State behaviors such as land reparations are like cheating, once and again, there are no so many psychological scruples.

The Song Dynasty started from the Zhenzong Dynasty to pay tribute to foreign countries, and later to the Western Xia, and finally to the Jin State indemnity, bowing his head and recognizing himself as the third grandson, which is a natural thing. At this time, the Jin army had to go all out against the Liao State, which still had strength, and was not qualified to bully the Song. But when the pirates are coming, Song will still habitually "take off his pants".

"The Alliance of the Yuanyuan", Song gave Liao Sui 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 horses of silk, and tea every year......

Compared with the huge economic volume of hundreds of millions of yuan per year in finance and taxation alone, this indemnity loss is indeed nothing, and although it is a reparation, it is ultimately the Song Dynasty itself that gets cheap, and it loses a little money but wins peace, and there is no need to fight, you can save the huge war cost that can drag down the national strength, and you can have more energy to develop the economy. The Song people were very proud of this, believing that their country was smarter than the barbarians......

However, that's not how the accounts are calculated.

Politics is not business. There are many similarities between the two, but there are more essential differences.

The primary problem caused by things such as bowing one's head and paying tribute and ceding land is not the economic account of whether there is money or not, but the dignity of a country and a nation.

The indemnity of one yuan and the indemnity of 100 million yuan, the cutting of an inch of land and the cutting of thousands of miles, the essence is the same, it makes the people lose self-confidence in the enemy, lose pride, and self-castrate a nation based on the most important bloody backbone, pioneering ambition and fearless spirit of victory in the forest of the world.

It's the same with individual people, in life, there are things that can be made, and some things that would rather die than be protected. At the national level, heads can be broken, blood can be shed, and dignity cannot be lost. Without the bloody backbone and ambition, the backbone of the nation is broken and collapsed, and the nation will automatically degenerate into an inferior nation, and all that remains is the wave after wave of humiliation and resignation that this one came to grab and that one to kill, and the other to occupy the miserable, and they would only habitually retreat again and again, until they retreated to no place to survive, and became a livestock slave clan, or even simply exterminated.

For example, the Han nation, which has always been the largest group in the world, will naturally beautify humiliation into ethnic integration by virtue of not being killed and exterminated. I just don't know what it would be like for the ancestors who endured humiliation and misery to know what it would be like to know underground. Will they agree with such frivolous rhetoric?

Retreating and retreating has become a traditional national political tradition, accustomed to it, it will naturally lose the heart of conquest and pioneering, when it is strong, it will stay at home, eat itself, and externally it is all kinds of generous assistance or tolerance and understanding, and the heavenly empire that feels good about itself is high and bright, and the demeanor of a gentleman and a saint is a great man, and it is deliberately touted by outsiders with all kinds of insidious thoughts to follow the characteristics, and it is even more floating, and the more I feel good, you see how great I am, ah? Impressed the foreigners...... If you are weak and outdated, you will be docile and "take off your pants" again. Anyway, no matter how hard it is, it is the people who are the people, and it is always the rulers who shed blood, tears, dedication and sacrifice anyway. Anyway, no matter how bitter it is, it can't be bitter ruler. That's it.

Speckled history is evidence and shame that cannot be denied, isn't it?

We are ridiculed as an inferior race, the sick man of East Asia, and we are still despised even after paying countless blood, tears and costs to rise up...... Country A does not dare to use force against us, in the final analysis, it is not that we are really so powerful and fearful, but that we have a nuclear weapon that can turn the whole world into a primitive flood with anger. We still rely on that. Science and technology, national strength, we are still far from country A. This is the confidence and reason why country A dares to threaten us with wanton extortion under the pretext of trade as it did in the 18XX years.

Keep a clear head, try to adapt to and learn the political game methods of foreign countries, and grit your teeth and work hard for another hundred years, or even longer, before you can be truly confident.

Back to the present, the Song Dynasty is desperately trying to die, obviously not having the opportunity to rise up.

In the face of the coercion of the pirate state, the Confucian regime was ruthless and harsh internally...... The tradition of friendship and generosity with foreign countries will naturally be represented.

Zhong Zhi said: "In view of your bad attitude, the payment of this limit in one month has been changed to half a month, whether it is people or things. A day late is similar to a lack of payment. ”

"Of course, you can refuse, you can try not to hand it over or not complete it on time, and try to resist with the hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital relying on the tall city defense of the capital. I will live in the capital inn, waiting for you to catch me at any time to take revenge and punishment, and bravely go to war with my country. “

After finishing speaking, he left behind the big-eyed and small-eyed monarchs and ministers, and walked straight away.

hated the Great Song Junchen staring at his back, but then what unfolded was how to quickly complete the pirate extortion in such a short time limit.

