Since Li Jiqian has decided to move the capital, the things that are now in front of him are also very important to him, and now that the location of the capital has been chosen, how to determine the capital, and the year name has also been thought out, as for why he chose Xia Guo as the location of the capital, these questions are also extremely important to himself?

In ancient history, the historical roots of Western Xia can be traced all the way back to the early Tang Dynasty. Dang Xiang is a branch of the Qiang nationality, and the Sui book uploads "Dang Xiang Qiang, after the three seedlings". During the Tang Dynasty, Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun, who lived on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, often united against the powerful Tibetans. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun was destroyed by Tubo, and the Dangxiang Qiang, who had lost its dependence, requested to be attached to it, and was placed in Songzhou (now Songpan, Sichuan) by the Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Dang Xiangqiang, who lived in the southeast of Qinghai and the south of Gansu, was very afraid of the Tibetan army that was looting and killing everywhere, so he asked Tang Xuanzong for help and was moved to Qingzhou (now Qingyang, Gansu). After the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi was afraid of these foreign troubles, and suggested that the Tang Dynasty Sect move the Tuoba Chaoguang Department in Qingzhou to the north of Yinzhou (now Yulin, Shaanxi) and the east of Xiazhou (now Hengshan, Shaanxi) (equivalent to the southeast of Ordos, Inner Mongolia), this area was the old land of the "Great Xia" of the Huns during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which was called Pingxia at that time, so this part of the Dangxiang Qiang became the Pingxia Department, that is, the ancestors of the Western Xia royal family in the future. During the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong, the leader of the Party Department, was named the envoy of the Xiazhou Festival by the imperial court, and because of the meritorious work of the Huangchao Uprising, he once recovered Chang'an, and was given the surname Li again, and was named the Duke of Xia. Since then, Tuoba Sigong and his descendants surnamed Li have become local feudal forces with Xia Guogong. This part of the Dangxiang Qiang armed forces was also known as the Dingyan Army, and its sphere of influence was centered in Xiazhou, including the four prefectures of Xia, Sui, You, and Yin (that is, the southern region of present-day Ordos), and the vast area was called the private territory of the Tuoba clan. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, no matter who was in power in the Central Plains, the Li clan (Tuoba clan) was "bowed down to the vassals", in exchange for the dominance of the place and a large number of rewards. After more than 200 years of construction, the Pingxia area is very rich, with the fertile pastures of the Jinze area as the core in the south of Ordos, and the agricultural area represented by Qiliping at the junction of the Xia and Song dynasties, the agricultural area provides a large number of cattle and sheep grain and grass for the Western Xia, and at the same time, Ordos is also rich in the best green salt that can be used as currency at that time, and the annual output can reach about 15,000 Hu, so the Pingxia Department of Dangxiang Qiang can be said to have soldiers, horses, grain and money, the time and place are favorable, and the power is gradually expanded. However, the ambition of the Li family has not been great, it is nothing more than willing to be a prince, although Song Taizu has cut the military power of the feudal town, but he is still lenient to the ethnic minorities in the northwest, "Xu Zhi hereditary". When the Xiazhou Festival brought Li Jitou to power, the situation changed. In the seventh year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (982 AD), Zhao Guangyi reduced the military power of the feudal town and brought the Li family to the capital, preparing to eradicate the entrenched power in the northwest. Li Jishou's brother is named Li Jiqian, with extraordinary ambitions, and he knows that once he enters Beijing, it is tantamount to Jiaolong losing water, and there is no possibility of turning the tables. Therefore, he fled under the pretext of escape into the vast grassland. At this time, the Song Dynasty thought that the escaped small bandit gang had no ability and could not toss, but Li Jiqian was very politically savvy, and even married several local powerful daughters as wives and concubines, and suddenly became relatives with local leaders, and his power gradually grew. In the second year of Yongxi (985 AD), Li Jiqian and his brother Li Jichong booby-trapped the Song general Cao Guangshi, occupied Yinzhou, broke through Huizhou (now Jingyuan, Gansu), and fell out with Song; He also "asked for surrender" to the Liao State and was named the king of Xia by the Khitans. In the second year of Dao (996 AD), Li Jiqian intercepted 400,000 grain and grass from the Song army, and sent a large army to surround Lingwu City. Song Taizong was furious and sent the Fifth Route Army to attack Xia, both north. After the collapse of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong ascended the throne, and in order to calm the people, he ceded Xia, Sui, Yin, You (Jingbian, Shaanxi), and Jing (Shaanxi Mizhi) to Li Jiqian, in fact, recognized the independent status of Western Xia. In the fifth year of Xianping of Song Zhenzong (1002 AD), Li Jiqian led the tribes to capture Lingzhou, an important town of the Song Dynasty, and changed its name to Xiping Mansion, and then captured Liangzhou, an important town in the northwest, cut off the trade route between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, cut off the tribute from the Western Regions to the Song Dynasty, and at the same time forbade the Western Regions to sell horses to the Song Dynasty, which seriously affected the national defense and military construction of the Song Dynasty. When he was in alliance with the Tibetans, Li Jiqian was plotted by the Tibetans, was wounded by a crossbow shot, and died of his injuries at the age of 42. After Li Deming ascended the throne, he devoted himself to the development of the Hexi Corridor, attacking Tibet in the south and the Uighurs in the west, greatly expanding the living space of the Dangxiang Qiang people, and in 1019, Li Deming selected Huaiyuan Town (now Yinchuan, Ningxia) as the capital and renamed Xingzhou. He still paid tribute to the Song and Liao externally, but internally he was completely imperial. In 1032, Li Deming's son Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne of Xia and began to actively prepare to break away from the Song Dynasty. He first abandoned the surname Li and called himself Wei Ming. In the second year, in the name of avoiding his father, he changed the name of Song Mingdao to Xiandao. began the Western Xia's own era name. In the following years, he built a palace, established civil and military classes, stipulated the service of officials and the people, fixed the military system, established the name of the army, created his own national script (Western Xia script), and issued the bald hair decree. He also sent a large army to capture the three strategic points of Guazhou, Shazhou (now Dunhuang, Gansu), and Suzhou (now Jiuquan and Jiayuguan, Gansu). In this way, Yuan Hao already owned the lands of Xia, Yin, Sui, You, Jing, Ling, Hui, Sheng, Gan (now Zhangye, Gansu), Liang (now Wuwei, Gansu), Gua, Sha, and Suzhou, that is, all of today's Ningxia, most of Gansu, northern Shaanxi, eastern Qinghai and parts of Inner Mongolia. That is, on October 11, 1038, Li Yuanhao was proclaimed emperor and founded the country as Daxia.

