Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 229 Split Daliao and annex Daliao

"A brothel is actually opening in Chanzhou? Third brother, third brother, what do you think? Don't you care? Doesn't Cao Bin care either? It's not good for you to do business with the Liao Kingdom, why do you want to do the population business? ?”

As the construction in Chanzhou was in full swing, it was impossible to hide such matters from others. Soon, Zhao Kuangyin also knew about it and couldn't help but take the initiative to summon him to the palace for questioning.

It's not that he is very principled, it just doesn't seem like something Zhao Guangmei can do.

Zhao Guangmei could only helplessly put her hands together and said: "I have ordered people to keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to attack the Han people, I will kill them. As for other tribesmen... Hey~, although human trafficking is evil, , I have never liked it, but...actually I have to admit that there is a reason for their existence, so just turn a blind eye or close one."

Zhao Kuangyin said in surprise: "You are thinking too much, but in that case, why did you let the Khitans earn this money?"

"It's just to let them make money. If the Khitans don't make this money, I won't do it."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"Brother, have you ever thought that the Khitans are actually far less powerful than we think?"

"Are the Khitans not strong? Are you talking nonsense? If they are not strong, why do we never dare to go north to recover Yanyun? How can Yelu Deguang take control of the Central Plains?"

Zhao Guangmei said: "What I am saying is not that the Liao Kingdom is not strong enough, but that the Khitans are not strong enough. We have always equated the Khitans with the Liao Kingdom. We always feel that the Liao Kingdom is the Khitan people and the Khitans represent After the Liao Kingdom, do you think it is possible that the two are actually not the same thing at all?"

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was a little confused, Zhao Guangmei had to explain: "Actually, if you think about it, since the middle Tang Dynasty, the main ethnic groups that can truly be called the world and are really qualified to determine the ownership of the world are actually the Han, Uighurs, and Tubos. The Shatuo and Khitan people, on the other hand, seem to be more likely to be caught between the three tribes and take advantage of the chaos to rise up."

"I won't talk about the Shatuo people. Because they lack their own main culture, they have been integrated by the Han people. Shi Jingtang, a Shatuo person, is now called a traitor. But what about the Khitan people? In fact, they are about the same number as the Shatuo people. The most important thing is, do they have their own dominant culture?"

"Juche...culture? What kind of Juche culture do grassland peoples need? How can this thing be so important? Didn't the Turks, Huns, and Xianbei people back then also not have Juche culture?"

"Yes, but where are the Turks, Xiongnu, and Xianbei today? The most important thing is that if there is no need for Juche culture to dominate beyond the Great Wall, why should the Khitan dominate the grassland? The Khitan deserves to be the leader of the Liao Kingdom. Is it a dominant nation? A country without a dominant nation is just a mess?"

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he couldn't help but think deeply.

"The Tubo people won't talk about it. They believe in Buddhism and have been blinded by their belief in demons, so that the divine power has completely overtaken the political power. The gods and local tyrants have completely divided the country. It is estimated that there will be no more for at least hundreds of years. Perhaps true reunification is no longer worthy of competing for world supremacy.”

"The Uighurs were caught in a religious conflict, with Manichaeans and Buddhists fighting, while those in the west who believed in Islam were aggressive, which divided the Uighurs into three, plus different religions Combining different regions has led to more branches, and basically, it can no longer be unified."

"As for us Han people, we have fallen into the troubled times of the Five Dynasties since the end of the Tang Dynasty. There were many warlords and we lost the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. I won't go into details here, but in short, there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys dominate. It is precisely because of us Han people , the Uighurs and the Tubo people almost fell together, which made the Khitans suddenly emerge and almost become the overlord of the world, but in fact, the background of these Khitans themselves is not enough to support their dominance of the world."

Zhao Kuangyin probably understood it and said: "Do you mean to drive away tigers and devour wolves? But the Tubo people have now become their allies, and our Song Dynasty has now recovered the old land of Hehuang. The Tubo tribes entrust you with your blessing , there are really signs of uniting, but they are my enemies of the Song Dynasty and friends of the Liao Kingdom."

"As for the Uighurs... Can the Uighurs really be reunited now? They are so religious that I think they are possessed by demons. They fight against each other with all possible means, and they are so cruel that they treat each other Isn't there more hatred than with outsiders? Besides, even if they are really unified, how can they help us? You know, the Shulu Department is also a Uighur."

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "So, I acquiesced to the female slave trade."

"Is the female slave trade related to this? Please tell me carefully."

