- Originally, the Liao envoy came to the Great Song Dynasty to celebrate the New Year, and he would return without going out of Shangyuan, but the reason why he stayed until February this time was naturally hidden.

They're here to rip off the money......

It is true that the Great Song Dynasty was the largest country and the richest country in the world, but it is a pity that it is big but not strong, rich but not strong, and cannot be respected by those barbaric neighbors who are supreme in strength.

The Liao State is the opposite example, and they still carry the remnants of the tribal system to this day; In terms of wealth, it is less than one-tenth of the Great Song Dynasty...... The annual coin of 500,000 taels can satisfy the Liao court, and this amount of money is enough for the Great Song Emperor to reward his ministers once.

Comparing all aspects of the two countries, you will find that the Liao State is a little stronger than the Great Song Dynasty, that is, military. But this alone makes the surrounding countries fearful...... This neighboring country also includes the Great Song Dynasty...... Western Xia, Goryeo, and Tubo all bowed down to the iron horses of the Liao State, at least on the surface.

This allowed the Liao State to hold a good card in his hand, and he could play one or several cards at will, which made the Song Dynasty uncomfortable for a long time. Moreover, history has long proven that nomads are not stupid at all, on the contrary, they are more sensitive, cunning, and ruthless than the Han Chinese. Besides, the Liao State has been established for a hundred years, absorbing the Han culture all the year round, what 36 strategies, Sun Tzu's Art of War, and playing no worse than the Han people.

They know very well that they have the strongest military strength in the world, and they can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, who let the other three families fight each other endlessly?

The Song and Western Xia were mortal enemies, and the Western Xia and Tubo were also mortal enemies. Originally, Song and Tubo attacked from both sides, so that Western Xia did not dare to move. The three families are safe, and the Liao State naturally has nowhere to start. But Xixia has a superb unhidden pet, this buddy is a relative, but he regards Xixia as his own world, first fought a battle with the Song Dynasty in Quye River, and won a big victory by sneak attack, and then turned around to fight Tubo......

The abacus that did not hide the favor was played: Li Yuanhao suffered a big defeat in Hehuang. If I don't have the Tibetan Xiangguo to win, it means that I am stronger than Li Yuanhao! With the prestige of this scene, Li Yuanhao's mark in Western Xia can be erased. forced Li Liangzuo's kid to abdicate to himself.

It's good to think about it, but he forgot one thing, even Yuan Hao can't handle it. How could he be afraid of him, a villain who steals a high position by nepotism and conspiracy? As a result, after a big war, he was killed by the Tubo people, lost thousands of miles, and the nobles in the country refused to send troops because of the jokes, so he had to ask the Liao State for help.

The Liao people, who have never been able to take advantage of the opportunity, simply love to death and don't hide the-stirring stick of pets. Originally, after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty, there were also annual gifts, and they also opened a field on the border, and the Western Xia used war horses and green salt. In exchange for all kinds of materials of the Song Dynasty, you buy and I sell, and there is nothing to do with Liao.

But when the two countries fought, the Song Dynasty's favor was cut off, and the field was closed. Xixia couldn't make anything by himself. I was dumbfounded when I didn't hide it. He wants money to fight the war and wants to get people's vital materials, so there is only one way to go - buy them from Liao. The essential difference between the Liao State and the Western Xia State is that they have the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Han'er of Yanyun can produce all the necessities of the Liao State. Let alone. The Liao State and the Song Dynasty also had a field, so it was a big deal to be a second-class dealer.

The people of Liao will not feel that there is anything wrong with 'taking advantage of people's danger to extort bamboo poles', but they will take advantage of it and knock it hard! Who made you have no money in Xixia, so you can only exchange things for it? And it's a pity, what kind of cattle, horses, green salt and the like, our Liao country has it, it's not rare at all, do you like to sell it or not.

If you don't accept it, you have to fall into a situation of lack of materials and domestic chaos, so you can only accept the blackmail of Liao. The Liao State then sold the green salt of cattle and horses bought at the price of cabbage to the Song Dynasty and made a lot of money.

This has led to the fact that there is no hiding and fighting everywhere, but in fact, it is all for the Liao State to generate income. …,

What a wonderful day it was.

But it can be better, after the Liao State knocked out a large sum of money for not hiding the favor, he became the peacemaker between Western Xia and Tubo, and through marriage, he pulled Tubo to his side.

It's human nature. The Tibetans were too few, and their national strength was weaker than that of Western Xia, and a victory could not change it, and they needed the protection of a strong country to ensure their safety. They had been counting on the Great Song Dynasty before, but the Great Song Dynasty lost too badly in Quye River and completely lost the image of a strong man, so it was completely understandable that Tubo would turn to the arms of the Liao State.

The Song Dynasty can only blame itself for being too unproductive......

For Liao, this hand does not seem to be cost-effective, but the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to care about the Southern Dynasty!

Southern Dynasty, Great Song Dynasty. They believed that the Great Song Dynasty had been isolated, so they wanted to recover the ten counties south of Waqiao Pass, which had been 'forcibly occupied' by the Great Song Dynasty.

These ten counties are part of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the grandson of Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao State, and was later snatched back by Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong to the sixteen counties of Sanguan. Later, the Song Dynasty lost another six, until the Lanyuan Alliance, when the two sides demarcated the border, the Liao State recognized those ten counties, which were the territory of the Song Dynasty.

