Wang Ju said again: "But there is one thing that is very puzzled. Although your country and our dynasty have attacked and defended each other before the alliance, they have never abused and killed prisoners of war. Therefore, after the alliance, the two countries exchanged prisoners of war. Including the disaster in Youzhou of your country, our dynasty also asked the victims of your country to come to our dynasty to eat. However, after the disaster, they sent back the people one by one and did not persuade any people to stay. The same was true for our dynasty to Xixia. Almost all the prisoners of war captured were returned, that is, some people asked prisoners of war to mine and build roads, and many scholars and officials beat me up as butchers. But in Yongle City, there were 300,000 soldiers, they were soldiers, but what was the result? They were all tortured and killed! Why didn't your Khitan uphold justice?"

"The attack on Xia was not successful, and the construction of Yongle City was defeated in succession. Why did you Khitan not send envoys to dissuade Xixia from stopping the invasion and be peaceful and friendly in the Three Kingdoms? But Xixia was slightly defeated, so you sent envoys to question, what is the point?"

How did Yelu Xiang answer?

Although Xixia was sincerely convinced by the Liao Kingdom, the land was nominally the Song Dynasty. Even during the Chanyuan Alliance, Li Jiqian's life was only in the areas of Nanhetao and Donghengshan in Xiazhou, Yinzhou. The remaining areas, including Beihetao at the foot of Xiyin Mountain, were convinced by the Wang family. If you were sincere to the Wang family in Fengzhou, it would be equivalent to convinced by the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, from a logical point of view, whether the Western Xia surrendered to the Liao Kingdom or not, they were all ministers and vassals of the Song Dynasty!

Wang Ju sighed again: "I didn't expect that your country has this attitude. I originally discussed with Your Majesty and planned to give you a big gift to you to express the friendship between the two countries."

"Great gift?" Yelu Xiang was confused.

"Please use it." Wang Ju pointed to the dining table.

There are a few strange foods on the dining table. Don’t ask how these grains are at the emperor’s banquet. Even now they are still seeds and are very expensive. Some markets have started to sell them, but the price is unimaginable.

In addition, the government also cooperated to increase the price. Why? The higher the people, the more people there will be. Otherwise, the government will promote it, and the manpower and material resources will not be counted. The results are still limited.

Yelu Xiang held a piece of potato diced with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. After eating, he asked, "What is it? Why haven't I eaten it?"

"This is called potatoes, with a yield of nearly a thousand kilograms per mu, and this is called sweet potatoes, with a yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu, and this is called corn, with a yield of more than 300 kilograms per mu, and they are like sorghum, which is relatively drought-resistant and cold-resistant. If cultivated properly, it can be planted, including deep in Liaodong."

"Ah," Yelu Xiang screamed at first, and he was not stupid. If this crop produced was popularized into the Liao Kingdom, how much impact would it have? He immediately fell on the ground and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, please hand it over to our country for transplantation. If Your Majesty allows it, I will persuade the emperor to give you a large number of horses to your country after you go."

There is nothing that Liao Kingdom can do, only war horses.

Zhao Xu secretly made a gesture at Wang Ju, doing a good job, and then said to Yelu Xiang with a smile: "Envoy Yelu, get up. In fact, whether there are horses or not, I am going to hand them over to your Khitan. The main reason is that they were brought by sea merchants from the distant shore. They are thousands of miles away from our dynasty. The seeds are very precious, and they are not planted, and they are not suitable for the climate of the Central Plains. There is also an adaptation period. At the same time, I plan to promote them to Hebei and Hebei next year. Once you adapt, you can send dozens of farmers to visit how the people of our dynasty planted them. After autumn, you can bring them to your country. Remember, the years of peace and friendship between the Song and Liao dynasties are mutual respect and no war."

"Yes, yes." Yelu Xiang tilted his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

The Song Dynasty was short of food, and the Liao Kingdom was even short of food!

However, many ministers who did not know the truth were angry. After drinking for three rounds, food for five flavors, two envoys went down, but these ministers did not leave. As soon as the envoys left, a minister behind them questioned Wang Ju: "Taibao, how can such a crop be handed over to the Liao Kingdom?"

"Who dares to be fierce in the Liao army and our army?" Wang Ju asked.

Everyone's expressions were embarrassed. Even now, the combat effectiveness of the Song army is still not as good as that of the Liao army.

"Why are the Liao army more fierce? The reason is simple. They are cavalry. Although farming has begun in some areas in the southern part of the Liao Kingdom, they are mainly Han and Bohai people. If even the Khitans, Xi people, and Jurchen people in the middle also began to plant them, would they be so terrible?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

"This is an open conspiracy, otherwise, the group of people in Liaodong will be terrifying in the future. But as long as these crops are popularized, the biggest enemy in the future will be the nomadic people in the western desert of Liao. Also, why did the Liao Kingdom send envoys to question, and if the attack on Xia is successful, will our dynasty have the idea of ​​Yan Yun?"

Stop talking about others, I'm afraid even Zhao Xu will be tempted by then.

"But it is difficult to recover Yanyun. At least in the past ten years, you can't even think about it. With the concern and show of goodwill of these crops, when I formally send troops to Xixia, the Liao Kingdom will have ties and controversy. If you drag it down, you will win the precious time."

Everyone dispersed.

However, Zhao Xu signaled Wang Ju to stay.

The eunuchs and palace maids were cleaning the wine table. Wang Ju glanced at it and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want to be a benevolent monarch?"

"I think, why say this?"

"Your Majesty, the inner treasury is now full. If the palace maids are willing, the palace maids over 30 years old can be heard leaving the palace, and the court will take out some money and silk to repatriate them. In this way, these palace maids will not be locked in the deep palace and have a resentment. Of course, some caring and loyal palace maids are willing to stay and serve all the concubines, so that they will not ask."

Although the Song Dynasty got married earlier, some people are now "marrying late and having children late" in their own land, but it has nothing to do with population expansion. After a long period of peace in the Central Plains, they are also more important to marriage. Therefore, some girls are waiting for their rich son-in-law, some young men are raising betrothal gifts, and some people prepare dowry for their daughters, because the economy forces many people to get married late and late.

He was released at the age of thirty and had time to get married. He was also a palace maid, so he was at least better than the concubines of those wealthy families.

"This" Zhao Xu thought about it and finally said: "Okay."

Although it is simple, it is troublesome to do. If a large number of palace maids are repatriated, many young palace maids will be recruited every year. However, these little girls are young and have just entered the palace and don’t know how to do things, so there will definitely be a little chaos in the inner palace when one move is made.

But this problem can be solved and is indeed very humane.

It was not a big deal, Zhao Xu asked in a low voice: "Once Xia is attacked, will the Liao Kingdom send troops?"

"The possibility of sending troops is not small. I am afraid that from this year, the Liao Kingdom will send envoys to Xixia for observation. If so, the Liao Kingdom will be able to receive news from Xixia in time. But it doesn't matter, I have a backup plan."

"Backhand?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty asked the eunuch to buy two Haidongqing from the market, and I like it very much."

"This," Zhao Xu stopped talking.

"I am not a loyal minister like Wei Zheng, and I do not reject this. In addition to handling government affairs, your Majesty occasionally goes out for a walk or tease the eagle, which is also beneficial to Your Majesty's health. Just don't ignore government affairs because of the plaything."

"I understand," Zhao Xu said angrily and amusedly.

"But it is my minister's back" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!