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As soon as the decisive battle of Fuping was won, Liu Qi sent people to report the victory to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

The Great Qian Dynasty has always attached the most importance to the transmission of information, so the post system of the Great Qian Dynasty extends in all directions, and the total number of post houses, post stations, and post pavilions throughout the country is as high as more than 14,700, and there are as many as one million personnel specializing in post service, of which there are nearly 100,000 post soldiers alone, and this is not counting a large number of secret agents mixed in the personnel engaged in post service, and the communication line is centered on the four capitals (Beijing Yanshan Mansion, Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion, Xijing Chang'an Mansion and Nanjing Yingtian Mansion), radiating in all directions, reaching the border area, Roughly every 30 miles a post house, every 10 miles a post station, every 5 miles a post pavilion, is the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty nearly ten times as much.

Different from the earlier post stations, although the post houses, post stations, and post pavilions of the Daqian Dynasty were also purely official, they were not like the earlier post stations, which were only used to convey government orders and military information, and could not be used for civil communication.

The post system of the Daqian Dynasty was much more developed and flexible.

First of all, the post system of the Daqian Dynasty changed from the previous situation that it was only used to convey government orders and military intelligence and civilian communications, and became not only for the civilian population to deliver letters, but also to mail parcels for the civilians.

Of course, whether it is to deliver letters for civilians or to mail parcels for civilians, it is not free, on the contrary, because the transportation cost of this era is too high, if civilians want to use the post system of the Daqian Dynasty to send letters, the price is very high, if they use the post system of the Daqian Dynasty to mail packages, the price will be even higher (will be determined according to their weight and price).

In addition, according to Li Cun's supreme instructions, all post houses, post houses, and post houses must set aside a part as "hotels", that is, to provide food and rest for people (whether officials or commoners) to come and go.

- Officials on business are free, others pay their own expenses, and the price is relatively high (you can refer to the service area in later generations).

Let's put it this way, the post system advocated by Li Cun is an official self-operated mechanism that integrates many services such as post offices, logistics, and chain hotels.

Needless to say, the main purpose of the establishment of the post system of the Daqian Dynasty was to convey government decrees and military information to the imperial court, to inquire about intelligence, to assist the Feinu transmission network to transmit news, and to facilitate the travel of officials of the Daqian Dynasty.

As for self-management, that is, the income of all post houses, post stations, and post pavilions is based on post houses, post stations, and post pavilions, and the accounts are split with the imperial court.

In other words, although the basic salary of those engaged in post work was paid by the imperial court, most of their income depended on their share of the profits they received from operating post houses, post houses, and post houses.

In this way, the well-run post houses, post stations, and post houses will naturally earn more from the personnel engaged in post services, while those post houses, post stations, and post houses that are not well run will be replaced by the Ministry of Officials.

And because post houses, post stations, and post houses have become the money bags of the people engaged in post affairs, they naturally have to manage them carefully.

Some well-developed post houses, post stations, and post houses do not need to be taught by others, but provide seasonal vegetables, fresh fish, wine, and good services for the people who come and go, and also send post soldiers to maintain law and order and escort important items.

Otherwise, people who pass by can walk five or ten miles more to choose the next post house, post station, and post pavilion to rest.

Due to its competitive nature and a sound and fair reward mechanism, the postal system of the Daqian Dynasty has developed very well.

Because the Daqian Dynasty had a very good post system, it also greatly increased the convenience of the flow of personnel in the Daqian Dynasty, and then promoted the development of commerce.

In addition, this also created a large number of jobs for the Daqian Dynasty, it can be said that the Daqian Dynasty was able to easily digest the millions of soldiers of the Zhao and Song dynasties and the number of more rebels and bandits, and the post system of the Daqian Dynasty contributed a lot.

The key point is that after this is done, not only does the Daqian court not have to invest money in the post system of the Daqian Dynasty, on the contrary, the post system of the Daqian Dynasty can also provide a lot of financial revenue to the Daqian court every year.

The key point is that because the postal system of the Daqian Dynasty was highly developed, the decrees of the Daqian Dynasty were unimpeded, and the transmission of information was extremely fast.

To put it simply, the post post of the Daqian Dynasty was divided into three types: land post, water post, and waterway annexation.

