Chapter 278: Non-stop

Zhao Yu shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not so easy for them to give up their military power." It may be more difficult to mix Khitan and Han Chinese. ”

"Your Majesty, this kind of negotiation is a negotiation while fighting. Tell them with facts that if they don't talk about it again, there will soon be no capital to talk about. Ouyang said: "Besides, it can't be ruled out that they are using a delaying tactic, so we have to talk about it." However, according to my opinion, they should be sincere, and the attack on Huanglongfu so quickly was completely unexpected by the Khitans, almost equivalent to all the main forces of the Song army could go north to attack Tokyo at any time. "Excluding the second-line troops, as a regular army, there are more than 600,000 in the three ways, which is quite a terrifying number. Before Zhao Yu ascended the throne, the total number of forbidden troops in the country was only 500,000, which was only 30% of the Liao army.

"Yes, that makes sense."

Ouyang asked carefully: "Your Majesty doesn't want Wei Chen to run the Huanglong Mansion again, right?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and didn't answer, it seemed that she was in a good mood: "Three days ago, when you were on the way, Zhang Jun sent the Jurchens to descend the table, and they were very generous, and they only asked Wanyan Wu Qimai to be crowned king, and then the Jurchens governed the Jurchens in the north of Huanglong Mansion Autonomous management. The table also said that they could give up their military powers. ”

"No way!" Ouyang Dao: "They must be eliminated. ”

Zhao Yu was overjoyed when he heard it: "On one side is the Khitans, and on the other side is the Jurchens, why is there such a big gap in your attitude?" ”

"Your Majesty, most of the Khitan people are not much different from the Han people, although they also graze, but the main food is already ploughing, the Khitan people are greatly influenced by Confucianism, the Khitan and Han people have a common language, and their superiors are incompetent, they don't have much ambition, and the people have forgotten about nomadism. Although there are still some nomadic habits, everyone believes that nomadism is no longer the main economic support. They are more willing to build houses and buy land. The Khitan people obeyed the king, and in the occupied areas, the Khitans were more cooperative and kind, and for them, it didn't matter much between being ruled by the Song and being ruled by the Liao. There are even some people who think that the Song people can bring prosperity and welcome the Song people. ”

Ouyang said again: "But looking at the Jurchen is diametrically opposed. They lost the most important Huanglong Mansion before they were listed. Jurchen and Chinese are incomprehensible, and only one out of thousands of Jurchens can speak Chinese. They have no other way of surviving than being nomadic. Our Great Song Dynasty will definitely not be able to fully feed their country. As for abandoning the army, it is even more absurd. Their army is the people, and the people are also the army. They all have the weapons that nomads need, and as soon as someone says hello, the people will immediately become soldiers. The East China Sea region is even more bitter and cold, the Jurchens are stoic and will not be willing to submit to other tribes, and the chieftains are unwilling to give up their rights. The Han people were struggling in the Jurchen land, and in the occupied areas, the Song merchants were attacked and looted. The Jurchens were not influenced by Confucianism, and they believed that what was seized by force was what belonged to them. Not only is it difficult to assimilate them, it can even be said that it is impossible to assimilate them. This is the difference between the two communities. ”

Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "You mean that there is no need to talk about the Jurchens?" ”

"There is no need to talk about it, General Han can talk slowly between the two roads, and he can kill fewer people and destroy some of the remaining local economy. But the Jurchens are raising tigers for trouble, and if they drag on for one more day, the enemy will be more dangerous. Your Majesty, don't underestimate the Jurchens, they can all come up with a way to go to sea and loot, which not only shows that their etiquette is very poor, but the most important thing is that they have a group of excellent managers. If we don't take advantage of our army to go deep into the north to deal with them, and when the time is ripe, people will make a comeback, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with.

"Well...... I want you to go to Khitan Tokyo again and help me talk about this. My Great Song Forbidden Army has never fought a head-on battle with the Khitan, and the Khitans still have hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands, if they can die less, I can even promise Yeluchun to return to Linhuang Mansion and give Linhuang Mansion to him for generations as a feeding place. ”

Ouyang asked, "Why is it Weichen again?" ”

"I heard that you have a good relationship with Yelu Chun and Yelu Dashi, and besides, you are the official who knows the Khitan people best in the Great Song Dynasty. And the conditions of the Lord's peace are all put forward by yourself, don't you go about it? ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the last time the emperor ransomed, General Han pit Yelu Dashi, and Weichen estimated that Yelu Dashi would count this account on Weichen's head." ”

