Chapter 3294 Dare to Sell Anything

Although it has been in the Central Plains for many years, the tradition of the Khitan aristocracy who likes to use their fists to decide the ownership of things has not been discarded. According to the Liao History, the Khitans even used this method to decide on the candidates for the general and the commander of the army, and this kind of competition was held in the imperial palace. However, He Lu Sogu came forward to invite a Song man to arrive, but it was not the first invitation from the Liao side. And Zhao Xing accepted the invitation to decide the competition, but it was the first case between Song and Liao.

He Lu Sagu did this, in fact, he really bullied the Song people.

The Song people also liked to fight at the horns, and the history of the Song Dynasty also recorded many times that the emperor watched sumo wrestling in the main hall. There is also a juju contest in the palace. However, the Song people have always thought that they are a state of etiquette, and believe that disputes should be measured by reason, and a compromise should be reached in accordance with common sense and the willingness of both parties. It's not that whoever has a hard fist is justified, and the thing belongs to whom!

The Liao people's tradition of using force to determine the ownership of the truth made the Song people very uncomfortable. After recording the birth of the "barbaric truth" of the Liao people, the Song envoys who had previously sent envoys to the Liao State were very reluctant to accept such behaviors from the bottom of their hearts, believing that this was a manifestation of uncivilized.

In the past, most of the Song envoys were literati, such as Su Zhe. Therefore, the Liao people wanted to find fault, but they only met the contempt of the poets, and after they returned to China, they wrote their righteous words strictly, which was applauded by the country. People don't think they are weak and lose face, and they think that the Liao people are ignorant and uncivilized.

This kind of heartfelt contempt of the Song people faintly spread into the Liao court, and while the Liao people ridiculed the Song people for being weak and did not dare to do anything, they also warned against using this method against the Song people---- they were also afraid of being ridiculed by the Song people.

However, the Liao people did not have a faint sense of pride in their hearts, coupled with the strength of the Liao State, which made them proudly think in their hearts: the Song people did not dare to compete with them; The Song people also wrote poetry, and they couldn't fight.

After more than 100 years, in the exchanges between Song and Liao, the Liao people occupied a psychological advantage in force, and the Song people felt that their culture was far superior to that of Liao. Although the two sides did not meet in the corner. But no one thinks they will lose, they just disdain.

With the revelation of the truth of the Song-Liao conflict by the river, He Lu Saogu lost face, and what he couldn't get on the battlefield, he wanted to get it from the corner. Thinking of the precedent of the Song people not daring to fight, he made a provocative voice---- he met Zhao Xing. A "demon" who reintroduced the "Tang Hand" from a foreign country and spared no effort to promote it during his tenure.

He Lu Saogu didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and Zhao Xing's strong self-confidence made him a little uncomfortable. He felt that he had better go down and arrange it again, so he stood up breathlessly, and several maids helped him to the door, and when he arrived at the door, He Lu Sogu stopped slightly, arrogantly lit a little bit of the scraps on the table, and commanded shamelessly: "Those things are very good, send some to my house." ”

"Pay!" Zhao Xing unceremoniously spit out two words from between his teeth.

He Lu Sagu glared. He has robbed the Song Kingdom for many years. I haven't heard that you have to pay for the things of the Song people. Zhao Xingdi's refusal made him very angry. He was angry. Consequence...... Not serious. Zhao Xing simply ignored his anger. He grinned and added, "These things are tribute." because of your land robbery. The container containing the tribute is damaged. We had to tear down those containers......

Look at. These are the things you wanted to grab in the first place. It's evidence. Unfortunately yes. You and I have been together for more than ten days. The soldiers shall also eat and drink. So we took some to satisfy our hunger. It's been a long time. There is not much land left for the tribute. Those that were not damaged were tribute containers. Nor can we destroy it easily. So. Want. Pay. Unalterable principle! Not much stuff. The price is high. Stand to reason! ”

Zhao Xing's remarks were teasing He Lusao's antiques. These things are all private goods carried by Zhao Xing. Prepare to go to the capital to sell land. But He Lu Sagu heard that he had just eaten a stomach of tribute. I feel very face-saving. He glared at Zhao Xing. Disapprovingly, he asked, "A little fruit." Also settle accounts...... That's it. How much money do we have---- our family? ”

Rich?!

Jiang Zhiqi heard the word. Roll your eyes.

