"My dear Lord, I would like to ask the Emperor if His Majesty is well."

Li Taide was brought to the Chongzheng Hall and bowed immediately without any hesitation.

Zhao Xu sat upright and looked at the man prostrate on the ground in the hall: "Li Qing is exempt from the courtesy."

"Give me a seat!" After Li Taide got up, Zhao Xu ordered the people around him.

So, a chair was moved behind Li Taide.

When he sat down, Zhao Xu asked: "How is Li Qing doing during these days in Beijing?"

Li Taide immediately replied in standard rhyme: "I have received your majesty's care. I am in the capital and receive courtesy from everyone above and below. Everything is fine."

He didn't dare not say yes.

He still wants to go home, but he doesn't want to be left in Bianjing forever.

Li Taide knew very well in his heart - if he was forced to stay in Bianjing by the Southern Dynasty, his brother would probably rise up and thank the Southern Dynasty for its great kindness.

"Good!" Zhao Xu nodded: "That's good."

"I invite Aiqing to the palace this time because I want to talk to Aiqing about the future of the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi." Zhao Xu looked at Li Taide in the palace. Although he is still young, because he sits high up, he is condescending and very condescending.

You can easily see that Li Taide's expression was panicked at this moment, and his body was even trembling.

The corners of Zhao Xu's mouth turned up slightly, and he was not surprised by this.

Since ancient times, the more powerful a person is, the more timid and afraid of death they are.

Apart from that, Zhao Xu’s own little brother Zhao Ji, won’t he put on a show of embarrassment to the whole world in the future?

What's more, Li Taide is now in Bianjing, and his life is not under his control.

The Song Dynasty's record in dealing with enemy leaders was not very good.

Meng Chang and Li Yu are both living examples.

If Li Taide is not afraid, that would be abnormal!

Of course, this guy might be pretending or covering up.

Playing the trick of bearing the humiliation and pretending to be crazy.

But Zhao Xu doesn’t care at all!

Because of the huge disparity in national power, and because the Song Dynasty has now completely taken the initiative strategically.

And there are eight states in the north of Cochin, which directly turns Thang Long, the capital of Cochin, into a front line.

This is like putting a knife on Jiaozhi's neck.

So, you can get whatever you want.

"You don't need to be nervous." Zhao Xu comforted the other party: "I just want to talk to you today."

"Yes...yes..." Li Taide lowered his head and said repeatedly: "I understand, I understand!"

He was really afraid of being detained in Bianjing and turned into a hostage.

If this is the case, then all his ambitions will be in vain.

"Let's get back to the topic. What do you think will happen to the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi in the future?" Zhao Xu continued to ask.

Li Taide thought about it for a moment, then looked up at the small figure on the throne in the palace, and then said: "I am stupid, I don't know what your majesty means?"

He didn't dare to speculate casually.

At the same time, he really didn't know what the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty wanted to talk to him about.

Zhao Xu didn't care and said directly: "What I mean is, how will Jiaozhi view the Song Dynasty in the future?"

"To be precise, what will you do after returning to China to maintain the vassal relationship between Jiaozhi and the Song Dynasty and promote business exchanges between the two countries?"

As an imperialist and a staunch supporter of free trade.

Zhao Xu naturally only cares about these two things.

Li Taide listened and turned around in his heart. He immediately stood up and worshiped: "I want to inform your majesty that after I return to the country, I will definitely urge my brother to come to court on time and pay the tribute rice as agreed. In addition, I will also persuade the country to

Among them, treat the merchants of the Song Dynasty with courtesy."

Zhao Xu chuckled.

Li Taide's answer sounded completely insincere to him.

Come to the DPRK on time?

Maybe the Cochin people can do it.

If you are forced to pay the tribute rice as agreed, you will most likely do it.

But other things?

Don't count on it.

Once the Cochin people stabilize the situation and gain a firm foothold, they may even tear up the peace treaty directly.

This is not surprising.

There are countless examples at home and abroad in ancient and modern times.

