Qian Song

Chapter 415 The little widow Xixia is the queen (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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At the beginning, Xixia took advantage of the Dagan Dynasty to destroy the Western Song Dynasty, and sent troops to attack Xi'an Prefecture of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Without any resistance, Ren Dejing directly surrendered to Xixia.

Not long ago, Ren Dejing dedicated his 15-year-old daughter Ren Shi to 53-year-old Li Qianshun, and Ren Shi was named Concubine Ren.

Concubine Ren was young and beautiful, well-educated, and understanding. As soon as she entered Li Qianshun's harem, she was deeply liked by Li Qianshun.

During the period when the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, Li Renai, the prince of Xixia, sympathized with what happened to his grandfather Yelu Yanxi.

When Yelu Yanxi fled to the west, Li Renai cried when he heard the news, and asked his father, Emperor Li Qianshun, to send troops to help.

The reinforcements sent by Xixia were later defeated by the Jin army in Yishui, and Li Renai sighed for several months.

Later, when Li Qianshun learned that Li Qianshun had decided to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin, Li Renai cried and remonstrated with all her might.

But Li Qianshun, who had already seen clearly that the Liao Dynasty would die at the hands of the Qianjin and the Qianjin, saw that the general trend of the Liao Kingdom was gone, and after weighing the pros and cons, he refused to listen.

Not long after, Li Renai heard that Yelu Yanxi had been captured by the Qian army, and that Yelu Yanxi and the royal family and clan of the Liao Kingdom had been escorted to the capital of the Daqian Dynasty, so he died of depression at the age of 17.

In the same month, Yelu Nanxian was sad because of the death of his beloved son, pained because of the death of the motherland, and angry because of Li Qianshun's ruthlessness, so he went on a hunger strike and died.

Although Li Qianshun's choice was not wrong from the perspective of the general trend of the world, Yelu Nanxian and Li Renai's mother and son were purely thinking about the Liao Kingdom, not Xixia, and even made trouble for no reason.

But if it wasn't for Yelu Yanxi's help, Li Qianshun would never have regained the imperial power from his mother. After Yelu Nanxian married Li Qianshun, although the two were a political marriage, Yelu Nanxian and Li Qianshun were very affectionate. The other concubines also get along well, which is rare among married princesses.

And Li Renai's mother, Yelu Nanxiangui, was supported by the Liao Kingdom behind her as the queen. Therefore, Li Renai's status as the crown prince was very stable, and she spent a very happy childhood and youth. Excellent prince.

It can be said that if it were not for the sudden change in the international situation, Yelu Nanxian would be the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and Yelu Nanxian had shown a strong patriotic heart for his hometown. The old country, Liao, has a very deep family relationship, but Li Qianshun, knowing that it is impossible to do anything, and out of various considerations, finally abandoned Liao and invested in gold, which led to the death of Yelu Nanxian and Li Renai's mother and son in sorrow and anger. , Li Renai will definitely be a very happy family.

However, good fortune tricks people!

After the death of Yelu Nanxian and Li Renai's mother and son, Li Ganshun, who had lost his beloved wife and son and blamed himself a little, had been depressed all the time. After that, he did not have another queen for more than ten years, and even lost his sexual interest in women.

During this period, Li Qianshun's health deteriorated year by year, and he gradually became an old man who was dying.

It wasn't until the appearance of Concubine Ren that Li Qianshun was like a dead wood in spring, taking some time every day to chat with the elegant and charming Concubine Ren, no, it was playing the piano and talking about painting.

In Li Qianshun's harem, there is also a concubine Cao, who is not very old, just over 30 years old. Cao has given birth to the prince Li Renxiao (that is, Xia Renzong in history) for Li Qianshun 13 years ago.

Concubine Ren, who had just entered the palace, got along very well with the Cao family.

This made Li Qianshun like Concubine Ren even more.

Heroes are saddened by Beauty Pass.

In front of Concubine Ren, the woman Li Qianshun loves to the core, Li Qianshun, who is scheming, prudent, and self-sacrificing, inevitably bows down under Concubine Ren's pomegranate skirt.

