Among the ruled classes in Xixia, craftsmen must have the highest status.
Without him, rare things are valuable, and the same is true for people.
Among the 200,000 people in Xingqing Fucheng, there are at least over 10,000 Han craftsmen and their descendants.
They lived a very prosperous life in Xixia, at least more prosperous than in the Song Dynasty. The herdsmen of the Dangxiang tribe may think of rebellion, but the Han craftsmen in Xingqing Mansion will never rebel. They are far more loyal to Xixia than the people at the bottom of Dangxiang.
These Han craftsmen, more or less, learned from their fathers that life in Xixia was better than in Song!
Because most of their ancestors and fathers came from the Shaanxi Forbidden Army.
The Western Army was the most capable in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Shaanxi Forbidden Army was the core elite of the Western Army. So what exactly was the Shaanxi Forbidden Army like?
One third are craftsmen!
Carpenters, stonemasons, and blacksmiths are not enough. Some can dye cloth, some can embroider, and some can sing opera...
When the "officials in charge of the military" in the Northern Song Dynasty replenished the Forbidden Army, they specially recruited such craftsmen, and "taken one-third of each command" to engage in various production activities for profit.
If you see a Forbidden Soldier in the Western Army, there is a high chance that he does not know how to use swords and guns. His main job is to do embroidery with an embroidery needle.
Of course, the money earned must be handed over.
If the Song army was defeated, Xixia could capture countless craftsmen and bring the best of them back to Xingqing Mansion.
There is a poem to prove it: When patrolling, all the artists were ordered to present small technical songs and play them. The rest of the songs were let go, and the arrows were dripping with fluid as they walked eastward.
These four sentences describe Xixia's treatment of the prisoners of the Song army. Because there were too many Song soldiers captured, they were too lazy to take them all back to Xixia as slaves. Talented people could avoid torture, so the prisoners of the Song army competed to perform, play, play and sing.
They can do everything. Those who have no talent will have their noses cut off and then be deported. When they are released, they will all be so scared that they will urinate and urinate.
Such a scene did not happen in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but before Wang Anshi's political reform!
When Li Renxiao was surrounded by ministers and left the palace, taking his concubines and guards to surrender, the descendants of the Han craftsmen in the city burst into tears.
Many of them were born in Xixia and have no idea what the Song and Ming Dynasty looked like.
I only know that being a craftsman in Shaanxi is miserable, working hard and having to endure exploitation by officers. Life in Xingqing Mansion is very good, and the status of craftsmen is much higher than that of farmers and herdsmen.
When Li Renxiao heard the cries coming from both sides of the street, he was moved and wiped away tears: "There are still loyal people in the country, how can they be destroyed in an instant?"
When Li Renli heard this, his ears turned red with embarrassment.
But Nuan Gongji is thinking about his future. He has made enough money over the years and has countless money that he can use to bribe the Ming Dynasty.
The imperial censor of Xixia was a Han Chinese. As the second-in-command of the imperial censor, Linglan Gongji had always enjoyed the actual power of the first-in-command.
"Gah..."
The city gate opened, and the king and his ministers stopped.
Bali Xinren, the envoy of the Western Xia Dynasty, quickly walked out of the city holding the letter of surrender and knelt in front of Deng Chun and Li Yanxian's horses.
Deng Chun smiled at the civil servant next to him: "Please ask Mr. Zhao to pick you up."
Zhao Ding is over 50 years old. He was promoted to the rank of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs a few years ago. This time he was sent to Shaanxi to take charge of the logistics of various armies, and he was to stay in Xingqing Mansion as the governor.
The governorship of the entire Xixia region is considered a transitional position. Xixia will be reorganized into Ningxia Province in five years.
Ningxia means peaceful Xixia!
This group of military generals had just destroyed a country. Zhao Ding did not dare to step forward to steal the limelight. He immediately said with a smile: "The credit for destroying the country belongs to all the generals. How can I, a civil servant, come forward? General, please invite me."
So the soldier took the small box and held it in front of Deng Chun.
Deng Chun read it and handed it to Li Yanxian.
