Chapter 361 Protons are the code, the prince is weak
Xia Emperor Li Qianshun looked at the two rows of more than 200 protons from various local tribes kneeling in the main hall, and said leisurely:
"You are my own disciples. However, your family and tribe soldiers did not send troops to the capital to support the king during the national crisis. Therefore, there was a lot of resentment in the court, and all the princes asked me to punish you."
As soon as Li Qianshun said these words, you could hear needles dropping in the hall. The hearts of the protons were in their throats. Although they had just finished writing the blood letter in accordance with Emperor Xia's holy will, they were worried that Emperor Xia would still be punished because of their father and brother's failure. He led his troops to serve the king and punish their crimes.
"I am really in a dilemma. At this time, you should temporarily avoid the verbal criticism of the ministers. It is not appropriate to return to duty in the sixth squadron of the imperial siege. Temporarily relieve the military power of the guard army."
"I promise you that if your father and brothers send troops to serve the king, not only will I not punish your father and brothers for their previous crimes, I will also reinstate your officials to their posts and reward you with heavy rewards!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty..."
"Long live my emperor..."
"..."
The more than 200 hostages in the main hall were still worried. They only hoped that the dozens of imperial envoys just sent by Emperor Xia would bring the troops and move books they had written, ride out of the capital early on fast horses, and quickly deliver them to their families. From the tribal army, quickly mobilize reinforcements. In this way, they may be able to turn the crisis around.
Li Qianshun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, waved his hand and said coldly:
"It is not appropriate for you to return to my bodyguards for the time being. You should stay in the squad room in the imperial city to 'rest' for the time being."
"I thank the Lord for your kindness..."
The hostages knelt down and thanked them, saying thank you, but they knew in their hearts: Emperor Xia was wary of them, to prevent them from returning to the Sixth Squadron of the imperial siege, and fearing that something would happen after they regained military power...
Previously, the vast majority of the hostages were very loyal to Emperor Xia, and many of them even forgot that they came to serve in the Sixth Squadron of Yuwei as a kind of changed hostage status. Instead, they thought they could serve Emperor Xia. The guards and attendants are extremely honored!
At this time, they reflected and came to their senses. They were all extremely sad and crying in their hearts.
In the main hall, more than 200 unarmed hostages were taken out of the main hall by Emperor Xia's chamberlain, handed over to a group of 500 fully-armed Forbidden Army guards outside the hall, and sent to the Imperial City's squad room where the Forbidden Army took turns to rest. He was placed under house arrest.
Among the more than 200 protons, there were the highest officers on duty in the six squads of Yuwei, all commanding the envoys.
Li Qianshun immediately issued an order: King Shu Li Renli took over the post of commander of the sixth squadron of the imperial siege...
Li Ren bowed to express his gratitude to the Holy Father, and also felt that he had a heavy responsibility in this troubled time.
Li Qianshun issued an order to summon Prince Li Renai to the palace.
"My son is kind and loving, and pays homage to my father."
"Benevolence and peace."
King Shu Li Renli saw the prince after paying homage to Queen Xia. Although he was older than the prince, he still paid homage to the prince according to the Confucian monarch-minister etiquette of the Han and Song dynasties learned from the Xia Kingdom...
Li Qianshun looked at the prince Li Renai who was only half a height taller than him in the main hall, and felt a lot of emotion.
The fourteen-year-old prince Li Renai is the biological eldest son of Li Qianshun and Princess Yelu Nanxian of the Liao Kingdom. He is also the only son of Li Qianshun so far.
Of course, Xia Emperor Li Qianshun would not know in advance that Li Qianshun and his two other princes would come to this world in the near future, like the current time traveler Zhao Ji.
In the following year, in 1124 AD, Princess Cao of the Xia Kingdom gave birth to a prince for Li Qianshun. His son was Li Renxiao, the fifth emperor of the Xia Kingdom, Renzong, who historically revitalized Xixia.
Of course, the Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, who now had no idea what was going on, was forced by the power of the Song Emperor's personal conquests, so he had given up his concubine Cao, who would give birth to the master of the Xixia Zhongxing in the future, to the Song Emperor Zhao Ji...
Li Qianshun's third son will be Li Renyou, who was born later than Li Renxiao in the future.
There is no record in the history books which concubine was the biological mother of the third prince, King Li Renyou of Yue.
Li Renyou gave birth to a prince Li An'an who was "sinister by nature" and quite ambitious. He seized the throne through a coup.
Li An'an was the seventh Emperor Xiangzong who brought Xixia to a state of decline. During his reign, he switched from attaching Jin to resist Mongolia to attaching Mongolia to invade Jin...
When Li An was in charge of the country, Genghis Khan led the Mongolian army to attack Xixia many times. Li An was forced to sacrifice his own daughter, a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and a large number of livestock, and sent envoys to the Mongolian tent to negotiate peace...
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At this time, Li Qianshun naturally would not know in advance the future events of the Xixia Kingdom in history like the current Song Dynasty traveler Emperor Zhao Ji.
