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    Wang Wenyu's shouting may not have any effect, but for the future, Liang himself rode on the horse and shouted: "Come on. [This article comes from]"

    After breaking through this line of defense, not far behind is the sphere of influence of the Khitan's Yubu tribe. The Song army has the courage to continue chasing, but they have to pay a heavy price for the pursuit. Will the Khitan silently watch the Song Dynasty engulf Xixia?  Then this pursuit will give the Khitans the best reason.

    The bloody battle between the two sides began again.

    The cold wind is like a knife, and the blown sand blows on the face, like sharp cones piercing the cheek.

    But King Li had the upper hand with three troops. At this time, the battle was beneficial to the Song army, and its strength was several times greater than the opponent's.

    During the chaotic battle, Liang was cut into pieces by several Song Dynasty soldiers. Afterwards, when the remaining soldiers saw Liang's death, most of them put down their weapons and surrendered.  Only a few hundred people escaped under the cover of the wind and sand.  Wang Wenyu and Wang Shao walked up to Li Bingchang and said, "See the Lord."

    Before leaving, Zheng Lang repeatedly told Zhao Xu the reason why Li Jiqian was able to successfully rebel. It was a fair statement.

    In the early Song Dynasty, Song Taizu used the Xiazhou party to contain the Northern Han Dynasty, and he was busy unifying the Central Plains. In fact, Li Yixing and Li Kerui and his son did cooperate with the Song Dynasty, launching attacks on the Northern Han Dynasty many times, containing the Northern Han troops, and laying a great foundation for the Song Dynasty to unify the Central Plains.  of credit.  But it cannot be said that Song Taizong did something wrong. From a national perspective, centralization of power would not allow such a huge force to survive in the northwest.  But from the standpoint of the Xixia people, their psychology is different.

    So the next story happened.  After Li Kerui's death, his son Li Jijun became the successor. After Li Jijun's death, his son was too young to succeed, so his younger brother Li Jipeng succeeded him.  Li Jipeng's uncle Li Kewen wrote a letter, believing that Jipeng was inappropriate for assuming the post.  For fear of chaos, he suggested that the Song Dynasty summon him to the court, with the intention of using the Song Dynasty to remove Li Jipeng from his position as military envoy.  This move suited Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, who sent official Yin Xian to know state affairs, and sent envoys to follow him to the court.  Li Jipeng was in trouble both internally and externally, so he was forced to go to Beijing and sacrifice Xia Sui, Yin Jing and other states.  From the perspective of a party member, what he does is to sell his land for glory.  And Li Jipeng did this unwillingly.  Therefore, when Li Jiqian rebelled, Song Taizong used Zhao Pu's plan to re-appoint Li Jipeng as the envoy to resolve difficulties and give him the name Zhao Baozhong. However, Li Jipeng communicated privately with his brother Li Jiqian.  Coupled with the salt policy of the Song Dynasty.  Resulting in dissatisfaction among various ministries.  Li Jiqian finally set fire to the prairie fire. Although Song Taizong dismissed Li Jiqian from office, made him a pardoner, and granted him the title of capital, Li Jiqian was still in trouble.

    Song Taizong was right in the general direction, but when it came to implementation, many details were not done well.

    The most important reason.  He and Zhao Pu neglected an important point, that is, cohesion. The Song Dynasty brought Li Yu, Meng Chang, Liu Yun, Qian Hongchu, Wang Yanzheng, and Gao Jichong to the capital of the Song Dynasty. Most of the people in the countries under their rule were Han Chinese.  Recognition of the great unity.

    But within the five states of Xixia, most of them are Dangxiang people, and there are also some Qiang people, Tubo people, Tuyuhun people and a small number of Han people. The proportion of Han people is not large.  And he has been on the border for a long time, even though he is a Han Chinese.  It has also become Qiang.  The low cohesion and the contradictions caused by the salt policy gave Li Jiqian the capital to succeed.

    Therefore, Zheng Lang came to remonstrate with him and broke the previous rules. Instead of bringing Li Bingchang to the capital, he continued to place him in Xingqing Mansion and continued to give him the position of king.

    Even if the people know that he is just a puppet, it will somewhat appease the people.  Then, as long as the ethnic policies are properly governed and the people gradually turn their hearts to the Song Dynasty, it will not matter whether Li Bingchang is in Xixia or not at that time.  As long as he doesn't die inexplicably and continues to treat him kindly, even if there are still some unscrupulous people, they won't be able to gather the people to cause trouble.

    Zhao Xu agreed.

    This is the advantage of Song Dynasty politics, it is not afraid to speak.  Even in history, Gao Taotao silently watched Sima Guang and others smear his son, and Song Zhezong almost approved Zhang Dun's overall ink against Gao Taotao.

    The three of them left some of their troops to clean up the battlefield, and escorted Li Bingchang back to Xingqing Mansion. However, they were not escorted, but like stars holding the moon, and they even gave them luxurious cars, umbrellas, and banners.  The golden festival, the cloak, the ax, the star, the lying melon, the standing melon, etc. are not the ceremonial guards used by the emperor when traveling, but they are also based on the ceremonial guards of ancient princes and kings.

