PFC Chapter 190
Chapter 190
Qi Cheng hadn't gone to bed yet when Zhou Lu called him and said that the restaurant would be opening in a few days and asked him to be sure to go over for dinner.
"Do you want me to go over and help?"
"No, no, the opening has been completely outsourced to a professional marketing team."
Qi Cheng nodded. Now as long as you have money, there are professional teams to take care of many things.
……
Then he opened his old book and found an article introducing a legendary woman. Although this woman was not particularly famous, everyone knew her.
She is Xiao Yanyan, the Empress Dowager of Liao. Qi Cheng roughly flipped through the book, which mainly introduced her achievements. For Liao, she was definitely an indispensable figure.
But for the Liao Dynasty's rival, the Song Dynasty, this person was a formidable enemy.
After reading the introduction at the beginning of the article, Zhao Kuangyin knew that the aforementioned Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition was defeated by Xiao Yanyan, which made him feel a little ashamed.
How come he can't even beat a woman?
But he was also curious about what happened between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty in the future, why the Jin people finally conquered Kaifeng, and where they are now!
Qi Cheng continued to flip through the pages and came to a treaty that was very important to both countries - the Treaty of Chanyuan.
In the first year of the Jingde reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Xiao Yanyan once again led the Liao army southward. This time, she bypassed the fortified cities of Baozhou and Dingzhou and marched directly to Chanzhou.
Zhao Kuangyin didn't even need to look at the map to know where this place was. It was just opposite Kaifeng, and the Yellow River separated the two cities.
This is letting the Liao Kingdom attack at our doorstep!
There is no need to guess about this Song Zhenzong. He must be Zhao Guangyi's son or one of his own incompetent nephews. These two people are really useless.
He wanted to see what happened and why Kaifeng was not conquered by the Liao Kingdom.
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin seemed to be thinking about something, as if he was in the early years of Zhenguan, when he was beaten to the gates of the city by the Turks, but he got his revenge later.
However, from what we knew before, the Song Dynasty did not seek revenge.
The Song court was in a state of panic at the time. One of its deputy prime ministers advocated moving the capital to Nanjing, while the other advocated moving it to Chengdu. Both were high-ranking officials, which shows just how much they feared the Liao.
[The then Prime Minister Kou Zhun was furious and declared that anyone who had drawn up such a plan for Your Majesty should be executed! He later encouraged Emperor Zhenzong of Song to cross the Yellow River and reach the front lines.]
[At that time, the morale of the Song Dynasty was greatly boosted, while the Liao Dynasty suffered an accident. Their vanguard general Xiao Tallin was shot dead by a hidden crossbow, which affected the morale of the Liao Dynasty.]
[Finally, the two sides decided to negotiate. After intense discussions, Cao Liyong of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom finally agreed that Emperor Zhenzong of Song would honor Empress Dowager Xiao as his aunt, and that the Song Dynasty would provide the Liao Kingdom with 100,000 silver coins and 200,000 pieces of silk each year.]
[Of course, the Song Dynasty called this "Annual Gift."]
Daqin
For the first time, Qin Shi Huang felt so ashamed. You said it didn't matter if we couldn't win, as long as we worked hard to govern the country, but why sign this agreement?
And it is called an annual gift. Isn’t this just deceiving yourself?
The Song Dynasty is really a coward.
宋朝
Zhao Kuangyin held his head helplessly. His nephew was really useless. Not only did he make such an alliance, he also gave him a younger brother and sister-in-law.
Why should a Khitan be my younger brother?
He picked up his Panlong stick and wanted to beat this damn nephew to death immediately.
Zhao Defang felt that it was good enough to be recognized as his aunt. If Song Zhenzong was a generation younger, people like him would suffer even more.
……
Qi Cheng found the Treaty of Chanyuan interesting. He had read an article before that said the Song Dynasty made the right move by suppressing the Liao Kingdom through economic means.
However, he actually didn't quite understand the meaning of the article and felt that the covenant was too weak.
Feeling a little curious, he looked up other alliances of the Song Dynasty.
During the Qingli reign, the Western Xia achieved several consecutive victories over the Song Dynasty, but the loot they plundered was much less than during peacetime, and their own tribe was also somewhat unstable.
Therefore, Xixia intended to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty. In addition to the general demands mentioned above, they also offered an annual gift of 150,000 pieces of silk, 30,000 pieces of silver, and 10,000 kilograms of tea.
[The leader of Western Xia was enthroned as the Lord of Xia.]
[This covenant is called the Qingli Covenant.]
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Tang Dynasty
It would have been fine if they lost to the Liao Dynasty, but how could they lose to the Western Xia as well? And they still had the nerve to be picky about talents. Li Shimin, remember that during the imperial examination mentioned earlier, the Song Dynasty was defeated because of one person being screened out.
He was very curious about why the military strength declined so much during the Song Dynasty.
This was the early period of the dynasty.
"Prince, what do you think is the reason?"
Li Chengqian thought for a moment and said, "Father, as mentioned before, as a military commander in the Song Dynasty, I was often bullied by the civil officials, not to mention the soldiers under my command."
"If you don't treat your soldiers well, how can you bring out their full potential?"
Li Shimin nodded. Although the screen didn't say much, he could guess that the Song Dynasty might not have gained the throne in a correct way, so it kept suppressing military generals.
宋朝
Zhao Kuangyin touched his head and didn't quite believe the information he had just heard. It was nothing that he couldn't defeat the Liao Kingdom founded by the Khitan. After all, the Song Dynasty couldn't defeat the previous forces either.
Shi Jingtang was adopted as the son of the Khitan.
But why couldn't they defeat Xixia? How could they not defeat such a small force? What did the emperors who came later do?
Fortunately, these are not his descendants.
[Back in the Southern Song Dynasty, after Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne, he strongly advocated for military action against the Jin Dynasty, which had caused the Jingkang Incident, but he ultimately chose Zhang Jun as his general.]
[The result was a crushing defeat in Fuli.]
Afterwards, the Compromise faction once again occupied key positions and presided over the Song-Jin alliance.
This treaty was still humiliating, but it was slightly better than the Shaoxing Peace Agreement signed during Emperor Gaozong's reign. For example, the Song-Jin treaty made the Song and Jin states uncle and nephew, and the annual tribute was changed to an annual payment.
[Two hundred thousand silver and silk each year.]
宋朝
Zhao Kuangyin looked at this treaty and was a little confused. Was this treaty considered progressive? Wasn't the entire Song Dynasty oppressed by various barbarians?
This Song Xiaozong is his own descendant, he has completely disgraced himself!
Where is this Jin's ancestor now? I must...
Well, the main enemy now is still the powerful Liao Kingdom, but one day we will be able to find Jin and defeat them.
"De Zhao, you must remember this covenant and never let it happen. Look at the tone of the host's words. Apart from the Qing Dynasty, only our Song Dynasty is not up to the task."
"With your second uncle gone, it's unlikely anyone will seize your throne. You must learn from the Han people and gather your strength to defeat these barbarians one last time!"