Originally, the Liao envoys came to the Song Dynasty to celebrate the New Year and would return without leaving the Yuan Dynasty. The reason why they stayed until February this time was of course a hidden reason.
They are here to rip off...
The Song Dynasty was the largest and richest country in the world, but it was a pity that it was big but not strong, rich but not strong, and could not gain the respect of its barbaric neighboring countries whose strength was paramount.
The Liao Kingdom is the opposite example. In terms of civilization level, they still have vestiges of tribalism; in terms of wealth, they are only one-tenth of the Song Dynasty... With only 500,000 taels of annual coins, the Liao Kingdom can
The imperial court was satisfied. This small amount of money was enough for the Song emperor to reward his ministers.
Comparing all aspects of the two countries, you will find that the Liao Kingdom is a little stronger than the Song Dynasty, and that is the military. But this point makes the surrounding countries fear like tigers... These neighboring countries also include the Song Dynasty... Xixia, Goryeo
, Tubo, all bowed to the iron cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, at least on the surface.
This allowed the Liao Kingdom to hold a handful of good cards, and they could play one or more cards at will, making the Song Dynasty uncomfortable for a long time. Moreover, history has already proven that the nomads are not stupid at all. On the contrary, they are sharper and more cunning than the Han people.
, ruthless. Besides, the Liao Kingdom has been a country for a hundred years and has absorbed Han culture all the year round. The Thirty-six Strategies and Sun Tzu's Art of War are no worse than the Han people.
They know very well that they have the strongest military strength in the world and can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. Who makes the other three families fight each other to the death?
The Song Dynasty and Xixia were mortal enemies, and Xixia and Tubo were also mortal enemies. Originally, Song and Tubo were attacking from both sides, so Xixia did not dare to move. The three families were in peace, so the Liao Kingdom naturally had nowhere to start. But Xixia had a top-notch blackmailer, Wu Zang,
As a relative, this brother regards Xixia as his own world. He first fought a battle with the Song Dynasty at Quye River, relied on a sneak attack to win a big victory, and then turned around to fight against Tubo...
Wu Zang's plan to blackmail his favor came into play: Li Yuanhao suffered a big defeat in Hehuang. If I can win without Zang Xiangguo, it means I am stronger than Li Yuanhao! With the prestige of this battle, I can defeat Li Yuanhao in Xixia
The mark was erased and Li Liangzuo was forced to abdicate in favor of him.
Wu Zang Xiangguo's idea was good, but he forgot one thing. Even Yuan Hao couldn't handle it. How could he be afraid of him, a villain who relied on nepotism and conspiracy to steal a high position? As a result, after a big battle, Wu Zang
His true colors were revealed. He was killed by the Tubo people and lost thousands of miles of land. The nobles in the country laughed at him and refused to send troops, so he had no choice but to ask for help from the Liao Kingdom.
The Liao people, who had never had the opportunity to take advantage, simply loved this troublemaker. Originally, after Xixia and the Song Dynasty established diplomatic relations, they also received annual gifts every year, and they also opened a bartering market on the border. Xixia used war horses and green salt in exchange for it.
You buy and sell all kinds of supplies from the Song Dynasty, and nothing happens to the Liao Kingdom.
But when the two countries went to war, the rewards from the Song Dynasty were cut off, and the market was closed. Xixia could not create anything on his own. He was dumbfounded if he did not hide his favor. He wanted money to fight, and he wanted to get people's livelihood supplies, so there was only one way to go.
——Buy with the Liao Kingdom. The essential difference between the Liao Kingdom and Xixia is that they have the Sixteen States of Yanyun, and the Han people of Yanyun can produce all the necessities of the Liao Kingdom. What's more, the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty also have shopping malls, big deal
Are you a second-rate dealer?
The people of the Liao people don't think there is anything wrong with "taking advantage of others' danger". Instead, they want to take advantage of it and beat them hard! Who told you in Xixia that you have no money and can only exchange things with things? And it's a pity, what a cow and horse.
We in Liao have plenty of green salt and the like, so they are not rare at all. It depends on whether you like to sell them or not.
If you don't accept the blackmail, you will have to fall into a situation of shortage of materials and domestic chaos, so you can only accept the blackmail of the Liao State. The Liao State then resold the green salt of cattle and horses bought at cabbage price to the Song Dynasty, making a lot of money.
Full.
This resulted in the fact that those who did not hide their corrupt pets and fought hard everywhere were actually creating income for the Liao Kingdom.
What a beautiful day this is.
But it could have been even better. After the Liao State extorted a large sum of money from Wu Zang, he became the peacemaker between Xixia and Tubo, and through marriage, he brought Tubo to his side.
This is human nature. There are too few Tubo people and their national strength is weaker than that of Xixia. A victory cannot change that. They need the protection of a strong country to ensure their safety. Before, they had been counting on the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty was in Quye River
They lost so miserably that they completely lost their image as a strong man, so it was completely understandable that Tubo turned to the Liao Kingdom.
The Song Dynasty could only blame itself for being too incompetent...
For the Liao Kingdom, this move seemed uneconomical, but it was a drunkard who didn't care about wine, but the Southern Dynasty!
The Southern Dynasties were the Song Dynasty. They believed that the Song Dynasty had been isolated, so they wanted to take back the ten counties south of Waqiao Pass that had been "forcibly occupied" by the Song Dynasty.
