In the 32nd year of Yonglong, Li Chonghuan forced the young emperor to take the throne in Bei'an City, established himself as the emperor, changed the country name to Xia, and set the year name as Pingyong.

In the early years of Pingyong, Li Chonghuan was in charge of power alone, and divided the prime minister's authority into four. They are the four prime ministers of the east, west, north and south, of which the east is respected.

In the second year, his ambitions swelled and he wanted to annex Nanheng. Zhang Yi led the tiger talisman, named him the general of the expedition to the south, and led 500,000 soldiers and horses to conquer the south of the country.

In the seventeenth year of Pingyong, Li Chonghuan saw that he had not seen any results after many years of fighting, so he personally led a million troops to the battlefield.

That year, the Northern Xia army was unstoppable and broke through several cities in Nanheng one after another. Li Chonghuan watched the destruction of Heng in sight, but unexpectedly, in February of the following year, he fell into the Heng army's feint plan and suffered heavy losses. In desperation, Li Chonghuan had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops and return to the DPRK.

However, during the pro-conquest period, the court was empty, and his younger brother Li Xiao took the opportunity to secretly seek power in an attempt to usurp the throne. Northern Xia has quietly fallen into a precarious situation.

In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed.

Night, dark and windy night.

"Emperor Chao, Red Star...... Akashi has appeared! I heard a loud and hurried sound from outside the hall gradually approaching into the hall, and then, there was a short footstep sound in the Taiji Hall, which completely broke Li Chonghuan's contemplation, only to see him turn around, look up with a fierce look on his face, and look at the person with evil eyes: "What did you say?" ”

Yuan cheated and bowed down, and said with a frightened face: "The emperor begs Weichen for telling the truth, Weichen has been watching the sky for the past few days and nights, and found that the red star is appearing, devouring the three stars." And the star in the east is getting more and more dim and dull, which is a bad omen! ”

At this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed outside the Taiji Hall, and then, a thunderous roar of "boom" instantly shocked Li Chonghuan's ears, he looked around blankly, and sighed, "Catastrophe, catastrophe!" ”

"Emperor Chao, the red light of the red star has begun to devour the three stars of Chibei, and Weichen is only afraid that in the future, the three monarchs will continue to fall into this catastrophe, which is extremely unfavorable to the world." Yuan's cheating voice was like a gnat, he didn't dare to breathe, he lowered his head slightly, and there was still panic in his eyes that had not yet dissipated.

Li Chonghuan came back to his senses, looked at Yuan Cheating's eyes like a torch, and asked, "Then according to what you see, how should Shun (the emperor of the dynasty professe) turn evil into good fortune?" ”

Yuan's cheating mood gradually calmed down, thought for a moment, and said: "Is it a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, so the only feasible plan now is to obey the will of heaven, wait for the opportunity, overcome the rigid with softness, and fight poison with poison!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Chonghuan's face was already stunned and a little more worried, and he asked: "I don't know what you mean by overcoming rigidity with softness and fighting poison with poison?" ”

As soon as Yuan cheated and was about to answer, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the Taiji Hall again.

"Brother Huang, my brother has found it!" I saw Li Xiao holding the letter in his hand, hurriedly came in, clenched his hands into fists, and knelt on one knee.

Li Chonghuan suddenly moved his gaze to Li Xiao, and when he saw him like this, he rubbed his hands even more, his eyes widened, and he frowned and said: "What kind of etiquette do you have at this time, brother Xiao, tell me quickly, what did you find?" ”

"They were prisoners of the previous dynasty, and some of them had ill intentions and wanted to plot a rebellion, so they wanted to use the hands of Kumo Khan to revive the former dynasty." Li Xiao handed the letter in his hand to Li Chonghuan, and then said: "This is the letter and account book of the plan, please read it with the imperial brother!"

Li Chonghuan hurriedly took the letter, opened it, and at first glance, he was furious, tore up the letter, and roared angrily: "A group of bastards!" ”

"What does the Imperial Brother plan to do with them?" Li Xiao asked.

Li Chonghuan threw the letter on the ground with one hand, and sneered: "Okay, if Shun didn't kill you, you would dare to rebel, since you are restless, then Shun will make your whole family uneasy!" ”

"Li Xiao!" He roared.

"Wechen is here!"

"Limit you for three days, find out what accomplices you have, and get rid of them. And all the captives and families of the previous dynasty were arrested and put into the prison, and after ten days, they were all sentenced to death! Li Chonghuan looked at Li Xiao solemnly, and his face showed a hideous color.

"Wechen obeys orders."

The news soon spread throughout the capital.