Yang Weizhong arrived in Lin'an and asked the Southern Song Dynasty to send troops immediately to deal with Zhao Tai.
Unable to give up, Shi Songzhi used Zhao Tai to consume Mongolia's thoughts, and instead hoped that Mongolia could hold Zhao Tai back, and then attack together when Zhao Tai could no longer hold on.
His request was rejected by Yang Weizhong. Shi Songzhi's idea was too ideal. It did not mean that Mongolia could hold back Zhao Tai if it wanted to.
When Yang Weizhong entered the Southern Song Dynasty, half of Hebei belonged to Zhao Tai. With the Qi army pressing forward step by step, Mongolia had no choice but to trade states and counties for time if it wanted to delay.
If the Mongolian army had avoided fighting for three months, Zhao Tai would have been able to capture Hedong and Hebei. How could the Qi army collapse?
Furthermore, if Mongolia has been unable to drive Zhao Tai out of Hebei for a long time, how will the Han princes in Han Dynasty react? Will they think that Mongolia is no longer capable?
Therefore, Yang Weizhong had to ask the Southern Song Dynasty to send troops. Moreover, if the Southern Song Dynasty sent troops, it would be good for Mongolia if the Song army suffered some losses.
After all, from the beginning, his advice to Ogedai was to let Zhao Tai and the Southern Song Dynasty fight among themselves, while Mongolia reaped the benefits.
Originally, the situation did develop according to Mongolia's plan. Zhao Tai and the Southern Song Dynasty were already quarreling. Mongolia was preparing to drink and celebrate, but Zhao Tai, a lunatic, turned his gun and aimed at Mongolia who was watching the show.
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Shi Songzhi's face darkened, "Since Yang Shenzheng insists, I will report the truth to Your Majesty first, and then reply to Yang Shenzheng."
Yang Weizhong said: "I will go with you to see your emperor."
Shi Songzhi said with a heavy face, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate! It's getting late today, so let's let the truth be reported first!"
Yang Weizhong squinted his eyes, "The Prime Minister knows Mongolia's attitude. You must give me an answer before sunset tomorrow, otherwise your Song country will bear all the consequences!"
Shi Songzhi stood up with a black face and called out: "Come here, arrange for the envoy to rest!"
When Yang Weizhong came out of the Political Affairs Hall, it was almost dusk. He was led by Song Dynasty officials to rest, while Shi Songzhi hurried to the palace to see him.
In Lin'an Palace, Zhao Yun had already learned about the Meng envoy coming to the city to beat the ministers.
Zhu Yu, the Minister of Rites, could not bear such humiliation. After returning home, he wrote a letter, hoping that the emperor would make the decision for him. However, Zhao Yun dared not offend the Mongols, so he could only send his chamberlain to visit and reward Zhu Yu and Qiao Xingjian with something.
As a minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, he held a high position and was a decent person who wanted to save face. After being humiliated like this today, Qiao Xingjian was so angry that he became ill when he returned home. Zhu Yu saw that the emperor wanted to suppress the matter and was not prepared to uphold justice for him. Immediately submitted a letter to resign.
This made Zhao Yun quite angry and cursed the Mongols for being overbearing and rude, but he did not dare to cause trouble to the Mongols.
"Your Majesty, I would like to see you, Prime Minister!" the chamberlain said suddenly.
Zhao Yun was quite unhappy with what happened today, and said with a black face: "Let him in!"
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Shi Songzhi saluted.
Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Xiang Shi, what did you do to make the Mongols so angry?"
Shi Songzhi sighed, "Your Majesty, I didn't expect the Mongols to be so arrogant and domineering!"
Zhao Yun waved his hand, "Forget it! What are you doing here?"
Shi Songzhi told the truth, "Mongolia saw through our government's intention to reap the benefits, and threatened our government to immediately send troops to Shandong, otherwise Mongolia will attack us in the Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Yun heard that Mongolia was going to attack the Song Dynasty again, and couldn't help but panic. Shi Songzhi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. Now that the Qi thieves have invaded Hebei, the Mongols' talk of attacking the Song Dynasty is just a threat for the time being!"
