Chapter 776: Han Qi Sets Off
With a plan, even if this plan may not be able to make the entire negotiation smoothly negotiated, but at least if you are prepared, then you will not panic, what the Northern Song Dynasty can do now is this, if it is really persecuted, it can only be a war.
With Han Qi's understanding of Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin should not start a war so hastily, of course, the current Zhao Xin should be different from the previous Zhao Xin, before he was an ordinary knight who lost his status as a prince, even if he had a fixed navy, it was also a very small territory.
Now, with the help of the Dinghai Navy as a springboard, Zhao Xin won the Liao State, and ascended the throne as the emperor with strong strength, so the mentality may be different from before, but the nature and habits will not change too much, and these will be improvisable after arriving in Shenyang.
The biggest problem was solved, Han Qi's mentality was calm, he was afraid that he was completely unprepared, in the face of the strong pressure of the Dinghai Navy, if there was no preparation at all, once the contradictions between the two sides intensified, it would be war.
Even if it was faced with the Liao State and the Western Xia before, the Northern Song Dynasty would not take the initiative to fight, because the damage caused by the war was too great for the Northern Song Dynasty to bear.
It should go well, according to the information sent back by Fu Bi all the way, Dinghai is quite kind to the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Xin doesn't seem to have changed much, and even some of Dingjun's daily business contacts with the Northern Song Dynasty have not been severed, it seems that it should not be a sign of ruthlessness.
However, military affairs are not determined by one probability, and if you don't start talking, you never know what the outcome will be, and the probability just makes the chance of success greater.
After preparing the conditions for the navy, Han Qi was almost done before Zhao Xin's enthronement ceremony, perhaps, for Han Qi, there are many things, but these things are not as useful as going to Shenyang.
The time is getting closer and closer, and when there are still more than two months before the enthronement ceremony of the Dinghai Navy, the envoys of the entire Northern Song Dynasty have also begun to prepare.
is different from Fu Bi's going, what Fu Bi carried, in addition to some military personnel and the spy department, was from the Li Fan Academy, but now Han Qi is carrying, but it is somewhat all-inclusive. Dongfu's subordinates are definitely going to go, and there are other aspects, almost every department of the six departments will transfer a considerable number of personnel, which also made Han Qi's attaché team begin to increase rapidly, from hundreds or thousands of people, all the way to thousands.
The time is slowly coming, and there is only a little more than a month left before Zhao Xin's enthronement ceremony, and the entire visiting team has completed the final preparations.
According to the original plan, itself, it was supposed to leave two months in advance, so that it was guaranteed to arrive before the start of the enthronement ceremony, in this era, the transportation is inconvenient, it is impossible to arrive on time and arrive at the last minute.
Now it has changed, because the railway breakthrough, from Bianliang to Shenyang, except that the connection is not directly connected, the railway is actually already through.
From the very beginning, the railway from Shenyang to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan is the key to the construction of the entire Dinghai Navy.
The Northern Song Dynasty Railway will not directly penetrate to Shanhaiguan, but on one side close to a hundred miles, which will have a gap of almost 200 miles, in this gap, it may take three or five or seven days, if it is slow, it may take more than ten days.
Time equals money, if it is similar to Qinling, an insurmountable natural danger, Zhao Xin has no choice, he will separate the railway, now it is just a national border, can it be cut off from this railway, and some methods of later generations can be used.
In later generations, the connection between countries is quite convenient, and even two countries with different railway specifications can also be connected, as long as they build a port at the border, pass through quarantine, transfer, and then spend very little time, you can take the train of another country, which may not be as direct as the one, but it is also more convenient than the empty distance in the middle.
In consideration of the safety issue, the Northern Song Dynasty left a considerable amount of leeway, which in the view of the Dinghai Navy, which would increase the operation time and was not conducive to commercial development, so from the very beginning, it sought the connection of the railway, because both sides used the same railway.
However, because there were no diplomatic relations and no channels, it was impossible to contact the defenders of Shanhaiguan, and they were not qualified to make decisions. At that time, the Dinghai Navy just did it first, first built the railway, and the rest was said later.
When the speed of the construction of the navy is determined, when a railway can be divided into more than 30 construction teams to start the construction of this railway, the railway of this era is not of high standard, and the speed of construction is very fast.
When the railway was about to run through Shanhaiguan, Fu Bi arrived, and the two sides established a diplomatic relationship, Fu Bi used this diplomatic relationship to understand everything about the Ding Navy, and the Ding Navy used this diplomatic relationship to sort out the relationship between the two sides.
Among them, it includes the problem of railway penetration and connection, the Northern Song Dynasty in this era, for the national border, is only a defensive role, supervision and inspection, not so important, Fu Bi is just strange, why the Navy requires this.
For Fu Bi, this requirement is just a gesture, and he can't see anything bad for the Northern Song Dynasty, and even thinks about it a little, and sets this place of exchange in the Northern Song Dynasty, not outside the Northern Song Dynasty.
After the coordination of Fu Bi, the railway of the Northern Song Dynasty can also take a step forward, of course, this money and construction are also provided by the Ding Navy. Those who came from the Northern Song Dynasty would transfer to the south of Shanhaiguan, about 3 kilometers away, and take the train of the Dinghai Navy to Shenyang, which could save more time.
It takes time for a railway to be built, but when a kingdom and all its forces are tilted towards a railway, the speed is much faster, and it is about half a month ago that this railway was completed.
From Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty to Shenyang in Dinghai, except on the side of Shanhaiguan, after about a day's transfer, others can be quickly arrived by rail.