The imperial court of Daqian had a clear stipulation on the itinerary of the post post, that the land post fast horse walked 12 posts a day, that is, 180 miles, and then 300 miles a day, and the fastest required to gallop 500 miles a day; Walkers travel fifty miles a day; When sailing against the current, the river travels forty miles, the river travels fifty miles, and the other sixty miles; When the river is down, it is all stipulated that it is 100 to 150 miles.

By the way, the Daqian Dynasty is now preparing to provide bicycles for various post houses, post houses, post houses, post houses, which will definitely further increase the speed of post posts.

At present, the fastest express delivery of the Daqian Dynasty is that there are copper bells tied to the horses of the post horses, and when they gallop on the road, they ring the bell during the day and raise a fire at night, and they are not responsible for hitting and killing people. Each post house, post station, post house is changed to the fastest and best horse, a post house to change people, rain or shine, day and night.

The victory of Fuping was a huge victory related to the complete destruction of the Zhao and Song dynasties by the Daqian Dynasty, and it was naturally transmitted to Bianliang City in Tokyo in the fastest way.

More than 1,000 miles from Fuping to Tokyo Bianliang City, more than two days, the good news was delivered to Tokyo Bianliang City.

As soon as he entered Bianliang City, Tokyo, he whipped his horse and galloped towards the palace, while shouting: "Fuping is a great victory, Liu Xuanfu has defeated the millions of troops of Zhao and Song, and I have been unified!" ”

It can be seen that this postman who reported the victory was a little too excited, and then played a few words on the spot.

As a result, the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, all exploded when they heard the words shouted by this good news officer!

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Everyone thinks that the Western Song Dynasty only has the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and its emperor Zhao Gou was captured by the Daqian Dynasty again, and nine times out of ten he will be destroyed by the Daqian Dynasty, and then Li Cun will complete the unification.

But it was completely different from the fact that it really happened.

You must know that at the beginning of the war, some well-informed people had already spread the word that this time, in order to defend the Jin and Xia countries, they took this opportunity to invade the territory of the Daqian Dynasty, and because the time was very hurried, only 100,000 horses were dispatched, while the Song army was conservatively estimated to have 500,000, and there may even be millions.

More importantly, this time it was not Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Wu Lan, Zhao Li and other generals who had already proven themselves, but Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, two generals who had just surrendered from the Western Song Dynasty.

Therefore, whether the Daqian Dynasty can succeed in defeating the Song Dynasty this time is actually a certain matter.

Now, the millions of main forces of the Song army have been defeated by Liu Qi, so it is probably only a matter of time before the Daqian Dynasty recovers the Sichuan-Shaanxi region.

If the Daqian Dynasty recovered the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, then the territory of the Daqian Dynasty would far exceed the territory of the Zhao and Song dynasties during their heyday.

In this way, although the territory of the Daqian Dynasty still cannot be compared with the peak of the Han and Tang dynasties, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Daqian Dynasty recovered all the inherent territory of the Han people and completed the great unification.

- With the Great Wall as the boundary, except for a small piece of territory that was still occupied by the Western Xia, Li Cun had recovered all the territory of Qin Shi Huang when he unified the Six Kingdoms.

And, let's not forget, Li Cun has not yet recovered the small piece of territory occupied by the Western Xia, but Li Cun incorporated Liuqiu into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty and recovered Annam and Zhancheng.

In terms of land area, the Daqian Dynasty has surpassed the territory of the Han people during the Qin Dynasty.

The birth of such a great dynasty is enough to make the hearts of any loyal subjects excited and boiling.

Moreover, this has not only a symbolic meaning, but also a practical meaning.

——After the Great Qian Dynasty destroyed the Western Song Dynasty, the war that lasted ten years and disgusted everyone may finally end completely.

How can these people who have been persecuted by the war not be excited?!

Li Cun and his ministers were also very excited when they learned that the main force of the Song army had been defeated by Liu Qi and them.

At the beginning, Li Cunli used Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, two generals who had just surrendered from the Zhao Song Dynasty not long ago, to serve as the commander of the Song Dynasty, many people were worried, and some people even thought that the wise and wise Li Cun may have made a big mistake this time, and some people who secretly hated Li Cun were preparing to see Li Cun's jokes.

Who would have thought, the facts have once again proved that Li Cun's vision of people is unmatched by others.

Liu Qi and Li Yanxian did not live up to Li Cun's expectations, and they perfectly completed the important strategic tasks assigned to them by Li Cun.