    When the large group of troops arrived at Xingqing Mansion, Zheng Lang welcomed them out of the city gate from a distance, treated each other with courteous courtesy, and called himself an old minister, not an old man, so and so.

    Many people in the city burst into tears when they saw Li Bingchang coming back. After all, after ruling for so many years, the worst was Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. They gave Li Yuanhao advice to ascend the throne as emperor, and the Xixia people also had legitimacy.

    And this orthodoxy just gave Zheng Lang a headache.

    "Then the bodies of Empress Dowager Liang and Empress Liang were found. No matter what they had done, Zheng Lang buried them with generous gifts.

    There are many things.

    As various Xixia armies were about to be disbanded, most of the Song army returned to various places one after another.??But many people have to be left behind.  The war was still going on on the other side. Zhang Kai led his men all the way east, captured Moudu Mountain, crossed the Yellow River, and headed south.  Brother Yeluyan heard that the Song Dynasty had captured Xingqing Mansion and that a large army was approaching. He was so frightened that he quickly brought the three armies back to Jin Su's army.  However, there are still some rebel forces operating in various places, but the general situation has passed. Coupled with the severe cold in winter and lack of food and clothing, the resistance is getting weaker and weaker. By New Year's Day, only a few scattered places are left, which is not harmful.

    At the same time, it is necessary to divide the various roads.

    After the great victory, some ministers were overjoyed and mentioned the Longyou Road again, but Zheng Lang still disagreed. The Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty included Qin, He, Wei, Shan, Lan, Lin, Jie, Tao, Min,  Kuo, Die, Dang, Liang, Sha, Gua, Gan, Su, Yi, Xi, Ting and Anxi are the guardians of the government.  Now except for the Western Region part, the rest has been collected together.

    This is also an important symbol of Tang Dynasty martial arts.

    It is okay to rename it Longyou Road, but it will make the Uighurs on the west side of Shagua worried.  The Uighurs were gradually declining, and there was no need to antagonize them. Even if the Song Dynasty recovered Xixia, the focus was not on Dali, Jiaozhi, or the Western Regions. It was still the Khitan in the north, and the Jurchens would be the future.

    So it was still named Hehuang Road, and Xixia was changed to Lingxia Road, retaining the establishment of Lingzhou, Xingqingfu, Huizhou, Weizhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, Hongzhou, Xiazhou, and Yinzhou. What was the original name?  The establishment of Shizhou, Jingzhou and Shunzhou were all cancelled, and the prefectures were changed into counties.  He also brought Fengzhou in the west of Fuzhou back to Beihetao in the Tang Dynasty, and built a state city in Beihetao, named Fengzhou.  Furthermore, the two prefectures of Fulin, Yanzhou and Baoanjun were classified as Lingxia Road.  This is the link between the dynasties of the Central Plains, and it is consistent with the division of Qinzhou into Hehuang Road.  Then the Huaiyuan Army was set up in Wuyanhai.

    In this way, the new Lingxia Road covers twelve states, one government and two armies.

    Repression should be suppressed, co-optation should be co-opted, and the system of waiting and waiting should be renegotiated.

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    There is a lot of affairs alone.

    It¡¯s done.  Wang Shao and Guo Kui were transferred back to Xifu as deputy privy envoys. They actually had a good rest.

    But the biggest headache is still one word, money.

    Until now, the number of soldiers and civilians who have sacrificed their lives has reached 90,000.  The injured are not included.

    These martyrs need money and silk to support their families.

    This belongs to the dead, and living people should be rewarded for their merits.  These two items alone require a lot of money.

    It¡¯s not just a place to spend money. Xixia has taken it back, which eliminates a major border trouble. However, the north of Xixia is also facing the possibility of Khitan invasion.  At the same time, there will be rebellions in the country in the future.  This requires a large number of troops to be stationed, and there is no Xixia.  A large number of troops are also stationed in Shaanxi, but transporting supplies to the front line of Shaanxi and transporting them to Helan Mountain and Juyanhai are two different things. The cost of the latter is several times higher!

    ¡°We definitely cannot provide this kind of supply in the future, and we can encourage local self-cultivation.  But now Xixia is clear and must be transported from China.  There are also the common people in Xixia, hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people.  Except for the suppressed group, the rest must be fed.

    The war is over.  There were cheers in the country.

    But the treasury is empty, taxes in all aspects have to be increased again, and people in many areas are gradually becoming miserable.

    Even in order to save costs, some party members who moved to Chang'an for food moved eastward step by step, to Shaanzhou, where they ate on the east side of Sanmen and on the west side of Sanmen. The cost was reduced by half!

    No one said anything. The difficulty is that at present, without the harm of Xixia, it will be very beneficial to the Song Dynasty in the long run.

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    The first day of the first lunar month.

    Li Bingchang was still the leader of the Xixia Kingdom and was originally the emperor. However, this emperor was never recognized by Song and Liao.  From the original relationship, Li Bingchang was the head of the country. Now he is the head of the country. His status has not changed, and he continues to stay in the Xixia Palace. There are many eunuchs and maids in the palace, but the number of guards has decreased. This is a must, otherwise the guards will be gone.  Too many, bad stories may happen.

