Chapter 1,767 New Year

Liu Zhengfu, the Minister of Household Affairs, pointed out that the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the vassal states had always been mainly about help and support, and its purpose was to make the people of the vassal states live a happier life.

If the country has the right way, the suzerain will reward it; if the country does not have the right way, the suzerain will punish it.

Regardless of their relationship with the Liao Kingdom, Zubu, Baita, and Zhunbu, from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, after the Song Dynasty took over Xixia, the people of the three tribes began to have contact with the Song Dynasty, and in folk religion, commerce and trade

In the process of communication and exchange, I learned from the people of Ningxia Road in the Song Dynasty and the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and chose a life that is more suitable for me.

Advocate for Buddhism, be eager for justice, and be good at singing and dancing.

In order to rescue the Buddhists who were oppressed by the black sweat, the Tatar tribes brought their own cattle and sheep and accompanied the army for thousands of miles. These were in line with justice and the standards for maintaining civilization.

With such a foundation, they were qualified to be accepted by the Song Dynasty and became glorious members of the big family of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty accepted their approach, which was also in line with justice and in line with the standards of maintaining civilization.

The trade relationship between the Nvzhi and the Song Dynasty was even earlier than that of the Tatars. The Song Dynasty had mediated the conflict between them and Goryeo. Generally speaking, the Nvzhi's opinions towards the Song Dynasty were deferential.

Song Dynasty deserves to be rewarded.

The right servant shot Su Che and said that the Song Dynasty was a gentle country, a peace-loving country, and a tolerant country.

For vassals who strive to improve their country's poverty and backwardness, strive to eliminate their country's barbaric and backward habits, and strive to improve their country's civilization and moral level, the Song Dynasty will provide different support programs based on the specific national conditions of the vassal country.

For example, for Tatars and female straight people, many measures will be taken to support them and make them do good, such as sending military observers, law enforcement teams, participating in the shogunate, joining the army, monks and shaman groups, etc.

Of course, education requires a long-term process, often a process of one generation or even several generations.

But the foundation is there. Su Yuanzhen, the official minister of our court, said it well, "The customs of the barbarians are different from those of China. If they love the flesh and blood of their parents, cherish the mountains, forests, fields, and assets, love life but fear death, they will

Qing Yiye, are you willing to use yourself to test the sword for no reason?"

The large-scale conflicts that have occurred in the Liao Kingdom in recent years have not only occurred around your country, but also frequently occurred in the country. Therefore, those in power in the Liao Kingdom should not just think that this is a matter of vassal rebellion, but should dig deep into the root causes and learn more from

Find the reason in your own national politics.

Huang Shang, Minister of the Ministry of War, said that the Song Dynasty was an internationally responsible country and a fair and just country. While the Tatar women paid tribute this time, there was also a major project, which was to offer prisoners to our court.

Our court granted the Tatars and women the status of vassal vassals by paying tribute, and rewarded them with gold, treasures, money and food, and in exchange for many captured former Liao soldiers.

Among them were Yerunaye, the former commander of the northwest infantry army of the Liao Kingdom who disappeared on the grassland. He was taken hostage by the traitorous general Xiao Haili of the Liao Kingdom and took away the children of the female straight clan!

The Song Dynasty has properly arranged these captives and clan children and is preparing to transfer them back to the Liao Kingdom. Of course, this is humanitarian aid, and the Song Dynasty will not ask the Liao Kingdom for expenses or anything like that.

However, there is a prerequisite, that is, the Liao Kingdom is willing to accept these people, and at the same time, it also recognizes and agrees with the way the Song Dynasty exchanged these important figures from the Liao Kingdom.

Otherwise, wouldn’t I, the Song Dynasty, have good intentions and be treated as a donkey liver and lungs, spending money and labor without any thanks?!

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When it comes to reasoning, the Liao State has never been able to persuade the Song State, but in the past, when it was unable to reason with the Song State, the Liao State would continue to threaten force.

After losing the threat of force, the Liao envoy was really filled with frustration and helplessness as he watched the officials in the Song Dynasty show their presence impassionedly.

I just protested, and you sent out servants on the left and right, and three or four ministers came to attack me. Is this fair?!

There are also those prisoners and clan children, how can Daliao do away with them?!

Cai Jing made a summary with a smile. What he meant in his words is that you should not jump. I have not yet arranged for the envoys of the two tribes to go to the palace to cry bitterly and complain that the Khitans were unkind and oppressed the border and Tibetan people.

It would be wonderful if the impeacher had a show of killing his face with a knife and accusing Khitan in the palace!

But if that happens, the Song Dynasty will have to send troops to intervene, okay, okay...

In fact, this was to threaten the Liao Kingdom militarily.

