Dong Zhan then started to live a life of chanting sutras. When he got up every morning, he would first go to his uncle's hall to say hello, and then he would recite sutras and practice Buddhism under the leadership of a monk from Daxiangguo Temple.
At noon, after lunch, I followed the students in the left hall and went to class.
I mainly study mathematics, classics and geometry, and do a lot of exercises at the same time.
In the evening, there will be evening classes, and monks will enter the palace and take him with him to recite Buddhist scriptures.
Gradually, Dong Fei got used to the life in Chunfang.
I am also used to a life of chanting, studying, doing questions, chanting, and sleeping.
During this period, Zhao Xin sent away Fu Bi, Gao Ruona, and Liu Yongnian.
Fu Bi, as the envoy, will go to Liao Kingdom for at least three months.
Gao Ruona, on the other hand, officially set off to Qinzhou to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Qinfeng Road Horse Infantry Army. Liu Yongnian concurrently served as the commander of the Grenadier Army and the Qinzhou Capital Territory, actually commanding the Grenadier Army and carrying out combat missions in the Qinfeng Road Theater.
As a result, the newly recruited Grenadier Corps took away three of its commanding soldiers.
In addition to the soldiers, there were naturally 5,000 grenades used by the Grenadier Corps, which were also loaded onto the truck.
This number is already four-fifths of the total grenade production in the past two months.
No way, the preparation of high-purity potassium nitrate is very complicated.
Being able to produce so much is already very impressive.
After sending these people away, Zhao Xin suddenly became much deserted.
But he has long been used to being alone, so there is nothing uncomfortable about it.
On the contrary, I feel somewhat relaxed.
He is only over two years old physically, and what he needs is rest, sleep and nutrition.
Therefore, Zhao Xin began to deliberately appear less in front of the courtiers.
"Your Highness... A letter from Xia Xuanhui on Guangnan East Road..." On this day, Zhao Xin just woke up from his nap, and Gan Zhaoji held a secret report and handed it to Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin took it, opened it and started laughing: "Xia Shouyun, you are such a loyal minister!"
Xia Shouyun came to announce the good news again.
In the letter, he reported to Zhao Xin that through his efforts, the envoy sent to Champa in June to contact Chenla and Srivijaya returned.
The envoys brought back the request that the kings of the three countries agreed in principle to lease a port to the Song Dynasty for the purpose of berthing ships, drying clothes, supplying supplies and doing business.
At the same time, they also agreed in principle to the plan proposed by Xia Shouyun to use rice settlement for trade between the Song Dynasty and other countries.
I have to say that Xia Shouyun did this beautifully!
Not to mention Srivijaya, Chenla and Champa are both tropical rainforest countries in the Indochina Peninsula. They are rich in products, and rice can be harvested three or even four times a year.
Most importantly, both countries are countries where Hinduism is the state religion.
The extravagance and extravagance of the upper-class nobles is no less than that of the relatives of the Song Dynasty in Bianjing.
Therefore, they were extremely keen on tea, silk, and porcelain from the Song Dynasty.
However, he was short of money and had insufficient hard currencies such as gold and silver, so he could only covet the royal family using porcelain, drinking tea, and wearing silk.
However, the Song Dynasty now proposed to allow them to use rice as settlement.
The ecstasy of the nobles of the two countries is understandable.
So, Zhao Xin picked up the pen and started writing a reply. The entire letter contained four words: Increase efforts!
As for if the silk, porcelain and tea leaves were tilted too much, these countries that were originally rich in rice would eventually have a food crisis.
That has nothing to do with Zhao Xin.
Anyway, the upper echelons of these countries don’t care about the life and death of their lower classes.
Why does Song Dynasty care?
After finishing the letter, he handed it to Gan Zhaoji and ordered him to send it to Guangzhou immediately and hand it over to Xia Shouyun.
After a while, Zhang Weiji came to Zhao Xin and reported: "His Royal Highness, King Tang, Your Majesty has ordered his ministers to inform His Highness that the reply from the Lord of Liao has arrived in Bianjing..."
"This is a copy..."
Zhao Xin took it and looked at it, then laughed: "It's done!"
Zhang Weiji listened and looked at Zhao Xin in confusion.
"The words used by the Lord Liao are even harsher than last time... The conditions are also much harsher..." Zhao Xin said with a smile: "Not only did he shout out, 'If the Liao cavalry goes south, it will be difficult for people with white hair to enjoy it.
Day of Peace', made even more unreasonable demands..."
"But in fact, they just want me to pay the price to Da Song!"
In the copy in Zhao Xin's hand, the Lord of Liao clamored for war, and finally threatened that if the Song Dynasty did not agree to his conditions, his iron horse would be forced to seize the pass and go south.
But in fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is an exorbitant price.
In fact, we agreed with the basic framework of Da Song’s last reply.
Now they are just thinking about how much they can blackmail.
As a result, their conditions became very exaggerated.
It not only required the Song Dynasty to redeem the land of ten counties in Guannan that Zhou Shizong had captured, so that they could no longer care about these things.
He even asked the Song Dynasty to prove that the Song-Liao alliance was good.
Therefore, Yelu Zong really hoped that the Song Dynasty could marry a royal princess to his eldest son, King Yelu Hongji of Liang, as his concubine.
It also requested the Song Dynasty to increase the annual annual gift quota.
One mouth is worth a million!
But in fact, even the Liao people themselves probably did not believe that the Song Dynasty would agree to these requests.
Among these conditions, the most likely to be realized is probably the terms of marriage.
Unfortunately, Zhao Xin was unwilling to agree to even this condition.
The marriage between the two countries is no joke.
Especially the marriage between the royal families of the two countries, which can affect the whole body.
"Zhang Duzhi, please go and tell the political affairs hall that the Liao people can't agree to any of the conditions. Otherwise, even if Aye agrees, I will find someone to settle the score in the future!" He learned the method Kou Zhun used to threaten Cao Cao.
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"If this is the case, I'm afraid the Liao people won't give up, right?" Zhang Weiji lowered his head, not quite understanding.
"Don't worry, Zhang Douzhi..." Zhao Xin laughed: "The Liao people are more anxious about this matter than our court!"
It might be possible for the Liao people to bluff the Song emperors and ministers who didn't know the truth, but there was no way to bluff Zhao Xin.
Because he knew how tempting the Bohai, Jurchen, and Goryeo were to the Liao people.
As long as the Song Dynasty bites the bullet and refuses to take a step back, then the Lord of Liao will definitely bow his head in the end.
Of course, you can't leave room for negotiation.
So, Zhao Xin thought for a while and said: "The most acceptable condition for Gu is that the Song Dynasty will increase the supply of tea and silk cloth by 200,000 guan every year, but the Liao people must exchange for cattle of the same value!"
Oxen are a good thing. They can plow fields and pull carts. They are the closest partners of farmers in the feudal era.
There were very few such livestock in the Song Dynasty, so they could only rely on outsourcing.
However, the Liao Kingdom had large tracts of pasture and raised countless cattle and sheep.
In the hands of the Liao people, these cattle and sheep were a waste of natural resources.
If they are sent to the Song Dynasty, their value will be doubled.