How many people in the whole Song Dynasty dare to claim to be rich in front of Zhao Xing? You, Holu Sagu, a steppe wrangler. Dare to say that he is "rich" in front of Zhao Xing?

I understand. This Khitan savage has never seen the world, and he doesn't know what Jinshan Yinhai is. I want to be at the beginning. In the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the entire Liao country asked for 100,000 taels of silver and a little silk. This money is not enough for Su Dongpo to repair the West Lake in Hangzhou, how ambitious can you be as a Liao person?

Well, think about it again, the emperor punished Zhao Xing with a fine of 100 catties of copper, and Zhao Xing threw over a boatload of copper ingots, and the angry imperial history of the capital pumped cold air. is so arrogant that it is called rich. He Lu Sweep is a fool, do you know how much the annual tax payment of Guangzhou Bosi is, it won't scare you to death if you say it! Zhao Xing casually threw a horse out, the Liao State emptied the treasury and could not necessarily buy it, how could you Lu Sagu be richer than the entire Liao State?

"I'll give you a conscience price", Zhao Xing smacked his lips and said regretfully: "Anyway, there is still a little leftover from those tributes, so I will sell them to you cheaply." The packing price is --- a pound of horses! No matter what it is, the average price is a pound! ”

This price made the Liao officials present frown, but He Lu Sagu waved his hand and replied, "Then buy it for 200 horses...... I'll send someone over and pick it up. ”

Zhao Xing stared at him: "I will also send someone over to pick horses." I only need good horses, and of course you can't pick out any horses as tall as a donkey. So, it's okay to be unsatisfactory."

He Lu stomped his feet and turned around, Zhao Xing raised his head and laughed, beckoning the officials of the Song State to leave the peace negotiation hall.

As soon as he got out of the gate, several Liao soldiers rushed in at the door, Shuai Fan jumped up with his knife, but those Liao soldiers knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "My lord, please save my family Lord Han, he can't support it anymore." ”

Zhao Xing was silent, and Shuai Fan asked rhetorically: Why should we save our enemies? ”

Jiang Zhiqi coughed lightly: "Sage Cloud: Serve people with virtue!" ”

Those pro-soldiers kowtowed and said: "My lord, my Lord Han originally did not plan to conflict with you, after the incident, the two Lord Han went to He Lu Sagu Manor together, but behind this incident was a nephew of He Lu Sagu, who was angry because of the loss of more than 700 people, and vowed to stop the Song boat. Lord Han stopped, and the two sides argued, and they wounded two Lord Han with their captured muskets.

Lord He Lu was powerful in the Liao State. The two Han adults had to reluctantly leave, but soon, Lord Han Junyi was seriously injured and died, and your army was violent, and Han Zi asked the adults to fight for the sick......"

Zhao Xing then asked rhetorically: "The Khitan stupid man He Lu Sweep Gu is so powerful that Lord Han, who was born in a century-old eunuch family, is injured and does not dare to blame. So it's going to take this injury on our heads, right? …… Hehe, Helu is not easy to mess with, am I just a good temper? ”

Zhao Xing's condemnation made Han Zirang's personal soldiers speechless, and he kowtowed frequently, looking sad.

Han Zi asked the soldiers to kowtow, and he couldn't see the eye exchange between Shuai Fan and Zhao Xing, and Shuai Fan handed over a look, which meant: "It's not good." The good guy Lord Han is an important minister of the Liao State, and there are only a few people with high status among the Han people in the Southern Courtyard, so he simply refuses. Will it make the Korean army resentful together, why don't you think of another excuse? ”

Zhao Xing handed over a look, his eyes were disdainful: "What a heavy minister, Han Chongchen is not as good as a dog of the Liao people, a nephew of He Lu Saogu dared to shoot at him, and afterwards Han Zirang actually swallowed his anger---- such a dog is not familiar with it, whoever gives him steamed buns will wag his tail at whom, it is best to die." ”

Shuai Fan gave him a look again: "Anyway, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses......

Zhao Xing handed over with another look: "Didn't you hear that the Liao people have emptied his soldiers and horses?" Besides, this guy has soldiers and horses on hand. It's the reason why we can't save him, don't you notice that this guy is getting more and more disciplined, and if he is given some time to learn, he will be able to figure out how to deal with the musketeers, so that the landman can't let him live. ”

Shuai Fan handed over another look: "Anyway, this time we did not pass Your Majesty, and the private automatic soldiers fought against the Liao State, although we won." It also happened that the first emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, and the people in the court were busy handing over, or not investigating the reason why we brought troops into Beijing without permission, but now it is the best choice to calm things down as soon as possible, and it is more useful to let Han Zi live than to let him die. ”

Zhao Xing sighed: "Han Zi let me live, which is beneficial to me personally." But for the country......"