Bai Shizhong, who served as prime minister, was unlucky,

At this time, it was natural for the CEO to be the unshirkable leader, and he became the leader of the central leading group that specifically carried out the task of looting wealth for women and children. At the same time, Han Mulu, Wu Kai, Mo Yan, Mei Zhili, four cadres, and Yin Xu Bingzhe of Kaifeng Prefecture, who was in charge of the ground in the capital, were also appointed as members of the looting leading group.

This kind of errand is to lose power and humiliate the country, to bear the infamy of history, but also to suffer the hostility of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, no, it is to bear the hatred of the officials in the capital and even the whole country, and Geng Nanzhong, the new minister who is eager to show off and make political achievements and establish authority, will naturally never jump out and take the initiative to take it. Whoever participates in this errand will not have a good time in officialdom in the future.

Emperor Zhao Huan relied on Geng Nanzhong the most, and although he was naturally cowardly and unassertive, he would never agree to the malicious and vigorous praise and recommendation of some civil and military officials, and let his only person he could rely on take on such an unfortunate errand.

However, all the members of the leading group were full of frustration and sorrow, but they had another taste in their hearts, or they were calculating.

Can you take the opportunity to hook up with pirates and find a new and brilliant future?

The worst can also cover up their own wealth, so that they will not be all looted.

And you can make a fortune from it, and how can you wait for an opportunity to fish for a few precious things that are stored in other people's homes such as princes and nobles......

If you really want to admit the blackmail, you naturally have to be the emperor Zhao Ji to finally nod and explain before you can do it.

Zhao Huan, Bai Shizhong, Tong Guan and more than a dozen other major ministers gathered together at Zhao Ji's place to respectfully report and listen to the spirit of Emperor Taishang's teachings and instructions.

Zhao Ji had ears and eyes to monitor the court, and he was already very aware of the behavior of the pirate envoys and the various humiliations and disgraces that occurred in the court.

He was deeply and soberly aware of the virate's unyielding toughness this time.

The court consciously and honestly agreed to blackmail, and then it was over, and perhaps no other disasters would befall them. If you don't realize it, if you are lucky and refuse to agree, the pirates will inevitably come by force in person, and they will be more ruthless and domineering and ferocious, and the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty, from the supreme him to the emperor to the backbone ministers below...... If you don't die in the war on the spot, you will definitely be taken captive to become coolie miners in the pirate state, and life is worse than death.

Pirates have always kept their word, and they have always done what they say, and they have tried their best to maintain this image, and since the envoy has already spoken on behalf of the pirate state, he will do so.

When the pirates plundered the coastal areas of the Great Song Dynasty in the summer, they were ruthless in killing officials and nobles, no matter how big the officials and nobles were born and identified, and they did not hesitate to kill and rob those contemporary Confucian squires and villagers, regardless of whether these people were famous or not, and they were not expected to be high.

Judging from these behaviors, the pirates did not take seriously the rules of the Song Dynasty and even the Han nation itself. In the past, even if the country was destroyed, the emperor, the imperial family, and even the famous and important ministers, Confucian celebrities, and other fallen people should also be treated differently, and they could enjoy a certain amount of respect and preferential treatment when they became prisoners, at least on the surface they still maintained a certain degree of dignity and the traditions of the victorious country, which were all useless in pirates, and those traditions were all abandoned.

From this point of view, the pirates said that they wanted to use the rulers of the Song Dynasty, including the emperor's royal family, as miners and coolies, and they would definitely be able to do it, and they would not care about customs and traditions.

Although Zhao Ji had never seen how miserable the miner coolies were, he shuddered and was so frightened that he was left naked without a trace of face, and that he would be with those ugly, ignorant and savage savages in the southern tropics forever and locked up in a hellish mine until he died.

Fortunately, this ugliness was only shown when he sat in the deep palace alone, and was not seen by his son and the ministers.

At this time, Zhao Ji was already able to maintain his composure on the surface, calm and decent.

Zhao Huan, Gao Yu and others couldn't see his cowardly and incompetent, and were extremely frightened, and just wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Pretending to listen to the report, Zhao Ji sighed deeply and said: "It is my fault that I failed to govern the country well and failed to resist the greedy and arrogant pirates. ”

Bai Shizhong, Tong Guan, Zhang Bangchang, Gao Yu and others naturally changed color when they heard the words, and quickly knelt on the ground together, kowtowing and admitting that "they are all incompetent ministers and others, who failed to help His Majesty govern the country and stabilize the country, and failed to live up to the ...... of the Holy Grace."

consciously took the initiative to admit guilt and take responsibility, alleviating the king's guilt and pleasing Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji naturally couldn't be a little happy or relieved at this time.

