Chapter 7 The Alliance of Erchanyuan

To talk about the Chanyuan Alliance, we must start with Kou Zhun.Kou Zhun had several ups and downs in his life, and there were three major events that were closely related to his personal destiny and the country. The first was the Chanyuan alliance, the second was the sensational "Shang Tian Shu" incident, and the third was the misuse of Ding Wei. When Song Zhenzong came to the throne, Kou Zhun had already been demoted to an official position, and the reason for the demotion was very ridiculous.In Song Taizong's later years, Kou Zhun served as a political adviser, equivalent to a deputy prime minister, and also an important central minister.Kou Zhun is upright, some officials are extremely impressed by his character and temperament, but there are also some colleagues who hate Kou Zhun to the bone.It can be said that Kou Zhun's character largely determines that his official career cannot be smooth sailing.During Kou Zhun's tenure, he fulfilled his duties. Prime Minister Lu Duan, Shen Zhizheng Shi Li Changling and others were all recommended by him for promotion.Someone took this opportunity to expose Kou Zhun's collusion with a private party and disturb the law to Song Taizong.Song Taizong was very angry. When he went to court the next day, Lu Duan went to the court first.Song Taizong severely questioned Lu Duan about forming a party with Kou Zhun. At this time, Lu Duan became "confused" and didn't say a word or make any excuses.Soon after, Kou Zhun also arrived.When Song Taizong questioned Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun showed an upright personality, refused to give in, fought hard, and produced many documents as evidence.On the contrary, Song Taizong was even more annoyed, thinking that Kou Zhun's strong argument in the court would be disrespectful to the minister, so he demoted him as a local official.

At that time, although Kou Zhun did not directly support Song Taizong to make Zhao Heng the crown prince, it was because of his words that the matter of the crown prince was finalized.In addition, later Song Taizong was jealous of the prince, and Kou Zhun was also a mediator. Therefore, Kou Zhun was also a meritorious minister who helped Song Zhenzong ascend to the throne.As soon as Song Zhenzong came to the throne, he began to reuse Kou Zhun. He first moved to be the Minister of Shangshu Gongbu, and later served as the magistrate of Heyang, Tongzhou, and Fengxiang, and then moved to the Ministry of Punishment to be the governor of Kaifeng.In the sixth year of Xianping (1003), Song Zhenzong combined Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu into one envoy, and Kou Zhun moved to the Ministry of War as the envoy of the third division.A year later, the famous official Bi Shi'an was appointed prime minister, and at the same time recommended Kou Zhun as prime minister, praising Kou Zhun for his loyalty, profound experience, and good judgment on major affairs, and he was no match for him.Song Zhenzong was still a little worried, and said: "I heard that Kou Zhun is self-willed." Bi Shi'an said: "Kou Zhun forgets himself to serve the country, adheres to the righteous way, and fights against evil, so he is not liked by popular customs. Going south to harass and make trouble, it is right to use a minister like Kou Zhun." So Song Zhenzong ordered Kou Zhun to be a scholar of Jixian Hall, and he worshiped Pingzhangshi (Prime Minister) under Tong Zhongshumen, and he was ranked after Bi Shi'an.This is Kou Zhun's first photoshoot.

Kou Zhun has a deep friendship with Zhang Yong, a Jinshi of the same discipline.When Kou Zhun became prime minister, Zhang Yong was the governor of Yizhou (now Chengdu). He said to his staff: "Kou Gong is a genius, but unfortunately his academics are not enough!" Zhang Yong just transferred back to the capital from Yizhou and passed by Shanzhou. Kou Zhun held a feast in honor of Zhang Yong.When parting, Kou Zhun sent Zhang Yong to the outskirts of Yizhou, and asked Zhang Yong, "What can Mr. Zhang see?" What did Zhang Yong mean? After returning to his office, he deliberately found out "Han Shu" and read "Huo Guang Biography". Unlearned and incompetent!"

