Zhao Zhen saw the changes in the Western Regions, but he did not deal with the matter immediately. On the contrary, he chose to indulge in the Western Regions, and even left the court officials' memorials and ignored the requests of the Western Regions Protectorate.

The country of Song Dynasty was too large. Once the suggestions of court officials were adopted and these merchants were protected, it was likely that the matter of Song Dynasty sending troops to the Western Regions would be left alone, and it would become a kind of diplomatic mediation, and a delegation was sent to reprimand.

This is what Zhao Zhen least wants to see. In this era, the Western Regions were any area outside Yumen Pass, including the Xinjiang region in later generations. Taking over the Western Regions was something Zhao Zhen had to do.

Not to mention that this is a corridor and bridge from the Song Dynasty to the Western world, it is also an important part of the stability of the Song Dynasty northwest. However, Zhao Zhen would not send troops blindly, nor would he engage in endless wars. The land he needed was a useful place for the Song Dynasty, rather than the purpose of expanding his territory.

The price paid by the merchants of the Song Dynasty is the benefit Zhao Zhen reaped from the Western Regions in the future. To make one side stable, one must make efforts. The Western Regions in front of him are such a greedy monster.

As for the losses of merchants in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen believed that these merchants lost only the opportunity to make more money, and it is absolutely impossible to lose money.

As for life... the people of the Western Regions are also for making money. After killing these merchants, they will naturally reduce the attractiveness of the Western Regions. This is a matter of killing chickens and retrieving eggs. Who would do it? Don’t think too simple about the people of the Western Regions. They also have the idea of ​​fishing big fish with long lines.

As for those who died in the Western Regions, they either died in disaster weather. After all, there were many sandstorms in the Western Regions, or they either died in the wild after being robbed, or they went bankrupt and went bankrupt.

This situation has long been common, and Zhao Zhen has become accustomed to it.

Zhao Zhen could see the east and west of the Western Regions, but he rarely observed the Liao Dynasty. Now, through the memorials of the Western Regions, Zhao Zhen suddenly discovered that the Liao Dynasty seemed to have gained a share of the Western Regions, which was an extremely rare situation.

The Western Regions Protectorate of the Song Dynasty was established in Yizhou, which was far from Gaochang, the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. The main purpose of establishing the Protectorate here was only to defend the northwest, rather than to control the Western Regions.

It is precisely because of this that the Song Dynasty fell behind the news. After the Liao people began to go through the Western Regions on a large scale, Zhao Zhen discovered that the Western Regions Protectorate also urgently issued a report.

The countries in the Western Regions seemed to be in order to unite the Liao Dynasty to deal with the Song Dynasty. Just as they joined forces with the Song Dynasty to deal with the Western Xia, the greatest convenience was to start a passage for the Liao people, allowing the merchants of the Liao Dynasty to pass through the Western Regions safely and take a large amount of goods to the Western world to make money.

This made the Liao people taste the sweetness. The tea bought from the Song Dynasty could actually exchange several times or even dozens of times of wealth in the Western Qin Dynasty. Porcelain, cloth, and brocade were even more expensive!

What they had to do was to go further than the Song people. Many Song merchants sold goods to the Western Regions to save trouble, or sold them to the Abbas Dynasty by sea. The money they made was a drop in the bucket. The real big head was actually earned by the Western Regions and the Abbas Dynasty.

Through the Western Regions, the Liao people seemed to open a new door. They saw the outside world and wealth. After having their first pot of gold, the Liao people began to open factories in the imitation of the Song Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Xiao Tali also actively sent people to study and investigate things.

For this reason, she once again issued a letter to the Song Dynasty, hoping that Zhao Zhen could spread advanced culture and knowledge to the Liao Dynasty so that they could be nourished by the light of civilization. This letter of letter was approved by many court officials, which in the eyes of court officials was a manifestation of the Liao people's tendency to be sinicized.

There were also many scholars and craftsmen who arrived with the national scholars. Their main purpose of going to the Song Dynasty was to study. This was a system of international students that had existed since the Tang Dynasty. There were many foreign students in the Song Dynasty, including the Japanese, Goryeo, etc.

However, the Liao Dynasty is different from other countries. The students sent by the Liao people all went to the Gewu Academy. The Gewu Academy in the Song Dynasty was not open to foreign students, and even the Song students were rarely qualified to enter it.

Regarding science and technology, Zhao Zhen has always adhered to the attitude of possessing his own possession. No one can obtain advanced knowledge of studying things from the Song Dynasty. As for other things such as Confucian classics and various other disciplines, Zhao Zhen generously showed it to the world.

In addition, the Huaxia Academy was opened in the capital of Shen. This place covers an area of ​​ten acres and has exquisite houses. From lecture halls to library, dormitory to restaurants, from Gongsou to kitchens, "all-in-one" in all kinds of organs. As long as you are a foreigner and pay a certain amount of money, you can learn the knowledge of the Song Dynasty here, and have a pleasant environment for food and drink. You can even occasionally see the Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty himself!

For those who are studying, this is simply heaven! But for the Liao people who are truly learning advanced technology, it is a torture hell!

Zhao Zhen treated these Liao people with the greatest preferential treatment with the greatest number of people, eating well, drinking well, and living well. He sent people to care for his well-being in three days and to entertain and banquets in five days. It can be said that he was meticulous and considerate.

There are many daily things for the emperor, such as reviewing memorials, attending court, handling diplomatic affairs, reading and writing, and of course marriage...

Zhao Zhen has long been familiar with marrying a wife. It seems that except for Wang Yuyan and Vera, the rest of his harem are... It doesn't matter if you forget about your wife. Anyway, Zhao Zhen comes from an open era.

Among them, most of these women are a kind of political marriage, but as time goes by, feelings can really be gradually cultivated. This is true for Helanxue. She was fascinated by Zhao Zhen's humor and wit and various wild ideas, and was even more impressed by his methods and talents.

In this era, you can make good words and write them well, you can govern a country in an orderly manner, appoint virtuous people, be in charge of the enemy, play with the enemy in applause, and be respected by all the people! Where can you find such a man? Anything more perfect than this?

Helanxue thinks it’s gone.

As for Yang Caiwei, she had already followed Zhao Zhen willingly and witnessed his strength. She gave everything she had to Zhao Zhen, and even the entire Dangxiang.

The two aunts and nephews and the entire Xixia became the "captive" of Zhao Zhen, and this member was about to be increased. The marriage date of Liangzi had arrived, and the mission had prepared all the cost. The solemn mission even brought the most elite soldiers of the personal guards of the Song Dynasty. They were the emperor's guards and the elite guards of the royal family. Even the queen could not be used by the great rites.
Chapter completed!