"This time, my father wants me to marry you, the prince!" Li Xiaoxiao said seriously.\\

"Marry me?!" Zhao Ta's glaring boss said in surprise.

"Well, exactly, my father and Uncle Wang agreed, of course I too" Although Li Xiaoxiao was spicy, but in the end, she lowered her head and said, of course, although the second half of the sentence was not finished, Zhao Ta also understood what it meant.

"Impossible, my father will not agree to this matter, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree!" Zhao Tan shook his head and said, he knew that in China's 5,000-year history, the Song Dynasty was one of the few dynasties that refused to exchange peace for peace through 'peace and kinship'

The traditional consciousness of "harmony" generally refers to the marriage between regimes for political purposes, Zhaojun out of the Sai, Princess Wencheng into Tibet is a well-known incident of harmony. In fact, in ancient Chinese history, there was a fairly wide range of harmony and kinship, in terms of types, there were marriages between the Central Plains Dynasty and minority regimes, marriages between secessionist regimes and minority regimes, marriages between secession regimes, marriages between ethnic minorities, marriages between Southern and Northern dynasties, and marriages with foreign countries from today's point of view.

As far as dynasties are concerned, there are Han and Xiongnu, Han and Wusun, Sun Wu and Shu Han, Sui and Tang and Tuyuhun, Sui and Tang and Turkic, Tang and Tubo, Liao and Western Xia, and later Manchu and Mongolian marriages, etc. No matter how the form changes, one thing remains the same, that is, it is driven by political interests. The occurrence of affinity is always associated with certain historical conditions. These historical conditions can be roughly divided into two categories: first, the state of political split, in which both sides of the split have the desire and conditions to get along; Second, there is no strong national prejudice against the inferior.

Compared with the background of the previous dynasties, the Song undoubtedly had the historical conditions for harmony: on the one hand, the Liao and Western Xia both had confrontations with the Song Dynasty and posed a serious threat to the Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, they both had a good stage and maintained relative peace for a long time, but in fact the Song not only did not take the initiative to make peace with the outside world, but also rejected the Liao and Western Xia's proposals.

The Song Dynasty's failure to implement the policy of peace and proximity was mainly determined by the idea of "emphasizing China over Yidi" of the ruling and barbarish, and the strength of its economic strength was also a factor that could not be ignored. The literati doctors of the Song Dynasty were influenced by traditional Confucian culture. It is believed that the king must subdue the world with virtue, and as long as the king's virtue is cultivated to a very high level, the barbarians will also come to join him. Song Confucianism's recognition of the rule of virtue even reached the level of superstition, so many scholars and doctors put harmony and ethics in opposition to morality, and took it for granted that 'harmony and affinity humiliate the country'. The scholars considered it a great shame to marry a 'non-class'. I'd rather lose money than my wife. Of course, I won't marry my relatives.

Therefore, the Song still refused Liao's request for peace despite the pressure of the Liao army, and in the minds of Song Renzong and his Song minister Fu Bi and others who participated in the negotiations, the land cession was undoubtedly a loss of power and humiliation of the country. Harmony is a big loss of dignity, so it is rejected for various reasons, and in the end, "the Khitan does not propose again, and wants to increase the currency".

Marriage proposal to Western Xia. The same is true for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, Xia Yizong Zhao Liangzuo "heard that the Khitan asked the Tubo soldiers to take Hexi, and thought of knotting the Chinese and Korean dynasties as aid, so that the ancestor Ruwei was famous and Yuzheng paid tribute, and invited Princess Shang", Song Renzong still did not agree! These all show Song's attitude towards harmony: he would rather give more silver and silk than marry a daughter and a relative. You can pay tribute, but you don't want to pay women; You can call yourself a minister, a nephew or even a grandson, but you will never call yourself an old father-in-law!

Although from the perspective of the 'big history' of later generations. The cultural mentality of the Song Dynasty that despised the surrounding ethnic groups slowed down the process of ethnic integration, had a negative impact on cultural exchanges between ethnic groups, set a bad example of 'Huayi defense', and weakened the cohesion of the Chinese nation. But in the heart of Zhao Ta, a former soldier. I still agree with this backbone of 'not relying on women for peace'

"Lord Wang, why don't they agree to anything?" Li Xiaoxiao asked anxiously, even more puzzled by this.

"It's very simple, the same surname is not married!" Zhao Ta said in a rare and serious manner. The same surname is not married. This concept is deeply rooted in the Central Plains and has far-reaching influence. Now since the Song Dynasty has given the surname to the party. Moreover, Song proceeded from his vital interests and wanted to suppress Xixia by rejecting Xixia's marriage proposal, so Song's rejection of Xixia's proposal was simple but well-reasoned and difficult to refute.

"But we are clearly people from two countries, how can we be bound by this, this is just an excuse?" Li Xiaoxiao obviously won't be happy with this excuse.

"Although what you said is right, this is just an excuse, but it is not an excuse if it concerns the two countries, but it is about the national policy of the two countries, and neither the father nor the ministers of the DPRK and China will easily agree!" Zhao Ta looked at Li Xiaoxiao, who was a little unconvinced, and said, why didn't he suffer from this, for a girl of different races, he was even ready to abandon everything and run away, although the ending ended with Zhao Xin's 'breach of contract' and failed, but the taste of it still makes him unforgettable, this interracial unmarried bullshit rule is also hated by himself, but what can be done!

