Before leaving for the Liao Kingdom, Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong checked the documents and drawings related to the territory of the Song and Liao Dynasties. They found that the Song Dynasty had not invaded the Liao territory, so they reported this situation to Song Shenzong Zhao Xu, and said
You must argue with reason.
Unexpectedly, Song Shenzong Zhao Xu did not want to fall out with the Liao Kingdom because of the small land, so he said to Liu Chen: "The Liao people will take extreme actions when they have no words to explain. You just agree to give them some land."
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What is extreme action? It is because they are worried that the Liao Kingdom will launch an aggressive war against the Song Dynasty. At that time, the Song Dynasty was in full swing with Xixia and really did not want to provoke the Liao Kingdom into it again.
Of course, what Song Shenzong didn't know was that Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom at the time, also had doubts about whether to send troops to the Song Dynasty. Although the conflict between Song and Xia was a good opportunity for the Liao Dynasty to seize chestnuts from the fire, how could the Song Dynasty be suddenly resolved once the troops clashed?
After all, it is a big country. If we fortify the walls and clear the country, dragging the Liao Kingdom into the quagmire of war, we will not be able to extract wealth from the occupied land, but we will also lose our annual income. It is really not worth the gain!
For this reason, Yelu Hongji specifically asked his trusted veteran Yao Jingxing.
Yao Jingxing's ancestor was a general of the Later Zhou Dynasty. He was sent to Liao Dynasty as an envoy during the reign of Muzong Yelujing of Liao Dynasty, and was detained in the Liao Kingdom and became a slave. Yao Jingxing was born in the Yelulongxu dynasty of Liao Shengzong, and was born in Yelvzong Zhenzhen of Liao Xingzong.
Got Jinshi in the imperial examination because of his erudition and talent
, once served as Yelu Hongji's teacher, and later served as Lin Ya (in the Khitan official system, Lin Ya was the Hanlin bachelor of the Song Dynasty), deputy privy envoy. After Yelu Hongji came to the throne, Yao Jingxing was promoted to participate in political affairs, and soon he was promoted to Beifu
Prime Minister, later resigned due to circumstances.
When Yelu Chongyuan and his son betrayed Yelu Hongji, Yao Jingxing was on his way home. After hearing the military situation of Yelu Chongyuan and his son's rebellion, he immediately rushed to the Luanhe Palace of King Qin. By the time he arrived at the Luanhe Palace, the rebellion had been put down. Yeluhong
Inspired by Yao
Jing Xing was loyal and appointed him as the Military Envoy of Wuding Army. After Yelu Yixin pushed Yelv Ren out of the court first, Yao Jingxing returned to the court to replace Yelu Yixin (Yelü Yixin at this time had been promoted to Beiyuan by Yelu Hongji)
Privy Envoy) is the Privy Envoy of the South Courtyard.
Yao Jingxing was deeply trusted by Yelu Hongji. Whenever he encountered something he was unsure about, he would often ask Yao Jingxing. Yao Jingxing objected to Yelu Hongji sending troops to the Song Dynasty: "Emperor Shengzong (Yelü Jiangxu) signed the Chanyuan Treaty with the Song Dynasty.
Since the alliance, the Song Dynasty has paid tribute to the Liao every year for nearly seventy years. If it uses troops against the Song Dynasty, I am afraid it will destroy the treaty signed by the late emperor (Yelu Longxu) and the Song Dynasty."
After listening to Yao Jingxing's words, Yelu Hongji felt that it was reasonable to overturn the political achievements of his ancestors, that is, to be unworthy of his descendants. Although this face is not valuable, you still have to ask for it when you need it. Therefore, Yelu Hongji gave up the use of troops against the Song Dynasty.
idea, but also put forward a request for land from the Song Dynasty.
The Liao State did not send troops, but only used key areas to contain the Song Dynasty's attack on Xixia, leaving Xixia as a disease of the Song Dynasty. This was Yelu Hongji's strategic plan.
However, Song Shenzong didn't know that the Liao Emperor was also afraid of being beaten by a wolf. Facing the threat of the clay-footed giant, his waist and spine became a girl's cotton bag, so soft.
