Chapter 240: Paying Off
Zhao Ta agreed to Hebula's request for an alliance, but he was only a tribal chieftain, or a broken household, this alliance seemed too unequal, but Zhao Ta did so, not only providing him with a large amount of money, food, but also a batch of weapons. Hebul originally had no hope of forming an alliance at all, but now the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty not only agreed, but also gave great funding, and now expressed his wish to be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty for generations and never be an enemy!
Later, the two drank blood wine, swore a poisonous oath, and wrote a letter to prove the formal alliance, and Zhao Ta then issued a notice to the Jin State and the Mobei Tatar tribes, saying that the Jurchens were brutal and wantonly slaughtered the Mughal tribes, which was against the peace of heaven. The Great Song Dynasty can not regard it as reckless, now to the Xuqu River as the boundary, from the west of the Pi River City, east to the Lulu Luo, south to the area of Heishui as the isolation area, the placement of the Mongol tribes, if someone intrudes without authorization, the Great Song Dynasty will be punished.
Hebul was even more grateful to the Great Song Emperor for this move, and the protected area set up by the Great Song not only included their traditional nomadic areas, but also expanded, which meant that their Mughal tribes could graze freely in it, recuperate, and recruit their subordinates without being interfered with by others, otherwise the Great Song would have sent troops to intervene. He believed that it would not be long before a large number of tribes oppressed by the Jurchens would enter, and then they would be able to use the help of the Great Song Dynasty to accumulate strength to fight against the Jin State.
Hebule left happily, but Zhao Ta knew that the safety zone he had demarcated was outside the borders of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was acting as an 'international policeman', under the banner of humanitarianism, in fact, he took the opportunity to extend his power to Mobei, which had never been reached in the past, and won over a reliable ally. But the Jurchens and other tribes who had a grudge against the Mughals would not let him be safe.
Zhao Tan predicted that a major war would not break out, and small-scale conflicts would be inevitable. He also ordered the Dading Pacification Division to mobilize forces based on the Desert Army and the Ranger Army to form a special contingent to go to the security zone to undertake the 'peacekeeping' mission, and the Dading Pacification Division provided logistical support and campaign support for it......
Send one away. There are also people in line, and the one I met today is Zhao Ta's 'old friend' Cha Ge who doesn't know each other. He was holding back the fire in his belly to Western Xia. The 'swing dance' foreign policy adopted by it was not offended on both sides of the Song and Xia dynasties, and they also ate the upper family and the lower family, taking advantage of the contradictions between the two countries to profit. And Song and Jin are fighting in full swing and can't turn their faces against them, worried that they will fall to the opposite side, light a fire in their backyard, and have to pinch their noses and feed him.
What Xixia did made Zhao Ta feel very uncomfortable, and he was thinking about how to train him, but he didn't expect Brother Cha to visit him in person this year. When Zhao Tan stepped into the Vertical Arch Palace, he also wanted to give Brother Cha a dismount first. But when he saw the man behind him, he was like a deflated ball, and he couldn't get out of the fire.
"See Your Majesty!" In the past, both of them were princes and could be called brothers, but now they can't, Brother Cha took a step forward and said.
"See Your Majesty!" The people behind Brother Cha also followed suit, but the tone was filled with grievances and dissatisfaction.
"No courtesy, give a seat, serve tea!" Zhao Ta sighed and waved his hand. secretly scolded Brother Cha in his heart for being a real thief, expecting that he would ask the teacher for the crime, and used her as a shield, but he just poked at his weakness.
"Your Majesty. We haven't seen each other in Lingzhou for nearly ten years, and at that time I felt that His Majesty was a young hero, and he would definitely soar into the sky. Sure enough, he finally ascended to the throne! "Brother Cha is an old oilman, looking at Zhao Ta's face with helplessness. I know that I have a plan, but I also know that this kid is too bad. I'm sure I'll find it back elsewhere, and I'll send him a sycophant bet on him first.
"The King of Jin is still the same, he has conquered the Falcon to fight Tibet, opened up territory for the Xia Kingdom, and made countless feats!" Zhao Ta also said with a smile, the big and small foxes once again opened in this way, but in such an indifferent way.
"Your Majesty swallows Yanyun, and calms the civil strife in Dali, which is the work of the world, how dare Xiao Wang compare with His Majesty, as for the Tubo and Uighurs, they always harass our realm, I have to teach them a lesson!" Brother Cha said 'modestly' that he knew that the Song Dynasty was not only to seize the copper mines, but also to gain a base and allies to attack Tibet from the flank, and now the Great Song Dynasty only regarded the Jin State as the main enemy, and was temporarily unable to pass through Tibet, but once he freed up his hands, with his knowledge of Zhao Tan, he would never let a dangerous neighbor lurk by his side, and the two countries were likely to clash because of Tibet.
"Really? But I heard that the King of Jin and Lin Ya Dashi want to join forces to abolish Bilge Khan and carve up Gaochang! Zhao said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to rumors, they want to provoke the relationship between the Xia and Song dynasties, Gaochang and Xia are the same as the Great Song Dynasty, and they actually called Yelu Dashi a tribute, and Xiao Wang couldn't help but be annoyed with his two faces, so he sent an envoy to warn him, and it happened that Dashi's envoy was also there, and he wanted to form an alliance with our country to restore the Khitan, which may have been seen by others, causing a misunderstanding!" Although the emperor was laughing, Brother Cha heard the murderous intention, and he wondered that his meeting with Yelu Dashi was reached in extreme secret, but how could this kid know about it, of course he refused to admit that he prevaricated.