He looked at the fourteen-year-old prince Li Renai with loving eyes, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.
The prince is benevolent, intelligent since childhood, versatile, kind and filial, and has excellent conduct.
Xia Emperor Li Qianshun and Queen Yerunan Xiandu were very appreciative of these advantages of the prince. However, what worried Li Qianshun was that the prince was too weak. He had been frail and sick since childhood, and the prince was too benevolent and soft-hearted.
In the last five or six years when Li Renai grew from a child to a teenager, the Liao Kingdom gradually weakened, while the Jin Kingdom rose, and the Jin Kingdom treated Xixia with both kindness and power.
The Jin Kingdom launched many attacks on the Liao Kingdom and occupied a large area of the Liao Kingdom. Under this situation, the Queen of the Xia Kingdom Yelu Nanxian sadly felt sorry for her homeland of the Liao Kingdom, and often encouraged the Xia Emperor Li Qianshun to send troops to Xixia. Aid Liao...
Prince Li Renai was influenced by his mother for many years, and he also had very deep feelings for his mother's hometown of Liao. He also asked Emperor Xia for help many times, wanting to lead troops to aid Liao to fight against Jin, but he was blocked by Emperor Xia Li Qianshun. refute.
Li Qianshun believed that Prince Li Li Renai had no overall perspective.
He always felt that Prince Li Renai was too benevolent and lacked the ruthlessness of the emperor. He was afraid that it would be difficult for him to use the thunderous methods of the emperor's power. He was afraid that after he ascended the throne in the future, he would not be able to control the powerful ministers and generals in Xixia, and it would be difficult to deal with them well. The intricate state affairs of the Xixia Kingdom, which is caught between the three great powers of Song, Liao and Jin...
However, so far, Li Qianshun only has one single seedling, Li Renai, so he cannot consider what the imperial censor Mou Ning Keren said before:
'Your Majesty wants to personally guard Xingqing Mansion in the capital as the emperor and fight to the death with the enemies of the Song Dynasty. However, the prince is the foundation of the country and is related to the country and the country of Daxia. In my humble opinion, the prince should be sent out of the capital earlier to serve as Long-term backup plan...'
Li Qianshun recalled in his mind the advice of the imperial censor Mou Ning Keren. Of course, he could not tell the truth to the prince Li Renai in person.
Otherwise, with Li Renai's loyal and filial character, he would have knelt in the main hall for a long time, willing to die in the capital with his father, the Emperor, to fulfill the loyalty and filial piety of his sons and ministers.
Li Qianshun forced a smile to make his expression appear calm and calm.
"Ren'ai, I have an errand that I want you to do!"
Prince Li Renai stood up and bowed with his fists clasped:
"My son is willing to share my father's worries, and I will definitely finish the errands assigned by my father."
Li Qianshun nodded and said:
"Ren'ai should have heard that the Song army captured Xiping Mansion in Xijing, our country in Daxia, right?"
"I heard this! I wish I could lead the troops into the battle, kill all the Song enemies and regain the lost territory!"
"I love my son so much that I have such an ambition. I am very pleased! But for the time being, I don't need to worry about my son leading troops to fight against the Song army." Li Qianshun said leisurely:
"I observe that the Great Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was personally conquered by Yujia, has great ambitions! He is not satisfied with only occupying a few cities of our Xia Kingdom, and he intends to destroy our Great Xia Kingdom!"
"Therefore, I will send my son Renai to hold my imperial edict and the gold medal for troop dispatching, and be the chief envoy for dispatching troops. The censor Zhongcheng Bali Zuren will be the deputy envoy, leading a thousand elite troops and cavalry to the northwest tribes of our Great Xia Kingdom. , order all ministries to send troops to the capital as soon as possible!”
Li Renai, who has been smart since childhood, heard his father's words and immediately understood the meaning behind the words. He said with tears in his eyes:
"My son is willing to stay with his father and guard the capital together to fulfill his filial piety..."
"Shut up!" Li Qianshun yelled angrily:
"I have made up my mind. For the sake of the country and the country of Daxia, Prince Renshou, you must leave the capital and go to the tribes in the northwest to announce my decree to mobilize troops and serve the king! This is the way of loyalty and filial piety."
Li Renai knew that his father was afraid that the capital could not be defended, and that after the city was destroyed, the royal family would become a prisoner of the Song Dynasty and would not end well. Therefore, his father gave him the errand to leave the capital, so that he, the prince, would be able to leave the capital as soon as possible. Some left the danger zone.
Faced with the label of "loyalty and filial piety" imposed on his father, Li Renai was powerless to refute. He knelt down and cried bitterly: "My son, I obey the decree..."
Li Qianshun was also very moved when he saw the fourteen-year-old prince Li Renai crying so sadly.
He stood up from the dragon chair, walked to the Crown Prince Li Renai, stretched out his right hand to touch his head, and pretended to be confident:
"I have sent General Li Liangfu to lead heavy troops and station them at the ferries along the Yellow River outside the capital to prevent the Song army from coming down the river to attack our capital."
