Now that the meal was almost done, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, and Han Qi began to question the officials present. In fact, each of these three organizers had some people they wanted to ask, and naturally, they were the people they liked.
They felt that the officials they could question were all relatively capable people in the court, and they should have some unique ideas on the issues between Song and Xia.
Indeed, this inquiry session got off to a good start. The first person to speak was Mr. Li from the main war faction. His words were very impassioned. In his opinion, a war between Song and Xia was inevitable. If Fan Zhongyan hadn't carefully observed
After waiting for the reactions of the three people, Lu Yao had reason to believe that Mr. Li was a trustee arranged by the three organizers.
Following the speeches of the main war faction, all the officials in Fan Tower were also inspired by this enthusiasm. However, Zhang Feng, who spoke second, could be said to have instantly extinguished their warlike enthusiasm.
.Zhang Feng is a second-level official and a fourth-level privy envoy. It can be said that he is also a guy with real power. What he says is quite weighty. However, his speech today has the same attitude as Lord Li.
Completely different. Zhang Feng advocated that problems should be solved more through negotiation. Regarding Zhang Feng's speech, Lu Yao felt that it was very pertinent. As the deputy privy envoy, Zhang Feng could not possibly not know that Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were on this mission.
Negotiations are actually more about delaying time, but Zhang Feng still stood up at this time and advocated using peace talks to solve the problem. That is because he has a very clear understanding of the current situation.
Throughout the history of Xixia, it is a history full of barbarism and war. Blood and barbarism have been rooted in the blood of every Xixia citizen.
The ancestors of Xixia, the Dangxiang people, originally lived on the Songpan Plateau in Sichuan. The historical roots of Xixia can be traced back to the early Tang Dynasty. Dangxiang is a branch of the Qiang people. It is recorded in the Sui Dynasty that "the Dangxiang Qiang are the descendants of the Sanmiao people." The "Old Book of Tang" records:
"Dangxiang Qiang... is another species of Western Qiang in the Han Dynasty. After Wei and Jin, the Western Qiang was weak and either submitted to China or fled to the mountains. After the Zhou family destroyed Dangchang and Deng arrived, Dangxiang became strong."
During the Tang Dynasty, Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau often united to fight against Tubo. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun was destroyed by Tubo. The Dangxiang Qiang who lost their attachment asked for annexation and was settled in Songzhou by the Tang Dynasty. Later, the Dangxiang Qiang gradually multiplied into numerous numbers.
A large tribe, of which the leader tribe, the Tuoba clan, probably only occupied the southeastern part of Qinghai and southern Gansu today.
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Dangxiang, who lived in the southeast of Qinghai and southern Gansu, was attacked by the Tibetan army. He asked Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty for help and was moved to Qingzhou.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi was afraid that these ethnic minorities would cause trouble, so he suggested that Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty move the Tuoba Dynasty Guangbu in Qingzhou to the area north of Yinzhou and east of Xiazhou. This area was where the Huns Helian flourished during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The old land of "Daxia" was called Pingxia at that time, so this part of Dangxiang Qiang became the Pingxia tribe, the ancestors of the Xixia royal family in the future.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, no matter who was in power in the Central Plains, the Li family (Tuoba family) would "submit themselves" in exchange for the dominance of the area and a large number of rewards. During this period, Xixia dealt with the Later Tang Dynasty very carefully.
The complicated diplomatic relations between the Shatuo regimes such as the Later Jin Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty established by Yelu Abaoji, and the Song Dynasty.
After more than two hundred years of construction, the Pingxia region is very fertile. The fertile pastures centered on Dijinze area in southern Ordos and the agricultural area represented by Qiliping at the junction of Xia and Song Dynasties have provided Xixia with a large amount of cattle, sheep and grain. At the same time, Ordos
At this time, it was also rich in fine green salt that could be used as currency, so the power of the Pingxia tribe gradually expanded. Although Song Taizu reduced the military power of the vassal town, he still tolerated the northwest ethnic minorities and "Xu's hereditary". On the Xiazhou Festival
After Li Jipeng, the Du envoy, came to power, the situation changed. Because Li Jipeng could not resolve the internal conflicts within the family, in the seventh year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the country, he personally led his people to Beijing to meet the Song Emperor and voluntarily donated silver to the four states of Xia, Sui and You.
