Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

During the Tang Dynasty, Indians often appeared on the streets of Chang'an.

But in the Song Dynasty, let alone Indians, if a random Hu appeared in Bianjing, it would probably attract onlookers.

Of course, it does not mean that there are no Hu people in Bianjing, but there are Hu merchants from the Western Regions, but very few.

Let alone Indians.

Song people in history tended to be conservative as a whole.

However, according to Zhao Ning's superficial understanding of the general context of history, he knew that the Gaochang Uyghurs of this era were actually transit dealers in the trade between the East and the West.

They often brought Indians from the west, black Turks, and even Seljuks to the east.

They either entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom, or entered the territory of Xixia, and some people entered the Song and Shaanxi folks, but it was just a borderland.

Although the land Silk Road was cut off during the Song Dynasty, some folks still remained, but they were not as prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties.

As for the Ghaznavid state mentioned by Ponte, it was a powerful dynasty in northern India in this era, which was established by the Turks.

This dynasty borders the Black Khan Khanate in the Seven Rivers Valley in the north, and the mighty Seljuk Empire in the west.

It was the Seljuk Empire that once killed the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Zhao Ning continued: "I heard that Yelu Dashi, the great general of the Liao Kingdom, came to the Western Regions and established the Yuan Dynasty in the Western Regions?"

Ponte was stunned, and said, "Unexpectedly, the Son of Heaven heard about this."

The ministers around were very surprised. Listening to what the Uighurs said, is what Zhao officials said true?

How did the Zhao officials know that Yelu Dashi established the Yuan Dynasty in the Western Regions?

Everyone didn't dare to ask more questions, but just listened quietly.

"My Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are brothers. Some misunderstandings in the past led to some enmity. Now it is over. How is Dashi in the Western Regions?"

Ponte said: "Ju'er is rich in wealth, Daliao is now strong and strong, and has a long history of contacts with us."

"If the envoy goes back and says hello to Yelu Dashi for me, he will say that I miss him very much."

Ponte was baffled. I'm afraid Yelu Dashi had never even met Zhao Guan's family.

"sure."

"What does the envoy want to exchange, go to the city for free trade, I will not interfere with you."

"Thank you, my lord."

"But having said that, don't touch my belongings at will, remember?"

"remember."

After the envoys retreated, Li Liangfu said: "Your Majesty, these people are obviously here to test, why let them go?"

"I went to heaven and arrested a few businessmen, so it seems a bit petty."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

In fact, anyone who knows Zhao Guan's family knows that this is by no means a matter of the heavenly kingdom's face, but a matter of letting them go back.

It is best to encourage them to march into Hexi.

After all, Gaochang has been the homeland of China since ancient times!

Chapter 1113 New Northwest Political Center (Third Change)

Hearing that the Zhao official family allowed the Uighurs to trade freely in the city, the nobles of Xingzhou were the first to get excited.

Because the nobles are very interested in the goods from the Western Regions and have the money to buy them.

In the evening, Ponte called on the former deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Wang Chang, on the grounds of doing business.

He went to the city to find out that Wang Chang was one of the powerful figures who held the military power in Xingzhou before, and he was also the father-in-law of the former Lord Xia.

I often see so many goods from the Western Regions in front of me, my eyes are straight.

"Sir, these are from us."

"Give it to me?" The smile on Wang Chang's face was from ear to ear.

"Yes, we have admired Shangguan's name for a long time, and we have great respect for him."

Wang often touched the jadeite with his hand, the smile on his face was undisguised.

However, when he came back to his senses, he put away his smile and said, "If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, you are definitely not giving me these for nothing. What do you ask for?"

"I don't have any requests, I just want to know something about the relationship between Song and Xia."

"It's nothing, Xia Guo is gone." Wang Chang said.

"Since the Shangguan is still there, there is hope for the restoration of the country."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wang Chang immediately looked around, "Now that all the elite Song troops are stationed in Xingqing Mansion, I have no ability to restore the country."

"What if I, Gaochang, send troops to help you in the future?"

Wang Chang hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you beat Song Jun?"

"Do you know Yelu Dashi?"

"I have heard that Yelu Dashi wrote a letter to Li Qianshun when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom. We also discussed whether to form an alliance with Yelu Dashi, but there seems to be no news from Yelu Dashi afterwards."

"Yelu Dashi is now in the Western Regions, rebuilding Daliao, with strong soldiers and horses, and all countries in the Western Regions worship him. If he is willing to send troops, he will definitely help you restore your country."

Wang Chang said: "You are too far away from Xingzhou."

"What if we start from Hexi?" Ponte said again.

"It turns out that you are planning to attack Hexi."

"We will help you restore the country, and you will give us Hexi, and the two sides will cooperate to get what they need," Ponte said again.

"Now that all the elite of the Song army have gathered in Xingzhou, it is even more difficult to restore the country than ascend to heaven."

"It is impossible for the emperor of the Song Dynasty to be here all the time. There will be a Song army stationed here in the future, but if you are willing to cooperate with us and let us know the strength of the Song army in Xingzhou at any time, our chances of winning will be greater."

Wang often hesitated.

Ponte said: "If you restore the country, you will be the only one in the Xia Kingdom."

"Will this matter be dangerous to me?"

"What danger can there be? I will send people regularly, in the name of doing business, to contact you, and that's enough."

Wang Chang thought for a while and said, "I promise you temporarily."

"From now on, we are allies, and I will go back and report to our Great Khan."

"it is good."

Just after dinner, Zhao Ning received a secret report.

"This Ponte went to Wangchang's place?" Zhao Ning showed a smile on his face.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but these merchants from the Western Regions have visited many old nobles from Xixia."

