Chapter 20 Exploitation is too much

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Whether the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, the sun still rises as usual, the Tianshan Mountains are still majestic, the snow on the top of the mountain is still perennial, and the Hami country is still running as gently as a waterwheel.

The peasants went to the fields after the dew fell, the craftsmen went to the workshops after a hearty breakfast, the children reluctantly dragged their schoolbags to the school and continued to face the cold face of the gentleman, the soldiers who should go to war went to Huyang City, and the people who should go to business came to the market early.

Tie Xinyuan naturally came to the council hall early, and there will be a lengthy meeting today.

Wang Anshi brought new requirements from the Great Song Dynasty, and the envoy of the Khitan State also brought the ultimatum of the Khitan Emperor, and the envoy of the Qarakhanid State, Deis, hoped that the Hami State could open the Tianshan Road and make this road a free trade route in the Western Regions.

Deyith came to Hami this time, not only on behalf of the Qarakhanid nation, but also on behalf of the seventy-six oasis tribes of the Great Eclipse, the Seljuks, the emerging Salahassi, and the Dzungar Desert.

The news that Zema brought back from Xixia is also not very good, the Chengtian Temple that the Empress Dowager Mozang is building has no money to build, and I hope that Hami can support the Buddha country with 1,000 catties of agate, 6,000 feet of gold leaf, and 10,000 taels of gold, so that this empress dowager can be the emperor of Baoyizong Li Yuanhao's "holy life without borders", and protect the Li family and the Xixia rivers and mountains "Yanyong" strong.

It sounds very troublesome, but in fact, as long as the Hami Kingdom defeats the Khitan, these requirements will disappear immediately, and if the Hami Kingdom is defeated by the Khitan, these requirements will not satisfy the appetite of these people at all.

To put it bluntly, it's just taking advantage of the fire to rob.

The reason why Deis pulled the banner of Tiger Pila and got so many people to support his actions is to exert pressure.

If the Qarakhanid really wanted to take advantage of the Khitans' attack on Hami to attack Hami, the Qarakhanid would only remain absolutely quiet and would not make such a huge noise.

Adan had already arrived at Peshawar with a 60,000-strong expeditionary force, and he would not be able to turn around at any time if he had to go another 800 miles to reach the rich city of Tianzhu.

The reason why Deis came was completely assigned by Aisha, to see if he could take the opportunity to get some benefits from Hami.

Falling into the well is a skill that every politician must know, and it is not about morality, but only about profit.

The Khitan army has already begun to assemble, and at this time, the ultimatum is just a formality, looking for a fig leaf for their crusade against Hami.

Of course, the Khitans also dreamed of being able to extract huge profits from Hami without spending a single soldier.

The Great Song Privy Envoy believed that the Great Song army was peeking into the west of the river in order to help the Hami State control the Hehuang and forced the Western Xia to not move, and the Gao Yuanting soldiers went out of the Yanmen Pass to build a pass in the Eighteen Pans, forcing the Khitans to not transfer all the troops in Xijing, and gave the Hami Kingdom great aid from the side.

In view of this, the Hami State should pay a part of the grain and firearms of the Great Song Dynasty as a reward to make up for the consumption caused by these unnecessary military actions of the Great Song Dynasty.

Whether it is the Great Song Dynasty, or the Khitan, the Western Xia, or the Qarakhanid, their demands are very shameless and unreasonable.

At this time, it depends on how the Hami country chooses, the Khitan people's demands are naturally strictly refused, and there is going to be a war between the two countries, and it is too late to say anything at this time, unless the Hami country surrenders, war will inevitably happen.

So, after the Hami Dynasty meeting, Ga Ga took the city guards to be ordered to expel the Khitan envoys, and sent them out of Hami on the premise of ensuring that their lives were not threatened, and took Tie Xinyuan away by the way, "If you want to fight, I will fight!" A strong answer.

Deyith's request was also rejected by the Hami state, and she was only offered a promise to export grain to the Qarakhanid state at a low price.

The envoy of the Western Xia was very respected by the Hami people, and Tie Xinyuan not only agreed to the request of the Mozang clan, but also took the initiative to send the best painter of Hami to the construction site of Chengtian Temple to paint the Buddha statue for the Western Xia.

And the male pet of the Mozang clan, the envoy of Western Xia, eats more than himself, and he is even more happy in the hot spring hall.

The most difficult one is Wang Anshi, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty.

He was very much in favor of the expulsion of the Khitan envoys from the Hami Kingdom, but he was very dissatisfied with the ambiguous situation of the Hami Kingdom towards the Western Xia envoys.

He believed that the Hami State should follow the method of dealing with the Khitans to deal with the Tanguts, instead of using humble words and bribes to appease the hearts of the Xixia people.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to roar loudly at Hami's court meeting, accusing Hami of being two-faced, and Hami should only have such an ally as the Great Song Dynasty, and there was no need to win over the Tangut people.

This was the first time Tie Xinyuan faced Wang Anshi, and it was the first time he felt the arrogance of the Great Song scholars in front of the emperor.

Fortunately, with someone like Huo Xian in front of him, Wang Anshi's yellow teeth didn't look so dazzling.

The court debate was just a way to express his position, and after Wang Anshi fully expressed his position at the court meeting, he did not mention anything about the demands of the Great Song Dynasty.