But only later did I know that the Liao State was actually the commander who died in battle, and the internal instability was unstable, so he was in a hurry to stop the war. At that time, the Liao people were very happy to demarcate the border, but later they eased up, and every time they looked at the map of Yanyun, they felt unhappy when they missed such a corner. So from decades ago, they wanted to get these ten counties back, and they wanted to toss as soon as they seized the opportunity.

At the beginning, the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia fought in the northwest, and the Liao Xingzong Yelu Sect really wanted to slander the Great Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty had a good fighting method, so he did not succeed. After more than ten years of dissipation, the Liao State found that the most elite Western army of the Song Dynasty could not defeat the idiot who did not hide the favor, so he had another idea. When they pulled Tubo over and formed a good situation of many-to-one, they took the opportunity to give the emperor of the Song Dynasty a New Year's greeting and put forward territorial claims again.

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The territorial concept of the people of the Song Dynasty is actually not too strong, or they will not ignore Dali and turn a blind eye to the encroachment of Western Xia. But only Yanyun, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, that is the eternal pain of the Han family! Recovering Yanyun is the eternal national policy of the Song Dynasty!

Therefore, even the emperor and prime minister, who are bastards, will never dare to give up those ten counties. With those ten counties here, we can still deceive ourselves and say that Yanyun is still in our hands...... Although only in a small part. But without those ten counties, Yan Yunke would completely belong to the Liao Kingdom!

No one dares to be this sinner of the ages!

As an old rival for many years, the people of Liao actually didn't have much hope for those ten counties. They are deliberately slandering the Great Song! If you don't give it to those ten counties, it's okay, let's break the money and eliminate the disaster! Please increase the annual coin from the current 500,000 taels to 5 million...... Obviously, the people of Liao also realized that there were too many turtles and fewer rich people's families.

It was impossible for the people of the Song Dynasty to give this money, and when the annual currency rose from 300,000 to 500,000, they were already scolded for being scolded. If you are frightened by others, it will rise to 5 million, and you will have to become the laughing stock of history.

Therefore, the meeting between the two sides was very unpleasant, and when the Liao envoy left, he let go of cruel words, saying that he would let the Song people go to the Liao State to beg them. As a result, before they got out of Bianjing, that serious incident happened again, and the Liao envoy made a lot of nonsense, shouting that if they did not agree to their conditions, the two sides could only meet each other!

I don't know if it was because of the weakness of the civilian government, the officials and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty didn't even dare to say a hard word. This can't help but make officials secretly speculate that the Great Song ...... Could it be that you have to spend money to endure humiliation to buy peace again?

"I'm afraid that's the ......" Chen Xiliang sighed and said: "The officials and ministers are no longer the blood of the past. In their hearts, the most important thing is that the world is peaceful and nothing to disturb. ”

"Liaoguo is just talking." Chen Ke snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe that they can start a war in order to avenge a small character." ”…,

"The officials and ministers don't believe it either, but no one has the confidence to dare to go back." Chen Xiliang smiled bitterly: "Besides, if you have a bad relationship with the Liao State at this time, it will be too unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty." Saying that, he looked at Chen Ke and said: "So, I can understand the difficulties of the ministers......"

"......" Chen Ke was silent for a long time, and said to his helpless father: "Tomorrow, I will go to the political hall to meet Fu Xianggong, and when the time comes, see if there is a way." ”

Well. Chen Xiliang nodded, at this time, you can't give up any hope......

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The next day was not the day of the regular dynasty, but Chen Ke was still neatly dressed, took a carriage to the palace gate, took out the handnote that was opened in the official department yesterday, and was taken outside the political hall by the soldiers.

The officials of Zhongshu Province all knew him, and they invited him to enter the door with a busy smile, and after sitting down in the front hall, Chen Ke made his intentions clear.

"Brother Zhong Fang waits, Xiang is just discussing with the cardinal." The officials smiled and said, "Let's have tea for a while, and when the ministers disperse, I'll go and report to you." ”

As he was talking, Wang Jue came out of it, and when he saw Chen Ke, he smiled in surprise: "It's really Zhong Fang back!" ”

"The lower officials meet the rulers." Chen Ke bowed deeply.

"You're welcome, quick, come to my house for tea." Wang Jue smiled and invited him into his duty room. Thanks to Chen Ke's blessing, he is now a minister and a governor.

"When will you return to Beijing?" Wang Qi sat down beside him affectionately and poured tea for him.

"I came back yesterday."

"Hey, if only you had come back with me." Seeing his quiet return, Wang Qi was a little embarrassed and said: "The court and the people have given us enough honors, and the team that greeted us at that time had to be several miles long. Speaking of which, I'm still touching your light."

"My lord laughed, Dali's affairs, thanks to your wise leadership, Xia Guan is just a pioneer." Chen Ke smiled brightly, hugged his fists and said, "I haven't congratulated the Lord Xuanma yet......

"The so-called worship is just a superficial scenery." Wang Jue shook his head and smiled, half-truths and half-truths: "Except that tired is tired, it's really not as easy as being my Hanlin bachelor." ”——

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Merry Christmas, dear ones...... (To be continued)