At the same time, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian also proved to the world that they are generals, and Zhao Gou does not know how to cherish talents.

More importantly, look at it now, Li Cun's use of Liu Qi and Li Yanxian is really too wise and wise.

It is not difficult to see that as soon as Liu Qi and Li Yanxian arrived in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, the people of the Western Song Dynasty, especially the officers and men of the Song army, competed to abandon the Song Dynasty and join the army.

It can be said that only Liu Qi and Li Yanxian are enough to be worth the 200,000 troops of the Daqian Dynasty.

Therefore, at the beginning, what Li Cun dispatched was not an army of 100,000 at all, but an army of 300,000, no, an army of 500,000.

- Don't forget, it's a trade-off.

This time, everyone, one counts as one, and once again really served Li Cun.

Many people can't help but think: "Either Your Majesty can complete the unification and become the co-ruler of the world, it's really amazing, in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away!" ”

The ministers of the Great Qian Dynasty rushed to congratulate Li Cun, and some ministers asked Li Cun to give a banquet, and the monarchs and ministers drank together to celebrate the great unification, and some ministers asked Li Cun to give an amnesty, and the whole world celebrated.

Li Cun could understand the excitement of these ministers.

Li Cun, who is about to complete the achievement of great unification, why doesn't he want to celebrate?

But after all, it's still undecided, and if something happens, it's not a slap in the face.

Therefore, Li Cun asked everyone to calm down first, don't make a mistake at the last moment, and give the Western Song Dynasty a chance.

Next, Li Cun did not give the Western Song Dynasty the slightest chance to make supplementary appointments to the personnel in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, and sent a large number of elite officials to the Sichuan-Shaanxi region to support Liu Ziyu, Tang Chong, Zhan Du and others to subdue and govern the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, and asked Chen Hoop to send heavy troops to escort back all the remnants of the Zhao Song Dynasty such as Zhao Gou.

In order to prevent Liu Qi, Li Yanxian and others from getting carried away or slacking off because of the victory, Li Cun also specially sent Zhang Shi as the minister to go to the Sichuan-Shaanxi region for him, obviously to reward the three armies, but in fact told Liu Qi, Li Yanxian and others not to be careless.

Seeing that Li Cun was still extremely calm at this time, and did not give the Western Song Dynasty any chance, everyone couldn't help but respect Li Cun even more.

Subsequently, Master Hanlin sent an order to Zhang Bangchang and reminded Li Cun: "Now that the general trend has been decided, Your Majesty can meet the envoys of Jin and Xia." ”

The Daqian Dynasty's attack on the Song Dynasty this time, because of its extremely decisive action, not only caught the Western Song Dynasty by surprise, but also caught the Jin and Xia countries off guard who really thought that the Daqian Dynasty would recuperate for three years.

As a result, by the time Jin and Xia learned that the Daqian Dynasty had attacked the Song Dynasty again, it was already two months after the Daqian Dynasty sent troops.

- At that time, Zhao Gou had already been captured by Chen Hoop and them, and the cadres had already entered Shaanxi.

The high-level officials of Jin and Xia immediately realized that something was wrong, so they hurriedly dispatched troops to threaten the frontier of the Daqian Dynasty to besiege Wei and rescue Zhao, and at the same time immediately sent envoys to the Daqian Dynasty to threaten Li Cun to destroy the Western Song Dynasty.

No, as soon as the envoys of Jin and Xia arrived in Bianliang City, Tokyo, they were detained by Li Cun, who was determined to destroy the Western Song Dynasty.

Now that the overall situation has been decided, and the armies of Jin and Xia are constantly attacking the frontiers of the Daqian Dynasty, as Zhang Bangchang reminded, it is time to issue an ultimatum to Jin and Xia.

Therefore, Li Cun sent someone to call the envoys of Jin and Xia.

The envoys sent by Jin and Xia this time were very unusual.

——The envoy sent by the Jin State was the general Wanyan Yinshuke, and the envoy sent by the Western Xia was Li Renli, the king of Shu, both of whom were prominent figures in the core power class of the country.

Wanyan Yinshu and Li Renli bowed down to Li Cunxing, and presented the national letter, matters and oath draft one by one.

On the way to the palace, Wanyan Yinshuke and Li Renli had already heard that the Great Qian Dynasty had defeated the million-strong army of the Western Song Dynasty, and the situation between the two countries had been decided, so the demise of the Western Song Dynasty had become a sure thing.

