After Zhang Laogu said that there are three words in the long-term plan of my young master to develop the economy of Western Xia, he stretched his neck and throat and said: "The first is to develop the forestry economy with Helan Mountain as the central axis, and the second is to develop the agricultural economy with the Hetao Plain as the benchmark; The third is to focus on the Hexi Corridor to develop commodity trade and characteristic economy! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang listened to Zhang Laogu talk about Li Deming's three-point grand plan for economic development, and they were dumbfounded; stared at each other a few times and felt clumsy, Empress Dowager Xiao sighed; Said thoughtfully: "When Special Envoy Zhang said this, I have to admire the wisdom and wisdom of your young master; Late-blooming bearing! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned as she spoke, and said with a little thought: "The problem is that the Hetao Plain is not all owned by your Great Xia Kingdom, and there is also the Hexi Corridor, isn't it now occupied by Pan Luozhi, the great leader of the Six Valleys of Tibet, and the Uighur State of Ganzhou?" How easy it is to develop the agricultural economy of the Hetao and the commercial trade economy of the Hexi Corridor! ”

"Emperor Chengtian Empress Dowager Shengming!" Zhang Laogu clapped his hands and laughed: "The Hetao Plain you said is naturally not all the territory of Great Xia, half of it is the territory of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom; But isn't the Great Xia Kingdom a vassal of the Great Liao? Then the development of the agricultural economy by the subjects of Great Xia in the territory of the Liao State is not harmful to the Great Liao! ”

Zhang Laogu cleared his throat as he spoke, and raised his voice: "There is also the Hexi Corridor that is now occupied by the Panluo Branch of the Six Valleys of Tubo and the Uighur State of Ganzhou, but if the Great Liao Khitan State helps Great Xia; It was not easy to drive out the Tibetans and Uighurs! ”

After a pause, he said excitedly: "Once the Hetao Plain, the Hexi Corridor, and the Helan Mountains are developed to become famous granaries, the degree of wealth must be no less than that of the Jiangnan region in the Central Plains!" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao pondered for a long time and said disdainfully: "In this way, the young master of your family has included the territory of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom!" ”

Zhang Laogu hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The Empress Dowager Chengtian is reasonable, in fact, the territory of Western Xia is not the land of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom?" The young master of my family has already deployed a campaign against the Panluo branch of the Six Grains of Tibet and the Uighur state of Ganzhou; Once the rich and fertile lands of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, and Guazhou were seized from the Ganzhou Uighurs, the party members were organized to open up; The grain will roll in; At that time, the Empress Dowager of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom raised her arms and shouted, and it was not easy for the army to go south to level the Central Plains Zhao and Song Dynasty! ”

Zhang Laogu said such things that Empress Dowager Xiao liked to hear, and when she talked to Han Derang about the realization of the unification of the Chinese nation, she included the development of the Hetao Plain and the Hexi Corridor; Restoring the glory of the Silk Road commodity trade during the prosperous Tang Dynasty was the dream of Empress Dowager Xiao! If Li Deming, the young lord of Western Xia, took the lead in developing these places into warehouses of rice and grain, it would be equivalent to helping Empress Dowager Xiao realize the grand cause of unification of China.

Empress Dowager Xiao thought about it in her heart and immediately became excited; While pacing in the tent, he said with a smile: "Li Deming, this kid really has two brushes, and he planned such a grand blueprint before he ascended the throne; It's really ambitious not to be old, Ganluo 12 as the prime minister! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said happily, and even praised Li Deming's father and son: "Bringing the door out of the tiger, Li Deming is as strategic and far-sighted as his father Li Jiqian!" ”

Stretching his neck and throat, he said: "Li Jiqian became the head of a place at the age of twelve, and his vision and ambition complemented each other. led his troops to submit to the Song Dynasty, and also dedicated the land of the party members to the Northern Song Dynasty; Li Jiqian has a different opinion on this: he believes that land is the greatest wealth of the party, and it is the most reliable only if it is firmly in his own hands; So he went north to seek help from the Liao Dynasty, and the Liao Dynasty vigorously supported Li Jiqian in order to use the party members to balance the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the party project has made great progress; Li Jiqian became the founder of the party's founding of the country! ”

After a pause, he raised his arm and said, "But Li Jiqian is impetuous, and his eyes are low; When the party had not yet gained a firm foothold, he thought about expeditions to Tibet and the Uighurs, which led to the loss of national strength and his own premature death; In the end, the desire for independence of Western Xia was not realized! ”

Han Derang interjected: "The Queen Mother is reasonable! Han Derang could no longer call Xiao Xuanyan little sister where there were people, but called her the queen mother very respectfully.