These ten counties were part of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The grandson of Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Liao Kingdom. Later, Chai Rong, Shizong of the Zhou Dynasty, snatched back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Later, they were lost again in the Song Dynasty.
Six, until the Chanyuan Alliance, when the two sides delimited the border, the Liao Kingdom recognized those ten counties as the territory of the Song Dynasty.
But it was later learned that the Liao Kingdom actually had its commander killed in the battle and was internally unstable, so they rushed to a ceasefire. At that time, the Liao people were very happy to demarcate the border, but later they calmed down. Every time I look at the Yanyun map, there is a corner missing.
They felt unhappy. So from decades ago, they wanted to take these ten counties back, and they wanted to mess with them whenever they got the chance.
When the Song Dynasty and Xixia fought fiercely in the northwest, Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong really wanted to blackmail the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty had to fight hard to prevent him from succeeding. After more than ten years of lull, the Liao Kingdom found that even the most elite Western Army of the Song Dynasty could not defeat it.
Zang was pampering that idiot, so he had another idea. When they brought Tibet over, creating a good situation of many against one, they took advantage of the opportunity to pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and raised territorial claims again.
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The territorial concept of the people of the Song Dynasty was actually not too strong, otherwise they would have ignored Dali and turned a blind eye to the encroachment of Xixia. But only Yanyun and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will always be the Han family
The pain! Recovering Yanyun is the eternal national policy of the Song Dynasty!
Therefore, no matter how stupid the emperor or prime minister is, they will never dare to give up those ten counties. With those ten counties, we can still deceive ourselves and others and say that Yanyun is still in our hands... although it is only a small part. But without those ten counties
Among the ten counties, Yanyun completely belongs to the Liao Kingdom!
No one dares to be this eternal sinner!
As old rivals for many years, the people of the Liao people actually didn't have much hope for those ten counties. They were deliberately blackmailing the Song Dynasty! If they don't give it to those ten counties, then well, let's spend money to eliminate disasters! Please spend the New Year's Eve
The currency has been increased from the current 500,000 taels to 5 million...Obviously, the people of the Liao Kingdom also realized that they were too simple-minded and outnumbered the wealthy families.
It was impossible for the people of the Song Dynasty to give this money. When the annual currency rose from 300,000 to 500,000, they were already scolded. If they were frightened by others and increased to 5 million, they would become the laughing stock of history.
No.
Therefore, the meeting between the two parties was very unpleasant. Before the Liao envoy left, he made harsh words, saying that he would let the Song people go to Liao to beg them. As a result, before leaving Bianjing, the serious incident happened again, and the Liao envoy made such harsh words.
, clamoring that if they don’t agree to their conditions, the two sides will have no choice but to fight each other!
I don’t know if the weakness of the civil government was showing up, but the officials and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not even dare to say a harsh word. This made the officials secretly guess that the Song Dynasty...could it be that they had to spend money to endure humiliation and buy peace again?
Already?
"I'm afraid it's like this..." Chen Xiliang sighed: "The officials and princes are no longer as passionate as they used to be. In their hearts, the most important thing is that the world is peaceful and there is no disturbance."
"The Liao Kingdom is just talking." Chen Ke snorted coldly: "I don't believe that they can launch a war just to avenge a small character."
"The officials and ministers don't believe it either, but no one has the confidence to go back." Chen Xiliang said with a bitter smile: "Besides, if we turn against the Liao Kingdom at this time, it would be very detrimental to the Song Dynasty." He looked at Chen Kedao and said
: "So, I can understand the difficulties faced by our husbands..."
"..." Chen Ke was silent for a long time and said to his father who was at a loss what to do: "Tomorrow, I will go to the political hall to meet Mr. Fu. Then I will see if there is anything I can do."
Yeah." Chen Xidian nodded. At this time, he can't give up any hope...
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The next day was not a regular court day, but Chen Ke still dressed neatly and took a carriage to the palace gate. He took out the note he had opened at the Ministry of Personnel yesterday and was taken outside the Political Affairs Hall by the soldiers.
All the officials from Zhongshu Provincial Department knew him and invited him in with a smile. After sitting down in the front hall, Chen Ke explained his purpose.
"Brother Zhongfang, please wait a moment. Your Majesty is discussing matters with the Prime Minister." The officials smiled and said, "Let's have some tea first. I will inform you as soon as the Prime Ministers leave."
While they were talking, Wang Gui came out. When he saw Chen Ke, he smiled in surprise and said, "Zhong Fang is really back!"
"I'm going to pay my respects to the governor." Chen Ke bowed deeply.
"Why are you so polite? Come and have tea in my room." Wang Gui smiled and invited him into his room. Thanks to Chen Ke, he now worshiped the prime minister of Xuanma and became the governor.
"When did you return to Beijing?" Wang Gui sat down next to him affectionately and poured tea for him.
"I came back yesterday."
"Hey, it would have been better if you had come back with me." Seeing him returning quietly, Wang Gui said with some embarrassment: "The court and the people gave us a great honor. There must have been several teams to greet us.
Li Chang. Speaking of which, I still take advantage of you."
"My lord, you are just joking. Thanks to your wise leadership, I am just a vanguard regarding Dali." Chen Ke smiled brightly, cupped his fists and said, "I haven't congratulated your lord, Xuan Ma, for becoming the prime minister..."
"The so-called worship of the prime minister is just superficial beauty." Wang Gui shook his head and smiled, half-seriously and half-falsely: "It's just tiring. It's not as easy as being my Hanlin bachelor."