Within a few days of Kou Zhun's official visit to the prime minister, the Liao army invaded the Song Dynasty on a large scale. Since Song Taizong's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Gaoliang River, the Song Dynasty has been in a state of strategic defense.In the third year of Yongxi (986), Song Taizong once again sent the Song army to attack the Liao State with all its strength in order to avenge an arrow.The Song army marched in three routes: East, West, and Middle. The East Army rushed forward greedily, but was defeated.Under the command of Empress Dowager Xiao, the Liao army took advantage of the momentum to attack, and the Song army collapsed across the board.Yang Ye, a veteran of the West Route Army, led his army to cover the retreat of the border people. He was surrounded by the Liao army in Chenjiagu. He was injured dozens of times in the fierce battle.In this battle, more than 200,000 Song troops were wiped out, and all the elite were lost.After that, the Song Dynasty was no longer able to launch an offensive against Liao, and had to turn to defense in an all-round way.Song Taizong also adopted the advice of the counselor Zhang Runji that "when you come, you should prepare for the imperial court, and if you go, don't chase after it". From Nigu (today's southeast of Tianjin) Haikou in the east to Baozhou (today's Baoding City in Hebei) in the west, Hequ Tangluo was connected. Embankments were built to store water, forming a water barrier zone nine hundred miles from east to west and sixty miles deep in order to deter the cavalry of the Liao army. Twenty-eight villages and one hundred and twenty-five shops were set up, and troops were sent to guard it.

At this time, the ruler of the Liao Kingdom was Yelu Longxu, Emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty, but his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, was regent.Empress Dowager Xiao is the Xiao Yanyan mentioned earlier. She is courageous and knowledgeable in strategy. Under her rule, the national strength of the Liao Kingdom has become stronger and stronger.The stronger the strength, the greater the ambition.The Empress Dowager Xiao was aggressive and led her army to invade the south continuously, and the northern border of the Song Dynasty was frequently in emergency.Regarding the Liao army's advancing step by step, the Song army took a completely defensive position.

In the ninth month of the first year of Jingde (1004), Queen Mother Xiao of the Liao Kingdom and Shengzong of the Liao Kingdom once again led an army south to attack the Song Dynasty.The Liao army was so powerful that it claimed 200,000 soldiers. After passing through Baozhou and Dingzhou, it went straight to the city of Chanzhou (now Puyang, Henan).In this way, not only a large area of ​​Hebei fell into the hands of the Liao army, but Kaifeng, the capital city just across the river, was also exposed to the threat of the Liao army's iron cavalry. The urgent documents of the Song army arrived five times a day, the capital was shaken, and the Song court was in a panic.Only the prime minister Kou Zhun who just took office was calm as usual, and he withheld all the urgent documents to keep Song Zhenzong from knowing.Song Zhenzong questioned Kou Zhun after hearing the news, and Kou Zhun took out a bunch of urgent reports.When Song Zhenzong saw so many urgent reports, he immediately panicked and asked what to do.Kou Zhun said unhurriedly: "Does Your Majesty want to solve this matter as soon as possible, or do you want to take it slowly?" Of course Song Zhenzong wanted to solve it as soon as possible.Kou Zhun took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty wants to withdraw the Liao soldiers, but it will only take five days." Song Zhenzong naturally did not believe it.Kou Zhijie took the opportunity to propose that Song Zhenzong lead the army to conquer.

Since ancient times, the emperor's personal conquest has been a big deal, but it was different in the Song Dynasty.The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, was born in the army. After he became emperor, he continued to fight from the south to the north. It can be said that he made a living by fighting.Then came Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, Song Taizong's younger brother was twelve years old, he was already a fierce general before the founding of the Song Dynasty, and single-handedly planned the Chenqiao Mutiny.After becoming emperor, Song Taizong's majesty remained undiminished, and he personally led the army to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty. Although he was repeatedly defeated in the confrontation with the Liao Kingdom, he was shot twice by the Liao people, but after all, he was also an emperor who was born and died on the battlefield. Different from ordinary emperors.What really changed in nature was that from Song Zhenzong to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperors were all good at the hands of women in the palace and eunuchs. They had never been trained in military battles and had an instinctive fear of fighting.

