In fact, the most unfortunate thing for Xixia and Liao was not the success or failure at this time, but that they no longer had any possibility of winning.
All that awaits them is despair!
Because time is also on the side of the Song Dynasty.
Although there are still some places in the Song Dynasty that failed to popularize the Public Security Law, this is no longer important. For example, the implementation of the Public Security Law in Huguang and Shu this year was extremely smooth. The Public Security Law has never fought such a rich battle. The local dignitaries,
The landowners welcomed the arrival of the public prosecutor and law with open arms and paid taxes more actively than anyone else, which made the tax department very depressed.
At this moment, whoever obstructs the public security organs is tantamount to trying to act like a chariot and not overestimating one's own capabilities.
The tax currency also solved the money shortage crisis in Southeast Sixth Road and Shu area, causing local industry and commerce to develop rapidly, especially in Fuzhou and Guangdong. Due to the opening of sea transportation and the stimulation of tax currency, many goods there were
can be mobilized to the north.
The development of these areas also enabled the imperial court's tax revenue to maintain a strong growth momentum.
Domestic development is good and the national treasury is full, which also allows the court to free up its hands to engage in trouble in the surrounding areas and expand its influence.
For example, the Song Dynasty actively engaged in maritime trade. It first established friendly trade relations with Champa and sent a large number of crossbows to Champa in order to contain the Li Dynasty and create trouble for the Li Dynasty's rear.
Secondly, it was the victory over Peach Blossom Island. When the Liao Kingdom learned that the Song Dynasty had directly incorporated Peach Blossom Island into the territory of the Song Dynasty, they were furious. Moreover, they also discovered that the Song Dynasty had continued to infiltrate through Peach Blossom Island and established relations with Goryeo and Jurchen.
Good relationship.
This made the Liao State sleepless and had to pull out this thorn, so it sent troops to attack, but the result was that the entire army was wiped out.
Although Peach Blossom Island is very close to the Liao Kingdom, competing with the Song Dynasty's navy with artillery at sea is simply an egg hitting a stone.
However, this victory also allowed Goryeo to see the decline of the Liao Kingdom and the strength of the Song Dynasty. Under a series of operations by the Song Dynasty, Goryeo immediately jumped out of the tribute system with the Liao Kingdom and returned to the status of a subordinate state of the Song Dynasty.
At the beginning, the Liao Kingdom relied entirely on force to force Goryeo to surrender, and it also occupied several important towns on the east bank of the Yalu River. This was tantamount to strangling Goryeo's throat, and Goryeo was eager to break this predicament.
Not only that, the Song Dynasty also established a relationship with the Jurchen tribe. They happened to be fighting among themselves at this time and urgently needed weapons, so the Song Dynasty exchanged crossbow armor for their horses.
This forced Yelu Hongji, who had just put down the civil strife, to start working on the rear, which also made him feel a little powerless, and made the Liao Kingdom feel desperate.
Even if the situation in Xixia suddenly changed, it was so fast that even the Liao Kingdom could not react.
As the Empress Dowager Liang failed to send troops, she spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and lost a lot of fertile land, salt ponds, and pastures. As a result, Xixia was already very poor. The Empress Dowager Liang still had to maintain an army to defend her throne. This could only be
It was to plunder the people, which led to widespread public dissatisfaction in Xixia. In addition, the Song Dynasty's all-round infiltration provided all kinds of help to the forces opposed to the Empress Dowager Liang.
Finally, under a series of manipulations by Empress Dowager Liang, Xixia finally ushered in a serf uprising.
The Empress Dowager Liang was not in the right position, and there were objections from the beginning. If the Empress Dowager Liang could lead Xixia out of the predicament, it would make sense, but under her leadership, the country became even more impoverished. In comparison, those who surrendered
All the merchants in the Song Dynasty were well-to-do and well-to-do people, and ordinary people also lived and worked in peace and contentment.
The man walked to a higher place, and the water flowed to a lower place.
All the far-sighted people in Xixia rose up in rebellion.
Moreover, they all rebelled from all directions, including Suzhou and Xiliang Prefecture in the rear.
Of course, the Song Army also provided them with comprehensive support, including finances and weapons.
Before the Xixia Uprising, Wang Shao had reported the information to the court in time. Zhao Xu was overjoyed. Xixia was already within easy reach. Wang Anshi, Wen Yanbo and others also immediately formulated a strategic plan to attack the Liao Kingdom.
On the eve of the Xixia serf uprising, the Song Dynasty suddenly increased its troops in Xiongzhou and Bazhou on a large scale, preparing to attack Youzhou.
The Liao Kingdom also received the information and began to send more troops to Youzhou.
The two sides had several small-scale conflicts on both sides of the Baigou River, as if a war was imminent.
But the Liao Kingdom never expected that this was just a false shot by the Song Dynasty.
Just when the Liao Kingdom was concentrating on defending Youzhou, Xixia suddenly rebelled. Then part of the main force of the Western Army withdrew from Xixia territory and joined forces with Taiyuan. The 150,000-strong army attacked Yunzhou along Shuozhou and Yingzhou.
state.
