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Chapter 576 The fate of Jiaozhi

As for whether Li Taide is sincere or fake? Zhao Xu doesn’t care!

Whether it's sincere or fake.

Once he's on the boat, there's nothing left for him!
Therefore, Zhao Xu said softly: "If Jiaozhi can change his mind and wake up like you said, I will not hesitate to reward him."

Li Taide immediately kowtowed and expressed his support: "If Jiaozhi can be favored by His Majesty, everyone in Jiaozhi will be impressed by it. From now on, they will be loyal to Your Majesty and dare not have any second thoughts."

The situation is indeed very dangerous for Cochin now.

The war was defeated, the losses were heavy, the hearts of the people at home were shaken, morale was low, and they were burdened with the heavy task of tribute.

Champa and Chenla in the south are pressing forward step by step.

For Jiaozhi, if you don't pay attention, this is a situation where the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed.

This is one of the reasons why Li Taide was willing to take the risk and come to Bianjing.

It's no wonder that the Song Dynasty minister named Lu Jiawen thought that his young master was about to turn twelve, which was a great thing.

Thinking of this, Li Taide slowly stood up.

"Even so, Master Wang just stopped there and didn't cross the Furiang River!"

It should be noted that the people of Cochin in the past were not like this.

Then, he heard the little emperor's voice: "You know, I and my emperor have no intention of using troops in Jiaozhi."

To be honest, Li Taide couldn't think clearly.

Who was the last young emperor with such magnanimity and ability?

This shows that the Song Dynasty has completely taken the initiative.

Li Taide remembered the look on his face when he heard a Northern Dynasty official named Lu Jiawen tell him about this when he was in the Guangxi Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department.

He didn't know until he entered Beijing.

And now this young master of the Northern Dynasty is strikingly similar to Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty in many aspects.

This is good!
"If you, after returning home, can lead Jiaozhi up and down, respect my teachings, and abide by their duties, then Jiaozhi will be in peace." Zhao Xu said and looked at Li Taide.

Jiaozhi people are thick-skinned, have a low bottom line, and are confident, so they often embarrass the Song Dynasty.

Because he has regarded Cochin as his private property.

He wanted to refute, but he didn't have the guts, let alone the courage.

"Sir, please get up and speak." The little emperor's voice appeared in my ears.

It seems that it is such a great thing that his little emperor will turn twelve years old this year.

Apart from other things, just look at the conversation and feelings he had during the short period of more than a quarter of an hour before he entered the palace.

Had it not been for his untimely death, the national destiny of the Eastern Han Dynasty would probably have lasted for at least a hundred years.

Where is this child?
He is clearly an adult monarch whose logical thinking and abilities are online!

Now, Li Taide could only talk to Nuonuo in front of him.

Li Taide listened and opened his mouth wide.

The same young men came to the throne at the same age, and the same young men took power. After the same men came to the throne, they actively used troops.

For the people of the Northern Dynasties, it is indeed an extremely great thing for the little emperor to turn twelve this year!

"After I return to China, I will definitely remember His Majesty's lessons and teach me to respect China and abide by my duties."

No wonder the Song people in the Northern Dynasties were delighted.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Eastern Han Dynasty reached its peak under the rule of this young emperor who ascended the throne!

This little emperor, the public propaganda of the Northern Dynasty is that this December, after the Dragon Festival, he will be twelve years old.

Jiaozhi really hurts from being beaten and is scared of being beaten!

"This time the king's army marched south because Yang Ni Jingtong robbed and killed the officials and people of the Song Dynasty, and some rebel bandits wrote poems and slandered Huang Kao. I had no choice but to send troops south to give some punishment."

Every time Jiaozhi came to envoy, he always liked to argue with Song Dynasty.

He could only lower his head and said, "Your Majesty taught you a lesson."

Now it depends on whether the other party can understand it.

"Xining's southern expedition was a wild rebellion by Jiaozhi. Li Ni joined the bandits and massacred the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty. Huang Kao had no choice but to use troops. After punishment, he also withdrew his troops and returned home."

He was deliberately passing the ladder to Li Taide.

Jiaozhi was his first victim.

A name flashed in Li Taide's mind - Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty.

Happy and dancing.

