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Recently, Li Yan can be said to be proud.

Yue Fei didn't take much effort to capture Songting Pass, and then laid an important checkpoint outside the Great Wall, giving Yandi an extra guarantee.

And Fang Xuedu and Liu Min have successively taken Danzhou City and Shunzhou City, and have begun to clean up the armed forces in the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, I believe that it will not be long before Danzhou and Shunzhou will completely belong to Li Yan.

The situation in Yizhou and Zhuozhou was similar to that in Danzhou and Shunzhou, and Wang Yan, Zhang Xian, Li Kai, and Han Shizhong each sent half of their troops and horses to begin to clean up the armed forces in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the two states.

What makes Li Yan happiest is that Fang Qifo has conquered Jizhou and advanced to the mouth of the Haihe River, and now Fang Qifo has begun to establish a port, and it won't be long before the sun sets before the ship can come to Jizhou Port, and the land of Yanyun will also be completely incorporated into Li Yan's territory.

In addition to suppression, Li Yan also recruited An-Li Yan used a relaxed policy to recruit those rebels hiding in Yanshan, so that they could join the Liangshan Army or revert to good people.

Li Yan started as a bandit, and he was naturally close to these rebels, and the rebels also believed that Li Yan would not always disbelieve them like the Liao, Song, and Jin Kingdoms.

Therefore, as soon as Li Yan's Zhao'an banner was erected, more than a dozen rebel armies immediately came to vote.

Among them are those who are not small in size.

For example, Dong Pang'er, who had surrendered to the Song State and was given the name Zhao Xu by Zhao Ji.

Soon after Li Yan erected the banner of Zhao'an, Dong Pang'er led nearly 30,000 volunteers to vote.

is similar to Dong Pang'er's situation and Zhang Guanyu.

Zhang Guanyu originally wanted to vote for Song Guo, and even began to look at Song Guomei.

However, in the end, Zhang Guanyu still brought more than 10,000 volunteers under his jurisdiction to vote for Li Yan, whom he believed in more.

In addition, there are also rebels in the Liaohai area, including Wu Bangtian, Yun Team, Sea Team and other rebel armies.

In the eyes of the Han people in the Song Kingdom, the Han people in the former Liao State (mainly the Yanyun area) belonged to the Fan category, and from the emperors, scholars and doctors of the Song State to the common people, they all called the Han people in the original Liao State as "captive".

Therefore, the Han people in the former Liao State were not recognized by the Han people in the Song State, resulting in them being discriminated against, not trusted, and humiliated, which was an important reason why the Han people in the original Liao State, including many of the civil and military bureaucrats of the former Liao State who had defected to the Song State, finally chose to abandon the Song State and join the Jin State in the later Song and Jin Wars.

Like Dong Pang'er, Zhang Guanyu and other rebels who had surrendered to the Song State, they had actually felt this kind of discrimination, but here in Li Yan, there was no such discrimination at all, so Li Yan set up a banner to recruit peace, and they immediately took refuge with their subordinates.

For these rebels, from Li Yan onwards, the people of Shuibo Liangshan were all treated equally, and they were screened completely according to the new army they recruited, and the strong and obedient ones were selected, and then the recruits were trained and politically educated, and those who were screened were given land and allowed to return to good people.

All in all, things are completely developing in the direction of being favorable to Shuibo Liangshan and Li Yan.

In such a situation, the voice of nation-building is getting louder and louder.

Finally one day, Li Yan gave a clear order - to discuss the name of the country.

All the dynasties in ancient China did not use "China" as their national name, but also used China as their common name.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Western missionaries came to the east, and they all called the Ming and Qing dynasties the "Chinese Empire", or "China" for short.

The Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchu, signed in the 28th year of the reign of Kangxi, was the first treaty between modern sovereign states to demarcate borders between China and a foreign country.

The Chinese government that signed the treaty was the Qing court, but the name of the country was China.

For example, the full title of Suo Etu, the chief representative of China, is: "The Great Sage Emperor of China, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Parliament, and the Minister of the Interior", that is, he is the Emperor of China and exercises Chinese sovereignty.

