Born in distress and died in happiness, from "Mencius: Gaozi II".

It means that being in trouble and trouble can make people or nations survive, and being in comfort and pleasure can make people or nations die.

Not to mention anything else, take the Song Dynasty as an example. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the emperor was still very ambitious and had a certain sense of crisis.

The Zhao Kuangyin brothers unified the "world" and established the Great Song Empire, but their descendants signed the Chanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom after 25 years of the Song-Liao War.

The Liao and Song dynasties made a brotherly country. The Song Dynasty gave Liao an annual monies of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year. The Baigou River was used as the border of the Song and Liao dynasties.

The signing of the Tanyuan Alliance brought a century of peace to the two countries. Since then, there has been no longer large-scale wars between the Song and Liao countries for a hundred years. They have exchanged rituals and were diligent. The two sides have sent each other for as many as 380 times.

When famine occurred in the border areas of the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would also send people to provide relief to the border. News of Emperor Zhenzong of Song came, and Emperor Shengzong of Liao "gathered the ministers of foreign and Han dynasties to mourn, and all the concubines were wet."

Such peace made Song relax his vigilance, and he kept thinking about losing money, and he didn't want to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

The same is true for the Liao Kingdom.

In 1009, Empress Dowager Xiao died of illness. Two years later, just 15 months after Xiao Chuo's death, Han Derang also died.

Then, the Liao regime began to split again, and Liao was no longer able to launch a large-scale army to move south.

The incompetence of the Song and Liao dynasties gave the Jurchens a chance, leading to the rise of the Jin Dynasty.

It is undeniable that the Tanyuan Alliance ended the twenty-five-year war between the Song and Liao dynasties. "Born and reproductive, cattle and sheep are wild, and people with white hair do not know the war." Since then, the Song and Liao borders have been in a relatively peaceful state for a long time.

Saved huge war expenses, and the annual monies spent less than one percent of the cost of military use.

It avoided excessive corvee and court tax pressure caused by heavy troops guarding the border for many years, and exchanged for the effects that were difficult to obtain by war at a very small price.

At the same time, it also promoted economic and cultural exchanges between the Song and Liao dynasties, which was conducive to the economic development, cultural prosperity and ethnic integration of the Chinese nation. It can be said that it won multiple goals in one fell swoop.

However, after the Chanyuan alliance, Emperor Zhenzong, Renzong and Yingzong of the Song Dynasty "forgot to fight and leave their troops", the imperial guards Hebei Army and the capital army "abolished all the military equipment", and only the Shaanxi Army was left to be used.

Martial officials such as Ma Zhijie, Cao Wei, and Wang Deyong were excluded, and civil officials took control of the Western Prefecture. Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosou were deeply favored, which led to the increase in the Qingli coins.

There was no major war in more than a hundred years, which directly led to the relaxation of military preparations between the Song and Liao sides, and were later defeated by the Jin Kingdom established by the Jurchens.

The remnants of the Liao Kingdom had to move westward and established the Western Liao Kingdom in the Western Regions to survive. The Song Dynasty also lost a large amount of land north of the Huai River and was forced to surrender to the Jin Kingdom.

Now Guo Hao has controlled the Jurchens and has killed the crisis in the cradle, but without the Jurchens constraints, the ending of the Liao Kingdom has also changed.

Guo Hao occupied the Hexi Corridor, cut off the connection between the Liao Kingdom and the Western Regions, and at the same time dispersed the Dangxiang Qiang people, all of whom took the initiative.

But his prescient view was still not understood by others. This time, Guo Hao returned from the Western Expedition without celebrating it was a reflection.

The hundreds of thousands of troops consumed countless money and food in half a year. The ministers didn't say it, but they were complaining in their hearts.

All the sixteen states of Yanyun have been taken back, and the Great Wall has been built to the northwest. What else can Guo Hao do toss? Is it really good that the territory is too big?

On the way back, Guo Hao had issued an order, in addition to garrisoning troops, he also had to send officials to migrate the people.

The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue were all very loud, but they didn't dare to say in front of Guo Hao that the country had only been established for more than ten years and the population had not increased much. Now Guo Hao occupied land everywhere, so where did they go to find people?

Guo Hao knew the drawbacks of the officialdom, and Guo Hao also knew the difficulty of officials. These officials were needed to govern the country, so Guo Hao didn't say anything.

As long as the war is not over, the court will always have to face this problem. Even if it is population replacement, those ethnic minorities will need time to adapt to the lives of the Han people.

Therefore, the Jurchen method is not advisable. Guo Hao no longer requires the replacement of the population, but it still needs to be educated. As long as conditions allow, they will go to farm.

