It's difficult everywhere.
"In summer, mosquitoes make their nests in stagnant water puddles. Malaria and other diseases are spread by mosquitoes. Take your men to inspect all parts of the palace. If you see places where drainage is difficult, try to dredge them. If it is difficult to dredge, just fill them up. In any case, don't leave any hidden dangers..."
When the four ministers arrived at the familiar stone pavilion, they saw Prime Minister Lu Haowen and Chief Censor Li Guang sitting in the pavilion, waiting for each other, with Yang Yi Zhong, Liu Yan and Lan Gui standing beside them. Emperor Zhao was sitting in the innermost seat and talking to Feng Yi, so they had to stay for a while.
However, seeing that five prime ministers and one half-prime minister, that is, the six most senior officials in the court, had arrived, Zhao Jiu immediately stopped talking and turned to face them:
"Please sit down, my four lords. I have an idea to share with you."
The four newcomers, including Zhao Ding, became increasingly nervous when they saw Emperor Zhao, who was dressed in casual clothes, turn his head and reveal a pair of red eyes, with the corners of his mouth, which were coated with medicine, turning purple. However, they quickly responded with thanks and then sat down carefully.
"It is a good thing that the princesses have returned, but some things are unavoidable... For example, Princess Yifu and above all had husbands before Jingkang, but some were born and some died; and Princess Shunde and above all had children, but some were abducted and some are still alive." Zhao Jiu tried to open his red eyes and said seriously. "So, I intend to let them go back to their families as much as possible, find their lost husbands and children, and those who have no home will go to Yangzhou temporarily and be handed over to Empress Dowager Yuanyou for resettlement, so that the Empress Dowager can arrange their marriages."
"Your Majesty's words are very appropriate." Lu Haowen responded first, and the other five people also agreed.
Of course it is appropriate!
In fact, no matter how the government arranges them, the prime minister would have to be "very careful". After all, these people really don't matter. Although they are the most eye-catching, and Zhao Ding is also vaguely aware that they are destined to be gossiped about and humiliated as sluts... But to be cruel, they really mean nothing in the overall situation.
And for Zhao Jiu, this seems to be even more so.
Perhaps he was really tempered. After interacting with these so-called sisters of his in name for the past two days, Zhao Jiu did not have any particularly deep feelings. He did not have any resentment. All his resentment was directed at the Two Saints, especially the Emperor Taishang Daojun. He did not pay much attention to them, because they were really meaningless in the face of the overall anti-Jin situation that he had to worry about. At most, they were just a bonus, and it was just a one-sided bonus. He only had a little sympathy, but this sympathy seemed so light in front of the countless women in the Mesopotamian and Central Plains... Not to mention the estimated tens of millions of women in the Mesopotamian and Central Plains, even the number of women in the Central Plains who were looted and abducted by the Song army's own soldiers was estimated to be in the millions.
In fact, Zhao Jiu even felt a sense of moral guilt because of this cheap sympathy. During the same period, there were more than 100,000 or even millions of women who were affected by the war, or were captured, or their families were destroyed. Those people died or dispersed, but unlike these royal relatives, they were able to return first because they were born into the royal family.
Of course, reason told him that these people were also pitiful people and there was no need to worry too much about them. Zhang Quwei was whipped and then expelled just now because he misjudged the mentality of Emperor Zhao.
"Then the Jin envoy will come back to discuss the peace." Zhao Jiu sighed slightly, but tried his best to answer. "I also know that no matter whether it is war or peace, I must give a clear explanation, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the people of the world, and it will also make it difficult for you."
Everyone knew that the critical moment had arrived and no one dared to delay. Lv Haowen took the lead, and the six of them simply stood up together and waited in the pavilion.
"My attitude is very clear... I would rather die than negotiate peace!" Zhao Jiu sighed again and became serious. "This will not change!"
Zhang Jun and Li Guang seemed to be hesitant to speak, Liu Ji and Chen Gui remained silent, but Zhao Ding and Lu Haowen remained calm.
“But I also know that national affairs involve the lives and deaths of tens of millions of people. If the emperor does whatever he wants without considering the people’s opinions, that won’t work. And I already know what the people’s opinions are like, without you having to tell me…” Zhao Jiu sighed. “For example, I know that the nominal and real bottom line of most bureaucrats and common people is just to maintain the Yellow River and return the two saints. Once the Jin people are willing to hand over Jingdong and send back the captured nobles, it is estimated that half of the officials in the court will agree to peace talks, and the remaining 20% to 30% will not speak, but it is only because I did not speak, they actually want to negotiate peace in their hearts; I also know that more than half of the people in the world are unwilling to pay for the Yellow River North Expedition with their own money and food. There are people who support the Northern Expedition, but they are all in Hebei and Hedong, and they have no say; I also know that many people in the world feel that the Song Dynasty was not that bad before, and being captured by the Jin people was just an accident, so everyone wants to return to the prosperous and prosperous times, rather than follow me to take a new path... I am not a fool or a deaf person, how can I not know this?”
After these words were spoken, all the ministers frowned and remained silent.
In fact, this is the biggest dilemma of this matter… The so-called emperor must take the people’s hearts into consideration, and most of them want to negotiate peace.
The most obvious one is the so-called public opinion in the occupied areas. If the people in the occupied areas of the two rivers can really come out to vote, they will definitely want war, and peace talks will not be possible. Any minister in the southeast or Jingxiang who dares to say the word peace should be careful of being stabbed by someone. But the actual situation is just the opposite. The "public opinion" that can influence the central government's decision now cannot include the opinions of the people in the occupied areas of the two rivers.
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