Emperor Shun ascended the throne at the age of ten. When he was eleven, he used a series of means to expel the eunuch group that supported him and took sole control of power! At the age of twelve, he ordered Ban Yong to regain the Western Regions. At the age of thirteen, he defeated Xianbei. At the age of fourteen, he was already powerful in the world, completely consolidating his power and status, and gaining support from both the government and the public.

At the age of sixteen, he got married, changed his name to Yuanyangjia, and started the inspection and examination system.

Zhao Xu felt slightly proud when he saw Li Taide's expression.

However, judging from Zhao Xu's understanding of the Jiaozhi people, they are very good at climbing the ladder - whether now, in the future, or even in modern times.

The country of Jiaozhi has always been a Zhongshan wolf.

What is Zhongshan Wolf?
If you succeed, you will be rampant!
What about when you are frustrated? Wagging one's tail and begging for mercy, crouching down and being small, groveling, just trying to survive.

As expected, Li Taide stood up again almost immediately, knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty has shown you such kindness, and I will die a hundred times to repay Your Majesty!"

Then, he raised his head, his eyes were red, squeezed out a drop of tears, and said, "However, Your Majesty knows that even if Jiaozhi sticks to its duties from now on, it may not be safe! Because at this moment, at this moment, The two countries of Champa and Zhenla took advantage of the new defeat of His Majesty, so they sent troops south to plunder and kill the soldiers and civilians of the country. "

"Jiaochin Maling, Buzheng, and Dili (approximately the two provinces of Guangping and Guangzhi in today's Vietnam, which belong to the land that Jiaochin seized from Champa) were all invaded by the invaders..."

"Not only that, Champa and Zhenla also colluded with the rebels in the subject country to cause trouble to all parties..."

"I have the courage to ask His Majesty the Emperor for your favor..."

As he spoke, he looked eagerly at the little emperor sitting in the palace.

At this moment, his acting skills exploded.

Tears flowed from his eyes.

Zhao Xu looked down at his behavior.

In his mind, the image of this person was inexplicably overlapped with the photo of a bearded Cochin man he had seen on the modern Internet.

"It's really exactly the same!"

"Sure enough, they are of the same origin!"

The fault is that Zhao Xu studied abroad in modern times, and I am afraid that he will be fooled by him now.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu had studied abroad in modern times and had a good understanding of the Jiaozhi people's ways.

Moreover, he also planned to use this nature of the Jiaozhi people to let them contribute to the greatness of the Song Dynasty again.

Zhao Xu asked: "Do you want the Song Dynasty to mediate the war?"

Li Taide bowed his head: "I am terrified..."

"It's just that I am afraid of occupying the city and Zhenla and not obeying His Majesty's edict..."

Li Taide knew clearly that if the Song Dynasty really came forward to mediate the war.

Champa and Chenla may be able to take advantage of the Song Dynasty's intimidation and actually come to the negotiation table.

But that would be of no benefit to Cochin!
Because once the mediation is successful, the peace treaty will be guaranteed by the Song Dynasty.

If either party tears it up, it may lead to a crusade by the Song army.

Especially for Jiaozhi, once the peace treaty was torn up, it would be a slap in the face of the Song Dynasty.

But will Cochin comply?
will not!

It is a national policy to seek compensation in the south.

Not only did Li Qiande support it, but Li Taide also supported it.

The dignitaries and generals in the country also supported it.

Therefore, as long as it can gain respite, Jiaozhi will definitely conquer Champa and Chenla in the south, gain wealth, population, and land from these two countries to make up for the losses in the north.

So, how could Tai De Li be so stupid that he trapped himself in a cocoon?
At this time, Zhao Xu's age comes into play.

Although Li Taide already knew that this little emperor was no ordinary little emperor.

But Li Taide felt that the little emperor was young and no matter how smart he was, he would always have opportunities to take advantage of him.

And Zhao Xu's previous performance convinced him of this - if he said a few nice words and shed a few tears, people would really change their attitude!
They even expressed their willingness to mediate.

After Li Taide was encouraged, it was natural that he would hit the snake and follow it with the stick.

He continued to shed tears and said miserably: "If this happens, my country will probably perish for Champa and Chenla."

"At that time, Chinese clothes and hats will disappear from the old land of Annan; the articles of saints will no longer appear in the old county of Nanhai."

He already knew that this little emperor seemed to care about saintly articles, clothes, etiquette and music.

Naturally, we will make a big fuss about this aspect.

Zhao Xu listened, followed his words, and muttered: "So, what you said is true."

