In fact, it is not surprising that the two countries send envoys to and fro with each other, not only when there are major disputes, but also on major festivals such as the New Year's Day, but also on major festivals such as the Long Spring Festival, or when the new emperor ascends the throne, they will also send envoys to celebrate.

This system is also an important guarantee for Song Liao's success.

However, compared with the envoys of the Song Dynasty, the envoys of the Liao State mostly maintained a habitual arrogant attitude.

For example, galloping horses, the management of the capital in the Song Dynasty was very strict, to use an analogy, just like the Lantern Festival, these days almost more than one million soldiers and civilians in the city, as well as the people of the surrounding states came out to watch the lanterns together. On a royal street, a 30-meter corridor on both sides, 500,000 people may be crowded at the peak, and there are countless artists performing, and countless vendors are selling, but has there ever been a situation where people trample on people and even die? At most, some cases of sloppy parents who let their children get separated and taken away by human traffickers were found.

Look at the tragedy on the Bund.

It is on this that the thousand-year-old Song Dynasty did even better than the magic capital.

It is precisely in this situation that there is no son of the powerful who dares to jump on a horse and whip casually in the capital.

However, when the envoy of the Liao State came, he dared to leap on his horse and raise his whip in the capital, galloping at will, and the people knew that the court would not be in charge, so they could only avoid it, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

But it's not good to be like this.

But what made Wang Ju feel strange was that Zhao Ji was silent.

Could it be that Zhao Ji thinks that Han Li is right, or is he thinking in his heart that with the financial resources of the Song Dynasty and the current military strength, he can compete with the Liao State?

He was right.

Originally, Zhao Wei was very happy today, take a look, my Great Song Dynasty destroyed two countries, surrendered to one country, and forced the Liao envoy to sit at the bottom, which made this Xiao Wei nakedly slap a big slap again. Could it be that the Song Dynasty will continue to be humiliated like this?

So Khali III did not understand the inside story. It may be a good thing that there will be a trouble, at least it will make many ministers ashamed of their prophets.

However, Wang Ju didn't think about this, but worried about Heli and Zhancheng, and now all kinds of Zhancheng made Wang Ju like it very much. First, the city can distract Zhenla's attention and ensure that Jiaozhi is governed safely. The second is that Champa has also spontaneously learned the system of the Song Dynasty, the civilization of the Song Dynasty, and the language of the Song Dynasty in recent years. The reason why it could not be annexed and occupied was that the long and narrow terrain and the Zhenla on the side were not conducive to the occupation of the city by the Song Dynasty militarily, and the difference between race and civilization was not conducive to the governance of the city after the occupation. Unless the means of dealing with Cochin are tried again, it is impossible.

However, because of the trouble. It will make some people hold grudges, and with the minds of these people, maybe some very bad things will happen and destroy the good situation in the south.

So he said, "King of the Commandery of the Mountains, can you come to my house tomorrow?" ”

Then he made a gesture to shut up the Khalivarman.

This guy is not afraid of anyone, but he is afraid of Wang Ju.

So there was silence.

However, Zhao Ji was unhappy in the end, sat down, and said, "After the banquet." The two prefectures are water supervisors and the ministers of the three divisions come to Yanhe Palace. ”

And then it was gone.

Zhao Ji left, and the banquet also broke up unhappily.

Everyone left one after another.

Wang Ju suddenly stopped Xiao Wei and Shi Zonghui and said, "Envoy Xiao." Shi envoy, don't think that Jiaozhi, Zhancheng and Dali are three small countries, these three countries have a very perfect armor system, and no matter which country, more than 100,000 troops can be mobilized. Of course, they cannot be compared with your country. But I will defeat them. Only the backward resources of Quang Nam were used. Therefore, if the relationship between Song and Liao deteriorates, no matter which side wins, it will only be a miserable victory, and it is not necessary to expect that side to completely defeat the other side. And the result after the tragic battle, even the victorious side will suffer heavy losses. led to the aggravation of domestic contradictions. Compared with our country, which is relatively homogeneous, you should understand what the consequences will be if the internal contradictions in your country worsen. Therefore, what the Great Song Dynasty official said about the reconciliation between the two countries and the benefit of the country and the people is not a joke, nor is it a weak word. Your country has raised the annual coin from 300,000 to 500,000, and has obtained the boundary of 700 miles east of the river, so that those who are content can be happy. Think twice! ”

If it really is because you provoked the two countries to go to war, the two of you may not be able to afford this consequence!

Lao Wang said: "Zi'an said it well. ”

This is the kind of diplomatic rhetoric that is justified and measured.

The expressions on the faces of the two messengers shifted, but they remained silent.

Wang Ju also went to Yanhe Hall with some ministers.

