Seeing Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and other officials all express their stance, Gao Qiu quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Kingdom is ambitious. Not only has it been peeping at the Liao Kingdom for a long time, but it has also been eyeing the Song Dynasty. Such tigers and wolves

The Song Dynasty was a barbaric country, and the Song Dynasty should not have contact with them, so it immediately cut off all contact with them and ordered the people of the Song Dynasty not to sell anything to them, in order to punish them for their disrespect to the Song Dynasty."

Huizong looked at Cai Jing calmly and asked, "Grand Master, what do you think?"

Cai Jing went out and said: "The Kingdom of Jin has evil intentions towards the Song Dynasty and should completely draw a clear line with them. Therefore, the veteran also believes that we should immediately cut off all ties with them and fully support the Liao Kingdom to defeat the Jin Kingdom."

"Wenshan." Huizong looked at Huazhu and shouted.

Hua Ju stood up and said, "I'm here."

Huizong asked: "Wenshan, they all demand to cut off all ties with the Kingdom of Jin. What do you think?"

Hua Ju said: "The actions of the Jin Kingdom are certainly hateful, but it is not necessary to cut off all relations if there is hatred between countries, but to see if it is in line with the interests of the country. Take the example of the Jin Kingdom in the Song Dynasty secretly

In terms of cultivating power, it is indeed harmful to the interests of the Song Dynasty, so we should be absolutely ruthless in taking action and resolutely safeguard the dignity and interests of the Song Dynasty. This point must not be shaken.

But whether all relations with the Jin Kingdom are severed just because of this is not necessarily true. It depends on the future actions of the Jin Kingdom. If they do not repent and continue to do things that harm the interests of the Song Dynasty, then the Song Dynasty will not need it.

If we are polite to them again, we can use our advantages to give them a firm counterattack.

But if they can repent of their mistakes and sincerely apologize to us, then we can still interact with them. After all, one more friend is better than one more enemy, especially the Jin Kingdom can help us contain the Liao Kingdom and not completely tear them apart.

It’s a shame, it’s best to maintain the current relationship.”

In fact, he also wanted to make a complete break with the Jin State, but he was worried that the Liao State would change its attitude towards the Song Dynasty because of this, so he still needed to use the Jin State to contain the Liao State for the time being, so that the Liao State did not dare to easily become an enemy of the Song Dynasty again.

Wang Fu immediately retorted: "Master Hua, the assassins sent by the Jin Kingdom to assassinate the emperor are already sworn enemies of the Song Dynasty. How can we maintain normal relations with such a country?"

Su Yuanjing said: "Back then, the Song Dynasty shot the emperor of Liao to death, but for the benefit of Liao, didn't they also restore normal relations with us? Since Liao could put aside the hatred of killing the emperor for the benefit of the

We made peace, so why can't we temporarily put aside their hatred of sending people to assassinate His Majesty for the benefit of the Song Dynasty?"

"You are using strong words to make sense."

Wang Fu said: "When the Song Dynasty shot the Emperor of Liao to death, it was in front of the two armies. Everyone was fighting to the death. The death of the Emperor of Liao was a normal death. But now they sent assassins into the palace to assassinate His Majesty. The two

They cannot be compared at all, so they must not be confused.”

Su Yuanjing said: "Profit is the most important thing between countries. If the interests of the Song Dynasty are higher than severing relations with the Jin Dynasty, it should temporarily endure this tone and continue to maintain normal relations between the two countries.

Unless the benefits of severing ties are greater than maintaining relations between the two countries, then we should consider completely severing ties with them. Instead of ignoring the interests of the entire Song Dynasty out of temporary anger."

Wang Fu was very dissatisfied with what Su Yuanjing said and wanted to refute it immediately. Huizong said: "Okay, don't argue anymore. Wenshan is right, everything should be based on the interests of the Song Dynasty as a whole. If the Jin Kingdom can

If they acknowledge their mistakes and repent, then we will continue to maintain normal interactions with them. If they persist in their persistence, we will teach them a lesson.

