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Chapter 226 Years of Coins (you can not subscribe to this chapter)

Seeing Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si kneeling on the ground.

Dong Tiancheng hurriedly reached out to help the three of them up.

some things.

I didn't tell them before because the heat was not enough.

Now is the time to tell them the truth of the matter.

The so-called truth.

That is, those things that happened more than ten years later.

That is, the battle between the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Through his understanding of the court in the past few days, Dong Tiancheng discovered that the situation in the court was far more complicated and critical than he had imagined.

Many court ministers are optimistic about the Northern Yuan Tartars.It is believed that the Song Dynasty had the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and coupled with the sharp navy, it was impossible for the Tartars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Lin'an City.A small city of Xiangyang has been besieged by the Tartars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty for more than ten years, and it still has not fallen.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Song Dynasty to perish under the Tartars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

when necessary.

You can buy peace with money.

Spending money to buy peace here refers to old coins.

Sui coin used to refer to the money and goods that the imperial court sent to foreigners every year, and also refers to the money and goods that localities pay to the country every year.

Looking at the Song Dynasty, the old coins always run through it.

Taking the Liao Dynasty as an example, in terms of the general situation, after the Chanyuan Alliance, the year-old coins gave a total of 30 taels of silk silver, which increased to 50 taels during the reign of Renzong, and they were paid regularly every year. Liao coins
Then the Song and Liao parties formally reached a peace agreement. The Song Dynasty gave the Liao Dynasty 20 pieces of silk and 10 taels of silver every year.Needless to say, this huge amount of compensation has long been an additional heavy burden on the people of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In history, this peace conference was called the "Chanyuan Alliance".

The Chanyuan alliance was originally a covenant of shame. It was a means for one's own side to use money instead of paying tribute to the other side under the strength of the other side. Only through the Chanyuan Alliance can the Song and Liao countries enjoy long-term friendly cooperation.

These remarks.

It's obviously bullshit.

The only means to maintain the dignity of the country is military power, a powerful military force. Only a strong military force that makes the enemy dare not move at will is the most powerful guarantee for the country.

Spending money to buy peace can only buy temporary peace.

There is also Xixia, which was originally a small country.When Xixia harassed the border of the Song Dynasty, the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not consider raising troops to suppress the rebellion, but to use money to buy peace to calm the situation. In the name of Song Huang's reward, a large amount of silver silk is rewarded to Xixia people every year.

Even in a small country like Xixia, the Song Dynasty spent money to buy peace, let alone the Jin Dynasty, which was far more powerful than Xixia?

In 1120 AD, the Liao Kingdom weakened.

Song Huizong sent people across the sea from Shandong to the Jin Dynasty to meet Jin Taizu and expressed his willingness to attack the Liao Dynasty.The two parties agreed that after the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, the Northern Song Dynasty would take back the lost land in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun ceded to the Liao Dynasty during the Later Jin Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty would transfer the silver and silk that was given to the Liao Dynasty every year to the Jin Dynasty.

Historically, this matter was called "the alliance at sea".

The battle was not fought, so I was in a hurry to send money to others.

Properly taken advantage of exists.

What happened later also confirmed that the Northern Song Dynasty had indeed been taken advantage of.

During the Song and Jin attack on the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom captured several Liao capitals as planned, but the Song Army commanded by Tong Guan was defeated when they attacked Yanjing, which was planned to be occupied by the Song Dynasty.In order to avoid responsibility for the failure, Tong Guan secretly sent people to invite the Jin army to attack Yanjing.

The Jin army took Yanjing in one fell swoop and refused to return it to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan had no choice but to resort to a silver bullet and promised to donate 100 million yuan of Yanjing's tax per year to the Jin Dynasty before redeeming Yanjing.

In this way, the Song Dynasty not only gave Jin Guo 30 pieces of cloth and 20 taels of silver every year, but also gave an extra 100 million guan.

What made Dong Tiancheng even more worried was that this battle allowed the Jin Dynasty to see through the corruption of the Northern Song Dynasty. In 1127 AD, the Jingkang Incident occurred and the Northern Song Dynasty ended.

In 1139 AD, the Kingdom of Jin was unable to occupy a larger territory due to its small population, so it renegotiated peace with the Southern Song Dynasty. The year-old coins of the Kingdom of Jin are 25 taels of silver and 25 bolts of silk.

In 1210 A.D., the Northern Yuan Dynasty rose and successively destroyed the Kingdom of Jin.

After destroying the Kingdom of Jin, what the Southern Song Dynasty wanted was to become a vassal to Mongolia, in the form of Nasui coins, trying in vain to make the Northern Yuan give up the idea of ​​destroying the Southern Song Dynasty.

This is the conclusion that Dong Tiancheng came to after observing the words and deeds of the court officials in the past few days.So some fear, some gnashing of teeth.

Around the current Song Dynasty, there are only two dynasties, one is the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the north, and the other is the Annan Dynasty in the south.

Beiyuan successively destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Xixia, Tubo, and Dali. From a strategic point of view, it formed a siege on the Southern Song Dynasty, and the current Beiyuan Khan is Kublai Khan.

After Kublai Khan ascended the throne as the Great Khan, he took it as his mission to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. The two sides fought more than ten consecutive super-large battles with more than 20 people fighting under the city of Xiangyang.If Xiangyang City had not been in the hands of Da Song, the Da Song might have been wiped out by Bei Yuan at this time.

Historically, the Southern Song Dynasty was annihilated, and it was precisely because Xiangyang City fell into the hands of Beiyuan that the army of Beiyuan was able to go down the Yangtze River and seize and attack Lin'an City.

As for Annan in the south, although it is a small country, it is also a vicious dog. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of the war between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it sent troops to invade the north and occupied several cities in the Southern Song Dynasty.

These few cities occupied by the small country Annan, the process of taking them back in the Southern Song Dynasty is simply ridiculous. They actually spent millions of dollars to buy them back from the Annan people.

These cities were bought back.

They are all empty cities.

The property inside was robbed by the Annan people, the population inside, all the men were killed, all the women were robbed, and even some buildings in the city were not spared, and were demolished by the greedy Annan people. What is even more hateful is that the Annan people dug several large graves in order to obtain money.

Say something that shouldn't be said.

The countless crimes committed by the Annan people are too numerous to write down.

However, some ministers of the court shamelessly shouted that they wanted to take over the Annan brothers' allies!

in this way.

It really made Dong Tiancheng very depressed.

more.

I am fortunate, fortunate that I participated in the process of Zhao Qi's ascension, fortunate that I hugged Zhao Qi's thigh correctly, fortunate that I am now General Huwei, and fortunate that I finally have the ability to change everything.

These words.

Dong Tiancheng had never talked to Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si before. On the one hand, it was because it was useless to say it;

Say it now.

In addition to showing Dong Tiancheng's concern for the country and the people, he can also better subdue Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si and let them be used by Dong Tiancheng.

world affairs.

There is nothing more important than worrying about the country and the people.

As Dong Tiancheng thought in his heart, after he opened his heart and said these words, he obeyed the three brothers Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si, and once again knelt down in front of Dong Tiancheng, expressing his opinion loudly, "The subordinates are willing to go through all fires and waters for the general. General, this life..."

Dong Tiancheng helped the three people up again, and just about to say something, he heard a sudden order from someone outside the house, saying that the official had issued an imperial decree, asking Dong Tiancheng to enter the palace immediately to face the saint.

subconsciously.

In Dong Tiancheng's heart, a bad idea subconsciously appeared.

so late.

Call yourself into the palace, could something have happened?
(End of this chapter)