In the Song Dynasty, there is no law. Chapter 235 of the main text: Why should the Song Dynasty fear a war? Politics is a science, and one can choose to compromise and weigh interests.
But some compromises will only make the enemy more aggressive.
Just like what happened to the Liao Kingdom this time, if there was a first time, there will definitely be a second time.
Because through this incident, the Liao people have seen that the Song State is still the weak and vulnerable Song State as before.
The hooligan tactics of being barefoot and not afraid of those wearing shoes still work, so they will continue to use them.
So the final result is nothing more than continuing as before, even if the war is won, it is still necessary to pay tribute to the defeated country.
There is no such thing in this world.
Therefore, Zhao Jun resolutely refused to allow the appeasement faction in the court to compromise. Since they were going to fight, they had to fight to the end.
As for the Liao Kingdom, it was a desperate gamble.
So what?
The only thing that lacked courage was the upper echelons of the Song Dynasty.
Have the lower-class people ever been afraid?
Even the current Song Dynasty is much stronger than the new era.
Zhao Jun still remembers what a difficult situation the domestic situation was when the new era was just founded and the great man made the final decision to fight to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
In terms of strength, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the United States is 150.7 billion US dollars, while the total industrial and agricultural output value of the new era is only 57.4 billion yuan.
The United States' steel production is 87.72 million tons, while in the new era it is only 606,000 tons.
Needless to say, their aircraft, artillery, and soldiers were well-equipped. They had just finished World War II, and they basically had the best weapons and equipment in the world, and the quality of their soldiers was not bad either.
In a sense, the gap between the two sides is huge, both in terms of national strength and equipment.
In addition, there were internal troubles. On the day when the great man learned that the US imperialists had landed in Incheon, there was a report on the serious bandit problem in the southwest on his desk.
At that time, there were still nearly 400,000 remaining Kuomintang soldiers on the mainland, and millions of large and small bandits and mountain gangs in various places. It was not until the end of the Korean War and four years of bandit suppression that the civil unrest was finally quelled.
But even in such a predicament, the great man still, through his decisiveness and unparalleled courage, set the policy of resisting foreign aggression and maintaining domestic stability, and eliminated foreign enemies and internal troubles within a few years.
Zhao Jun asked himself if he had the ability of a great man, but when his national strength was far stronger than that of the Liao Kingdom and he had won the war, he still signed a treaty that was humiliating and detrimental to the country. No one in any new era who had witnessed the courage of a great man could accept this.
At least the current Song Dynasty is much stronger than the new era at that time.
In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Jun rejected all objections and only gave the Liao Kingdom a few options. First, all the land on the south bank of the Laishui River that the Song Kingdom had conquered would become part of the Song territory.
Second, cancel the annual tribute.
3. Cancel all trade between the trading posts and the local markets.
Fourth, since the Liao Kingdom tore up the Treaty of Chanyuan first, the Song and Liao were no longer brother countries. The Song Dynasty emperor no longer recognized the status of the Liao Dynasty emperor. In addition, the Song Dynasty would continue to increase its troops and remain hostile to the Liao Kingdom. The army could continue to move north and attack Yanyun at any time.
Especially the first two, if Liao still wants to continue the peace talks, then it can only agree to these two conditions. If it cannot agree, then war will begin, there is no other way.
After hearing this, Lu Yijian and others looked at each other in surprise.
This is simply forcing the Liao and Song states into a decisive battle. I'm afraid that after hearing this, the Liao state will probably have no choice but to fight to the death with the Song state.
"No, this will only provoke the Liao Kingdom. Although they lost this battle, they haven't lost their foundation and will come back again."
Lü Yijian shook his head repeatedly and said, "Anyway, the people of Hebei Road who died weren't you. You can do whatever you want, but do you know how many people in the Song Dynasty will die and how many families will be destroyed if you insist on fighting?"
"Wrong."
Zhao Jun said in a deep voice, "It's precisely because I know that many people in the Song Dynasty might die that I chose to make this decision. A short pain is worse than a long one. Rather than having the Liao Kingdom constantly at our side, it's better to win in one battle. Besides, do we really have no chance of winning? Will the losses really be so heavy? I don't think so."
"What's your brilliant plan, Grandson?"
Zhao Zhen asked hurriedly.
He was actually quite panicked. If Zhao Jun hadn't been there, he would have happily agreed to the Liao Kingdom's request.
However, his situation did not allow him to respond immediately. Sometimes he still had to look at Zhao Jun's expression, so he didn't dare to say much.
But he was still very afraid that the Liao Kingdom would really mobilize the entire country to attack the Song Dynasty. Therefore, compared to rashly starting a war, he naturally hoped to find a way to solve it.
"Of course there are. I didn't want to tell Lu Yijian and the others before because I wanted to see how many traitorous words these spineless people could say. The result was astonishing."
Zhao Jun glanced at everyone.
Lü Yijian said angrily, "Hanlong, that's enough. We are all fighting for the stability of our country. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty are also other people's sons and other husbands. Who wants to fight if they can avoid it?"
"Sometimes, you have to fight when you have to. Han people cannot lack backbone, just like people must have courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame."
Zhao Jun sighed deeply. "Confucianism actually has a very good side. It teaches us morality. Wealth and honor cannot corrupt us, poverty and humbleness cannot move us, and power and force cannot bend us. This is what a true man is. But in my opinion, there are no true men left in this court."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were so angry that their noses were almost crooked.
Who can stand these sarcastic remarks?
But they couldn't fight back.
Because Zhao Jun is still the same as before, he likes to stand on the moral high ground and scold them.
They were scolded so hard that they couldn't even make a sound.
Who made them inherit the virtues of Song Zhenzong's civil officials, and want to offer tributes and seek peace after winning the battle?
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