Bianliang of the Great Song Dynasty, in the imperial garden of the Imperial Palace, the life of Song Renzong is very leisurely, and the current Great Song Dynasty is basically peaceful in the world, since the Liao State in the north signed the alliance of Yuanyuan, the north of the Great Song Dynasty has restored peace; And now the only unstable thing in the Great Song Dynasty is the Western Frontier, which is the border between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty.
Since the era of Xia Taizu Li Jiqian, the war and peace between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty have been nearly a hundred years, especially in the past ten years, the Song and Xia countries have been in a military confrontation, the two countries have stationed a large number of soldiers and horses on the border, although there is no large-scale war, but the small friction has never been broken, and now Song Renzong in his later years saw the turn of things.
To be able to sit in the position of emperor, and to sit for so many years, even if he is not a particularly smart person, he must have his own uniqueness; And Song Renzong Zhao Zhen belongs to the former, in the later period of Song Renzong's reign of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty was very wealthy, and historians call this period Renzong Shengzhi.
As the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Renzong knew that a coup had just taken place in the Western Xia Kingdom to the west of the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Liangzuo, the lord of the Western Xia State, had already mastered all the power, and Li Liangzuo was at odds with the Liao State in the north.
"Your Majesty, Lord Han and Lord Ouyang ask to meet."
An internal supervisor said behind Song Renzong.
Song Renzong smiled and said, "Let the two of them come to the Imperial Garden."
"Yes, Your Majesty" "Weichen Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, see Your Majesty."
Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi saw Song Renzong and saluted.
"The two Aiqing are exempt," Song Renzong turned to look at the two and said; "What are the two Aiqing looking for me?"
"Weichen heard that the envoy of Western Xia, Ge Ningling, has come to Bianliang."
Han Qi said to Song Renzong.
"Yes, Brother Ning Ling has come to Bianliang, and now he is staying in the State Guest House, and I will personally meet him in three days."
Song Renzong said; "What do you think about this?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that now we have to exercise restraint with the Xixia Kingdom, Li Liangzuo must have sent Ge Ningling to come this time to make peace, and Weichen has the courage to ask Your Majesty to agree."
Han Qi said to Song Renzong.
"Ouyang Aiqing, do you think the same way" Song Renzong asked Ouyang Xiu.
Ouyang Xiu immediately replied, "Yes, Weichen and Lord Han think the same. ” "If I remember correctly, both of you are staunch main battle factions, why did you suddenly let me make peace with Western Xia this time," Song Renzong asked the two.
Han Qi said to Song Renzong with some shame: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, Li Liangzuo, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, is extremely treacherous and vicious, and this person can get rid of the henchmen led by Wuzang Pang overnight, which shows that this person is far-sighted; In the battle with the Liao State, he defeated hundreds of thousands of Liao troops with only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and even Yale Chongyuan, the emperor's uncle of the Liao State, was captured by him, which shows that this person knows the art of war and is strategic; Although Li Liangzuo has just taken charge of the state politics of Western Xia, from the information we have obtained, Li Liangzuo is also good at governance; Therefore, Weichen thought that now was not the time to exterminate the Western Xia, and if His Majesty sent troops to the Western Xia now, even Weichen was not sure that he would be able to win.
Han Qi said to Song Renzong.
Song Renzong nodded and said, "I already know about this matter, so you two should go down first."
"Yes, Weichen retired."
The two saluted Song Renzong and said.
After the two left, Han Qi asked Ouyang Xiu, "Lord Ouyang, what do you mean by Your Majesty?"
"According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, His Majesty has agreed to make peace with Xixia."
Ouyang Xiu smiled and said; "However, this time the peace is estimated to be only a peace agreement in a short period of time, and the Western Xia has been a heart disease of my Great Song Dynasty since the Taizu and Taizong periods, and the importance of the Western Xia, I think Lord Han must know better than the lower officials."
Han Qi nodded, and the two of them said as they walked: "Western Xia is located in the northwest of my Great Song Dynasty, occupying the land of five states and the Hexi Corridor, which is a necessary place for the Silk Road, and the location of Western Xia is still the barrier of the Guanzhong region in the north; Moreover, the northwest region has been cultivated by the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times; If we can exterminate the Western Xia, our dynasty will not only regain the disadvantage of confrontation with the Liao State, but also be able to breed a large number of war horses and form cavalry troops; When the time comes, it will also be a problem to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. ” Ouyang Xiu heard Han Qi's words and said: "Lord Han is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, and his subordinates admire him very much; Lord Han had personally been on the battlefield in the war with Western Xia back then, and he must have been very clear about the combat strength of the Western Xia soldiers Although the Xixia region is poor and bad, but the people are fierce, and the great war of the year is still fresh in the memory, the reason why the lower officials pulled Lord Han to find His Majesty to make peace with the Western Xia is not because they are afraid of the Western Xia soldiers, but because the treasury is empty now, and it is really not enough to support a big war As the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and now the Western Xia and its poverty, even if the war is bad, they don't care, but we can't do it, once the two countries are at war, we will have to go all out, and I'm afraid it will be beyond our means."
"I see, I said, why did Lord Ouyang pull me to see Your Majesty in a hurry," Han Qi said.
At the same time, Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen were also considering whether to make peace with the Western Xia, whenever the purpose of the war between the two countries was for the sake of interests, and when it was impossible to achieve the goal of interests by means of war, peace negotiations began; After weighing it, Song Renzong found that it was very unwise to start a war with Western Xia now, and Song Renzong was already old at this time, and he didn't have a few years to live, and Song Renzong, who had a good night, also hoped that the world would be peaceful.
In this way, under the facilitation of the emperor and ministers, the confrontation between Song and Xia for more than ten years was coming to an end, and no matter what the purpose of the two sides, peace was once again on the border between the two countries.
Three days later, Song Renzong met with the Western Xia envoy Wei Ge Ning Ling in the main hall of the Bianliang Imperial Palace, which was the first time Wei Ge Ning Ling saw the palace of the Central Plains Dynasty, the magnificence of the Bianliang Imperial Palace deeply shocked the noble party noble, after a false courtesy, Wei Ge Ning Ling traded Li Liangzuo's national letter to Song Renzong.
In addition to the national letter, there is also a list of tributes to Song Renzong, although the tribute is not much, but it is also some rare things, including eight skins of horses, three white camels, five elks, and the rest are some furs, cattle and sheep and Xixia specialties.
These things may be common in Western Xia, but in the Song Dynasty Renzong attached great importance to these, horses were very lacking strategic materials in the Great Song Dynasty, white camels were also extremely rare, cattle and sheep were the living materials of Western Xia, and Li Liangzuo's tribute to cattle and sheep had already expressed submission to the Great Song Dynasty.
After reading the national letter, Song Renzong was even more happy, Li Liangzuo's national letter praised the Great Song Dynasty to the sky, and the attitude was very humble, and in addition to the Wei Ge Ning Ling in accordance with the Han rites when he met Song Renzong, this made Song Renzong feel a little fluttering, and Song Renzong at this time can be said to be very proud; Li Liangzuo's attitude of seeking peace greatly exceeded Song Renzong's expectations.
As soon as people are proud, they will forget to do this, this is for sure, and they originally planned to humiliate Wei Ge Ning Ling, but they have long been forgotten at this time
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