"Your Majesty, the ministers have been tempted, Mongolia is now in turmoil, which has affected the rule of the Liao State over them, and the Liao State is afraid that the Liao State will send troops to the Mongolian State, so now they must repair the relationship with us, otherwise, once we unite with the Mongolian people, it will make the Liao State a headache."

Listening to Jiang Gu's words, Zhao Zhen knew in his heart. He said that why did Liao State put its posture so low, and the emotional reason was here.

It's just that he knew what the Liao people were afraid of, but Zhao Zhen didn't have contact with the Mongolian people, let alone the meaning of unity.

For Zhao Zhen and more important ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, Mengdi is a wild place, and the people there don't know etiquette, and they also belong to the wilderness. They will not associate with such a person, it will only lose their identity.

And if they really unite, what good will Monti do to them?

If you win, you won't get any benefits, and if you lose, you will suffer the revenge of Liao, so it's better not to do such a thing.

Not to mention, no one knows whether this incident is a trap of the Liao State or not. What if Liao and Meng did not turn their faces, but took the initiative to lead the Song army forward, and then gathered and annihilated them?

Song had never valued Mengdi and didn't know much about the situation there, so they wouldn't take such a risk.

"Very good, this time you have made a meritorious service, I remember it in my heart, you can go down and do a good job. By the way, publicizing today's incident will also increase the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty. After some deliberation in his heart, Zhao Zhen put this matter behind him, and turned to think about how to announce the reduction of the amount of tribute to the Liao State to the people.

This also belongs to his great achievements of Zhao Zhen.

As for saying that in this matter, the biggest hero is actually Su Shi's matter, but Zhao Zhen can't be rewarded anymore.

At this time, isn't he telling everyone that as the emperor in this matter, his credit is not as great as that of a courtier?

Moreover, Su Shi is young and is already an official from the fourth grade, if he is rewarded again, what official position should be rewarded to him?

If Su Shi makes meritorious contributions in the future, will he be rewarded?

If it goes on like this, I am afraid that when Su Shi is thirty or forty years old, he will have to live in an official house. Even if he leaves this person to his son Zhao Xi, I'm afraid it will only leave him with trouble.

After all, the courtiers who have no reward are very difficult to manage, and if one is not done well, something big will happen.

can't be rewarded, but Zhao Zhen thought that if Su Shi had any requirements in the near future, he could try his best to meet them, and it would be better to make up for the other party.

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North Post House.

Zhang Jian, who still had anger on his face, locked himself in his room after returning to the post house, looking like he didn't see anyone.

On the surface, Zhang Jian suffered a loss this time. The number of tributes was cut too much, and he, the messenger, lost face in Da Liao.

It's just that when the door is really closed, after being temporarily isolated from outsiders, Zhang Jian laughed out loud.

That's right, on the surface, in order to get the goods in Su Shi's hands this time, Zhang Jian paid some price. The sharp decrease in the number of tributes seems to indicate that the status of the Liao and Song dynasties has tended to be equal. But in reality, the strength of the two countries is never reflected in these figures.

If you are strong, you are strong, and it will not mean that you are weak because the number of tributes decreases.

On the contrary, if you are weak, you are weak, and you will not be strong because the amount of tribute is less.

Zhang Jianming knew this, but he still made huge concessions, in the final analysis, he can be said to have a great plan.

First, the Liao State was indeed preparing to use troops against Mongolia.

Since Su Shi took the Su family army on a trip to Mongolia, he made a powerful Kaqi tribe come out.

The Kaqi tribe became strong by constantly fighting, far from being like the Mongolian ruling tribe here before, they relied on the support of the Liao people to become the masters of this land.

Without the grace of the Liao people, after Su Shi left Mongolia and opened the spring, the Liao State sent people into Mongolia, met the patriarch of the Kaqi tribe, Wu Rige, and asked him to pay them heavy taxes and pay heavy money like the Mongolian tribes who ruled here before, they naturally would not agree.

Not only did they not agree, but the Kaqi tribe that came out of the war also beat out the envoys sent by the Liao.

Although he didn't kill it, he also slapped a blue nose and swollen face, which made Liao lose face.

After the matter was reported back to the capital city of Kyoto in Liao, the court of Liao was boiling, and many people stood up and demanded that the Kaqi tribe be punished.

The Liao people were beaten in the face, if they couldn't fight back, what would others think of them? In the future, they will not have face in Daliao, and will they still want to stand on this land?

Liao Xingzong was also very annoyed.

If it is said that the Song people took advantage of their huge losses in the south to launch a counterattack, he can understand it, after all, such a good opportunity, if it were him, he would definitely find a way to send troops to recover the lost territory.

But this time, the Mongolian people want to rebel themselves, so how can they agree.

In the court of Liao, after some deliberation, it was decided that Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, would personally lead 200,000 troops and send troops to Mengdi, and at the same time clean up this Kaqi tribe, he also told the people of the world that the beard of the Liao State could not be touched.

Whoever dares to touch it will die.

