Chapter 43 Chapter 8 Song Xia Discusses Peace

The Song and Xia countries have been at war for many years, and the Song army has been defeated repeatedly, not only losing land, but also losing troops and generals. Therefore, the Song Dynasty intends to negotiate peace with Xixia.But at this time, Li Yuanhao won three victories in a row, his momentum was greatly boosted, and he wanted to dominate the world.In this case, would he agree to talk to Song He? After several battles, Li Yuanhao also understood that killing 10,000 people and harming himself by 3,000 people, with Xia's weak national strength, it is absolutely impossible to completely defeat the Song Dynasty.The biggest dream of Li Yuanhao and Zhang Yuan is to visit Weishui and occupy Chang'an in person. They never thought of entering Tongguan, occupying Bianliang, and becoming the master of the Central Plains.Li Yuanhao knows very well that although our army is winning now, the loss of economic interests is huge, and the gain outweighs the loss. It would of course be a good thing if we can negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty.Furthermore, the war exhausted the national power of Xixia, the price of goods soared, and the common people complained and could not survive.Moreover, the secondary problem accompanying war is famine.Soldiers and horses were conscripted to fight, farmers and herdsmen were all on the front line, no one was planting crops, no one was grazing cattle and sheep, and famines would naturally occur.After the war broke out, the Song Dynasty stopped the border trade with Xixia and closed the market. A large number of daily necessities in Xixia, such as cloth, tea, and grain, could not be self-sufficient.As soon as the Song Dynasty used economic sanctions, the effect was obvious, and the necessities of life in Xixia were scarce.Therefore, Xixia also hopes to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty and get out of the predicament.

The Song Dynasty also realized after the battle of Ding Chuanzhai that Xia Guo was by no means a clown, but could be wiped out with a single blow.Fan Zhongyan wrote to the imperial court: "Soldiers and horses are strong and powerful, and Xirong is the leader. Gold and silk are rich, and China is also owned. Rituals and righteousness cannot be changed, and fighting is not advisable. Let them be what they have, and surpass their strengths." (Continued Zi Zhitongjian Changbian "Volume 135) Xixia's strength is the strength of soldiers and horses. Barefoot people are not afraid of those who wear shoes. When fighting with him, he can spare it, but we can't.What are our strengths?Rich in gold and silk.In the kingdom of heaven, there is plenty of money, and the mountains of gold and silver can never be spent.Since I can't reason with Li Yuanhao, I can't beat him.Then let's spend money to buy Taiping, isn't the purpose of his attacking us just for yellow and white things?Give him a little bit, stop the war, there will be fewer deaths on both sides, and the world will be peaceful.Isn't that what we and Liao did?What's wrong with Xixia?Song Renzong thought about it again and again, and felt that what Fan Zhongyan said was true.