Western Xia, Imperial Palace.
Half a year ago, the main hall was still filled with those who advocated war, saying that the Song people were weak.
He wanted to teach Liu Chan a lesson!
What was a Xixia vanguard!
However, half a year later, the pro-gold faction immediately became a street rat that was beaten by everyone.
The pro-Song faction followed the Song army to attack cities and seize land, and their status rose.
By the time Li Qiong's army arrived at the city gates, they had already grasped most of the authority in the imperial court!
The person from the Hall of Governmental Affairs looked at the Prime Minister of Xixia and said coldly to the ruler of Xixia.
"Country Ruler, the only thing we can do now is to hand over this person's head.
To appease the anger of the Song army outside the city."
"You, you are betraying your country!"
The prime minister of Xixia was very angry. He quickly looked at the country ruler and explained.
"Ruler, our army was defeated because of these people colluding with the Song people.
They leaked our intelligence and caused the Iron Sparrows to be completely destroyed!”
Iron Sparrow was the invincible belief of the Xixia people.
However, three days ago, this elite heavy cavalry was surrounded by the Song army.
The iron sparrow became a dead sparrow.
Hearing this, Country Ruler Li Qianshun, no, Zhao Qianshun sighed.
He did not know if what the other party said was true. Did the people from the Department of Central Affairs communicate with the Song Dynasty?
But now, this question was meaningless.
So what if it was leaked?
Xingqing Prefecture was already surrounded by the Song army.
There were quite a number of defenders in the city, roughly the same number as the Song army.
However, morale wasn't lacking. It was just that there wasn't any left.
More than half of them were soldiers who had been defeated from all over the world.
There was no need to talk about morale. Running to Xingqing Manor was nothing else.
Elsewhere, the Song army was unstoppable.
"Correct."
As soon as this word left his mouth, the prominent prime minister of Xixia was immediately arrested by the guards.
He, who had a high status, was now just a miserable prisoner.
Next, they would be beheaded and their heads would be sent out of the city to express their goodwill.
As for the officials and generals in his faction, they would all be purged.
Their families would even be exterminated.
Therefore, one had to be the most ruthless.
After giving his instructions, the ruler of Xixia let out a long sigh, feeling extremely regretful.
He looked at Crown Prince Li Renxiao and said painfully.
"From now on, Xixia will be in your hands.
No matter what kind of suffering, he had to endure it!
Endure, when one could not tolerate it anymore, continue to endure!”
Obviously, he was going to abdicate to the Crown Prince.
Li Renxiao was a peace-loving person, and the best thing he learned from the Song people was to value literature over martial arts.
"Father!"
When the Crown Prince heard this, he could not help but kneel in front of his father and cry bitterly.
According to the original historical line, the Southern Song Dynasty was in a corner.
He would lean towards the Jin Kingdom militarily and learn from the Song Dynasty in politics.
He implemented the imperial examination system, respected Confucianism, and even respected Confucius as Emperor Wenxuan.
"Sigh."
The ruler of Xixia supported the crown prince's head and walked down from the dragon throne in loneliness.
He was the fourth ruler of Xixia and ascended the throne at the age of three.
Li Qianshun's life was magnificent. It was brilliant.
He had defeated the Empress Dowager and watched as his biological mother was poisoned to death!
They destroyed the autocratic Liang family and reorganized the administration of officials, ending the situation of the dictatorship of the relatives and aristocrats.
It could be said that he had single-handedly established the autocratic state system of Xixia.
After that, Xixia became powerful, its politics were clear, and its economy developed well.
In terms of diplomacy, they could make friends from far and attack from near, or ally with Liao to attack Song and obtain large areas of land in the west of the river.
Or they could ally with the Jin Kingdom to destroy the Liao Kingdom and obtain a large piece of land.
Xixia's territory continued to expand, and its national strength became stronger and stronger.
However, time passed quickly and mercilessly.
No matter how talented a monarch was, there would be a day when he would grow old.