The Liao Kingdom never expected that a major uprising would suddenly break out in Xixia, causing the main force of the Western Army to withdraw from Xixia territory.
The reason why the Liao Kingdom supported the Empress Dowager Liang was so that Xixia could contain the main force of the Western Army.
By the time the Liao Kingdom came to their senses, it was already too late.
Led by generals such as Zhong E and Zhe Jishi, the Western Army was unstoppable.
Because the Western Army has been fighting in Xixia for so many years, it not only obtained a large number of pastures and war horses, but also had to fully train the soldiers. The key point is that they have been fighting defensive battles in the past two years, with little loss, sufficient force, and artillery.
support, but in comparison, the Liao soldiers near Hedong have not fought in a war for several years.
When the Liao Kingdom came back to its senses, they found that the Song Dynasty was just repeating the route of Yongxi's Northern Expedition, and Empress Dowager Xiao had already given a textbook-like solution. At first, the Liao Kingdom did not panic.
According to this route, the Song Dynasty must first use the Hebei Army to attract the main force of the Liao Army to Youzhou, and then take advantage of the emptiness in the west to mobilize the Western Army to break through Yunzhou's defense line, bypass Youzhou directly, and attack the Hebei Army from both sides.
The destination must still be Youzhou.
However, after the Western Army captured Yunzhou, they immediately stopped attacking and stepped up the deployment of defense lines. The main force in Hebei also changed from an offensive formation to a defensive formation.
Hey! Just teasing you.
It turns out that the target of this strategic plan is not Youzhou at all, but Yunzhou, because there are not many war horses in Hebei, and there is more than enough defense but not enough offense.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But once Xixia is captured, and then Yunzhou is captured, the Liao Kingdom will be surrounded by the Song Dynasty.
Youzhou is facing enemies from both sides at any time.
The Song Dynasty also wanted to avoid repeating the failure of Yongxi's Northern Expedition. This time it chose to nibble away step by step instead of trying to win it all at once, because time was always on the side of the Song Dynasty, and there was no need for the Song Dynasty to take risks to attack the Liao Kingdom.
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This large-scale attack was actually just to improve the tactical position against Liao, and the main focus was to pacify Xixia first.
Hedong.
Rhubarb flat.
But I saw two to three thousand people standing excitedly in the school grounds.
Only one person was heard shouting: "Chen Xu."
“Here, there, there!”
Chen Xu waved the deed, ran forward, and handed the deed to the official in front of him.
The official took the deed and read it for a long time, then made a mark on the deed with a pen, and handed a brand new land deed and house deed back to Chen Xu, "The debt between the imperial court and you will be cancelled."
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Chen Xu took the two contracts and thanked them profusely.
These people were the people who were driven out of the disputed territory by the Liao army. According to the judgment of the chief court officer at that time, the Liao country's annual coins were directly frozen and then compensated to them.
Although Zhao Xu has abolished the Chanyuan Alliance, money continues to be given.
Some ministers suggested that they should be given some official land as compensation. They could simply eat it while lying down. However, Zhao Xu did not do this because he wanted to motivate himself and take back the lost land.
Now it's finally time to avenge the past.
You drove me away earlier, but I'm back today.
Almost all the northerners who invaded here were caught because the Song army came too quickly, and they didn't have time to escape. Now they are watching from the side, watching how their property returned to the hands of the Song people.
This must be shamed back.
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When word of the great victory in Yunzhou reached the court, it was different from the past. The monarchs, ministers, and people were all overjoyed with this great victory. In the past, even if the battle was won, the court would still be worried.
But at this moment, both Fu Bi and Sima Guang firmly believed that it was only a matter of time before Yanyun could be recovered.
Because with the fall of Xixia and the recovery of Yunzhou, the Liao Kingdom had already followed in the footsteps of Xixia and had to fight against the trapped beasts.
They are already actively discussing how to destroy the Liao Kingdom.
Bianliang, Tokyo.
In a small, inconspicuous house.
"Do you remember this place?"
Zhao Xu asked Zhang Fei while looking around.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Why don't you remember that this small house that my father-in-law rented was also the place where Your Majesty and I met for the first time. But it seems that this place has not changed at all."
Zhao Xu chuckled and said: "I heard that the owner of this house is afraid of breaking the feng shui here, so the layout has never changed. Moreover, the rent of this house is more than twice as high as other houses. But it is a pity that this house cannot
Another Zhang San appears again."
Zhang Fei secretly smiled in his heart, then you have to go to the 21st Century to recruit.
"sit down!"
"yes."
The monarch and his ministers were sitting at the stone table in the courtyard as they had done when they met for the first time.
"It seems like yesterday!"
Zhao Xu sighed again: "Do you still remember what we talked about at that time?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while, "Don't worry about scarcity but inequality, don't worry about poverty but worry about insecurity?"
