Politics is a science, and there are options for compromise and trade-offs.

But some compromises will only get the enemy an inch.

Just like Liao this time, with the first time, there must be a second time.

Because through this time, the people of the Liao State have seen that the Song State is still the weak and bullying Song State before.

The barefoot trick of not being afraid to wear shoes still works, and they will continue to use it.

Therefore, the final result is nothing more than continuing to do the same as before, even if the war is won, it is still necessary to provide for the defeated country.

There is no such truth in this world.

Therefore, Zhao Jun resolutely did not allow the appeasement faction of the imperial court to compromise, and since he fought, he would carry it out to the end.

As for Liao, it is desperate.

So what?

The Great Song Dynasty was just a lack of courage on the part of the upper echelons.

How could the people at the bottom ever be afraid?

Even the current Great Song Dynasty is much stronger than the new era.

Zhao Jun still remembers that when the new era had just been founded, the great man made a final decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea, what kind of dilemma was the situation in China.

In terms of strength, the total industrial and agricultural output value of US imperialism is 150.7 billion US dollars, and the total industrial and agricultural output value of the new era is only 57.4 billion yuan.

The output of Meidi Steel is 87.72 million tons, and the new era is only 606,000 tons.

Not to mention the degree of equipment of aircraft artillery and soldiers, people have just finished World War II, and they are basically the best weapons and equipment in the world, and the quality of soldiers is not bad.

In a sense, the gap between the two sides is worlds apart, both in terms of national strength and equipment.

In addition, there are also internal worries, on the day I learned that the US imperialists landed at Incheon, there was a report on the serious banditry in the southwest on the desk of the great man.

At this time, there were still nearly 400,000 remnants of the Guodang stragglers on the mainland, and millions of large and small Liukou mountain bandits in various places, and it was not until the end of the Korean War that the civil strife was put down after four years of suppression of bandits.

But even in such a predicament, the great man still set a policy of external security and internal peace through his determination and unparalleled courage, and eliminated external enemies and internal troubles within a few years.

Zhao Jun asked himself that he didn't have the ability of a great man, but it was clear that when the national strength was far stronger than that of Liao, and the war was won, he also signed a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country, which was unacceptable to anyone who had seen the courage of a great man in any new era.

At least the current Great Song Dynasty is much stronger than the new era at that time.

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Junli overrode public opinion and only gave the Liao State a few options, first, the south bank of Laishui that the Song State knocked down was all classified as Song soil.

Second, cancel the New Year's coin.

Third, cancel all mutual markets.

Fourth, between the Liao State tearing up the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song Liao is no longer a brother country, the Song Dynasty emperor no longer recognizes the status of the Liao Emperor, and the Great Song Dynasty will continue to increase troops and remain hostile to the Liao State, and the army may continue to move north at any time to attack Yanyun.

Especially the first two items, if Liao still wants to continue peace talks, then it can only agree to these two conditions. If you can't agree, then go to war, and there is no other way to go.

After hearing this, Lu Yijian and the others also looked at each other.

This is simply forcing the Liao State and the Song State to a decisive battle, I am afraid that after the Liao State listens to it, it will probably have to choose to break the net with the Song State.

"No, this is too exciting for the Liao Kingdom, although they lost this battle, they have not lost their roots, and they will make a comeback."

Lu Yijian shook his head again and again and said: "Anyway, the people of Hebei Road who died are not you, you can do whatever you want, but do you know how many people will die in the Great Song Dynasty and how many families will be ruined?" ”

"Wrong."

Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because I know that many people may die in the Great Song Dynasty that I chose to make such a decision, the long pain is better than the short pain, rather than having a Liao State by our side all the time to be our enemy, it is better to finish the battle, not to mention that we really have no chance of winning?" Will it really be a big loss? I can't see it. ”

"Is the eldest grandson He Miaoce?"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked.

He was actually panicked in his heart, if Zhao Jun hadn't been there, he would have happily agreed to Liao's request.

It's just that his situation doesn't allow him to respond immediately, and sometimes he still has to look at Zhao Jun's face, so he doesn't dare to say anything.

But he was still very afraid that the Liao State would really raise the strength of the whole country to defeat the Song Dynasty, so instead of recklessly starting a war, he naturally hoped that there would be a way to solve it.

