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    Ren Liang did not go out ten miles from the city to greet him, nor did he summon the civil and military officials in the city. He just brought a few city officials to greet him at the city gate.  ¡ù¡ù

    Along the way, even if the army did not approach the city, state and county officials would rush to deliver local specialties, euphemistically known as rewards to the three armies.  But they didn't dare to really waste money and people, so that all the officers and soldiers of the three armies would have a share, and even the commanders wouldn't have enough.

    Since the state capitals were newly conquered, Chao Yong didn't want to be too harsh, so he tasted the specialties he sent to the generals.  No one dared to give away property, and the rule of killing anyone who was greedy for a single pen had already spread throughout the world.  The salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were very high, the highest in the history of the dynasties. Even the officials who were not greedy had some savings, but no one dared to use it to reward the three armies. They were afraid that they would not please the prince, but would cause trouble.

    Since Daliang publicly erected the stone tablet "not to be punished for words", the censors have no scruples, and there are constant memorials to impeach officials every day.  There is no problem for a wealthy family to reward the three armies, but if an official rewards the three armies, he will most likely be impeached for losing his integrity and trying to please the prince.  Although he will not be convicted in the end, it will damage his reputation if it spreads.

    "The two stone tablets of traitors and traitors in the Northern Song Dynasty were erected. The civil servants knew the etiquette, justice and integrity again, and Qingliu also felt that Daliang was more enlightened than ever before.

    Although the Song Dynasty was considered enlightened, if ministers angered the emperor, the emperor would still demote ministers. Especially when Zhao Ji was in power, he would berate and manage ministers at will.

    After the Prince of Liang proposed to publicize the ancestral motto of "you will not be punished for your speech," the emperor was even more magnanimous and directly stated that speech will not be subject to any punishment. Of course, treason and corruption are still not included in this.

    Overnight, the Daliang court became very enlightened, and some censors even impeached the prince for refusing to go to court.

    The prince is undoubtedly the person that civil servants are most afraid of. Originally, all the officials were worried about the censor. Unexpectedly, neither the emperor nor the prince made it difficult for the censor, but the prince still did not go to court.

    The officials saw that the prince did not come out to question him.  The last trace of scruple was gone.

    Dong Ping was somewhat used to being greeted by officials. When he looked at Jingzhao Mansion, which was about to arrive, he saw Ren Liang leading several officials to greet him. He said dissatisfiedly: "This Jingzhao Mansion official is too rude.  The emperor has not moved the various officials in Shaanxi, but these officials are arrogant. "

    Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Now that the situation in the northwest is tense and the rear is stable, we can concentrate on fighting Xixia on the front line. And the arrival and departure are all small details, so it is best not to mobilize the troops."

    Look at how many feet there are.  Chao Yong got off his horse and walked over quickly.

    Ren Liang was a little surprised when he saw it.  Rumor has it that the Emperor of Liang was magnanimous and courteous to virtuous subordinates, but the Prince of Liang was only close to warriors.  He doesn't have much affection for civil servants and never interacts with them.

    He originally thought it would be good if Chao Yong could greet him on the horse, but he didn't expect that Chao Yong would dismount a few feet away.

    Ren Liang saw the prince arriving and hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm going to the magistrate of Jingzhao, Ren Liang, to see the prince."

    Chao Yong took the lead, supported Ren Liang, and said with a smile: "Ren Gong's name is like thunder. How dare you accept the great gift from Ren Liang?"

    Seeing the prince's words and deeds, Ren Liang was not sure of the prince's temperament. He shook his head and said: "I only work hard and have no great achievements. The prince is ridiculous."

    Chao Yong said with a smile: "What Mr. Ren said is good, that is, you must do things with your heart. You must do things that are worthy of your own conscience. In recent years, Cai Jing and Tong Guan have wielded power. Those who obeyed have prospered, while those who rebelled have perished. No one dares to speak out about them. Only Ren  It shows that Ren Gong really worked hard. I only admire two people, namely Ren Gong and Li Gang. It is a pity that Li Gang was foolish and loyal, and I would not have followed his example and died for the Song Dynasty.  Call him a traitor."

