Chapter 934 The five-nation summit is delivered, ask for a monthly ticket)
This year's New Year's Eve is very different from previous years. To be precise, this is the first diplomatic confrontation between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, because the Jin Kingdom also held a New Year's Day meeting in order to strengthen the influence of the Jin Kingdom.
As an upstart, it is useless to be strong. You must have a sense of existence. Either you claim to be big or you are the biggest. This is called self-deception. You must be recognized by others. If you want to be recognized by others, you must
Show your strength.
This is very important to the Kingdom of Jin, and everyone in the Kingdom of Jin also attaches great importance to this point.
But what does the Kingdom of Jin rely on? Of course it is the deterrence of force. The arrogant Jin army makes neighboring countries fear and hate it. For example, Xixia has already declared itself a vassal, so Xixia will not send people to the Song Dynasty. This
It was also a means for the Kingdom of Jin to weaken the Song Dynasty. Even according to the maritime alliance treaty, the Song Dynasty had to send people to pay tribute to the Kingdom of Jin. Li Qi had no way to change this. The contract must have been signed before he came.
, which really made the Song Dynasty lose face.
Although the Song Dynasty was not as powerful as the Jin Kingdom in terms of military strength, as the Song Dynasty was the economic hub of Asia, no country dared to despise it. Even countries like Xixia and other countries still maintained contact with the Song Dynasty, and there were also many neutrals.
Both sides of the country did not want to offend, so they simply sent two groups of people, one group went to the Jin Kingdom to worship, and the other group went to the Song Dynasty to worship.
After learning the news, the Song court began to believe in the diplomatic war proposed by Li Qi, so it attached great importance to this year's New Year's Day meeting, because those who had always occupied this land were the great powers of the Central Plains and had been leaders since ancient times.
If this gets into the hands of your Zhao family and the title of the great country of the Central Plains is given to others, it will be a great shame and humiliation.
If this were the past, Li Qi would not be surprised. He would not care about this, but it is different now. No matter which country it is, he hopes to win over. To put it simply, you have an extra ally here, so it means
The Kingdom of Jin lost an ally.
Moreover, Li Qi knew in his heart that economic diplomacy was the most reliable diplomacy of the Song Dynasty, so he had already begun planning to establish an economic summit to use soft power to firmly bind these countries to the Song Dynasty.
From the current point of view, in terms of diplomacy, the Song Dynasty has an absolute advantage. Due to the attention of the Song court and Li Qi's propaganda over the past year, the number of people coming to pay tribute this time is unprecedentedly large, including Japan and Korea in East Asia.
, there are countries such as Jiaozhi, Sujidan, and Xintuo in Southeast Asia, there are Dashi in West Asia, and there are also businessmen and politicians from some African countries.
When they all arrived one after another, the first meeting finally kicked off at Honglu Temple. The content of this first meeting was to form an economic summit. Originally, Li Qi was planning to go into battle in person. But now he is afraid that he will appear
The meeting was overwhelming, so Qin Hui and two officials from the Commerce Bureau were sent to help.
As soon as Zhao Huan came to power, he faced envoys from all over the world, which made him feel a little frightened. His palms were sweating, but there was nothing he could do. There were hundreds of officials watching below and his father watching above. Even if you can't do it, you have to
OK.
Fortunately, with Qin Hui and Li Gang, his two right-hand assistants, supporting the scene, and Li Qi personally writing a speech for him, Zhao Huan's performance at the conference was remarkable. He spoke at length and quoted from classics about the economic alliance.
What kind of benefits will it bring to each country? He also gave an example of some countries that would not hesitate to send troops to plunder in order to seize profits. Although he did not refer to anyone, everyone thought of the Kingdom of Jin. Then Zhao Huan used examples to illustrate that this is actually
A very wrong view, cooperation is far better than hostility.
Since everyone is doing it for profit and for the people of their country to live a prosperous life, although the fact is that it is for the benefit of the nobility, on the surface, it still has to do with the people, so why not choose the most beneficial method.
Establishing an international economic order is the original intention of the economic summit.
Compared with the Song Dynasty, those countries have always been in a weak position economically. Now this summit has undoubtedly brought them to an equal position with the Song Dynasty. Although strictly speaking, the Song Dynasty still dominates, but the statement is different.
, and the establishment of an economic summit is also very necessary for them, especially in some poorer countries.
Therefore, Zhao Huan's speech immediately caused quite a stir, and the applause was like thunder.
This is the first time in Honglu Temple.
When Zhao Huan saw that everyone supported him so much, his self-confidence immediately swelled. Once this self-confidence is established, it is really more powerful for a leader, and he becomes more and more energetic and eloquent.
Envoys from various countries also showed great interest, expressing their agreement with Zhao Huan's views and agreeing to establish an economic summit. In fact, they had received the news before coming and discussed it at home, so these envoys held great power in their hands.
, they can almost make full decisions on economic matters.
After receiving consistent approval from the envoys, the two sides began to discuss the details. These details were also the framework that Li Qi borrowed from later generations, and then made many modifications based on the current situation. For three days in a row, all parties discussed this economic plan.