"Hehe, it's true that your country sent a condolence envoy and a He enthronement envoy to the Jin country!" Zhao Ta smiled again, now the envoy of Gaochang is in Bianjing, but Brother Cha put on an impossible posture, and he didn't say anything.
"This ...... Your Majesty, the Jurchens sent messengers many times, but they really shirked it, but they could only send people to take a look! Chage's old face, which was thicker than the bend of the city wall, couldn't help but blush, he had just scolded Gao Chang for being a minister on both sides and three knives, and he was slapped in the face, and his defense was also very weak.
"Oh, that's what happened, but I don't know if it's really a last resort, or if it's an unforgettable old love?" Zhao Tapi threw down another sentence without smiling, but it was aggressive.
"Your Majesty, I'm just a courtier...... "As soon as Brother Cha saw Zhao Tan, he knew that he was no longer the fledgling and sharp-edged young prince of the year, he was now the richest country in the world, the king of a country with the most powerful armament, and the invincible Jurchens were also forced to bow their heads to negotiate peace, and it was not impossible to destroy the country and destroy the clan while talking and laughing. Now every sentence is secretly murderous, making it difficult for him to parry, forcing him to want to put the responsibility on the lord Li Qianshun.
"Of course, the old love is unforgettable!" Before Brother Cha finished speaking, someone replied, his words full of silence and complaints.
"Hehe, the county lord is really temperamental......" Zhao Ta's face also turned red when he heard this, and he turned his face and said with a dry smile.
"Alas, it's a pity that the falling flowers are deliberately ruthless!" Li Xiaoxiao glanced at the emperor who was high above and said with a sigh.
"Where did the county lord say that? How many young talents in the world admire the county lord and can't ask for it! Zhao Tayan said, Li Xiaoxiao in front of her has faded away from the youth of that time, like a ripe peach, her demeanor is more dignified and elegant, only her sharp teeth have not changed.
"Alas, it's a pity that I met a thin lover and let me stay alone in the pavilion!" Li Xiaoxiao raised her eyes and sighed at Zhao Ta on the seat.
"Hehe, the county lord is really infatuated......" Zhao Ta said with an embarrassed smile, his ass a little unable to sit still.
"Yes, some people just remember what others owe him, but they always forget that they still owe others!" Li Xiaoxiao looked at the emperor and said leisurely.
"Xiye, what's going on, Your Majesty seems to be a little out of shape!" Ma Kuo, who accompanied the emperor to meet the hour, asked the Xi, just a few words from the emperor forced the Xixia envoys to be speechless, the situation was very good, but the Xixia county lord reversed the situation in two words, changed from passive to active, and listened to the voice as if the emperor had a shortcoming and was caught, and he wanted to understand it in order to relieve the siege for the emperor.
"Lord Ma, this matter is a long story, it's all an old thing, you'd better avoid it, otherwise you'll ......" Of course, Jianxi knew everything about the emperor's peace with Western Xia, although the emperor was forced to marry due to the grim situation at that time. But after all, he used Princess Aman's mediation, and when he refused, he was not resolute enough and accepted the dowry, the emperor thought that after a long time, the matter would be over, who would have thought that today people would come to the door to ask the teacher for the guilt, let the family wait for ten years, and the emperor had nothing to say.
"That's... Please also give me advice! As soon as Ma Kuo saw Xi Yi's expression of being ready to mourn for him, he understood that there must be royal secrets involved, and as for what happened, how dare he ask again, but even if he escaped, there must be a reason, and he couldn't leave the scene for no reason.
"Your Majesty, it's almost noon, Your Majesty is going to eat, the ministers will retire first, and then discuss it in the afternoon!" Seeing that Xi whispered a few words to Ma Kuo, he got up and played.
"Oh, that's fine!" Zhao Ta saw that the sun had just risen three poles, and it was time for lunch, but he immediately realized that it was Ma Kuo who was relieving himself, and immediately raised his ass and wanted to leave.
"Your Majesty, we have come all the way, don't we even want to reward a meal and leave in a hurry?" Li Xiaoxiao looked at the emperor who got up but didn't move, but took a sip of tea and asked.
"Alas, the decree is given!" Zhao Ta reflexively sat down, looked at Li Xiaoxiao fixedly, and he did not evade it at all, looked back quietly, and said loudly for a moment, he knew that no matter what kind of account it was, since he owed it sooner or later, he would make a break with this account today!
Ma Kuo already knew that this pool of muddy water was not something he could wade into, so how could he dare to stay as a companion, so he found a reason to lead a group of people to retreat in a hurry, leaving only the emperor and the Western Xia envoys staring at the palace, but the atmosphere also eased down, and there was a little ambiguous atmosphere.
"Your Majesty, the banquet is set up in the palace?" Seeing that there were no outsiders, he asked cautiously, he knew that if he gave a banquet in this vertical arch hall, it would be a state affair, and in the inner garden, it would be a family affair, and of course the meaning would be different.
"No, it's in the inner garden pavilion!" Zhao Ta got up and said...... (To be continued......)