Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 749 Xixia Mission (please subscribe!)
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Li Yan supported Li Qingzhao even when all scholars in the world opposed it, which moved Li Qingzhao so much that he secretly vowed to help Li Yanxiu compile this masterpiece.

In addition, under Li Yan's suggestion, Li Qingzhao also built the first library in history in Bianliang City.

The specific location of this library is in the east of Jinglongmen, west of Fengqiumen, north of Donghuamen, and south of Jinglong River, that is, on the edge of Genyue Shoushan.

Speaking of Gen Yue Shoushan, one can't help but feel a little pity.

Regardless of the reason why Genyue was built, it has already been built after all. It has become a picturesque garden, a miracle created by human beings, and a world cultural heritage.

Zhao Ji's ability to be an emperor is not good, but his artistic attainments are beyond doubt.

In the last life, when the Jin soldiers went south, some of the Taihu stones that were being shipped to Tokyo were abandoned on the way, and became a precious landscape in the gardens of later generations in the south of the Yangtze River—the "Jade Linglong" in Shanghai Yu Garden, which is four meters high and three meters wide. It is a natural hole, if a incense burner is placed on the bottom of the stone, smoke will come out of the hole.There is a crown cloud peak in Suzhou Lingering Garden, which is 72 meters high and is known for its beauty and clarity.The famous Taihu Stone in Suzhou Huanxiu Villa, Master of the Nets Garden, and Nanjing Zhanyuan Garden.These are all relics of "Hua Shi Gang".

In the last life, after the Jin soldiers captured Bianliang City in Tokyo, they transported a batch of beautiful stones from Genyue to Yanjing for thousands of miles, and then piled them up in Beijing's Zhongshan Park, Beihai and other places. rockery.

These have only been left over from Gen Yue Shoushan bit by bit, and they have become amazing existences for people.

Therefore, if Genyue Shoushan, which Zhao Ji personally designed and supervised, can be preserved, it must be a miracle in later generations, which can bring incalculable tourism income to Bianliang City.

Unfortunately--

When the Jin people went south to attack Bianliang City for the first time, Zhao Huan ordered people to take more than [-] mountain birds and waterfowl from Shoushan Mountain in Genyue and throw them all into the Bianhe River. They cut bamboo to make a grate fence, and took thousands of big deer, and killed them all to eat them. The guard said.

Under Zhao Huan's order, Gen Yue Shoushan was greatly damaged, and it was difficult to recover from the damage.

After Li Yan took control of Bianliang City, he sneered at Zhao Huan's tyrannical behavior. He asked people to pick up those Taihu stones that were originally regarded as cannon stones, and replanted the felled bamboos to restore Genyue Shoushan. some of the original appearance.

but--

Li Yan did this, not wanting to enjoy Genyue Shoushan by himself like Zhao Ji—before doing this, Li Yan announced to the world that after Genyue Shoushan was restored, except for the section connected to the imperial palace, all other areas will be open to the public , became the world's first theme park, and the income was used for the maintenance of Genyue and Shoushan, and for the development of education and the construction of schools.

The first library in history was also built on the edge of Genyue.

This allows those literati and inkmen to enjoy the beautiful scenery while reading.

Of course, there is a small purpose in it - in this way, Gen Yue can also generate better income. You must know that the literati in this era are all rich, and they are absolutely willing to spend a lot of money for this poetic beauty.

The compilation of the great canon will surely be a very long-term thing.

The compilation of "Yongle Dadian" lasted a total of five years.

The compilation of "Siku Quanshu" lasted a total of seven years.

And the canon that Li Yan wants to compile is designated to be stronger than the "Yongle Canon" and "Siku Quanshu", so the compilation time must be longer than the compilation of "Yongle Canon" and "Siku Quanshu". It will take longer than ten years.

What Li Yan wants to do is not face projects or performance projects, but to do something real.

Therefore, Li Yan didn't want to waste these ten years in vain.