After Zhao Ji waited for everyone to come, he immediately asked: "Zhuqing, why did the Liao envoy make trouble?" ”

Wang Ju came out and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the King of Hanli County and the Duan brothers have arrived and forced the Liao envoys to sit under them, which makes the two Liao envoys unhappy. In addition, our DPRK forced to land on one country and occupy two countries, and the image of prosperity also made the two Liao envoys jealous. If it were for me to go to Liao with the envoy, this mentality could only be put in my heart. However, the envoys of the Liao State have always had a high-minded mentality, so they used the excuse to make trouble. Maybe they still fantasize that with the weakness and some stupid diplomatic methods used by our dynasty before, maybe they really let their ministers envoy Liao. But they thought wrongly, that is, if they detained their ministers, could they hinder my Great Song Dynasty from continuing to prosper and become rich and strong? ”

Don't take it seriously, if there is no Wang Ju's golden finger, the Song Dynasty is still the same thing. This is just a statement by Wang Ju Ziqian.

However, there is still some apprehension in the eyes of many ministers.

So Wang Ju said again: "Also, I heard that the Liao State admires the Han civilization very much, and the small lord of the Western Xia also wants to restore the Han rites, but the nature of the two is different, the lord of the Western Xia wants to restore the Han rites, but he just wants to use the Chinese system and etiquette to govern the Western Xia, not that he will be friendly to China." Such as Li Liangzuo is also. The admiration of the Liao monarch is from the heart. Another example is the Liao envoy, in the past, the Liao State sent envoys to He Zhengdan, there were two envoys, there were four envoys (two envoys on behalf of the Queen Mother, two envoys on behalf of the monarch), but whether it was four or two, most of them were one positive and one pair, the Khitan people were the main envoys, and the Han people were the deputy envoys. However, in recent years, most of the two envoys sent by the Liao State were Han Chinese. ”

"Han people! What a Han man! ”

"Your Majesty, they're doing a good job. Why, although they are Han Chinese, they are Han people of Liao State, the country is first, and the ethnic group is last. Just as there are many barbarians in my dynasty. But no matter what race they are, they are all the people of my Great Song Dynasty! However, the Liao lord faction used the Han people as envoys, which is also a statement. If you want to go to war, there are only two situations in which you will go to war. ”

"What about those two cases?"

"One situation is that if we recover Yanyun, there will inevitably be a war. There is also a situation in which our dynasty is at war with Western Xia. and put the Western Xia in danger of annihilation. But in this case, the Liao State may not send troops, but there are two dynamics. A dynamic is like the battle of Gyeongju, deliberately threatening to send a large army into the Linfu Road, in order to give the Western Xia the courage to invade our dynasty, so that they can watch the excitement on the side. If this is the case, they will send envoys to force our dynasty to withdraw from Western Xia, and second, they will send some troops to make a feint to distract our dynasty. There is also a case where the army is sent directly to support. In addition to these two cases. With the current situation of the Liao State, it is absolutely impossible to invade our dynasty easily. ”

"Then why are there elite soldiers in Hedong, Hebei?" Sun Gu fought back.

"It's also fundamental. Cows are vegetarian, bears are also vegetarian, but wolves dare to use cows for food, dare to use bears for food? If it weren't for these elite soldiers of the border guards, they would open the country and turn themselves into cattle and rabbits. It would be strange if the Liao State didn't fight my idea. ”

"Wang Qing, Zhu Qing. I have summoned you here to discuss how to govern the Yellow River. ”

Regarding the Yellow River, Wang Ju proposed it very early.

These proposals were also adopted by Wang Anshi.

In fact, the focus is nothing more than the deliberate establishment of some low-lying areas as flood discharge areas, one is to reduce the water potential of the Yellow River during the flood season, and the other is to accumulate sand and mud in the river water after the flood discharge. It can reduce the salinity and produce a large amount of silt, and the thin saline land will become fertile cultivated land.

It was good at first, but how big is the water level of the Yellow River during the flood season?

This is the Yellow River of the Song Dynasty, not the Yellow River of the later Dynasty. The flow of water was nearly twice that of later generations.

After so many low-lying areas have gradually become fertile land, which one of the people is willing to let the government burst the embankment and discharge the flood? Especially now, Hebei Road is also densely populated, and arable land is tight. The land is the life of the people.

The imperial court was also anxious to collect money and did not give adequate compensation. Without compensation, if the embankment continues to burst and discharge the flood, can the people not fight hard?

And the mainstream mentality of the Song Dynasty government was that they would rather not act than cause trouble. So they didn't do anything together.

Without sufficient flood discharge areas, the north-south and north-south streams were gradually filled in with river sand, and the Yellow River began to burst its banks many times.

This is not what Zhao Ji is worried about.

Because of Wang Ju's prompt, the imperial court gradually paid attention to various situations in Hebei.

Hebei Road is divided into two parts, one is the southern area and the other is the northern area. The northern region is the border war zone. In the past, the northern region of Hebei was unimaginable to Hebei people in later generations, especially Cangzhou, which was the state of ten thousand lakes. The rivers of the big rivers are also very deep, which is why Chai Rong used a big boat to load army supplies to cut Youzhou. In the Song Dynasty, relying on this kind of terrain, the Liao State on the Cangzhou side had no choice but to invade from the northwest region of Hebei. So the Song Dynasty built various gates, and Yang Liulang planted trees between them, so that these trees became the Great Green Wall.