"Of course there is, I didn't want to tell Lu Yijian and them before, but to see how many traitorous words these soft bones can say to seek glory, and the result is breathtaking."

Zhao Jun glanced at everyone.

Lu Yijian said angrily: "Han Long, enough is enough." We are also for the stability of the country, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are also the sons of others, other husbands. If there is no war, who wants to fight? ”

"Sometimes, it's time to fight. Han people cannot lack backbone, just as they must be polite, righteous and honest. ”

Zhao Jun sighed: "Confucianism actually has a very good side, that is, it teaches us morality. The rich and noble cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent, which is called a big husband. But in my opinion, the Manchu Dynasty has no husband. ”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and their noses were almost crooked.

This sentence is yin and yang, who can stand it?

But they couldn't fight back.

Because Zhao Jun is still the same as before, he likes to stand on the moral high ground and scold them.

They scolded so much that they couldn't make a sound.

Who let them inherit the virtues of Song Zhenzong's group of Wenchen, and want to go to supply and demand after winning the war?

So go to the pole to find scolding, and you can really only endure it.

"Okay, Hanlong, don't scold them, they're used to being soft, unlike our ancestors and grandchildren, who have a hard spirit in their bones."

Zhao Zhen saw that Lu Yijian and the others were deflated, and suddenly recalled that when he was scolded, he pretended to be a peaceful old man on his face, and his heart blossomed, and he also learned Zhao Jun's tone and said: "I see that the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty may not all be Zhao Gou's kind, I and Zhao Xu are obviously different, and they are all fooled by these Wenchen." ”

"Official, why are you!"

Lu Yijian and they were shocked, Zhao Zhen, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, how did you betray the revolution.

Didn't you say that you should be a cowardly dog together?

Is this going to be hard again?

Who gave you courage?

Oh.

Zhao Jun.

That's fine.

"That's what the officials said."

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with Zhao Zhen's attitude, and praised: "Wenchen misled the country, fortunately, the official family has awakened, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger." ”

"Alright, alright."

Wang Zeng couldn't stand it, and their ancestors and grandchildren boasted about themselves, rolled his eyes and said, "Then you can tell me a way." ”

"First of all, to see whether Liao agreed to our request or not, Kissinger said in "Rebuilding the World" that diplomacy is to establish the principle of equality, and diplomats are to maintain a balanced order and deal with other countries through clever balance of power strategies. To put it simply, it is to combine vertical and horizontal. ”

Zhao Jun pointed out the problem and said: "Liao's current diplomatic strategy is to threaten us by breaking the net, so our primary diplomatic strategy is to ensure that under the principle of diplomatic equality, the national character and dignity of the Great Song Dynasty are not insulted, and the will to achieve peace." ”

Everyone was confused, and Yan Shu asked, "So what?" ”

"So we can give Liao a way out, but not in the way of sending New Year's coins to Liao, Liao should also put down his shelf and communicate and dialogue with us on an equal footing, instead of threatening force at every turn, their set is outdated."

Zhao Jun emphasized: "It's just that we love peace and don't want the people of the two countries to be hurt again, so we are willing to give them a chance to turn over a new leaf." ”

"This gesture shows that we are on top."

Lu Yijian was surprised.

It has always been the people of the Liao Kingdom who have made demands on them, and the Great Song Dynasty has never done this, which makes him feel novel.

Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "It's good that the defeated country can have dignity, don't you know how humiliating it was that at the Paris Peace Conference, it was clear that we were the victorious country, but those people in the West betrayed our country's own interests to those so-called powerful countries." ”

"Okay, then you go ahead."

Lu Yijian had no choice but to shut up.

"The way to survive for them is also very simple, that is, to open more mutual markets, and exchange the horses, iron, and copper that they prohibit from selling for the Liao State to survive, and they must be treated equally in the future, otherwise they will fight to the death."

Zhao Jun looked around and said conclusively: "Maybe when the time comes, it won't be something they can decide if they want to stop the war again, Song Liao, there must be no one!" ”

That's the bottom line.

Now that the Liao State is about to lose its foundation in a big war, it needs the New Year's coins of the Song State to appease the various tribes, so it began to use the usual routine to engage in blackmail.