"There was a big mess. Let go of national and local affairs, and take care of yourself first. ”

Zhao Xing's eyes rolled. Nod slightly.

This nodding action was seen by Han Zirang's personal soldiers, he was overjoyed, and quickly got up and walked out, Shuai Fan stopped him sideways, jokingly teasing: "Foot, the whole Song Dynasty knows that my Lord Zhao has no benefit and does not work, in the past, my Song official family let Lord Zhao work, and he still begged softly, your Lord Han wants to heal ---- injury, and he can't help but pay a little price?" ”

The soldier's eyes widened blankly, and Shuai Fan continued to offer: "Take three hundred horses to ......, and also, your soldiers are very appreciative to my family, send three hundred house slaves over, three hundred people, three hundred horses, to save your family's life, this price is fair?" ”

The soldier nodded vigorously: "No problem, two adults, these three hundred horses, three hundred people, our family can afford to come out, I will send someone over." ”

Shuai Fan waved his hand: "Why don't you give it away, I have to pick it, just start with you, you are clever and loyal, I like ......"

Shuai Fan followed the soldier out of the gate, and Zhao Xing returned to the barracks with people. Before entering the camp, Jiang Zhiqi interjected with a displeased face: "Lord Zhao, in the name of Guangnan East Road, discuss the affairs of the spine field with the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, where is the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Xing laughed: "What the imperial court needs now is to pry open the heavy curtain of the Liao State and see what is behind the curtain." And let the Liao State sign an equal agreement with us, this Liao State can't do it---- they have a hundred years of victorious history, and they have the pride of a great country, even Emperor Daozong himself comes, and he will not bear his infamy and sign a humiliating agreement with us.

In Liao's view, the equality agreement is a humiliation agreement. After the Liao people entered the Central Plains, they attached great importance to red tape and trivial etiquette, and the Liao State has always regarded my Great Song Dynasty as weak, and it is a very shameful thing to sign an equal agreement with the Great Song Dynasty, if the Liao Emperor does this, he will feel sorry for his ancestors, sorry for the ministers, sorry for his own tribe...... In order to save this face, he is willing to pay any price.

That's right, we have a small victory in this battle, but this battle also swept the face of the Liao people, and the Liao people are a nation with a very fast mobilization of the whole people, once the Liao State Center gives an order, we will fall into a sea of soldiers, so that the war will expand infinitely---- is my Great Song Dynasty ready to fight a war of the country? I only see that the courtiers want to make peace, hum. If it weren't for Lord Jiang crossing the river by Shun Baozhai, perhaps, I wouldn't know when the court talks are over.

Today's encounter is a war in which the two sides are afraid of the wolf, and I am fighting with the Liao people with thousands of elite soldiers, and both sides are testing the strength of the other. Now that my Great Song has maintained face, I have let the Liao people know that the Great Song Dynasty has the strength to contend with the Liao State, and then we should look for an agreement that is beneficial to both parties---- let me sign a local agreement between Guangnan East Road and Nanjing Road of the Liao State, the Liao people will not lose face, but my Great Song Dynasty has obtained actual benefits, it is worth it.

Lord Jiang, you calm down and savor it: our Great Song Dynasty used Guangnan all the way to fight against the Nanjing Dao of the Liao State, and the people of the Liao State knew that they had suffered a big loss, however. The domestic situation in Liao is unstable, and troops are used everywhere in the north, so he can't take care of the weak Great Song Dynasty---- as long as he is given a chance to get by. He will continue to maintain that hypocritical face, maintain a psychological advantage over my Da Song in general, but privately admit that my Da Song has the strength to fight him. After cleaning up the strong enemy in the north, turn around and clean up the Great Song Dynasty......

