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After meeting the two daughters of the Su family, Yeli Dulan once again convened the ministers for discussion. This time she overcame all opinions and sincerely analyzed the current situation and future of Daxia, asking everyone to abandon unrealistic illusions so that the Dangxiang clan could
Keep multiplying and reproducing.
Although the ministers still had feelings of resistance to the Song people, if you think about it carefully, what the Queen Mother said was not unreasonable. When the late emperor was still alive, he was so heroic and powerful, but he failed to make any progress. On the contrary, he destroyed the Song and Xia countries.
After decades of harmonious relations between them, although the Queen Mother is smart, she is still a woman, while the leader of the country, Li Ningling, is a weak person with strong opinions. Any longer holding on to the illusion of world hegemony is already an illusory hope.
On the sixth day of October in the seventh year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty met with Li Ning Lingge, the Queen Mother of Xia Kingdom and the head of Yelidulan Kingdom, in the palace in the middle wing of Mingzhu City. The two parties signed a permanent treaty of friendship.
The two sides agreed to set up ten trading houses on the border, open six categories of prohibited goods to each other, and encourage merchants from both sides to trade freely; at the same time, they reaffirmed their affiliation.
The Xia State also promised to send envoys to pay tribute every year, and the Song envoys would be treated with the courtesy of the state when they came.[
Zhao Zhen also followed Su Jin's wishes and apologized personally to Yeli Dulan in private for coercing the Xia people and Liao people into a bloody battle. Yeli Dulan also showed high integrity and apologized for Dangxiang's rebellion against the Song Dynasty ten years ago.
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Regarding the affairs between Xia and Liao, to Yeli Dulan's expectation, the Song State did not force the two to sever diplomatic relations, but Su Jin gave a subtle hint, saying that the Song people would not let the Liao people go, and hoped that the Xia State would stand firm.
In order to stabilize his position and avoid getting into trouble, Yeli Dulan heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and sent an envoy to Liao the day after returning from the meeting. On the pretext of the former Liao State Alliance and Song Dynasty attacking Xia, he severed the relationship between the two parties and mobilized troops to fight Xia.
They were stationed at the Liao border with a very decisive attitude.
The sudden good relations between Song and Xia greatly surprised the Liao people. Yelu Zongzhen was furious. The repeated military and diplomatic attacks made him depressed. The Liao Kingdom responded quickly and mobilized an army of 200,000 in Shangjing Road to quickly support Xia and Liao Dynasties in Datong, Xijing.
On the border line, at the same time, 150,000 troops were mobilized from Liaoyang Prefecture on Tokyo Road and 50,000 palace troops from Dading Prefecture on Zhongjing Road, a total of 200,000 were mobilized to support the Song and Liao border lines on Jin Prefecture, Nanjing Road. So far, the Liao Kingdom still has nearly 700,000 troops.
There are 600,000 troops deployed at the junction of Song and Xia. The defense of Shangjing is only 50,000. The defense of Shangjing and other east and north sides of Liaoyang Prefecture is only 50,000 regular troops plus less than 150,000 retinues who were urgently recruited.
If we use a scale as a metaphor, the troops at the southwest end have pressed the scale down to the base, while the northeast side has been raised high, becoming a hollow area for defense, and that is where the Jin and Koreans are eyeing. Although Yelu Zongzhen knew this
A little, but there are ways to do it. For now, the Song Dynasty is the biggest enemy.
The large-scale construction in the Song Dynasty was in full swing. Li Chong was a master of governance. Under his coordination and command, several measures of the Development and Reform Department were carried out in an orderly manner. Although there were loopholes from time to time, some officials and local governments took the opportunity to exploit the situation.
Under the anonymous reporting system set up by the Department of Development and Reform, all reports are strictly investigated to the end, and many important people have been implicated, such as the case of Hu Wei, the Warehouse Secretary of Zhejiang and Zhejiang Provinces, who intercepted supplies, and Li Yapeng, the prefect of Shuzhou, Huainan, who embezzled national highways.
The compensation case was all punished with the strong cooperation of the department.
As the construction progressed, Su Jin found that the funding gap was getting bigger and bigger, exceeding his expectations. Originally, all the projects were expected to be worth 80 million yuan, but the gap was only 20 million yuan. Now it seems that there is less than 110 million yuan.
Unable to achieve his goal, Li Zhong just stretched out his hand to ask for money. Su Jin could only do the work of finding money. The issuance of national debt cannot be restricted, and 40 million is already the bottom line. Otherwise, the income will not be enough to pay for the redemption of the national debt, and there will be consequences.
A huge crisis; for this reason, Su Jin had to travel all over the Song Dynasty and ordered Liang Shi to lead people to search for coal and iron ore in places that he remembered in later generations.
But Su Jin understands that there are some mines that you know where they are, but the backwardness of technological means will make you helpless. And even if you can find a mine and mine it, you can't expect to make a profit in the short term, and it will cost hundreds of dollars.
Wan went to invest, all of which almost drove Su Jin crazy.