In view of Song Taizong's previous lessons from the Gaoliang River defeat, Song Zhenzong had always been fearful of Liao like a tiger. Now when he suddenly heard Prime Minister Kou Zhun's request for a personal conquest, he immediately looked embarrassed and stood up to go back to the inner palace.Kou Zhun hurried forward to stop him, urging Song Zhenzong not to waver.Song Zhenzong was weak in character, and he reluctantly agreed to the next day's personal conquest. The next day, a fierce quarrel broke out in the court.Many ministers not only did not advocate Song Zhenzong's personal conquest, but even urged Song Zhenzong to move the capital.Wang Qinruo, a political adviser, was from Jiangnan and advocated moving the capital to Jinling.Another member of the Privy Council, Chen Yaosou, was from Sichuan and advocated moving the capital to Chengdu.

Wang Qinruo, courtesy name Dingguo, Xinyuren (now East Gate of Xinyu, Jiangxi).Since childhood, he has been extremely intelligent, and he has been excellent in reading and composition.He once wrote a screen couplet for a certain customer in Kaifeng: "The dragon brings the evening smoke back to the cave, and the geese drag and look past Hengyang." It was widely recited for a time.When Song Taizong led his army into Taiyuan, Wang Qinruo contributed "Ping Jin Fu Lun" at the age of eighteen.In the third year of Song Taizong Chunhua (992), Wang Qinruo was a Jinshi.It is said that he took the first place in the palace examination, that is, the number one scholar.But because of his ecstasy, he drank wildly with Xu Zai, his classmate from Yuanzhou, who was the first in the same middle school, and exposed his belly and was rude. Song Taizong was furious and ordered to try again. Wang Qinruo lost the first prize.It is said that Wang Qinruo was also the first prime minister from the south of the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty. Because of a sarcoma on his neck, he was called "Gall Prime Minister" at that time.Wang Qinruo had a great literary talent, and he and Yang Yi presided over the compilation of "Cefu Yuangui", one of the four major books of the Song Dynasty.

Chen Yaosou, courtesy name Tang Fu, was the number one scholar in Langzhong, Langzhou (now Langzhong, Sichuan), the second year of Song Taizong Duangong (989).Chen Yaosou was the number one scholar at the age of twenty-nine. When Song Taizong summoned him, he was very happy to see that he had a handsome appearance, a dignified appearance, and a decent manner. He asked the left and right, "Whose son is this young man?" Someone replied He said: "He is the son of Chen Shenghua, the magistrate of Loufan County." Song Taizong called Chen Shenghua to Beijing to meet his majesty, and appointed Chen Shenghua as the prince Zhongyun.In April of the following year, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty appointed Chen Xinghua, Chen Yaosou and his son as secretaries at the same time, and gave him a scarlet robe to show his favor.Although Secretary Cheng's official position is not high, but father and son were promoted to the same official position in the same day and received the same reward.Chen Yaosou once served as the transshipment envoy of Guangnan West Road.At that time, the customs in Lingnan were not civilized, people believed in witches, and they did not take medicine when they were sick, but prayed to gods to dispel disasters.Chen Yaosou changed customs and engraved the medical book "Ji Yan Fang" on a stone, and set it up in a post station to spread it widely.It is hot in Lingnan, and the locals do not know how to dig wells, so they only rely on river water or accumulated water when it rains. Chen Yaosou taught Lingnan people to plant trees and dig wells, which won the support of the locals.

