For the current cooperation between the two sides, to put it bluntly, it is actually a mutual use.

Shao Xi's envoy to Nanzhao this time was originally ordered by Xiao Changyi to stabilize Nanzhao, but this idea was given by Shao Xi. When the time is ripe in the future, Jing Yuan's strategy towards Nanzhao will naturally change.

The secret contract in Shao Xi's hand has not been officially handed over to Zhao Hongjin so far, this is because Shao Xi wants to find out Zhao Hongjin's thoughts in advance, and it takes a suitable time to cast the biggest bait.

Now that the plan has been finalized and implemented, the benefits promised by the Jingyuan Empire to the Southern Zhao State should also be revealed, so as to strengthen Zhao Hongjin's determination to cooperate with him.

Showing the conditions in your hand step by step can to some extent keep the other party from deviating from your pre-arranged arrangements and keep the situation under your control. It's like playing cards at a table, you can't play all the good cards all at once.

A Southern Zhao Emperor who is in harmony is the most beneficial to Jingyuan State, so giving the Southern Zhao State benefits so that the two countries can develop steadily for a long time is the best solution for Jingyuan Kingdom, which has been fighting for many years.

In the long run, the development speed of Nanzhao will never be able to catch up with Jingyuanguo, and the longer time passes, the greater the gap in national strength between the two countries, and when this gap reaches a level that is enough to crush, it can be taken and demanded. Therefore, now that Zhao Hongjin and Fu Zuoliang are willing to cooperate with them to eliminate a relatively big hidden danger for Jing Yuanguo, then they can give them the greatest benefit, so that they feel that they can get benefits from Jing Yuanguo in a peaceful way.

When they had this idea, Shao Xi's task was accomplished.

Where is there any true faith in the dealings between nations? Not to mention any affection! All measures are aimed at solving the current problems and seeking a longer timeline and greater strategic space for their own development in the future.

All the benefits given today will be recouped in the coming day, or even doubled.

Speaking of a small country like Nanzhao, choosing to befriend Jing Yuanguo is just to fight for more living space for itself in order to protect itself, although it is a little helpless, but this is the reality.

What Shao Xi is doing now is just one of the sons who fell in the big game of chess between the two countries, although this son is not enough to decide the life and death of the whole game, but it is also a key step.

Only by eliminating potential crises can we make a better layout in the back, so Lao Wu reminded Shao Xi not to expose his abilities too early, because what he has to do in the future will only become more and more difficult, and he can't let others figure him out.

Shao Xi understood that Lao Wu was worried about himself.

Now that you are getting deeper and deeper in the whirlpool of power, the danger you have to face is getting bigger and bigger, the future contest is life and death, and the opponents you have to face are also some behemoths, so sometimes you have to hide your true thoughts and abilities appropriately, and you must keep a back hand in everything.

After a long time, the door of the study finally opened, and I saw Zhao Hongjin and Fu Zuoliang Junchen walking out one after the other.

Shao Xi and Lao Wu hurriedly greeted them, and they didn't ask what they were talking about, but just accompanied Zhao Hongjin to leave the General's Mansion together.

In order to avoid people's eyes, Fu Zuoliang did not choose to send the three of them outside the house.

I got into the carriage and walked all the way to the palace where I came. Shao Xi, who was sitting in the carriage, took out the secret contract that Xiao Changyi had written to Zhao Hongjin in his arms at this time.

"Little Emperor, this secret agreement was written by me on my pilgrimage, and I was ordered to present it to you personally after confirming that the Southern Zhao Junchen intended to establish friendly relations with the Jingyuan Dynasty. Now that you and the Great General are in a cooperative relationship with me, it is time to hand over this secret contract to you, and I believe that this great gift I gave on the pilgrimage will make you like it more than the gift I offer at the court today. ”

Zhao Hongjin looked surprised, and with some hesitation, he reached out to take the secret contract, crushed the wax seal, and slowly unfolded the secret contract.

"Money, grain, salt, iron, silk fabrics, the virtuous monarch of your dynasty is willing to provide me with so much needed capital for Nanzhao, but he has no requirements, he just wants to get along with Nanzhao and never go to war! The dignified Central Plains Shangbang is really like a brother, and it is really touching to take care of Nanzhao so much! My Nanzhao is located in a remote place, so many years of the people have lived in poverty, the country's financial constraints, I can't imagine that the virtuous monarch of your dynasty is so generous, and I am willing to become a brother and friend with the poor state of my Nanzhao, and in the future, the people of my Nanzhao will no longer have to live that kind of poor life. ”

Shao Xi smiled secretly in his heart, the conditions that Xiao Changyi offered to Nan Zhao were actually completely according to the idea he gave Xiao Changyi at the beginning. Zhao Hongjin was so moved in front of him, but he didn't know that the person who brought him these was sitting in front of him at this time.