Zhao Yu asked, "Will he kill you?" ”

"That won't happen, if he kills me, it will be tantamount to forcing all three armies to attack the Liao." Ouyang replied, don't talk about Yelu Dashi, Emperor Tianzuo is not so idiotic. The current war situation kills the envoys, and it is self-defeating. But looking at the Jurchens, it is very likely that Ouyang will be left behind, this kind of atmosphere is different, the ideology and values are different, it is difficult to clearly describe. Besides, no one in the Liao Kingdom has any opinions about Ouyang personally. Even if there is, it may be Yelu Dashi, but Ouyang is still more willing to believe that Yelu Dashi is a person with clear grievances.

"So, over the years, for the Western Xia, the Khitan, and the Jurchens, only the Khitan you think can be a good peace negotiation, and I won't send you to send anyone."

"Your Majesty, the Western Xia ministers are also willing to negotiate peace, but they are not willing to give up the army. In the end, because of Weichen's false holy decree, they didn't have a single chip in their hands. lost all his body, and reluctantly agreed to the conditions proposed by Weichen. These can be discussed, like the Jurchens, and Mongolia, don't talk about it, it's a waste of time. ”

Zhao Yu said: "You concentrate on doing your thing, don't worry about Mongolia every day." I know it. ”

"Yes!" Ouyang was helpless.

Zhao Yu asked, "Did you send Wan Yanlan to Cangzhou Prison?" ”

"Yes!" Ouyang said: "Weichen just thought, it's better that Your Majesty still doesn't know about this matter. There was no play. ”

"Then you might as well kill her."

Ouyang said: "This person has a life-saving grace for Weichen, and of course, Weichen also has a life-saving grace for her." She can regard the grace of saving her life as dung, after all, Weichen is a scholar, and she understands the grace of dripping water and the truth of reciprocating with springs. ”

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "I ask you, why didn't you write the sleepwalker?" ”

"......" Ouyang wiped the cold sweat, what do you mean?

Zhao Yu said: "Let Mengsheng continue to write, and I will continue to read." I didn't say anything about the book last time. It's that you concealed my help in writing the book, which made me very unhappy. You are really not fit to be a powerful minister, and you can't even understand what you are saying. Do you know that after the sleepwalking was broken, many people went to the trouble of the Hangzhou printing factory and asked what happened later. ”

"Wechen understands!"

"Ouyang." Zhao Yu thought about it and asked, "I really want to know how you know so much." He even has a good hand to rejuvenate and is proficient in the art of Qihuang. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, folk legend has it that all champions are Wenqu stars. Therefore, Weichen often dreams of some messy things, and it has become a habit to write with him after getting up. Besides, this method of trauma is not the first use of Wechen, Wechen is out playing, and when he is bored on the journey, he reads the medical book, General Zhang's injury, to be honest, is also a dead horse right to be a live horse doctor, fortunately, General Zhang Jiren has his own natural appearance. ”

"Haha, but you're doing a great job." Zhao Yu was very satisfied and said: "What is a pillar, this is a pillar." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

"However, I have not been rewarded for the chaos in Dongting Lake, and if I don't reward the superintendent army this time, you won't be able to help me with peace of mind."

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, where do you speak." ”

"Come on!" Zhao Yu said: "Bring the things up." ”

"Yes!" A guard quickly came in through the side door with a large platter. The plate is padded with red cloth, and there is something on the red cloth, and the thing is covered with gold cloth, which looks quite mysterious, and also has a considerable volume and a certain weight.

Zhao Yu smiled: "Ouyang, let you guess three times, and if you guess this thing, it will be yours." I guessed wrong, so I had to take it back. ”

"......" Ouyang Khan, Zhao Yu is not in a good mood today.

Zhao Yu instructed: "Prompt." ”

"Yes!" The inner guard flicked his fingers at the golden cloth, and a metallic sound rang out.

It's metal, and it's a whole piece of metal. At this time, Ouyang wondered, what would the emperor give was a whole piece of metal? No, looking at the shape, this metal is only half, it is a rectangular semicircle, which is equivalent to a cylinder cut in half. Ouyang looked at Zhao Yu's expression very proudly, obviously this thing is very easy to take, and he will be satisfied with it.

Gold? It shouldn't be so vulgar, and Zhao Yu is embarrassed to show gold in front of him. The official document of the promotion is not uncommon to say, and there is no need to use such a big thing as an official document, right? Is it an inscription, it's not right, half a round iron sheet.