But in my heart, I was already smiling.

This is what you asked for.

I didn’t force it!

So, Youyou sighed: "However, now that the first general of Yulong has returned to Beijing, I can't persuade the government and the public to send troops across the river."

Sweat broke out on Li Taide's forehead.

Send troops across the river?

How could he not understand that it is easier to invite God than to send Him away?
If the Song army really crosses the Furiang River, the Jiaozhi Kingdom will really fall.

He quickly bowed and said, "How dare I work for Your Majesty?"

"I only hope that Your Majesty will show your favor to Jiaozhi and use Jiaozhi's Chinese armor, bows and crossbows..."

Xining Southern Expedition and this year’s Yuanyou Southern Expedition.

The powerful bows and crossbows of the Song Dynasty really opened the eyes of the Jiaozhi people and left an indelible psychological shadow on them.

Xining has the divine arm bow, and Yuanyou has the enemy-defeating bow.

In the face of these two kinds of crossbows, all the armored defenses of the Jiaozhi army looked like paper.

It's really a death blow!
What's even more frightening is that the Song army is equipped with such powerful crossbows on a large scale.

Li Taide felt that if he could fool the young emperor, he would allow Jiaozhi to obtain such a powerful crossbow and other armor from the Northern Dynasties.

With the help of such a sharp weapon, the Cochin army can definitely push back.

He even destroyed the city of Champa and invaded Chenla.

Zhao Xu sat on the throne, the smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

Studying abroad in modern times lets him know that the most profitable industry in the world is arms!
He has also always wanted to sell the Song Dynasty's ordnance to various parties in order to make huge profits.

Unfortunately, I never waited for the right time.

"There are indeed many armors and bows and crossbows in the Song Dynasty."

"I remember that when the first general Yulong was reorganizing his army, I issued an edict, ordering all the armor and bows and crossbows brought by all the generals to stay in Guangxi."

As Zhao Xu spoke, he looked at Yan Yuan in the palace and asked: "Yan Aiqing, I remember that Brother Qing once calculated the relevant figures. How many armors and crossbows are there in the Yongzhou arsenal now?"

Yan Yuan immediately went out to report: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to count the armor, crossbows, and swords in the Yongzhou arsenal..."

"There are more than 7,000 pairs of leather armor, more than 300 pairs of mail armor, and more than 400 other armors."

"There are 532 divine arm bows and 455 enemy-defeating bows..."

"There are tens of thousands of swords, spears, swords and halberds, and more than half a million arrows."

Li Taide was ecstatic when he heard these figures.

If you can get this batch of ordnance, you can build an elite army.

With this army as the vanguard, we can surely defeat Champa and Zhenla.

He immediately bowed again: "I sincerely request your majesty to extend your kindness to Jiaozhi and give me armor and weapons. If so, I and Jiaozhi will be deeply grateful for your majesty's kindness and will never forget it."

Zhao Xu smiled slightly as he listened. He was not surprised at all by Li Taide's performance.

Because this is the skill that Jiaozhi people have inherited from one generation to the next. Whoring for free!

However, Zhao Xu has always been the only one who has had sex with others for free. How could Zhao Xu be willing to let others have sex with him for free?

Immediately, he shook his head slightly and interrupted Li Taide's spell casting: "I would like to ask you to do so."

"However, these armors and weapons are all anointed by the people of Songzhou County."

"If it were given to Jiaozhi so easily, it would be difficult for me to explain it to the world."

"I'm afraid all the generals in the three yamen are dissatisfied."

"Everyone along the border often writes to me, asking me for bows, crossbows, and armor..."

"I haven't even satisfied the request for bows, crossbows and armor from all along the border, so I can't just give out the armor at will."

Li Taide listened and was drafting in his mind, thinking about how to say (white) and (vote).

Then he listened to Zhao Xu say: "I suddenly thought of a way to get the best of both worlds."

Li Taide hurriedly bowed and said, "I respectfully listen to your Majesty's teachings."

"Didn't Jiaozhi pay millions of shi for rice every year, and then buy rice for 1 million shi from Song Dynasty?"

Li Taide raised his head.

"Let's do this." Zhao Xu smiled, looked at Li Taide, and subconsciously touched his little hand: "Since I came, I will give you rewards for the tributes paid by the vassal state."

"It's just that the Jiaozhi tribute rice is a punishment for committing a crime against me."