"What's the solution you gave me?"
"legal system."
"But this legal system is not that legal system!"
Zhao Xu laughed and said: "At that time, I thought you were talking about Legalism, but I never thought that the legal system you were referring to was the legal system."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "I only thought of it later. After all, in the Song Dynasty, Legalism was highly respected, and not many people supported pure Legalism. It must be combined with Confucianism."
Zhao Xu laughed and had no doubt about this, and asked again: "What did we talk about when we met for the second time?"
Zhang Fei was not sure and said: "In order to govern the country, you must first govern the officials?"
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "You said it would take at least ten years. To be honest, I didn't have the patience at the time. However, the fact is as you said, it really took a full ten years! But now looking back
, it’s all worth it. This is also the most correct decision I have made in my life.”
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I still remember that I said at that time that our greatest advantage is our youth. Ten years have passed and we are now only in our early thirties. We are in the prime of life and the time is just right."
"Yes! Our greatest advantage is our youth."
Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, full of longing for the future, and asked: "The third conversation?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "If we are talking about national affairs, His Majesty revealed his identity for the third time. My advice to Your Majesty is not to use Hidden Dragon."
"Don't use it for Qianlong."
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Then I saw the dragon in the field, and then the flying dragon in the sky. Although I thought that my Song Dynasty had not yet reached the realm of the real flying dragon in the sky, but now I want to know, what is your last move?
What is it?"
Zhang Fei's expression changed slightly and he said sarcastically: "It's still very early for Feilong to be in the sky."
Zhao Xu said: "But I want to know now."
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "This last move is actually not something that can be decided by humans. It is an inevitable law, that is, there is regret for the dragon."
"How?"
Zhao Xu asked.
Zhang Fei said: "Don't use Qianlong, which means secretly accumulating strength to avoid being strangled in the cradle by others. However, it is difficult to achieve anything by hiding in the abyss. Therefore, when you have accumulated a certain amount of strength, you will see a dragon in the field, floating in the air."
Emerging from the water, showing off his talents for the first time, showing off his ambitions, and thus reaching the realm of a flying dragon in the sky.
However, when the sun is at its midpoint, it will be wane, and when the moon is full, it will be waning. This is an eternal principle. Any powerful empire will inevitably decline. Therefore, the purpose of "Exalt the Dragon and Regret" is to alleviate this process of decline."
Zhao Xu asked eagerly: "How to use Kanglong's regret to alleviate this process of decline?"
Zhang Fei said: "Does Your Majesty know how Tang Xuanzong went from the prosperous Kaiyuan era to the Anshi Rebellion?"
Zhao Xu said: "That's because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty later became so proud that he couldn't listen to unfavorable advice and only cared about having fun."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't look down on Xuanzong, maybe your Majesty will do the same in the future."
After hearing this, Zhao Xu raised his eyes and said, "Why do you say that?"
In the past, you compared me to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but now you compare me to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. How heartless!
Zhang Fei said: "Because this is human nature. When your Majesty eliminates all enemies around you and creates a prosperous age unprecedented in ancient times, won't your Majesty enjoy it? This is impossible. Then didn't Tang Taizong also start to enjoy himself when he got old?
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At that time, His Majesty will also be nepotistic and think that the public prosecutor and the law are in the way, and then use eunuchs to intervene in politics to avoid the supervision of the public prosecutor and the law, and start a new round of internal strife, thus leading to the decline of the empire."
Zhao Xu had a sullen face and hummed: "I know that you just want to use this to persuade me to protect the public prosecutor's law, because the law of law is the secret of the dragon's regret."
"it's not true."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "In my opinion, no matter how good the system is, it will eventually become human. It's just a matter of time. And the real meaning of Kang Long's regret lies in Kang Long. If His Majesty is enlightened
, it can delay the decline, and vice versa, it will accelerate the decline."
"Yeah?"
Zhao Xu said: "Since the key lies with me, the role of the public prosecutor and the procuratorate is not very big."
Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty, do you know why our dynasty values civility over military affairs?"
Zhao Xu said: "Because the previous Jiedushi envoys caused chaos."
Zhang Fei said: "If your Majesty's destruction of the legal system leads to the decline of the empire, then the next empire will definitely enact strict legislation to prevent the monarch from destroying the judiciary. The public prosecutor's law and the legal system will not disappear with the fall of the empire.
Instead, it will usher in a rebirth from the ashes.”
Zhao Xu said: "So you are suggesting that I legislate to restrain me."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "Of course not. Your Majesty is less restrained, and we will be less restrained."
Zhao Xu laughed and said: "Actually, I don't regret it. I followed your suggestion and put some power in a cage. It is precisely because of this that I can rest assured that those generals will lead the army on the front line for several years.
I can rest assured that Wang Jiefu and Wen Kuanfu will work together. I will never make the same mistake as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Let's talk about it then."
Zhao Xu said depressedly: "You look down on me so much."
Zhang Fei said: "It is difficult for human nature to withstand the test."