Zhao Jun resolutely did not accept their blackmail, but in order to prevent the Liao dog from jumping off the wall in a hurry, it was not impossible to save it.

After all, after a few years of development, the scale of firearms will expand, and the Liao State will not be a problem, and there is no need to burn the jade of the Liao State during this time period, causing the lives of the people of Hebei Road and Henan Road to be ruined, and the family will be ruined.

Therefore, as long as the Liao State accepted the conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, then the Great Song Dynasty naturally had other ways to stabilize the situation in the Liao State.

The most typical way is to open a mutual market and exchange resources equally.

If you want our 500,000 yuan, you can exchange gold, silver, copper, iron, and horses, and even coal mines.

The Northeast region is abundant in products and rich in various natural resources, otherwise at the beginning of the new era of the next century, China's heavy industry will not be located in the Northeast.

In fact, throughout the Liao country, they are not short of horses, iron, gold, silver and copper and other resources, and they even have their own craftsmen and their own handicraft manufacturing.

However, the commerce of the Liao State was still too far behind that of the Song Dynasty, so that it was urgent to rely on the exchange of markets with the Song State to meet domestic needs.

However, in order to prevent the capital enemy, the Liao State forbade the Song State to obtain horses, forbade the Mongols to obtain iron tools, and did not allow all strategic materials to flow into the Song State, and the only products in the mutual market were sheep, camels, leather, felt, salt, etc.

Therefore, if the Liao State really loosens the restrictions on horses and sells a large number of horses to the Song Kingdom, not to mention the annual entry of hundreds of thousands of coins, even if it is millions or tens of millions, it is not impossible to earn.

It's just that the Liao State itself is unwilling.

For Zhao Jun, if you don't want to, then you are willing.

Anyway, he has already drawn the bottom line, and if the Liao side does not agree, then go to war, there is no room for negotiation.

"Secondly, if the Liao State refuses our request, then let's go to war."

Zhao Jun took the laptop out of his backpack and put it on Zhao Zhen's desk, he now carries the notebook with him twenty-four hours a day to prevent Zhao Zhen from indulging in it.

Open the notebook and bring up the map of our country.

He pointed to the northeast and said: "You see, strictly speaking, the Liao State cannot be said to be a unified state power, but a tribal alliance. It is ruled by the most powerful Khitan people, and at the same time includes dozens of ethnic groups such as the Jurchen, Mengwu, Murwei, Northeast Han, Bohai, Xi, and Zubu people, and hundreds of tribes. ”

Everyone gathered around, and Zhao Zhen nodded slightly: "It is true that not all of the Khitan people in the Liao Kingdom are inside, and the rest of the ethnic groups occupy the majority. ”

"That's why they're falling apart."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "I told you before, make a lot of friends and a few enemies." The Liao people themselves want to invade the south and regard us as enemies, so it is no wonder that we are not to blame. But the other tribal ethnic groups in other countries may not be of the same mind as the Liao people. ”

"They have their own ideas, they have the interests of their own tribe. The Liao people can be unscrupulous, that's because their Khitan people are nomadic people, they are all on horseback, grenades and cannons can't threaten them, but other ethnic groups are different. ”

"Like these Jurchens in the Northeast, the Borenhai, the Xi people, and the divination people are all fishing and hunting peoples, and when the Liao people recruit soldiers, they will let them serve as foot soldiers, and once the war starts, it will be their people who will be killed or injured."

"If it were you, your own tribe would not only fail to reap the benefits of invading, but also kill so many people and make yourself suffer so much loss, would you agree?"

Zhao Jun looked at Lu Yijian and the others, and sent out a soul-like torture.

For a while, they were a little stunned.

Oh, yes.

Every time they think about a problem, they think about it from the perspective of the Song people.

felt that the Liao people were strong and the whole country went south, which would inevitably cause the lives of the people of the Song State to be miserable and cause domestic turmoil.

I never thought about whether Liao really had the ability to go south.

Even if you have the ability to go south.

Wouldn't the Song State still win over and divide their tribes?

What great things can the Liao people do with the cavalry of their own tribe alone? Doesn't it depend on the footmen of the vassal nations and tribes?

Once these other ethnic groups and tribes that serve as cannon fodder stop working, the Liao State will be just a foreign powerhouse and a cadre in the middle.