Eight counties, but Li Jipeng's brother Yinzhou Fanluo envoy Li Jiqian refused to enter the capital. He pretended to be burying a wet nurse and led dozens of people to flee to Dijinze, 300 miles northeast of Xiazhou, to gather armed forces and invade the Song Dynasty.
Border activities.
In the second year of Yongxi, Li Jiqian and his brother Li Jichong lured and killed Song general Cao Guangshi, occupied Yinzhou, attacked Huizhou, and fell out with the Song Dynasty. He also "asked for surrender" from the Liao Kingdom and was named the King of Xia by the Khitans. In the second year of Zhidao,
, Li Jiqian intercepted 400,000 grain and grass from the Song army, and sent out a large army to surround Lingwu City. Song Taizong was furious and sent the Five Route Army to attack Xia, but they were all defeated. After Song Taizong died, Song Zhenzong came to the throne, and in order to calm things down, he ceded Xia, Sui, and Yin
, You Jing gave Li Jiqian, and actually recognized the independent status of Xixia.
In the fifth year of Xianping reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, Li Jiqian led the tribes to capture Lingzhou, an important town in the Song Dynasty, and renamed it Xiping Prefecture. Later, he captured Liangzhou, an important town in the northwest, cutting off the trade routes between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, cutting off the tribute from the Western Regions to the Song Dynasty, and prohibiting all tribes in the Western Regions from paying tribute to the Song Dynasty.
The sale of horses in the Song Dynasty seriously affected the construction of the Song Dynasty's national defense force. When making an alliance with the Tubo, Li Jiqian was plotted by the Tubo and was wounded by a powerful crossbow. He later died of his injuries at the age of 42.
After Li Deming succeeded to the throne, he devoted all his efforts to the development of the Hexi Corridor, attacking Tubo in the south and Uighurs in the west, which greatly expanded the living space of the Dangxiang Qiang people. Li Deming believed that Xiping Prefecture was located in a land with four fortresses, which was not conducive to defense and was not as favorable as Huaiyuan. 1020
He dispatched Minister He Chengzhen to lead the army to cross the Yellow River to the north to build the city, build city palaces and clan fields, and set the capital here, named Xingzhou. Externally, he still proclaimed himself a minister to the Song and Liao Dynasties, but internally he was completely imperial.
Waiting for the opportunity to develop westward. Within a few years, it attacked Tubo and Uighurs in the west and captured Xiliangfu, Ganzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou and other places. Its sphere of influence expanded to Yumen Pass and the entire Hexi Corridor.
In the 10th year of Song Tiansheng's reign, Li Deming's son Li Yuanhao succeeded the Xia Kingdom, and he began to actively prepare to leave the Song Dynasty. He first abandoned the surname Li and called himself Wei Ming. In the second year, he changed the name of the Song and Ming Dynasties to Xian Dao in order to avoid his father's taboo, and began to use Xixia
In the next few years, he built palaces, established civil and military classes, stipulated official and civilian clothing, established military systems, established military names, created his own national script (Xixia script), and issued the Bald Hair Order. He also sent a large army to attack Tubo.
Guazhou, Shazhou and Suzhou are three strategic locations. In this way, Yuanhao already owns the land of Xia, Yin, Sui, You, Jing, Ling, Hui, Sheng, Gan, Liang, Gua, Sha and Suzhou.
That is, northern Ningxia, small parts of Gansu, northern Shaanxi, eastern Qinghai and parts of Inner Mongolia.
This is what this is
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The history of Xia before Li Yuanhao became emperor. From it, we can easily see that with the development of history, a deformed national characteristic gradually emerged. Zhang Feng believes that it is precisely because of this warlike character coupled with the great
With the current military strength of the Xia State, once the Song Dynasty went to war with the Xia Dynasty, it would definitely lose. Therefore, he still wanted to maintain a peaceful situation through peace talks.
