The first thing Geng Nanzhong did when he returned to Beijing was to convene the Zhizheng Hall to discuss matters. At present, among the six prime ministers of Zhizheng Hall, He Miao has been killed in battle, Bai Shizhong was dismissed from prime minister, leaving only Geng Nanzhong, Wu Min, Li Bangyan and Tang Ke.

Geng Nanzhong raised the conditions of Jin Kingdom, and the meeting hall was silent. After a while, Wu Min said in a deep voice: "He will not agree to let the official go to the military camp to negotiate."

"Of course I know, so I discussed with everyone what to do about this?"

"Do you have to let the official family go?" Tang Ke said carefully: "Can you negotiate with the Jin soldiers and change the conditions."

"Okay, then let Gong Tang go to negotiate with the Jin soldiers. How about it?" Geng Nanzhong glanced at him coldly.

Tang Ke immediately closed his mouth tightly and asked him to negotiate. Isn’t it just to let him die?

Geng Nanzhong glanced at the three of them and said viciously: "This is the last chance the Jin Kingdom gave us. If we don't agree, the Jin soldiers will come to the city to keep the chickens and dogs. This is what Wanyan Xie said in person. It would be fine if you and I die. I am afraid that your wife and daughter will also be sent to the Jin camp. Do you want to see such consequences?"

The three of them changed their faces. They were officials of the court, unlike the powerful and wealthy who sent their families to the south. Their wives and children were all in the capital, and they could not imagine the consequences of the city.

At this time, Li Bangyan, who had not spoken, said slowly: "Otherwise, we will mobilize all officials to persuade the officials! Anyway, the city-breaking official family cannot escape, so it is better to persuade him to negotiate."

Tang Ke also said: "The Supreme Emperor has fallen into the Jin camp. As the eldest son, the official family should go back to his father. I support Mr. Li!"

The three of them looked at Wu Min again, and Wu Min nodded, "Justice Geng said just now, Wanyan Xie is willing to guarantee the safety of the official family. I think there is nothing wrong with the official family. We will summon all officials tomorrow morning to persuade the official family together!"

That night, more than 200 catapults rumbled near the north wall of the inner city and stopped two hundred and fifty steps away. With Wanyan Zongwang's order, two hundred catapults were activated at the same time, swung their long arms, and more than 200 turbulent barrels flew into the air and flew towards the north wall.

The purpose of the Jin soldiers was not to attack the city, but to put pressure on the court. They saw countless small black dots crossing the city wall and falling into the city. Some fell on the roof, some fell on the yard, and some fell on the street. The oil barrels fell on the ground and broke, and a large amount of tincture oil poured out. The people living by the city wall saw the tincture oil flowing everywhere. They immediately realized something was wrong and ran into the city in horror.

Although the target of the Jin soldiers was not the city, more than a dozen turbulent barrels fell on the city. The defenders at the city were in chaos. The main general Wang Daoqi shouted urgently: "Cover it with mud and sand!"

At this time, Deputy General Gao Jiangong stepped forward and offered his advice: "The enemy's catapults only have 250 steps. If we use a bed crossbow, we can destroy them all!"

If the general generals made this plan, Wang Daoqi would have cursed, but Gao Jiangong was Gao Shen's nephew and his deputy general, so he had to save face. Wang Daoqi shook his head and said, "Now the Song and Jin dynasties are in the negotiations, we cannot anger the Jin soldiers. I ordered that no one should shoot arrows. This is the reason."

"But the Jin soldiers did not have any fear of attacking us!" Gao Jiangong said very dissatisfied.

"I know, but this is the order of Zhizhengtang, and we must implement it!"

"The shitty Zhizhengtang, a bunch of cartilage!"

Gao Jiangong turned around and left angrily. Wang Daoqi's face looked extremely ugly. At this time, the five thousand golden soldiers and crossbowmen rushed forward like a tide. A soldier was unbearable and opened his bow and shot an arrow. Wang Daoqi, who was in a depressed mood, was furious and stepped forward to behead the soldier with a knife. He shouted sternly: "Who dares to shoot another arrow, kill him immediately!"

Gao Jiangong looked at the killed soldiers, and he slowly gritted his teeth, his eyes so much that he was about to spit out fire.

Immediately afterwards, the rockets under the city shot like rain, scaring the Song army on the city to squat down one after another. Rockets passed by and shot into the city. The rockets lit the tinder oil, and flames suddenly ignited everywhere in the city.

At this time, the catapult outside the city fired again, smashing a bucket of turbulent oil into the city...

The fire burned all night, and the raging fire lit up half of the night sky. Rolling smoke filled the sky above the capital. The bloody redness was revealed in the smoke, as if the end of the world was coming, and strong fear enveloped everyone's heart. Emperor Zhao Huan was also so frightened that he could not sleep all night.

