I studied in modern times

Chapter 573 Diplomacy (1)

The next morning, it was July Yimao (24) in the first year of Yuanyou.

Zhao Xu opened his eyes from the bedroom specially set aside for him in the Qingshou Palace and saw Empress Dowager Xiang, sitting in front of him with a sad look on her face, sighing something.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

He sighed to the Empress Dowager: "Dazong Zheng reported this morning that Zhong Yu has been trapped and dying after Dingguo's army stayed. I'm afraid it will only be in the next day or two."

Zhao Xu also lowered his head after listening, sighing: "What can I do? What can I do?"

Xiang asked the Queen Mother: "Sixth brother, how do you plan to deal with the aftermath of the Dingguo army?"

She knew that the relationship between Zhao Zhongyu and the late emperor was very close.

It is one of the few clans that has seen the sixth brother who is still being raised in the Prince's Pavilion.

The time was far earlier than the prime ministers - it was last autumn that the prime ministers met Sixth Brother for the first time in Jiying Palace.

……

The imperial court then issued an edict to appease his wife and son.

Zhao Xu thought about it for a while and continued: "The posthumous law also says: if you inherit the virtue of gentleness from heaven, it is said to be shun, and if you receive the blessing of heaven, it is said to be shun."

Zhao Xu listened and asked: "Queen Mother, what did Da Zongzheng say?"

Therefore, Brother Six can only make the decision regarding Zhao Zhongyu's death, whether it is emotional or rational.

Instead, he let go the next morning.

The posthumous title of Rongshun may be mostly ironic to ministers.

This morning, Zhao Xu came to the small garden behind Chongzheng Hall.

To put it coldly - Zhao Zhongyu only had a close relationship with Zhao Xu's father.

Roude Chengtian and Tianbailu unabashedly revealed this person's behavior throughout his life - he was a person who relied on nepotism to constantly poach the country and never did anything beneficial to the country.

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu said: "The posthumous title says: Favoring and being honored is called Rong. Dingguojun stayed behind and was deeply trusted and relied on by the emperor. He is quite virtuous in the clan, so he can use 'Rong'."

It's almost like giving their whole family a buff called 'Loyalty'.

Rong is a posthumous title commonly used by close branches of the clan.

Its value is even higher than the posthumous titles of Jiedu Envoy and County King!

In Zhao Xu's view, the next hundred years will only require minor repairs.

But all kinds of flowers are still blooming in the garden.

Although it is already the end of July, the autumn season is about to begin.

"In this case, 'Rongshun' may be the posthumous title."

Therefore, it is impossible for him to change for Zhao Zhongyu.

He said to the Queen Mother: "Someone is still discussing... Sixth brother, do you want to give it to me?"

It is even possible to directly refresh big special effects such as grinding and grinding in X years.

Especially the beautiful posthumous title Rongshun was given by Zhao Xu himself.

Because this posthumous title nakedly tells others that this clan member has been loyal, reliable, and tested throughout his life, and is liked by both Huang Kao and me.

Zhao Xu replied: "The system established by our ancestors is perfect and beautiful. I dare not change it."

In future grinding, this buff will refresh various gain effects from time to time.

After all, in the Song Dynasty, the posthumous title belonged to the honor of the person who gave the posthumous title - because the person is dead, unless there is a posthumous son, the third and fourth generations basically cannot enjoy the benefits brought by the posthumous gift. .

But for the clan, it is one of the best posthumous titles.

"The big truth is that according to the story, if you stay here, you can posthumously give it to the Jiedu Envoy and posthumously grant you the title of County King!"

Therefore, Zhao Zhongyu and others quickly came to the gate of the imperial city to express their gratitude.

Zhao Zhongyu was posthumously appointed as the military governor of Baoning Army and the king of Dongyang County, with the posthumous title: Rongshun.

In particular, after the adjustments made by Wang Anshi's reform, the entire clan system was able to operate with ease.

Various exotic flowers such as peonies, roses, hibiscus, etc. are planted here.

"What Sixth Brother said is true." Empress Dowager Xiang laughed, feeling very happy that her son could master the posthumous title skillfully and use it appropriately.

Not with him!
Therefore, in order to show that he is the filial son of the late emperor, he can only start from the posthumous title and give him a good posthumous title.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "Where is your posthumous title?"

The clan grinding and promotion system of the Song Dynasty was very scientific.

Zhao Zhongyu did not last two more days as Da Zongzheng expected.

Chong Lu Guangda = the emperor's lackey, the vanguard of the palace-controlled economy.

It is comparable to the Wen Zhong and Wen Zheng of civil servants, and the Wu Zhong and Wu Xian of military officials.

……

He nodded to the Queen Mother and had no objection to this.

Bees and butterflies are also busy flying among them.

There is also a small pond in the garden. There are lotus flowers growing in the pond. Fish swim under the lotus leaves in the clear water.

"Good!" Zhao Xu looked at everything in front of him and was very satisfied: "This place will definitely make the envoys of Dali feel at home."