"There should be no talk of reward."

"However, if you are willing, I am still willing to pay the price for the tribute rice."

Rice compensation of one million shi per year.

For a small country like Cochin, it is indeed a bit too much oppression.

Add in the purchase quantity of one million stone rice.

Zhao Xu was really worried that the Jiaozhi people were crushed by such heavy oppression.

If that were the case, the game wouldn't be fun.

"It's just that Gongmi can't pay at the price He bought."

"At most, you can only give half the price."

"After that, we will look at the situation and make adjustments step by step. If Jiaozhi fruit can be as good as what you said..."

"I will show my kindness, and I will pay tribute and buy it according to the system."

Li Taide was filled with ecstasy as he listened!
You know, everyone in Cochin had already admitted defeat.

But now, when he went on a mission to the Northern Dynasty, he sold the rice that was supposed to be given to the Northern Dynasty free of charge at a high price.

This achievement alone is enough to win him more support in Cochin.

Little does he know that he is embarking on a road of no return called comprador.

Zhao Xu continued: "However, if money and silk are used to deliver the rice, I am afraid that transportation will be difficult."

"It's better than this..."

"I ordered you to set up an 'Annan Rice Handling Service' in Guangxi, and issue rice handing services based on Jiaozhi rice."

"Then, if you hold Jiaozi in Jiaozhi, you can have a relationship with Guangxi and apply for relevant ordnance."

The Song Dynasty is now starting to install new ordnance.

As the output of enemy-defeating bows in the specialized arms manufacturing bureau continues to increase, the old divine arm bows will gradually be replaced.

In particular, the old bows of the Western Army that had been used for several years and were already worn out were really unfit for use.

These divine arm bows were made with great effort.

Zhao Xu was very distressed to be abandoned like this.

Therefore, an order has been issued to recover these old bows, transport them back to Bianjing, and then let the weapons supervisor repair them.

His original intention was to wait for the Liao army to invade Goryeo, and then sell these old bows half-sold and half-give away to support the Goryeo people's anti-invasion cause.

Now, since he can find Jiaozhi as a customer, of course Zhao Xu also wants to sell it at a high price.

As for the Jiaozhi people who took the divine arm bow, would they turn against the Song Dynasty?
First of all, these old bows have been worn for more than several years.

Even after repairs, its useful life is limited.

Secondly, Jiaozhi is humid and hot.

Can these old bows and old bows be used for a year in the environment of Jiaozhi?

Anyway, Zhao Xu felt anxious.

Furthermore, the Song Dynasty now has better bows to defeat enemies, and there will be firearms troops in the future.

The divine arm bow is still an old and discarded second-hand product.

It did not pose any threat to the Song Dynasty army.

Therefore, it can be sold openly.

This also encourages Cochin people to diversify their rice varieties.

Two million gu of rice is produced every year. Even according to the price of rice in Guangxi, this is a huge transaction of more than 2 million gu.

It is equivalent to saying that this rice Jiaozi will become a weapon for the Song Dynasty to sell Jiaozhi products!
Think about it, the people of Cochin make millions every year through the rice trade.

But what he got in his hand was just some paper.

The paper certainly has value.

You can buy ordnance, armor, silk, etc. from the Song Dynasty.

When Cochin people get it, they will of course choose to spend it.

As soon as they took advantage of the situation, Song Dynasty products entered Jiaozhi.

In the future, Cochin's fragile handicraft industry will be completely destroyed.

Thus turning it into a country that specializes in rice production.

And make it bound to this track!
This is what Zhao Xu wants to do.

Moreover, the policy towards Dali is the same.

This is a conspiracy!

Li Taide is uncooperative, and there is Li Qiande.

Li Taide became excited after hearing this and couldn't help but ask: "I dare you to ask your majesty, how to issue this rice jiaozi?"

He had heard about the Jiaozi trade between Liao and Song people.

Through the Jiaozi transformation of Sui coins, the Liao Kingdom turned the Sui coins originally worth only 1.5 million guan into 3 million guan!

It doubled or tripled out of thin air!
The Liao people were overjoyed!

If he can also obtain this condition...

Two million stones of rice per year are directly transformed into four million or even five million strings of jiaozi through Jiaozi!

