The Song Dynasty and Goryeo reached the largest arms deal this year.
Afterwards, Li Qi warmly entertained Park Zhiqian and others, and vaguely revealed the intention of the alliance. Korea is in need of allies now. When Park Zhiqian and others saw Li Qi, they even revealed it first. Ouch, that was exciting. Both sides were very excited.
A certain tacit understanding is about to be reached, but this matter cannot be put on the table now. After all, this is a major matter and neither party can make the decision.
Li Qi's olive branch to Goryeo was obviously intended to unite them to contain the Jin Kingdom. Goryeo had a unique advantage in dealing with the Jin Kingdom, that is, Goryeo was located behind the Jin Kingdom, and it was the hometown of the Jin Kingdom as soon as it left the country.
If we can form a siege on the Jin Kingdom from the starting point, it can relieve a lot of pressure on the Song Dynasty.
On the other hand, Goryeo has never given up on the land belonging to the Jurchen tribe and has always dreamed of taking it back to itself, so this is one of the reasons why Li Qi values Goryeo.
Of course, Li Qi didn't believe in Goryeo, a country that was just a loser, and he had no intention of letting Goryeo leave the peninsula. It was just because the Kingdom of Jin was so powerful now that it would be too difficult to unite other countries to fight against each other.
It's an expedient measure.
After these three large orders, a few small orders came sparsely, among which the political power and Jiaozhi in the Tubo region were the representatives.
Since Tong Guan regained the Hehuang area from the Tubo regime a few years ago, Tubo has also begun to disintegrate internally. One side is pro-Xia faction, and the other is pro-Song faction. Those who come here are naturally the pro-Song faction.
Fortunately, the Song Dynasty now has too much time to take care of itself. Otherwise, with Li Qi's temper, he would send troops to completely destroy Tubo in one breath. Because they control the Silk Road, this is undoubtedly a hidden danger for Li Qi's economic reform.
On this point, the Song court's thoughts were surprisingly consistent. After all, it was the Song Dynasty's ancestral motto not to allow others to snore on the side of the bed. In fact, let alone Tubo, even Xixia and the Song Dynasty could not tolerate it. The Song Dynasty unified
There is no doubt about their determination. A few years ago, the Xixia Liang family coup, the Song Dynasty launched a massive attack, and there was a chance to destroy Xixia. However, Tubo, which had always been pro-Song, was afraid that the Northern Song Dynasty would destroy Xixia, so it came to them to settle accounts after the fall. As a result, it secretly colluded with Xixia.
And provided assistance, the Northern Song Dynasty fell short in the end, was severely weakened, and was forced to reach an armistice agreement with Xixia.
It is precisely because of this that the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Tubo suddenly fell into the icehouse. Song Huizong later ordered Tong Guan to attack Tubo. This battle was a relief, and the Hehuang area was directly recovered. Even in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Zi returned
Take control of a part.
This Song Huizong is also a rather strange person. If you want to say that he is as timid and fearful as the later Song Qinzong, that is really a naked slander. Song Huizong is afraid of the big northern countries, such as Liao and Jin. But Xixia, Tubo, etc.
He is really not afraid at all. This is due to his character of being eager for success. He always wants to destroy Xixia and conquer Tubo. From a military point of view, only in this way can the Song Dynasty control the Hetao Racecourse and have enough capital to fight against the Liao Kingdom or the
The Jin Kingdom, in other words, Song Huizong's strategy was not wrong, but it suffered from the fact that God did not fulfill people's wishes.
Having said that, now Li Qi still has to rely on them to contain Xixia. Now Xixia is very likely to alliance with the Jin Kingdom. When the Jin Kingdom comes, Xixia is likely to send troops to take advantage of the situation, so Li Qi agreed to them immediately, and
There is no way to cheat them, and the key is that they have no money to cheat.
And Cochin became the only one rejected in this arms deal. Cochin is the area now under the jurisdiction of Vietnam.
This choice was made by Li Qi recently. Li Qi, a science student, was really not very familiar with Jiaozhi. It wasn't until he was about to do business with Jiaozhi that he went to ask someone about it. It was okay not to ask, but Li Qi was angry when he asked.
Qi now wants to send troops to attack Jiaozhi.
It turns out that Jiaozhi has been under the jurisdiction of the great powers of the Central Plains since ancient times, and can even be called a territory. Even during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties firmly controlled Jiaozhi. Until the Northern Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi was basically destroyed.