I have to say that Zhang Feng’s idea is good, but what he said now is tantamount to running counter to the general direction of Emperor Zhao Zhen. However, the piles of factors listed by Zhang Feng are all objective factors.
The various gaps and differences in national culture were listed in such detail that even Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu could not find any breakthrough to refute Zhang Feng.
In addition, Zhang Feng is an official on the second floor after all. Although his official position is not high, his real power is not small. Therefore, after Zhang Feng's speech, those who were unwilling to lose their lives immediately immediately
They stood up and spoke one after another to express their support. Later, Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu continued to ask questions, and the whole scene turned into a debate contest between the war faction and the peace faction. Each said their own reasons and reasons. However, on the mainland,
From Yao's point of view, the main war faction is actually at a disadvantage now. Each of them only said the necessity of war, and the so-called bloody nature of the men of the Song Dynasty. They cannot accept the independence of Daxia. However, there is no advocate.
The war faction made specific defensive arrangements for the Song-Xia border, and no one talked about how the Song Dynasty would respond if there was a war. Without a good tactical arrangement, it is obviously impossible to just talk about the necessity of war here.
To convince the public, the peace faction gradually grasped the loopholes in the words of the war faction, and expressed that if a war is really going to start, they hope that the war faction will come up with a specific battle plan.
This question can be said to have completely blocked the main war faction, so it can only be said that today everyone is talking about whether to go to war, rather than specific tactical arrangements. When Zhang Feng heard this, he began to ridicule mercilessly,
He said that he couldn't even come up with a decent tactic, so why bother talking about starting a war? The other side was more prepared than the Song Dynasty, and the only one who would lose troops and generals would be the Song Dynasty.
Although their positions were different, Lu Yao still admired Zhang Feng very much. It could be seen that he was very well prepared for this party, and he obviously came prepared.
Seeing that the main fighting faction was passive, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, and Han Qi naturally wanted to come forward, so they continued to inquire. This time, the subject of inquiry was Han Wenyuan, who had been in a state of dissociation.
In fact, Fan Zhongyan and the others also knew that Han Wenyuan's abilities were limited, but as the son of Lord Shangshu, his words still had some credibility.
At this time, Han Wenyuan has obviously not recovered yet. He is trying hard to write down the speeches of the officials whose father Han Yonghe asked him to pay attention to. They have all expressed their views just now. The four main battles
There are two main factions and the main faction. While Han Wenyuan was writing down their opinions, he suddenly heard someone calling his name. When he came to his senses, it turned out that it was Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu and Han Qi who were asking him about his opinions.
Suggestions for this peace talks.
Han Wenyuan remembered Han Yonghe's advice to him, that is, if someone asked him what he thought, just follow the words Han Yonghe gave him. Those words were naturally what Han Yonghe had said before at Han Qi's house.
point of view, that is, let Han Wenyuan restate Han Yonghe’s point of view.
So, Han Wenyuan thought for a moment, and then recounted everything Han Yonghe had taught him before. After listening to Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Yan Shu, the expressions on their faces did not change much. After all, the previous gathering was at Han Qi's house.
Held, they had heard what Han Wenyuan said once before, so if they heard it again now, their emotions would not have any big fluctuations.
However, the officials present were different. They had never attended the party at Han Qi's house before, so this was the first time they heard this. Han Yonghe is a cautious and meticulous guy.
The plan given is naturally very perfect, and his attitude is also very firm. Han Yonghe is a supporter of the main war faction. Although his plan does not provide specific tactical arrangements, regarding the reserves mentioned by Zhang Feng,
In terms of national strength and national conditions, it gave a very strong counterattack. According to Han Yonghe's point of view, the national power of the Song Dynasty was far higher than that of the Daxia Kingdom. Even if the head-on force was slightly weaker, once the war fell into a protracted phase, the Daxia Kingdom would
The political situation of successive wars is unstable, and the country will definitely fall into multiple crises. Therefore, overall, the Song Dynasty is still very likely to win after the war begins.
