Chapter 148: The Western Xia Puppet State
Ling Gong Gaode went back, Xiao Ming knew that he would definitely make the entire Western Xia court into a pot of porridge when he went back this time, and the Great Xia Dynasty established by Tuo Pao Gong to the east and the west is currently facing the danger of losing the country, but the country is now controlled by three forces, one force is the royal family surnamed Li, which is the strongest tribe of Tuopai Gong Li Yuanhao, and the other force is the Confucian ministers headed by the prime minister Gu Le Maocai, who represent the emerging aristocratic class of Western Xia, and the third force is the Uighur power dominated by Empress Yuchi.
Xiao Ming couldn't care about the infighting between them, he was quite scratching his head now, that is, how to deal with this Xixia princess in his big tent! She was sitting on his bed, silent, and ignored Xiao Ming's arrival, Xiao Ming scratched his head, took two steps forward, and stopped hesitantly.
"Your Royal Highness! You...... You ......" Xiao Ming really didn't know what to say.
Li Bingbing, the princess of Western Xia, was still motionless, neither expressing nor answering, and it seemed that she had not heard Xiao Ming's words at all, Xiao Ming slowly approached, but found that the princess of Western Xia was trembling.
"Hey! What happened to you? Xiao Ming reached out and touched her shoulder, who knows, Li Bingbing actually fell on the bed with his tentacles!
Xiao Ming was shocked: "Ah! What's going on? Medic ——! He said, "Aren't I just a doctor!" So he sat down and grabbed Li Bingbing's right hand or the trumpet.
Li Bingbing's pulse was slow, the rhythm was fast and slow, as if he had taken some kind of medicine and needed to expel the drug, Xiao Ming was very strange, who gave the medicine to this Xixia princess, but this drug doesn't seem to be fatal, it just makes people a little demented, what's going on?
But no matter what, people still have to wake up, so Xiao Ming took out the gold needle that had not been used for a long time from his arms, and when he saw the golden needle, he suddenly thought of An Daoquan, he hadn't seen An Daoquan for a long time, and he remembered Su Cai'er and Shen Bei'er, and many others, he hadn't seen them for a long time.
Xiao Ming is a little distracted, he has been in Liaoguo for almost two years, and a lot of things have happened during this period, although he can contact people in Hangzhou and Xuzhou and other places through flying kites, but now he is located in Western Xia, but he has not been in contact with them for a long time, I don't know if there will be a good store in Xingqing Mansion, so he may be able to get in touch with Cai'er and them again, he really misses Hangzhou a little.
The coal mine in Dingzhou is in the hand, but it can not be transported out, from Dingzhou to the Baoan Road of the Great Song Dynasty, and then to Xi'an, take Weinan to the Yellow River, to the east and west of the east and west road, to be sent to the Taiping Iron Factory in Xuzhou I don't know how far. There is no way out, so I can only sell it to merchants locally, and it seems that the next step is to encourage business, so that the caravan can come, and my own coal mine will make a lot of money.
But what about other deposits such as silver ore and iron ore? Is it really necessary to build iron and steel mills in the northwest region? That's too much trouble! If it was just to buy Mao Pitie, it would be a way to refine and refine it, looking at Li Bingbing who had fainted on the bed, Xiao Ming sighed, took out a golden needle and .......
After the drug poison in Li Bingbing's body was pulled out by Xiao Ming with a golden needle, he fell into a coma, this sleep was two days, Xiao Ming found a few maids to take care of her, and he went to work, but within these two days, Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, was in chaos, and the chaos soon spread to Dingzhou, and Xiao Ming immediately sent someone to investigate.
Soon after, the news came back, the Western Xia civil strife, the ministers of the court rushed into the palace under the leadership of Li Yanzong, the king of Xin, held the emperor hostage, Chongzong Li Qianshun was placed under house arrest, and Empress Weichi committed suicide, but it didn't take long to review the involvement of the army, the situation was even more chaotic, the prime minister Gu Lemao was killed, and the king of Xin, Li Yanzong, led the army and the Uighur army to fight each other, and the entire royal court was a sea of blood and fire!
Han Shizhong heard this and hurriedly said, "Dashuai, what a chance!" Such an opportunity is too rare, now you don't have to wait for the Tangut people to surrender, now you just need to send troops to intervene immediately, whether it is Li Yanzong or the Uighur Wei Chi Boge, they will flee in despair, and the situation in the Tangut war can fall in one fell swoop."