Therefore, Li Yan gave Li Qingzhao the idea of ​​this library, and asked Li Qingzhao to put the compiled canon into the library in batches for people all over the world to watch and study. Put it in the library together for people all over the world to watch and study.

In fact, there is another advantage in doing this, that is, people in the world can supervise Li Qingzhao's compilation of the canon, and they can correct mistakes in time.

At the moment when Dazhong was carrying out cultural movements, Xixia missions came to Bianliang City.

Xixia was not originally an independent country, but a minority local government established long ago by the Tuoba tribe of the Dangxiang clan affiliated to the Han Dynasty.

There has always been controversy about the clan affiliation of the Tuoba tribe of the Dangxiang clan.

Some people say that the Dangxiang tribe is a branch of the Qiang nationality. They originally lived in the Tubo Plateau and later moved to northern Shaanxi. They use their surnames as tribe names and tribes as division units.

Some people say that they are descendants of the Xianbei tribe, because there is also a Tuoba tribe in the Xianbei tribe. The Northern Wei Dynasty during the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms was established by the Tuoba tribe of the Xianbei tribe. Li Yuanhao, the founding monarch of Xixia, also claimed to be a descendant of the Tuoba tribe in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Some people even boldly speculate that the upper nobles of the Tuoba tribe of the Dangxiang tribe may be descendants of the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, while the lower-level masses may be descendants of the Tuoba tribe of the Qiang nationality.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Tang court had already begun to set up administrative agencies in the gathering areas of the Dangxiang tribe, appointing prestigious tribal chiefs as governors of the state, and implementing Jiji rule.

During the Huangchao Uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong, the governor of Youzhou (later Etuoke Banner, Inner Mongolia), sent troops to fight against the rebel army, and once regained Chang'an, making military exploits.

Therefore, Tang Xizong granted Tuoba Sigong the title of Jiedu envoy of Xiazhou (now Hengshan County, Shaanxi Province), and gave him the title of Dingnan Army, and later named him Xia Guogong, and gave him the surname Li.

Since then, the leaders of the Tuoba tribe of the Dangxiang clan have been surnamed Li for generations, forming a northern Shaanxi vassal regime centered on Xiazhou and owning the four prefectures of Yin, Xia, Sui and You.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Xiazhou Jiedu envoy Li Yiyin professed his vassal to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty continued to rule over him.

The so-called Jimi rule means win over control, which is a ruling policy adopted by the central dynasty on minority areas during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The imperial court set up special administrative units in minority areas, appointed their chiefs or leaders as local officials, and allowed hereditary , maintaining its original social organization form and management organization, except that it is politically subordinate to the imperial court and pays tribute on time, other affairs are managed by itself, and the central government generally does not interfere.

This policy does not sound very nice, but it is actually of great significance for consolidating state power, stabilizing social order, and promoting ethnic exchanges and development.

It can be said that until Li Jiqian gathered the various ministries of the party to rebel against the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty relied on the rule of Jimi to firmly control Xixia and the Hexi Corridor.

It's a pity that Li Jiqian came out of the party, and he caused fundamental changes in the political structure and political power of the Northwest Border Region of the Song Dynasty, and even changed the economic situation of the Song Dynasty.

Since Li Jiqian gathered all the party ministries to rebel against the Song Dynasty, occupied the northwestern region of the Song Dynasty, and cut off the Silk Road (which also led to the Song Dynasty having to vigorously develop the Maritime Silk Road), Xixia and the Song Dynasty have always been fighting and fighting. , the two sides have been fighting in the Hengshan area for more than 100 years, but they have never been able to compete for a victory.

It wasn't until Song Zhezong became pro-government that he used the new party Zhang Dun as his prime minister, adopted a tough development posture against Xixia, and adopted the active strategy and tactics of "shallow attack and scratching the plow".

In the first year of Yuanfu, in the battle of Pingxia City, 30 invading Xia troops were defeated. The commander-in-chief of the Xia army, the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, was almost captured.

Since then, the Song Army has basically controlled the Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain areas.

