Chapter 8 The Great Changes in Western Xia

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On the dragon chair in the main hall, the young and handsome official Zhao Zhen had a purple face, looking at the apprehensive court officials below, and below the dragon chair, Zhao Zhen, who likes to drop things, smashed a few books with his hands.

Under the dragon chair, Zhao Yuanyan, the king of Meng, sat on the golden chair of grace, bowed his head and closed his eyes silently, while the prime minister Lu Yijian, the governor Song Shou, the privy envoy Wang Shu and other court officials bowed their heads and did not dare to make a sound.

Wang Su, the imperial envoy in a cyan python robe, was also among the hundred officials, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Next to the official Zhao Zhen, Yan Wenying, the chief eunuch, held a piece of music in his hand, and stood there helplessly, looking at the music in his hand with hatred.

It was this recital that made the official Zhao Zhen Longyan angry, and the civil and military officials were also scolded by the angry Zhao Zhen.

In March, Yuan Hao, who succeeded to the throne of the Western Xia king, in order to distinguish between the Han and the Dangxiang tribe, completely reformed the traditional customs and habits of the ruling area, he took the lead in setting an example, first shaved his head, and then ordered the Xixia Dangxiang and the Han nationality of the Xixia Kingdom and the ethnic minorities to which they belonged were all shaved according to his style, and they must be shaved within three days, otherwise other ordinary people were allowed to kill those who did not shave; Therefore, the common people in the Tangut region rushed to shave and hung heavy earrings on their ears to indicate the identity of the Tangut people.

When Zhi Weizhong, the governor of Fuzhou, learned the news, he was taken aback, and hurriedly sent a messenger to Bianjing non-stop to spread the news to the ears of the officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Is there no room for manoeuvre in this matter? Zhao Zhen, a young official, after venting his anger, calmly asked the trembling officials below.

Yuan Hao's change of clothing, if born in the world of the integration of fifty-six ethnic groups after a thousand years, it is estimated that it will not have much impact, after all, the clothing of later generations has not had much connection with politics, but in the feudal era of the Northern Song Dynasty with strict etiquette, Yuan Hao, as a vassal country, changed his clothes, but it was the biggest provocation to the suzerain, the Great Song Dynasty, and it was a very serious political problem, so it caused such a big anger of the official Zhao Zhen.

His Royal Highness Wenwu heard all the questions from the official Zhao Zhen just now, but he looked down left and right, but no one answered.

Lu Yijian, the prime minister at the front of the hundred officials, lowered his head, a bitter smile flashed on his mouth, he knew very well the reason for Zhao Zhen's anger, the tiger of Western Xia, was finally supported by the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao, and now the Western Xia has the capital to compete with Song Liao, and has begun not to give the Great Song Dynasty, the suzerainty that supports him, the face, from Deming canonizing the prince and queen, to Yuan Hao's reluctance to kneel down to receive the order, and now Yuan Hao has changed his clothes, all kinds of evidence show that Yuan Hao of Western Xia is ambitious and has broken away from the Great Song Dynasty, After all, a powerful Western Xia vassal state is a glorious vanity for the Great Song Dynasty, but once this vanity is lost, I am afraid it will cause a series of reactions, such as Dali and Goryeo, if they also learn from the Western Xia Dynasty to stand on their own, then the Great Song Dynasty will really lose face, and the Zhao family may be unstable.

When no one answered the question, Zhao Zhen's anger came up again, and he began to ask by name: "Lu Aiqing!" What are your thoughts on this? ”

Lu Yijian knew that Zhao Zhen would find him sooner or later, so he had already prepared his speech, and immediately said loudly: "Go back to the official's house!" Yuan Hao of Western Xia was bold, he dared not to obey the Han Dynasty, and wanted to divide the boundary with the Great Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao's crime is unforgivable, and the official family can send someone to pass on the decree and win the title of King of Western Xia of Yuan Hao to show warning! ”

Hearing Lu Yijian's words, Zhao Zhen was angry and didn't fight anywhere, because Lu Yijian was talking nonsense, and all the civil and military officials in the palace knew that the title of the king of Western Xia was just a false name, whether there was that title, the Western Xia Kingdom was not all Yuan Hao's, and Yuan Hao just didn't want to recognize the king of Western Xia, and directly wanted to be the emperor! Didn't Lu Yijian's idea fulfill Yuan Hao's ambition!

Zhao Zhen snorted coldly, gave Lu Yijian a black face, and then asked Song Shou: "Song Aiqing!" What do you think about this? ”

"Enlighten the official family! Yuan Hao is ambitious, and he already wants to rebel and stand on his own, so Lord Lu's method of multi-Hao Xixia King is afraid that Yuan Hao is in Yuan Hao's arms, so Weichen thinks that it can't be done! When Song Shou heard Zhao Zhen's roll call, he immediately came out and said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes!" Hearing Song Shou's words, Zhao Zhen was very satisfied, after all, this Song Shou had been following Zhao Zhen for a long time, and he still knew Zhao Zhen's mind very well.

"According to Song Aiqing's opinion, what should be done to make Yuan Hao take back this matter?" Zhao Zhen asked Song Shou.

When Lu Yijian heard the official's question, he began to sneer in his heart, he knew that no matter what he did, Yuan Hao's matter had been finalized, and there was no room for maneuver, and it was only a matter of time before Xixia rebelled and became self-reliant, so just now he hid a very stupid answer, it should be Zhao Zhen's question, there is no answer at all.

