After Zhe Yanchong stopped in Chang'an for a while, he turned to the north, with Ren Dejing's department as the front army, Wang Xuanzuo, Qu Duan right, Liu Qi and Yelu Yujian accompanied the Chinese army, and came towards Yinchuan. Xiao Tienu sent a seed to meet the sick for 300 miles, and he himself crossed the Yellow River to greet him. Several armies converged and entered Yinchuan in a mighty way.

This Western Xia capital has hindered Xiao Tienu for a long time, and after the fall of Brother Weimingcha, Xiao Tienu thought that Zhongxing Mansion was at his fingertips, but he didn't expect Qianshun to persist for more than a year. When the city was broken, Xiao Tienu was already extremely irritable, and he was almost about to slaughter the city! Fortunately, there was a kind of illness that prevented this famous city in the northwest to be preserved. Under the suggestion of planting the disease, Xiao Tienu handed it over to Lu Yanlun for full disposal, Lu Yan's means of ethics and politics were mastered, and within two months, the old capital of Western Xia was submissive, and various forces were supported by pro-Han people, and those who hated Han were suppressed, and the death of Western Xia was loyal to flow or kill, and it only took half a month for the market to calm down, and half a year later, the city renamed Yinchuan had three or four points of prosperity before the break.

When Zhiyan Chong entered Yinchuan, this was already a surrendered city, the party had already been disarmed, and the civil order was mainly in the hands of the pro-Han Buddhist monks. Zhi Yan Chong smiled on the horse, comforted Qianshun a few words, and let him go to Chang'an to live in peace for more than a year.

Qianshun is different from Zongbi, he is already a quite Sinicized monarch, so when the city was broken, he did not burn down the palace like Zongbi, when the city gate was broken, he saw that he was not lucky, so he sent a messenger to express his willingness to disarm and surrender, just begging Xiao Tienu not to embarrass the people in the city. At that time, Ruo Qianshun insisted on resisting and launched street battles in the city, although the Han army was sure to win in the end, but the casualties had to be doubled, so Xiao Tienu agreed to Qianshun's request to surrender under the advice of the two people. Because of this, the palace of the Xixia Palace was not damaged, and now as soon as Zhiyan Chong arrived, it became the palace of the Han Emperor.

The palace of Western Xia is not as good as the Bianliang Palace of the Great Song Dynasty in terms of scale, but it is better than the Han Palace, which has only been in operation for several years and has not yet been completed, in all the details. And the palace of the Han Dynasty is still almost an "empty shell" at the moment, there are only a bunch of buildings, and the "software" that exists with the palace - such as eunuchs and concubines Gong'e - is almost non-existent, as for the corresponding etiquette rules, because Yan Hu does not like these inside, Yang Yingqi advocates that "even if you are despicable, you should also have self-esteem", so it is not grand enough, and it is impossible for the owner of the palace to feel the majesty and pleasure of being the emperor. However, this Xixia Imperial Palace is fully equipped from the palace platform to the personnel rules, so after coming here, Zhi Yanchong can be regarded as having a first-hand experience of how his previous monarch became an emperor in the palace.

That night, Zhi Yanchong feasted the generals in the palace, and this banquet was full of warriors, or Hu or Han, or handsome or generals, plus some soldiers who had made miraculous achievements in the siege war, a total of more than 300 people, and the main hall of the Xixia palace sat like a market. Zhi Yanchong knew the temperament of martial artists, so this banquet was extremely rough, allowing the generals to drink to their heart's content, and all etiquette was closed out. He personally put the lamp, one by one, over one person, then asked him which time was the most proud of the military exploits, said one, then persuaded three cups, where he passed, all drunk, only to persuade dozens of people The sky was already white, some generals were drunk and even lay naked and fell asleep, Zhi Yanchong did not think it was wrong, but personally cloned the robe to avoid catching a cold, so he drank for three days in a row, hundreds of soldiers were drunk, and the banquet was dispersed.