Therefore, this matter has been settled, and everyone should stop arguing."

When Huizong spoke, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others did not dare to say anything more, so they had no choice but to return to the throne.

Huizong looked at Hua Ju and said: "Wenshan, you have made great contributions to the annihilation of Zengtou City this time. I have named you the general of the auxiliary state, and granted you 5,000 acres of land, 50,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of gold, and five pieces of royal tribute silk and silk."

One hundred horses, three hundred altars for royal sprinkling."

Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, the victory of Zengtou City this time is not the result of one person, but the result of the concerted efforts of the soldiers of the escort army, Wei Dingguo regiment of Lingzhou Prefecture, and Shan Tinggui's regiment, so I kindly ask your Majesty to divide these rewards."

with them."

Huizong said: "I have my own rewards for them. They will send people to escort the army to announce the decree later. You don't need to worry. You deserve these. Thank you quickly."

Huizong had already said this, so Hua Ju couldn't say anything more. He knelt down to express his gratitude and said, "I, Hua Ju, thank you for your majesty's holy grace."

Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others saw Huizong awarding so many things to Hua Ju. They were all jealous and secretly resented it in their hearts.

After Hua Ju kowtowed and stood up, Huizong said: "The five sons of the Zeng family and Shi Wengong assisted Nahezan, the spy of the Jin Kingdom, to plot evil. The crime cannot be punished. Today at noon, they were taken to the crossroads to be executed, and Wenshan was responsible for the prison sentence."

"I obey the decree." After receiving the decree, Hua Ju returned to the throne.

Next came the normal court meeting time, and ministers who had something to report took out their memorials and started to do so.

Because Huizong had not attended court for two or three days and the ministers had a lot of backlogged matters, today's court meeting was extended by half an hour longer than usual.

After everyone finished playing, Huizong did not immediately announce his resignation as before, but said: "I am announcing something. From today on, I will change the title of my daughter from Emperor Ji to Princess. From now on, everyone will

The daughter of a widower is called Princess, and no one is allowed to call her Emperor Ji again. Do you understand?"

"I understand," the ministers responded.

"Now that you have understood everything, let's disperse the court," Huizong said.

"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."

Huizong left, and all the ministers came out of the Zichen Palace. As soon as Hua Ju walked to the door, he saw a chamberlain beside Huizong standing in front of a pillar and winking at him. Hua Ju walked over and asked, "What do you have, father-in-law?"

Something?"

"Your Majesty asked your Excellency to accompany him to review the memorial," the chamberlain said in a low voice.

Hua Ju originally thought that Huizong no longer needed him to accompany him when he came back, and was about to go back to the guard camp. Unexpectedly, Huizong called him again, so he had to go with the chamberlain.

Outside Bianjing City

Fifty miles away, at the edge of the woods, Wu Yi drove a carriage. In order to prevent being followed, he stopped at the edge of the woods. He looked around and found nothing unusual, and then drove the carriage into the woods.

"Master Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Yi drove the carriage into the woods and saw Tensor Liang and others squatting naked on the ground, and all the carriages were gone. He was so frightened that he jumped off the carriage and hurried over and asked: "What happened?"

What happened, how did you become like this, and where are those carriages and boxes?"

Tensor said frustratedly: "We met bandits last night, and they took away the carriage, boxes, our clothes, and weapons."

"Bandit!"

Wu Yi said in a hurry: "There are so many of you, how can you let the robbers take away the carriage and the box? Those are all Mr. Tong's savings."

Tensor said: "We don't want to, but the opponent's number is several times ours, and they also have bows and arrows. We are no match for them. Resistance means death. We can't be allowed to risk our lives for those boxes."

"You, you, you, you are still reasonable."

Wu Yi said angrily: "The purpose of my Lord sending you here is to protect those boxes. Now you have lost the boxes and found reasons to shirk your responsibility. I tell you, if my Lord knows about this matter, he will never let it go."

It’s your fault, you’d better find a way to get those boxes back as soon as possible, otherwise no one can save you.”