Both Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosou are talented people, especially Chen Yaosou, who has also benefited one party and has an excellent reputation, but talent and morality, conduct and integrity are often not the same thing.The positions of these two people are both at the level of deputy prime ministers, and they belong to the ruling ministers. They are dignified central ministers, and they openly advocated fleeing without fighting.Kou Zhun was furious, and said in front of Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosou: "Whoever draws up this strategy for your majesty will be punished with death." He demanded that the person who advocated moving the capital be beheaded, and the arrogance of the escapee faction was temporarily suppressed. At this time, Kou Zhun once again proposed to ask Song Zhenzong to lead the army in person, saying: "As long as the emperor personally conquers, the hearts of the people are excited, and the civil and military ministers cooperate and unite, the Liao army can retreat. When the Liao army comes to attack, we can use strange tricks to harass and disrupt Its offensive plan; you can also stick to it, make the Liao army exhausted, and then take the opportunity to attack. In this way, you can be sure of victory. If you retreat to Jiangnan or Sichuan, people will be shaken. Is it?" Kou Zhun's opinion was supported by Prime Minister Bi Shi'an, General Gao Qiong and others.Song Zhenzong was really reluctant in his heart, but at this time the situation was pressing, and the faction in the court who advocated personal conquest gained the upper hand.Under unavoidable circumstances, Song Zhenzong reluctantly agreed to conscript himself, but he refused to leave for a long time. Before leaving, Kou Zhunzou asked Wang Qinruo, the political adviser, to leave the town of Hebei Daming.Wang Qinruo was scheming, resourceful, and good at making changes. Kou Zhun was afraid that he would come up with some ideas to hinder Song Zhenzong's personal conquest when he stayed in the capital, so he preempted him and removed a stumbling block. , but thus forged a deep hatred with Wang Qinruo. In December of the first year of Jingde (1004), Song Zhenzong took Zhao Yuanfen, king of Yong (the fourth son of Song Taizong and younger brother of Song Zhenzong) as stay in Tokyo, and led the army to march in person.However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had no confidence in this battle, and even Bi Shi'an, the prime minister who expressed his support for Kou Zhun, refused to accompany him on the north expedition on the pretext of being ill. After the Song army officially launched, the news that the Liao army was approaching came from the front like snowflakes.Song Jun even heard that the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom went into battle regardless of her fifty-year-old age, and personally beat drums to cheer.Some of the ministers following Song Zhenzong's personal expedition took the opportunity to propose that the capital should be moved to Jinling. Song Zhenzong was indecisive.Kou Zhun resolutely opposed, saying: "Now that the enemy is pressing down on the border, and the four sides are in danger, Your Majesty can only advance an inch, not retreat an inch. If you advance, your morale will be doubled, and if you retreat, the people will collapse. At that time, the Liao army will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack. I am afraid they will not be able to reach Jinling. Your Majesty." He became a prisoner of the Liao army." Gao Qiong, the commander of the front of the palace with military power, also supported Kou Zhun's opinion.Song Zhenzong had no choice but to stop mentioning the retreat and continue northward because of the lessons learned from his father Song Taizong's disappearance. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River flowed through Chanzhou before changing its course, and the river course divided the city of Chanzhou into two parts, the south city and the north city.When Song Zhenzong's car arrived in Chanzhou, Liao's army had already arrived near Beicheng. Song Zhenzong saw the smoke and dust billowing from the other side of the Yellow River, and it was obvious that the battle was extremely fierce. He was timid and did not dare to cross the river.Kou Zhun believed that the soldiers in the northern city of Chanzhou were fighting bloody battles, and the emperor's presence would greatly boost morale, so he urged Song Zhenzong to cross the river, saying: "If your majesty does not cross the river, people's hearts will be in danger, and the enemy's spirit will not be deterred. "("Song History