In the Hanlin Astronomical Bureau, after listening to the progress of the Yuanyou Armpitable Movement, making some small instructions, and making some small requests, Zhao Xu returned to Funing Palace.

In general, the current Yuanyou Armpitation Movement is in the stage of engineering design and technical verification.

The general design concept is not much different from the Yuanyou armillary sphere in Zhao Xu's previous life.

They are all machines that use hydraulic power as the driving force, mechanical escapement structure as the main part.

As Party A, Zhao Xu naturally wants to give his opinions.

So he put some technical requirements on the spot to the world's first astronomical clock and observation machine that he thought could be realized.

For example, parts standardization and tolerance uniformity.

For example, it is required to refine the gears of the escapement.

For example, he asked the parts of this machine to be made of iron as much as possible.

Only when iron or parts that really cannot be used can copper be used.

As for whether it can be done?

That has nothing to do with Zhao Xu.

He is Party A! Isn’t Party A like this?

Without forcing her, how could Han Gonglian and the astronomical officials and craftsmen know their potential?

After returning to Funing Palace and resting for more than an hour, Feng Jing came to report that the Hanlin Bachelor Xing Shu asked for a visit.

Zhao Xu then summoned Xing Shu here in the quiet room of the eastern pavilion of Funing Hall.

"Your Majesty..." Xing Shu had a little bit of slut on his face: "I'm lucky to be unfair to my mission!"

"Oh..." Zhao Xu smiled.

Look, people just need to be forced.

The Xixia people thought that the Xixia people were unreasonable two days ago, wouldn’t this bring good news now?

"Sit down and talk!" Zhao Xu sat in the curtain and ordered his left and right to bring a stool to Xing Shu.

After Xing Shu sat down, he replied to Zhao Xu who was sitting in the curtain: "Your Majesty, I have learned from Xia envoy Wei Ming Moduo that there are three clauses for the Xia people to beg for peace this time..."

"One: The two countries dismissed their troops and, in accordance with the peace agreement in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, sent captured soldiers and civilians to defend the border..."

Zhao Xu listened, narrowed his eyes and commented briefly: "Imitation!"

This Xixia man was crazy about losing his heart!

Not only Lu Huiqing, the person next to him, kidnapped and deceived him from the Xixia Zuoxiang Shenyongsi and got back more than 3,000 people.

The empress dowager from Xixia now opened her mouth and asked Zhao Xu to send it back?

Is her mouth gold-inlaid?

“Continue.”

"Only..." Xing Shu bowed and said, "The second is to ask our court to open a new market and allow Qingyan to be sold in Shaanxi."

Zhao Xu smiled grimly: "What are the terms?"

"Who is begging for peace from whom now?"

The Empress Dowager Xiao Liang from Xingqing Mansion is really a common believer!

Could she be the awakened sister of Xixia?

"Continue!" Zhao Xu finished complaining and signaled Xing Shu to continue reporting.

Xing Shu also honestly said the last condition of the Xixia people: "Third: beg for gifts for the year... and beg for the story of the Liao Kingdom, and use gifts for the year as Jiaozi..."

"Xia envoy Wei Mingmoduo said that if our dynasty agrees with these three points, Song and Xia will permanently stop the troops and the two countries will settle the border..."

"If not allowed...the empress dowager has sent envoys to Liao and ask the Lord of Liao to come forward to mediate..."

Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

OK!

If you can't beat it, call your parents?!

But the question is, are the Liao people still available to keep in charge of Song Xia’s affairs now?

It’s easy for the Liao people to be in Goryeo, right?!

It seems that it is time to increase support for the anti-aggression cause of the Goryeo people!

It just so happened that the Korean Peninsula was about to enter the severe cold season, and it was not impossible to see bad weather at a temperature of tens of degrees below zero.

Let the Liao people taste the taste of the snowstorm in Goryeo!

After Xing Shu finished speaking, he immediately stood up and knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Western thief is using the Northern Territory to cheat us from the Song Dynasty. I think that these three things cannot be agreed upon, otherwise I will be in danger!"

If the court agrees to these three conditions.

Let alone public opinion, the crows in the Censorate will not be able to stand it!

Who is willing to suffer such a shame?

What is this called?

The Western thieves won even if they were unable to win, and the Song Dynasty was defeated if they were unbeaten!

No one dares to nod in the power of the government.

Back then, the story of the Liao people forcing the Song Dynasty to cede three hundred miles south of Waqiao Pass is not far away.

Han Zhen, who was in charge of doing this back then, is still being whipped by Shilin public opinion - although everyone knows that Han Zhen was only given by the late emperor.

But who told him that this was done?

So, today when Sima Guang passed away, Zhang Qi came out to know that Han Jiang was about to retire.

Although Han Zhen and Han Yuru are definitely qualified to be appointed as the ruling and even prime minister again.

But his name has never appeared on the list of the prime ministers who were appointed to govern.

In the tile of Bianjing, the new ruling party was opened, and the odds were the prime minister. Even the infamous people like Pu Zongmeng and Deng Wan were above Han Zhen!

Therefore, under such circumstances, even if the Xixia people really invite the Liao people, the Song Dynasty would never agree.

Whoever agrees will wait for political death and be infamous!

Zhao Xu whispered: "Who doesn't know that the Western thief is shameless?"

"You will tell the Western Envoy, and I will also issue three clauses to him!"

"However, my terms cannot be changed in one word!"

As he said that, he stood up.

"One: The two countries will stop their troops and follow the border of the eighth year of Yuanfeng and guard their territory. However, the Xia people need to send them to the border soldiers and civilians along the Song Dynasty starting from the third year of Yuanfeng!"

This is actually just a politically correct term.

Because, every time Song and Xia negotiated peace, there were similar clauses - each fled, captured soldiers and civilians, and each defended the border.

But both countries have always followed it symbolically.

Then pretend that this is not available.

Last year, when Song and Xia negotiated peace talks, the defenses on the border between Song and Xia had already torn down the terms.

The other side of Xihe even blatantly began to steal people.

"Secondly, based on the principle of mutual respect and mutual benefit, if the Song Dynasty is in the Western Xia Qingshen entering Shaanxi and other roads, then the Western Xia will be in the Great Song Dynasty salt and sell it to the Western Xia states!"

Come on, open the door, free trade!

Let you see the power of the Great Song Haiyan!

You Xixia produce salt, and green salt is salt with high quality and reasonable prices.

But now in the Song Dynasty, it is drying salt on a large scale.

A large amount of sea salt and dried sea fish rushed directly into Huainan Road, Jingji, Henan Prefecture, Jingxi and other roads.

I have already washed away the Huai Salt and Chi Salt and couldn't take care of myself.

After all, others sell salt simply.

Merchants in Dengzhou and Mingzhou can sell salt and also give dried sea fish.

There is no doubt which of the two is more competitive, and there is no need to say much.

"As for the increase in border markets? I can agree on the principle!"

"It is possible to open three markets in Dingxi City, Lanzhou and Huichuan."

Increase, decrease or ban border trade has always been a means used by the Song Dynasty to check and balance opponents and even provoke wars.

The effect is very good!

Whether it is the Western Xia or the Tubo, they will be afraid of the Song Dynasty playing the trade severance card.
To be continued...