The Liao envoy finally gave in.

Afterwards, Cai Jing was impeached by the imperial censor and fined one year for being "discourteous".

However, the "Times" published the full text of the court meeting to subjugate the Liao people, which immediately triggered an unprecedented surge of patriotic sentiment among the people.

In the past, I only knew Cai Xianggong's economic and political talents, but I didn't know who he learned from in terms of character. He was a bit slippery and weak.

Unexpectedly, in foreign affairs, he is so strong, strong-willed, and polite!

The national tax reform has initially achieved results, especially around Bianjing, Hebei, Sichuan and Zhejiang.

When local officials are rich, they will naturally speak favorably to the court.

Xianggong Cai's prestige in the government and the public continues to rise. This road seems to be getting wider and wider...

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There is another important change in this court meeting, which is the use of music.

Gao Taotao's period of mourning had passed, and the court began to enjoy music again. Only then did the ministers realize that Taichang Temple had not been idle this year.

The Zichen Hall was transformed into a music hall.

Yale has also undergone qualitative changes.

Elegant music must use "correct pronunciation", be solemn, majestic, and magnificent.

When the pipe organ and various musical instruments played together in the Zichen Hall, no one could fault it at all.

This is the absolute authentic music of elegant music, and it was performed by King Shen Zhaobao himself.

On the first day of the second year of Shaosheng's reign, imperial music was banned from the palace, and the sound of the music covered the entire surrounding area of ​​the inner imperial city.

Countless people rushed to Xuandemen, Gongchenmen, Donghuamen, and Xihuamen to listen to the "virtue sound" said to be coming from the Zichen Hall, the highest-level building in the Song Dynasty, and to listen to the majestic and majestic music, and were excited.

With tears in my eyes.

When the last song "Peace in the Four Seas" ended, the people couldn't help but kneel down at the four gates to worship Shanhu.

On the first day of the new year, the "Times", "Chao Bao", "Xin Bao" and "Shu Bao" also printed special issues. The imperial court no longer hid it as before, and directly showed the gratifying achievements made in the past year.

, including data on the court's annual revenue, expenditures, budget expenditures for the coming year, etc.

At the same time, it reprinted an "auto-written article" signed by Zhao Xu, calling on people all over the world to work hard in production, study hard, and improve their moral cultivation, cultural quality, and living standards.

We call on everyone to love this country, establish themselves with loyalty and filial piety, take faith as the foundation, support their parents, care for the younger generation, be friends with brothers, and live in harmony with neighbors.

It also clarified the obligations that individuals should bear towards the country and stated the taxes and services they should bear.

The edict told everyone that if local officials violated national laws and set up multiple levies without permission, they would be at odds with the emperor, the country, and the people.

Encourage people to actively report, and the state will take strict measures.

Finally, two virtue policies were announced. First, after several years of piloting, it has been proven that the policy of "dividing a small family into an area" is effective, beneficial to the people, and popular.

Therefore, the imperial court decided that starting from this year, combined with the two tax reform, it will be officially implemented nationwide!

Secondly, after several years of trials, it has been proven that the "field sacrifice" system is effective, beneficial to the people, and popular with the people.

Therefore, the imperial court decided to implement the "narrow and wide" immigration policy nationwide starting from this year!

The text in the New Year's special issue is simple and concise. Compared with previous imperial edicts, ordinary people who are proficient in writing can understand and understand it.

In other words, Zhao Xu’s article was not written for officials, but for the common people all over the world.

The last two sentences in Zhao Xu's article are different from the slogan "the dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together" that has been chanted for nearly a century, and injected a dose of stimulant into the subjects.

The rise and fall, everyone is responsible.

Major events in the world must be done by everyone in the world!

The eighteen-year-old emperor stepped onto the stage of history by showing his achievements, accepting supervision, making people talk about it, and being caring and kind to the people.

The emperor made an appointment with the people of the world to jointly defend the dignity of the country, increase social wealth, take care of the interests of the majority of people, and build a beautiful homeland.

The two virtues show that such a gesture is not empty talk. It is a rare example of a wise king and emperor throughout the ages.

At the end of the article, I also wish everyone a Happy New Year!

It immediately made the people feel more comfortable and made everyone happy.

This sentence has also become a popular new word. During the New Year, when everyone goes out and greets each other, they will say "Happy New Year".

Su You in Hebei defined the nature of such a monarch in one sentence: "It has never existed since Yao and Shun."

After the meeting, the imperial court immediately took advantage of Li Kui's contribution to attracting the Tatars to the court, and appointed him as a privy minister, with the power to promote the Tatars to the three-section system and appoint pacification envoys;
Chapter completed!