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Although nominally it was an annual tribute from the Song Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty,
But it was nothing short of blatant robbery.
Both sides established border markets.
To conduct border trade.
It looks fair.
However, the Liao Dynasty's demand for goods from the Central Plains was greater than the Central Plains' demand for goods from the Liao Dynasty.
The warhorse most desired by the Han people
The Liao Dynasty never sold itself to the Song Dynasty.
This time, when the Liao envoys entered the capital,
The well-informed people of the capital,
The earliest evidence of this can be seen from the carriages and horses carrying gifts for the Liao Dynasty envoys.
In the past, Liao envoys would also bring gifts to the Song emperor.
But they are all symbolic.
There won't be many items.
However, this time, the carriages carrying gifts for the Liao envoy stretched for miles.
It was even more than the number of carriages and horses that the Song Dynasty paid as tribute to the Liao Dynasty.
The Liao Dynasty was not as wealthy as the Song Dynasty.
They also wouldn't have as much wealth as the Song Dynasty.
However, the Liao Dynasty also had many special products.
They can sell for a very high price if they are brought to Tokyo.
As expected, the Liao envoy was terrified by the Liang King's victory over the Western Xia.
Baba came to ask for a treaty.
To prevent the King of Liang from leading his troops north to wipe out the Liao Kingdom.
I can't even imagine the old annual tribute payments anymore.
We only seek an equal alliance, with no aggression against each other.
After the King of Liang defeated the invading Liao army,
The Liao Kingdom once sent envoys to the King of Liang to seek peace.
They made a pact to not invade each other's territory.
Because they were still engaged in a major war with the Jin Dynasty to the north.
They dared not wage war again against the Great Liang, which could defeat them.
However, the King of Liang rejected them without hesitation.
This forced them to divide their troops to guard Nanjing Road.
To prevent the Liang army from suddenly sending troops north,
They seized the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun.
After Yelü Yanxi's failed campaign against the Central Plains,
The Liao Kingdom was debating whether to send someone to Daliang to sue for peace.
However, Yelü Yanxi still pinned his hopes on Western Xia.
They wanted to see if the Western Xia could defeat the Great Liang.
Even though the Great Liang defeated the Western Xia...
In the Central Plains, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan also served as a check.
They also don't need to worry that the Great Liang will immediately send troops north to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun.
However, the King of Liang swept away the fallen leaves like an autumn wind.
They defeated the armies of Chage and Li Qianshun.
Then he led his troops to destroy the Western Xia.
Seize the core Xingling region and Yinxia region of Western Xia.
They subjugated many Tangut tribes.
The Liao Kingdom was immediately thrown into a panic.
The Great Liang displayed formidable military strength.
The unification of the Central Plains is now a foregone conclusion.
Their spies in the Central Plains also received the news.
Cities in various regions that were not under the jurisdiction of the Great Liang Dynasty all submitted to it.
The people of the Central Plains longed to return home.
In addition, the Great Liang dynasty subdued the various Tangut tribes.
They gained a considerable number of cavalry.
They already possessed the strength to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun.
They could launch an attack north or east at any time.
To seize Nanjing Road or Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom.
Of the five circuits of the Liao Dynasty, only Nanjing, Xijing, and Shangjing remained.
The Shangjing Road still has a large part of its territory inhabited by various grassland tribes.
Not under the true rule of the Liao Dynasty.
It was not a source of money or grain for the Liao Dynasty.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun had countless arable lands.
There were also countless Han Chinese who knew how to farm.
This was the Liao Dynasty's most important source of revenue and grain.
The Liao people dared not imagine what it would be like without Nanjing Road and Xijing Road.
However, they dared not send troops to threaten Liang again.
They could only send envoys to Daliang to sue for peace.
To use the principle of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold"
To persuade the Great Liang to allow the Liao Kingdom to retain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun
Resisting the Jin Dynasty.
However, the Emperor of Liang ruthlessly rejected the Liao Kingdom's request for an alliance.
Even if the Liao Dynasty was willing to pay tribute every year
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun were leased.
When the officials of Daliang deliberately spread the word about the purpose of the Liao envoy's southward journey...
People throughout Tokyo walk with much straighter backs.
Everyone felt triumphant.
The Song Dynasty fell, and the Great Liang Dynasty rose.
The Han people are no longer subject to being bullied.
No envoy from any country could rampage through Tokyo with his entourage.
Then he used the curved sword at his waist to extort money from the Han people.
Chapter 1692 Little Flower's Thoughts
After all the foreign envoys entered Tokyo,
Everyone must behave properly.
The Great Liang Dynasty was not afraid of war.
The lives of ordinary people are more precious than the lives of foreign officials.
The foreign envoys who injured the city's people
Regardless of his official position in his own country.
They will all be dealt with according to the laws of Daliang.
Instead of being told by foreign envoys that the people had startled their warhorses,
Rake upside down.
No envoy dared to threaten the emperor with war in the main hall again.
Instead, they pleaded with the Emperor of Liang not to send troops against them.
In the eyes of ordinary people
Such things only happened during the prosperous periods of the Tang and Han dynasties.
The Great Liang Dynasty was already so powerful so soon after its founding.
It is undoubtedly going to surpass the Tang and Han dynasties.
The civil and military achievements of the Great Liang Dynasty were also unprecedented.
Civil governance can be considered ineffective.
Daliang abolished all corvée labor and agricultural taxes.
The revenue of Daliang came from commercial taxes and customs duties.
Of course, the bulk of the spoils came from corrupt officials captured during the war.
The property of a major tycoon who harms the people.
It can be said that much of the civil achievements of the Great Liang Dynasty were built upon its military prowess.
The martial arts of the Great Liang Dynasty were undoubtedly created by the King of Liang.
In addition to the series of extraordinary deeds of the King of Liang
Everyone believed that King Liang was a god descended from heaven.
King Liang descended to earth to save the people of the world.
To establish a powerful dynasty.
Of course, in their opinion...
The people of the world are the people of the Central Plains.
The establishment of a dynasty would certainly be for the Han people.
However, this is not wrong either.
Although Zhao Yuan did not exterminate the Tangut people,
On the contrary, they were very tolerant of them.
But it's also in order to gradually assimilate them.
Turn them into Han Chinese.
Therefore, the King of Liang withdrew his troops.
After the news spread that court officials had come out to welcome the Prince of Liang,
The people of the city went to great lengths to go out and welcome King Liang.