"Then this time the peace will not be successful, so why does the father know that this is the case, why did he send peace envoys again and again!" Li Xiaoxiao still didn't seem to give up, and asked.

"Hinata, I think you have already seen the root cause, the Liao country is declining, and the country is dying!" Zhao Ta said, "But I am very puzzled, this kind of harmony between the two countries is often at the expense of women's happiness, if the two countries applaud, her life can still be reluctant, once entangled, the end of the woman who is close to the family is often very miserable, why are you still so enthusiastic, do not persuade your father to dispel this idea as soon as possible?" ”

"Lord Wang, do you really not understand?" Li Xiaoxiao looked at the prince and asked, in fact, she didn't know that royal women often exist as a special commodity and a bargaining chip, and no one can control their own fate. But now that the god of fate favors her, she has a chance to choose, and the person in front of her has occupied her heart since that chance encounter in the tent, how can she be willing to let go of the person she likes?

"This" Zhao Ta was generalized again, if he didn't understand what Li Xiaoxiao meant at this time, he would be a first-class fool, this was simply telling him directly, 'I love you and am willing to marry you', "Hehe, if you want to help King Xia regain control of the government, you don't have to sacrifice yourself, and even if you succeed in making peace with your relatives, you may not be able to help, and if you don't get it right, you have to help more and more, after all, Da Song doesn't want to have another neighbor who is eyeing each other!" Zhao Ta didn't dare to take over, so he could only re-turn the relationship between the two to the relationship between the two countries to avoid unnecessary trouble and hurt the girl's face.

"Well, the prince is right, there is a chance that this matter will not be successful, so it's okay, I will leave my hometown in the province!" This Li Xiaoxiao is not stupid, Bing Xue is smart, he immediately understood the prince's mind, and said seriously.

"Yes, I see that your King Xia and King Jin are very good to you, why should you get involved, there is always a solution to the matter!" Zhao Ta was most afraid of women spoofing and making jokes, seeing Li Xiaoxiao like this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded her, but she didn't know that she had a good impression of her.

"Lord Wang, now that the Liao Kingdom has reached the verge of breaking the country, the Liao Emperor is nowhere to be found, the King of Yan is the emperor in Nanjing, and the Jin Kingdom is like the sun and is aggressive, how should my Xia Kingdom deal with itself, should I help or not?" Li Xiaoxiao really stopped mentioning the matter of peace and affection, and talked about state affairs as he wished.

"Well, Xia and Liao have been friends for generations, and the king of Xia is still the princess of Liao as a concubine, which is the country of his nephew, and Xia's sending troops to aid Liao is completely a righteous move, morally speaking, no one will have any objections, only praise the benevolence and righteousness of King Xia; But if from a realistic point of view, it is a move to destroy the country, the Liao Emperor is mediocre, appoints treacherous evil, makes the people miserable, complains, and loses the hearts of the people, the Jin State does not destroy Liao, it will also lose the country. And the Jin State is now strong and strong, and has occupied most of the Liao State, just about to seize Yelu Yanxi Liao State is over, the Xia State is sparsely populated compared to the Jin State, if you insist on aiding Liao, you will definitely be hated by the Jin State, I am afraid that it will inevitably attract its troops against Xia! Zhao Ta said with a wry smile.

"Uncle Wang also said the same, and the legend in the court said that if the Xia State helped the Jin State capture the Liao Emperor, they were willing to cede Dongsheng and Yunnei Land to the Xia Kingdom, so that they could get a large piece of land, so he resolutely opposed aiding Liao!" Li Xiaoxiao said.

"Well, I believe that people can do such ungrateful things for the sake of profit, but this is no different from the tiger seeking skin, and the ambition of the people of the Jin Kingdom is by no means just to destroy the Liao State. As soon as the Liao Kingdom dies, our Great Song Dynasty and your Western Xia will be their next target to conquer, greedy for temporary profits and evil neighbors, and in the end, they will get nothing, and they will have to take their own family background! Zhao said with a smile.

"The words of the prince have confused me, and the aid to Liao will lead to an invasion due to a feud with the Jin State. And if you sit idly by, the end will be the destruction of the country, how can it be good? Li Xiaoxiao said with question marks on her face, and the prince's words confused her.

"Hehe, this is the question of the benevolent and the wise, everyone will have a different choice!" Zhao Ta chuckled and said, even he has no right to participate in this kind of national affairs.

"What would happen to you, Lord Wang?" Li Xiaoxiao was curious about the prince's true thoughts, and asked tentatively.

"If it's me, it's best to aid Liao, build a buffer zone between Song and Jin, avoid direct confrontation with Jin, and make plans when they are all exhausted!" Zhao Ta said, "If the situation forces you, at least you have to take the Liao Emperor into your own hands, so that as long as the Liao royal family is not destroyed for a day, then the Jin State will not be stable for a day, and I can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to use him to convene the same clan to confront the Jin State, so that they have no time to go south and recuperate!" ”

"Hehe, Lord Wang, you are really bad enough, let them fight in the dark, but you will benefit from it!" Li Xiaoxiao said with an 'innocent' smile.

"It's all a joke on paper, and it can't be true!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, in fact, he knew that it would not take a few days for this to reach Brother Cha's ears, and this kid would add fuel and vinegar to say that this was his true intention

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