"For example, the officials at the central government and the important ministers are thinking about the rewards and status after the war, and they also have to worry about the estrangement between the emperor and Tokyo. Don't they have any concerns when conveying the message?"

"As for Hebei, let alone here, they are either surrendered or just released from the army by the government. Who would go against the government's wishes?"

"In other words... the same public opinion is shifted, obscured, and amplified by officials. The higher the official, the greater the shift. The official's own attitude has the greatest effect... He doesn't even have to say anything. The people below can shift according to the official's wishes." Lu Yihao concluded. "The reason why the Central Plains is in turmoil, advocates toughness, and opposes the official's peace talks is not to sing against the official. On the contrary, it is because they see that the official's peace talks are ridiculous, guess that the official is just provoking and intimidating, not really negotiating peace, and then consider the official's previous attitude."

At this point, Lu Yihao raised his eyebrows slightly: "If not, how dare the Supreme Dao Emperor say this?"

Zhao Jiu rarely smiled.

Lu Yihao, on the other hand, asked: "How exactly does the emperor intend to deal with the Jin Kingdom?"

"I will give the Jurchens a way out." Zhao Jiu could only answer seriously to Lv Yihao. "Because the Jurchens are an indigenous ethnic group in Liao, they cannot be killed off. If there are no cooked Jurchens, there are still fresh Jurchens... But whether the Jin Kingdom can survive depends on whether they are willing to face reality, whether they are willing to help me clean up the previous Jin Kingdom, and whether they are willing to help me integrate the future Jurchens into China... In this way, it can be regarded as destroying the old Jin Kingdom and establishing a new Jin Kingdom, right?"

"So, the previous peace talks were indeed just a provocation?" Lu Yihao asked with a frown.

"That's not the case." Zhao Jiu spread his hands. "For example, if they come to ask for peace again today, after more than 30 days, the conditions will certainly change... This time, Han Fang and the three sons of Zuo Qigong and Liu Yanzong will be killed, and the four Wanhu who escaped, Erlubu, Jiagu Wulibu, Yelu Mawu, and Pucha Huzhan, will also be sent to me for disposal."

Lu Yihao thought for a moment, then nodded, "It has been delayed for more than thirty days, and only eleven more lives have been lost. This is reasonable."

Zhao Jiu smiled knowingly: "I just hope that Yanjing won't drag it out any longer. If you want to negotiate peace, no matter what the conditions are, you should come to me to discuss it."

"The public opinion behind has come, and the front can no longer hold on." Lu Yihao finally shook his head, then looked up at the sky and was speechless for a while, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

It is said that it is always appropriate for a country to have old ministers. In the following days, Lu Yihao's judgments were all correct.

First, public opinion in the Central Plains was surging, and the tough attitude of insisting on revenge was undoubtedly revealed, which finally shook the central government. Then the secret cabinet held a public meeting and asked the emperor to be careful in negotiating peace, eliminate the enemies as much as possible, and not to seek fame by imitating the tyrant.

As the secret document spread, generals and local civil and military officials from all sides in the Mesopotamian region also submitted petitions urging them not to negotiate peace.

Within a few days, Hebei seemed to have reached a consensus and everyone wanted to eradicate all evil. Even the surrendered people submitted written reports in tears describing the atrocities committed by the Jin Kingdom.

For a time, except for the farthest south where public opinion had not yet arrived, the rest of the country had almost determined the trend of opposing peace talks and demanding that Emperor Zhao fulfill his promise, annihilate the Jin Kingdom, and wipe out the Jurchens.

Of course, there were some sluts in the chaos… For example, starting from slightly after mid-March, many Han troops from the Yanyun front suddenly came over on their own initiative, and were then sent to Hejian from the front by Han Shizhong.

In addition, Zhao Jiu finally received a handwritten letter from Kim Bu-sik, the Prime Minister and Marshal of Goryeo.

The letter was sent from Kaesong. It was written by Kim Bu-sik on the way just after he became the marshal. He traveled almost non-stop by boat to Hejian... According to Kim Bu-sik, he would follow Emperor Zhao's wishes and eliminate the Guofeng faction in the country that opposed sinicization, namely the Xijing Yangban, and then lead an army of 30,000 to march west to Liao to fulfill Emperor Zhao's strategy of closing the door and beating the dog.

His words were so earnest that if Zhao Jiu had not known long ago that the Xijing yangban, to which Zheng Zhichang belonged, was the pro-war faction within Goryeo, he would have almost believed the old man's lies.

However, although the old man was not honest, he hit the weak spot of Emperor Zhao in a strange way - it didn't matter who sent troops, Goryeo had no choice but to send troops at this time, but the previous pro-war faction was not equivalent to the pro-Song faction, and the pro-peace faction was just the choice made by the greater Jin Dynasty under the principle of great powerism... In comparison, the Xijing Yangban was a national style faction, wanting to engage in cultural independence, which was not as pleasing to the ear as Jin Bushi's Han style faction.

You must know that even if Zhao Jiu allowed Goryeo's political and military independence, he would not allow Goryeo to have any cultural autonomy. This would be a matter of digging out the roots.

Of course, there is no need to think about this issue now, because based on Emperor Zhao's shallow understanding of people, if it really comes to a fight, it would be difficult for Zheng Zhichang to bite off half a finger of Jin Bushi before he died.

At the same time, the more important point is that since Jin Bushi's letter has arrived and the Yanyun clan in the front suddenly can no longer hold on, then according to the speed of military communication, Yanjing should also send people.

Sure enough, within two days, Wulinda Zanmo appeared in front of Zhao Jiu.

"Has the Sixth Prince been crowned king?" Zhao Jiu, who was well prepared, met Wulin Da Zanmo at the military camp shooting range outside Hejian Prefecture. However, after receiving the official letter of credence, the official, who had just been sweating from archery, did not open it directly. Instead, he held the hard version of the letter of credence and asked an incredible question.

"So that His Majesty knows." Wulinda Zanmo's face was deep and his eyes were slightly tired, but he still forced himself to answer seriously. "The reward of the kingship of our country is our internal affairs..."

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