Although Han Wenyuan's speech did not refute the peace faction from a military and tactical perspective, it still gave a powerful counterattack from an economic and national strength perspective. It was always much stronger than the big principles said by the peace faction before, and Han Wenyuan
Yuan Yuan also won the support and applause of all the warring factions present because of his speech.
However, after Yan Shu and the other three listened, although they were applauding Han Wenyuan on the surface, they had already determined in their hearts that what Han Wenyuan said today was taught by Han Yonghe, and Han Wenyuan was thinking independently and dealing with major events.
In terms of performance, there was still a lot lacking. From this moment on, they felt that it would be difficult for the next head of the Han family to achieve great things.
Of course, those who heard Han Wenyuan say this were Cao You who was sitting next to Lu Yao. He listened to Han Wenyuan's boastful remarks. After he finished speaking, he smiled, turned to Lu Yao and said, "What do you think of him?"
speech?”
Lu Yao said: "It can be considered comprehensive. From the current point of view of the main war faction, Han Wenyuan's words should be a very powerful counterattack to the peace faction."
"I mean, aren't you surprised that he said these words? Don't you find it strange?" Cao You continued to ask.
Lu Yao naturally knew what Cao Yu meant when he said this. In fact, based on Lu Yao's understanding of Han Wenyuan, he also knew that what he said was definitely not his own idea, so he said: "I can only say that Mr. Han Yonghe has considered the issue very carefully.
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The meaning of Lu Yao's words means that he already knows that Han Wenyuan's speech was taught to him by Han Yonghe, and it can be seen from the expressions of Fan Zhongyan and others that this is not the first time for them to hear this.
Made some remarks.
Cao You nodded. Before he went out, Uncle Cao Guo
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He had already told himself the attitude expressed by Han Yonghe during the previous gathering, so when he heard what Han Wenyuan said, he knew that this guy's rhetoric was taught to him by Han Yonghe, so he said: "Furthermore, Han Wenyuan is
My memory is really good and I can completely remember all the views of Lord Han Yonghe."
Lu Yao looked at Cao You and said, "I think you should be prepared. After all, the relationship between your family and the Han family, I think you will be the next one to be questioned. After all, this is the official who came here.
There are quite a few of them who belong to your two factions."
Cao Yu very much agreed with Lu Yao's point of view, but Lu Yao said that he did not want to follow Cao Yu in the public eye. So, Cao Yu stood up and quietly returned to the second floor under the cover of everyone's cheers and looks at Han Wenyuan.
in the room.
Cao You's move was discovered by Yan Shu. However, the person he wanted to ask next was Cao You. The three organizers all wanted to see, as the two enemies of this pair, Han Yonghe and Cao Yi.
Sir, is there a gap between them?
"Young Master Han's remarks are indeed good. He deserves to be the son of Lord Shangshu," Fan Zhongyan praised Han Wenyuan against his will. After all, he completely copied these words from Han Yonghe, but now on this occasion he had to give Han Wenyuan face.
Then, Fan Zhongyan continued: "Then let's hear what Uncle Cao Guo's eldest son, Cao You, thinks of my mission this time."
After saying that, he looked at Cao You who had returned to the second floor.
Not only the people present, Lu Yao also set his sights on Cao You at this time. From what he said to him just now, Lu Yao knew that Cao You actually disliked Han Wenyuan's behavior just now.
I just recounted Han Yonghe's previous attitude and coping methods. Although there will be no mistakes in this gathering, and there will be no clues for the royal people, it can be said to be a very safe and secure method. However, it is completely
Paraphrasing Han Yonghe's words will only make people who know the truth think that Han Wenyuan is unlikely to be a great person. Obviously, it is impossible for Cao You to do this. Even if Uncle Cao Guo had told Cao You before, let him follow his own point of view
To paraphrase, Cao You probably wouldn't do that. Therefore, Lu Yao was very interested in Cao You's next speech, and to judge whether what he said was what Cao Guojiu had said before, he only needed to look at the three organizations
The expression on the person’s face is enough.
