In fact, it is not surprising that the two countries send envoys to each other. Not only when there are major disputes, they send envoys to inquire, but also on major festivals such as the New Year's Day, but also on major festivals such as the Changchun Festival, or when the new emperor ascends the throne, they will also send envoys to celebrate.

This system is also an important guarantee for the long-term inheritance of the Song and Liao dynasties.

But compared with the envoys of the Song Dynasty, most of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom maintained an arrogance.

For example, the capital management of the Song Dynasty was very strict. For example, the Lantern Festival, almost more than one million soldiers and civilians in the city and the people of the surrounding states came out to watch the lanterns together. On a 30-meter corridor on both sides, 500,000 people may be squeezed over at the peak, and countless artists are performing and countless vendors are hawking. However, have there ever been any situation where people step on people and die? At most, some parents are found to be careless, letting their children be separated and being taken away by human traffickers.

Let’s take a look at the tragedy on the Bund.

It is in this regard that the Song Dynasty for a thousand years did better than the Demon City.

It is precisely this situation that no powerful child dares to whip the horse casually in the capital.

However, when the Liao envoy came, he dared to leap horses and whip in the capital and gallop freely. The people knew that the court would not make decisions, so they could only avoid it and dared not speak out.

But it's not good to make a fuss like this.

But what surprised Wang Ju was that Zhao Xu didn't say anything anymore.

Could it be that Zhao Xu thought Heli was right, or was thinking about how the Song Dynasty's financial resources and current military strength could compete with the Liao Kingdom?

He really told me the right thing.

Zhao Xu was very happy today. Let’s take a look. My Song Dynasty destroyed two countries, surrendered to one country, and forced the Liao envoy to sit in the lower head, which made Xiao Wei slapped him again naked. Could it be that the Song Dynasty would continue to be ashamed?

Therefore, Heli III did not understand the inside story and caused trouble. Maybe it would be a good thing, at least it would make many ministers and prophets shame and then brave.

However, Wang Ju was not thinking about this, but was worried about Heli and Chameng. Wang Ju liked all the things about Chameng now. First, Chameng could distract Zhen La's attention and ensure the safe governance of Jiaozhi. Second, Chameng has also spontaneously learned the Song Dynasty system in recent years. Song Dynasty civilization and the language of the Song Dynasty. Why can't Chameng be annexed? First, the narrow terrain and Zhen La on the edge were not conducive to the Song Dynasty's occupation of Chameng in military terms, and second, the difference between race and civilization. It is not conducive to the governance of Chameng after occupation. Unless the means to deal with Jiaozhi are used again, that is, it is impossible.

However, because of Heli's trouble, some people will hold grudges. With these people's minds, some bad things may happen and destroy the good situation in the south.

So he said, "Prince Heli, can you come to my house as a guest tomorrow?"

Then he made an action to shut up Herivarmo.

This guy is not afraid of anyone, but he is afraid of Wang Ju.

So I didn't say anything.

However, Zhao Xu was unhappy at all, so he sat down and said, "After the banquet, the water ministers of the two prefectures and the ministers of the three ministries came to Yanhe Hall."

Then he left.

Zhao Xu left, and the banquet also ended in an unhappy manner.

Everyone left one after another.

Wang Ju suddenly called Xiao Wei and Shi Zong and replied, "Enter Xiao, Shi Envoy, don't think that Jiaozhi, Chameng and Dali are three small countries. The three countries' armor systems are very perfect, and no matter which country, they can mobilize more than 100,000 troops. Of course, they cannot be compared with your country. However, our dynasty defeated them, and only the backward Guangnan resources were used. Therefore, if the relationship between Song and Liao deteriorates, no matter which side wins, it will only be a tragic victory, and don't count on that side.

The other side was completely defeated. Moreover, the result of the tragic war, even the victorious side would suffer heavy losses, resulting in the deterioration of domestic conflicts. Compared with our dynasty, the race will be relatively single. If the domestic conflicts in your country are worse, you should understand what consequences will be caused by the deterioration of your country. Therefore, what our Song Dynasty officials said, reconciliation between the two countries is beneficial to the country and the people is not a joke, nor is it a weak word. Your country has increased the annual monies from 300,000 to 500,000. It has also obtained seven hundred miles of Hedong territory, and those who are content can always be happy. I hope you two think three times!"

If you really want to provoke a war between the two countries, you may not be able to afford this consequence!

Lao Wang said, "Zi'an said it well."

This is reasonable and concise diplomatic remarks.

The two messengers' expressions turned illusory, but in the end they did not make any sound.

Wang Ju also followed some ministers to Yanhe Palace.

After Zhao Xu and everyone came to Qi, they immediately asked, "Why did the Liao envoy attack?"