Therefore, Zhao Xu began to beat without politeness, hoping to make the other party wake up: "So, Qing and Jiaozhi, what do you think of Zhenla and Champa?"

"Especially the Champa Kingdom, which has been accusing me of the crimes of Jiaozhi, invading its land, plundering its people, and even imprisoning its monarch!"

The country of Jiaozhi has been expanding and fighting everywhere since it split from the Tang Dynasty.

Especially the relationship with Champa is extremely bad!

The Jiaozhi people continued to invade the south and defeated the Champa State, which collapsed for a time.

The reason why the country of Champa can still continue to this day is thanks to the Southern Expedition of the Song Dynasty during the Xining period. Before the Southern Expedition of the Song Army, Champa was almost destroyed. Not only the king was captured by Jiaozhi, but also a large area of ​​the country was occupied by Jiaozhi, and its military strength was even defeated.

collapsed.

The Southern Expedition of the Song Dynasty forced the Jiaozhi people to return to the north, which allowed the Champa Kingdom to take a breather.

Therefore, the Champa people are the most submissive country to the Song Dynasty in Southeast Asia today.

"In addition, the Kingdom of Chenla is also complaining to me about Jiaozhi's past invasion of its land and the killing of its people."

"Both these two countries are my vassals, but Jiaozhi has repeatedly used troops..." Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes, began to exert maximum pressure, and suddenly increased his voice: "Do you think China has no one?"

Following Zhao Xu's words, the imperial guard who had been standing silently in the palace suddenly raised the bone in his hand, walked heavily to the ground, and looked at Li Taide with a fierce look, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Look!

Seeing this situation, Li Taide quickly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, calm down! Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Your Majesty doesn't know something, there is something inside of this!"

"Huh?" Zhao Xu rubbed his hands and asked: "If you have any inside information, how can you go too far and attack my subjects without getting the order?"

Li Taide was forced by Zhao Xu, so he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Zhenla Kingdom is bullying the emperor."

"Jiaozhi has never sent troops to invade an inch of Chenla, and it has never killed a single person in the territory of Chenla."

"Oh!" Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes: "Is this the case?"

But the voice was full of distrust.

Li Taide had no choice but to bow to him: "Your Majesty does not know that the war between Jiaozhi and Zhenla is all within the Champa Kingdom..."

"Since Jiaozhi didn't have a single soldier enter the territory of Zhenla, how could it invade Zhenla and kill and plunder its people?"

"I beg Your Majesty to take a closer look!"

Of course Zhao Xu knows!

Although he has not systematically studied the history of Southeast Asia in modern times, let alone researched it.

But he still knew that Champa was in modern southern Vietnam, and Chenla was the Angkor Dynasty that left behind the famous Angkor Wat ruins.

In fact, the current Three Kingdoms of Jiaozhi, Champa, and Zhenla are just a small-scale war between the Three Kingdoms.

In this brawl, Champa was the weakest and most pitiful one - it was beaten by a mixed doubles team of Jiaozhi and Zhenla, and its territory continued to decline.

Nowadays, Chenla is at the peak of its Angkor Dynasty's national power.

With the construction of a series of water conservancy projects and the right climate, the Angkor Dynasty gradually began to grow stronger and continued to expand.

The current Angkor Wat is not the modern abandoned temple in the dense forest.

It was the capital of a powerful feudal dynasty.

According to modern history books, in the future it will compete with Cochin for Champa, and at the same time go north to Thailand and Malaya, continue to annex and control city-states, and eventually become a powerful country that dominates one side!

It was precisely because of knowing these things that Zhao Xu deliberately took advantage of the opportunity when the envoys from the Three Kingdoms gathered in Bianjing and ordered Xingshu to arrange for the envoys from the Three Kingdoms to live in three adjacent courtyards at Dutingyi.

Let them see each other when they go out.

This arrangement really worked wonders.

The envoys of the Three Kingdoms kept causing trouble in Duting Post, and fights and armed fights often occurred.
To be continued...