Chapter 638 Abandoned
Bai Susu's words coincided with Su Chen's idea. He had already thought of these things, but he had no way to break free. In many cases, when the king asked his ministers to die, his ministers to die. This was not only a kind of public opinion pressure and constrainment, but also a kind of shackles and coercion of power.
Even if you don't obey, you don't have the power to resist.
Throughout history, if the ministers who were sentenced to death had enough ability, they could either escape or resist rebellion, and would not be willing to die. It was just that the situation was forced and there was no chance to resist.
At this moment, Su Chen even had two extreme ideas, either to retire to the mountains and forests, become a rich man, and no longer enter the court, and he was involuntarily hindered everywhere.
Another extreme idea is that if one day I can conquer the world, become a king, and do more for the people, I can also control my own destiny. Only by becoming the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five can I be truly free!
Of course, the idea of conquering the world just flashed by, without soldiers or soldiers, and was not a descendant of the royal family. It was too unrealistic for the family to raise an army and rebel.
Bai Susu saw Su Chen's embarrassment and said gently: "Brother Chen, don't worry, no matter where you go, Qingqing and I will follow you. Even if you go to the capital of the Song Dynasty, we will follow you to Bianjing. With your talent and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty's eyes, you will be as good as a fish in water when you arrive in Bianjing City. Maybe you will not be worse than being in the Tang Dynasty."
Su Chen nodded slightly. Bai Susu's analysis made sense, but Bai Susu did not know the future history, but Su Chen knew, so his worries could not be expressed and could only bear them alone.
But in order to make Susu relieved, he forced himself to smile and reached out to hold Bai Susu's hand and said, "No matter what, wait for the court's decision. If the Tang Dynasty court uses me as a bargaining chip for trading and gives up easily, then the friendship between me and the Tang Dynasty court will end here."
Bai Susu nodded. It was true that a person who was sacrificed would not have any favors to the court anyway, and would be destined to part ways.
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Jinling City Imperial Palace, in Chengxin Hall.
Li Yu is now in a state of great concern, and the matter of peace talks between the Song Dynasty has become the top priority he is currently facing.
Once the peace agreement was agreed, the Song army stopped attacking and his Jiangnan Tang Congress was saved. If the peace agreement was not discussed, he would not have confidence in how long the Southern Tang could defend.
At present, the voice of Lord He accounts for nearly half of the voices, and some of them are neutral and remain silent, less than one-third. They do not agree to the peace agreement and do not agree to send Su Chen out.
Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others felt that these treaties would lose power and humiliate the country, which was equivalent to chronic suicide.
Li Yu also knew that these conditions were a bit harsh, shortening the territory of the court. Many cities and ferries were occupied by the Song army, admitting that the land actually occupied by the Song army was returned to the Song Dynasty and would reduce half of the territory. Moreover, the Song Dynasty continued to increase its garrison and was eyeing the Tang State. The next attack would make the Tang State even more dangerous.
Handing over Su Chen was also a disappointment to the scholars and scholars of the Tang Kingdom, losing the hearts of the people, and even offending the empress of the palace, Zhou Jiamin, Yongning and others. But there was no way, and he could not watch the demise of the Tang Kingdom like this, at least after peace talks, at least there was a buffer time.
At this time, a eunuch walked into Chengxin Hall and reported: "You reported to the official family, outside Chengxin Hall, Han Xizai, Lord Han, Xu Xuan and Xu, Lord Yan Xuyan, Lord Gao Yuegao, come to the palace to meet together."
Li Yu was a little overwhelmed. Every day, these people would come to the palace to give advice, discuss the past and present, quote classics and classics, explain the importance of Su Chen and the reason why they will accelerate their demise after surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
Li Yu read a lot of books, and he understood all these principles, but he understood that the country was not Han Xizai, nor Xu Xuan and others, but Li Tang's country. As the king of the country, he had to measure the pros and cons, and did not want to destroy the country immediately. Even if he could only fight for a period of time, it was time to survive, even if he was to cede land and pay compensation, hand over talents, and do such things that would lose their identity and face.
However, Li Yu understood that his country had no strength and could only be inferior to others. A weak country had no diplomacy. This is a law. Even if you know you were unable to compete, you still had to fight hard, which would only accelerate your demise.
Li Yu was upset, but he had to see these ministers, because these leaders of the Sun Party were all important officials in the court and had been used exceptionally recently. If they were not appeased, the court would fall apart. So he asked the little eunuch to bring several ministers into the hall.