Volume 281 Kou Zhun Biography") Kou Zhun's "take power and decide victory" is quite reasonable, but Song Zhenzong was very reluctant, but blatantly rejecting the prime minister's proposal was tantamount to showing that he was afraid of death, so he had to keep silent.Seeing the emperor's appearance, Kou Zhun naturally understood, so he ran out to look for the military general Gao Qiong, and said, "The Taiwei has been greatly favored by the country, do you plan to repay him today?" Gao Qiong was also a bloody man, and immediately answered generously Said: "As a soldier, I am willing to die for my country." Gao Qiong's great-granddaughter Gao Taotao was the Empress Dowager Gao (Empress Yingzong of Song Dynasty, biological mother of Shenzong Song Dynasty) who was later known as "Yao Shun among women". So Kou Zhun and Gao Qiong discussed carefully, and then went to see Song Zhenzong together.Song Zhenzong had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw Kou Zhun coming again, he immediately felt dizzy.He had expected that Kou Zhun would continue to lobby him to cross the river, so he was psychologically weak from the beginning.Sure enough, Kou Zhun opened his mouth and said: "If your Majesty thinks that I have to cross the river just now, you can ask Gao Qiong." Before Song Zhenzong could answer, Gao Qiong said: "Mr. Don’t think about moving the capital to Jiangnan, the parents and wives of the soldiers who accompany the army are all in the capital, they will not abandon their families and flee to Jiangnan alone with His Majesty.” Xianggong is the respectful title given to senior officials such as prime ministers in the Song Dynasty, and ordinary officials cannot be called Xianggong. Then, Gao Qiong stepped forward and asked Song Zhenzong to leave to cross the river immediately.Song Zhenzong was in a dilemma, so he didn't express his position at all.Feng Zheng, a member of the Privy Council (who was once demoted for suggesting Song Taizong to establish a prince), reprimanded Gao Qiong for being reckless and rude to Song Zhenzong.Gao Qiong couldn't read, joined the army when he was young, and started his career entirely by martial arts. He was over sixty and had always looked down on Feng Zheng, a group of literati who didn't understand military affairs. To the ministers of the two governments. Now the enemy soldiers are provoking me, and I persuade the emperor to go out, but you blame me for being rude. You have the ability, why don't you write a poem to make the enemy retreat?" Feng Zheng had nothing to say, Song Zhenzong said Continue without saying a word. Gao Qiong made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to turn Song Zhenzong's car to the north city.At the floating bridge at the mouth of the Yellow River, Song Zhenzong stopped again.Gao Qiong hit Song Zhenzong's charioteer on the back with a hammer, forcing Song Zhenzong to cross the Yellow River. Although Song Zhenzong himself was terrified in the car, when the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Great Song Emperor appeared on the north tower of Chanzhou, the Song army and the people under the city immediately shouted long live, and the thunderous cheers were heard for dozens of miles.As a result, Song Jun's momentum doubled.At that time, the Liao army besieged Chanzhou, and the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom personally played drums to cheer. The Liao army was all excited and moved forward.It can be said that Song Zhenzong's visit to Beicheng in person fundamentally reversed the morale of the Song army. After Song Zhenzong went to the northern city of Chanzhou for a symbolic inspection, he still insisted on returning to the southern palace.But the prime minister Kou Zhun stayed in Beicheng and was in charge of commanding the battle.After Song Zhenzong returned to Nancheng, despite the natural danger of the Yellow River, he was still worried, and sent people to Beicheng several times to visit Kou Zhun's actions.However, Kou Zhun and Zhizhigao Yang Yi were drinking and playing chess on the tower of Beicheng City, calmly and calmly.Kou Zhun behaved like this, obviously with a well-thought-out plan, Song Zhenzong said happily: "Kou Zhun is so free, why should I worry about it?" Finally, he was relieved and no longer panicked.In fact, Kou Zhun knew that Song Zhenzong was uneasy, and he did it deliberately in order to stabilize the emperor and the army. At this time, Yong Wang Zhao Yuanfen, who was staying in Tokyo, suddenly died of a sudden illness. Song Zhenzong took this opportunity to return to the capital and handed over all the military power to fight against the Liao Dynasty on the front