One day, Su Jin was patrolling along the southern coast and saw many foreigners with dark skin or white cloths on their heads at Mingzhou Port. He suddenly felt very curious. Although it was normal to see foreigners in later generations, in this era
I was very surprised to see foreigners. The magistrate of Mingzhou who accompanied me said that Mingzhou is located on the coast, and there are many Tibetan people sailing and trading. The local shipping department manages the trade between the Tibetan people and the Song people.
These words immediately awakened the dreamer. He had actually ignored this way of making money. Overseas trade was a big piece of cake. Especially in today's era, many commodities of the Song Dynasty were unique and were still in the wild in other countries.
In the backward period, this was a huge business opportunity. I didn't expect it, which was really a big mistake.
Su Jin quickly returned to Beijing and reported this idea to Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen was not very interested. He did not think that he could make much money from the Tibetan people, and the Tibetan people liked to make trouble, could not understand the language, and were not easy to manage.
In addition, the annual tax revenue provided by the Mingzhou Shipping Department to the court was only 200,000 yuan, which was really not worth mentioning.
Su Jin was surprised by Zhao Zhen's short-sightedness. Since the country did not want this piece of cake, Su Ji might as well swallow it in one gulp. After two months of inspection, Su Jin recruited a large number of coastal navigation experts and hired dozens of Tibetan people as guides.
In the face of extreme financial difficulties, we spent 5 million yuan to purchase 16 large ships of 10,000 tons. Although according to the current displacement, they are only small and medium-sized ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, they were already technologically advanced at that time.
It's the limit.
For the safety of this trip, Su Jin did not hesitate to equip each ship with expensive fire guns. Each ship had more than fifty boatmen, thirty guards, five Su Ji dispatchers, two Tibetan guides, and a compass.
etc. Orientation instruments, and negotiated with the shipyard to install protective iron sheets on key parts without affecting the overall balance and performance of the ship. It took nearly half a year to prepare and slightly modify the sixteen ships, which can be said to be laborious.
Mental effort.
At the end of March of the following year, Su Ji's ocean-going fleet, fully loaded with silk, porcelain, sugar, textiles, tea, hardware and other items, set sail from Mingzhou Harbor and sailed to sea. Su Jin was full of hope on the shore for the fleet to sail, but Su Jin had no idea in his heart.
At the end of the day, this time is like a gamble. It is doubtful whether such a ship can survive the rough waves and whether it can successfully reach the place it wants to reach. There may be no reply in one, two, three, or ten years, but once the trip is successful,
The waterway was opened, and from then on, money poured in, and nothing could stop it.
The estimated sailing date is ten months, because along the way we have to pass through Champa, Chenla, Srivijaya, Kelantan, Bo Ni, Balin Feng, Langli, Diqie, Sanyu, Dashi, Daqin, Persia, etc.
More than a dozen countries and a voyage of nearly ten thousand miles.
Calculating the return journey, it should be in February of the ninth year of the Qingli calendar, and Su Jin came to Mingzhou with his family to wait after the Lantern Festival of the first lunar month. In addition to dealing with government affairs sent from various places every day, Su Jin
What he had to do was to wait for half an hour at Mingzhou Port, until the sea breeze blew strong and his whole body was cold, and then he went back under everyone's persuasion.
The February return date came day by day, and day by day passed. Until the end of March, when the spring flowers bloomed, there was no sign of any of the sixteen Su Kee ships. Su Jin's heart gradually became cold, and the money he lost was overwhelming.
Secondly, although the total value of the sixteen ships and their cargo exceeded more than 20 million, more importantly, the lives of more than a thousand fleet personnel were lost at sea, and their lives were not of any value.
On March 29th, the imperial court sent someone to recruit Su Jin to Beijing. There were important matters to be discussed at the court. Su Jin had another reason to stay in Mingzhou. Early in the morning when he got up, Su Jin went to the port to look at the sea. The morning fog on the sea had not yet dispersed.
, a hazy white mist enveloped the blue water, and nothing happened.
Su Jin sighed and was about to get into the carriage. Suddenly he heard the high-pitched chirping of seagulls. Looking up, he saw thousands of seagulls flying up and down in the fog, screaming and chasing each other. Su Jin was startled. The seagulls gathered just as large ships were sailing.
At the sign of passing, Su Jin stood up again, put up a pergola and looked towards the sea. He saw tall masts, hanging red flags specially made by Su Ji, slowly coming out of the fog, one after another, for sixteen full years.
There were many ships that had weathered the storm, and the entourage cheered loudly. Su Jin felt that his eyes were sore, and tears flowed down without knowing when.
Sixteen Su Kee trading merchant ships, after a year of arduous voyage, were loaded with ivory, coral, agate, pearls, frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, pepper, colored glaze, tortoise shell, alluvial gold, beads, medicine beads, mercury, deer antlers,
Poria cocos; sulfur, snail heads, pine boards, cedarwood, Luoban and other hundreds of commodities returned to Mingzhou Port; as if adhering to the tradition of Su Ji's big boss, this big adventure finally came to a thrilling conclusion