Yes, today is the day when he summoned the Dali envoy Gao Taiming alone for detailed discussions.

For this reason, he specially chose this place.

In this season, there are also large gardens in bloom in the palace.

The Dali envoy Gao Taiming was from Kunming.

In modern times, Kunming is like spring all year round and is known as the Spring City.

Choosing the meeting place here can show Zhao Xu's sincerity.

This he learned in modern times.

When talking about business, the venue is very important and the atmosphere is also crucial.

……

Gao Taiming lowered his head, and under the protection or coercion of the Song Court's military officials, he passed through many palaces and entered the core of the Song Court and the most heavily guarded area - Ouchi.

Along the way, he didn't dare to look up.

Because he was frightened and afraid.

Can he not be frightened and frightened?

In his mind, the Song Dynasty had now eliminated the threat to the south - Jiaozhi was defeated, please surrender and pay tribute.

Every year, they had to pay a tribute of one million shi of rice to the Song court, and buy another one million shi of rice from the Song court at the market price.

As the Song Dynasty occupied the vast area north of the Fuliang River, in fact, it had formed an encirclement around Dali from Guangxi and Jiaozhou.

If Song Ting bribes the five surnamed Fans in Southwest China, they will also include the Sizhou Tian family who are Song Ting's loyal dogs.

This is surrounded by three sides.

Once the Song Dynasty decided to use troops in Dali, Dali would be divided into two countries.

I am afraid that many powerful people and wealthy families will lead the way for Song Ting.

In this way, the final fate of the Gao family, apart from fighting to the end, would be to put their tail between their legs and run away to Bagan.

Therefore, even if he knew in his heart, there was a high probability that Song Ting would really mobilize troops and come to the ravines to risk their lives with the Gao family.

But he is afraid.

In the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, Uighurs, and Nanzhao attacked Tubo from three sides and directly defeated Tubo. The Gao family will not forget it. Now, if Song Ting can't think about it, he will use a trick against his Gao family.

Then the Gao family really can only learn from their ancestors and run away to Bagan to start a business.

With this in mind, Gao Taiming was led into a secluded small garden.

He raised his head slightly and saw the figure of the little Emperor Song Ting sitting in a pavilion in the garden, looking at him.

Although, this little emperor is very small.

He was only ten years old and had a childish face, but how dare Gao Taiming really treat him as a child?
He is already in power!

Moreover, a war has been launched and won brilliantly.

Regardless of whether the legend is true or not.

But the fact is that we won!
Gao Taiming immediately knelt down from a distance and said, "Foreign ministers, I bow to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and wish him long life."

"Your Majesty, please excuse me." The young emperor's voice sounded gentle and kind, but the more it sounded like this, the more it made Gao Taiming's hair stand on end.

The little emperor is not scary.

What is frightening is that a little emperor has taken power and personally led a war. He almost wiped out Jiaozhi, expanded the territory thousands of miles, and made the wealthy families and chieftains in Jiaozhi respect him respectfully!
On the way here, Gao Taiming had seen the scene of the chieftains in Guangxi happily welcoming the victorious chieftain soldiers and happily sending their own sons to Jiaozhi to be sealed (of course, this is Zhang Dun deliberately arranged it, and the purpose was actually to show off his force and give Dali a disdain).

Can Gao Taiming not be afraid?

Countries in the southwest have not been afraid of the armies of the Central Plains since ancient times.

No matter how many troops you have, no matter how good you are at fighting.

How long can you stay in this remote place?

No matter how rich you are, you can't withstand consumption like a bottomless pit.

The Han annexed Yelang and destroyed the Dian Kingdom, but it could not last long. After the country's power declined, it had no choice but to withdraw.

What are the countries in the southwest afraid of?
Zhuge Wuhou!

Wuhou went deep into the southwest, personally educated the people, taught techniques, and respected local leaders.

Therefore, in some places in Dali Kingdom, Wuhou is still regarded as a god by many people.

Secondly, there is Song Ting’s unreasonable set of bastard boxing.

I don’t want your land, and I don’t want your taxes.

As long as you come to pay tribute regularly, as long as you are obedient.

Then I will grant you a title, allow trade, and exempt you from business taxes.

This policy is even more terrifying than Zhuge Wuhou's.

I didn’t see that the envoys from the five southwestern surnames who entered the court this time are now jumping up and down on the Duting post, asking everywhere - can we be like the wealthy families and chieftains of Jiaozhi?

Everyone knows that he wants to harvest Song Ting's wool!

And all of this, Gao Taiming now knows, was done under the instruction of this little emperor.

Song court officials in Dutingyi publicized these deeds everywhere.

I just wish I could boast that this little emperor was sitting in Bianjing, knowing what was going on thousands of miles away, so he strategized, ordered troops and selected generals, and defeated the Jiaozhi people in three strikes and five divided by two.

Although exaggerated.

But the Jiaozhi people did not speak and acquiesced to this, while the Liao people, another big country at the time, not only did not question it.