It was finally dawn, the Jin soldiers and catapults in the outer city had retreated, and the fire gradually went out.

The north city of the inner city is mainly rich mansions, including the Prince's Mansion, the powerful mansion, the mansion of the meritorious officials, and the Cao Mansion are not far from the north city wall. This fire almost burned the luxury mansions of the inner city into white land. There is no complete house within one mile from the north city wall. There are ruins everywhere. Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu Mansion in the northwest corner occupy too much land, and flames are still burning now.

At the same time, more than 100 middle and senior officials, led by four prime ministers in Zhizhengtang, went to Ziwei Palace to put pressure on the emperor Zhao Huan, and forced him to go to Jinzhan for negotiations.

This news was immediately passed to Li Yanqing through Cao Sheng.

Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing. History was not distorted at this point. In history, Zhao Huan was indeed forced to go to the Jin camp for negotiations by the civil servant group. The most powerful person in the Song Dynasty was not the emperor, but the civil servant group. In order to confront the civil servant group, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to use eunuchs such as Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan, but the powerful prime minister Cai Jing still had a few ups and downs. Zhao Ji had no choice but to use him to stabilize the government.

Usually, the civil servant group may not dare to confront the imperial power, but in the face of personal interests, the imperial power was isolated and finally had to compromise with the civil servant group.

"Yanqing, do you think the government will be forced to go to the Jin camp for negotiation?"

"He will definitely go. This is the purpose of the Jin Dynasty to promote and promote peace. They want to force the Song Dynasty to surrender and defeat the Song Dynasty spiritually!" At the end of the story, Li Yanqing's eyes became sharp.

Cao Sheng did not notice the change in Li Yanqing's gaze. He stared out the window, as if he had thought of something. After thinking for a while, he asked in a low voice: "You have not taken action against Wang Daoqi for a long time. Could it be that you are just waiting for this opportunity?"

Li Yanqing withdrew his sharp gaze and returned to his normal state. He nodded, "You are right. I sent King Kang away before, and I was waiting for this opportunity. It would be fine if Zhao Huan was an ordinary prince, but he was an unqualified emperor, so I had no choice."

Although Cao Sheng had long realized that Li Yanqing had the intention of replacing the emperor, Cao Sheng could not stand his words so bluntly today. He lowered his head and pondered without saying a word.

Li Yanqing understood his mood and knew that he needed time to figure it out, but Cao Sheng represented the Cao family, and the Cao family was one of his moral backings. He needed to let Cao Sheng know and participate in this matter and completely tie the Cao family to his own chariot.

Li Yanqing patted his shoulder, got up and walked out of the door.

As soon as Li Yanqing walked out of the room, Mo Jun hurriedly came up, "I just received the news from the palace that Zhao Huan agreed to go to the Jin camp for negotiation!"

"So fast?" Li Yanqing was a little surprised. He thought Zhao Huan would hold on for a few days, but he didn't expect to compromise in just one hour.

Mo Jun sneered, "He was not determined at first, and he probably scared him last night's burning city, and he dared not refuse to agree to Jin's request."

"Are there any officials who oppose Zhao Huan going to Jin Camp to negotiate peace?"

"There are many, but mainly lower-level officials. They demanded a decisive battle with the Jin soldiers and opposed peace talks, but their opposition did not work."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Let him go, is there any news from Gao Jiangong?"

"Not yet. If the president needs it, I'll send someone to contact him."

"Go! Now he is the key to the whole situation. Whether he can stabilize the army depends on him."

Zhao Huan finally surrendered, and the ministers took turns to force him, making him isolated unprecedentedly. He had to announce that he would go to the military camp to negotiate and visit his father, but Zhao Huan also put forward a condition, and he asked to take all his brothers to visit his father imprisoned by the Jin people.

"What does he mean!"

Cao Sheng was really angry, "He is still the emperor, or the elder brother? I have never seen such a selfish and cold-blooded person."

"Just because he is the emperor!" Li Yanqing said lightly: "He only has the throne in his heart and has no family affection. He is afraid that he will be detained by his own Jin soldiers. We will make another prince the emperor. If there is no prince in the capital, we can only try every means to redeem him."

Cao Sheng was stunned for a while, and finally sighed softly, "I only now know why you sent King Kang away. You have long thought of this result, right!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I'm just guessing, but to prevent it, I have to leave a way out."

"Then let them go to Jinzhan?"

Li Yanqing smiled, but didn't say anything. He didn't care whether others went or not, but Zhao Huan must go.

Cao Sheng understood what Li Yanqing meant, so he had to sigh secretly. Since Li Yanqing had chosen King Kang, Zhao Kai had no hope at all.

At this moment, a personal soldier quickly stepped forward to report: "Report to the governor, an old eunuch came outside and said that there was an urgent matter to ask for the governor."
Chapter completed!