line to Kou Zhun. Not long after Song Zhenzong left Chanzhou, Song Weihu's head Zhang Gui shot and killed the Liao army vanguard Xiao Talan (the man who captured the famous general Yang Ye) with an astonishingly powerful bed crossbow, which greatly shook the Liao army's morale. At this time, the Liao army had been alone in the hinterland of the Central Plains for a long time, and the supply line was long, so the food and grass were not available. In addition, the shooting of the Liao army pioneer Xiao Talan had a great impact on morale, so the Empress Dowager Xiao postponed the siege. As for the Song army, due to Song Zhenzong's personal conquest, the morale was high, and there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians concentrated near Chanzhou.The situation is obviously favorable to the Song army, but Song Zhenzong has no determination to resist the enemy.As early as when he left the capital, he secretly sent his envoy Cao Li to the Liao army camp to negotiate peace with Empress Dowager Xiao.It was only because of the fierce fighting at that time that Cao Li could not reach the Liao camp.And when the Song and Liao armies faced each other in Chanzhou, Cao Li used to seek to go back and forth between the two armies. Seeing that the Liao army was in a disadvantageous situation, the Empress Dowager Xiao began to seek peace talks and sent Song Jiang general Wang Jizhong (who surrendered to the Liao army after being captured by the Liao army in the Battle of Wangdu) to contact Cao Li. Kou Zhun resolutely opposed the peace negotiation, and advocated taking advantage of the situation to send troops to regain the lost ground.The generals of the Song Army and the Ningbian Army deployed Yang Yanzhao (Yang Yezi, the prototype of the famous Yang Liulang) to also resolutely lead the battle. Shangshu proposed to take advantage of the Liao soldiers to retreat northward, block their retreat and attack them, in order to capture Youyan and several states.However, because Song Zhenzong was devoted to peace talks, the compromising faction among Song officials was extremely arrogant.These people united to attack Kou Zhun's self-respect, and even said that he had plotted against the law.Under the slander of these people, Kou Zhun was forced to give up his idea of ​​the main battle. The peace talks between Song and Liao began. The peace negotiation condition proposed by the Liao army was to "return" the "land of Guannan" won by Zhou Shizong's northern expedition after the Song Dynasty.This is obviously a lion's mouth, because the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were originally owned by the Central Plains regime, and regaining the lost land was a plan that the emperors of the Song Taizu and Song Taizong dynasties never forgot.But it can be seen from this that Empress Dowager Xiao's statesmanship, when the Song army has clearly gained the upper hand, she was able to grasp the weakness of Song Zhenzong's desire for peace talks, asking for prices, and proposing to cede land as an alliance. As long as the Liao Kingdom retreated, Song Fang was willing to replace the land with gold and silk, and gave the Liao Kingdom a certain amount of silver and silk as compensation every year, but did not agree to the territorial request. The negotiations took place amidst the confrontation between the two armies.Empress Dowager Xiao knew how to accept as soon as it was good, and finally reached an agreement according to Song Fang's conditions.The remaining question is the amount of silver and silk given to the Liao Kingdom every year.Cao Lili asked Song Zhenzong about this, and Song Zhenzong said: "As a last resort, one million is fine." It means that as long as the land is not cede, and peace can be made, the Liao Kingdom can agree even if it asks for millions of dollars. At that time, the Song Dynasty was extremely rich, and its annual minted money was as high as 5 million guan, while the Ming Dynasty had a total history of 276 years, and the total minted money was only 10 million guan, which shows the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. .During Song Zhenzong's time, the annual income of the Song court was converted into silver silk, which was about 70 million taels per horse.Therefore, Song Zhenzong believed that he could afford millions of "year-old coins" in exchange for peace. After Cao Li accepted the decree, he was stopped by Kou Zhun who had been waiting outside the door as soon as he came out of Song Zhenzong's palace.After Kou Zhun asked about the situation, he warned Cao Lili, "Although there is an order from the Holy Majesty, you should go to negotiate and promise that the silver