Chapter 1,626 Grocery Store

Su You then said: "But I am the envoy of the same country, and Yelu Shensi is not an enemy. We can only arrange to meet in informal settings and in regular clothes."

"If the Liao envoy agrees to this arrangement, he can meet with him and let Liu Shunqing, Tong Guan, and Li Chang attend as non-voting delegates. You and Fu Dao will be assisted to take notes, and Gao Shize will maintain the order of the meeting."

This was to put this meeting completely under supervision, and Wang Yanbi accepted the order.

Only then did Su You turn his face again: "Let's continue the review. This time we will report on the arrangements for grain and fodder and the deployment of various troops..."

Three days later, a cocktail party was held on the lawn next to Baigou Post Station in Jiehe River, where Su You once again received the Liao envoy Yelu Shensi.

Yelu Shensi was also a famous minister of the Liao Kingdom. It was he who first suggested that the Liao Kingdom accept a disaster relief mission from the Song Kingdom, which opened a new chapter in the Song-Liao diplomacy.

But generally speaking, Yelu Shensi's life was more difficult than that of Xiao Xi. Back then, Xiao Xi was messy, but he always got the benefits of the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, everyone is sitting around talking. On the surface, the Song Dynasty still helped the Liao Kingdom, but it had a hint of prayer.

Yelu Shensi was a Confucian minister, dressed in casual clothes, wearing a Dongpo crown, and holding a Korean folding fan. He looked no different from the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

While the banquet was still being prepared, Su You invited Yelu Shensi to drink tea: "Your envoy is a famous official in the Northern Dynasty. Now that I have seen him, he is no less elegant than the two Wujiu young masters of our dynasty."

Su Yuanzhen didn't know that Chao Buzhi had been to the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Shensi quickly humbled himself and said, "During the time when Scholar Chao was on his mission to our court, he helped me, Shi Sheng, to establish an archive. Shensi was still his assistant at that time."

"Xueshi Chao's intellectual style is still well-known in the Liao Dynasty, but he is cautious and rough, so how can he dare to compare with him?"

Su You said: "Your Majesty, please have tea. This is Jianyang Maojian. The bowl must be covered with glass to make it more interesting."

"Chao Wujiu was sentenced to Taichang Temple a few years ago. The ceremonial guard used by the emperor of your dynasty was made by him. Is the emperor of your dynasty satisfied?"

"Satisfied." Yelu Shensi said: "Especially the change from troops to cavalry, your Majesty is particularly satisfied. After all, our country was founded on cavalry and archery."

This meant there was something in his words. Su You smiled and said: "Yes, riding and shooting originated from fishing and hunting. For tribes, wandering, fishing and hunting can almost support themselves, but it requires a large area of ​​land."

“The fundamental difference between farming and fishing and hunting is how to feed more people with less land.”

"I heard that the Liao Kingdom had a great harvest last year. How much grain was harvested from Liaoyang and Changchunzhou?"

Yelu Shensi said: "Last year, two agricultural areas allowed the imperial court to collect five million dan of grain. I really want to thank the Southern Dynasty for this. This time Shensi came to pay homage to the envoy, which is to express the goodwill between the two dynasties."

After Su You heard this, he couldn't help but frowned: "Five million shi is too much, the tax is 50%?"

Yelu Shensi suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "The situation in the north and south of my country is different. In Liaoyang and Changchun, in fact, many of the cultivators are tribesmen from the military prefectures under my command. There is no taxation..."

The so-called military and state tribesmen under the leadership were actually slaves. Su You understood, but it turned out that there was really no such thing as taxation.

Su You nodded: "So, of these five million stones, there is actually a portion for Tatar straight women, right?"

Yelu Shensi said: "Yes, out of the five hundred thousand gu in annual coins, the Tatars and women will receive a reward of 50,000 gu each year. Now they are engaged in millet production and five million shi of grain. The two tribes combined will receive 500,000 shi."

Su You was dumbfounded. Is this how your Liao country settles accounts?

He couldn't help but shake his head: "Your Majesty, it's not that Su You wants to interfere in your dynasty's internal affairs. I just want to give your dynasty a warning and ask your envoy to bring it back to your Majesty. Of course, it is for reference only."

Yelu Shensi hurriedly bowed: "Every country in the world knows the knowledge of the Prime Minister. The Liao Kingdom has been like this in recent years, which is actually due to the Prime Minister. But if you have something to say, Shensi must bring it to the full extent."

