Bingchang is eleven years old this year, although he is pale and thin, and he doesn't look like a Fan, but he is the emperor - the lord of the Western Xia State is a vassal to both Song and Liao and was crowned king, but in the country he calls himself the Son of Heaven, and the son of Qingtian is a vulture--he has been on the throne for more than three years, which is about the same time as the current Son of Heaven of the Song State has been on the throne.

For the young Bingchang, the pilgrimage meeting every few days was a painful job. Behind him is the queen mother who listens to the government, and his only task is to sit honestly and quietly on the couch like a clay puppet and wood carving. Other than that, nothing else. Although the courtiers' recitals and invitations all had to carry the name of him, His Majesty and His Majesty, in fact, the person they spoke to was the person behind Bingchang.

Once you sit down on the couch, you can't move around as usual, and you can only relax after the court meeting is over. Bingchang is actually very dissatisfied with his current task. This country is his, and he should have the right to run the government. Every time I listened to the queen mother discuss political affairs with her courtiers, I always wanted to try to insert two sentences into it to express my opinion. He did, but once he did, he had to meet his mother's cold eyes, and the punishment that followed.

The thought of the punishment he had received for his own indiscretion made him feel a little uncomfortable. Especially sitting behind his biological mother, it was like a knife was scratching, and he involuntarily twisted his body.

Sitting behind a curtain strung with agate beads, the current Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia looked at her son very unhappily, twisting her body like an itchy back. A pair of thin eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the corners of the hanging eyes were full of color. If her appearance is placed in the Song Kingdom, it is indeed not very outstanding, she can only be regarded as an ordinary beauty. But here in Western Xia, there are few party women who can compare. has outstanding appearance and scheming, if it weren't for this, she would not have been able to seduce the former lord of the country, and her ex-husband's family was all sent to Jiuquan, and she became the queen, and even the current queen mother.

However, to sit in this position, it is not as easy as his son thinks. The Tibetan people do not pay attention to loyalty and righteousness like the Han people, and they are simply the law of the jungle, and there is no other reason to speak of. If you can't satisfy the group of jackals, tigers and leopards below, Mo said that if you sit firmly in your current position, you may even completely destroy her and the entire Liang family at any time, and it will definitely not be solved by twisting your body.

The last time the whole country raised the troops to go south, except for a few small villages around Dashun City, they basically did not take advantage of the slightest. The river Huang that Yu Zang's family was responsible for, and the battle of Weiyuan was a futile. On the side of the Wuding River, close to Yinzhou to build Luowu City, the two places are only separated by a heavy mountain, in the eyes of the people, this is a timid move to retreat step by step.

Although after retiring from the army, the Liang brothers and sisters paid a lot of price in exchange for the stability of the situation in the country and the stability of the Liang family's position. But every time he goes to court, there are very few people who talk about the failure of the previous time.

Minister Liang Yi buried a report in the court and read: "The Jingsai Army Division has reported that in the past month, three more tribes have fled south to Huanqing. Since then, more than 10 families have defected to the tribe in the past six months. If it goes on like this, the Jingsai Military Division is afraid that it will be difficult to protect, I don't know what you think? ”

A voice immediately sounded, "Repair the city in Qinggang Gorge." ”

Liang Yi's face changed, and he took out another note, "Suizhou Metropolitan Supervisor Lu Xiaozhong urgently reported that the Deshun army of the Eastern Dynasty was gathering troops to invade the north, and asked the DPRK to send troops to help." ”

The same voice sneered: "It's in the city of Xiangyikou." ”

Liang Yi's face was so blue that he finally couldn't bear it, and pointed at the troublemaker with a strange yin and yang aura with one hand: "Du Luozheng, you are going to repair this city?!" ”

Du Luo is an important figure in the country's wealthy Du Luo family, his brother Du Luo Wei led the army outside, and he was a marshal, and his status in the army was very high, and even Du Luo Zheng was also arrogant. He has always looked down on the Liang brothers and sisters, and he has never said a good word about Liang Yi's several laborious attempts to lead the army, "It's still good to cultivate Xianggong." Eight forts were built outside the city of Suide, which were extremely strong, and the Song people were daunted. It's so far away from Yinzhou, and it's still a good idea to build Luo Wu City......"

This is the case with the court of Western Xia, which is not at all like the Great Song Dynasty, which has the speech and behavior of the courtiers in front of the palace and the imperial history. As long as there is enough strength behind him to support the waist pole, there is no need to bury face for Liang Yi's brothers and sisters.

was slashed by Du Luo's knife-like words, and Liang Yi's face turned from blue to red. He was about to have a seizure, sitting high on the top Liang finally couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't watch her court become a vegetable market where women quarreled, "Both sides are going to send troops, if you don't fight this time, the Song people will not stop in the future, they will definitely get worse, step by step." ”

Hearing this, an old minister suddenly relied on the old man and cried out: "I just fought a battle, and it is not so easy to gather the subordinates again." Besides, the children below are so tired, let's rest for a month. ”

Someone took the lead, and the other courtiers also cried out together. If you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, and if you don't see the benefits, don't want them to use swords, this is the habit of the Western Xia tribe.

However, the Liang brothers and sisters are not without supporters in the court, Liang Yi buried a look, and more than a dozen people who did not come in handy stood up one after another, and started a verbal battle with their opponents, and immediately imitated the Song people's name Zichen's hall, and turned it into a vegetable market.