The method was that in the early days of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was defeated by the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty's vitality was severely damaged and it was unable to regain Jiaozhi, so it made a Jiaozhi king. As a result, the Jiaozhi regime changed dramatically. The Li family revolted and established the Li Dynasty. The Song Dynasty also sent troops,
But nothing was gained. Now Jiaozhi intensified its efforts. It was common practice to harass the borders of the Song Dynasty. Not only that, in 1075 AD, Li Renzong of the Li Dynasty launched a surprise attack on the three states of Qin, Lian, and Yong in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In Yongzhou, Guangxi, more than 58,000 soldiers and civilians were killed. Including the people from Qin and Lianzhou in Guangxi previously killed, no less than 100,000 were killed. Even some monks and Taoists were not spared. They also occupied part of the land in Guangxi and Guangxi.
Later, the Song Dynasty launched a massive counterattack and defeated the Li Dynasty army. However, because the battle line was too long and supplies were not available, and the Song army was not suitable for the climate of Jiaozhi, it did not cause much damage to the Jiaozhi mainland. Moreover, the Song Dynasty still had to fight with
The Xixia and Liao dynasties were unable to care about each other. Seeing that Jiaozhi surrendered, the two sides shook hands again and made peace, and the relationship became increasingly peaceful. However, the Song Dynasty completely lost control of Jiaozhi.
After Li Qi understood the whole story, Jiaozhi had become an enemy in his mind. Even if we don't talk about history, just talk about the present, Jiaozhi is Li Qi's serious concern. First, Jiaozhi is behind the Song Dynasty, and there is a hungry wolf behind it.
No one can sleep if they are waiting for the opportunity. Secondly, Jiaozhi and the Gao family of Dali are collaborating and plotting to take advantage of this big country in the Central Plains. It is extremely shameful.
There is a big insect in the north, and there are two ungrateful wolves in the south. How can the Song Dynasty feel at ease?
Every time he thought about all this, Li Qi felt that he and the Song Dynasty were in a trapped beast fight!
Therefore, no matter what, Li Qi will never allow Jiaozhi to continue to exist. Once he has the opportunity, he will definitely slash Jiaozhi without mercy. Moreover, based on the principle of distant friendship and close attack, Li Qi will not sell weapons to them, even if
Even an arrow is impossible.
Since Jiaozhi had a good relationship with the Song Dynasty, Li Qi couldn't refuse it explicitly. He just said that the weapons supervisor had already accepted several deals, and he might have to wait until the third year to deliver the weapons.
As a result, the envoys of the Li Dynasty naturally retreated in the face of difficulties. Three years later, God knows what the situation will be.
For Li Qi, the situation will gradually become clear in three years. According to the development of history, there will be no Southern Song Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty or Southern Song Dynasty.
After dealing with these people, Li Qi forced himself to cheer up and received the last guest, the Dali envoy. This Dali envoy was named Duan Shiwen, a direct descendant of the Duan family and a confidant of the Dali Emperor Duan Zhengyan.
When Duan Shiwen came to the Ordnance Prison, he was not in high spirits, with a depressed look on his face, a lonely look, and even a little lost. It's no wonder that he came to Bianjing full of longings, but he was treated like this. He was finally received. You call him
How happy. But as long as he pays a little attention, he can find that Zhao Huan is here in person today.
In the past, Li Qi discussed with Zhao Huan in advance and reported to Zhao Huan afterwards, and then Zhao Huan went to inform Song Huizong. However, today Zhao Huan was present in person, which was a treatment that no one else had.
Li Qi and Zhao Huan looked at each other, smiled, then stood up and bowed their hands towards Duan Shiwen, saying a few polite words. After asking him to sit down, Li Qi got straight to the point and said: "Envoy Duan, you must be here for the weapons."
Duan Shiwen was slightly startled and nodded slightly.
"Okay, here's our price list, and I'd like to ask Ambassador Duan to take a look at it."
Duan Shiwen raised his hand, but finally put it down without picking it up, looking a little hesitant.
Li Qixiao asked: "What? Is there something wrong?"
Duan Shiwen frowned, and after a moment, he said: "His Royal Highness, supervisor, to be honest, I--we didn't bring any money this time."
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. After we have reached an agreement, it will be fine if you come back with money."
Li Qi nodded and said: "The prince is right, and you only need to pay half of the money first."
