Chapter 911: Are You Talking About That Old Thing Named Ah Wu? (2nd Update)
Chapter 911
"So I ask Your Majesty to tell the truth to the Son of Heaven of Liao State no matter what, I really can't afford such a huge ......expense in Daxia," the Hubu Shangshu in front of him almost cried and said such words.
"I don't know, but everyone, it's difficult for me......" Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, had a bitter smile on his face. Haven't you seen the letter from the Son of Heaven of Liao to me? ”
"I've already tried my best to use the inner treasury, but it's impossible to supply more than 500,000 troops."
"Therefore, the Son of Heaven of Liao wants me to exchange the land for the support of Liao's grain and grass." Speaking of this, Li Qianshun couldn't help coughing a few times.
"Since the founding of my Great Xia, I have always been the only one who has attacked cities and plundered land, how can I give my territory to other countries with both hands?"
"But Your Majesty, now is an extraordinary time, if not, provoke the anger of Da Liao, withdraw the army, and at that time, the hundreds of thousands of Song troops gathered on Shaanxi Road will definitely not be willing to return empty-handed, in that case, my Da Xia, it is very likely that I will fall into military disaster again......" Chen Wang Wei Mingye fell to the ground and shouted loudly to Li Qianshun, the lord of the country who was much younger than himself.
His face was full of regret and sadness, but his heart was full of expectations, expecting Li Qianshun to agree quickly, as long as he agreed, then his reputation would inevitably be lost.
At that time, with the support of many clans, it may really be possible to take this opportunity to oust this impure Western Xia lord from power.
"Let me think again, let me think about it again, and see if there is any other way to solve it." Li Qianshun hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and vetoed Wei Mingyedang's proposal.
After all, he was the lord of Western Xia, and he deeply understood that once he really made such a decision, the consequences would be very terrible.
After the court dissipated, Li Qianshun paced anxiously in the main hall, and the boredom in his heart was really difficult to express. Now, this multiple-choice question thrown to him by the emperor of Liao, no matter how he chooses, he seems to be a loser.
But he doesn't seem to have a third way to go, after all, the strength of the Western Xia, which has been hit hard, is too weak compared to the Liao State and the Song State.
There is no longer the hardness and courage of the past to dare to say no, and now that Li Qianshun really dares to say a word, it is very likely that the reckless emperor of the Liao State will really be able to do such a thing as withdrawing the army.
At that time, Western Xia was facing hundreds of thousands of Song troops sharpening their knives, and they couldn't find any other way out except for the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, and the escape to the grassland.
Even if it is far away from the grassland, is it safe? For more than 100 years since the founding of the Western Xia Kingdom, the oppression of many surrounding countries and tribes has made those guys gnash their teeth.
If the Western Xia were hit hard again, and there was a powerful country willing to back it, I am afraid that the Western Xia, who fled to the grassland, would be attacked by those Zhufan and tribes who had already held a grudge against them, like wolves, and tore them to pieces.
Three or five years later, those who can remember the name of Western Xia are only those party members who survived secretly, and those broken rafters......
Thinking about this, Li Qianshun couldn't help but burst into tears, could it be that the Great Xia Dynasty was really going to be destroyed in his own hands?
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At this time, the henchmen and eunuchs around him saw that this young young man was not yet weak, but every day his young face was wrinkled like an old man of sixty or seventy years old, and he was very worried.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......" In the end, the confidant eunuch couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the floor.
"Mingshun, why are you? Hurry up, you can just say anything. Li Qianshun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly came to the eunuch who had been by his side since he was a child and watched him grow up, and personally reached out to help him up.
"Your Majesty, the old slave saw that you were for my Daxia Sheji, for more than a month, you haven't thought about tea and dinner every day, you haven't been weak, and now you have already raised the silver quill on your temples, the old slave hates, but it's a pity that the old slave is a useless slave, and he can't share his worries for His Majesty......" Ming Shun, who was over fifty years old, said with tears in his eyes.
"Okay, okay, your thoughts, I understand very well, I don't want to work so hard, but, I have no one in Daxia......" Li Qianshun patted Mingshun's shoulder, his face weakened.
At this moment, he felt helpless and lonely, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, many people had their own ghosts, how he was not clear, but what could he do, in this extraordinary period, everything is based on stability.
Therefore, even if he knew the dirty thoughts of those guys, Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, had to swallow his anger, and even made concessions to the powerful people of those clans, hoping to support the difficult days in the past.
But those guys are advancing step by step, and now, the emperor of Liao is completely enraged because of the defeat in the battle of Youzhou, but the problem is that the main army is the soldiers and horses of your Liao State, and the commander and the defenders outside the city of Youzhou are also your Liao State.
If you lose, why don't you bother those guys, and you actually use the excuse of increasing the army, and then let me Daxia support the grain and grass of these hundreds of thousands of troops, this is definitely a posture to force Xixia to a dead end.
Another option given by the other party is to exchange land for food, the question is, what kind of land is used? It is used in the eastern part of the northern Loop.
The Hetao area is definitely the foundation of the Great Xia country, and now, the Liao State actually wants to take this opportunity to cut it off, if you want to agree or not, yes, then your Xia State needs to bear the grain and grass of the more than 500,000 troops.
With today's Great Xia, I really can't afford it. Even if it is like killing chickens and taking eggs, how long can it last? I'm afraid that if I can't wait for the end of the war, I, the eldest son of the summer, will have to die under the knives of those courtiers who have been hollowed out.
Li Qianshun sighed with a sigh on his face. "It's a pity that the Zhongshu Order is not here, otherwise with the resourcefulness of the Zhongshu Order, there should be a way to solve the current crisis......"
Looking at the lord of the country who was sitting down, Ming Shun's eyes rolled, and after thinking about it for a long time, he bowed down in front of the steps again. "Your Majesty, although the Zhongshu Order is thousands of miles away, there is still another ...... in the court."
Li Qianshun was stunned for a moment at first, and when he saw Ming Shun's hesitant expression, he couldn't help but turn pale. "You're talking about that old thing?"
"Your Majesty, the old slave knows that you are still very angry with him, but after all, the old general of Wei Ming Ah Wu is a rare talent of wisdom and resourcefulness in my Great Xia.
"From this, we can know that Wei Ming Ah Wu is loyal to His Majesty and to my Great Xia, and the important thing is that now, there are many people with different aspirations in the center. These people all have their own calculations, how many people are really willing to think about my Great Xia and Your Majesty? ”