silk you will give should not exceed 300,000 yuan. Otherwise, I will behead you as soon as you come back!" Cao Cao Taking advantage of the powerful minister who later became famous for a while, he joined forces with another powerful minister Ding Wei to engage in party disputes with Kou Zhun's faction. However, he was not prominent at that time, and he was just an unknown little official. Well, let's go as ordered. After negotiation, Cao Lili really agreed with 300,000 silver silk.Song and Liao signed a peace treaty, which is the famous "Chanyuan Alliance" in history (there is a lake in the west of Chanzhou named Chanyuan, and Chanzhou is also called Chanyuan County). The Chanyuan Alliance stipulates: 1. The Liao and Song dynasties were a country of brothers. Liao Shengzong was young and called Song Zhenzong his elder brother. 2. With the Baigou River as the national boundary, both sides withdraw their troops.After that, if there are thieves and fugitives who cross the border, they will not stay with each other.In the two dynasties, everything was as usual in the city pools along the border, and no city gods could be built. 3. Song Fang provided Liao with "military assistance" of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year.Delivery to Xiongzhou. 4. The two sides set up a market at the border to carry out mutual trade. Ironically, after the peace agreement was reached, Song Zhenzong asked about the result, and Cao Li held out three fingers.Song Zhenzong mistakenly thought that he had given Liao three million yuan. He was taken aback and said, "It's too much!" Let’s go.” Later, Song Zhenzong found out that only 200,000 bolts of silk and 100,000 taels of silver were given to Liao silk, and the total amount was only 300,000, which was less than 5/1000 of the fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty, which was much lower than the previous estimate. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and rewarded Cao Yong heavily, and even wrote poems to sing with the officials to celebrate. The Chanyuan Alliance has important historical significance.After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao and Song Dynasties maintained friendly exchanges for a long time, and the economic and cultural exchanges in the border areas were strengthened.For the next 120 years, the Liao and Song Dynasties never fought each other.But in Chinese history, this is a controversial proposition.For the Song Dynasty, the Chanyuan Alliance was obviously a humiliating treaty. It not only recognized the existence of the Liao regime, but also opened the source of "year coins", which led to the weakness of the two Songs and made the prosperity of the Song Dynasty go from bad to worse. Even in Song Zhenzong's reign, the Chanyuan alliance was considered a great shame, and Kou Zhun was also implicated in this, and later the historical farce of "Book of Heaven" was created because of this. At the beginning of the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, Song Zhenzong believed that the truce between the North and the South was a great thing, and it was the credit of Prime Minister Kou Zhun.And Wang Qinruo, who had made enemies with Kou Zhun earlier, hated him very much.One day after retiring from the court, Wang Qinruo stayed on purpose and attacked Kou Zhun in front of Song Zhenzong, saying: "Kou Zhun forced His Majesty to conquest in person, and made His Majesty an 'all-or-nothing', and signed an 'All-in-One Alliance'. This is not a victory, but a shame for the king. How can Zhun be said to have contributed to the country?" Song Zhenzong did not express his opinion at the time, but since then his suspicions towards Kou Zhun have intensified.Soon, Prime Minister Bi Shi'an died of illness, and Kou Zhun lost a powerful alliance.Song Zhenzong took the opportunity to dismiss Kou Zhun's prime minister, went out to know Shanzhou, and changed Wang Dan (Kou Zhun Tongke Jinshi) as prime minister. After Song Zhenzong listened to Wang Qinruo's words, he was deeply ashamed of the Chanyuan alliance and was often depressed.Wang Qinruo said to Song Zhenzong: "Only enshrining Zen can conquer the world and boast foreign countries." But since ancient times, enshrining Zen generally requires "Tian Rui". Wang Qinruo and Song Zhenzong came up with a plan to forge the "Book of Heaven". Worried about Prime Minister Wang Dan's opposition, Wang Qinruo secretly conveyed his holy intentions to Wang Dan.Song Zhenzong pretended to give Wang Dan a jar of good wine again. When Wang Dan went home and opened the wine jar, he found that the jar was full of fine pearls.Naturally, Wang Dan understood that it was the emperor