This matter has been defined, but it will take at least half a year to prepare. This time, before Zhang Jian came to the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State had already begun to mobilize all kinds of military supplies. made him come to Da Song this time to have one more mission, that is, to observe Da Song's attitude towards this matter.

If the Great Song Dynasty wanted to take the opportunity to send troops, the Liao State would need to make more preparations.

This is also why when negotiating with Jiang Gu today, Zhang Jian deliberately revealed the news in this regard, in order to test the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty.

The news was released, but what was the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Jian didn't know very well, and returned to his room, which quickly called his loyal servant Lian Jing, "You go and contact Da Zongzheng immediately, and ask him how the Great Song Dynasty reacted to the Liao general's dispatch of troops to Mengdi, and the news was quickly transmitted back." By the way, you are sending a message to Da Zongzheng and telling him that our Da Liao supports him, and if you need anything in the future, you can tell us. ”

Zhang Jian is a well-known wise minister in Liao, and what he is most willing to play is the set of people's hearts.

As a neighbor and the largest neighbor of Liao, the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Jian naturally knows very well how high-level power is distributed, including the possible distribution of power in the future.

He had long learned from various sources that Zhao Yunrang, the great sect of the Song Kingdom, was a very ambitious person, which of course Zhang Jian was happy to see.

Of course, a united neighbor is not what Liao wants, and if the Great Song Dynasty can be split from within, this is what Zhang Jian is looking forward to. Now he sent loyal servants to contact Zhao Yunrang, which was a kind of temptation.

If it succeeds, then the two sides will be tantamount to establishing a tacit understanding, and after the first contact, there will be enough excuses for the next contact.

Conversely, it doesn't matter if it fails.

If this Zhao Yunrang told the Great Song Emperor about his contact, as the envoy of his own Liao State, the other party would not dare to do anything about himself. This also tests the road of uniting with Zhao Yunrang and weakening the Great Song Dynasty will not work, and it can be regarded as a gain.

In the case that he will not suffer a loss in what he does, Zhang Jian will certainly not let go of such an opportunity.

After Lian Jing agreed, he turned around and left. He has followed Zhang Jian for many years and has first-class skills, so Zhang Jian is naturally relieved to leave this matter to him.

Regarding the matter of entering the army, Zhang Jian should have tried it, but he couldn't do anything, so he then thought of cooperating with Su Shi.

At first glance, it seems that buying goods from Su Shi at double the price is indeed a big loss. But Zhang Jian doesn't think so.

Liao has been founded for more than 100 years, from the initial belligerent to the current high-level greedy for pleasure, and has long lost most of the fighting spirit, which is the biggest hidden danger.

It's just a soldier who lives in peacetime, both happiness and misfortune.

The happiness is that they don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy, and risk losing their lives to fight and kill.

Unfortunately, there is no place for ambitious soldiers, and from then on, they can only stay up with their qualifications step by step and rise up little by little. Maybe one day, their position will rise, but they are also old, their hearts are also old, and they have lost the fighting spirit of their youth.

The extravagance of the Liao army has gradually become a trend, there is no war to fight, there is no merit to stand, it has been unable to attract real people of insight to join, and there is no better environment for ambitious people to grow, in the long run, I am afraid that it will not be long before the combat effectiveness of the Liao army will be greatly reduced, and at this time, if a strong enemy appears in the sky, I am afraid that the Liao is in danger.

People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries.

As a Zhichen, Zhang Jian needs to consider how to change this status quo, and purchasing goods from Su Shi is the solution he thought of.

If you want the Liao army to become full of fighting spirit again, you need to set a goal for them, a very valuable goal.

In the past, the Liao State did not destroy the Great Song Dynasty, except for its own lack of strength, that is, the Great Song Dynasty's attitude towards the Liao State was very low, and it was impossible for people to find an excuse to send troops.

In addition, the Liao people also have something in the Great Song Dynasty, if they pay too much and win, but they can't get enough benefits, what is the benefit of this battle?

Now it's different, and there are coveted burning knives, kernel tea, cigarettes, silk cloth and other things in the Great Song Dynasty. This is equivalent to putting a mountain of gold there, which is enough to arouse people's greed.

Zhang Jian was not afraid that the Liao soldiers were greedy and ambitious. On the contrary, he was worried that the life of the Liao soldiers would be too comfortable, and he would lose his fighting spirit.

This time, he wanted to buy these things to send them to Liao, so that everyone would know how rich the current Great Song Dynasty was and how many good things they hadn't seen. And as long as this can arouse everyone's ambitions, in order to satisfy their own desires, the Liao army will take the initiative to ask for troops to send the Great Song Dynasty, which is Zhang Jian's ultimate goal.

Guilty of guilt.

When a person does not have enough strength, but has a treasure, it is likely to be the time to set himself on fire.

Thinking that one day, the Great Liao soldiers would enter the Song Dynasty, and the Great Liao would become more powerful because of it, Zhang Jian consciously had a smile on his face, he seemed to have seen that day, the day when the Liao people became the ultimate rulers of this land.

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Some people died, but not completely......