After a while, Deng Chun said: "On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I accept the surrender of the country from the leader of the Xixia Kingdom."
Bari Xinren had been kneeling on the ground. Hearing these words, he kowtowed quickly, then bowed and retreated to the city.
After a while, Li Renxiao led the civil and military officials out of the city.
The little emperor faced the southeast and knelt down to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. The generals of Ming Dynasty did not dare to kneel down, so they all lined up and stood beside him.
After the Xixia monarchs and ministers had finished kneeling to the emperor, they turned around and knelt down to Deng Chun and others.
Li Renxiao held the Xixia State Seal and handed it to Deng Chun respectfully. This seal was given by Zhu Guoxiang. There were several other seals with different functions, which were temporarily held by eunuchs. Li Renxiao took them and handed them over one by one.
Prime Minister Li Renzhong lost too much blood and is still lying in bed.
Li Renli, on behalf of the Prime Minister, handed over the yellow household register of Xixia. The specific household register was too complicated, so only the general heading was handed over on site, which was considered a process.
Privy Councilor Wang Shu is currently at Keyi Gate, and Taiwei is asking Luo Tai to hand over the Xixia military register on behalf of the military.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Gongfu, the governor of Xingqing Prefecture, also handed over the corresponding documents.
These things were only passed by the generals of the Ming Dynasty and were soon handed over to Zhao Ding.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!" Deng Chun shouted.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
Troops one after another followed the shouting, and the roar of hundreds of thousands of troops was like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, frightening the Xixia monarchs and ministers until their faces turned pale.
Li Renxiao took off his crown and took off his dragon robe.
The civil and military officials of Xixia also took off their hats and clothes one after another, and handed them all over to the Ming army officers and soldiers. From then on, they no longer had their previous dignified status.
Deng Chun, Li Yanxian and other generals led their troops to enter from different gates.
The Xixia monarchs and ministers lost their hats and coats and entered the city dejectedly with their hands tied behind their backs. Although they looked very embarrassed, this situation was already very dignified for the conquered monarchs and ministers.
If they dare to defend Xingqing Mansion, they will be treated differently after the city is broken!
Of the hundreds of thousands of troops, only 50,000 entered the city.
Among them, 30,000 troops are fully organized, while the remaining 20,000 are extremely disorganized.
Because those who have seen it have a share, all generals have to go to the city to experience it. The 20,000 troops were improvised by the generals. You take a few hundred, I take a few hundred. They are all elites under their command, and the number of officers is particularly large.
The people of Xingqing Mansion were frightened, but they soon felt relieved.
Since the people who entered the city were all elites, the discipline was strict and no one committed any crime, and no robbery, killing, arson, etc. occurred.
This is also the benefit of Xianguo's surrender. If the battle was to attack the city by force, the scene would not be so harmonious.
Each department knew their tasks before entering the city, and now they carried them out in an orderly manner.
Some were responsible for collecting the garrison armor, some ran to occupy the palace, some ran to occupy the warehouse, and some ran to occupy the city wall...
"Pick it!"
Deng Chun pointed at the door of Xixia Palace.
Not only must the forehead be removed, but all prohibited items in the palace must be removed and escorted to Luoyang to be handed over to the court. For example, dragon chairs and the like.
Bringing the Xixia monarchs and ministers back to the main hall, Deng Chun and Li Yanxian smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, please."
The dragon chair was being dismantled, and a team of soldiers brought the chair.
Zhao Ding moved a chair and sat under the dragon chair. Several major generals also sat down, while the Xixia monarchs and ministers knelt on the ground.
Zhao Ding introduced himself: "My surname is Zhao, my given name is Ding, I am from Yuanzhen. I used to hold the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and served as the general logistics officer for the Shaanxi expedition to Xia. His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that after the extermination of Xia, it will be changed to the Ningxia Governor's Mansion.
I served as the governor of Ningxia until the establishment of Ningxia Province..."
"Greetings to the governor!" Xixia monarchs and ministers quickly kowtowed.
Zhao Ding continued: "Before I left the capital, His Majesty read a poem: How did Xia Song rise, Han Qi is not surprising. The dragon and tiger chariots in the Sichuan are still talking about military aircraft. Is there any descendant who wrote this poem?