"That's right." Su You thought about his words: "To deal with the barbarians, we must give them both kindness and power. Not only must we show them force and kindness, but more importantly, I think we must also give them trust."

"In the past, your imperial court set up annual coins. Let's not talk about whether this distribution is reasonable or not. The Tatars and Nüzhi got it for free."

"Now that they have switched to millet production, the Tatars and Nüzhi have provided land for traditional nomadic hunting, and they have paid their dues in converting it to farming land."

"Since I have made contributions, is it reasonable to distribute them according to the time when I had no contributions?"

"There is another thing. In the past, when the coins were issued every year, the Liao court would not be able to keep anything."

"Now that we have switched to millet production, we have made a large investment in land and water conservancy, and then harvested it every year. This is equivalent to saving all the annual coins that should have been distributed to the female Tatars."

"After reforming the millet system, your dynasty will save the equivalent of 50,000 yuan every year. Here, women and Tatars also contributed."

"For the sake of fairness and reasonableness, can't your government really be more tilted towards the two ethnic groups and send more grain?"

"Su You has only one principle in doing things in his life, which is not to treat anyone as a fool, and to do things in such a way that everyone can be convinced."

"There are smart people among the Nüzhi and Tatars. If we don't deal with it in advance, when they discover this sooner or later, your dynasty will lose its trust before the two tribes. I hope your dynasty will think about it carefully."

Before he finished speaking, Yelu Shensi's evaluation of Su You had been adjusted from A to B.

The officials of the Song Dynasty had this kind of virtue. His Majesty had already taken measures to deal with this.

It's very simple, that is, all the old coins that were allocated to all Tatars are now allocated to Magusu of the Zhun Department; all the coins allocated to the female straight people are allocated to Gailibo of the Wanyan Department.

For both parts, not only did they not decrease, but they increased.

And it makes sense, because the land is originally the nomadic land of these two tribes, and the two tribes are the nominal governors of the two tribes. It cannot be said that Yelu Hongji has something wrong with his policies and morals.

As for the other tribes of the female straight Tatars who are dissatisfied with the distribution plan, they should go to the Zhun tribe and Wanyan tribe to argue. The Liao Kingdom just took this as an opportunity to instigate the two tribes into internal fighting to achieve the purpose of checks and balances.

This is your Majesty's great wisdom. Although Situ of the Southern Dynasty was also smart, he was too kind and did not understand the law of survival of the weak in the north.

It seems that this is all Su You can do. The reason why he has such a high reputation is because his economic ability is so powerful that it covers up his shortcomings in strategy.

However, Yelu Shensi felt that he did not need to teach Su You, a good boy, and instead sighed: "The benevolence of the Prime Minister has benefited both countries. Although the female straight Tatars have also benefited a lot, I will definitely convey this to His Majesty."

After that, there was a banquet. Su You was too high-ranking, so he and Yelu Shensi "sit down and talk about things." They talked about the way of running the country and the relationship between the two countries, but talking about specific business would be a bargain.

However, there is nothing wrong with discussing poetry, articles, and anecdotes about famous officials. Su You is famous for being able to accompany anyone. He is also a grocery store. He can talk about horse scripture and falcon, which the Liao people are best at, let alone other things.

For example, both Haidongqing and Su You knew that the ones used for hunting were all female.

Because the male is too small, he can only catch small animals such as pigeons and rabbits, but cannot catch large prey such as foxes and swans.

There was also an arrow path. Su You knew that the Nüzhi people’s arrows were more powerful than the Liao people’s. The problem was not with the bows, nor had it much to do with the arrow feathers. It was that the Nüzhi people’s arrows were more than one meter long, and the arrowheads were half a foot long.

above, and the arrow shaft is streamlined, the middle circle is one inch and four minutes long, the tail circle is one inch and two minutes long, and the circle behind the arrow is one inch long.

These differences determine that their cavalry and archery are the strongest among all countries, which shows that although the straight women are barbarians, they are not unintelligent.

However, big countries cannot copy it, because it will make batch processing more difficult. Big countries can only play to their strengths - reduce quantity and save consumables.

The cavalry crossbows of the Song Dynasty went to the other extreme. The arrow clusters and arrow shafts were the shortest among all countries, and the arrow shafts were even as short as six inches. However, due to the bonus of the crossbow's power, it was also extremely powerful, but it was short of speed.

This is also compensated by the number of crossbows.

As for the principles of the Five Classics of Poetry and Literature, Yelu Shensi was not even close to the stature of Grandmaster Su.
Chapter completed!