The heated discussion held at the summit was, of course, said to be a discussion, but in fact it was just a quarrel. Small countries wanted more rights and interests, but big countries were less willing.
Although Li Qi did not participate, Qin Hui came to report to him every day, and the prince often came to discuss countermeasures with him.
After several days of intense negotiations, it was finally decided that the first batch of economic summit member states would be composed of the Song Dynasty, Dashi, Byzantium, Xizhou Uighur, and Goryeo, which was referred to as the Five-Nation Summit. As for other small countries, they could only
Being dominated is the rule of the weak and the strong.
In fact, in the beginning, Goryeo was always ostracized, especially the envoys from Dashi. They clearly looked down on Goryeo because it was small and poor. Why should it be equal to us? Are you not insulting us? They always thought that Goryeo was a state of the Song Dynasty.
County, the Byzantine envoys were even more bullying. They directly shouted at the meeting that the Koryo envoys should sit in the back. They felt that this summit was obviously a game between big economic powers. You small countries were mixed in, making Koryo disgraced.
, want to start fighting, but the opponent is tall and powerful, and they can't beat them. There is no way. They are the Arabs, the rich people in ancient times. They can kill you with money, and you can't make a sound. As for the Xizhou Uighurs
, because their geographical location is very important, so no one makes things difficult for them.
Li Qi later found it funny when he heard it, but in order to increase exchanges between various regions, he asked Qin Hui and Li Gang to persuade the envoys of the Western Regions to let Goryeo participate in this summit.
As for Japan's Tenki Miki and others, they also really want to join this summit. There is no reason that you, Korea, can enter, but I, Japan, can't. But there is no way. They are not here on behalf of the imperial court. If they can sit here, they are already given by Li Qi.
This was their greatest favor, and they could only watch helplessly as these envoys competed for their position at the summit, but they were not idle and tried their best to promote the samurai spirit.
Ever since, the so-called samurai spirit has become the biggest joke at this meeting.
The reason why Li Qi attaches great importance to them is because Japan, as a neighboring country of the Song Dynasty, has great strategic significance. He does not understand the samurai spirit. He only knows the av spirit. Not to mention other countries, you are not a bird.
What a shitty little country. Besides, you are not representing your country. You are just a sect-like thing. Who cares about you? We all have hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute. It is a waste of time to talk to you. From east to west, there is no such thing.
One country's envoys were willing to pay attention to them, and they all rushed to Zhao Huan to express their strong desire to introduce Song Dynasty goods.
In addition, the time for the summit has also been set, and it is stipulated that it will be held every two years. The specific time is set on September 10th. The first summit will be held in Guangzhou on September 10th next year.
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In the main hall.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty raised his dragon chair high and laughed loudly when he heard Zhao Huan's report. His expression was very happy. In fact, a father would be happier than anything else if he saw his son making a difference. Even the emperor was like this, saying: "
Five-Nation Summit, okay, Huan'er, what you did this time is really beautiful, and my father is very pleased, but you can't be complacent, you must continue to work hard."
After all, Zhao Huan was his son, and it was hard for him to praise him to death. But even so, anyone could see that he was becoming more and more fond of this prince who had once been annoying to him.
Zhao Huan said modestly: "My father's encouragement must be kept in mind by my sons and ministers. In fact, the reason why this was so smooth was all due to the economics, as well as the joint efforts of officials from Honglu Temple and the Bureau of Commerce."
Song Huizong nodded and said: "Not arrogant or impetuous, very good, very good. Each of those people should be rewarded generously."
Cai You suddenly said: "But how did I hear that the economic minister has been taking care of his children at home recently?"
Damn it, I've already been so low-key, but you still have to find fault with me. Li Qi smiled and said: "The British father-in-law is right. I have been taking care of my children at home during these days. Li Qi deserves this credit."
I dare to do it. I just didn’t expect that the British care about me, Li Qi, and it seems that there are many people sent to take care of me---take a look at me."
The two men fought again. The other ministers began to look like they were watching the show.
Cai You hummed, "We in the Privy Council are very busy, so we don't have time to care about you."
Song Huizong said with a smile in his eyes: "Li Qi."
"Wei Chen is here."
Song Huizong said: "As an economic envoy, how can you turn a blind eye to this? I know that you have recently given birth to a son, but everything has its own sequence. You should still give top priority to state affairs and leave the matters of raising the child to me.
If a woman does it, haven’t I already rewarded you with four wives? Isn’t that enough?”
After hearing this, all the ministers bowed their heads and suppressed their laughter.
Zhao Huan was stunned when he heard this, and was about to step forward to help Li Qi excuse him, but Li Bangyan pulled him back, shook his head gently, and signaled not to say anything.
When Cai You saw that Song Huizong had finally returned to normal and was on his side, his eyes welled up with tears, and he was so moved that he couldn't be more moved.
Well, you old emperor, this is clearly an act of revenge for the time I made fun of you when I ate snails last time. Song Huizong wanted to take revenge. Even though Li Qi was justified, he had to endure it and saluted: "What the emperor said is, Wei Zong
I know my guilt."
Finally got his revenge. Song Huizong was very happy.
This emperor is really boring.
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