Zhao Yun did not think so and shook his head, "It is not easy for the Song Dynasty to sign a peace agreement with Mongolia. If Mongolia uses this reason to deny the peace agreement, what will happen in the future? Prime Minister, you can't just look at the present. I don't want the two countries to start fighting again. "
Shi Songzhi said quickly: "I understand what your Majesty means. In fact, our army has already been gathered in Huainan, and we can send troops to Shandong with just one order. Before, I hoped that Zhao Tai and Mongolia would consume each other, and the Song Dynasty would reap the benefits. . Now that Mongolia has seen through it, I will order the troops to be sent to Shandong!"
Zhao Yun nodded slightly: "Shi Xiang, this matter must be handled properly, and no more extraneous matters should be avoided."
Shi Songzhi saluted, "I understand!"
Zhao Yun waved his hand, "Then Aiqing, go and do it!"
Shi Songzhi did not leave, however, "Your Majesty, do you want to meet with Ambassador Meng?"
Zhao Yun thought for a while, the Mongols were so domineering, if they didn't give him face when they met and questioned the Southern Song Dynasty about the delay in sending troops, wouldn't he be very embarrassed?
"Forget it!" Zhao Yun was a little scared to see the envoy Meng, and waved his hand: "The envoy Meng just wants me to send troops, I will agree to him. I will not see him."
"I understand!" Shi Songzhi then bowed and left.
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Generally speaking, when a new dynasty is established, a large group of old princes, nobles, gentry and landowners are eliminated, and their land will be distributed to the people by the new dynasty. Land annexation rarely occurs in the early days of the dynasty.
The Song Dynasty was a relatively special court in Chinese history. Because Song Taizu took away the kingdom of orphans and widowed mothers, in order to prevent the literati from speaking ill of them, the gentry and nobles tried to win over the kingdom, and the Song Dynasty seized the kingdom without much bloodshed.
This led to the fact that at the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, there was no land redistribution. Not long after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it quickly fell into decline, and most of the land was in the hands of the gentry and landlords.
With these people in control of the land, it was not easy for the court to collect taxes, forcing the Song Dynasty to find other ways to make money.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty's emphasis on business was actually forced to decide due to its own reasons.
The Southern Song Dynasty lost half of its country, had even less land, and was more mercantile than the Northern Song Dynasty.
It's night, thousands of houses in Lin'an City are lit up, and every street is lit with lanterns. People are walking on the street and merchants are selling.
Because the Southern Song Dynasty focused on commerce and had to collect more taxes, there was no curfew in Lin'an. This policy of the Southern Song Dynasty made the Jiangnan area the only bright spot on the entire earth in the dark night.
At this time, there were crowds of people on the street. One person walked through the busy street and came to a deserted alley.
In the alley, there is a small wine shop. It seems that the location is not good and the owner has no intention of running it, so the lanterns and flags are not hung, and it looks like it cannot continue to operate.
The man entered the alley, looked around, and saw no one was following him, so he quickly walked into the wine shop.
The waiter in the store saw who was coming clearly and quickly stretched his head out and looked at the street. When he saw no one was there, he retracted his head and said, "Mr. Hu is up there!"
Shi Songzhi's seizure of Zhao Tai's properties in the Southern Song Dynasty indeed dealt a heavy blow to Zhao Tai.
Those businesses that were relatively large in the Southern Song Dynasty were basically closed down by the Southern Song Dynasty. However, there were many small businesses and small industries that the Southern Song Dynasty could not investigate at all.
This wine shop is Zhao Tai's property in Lin'an, and it is also the intelligence base of Jin Yiwei.
Hearing this, the visitor quickly walked up to the second floor, opened the door curtain and walked into a room, where he saw Hu Zhen sitting at the table drinking.
"Director Hu, after the Mongolian envoy went to the political hall, Shi Songzhi went to the palace overnight. I estimate that the Southern Song Dynasty cannot withstand the pressure of Mongolia and may attack Shandong soon!"