In December of the second year of Yuanfu, Xixia made an oath to seek peace, and the Liao Kingdom also sent envoys to mediate. The Song Dynasty was forced to agree to the peace due to the situation at the time.

After Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, he used the reformist Cai Jing as his chancellor, and sent Wang Hou and Tong Guan to lead the army to conquer Qingtang and Qiang in the west to recover the lost land. Later, the Song army pointed directly at Qinghai Lake.

This caused panic among the Xixia executives.

Xixia hurriedly sent troops to attack Huizhou (later Jingyuan, Gansu), an important town in the Song Dynasty.

Liu Fa led his army to meet the enemy and defeated Xia's army.

The conflict between Song and Xia quickly intensified, and they began to compete for the Hengshan area.

At that time, the Song Dynasty adopted the strategy and tactics of "building fortresses and battling at every step".

Facing the attack of the Song army's encroachment, Xixia panicked, because if this trend continues, Xixia will undoubtedly perish. Therefore, Xixia hurriedly asked the Liao Kingdom to mediate.

Emperor Tianzuo then sent envoys to put pressure on the Song Dynasty, asking for the return of the lost land on behalf of Xixia, and Xixia also offered a letter of apology, which was very respectful.

Zhao Ji then agreed to return the newly occupied land since Chongning.

Song Xia also negotiated a peace strike.

It can be said that the Liao Kingdom, to be precise, Emperor Tianzuo, saved the life of Xixia, otherwise, Xixia might have been destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty.

This is also one of the reasons why, when the Jin people attacked the Liao Kingdom and Tianzuodi, Xixia sent troops twice to help the Liao army and Emperor Tianzuo and later took in Emperor Tianzuo.

Twelve years ago, Li Yuyi, the leader of Dingyuan Village in Huanzhou (later Huan County, Gansu Province), betrayed the Song Dynasty and wrote a secret letter to Liang Duo, the commander of the Western Xia Dynasty, inviting him to send troops into the Song Dynasty to plunder food and grass. The Xia army secretly invaded and besieged Dingyuan Village For 12 days, the arrogance was very arrogant.

Zhao Ji ordered Tong Guan to lead the troops into battle.

Tong Guan was ordered to come to the northwest front, and immediately made deployments to launch a counterattack against Xixia.

Before long, Liu Fa led 15 infantry out of Huangzhou (later known as Ledu South in Qinghai), the Xihe economic strategy envoy, Liu Zhongwu led [-] infantry out of Huizhou, and Tong Guan led the Chinese army to Lanzhou to support the two armies.

Liu Zhongwu went to Qingshui River to build a city and left troops to guard it. Liu Fa fought fiercely with Xia's army in Gugulong (north of the eastern capital of Qinghai), beheading the enemy's head by [-] ranks and winning a complete victory.

Xixia's arrogance was suppressed.

After that, the Song army began to nibble away at Xixia.

Seven years ago, that is, the first year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan took Zhong Shidao and Liu Zhongwu as generals, and led the troops of Fuyan and Huanqing to leave Xiaoguan and attack Hengshan.

The Xixia army was defeated, the field elite was wiped out, and Hengshan was completely captured by the Song army.

The seeds planted by Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Li Xian and Zhang Yi were finally plucked by Tong Guan during the Huizong Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty's Hengshan Raiders achieved a perfect success.

This decades-long strategic evolution, every improvement is an adjustment and revision made by the Song Army after paying a painful price, and it finally proves that the constant improvement of Hengshan Raiders is time and time again for Xixia Devastating blow.

After the defeat of Xuanhe, Xixia was already on the verge of subjugation. Although the core area of ​​Xixia, Lingxia, and other places did not suffer losses at that time, the loss of Mount Heng had made Xixia completely lose its geographical advantage and strategic initiative. The Song Army, which can retreat and defend, only needs to work harder, and they can enter Xingqing Mansion and destroy Xixia.

Why do you say that if Xixia loses Hengshan, it is likely to be destroyed by the Song Dynasty?Is the Hengshan area really so important to Xixia?

The answer is yes.

