Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 568

Kong Duanyou, as the contemporary Yan Shenggong, followed Zhao Ding to Longting tremblingly.

In order to express the sincerity of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding came to Longting of Kelei Department in person. This was his first time as a state envoy to a foreign country.

Along the way, I saw the unmelted ice and snow on the desert, saw the young shoots of the young grass just spit out, and saw countless Kelei tribesmen galloping on horseback.

I saw poverty, backwardness, and desolation.

I saw positivity, hope, and tenacity.

The tribes of Tiele, or grassland tribes, have been the confidant of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times.

What are these tenacious prairie people relying on to keep finding trouble for the Central Plains Dynasty?
From the Huns to the Turks, from the Turks to the Khitans, from the Khitans to the Jinren, and then to the Tiele [-] tribes, they have never stopped.

Finding out the reason is the initial motivation for Zhao Ding to personally arrive at the Mobei Grassland this time.

"Yan Shenggong, why do people in the grassland survive under such harsh living conditions, and keep causing trouble for the Central Plains Dynasty?" Zhao Ding asked mutteringly.

He sat in the tent of Longting, looking at the young children who were constantly picking up cow dung outside, and the herd of livestock wandering around, feeling a little disappointed.

There are tens of millions of people in Song Dynasty!

But when they arrived at the grassland and Longting, they found that there were only 50 households in Kelie's headquarters, less than [-] people.

Such a population is not even as large as the population of a city in the Great Song Dynasty.

But it was such a tribe that Da Song had to treat cautiously. He, the candidate for Zaizhi in the court, had to come here to see for himself all the way.

Longting and Zhao Ding thought completely differently. The city walls here are not even considered as city walls, but only as mounds of earth.

Khan's royal court is a big tent, which can be moved at any time.

"I think the key to nomadic and nomadic is the word wandering. They migrate around and live in no fixed place. If you want to eliminate them, you have to find them, but Mobei is so big, how can you find them easily?" Kong Duanyou still hid In the felt, said tremblingly.

He was forcibly pulled down here by Zhao Ding, he didn't want to eat sand, he didn't want to go out with Zhao Ding, and he didn't want to see the strong bodies of the Kelie people.

Even when he saw those shirtless Kreb men wrestling on the grass, he felt terrible.

Aren't they cold?
But he didn't dare not answer Zhao Ding's question, so he could only find a long-standing reason.

Zhao Ding thought for a long time, and said: "Facing the rain of arrows, you can charge fearlessly, and you can climb the towering city walls without fear. You know that you may die under the city walls, but you are brave enough to die."

"Behind this bravery is poverty."

Zhao Ding wrote his own understanding in the Zhazi. Because of their poverty, boys started riding horses, archery, and hunting when they were twelve or three years old. They grew up on horseback, lived on horseback, and fought on horseback. Died on horseback.

"Poverty?" Kong Duanyou frowned, he didn't understand.

"Zhao Jinglue, Lu Han summoned me." A Khitan interpreter found Zhao Ding who was in a daze, and whispered.

"The envoy of Jin Kingdom, King Chen Wanyan Zongjun is also in the tent, please Zhao Jinglue be careful." The translator kindly reminded.

Zhao Ding grabbed Kong Duanyou up and came to the big tent of the royal court. He looked at Lu Han who was sitting on the chief seat, and said with a smile, "I don't know what Lu Han thought after listening to the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin? Do you want to be an enemy of Da Song, or do you want to be good to Da Song?"

Lu Han shook his head: "Mr. Zhao is serious. The Jin Kingdom envoy just started talking about sending troops to Monan. Before I heard it, I asked Mr. Zhao to come over and listen together."

After Zhao Ding heard the translator's translation, he glanced at Xia Zuo and Wanyan Zongjun with the money rattail.

Wanyan Zongjun is the sixth son of Wanyan Aguda, who has meritorious military exploits.

The weight of this Zhengshi is not low at all!

It seems that the Kingdom of Jin was not unprepared. Ling Tangzuo disguised himself as Xia Zuo, and put forward that strategy. It can only be said that it happened at the right time, and it may have been discussed among the Jin people.

However, this Lu Han actually directly pulled Song envoys and Jin envoys together. It seemed that his attitude was obvious and he did not want to lightly start the war.

This is good news for Zhao Ding, he thought that he would be imprisoned by this Luhan to Beihai when he came here this time, and he would have to be like Su Wu, shed sheep for a few years before he could go back.

"Tell me. Let me listen." Lu Han said to Ling Tangzuo.

Ling Tangzuo came out, holding a wine glass in his hand. This wine vessel is called Jue.There is a flow in the front, that is, a trough for pouring wine, a sharp tail in the back, and a cup in the middle.

There is a stick on one side and three legs on the bottom.

"Khan, this is the jue. It's used for drinking. I don't know if Lu Han knows why this jue has three legs?" Ling Tangzuo asked with a smile while holding the jue.

Lu Han was taken aback, and asked: "This has been passed down since ancient times, and it looks like this, so what reason can there be?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Ling Tangzuo's mouth and said: "Because this is the most stable! My Khan, this kind of wine glass will not tip over when placed on the table."

"Just like the current situation in the world."

"At this time, the tribes of Song, Jin, and Tiele are three-legged in the world. Only in this way can they be the most stable! If the people of Song really destroy the Kingdom of Jin, the tribes of Tiele will be next."

Lu Han heard about it on the first day of the lunar new year, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said: "The Song Dynasty and the Tie Le tribes have always been friendly, and there is no disaster of war. You Jin people and Song people are feuds, and you have the crime of stepping on the soil and punishing the people. There is no such enmity between Da Song and Tie Le tribes."