Wang Ju walked out and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Prince Heli and Duan brothers arrived and forced Liao envoys to sit at their heads, which made the two Liao envoys unhappy. In addition, our dynasty forced a surrender to one country, occupying two countries, and the revival of the two Liao envoys became jealous. If it were the envoys of our dynasty to go to Liao, this mentality could only be kept in mind. However, Liao envoys have always been holding a high-ranking mentality, so they attacked on the excuse. Maybe they still fantasized about using our dynasty's previous weak and stupid diplomatic means, and maybe they really asked their ministers to serve as envoys to Liao. But they were wrong, that is, they detained their ministers, which would prevent our Song Dynasty from continuing to prosper and become stronger?"

Don’t take the latter seriously. If it weren’t for Wang Ju’s golden finger, the Song Dynasty would still be the same. This is just a statement made by Wang Ju.

However, many ministers still had some concerns in their eyes.

So Wang Ju said again: "Also, I heard that the Liao Kingdom admired the Han civilization very much. The small king of Xixia also wanted to restore the Han rituals, but the two were different in nature. The king of Xixia wanted to restore the Han rituals, but he just wanted to use the Chinese system and etiquette to govern the Western Xia, which was not to show friendship with China. For example, Li Liangzuo. The admiration of the monarch of Liao Kingdom came from the heart. For example, the Liao envoy sent envoys to celebrate Zhengdan in the past, and there were two envoys, four envoys (two envoys representing the empress dowager and two envoys representing the monarch), but whether it was four or two, most of them were one chief and one deputy, Khitans as chief envoys, and Han people as deputy envoys. However, in recent years, the two envoys sent by the Liao Kingdom were mostly Han people."

"Han! What a Han man!"

"Your Majesty, they did a good job. Why, although they were Han people, they were Han people from the Liao Kingdom, with the country in front and the ethnic group behind. Just like there were many foreign barbarians in our dynasty, no matter what race they were, they were all people of my Song Dynasty! However, the Liao lords used Han people as envoys, which was also a statement. If they wanted to start a war, there were only two situations that would start a war."

"Those two situations?"

"One situation is that our dynasty recovers Yanyun. Then there will be a war. There will be another situation. Our dynasty fights with Xixia and makes the Xixia dangerous to destroy the country. But in this case, the Liao Kingdom may not send troops, but there are two dynamics. One is like the Battle of Qingzhou. It is deliberately threatening to send large troops into Linfu Road and give Xixia courage to invade our dynasty. They are fortunate to watch the fun on the side. If there is such a dynamic, they will send envoys to force our dynasty to retreat from Xixia, and the other is to send some troops to do feint attacks to distract our dynasty. There is another situation, that is, to directly send troops to support us. In addition to these two situations, the Liao Kingdom will definitely not invade our dynasty easily."

"Then why do you place elite troops in Hebei and Hedong?" Sun Gu counterattacked.

"This is also the fundamental reason. Cows are vegetarian, and bears are vegetarian, but wolves dare to use cows as food, and do they dare to use bears as food? If it is not these elite soldiers from the border guards, they open their national gates and turn themselves into cows and rabbits. It would be strange if the Liao Kingdom didn't make any decisions on our dynasty."

"Wang Qing, all the friends, I'm summoning you to discuss how to govern the Yellow River."

Regarding the Yellow River, Wang Ju proposed it very early.

These proposals were also adopted by Wang Anshi.

In fact, the focus is nothing more than deliberately setting up some low-lying areas as flood discharge areas. First, reduce the water potential of the Yellow River during the flood season, and second, the accumulation of sand and silt in the river water after flood discharge can weaken the saline and alkalinity and produce a large amount of silt. The thin saline and alkaline land becomes fertile farmland.

It was pretty good at the beginning, but how big is the water level of the Yellow River during the flood season?

This is the Yellow River of the Song Dynasty, not the Yellow River later, and the water flow is nearly twice that of later generations.

There are only so many low-lying areas. After gradually becoming fertile land, what people are willing to let the government break the dam and discharge the flood? Especially now, Hebei Road is also densely populated and cultivated land is tight. Land is the lives of the people.

The court was eager to make money and did not provide sufficient compensation. Without compensation, it continued to burst the dam and discharge floods. Can the people not fight to the death?

The mainstream mentality of the Song Dynasty government officials was to rather not act than cause trouble, so they did not act together.

Without sufficient flood discharge areas, the two streams in the north and south were gradually shallowed by river sand, and the Yellow River began to burst dams many times.

This is not what Zhao Xu is worried about.

Because Wang Ju reminded, the court gradually paid attention to various situations in Hebei.

Hebei Road is divided into two parts, one is the southern region and the other is the northern region. The northern region is the border war zone. In the past, the northern region of Hebei was unimaginable to later generations, especially Cangzhou, which is the state of Wanhu. The rivers of various rivers were also very deep, which led to the story of Chai Rong using a large ship to carry military supplies to attack Youzhou. By the Song Dynasty, relying on this terrain, the Liao Kingdom in Cangzhou had no choice but to invade from the northwest Hebei region. So the Song Dynasty built various passes, and Yang Liulang planted trees between the passes and cities, making these trees a green Great Wall.