Zhi Yanchong rested for a day, and called the generals to feast and drink, but this time there were only seven people: Xiao Tienu, Liu Qi, Chong Quai, Qu Duan, Wang Xuan, Yelu Yujian and Ren Dejing. The eight monarchs and ministers sat on the ground in the imperial garden of Western Xia, a bonfire was lit in the middle, and a few live deer were tied next to it, Xiao Tienu personally killed the deer and bleed, planted to receive the blood, Yelu Yu saw the roasting, Ren Dejing passed the meat, the meat was not burned, first drank the deer blood, a few cups of lukewarm deer blood in the stomach, several men felt a surge in the abdomen, Zhi Yanchong had not been drunk for three days before, but this time he seemed to be drunk, and said with a smile: "Mobei is bitterly cold, Bianliang is broken, but I don't want this Western Xia to be so prosperous." ”

Plant the disease: "This Yinchuan area is very beneficial to the mountains and rivers. Helan Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles from northeast to southwest, blocking the wind and sand in the northwest, because although the Ningxia Plain is in the northwest, the land is close to the desert, and there is no bitter cold in the desert north, but it is similar to the warmth of the south of the Yangtze River. The Yellow River is harmful, only a set of profits, from Lanzhou to the upper part of the area to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, the water network is dense, as long as there is no catastrophe and can be cultivated with heart, vegetables and fruits can be abundant every year, and the five grains are abundant. Since the Han mixed with a Liaoxia homeland, the northeast has the cattle and sheep of the Elechuan, the southwest is through the Ganlong Silk Road, and the southeast is 800 miles of Qinchuan Tianfu country, over time, this Yinchuan will become a small Yangzhou in the northwest. ”

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Xiao Yangzhou, Xiao Yangzhou, after all, it is just comparable to Yangzhou." It has long been heard that the prosperity of Tanggu today has surpassed that of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Huaiyang, and His Majesty came from Gyeonggi, presumably just to feel fresh for a while. Whether it's today or tomorrow, this Yinchuan can't compare to Gyeonggi. ”

Zhi Yanchong shook his head and said: "Otherwise, although Gyeonggi is prosperous, there is no such joy in the northwest." ”

Liu Qi was surprised: "Why is this? ”

"I don't know." Zhi Yan said: "Maybe it's because I've been away all the year round, but after returning to Jingshi and Tanggu, I feel a little uncomfortable, as if I don't belong to that place." ”

The generals looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know how to speak for a while, but Xiao Tienu sneered and said, "I know why." ”

Zhi Yan rushed and said: "This is strange, I don't know it myself, but you know?" ”

Xiao Tienu smiled: "Big brother, you are a fan of the authorities, I am a bystander!" ”

Orihiko smiled and said, "Then you can tell me why." ”

Xiao Tienu said: "It's not simple? Gyeonggi is a place run by Lao Qi, he has lived for a long time, and that place naturally dyes his temperament! The eldest brother is away all the year round, and returning there is like living in the seventh child's house, how can he get used to it? ”

Orihiko smiled and said, "This makes some sense, but how to solve it?" ”

Xiao Tienu said: "That's simple. There are two ways, the first is to change the atmosphere there, and the second is to change the place. ”

At this time, the meat had been burned, and Ren Dejing presented it, Zhi Yanchong drank another cup of deer blood, ate a piece of dried meat, and then said: "These two methods, the first may not be able to do it, and the second is afraid that it will not work." ”

He didn't say it explicitly, but all the generals present were the top famous generals in the world, and they were well versed in the world, and they were not the kind of martial artists who only knew how to fight, so they understood it as soon as they heard it.