"There are four large-scale ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom, namely the Khitan people, the Uighurs, the Han people, and the Shiwei people. There are also sporadic vassals such as the Koreans, Dangxiang people, Jurchens, and various smaller miscellaneous people. At present, the only ones who truly control their domestic political power are the Khitans and the Han people. As for the Han people, it goes without saying that we must win over them. They have the same culture and race as me in the Song Dynasty. At least for now, many of them have It’s Wang Shi in the south.”

"The Uighurs don't expect them to unify, and naturally they don't expect them to help us Song Dynasty conquer Khitan. However, the Uighurs are a commercial nation after all. In the past, they were blocked from trade with our Song Dynasty, but now they can connect to Hexi through Khotan. Four continents, the Western Regions have produced beauties since ancient times. Aren’t most of the Orchids in Chang’an during the Tang Dynasty all from these Uighurs, or were they changed hands by the Uighurs? Once this trade line is opened, the trade between the Uighurs and our Song Dynasty will definitely advance by leaps and bounds. We If the Song Dynasty could be like the Tang Dynasty, with Hu Shang and Hu Ji everywhere, would they still be willing to rely on the Khitan? No big deal, let's ask the Ganzhou Uighurs to help change hands. If the Liao Kingdom really wants to suppress them, this will It would be better if the trade monopoly is in our own hands and we don’t share the meat with them, then this time the Falcons might really start fighting with the Khitans.”

"Relatively speaking, the Khitan people respect the Han people and the Uighurs, so naturally we can only be gentle when trying to win over them, but the Shiwei people, that is, the Wugu, Dilie, Zubu and other tribes living on the Mongolian plateau , but it is different. To break the Khitan situation, these Mongolians are the sharpest blades of our Song Dynasty!"

Any multi-ethnic regime that does not have a dominant ethnic group must have at least one ethnic group that is squeezed by other ethnic groups. To put it bluntly, the ruling ethnic group must squeeze the ruled ethnic groups in order to maintain the basis of its rule and create a common enemy.

Later generations will always instinctively feel that all the ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom jointly oppressed the Han people. In fact, this is not the case. The status of the Han people in the Liao Kingdom is second only to the Khitan people. Although they did support the Khitan people, they can't really be mentioned. Squeezed, Shiwei people are really squeezed.That is the later Mongols.

Moreover, they can really fight!

It is no exaggeration to say that among the various ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom, they are truly the most adept at fighting. Their combat effectiveness even far exceeds that of the Khitans, and the Khitans also value them the most.

The grassland people know better than anyone else how terrible the Shiwei people are, so the Khitans have always divided and provoked them, suppressed and exploited them, and tried every means to bleed them. This group of people also rebelled every now and then, and the Khitans were able to defeat them every time. People are exhausted.

They just can't unite, and they are fighting on their own. Once they unite and get enough iron weapons, the Khitan people really won't be enough for them to fight.

As for the Jurchens, in fact, the Jurchens at this time were really weak. To the Liao Kingdom, they were annoying flies that didn’t bite people but ignored people. Whether it was the former Jin Dynasty or the later Jin Dynasty, they were all waiting for the Mongols and their enemies to fall in love with each other. Killing each other, they fell into each other's traps and then rose up in a spoonful of stew.

"There are many contradictions within Shiwei, and it is too difficult to unify. The most important thing is that they lack iron tools and do not have enough iron-smelting technology. Therefore, letting the Khitans plunder the women of Shiwei and use them for our Song Dynasty will be the downfall of the Song Dynasty. What a good recipe for the Khitan regime.

We can definitely offer a higher price. Brother, please do something, work hard for yourself, and buy more Shiwei women after the new palace is built. I will also praise you and marry a few more Shiwei concubines. The so-called "success" Okay, in this case, the price of this Shiwei woman will definitely increase when she comes to our Song Dynasty. The Khitans and Shiwei people are going to war every now and then. Didn't the Ugu tribe just rebelled the year before last?If the Khitans capture more Shiwei women, the hatred between the two clans will become even greater. "

"And since the women of Shiwei have come in, men will naturally come in. Even if we don't deliberately take care of it, I believe that the advanced technology of our Song Dynasty will be passed to Shiwei sooner or later. Moreover, this iron smelting technology is indeed not No matter how advanced the technology is, we can also carry out large-scale exchanges and trade with Shiwei through the Uighurs."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded after pondering: "Sure enough, they are driving tigers and devouring wolves. I have also heard that the Shiwei people are good at fighting and are fierce and brave. However, the Khitan people are not stupid. Can they really not see through such a conspiracy? "

