At dusk, the dinner began, just as he had received the envoys from Quanzhou, and at this moment, the envoy Amu Pineapple and his close attendant Cayenne were worried about whether the Song State would send troops to help Zhancheng drive away the invaders of Annam and Chenla, regain lost territory, and consolidate the situation in the Indochina Peninsula in Zhancheng.

The banquet is very grand, all reflect the momentum of the Central Plains power, the banquet is full of wine, but if it is like fighting for a long time today, it is indeed inconvenient to rashly send troops to occupy the city, but this afternoon I listened to the words of his son Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Kuangyin's mind is also active, for the emperor, the expansion of territory is the premise of completing the emperor's great cause, such as today's troubled times, the people think of returning. He, Zhao Kuangyin, wants to be an overlord like Qin Shi Huang who sweeps away the six countries and unifies the great cause of the world. Thinking about this, Zhao Kuangyin finally looked majestic.

In the Jiying Palace, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty and the envoys of the city of Zhancheng talked very happily, and the two countries looked forward to reaching a friendly agreement on state affairs in the future.

After getting drunk, the banquet finally ended. Amu Pineapple also bid farewell to the emperor of the Song Dynasty and went back to the Honglu Temple Post House, at this time Zhao Dezhao ran over regardless of the image and asked: "Your envoy, Xiao Wang has a question to ask your envoy, I don't know if your envoy is free?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Liang, the ministers have lost their welcome, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Liang wants to ask his ministers?"

"Xiao Wang once saw a kind of rice in the book, it has a high yield, early maturity, drought tolerance, it is said that you all grow this kind of rice in your country, and the harvest is quite large, I don't know if this is the case?"

"Your Highness originally inquired about the rice in Champa, this ...... This, indeed, the ministers happened to bring some of this tribute. Amu Pineapple heard that His Royal Highness King Liang of the Great Song Dynasty also praised the rice in Zhancheng, and the originally drunk red face suddenly became even more proud and bright because of pride.

"Your envoy has worked tirelessly to come to my Great Song Dynasty, and Zi said: Have friends come from afar, are you happy? I am willing to do the friendship of the landlord, I hope that the noble envoy will have a good walk in Tokyo, and the little king will entertain the noble envoy another day! ”

The subordinates were overwhelmed by the wine, which made His Royal Highness King Liang smile. King Liang is fine, and his subordinates will ...... first Quit. Amu Pineapple said as she spoke, wanting to vomit some wine.

After seeing Amu Pineapple leave, Zhao Kuangyin asked Wang Pu, Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Miao Xun, Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Dezhao and others to stay, and held a short meeting in the side hall near the Jiying Palace, mainly to discuss whether to send troops this time, how to send troops if they want to send troops, and how many soldiers and horses to send to help Zhanchengguo.

"Zhuqing, what do you think should be done in this matter?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

Wang Pu, as the head of the hundred officials, first said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this Zhancheng country is still far away from us, although the two countries have formed friendly relations, but this sending troops, no matter how much, reflects the tolerant heart of our Great Song Kingdom, and Zhancheng has a deep grudge with Zhenla and Ding Dynasty, which cannot be solved by my Great Song Dynasty alone." Moreover, my Great Song Dynasty is separated from Zhancheng by several countries, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it, no matter how much it is, it will be useless. ”

Fan said: "What Wang Xianggong said is very true, now the biggest enemy of my Great Song Dynasty is the Khitan people, and looking around my Great Song Dynasty, there are strong Liao, weak Han, Shu in the west, Tang and Wu Yue in the south. At this moment, my Great Song Dynasty should focus on leveling the world and unifying the countries, and the city is too far away, and the national strength is weak for the country that occupies the city, so today I am called the Great Song Dynasty and rely on my Great Song Dynasty. Your Majesty, I, the Great Song Dynasty, should not meddle in the political affairs of other countries! ”

Wang Pu and Wei Renpu said: "The two ministers have a reason to say it, and the minister seconded it. ”

Zhao Kuangyin is also in a dilemma, after all, these four governors are the most important in the court, and their words can affect a large number of people, but Zhao Kuangyin hopes to hear different suggestions from other ministers.

At this time, Zhao Pu saw the emperor's embarrassment, and also knew that the emperor wanted to help Zhancheng even more, but it was not just a simple help, but a long-term goal.