Xiao Ming nodded and said: "You are right, Western Xia is indeed finished this time, even if Li Yanzong holds the emperor hostage, he may not be able to do anything, we will lead the troops to fight over It is estimated that it will be a hundred, but Western Xia can't die for the time being, let him survive for a while!" ”
Han Shizhong said: "Do you want to support a puppet? ”
Xiao Ming said: "That's right, now the Great Song Dynasty has not yet been able to completely digest the entire Western Xia Kingdom, there needs to be a preparation period, and a pro-Great Song Dynasty Western Xia puppet court is the best choice!" ”
Han Shizhong was overjoyed and said, "Without further ado, then we will gather the soldiers and horses immediately, right?" ”
Xiao Ming nodded in agreement, and asked Han Shizhong to inform Yang Qizhong that he immediately summoned 10,000 cavalry from the Wuhuai battalion, Xingqing Mansion in the Art of War, and the infantry battalion of Han Lingshou and Zhao Yanwen and 20,000 archers followed on horseback.
At this time, his maid came to report that the princess of Xixia had woken up, Xiao Ming asked Han Shizhong to inform Yang Qizhong to prepare, and he would arrive later, so he followed the maid to visit the princess of Xixia Li Bingbing.
When Xiao Ming entered, Li Bingbing had already woken up and was in a daze, Xiao Ming coughed after entering, she didn't turn her head, and the maid next to her said, "Princess!" King Xiao of the Southern Courtyard of the Great Liao Kingdom is here! ”
Li Bingbing turned around, still a little delirious, and couldn't help but tremble when he saw Xiao Ming, and opened his mouth to say, "Where is Bing'er now?" Her voice was pleasant, but she spoke in Tangut language, Xiao Ming couldn't understand it, pouted her teeth, and asked in Chinese, "What did you say?" ”
Li Bingbing's face changed when he heard this, he looked at Xiao Ming and asked, "Who are you?" This time, he turned out to be speaking Chinese.
Xiao Ming smiled and didn't answer his question, but asked her, "Your name is Li Bingbing, right?" ”
"How do you know my name, I ...... Where am I? ”
Xiao Ming said: "Why do you still have a name?" What is it called? ”
Li Bingbing said: "My father and mother both call me Bing'er, but why am I here, I went to greet my father that day, and I was rewarded with a bowl of human soup,...... But how did I wake up and be here? Father and Queen Mother must know that I will be worried outside."
She suddenly thought of something, "Hurry...... Go and save your father, they want to kill your father and mother, he ...... They want to rebel! ”
Xiao Ming said: "I know, but why should I help you?" Do you know who I am? ”
Li Bingbing said: "No matter who you are, as long as you can save your father and mother, I will be a slave and humble to you, and I will never regret it in this life!" ”
"Yo ho!" Your oath is a bit big, are you serious? ”
Li Bingbing nodded stubbornly, her attitude was very resolute, seeing that she was weak on the outside, but she was very strong in her bones!
Xiao Ming laughed and said, "Okay, now I'll send troops to your father and queen mother, can you move?" If you can move, follow me, how about it? ”
Xiao Ming also didn't expect that the Xixia princess, who seemed to be weak and weak, would ride a good horse, not only came together but also followed him closely, which made the soldiers around him very surprised, and was seen by his soldiers from a distance, and they discussed: "Who is that woman?" I've never seen a woman around the king? ”
"Hey! You know a fart, the king has been taking us to the east and west to make a fortune, so hard, there should be a woman by his side to serve him, right? ”
"Our king's identity is so noble, even if he looks for a woman, he won't be casual, right?"
"Say you know a fart, you know a fart! I heard that woman is the princess of the Western Xia Kingdom, is it reluctant, is it enough to be worthy of our king? ”
"Enough, enough......"
The Liao army went all the way south, arrived at Xingqing Mansion in less than two hours, as the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, it was really a majestic city from a distance, the officers and soldiers of the Western Xia were participating in the internal strife, the officers and soldiers who defended the city saw the Liao soldiers coming from afar, and immediately dispersed, and the Liao army easily entered the city gate.