Then after he returns to China, he will be able to directly replace that loser Li Qiande!
At the same time, he will also borrow this huge sum of money to make Cochin prosperous!
The Song Dynasty, which could not defeat the Northern Dynasty, destroyed the city of Champa and marched into Zhenla, easily!
You can still make Cochin a vast empire covering thousands of miles!
By the time……

Maybe we can also approach Bei Chao to settle this year's debt!

Zhao Xu looked at him as if he were a fool.

"It's one to one..."

"Whatever the price of rice is, give me a friend of that value."

With that said, he asked Li Taide about the working principle of rice Jiaozi.

It's still the ruble bookkeeping routine of Lao Maozi's interactive meeting.

It's not that Zhao Xu didn't want to take advantage of this opportunity to print more money to plunder Jiaozhi's wealth.

However, first of all, today's Jiaozi anti-counterfeiting technology is not yet mature and needs iteration to meet anti-counterfeiting needs and the potential for large-scale circulation.

Secondly, Guangxi and Bianjing are far apart, making it difficult to supervise.

In case someone steals it, a large number of Jiaozi will be printed.

That would be a disaster.

As for why Song and Liao Jiaozi can be circulated?
This is because its issuance is right under Zhao Xu's nose and can be supervised at any time.

At the same time, its circulation scope is mainly in Kaifeng Prefecture.

It's amazing, that is, it has small-scale circulation in Damingfu, Luoyang and other places.

Therefore, Zhao Xu can roughly grasp the circulation situation of Jiaozi through Li Xian's control of Jiaoziwu, Huang Liang's Feiqianpu and Shi Deyi's Detective Department.

Whenever there is a counterfeit Jiaozi on the market, he will most likely be able to detect it immediately.

This is not possible in Guangxi, there is no supervision!
We can only use stupid methods, using ruble bookkeeping method, and point-to-point issuance of rice transfers for designated purposes.

This kind of communication is actually an official approval document.

The kind that become invalid after use.

Moreover, the total amount is controllable - as much rice as the Cochin people deliver will be issued, and as much as the Cochin people spend will be deducted.

The main theme is one word: stability.

In this way, Jiaozi's credibility can be established.

Wait until in the future, when the ink, paper, and engraving technologies are iterated to the point where they can be used.

This can be fully rolled out.

After listening to this, Li Taide felt somewhat lonely.

But at the same time, he also knew that this was reality.

How can the small country of Jiaozhi in the Northern Dynasties be the same as the Liao Kingdom?
Is it worthy?

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this condition was actually very good.

At least the Northern Dynasty was willing to relax restrictions and allow him to purchase armor from the Northern Dynasty.

With these strong armor, powerful crossbows and sharp blades from the Northern Dynasty.

Are you still afraid that you won’t be able to defeat Champa and Zhenla?
Therefore, Li Taide bowed his head and worshiped again: "Your Majesty's grace, I will bear it in my heart."

"After returning to the country, I will tell you carefully with my brother and everyone in the country."

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, and suddenly said: "I heard that King Qiande of Jiaozhi only has heirs so far?"

Li Taide swallowed, his heart pounding.

Originally, after losing the war, he had the opportunity to put his good-for-nothing brother under house arrest or get rid of him.

But because they were worried about the interference of the Song army - it was a Confucian taboo for the subordinates to offend their superiors and to use their ministers to force the emperor.

He just had to give up.

Later, due to the attacks from Chenla and Champa, Jiaozhi fell into danger and had no choice but to cooperate with Li Qiande.

Only then did he enter Bianjing.

But, what if the Northern Dynasty did not interfere with his behavior?
Li Taide bowed tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I know that my brother has no heirs...but with the blessing of Buddha, I will definitely have an heir in the future."

Buddha bless?

Even if the Buddha appears, Li Qiande will have no hope of heirs.

For more than ten years, Li Qiande has not been able to give birth to a daughter.

Could it be possible to give birth in your thirties?
joke!

Zhao Xu immediately put his palms together and praised: "You are so loyal and kind!"

"If the king of Jiaozhi unfortunately dies, whoever can inherit the Jiaozhi ancestral temple must be your minister!"

Li Taide swallowed his saliva and bowed his head again: "How dare I have such hope?"

"It's just that if the Buddha is not protected and things come to pass, for the sake of the ancestors and the ancestors of the ancestral temple..."

"I'm afraid I can only use my despicable and stupid talents... to ask Your Majesty for your decree. Please make your decision!"

Zhao Xu chuckled and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)