When the posthumous title was introduced into the palace, Zhao Xu was in the small hall of Zichen Hall, and with the two palaces, he met with Hu Zongyu, a servant who returned from the Liao Kingdom, Gao Shiduan, the envoy of the Left Gangku of Xijing, and Chao Duanyan, the doctor of Sixun.

At the end of July, the three of them went to the Liao Kingdom to congratulate the Tianan Festival of the Liao Lord Yelu Hongji (the birthday of Yelu Hongji on the seventh day of the eighth month).

At the same time, they also shoulder the task of mediating the Liao and Goryeo wars.

However, this task has obviously failed long ago.

Last month, the Liao lord had already passed the letter of state and proudly declared to Zhao Xu that the Great Liao heavenly soldiers have been placed in Pyongyang and the four counties of Han, and I will rebuild them!

If you have the determination to destroy Goryeo, you will never give up.

In response, Zhao Xu ordered Dengzhou to send a total of a thousand divine arm bows and a large number of arrows and armor tools to the people of Goryeo.

On the other hand, someone was sent to inform the Liao Kingdom.

He has decided to abolish the two commanders of the Yunyi Army stationed in Xiongzhou.

The command of these two Yunyi Army stationed and commanded in Xiongzhou has actually been dead in name only.

In June, the Privy Council requested that the two commands be restored in Xiongzhou to consolidate the military strength of the Song Dynasty against the Liao Kingdom.

But Zhao Xu refused.

Hebei was in the Song Dynasty, and his fate was tragic.

After two changes, Hebei is the most affected area.

Even so, Hebei Road still gathered heavy troops to prevent the Liao cavalry from raiding.

Under the influence of the Liao Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty in the past even wanted to pile up the elites of the country to Hebei.

This puts Hebei in a burden that is the best in the world.

The people of Hebei could no longer bear it just to supply the various imperial guards stationed in Hebei prefectures.

If it is partial, disaster will not happen alone.

Back then, the Yellow River broke at Shanghukou, and the surging Yellow River water rushed directly into the lifeline connecting Bianjing and Hebei - the Yuhe (Yongji Canal).

The large amount of Yellow River water, carrying countless mud and sand, directly ruined the lifeline of the Hebei garrison.

Afterwards, it took the imperial court more than ten years to restore it to its normal navigation level.

But this is just the beginning.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Yuhe was hit hard again. The river was determined by Xiaowukou, and the Yellow River rushed into Yuhe again tyrannically.

Not only did the imperial court's governance of the Yuhe River return to the starting point overnight in the past thirty years, and the Yuhe River is once again silted by the silt and sand of the Yellow River.

This time, the management of Yuhe became very troublesome.

Because of the breaking of the Yellow River this time, the Yellow River flowed north of Xiaowu, and part of the river overlapped with the Yu River.

A large amount of mud and sand were wrapped in the Yellow River water and flowed into the Yu River continuously.

The river channel began to be blocked, and the shipping capacity was greatly reduced, and some years were not even allowed to be navigated.

The deflation of the Yuhe River caused the imperial guards stationed in Hebei to fall into an embarrassing situation.

Without the supply of Yuhe River, the huge Hebei imperial guards cluster did not receive enough food supplies, and the imperial guards in many places were left with only one empty stand.

Just like the two commanders of the Yunyi Army stationed in Boxiongzhou, in the seventh year of Yuanfeng, there were only thirty or fifty old, weak, sick and disabled in the military camp.

The rest...has been running clean.

Even if soldiers are recruited again, there is no stable supply of food, the soldiers will still run away.

Therefore, Zhao Xu did not intend to rebuild these two commands.

Even, it has planned to gradually abolish the imperial guards gathered in Hebei.

Reduce the number of imperial guards in Hebei to a reasonable level.

As a modern international student, Zhao Xu doesn’t have cards in his hand, and he wants to create cards in the void.

What's more, such a card that can be played?

Where can I not make good use of it?

So, they played these two commands that were supposed to be abolished as a friendly card for Song and Liao.

The abolition of two commands was just a drop in the bucket for the heavy army clusters of Song and Liao countries on the border.

But, it is of great significance.

This was the first time that the Song Dynasty had abolished the Hebei imperial guards after the Chanyuan alliance.

Moreover, the news was informed to the Liao Kingdom.

In the eyes of the Liao people, what does this mean?

Brother, don’t worry, you can fight Goryeo, we will never interfere!

Therefore, the Liao people were very happy.

"The Lord of Liao said that the sages of the officials will benefit the people of both countries." As the emperor sent by Zhao Xu to congratulate the birthday of the Liao emperor, Chao Duanyan bowed and said, "The Lord of Liao ordered his ministers to report to the two palaces Ci Sheng and His Majesty the Emperor, for the sake of the Song and Liao alliance, he ordered Zhuozhou to be dismissed and removed one thousand Pishi soldiers stationed in Zhuozhou!"