Therefore, Wanyan Yinshuke and Li Renli coincidentally activated the alternative plan they brought, that is, each expressed his willingness to repair eternal friendship with the Great Qian Dynasty on behalf of his own country, that is, to negotiate peace.

Wanyan Yinshuke, on behalf of Wanyan Wu Qimai, said that the Jin State hoped that the two countries could sign an alliance similar to the "Alliance of the Yuan" like the Song and Liao countries.

Wanyan Yinshuke also said that as long as Li Cun was willing to return the daughters of the royal family and the daughter of the clan of the Jin State to Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Yanmu, or to give the Jin State a reward for the New Year's coins like the Song Dynasty rewarded the Liao State with the New Year's coin, the Jin State would immediately withdraw its troops.

Li Renli said that he asked Li Cun for marriage on behalf of Li Qianshun, hoping that Li Cun would marry a daughter to serve as the empress of their Western Xia, with the intention of eliminating the estrangement caused by the two countries by marriage and consolidating the relationship between the two countries by marriage.

After listening to Yan Yinshuke and Li Renli's request, many ministers of the Great Qian Dynasty showed ecstasy on their faces.

The reason why these ministers of the Great Qian Dynasty were ecstatic:

First, Jin and Xia expressed their stance in this way, which means that Jin and Xia have clearly recognized the current situation and will no longer help the Western Song Dynasty, and in this way, the complete destruction of the Western Song Dynasty by the Daqian Dynasty and the completion of the great unification will be a foregone conclusion.

- Without the help of Jin and Xia, and without the emperor and the Western Song Dynasty, which was defeated by the main force, there would definitely be no day to turn over.

Second, the peace conditions put forward by Jin and Xia Qian this time can be said to be quite sincere.

One might say, is this sincere? Jin Guo wants New Year's coins, and Xixia wants princesses, is this a shame?

Wrong.

At least in the eyes of many ministers of the Daqian Dynasty, it was simply too cost-effective to reward the Jin State with its incomparably strong national strength of 300 million yuan per year in exchange for permanent peace between the two countries.

As for Li Cun marrying a daughter to Li Qianshun, this is even more of a great thing.

First of all, Li Cun has hundreds of daughters, and every year there are double-digit daughters who die young, and marrying one to Li Qianshun is really nothing.

Some people may think that Li Qianshun is already thirty-six this year, if his son Li Renai does not die, he will be almost twenty, and Li Cun's daughter is not even ten years old, isn't this a big loss?

That's not really how the accounts between two countries are calculated.

To put it simply, if Li Qianshun marries Li Cun's daughter, then the Daqian Dynasty and the Western Xia will be regarded as a father and son country, and the Western Xia will be a vassal state of the Daqian Dynasty.

In addition, Li Cun's daughter married in the past, and she was Li Qianshun's queen and the mother of the Western Xia, just like Yelu Nanxian at the beginning.

As for the trivial matter of not being suitable for age, it is better to do it, Xixia can marry one of Li Cun's daughters back first, and then raise them until they are fourteen years old, and then have a round house with Li Qianshun.

Actually, there can also be another operation here, that is, Li Cun can find a woman at random, say that she is a woman in her own family, take her as a daughter, and marry into Western Xia, you don't necessarily have to really give a daughter of your own.

In other words, as long as Li Cun recognizes this daughter, it is fine.

In short, the matter of Xixia and Li Cun's marriage is not important, what is important is the political significance behind Xixia and Li Cun's courtship.

The key is that the Daqian Dynasty has just completely annexed the Zhao and Song dynasties, no, it should be said that the Daqian Dynasty has not completely annexed the Zhao and Song dynasties, and it is necessary to first stabilize the two evil neighbors of Jin and Xia, and free up their hands and feet, financial and material resources, so that the Daqian Dynasty can completely recuperate for a period of time, and completely settle the Daqian Dynasty.

The key point is that the Daqian Dynasty can first agree to the peace suing of Jin and Xia, and then tear up the treaty when the Daqian Dynasty is ready to destroy Jin and Xia or one of them in the future.

Therefore, after listening to the requests of Jin and Xia, many ministers of the Great Qian Dynasty immediately gave Li Cun a look and signaled that Li Cun must agree......

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