Ren Dejing is a person who is used to playing tricks on officialdom.As soon as he saw that Li Qianshun liked his daughter, he started to run around, bribing the nobles of the Western Xia Dynasty and the ruling power of the clan with a lot of money, in order to make his daughter a queen.

At the beginning, among the people who almost surrendered to Xixia along with Ren Dejing, there were two people who had to be mentioned.

These two people are Du Chong and Liu Yu.

The former offered Zhao Gou a plan to break the Yellow River embankment, allowing the Yellow River to flow into the Huaihe River from Surabaya, in an attempt to block the army behind him. As a result, more than 20 local people were drowned, and the number of deaths caused by displacement and plague was several times that of As a result, the most prosperous Huaihe River and Huaihe areas during the Zhao and Song Dynasties were destroyed, and nearly ten million people were homeless and reduced to refugees. The trouble that has been completely dealt with - that is, the Yellow River often floods.

After that, Du Chong, who had no retreat, confronted the Dagan Dynasty everywhere, and participated in almost all the battles of the Dagan Dynasty to destroy the Western Song Dynasty. It can be said that he suffered repeated defeats.

After the Western Song Dynasty had no more hope, Du Chong knew very clearly that if he was caught by the Qianjun, he would definitely not end well. Li Cun, who hated him to the bone, would probably kill him Shaved into a skeleton.

Therefore, Du Chong resolutely led tens of thousands of defeated soldiers from the Zhao and Song Dynasties to surrender to Xixia.

Seeing that Du Chong brought so many troops, and knowing that Du Chong's excavation of the Yellow River caused huge troubles to the Dagan Dynasty, and he was always against the Dagan Dynasty. He was the "great loyal minister" of the Zhao and Song Dynasty. After finding a treasure, he immediately reused Du Chong, not only let Du Chong continue to command the tens of thousands of horses he brought, but also let Du Chong serve as the general of the left wing Chaoshun Army of the No. 19 Supervising Army Division of Xixia.

——The garrison of the Supervising Army Division is the largest number in the Xixia army, and it is also the main force of the Xixia army. It is the Xixia defense force.Before Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, he set up twelve supervising army divisions, and Wei Hao divided them into two divisions. At that time, the garrison of Xixia's supervising army division had more than half a million horses.Supervising military divisions were added one after another. For example, after Xia Yizong Li Liangzuo succeeded to the throne, he set up Xiangqing military supervising military divisions and Zhongzhai and Tiandu second supervising military divisions in Xiping Prefecture. By the time Li Qianshun was in power, there were eighteen Superintendent.Today, the Chaoshun army in the left wing has been added.Xixia only has nineteen supervisory divisions, with a total strength of more than 80.

The key point is that in the early days of the founding of Xixia, there were frequent wars with the Song Dynasty, and there were not enough soldiers recruited by the tribes, so the scope and number of recruits were expanded, and even all the people were recruited.Before the Songxia Yongle War, Xixia mobilized the people into soldiers, "out of ten out of nine".According to the "Longping Ji Biography of Xixia": "Anyone who is under [-] and over [-] years old will go with his own bow and arrow armor." When fighting, they must bring their own horses, weapons and food.

Therefore, regardless of the small land area of ​​Xixia and the population of only about 300 million, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, especially when it took advantage of the war between the Qian and Song Dynasties, Xixia annexed many territories of the Zhao and Song Dynasties , Remnant soldiers and defeated generals and after the population.

Du Chong is very clear about this.

Therefore, Du Chong will serve Xixia wholeheartedly, trying to continue his prosperity and wealth in Xixia.

Similar to Du Chong's situation is Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was born into a farming family. He lacked education and virtue since he was a child. He once stole platinum bowls and gauze clothes from his classmates.

During the Yuanfu period, Liu Yu passed the Jinshi examination.

In the second year of Zhenghe, Liu Yu was appointed as the censor in the palace.

Soon, Liu Yu was attacked by the admonisher for the nasty things he had done.

Zhao Ji didn't want to expose Liu Yu's past scandals, so he issued an edict not to pursue it, which saved Liu Yu's official career.

——But Liu Yu in history was not only ungrateful, but also established a puppet Qi with the support of the Jin people to oppose the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty everywhere. The army invaded the Southern Song Dynasty, captured Xiangyang and other places, and even dug up the Songling Mausoleum, which is a typical example of repaying kindness and revenge.