Speaking of this, Chao Duanyan's face was a little rosy and his expression was a little excited.

This is the first time that the Song and Liao countries have simultaneously abolished their border troops after the alliance between Chanyuan.

Chao Duanyan was born in a famous family.

His grandfather was Chao Zongqing, the governor of Renmiao, his teacher was Ouyang Xiu, the leader of the previous generation of the literary world in the Song Dynasty, and his senior brother was Su Shi, the future literary world leader of the Song Dynasty.

So, Chao Duanyan knew that although this matter was very small.

But it was a major event in the interactions between Song and Liao!

The Song and Liao Dynasty confronted each other, and they all had heavy troops on the border to guard against each other.

For a hundred years, no one has been willing to reduce their defense against each other.

Now, as the Song Dynasty took the initiative to inform the Liao Kingdom that it would lay off two commands, the Liao Kingdom responded immediately and also sacked a thousand troops of garrisons equally.

What's this?

Are there signs of a fight to stop the war?

Therefore, Chao Duanyan reported in a trembling voice: "I have been in Zhuozhou before returning to the country. I personally met the envoy of the Liao lord and transferred a thousand Pishi soldiers stationed in Zhuozhou to his Liaoyang Prefecture."

"These two true palaces are inspired by the kindness of His Majesty, and the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor!"

Both palaces were very happy when they listened.

The Empress Dowager even asked: "You really saw that a thousand men were transferred from Zhuozhou's skin army?"

"How dare I deceive me?" Chao Duanyan bowed: "I have seen his army heading north with my own eyes..."

As he said that, he looked at Gao Shidun and said, "I will not hide it from the throne. In order to win the trust of our dynasty, the Lord of Liao once sent someone to the Liaoyang Prefecture with him."

Gao Shidun immediately bowed and said, "I have called on Ci Sheng. I have ordered my servant Gao Chongyun to go to Liaoyang Prefecture with the Liao people."

Kosten was the clan of the Empress Dowager. He was famous for his wise and had good articles. He was one of the few people with articles among his relatives.

The most important thing is that he had a very good relationship with Gao Shijing back then.

Aiwu and Empress Dowager Wu Tai also love this clan brother very much.

So, the fast lane of promotion of foreign relatives like Liao, so he chose him to go.

So, when she heard the words of Goston, she was very happy and couldn't help but recite the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!"

"It's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva!"

The fear of Liao has already penetrated into the heart of the Empress Dowager.

In her eyes, Liao State abolished border troops and abolished it means a full sense of security.

Even if the Liao people only abolished one thousand people, they were also the Piss Army.

The elite palace tent troops stationed on the border of Song and Liao dynasties were still condescending and eyeing them covetously.

However, the fact that the Liao people are willing to abolish the garrisons itself shows that the Liao people have no interest in going south.

Empress Dowager Xiang also said, "Yes, it's really a blessing from the Bodhisattva! If you can always do this, the people of both countries will be at peace!"

At this time, Goston suddenly said, "Sage, Your Majesty..."

"There is something I don't know if I should say..."

"What's the matter?" asked the Empress Dowager.

Guston looked around.

Hu Zongyu and Chao Duanyan immediately resigned and retired.

After the two men left the small hall, Gao Shidun said, "I am in the Liao Kingdom. I was once quoted by the Liao prince's prince-in-law and the Lanling prince Xiao Qiaohan, and I paid homage to Princess Cheng'an, the daughter of the Liao lord..."

"Hmm?" Both palaces frowned immediately: "Princess Cheng'an?"

"Yes..." Gao Shitun said with his head down: "Under Xiao Qiaohan's leadership, I paid homage to the princess far away from the curtain. I know that the princess is only six years old, born beautiful, gentle and virtuous..."

"Xiao Qiaohan told me that the Liao lord Bao loves the princess and was very happy and wanted to choose a good person for the princess..."

"I also say that His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is the crown prince of the Great Liao Dynasty. He has given many books and crown princes. The crown prince is impressed by him and has said to his side many times: I will definitely serve His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty in the future!"

The two palaces looked at each other, and the Liao people all suggested that this was the case.

They naturally understand!

The Empress Dowager was dissatisfied first: "The Liao people are so desperate!"

Back then, when the Qingli coins were increased, the Liao people wanted to marry a princess to Ren Temple.

In the end, Fu Bi spent money to eliminate disasters, which dispelled the Liao people's thoughts.

only……

Facing the Liao people, the Empress Dowager was frightened and afraid.
To be continued...