When Shao Xi gave Xiao Changyi the idea, he had already designed the future policy towards Nanzhao, and in the modern world there is a word called "path dependence", which means that what you lack, I will provide you with something, with these things I provide you, you will no longer think about how to improve yourself from this aspect.

Over time, dependence will be formed, and the initiative of this dependence is in my hands, and one day I cut off the supply channel, and you will not even have room to fight back. In modern vernacular, if I only provide you with products, but will not let you master the technology, then over time, your economic lifeline will be in my hands, and you must obey me.

It is not necessary to use the means of war to solve the problem, but the most intelligent way to solve the problem is to solve the problem by economic means.

Whether it is a person or a country, after having the ready-made abundant material conditions, if it gives up self-improvement and only wants to enjoy comfort, then the consequences will be very serious.

Shao Xi told Xiao Changyi that his policy towards Nanzhao was to give money and grain to food.

Its purpose is not to fatten Nanzhao, but to make Nanzhao from the emperor to the common people start to be content with pleasure after suddenly having rich material conditions, lose the fighting spirit of self-construction, and a country that has lost its fighting spirit will no longer pose a threat to the Jingyuan Empire.

I can keep you, but you have to listen to me, if you don't obey me, I will cut off the supply to you, which is tantamount to a disaster for people or countries who are used to living a comfortable life.

War is a disaster because war cuts off people's normal survival channels, but war is the lowest means, and while cutting off other people's survival channels, it will also cause damage to the environment in which they live.

The use of economic means is different, economic means cut off the channel of quality life, for people who are accustomed to living a life of abundance, the loss of quality material life is a disaster.

Shao Xi's advice to Xiao Changyi was to take good care of the country of Nanzhao, and to take care of it very well, so that the country could not get out of the economic control of Jingyuan State. Let them live a good life, let them get used to a good life, only in this way will they become dependent on Jing Yuanguo.

Do not provide them with any means that will help them improve their own environment, but only provide them with the material conditions to improve their current living environment.

If this continues, in another hundred years, the country of Nanzhao will become a sheep raised by the Jingyuan Empire, when to shear from this sheep, and the scissors will be held in the hands of the Jingyuan Empire.

Therefore, Shao Xi is currently very close to Zhao Hongjin, the little emperor of Southern Zhao, and can even become friends. But from the perspective of the two countries, Shao Xi is gently pushing Zhao Hongjin's country on the road to destruction.

It doesn't matter if it's despicable or not, this is a game between two countries, and Shao Xi, as a courtier of the Jingyuan Empire, does everything to benefit the Jingyuan Empire, which will not carry any personal feelings.

Shao Xi is looking at the relationship between the two countries from a modern and advanced perspective.

If someone in this era understands the truth that "free is the most expensive", they will not fall into Shao Xi's trap, but this truth can only be confirmed after thousands of years of verification.

At present, few people in Shao Xi's era can really understand this truth, and it is precisely because of this that Shao Xi can use the ideas of modern people and the political means of modern people to solve the relationship between Jingyuan Kingdom and Southern Zhao Kingdom.

Taking advantage of the short-sightedness of the ancients, or poor information, and using modern means to solve ancient problems, this is the fundamental reason why Shao Xi is extremely good in the eyes of others.

Shao Xi does not deny that he is very smart, but he is by no means arrogant enough to think that he is smarter than everyone else, just because as a traverser, he has knowledge and some modern concepts in his hands that others do not grasp.

"Little Emperor, I have given enough sincerity on the pilgrimage, and I just want long-term prosperity and stability with your Southern Zhao Kingdom, I don't think this is a difficult thing for you. And in this process, through the border trade between the two countries, Nanzhao can also accumulate a lot of wealth, which is beneficial to you, and it is also for the Jingyuan Empire in exchange for the peace of the south, I don't think you will refuse our saint's sincere conditions, right? ”

"Nope! I certainly won't say no. Such a rich condition is simply a gift to my Nanzhao, compared to the Jingyuan Empire located in the Central Plains, my Nanzhao is in this barren land, and it is really fortunate to be able to get the care of the Central Plains. Jing Yuan has strong national strength, but he did not bully the weak, but took such care, how could I, Nanzhao, refuse the kindness of Shangguo? ”

Shao Xi was also very satisfied with Zhao Hongjin's answer.

From words to thinking guidance, Zhao Hongjin has already decided that the reason why Jing Yuanguo has such generous conditions for Southern Zhao is just to hope that his country's southern border will be prosperous and stable.

What may happen in a hundred years will only be perfectly obscured by the lucrative benefits in front of us.

The implementation of political policies is a long-term and huge layout, which requires long-term vision and systematic strategic thinking.

These things were not absent for the emperors of ancient feudal dynasties, but they were not perfect.

Shao Xi took advantage of this.