I will never be Renzong

Chapter 172 Layout Southwest Part One
A few days later, in the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen summoned Tillis, the envoy of the Champa Kingdom.

At first, Zhao Zhen thought that during the reign of Song Renzong, there was no Champa rice in the Song Dynasty, but it was not the case. As early as the fourth year of Song Zhenzong's Dazhong Xiangfu (Tilis 0 Tiris 2 years), there was a severe drought in Jianghuai and Zhejiang. Paddy fields are not on board.Song Zhenzong sent envoys to Fujian to take [-] dendrobium of Zhancheng rice seeds and distribute them to the above areas for sowing, which was successful.Soon, Champa rice was also planted in Henan and Hebei.

The first characteristic of Champa rice is "drought tolerance".The second is strong adaptability, "born in any place".The third is that the growth period is short, only more than [-] days from planting to harvesting.

Zhao Zhen had already ordered the planting of Champa rice to be promoted throughout the country, and now it is planted in all regions of the Song Dynasty, where there is plenty of sunshine and fertile soil, there are two crops of rice.

The purpose of summoning the envoys of Champa Kingdom this time is to deal with Jiaozhi Kingdom.

Jiaozhi has a long history. Since the Qin Dynasty pacified Baiyue, Jiaozhi was included in the county system of the Central Plains Dynasty, and it was first established as Xiangjun.During the war at the end of Qin Dynasty, Nanhai Lieutenant Zhao Tuo occupied the land in the south of Lingnan and established himself as the Nanyue Kingdom. It was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that Nanyue was cut off.

The origin of the name "Jiaozhi" refers to two feet intersecting, men and women bathing together, and lying with their backs facing each other. Generally speaking, they are of different races and customs, and are somewhat incompatible with the culture of the Central Plains.

During the Tang Dynasty, Annan Dufu was established in Jiaozhi, so Jiaozhi is also called Annan.But whenever the Central Plains dynasty is overwhelmed, Jiaozhi will plan to go it alone.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Jiaozhi became a vassal of the Southern Han Dynasty, but before the end of the Southern Han Dynasty, Jiaozhi had established itself.

In 968 A.D., the first year of Song Taizu Kaibao, an aristocrat named Ding Buling in Jiaozhi wiped out all the separatist forces in Jiaozhi, established the "Great Quyue Kingdom," and created the first dynasty of Jiaozhi - the Ding Dynasty.

At that time, Song Taizu Zhao Guangyin had just established the country. In addition to the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, there were also four major separatist forces, the Southern Han, Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Northern Han. The side of the couch was crowded with people who were sleeping soundly. Who is it.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty believed that there were many barbarians in the southwest, so they showed a look of indifference to Guizhou, which was geographically close to the Central Plains. Therefore, Jiaozhi, which was blocked by mountains and mountains, was difficult to get into the eyes of the court.

In 975 A.D., an imperial edict by Song Taizu canonized Ding as the king of Jiaozhi County, which opened the relationship between suzerain and vassal.

The rulers of the Song Dynasty believed that there were many barbarians in the southwest and it was not easy to manage, so they adopted a gentle and pragmatic self-government policy for them, with the idea of ​​collecting tribute every year, or even once every two or three years.

However, this did not bring the stability of the southwestern border to the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, they were repeatedly harmed by bandits, and gradually lost their vassals.

However, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne at that time. Zhao Guangyi devoted his life to recovering the northern border, so he always maintained a restrained and tolerant attitude towards the southwest land, hoping that the other party would accept it as soon as he was satisfied.

The idea is good, but the reality is too real. The more tolerant and restrained the Song Dynasty is, the more arrogant the Jiaozhi vassal state will be.

At that time Jiaozhi was already in the Li Dynasty, and Li Heng, the lord of the country, even uttered nonsense in front of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, saying that "the first attack on Panyu, and the second attack on Fujian and Yue," was so arrogant, but even so, the Song Dynasty still let it go. ignore.

