Chapter 304: A prosperous era

Zhao Hu took out the map and divided the Youzhou to the coastal areas of southern China into China. After seeing it, a minister of the Song Dynasty simply knelt down and kept asking him to kill him with a knife. If he wanted to agree to such a clause, it would be better to die!

Unexpectedly, the important officials of the Song Dynasty would also play rogues. Zhao Hu and Su Ge had no choice but to give in. Fortunately, this was just a false price. The bottom line left by Luo Dacheng was the land of Youzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other states, as well as Qingdao, Xiamen and Guangzhou, the two major islands and other coastal islands that were isolated overseas at the southernmost end of the Song Dynasty, and a large area of ​​land at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Luo Dacheng was preparing to establish Shanghai City there as one of the good ports of China.

Two Chinese envoys squeezed together with important officials of the Song Dynasty, and each county came to the court and bargained. The final consensus was to take out all the coastal prefectures and counties, and the emperor of China selected half of the prefectures and counties as the ceded land and sent troops to garrison. The other prefectures and counties were not allowed to be involved in the Chinese state.

In addition, Youzhou was also to be ceded to China again. Before the Song Dynasty could be warmed up, it fell into the hands of the northern powers.

The large area north of the Yellow River has been occupied by the Chinese army, so they naturally cannot be allowed to retreat to the ground. Therefore, the treaty clearly states that China and the Song Dynasty are governed across the river, and this section of the Yellow River is used as the dividing line between the two countries.

Since then, Shanxi has been completely incorporated into the territory of China. The former Hebei area south of Youzhou is still under the control of the Song Dynasty, giving the Song Dynasty a last bit of comfort.

Negotiations to cede land were the most time-consuming, and after the negotiations, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Hu and Su Ge were happy because they got half of the coastal land. This was many times more prefectures and counties than Luo Dacheng gave them. After returning, they were expected to receive commendations. The ministers of the Song Dynasty were also glad that they did not have to ced the coastal land, especially in Jiangnan. Except for Hangzhou and some small prefectures and counties, other counties that were not coastal can be preserved, so that the Song Dynasty's finances would not be too nervous.

The territory of the Song Dynasty was vast, and only a few prefectures and counties near the sea accounted for a small number. Those counties next to them were not selected. Cutting off these coastal prefectures and counties from the Song Dynasty looked like cutting off a layer of skin on the edge from the map, which did not make the important officials feel very distressed. After all, saving lives is the most important thing.

After the agreement was signed, the China Kingdom would send a large army to take over these coastal prefectures and counties. It took a long time. In order to ensure the implementation of the peace agreement, Zhao Hu proposed to station troops in Bianliang and help the Southern Dynasty protect the capital.

Such a ridiculous proposal was naturally refuted by the important officials of the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, the two envoys refused to give in, and the ministers had no choice but to give up. Anyway, the Chinese army was already stationed in the city of Bianliang, so it would be a huge challenge to let them go. As long as they did not enter the inner city, it would be a blessing.

After discussion, it was finally decided that China would send 40,000 cavalry to station in Bianliang City, but not to enter the inner city. Most of the Song army guarding the city would be disbanded, and only 3,000 Song troops were allowed to be left in the inner city. The defense of the outer city of Bianliang must be handed over to the Chinese army.

In this way, the Song Dynasty was like putting its head in a noose. Huaxia could tighten the rope at any time and capture all the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty in one place. And they were not allowed to move the capital, otherwise China would have the right to prevent their move.

The ministers were unwilling to accept the reality, but they could only admit the reality. Since the Chinese army was already in the city, they could not drive it out. If they wanted to capture the king and minister of Song, they could do it easily now, so why should they wait until the future to take action? Moreover, the treaty stated that it was governed across the river, that is, the Chinese army could cross the Yellow River to attack Bianliang City at any time. With the ease of breaking the city this time, they would not take much effort to attack the city when they came next time, so that their troops in Tokyo would save everyone some offense and defense.

After all the above almost unacceptable treaties were settled, the discussion of the following terms became much easier, and the ministers of the Song Dynasty accepted the treaty on commerce almost without resistance.

The treaty states that as long as all caravans and merchants in China are authorized by the Emperor of China, they can be unobstructed in the territory of the Song Dynasty and do not have to pay taxes anywhere. If the caravans in the territory of the Song Dynasty enter the territory of the China, they must pay taxes in accordance with regulations and are not exempt from taxes at will.

In order to facilitate the collection of war reparations in the future, the officials of the China Kingdom will take over the finances of Bianliang City and Luoyang City, and the taxes in coastal cities will also be controlled by the Chinese officials. The taxes obtained will be directly used as military compensation and handed over to the China Kingdom for use.

Merchants in China could open shops and resell goods in any city in the Song Dynasty, as long as they paid taxes to the Emperor of China, without having to pay taxes to the Song Dynasty. Officials in the Song Dynasty were not allowed to arbitrarily increase the taxes of those merchants in the Song Dynasty who were doing business with China to disrupt the economic order, otherwise the Chinese troops in Bianliang City had the right to severely punish the Emperor of China!