Fortunately, although Song Shenzong wanted to cede the territory to calm the troubles, the envoys of Liao Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong were very hard-core. After arriving in Liao, they did not follow Song Shenzong's will to kneel to the Liao emperor.
When arguing hard based on facts, the Liao side was originally unreasonable and made trouble. When they encountered a tough obstacle, they were naturally at a loss for words.
The Song envoy was tough, and Yelu Hongji had no idea. In the end, both Song and Liao sent officials to the border to discuss the issue of territorial boundary demarcation in detail.
Xiao Su, the representative of the Liao side, waved his hand, and naturally the lion opened its mouth and breathed out a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, and the more land was allocated, the better; while Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong of the Song side had their reasons and rejected them one by one. The two sides were at a stalemate.
, had no choice but to let it go.
In September of that year, the perseverant Yelu Hongji sent Xiao Xi as an envoy to the Song Dynasty to discuss territorial issues.
Facing the important land of the Liao Kingdom, Song Shenzong Zhao Xu still made up his mind to give in to others, so he went to Liu Chen, Lu Dazhong and the relevant ruling ministers to discuss, and prepared to agree to give more land to the Liao Kingdom.
Lu Dazhong was angry: "They only sent an envoy and gave them five hundred miles of land. If they sent a prince and asked for the land of ten counties in Guannan, would they also give it to them?"
The land of the ten counties in Guannan refers to the old story of Yelu Hongji's father, Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen. Yelu Zongzhen also took advantage of the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia to ask the Song Dynasty for the land of the ten counties in the south of Guannan. The Song Dynasty named Fu Bi as
Naturally, the ten counties in Guannan will never give the negotiator, but
In order to avoid a two-front war with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia, the Song Dynasty could only stop its attack on Xixia and had to bleed a lot of money. From now on, it would increase the annual coins of the Liao Kingdom by 200,000 guan every year. Liao Xingzong not only showed kindness to Xixia, but also
Receiving special treatment from the Song Dynasty was like killing two birds with one stone.
Yelu Hongji also came to ask for land today. It turned out that he was just picking up what his father had left.
Liu Chen, like Lu Dazhong, also insisted not to give land to Liao.
At this time, Wang Anshi, who was relied upon by Zhao Xu as a minister of the state, had been demoted from the court because it was difficult to implement the new law and offended many people. Song Shenzong, who had lost his right-hand man, was feeling unhappy when he saw Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong again.
He went against his own will at every turn, and couldn't help but lose his temper. So he stripped Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong of their official positions, and then ignored the important land affairs in Hedong.
He ignored it and couldn't stop Yelu Hongji from forgetting about it. In March 1075 AD, Yelu Hongji once again sent Xiao Xi as an envoy to the Song Dynasty to urge the demarcation of the border. Naturally, the two sides continued to have disputes. Song Shenzong Zhao Xu had no choice but to send Shen Kuo as an envoy to the Liao Dynasty.
country in order to resolve the boundary issues between the two sides.
Shen Kuo is the all-powerful god who wrote "Mengxi Bi Tan". In terms of talent, he is on the same level as Dongxie Huang Yaoshi, and even Huang Yaoshi is slightly inferior - because Shen Kuo was also a famous geography expert at the time. Before he set off,
From the Privy Council, we found out the records of the Song Dynasty in recent years.
After straightening out the documents and drawings of the demarcation between the Liao and Liao sides, he said to Xiao Xi: "The boundary between the two sides was originally on the line of the ancient Great Wall, but now the disputed location is more than thirty miles within the ancient Great Wall. What else is there to dispute?"
Taking the heat out of the cauldron, Xiao Xi looked at the documents and drawings and was speechless.
After the Song Dynasty envoy arrived in the Liao Kingdom, Shen Kuo took out the documents and drawings of the demarcation between the two sides in recent years and explained them one by one. He only said that the Liao negotiator, the Deputy Privy Envoy Yang Zunxu, was dumbfounded. In anger, Yang Zunxu saw everything.
, showing the ferocious face of being strong on the outside and cowardly on the inside: "You can't bear to give up a few miles of land, do you want to sever the friendly relations between the two countries?"