himself who bribed him, and since then he dared not object to such absurd claims as the "Book from Heaven". One day, Song Zhenzong said to his officials that at night he saw a man of God descending on the Chengtian Gate with a "Book from Heaven".Then, headed by Prime Minister Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo, Chen Yaosou, Ding Wei and other ministers all congratulated him.Song Zhenzong led his ministers to Chengtian Gate and found the "Book from Heaven".Wang Dan knelt down and offered it, Song Zhenzong worshiped and accepted it again, handed it over to Chen Yaosou to unseal it, and ordered him to read it out.So, the officials came to congratulate.There was a minister named Sun Xun who couldn't get used to the hypocritical scene where the monarch and his ministers sang together. He asked Song Zhenzong face-to-face, "What did God say from what the foolish minister has heard! Is there any book?" Song Zhenzong did not answer in silence. Soon, he got the "Book of Heaven" in Mount Tai again, and Song Zhenzong went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen in person.Later, Song Zhenzong, catered by Wang Qinruo, Chen Yaosou, Ding Wei and other ministers, repeatedly engaged in self-deceiving activities such as "Book of Heaven" and enshrining Zen. He also sacrificed to Confucius and Laozi wantonly, and respected Taoism. The daily increase. Only Sun Xun, Zhang Yong, Li Di, etc. dared to make some criticisms among the ministers of the DPRK and China.Zhang Yong (Kou Zhun Tongke Jinshi) was seriously ill. Before he died, he wrote a letter, counting Ding Wei's crimes, and said: "Begging to behead Ding Wei, put his head on the gate of the country to thank the world, and then cut off my Zhang Yong's head and put it on the gate of Ding's family. Xie Ding said." It means to ask the emperor to kill Ding to thank the world, and Zhang Yong is willing to say that Xie Ding died, which is equivalent to admonishing him with death.However, Song Zhenzong only admired Zhang Yong's loyalty, without any intention of repentance, and still favored Ding Wei. Prime Minister Wang Dan sat in the position of prime minister because he was indifferent to Song Zhenzong's actions and never raised objections.But before he died, he left a will to let the descendants bury him with his hair cut off, expressing his remorse for his mistake of not admonishing the "Book of Heaven". Song Zhenzong made a big deal of "Going to Heaven", laboring the people and wasting money, "the people refused to accept", Song Zhenzong was also a little uneasy.Therefore, some people suggested that as long as Kou Zhun, who had never believed in these activities, came forward, the people could be convinced.Therefore, Song Zhenzong ordered the eunuch Zhou Huaizheng to imply that Kou Zhun "went to heaven", and wanted to use Kou Zhun's reputation to win people's hearts.Kou Zhun was unwilling to participate in such absurd activities at first.Kou Zhun's son-in-law, Wang Shu, was an official in the cabinet at that time, and he had a good relationship with the eunuch Zhou Huaizheng.Under the instruction of some people with ulterior motives, Wang Shu tried his best to encourage Kou Zhun, saying that as long as Kou Zhun is willing to write a book from heaven, he can return to the position of prime minister.Kou Zhun was caught in a dilemma for a while. Kou Zhun had a disciple who was far-sighted and proposed a solution to the predicament: "Mr. Kou went halfway and pretended to be sick, insisting that he should be hired as an official. They are all fake auspicious signs, which can preserve Kou Ping’s reputation of being upright, which is the middle policy; the worst policy is to re-enter the Zhongshu Province as a prime minister, otherwise his prestige will be ruined.” It is a pity that Kou Zhun’s youth was rich and honored. He held an important position in the center for a long time, and he was so attached to fame and fame that he couldn't extricate himself. In the end, he didn't listen to the advice of his disciples and joined the ranks of "Book from Heaven" against his will.This matter has become a major stain in Kou Zhun's life, which is criticized by the times. After going to heaven, Kou Zhun was re-appointed as prime minister by Song Zhenzong, who was very happy.However, the well-known Kou Laoxier in folklore regained the position of prime minister at the wrong time and by wrong means, and his prestige has been greatly reduced. Powerless to get out.Later, in a court battle involving the succession of the throne, Kou Zhun was pushed out by Ding Wei, who he single-handedly raised, and relegated to Leizhou (now Haikang, Guangdong).That's another story.