How could he be happy?

I don't know what the hell will happen to the disaster.

If extortion is just the first insidious ploy of pirates to weaken the strength of the Song Dynasty and disintegrate the morale of the people, it is impossible to say that after collecting money and grain, they will turn around and raise troops to destroy the country.

But what if there is this terrible prediction?

Do you dare to refuse just don't bow your head and don't give?

Anger the pirates, provoke the ferocity of the pirates, and the result will only be worse. There is no room for manoeuvre. There is really only one way to destroy the country, and there is no hope.

can only measure the material resources of the Great Song Dynasty and make the pirates happy.

But the words can't be said so shamelessly. Zhao Ji instructed: "Money and food and some women and children are only. If I can exchange it for the peace of my subjects of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be worth it. ”

I'm not selfish and afraid to only care about myself, I compromise and bow my head for the safety and well-being of the people in the world. That's what it means.

A shameless thing turned into an imperial act with great sentiments. It seems that it can be eulogized in the annals. Elite Confucian politicians are best at this.

The ministers had expected this to be the case, and they were all moved and ashamed that they were not as great as Zhao Ji and wept and bowed on the spot, and all the mouths praised in unison: "Holy mercy and benevolence." The people of the world will surely understand and thank Your Majesty for his sacrifice and painstaking efforts. The final word was made and the spirit of the will was received.

Since he wants to be a touching example of sacrifice, Zhao Ji naturally has to have actual achievements.

The pirates extorted too much, the palace always had to bleed, some things were listed in the national letter to ask for it clearly, and they had to be handed over, Zhao Ji directly dedicated the treasures in the palace, such as rare treasures, classic cultural relics, bronze lamp instruments, etc., but the mountains of gold, silver and silk accumulated in the palace were not handed over, and only a part of them were handed over.

Because the specific amount of these contents is not indicated in the pirate book, it may be unclear how much the palace is hidden, so there is a loophole to make an article.

Zhao Ji wanted to use the search for the top account of Gyeonggi first, and if he couldn't get it together in the end, he couldn't coax it, and then it was not too late to make up for the palace treasure.

In order to show the good attitude of the Song court to actively complete the extortion, these palace objects and the grain, money, cloth and other ready-made items in the capital treasury demanded by the pirates were first asked to be looked at by the pirate envoys, and according to the envoys' requirements, ships were mobilized to take the initiative to send troops to escort them to the mouth of the sea in Yangzhou, and then there would be pirate points to collect and transport them away.

The large amount of copper and other metals piled up in the treasury from the destruction of Daxiangguo Temple and other temples also belonged to the pirates, so they were naturally handed over first.

And then there's the horses.

Zhao Gonglian must be dedicated to the emperor's BMW when he was engaged in horse politics, the BMW that the Western Army and other border passes are filial piety to the emperor, the good horses owned by the capital's dignitaries and nobles and wealthy sons in various ways, and the excellent war horses equipped by the forbidden army...... Along with the horses, cattle, sheep and livestock related to the Gyeonggi area, the first batch was also collected and handed over.

Mu Huogang in the northwest of the capital is the place where the Beijing army raises horses, there are more than 20,000 military horses and a large amount of wintering forage stored, among which the pirates asked for standard good horses were emptied at once, and prepared a large amount of forage for themselves.

To the relief and even relief of the Song court, the pirates did not extort all the war horses.

This seems to imply that the pirates will not accept the extortion and then turn around and raise troops to destroy the country. Otherwise, the pirates would not have been left to the Song army to resist the stubborn war horses and cavalry.

I saw a glimmer of hope. The Great Song Dynasty should still survive after the disaster. This undoubtedly gave the Manchu monarchs and ministers who were terrified day and night a shot in the arm.

As a result, I am more motivated to complete the task and have a more proactive attitude. The thieves took the opportunity to pull the relationship with Zhong Xiang, and they became more enthusiastic and frequent.

At the same time, the looting of the entire Gyeonggi was launched.

Before Zhong Xiang arrived, that is, after Zhao Ji read the letter of state alone, the city had been ordered to be sealed, a total of 32 city gates on all sides were only allowed to enter, not allowed to go out, there were secret spy divisions, the emperor's cronies and eunuchs, the supervision of the imperial envoys, the forbidden army and other forces supervised each other, the real strict control, in order to prevent the leakage of news, the well-informed people in the city seized the time to transfer the money and even absconded to avoid the disaster, but also to prevent the Gyeonggi area outside Tokyo from getting the news and prepared.

Against foreign enemies, these rulers at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty couldn't do it, but how to rectify and control the interior can be said to be easy to play with.

Tradition, accustomed to it, is also best at this.

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