of Song Dynasty, he said that it is possible to negotiate a peace. We put forward four conditions: first, we lowered the requirements. From now on, the Nanbei Tongshu will only refer to uncles and nephews, not monarchs and ministers.The emperor of the Song Dynasty wanted to call the emperor of the Jin Kingdom uncle. Uncles and nephews were a matter between two people, and monarchs and ministers were a matter between two countries.To humiliate one's body is small, but to humiliate one's country is great.Therefore, it is true that the requirements of the Jin Dynasty have been lowered if they are called uncles and nephews but not monarchs and ministers.Second, return the four prefectures of Hai, Si, Tang and Deng.Thirdly, the yearly currency stipulated in the Shaoxing peace agreement is 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 pieces of silk and satin a year, and no reduction is allowed.Fourth, we must return to us those who defected from our Dajin army and people.When the envoys of the Song Dynasty heard this, I can't be the master of this. I have to go back and ask for instructions.The envoy returned to the court to return to the court, and the people of the Kingdom of Jin made four demands. Let's see if we can accept them.Tang Situi insisted on accepting it, and without waiting for Emperor Xiaozong's consent, he sent a remnant of Qin Hui's party to the Kingdom of Jin.

As soon as the envoy was sent out, the officials and censors in the court came forward one after another to express their protest.The envoy sent at the beginning has already humiliated the country, and now Tang Situi has sent a remnant of Qin Hui's party, which is even more detrimental to the country. Your majesty, hurry up and bring back this remnant of Qin Hui's party. You can't let them do this. We can't afford to lose this man!Xiaozong was originally a main combat faction, because he was defeated on the battlefield, he had no choice but to surrender to himself for peace.His desire for peace was not firm at first, but now seeing that the direction of the courtiers had turned in the opposite direction, Emperor Xiaozong realized something, and quickly sent people to chase Qin Hui's remnant party back.The man had just reached the border when new envoys arrived.stop!You are not allowed to go!We are envoys to the Kingdom of Jin under the new imperial order.The new envoy came to Jinying.

Marshal Pu San Zhongyi of the capital of the Jin Dynasty was very angry. If you refused to agree to my conditions and dared to send a new envoy with a new letter of state, you suggested that this envoy be detained.Jin Shizong was eager to end the war against the Song Dynasty at that time, so he said that the envoys were guilty, and quickly sent back the envoys of the Song Dynasty.And Tang Situi did a jaw-dropping thing at this time.