Miao Xun, on the other hand, shook his fan, with a quiet appearance, he was good at astronomical astronomy, military writing, and strategy, and he believed that strategically speaking, the Champa state was located at the narrow junction of sea and land in the south, where it was a passage for maritime goods; From a national point of view, the three kingdoms of Champong, Chenla and Ding were separated, containing each other, hostile to each other, and evenly matched, so interfering with any of the forces would set off a monstrous wave of the situation on the peninsula.

Although the Great Song Dynasty has not yet unified other countries, but from the current point of view, the Great Song Dynasty can completely rely on its own advantages to control the situation behind the scenes, and the so-called lending and dispatching troops to occupy the city is just a pretense.

Zhao Guangyi's mind was disturbed, and from the face of his imperial brother Zhao Kuangyin, he saw that he did not agree with the opinions of the rulers, and hoped to say different things from the mouths of others, but he thought that the Great Song Dynasty should take the task of dominating the world as the important task at present, and as for the occupation of the city, the state affairs could be left aside.

Zhao Dezhao saw that Fang Caizai and several people did not agree to send troops to occupy the city, and he panicked a little, if everyone else did not agree to send troops, would he secretly send Changchun Tang and Feique to the peninsula to investigate the situation and find out the details. Nowadays, the people of Changchun Hall are all in various countries, and the personnel are scattered, and they are engaged in collecting intelligence from various countries, which can be said to be beyond their strength; As a department of assassination, Feique is weaker than Changchun Hall, and he still can't take action, he hopes that he will only occupy a port in Zhancheng, and other periods should also take his time.

Could it be that Zhao Dezhao is going to fight against the Confucians in the side hall today, and his heart is a little unsettled.

At this time, Miao Xun spoke, and he said, "Your Majesty, the minister has other opinions. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up suddenly, and at the critical time, his own people were reliable, and he wondered: "Oh? What is there to say in a broad sense? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter can be done, although the Champa country is very far away, but according to the minister's heard, the three kingdoms of Champang, Zhenla and the Ding Dynasty are in a state of hostility, and they have attacked each other for many years, and the Champa is sandwiched between the two countries, and it has indeed suffered a lot of grievances, and since the unification of Zhenla, it has continued to invade the city. It is said that the Champa area produces exotic objects such as ivory, rhino horn, and ebony, and that iron and aloe vera are exported annually for profit. These are really beneficial to my Great Song. Although the surrounding countries of our Great Song Dynasty are eyeing our Great Song Dynasty, the minister thinks that it will not be difficult to transfer troops to occupy the city this time, but it will be rewarded! Miao Xun said that he deliberately paused here and looked at the emperor Zaizhi and King Liang above the court. And Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liang, looked at himself with a satisfied smile.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was aroused by his appetite, and he said: "In a broad sense, what will I gain from the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Your Majesty, I believe that His Royal Highness King Liang can explain the issue of profit to everyone."

"Oh? What does King Liang think? ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Dezhao with a daze, and Zai Zhi and several other ministers also looked at Zhao Dezhao, and Zhao Dezhao said: "Well, the son has the courage to speak to his father." What Fang Cai Xianggong and Miao Qing said has their own truths, and just now Miao Qing specifically pointed out that the Champa area produces ivory, rhino horn, ebony and other rare and exotic substances, and exports iron and aloe vera every year to make profits.

In Erchen's humble opinion, for example, the export of iron tools can make up for the import of iron tools from the Great Song Dynasty, and the sons have also heard that this Zhancheng rice is due to its high yield, early maturity, and drought tolerance, as for these three, one of them is 'drought tolerance'; the second is strong adaptability, 'born without choosing the place'; and the third is that the growth period is short, and it only takes more than 50 days from planting to harvesting. And this is not a joke! When the envoys of the city occupied the city left, the ministers ignored their image and deliberately stepped forward to ask, only to know that this rice was higher yielding, early maturing, and drought tolerant than other rice. If this rice is introduced to the border of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be kept every year. And this time, there happened to be these rice grains in the tribute of the envoys of the Champa city, and the ministers thought that on the day of sowing, they would let the Si Nongjian personally open up a place to try to plant this kind of rice. ”

"His Royal Highness King Liang, is this really the case with the rice in the city?" Wang Pu and the others asked.

"This ...... I asked the envoy of Champa that he did say so, and that such rice was also cultivated in places such as the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was reported that there were also traces of it in Quanzhou. Oh! I almost forgot, according to the Quanzhou Wude Si secret agent report, in Liuqiu has found mineral deposits, such as gold, copper ore, carbon, etc., and two of the ten sea ships have returned with full loads, I believe that in ten days, they will definitely arrive in Kaifeng. After speaking, Zhao Dezhao took out the secret letter and presented it to the ministers one by one.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty! God bless me Da Song! Wang Pu and the others congratulated.