For a while, Zhao Jun's thinking opened up a new horizon for them.

Wang Zeng was even more expectant Ai Ai said: "No, I don't want to." ”

"That's not the end of it."

Zhao Jun spread his hands and said: "Without the people of the subject country and tribe of the Liao State, you see what kind of power the Liao State still has, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago." ”

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and said: "This is exactly the reason. ”

"So if the Liao State chooses to go to war, then go to war, anyway, the final victory must be ours."

Zhao Jun concluded: "We only need to send people to the northeast to tell those tribes to help us destroy the Liao State, not only to reduce their taxes in the future, not to levy their people to fight again, but also to give rewards." Kill a Liao person, how much money is rewarded, see whether those tribes follow the Liao people, or follow us. ”

Lu Yijian worried: "The Liao State has ruled them for many years, and they may not agree to it." ”

"Wrong, whoever wins, who they help."

Zhao Jun asked rhetorically: "So now in the battle of Baozhou, is Liao winning or Song winning?" ”

"Song Win!"

Zhao Zhen said excitedly.

"Not bad!"

Zhao Jun looked around and said, "It's been a long time, and it's also a long time since it's been a grudge. The rule of the Liao people has overwhelmed them, the battle of Baozhou, but also let them see the power of firearms, no one will be so strong that they will not hesitate to send to death, the Liao State insists on continuing to fight, it will only accelerate their internal division and destruction, if they really want to fight, what is Song afraid of? ”

The words obviously gave everyone a reassurance, especially Zhao Zhen, who only felt that the clouds were cleared and the sun was opened. All of a sudden, he saw a bright scene after the Great Song Dynasty defeated the Liao State.

He couldn't wait to say to everyone: "Yes, the eldest grandson said everything clearly. If there is a real fight, the Liao State may collapse first before it goes south. So why fear them? From today onwards, those who dare to say that they will give New Year's coins to Liao will never be spared! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone looked at each other, and they could only give up helplessly.

Zhao Jun now not only opposes the peace talks, but also gives a solution for the Liao State to send troops, so naturally they have no reason to oppose it.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen immediately replied to Fan Zhongyan, asking him to give back according to the advice given by Zhao Jun.

Following.

In the court, the sword on Fan Zhongyan's sword yesterday has spread all over the government and the opposition.

In the face of Zhao Zhen's inquiry about how to deal with the enemy, the Shangshu, Shilang, Yushi, and Taiwan officials of various departments wrote one after another, thinking that they could agree to the requirements of the Liao State.

And the reasons given are basically the same as those given by Lu Yijian and them, they all think that there is no need to break the net with Liaoguo.

After hearing this, Zhao Jun was furious, and stood up to refute this fallacy and heresy, angrily denouncing these people for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and for being sinners of the nation.

Then he gave a passionate speech, pointing out the problems that existed within the Liao State, telling everyone that the Liao State was actually a paper tiger, and there was no need to be afraid of his threats and blackmail, and gave countermeasures.

Zhao Zhen also stood up to support Zhao Jun's point of view, and expressed his determination to resolutely fight the main battle to the ministers.

For a while, Zhao Jun's words quickly spread throughout Bianliang through newspapers.

In particular, the sentence in his speech, "They will fight for as long as they want, until complete victory!" "It's even more uplifting.

Bianliang is singing, the wisdom and martial arts of the official family, the tough style of the prefect, and the excellent performance of Fan Zhongyan.

The backbone of the Song people has always been broken from top to bottom.

The upper-class magnates were greedy for life and afraid of death, and the generals were also greedy for life and afraid of death, which caused the soldiers of the Song army who dared to fight and dare to fight to be afraid, and the people could only secretly scold the court for being incompetent.

But when the Jin people came, you didn't see the heart of the 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Bianliang to resist bravely, nor did you see the Jin country stepping on the north, and how many Han people in the fallen areas came one after another, launching wave after wave of uprisings against the brutality of the Jin people.

Therefore, the backbone of the upper echelons of the Great Song Dynasty is broken, and it has never been about the people. What Zhao Jun has to do now is to connect the backbone of the upper layer and tell the people of the world.

The Great Song Dynasty dares to fight, not afraid of war!

(End of chapter)