"But this Ponte went there personally." Zhao Ning said.

"Do you want to take people?" Liu Qi asked, "These people are obviously not good at coming."

"No! You won't get anything if you take them down, and it will also make other Western Region merchants afraid to come to the East in the future. The gain outweighs the loss."

"Then let them mess around?" Sun Fu said.

"Don't worry about this kind of trivial matter. I'm full, so you can do whatever you want." Zhao Ning stood up and went back to his bedroom.

Waking up early the next morning, just as Zhao Ning had finished his first cup of tea, Liu Kai came running over.

"Officials, the affairs of the Chaoshun Army Division in the right wing are almost handled. The generals of Li Liangfu are very cooperative. Those who came to Xingzhou came to Xingzhou and cooperated with the deployment of troops. Everything is going smoothly."

"It seems that Xixia people also hate war." Zhao Ning said with emotion, "There is no need, most people don't want to fight."

The Xixia nobles all surrendered, and Brother Li Cha died. Those soldiers who were forcibly drawn from the common people, why should they continue to persevere?

It may be some middle-level officers who are willing to double down, but the current situation is that they are also very cooperative, and it seems that they don't want to fight anymore.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zhao Ning.

The war on the main battlefield of Xixia is basically over, and the situation in Hexi will be reported by Orihiko.

Zhao Ning is not in a hurry about this, even if Zhe Yanzhi's progress is not smooth, it doesn't matter, he brought back the Xingqing Mansion, and there will be a place for logistics in the future when he plans to plot the Western Regions.

At this point, Zhao Ning felt that there was no need for him to stay in Xingzhou any longer.

On the afternoon of the sixth day of December, Zhao Ning began to prepare for his driving south.

Before going back, he met Zhang Jun alone.

"Qing has been away from Tokyo for more than ten years, right?"

"Officials, I came to Shaanxi in the second year of Jingkang."

"It's been ten years. Xixia has been destroyed, but there are still many problems. The appointment of officials and the adjustment of military and political affairs all need someone to preside over the overall situation. You have to work hard for another year?"

"As long as it is the official's order, the minister will do it."

Seeing the white hair on Zhang Jun's head, Zhao Ning said with emotion: "You have worked hard all these years. When you stabilize here, go back to Tokyo and take over the administration of the Shufu."

"With all the gentlemen, it doesn't matter if the minister can't get in."

Zhang Jun is the real privy envoy, but he, the privy envoy, has been busy with affairs in the northwest for ten years.

"I've always had a question that I wanted to ask you."

"Officials, please clarify."

"Right now, people in the court are discussing the military and political issues of the country. Some people say that the troops of the country are scattered on the frontiers, leaving the capital empty and endangering the Tianbao of the previous Tang Dynasty. What do you think?"

Zhao Ning still trusts Zhang Jun very much.

Zhang Jun is a loyal minister and an extremely responsible person.

After the extermination of Xia this time, Zhang Jun returned to the court, and his prestige was not inferior to that of Zhang Shuye. After that, his influence in the Great Song Dynasty was naturally greater.

"Some people are worried, and it's not unreasonable. The frontier is full of troubles, and the outside is more important than the inside. However, it is different from the previous Tang Dynasty in that the appointment of civil servants and military officers in the frontier in this dynasty comes from the central government. This alone greatly limits the frontier. The influence of the army."

Zhao Ning nodded. It suddenly occurred to him that in order to improve military efficiency in the frontier, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang changed the system for the selection and appointment of military officers at the middle and lower levels, and delegated the power that originally belonged to the central government to Jiedu envoys.

This allowed Jiedushi to use personnel power at the local level to win over more people.

For example, if you join a company, you must be the closest to the boss who interviewed you, because he is your bole.

Therefore, personnel power is a very important power.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Ming Dynasty held the power of officials and personnel affairs, and was known as a heavenly official, and he could not even give the face of the chief assistant.

"My minister thinks that further adjustments are needed to reasonably control the northwest." Zhang Jun continued, "Bianjing is too far away from the northwest. It is the best choice to add several military academies in Chang'an. All military officers are from the military academies. , to ensure the imperial court’s control over the military and government.”

Chapter 1114 Driving Chang'an City (first update)

"Your words are reasonable." Zhao Ning nodded, "However, to establish a military and political center, there must be some people's livelihood and commercial support."

Zhang Jun sighed and said, "It's a pity that Guanzhong at this time is not as good as Guanzhong in the previous Tang Dynasty."

To plot the Western Regions and reopen the land Silk Road, it is necessary to rebuild Chang'an.

This is also the reason why Zhao Ning sent Hu Quan, an official with a high gold content, to Chang'an to serve as the governor of Jingzhao.

But unfortunately, in the Song Dynasty, Guanzhong withered.

The decline of Guanzhong is not just economic decline.

Since the Anshi Rebellion, they have been fighting all the year round, and the natural resources have been exploited to the extreme, the rivers have been silted up, and the vegetation has been cut down in large quantities.

An obvious feature is that the palaces before the Tang Dynasty were bigger than each other.

For example, the Daming Palace in the Tang Dynasty, the Weiyang Palace in the Han Dynasty, the Afang Palace in the Qin Dynasty, etc.

These palaces can be built very large because there were a lot of giant trees in Guanzhong and its surrounding areas in that era.

But the growth of giant trees cannot keep up with the felling.

In the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Di wanted to build the Forbidden City in Beijing, he tried his best to find few giant trees from the remote places in the southwest.

This also explains from the side, after the Tang Dynasty, the transfer of natural resources in Guanzhong.

Ancient times are different from the 21st century. The development of ancient cities and towns has extremely high requirements for natural resources.

It is not so easy for Zhao Ning to revive Chang'an.