Duan Shiwen blushed and said, "You two have misunderstood me. What I mean is that we can't get the money out for the time being."
Li Qi opened his eyes wide and said, "You don't want to get credit, do you?"
Duan Shiwen nodded vigorously.
Li Qi said with a strange look: "No, you are not rich in Dali, but you can't afford this money on credit. Do you want to sell millions of weapons? Do you have that many soldiers?"
Duan Shiwen shook his head and said: "Actually, we just want to sell some weapons back, which can only be 200,000 yuan at most."
"Don't you think Dali can even afford 200,000 yuan? I--I can't afford it either." Li Qi exclaimed, and in the middle of his sentence, he almost exposed his family's wealth, and glanced at Zhao in embarrassment.
Huan.
Duan Shiwen felt as if his face was on fire, and said: "We, Dali, can do it, but--alas, I'm not afraid of your jokes, it's our king who can't do it."
Li Qi pursed his lips and said: "Envoy Duan, your words are contradictory. Doesn't Dali belong to your king?"
Duan Shiwen said sarcastically: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know the reason for this."
Zhao Huan suddenly burst into laughter.
Duan Shiwen thought he was making fun of him and wanted to walk away immediately.
After a while, Zhao Huancai said: "Li Qi, that's enough. You can just keep playing."
"Yes, yes." Li Qi laughed and said, "Envoy Duan, do you know why I saw you last?"
Duan Shiwen shook his head blankly.
Li Qi smiled and said: "That's because I'm afraid of delaying other people, because the business between us cannot be concluded in a day or two."
Duan Shiwen's mind was a little lost and he looked at Li Qi blankly.
Li Qi chuckled: "How could I not know about the situation in Dali? Your king has always been very friendly to me, the Song Dynasty, and has made a huge contribution to the relationship between the two countries. Our emperor has seen this.
Our emperor has always used the term brother to describe the relationship between them. Let alone weapons, even if you want to borrow troops, we will never blink an eye and hurt feelings by talking about money."
Borrowing troops?
Li Qi's words made Duan Shiwen feel like he was in a dream. He was so happy that he couldn't believe his ears and pinched himself hard.
Li Qi chuckled: "You are not dreaming."
Duan Shiwen immediately became energetic and asked hurriedly: "Supervisor, do you really mean what you just said?"
Zhao Huan said: "Everything Li Qicai said is true, and it was authorized by my father."
"This---why is this?"
Li Qi raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "It's very simple, because our emperor is determined to help your king regain what should originally belong to him."
"ah?"
"What? Does your king still want to continue to be a puppet?"
"No, no, then you really don't want money to give us weapons for free?"
"This is all a trivial matter." Li Qi waved his hand and said: "Your king is right. If you want to seize control of the Gao family, you can only rely on force. I know that your Dali country is suppressing rebellion recently. This is indeed a good idea."
Opportunity, but this is just a good opportunity to establish power. If you want to take over, you have to wait. As for weapons, I think it is useless for you to hold them for the time being. Now your key is to take the opportunity to recruit troops.
It is useless if no one has weapons. If we give you weapons now, it will be useless, and it will also alert the enemy. But don’t worry, our Arms Supervisory Committee will build a larger arms manufacturing institute in the south after this year.
When the time comes, the weapons you need will be allocated to you directly from there, and the weapons, men, and horses can be lent to you."
"But---."
Li Qi didn't wait for him to finish and said: "I know you want to ask why we did this. After all, there is no free lunch in the world. The reason is very simple. The Gao family colluded with Jiaozhi and repeatedly harassed our border with the Song Dynasty.
Your king is determined to have good relations with me, the Song Dynasty. His sincerity has been proven by countless facts, and we have no doubt at all. If you were us, what would you do?"
After hearing this, Duan Shiwen completely believed that this was not a dream, and he burst into tears of joy. His gratitude was beyond words.
Li Qi and Zhao Huan laughed unscrupulously. Zhao Huan patted Duan Shiwen on the shoulder and said kindly: "Brother Shiwen, Li Qi has already set up a banquet inside. Let's go inside and eat and talk.
Bar."
What else could Duan Shiwen say? He wiped the corners of his eyes and choked: "Okay, okay."
Li Qi came forward and asked in a low voice: "I want to ask you something, do you Duans know the Six Meridians Divine Sword?"
"Six Meridians Divine Sword? Is it a weapon?"
"Ah? Haha, no, no, I'm just asking." (To be continued.)