In the sixth year of Xuanhe, Liu Yu was sentenced to Guozijian and worshiped officials to punish Hebei.

When Dagan attacked the Song Dynasty, Liu Yu abandoned his official position and went to Yizhen to avoid chaos.

After the Dagan Dynasty conquered the Central Plains, Liu Yu wanted to vote for the Dagan Dynasty.

It just so happened that Liu Yu made friends with Li Cun's favorite minister, Zhang Que.

Therefore, Zhang Kui recommended Liu Yu to be an official in the Daqian Dynasty.

At that time, Zhang Kui and Zhao Kai were issuing real banknotes for Li Cun, which was the time when Li Cun reused them most.

Li Cun didn't want to refute Zhang Kui's face, and thought that if Liu Yu didn't deal with him, he might make a big fuss in the future, so he ordered Liu Yu to be a magistrate in Xining Prefecture, which was newly recovered by the Dagan Dynasty. .

In fact, Li Cun deliberately sent Liu Yu to a difficult place to force Liu Yu to rebel.

Li Cun also specially issued a secret decree to Liu Kai, once Liu Yu rebelled and turned to Xia, he would immediately kill Liu Yuman's family.

At that time, the Gan army had just entered Shaanxi, and the northwest region was full of soldiers and bandits, and the people in the northwest were extremely tough and difficult to rule. Therefore, Liu Yu did not want to go to the remote and difficult Xining Prefecture, and asked to be transferred to a county in the southeast. I want to be happy and happy in the picturesque and rich Jiangnan.

Of course Li Cun didn't allow it.

Liu Yu had no choice but to take office angrily.

Not long after Liu Yu took office, he caught up with Li Qianshun to send a large army to attack Xining Prefecture while Liu Kai was suppressing the defeated remnants of the Western Song Dynasty led by Du Chong.

Liu Yu sent his son Liu Lin to fight, but he was defeated and Xia Jun surrounded Xining Prefecture heavily.

And because Liu Kai's remaining generals on Xihe Road were caught by the Xixia people's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, they failed to rescue Xining Prefecture immediately.

The Xixia people took the opportunity to send people to persuade Liu Yu.

Liu Yu remembered the previous resentment, so he led the people to descend to summer.

When the people refused, Liu Yu dedicated the city to surrender.

Li Qianshun wanted to set a good example at that time, so he appointed Liu Yu as the magistrate of Xiping Prefecture.

It may be because they are born in the same category and have similar backgrounds. As soon as Du Chong and Liu Yu voted for Xixia, they got mixed up with Ren Dejing.

The three treacherous ministers are quite congenial, and even have a bit of sympathy for each other.

Therefore, when Ren Dejing worked hard and bribed the nobles of the Western Xia Dynasty and the rulers of the clan with a lot of money, and wanted his daughter to become a queen, Du Chong and Liu Yu also helped.

Of course, this is also because Du Chong and Liu Yu actually saw that Li Qianshun really liked Concubine Ren, so they followed the trend.

With the efforts of Ren Dejing, Du Chong, Liu Yu and others, it didn't take long for the doctor Yushi to speak to Li Qianshun, saying that no one in the harem could match Ren Concubine in terms of family background, talent, appearance, and moral character. for the queen.

Then, more and more Xixia ministers came to Li Qianshun to ask Li Qianshun to make his concubine the queen.

The words of the ministers of Xixia touched Li Qianshun's heart, which made Li Qianshun extremely moved.

Li Qianshun asked the officials for their opinions, and all the officials spoke well of Concubine Ren.

As a result, Concubine Ren entered Li Qianshun's harem only four months before she was named queen by Li Qianshun.

Ren Dejing was gradually reused because of his status as a foreign relative, and Du Chong and Liu Yu also followed suit. The power of the three began to grow wildly in Xixia.

With a life of prosperity and wealth, the status of one person below ten thousand, the love of the emperor, and the harmonious coexistence of sisters in the harem, it seems that Empress Ren has lived a life that is envied by all women in the world.If there is another child, Queen Ren will be very happy.If it is a son, with the status of the eldest son, Ren Dejing's planning in the court, and the help of Du Chong, Liu Yu and others, it is possible for his son to become the emperor of Xixia.

