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Chapter 683 Does Xixia still dare to be an enemy of my Song Dynasty? (Second more)
Chapter 692

At the court meeting on the second day, the expressions of the ministers were a little heavy, even those old party officials who were not on good terms with Su Xueshi, Han Zhongyan, and Wang Wushan didn't look much better.

After all, Da Song has won victories after repeated battles with Xixia. Although the officials of the old party feel uncomfortable about those guys who have made great achievements, they are finally quite proud. After all, Da Song has been fighting for so many years Being oppressed by Beiliao and Xixia's joint efforts, he was almost out of breath.

But now, Xixia has been cleaned up to the point of injury, the loss of soldiers and generals, and the great Song has taken thousands of miles of fertile land, and the rich salt-producing Yanzhou has also been taken into the hands of the Great Song. In this way, the Great Song The smuggling of salt in the northwestern frontier was bound to be hit hard. The important thing is that those salt farms have become Song dynasty.

Even if the salt farm can only be government-run, the problem is that the salt merchants are not, and these high-ranking officials have already started to move around after receiving that Yanzhou was captured by the Song Dynasty, contacting those who are related to them The merchants asked them to go to Yanzhou and try to drink the first soup.

But now, Beiliao and Xixia have joined hands after Bianliang, Tokyo, and they are aggressive. What's more, they have thrown out the condition of exchanging the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty for the soldiers and civilians of Xixia.

Even those old party bosses are very reluctant to let Xixia have a chance to prosper again. If Xixia returns the more than [-] prisoners of war, wouldn't it be equivalent to tens of thousands more battle-hardened and experienced soldiers? Xixia elite.

As for Yanzhou, it is likely to become the primary target of Xixia sharpening his sword.If a war breaks out, how will Yanzhou's business be done?

However, just before a group of ministers were waiting for His Majesty's arrival, when they talked about this method of Bei Liao and Xi Xia, everyone was annoyed and angry, but they had no choice but to do anything. After all, this move of the other party could almost be regarded as a one-step move. Da Song avoided the inevitable conspiracy.

When the emperor appeared in the court hall, all the ministers and workers stood still in line, quietly raised their eyes and looked at the emperor who was sitting behind the imperial case, um... the emperor's face looked very calm, and it could even be said that It's a little easier.

easy?What the hell does this mean?Could it be that His Majesty already wants to give up the final struggle and agree to the conditions of Beiliao and Xixia?
"Dear gentlemen, do you have any countermeasures for the conditions raised by the envoys of the Beiliao and Xixia?" Zhao Xu calmly glanced at the civil and military personnel of the court, and saw that each of them was full of doubts. The expression on Zhao Xu's heart was extraordinarily comfortable.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, I really can't think of a way to solve the current predicament." Liu Zhi was the first to stand up and said in a deep voice.

"However, those lands taken by our Great Song Dynasty are all the old lands of our Great Song Dynasty. Now that they have returned to our Great Song Dynasty, it is of course impossible to give up an inch of land to Xixia."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Fortunately, it seems that the old party is not all idealists like Sima Guang. They think that as long as they are benevolent enough, then the heart of benevolence and righteousness will influence those villains and make them cry and repent.

I was still young, and when the emperor's grandmother had just listened to the government behind the curtain, under Sima Guang's flickering, she finally voluntarily returned a lot of territories that had been captured in the Song Dynasty's campaigns in the past.

But the result was that Xixia not only didn't feel any gratitude at all, but thought that Song Dynasty was weak and could be bullied, so he pushed forward step by step and kept fighting.And Xixia's behavior also dealt a blow to Sima Guang's confidence and damage to his prestige.

In the end, Sima Guang himself understood that what he did was simply a second-hand Mr. Dong Guo.As far as the Song Dynasty is concerned, no official dares to jump out and say that land can be exchanged for peace.

So Liu Zhi, the prime minister, admitted that he couldn't think of a good solution, but at the same time he also fulfilled his responsibility, that is, the Great Song Dynasty must not take half a step back from the one proposed by Beiliao and Xixia.

"As for whether my Great Song Dynasty should make peace with Xixia, I think that soldiers are a major issue for the country. Now, Xixia has been severely defeated by my Great Song Dynasty. It has suffered heavy losses in strength and even lost thousands of miles..."

Liu Zhi's talk means that although the Song Dynasty has fought so many big battles, it has taken a lot of advantage.But the problem is that the financial and material resources spent in the war are really astonishing, and now Beiliao is mobilizing frequently, as if he wants to stand up for his younger brother Xixia.

So, Song Dynasty should really shake hands with Xixia to make peace first, in order to prevent the Northern Liao Dynasty from thinking of invading the south, continue to maintain mutual stability and unity, and sing the song of friendship together.

"Then in Liu Qing's opinion, this year's gift will still be given?" Zhao Xu said without any change in his expression, and his tone was very indifferent.

"This is the rule set by Emperor Renzong, so according to my minister's opinion, why should we, the Song Dynasty, continue to stand in a stalemate with Xixia for the sake of a mere year's gift?" Liu Zhi said quite disapprovingly.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but have a strange smile on his face. "I remember that not long ago, all the ministers, including Liu Qing, felt that the weapons supervision of the Song Dynasty was very expensive, and the gap would be nearly 20 pieces. Therefore, the Nufang Department and Jiafang Department of the weapons supervision should be allowed to Is there such a thing as reducing output?”

Liu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, nodded, and answered with a confident look. "That's right, the Great Song Dynasty is now overburdened, and now the dispute with Xixia is over, but the Military Weapons Supervision Department is still spending a lot of money on the state, so Erchen and others think that His Majesty should first pay attention to the governance of people's livelihood for the sake of the people's livelihood. want."

"Then if you dare to ask Liu Qing, do you know what is the condition I gave to Xixia Sui?"

Liu Zhi was a little dazed, but at this moment, Zhu Guangting stood up in a very ostentatious manner. "Your Majesty Qizuo, it was agreed in the peace talks between Emperor Renzong and Xixia that our court would give Xixia 15 bolts of silk, 5 taels of silver, and 20 catties of tea every year. 7 taels, and [-] catties of tea."

"Very well, then I would like to ask Zhu Qing, what is the value of a piece of silk in my Great Song Dynasty now? How much is a catty of tea worth, and how much is a tael of silver worth?" Zhao Xu chuckled and then continued to ask.

Zhu Guangting replied quite complacently. "Twenty Wen a catty for tea, [-] Wen for a bolt of silk, and [-] Wen for a tael of silver."

"That means, how much is the yearly gift I gave to Xixia in the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Xu's tone suddenly sank. "I'll tell you, Liu Qing, 16 guan of silk, 25 guan of silver, and [-] guan of [-] catties of tea, a total of [-] guan."

Liu Zhi's face changed slightly, but he still insisted. "Your Majesty, you can't calculate accounts in this way. If you don't give the yearly gift, then Xixia will definitely commit border violations again and again, and start a war together. I don't know how much more military expenditure will be spent."

"Would the current Western Xia dare to be my enemy?" Zhao Xu sneered as he looked at Liu Zhi, who was respectfully standing below the steps, contemptuously.

"Or Liu Qing, do you think that Xixia has lost nearly 20 soldiers, lost thousands of miles, and the loss is too great. It is in urgent need of my great Song Dynasty's gift of strength?"

(End of this chapter)