After saying the cruel words, Wu Yi was about to drive away in the carriage. Tensor hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him and asked, "Where are you going?"

"If such a big thing happened, of course I should go back and report it to the adults," Wu Yi said.

"What will we do if you leave?"

Wu Yi said: "How do I know what you should do? You can figure it out yourself."

Tensor said: "We don't even have clothes, how can we figure it out on our own? Hurry up and find clothes for us."

Wu Yi wanted to shake off Tensor's hand, but because Tensor's grip was too tight, he said impatiently: "I have to go back to apologize to the adults. How can I find time to find clothes for you? You can do it yourself."

Send someone to look for it."

Seeing his attitude, Tensor Liang became angry. He threw him to the ground and said to the soldiers: "Take off his clothes for me."

The soldiers pushed Wu Yi to the ground, took off his clothes without any explanation and handed them to Tensor. Tensor took the clothes and put them on, and said to the soldiers: "You guys keep an eye on him, I will find clothes for you."

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"knew."

Afterwards, Tensor drove Wu Yi's carriage out of the woods.

More than an hour later, Hua Ju accompanied Huizong to finish approving the memorial and returned to the guard barracks. He saw Qin Donghao waiting for him in front of the commander's barracks.

"Sir." Qin Donghao stepped forward and said.

Hua Ju opened the door of the commander's barracks, followed him inside, and asked, "Why didn't you come back last night?"

Qin Donghao explained the situation, Hua Ju nodded and said, "You are very thoughtful."

"Thank you, sir."

"How much property do the two Tong brothers have?" Hua Ju asked.

Qin Donghao said: "I haven't counted the details, but according to a rough estimate from my humble position, it is at least 10 million yuan."

This amount is similar to Hua Ju's estimate. He smiled, looked at Qin Donghao and said, "Do you think the two Tong Guan brothers would be mad to death if they knew that the money they had worked so hard to collect had been robbed?"

Qin Donghao smiled and said: "I don't know if they will be so angry that Beizhi will be mad to death, but Beizhi knows that they will definitely faint from anger."

"Hahaha..." The two of them laughed at the same time.

Just then, a soldier walked in and said, "Sir, someone is coming from the palace."

Hua Ju and Qin Donghao came out of the commander's barracks and saw that they were the princes and princes around Huizong. Huizong sent him to announce the decree and reward everyone.

Hua Ju led the generals to receive the order, and the chamberlain began to read out the imperial edict. Because Hua Ju had already received the award from Huizong in the Golden Palace, the current awards were all for Guan Sheng and others without him.

Guan Sheng was given the title of General Dingyuan, captain of the cavalry, and was given five thousand taels of silver and a residence.

Gao Zhan, Xuan Zan, Hao Siwen, Qin Donghao, and Xue Yuanhui were named guerrilla generals and cavalry captains, and were given three thousand taels of silver and one hundred pieces of silk, satin, and brocade.

Hu Cheng was given the title of Deputy Lieutenant of Zhaowu and Xiaoqi Lieutenant, and was given a thousand taels of silver and 500 pieces of silk, satin and brocade.

The remaining soldiers who accompanied the army to suppress the enemy were each rewarded with ten taels of silver and a jar of wine.

In addition to rewards for the soldiers who went with Hua Ju to annihilate Zengtou City, rewards were also given to the soldiers who stayed in the capital.

Among them, Sun An's rewards were the same as those of Guan Sheng. He was also given the title of General Ningyuan, Captain of the Mounted Cavalry, five thousand taels of silver, and a residence. In addition to his contribution to suggestions, he was also given the title of Commander in Chief some time ago.

Reward for protecting Master Li.

As for other generals, they were not given official titles, but were only rewarded with silver taels according to their ranks.

The commander of the army capital was rewarded 500 taels of silver, Yuhou, the military capital, was rewarded 300 taels of silver, the commander of the camp was rewarded 100 taels of silver, the general commander was rewarded 50 taels of silver, and the remaining soldiers were each rewarded one tael of silver.

"I would like to thank His Majesty for your grace."
Chapter completed!