"Zhao'er, it looks like you haven't finished your words yet."

"Father, the ministers, the matter of Liuqiu has not yet been completed, this time Zhao'er has the courage to ask his father to send the people, soldiers, craftsmen, exiles, etc., who fled the famine, to move to Liuqiu, and work together to develop Liuqiu, so that Liuqiu will become the territory of my Great Song Dynasty."

"This, Fang is still talking about whether to send troops to occupy the city, what does King Liang mean?" Fan asked.

Zhao Dezhao took advantage of everyone's doubts, and then took out a map from his cuffs, and then showed it in front of everyone, "Father, ministers, this is the world map that the child has obtained based on the records of ancient books and specially sent people to investigate, please take a look." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Dezhao instructed the chamberlain to take the map, and then unfolded the map one by one and showed it to everyone.

"This is the Great Song Dynasty, this is the Tang Kingdom, and this is the Wu Yue Kingdom...... Shu Kingdom, Han Kingdom, Liao Kingdom, Da Shi, Tianzhu are all there, as well as this Liuqiu, Zhancheng are all on this map, please compare them one by one. This picture is a big deal! ”

"This, incredible, completely unimaginable, I didn't expect that a corner of my Great Song Dynasty could not compare to the territory of Liao, if my Great Song Dynasty unified China in the future, I would definitely recover the land of Yanyun, and then ......" Zhao Kuangyin was dumbfounded, and then said his thoughts.

"This ...... I don't know how much it will cost! ”

"I wish my Great Song Dynasty to rule the world!"

After that, Zhao Dezhao came to the map, pointed, and spoke with facts, "Erchen thinks that this matter of sending troops still has to be considered clearly, as for the issue of interests, it is the so-called long-term interests, although from the current point of view, my Great Song Dynasty's transfer of troops to occupy the city will only be a small number of soldiers and horses, and it will have no impact on the situation of the city country, presumably Zhenla and the Ding Dynasty will not take such a small number of troops to my Great Song Dynasty to heart." However, the king of Champa may be grateful to my Great Song for sending troops. The so-called: There are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. If the father wants to mobilize troops to Champa this time, he must discuss the stakes with the king of Champang. When Erchen heard that the merchant ships of the vassal kingdom came to my Quanzhou City, they had to pass through the Champa State, and Champa was used as a transit point for goods, and they made a lot of profits from the feudal merchants every year. If our Great Song Dynasty sends troops to occupy the city this time, we can take the opportunity to propose to the Cham State to lease a seaport in our Great Song Dynasty as a transit center and distribution point for goods. But this is only the speculation of the retainers, and there is nothing to be done if the king of Champa does not agree to this. In fact, what Erchen wants to say is that this time to send troops, not necessarily all forbidden troops, on the contrary, my Great Song Dynasty can send Wude Si secret agents to inquire about the secrets of these three countries, and it will be useful in the future, just like this map, it does not cost overnight. At this time, my Great Song Dynasty has already occupied the land of Liuqiu, which is this spindle-like place, and then went south in turn, and in the future, I will take the Great Song Dynasty naval army to the south, and then I can supply in Liuqiu, and then go out to the sea from Keelung, to Quanzhou, and then go south to attack Guangzhou from the sea...... As for the road, following the example of the Qin Dynasty to attack the land of Lingnan will definitely be useful in the future. At the bottom of the map, Champa guards the sea route from the Great Song Dynasty to the Tianzhu Polo Dynasty, the death of Sri Buddha and the black-clothed Great Food, and is also a transit point for feudal merchants to come to China, and Champa also benefits a lot from it. As for the rest, it will be left to my father and the ministers, and I believe you have the answer in your hearts. ”

His students are good, he considers the overall situation at a young age, his style and efficiency are very stable and proper, and he thinks about long-term interests, Wang Pu thought at this moment.

And Fan Zhen and others also agreed with what King Liang said, and King Liang's words have completely subverted the world and three views they know. There are no eternal friends between countries, and national interests are paramount.

And Zhao Guangyi is also convinced, this nephew is really not simple, he is more stable and mature than himself at a young age, and his plans are also very well considered, but he is ...... Why, why is that person not himself, a viciousness flashed in his eyes.

Today, King Liang's words and the shock brought by the map have affected everyone's decision-making, and tomorrow he can reply to the envoys of the Zhancheng State, and as for the number of troops to send, presumably Zhao Kuangyin also has the answer in his heart.