Jiangning Mansion, the Great Song Palace.
Zhao Xu saw the newly signed Jiangning Agreement, and was angry and vomited blood directly and fell ill on the sickbed, the Great Song Dynasty had suffered heavy losses, and with the addition of the indemnity and annual offerings to the Great Xia Empire, the Great Song Dynasty was simply unable to make ends meet, and the signing of the Jiangning Agreement was no different from the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty.
In the emperor's bedroom, Zhao Xu, who was lying on the sickbed with a pale face, summoned Li Bao, the general of the water division, and Zhao Xu, the general of the Great Song Dynasty, really trusted only Li Bao, after all, Li Bao was pulled up by Zhao Xu; Li Bao came to Zhao Xu's side and immediately knelt down and saluted: "The last general Li Bao will greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ” Zhao Xu struggled to get up from the sickbed and said, "Aiqing is here, get up quickly, come and sit down." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Bao thanked him.
Zhao Xu waved his hand, and a little eunuch sent a letter to Li Bao's hand, and then Zhao Xu said weakly: "Aiqing, take a look, this is the new peace conditions signed by Song Xia, what is the difference between this and the Great Song Dynasty."
After reading this treaty, Li Bao's eyes were bigger than cow eggs, and Li Bao said angrily: "Your Majesty, this agreement should not be signed at all, and it can be seen from this treaty that the Xia Dynasty will not die." ” Zhao Xu sighed and said: "I also know that this treaty should not be signed, but the courtiers are all frightened by Xia Jun, if I don't sign this contract, they will all die on the hall one by one, I am also forced to say ah Aiqing, now it is useless to say this, you tell me where the way out of the Great Song Dynasty is, do we still have a chance to return to the Central Plains, I can only trust you now." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."
Li Bao said movingly: "Your Majesty, you can trust not only Weichen, but also General Zhang Miao, Marshal Dao, Marshal Wang Kai, and the two generals Wu Jie and Wu Lan who are far away in Bashu, they are all important ministers who can be trusted by Your Majesty, and they are also the generals of our Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty in the future." ” "Hmph" Zhao Xu sneered: "They are all self-respecting, and some of them even dare to openly disobey the holy decree, how can you let me trust them." ” "Your Majesty, although the generals sometimes do wrong things, they are still loyal to Your Majesty and the Great Song Dynasty; Moreover, the localities still pay their taxes on time, and if they really support their own troops, I am afraid that this will not be the case.
Li Bao continued to persuade Zhao Xu.
"But the people they sent by me are all idle, isn't that enough," Zhao Xu said angrily.
"Your Majesty is angry."
Li Bao continued: "Most of the people sent by His Majesty to various places are literati, but this is not what they are good at, if they really let them go into battle to command, how to resist the enemy, Your Majesty is now the most critical moment of the Great Song Dynasty, and the court and the local government should be more united, if Your Majesty falls out with the future of various places at this time, let them take refuge in the Xia Dynasty, which is the most unfavorable for Your Majesty." ” "Aiqing has a point."
Zhao Xu had to admit that now was not the time to deal with the generals in various places, as Li Bao said, the generals in various places have large armies in the field, if they are pressed too tightly, it is very likely that they will surrender to the Xia State, and in addition, the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty will need to rely on these generals in the future.
"Your Majesty, Jiangning has agreed to pay so much compensation, how does Your Majesty plan to deal with it" Li Bao asked Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu didn't answer, but asked Li Bao rhetorically: "What does Aiqing think?"
"A flip-flop, how long can it be delayed, since we will have a war with the Xia Dynasty sooner or later, then once these heavy indemnities are paid to the Xia Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty will inevitably use it to develop armaments, so we might as well not give it all, if we can't give it, we won't give it, we can give less and not more, and the saved ones can be used to develop our own armaments."
Li Bao continued to Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty; "There is also the need to open sources and reduce expenditures, and now the imperial court wants to get more taxes, and there is only one way, that is, overseas trade; Since Your Majesty's mission from the Seljuk Empire can come to our Great Song Dynasty, then our sea ships can also transport goods to the Seljuk Empire by sea, so that they can bypass the Silk Road controlled by the Xia Dynasty, and although the transportation by sea is dangerous, it is also low-cost, which means that the price of our goods in the Western Regions is lower than that of the Xia Dynasty in the Western Regions, so that we can seize the market share of the Western Regions, and at the same time, we can also economically hit the foreign trade of the Xia Dynasty; In addition, Weichen also heard that there are still a large number of islands and fertile land in the south of our Great Song Dynasty, where the rice can be harvested three times a year, if we can occupy those lands, our Great Song Dynasty can have sufficient food supply, with food can feed more people, with the population there will be a steady stream of soldiers, our non-commissioned officers may not be as effective as the Xia Army, but we can give full play to our advantages and use the tactics of crowds."
With the loss of the northern territories, southward expansion is indeed a better way out for the Great Song Dynasty, but soon Zhao Xu realized a problem, Zhao Xu said to Li Bao: "Li Aiqing, now this sea is under the control of the Xia Army's sailors, can our sailors go out Besides, once the sailors leave, what if the Xia Army's sailors go up the river to attack Jiangning?"
"Your Majesty, I am heading southward not only by water, but also by land; Since the Jiangnan Navy Division cannot be used, we can use the Fujian Navy Division, according to the last general's understanding, there is a very large island Ryukyu Taiwan east of the Fujian Road, and the Xia Army does not occupy this place at present, and our army can completely seize the Ryukyus before the Xia Army Naval Division, so it is also a barrier for the Fujian Road to be established overseas, and our dynasty can occupy the Ryukyus and also curb the Xia Army's naval division to continue to develop southward, and our Dynasty can completely use the Guangnan Road as a wharf for foreign trade and vigorously develop overseas trade.
This can also avoid being harassed and plundered by the Xia army's sailors. ” Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Just now Aiqing said that you don't have to take the sea route to go south, is there any other way that can't be done?"
” "Of course, there are other ways, in recent years, the Yue Li Dynasty and Vietnam have repeatedly led the army to attack the border of our North Korea while my Great Song Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty are at war, and now the war with the Xia Dynasty is over, so I can use this opportunity to teach them a good lesson, and let them know that my Great Song Dynasty is powerful, if I can take advantage of this to eliminate them, this is a hundred benefits and no harm to my Great Song Dynasty."
"What do you say about this Yue Li Dynasty, it is also a vassal state of my Great Song Dynasty in name, and I am afraid that such a grandiose attack is not good," Zhao Xu said with some resistance.
"What's wrong with this, Your Majesty, besides, we are here to take revenge, and it was they who provoked first; In this way, we can also regain what we have lost from the north and from the south. ” Zhao Xu thought about it and said: "Okay, then who does Aiqing think should be sent to lead the army?"
"Your Majesty, Lu Lu Weichen thought that General Zhang Miao should be allowed to lead the army, although General Zhang Miao was young, he was still invincible in the battle with the Xia army, and it was not a piece of cake to deal with the Yue Li Dynasty; The end of the sea route will ask for your Majesty's permission.
Li Bao knelt down on one knee and said.
"Since this is the case, then this matter will be done according to what Aiqing said, Li Bao obeyed the order, and then named you the generalissimo of the world's water division, in charge of the world's water division; Zhang Miao was crowned as the governor of Yue; The two of you take you as the main conqueror against the southern barbarians. ” "Weichen receives the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live" Thanks to the four recommendations of book friend 6054, Tianyu is grateful: