After Ouyang Wanling came to the other courtyard, Zhao Yan thought that she could spend more time with her, so that she could recover faster, but unexpectedly, Cao Ying, Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang wanted to make up for their own mistakes. Therefore, since Ouyang Wanling came, she took care of her almost meticulously, and even Ouyang Wanling was a little embarrassed. In this way, Zhao Yan had almost no time to be alone with Ouyang Wanling, which made Ouyang Wanling look a little resentful whenever Ouyang Wanling saw Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan had no choice but to do this, because his relationship with Ouyang Wanling was originally a confusing account, and Cao Ying and the other three were involved. Even in essence, Ouyang Wanling was actually in love with Zhao Yan and Cao Ying and the others, and Zhao Yan joined the last one. Fortunately, his gender advantage, which made Ouyang Wanling cheaper him.

After getting up this morning, Zhao Yan drew a portrait of Ouyang Wanling based on her memory, and asked Xiao Douya to send it over and asked the other party to go out for a trip. As a result, Xiao Douya came back and reported that Ouyang Wanling was very happy when she saw the portrait. Unfortunately, she had made an appointment with Princess Baoan to fly kites today. Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang and Yelu Si were going together, so she could only say sorry to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan could only sigh and then went to Xue Ning'er's place to play with her daughter for a while. She wanted to go to the military academy for a walk, but suddenly he thought of something, so he immediately asked someone to prepare a car to Tokyo City, and then entered the palace to ask for a meeting with Zhao Shu.

Zhao Yan was not in the Song Dynasty for a year, and the situation in the court also changed a lot. When he left, the power dispute between Zhao Shu and Empress Dowager Cao was at its most intense time. Empress Dowager Cao was determined not to delegate power, but Zhao Shu tried desperately to get back his own power. As a result, the court was in a turmoil, and even Zhao Xu warned Zhao Yan not to get involved.

However, a year passed, and the power dispute between Empress Dowager Cao and Zhao Shu finally came to an end. The matter was resolved just like in history. Finally, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu entered the palace to explain their strength to Empress Dowager Cao, and finally let the somewhat stubborn empress dowager give up the power in her hands. From this point of view, Zhao Xu and Zhao Yan were very lucky because they avoided this time in Liao Kingdom and did not have to stay in the capital for fear.

Zhao Shu's body was originally sick. After Empress Dowager Cao delegated power, he had to be busy several times. Many people were worried about his body, but what everyone did not expect was that Zhao Shu's body was getting better and better every day, and now he has basically recovered to a normal person. It is estimated that this is related to his happy mood after he gained power.

Zhao Yan came to the palace and soon met Zhao Shu in the Chuigong Hall. He saw the other party sitting behind the dragon case full of memorials, reviewing the memorials. Seeing that Zhao Yan came in, the people did not stop. While reading the memorials, they said to Zhao Yan: "Yan'er, your confinement is not over yet. Although Zongzheng Temple turned a blind eye to your affairs, you can't be too laissez-do. If too many people see you running around, they might even participate in your book."

"Hehe. My father, I came to pay my respects to my father because I had something important to do, otherwise I would also like to rest a few more days at home." Zhao Yan said with a smile. If it weren't for Zhao Shu's reminder, he would have forgotten that he was still in the confinement period.

"Oh? But what's wrong with the military academy?" After hearing Zhao Yan say this, Zhao Shu immediately put down the memorial and asked with a careless look. He was also very clear about Zhao Yan's visit to the military academy. If Zhao Yan can come to see him specially, it is probably only the military academy.

"Your father, there is indeed a military academy, but there is no problem with the management of the military academy. Zhang Zai and Yang Huaiyu are both talents. Now the military academy is on the right track. Next, it depends on the performance of the students. However, after I heard from them that the court was going to use it for Xixia, my elder brother mentioned this to me before, but they were all vague. So I wanted to ask my father what the court had for Xixia?" Zhao Yan had thought about Xixia before, so he came to Zhao Shu to inquire about the situation.

When Zhao Shu heard Zhao Yan ask about Xixia, he suddenly burst into laughter, then picked up a copy from the memorial in front of him and handed it to Zhao Yan and said, "It's a coincidence. This is a secret report sent by the Imperial City Department just returned from Xixia today. You are the third person to see it."

When Zhao Yan heard this, he hurriedly picked up the secret newspaper and read it. He found that the secret newspaper was written very sloppy and not smoothly. It was obvious that it was written by someone who was familiar with writing. However, this was exactly the same as Zhao Yan's appetite. If he wrote it in a sleek manner, he would not understand it.

After Zhao Yan read the secret report from beginning to end, he also showed a look of surprise and joy on his face. There was not much content on the secret report, mainly introducing some recent trends in Xixia, such as the collection of troops, the transportation of food and grass, etc. At first, Zhao Yan was a little confused, but the secret report finally introduced that the various signs in Xixia now indicate that the other party is likely to be preparing for a war, and the target this time is not the Song Dynasty, but the Liao Kingdom, which is in the midst of rebellion.

"The Xixia actually wants to use troops to the Liao Kingdom. Is this news reliable?" Zhao Yan said in disbelief at this time. The Song Dynasty was preparing to use troops to the Xixia, but unexpectedly, the Xixia wanted to attack the Liao Kingdom. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Haha, the source of this news is very reliable. The king of Xixia, Li Liangzuo, was indeed ready to attack the Liao Kingdom. In fact, Xixia has been tolerating against the Liao Kingdom for many years. It is already very difficult for Liangzuo to endure it until now." Zhao Shu said with a laugh. First, there was a civil turmoil in Liao, and then Xixia was preparing to use troops against the Liao Kingdom. He felt that he was really lucky. If he could seize this opportunity, he might really be able to destroy Xixia in one fell swoop.

"Didn't the Liao Kingdom always support Xixia to harass our Song Dynasty? Why did the father say that Xixia had endured Liao Kingdom for many years?" Zhao Yan asked in confusion at this time. Although he was smart, he exposed his political shortcomings at this time, especially the relationship between the Song, Liao and Xia Kingdoms, and he had a very shallow understanding.

"This is what Yan'er, you are not as good as your elder brother. You can read more books when you have time in the future!" Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Zhao Shu smiled and taught a lesson, and then he briefly introduced the filth between Xixia and Liao.

The rise of Xixia was actually very difficult. Li Yuanhao not only fought against the Song Dynasty, but also broke out several wars with the Liao Kingdom. Although Xixia was weak at that time, the army had extremely strong combat power, defeating both the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. In addition, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom also needed Xixia to restrain each other, which allowed Xixia to survive in the cracks between the two countries. However, the battle between the three countries never stopped.

After Li Yuanhao's death, Li Liangzuo, who was less than one year old, took over as the ruler of Xixia. At that time, all the power of Xixia was controlled by Li Liangzuo's uncle Mozang Epang. In order to revenge the shame of defeat, the Liao Kingdom did not recognize Li Liangzuo's position as the ruler of the country, and sent troops to attack Xixia. As a result, Xixia was defeated. At that time, the Liao army had already attacked around Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia, and also looted troops. Even the largest granary stall city of Liao Kingdom was broken. It can be said that Xixia was defeated this time.

In this situation where the country was almost destroyed, Li Liangzuo's uncle Mozang Epang sent envoys to ask for peace to the Liao Kingdom, and finally he was a minister and a vassal. Unfortunately, the Liao Kingdom, who was eager to take revenge, ignored it and still arranged heavy troops on the border of the Western Xia. This shocked the Western Xia. In the next ten years, he would submit seals to the Liao Kingdom, pay tribute, give horses and camels almost every year, which can be said to be the best way to please.

However, as Li Liangzuo grew up slowly and killed his uncle Mozang Epang a few years ago, Li Liangzuo also took over the power of Xixia. At the same time, a series of reforms to the Xixia court led to the national strength of Xixia gradually recovering. It was precisely as the national strength increased that Xixia's attitude towards the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdoms gradually became tougher. For example, since Zhao Shu ascended the throne, Xixia sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty almost every year, but while fighting with the Song Dynasty, Xixia has always sent envoys to the Song Dynasty and worked hard to maintain the relationship between the two countries.

In contrast, Li Liangzuo hated Liao Kingdom very much, especially after he ascended the throne, Liao Kingdom led troops to loot around Xingqing Prefecture, which made him even more regarded as a great humiliation in his life. He always wanted to find an opportunity to avenge his previous shame. Unfortunately, Liao Kingdom was not the Song Dynasty, so he never dared to use troops to Liao Kingdom, and even had to pay tribute to Liao Kingdom every year to maintain the relationship between the two countries.

"It is precisely because of this that it is not surprising that Li Liangzuo prepared for the Liao Kingdom to use troops after seeing the chaos in the Liao Kingdom. After all, Xixia was originally plundering, and if they could fight, they would fight, and if they could not fight, they would put down their figure and pay tribute. This was simply too normal for them." Finally, Zhao Shu spoke and concluded.

"So that's it. I didn't expect that the Liao Kingdom would almost destroy Xixia before. I heard that Li Liangzuo was a proud and arrogant person, so I would not bear this tone. However, if Xixia used troops to Liao Kingdom, our Song Dynasty would have a chance." Zhao Yan nodded at this time, with an excited smile on his face.

However, as soon as Zhao Yan finished speaking, Zhao Shu shook his head and smiled, "Yan'er, what you think is too simple. Even if Xixia uses troops to the Liao Kingdom, it will probably arrange heavy troops on our border of the Song Dynasty. That is definitely not a good time for us to attack Xixia. So for our Song Dynasty, the best way is to wait. After the war between Xixia and Liao Kingdom is over, no matter what the result is, Xixia will definitely lose some damage, and the border defense will be relaxed. That is the opportunity for us to send troops."

"So that's it, I understand!" Zhao Yan also bowed immediately and said, Xixia is not a fool, and sending troops to the Liao Kingdom will definitely be on guard against the Song Dynasty. Even if the Song Dynasty sends troops at that time, Li Liangzuo may turn around and fight the Song Dynasty with all his might, which will help the Liao Kingdom a lot.

Seeing Zhao Yan's appearance, Zhao Shu nodded with satisfaction, but then he thought of something again, and frowned and said, "Yan'er, something went wrong with the military weapon surveillance yesterday. It seems that it's about gunpowder. If you have time, go and take a look!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!

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