"In addition, I have issued a decree to mobilize the military and civilians in the capital to strengthen the city's defense. The city will be built on the hundred-year-old foundation of Xingqing Mansion, which is the Longxing land of our Daxia Kingdom. The city is high and the trenches are deep. There is sufficient food and grass. The army and the people are united and share the same hatred. Even if the Song army comes to attack, I I am confident that my capital will be able to hold on for at least one year!"
"When the Song army cannot attack for a long time, its morale will definitely be shaken and its morale will be low. At that time, my prince Ren'ai and various imperial envoys will definitely be able to bring in a large number of reinforcements and go to the capital to serve the king. They will be able to wipe out the invading army in one fell swoop. Song Enemy."
Prince Li Renxin didn't quite believe his father's statement that the capital city could be defended for a year. The precedent was that the fortifications of Xijing City in Daxia were second only to the Xingqing Mansion in the capital. Why did the Song Emperor, who was personally conquered by the emperor, capture it so quickly with his troops?
He also didn't quite believe that the local tribal armies would comply with the order and come to serve the king. If this was the case, the Song army had been invading Xia for some time, so why did the local tribal armies of Daxia stand still?
Li Renai knelt in the main hall and felt his father's warm hand caressing the top of his head. He not only felt his father's love, but also felt that his father placed a huge responsibility on him to continue the Great Xia Kingdom. On top of his head, he knew that being a prince was related to the country, the country, and the country. Even though he knew that his father's stay in the capital to fight against the Song Dynasty was in danger, he had to obey his father's will.
Li Renai knelt in front of his father Li Qianshun. He hugged his father's thigh and cried with tears streaming down his face:
"Father, take care, I will live up to your father's expectations!"
"Okay!" Li Qianshun said with relief, his big hand slowly caressed from Li Renai's head down, and touched Prince Li Renai's slightly pale cheek.
He naturally knows that if his beloved son is separated today, if God bless Daxia, they may still see each other someday; otherwise, it may be a farewell!
Li Qianshun's big warm hand resolutely withdrew from the pale and smooth face of Prince Li Renai, sighing
"People have to grow up after all! And my prince's benevolence is the foundation of our country! Although you are only fourteen years old, in this troubled autumn, you should grow up quickly!"
Li Renai listened to his father's holy words and kept nodding his head.
Li Qianshun said sincerely: "You are leaving Beijing this time to go to the northwest to read out my imperial edict on troop deployment. Do not act out of emotion. When something happens, discuss it with the veteran minister Bali Zuren..."
Li Renai burst into tears, but said firmly: "My son, I will obey my father's orders!"
At this time, King Shu Li Renli, who was waiting in the main hall, couldn't help but be moved and secretly sad when he saw this scene.
He had seen that under the rule of the current Emperor of Xia, the Great Xia Kingdom was peaceful and peaceful, and its military was getting stronger. Three years ago, the Xia army defeated the large-scale "invasion" of the Song army, forcing the Song Dynasty to negotiate peace with the Great Xia Kingdom again and open border trade. Every year, he 'presents' a large amount of coins to Daxia...
However, in just over three years, why did the Song army suddenly become so powerful? Why did Zhao Ji, the faint king of the Song Dynasty, suddenly become a talented and strategic emperor?
Li Renli secretly hated the Song Emperor who suddenly became a wise king and the powerful Song army; otherwise, his brother Li Renzhong, the King of Pu, would not have committed suicide on the top of the city because of the fall of Xijing City...
Similar to Li Renli's thoughts and incomprehensions about hating the Song Emperor and Song Army, Xia Emperor Li Qianshun and Prince Li Renai also had the same thoughts.
Although Li Qianshun loves his only living son Li Renai, he is definitely not an emperor who loves his children.
He turned around resolutely and turned his back to the prince who was kneeling on the ground crying and burst into tears. As he strode towards the empty dragon chair, he said:
"It will take some time for me to pass the decree to the imperial censor Zhongcheng Bali Zuren. During this period, you can return to the palace to visit your mother."
"My son, I obey." When Prince Li Renai kowtowed and thanked him, he looked even sadder.
He knew very well that his father insisted on staying in the capital and defending it. It would be okay if the capital was not captured by the Song army, but if the capital was captured by the Song army, wouldn't he lose his biological parents at the same time?
Thinking of the prince Li Renai here, he was extremely sad. He begged bravely and said with a trembling voice:
"My son, I want to take my mother and queen with me when I go north this time. I ask my father's permission!"
Li Qianshun had already walked back to the dragon chair, but before he could turn around and take his seat, he heard Li Renai's request to take Queen Yelu Nanxian with him to the tribes in the northwest to mobilize reinforcements. He was furious...
"Bang!" Li Qianshun raised his foot and kicked towards the dragon chair.
He knew that his son Li Renai made such a request because he was worried about losing his parents at the same time. But as the prince, Renai, you have such short-sighted considerations. How can I trust you to hand over the country of Daxia to you?