The Treaty of Nebuchu refers to the demarcation of the border and the belonging of the peoples of the two countries, using the terms "China" and "Chinese".

This is the first time that "China" has been used as a special name for a sovereign state in the form of an international treaty.

In short, "China" cannot be used as a country name, as long as it enters the Central Plains, its country is considered China.

Since "China" can't be used as a country name, it is bound to have another country name, and you can't always call yourself Shuibo Liangshan or Dong'an Duhufu, right?

Therefore, Shuibo Liangshan has developed to such an extent that it is bound to build a country, and it is also bound to have its own national name.

In this regard-

There are many discussions up and down Shuibo Liangshan.

It is said that the "Liang" of Liangshan, the birthplace, is the country name.

It is said that the country name is "Qi" or "Lu" from the place of origin.

It is said that Li Yan's original title of Lelang County Duke "Le" or "Lang" is the country name.

It is also said that "Yan" or "Yun" is the country name.

And yet—

In other words, just when Shuibo Liangshan was preparing to establish the country, a series of news suddenly came that caught Shuibo Liangshan off guard:

"The Song State raised 300,000 troops, known as 1 million, led by Yao Gu, Chongshizhong, and Guo Yaoshi, respectively, and assembled in Daizhou, Xiongzhou, and Guangxin, and Zhao Ji strictly ordered that 300,000 troops will go north at the same time after ten days."

"The Western Xia raised 100,000 troops, known as 300,000, divided into two roads, all the way to the Heqing army, all the way to the Jinxiao army, and came straight to Yunzuo."

"The Jin State raised 150,000 troops, known as 500,000, divided into two routes, all the way to Songting Pass, all the way to Yuguan."

In other words, the Song, Xia, and Jin kingdoms simultaneously attacked Shuibo Liangshan, preparing to attack from all directions.

In the face of such an unexpected situation, how can Li Yan and others still be in the mood to build a country?

Li Yandang immediately summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

When the civil and military officials arrived, Li Yan directly asked Zhu Gui, Chai Jin, and Yan Qing, the three intelligence leaders: "Why didn't there be any news before?" ”

Zhu Gui and the three of them were extremely ashamed!

The three countries made such a big attack at the same time, and they didn't hear any news about it before, which was obviously their dereliction of duty.

In other words, the intelligence system of Shuibo Liangshan is still not developed enough and needs to be vigorously built.

Li Yan then called out to Yanqing: "How did you send an envoy to the Jin State, how did you come into contact with the Western Xia, and how did you make these two countries form an alliance with the Song State?" ”

Hu Yanqing kept silent, just silently accepted Li Yan's reprimand.

In fact, this matter does not complain about Yanqing.

Who is to blame?

Resentment of Li Yan.

Li Yan's diplomatic principles are too tough, whether it is for the Jin State or the Western Xia, he will not give an inch.

On the contrary to Li Yan, Zhao Ji was humble and courteous, whether it was to the Jin State or the Western Xia, and was willing to spend money to buy peace, that is, he was willing to offer New Year's coins to the two countries.

More importantly, whether it is Wanyan Aguda or Li Qianshun, they are all outstanding people of this era, and they know very well that Li Yan and Zhao Ji are their neighbors, which is more beneficial to them.

Besides, apart from Zhao Ji's stupid hat, who is not a weak and strong opponent?

Therefore, the Jin State and the Western Xia did not do much struggle, so they chose the Song State as their ally and Shuibo Liangshan as their enemy.

These things are actually not difficult to analyze.

When Li Yan's anger passed, Li Yan's strategists quickly helped Li Yan clear these things.

Li Yan patted Hu Yanqing's shoulder to show that Hu Yanqing had been wronged and expressed his apologies.

However, Li Yan has no regrets about his diplomatic principles.

Weak diplomacy can certainly survive for a while, but it will cause endless troubles.

Tough diplomacy may seem passive, but as long as it survives the current predicament, it can achieve long-term peace and stability.

Just when Li Yanjun was discussing the countermeasures, the chamberlain suddenly ran in and shouted, "Governor, something is wrong!" ”

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