"Don't deliberately say some scary words to confuse the subjects of my Tiel tribe."

Ling Tangzuo laughed three times, and said: "Khan's statement is ridiculous! It's not some scaremongering talk!"

"The wolf ambitions of the people of the Song Dynasty are well known to passers-by. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Jin, the people of the Song Dynasty will never stop there. At that time, the tribes of Tiele will become the confidants of the Song Dynasty."

"Song Taizu has something to say! How can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch!"

"If Khan has a lucky heart, when he is trampled by the iron hooves of the Song army in the future, think about what he thinks today! Isn't it ridiculous?!"

Zhao Ding wiped the sweat from his brow as Ling Tangzuo spoke to his heart. He knew that the young man who spoke impassionedly in front of him was actually an official of the Song Dynasty, which made him feel like the waves behind the Yangtze River were pushing the waves ahead.

Lu Han also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard it, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Let me think about this matter carefully, and you continue to talk."

Ling Tangzuo looked at Wanyan Zongjun with a smile. This Khan's mind was no longer unilaterally biased toward Song, but showing signs of falling toward Jin!

"I don't know if Lu Han has heard of the saying that the world must be divided for a long time?" Ling Tangzuo asked with a smile.

And Lu Han nodded. This famous saying is a proverb that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, so he has naturally heard it.He thought for a while and asked, "Are you talking about Da Song's tendency to swallow the world?"

Ling Tangzuo nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "Lu Khan is right or wrong. The emperor of the Song Dynasty had the will to swallow the world. There is no doubt about it. But what I want to talk about is not just the Song Dynasty. The ambition to devour the world."

"Oh?" Lu Han leaned forward and looked at Ling Tangzuo curiously.

Ling Tangzuo smiled and said, "I don't know if Khan, Khan's seat, is sitting on pins and needles?"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire big tent was silent, which was a fact.

A hundred years ago, the Kelie tribe of Dingdu and Longting did not unify the tribes in the entire Mobei grassland. On the contrary, he only relied on the strength of the Kelie tribe to suppress other tribes.

It is far from enough to say that the grassland tribes are unified.

Everyone in the Kelie Department knew about this, but no one stood up, stood up majestically, and pierced the window paper.

Hit people without slapping their faces, and curse people without revealing shortcomings.

This is the sore foot of Ke Lie's department, but an outsider said it directly, and Lu Khan's face was naturally a little unsightly.

Ling Tangzuo looked at Lu Khan, smiled and said, "I wonder if Lu Khan has the ambition to dominate the grassland?"

"If there is, Luhan is still an eagle on the grassland, if not, then Luhan is just a guinea pig on the grassland."

bass!
The guards in the royal court drew their long knives, and this Han man uttered such wild words that he dared to abuse the Khan of the Kelei tribe!

Lu Han didn't stop the guards' swords. If Ling Tangzuo couldn't explain why, he wouldn't be able to get out of the royal court today.

Ling Tangzuo still had that unflattering smile on his face, looked at Lu Han, and then at the guard who pulled out his sword, and said with a smile: "Khan, if Khan is willing to be an eagle and send troops to Monan, that's the best way." What a chance to borrow a knife to kill someone! I wonder what Khan thinks?"

When Lu Han heard this, his whole body was about to fall off the table. Looking at Ling Tangzuo, he certainly understood the meaning of killing people with a knife!
Sweet talk, glib tongue.

Lu Khan wiped the sweat from his brow, and signaled the guards to put away their knives. The power of the Song people was concentrated on the side of the Jin people. If at this time, he went south by himself, occupied the four towns of Monan, and relied on the Song army to kill people with knives, consuming other people. tribal strength.

It is not impossible to take the opportunity to unify the entire Mobei tribes!
"What you said makes sense." Lu Khan nodded, glanced at his son Tuoli, thought for a long time, and said, "The two reasons you said are very good, but I, Kret, still disagree. Send troops to Monan, and help me bring an apology to the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin."

Lu Han smiled and said, "After we withdrew our troops from the four towns in Monan last year, my Kelie tribe made good friends with Song Dynasty. The people of Song Dynasty did not violate the covenant. I, Erlang of Mobei, is also a strong man, so naturally I will not violate the covenant."

"For the sake of the verbal covenant, Khan gave up a great opportunity. Please think again Khan." Ling Tangzuo frowned and looked at Lu Khan, who was clearly moved.Why are you refusing to send troops now? !
Lu Han saw Ling Tangzuo's eyes and said: "Before you came, the envoy of Song Dynasty also came to Longting. I think the envoy of Song Dynasty's suggestion is better. The two countries can prosper only if they don't use swords. Swords have no eyes, but prosperity A swordsman is a man who dies in battle, and if there are no men, the whole family will be finished."

"In the past year, without the identity of the middleman of the Liao Kingdom, my tribes in Mobei and the Great Song Huiyi have lost one handover, and life has been much easier. People's minds are settled. My Kelie tribe, the grassland people, are also human beings. what."

Lu Han looked at Zhao Ding and laughed.The benefits of doing business with the Great Song Dynasty this year are simply not too much.

As far as the salt is concerned, the tribes that were unwilling to listen to him in the past are now much more obedient.

Zhao Ding stood up, bowed to Lu Han, looked at Ling Tangzuo and said, "Not all victories depend on weapons."

"Sometimes, money does too."

　Thanks to "another novice" and "Dudu Troy" for their rewards, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)