Hengshan is located in the northern part of Shaanxi, stretching more than a thousand miles, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the most forward base for Xixia to attack the Song Dynasty.

Song and Xia countries use Hengshan as the dividing line-in general, "the north of Hengshan belongs to Xixia", and the south belongs to Song Dynasty.

Since Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty "conferred Deming together" with Hengshan and Lingxia two prefectures, Dangxiang talents really had the foundation of building a country.

It can be said that without Hengshan, there would be no Xixia Kingdom.

The importance of Hengshan to Xixia is mainly reflected in several aspects:

[-]. The Hengshan area is not only criss-crossed by mountains, but also rich in water power. The Wuding, Dali, Tuyan, and Baima rivers criss-cross each other, making Hengshan the most fertile place in Xixia except Lingzhou, Liangzhou, and Suzhou. As for animal husbandry and agriculture, they were very developed, and they were the main food areas where Xixia attacked the Song Dynasty.

[-]. The Chashan Mountain and the Lulu Mountain in the eastern part of Hengshan Mountain are the main production areas of Xixia salt and iron.

[-]. The Hengshan Qiang, who lived in the Hengshan area for generations, were an important source of Xixia soldiers.

[-]. The terrain of Hengshan is steep and very difficult to attack. After Xixia built more than [-] fortresses in the dangerous land on the edge of the Han border, Hengshan became the first and most insurmountable obstacle for the Song army to enter Lingzhou northward. Relying on the danger of Hengshan, Xixia directly blocked the traffic route from Tianshui to Datong in the Song Dynasty. At the same time, after the Xixia army gathered from Hengshan, the long Songxia border line could become the target of its breakthrough anytime and anywhere. Before Qingli increased its troops, In addition to poor mobility, the Song Dynasty's desperation on the Northwest Fourth Road was not unrelated to Xixia's occupation of the favorable terrain of Hengshan.

In the most understandable way, Hengshan is as important to Xixia as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are to Liao. It can be attacked and defended, and it is also an important agricultural and economic base.

The Song Dynasty, which lost Hengshan, was also extremely passive strategically. Counties such as Fu, Yan, Huan, Qing, Jing, Yuan, Qin, and Long were always under the threat of the Xixia Army.

Due to poor mobility and poor rescue, the Song Dynasty could only divide its troops to garrison.

In this way, the Xixia army was given the opportunity to defeat them one by one. The three defeats of the Song army at Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Dingchuanzhai were all caused by Li Yuanhao's use of mobility to encircle the few.

In terms of offense, the passiveness of the Song army is even more obvious-after losing Hengshan, a natural front-line supply base, the Song army can only rely on civilian husbands to carry food across the vast sea for supplies when they attack Xixia. I can only retreat without fighting.

pity!

Just when the Song Army, to be precise, when the Song Xi Army captured Hengshan and could destroy Xixia immediately, the Song Dynasty, which was emptied by the extravagant and lustful Zhao Ji, was in chaos. Come out to suppress the rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji, who was so overjoyed, launched the Battle of Yanyun again, and the Western Song Army went north again.

This made Xixia, who was on the verge of extinction, take a big breath.

Next, the Jin people went south and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty.

Xixia took this opportunity to regain most of the Hengshan area and revived in place.

Immediately afterwards, just when Xixia was about to take advantage of the war between Song and Jin to take advantage of it and move eastward, breaking the imprisonment that had trapped Xixia for hundreds of years, Dazhong was born, and then swept the mighty Jin with the momentum of autumn wind. The army was defeated, and the territory that the Jin people took away from the Song Dynasty was restored, which shocked the Xixia people's jaws!

After Li Qianshun discussed with all the high-level leaders of Xixia, he always believed that Dazhong is more fierce than Dajin, and that he is invincible. The hero is going to die, let's see how Dazhong's next emperor is doing, and then try to expand.

Ever since, Li Qianshun immediately sent a request for envoys to Dazhong, and after Dazhong agreed, he quickly sent a mission to Bianliang City in Tokyo to congratulate Li Yan on establishing the Dazhong Empire...

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