Instead, he cooperated with the performance and even brought out his own royal grandson to say - His Royal Highness, Prince Liang, the great grandson of our dynasty, calls the Emperor of the Song Dynasty his brother, and often writes letters to verify each other's knowledge. Since the Emperor of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty has I presented the book to you seven times, and I gave it to His Highness the Grand Sun five times in return, all of which were praised as great kindness!

Well, they started blowing it.

The attitude of the Liao people further proved how terrifying this little emperor of Song Ting was!
Even the Liao people, a barbaric people in the north, relied on tying up the young emperor of the Song Dynasty to prove that their grandson was also the future holy master of Mingjun.

This is equivalent to the Liao people admitting Song Ting's propaganda.

It doesn't matter if Song Ting brags on his own.

It would be terrible if the Liao people followed suit.

Then I just listened to the little emperor say: "Your Majesty, come here, don't be polite."

Gao Taiming paid his respects again: "Foreign ministers are frightened..."

"It doesn't matter!" the little emperor said softly: "I heard what Aiqing said in the palace that day, and ordered someone to check. It is known that Dali's entry into the court was indeed promoted by Qing's grandfather."

"I am very happy that the Qing family can care about China. That's why I specially arranged for Yousi to come to the palace today to talk to you. By the way, I can also learn about the customs of Dali and the mountains and rivers outside the territory."

When Gao Taiming heard this, he became even more frightened.

Do you want to know the customs and customs of Dali? Mountain scenery?

What to do
Send troops?
He hurriedly said: "The foreign minister's family has passed down poems and books from generation to generation (my family is very good). When the foreign minister's family ancestors were alive, they often taught ministers to respect China and respect the emperor (my family only wants to be king and hegemon in Dali, absolutely). I will not and dare not offend you), now that the Holy Emperor is in court, the foreign ministers and ministers regard Your Majesty as sacred, go before the King of Dali, and finally have to court Your Majesty (if you think about it carefully, for more than a hundred years, , except our Gao family, who has ever thought about the Emperor of Bianjing?), I have been personally ordered by His Majesty to die a hundred times to repay His Majesty's grace (as long as you don't hit us, we, the Gao family, promise to come to court on time in the future, please do so) Don’t ask about the customs, mountains and rivers of Dali. Really, they are all poor and poor, not good at all)!”

Then I heard the little emperor say: "Good!"

"The Master said: In a city with ten houses, there must be loyalty and trustworthiness. This is a sincere statement!"

Gao Taiming let out a long breath, but the big stone hanging in his heart was raised to his throat again the next moment.

"To be honest with you, I have been studying recently and read a letter from Ouyang Wenzhong, saying: The Yu family has a jade opium with a very ancient and exquisite shape. I first got it from Mei Shengyu and thought it was jasper. When I was in Yingzhou, I tasted it as a sign for my officials to sit down. Deng Baoji, an old minister of the Zhenzong Dynasty who was under the command of soldiers and horses, recognized it and said, "This treasure is called jade. All the treasures in Yunjing are stored in the Yisheng Treasury. There is an jade lamp in the library, so I know it." !”

"And I ordered the inner treasury to search for it, and found an emerald lamp left behind by the true temple."

Zhao Xu clapped his hands, and Feng Jing came forward holding a small green jade lamp.

Zhao Xu pursed his lips, and Feng Jing brought it to Gao Taiming.

Gao Taiming raised his head and looked at the small and exquisite jade lamp.

He doesn't quite understand what this means?
Zhao Xu then said: "You may not know something. I have already asked the old officials in the palace, and they all said that the jadeite may have been a tribute from the Bagan Kingdom in the past year."

"I asked around where the country of Bagan is, and they all said it is southwest of Dali, among the mountains."

"So, when I invite you to the palace this time, in addition to learning about the customs, mountains and rivers of Dali with you to increase your knowledge, I also want to ask you to help me look for this jadeite after you return home. Do you have?"

"If there is any, I can order someone to buy it."

"Don't worry, I won't let Aiqing suffer."

Jade is expensive in modern times and is a top-grade jewelry.

But its rise and popularity still had to come after Qianlong.

There are many reasons for this.

But Zhao Xu plans to speed up the process.

It was tempting for Dali to use troops in the direction of Burma.

At the same time, the economic ties between Dali and the Song Dynasty were also strengthened through the jade trade and Yunnan horse trade.

When necessary, a certain deficit can even be tolerated.

As for this transaction, Zhao Xu will not lose money.

First of all, if the Dali Kingdom makes money, it will definitely buy the products of the Song Dynasty.

It is equivalent to opening a new market for Song Dynasty products out of thin air.

Secondly, gems like jade are actually very in line with the aesthetics of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

As long as jade appears on the market, there will definitely be no need to worry about selling it.

And as long as it is sold, it will naturally be a huge profit.

In this way, perhaps in twenty or thirty years, Dali can be taken over without a single blow.

At least, the same restraint rule as the current northern states of Cochin can be achieved.

(End of this chapter)