As for why Li Jiqian took Xia as the national name, it was because he himself was also pretentious, and he always felt that he was a descendant of Xia Dayu, so he himself also cared a lot about his background, and he cared a lot about his background in history, and Li Jiqian was also one of them, and there were few people in history except for Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Jiqian also looked at Zhang Pu and said with a smile: "Aiqing now Yelulong continues to support me as the emperor, no matter what his purpose is, but our dreams over the years have been realized?" Aiqing, do you know why I want to be the emperor and why I have to be the emperor? ”

Zhang Pu shook his head, and then said: "Your Majesty is the king of the Holy Ming, and the lord of the Mandate of Heaven, Your Majesty is the emperor of the heart of heaven and the will of the people, and the minister thinks that His Majesty has ascended the throne, so he naturally has the consideration of writing, and Weichen does not dare to guess what His Majesty thinks, Weichen just obeys orders, and what His Majesty says is what?" Wechen didn't dare to violate, so he had to comply. ”

Li Jiqian also said helplessly: "I really feel the threat now!" Aiqing, you are complimenting, why don't I understand, you are for my good, do you think Ye Jing's words are not understood, I have no way to be the emperor, Yelu Long continues to deny that he is a hero and strategist, I live with him in the same world, I don't know if I am lucky or unlucky? In fact, it is not the reason for his Yelu Long's continuation, but this is my father's last wish, and I have no way but to establish myself as an emperor. ”

Of course, these words are to do things, but at this moment, Zhang Pu also secretly thinks in his heart that you are very capable of pretending, if this is your father's last wish, why didn't you see you set yourself up as an emperor before, how can you use it now? Why do you want to do it now, it's obvious that your approach is not just to make a play, of course, being an emperor is due to this unavoidable reason, such as external factors, or some bad things This is to make a play, emperors from ancient times to the present day are masters of acting, and the so-called masters are not too much in the folk.

Zhang Pu was also moved and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty has so many last resorts, I think the first king has a spirit in the sky, and he will definitely be proud of His Majesty, but Your Majesty has decided to establish himself as the emperor, so this time the matter must be very important, so since we have turned against the Great Song Dynasty, we might as well invite him Yelu Longxu, although we are against the Great Song Dynasty, but not completely against each other, Weichen feels that we invite these countries of the Great Liao, that is, they have to agree to these requirements, Let him send his men and welcome them to the enthronement ceremony of our emperor. Weichen felt that the war was planned, and then intersected. We can write a letter to all the countries in the world, so that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty can send people, as for whether there is an effect, why don't you look at it, as long as there is an effect, the result is naturally obvious, Weichen believes that these countries in the Central Plains will be very happy to receive Your Majesty's letter? ”

Zhang Pu's words are actually normal things, after all, there are only two powerful countries now, Liao and Song, other countries may not be able to make more invitations, but these two countries can't have to make invitations, and fighting a war pays attention to military strategy, not to mention these diplomatic things? Maybe it's not so simple to decide this time, but what if a real show is about to be staged?