The important officials of the Song Dynasty who were exhausted from defending the city for a long time agreed without resistance and only fought for the last name with the two noble envoys.

The final decision was discussed. The Song Dynasty did not have to humiliately regard Huaxia as a descendant of the orthodox orthodox of Yanhuang and demoted itself to the barbarians. As long as it was made a brotherly country with Huaxia, it would be the orthodox of the Han Dynasty, and let the civil officials and scholars spread it everywhere, so that the people of the world knew that the Northern Emperor also represented the orthodox of the Han Dynasty and would never allow anyone to raise objections.

Zhao Zhen is young and is willing to be Luo Da’s elder brother. From now on, he will do his best to assist his elder brother in managing the world. The military and civilians of the two countries will be harmonious with each other from now on. If anyone dares to provoke disputes, the two countries will punish each other without any debts!

This clause was added by the ministers for Zhao Zhen, and no one asked if Zhao Zhen was really willing to be a brother to Luo Da. Anyway, he was now as a wooden man, and no one answered any questions. The ministers no longer had the patience to wait for him to recover from his soberness.

However, the last clause next made Zhao Zhen slightly sober. However, this clause was that in order to ensure the harmony between the two countries and prove the deep friendship between the two countries, the Emperor of Song Dynasty voluntarily married the sister of the same mother to the Northern Dynasties and married the Emperor of China. From then on, they became more and more kinship, so that all people in the world could feel the deep affection between the emperors of the two countries!

Zhao Zhen was not disgusted by these words, but he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. After all, his sister did her best for the Song Dynasty. The current peace agreement must have been exchanged for her humiliation and sacrifice, right?

In this way, she can save her life, and the relatives of other concubines, princesses, and important officials and noble relatives are all thanks to her!

This was the first time that the Song Dynasty had a marriage kinship with other countries. In the past, those remote countries were regarded as barbarians by the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, and were deeply despised. Since China is now the orthodox Han Dynasty, it is natural to marry the emperor to the Chinese emperor, and no one dares to object.

In order to relieve the current danger, the ministers of the Song Dynasty signed a series of treaties that were worthy of power and humiliating the country. They were exhausted from the debate and had no strength left. They could only watch the two noble envoys demanded the command of two thousand Song soldiers and happily left the hall.

These two thousand Song soldiers were taken to the national treasury by Brother Su, and moved out all the gold and silver in stock inside, recorded the number, and transported them one by one to the gate of the inner city, and handed them over to Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others to check.

In the inner city, Brother Su was rampant with an imperial edict covered with a jade seal, carefully searching every room, and the property inside was registered by the accompanying Song officials, recorded in the amount of compensation, moved to the outer city, and managed by Chinese officials, so that they could be distributed to the meritorious soldiers who attacked the city in the future, so that they could all make a fortune.

The most profitable one is naturally the government of China. Bianliang City has a population of one million, and many wealthy households with millions of property. All the property collected from it belongs to China. Only a fraction of it can make the siege soldiers feel happy, and their relatives can live a prosperous and happy life with them. Naturally, they are not sure that what they actually get is just a little pitiful.

Since then, China has become rich and has accumulated capital in the early stages of development of industry and commerce, thus making it sufficient.

Brother Su still gave Emperor Song a face. In the inner city, he only missed the palace and did not search, but searched every official's house. No matter whether it was corrupt or honest, he was already poor, and his relatives could only live by eating porridge or swallowing vegetables.

He let the royal family go, but Zhao Hu refused to relax. He went out of the city and brought five hundred confidants back into the inner city, stepped onto the palace gate, and plundered the harem in a lot of effort, and bought a dowry for Princess Wei. It was not until the land of the palace was scraped three feet thinner that he left the city with satisfaction and handed over all the dowry to Luo Dacheng. He was commended by Luo Dacheng and ordered him to preside over the wedding ceremony.

Zhao Hu, who received encouragement, was in a good mood and vowed to make the wedding lively and must not let his new sister-in-law suffer grievances.

There are two new sister-in-laws. Luo Dacheng regretted Mu Guiying for not having actually done it last time, and was sent to his bedroom like a maid who took over the house to bear favor. She was too aggrieved, so she decided to let her marry her with the Princess of the Wei Kingdom, so that the officials, soldiers and the people in Bianliang City could all feel the glory she enjoyed.

After obtaining the power to use the dowry, Zhao Hu was very energetic and ordered the people in Bianliang City to decorate the wedding ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor and Concubine Mu and Concubine Zhao.

It is indeed a celebration. The people who survived the disaster were all celebrating with tears in their eyes to celebrate their escape and to save their lives. After signing the peace treaty, the two countries lived in peace from then on, and the peaceful and prosperous times that the people dream of will eventually come back!
Chapter completed!