During Song Zhenzong's period, an official named Shao Ye submitted to Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng several topographic maps of mountains and rivers on the southwest border, and suggested strengthening the defense of Yongzhou generation to prevent the frequent invasion of Jiaozhi.

Song Zhenzong's edict back to him said: "The ancestors opened up a vast land, but we should guard it carefully, and don't be greedy for useless land and labor hard!"

It stands to reason that it is not easy for an official in a bitterly cold border area to think about the court, but he did not expect to be given a heart-warming cold by Song Zhenzong.

In 009 AD in Tillis, Li Gongyun, the commander of the Zuo Qinwei Palace in the former Li Dynasty, seized the throne.

After Li Gongyun ascended the throne, he built Shenglong City, enfeoffed the positions of the central military and government officials, reorganized local political institutions, developed Buddhism, implemented the imperial examination system, reformed the land and taxation system, and adopted external expansion policies.On the one hand, it invaded the land of the city-state in the south, and on the other hand, it began to erode the territory of Guangyuan Prefecture in the north, and planned to use it as a springboard to capture Yongzhou and even the entire Lingnan (Guangxi Road).

At present, the Song Dynasty focuses on developing internal affairs and recuperating. It is not suitable to use large-scale troops on Jiaozhi, but the necessary layout is still to be done.

Inside the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen looked at Ti He'an, the envoy of the Champa Kingdom who was wearing a strange costume in front of him, and said, "I heard that there was a war between your country and the Jiaozhi Kingdom before. Is there such a thing?"

Seeing Zhao Zhen's question, Tihean hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! Cochin is deceiving people too much. In the past two years, King Li Gongyun of Cochin has sent troops into the northern border of our country several times, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. It is really powerless to resist the invasion of the Cochin thief."

After the establishment of the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty, Li Huan personally led an army to invade Champa.Zhancheng sent troops to defend, but was defeated by Li Huan, and King Paramita, Ravarman I, was also killed.The Vietnamese army looted Indrapura, the capital of Champa, and razed the city. The troops returned home.

Li Huan immediately sent envoys to repair it to the Song Dynasty, and dedicated the prisoners of Champa to the Song Dynasty.Song Taizong ordered the release of these captives to return to the country.This invasion led to Champa abandoning its capital, Indrapra, and moving south to Vijaya around 000 Tilis.

But this did not stop Jiaozhi from encroaching and plundering Champa.At the beginning of Tiansheng's fourth year, Zhao Zhen sent Jinyiwei spies to infiltrate Jiaozhi and Champa. Only then did he learn that from the first year of Tiansheng to now, Jiaozhi Li Gongyun has used troops against Champa many times.

"If this dynasty can resell a batch of weapons and armor to your country, I wonder if King Zhancheng can withstand the attack of the Jiaozhi Kingdom and regain the lost land?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Tillis and smiled.

"If our country can get the aid of your country's weapons and armor, then we will be able to recover the lost land. I wish to befriend the Song Dynasty for generations and pay tribute! However, the land route is blocked by Jiaozhi. I am afraid that the weapons and equipment of the Song Dynasty cannot be transported to our country. What a pity!"

Tillis was overjoyed at first, but remembering that he had come to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty this time, he still took the sea route, and couldn't help but beat his chest.

"Don't worry about this, the envoy will order the navy to escort the weapons and equipment to the country. As for the price? Since your country traveled thousands of miles across the sea to pay tribute, the price will be halved, and you will be allowed to replace it with gold, silver, jade or even other things !"

The Song Dynasty had mastered the technology of steelmaking, and had begun to gradually replace weapons and equipment. The eliminated weapons and equipment, no matter whether they were thrown directly or returned to the furnace for recasting, were a bit wasteful, so Zhao Zhen moved the idea of ​​​​selling them to the Champa Kingdom.

"Since this is the case, this envoy will take His Majesty of our country to thank His Majesty the Great Song Emperor for his great kindness!"

Tillist immediately bowed with great excitement.

(End of this chapter)