He also knew that when the envoys of the Khitans, the envoys of the Tanguts, and the envoys of the Qarakhanid could only wait for the results of the court meeting outside the city lord's mansion, he was also able to enter the court of the Hami Kingdom as an envoy and personally participate in the formulation of national policies, which in itself was a kind of respect for the Great Song Dynasty and him.

The Great Song Dynasty's requirements for the Hami Kingdom were also not suitable for discussion in public, as this would make the courtiers of the Hami Kingdom feel alienated from the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Council lasted a whole day, and when it was over, all the opinions formed this chapter, and all the people were exhausted.

The moonlight in the Tianshan Mountains was excellent, and Tie Xinyuan, who had been busy all day, invited Wang Anshi and Huo Xian to spread along the winding mountain trail together, and was very happily agreed by Wang Anshi and Huo Xian.

This is an isolated mountain, not too high, standing in the Qingxiang Valley, it was specially developed by Tie Xinyuan for his mother's heart, the mountain road paved with bluestone slabs, the two sides are full of lanterns, the light is soft, and it does not take away the moonlight at all.

"It's been almost half a year since Mr. Jiefu came to Hami, but I don't know what to say about my Hami?"

Wang Anshi couldn't help but smile when he saw Tie Xinyuan asking: "This is only suitable for asking questions at the top of the mountain, not for talking at the foot of the mountain." ”

Huo Xian said with a smile: "You can see the prosperous scene of my Hami at the top of the mountain, but you can see the deep foundation of my Hami at the foot of the mountain. ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "Huo Xiang's words are wrong, I have just started on the road, how to talk about the prosperous scene, at this time the scene is just the first step of the Long March." ”

Wang Anshi had already understood the shamelessness of the monarchs and ministers of the Hami Kingdom, and he couldn't hear them praising each other, so he changed the topic and said: "The old man also wants to know the king's evaluation of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled: "The son does not say anything about the father!" ”

Wang Anshi nodded and said: "Whether from the perspective of humanity or morality, the king's sentence is extremely appropriate.

However, today's Great Song Dynasty has gone through a hundred years of wind and frost, and the young body has gradually aged and is unbearable, like an ox carrying a weight, and I don't know that it will stop one day.

Even if it is a son, at this time, it is the biggest unfilial piety to say that filial piety is faint. ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled, picked a leaf of fragrant wood and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff gently, and then said after a while: "I heard that the land of Hebei is ten hectares, and the Han clan has two hectares?" ”

Wang Anshi was silent for a moment, and immediately said: "The Great Song Dynasty can't help but annex acres of land. ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled: "I'm not saying that the Han clan is greedy, I'm saying that the Han clan is incompetent. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Tie Xinyuan organized the language and said: "Tian Mu is the foundation of the poor and weak people to support their families, and the Han family is the land that Huamen shamelessly robbed the people to support their families in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "The old man knows that the annexation of acres by large families will reduce the number of people who pay taxes, which will eventually lead to the depletion of tax sources and the country will also fall into the predicament of poverty and weakness.

The old man has seen the Hami mountains and rivers and water book, and your Hami officials also have acres of land rewards, and now, your Hami has just been founded, and the rewards are not rich, and over time, the acres of land under Brother Huo's name will also be comparable to the Han family.

Since the king already knew that the annexation of acres of land was a drawback, why did he continue to follow the old path of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Tie Xinyuan shook his head seriously and said: "It's different, before Huo Xiang became a Hami Xiangguo, he was first a subject of Hami, since he was my Hami subject, he was qualified and must be allocated a piece of land that is enough to support his family."

However, after receiving this land, Huo Xiang no longer had land rewards in principle, but more rewards in terms of salt, mines, workshops, and gold and silver, Huo Xiang was like this, and the rest of the officials were the same. ”

"In this way, all the land in the world will belong to the king alone?" The mockery in Wang Anshi's words was very strong.

Huo Xian was a little displeased, and opened his mouth and said: "The Hami land deed has been stipulated to be dead, whoever should be is whoever, even if this person commits a crime, he cannot be deprived of his ration field, even the king himself has no right to take it back." ”

Wang Anshi was taken aback, and asked repeatedly, "The king actually limited his monarchical power?" ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "I don't know where I heard a saying before, it is called Although the thatched hut is broken, the wind can enter, the rain can enter, and the king cannot enter." ”

Wang Anshi asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" ”

Tie Xinyuan was silent for a moment again, and sighed: "It's not as Mr. understands, I'm just going to leave the last tile for the people to cover themselves, so that their last bit of hope will also be taken away by the imperial power or the rest of the people in any dishonorable way." ”

Wang Anshi was furious and pointed at Tie Xinyuan and said, "The king thinks that my Great Song Dynasty has taken the people too much? ”

Tie Xinyuan looked at Wang Anshi's fingertips and said with a smile: "My mother brought a lot of Great Song Dynasty refugees from Hengshan, and they will think that what Mr. said is so unreasonable.

If it weren't for you, how would they leave the Great Song Dynasty and would rather be in the company of fierce beasts and poisonous insects, and would rather give up the protection of the Great Song army and risk being killed by the Western Xia people than leave the Great Song Dynasty.

There is such a thing as being harsh and fierce as a tiger, and there are endless ears in the history books, how? Mr. Jiefu has been practicing the scriptures for many years, haven't you heard of it? ”