After a moment, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Yan Xu and Gao Yue entered Chengxin Hall and saluted Li Yu, then went straight to the point.
Han Xizai was the first to say: "The official must have heard of Du Mu's "Afang Palace Fu". There is a passage written well in it. Those who destroy the six kingdoms are not Qin, and those who clan Qin are Qin, not the world. If the six kingdoms love their own people, they will be enough to resist Qin; if Qin loves the people of the six kingdoms again, they can be ruled for three generations and become kings, who can be destroyed by the clan? The Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and later generations mourn them; later generations mourn them but do not understand them, which also makes future generations mourn their descendants again."
Li Yu is proficient in all poems, lyrics, songs, and naturally knows this article and even memorizes it.
He heard the words "Three Lives" in it, and it happened that Li Yu was also the third live of Tang Kingdom. So, this analogy made me feel a little unhappy and asked, "Mr. Han, what do you want to express?"
Han Xizai explained: "I think we should learn from history and work hard to do our best. We cannot just obey the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty is stronger than ours, they came on an expedition and lacked food and grass. Although the two fronts seem to have the upper hand, they have stopped moving forward. If this continues, they will have problems with their food and grass supply, whether it is the 100,000 Song troops in the west or the Wu and Yue troops in the east.
"If we easily agree to the peace agreement at this time, the land occupied by the Song army was cedeed to them, and the huge amount of money was paid to hand over the number one talented man in Jiangzuo, it would be like breaking his arms. As long as the Song army eased a little, maybe another battle next year, then our Tang Kingdom would be unable to resist."
Yan Xu said: "The official family, what Lord Han said, is reasonable. I hope that the official family can be close to the wise ministers and stay away from the villain, listen to our loyal and unpleasant advice, and resist to the end. There will be a turning point soon. You cannot give up easily like this.
"Yes, you can't be so easy, you're completely afraid of the Song Dynasty." Xu Xuan also said.
After hearing this, Li Yu was a little impatient because he had heard these views a few days ago and was repeatedly educated, so he had enough of it.
He knew the truth, but Li Yu was not brave enough, and did not have the determination and bloody nature of "rather than to be broken", which also destined that he could not make a decision to fight to the end, because his personality was originally indecisive, feminine, sentimental, and not the kind of tough and brave person.
Therefore, as long as he is given a choice of peace, it will be difficult to make up his mind to take the option of fighting to the end.
After several adults finished speaking, Li Yu shook his head and said, "At present, more than half of the ministers in the court support peace talks, but we will reduce the conditions for peace talks. As several Qing families said, the Song army cannot continue for the time being. Our court also has bargaining chips for negotiations. Cutting land and compensation will be reduced according to the requirements put forward by the Song people, such as Runzhou and Changzhou areas, and will not let go. In this way, the unimportant places will be given out, in exchange for the time being of our Tang Dynasty to buffer time, recruit troops again, carry out reforms and strengthen strengths, and do a correct decision."
Li Yu's view absorbed the advice of the three parties, and focused on the views of the Song Party as the main point of view, and obeyed the political concept of the new Party to gain buffer time and carry out reforms. At the same time, in order to appease the Korean Party, the court will reduce the conditions, bargain and reduce accordingly. Even if Su Chen is handed over, it is best to fight for it. However, if Song State is determined to win Su Chen and as a necessary condition, Li Yu can only plan to abandon this person, preserve the entire Tang State, sacrifice his ego, and fulfill his ego. This is what a minister should do.
Li Yu did not feel much guilt about this. So many soldiers died in battle and ruled the top leaders, and they did not feel pity. What's more, they just sent Su Chen to the north, not to chop his head, but to be considered gentle.
Li Yu felt that this condition was not unacceptable. As for the relationship, Li Yu had already faded a lot, because the rumors about the Queen and Su Chen had had an affair these days made him feel unhappy. In addition, the secret communication between Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and Su Chen also made Li Yu feel disgusted. Li Yu's jealousy for Su Chen and other talents also grew at this time. Several reasons combined together made Li Yu no longer value and appreciate Su Chen as before. It was better to send him away. It was in vain, but it was in line with his mood at this moment.
Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others continued to speak out, and their tongues bloomed with lotus flowers, and various arguments, but in the end, Li Yu used the excuse of being exhausted and did not want to hear the ministers making such a big fuss. The ministers had no choice but to take a leave.
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