At this time, the Gyeonggi region of the Great Han Dynasty inherited the style of the Great Song Dynasty in terms of culture, inherited the martial arts of the northern country in terms of folk customs, and was backed by mountains and rivers in the mind, looking at the sea, politically the most efficient administrative system in the world, and the market also formed a commercial order that matched the entire administrative system. It can be said that the Gyeonggi region at this moment is not only the political center of the Han Empire, but also the economic center of the entire Eastern world, and occupies a commanding heights in culture. As for other regions, such as Korea and Japan, they can only follow suit.

The civilization of this region has developed to such a high level that the atmosphere is no longer easily swayed by the subjective will of the superiors, including the seven entrepreneurial giants such as Zheyang, and even the forcible relocation of the capital administratively may not change the fact that it was the economic, political, and cultural center of the Han Empire. Since the Gyeonggi region is a cultural export rather than a recipient of the whole world, its essence is also difficult to be replaced by the impact of foreign customs, and if it really wants to change the people's customs of this region in the short term, it will be unless there is a negative major mutation, and the economic, political, and cultural system of the region will be completely shattered due to natural disasters or man-made disasters, or simply let the people in this area die and then move another group of people here.

Xiao Tienu was about to speak, but Liu Qi suddenly said: "We are waiting for the general, but I know that I will kill the enemy and protect the country, so I dare not ask about political affairs." On the issue of the atmosphere in Gyeonggi, it seems that it would be more appropriate for His Majesty to consult with the Prime Minister and the ministers. ”

Xiao Tienu glanced at him, looked at Zhi Yanchong, looked at Xiao Tienu, and then looked at Liu Qi and Wang Xuan, and said with a smile: "It's a good season, what are you doing talking about these trivial things?" Let's just want to be happy when we go to the battlefield, and we will be happy and glorious after going off the battlefield. If His Majesty feels that Gyeonggi is not accustomed to living, he will come to the frontier more often, and the civil officials will worry about the trivial matters in Gyeonggi. ”

Zhi Yanchong smiled slightly and asked him: "You have been to the Tianshan Mountains, I don't know what the scenery is there?" ”

"Excellent! It's just that the road is not easy to walk, but when you go to the oasis at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, it is another prosperous scene that is very different from the Central Plains. I just wait for the major events here in the Central Plains to be decided, and I will ask Your Majesty for an order, and bring an iron army, first, to miss my thoughts there, and secondly, to open up territory for my Han Dynasty, and help Your Majesty to surpass the Han Dynasty and be proud of Tang Sect, and be admired by thousands of countries through the ages! ”

Zhi Yan laughed, then looked to the southeast, and said, "You have this ambition, very good, very good!" I should have granted your wish right now. However, after all, the Western Regions is not the foundation, and it is necessary to determine the Middle Earth first, and then map the West. ”

Liu Qi said: "Since the pacification of Mobei, there is nothing to do in all directions, people are at peace, if they conform to the people's wishes, they should be quiet and not move." I see ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhi Yanchong shook his head and said: "The affairs of the West can be left to the children and grandchildren, but the affairs of Jiangnan must be solved in the hands of my generation." We're not old yet, are we empty of millions of elite soldiers, sitting and waiting for death? When the money and food in the treasury are sufficient......" glanced at the disease, Qu Duan, Ren Dejing, etc., and said, "How?" ”

Qu Duan Ren stood up solemnly and said loudly: "Your Majesty ordered the flag to point to the place, and the bento should forget about death and drive!" Yelu Yu hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to attach the tail." ”

Zhi Yanchong laughed, as if he was a little drunk, Xiao Tienu saw that it was getting late, and said, "Big brother, you are also tired today, let's rest first." "Summoned a few stunning palace ladies and waited for Zhi Yanchong to freshen up and rest. When he was about to stay, a few palace maids outside came in with a young woman, and the palace ladies were already thousands of people who were beautiful in the world, but in front of this woman, they were like rubble and dung.

Over the years, when Zhiyan was outside, if the military situation was not tight, the people below would also arrange for people to wait, so at this time, I didn't think it was strange to see this young woman, let alone ask more, and hugged the general and went to bed to rest.