On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Great Song Dynasty in 322, the Zhao official family announced in the Great Song Dynasty that the Great Song Dynasty would recover the Hebei Plain and recapture the northern passes in the next two years.

In the end, Zhao Jiaren expressed his vision, "Once this goal is accomplished, there will be two defense lines south of the Yellow River in the Great Song Dynasty, Hebei and the Yellow River, which will become a safe rear." The redevelopment of Henan is about to begin in earnest. ”

Finally began to enter the stage of full development of Henan, Zhao Jiaren is very much looking forward to it. In the 21st century, nearly 200 million people lived on the Huanghuai Plain, and the current Great Song Dynasty has a population of only 80 million. Zhao Jiaren does not expect the number of immigrants to exceed 10 million. For Zhao, Henan is like the vast Midwest of the United States, where it represents expectation and hope.

None of the ministers objected. Whether the temple is correct or not depends on the degree of reasonableness. The ministers did not find any objections.

"I declare that from now on, the Great Song Dynasty has officially entered a state of war." Zhao Jiaren gave the order.

The news of the previous reconquest of Chang'an had already made the Great Song Dynasty feel the atmosphere of war, but Zhao Jiaren's official announcement of the start of the war still made everyone feel refreshed. Liu Meng immediately shouted: "Great Song Wansheng!" ”

With Liu Meng taking the lead, the ministers followed and shouted "Great Song Wansheng!" ”

Zhao Jiaren calmly looked at the reaction of the ministers, calm and unfazed.

The day after Zhao Jiaren announced a state of war, the Mongolian capital first sent people to Jinan, and then borrowed the telegram system of the Great Song Dynasty to send a telegram to the Mongolian ambassador to the Great Song Dynasty. The content of the telegram was to ask the Mongolian ambassador to the Great Song to negotiate with the Great Song about the return of the Great Song nobles. The telegram mentioned that Mongolia could now send back Xie Daoqing, the former empress dowager of the Great Song Dynasty.

The intelligence agency quickly sent the news to Zhao Jiaren, and there were several questions under the information sent by the liaison officer of the General Intelligence Bureau. The first one is naturally to suspect that the Mongols have any tricks, so it is difficult to send such a clear report, so I don't worry that the Great Song Dynasty will know the news. The second is more skeptical about how many people the Mongols are prepared to hand back. After all, those people are nobles of the Great Song Dynasty, and they can be used as bargaining chips at any time.

After receiving the telegram, the Mongol envoys immediately carried out the orders of the capital, and they went to the Ministry of Rites of the counterpart department to discuss the matter. After listening to this, Xiong Shang of the Ministry of Rites did not say anything, but said indifferently, "I know." I don't know when the Mongolian side will give it away. ”

"Da Song can't even express his gratitude?" The Mongolian ambassador's voice was full of anger.

Xiong Sheng didn't know if this anger was true or fake, and he didn't care about it. At the same time that the Zhao official family decided to wage war against Mongolia, the life and death of the captured Great Song nobles were completely out of the consideration of the Great Song Dynasty. The actions of these nobles are tantamount to treason, and if the standards of the previous trial of Song traitors are followed, these people will undoubtedly have to serve their sentences for leaving their posts without permission.

"I've heard stories about Temujin's wife, and Jochi. Did Temujin still thank their enemies? Xiong Shangshu expressed his attitude to the Mongolian envoy without hesitation.

When Temujin married Polthe, the leader of the three tribes, surnamed Mi'er, raided Temujin's tent in revenge for his brother Chiletu's fiancée, Ha Erlun, who had been robbed by Temujin's father. During the scuffle, Temujin fled into Mount Bhuerhan (present-day Mount Kent), but his wife and half-mother were taken prisoner by Toheit. By the time she was rescued, she was pregnant, and the word "Jochi" meant "guest". As a result, from the time of his birth, there were constant suspicions about Jochi's ancestry, especially the second brother Chagatai and the third brother Ogedei, who often clashed with him.

As for the leader of the three surnamed Mi'er beggars, Temujin has been hunting him down. This has always been the case after Genghis Khan established a tribal alliance. After establishing a tribal alliance, Temujin took the Oirat as a guide to the lost river of Yeer. The middle stream of the black and the A was killed, the people were defeated, and most of the lost rivers of Duyeer drowned. His sons Kutu, Chi Lao Wen, Chi Youke, and Hu Tu Han were contemptuous and could not get the whole body of their father, so they sent their heads to go and ran to the vultures. The fearful vultures did not accept, and they fought with the anxious plan to fight in the new river and chase it. Kutu waited for the Kipchak.

After that, Temujin continued to hunt for eight years. Taizu's fate was not as fast as Taiwan's expedition, and he used iron nails to cover the wheels to facilitate the mountain. Returning to his life, he led 2,000 horsemen to go with him. To blow the river, annihilate all of them, capture Hutu Han and take root, and send it to Jochi. The shot of Jochi's life, the first arrow, the second arrow, the first arrow, and the first arrow. Jochi was overjoyed, and the envoy sued Taizu and asked for forgiveness. Taizu said: "Contempt and beggar, I have a deep hatred." Staying good and shooting enemies will be a trouble. ”

Although Jochi was eager to pardon the three tribes, Temujin would not spare the tribe. In the end, it was eliminated.

However, to Xiong Shang's surprise, the Mongolian ambassador had a confused expression, as if he didn't know anything about this matter. Looking at the expression of the Mongolian ambassador, Xiong Sheng felt quite helpless. As for the intelligence gathering work, it is obvious that the Great Song Dynasty did a better job than Mongolia itself. However, thinking of Zhao Guanjia's evaluation of the 'civilization standard', Xiong Shang was also relieved. Zhao Guanjia believes that the criterion of civilization is whether or not it understands history.

The Great Song Dynasty was able to record the story of 'Candlelight Axe Shadow'. Although there are many different interpretations of candlelight axe shadows, at least there are such records in the Great Song Dynasty. For example, what the Zhao official family did, of course, has living notes and various official records. There are also a lot of personal records, for example, Xiong Sheng himself wrote a lot of his personal opinions in his diary. If something similar to Jochi happened to the Zhao family, it would be impossible for the scholar to not know about it.

But for the Mongols, it is clearly not a civilized country. If you don't even know the history of your own country, you can only say that there is something wrong with civilization itself.

Of course. Xiong Shang Shang also suspected that the Mongolian envoy's expression was due to pretending to be stupid. So Xiong Shangshu put the topic back to the specific issue, "Former Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, whether you are willing to return it is still your business." If we return it, we will take it, and if we don't, it doesn't matter. ”

In the opinion of the Ministry of Rites, the former Empress Dowager is 72 years old and will not live long. Return Xie Daoqing after his death to Da Song, and return the living Xie Daoqing to Da Song, even if Xie Daoqing only lives for a few days after he returns, the whole meaning is completely different. No matter from any point of view, it is Mongolia that benefits, so Xiong Shangshu doesn't bother to discuss it at all.

"You Han people are really cool!" The Mongolian ambassador said to Xiong Shang. After finishing speaking, the Mongolian ambassador observed Xiong Shang's expression, and seeing Xiong Shang's indifferent look, the Mongolian ambassador asked discouragedly: "Xiong Shangshu." This battle must be fought, right? ”

Xiong Sheng nodded, "That's right. ”

After that, neither of them spoke again. There was silence for a while, and then everyone dispersed.