In the Datong Palace, in Li Liangzuo's study, since the last time he listened to Zhou Wentai's views on the situation in Datong, Li Liangzuo found that Zhou Wentai was a rare talent, so Li Liangzuo found another opportunity to talk with Zhou Wentai at night.
"Sir, what do you think of the current Xia Kingdom," Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Wentai.
Zhou Wentai said bluntly: "The current Xia Kingdom is like the Northern Zhou New Year, the power is sideways, the lord is weak and the ministers are strong, internal and external troubles, and the people are not happy, the difference is that Your Majesty is grasping the initiative step by step and preparing to take charge of the government." ” "Sir, I mean that I am a king of a dead country," Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
Zhou Wentai said with sincere fear: "Your Majesty, where is this, according to Your Majesty's strategy, how can Great Xia die in the country, Weichen means that Your Majesty is in a very dangerous situation now." ” "It's just a joke, Mr. doesn't have to take it to heart, if you have anything to say, Mr. just say it directly."
Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
"Yes."
Zhou Wentai said; "The current Xia Guoguo is quite political, and the power of the Hou Party is deep-rooted, although Your Majesty has won several games in a row, it still has not shaken the foundation of the Hou Party, especially if you don't hide the tens of thousands of Qu Ye army in the hands of Pang and his son, it is very easy to make trouble."
"If it weren't for my uncle to assist me for so many years, I'm afraid that this Western Xia Emperor wouldn't have been able to do it."
Li Liangzuo said with a wry smile; "To be honest, I really can't do it, after all, there is no uncle and I am today."
"Your Majesty, you are the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, the monarch of millions of people of the Xia Kingdom, as the lord of the people, please Your Majesty do not have the kindness of a woman."
Zhou Wentai knelt on the ground and prayed to Li Liangzuo.
"Sir, get up first," Li Liangzuo stood up and looked out the window and said; "Of course, I understand that being a good king of a country cannot be a woman's kindness, but I also don't want to be a vile villain; My uncle has the grace of reinvention for me, as long as the people of the Wuzang family do not rebel, I can ensure that they will enjoy wealth and prosperity for generations, and even let them be like the Xiao family, the descendants of the Liao Kingdom, and let the Wuzang family become the descendants of the Great Xia Kingdom; However, if they dare to rebel, I will not tolerate it.
After Li Liangzuo finished the last sentence, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, after all, although Li Liangzuo did not have accurate evidence, some of the actions of the Wuzang family had touched Li Liangzuo's bottom line, even if he did not hide the false Pang and did not rebel, the Wuzang family would be politically suppressed by Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo looked at the starry sky in the dark night for a long time, and finally returned to his seat, Zhou Wentai also sat opposite Li Liangzuo, Zhou Wentai knew that Li Liangzuo was thinking just now, thinking about how to deal with the Wuzang family, after all, the war against Liao is basically the Xia army has achieved an invincible position, as long as the peace with the Liao State is successful, it will be a huge victory for the Western Xia.
The victory of the foreign war will usher in a high prestige for Li Liangzuo, so the next step for Li Liangzuo is to start sorting out the domestic government affairs, and this first stumbling block is that the uncle of the current Xixia State, the national abbot and the minister of the country, Li Liangzuo and the Wuzang Pang are bound to have a political war, and the winner will have the highest rights in the entire Xixia Kingdom.
"Sir, what do you think about the future of Western Xia?"
Li Liangzuo continued to ask Zhou Wentai.
Zhou Wentai said instead: "The future of Western Xia will depend on Your Majesty, how big Your Majesty's heart is, how big the future of Western Xia is." ” "Sir, is this a test of my ambitions?"
said Li Liangzuo, taking a sip of wine; "Today, I can tell my husband that a monarch should have the world in mind, and I hope that in my lifetime I can establish a prosperous Celestial Empire that is far superior to the Han and Tang Dynasties; Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.