"Brother, what I said is different. What I used was a conspiracy, not a conspiracy. As I said, it was impossible for the Northern Wei Dynasty not to know the importance of the six towns when it was tyrannical, but it was still fascinated by the prosperity of Luoyang. The Xianbei people came from all over the world to Strong, it will only take more than twenty years to disappear. The Khitan people are not monolithic. If you sell this Wei slave girl, you can get a lot of money from our Song Dynasty, and you can buy our Song Dynasty's luxurious enjoyment. For fun, the nobles can also buy people's livelihood supplies to make the people rich in food and clothing, and even buy equipment and projects to make the country peaceful and peaceful. How could they not do it? I can stop the Liao Kingdom's loans at any time and let them The whole country is screaming."

"But... in this way, if the Kingdom of Wei is really unified in the future and gets a lot of iron smelting and other technologies from our Song Dynasty, won't it really be like a tiger?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "Are we afraid of tigers? If they really become tigers and tear up the Khitan wolf, the entire Liao Kingdom will inevitably fall apart. Will inevitably return to the embrace of our Song Dynasty. Will the Shulu tribe bring the Yanyun Han people to bury the Diela tribe? The Uighurs are a commercial nation and have been doing business with our Song Dynasty for many years. Even if they are not all like the Yanyun sixteen states It is not a big problem to merge into the Song Dynasty and become an ally, right? As for the Jurchens and Koreans, isn't this also a plan? If Shi Wei is sensible by then, the world will be unified, and the Song Dynasty will completely annex the current Daliao, if they are not sensible, I, the Song Dynasty, will reluctantly become the Khan of Heaven again, join forces with the Uighurs and the Jurchen Goryeo, and beat him together, how can he still resist? This process will not be too long, at most 20 years enough."

Zhao Kuangyin thought thoughtfully after hearing this: "Just by buying some female slaves, can we destroy and annex the Liao Kingdom without any bloodshed?"

Zhao Guangmei said: "I don't know if I am buying some female slaves. First of all, I want to create a large trade surplus with the Liao Dynasty. Even if the Liao country sells wool, leather, and horses, it will not be enough. Moreover, they have the goods of the Song Dynasty." It is inseparable at all. Secondly, our imperial army of the Song Dynasty must retain its combat effectiveness. Otherwise, if it really degenerates too much, let alone the Khan of the day, Shiwei will carry the power of destroying the Liao Dynasty and ride south, taking his troops with him. So he gave it to us."

Zhao Kuangyin laughed loudly: "You are talking nonsense again. No matter how lax and degenerate our Song Dynasty's armaments are, how can it be destroyed by others in a single battle like you said? Or is it just Wei Wei? You are telling a joke, this What a condition."

Haha, if you knew that in history, your Song Dynasty was destroyed by a mere Jurchen, and with the help of others, you might not be so angry that you would climb out of the coffin.

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In this way, Zhao Kuangyin naturally agreed to Zhao Guangmei's plan. Throughout the establishment of Chanzhou Prefecture, the two brothers kept a blind eye, neither saying it would work nor saying it would not work. Still under the strong power of Xiao Chuo Under the push, half-heartedly, reluctantly, I accepted the matter.

Then very quickly, a group of women from the Ugu tribe arrived, and some men from the Ugu tribe were also given away.

These were all prisoners of war captured by the Khitan during the Ugu rebellion last year. They were all slaves of the Khitan envoys. Then with Zhao Guangmei's benefit and hype, these Ugu slaves were sold at high prices.

Two views have begun to circulate in the market: When the Ugu people rebelled against the Khitan, they had the help of the Song Dynasty and the support of the Song Dynasty behind them. Actually, we the Song Dynasty felt a little ashamed for doing this. The ancients are the black iron of our Song people.

Now this group of people have become slaves of the Khitan people, suffering day and night. We Song people bought them, which can be regarded as helping them and making up for it. Of course, we have to be kind to them.

What?Give them freedom and let them go home?The Song Dynasty is so prosperous. When people come to the Song Dynasty, can they go back to the desert to eat sand?
The second article is about the women in Ugu. Not only are they good-looking, well... they have a sense of... high-end, but they are also quick at work. They can be diligent and thrifty at home and filial to their parents. For those who cannot marry a wife For singles, it is simply the best choice.

Then, the current construction speed of Chanzhou City is so fast that it seems to be faster than that of Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)