According to the procedure, he had to return to the Liao army camp with the letter of state of the Great Song Dynasty and Cao Yong to continue the negotiations.

This time, before Cao Yong left, the emperor told him a thousand standards: "The Khitans either ask for land cession or money." The Kannan region has been owned by China for a long time, and not an inch of land has been given. But you have to know the historical traditions and conventions of the Dao, such as the Han Dynasty, which gave money and jade silk to the Xiongnu Shan Yu. You have to grasp the proportions well. I have set a cap of 1,000,000 taels of silver per year for you."

Cao Yu listened obediently, but raised his head with an angry face: "Your Majesty, rest assured!" If the Khitan people are delusional, they would rather die than agree"

As soon as he left the palace, he was arrested by Kou Zhun "The emperor said that the upper limit is 1 million taels." But as long as it exceeds 300,000 taels, I'll cut off your head when I come back" and then brushed his sleeves away, no longer verbose.

Cao Yong felt not scared, but sad. Because of such a strong threat, it reveals an extremely real regret: Kou Zhun is also emphasizing the price of peace talks. In other words, he is no longer in the main battle!

He didn't know what to say, before this, there had been a secret exchange between Kou Zhun and the emperor. Almost in about half a day, he completely gave up on that super grand blueprint goal, and he didn't talk about any wars, and he no longer fantasized about Yanyun and the Great Wall. The only effort made was to warn Cao Yu to save some money for the country, and not to burden future generations too much!

Because of his own rumors, there are rumors that Kou Zhun wants to fight wholeheartedly, and he wants to take the opportunity to monopolize power, control the dynasty, and use this to hold the emperor hostage...

It was in this context that Cao Yu stiffened his neck to call out to the Liao State. But he only knows himself and does not know the other. He only knew that the price of Lu Dao couldn't be killed, and Boss Kou would cut off his head. But he didn't know the true purpose of the battle of the Liao State. Why did you recklessly intersperse in depth again and again this time? He was so determined, but why did Wang Jizhong express his sincerity in the peace talks through private channels from the very beginning? If you don't figure out these things, why are you negotiating with people?

On the 4th, Cao Yi re-entered the Liao camp and faced the entire Khitan wolf pack alone! Han Qi also introduced him to a new friend, Gao Zhengshi, who served as the "companion" of the Liao State at this time

The second phase of negotiations begins! As soon as the Liao side opened its mouth, it was still the land of Guannan. But the iron rooster Cao used to quickly enter the state, "Shi Jin cuts, Chai Zhoufu." Today's Song Tianzi is surnamed Zhao! These three family affairs also! The founding of the Great Song Dynasty is related to the southern land, and the previous dynasty does not know anything about this dynasty! To tell you honestly, I don't dare to mention the matter of land to our emperor at all. Even if the New Year's coin is given or not, it is between the two."

A refusal, categorical. At the very beginning, the illusions of the Khitans were broken. At that time, many people thought he was crazy, especially these Khitans in front of him. In that case, what are you doing as an ambassador for peace talks? Let's go straight to war! There is no sincerity at all, so I am looking for an opportunity to get angry with our queen mother and emperor at close range, right?

In a fit of rage. Everyone thinks that this envoy of the Song Dynasty is very perverted, so we won't talk to him anymore, let's go directly to the emperor of the Song Dynasty to talk! So Zhao Heng met another envoy of the Liao State, Yao Cambodia, in the city of Lanzhou, and once again reaffirmed the legal ownership of the Liao State over the Guannan Land.

Zhao Heng only replied with one sentence: Cao used the plenipotentiary to represent the Great Song Dynasty, and he had something to say!

On December 4, 1004, the third and final stage of negotiations began! The first sentence of the Liao State companion Gao Zhengshi said: "This time, our Great Khitan Emperor drove the imperial expedition in person, for the sake of Guannandi!" If you can't fulfill your wishes, you won't have the face to go back to see people."

Cao used to become tougher and faced Gao Zhengshi. even said the last key sentence of the negotiation to the Empress Dowager Xiao, Han Derang, and Yelu Longxu behind the scenes: "I come to negotiate, and I am ready to die at any time!" As long as you Liao don't regret it, just make random demands! You don't want to get that kind of land, and you don't even want to stop the war." It's all over. All the Khitans had to bow their heads. Whether it is a coincidence or not, Cao Yu hit their key point - the fatal flaw at the core of the Great Liao state system, which was caught by the Song Dynasty!

The death hole of the Liao State lies in its military system of "Huluduo" and "Touxia Military Prefecture", which is like a feudal town of the Han people, a country within a country. It allowed the Liao State to maintain a vigorous military strength at all times. And continue to grow the martial spirit of the Khitan people.

Constantly fighting, constantly emerging "heroes" who hold more and more military power, so they look forward to fighting even more. Every time you fight. The real power of the army continued to fall into the hands of the various chiefs of the Zarudos. The emperor of Liao was gradually set aside...