    And there are ministers.

    Some members of the Liang family, some who had a bad impression of the Song Dynasty, and some traitors who surrendered to Xixia were all executed for treason.  There are still many ministers and nobles left, some of whom have invested in the Song Dynasty's plan to support the feudal lords, and some who have been recruited as deputy officials of various states and counties, but a few are still loyal to Li Bingchang.

    Zheng Lang still retained their original official positions, but the official positions that were taboo with the system were canceled one by one.  These people came to the palace to pay homage to Li Bingchang from time to time, but it was just a matter of closing the door. They had no rights at all outside.

    And Zheng Lang is gradually suppressing it deliberately.

    However, for these people, Zheng Lang did not??There are rough methods.  This also further calmed people's hearts.  In fact, it was not only to successfully integrate Xixia into the Song Dynasty system, but also to explore the experience of governing the sixteen states of Youyun in the future.

    On the first day of the new year, Zheng Lang, as the Lingxia Road appeasement envoy, also came to congratulate Li Bingchang.  Li Bingchang was at least nominally the lord of the country, and Hexi Jiedu envoy Lingxia County Prince. His nominal status was slightly higher than Dong Xiang's.  But before that, Li Bingchang had to meet with the envoy of the Song Dynasty.  The messenger is Su Dongpo.

    Everyone talks about their own affairs, this is just a show to reduce the complaints of the Xixia people, don't take it seriously.

    Then there was a banquet at the Xixia Palace, and Su Dongpo followed Zheng Lang to his new house in Xingqing Mansion.

    In a relatively simple courtyard, Su Dongpo spoke to Zheng Lang for a few words and then took out Zhang Fangping's letter.

    There were changes in the personnel of the two governments. Xue Xiang died of illness. Zhang Hong and Zeng Xiaokuan were impeached by Yanchen due to lack of talent and left the two governments successively.  Cai Que and Zheng Lang's fellow countrymen Sun Gu and Li Qingchen came to power successively.  Lu Gongbi is at the bottom, Lu Gong is at the top.  Some people have weak talents, such as Sun Gu, and others have shallow qualifications, such as Zhang Shangying.

    Last year, there was a great battle at the front, and the pressure on the rear was heavy, so Zhang Dun was transferred back to the Xifu to serve as Privy Councilor.

    The letter was written by Zhang Dun.

    The first thing is that the country¡¯s financial pressure is tight. When the new year is approaching, the court will receive an income, which is the dividend of the Ping An Supervisor.  But there are more places to spend money. During the New Year, relatives, clan officials and soldiers will be rewarded, and there are various activities. In any case, this is a rare victory in the Song Dynasty's calendar, and we cannot have a shabby New Year.

    The money used for these is a lot of money.

    And the northwest will continue to allocate a large amount of money, silk and materials.

    When talking to Zheng Lang, Zhang Dun was not polite. He directly said that Qian Bo was too nervous and could not be forced. If he was forced, he might rebel and revolt everywhere.

    This is easy to handle. Zheng Lang plans to fade out of politics. There are too many things in the court to deal with. Zhang Dun said that he can also take care of it.  Money is tight and we cannot force it from the people, but we can continue to borrow a sum of money from the bank to make ends meet. If things get worse, it will not be better than the original debt of more than 300 million.

    He is concerned about the second thing.

    In recent years, the Ping An Supervisor has been importing wood from the Japanese country. If the Song Dynasty used much wood a year, just to make ink, almost all the pine trees in North China would be cut down within a few decades.  The amount of wood used in Japan would have an astonishing impact.

    ??The massive purchases brought astonishing wealth to the Japanese country. Many nobles became richer and richer, and even bought luxurious ships from Song Dynasty merchants to travel to the Song Dynasty.  Maybe there were some women among these ships and they borrowed some seeds back.

    The Song Dynasty did not ask about this.

    For this, Goryeo has not taken it seriously. After all, Goryeo can rise to contain the Khitan's role.

    This is the rich side.

    However, the result of extensive logging has been that the mountains and forests in many areas have turned into barren mountains and wild ridges. The Japanese country's water and soil were originally very weak. In later generations, their forests occupied 70% of the country's area, and they had to import wood instead of logging it domestically.  If you have no choice but to cut down that area of ??water and soil, you can definitely finish it with one cut.

    "It just so happens that the control of the Japanese royal family is weak now, and the Song Dynasty did not use force to buy it. If one is willing to fight, the other is willing to endure, who will take care of it?"

    This has resulted in flash floods and increased mudslides in many valleys, making them uninhabitable and uncultivable.  A large number of people fled one after another. A few people fled to the sea, some did business, some fished, and some engaged in thieves.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT off off out of harm's way was the area around the Japanese kingdom. Gradually, as the scope of activities expanded, it gradually extended to the Ryukyu and Zhoushan Islands.

    The damage was not serious, only a few dozens of ships drifted over.  But it gradually started to spread, and even though Zhang Dun was from Fujian, he didn¡¯t know much about maritime affairs.

    So he wrote a letter asking Zheng Lang what to do.
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