This is the follow-up arrangement for the Northwest region. Guo Hao tried his best to make a peaceful transition and not cause any other troubles.

But he did this, he could not dispel the call for peace, especially some merchant nobles. Whoever let Guo Hao suppress them was far more than in previous dynasties, but instead tried his best to take care of the people.

When the imperial court wants to fight, where does money and food come from? It is naturally tax.

Whoever pays taxes is naturally due to the merchants, who adds 30% more, while the people only adds 10%.

So in order to appease the businessman, Guo Hao did not dare to do too much. He stopped when he saw the opportunity and waited for two years before talking about it.

However, this will aggravate the people's comfort. Guo Hao has always been thinking about how to keep the people's fighting spirit!

After thinking about it, Guo Hao felt that there was something he should do. In order to make the world feel crisis-conscious, he decided to bet once!

August, the first day of the day, the great dynasty.

Guo Hao sat upright on the Daqing Hall, with many officials coming from below, and the princes and nobles who did not usually need to participate also.

Guo Hao looked at the civil and military officials below. Due to the large number of people, it seemed a little crowded. The officials were very close, and some even stood outside the hall.

"Today is the first day of August. I have called you all, but the Daqing Palace cannot hold it..."

As soon as Guo Hao said this, the officials were moved. Is Your Majesty finally going to expand the palace?

The officials have mentioned the proposal to expand the palace many times. Guo Hao said this time that the hall was too small and the officials did not understand what he meant, so they did not dare to say anything.

"Someone suggested to me that Bianliang is located in the Yellow River Basin and there is flooding. It is better to move the capital to Luoyang than to have a capital. I did not agree."

Speaking of this, Guo Hao paused again, looked at the ministers' reactions, and found that no one spoke, so he continued.

"I wonder who I love you remember, I once said: The emperor guards the country's gates, and the king dies in the country!

None of you cared about it at that time, but I was not talking about it casually!”

...

Guo Hao's words caused an uproar, and the ministers all had a bad premonition.

What does Your Majesty mean?

"Since Bianliang is not suitable for establishing a capital, then we will move the capital. I decided to go to the north. The five elements of the Song Dynasty belong to wood, the north belong to water, water conservancy wood, and the north is the most suitable choice for the capital of the Song Dynasty!"

When the ministers heard that Guo Hao was about to move the capital north, they felt nervous.

With the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Khitan could not get in. Guo Hao wanted to move the capital north, as long as it was not the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it was not impossible.

At this time, Li Fang, the Minister of Rites, stood up and said, "I don't know where Your Majesty is going to move!"

Guo Hao looked at him and slowly said two words: "Youzhou!"

...

For a moment, the court was silent, and they didn't believe their ears. What Guo Hao was talking about Youzhou just now?

Li Fang was also unbelievable and couldn't help asking again: "What Your Majesty said is Yizhou?"

Yizhou is also in the north and is adjacent to Youzhou, but after all, it is not in Yanyun's land, so it is relatively safer.

But Guo Hao emphasized again: "The emperor guards the country's gates, and Bianliang has 20,000 imperial guards, which is the result of my cutting.

These 20,000 imperial guards did nothing. As the most elite force in the Song Dynasty, don’t you think it’s a waste?”

As soon as these words were said, someone finally couldn't help it. Zhao Pu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you can't. Youzhou is located in the north and is close to the Khitan. If the Liao army raises troops south, the country of Song will be in danger!"

What Zhao Pu said was exactly what everyone was worried about. The sign of the demise of a country was that the capital was destroyed.

Guo Hao set the capital in Youzhou, wouldn’t it be that if he sent it to others’ eyes? Even if the Liao Kingdom doesn’t want to fight, he will probably be unable to resist the temptation.

After Zhao Pu finished speaking, the other ministers also agreed. These ministers were so rare that they were united and surprisingly consistent.

Guo Hao looked at these ministers quietly. He wanted to slap the table and curse these ministers. They knew the military strength of the Song Dynasty, but they just didn't believe it.

They kept saying that they were considering the country, but in fact they were worried about their own safety and their current status.

The ministers who supported Guo Hao before did not understand at this time. Guo Hao was too risky to do so, and if he was not careful, he would never get rid of it.

Even if Guo Hao was the emperor of the ages, the power of the Song Dynasty was unparalleled, but the strength of the Liao Kingdom should not be underestimated.

The ministers said something and found that Guo Hao was unmoved, so they knelt down one after another and asked Guo Hao to take back Cheng's life.
Chapter completed!