There is another layer, the nomadic people practice the system of 'young son guarding the stove', that is, all the property of the father is inherited by the youngest son, so the inheritance of the previous emperors of the Liao State is not inherited by the next emperor, but by the princes. Therefore, in the final Liao generation, the royal family is constantly fighting. Every emperor ascended to the throne in the midst of a bloody massacre in the imperial family. The root cause is the military power of the princes, plus their private military states, some of which are strong enough to challenge the emperor! This is also the stubborn and incurable disease of all nomads: Liao's Huluduo, Jin's Bojilie, Yuan's Four Great Khanates, Qing's Eight Banners... It wasn't until Kangxi's 'secret reserve' that it was completely solved!

Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang were very aware of their crisis, and their decision was to "use war to force peace" on the one hand to keep attacking the Great Song Dynasty, so that it could not recover from the decline of the Zhao Guangyi era, and on the other hand, to show off their military exploits to the various domestic Huluduo, proving that the strongest Huluduo had always been in the hands of the emperor (this is extremely important). Because one and a half years later, Empress Dowager Xiao will face the challenge of the second strongest in the country, Huluduo), but this is not a long-term way. If the battle continues, one day the strength of Huludo will be so strong that it is difficult to subdue. And Empress Dowager Xiao is 52 years old this year, and she will die in 5 years. If this matter cannot be completely resolved during her lifetime, then when her son officially becomes the emperor, she will not only have to face the revenge of the Song Dynasty, but also tightly suppress the domestic Luduo, and that situation will make her die! That's why this time the Liao army will continue to march in, approaching the heart of the Song Dynasty by leaps and bounds, and trying every means to force the Great Song Emperor to the point where peace must be made. And it is necessary to accurately grasp the timing of the fire, because Xiao Darin's death has made the Liao army unable to fight a decisive battle, but it is necessary to talk about a one-dimensional withdrawal plan. Otherwise, after returning home, it will be an even greater nightmare for them!

On that day, all the Khitans had to bow their heads to Cao Yun. Seeing him stretch out three fingers very treacherously, that was the maximum amount of "labor fees" that the Great Song Dynasty could give them - 200,000 horses of silk and 100,000 taels of silver every year.

Too little! In order to make this number bigger, the Khitans invited Cao Yu into a secret room to meet a legendary person who should die but didn't die - Wang Jizhong!

Through Wang Jizhong, Liao conveyed two other requirements: 1. For the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries, can we call each other the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty? With a little more intimacy, can the two emperors become brothers? Our Liao Emperor is 3 years younger and suffers a loss. It's good to be a younger brother; 2 Since the Southern Dynasty is the elder brother, he must be kind. Now that it's peaceful, don't dig a big ditch near the border and build a castle to make us afraid.

If so, ask both parties to take an oath and put it in writing. This is a proof of a hundred years of good togetherness. Now that the oath of the Liao State has been written, I ask Ambassador Cao to bring it back and convey Wang Jizhong's nostalgia...

On the 5th, Cao Yong rushed back to Lanzhou City with a debt of 300,000 taels a year and a letter of brotherhood, and the Khitan envoy Yao Cambodia rushed back to Lanzhou City, and threw General Yao to Zhao Anren to "pick up" himself and rushed to the palace to report to the emperor.

He's just so dedicated. It was just in time for the emperor's meal. Royal etiquette, at this time no one is allowed to disturb the emperor. But across the door curtain, Cao was in a hurry, and Zhao Heng was even more anxious. In the end, if the peace talks are not successful, how much debt will you owe every year after that, and will you be able to eat this meal with peace of mind?

The emperor sent a personal eunuch to ask outside the curtain, and as a result, he became as depressed as yesterday's Khitans. Because Cao uses it, he just doesn't say it! Such a state super-secret can only be reported in person! Later, many people said that Cao took advantage of this with ulterior motives and hung the emperor's appetite. I want to get some benefits for myself (in fact, I really got it), but another fact is that the conditions he talked about were not final. Zhao Hengru felt unhappy, so he could veto this time, and then talk about it. But if these are leaked out in advance, everyone will know about it. Think about the consequences of the Song Dynasty? Let's not talk about how to be passive later, be careful that the people's hearts and the army's morale will be seriously frustrated! is fighting hard, and he actually has to pay compensation every year to apologize! Who is willing to play with Zhao Heng again?

So there is nothing wrong with Cao Yu remaining silent. But the emperor's curiosity was unstoppable. He repeatedly sent people out to inquire. Cao had no choice but to play that classic gesture again.

As a result, three fingers stretched out. Legend has it that Zhao Heng's chopsticks fell to the ground. Million! It's too much", but then it suddenly relaxed, "It would be good if it could be ended in this way" This sentence made countless people with lofty ideals give the middle finger to this emperor for thousands of years, afraid of war and peace, to this step! 3 million a year, how much of the people's fat and ointment of the Central Plains can be exchanged for his peaceful years alone? No wonder Zhao Song has always lived in embarrassment. It's all self-inflicted!