The streets were full of dead bodies, many houses were set on fire, thick smoke was billowing out, and the Western Xia officers and soldiers took advantage of the chaos to start looting while the fire was burning, and many common people suffered, because there were many corpses of innocent people on the ground, and there were rebels fighting each other on several major streets.
The original tripartite power struggle, and finally the army of the royal court and the army of Li Yanzong, the king of Xin, plus the army of the Uighurs, now that Li Yanzong has taken the emperor hostage, it has become the army of the king of Xin and the army of the Uighurs fighting, the biggest battle is in the vicinity of the palace, Xiao Ming commanded the Liao army, and immediately rushed to the palace of Western Xia.
Xiao Ming ordered, the army that encountered the fight was immediately divided, and those who dared not listen to dissuasion would be killed! The news of the Liao army's entry into the city soon spread throughout the city, and the army of Li Yanzong, the king of letters, immediately gave up resistance. The Uighur army snatched the crown prince Li Renxiao from the palace and fled westward out of the city!
In this way, the turmoil in the Western Xia Kingdom ended with the intervention of the Liao army entering the city, and when the Liao army rescued the Chongzong Emperor Li Qianshun from the palace, the king of Western Xia, who thought he would become the lord of the Zhongxing of Western Xia, actually wet his pants!
Xiao Ming stood on the main hall of the Xixia Palace, this hall is the Qinde Palace, it is the place of the early dynasty, this hall is splendid, even the pillars are gold-covered, far more magnificent than the Zhengde Hall of the Great Song Dynasty, the entire palace is shining with gold, and there are countless treasures inside, but Xiao Ming has no time to care about these, anyway, sooner or later it will be his.
In the hall of the side hall, Xiao Ming sat there, next to him tremblingly sat Emperor Chongzong, waiting for King Li Yanzong to lead a group of civil and military ministers to come to the audience, King Li Yanzong led a group of Western Xia ministers such as Ling Gong Gaode to the palace and bowed to Xiao Ming, and presented a brocade box.
Xiao Ming asked someone to open the brocade box, and inside was the head of Bana Tieju, the former Great Liao National Teacher, was finally killed, Xiao Ming sighed, this person can be described as a generation of heroes, one person almost broke the Liao Kingdom apart and almost perished, but now it is like this, so people pickled the head with lime, and sent the horse to Emperor Tianzuo.
Li Yanzong said: "The king of the Southern Courtyard sent troops in time to help me restore the dynasty in Great Xia, and the subjects of my Great Xia Kingdom are grateful to Dade!" ”
Xiao Ming said: "But why do you want to hold the emperor hostage? The civil strife in Western Xia was caused by you, right? ”
Li Yanzong said: "The emperor is mediocre, appointing treacherous evil, obeying the evil words of the Uighur Empress Weichi, and using swords and soldiers against Daliao, we also use military advice, and now Empress Yuchi has committed suicide, and the treacherous and evil are the head, and I can finally enjoy peace in Daxia!" ”
Ling Gong Gaode said: "The king once said that unless the Bana Tieju is handed over, you can talk about the collegiate matter, and now that this fang has been awarded, we can talk about the withdrawal of the Great Liao State, right?" ”
Xiao Ming's eyes squinted at him and said, "Do you say there is still a need to talk about it now?" ”
Ling Gong Gaode was angry, and opened his mouth and said, "You...... You! ”
Xiao Ming said: "It seems that you also have a share in holding the emperor hostage?" No matter how bad the emperor is, he is also the king of a country, and you courtiers don't know how to advise him, but instead fight each other? Is it true that the emperor has made a mistake, and you are not guilty? Someone's coming! Pull these two rebels down and cut them down for me! He pointed to Li Yanzong and Ling Gong Gaode.
Immediately, several wolf-like axe hands came up and dragged the stunned two people down, and before the two shouted, they were cut off with a knife and presented the head, and the ministers of the Western Xia Kingdom were so frightened that they fell to the ground and trembled, Xiao Ming looked at Li Qianshun beside him.
"Am I right? Your Majesty! Xiao Ming said.
Li Qianshun was already in tears, he couldn't speak, he also knew that the Western Xia Kingdom was over, but now he was still able to sit in the emperor's position, I don't know whether to thank Xiao Ming or hate him.
…… The puppet state of Western Xia was built with Xiao Ming's efforts.
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