After several rounds of bland but exciting negotiations, Cheng Xishou, the commander of the Great Song Expeditionary Force, signed an armistice agreement with the Seljuk Empire: the Seljuk Empire opened all ports and markets within the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to collect taxes no more than 10% of the value of the goods; To ensure the safety of the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty in their territory, the loss or robbery of goods should be doubled; Set up the city of Bosaro as a free port, and allow the ships of the Great Song Dynasty to enter and leave at will; War reparations were made to the Great Song Dynasty to ensure the legal status of its friendly forces. On the other hand, the Song army promised to retain and recognize the status of the caliphate and not to force his people to convert.

The caliph accepted all the demands of the Song army, and made an oath to order the three dukes of Bakr, the commander of the 'Atar' army, Mulek, and the commander of the 'Dahak' army, Sirod, as their territories. Of course, the three of them were very surprised, but they didn't expect that they were a blessing in disguise, and they all turned positive. They immediately declared that the three cities would become a city of brothers, help each other advance and retreat together, and be friendly with the Great Song Dynasty generations, and give the most preferential treatment to the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty.

In September, the monsoon arrived, and the expeditionary force embarked on a voyage home, but their fleet was much larger than when they came, and in order to load the huge war reparations worth tens of millions of taels of gold in compensation from the Seljuk Empire, the gaps in the warships were filled, and finally the ballast stones had to be thrown away and the gold coins were ballasted, and the horse ships were refilled with thousands of selected Arabian horses. In order to bring back a large collection of books and thousands of scholars, craftsmen and other talents, nearly 100 merchant ships had to be requisitioned

The expedition of the Great Song Dynasty not only opened up the trade routes to the Western Regions and Europe, obtained a huge amount of war 'reparations', but also spread the martial might of the Great Song Dynasty all over the world. They took the city of Baghdad. The 'feat' of capturing the caliph and forcing the empire to pay untold sums of money to redeem it also sent the Muslim world into a panic......

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The expeditionary force has achieved such impressive results, but the initiator of the incident, Zhao Ta, still knows nothing. Since the end of the 'Spring Lecture', he has moved to Luoyang, Xijing. After more than ten years of construction, Luoyang has been restored to the scale of the divine capital during the Tang Dynasty. The outer city is bigger than it used to be. After seizing Yanjing, Zhao Ta ordered the Ministry of Industry to preside over the re-dredging of the Grand Canal, so that it could go directly to Yanjing, so that it could restore its former function of communicating the north and the south.

In recent years, Zhao Tan has focused on building water conservancy, dredging canals, and building post roads on a large scale, so that the north-south water and land transportation can be restored, so that Luoyang, which is the starting point of the land Silk Road, has benefited a lot. Relying on convenient land and water transportation, it soon became a center for the transfer of a large number of goods, and commercial trade quickly resumed. Once again, it became a big city with a large number of domestic and foreign merchants and developed trade, and gradually re-became a trading city of the Great Song Dynasty.

Xijing Palace City has already started the repair and restoration work after the founding of the Song Dynasty, the construction is to expand on the original scale, but the start of the project is scheduled after the restoration of the entire Luoyang City, but now several halls have been built, the beginning of the prototype of the palace, and now it is gradually improving its function. It can be said that the cost of rebuilding Luoyang City is huge, but the work has not been stopped because of the interference of the government and the opposition. As long as most of the funds come from Zhao Ta's private family, he has generally invested the income of the four halls in the construction over the years.

However, Zhao Ta is still the first time to visit Xijing, and he has been forever for so long. Luoyang is one of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, and all provinces and ministries are arranged according to the imperial court. It's just that they are usually idle, raising a bunch of idle lords. After Zhao Tan stayed for a long time and did not return, the imperial court in Bianjing also had to send some people to resume the establishment of the office. Wait for the emperor's dispatch to maintain the operation of the imperial court. It's October. The emperor had no intention of leaving, and it became the second political center of the empire for the time being......

"Your Majesty. The Western Expeditionary Army sent back news that Yelu Dashi continued to march west to conquer Khorezm after defeating the Seljuks, and now he has returned to the capital city of Husi Erduo, and Gao Shuai asked for instructions on how to deal with it! "Zhao Ta had just returned from hunting outside the city, and Zhao Yi entered the palace to deliver an urgent report from Gaochang.

"Well, show me!" Zhao Ta took the towel handed over by Zhao Yi and wiped his face and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yi took the towel and did not pretend to be the hand of the little yellow door who was waiting, but washed it with his own hands and put it away, and then took out the watch from his sleeve and gave it to him. It is said that he is already a deputy to the Privy Council, and it is not appropriate to be in the ranks of the governors and serve the emperor in person, but he is as untired as he was a servant a few decades ago.

"Da Shi Linya is very good at taking advantage of the situation and taking the opportunity to seize such a large piece of territory!" Zhao Ta said while watching.

