Chapter 550: The Dowry of Western Xia

(Cat flutter Chinese ) In terms of human nature, Xia Chongzong is by no means a good person. v o d t . c o m Li Qianshun has always adopted the policy of invading the Song Dynasty with Liao, and has repeatedly asked to marry the princess of the Liao State, and at the same time called the Song and Liao vassals to the Song and Liao countries, which makes people feel that he is like having mental schizophrenia, and every year he takes the annual gift given by the Great Song Dynasty, relying on the momentum of the Liao State, and sends troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty.

In this regard, some people say that Li Qianshun's diplomatic methods are very ingenious, but in the eyes of later generations and in terms of righteousness, Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun are an out-and-out villain, a typical figure of the type of inflammation and power, and he is not liked by the people.

It is true that Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun are villains or bad people, but they still have a set of rules in governing the country, and it can be said that they are diligent in governing the government and loving the people, and working hard to govern the country.

In the eyes of the Xia people, although the Song people were not much stronger than the Western Xia, they were much stronger than the Western Xia in terms of material civilization and spiritual civilization, especially the spiritual civilization was enough to make the Liao and Xia inferior to the point of self-esteem.

Looking at the officials of the Ministry of Rites standing below, Li Qianshun asked, "What is the custom of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to marry a daughter?" ”

Nodding, Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun said: "I read the "Zuo Chuan", there is a saying that 'Yuan Po Lord Situ, endowed the field to marry the princess,', then the Lu State Doctor Yuan Po levied taxes on the land in the Lu State fiefdom to use as the dowry of the Lu Ai Gong, how much more do I have to marry Princess Lando, so as not to lose my national reputation of Great Xia? ”

"Princess Lando's wedding is bound to attract the attention of all countries, and the Southern Dynasty will definitely check the princess's makeup, but according to the scale of the Southern Dynasty's wedding to the emperor's daughter, it is inevitably less, how to show the prestige of my Great Xia!" Someone said on the side.

"According to the Southern Dynasty, the number of royal marriages has doubled!" After a little thought, Xia Chongzong finally made a decision, but there was a faint look of pain on his face, although it was not easily detected, but it still fell in the eyes of many ministers.

In fact, every time the Western Xia sent troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty, it was to pass on the domestic contradictions or the surface of too large a deficit in financial expenditure, and the Western Xia people had to send troops to the Song Dynasty to plunder to balance the income and expenditure.

"Your Majesty, no!" Just after Xia Chongzong's Li Qianshun's voice fell, some officials immediately spoke out against it.

In Western Xia, the princess is suitable for a concubine, as long as the status of the concubine is not extremely high, she can no longer take concubines, Li Qianshun said this is obviously contrary to the domestic regulations of Western Xia, so there are not a few ministers who speak out against it.

If Lotte knew these things, he would have to laugh off his big teeth, first, laughing at Xia Chongzong's backward knowledge, that is, in the former Tang Dynasty, the Han and Jin Dynasty's regulations restricting scholars and concubines existed in name only, and second, the concubines in his own family had already accepted eight.

In the pre-Qin period, in order to increase the number of their descendants and reflect their status, the ancient aristocracy made it necessary for women to let their sisters marry with women of the same surname when they married. These women who were married were called concubines, and they were all born to concubines, that is, to other wives. In ancient times, people valued their descendants over their concubines, and used this method to make a strict distinction between the inferior and the inferior, which showed the strict hierarchy and the recognition of the legal rationalization of the polygamy system.

Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun has a keen sense of politics and governance, and can clearly sense Lotte's future in the future, if Lotte can be in charge of Zaishu in the Southern Dynasty, it will not be a good thing for Western Xia and Liao in the future.

It's dark enough!

I've seen it black, but I've never seen it so black; And the black is out of height, the black is out of the style, the big square black, the clear black, the black not only makes the princes and ministers scratch their heads, but the king of a country also has a feeling of pain when he sees it.

At present, in addition to the bride price given by the Great Song Dynasty, Lotte has brought a bride price of 500,000 taels of silver privately, how can the emperor of Western Xia only accompany that dowry, if he does not return twice the dowry of Lotte, I am afraid that it will become a laughing stock in the mouth of his country, but in a country like Xixia where the land is barren and the people are poor, although the dowry of 2 million yuan will not shake the country's foundation, it will definitely hurt the vitality.

Huizong Zhao Ji quickly figured out the reason, and said: "Le Qing is the heart of the country, I am very comforted!" ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven praised himself, there was no difference in his expression, and Lotte bowed: "The minister dares to ask Your Majesty to order the forbidden army to return the silver taels of the ministers!" ”

"Obey the order!"

"Let's go!" Immediately, Huizong Zhao Ji urged, and then advised: "Huo Qing, you have to send elite soldiers in the army to escort Le Qing's silver taels to Le Qing's mansion, and send people and horses to guard day and night outside the house to prevent people with bad intentions!" ”

Today's court meeting, Tong Guan has never said a word from beginning to end, and now he is jealous and angry in his heart, originally thought that he invited Xu Letian, the son of heaven, to marry the Xixia princess, so that although Lotte is in the court, but because of the relationship between the Xixia princess, it will always be idle, but today I didn't expect that Lotte would use such ingenious means to resolve.

About Lotte's encounter, the ministers next to him also see clearly, Lotte came back from the northwest and did six liters to do four, which can be seen the longevity of the saints, but only because of the princess of Shixia Kingdom, it made Lotte idle, and now look at the current trend, since Lotte returned from Western Xia, it will definitely be reused by the imperial court again.

"Why did Le Qing say this?" Hearing Lotte speak like this, Huizong Zhao Ji said, with a little surprise in his tone.

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