Bianliang to Shenyang, the distance is almost more than 1,300 kilometers, that is, 2,600 miles, in the past, that was the end of the sky, the corner of the sea, even if it was a well-trained caravan, at a speed of 30 miles a day, it would take at least 3 months, which encountered some disastrous weather, or not beautiful weather, this time will also be extended.
But now, if the speed of the railway is more than 1,000 miles a day, it may only take 4 to 5 days, which is extremely fast, which greatly shortens the distance between the two places, and the entire envoy group is expected to go for more than half a month, and now it is directly shortened by half, and it is expected to be about 10 days, so there is no need to go so fast.
For Han Qi, there is really no need to go over so early, the more he knows about the Dingjun, especially Fu Bi's report on the situation in Shenyang, it also allows Han Qi to check and fill in the gaps at the last time, and finally decide what to do when the time comes.
No matter how much it was delayed, time kept moving forward minute by minute, delaying for more than half a month, and when there was still a little more than a month before the enthronement ceremony, it was finally impossible to delay.
Whether it is Han Qi leading the team to go, or Concubine Miao and their going, it is impossible to go in time, half a month in advance, it is normal, settle down, make preliminary contact with the Dinghai Navy, and discuss some conditions, this takes time, in this case, even if it is on the road, it may only take 10 days, or even less, they still have to go more than a month in advance.
In the past six months, the Li Fan Yuan has focused on such a thing, they have done a lot of work, and they have made sufficient preparations, as long as Han Qi gives the order, they can set off in a short time.
One morning, 32 days before the accession to the throne, the Bianliang Railway Station was under martial law, with at least 5,000 forbidden troops blocking all the intersections to the Bianliang Railway Station.
Bianliang Railway Station, has now become the transportation hub of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is the number of passengers sent every day, or the number of various materials transported, it can definitely be called huge, countless people and materials gather in Bianliang, before Bianliang is from about nine o'clock in the morning to about five o'clock in the evening, now it is advanced to 6 o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening, which is 2 hours more.
Don't underestimate these 2 hours, you can let Bianliang Railway Station transport more goods, send more passengers, here is also from the first built, Bianliang around a very remote place, has become the most lively place outside Bianliang City.
From the beginning of the operation of the railway station to the final stop, it is extremely busy, especially when the train arrives at the station more, and the entire Bianliang Railway Station is crowded.
In the face of this situation, the railway station also thought about expanding the time, but unfortunately there is no way to improve, but because, without good lighting equipment, for the train of this era, it can only run at dawn, otherwise, not only can not improve efficiency, but will be dangerous.
Even if it was a big event, it was impossible to impose martial law during the day, when the passenger traffic was high, so they chose the morning, before the whole station began to operate, and imposed martial law on the entire train station, so that the damage could be minimized.
This is also a matter of no choice, if it is just Han Qi's visit, there is no need to even impose martial law, just a little block of a platform, so that Han Qi can board the train smoothly, it is fine, there is no need to block the entire station.
Now it is the common trip of Concubine Miao and Princess Fukang, and there are many palace maids, if the train station is not blocked, it will be easy to leak out. Miao Guifei and Princess Fukang left Bianliang at the same time to visit Shenyang, which was unprecedented.
In history, and even in the history of the entire feudal dynasty, it is unheard of for a concubine and a princess to leave a country at the same time and visit another country.
But here, no one can say anything, the reason is very simple, who is the concubine, is Zhao Xin's biological mother, Princess Fukang is the elder sister, this is probably the father and son who have never appeared in history, became the emperors of the two countries, and they are both big countries and neighbors
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, such a thing, yes, but it was just the same sect, and it was quite far away from each other.
Only under the premise that another country has an accident and the relationship between another country and this country is quite close, it is possible, and after the Qin Dynasty unified China, this possibility was reduced, and the two countries and two forces could not be of the same origin in themselves, and the same clan, or even a relatively close relationship, was even more impossible.
That is, after Zhao Xin crossed, the result, with the help of the Dinghai Navy as a springboard, won the Liao State, and occupied the entire East Asia, except for most of the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, there is no problem in becoming the emperor, Zhao Xin and Renzong have also become the emperors of the father and son, or different countries.
Now the problem on the court of the Northern Song Dynasty is that they need Concubine Miao to go out, but they can't show the carriage and horses, many things, if they are really leaked out, it will be bad, the concubine is out of the palace, or abroad, high-level officials know the relationship between Zhao Xin and Concubine Miao, but others don't know, what really comes out, let Renzong's face go where.
From the beginning, it has always been kept a secret, and even Concubine Miao and Princess Fukang have left the palace as early as two or three days ago, living in Miaojiazhuang, starting from the palace, it is too eye-catching, even if it is covered up, it will fall into the eyes of others, some things, not on the bright side, the upper echelons have secretly promised, once it is placed on the bright side, the trouble will be hit.
Some of Renzong's cover-up was covered up by the method of Concubine Miao's wish to go to the temple, and then went to Youmiao's house to help, and left the Miao family in the form of ordinary family members, and then Han Qi took the train together.
This time is quite fast, it has been prepared for a long time, and under the premise of making a certain plan, it took about a stick of incense to complete the car, and the carriage that Concubine Miao boarded was the last of the three carriages, with various curtains, covered tightly, and everything inside could not be seen outside.
After the concubine got on the train, martial law was no longer necessary, but the necessary appearance still had to be maintained, otherwise the secret blockade of Bianliang Railway Station would be such a big deal that it would not be covered up at all, and Han Qi's boarding was much more grand, bringing at least 300 officials and a large number of send-off teams, which suddenly made a huge noise, filling the entire Bianliang Railway Station.