Han Derang shouted the queen mother, and said with a smile: "Li Jiqian and Li Jizhui are both from Xiazhou, and the two are brothers of the same clan and belong to the nobles of the party clan; But he has taken two completely different paths in life! ”

Hook walked around the tent hall with his hands behind his back, turned around and continued: "At the beginning, Li Jisheng's prestige was greater than Li Jiqian's, but he was short-sighted and had no ambitions; because he was dissatisfied with the question of his father's establishment of an heir, and because of this, he was at odds with his brothers; In a fit of anger, he led a part of his loyal clansmen to submit to the Song Dynasty, and announced that he would unilaterally hand over a large area of land that originally belonged to Western Xia to the Song Dynasty! ”

Zhang Laogu took Han Derang's words and grinned: "It seems that Han Gong still knows about my old master's affairs!" ”

Han Derang glanced at Zhang Laogu, and Zhang Laogu said indifferently: "Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was very happy to see Li Jitou offering land, and not only entertained Li Jisheng and his party in the palace; He also rewarded them with a lot of property and made Li Jizhu a festival envoy! ”

Han Derang laughed and said: "Zhao Kuangyin tried to annex the land of the party in a peaceful way, and Li Jisheng accepted it with peace of mind when he saw that the Northern Song Dynasty was good to him!" But Li Jiqian was very opposed to Li Jiqian's decision, and he saw it very clearly; Xiazhou is a place where the Dangxiang people have lived for generations, how can it be easily given to others! Land is the most reliable only in his own hands, so Li Jiqian looked for the help of the Liao Dynasty! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said excitedly: "The emperor of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom is merciful, of course, he decided to help Li Jiqian in order to fight against the Northern Song Dynasty; In this way, there was a split within the party and aristocracy, but Li Jiqian was obviously superior; Not only did he firmly grasp the control of Xiazhou, but also obtained the right to manage, and he also sat in the position of a high-ranking official! ”

"The Empress Dowager Shengming!" Zhang Laogu took the opportunity to say to him: "The old master of my family is very angry at Zhao Kuangyin's attempt to annex the land of the Dangxiang clan, and Zhao Kuangyin's decision is undoubtedly a failure; This policy directly led to the hatred of the Northern Song Dynasty in Western Xia, and now it was the young master Li Deming who ascended the throne; The young master has more cities than the old masters, and he also hopes to be assisted by the Empress Dowager and His Excellency the King of Great Liaoqi; It was the young master of my family who became the gatekeeper of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao laughed loudly: "Zhang Laogu said it well! The Great Liao Khitan State will send a special envoy to Lingzhou to mourn the king of Western Xia, and will give gifts for his grand funeral......"

Before he could say anything, he saw Han Derang take a step forward and stand in front of the Empress Dowager Xiao and said to Zhang Laogu: "Please also ask the Xixia envoy to rest in the post house, and the condolence envoy sent by the Empress Dowager Chengtian is ready to beckon you to go on the road together!" ”

Han Derang spoke to Zhang Laogu, Zhang Zhen, and Charlie, and shouted outside the tent: "General Yelu Dahui, please arrange for the Xixia envoys to rest!" ”

Yelu Dahui heard the summons and two guards came into the tent, and led Zhang Laogu and the three to the post station; Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Han De and said, "Why do you let my brother talk about it?" ”

Han Derang took Empress Dowager Xiao into his arms and grinned, "Little Sister Yan forgot the topic that the two of us talked about before the Xixia envoy Zhang Laogu entered the Dao Tent Palace?" ”

"How can you forget?" Empress Dowager Xiao arched in Han Derang's arms and said, "Didn't Brother Rang say that he wanted to eradicate the minions of Kou Zhun, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty?" ”

"That's what happened!" Han Derang said excitedly: "The envoy of Western Xia came at the right time, and Weichen went to Western Xia to give Li Jiqian a funeral; Stop by to Fengxiang Mansion! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao stared at Han De with big eyes and was puzzled: "Fengxiang Mansion! Why did you let my brother go to Fengxiang Mansion? ”

Han Derang raised his arm and said, "Kou Zhun's hardcore minions are in Fengxiang Mansion!" ”

"Kou Zhun's hardcore minions are in Fengxiang Mansion?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked unreasonably: "Is this the case?" ”

Han Derang hugged Empress Dowager Xiao and sat on the dragon chair, pulled a pestle and sat on it and said: "Weichen is a Han Chinese, and he is especially concerned about what happened in the palace of the Central Plains Dynasty; There is a person Yan Xiaomei who may not be familiar with him, but Weichen knows him very well; This person is Xue Shisan, the commander of the former division of the palace during the reign of Song Taizu! ”