It's a pity that Lang Yu is not here, otherwise no one would dare to talk nonsense. Liang looked down at the chaos in the court, thinking regretfully in his heart.

The predecessor of the Dutong Army, Wei Minglang, was extremely old and was the younger brother of Emperor Jingzong Xiaoxiao [Li Yuanhao]. After Lang Yu was killed by the crown prince Ning Lingge, he was qualified to win the throne, but he supported the still infant forgiveness. He commanded the Western Xia army for thirty years, and was one of the few courtiers in the clan who was unselfish and loyal to the Son of Heaven. If there is a famous wave in the court, as long as he comes out and glares, no one dares to talk nonsense.

However, Lang Yu is because his prestige is too high, and he has a lot of money for Liang's Bingzheng, and he has recently been severely suppressed by the Liang brothers and sisters, and his military power has been cut again and again, and he has been allowed to go home to retire.

A court meeting did not come out of a discussion, so they broke up unhappily, but Liang and Liang Yi were not discouraged. This is just a briefing, and the political decision has to be made entirely by means of dealing with it under the table.

Without Wei Minglang meeting this high-ranking and powerful minister, in the eyes of the Liang family, the garbage in the Fang Cai Hall with some broken mouths is just annoying to listen to. And it is not too difficult to distinguish these rat-eyed people.

Renduo in the east and Yu Zang in the west, neither of them are supporters of the Liang family, but the patriarchs of the two families will not come to Xingqing Mansion without any trouble. Ren Duo Lingding and Yu Zang Huama, these two are not simple characters, and except for the two of them, there are a few left, but few can take it to the table. The level of command of the army is worse than the other, but they want to be rewarded, but each is more greedy than the other.

It's just a temptation to take advantage.

"These are small things, and two or three thousand people can handle them."

After the end of the court meeting, in the imperial study where Empress Dowager Liang actually handled government affairs, Liang Yi's face could no longer see the embarrassment after Fang Cai was squeezed, as if Fang Cai's unpredictable face was just pretending.

"The real danger is the Wuding River, it is Hengshan."

The interface was the Hanlin scholar Jing Xun who was left to speak with Liang Yiburi. He is another Han who took refuge in Western Xia after Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao.

Jing Xun was originally from Yanzhou, and he deserved to die for breaking the law, so he fled to Western Xia. Because of his talent, he was valued by the former king Liangzuo and awarded him a bachelor of Hanlin. Jing Xun, like Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, was the most vicious, plotting for the Western Xia day and night, provoking the Great Song Emperor Yingzong to issue an edict, 'Arrest his sons, don't pardon the original', and arrest his wives and children who stayed in the Song Kingdom.

In fact, not only Jingxun, but all the Han people in Western Xia must be more ruthless than the party members to deal with the compatriots of the Song State, otherwise there will be no place for them in this country dominated by the Fan people. Just like the Liang family, even if she is the empress dowager, she can't command her courtiers like the emperor of the Eastern Dynasty.

So three years ago, when the important ministers forced the Liang brothers and sisters to order to exchange Jingwen for the famous mountain in Suide City, the Liang family nodded and agreed without the slightest hesitation. Although Jing Xun is a supporter of the Liang brothers and sisters, the Liang brothers and sisters will not hesitate to sacrifice him in exchange for the support of the party and wealthy families. However, at the end of the day, due to the opposition of Song Chen Guo Kui, this exchange could not be completed. Jing Xun continued to be his Hanlin Bachelor, and he didn't show the slightest bit of mustard - he couldn't, and he didn't dare.

Now Jing Xun is still the mastermind of the Liang brothers and sisters: "Recently, I heard that Han Jiang, Xuanfu of Shaanxi, has concurrently led Hedong Xuanfu, and has been awarded the same Zhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi, and is also a scholar of Zhaowenguan University. He proclaimed the pacification of Hedong in Shaanxi Province with the respect of the prime minister, how could he be willing to keep it? If he really wants to defend, why should he come to Shaanxi? Gangu, Suide, Hehuang," Jing Xun flexed his fingers one by one, "Since the Eastern Dynasty Yingzong Yan drove and the new Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the Song people were pressing step by step in these places. Recently, it was reported that the four roads on the edge of Shaanxi Province should reorganize the troops and horses, and divide the 200,000 defenders into 52 generals. This is a harbinger of imminent invasion! ”

"Dare to ask the bachelor how to deal with it?" Liang Yi asked Jing Xun.

"On the Hehuang side, you can marry Dong Yu. The minister heard that Dong Yu has a son who is the most favored, and he can choose a wife from the clan. Jing Xun dedicated his own strategy, and harmony is the simplest and most economical solution.

"Will Dong Yu be willing?"

"The Song people are pressing forward step by step, although there is still Mu Zheng as a barrier for him, how long can Mu Zheng block him? Won't they take refuge in the Song people? How could Dong Yu not be worried? If you can marry Great Xia, how can you be unwilling? ”

Liang frowned: "But the Eastern Dynasty is strong, and it is about to invade the north." Even if he befriended Dong Yu, the tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands were just a drop in the bucket for my Great Xia. ”

"Don't worry, the queen mother also has a good plan to prepare for the Song people."

"What's the best way to do it?" Liang asked with some curiosity.

Jing Xun looked up at Bingchang, who was only eleven years old, and showed a smug smile that was all in his calculations, "Your Majesty is getting older, and in a blink of an eye, you have reached the age of marriage. The minister invited the Queen Mother to the Northern Dynasty to ask for marriage for His Majesty! ”