In the palace?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Gongfu, the governor of Xingqing Prefecture, was paralyzed with fear.
Zhao Ding asked again: "Does Zhang Yuan have any descendants in this palace?"
Zhang Gongfu bravely walked out of the procession on his knees and said: "Zhang Gongfu, the queen of sinners, comes to kowtow to His Excellency the Governor."
Zhao Ding said: "The emperor has an oral decree, Zhang Yuan, the descendants of Wu Hao, all men over the age of twelve shall be killed, and women over the age of fifteen shall be given to unmarried soldiers as wives. Those over the age of fifty are exempted from punishment. Boys and girls must be
Their surnames were changed, and they were taken to different provinces to be raised separately. All the properties of the two families were confiscated!"
Zhang Gongfu was completely paralyzed. He couldn't even kneel upright when he was lying on the ground.
Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao were both down-and-out scholars in the Northern Song Dynasty. They deliberately changed their names to gain access to Li Yuanhao's porcelain. They wrote poems and famous names everywhere in Xixia, and soon attracted Li Yuanhao's attention, and then assisted Li Yuanhao.
Confronted the Northern Song Dynasty.
If that were the case, it would actually be understandable.
Zhang Yuan actually took the destruction of the Song Dynasty as his life ambition, and wrote a poem to ridicule the ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty in Haoshui River, which was full of corpses of Song soldiers. The poems were full of resentment and pride. He used the corpses of countless Song soldiers as a ladder to finally reach Xixia.
Prime Minister.
Even when Li Yuanhao wanted to negotiate peace with Song Jun, Zhang Yuan stood up and firmly opposed it.
When Zhang Gongfu was dragged out, Zhao Ding continued: "Search brother Richard's property. His family members will be treated like the descendants of Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao!"
"The property of Ren Dejing was inspected and his family members disposed of it as usual. Ren Dejing's daughter, due to her special status, was temporarily taken to Luoyang to await her fate."
"Each wealthy family in Xixia must truthfully report their property, especially the amount of farmland and pasture. Once it is found that they have concealed their information, they will be punished according to the above examples."
"The Ningxia Governor's Mansion was under military control for the first three and a half years, and then under civilian control for the next two years. After five years, Ningxia Province was established."
"Take them all and lock them up..."
The Xixia aristocratic families were extremely wealthy. Their property not only came from their own people, but also a lot of it was stolen from Shaanxi.
Is it okay if you surrender?
Several groups of soldiers rushed into the main hall and dragged all the Xixia monarchs and ministers to the prison and locked them up.
Countless civil and military ministers have regretted it. They surrendered but still did this. If they had known it, they would have fought the Ming army desperately!
In the empty hall, only the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty were left.
Li Yanxian said with a smile: "If the governor does this, rebellions may break out in the next few years."
"Then we have to rely on the generals," Zhao Ding explained. "Your Majesty's intention is very simple, which is to completely rectify the land of Xixia. Break the bones of those wealthy families, especially the tribal chiefs, and divide their fields.
The pasture is given to the common people. If it is not managed now, in twenty or thirty years, the power of those chiefs will have grown again. How will the court collect taxes? How can the civil servants compete with the local chiefs? "
Deng Chun asked: "We want to station heavy troops in the hometown of Xixia?"
Zhao Ding said: "Thirty thousand garrison troops, twenty thousand field troops, and their families will also be relocated. They will be allocated the most fertile land to take root and multiply firmly in Ningxia. These troops will mainly be deployed from Shaanxi, which will no longer be a border area.
, the cabinet and the Ministry of War decided to reduce the number of troops in Shaanxi."
Li Yanxian smiled and said: "This is easy to handle. There are many Shaanxi soldiers outside the city. Just let them stay and send their families back later."
"This will trouble you generals," Zhao Ding took out an official document from the Ministry of War. "It contains specific garrison locations and corresponding troop levels. Some civilians will also have to stay and move their families. In the next two or three years, there will definitely be a rebellion.
Come on, take the opportunity to kill another group of people! This year's battle is not the end, it is just the beginning."