Really! Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, although Song Shou's face remained unchanged, Lu Yijian, who was next to him, saw a trace of embarrassment and confusion in his eyes, it seems that Song Shou didn't know how to deal with the current situation and let Yuan Hao change his approach, after all, the matter has already happened, and the water must not be taken back, and Yuan Hao, who already considers himself the emperor, will not change the orders given.

"Enlighten the official family! Wei Chen thought that we could close the twenty-four curtains open to the Western Xia on the border, and without tea, salt, silk, copper, iron, and porcelain, the Western Xia Kingdom would probably soon be in chaos, and at that time, Yuan Hao might be forced to withdraw the order to change his clothes! Song Shou thought about it for a long time, but he didn't find a good reason, so he could only bite the bullet and say the only condition that the Great Song Dynasty could threaten Western Xia.

Close the curtain! As soon as Song Shou's words came out, the faces of all the officials in the court, including the official Zhao Zhen, changed in unison, and they all looked at Song Shou like fools.

And after Song Shou finished speaking, he also realized that his reason was even more stupid than Lu Yijian's, and hurriedly wanted to make up for it and said, "Maybe ......"

finally waited until Song Shou made a mistake, Lu Yijian had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, where could he let Song Shou change his words! So he hurriedly interrupted Song Shou's words and said: "Lord Song can be said really lightly, close the twenty-four curtains of trade with Western Xia, those scarce war horses of the Great Song Dynasty get from there, cattle and sheep get from there, and the Western Xia has lost the source of tea and salt, and will definitely not sit still, the only possibility is to raise soldiers and horses to loot, I don't know if Lord Song has a wonderful way to deal with the hundreds of thousands of elite horsemen who come and go in Western Xia!" ”

Lu Yijian's words, the choked Song Shou almost couldn't breathe, but he was angry, and he also knew that he had said the wrong thing just now, so he could only roll his eyes and not refute.

And the civil and military officials in the hall followed behind Lu Yijian and began to attack Song Shou personally, directly reducing Song Shou to a pig's head.

The twenty-four curtains of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty are where the wealth of these court officials lies, and the sea salt and tea bricks along the southwest coast of the Great Song Dynasty are sold in the curtains, the production of porcelain workshops and silk workshops, as well as the shops of copper and iron and other items, most of which have the black hands of these court officials, and the coarse tea and coarse salt and other items are not of high value in the Northern Song Dynasty, but when they arrive at the curtains, they can be exchanged for hundreds of times the profits, so I heard that Song Shou put forward the idea of closing the curtains, and the shops and officials with direct interests, immediately condemned Song Shou in unison.

Next to Song Shou, Cai Qi, another political adviser who was also Zhao Zhen's confidant, saw that Song Shou was accused by everyone, his eyes rolled, and he said: "Qiqi official!" Lord Song said that it is a good way, but closing the curtain is too extreme, and it is easy to arouse the desperate heart of Yuan Hao in Western Xia, but if we increase the price of commercial goods in the curtain field, as well as the business tax, we may be able to force Yuan Hao to lower his profile! ”

Cai Qi is worthy of being a famous old fox in the imperial court, a sentence not only relieved the siege of Song Shou, but also gave those officials who have interests involved in the curtain a chance to make money, after all, the price of goods in the curtain field has increased, these people will also follow the wealth, and the most important thing is that Cai Qi obviously saw the impatient face of the official Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair, so he said a proposal that this official family could accept.

Sure enough, Cai Qi's words were recognized by most of the civil and military officials of the imperial court, and the official Zhao Zhen, in no way, could only agree to this method that was not a solution.

After discussing some inconsequential and tedious matters, Zhao Zhen waved his hand, Yan Wenying let out a long shout, and the civil and military officials slowly retreated.

At this time, everyone could not have imagined that Yuan Hao, who was ambitious in Western Xia, would have a dispute with the Great Song Dynasty for several years because of the price increase of the merchant goods, and almost lost his life because of it.

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In the imperial garden, Zhao Zhen, an official who did not find a good way to deal with Yuan Hao above the court, sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake with a puff, sprinkling fish food to feed the rare golden-tailed carp in the small lake.

"Official! The imperial envoy Wang Su asks to see! Yan Wenying saw that Zhao Zhen was in a bad mood and didn't want Wang Su to come in, but Wang Su said that he had something urgent to see, so he had no choice but to come and report it.

"Let him come!" Zhao Zhen looked at Wang Su, who was waiting anxiously outside the arch in the distance, and said lightly.

"Weichen Wang Su, meet the official family!" Wang Su walked to the Huxin Pavilion, stood beside Zhao Zhen, and said respectfully.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Zhen, who was in a bad mood, asked impatiently.

"This!" Wang Su looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting left and right, and stopped talking.

"All of you go down!" When Zhao Zhen saw Wang Su's reaction, he aroused his curiosity, what was it that made Wang Su so mysterious! Immediately waved his hand to let Yan Wenying and the others leave, and Wang Su and Zhao Zhen were left in Huxin Pavilion.

"Say it! What's the matter? Zhao Zhen picked up the tea in his hand and asked Wang Su indifferently.

"Enlighten the official family! Meishan Zhao Lei Zhao Sanshi, Ming a kind of pox seedlings that can resist sores, after planting, will not be infected with sores again in his life, and the death row prisoners in Dali Temple have been tested, there is no danger at all! Wang Su looked at no one around, walked to Zhao Zhen's side, and said excitedly in a low voice.

"What?" The teacup in Zhao Zhen's hand fell to the ground with a "ping-pong" and shattered.

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