However, now because of the inflow of the Yellow River, as Wang Ju said, because of the accumulation of sediment, the big rivers can only pass a few dozen tons of boats when the water is dry, and a large number of lakes and swamps in the northeast of Hebei are gradually disappearing.

If the Song Dynasty gets the Yanyun region and pushes the defense line towards Youzhou, then forget it. Guan Jian Yanyun was controlled by the Liao State.

Then the evolution of this terrain will pose a fatal threat to border defense.

In fact, it was not convenient to go to Liao, but to Jin.

If it weren't for the diversion of the Yellow River, the Jin people would at least not be so easy to go south!

Zhao Ji didn't know about this, but the arrogance of the Liao envoy also gave him a sense of crisis. If the Liao State really invades now, it will be easier in terms of terrain than in the time of Song Zhenzong.

"Yellow River...... Your Majesty, it is not impossible to govern, but it is too difficult and too difficult. ”

If you want to control the Yellow River, there is only one way, to bring the Yellow River into the economy.

But not only these four words, the flow of water in the Yellow River is almost twice that of Jishui when it is dry, but it may be more than ten times that of Jishui during the flood season. If it is simply diverted into Jishui, and more than ten times the flow of water is injected into Jishui, it will be a disaster. Moreover, with the accumulated sand of the Yellow River, it will not take a few decades for Jishui to become an above-ground river.

Therefore, if you want to attract Huang into the economy, there must be relevant measures.

The first is to set up related embankments, moon embankments, remote embankments, lattice embankments, and support embankments.

The moon embankment is placed behind the embankment as the second line of defense, the support embankment is to reinforce some steep embankments, and the moon embankment is to build a half-moon embankment outside the dam of some key embankments, just in case, and its nature is similar to that of the wisp embankment.

However, the embankment and the embankment have a clear purpose, to bundle the water and wash the sand!

However, unlike the Yellow River, the Yellow River has many years of sediment, and when the water is dry, a number of dikes and dikes will come out, and it will be extremely difficult to build a large number of dikes and dikes on the banks of the Jishui River and prevent the flood water from washing away.

To put it bluntly, you have to pile down the money with consistent and consistent money.

This alone is not enough, the water must be widened, otherwise the embankment will burst many times during the flood season.

But it is impossible to widen the Jishui to the width of the Yangtze River, so that the people on both sides of the river will not have to work hard?

The width of the widening is limited, so it is necessary to divide the water.

Dig a canal, build some large sand storage ponds, steep gates, find suitable rivers from the north and south, re-widen them, close the steep gates when the water is dry, and increase the flow of water to wash the sand. During the flood season, the steep gate is opened to share the flow of water.

Well, I'm going to pile up a lot of money again.

But it's still not enough.

It is necessary to set up no-farming and no-grazing areas in each tributary of the Yellow River, and plant plants and trees to protect water and soil.

Then a large number of flood reservoirs were set up, as Wang Ju did in the Zhengbai Canal, to bring river water from the upper reaches and inject it into some low-lying ravines, surrounded by dikes, to store water during the flood season and use it for irrigation when the water is dry.

This difficulty is not high, and the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, which support Luoshui, Weijing, and Fenshui, have a large number of similar terrains as flood reservoirs.

However, it may not seem difficult, but it is actually the hardest.

The low-lying areas in the lower reaches of the Yellow River are the hardship areas, and unlike the flood discharge areas in previous years, the river water is stationary or very slow to flow when it enters the flood discharge area, so a large amount of sediment accumulates and becomes fertile land. However, in low-lying areas that are not done by manpower, often once the river floods, the water flow in the low-lying areas is flowing rapidly, not accumulating sediment, but quickly scavenging the floating mud above, and the sand accumulates down, but the mud is swept away, and the river water is injected into the estuary.

As a result, these low-lying areas often become harsh saline-alkali land.

But the situation is slightly better in the middle and upper reaches of these tributaries, especially in these ravines, which are often the most important planting areas for the local people.

If there are more reservoirs set up by the imperial court, it will involve the future of hundreds of people, it is not the previous flood discharge area, the loss of two years, and then it will become fertile land. This establishment will be a reservoir forever.

The surrounding people are happy, but what will the people involved think? If it is less, the imperial court will find a way to subsidize the resettlement. But how can the court subsidize the resettlement of so many people, and if it is not done well, there will be a big mess. Especially now that the Song Dynasty is densely populated, often moving a ravine, it will involve dozens of hundreds of households. Not to mention immigration, extremely poor households can migrate and mobilize, but who wants to go to unfamiliar overseas or scorching south for the northern people of fourth-class and above households?

So it seems simple, but it's actually an unsolvable problem.

"If the imperial court can do it, it can keep the Yellow River worry-free for hundreds of years, but it is too difficult to do. For example, Cheng Fang ......"

The drama is coming, and many ministers think in their hearts. (To be continued.) )