However, now because of the infusion of the Yellow River, as Wang Ju said, the rivers can only pass through small boats with dozens of tons when they are dry due to silt and sand accumulation. In the northeastern part of Hebei, a large number of lakes and swamps are gradually disappearing.

If the Song Dynasty obtained the Yanyun area and moved the defense line to Youzhou, then it would be fine. Guan Yanyun was controlled by the Liao Kingdom.

Then the evolution of this terrain will pose a fatal threat to border defense.

In fact, it was not convenient to reach the Liao Kingdom, but to the Jin Kingdom.

If it weren't for the Yellow River diverting, the Jin people wouldn't be so easy to go south!

Zhao Xu didn't know about these, but the arrogance of the envoy of the Liao Kingdom also made him feel a sense of crisis. If the Liao Kingdom really invaded now, it would be easier in terms of terrain than during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

"Yellow River... Your Majesty, it is not impossible to manage it, but it is too difficult."

If you want to control the Yellow River, there is only one way to bring the Yellow River into Ji.

But not only these four words, the water flow rate of the Yellow River when it is dry, but the flood season may be more than ten times that of the Ji River. If the Yellow River is simply introduced into Ji River and the water flow rate is more than ten times that of the Ji River, it would be a disaster. Moreover, with the accumulated sand of the Yellow River, the Ji River will become a river on the ground without decades.

Therefore, if you want to introduce Huang to Ji, you must have relevant measures.

First, set up related burrow, moon dike, remote dike, grid dike, and support dike.

The moon embankment is placed behind the embankment as the second line of defense, and the support embankment is to reinforce some steep embankments. The moon embankment is built outside some dams that are critical to the embankment, so as to be in case of the nature of the burrow dam is similar to that of the burrow dam.

However, the Lu Di and the Grid have a clear purpose, which is to scatter water and wash the sand!

However, unlike the Yellow River, the Yellow River has accumulated sand for many years. When the dry water is dug, one by one will come out. It will be extremely difficult to build a large number of lattice embankments on the banks of the Jishui River and prevent the flood water from washing away.

To put it bluntly, you have to use consistent money and silk to pile it down.

This is not enough. Ji Water must be broadened, otherwise the dam will burst many times during the flood season.

But this broadening of the Ji River cannot widen the Ji River to the width of the Yangtze River, and the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will not fight to the death?

If the width of the widening is limited, then water needs to be divided.

Dig a canal, build some large sand storage tanks and steep gates, find suitable rivers from the north and south, widen them again, close the steep gates from the dry water, increase the flow of Ji water, and use them to wash sand. Open the steep gates during the flood season to share the water flow.

Well, I have to pile up countless money and silk again.

But it's still not enough.

Forbidden farming and pastoral areas must be set up in all tributaries of the Yellow River, and plants and trees must be planted widely to protect the water and soil.

Then a large number of flood discharge reservoirs were set up, just like Wang Ju did in Zhengbai Canal, which drew river water from the upstream and injected into some low-lying valleys, surrounded by dams, and stored water during the flood season and used for irrigation when dry water was used.

This is not difficult, and the Yellow River supports the middle and upper reaches of the north and south Luoshui, Weijing, and Fen Rivers, and there are a large number of similar terrains to serve as flood discharge reservoirs.

However, it seems not difficult, but in fact it is the most difficult.

The low-lying areas in the lower reaches of the Yellow River are hard-working areas. Unlike the flood discharge areas in previous years, after the river enters the flood discharge area, it is still or flows slowly. Therefore, a large amount of mud and sand accumulates and becomes fertile fields. However, it is not a low-lying area that is done by manpower. Often, once the river water floods, the water flow in the low-lying areas is flowing rapidly. It is not a accumulation of mud and sand, but is quickly searching for floating mud on it. When the sand accumulates, the mud is searched away, and as the river water injects into the sea estuaries.

Therefore, these low-lying areas often become harsh saline-alkali land.

However, the situation is better in the middle and upper reaches of these tributaries, especially these valleys, which often become the most important planting areas for local people.

The flood discharge reservoir set up by the imperial court is useless. If it is established too many, it will involve the future of countless people. It is not the previous flood discharge area, and the loss of two years will then become a fertile land. This establishment will be the eternal reservoir.

The people around are happy, but what will the people involved think? If there are fewer people, the court will just find a way to subsidize resettlement. But how can so many people be subsidized and resettled? If they are not done well, there will be chaos. Especially now that the Song Dynasty is densely populated, it often involves dozens of households and hundreds of households. Not to mention immigration, extremely poor households can be migrated and mobilized, but who in the north is willing to go to a strange overseas or the hot south?

Therefore, it seems simple, but it is actually an unsolvable problem.

"If the court can do it, it can ensure that the Yellow River can be worry-free for hundreds of years, but it is too difficult to do it. For example, Cheng Fang..."
Chapter completed!