It turned out that after the Battle of Katwan, the Seljuks, who had suffered a heavy defeat, were no longer able to resist the dominance of Yelu Dashi in Central Asia, and their prestige strongly shocked the Muslim countries and even the countries of Western Europe. In just over ten years, like the rising sun, shining brightly, Xiliao has become an irreplaceable core among the countries in this region, but he is not satisfied with this.

When Jerod entered the city of Samarkand, as usual, he approached his newly conquered territory with gentleness. He brought in Ibrahim, the younger brother of the fleeing Western Qarakhanid Mahmu Khan, and named him Taohuashi Khan to continue to rule the land. Because he understands that even if he wins a great victory on the battlefield, he cannot completely conquer the hearts of other peoples. In the vast western lands, his Khitan population was still too small to bear the consequences of direct rule. Only a Khitan official was left under his guardianship to ensure his loyalty to Western Liao.

After conquering the Western Qarakhanid, the Western Liao army continued to advance westward, and Khorezm became his next target. Jerodashi stationed himself in His Majesty Samarkand and ordered the general Erbuth to lead a large army to attack Khorezm. As a generation of heroes, King Ajisi of Khorezm has perseverance and talent, if it were a different era, perhaps he will achieve a great cause, it is he who effectively weakened the strength of the Sultan of Seljuk before the battle of Katwan, but unfortunately, the hero met the real hero - Jerodashi, which is his sorrow.

At this time, the Western Liao army was in the name of a great victory, and all the tribes were shocked and invincible all the way. After judging the situation, Ah Jisi understood that with his current strength, he could not resist the thunderous blow of the elite army of Xiliao, just like ice and snow could not resist the sun. He immediately sent an envoy to Erbus's military tent and promised to submit to Juer Khan, pay an annual tribute of 30,000 dinars of gold, and reduce him to vassalage.

After the conclusion of the treaty, Erbus led a large army back to Korea. At this point, the territory of Western Liao reached the extreme, with Husi Erduo as the center, controlling tens of thousands of miles, and the tribes of the Quartet all paid tribute to it, becoming a powerful empire that rose in the west and influenced the situation in Central Asia.

"Your Majesty, Gao Shuai is worried that the rise of Western Liao will pose a threat to their Great Song Dynasty, so he wants to suspend the withdrawal from Gaochang in case Western Liao takes advantage of our return to the division to invade Gaochang again!" Zhao Yi saw that the emperor had finished reading the battle report, and he stepped forward to speak.

"Alas, the hero's swan song, Xiliao is not afraid!" Zhao Ta sighed and put the battle report on the table and said with a sigh, he remembered that Yelu Dashi's conquest of Khorezm reached the peak of his life's glory, and he died the following year.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Yi didn't understand the emperor's words, and asked in confusion.

"As a hero of the Khitan, a figure who has not been born for a hundred years, Dashi Linya struggled with his own beliefs when the Liao State was exhausted, and continued the national fortune of the Khitan with the majestic and tragic Western Expedition, but even if he was a hero, it was difficult for him to resist the arrangement of fate and the call of God!" Zhao Ta said with a light smile on his face.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is saying that time is running out of time for Jerod Dashi! Zhao Yi looked at the emperor and asked in surprise, can the emperor predict life and death, or has he buried nails around him?

"Yes, the Western Liao that has lost Dashi will not be able to continue its glory, it is not easy for them to continue to hold on to the situation surrounded by strong enemies, and it will be them who are worried about the war, not us!" Zhao Ta said.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, without Yelu Dashi, Western Liao can no longer be called Western Liao, and it is not qualified to be our enemy at all!" Zhao Yi thought about it, it is with a hero like Dashi that Xiliao can lay down this world, and if he loses it, he will face the verge of collapse, if he fights with the Great Song Dynasty in this situation of internal and external troubles, it is looking for death, and the smart will try their best to maintain friendly relations with the Song.

"It's already winter, and the road back to the Western Expeditionary Army is difficult, so let them return next spring. At the same time, don't let your guard down, you must closely monitor the movements around Western Liao, if as I said, someone takes the opportunity to send troops to Western Liao, they can also provide assistance in a timely manner! Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yi responded, but asked puzzledly, "The turmoil in Western Liao is the opportunity for us to send troops to attack, but Your Majesty wants to help instead, what does this mean?" ”

"The defeat of Sanjar in the Battle of Kavante, his control over the country is already weak, and many of his subjects have independent tendencies, and they will not let go of this opportunity, and they will inevitably fight each other for territory, and it is inevitable that they will suffer their neighbors. Now that they have Xiliao, they can't attack us directly, but if we annex Xiliao, we will have to garrison a large army to guard day and night, which will be a bottomless pit, which will swallow up countless money, and our economy will be dragged down over time, which is a deal that outweighs the losses! Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Oh, my subordinates understand, our support for Western Liao is to make it the Great Wall that guards the northwest border of our Great Song Dynasty, which can save our Great Song army from the suffering of expeditions and save a lot of military expenses, Your Majesty's foresight is beyond our reach!" Zhao Yi suddenly said that the emperor had used his strength to find himself a loyal watchdog, and he only needed to stand behind the dog and roar when necessary...... (To be continued......)