    Ren Liang heard what Chao Yong said, and then he knew what the prince was thinking.  When every dynasty fell, there was no shortage of officials who were buried. The Song Dynasty was the only one where no one was buried. It must be said that the prince's move was brilliant, but it was a pity for Li Gang.

    The Tang Dynasty fell for more than 200 years, and experienced five generations of wars. Jingzhao Mansion has lost the shadow of the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

    By the Song Dynasty, both the economic center and the political center had moved to the east. Jingzhao Prefecture was more of a military center in the northwest region. Although it was called Jingzhao Prefecture, the chief only called it Yongxing Military, and military factors were far more important than economic factors.

    It wasn¡¯t until the second year of Xuanhe that Zhao Ji issued an edict that the Yongxing Army¡¯s garrison ministers and other ranks would not need military quotas and be called Jingzhao Mansion.

    Ren Liang was the first Jingzhao prefect in the Northern Song Dynasty and the last Jingzhao prefect in the Northern Song Dynasty.

    Although it is an important military town, the commerce of Jingzhao Prefecture is also very developed. Merchants who are not afraid of death travel to the Central Plains, Xixia, Tubo, Uighur, Black Khan and other countries. Most of the goods they transport in are livestock, herbs, jade and the like, and they transport out  The main products are porcelain, silk and cloth.

    In the Song Dynasty, there were no restrictions on factories and cities. Shops and vendors could be seen everywhere, and the people in Jingzhao Mansion were also better than those in the East.Jing wants a lot more.

    Although Ren Liang did not summon all the officials in the city to greet him, he was aware of the importance. He sent soldiers to guard the streets from the city gate to the government office to prevent people from attacking or even assassinating the prince.

    "However, Ren Liang did not impose martial law throughout the city. That would harass the people too much and would appear to be incompetent in his governance.  Although he has been in office for less than a year, the security of Jingzhao Mansion is still very good.  Even though the relationship between the Han and Fan people has become tense due to the recent invasion of Xixia, there has been no major conflict.

    The people in the city already knew that the prince personally led the troops to fight against Xixia. They also wanted to see what the legendary prince looked like when the gods descended to earth and were invincible.  If the previous invincibility of the prince lacked some gold, the record of easily defeating the emperor of Liao made people convinced.

    This is not what Ren Liang is promoting. Ren Liang hopes that no one in the city knows that the prince is coming. After all, this is close to Xixia, so there is no chance that Xixia Xizuo will get the news and assassinate the prince.

    ????????????????????? However, according to the propaganda published in newspapers all over the country, the post officials can run much faster than the army.  Two days after the army set off, the Jingzhao Mansion received the original copy of the Tokyo Di newspaper, and then began to print and distribute it to publicize that the prince led the army to fight against Xixia and boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the northwest.

    Ren Liang also had to admit that after the news of the prince's personal expedition was announced, it stabilized the people's sentiments very well.

    After the news spread that Xixia sent 400,000 troops to invade, many people left their homes and ran to the Central Plains. They were afraid of being kidnapped by Xixia and turned into slaves.  Since the founding of the Xixia Kingdom, they have often invaded borders. Many times they were unable to invade and occupy the cities they conquered.  As soon as reinforcements from the Song Dynasty arrived, the Xixia people would withdraw their troops, but in addition to robbing money and goods, they would also take the people away.  When these people arrive in Xixia, they will become slaves of the Dangxiang tribe.

    Han people with skills became craftsmen. By plundering Han people, Xixia developed iron smelting, textiles, ceramics and other industries in the country, allowing them to not fear the blockade of the Song Dynasty.  Some industries are not inferior to those of the Song Dynasty, such as the Xixia sword smelted in Xixia. Even the people of the Song Dynasty have to admit that the Xixia sword is sharp.