Shen Kuo responded tit for tat: "If you are famous, it is reasonable, but if you are not famous, you are defeated. Now you, the Liao Kingdom, have abandoned the great faith and righteousness of the previous emperor and provoked troubles at will. Isn't this harmful to our country?"
The two sides argued again. After six rounds of negotiations, the Liao side was still unable to make Shen Kuo surrender. Therefore, they gave up the original boundary and proposed a new boundary. Shen Kuo then agreed to return to his country and resume his duties before making a decision.
On his way back to China, Shen Kuo drew the mountains, rivers and other terrains along the Liao Kingdom into the "Picture of Envoys to Khitan" and presented it to Zhao Xu, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. As a result, he was promoted to Hanlin bachelor and the third envoy to the Khitan.
After the Liao Kingdom was discouraged by Shen Kuo, the new land boundary proposed by the Liao State was less than the original land requested. Song Shenzong agreed to the Liao Fang's request and sent people to delineate the land boundary. However, when delimiting the land boundary, the Liao Fang
The representative made a request for more demarcation, and the true nature of the rogue was exposed, and the two sides argued again.
Therefore, Zhao Xu, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, sought Wang Anshi's opinion. Wang Anshi was dismissed from the post of prime minister in 1074 AD because the reform offended the powerful officials in the court, and because the new law was difficult to implement smoothly. Now he has finally been re-appointed as the minister's left servant.
shoot
Wang Anshi, who was also the servant of the sect, said to Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: "If you want to get it, you must give the other party some benefits in advance." After saying that, with a stroke of his pen, he drew a sketch according to the land boundaries originally proposed by Liao Fang and handed it to him.
Zhao Xu, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty.
Song Shenzong Zhao Xu was overjoyed when he saw that Wang Anshi's ideas coincided with his own. So, this boundary map drawn by Wang Anshi and approved by Song Shenzong was handed over to the representatives of the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Dynasty originally requested
All the land was ceded to the Liao Kingdom, totaling more than 700 miles.
Some of the ministers of the Song Dynasty present could only shake their heads and sigh: "From now on, the Song Dynasty has no danger of defending against the Liao Dynasty!"
Later, when the Song and Liao dynasties delineated the border lines in detail, the Liao State knew the essence of the food and added some additional land to add to the border. Song Shenzong paid 36 bows, was there still one last tremor left? All
Check it out! So, the Song-Liao border area extended southward to the Yanmen Pass line.
The dispute over the Hedong boundary between the Liao and Song Dynasties lasted for three years and ended with the Liao State gaining more land. The Song Dynasty also had to mobilize its troops northward due to the dispute over the Hedong boundary provoked by the Liao State, and therefore could no longer take large-scale military operations against Xixia.
——The Song general Wang Shao at that time had already recruited and conquered
Conquered many Tubo tribes in the Xihe area, and built the Xihe Road in Xizhou, taking over all the land in the six states of Xi, He, Tao, Min, Die, and Dang, forming an encirclement of Xixia - such a great strategy
It is a pity that the situation was ruined due to extraneous affairs of the Liao Kingdom.
Ximen Qing sighed when he read history. Today, he will use the shame of losing land in Hedong to realize his strategy.
There were many reasons for the officials of the Liao State to oppose the Yanyun Concession. The most important one was that the area of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was far larger than that of Damingfu. After the two countries established the concession, the Song Dynasty got more land and the Liao State got less land. It was not cost-effective. Therefore,
It can be seen that the Southern Dynasty was not sincere.
But now Cheng Wanli's proposal to increase the land has put the ten counties in Guannan that Liao Xingzong Yelv Zongzhen asked for as bargaining chips on the negotiation table - the ten counties in Guannan that Liao Xingzong Yelv Zongzhen did not get back then.
This time, the county was turned into a concession of the Liao Kingdom by Yelu Yanxi and his ministers! This kind of feat that surpassed the ancestors, the political propaganda effect is immeasurable!
The next day, the Lord of Liao set up court and exchanged the Yanyun Concession of the Liao Kingdom for the famous concession of the Chinese Federation. As soon as the proposal of the Guannan Concession came out, there was a sudden silence in the court! This is exactly:
I lined up Luo to capture the fierce tiger, and spread fragrant bait to catch the golden turtle. But I don't know what will happen next, and I will listen to the explanation next time.