Cao You, who had returned to the second floor, nodded in response to Fan Zhongyan's gaze, and then began to express his own opinions. Of course, he was also on the side of the main war faction, but he did not give a specific military strategy, but
Regarding the details of the peace talks, Cao You made very specific arrangements, including how to delay time, negotiation details and techniques. Moreover, although he did not formulate specific military policies, Cao You also gave some suggestions once war breaks out.
The military deployment of Daxia, as well as the direction in which the troops will be increased according to his own judgment, as well as the political structure of Daxia, can allow the Song Dynasty to send some detailed work to formulate Daxia's strategy from within. Once a
The country began to be in chaos, so at this time, if it went to war with the outside world and faced internal and external troubles, the probability of the Song Dynasty's victory would be greatly increased.
Cao You's speech, let alone Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu and Han Qi, even Lu Yao stood up from his seat and began to applaud him. Obviously, Cao You's remarks were not Cao You's at all.
What Uncle Guo had told him at home before, to say that he followed it, was just to follow the position of Cao Guojiu's main war faction. And the spy war strategy he gave was something that no one had ever mentioned before.
This also shows that Cao You has a detailed understanding of the Daxia Kingdom. He knows that after Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne, the Daxia Kingdom has not yet achieved real stability. At this time, the war with the Song Dynasty will undoubtedly lead to retreat.
Use military exploits to establish his prestige in Daxia. Once problems arise within Daxia at this time, Li Yuanhao will inevitably fall into a very passive situation.
This move is not a bad move, and the method Cao You said also made the mood of the main war faction continue to rise. Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu and Han Qi also came to a conclusion through Cao You's speech.
, that is, in terms of political ability alone, Cao You is indeed far superior to Han Wen. Both Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan thought, no wonder Lu Yao would be friends with Cao You. Cao You's political acumen and resourcefulness are indeed considered to be those of their peers.
He was the best among them. This made Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan even more interested in the advice Lu Yao would give him next.
As soon as Cao Yu finished speaking, the main peace faction on the other side started to speak again. Unexpectedly, after Cao Yu finished speaking his point of view, he had no intention of stopping. Then, a kind of war of words between Cao Yu and Yu was formed.
In the scene among the Confucian scholars, he calmly responded to all the questions from the Lord Harmony Sect, while Han Wenyuan just stood there and watched Cao Yu attract the limelight. On the one hand, he remembered Han Yonghe's teachings and could not say too much.
On the other hand, he himself really didn’t know how to respond to the questions sent by the Lord and He.
The debate between the two sides continued for a while. Yan Shu and others saw that the time was ripe, so they stopped the argument first. Then, Yan Shu looked at Lu Yao, but at this time, Lu Yao was also looking at him, his eyes wide.
Relatively speaking, everyone knows what is going to happen next
Yan Shu said to everyone: "Everyone has said so much, but no result has been reached. We might as well listen to what the following adult has to say. Do you know who made the recipe for the Fanlou dish you ate today?
The hand? It’s Lu Yao, Mr. Xiao Lu, who is sitting on the first floor right now!”
After speaking, Yan Shu waved his hand, and everyone's eyes turned to Lu Yao.
"A recipe is a recipe. Whether you can lead troops to fight or not is the key to solving actual political problems!" Before Yan Shu could continue, Zhang Feng took over. Obviously, both the peace faction and the war faction have already
They were so furious that none of them paid attention to Lu Yao, a fifth-grade official who was in vain.
"Master Zhang, please be patient. We might as well listen to what Master Xiao Lu has to say first. As we all know, Master Xiao Lu has made great achievements in Bianliang City in the past few months. He may have his own unique opinions on this issue.
What’s your opinion?” It was Han Qi who said this. As the Privy Councilor, he gave Zhang Feng a very cold look. Zhang Feng could only snort coldly and said nothing.