    The Song Dynasty had a vast territory and abundant resources, producing many exquisite things.  But we have to admit that "Khitan An, Xia Guojian, and Goryeo Secret Color are all the best in the world. Although they are effective elsewhere, they cannot match them."

    Of course, the Xixia sword is also the best weapon made by Xixia, and not just any soldier can own it.

    It was precisely the scarcity of Xixia swords that made people in the Song Dynasty feel proud to obtain Xixia swords.

    Su Dongpo once received a Western Xia sword and admired it very much. He immediately ordered Chao Buzhi, one of the "four scholars of the Su family", to write a poem in praise of it.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Sitting with flowers and drinking wine, green duckweed is unsheathed and the wind is blowing in the hall.

    The spiral ïÉïÉ ripples are ridged, and two white dragons hold three dragons in their arms.

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    Zhao Ji¡¯s eldest son Song Qinzong got a Xixia sword and couldn¡¯t put it down. He wore it in every court.

    Even the "secret" divine arm crossbows of the Song Dynasty are said to have come from Xixia. However, when the Song Dynasty and Xixia were at war, only Chage, the king of the Jin Dynasty of Xixia, said: "The country uses iron kites to gallop across the plains and steps to chase dangerous valleys.  It is recorded that when encountering the Mo sword technique, the iron cavalry is unable to use it, but when encountering the divine arm, it lunges and ridicules itself."

    If the divine arm crossbow was invented by Xixia, then Xixia would not use it, and Bu Bazi would not collapse when he encountered the divine arm crossbow.

    Even if the prototype of the Divine Arm Crossbow came from Xixia, the Song Dynasty must have made major improvements to make it more powerful before it could be used against Xixia.

    In addition to excellent weapons, Xixia¡¯s felts are also popular in various countries. Among them, the white felts made of white camel hair are recorded as ¡°the best felts in the world¡± in ¡°Marco Polo¡¯s Travels¡±.

    Although Xixia relied on plundered Han craftsmen to develop ceramics, the ceramics of Xixia were obviously not as exquisite as those of the Central Plains, and they could only make some practical utensils.  Xixia still needs to exchange livestock for some exquisite porcelain from the Song Dynasty for the use of the nobles.  However, ceramics also helped Xixia a lot. The Central Plains had iron caltrops to delay enemy movements. Although Xixia could do metallurgy, the iron ore in Xixia was still not as abundant as that in the Central Plains. Their iron had to be used in more important places, making weapons and agricultural tools.  After having ceramics, Xixia made porcelain tribulus.  It's about the size of a fist, and its entire surface is nail-shaped.  Once the war horse steps on it, it will inevitably cause the person to flip over.

    It is said that when Genghis Khan attacked Xixia, his war horse stepped on a porcelain caltrop and was caught off guard. He was thrown off the horse and died of his injuries.  This was undoubtedly a great shame and humiliation for Genghis Khan, who grew up on horseback. Before his death, he asked his descendants to exterminate the Xixia royal family and culture to avenge his shame.

    If the unskilled Han people were captured, they would be used as "hitting sons", that is, the vanguard of the Xixia army. In fact, these Han slaves were used as cannon fodder.

    The Song army had fewer cavalry, and the infantry was good at bows and crossbows.  When the two armies faced each other, the Song army often killed and wounded the Xixia soldiers in large numbers with dense arrow rain. Later, the Xixia people let "Chuang Gongzi" charge first. After disrupting the Song army's formation, the Xixia soldiers and horses came again.?Fighting.

    Those who were too thin to go to the battlefield were captured by the Xixia people and taken to the hinterland of Xixia for farming.

    But a few days ago, after the news of the prince¡¯s personal expedition spread, the number of people fleeing was obviously reduced.

    The people who stayed behind felt a little more relaxed. The prince had even defeated the emperor of Liao, so what was the emperor of Xixia? Maybe the prince could capture the emperor of Xixia alive this time.  When the time comes, the Emperor of Xixia will be made a slave and herd horses for the Han people.
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