I want to spread Chinese civilization to the world. ” Zhou Wentai was stunned by Li Liangzuo's words, Zhou Wentai never thought that Li Liangzuo had such huge ambitions, in Zhou Wentai's opinion, Li Liangzuo was at most to chase the Central Plains and destroy the Song Dynasty; After all, in the hearts of the ancients, the world is the Central Plains, and in Li Liangzuo's heart, the place where there are people is the world, and this land of the world should be the territory of the Western Xia Kingdom; In modern terms, Li Liangzuo wants to dominate the world and be the king of the world.
"Your Majesty is ambitious, and Weichen is willing to serve his life."
Zhou Wentai knelt down and expressed his attitude to Li Liangzuo.
"Sir, please take it, I need a lot of talents to accomplish my great cause, and Mr. will be able to become my right-hand man in the future; If you have three points today, I don't know what Mr. thinks I need to do to accomplish the great cause," Li Liangzuo asked Zhou Wentai.
Zhou Wentai knew very well that Li Liangzuo was testing himself, and his future future depended on whether his answer could satisfy Li Liangzuo; So Zhou Wentai thought for a while and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, Western Xia is located on the Loess Plateau, bordering the Liao State in the north, the Great Song Dynasty in the east, the Uighurs in the west, and the Tubo in the south.
Moreover, whether it is the Liao State in the north or the Great Song Dynasty in the east, the Western Xia can compete with each other now, so if Your Majesty wants to plan the world, he should follow the example of Taizu to expand the living space of the Western Xia to the west; As His Majesty said, if there are three points today, and my Western Xia is the weakest one among the Song, Liao, and Xia three kingdoms, so if the Western Xia wants to survive in the troubled times, it must first rely on one of the two countries of Song and Liao; Now His Majesty and the Liao State have formed a blood feud, so the next step is to weaken the Great Song Dynasty in order to unite the Song Dynasty to resist the Liao; After His Majesty returned to China to take charge of the government, he could reconcile with the Song Dynasty, and the two countries would re-open a field on the border, so as to restore the national strength of the Western Xia and change the current situation of poverty among the people in the Western Xia; After the development of the Yanchang trade, His Majesty could dump Qingbai salt into the Great Song Dynasty, which was a necessity for the life of the people of the Great Song Dynasty through the Qingbai salt, which was a necessity for the life of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.
In addition, His Majesty should vigorously renovate farmland and water conservancy, although the Western Xia region is vast, but most of the land is barren, the Gobi Desert occupies two-thirds of the land area, and only the Ningxia Plain, the Hetao Plain and some river valley oases can produce grain, so Your Majesty must make full use of these high-quality land to produce grain, and also find a way to buy grain and grass from the Great Song Dynasty to reserve it; After the strength of the Western Xia was strong, His Majesty wanted to reorganize the army and expand the military strength, His Majesty could first take the Hehuang Valley occupied by Tubo to stabilize the southern Xinjiang, and then vigorously manage the Western Regions, take the two major powers of the Western Regions, the Xizhou Uighur and the Black Khan, open up the Silk Road and resume trade between the East and the West, so as to extract commercial taxes from the past business travel; After stabilizing the Western Regions, the national strength of the Western Xia will be extremely strong, and at that time His Majesty will be able to compete with the Song Dynasty and Liao for the world, for the sake of insurance, Weichen thought that he should pursue the policy of first north and then south, and encroached on the territory of the Liao State step by step, after the destruction of Liao, His Majesty can divide the army into two roads, one way to build a naval warship in Liaodong, and the other way to destroy Dali through the river; At that time, Your Majesty will be able to attack the Great Song Dynasty from the north and south, and our naval warships can cruise along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty and land at any point along its coast, so that the Great Song Dynasty will die, and Your Majesty will also unify China and achieve hegemony through the ages; It's just that if Your Majesty wants to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, I am afraid that it will not be able to be completed in forty or fifty years, and it may take two or three generations of monarchs to complete it if you want to surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties. ” After listening to Zhou Wentai's words, Li Liangzuo nodded with satisfaction and said: "Sir's strategy is not much different from mine, but Mr. may underestimate the Great Song Dynasty too much":