However, not long after Empress Ren became empress (only nine months), I don't know whether it was because Li Qianshun was not blessed to accept the beauty of Empress Ren, or because Li Qianshun was too worried about the increasingly severe international situation, so that his body was already weak. The very bad Li Qianshun suddenly fell ill.

Before falling ill, Li Qianshun had been planning how to take advantage of the Dagan Dynasty's campaign against Jin and Goryeo to take chestnuts out of the fire and control the prefectures outside the Xi and Qin Rivers (that is, the land of the Huangshui River) under the control of the Dagan Dynasty. Taking it over has made Xixia form an unprecedented vast territory, with greater strategic space for advancement and retreat.

For this reason, Li Qianshun sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin with a lot of money and his own letter, trying to persuade the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Jin not to fall into the Daqian Dynasty's strategy of delaying troops.

Li Qianshun said in the imperial pen: After the Daqian Dynasty wiped out the Goryeo Dynasty, it will definitely turn around and continue to attack the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin seized this opportunity to recapture the Dongdong Road of the Kingdom of Jin, the vassal state of the Koryo Dynasty and the West Liao Corridor, while Xixia attacked Xi and the states outside the Qin River to support the Kingdom of Jin...

Li Qianshun also said that Xixia had nothing else to do, but only hoped that in the future, when the Dagan Dynasty was forced to negotiate a peace, Jin Guo could help Xixia win the land in the Huangshui River Basin.

It has to be said that although Li Qianshun fell under the pomegranate skirt of Empress Ren, he was not completely confused. He was still very clear that even with the strength of Xixia, the Jin Kingdom and the Goryeo Dynasty, and the grassland tribes, it was impossible to defeat him. Now that the Daqian dynasty is already too powerful, Li Qianshun still wants to use war to force peace, and in the process to win some real benefits for Xixia.

But what Li Qianshun never expected was that the envoy he sent was caught by the ranger sent by Su Dong by coincidence, and the heavy money carried by Xia envoy and Li Qianshun's personal letter all fell into Su Dong's hands. hand.

Su Dong hurriedly sent someone to send the Xia envoy and the heavy money carried by the Xia envoy and Li Qianshun's personal letter to the capital as soon as possible to dedicate it to Li Cun.

After Li Cun read it, he sent someone to Xixia with a Xia envoy and an rubbing of Li Qianshun's personal letter to ask if Li Qianshun was looking for death?Believe it or not, I immediately sent an army to destroy you Xixia?

Of course, the envoys of the Dagan Dynasty would not say it so simply and straightforwardly, but the meaning must be in place.

Li Qianshun was shocked by the words of the envoys of the Daqian Dynasty.

You know, Li Qianshun's plan all along has been that the Kingdom of Jin will fight head-on with the Daqian Dynasty, and Xixia will assist and contain it, so that the Daqian Dynasty will not be able to kill the Kingdom of Jin smoothly, and let Xixia face the powerful and aggressive Daqian alone. Dynasty, by the way, fish in troubled waters and get some benefits.

In other words, the powerful Jin Kingdom is not the opponent of the Dagan Dynasty, let alone Xixia. Therefore, if the Dagan Dynasty gives up attacking the Jin Dynasty and instead attacks Xixia, then for Xixia, it may be a disaster. !

Li Ganshun, who was already exhausted, was threatened by the envoys of the Daqian Dynasty, and his condition immediately worsened.

Within two days, Li Ganshun passed away.

And this year, Queen Ren was only 16 years old.At the same age, she became a widow and has no children.

At this moment, Empress Ren looks very pitiful...

A country cannot live without a ruler for a day.

After sending away the envoys of the Dagan Dynasty, the officials of Xixia supported the crown prince Li Renxiao to ascend the throne.

A few months later, Li Renxiao respected his aunt, the little widow, as the empress dowager, and his biological mother, Concubine Cao Xian, as the mother of the country.

At this moment when the international situation was changing rapidly, Xixia lost the old emperor Li Ganshun who had rich experience in governing, and replaced him with Li Renxiao, who was only 14 years old, as the emperor.

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