Lord Chiang, the war is a comprehensive event, and it is necessary to consider not only financial resources, but also the production of soldiers and ordnance---- I know that ministers like to restrict the development of the Liao State by restricting the export of materials, so they are extremely strict in controlling the affairs of the opening of the spine field. But it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and we have come to a commercial civilization, have you ever thought about changing a way of thinking that conforms to commercial civilization? To deal with the Liao State? ”

Jiang Zhiqi was taken aback at first and asked, "Are you saying that the Liao people will delay our troops, and we also need to give them a step down." ”

"Yes, I signed a local agreement with Nanjing Road on Guangnan East Road, which is the most acceptable bottom line for the Liao people, and they will make big concessions to us in this local agreement in order to get a chance to breathe, and next, we will ask the Liao people to give up their support for Western Xia. And the most difficult condition for the Liao people to accept is to ask us to open the vertebral field, open the firearms to change the army, and fight against the female straight people in the north, as long as we agree to this condition, I believe that the Liao people will make concessions that you can hardly imagine. ”

Jiang Zhiqi jumped up, his expression was excited, and his face was red. His lips trembled and he stared at Zhao Xing. It took a lot of effort to stop the urge to abuse: "Zhao Liren, what do you want to do." With such a militaristic weapon, you also want to sell it privately to the Liao, do you want to fund the enemy? ”

Zhao Xing frowned slightly: "We don't sell it, don't Lu Huiqing sell it?" ”

Zhao Xing's words choked Jiang Zhiqi, and he asked in disbelief: "Do you have any evidence?" ”

Zhao Xing did not answer, and continued to narrate according to his own meaning: "Now, the female straight people in the north have risen, according to the previous practice, the newly rising Hu people are the most ferocious land, and the Liao people have been domesticated and captive for a long time, they rely on my Great Song Dynasty's years to give their brains full of fat, and they can live a good life, and now the Liao people are the northern fence of my Great Song Dynasty, when my Great Song Dynasty is not ready to welcome the two evil wolves at the same time, it is best to let these two wolves bite each other for a long time, and when they are all covered in bruises and dying, We can clean up two wolves in one fell swoop---- didn't the ancients say: Bian Zhuang stabbed the tiger, and the fisherman profited.

Master Jiang, don't you have to be in a hurry? In what you have learned, you think: There is a fixed number of goods in the world, and if there is more here, there will be less there. But when you open your eyes and look at the Great Song Dynasty, the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty has now grown to an unimaginable amount that the ancients could not imagine, but who has less money? Hu people who came to do business? The Song people who were maritime merchants? I'm a Song people? The people of the vassal kingdom?

No, they're all rich! This shows that something has gone wrong with the past and needs to be reconsidered.

At present, my Great Song Dynasty is conducting a strategy in the South China Sea, and after the South China Sea is pacified, a huge amount of money from overseas will pour into my Great Song Dynasty, and the famine in our four realms will subside, and the traitors will be eliminated, and it will only become more and more prosperous, but the national strength of the Liao State will be consumed to the war with the Jurchens, the Liao State is declining, and our national strength is rising, even if we don't do anything, time will drag down the two evil wolves......" Zhao Xing paused, and then added: "The Song and Liao have been shielded for too long, and we don't know the news of the Liao people at all, The customs of the Liao people are completely different from those of the Song people, and the Song people want to come in to spy on intelligence, which is as eye-catching as a camel breaking into a herd of horses. ”

Without waiting for Jiang Zhiqi to come to his senses, Zhao Xing had already gotten up and walked out, and he explained as he walked: "Lord Jiang, you report the matter here to the official family as soon as possible, and say that I have decided to build a bazaar at the mouth of the Yellow River, and this Hedu grass market is managed by my Song people, and no army is stationed, only for trade and commerce between the two sides." I intend to start negotiations with the Liao State on this condition, and ask the government to send some officials from the Ministry of Offices as the administrators of the city, or the bookkeepers......

Of course, we still need to talk about what we can talk about with the Liao people. You also need to tell the officials: The blockade has become old, and the things that our Great Song Dynasty is now producing are in surplus and prices are falling, so we should open up new markets for the people under our rule. Attacking the Liao State with our cheap and high-quality goods, so that the merchants of the Liao State could not earn money, the craftsmen could not find work to do, and they could not feed their families---- so they would make trouble with the Liao State government...... That's the right thing to do! ”

Jiang Zhiqi looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and replied, "What did you say...... Liao merchants, Liao craftsmen can't make money, but this is also the case. But the craftsmen are as lowly as slaves, can they be expected to make trouble? Agriculture is the foundation of the country, if there is no food, there is chaos, and what is it without craftsmen? When the stomach is full, who is willing to make trouble? …… Demon, this truth is too demonic! ”