Li Qianshun began to grow old and muddle-headed, and the powerful ministers in the court began to take over.
After the Day of Peace, they had forgotten the difficulties of the Western Xia Empire.
He thought that everything was taken for granted and became arrogant.
The fundamental reason for the destruction of a country was not weakness, but arrogance.
Xixia perfectly explained this sentence.
Outside the city.
Li Qiong sat beside the fire, eating roasted lamb leg with Niu Gao.
The two of them had different views on many things.
The former felt that Niu Gao was too rigid, the latter felt that Li Qiong was a lunatic.
However, in terms of their attitude towards the officials, the two of them were almost identical.
Wasn't the meaning of a general's life to pledge loyalty to the government and fight bravely for him?
"General, the Xixia people have sent the head of their prime minister.”
The soldier presented the head.
Li Qiong only took a glance and didn't care.
He was even eating the lamb leg with relish, not affected by the blood at all.
"What did the officials say? How are they going to deal with the Xixia royal family?”
Niu Gao shook his head, indicating that there was temporarily no imperial order.
Because this place was too far away from Jiankang, it would take a long time to send a message.
The last time they reported the military situation, they hadn't even reached Xingqing Prefecture.
Ever since the siege of Xingqing Prefecture, the Xixia army seemed to have snapped their taut strings.
The Xixia army was beginning to crumble.
"Let's enter the city first."
Li Qiong swallowed the mutton and wiped his hands.
It seemed that conquering the capital of Xixia was just a trivial matter.
"Understood!"
"Attack the city!"
The Song army began to attack.
Two hours later, after the Xixia army put up a symbolic resistance, they opened the city gates.
Li Qiong led his men and rode a tall horse into the city.
He didn't get off his horse until he reached the palace and the main hall where the meeting was held.
If it was in the past, anyone who dared to violate the imperial palace's ban on horses would have been severely punished by the ruler of Xixia.
However, Li Renxiao, who had just ascended the throne, only smiled apologetically at the side with his ministers.
There was no dignity at all.
It could even be said to be humiliating.
……
Jiankang.
Liu Chan rarely left the palace and came to the city to see the people's livelihood.
After winning a few battles and regaining a lot of territory.
The people who had fled the city gradually returned from the south.
Because of Liu Chan's presence, Jiankang City quickly became prosperous.
Because with him here, this place was definitely the safest.
The army stationed nearby was enough to maintain order.
"Wonton, wonton!"
Liu Chan was sitting at a roadside stall, wanting to try some folk food.
Prime Minister Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding followed.
It had been half a month since he last saw the official.
Gradually, they almost forgot what Liu Chan looked like.
"Official, you haven't replied to the memorial from Xixia.”
Zhao Ding said softly.
"Eat, eat wontons."
Liu Chan waved his hand and ordered two bowls of wontons for the two of them.
It seemed that they shouldn't talk about state affairs while eating.
However, after a cup of tea's time.
Zhao Ding raised this question again.
Liu Chan, who still wanted to relax, said a little angrily.
"Isn't it just Xixia? Is it more important than me investigating the people's feelings?”
It was not easy for him to come out to play, but he was followed closely by the two prime ministers.
Many political affairs were like a tight spell.
Liu Chan, who had found an excuse to get angry, slipped away before the two of them could react.
The two prime ministers who were stunned on the spot looked a little helpless.
"Xingqing Prefecture has been conquered for so long. How should Xixia deal with it?”
Zhao Ding said helplessly.
Hearing this, Zhang Jun thought about Liu Chan's words.
"What the officials mean is that the people are more important than Xixia. Does that mean that there is no need for them to exist?”
"That is to completely eradicate the Li family of Xixia and bring Xixia under our rule.”
"That's reasonable. Let's deal with it this way.
Two of the top civil officials of the Great Song were reading and comprehending in front of the wonton stall.
The fate of Xixia was drawn to a full stop in such a comical way.
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