"Let him touch it!" Zhao Yu seemed to be even more proud.

Ouyang put his hand on it, and he actually felt that there were words on it, which were the words "descendants". The inner guard turned lightly and let go of Ouyang's hand. What are the offspring? Bestow titles and descendants? Who has ever seen such a knighthood? Could it be that this woman helped her give birth to a son?

It's not fun in this way, Zhao Yu asked: "Ouyang, just think about it, I have something that makes you look good and reward you will definitely be very happy." This thing has words on it, and it is embedded in gold. There were two rewards for this thing in the Tang Dynasty, and I remember that one of them was Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue. It was the first in the Song period. ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Weichen really can't guess!" "There are things I want, but I definitely don't look like this.

"That's it!" Zhao Yu sighed and said, "Pick it up!" ”

Neiwei lifted the gold cloth, and Ouyang saw an iron sheet with a semi-cylindrical body three feet high and three feet wide, with words on it, all of which were inlaid with gold. The first row is from generation to generation, and then it is engraved with their own exploits, counting a lot from the beginning of the Western Xia War. At the end, it is inlaid with golden words: "Qing forgives nine deaths, children and grandchildren die three deaths, or commits a regular punishment, and there is no responsibility!" ”

"What is this?" Ouyang was shocked.

"Danshu Iron Coupons." The guard replied.

Ouyang was shocked and asked, "Is it the legendary gold medal for avoiding death?" "Damn, this guy looks like half a gasoline barrel. Ouyang remembered watching TV, and the gold medal for avoiding death was a brand. How did you get to your side, this death-free gold medal is so big? This thing is just a legend, Ouyang didn't know that this thing was originally a gasoline barrel, but in order to prevent counterfeiting, he cut half of it and left the bottom in Ouchi.

"It's pretty much the same, but it's usually exonerating." Zhao Yu said: "You Ouyang often do bad things, giving you this Danshu is also to avoid prison in the future, are you satisfied?" ”

"This ...... So satisfied. Ouyang Xi said: "I saw that there were a few ministers in the court who were not pleasing to the eye, and I arrested them and beat them when I turned around, especially that Zhang Bangchang." ”

"......" Zhao Yu almost fell into a coma, but he didn't think that the first thing people thought of was not his future safety, but that he wanted to use this thing to vent his personal anger. Zhao Yu could only say: "If you want to mess around, I will destroy the piece of Ouchi and say that you are forged." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" This is a more real thing, but I have to go back and study what the nine deaths are written above, and what the three deaths of children and grandchildren are. However, the circulation of the death-free gold medal is very small, and no one may know about it, so it is estimated that it is counted according to the number of times. Alas...... The second generation of officials is happiness, and there is a talisman before they are born. Son, Lao Tzu is an official, you can kill people casually in the future.

"You wait at the post house first, and the peace talks still depend on pomp." Zhao Yu said: "However, you can still be polite to the Khitans." I don't need to send Zhang Xuanming out to deal with it. ”

"Of course, Li Qianshun is still a relatively accomplished emperor, and he must deal with it. Yelu Chuncai is a small Zhishu, Emperor Tianzuo is mediocre and incompetent, there is only one Yelu Dashi, and Weichen will invite him to Tokyo as a guest. ”

"Well, if you do something, I can rest assured." Zhao Yu said: "Go down." ”

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To Ouyang's surprise, Zhang Bangchang, who was a Chinese scholar, turned out to be also in the peace delegation. To tell the truth, Ouyang admires Zhang Bangchang very much, according to the records of the ministry, he has only one merit recorded in the more than 20 years since he was the governor of the state. There can only be such a person, not to mention Ouyang, there are also some plausible names such as opening canals, increasing grain production, increasing taxes and profits, and appeasing the locality. Even the Hanlin Academy has a saying that it is conscientious. And Li Bangchang's only merit is because he went to the table during the time of Huizong of the Song Dynasty and took items from Chongning and Daguan to make flags.

Could it be that Zhao Yu deliberately used it to give himself a gold medal for avoiding death? Later, when I asked the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, it turned out that I knew that the waiter of Zhongshu was a very important member of the mission. During the peace talks, the Zhongshu Province was responsible for drafting the peace treaty, and the left and right sides did not go to each other, and of course the figures at the next level had to go.

