Northern Song Dynasty: It’s a showdown, who said I, Zhao Zhen, don’t have a son?

Chapter 21 How the Liao people responded

Chapter 21 How the Liao people responded
"The Liao people have sent a mission."

Hearing this, Zhao He was stunned for a moment, thinking of many things in his mind.

Liao Kingdom, Khitan people, Sui coins, horses trampling the Central Plains
The wheel of history is constantly moving forward, and Bianjing's current prosperity will not be able to sustain it for many more years.

The iron hooves of the Jin people marched southward, the mountains and rivers were shattered, the lives of the Han people were like grass and mustard, and the blood flowed into rivers.

The Central Plains was invaded by barbarians, which was a humiliation and unwillingness for the entire nation.

After coming back to his senses, Zhao He sighed slightly: "I'm afraid the Liao people came to Beijing to take plunder, right?"

Jia Chang nodded with a worried expression: "It is said that they want to increase the annual coins."

Although the Sui Coin Alliance ensured that the Song Dynasty would not be attacked by the Liao people, the annual Sui Coin was a huge expenditure for the court. It was raised with the hard-earned money of the people, and then this money was given to the Liao. Man, an enemy who is eyeing him covetously.

The original annual coins were already a huge burden for the Song Dynasty. Now the Liao people want to increase the annual coins. Today in the court hall, the Liao envoy looked arrogant and made nonsense, saying that if he did not agree, he would go south with iron heel.

Even if he agreed, it would be nothing more than suing for peace, and this day would come sooner or later.

Zhao He heard this and said slowly: "Raising tigers is a disaster, and you will eventually suffer from them. If you seek peace, one day the Liao people will show their fangs."

Wang Anshi knew that this boy had some insights, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "Now the Liao people are just afraid of the huge losses after the war. They cannot win in a short time. In this case, Xixia will take advantage of it. "

Jia Changchao said helplessly: "But the Song Dynasty did not dare to fight. After all, once a war started, it would mean huge military expenditures. The Song Dynasty had only been resting for a few years. Once a war started, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Hearing this, Zhao He thought for a moment: "In fact, compared to asking for money, if the Liao people have enough strength, they may directly go to war against the threat of Xixia, right?"

"exactly."

"After all, after occupying the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that no one can match the strength of the Liao people, and I am afraid they will dominate the world."

After hearing what the two said, Zhao He suddenly said: "Doesn't that mean that the Liao people are now unable to go south?"

Jia Changchao pondered slightly: "Xiao Langjun is right. The Liao people had a severe cold last year, and countless cattle and sheep froze to death. This time I came to the Song Dynasty to rely on this excuse to increase the annual coins."

"Is this true?"

Wang Anshi said: "According to the report from the border, this matter is indeed true."

Hearing this, Zhao He said with a smile: "Then if he wants to increase the annual coins, doesn't he want to use the economy of the Song Dynasty to make up for his own losses? In this way, doesn't it mean that he has exposed his own weakness, and they themselves are unable to go south!"

When the two heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up: "So it is indeed true."

"Do you two know that there is a Jurchen tribe in Liao?"

After hearing this, the two of them shook their heads. They were not familiar with the Jurchen clan.

Zhao He was also relieved, after all, the Jurchen tribe was far away from the Liao Kingdom.

For a long time afterwards, they remained weak and had to rely on the Liao State for their survival. Neither the Song Dynasty nor the Liao Dynasty took them seriously from beginning to end.

Until more than 100 years later.

This small tribe forcibly carved out a future, established the Jin Kingdom, destroyed the Liao Kingdom, annexed Xixia, and then invaded Bianjing on a large scale and kidnapped the two emperors.

From the perspective of the Jurchens, they are like salted fishes who have turned around and counterattacked, making great progress and creating great achievements all the way.

But for the Han people, it is the fear of being trampled by the iron hoof of the grassland, as well as the national humiliation and anger.

Zhao He continued: "Although the Liao people themselves are powerful, they are in the border area and the environment is harsh. This frost disaster directly caused huge losses to them, so they were forced to come to the Song Dynasty to increase their annual coins."

Hearing Zhao He's words, Jia Changchao's cloudy eyes flashed with clarity. If this was the case, I'm afraid there would be no need to increase the amount of money!

War must be avoided, but Sui Coin does not mean seeking perfection. After all, it is related to the life and stability of the people of the Song Dynasty!

Jia Changchao smiled and said: "What do you think, young man, how can we avoid provoking the Liao people to go to war and keep the annual currency from increasing?" Wang Anshi was stunned when he heard this.

If Jia Chang asked this question to other people, he might not be so surprised, but the target turned out to be a vendor, a 15-year-old boy?

You know, this old man is the prime minister of the dynasty!

Moreover, he was solely responsible for connecting with the Liao people.

Zhao He directly took out the historical practices of the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Why not anger him? At worst, we can directly form an alliance with Xixia and provide Xixia with annual coins. Anyway, we are giving money to treat him as a grandson. How can we not treat him as one?"

Wang Anshi frowned and was about to speak when he suddenly understood what Zhao He meant.

Jia Changchao suddenly felt a wave of emotion in his heart.

Make it together!

He threatened the Liao Kingdom with the Xixia alliance and forced the Liao people not to increase their annual coins, otherwise they would go to war!
Of course the Song Dynasty would not go to war, but after the Liao people heard about it, they would definitely be wary. After all, they were facing two countries, and the Song Dynasty itself was not weak. Besides, there was also Xixia?
Jia Changchao had been having a headache recently, and it was unbelievable that he had forgotten such a simple truth.

Thinking too much is not as easy as thinking well.

The old man stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I suddenly became enlightened after talking with Mr. Xiao today. Thank you."

Wang Anshi also stood up, and the two left immediately.

Zhao He was a little surprised. Why was the old man so excited?
Isn't it just a chat?Are you getting excited while chatting?

He did not know the identity of Jia Changchao as the prime minister of the current dynasty, nor did he know from the word "Jiefu" that the young man was Wang Anshi, a staunch anti-Liao faction in later generations and one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

I just thought it was interesting to chat with these people, so I didn't care.

He didn't know how big a stir today's conversation would cause.

The future of the Song Dynasty, which was originally more clouded, is now a little clearer.

After Jia Changchao left, he rushed directly to the palace to secretly investigate the matter with Zhao Zhen.

Zhao He stood up and suddenly realized that these two people had not paid!

It wasn't his two dishes, but the plate of sweet and vinegar tenderloin that the two ordered at the beginning.

Damn, I said these two ran so fast!
At this moment, in Fan Tower.

Not only the few owners who were in charge of the night market before, but also all the merchants in Fanlou gathered tonight.

"Then why do stir-fried dishes appear in Chonghe Night Market?!"

"Ye Yuan, what on earth are you doing!"

"I never thought that this kid could cook stir-fries, and he could do so many things!"

"If you hadn't provoked that person, would the current situation have happened? The number of guests coming to dinner tonight has been reduced by half!"

One person said: "There is no need to argue, let's think about what countermeasures we can come up with."

"What countermeasures can we take? That boy is very smart. He integrated the vendors on a street at a young age. If we continue to act like a fool like Ye Yuan and that boy spreads the formula in a hurry, how can we still do this business! "

"How about we go talk and make a deal with that young man?"

"We had a chance to talk originally, but you completely broke up with him today!"

"But since this kid wants to go against us, let him see if Fan Lou can handle such a street vendor!"

(End of this chapter)