But let's be honest, this peace treaty is by no means a loss-making business, on the contrary, it is a big profit! Do you know the input of a war during the Song Dynasty? That's 30 million taels! Compared to 300,000 taels, that's a terrifying number! In addition, is the reparation degrading to the national body? So what is the harmony of the Han and Tang Dynasties, what is it to lose money and lose women? Just ask Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the strongest among the Han people, one of them can only clear the humiliation of the ancestor Liu Bang after the efforts of their parents and ancestors! The other had to surrender to the Turks when he first raised his army, and it was many years before Li Jing went deep into the desert and swept the royal court after the White Horse Alliance! Then why did Zhao Heng have to rise immediately on the ruins left by the big sluts and surrender the Khitans who had not been able to handle so many emperors before? Also, if it is necessary to say that the Song Dynasty lost spiritually, then it is really speechless. Zhao Heng is the elder brother, and Long Xu is the younger brother, I don't know how much stronger than Shi Jingjiao's godson back then, and how worse is it than the brother-in-law of Han and Tang? In the end, the money Zhao Heng has earned in the past 7 years is enough for 3 million yuan a year!

In any case, this is just my one-sided opinion on the "Abyss Alliance". The essence of this thing is 10,000 flowers, multiple prisms, and 10,000 people will have 20,000 interpretations of it. The same person, in different moods, has a 180-degree turn of opinion on this matter. Soon Zhao Heng himself will be like this...

Cao Yu finally went to the pilgrimage after the emperor's meal and said the actual figure of 300,000 taels per year. The huge contrast made Zhao Heng go to heaven in an instant. Is this true? This courtier is very powerful, and he is rewarded heavily! He then agreed to Liao's request in its entirety, signed the peace treaty, and let the following terms take effect:

1 Song and Liao have been brotherly countries since then, and they have been called each other the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Dynasties. Liao Shengzong was young and called Song Zhenzong his brother. Their descendants are arranged in turn, and they should not be messed up.

2. With the Baigou River as the national boundary, the two sides withdrew their troops. Thereafter, no one shall take in and hide from one another if there are thieves who have crossed the border. The garrison of the cities along the border between the two countries is based on the present, and it is not allowed to build new cities or increase war readiness. Everything remains as it is.

3. The Song Dynasty provided Liao with 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year. Delivered to Xiongzhou every year. The time is roughly set for autumn.

4. The two sides set up a trade bazaar on the border line to achieve fair bargaining and peaceful business. Don't cheat the Song people, don't rob the Khitan people, try to win-win.

The above is the reason why the famous "Lanyuan Alliance" in history is called Lanyuan, because there was a big lake in Shanzhou in ancient times, and it has long been dried up now...

Peace has finally arrived. For the first time in Chinese history, Hu and Han joined hands on an equal footing. I play my brood, and you blow your mustache. Let's put down our swords and guns, and our friendship will last forever... Thirty-eight years later, in 1042, Fu Bi succeeded Cao and re-entered the Liao State with his will, refusing rude demands such as being a vassal and ceding land. Using the method used by Cao, he always grasped the fatal flaw of the Liao State, and dispelled the delusion of Liao Xingzong Yeluzong with an annual increase of 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 horses of silk, and then 500,000 taels of horses per year. Another 80 years later, in 1122, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong finally broke the treaty and attacked Yeluchun in Northern Liao... There are 118 wonderful days in total, so enjoy it slowly! Until you forget your weapons and meet the shameful demise of the worst of all!

On the 6th, Yao Cambodia visited the emperor of the Song Dynasty and received the letter of state of the Song Dynasty. On the 7th, he returned to Liaoying with the Song envoy Li Jichang to see the Empress Dowager Xiao... The official entry into force of the peace treaty is completed... Both the Song and Liao sides ordered the troops to hold their positions, and to allow all the Song or Liao troops on the return journey, and not to block the interception...

On the 8th, Cao Yong, the hero of the Lanyuan Alliance, was sealed as the envoy of the East Cabinet and the assassin of Chungju.

On the 9th, the emperor's imperial work "Huiluan Poem" 12 sentences and 60 characters. But it is a pity that most of the Song monuments in the ancient city of Lanzhou (now Puyang, Henan) have been damaged, and only 25 characters can still be distinguished. Therefore, let's look at the Song Zhenzong's Huiluan poem recorded in Jiajing's "Kaizhou Chronicles" and Guangxu's "Kaizhou Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty: "I am worried about the people, and I am temporarily provincial." Flag Caritas (Guangxu is originally the word 'summer', but the alliance of the abyss is winter, not summer) day, sharp weapon autumn frost. Rui Brigade Huaizhong Festival, Qunhu (Guangxu is the word 'fierce', should be changed from the text prison) to the Northern Wilderness. The ice dissipates the huge waves, and the light blows to gather Jiaxiang. Following the border of Hao'an, and Tongle well-off. Heaven will help Shun, return to the dragon and the dragon" (to be continued......)