Although Ouyang is a small official, he is sent big, and he is a Qin mission. Many of the people who went to Khitan with Ouyang were old acquaintances of Ouyang. He was once an official who had been on an envoy to Western Xia. In line with the principle of waste utilization, Ouyang called Zhang Bangchang to his room on the first day of travel and rest.

But Ouyang didn't expect Zhang Bangchang's face to be really thin, and when he entered the door, he first praised Ouyang's exploits, slapped Ouyang's sycophants, and said that Ouyang was a pillar of talent, and his future was limitless, etc. Ouyang was unmoved, because this was a more objective positioning of himself. When Zhang Bangchang was thirsty, Ouyang Cai said: "Ben Qincha has always thought that the truth that I was born to be useful is the truth, such as Li Bangyan. Therefore, Ben Qincha wants to ask Master Zhang to use his own strengths to help Ben Qincha a favor, and if he helps well, he will be rewarded, and if he can't help well, Ben Qincha has Danshu iron coupons in hand, and he wants to do something bad to you. ”

Zhang Bangchang immediately got up and arched his hand and said: "Lord Qincha said that the reward is far away, who doesn't know that Lord Qincha is dedicated to sharing worries for the country and the people, and everything he does is a major matter related to the country. As long as Lord Qincha commands, the wind comes and the rain goes, and the officials will never frown. ”

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Ouyang had actually guessed that the Liao people would negotiate peace. As soon as the Huanglong Mansion was broken, not only the Jurchens couldn't stand it, but the Liao people also raised the combat effectiveness of the Song army to a new height. It is no longer meaningful to continue to resist, not to mention that the Song people were able to conduct large-scale battles in the harsh winter, which the Khitans could not do. And the Liao court is rotten, there are no real people with lofty ideals, as long as their interests are well protected, they will not oppose being ruled. Ouyang knew that the focus of the next work was no longer military operations, but to expand the territory, reassure the people, and maintain local stability.

After passing through the Liao occupation area, Ouyang couldn't help but sigh that the Liao State, which was once twice as large as the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and stood in the north for more than 200 years, could not avoid its demise due to the problem of inheritance. How can there be a strong shadow during the period of Empress Dowager Xiao. The policies adopted in Liaodi and Jurchen were different, and most of them were mainly appeased, whether it was the Khitans, the Han or the Bohai people, they were all relatively kind.

The Qincha brigade drove into the city, and the adults held the children to watch the excitement, and there was no fear. The Song Dynasty also gave full consideration to the local conditions, and the local officials with better official reputations remained in the local area, and those with bad official reputations were eliminated and filled by the officials who were able to be transferred by the Ministry of Officials. Each county left 100 forbidden troops, led by a school captain, and cooperated with the county magistrate to maintain law and order. Han Shizhong issued a military order, and the remaining soldiers were killed thirteen. Provocation, encroachment, plunder, etc., are all within the scope of the Thirteen Killings. The local people also recognized and supported what the Song Dynasty had done.

In order to stabilize the rule of this place, the imperial court deliberately opened Enke in the occupied territory. This Enke can only be attended by the people of the occupied land, the state examination in August this year, the provincial examination and the palace examination next year. And next August will be the Great Song State Examination, followed by the imperial examination year, that is, the students in the occupied areas will have two opportunities in a short period of time, which is great news for the scholars. The Song Dynasty also issued travel fees to any candidate who passed the state examination, which was an important means of stabilizing the local area.

These methods are useless to the Jurchens, there will be no Jurchens to rush to the exam, they are even in the minority who can speak Chinese, let alone Chinese characters. Therefore, the language and writing barrier is a major obstacle to the rule, either Qin Shi Huang unification of the written language is a great contribution, otherwise it is not only foreign languages that need to be learned now.

There were also people who were reading and farming, and these people benefited greatly from the Song Dynasty's five-year tax exemption. The Khitan doubled the tax at that time, and the Song people reduced it as soon as they came, who did they support? Everyone knows it. For the city people, the chamber of commerce has made a great contribution, and the field it opened recruits a large number of local people, although the wages are lower than those in the Song Dynasty, but the local prices are lower. It's a pretty good income for them.

The common people have received real benefits, so everywhere the Qincha brigade went, it was indeed a scene of singing and dancing and peacefulness. Although the Song Dynasty was not compulsory, many Khitan Xiao and Yelu people were admitted to Han nationality, because the imperial court also gave a policy that the imperial court that gave birth to children in Han nationality gave a reward of five buckets of rice.