Chapter 3 Chapter 3 A New Beginning
Song and Xia negotiated peace, Xia Guo proclaimed its minister to Song, and as soon as the news spread that Yang Hao was named King of Xixia, Brother Yeluxiu withdrew his troops from Datong. The Liao Kingdom did not participate deeply in this dispute between Song and Xia from the beginning to the end. Of course, the evolution did not benefit Liao at all.However, since Brother Yeluxiu, the generals of the Liao Kingdom did not react too much. This is due to the fact that Yang Hao did not get too close to the Liao Kingdom since the beginning of the founding of the country, nor did he seek too much support from the Liao Kingdom. . If Yang Hao had promised the Liao State enough conditions to lure them to send troops, and asked the Liao State to directly send troops to intervene, then he would definitely not be able to justly abandon the Liao State and claim peace with the Song State now. The endless anger of the country.Of course, the reason why Yang Hao refused to get closer to the Liao Kingdom was not only to make it easier for him to negotiate peace with Song Dynasty at an appropriate time, but those longer-term plans, except for himself, no one can see now. Gotta understand. After Brother Yeluxiu and Prime Minister Mo Si returned to Beijing, they were immediately received by Empress Dowager Xiao. After hearing that Yang Hao cut down his emperor title and negotiated peace with Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xiao did not make any statement.As a wise and mature ruler, after hearing Yang Hao's detailed reasons relayed to her through Brother Yeluxiu, she can fully understand Yang Hao's difficulties in doing so. She doesn't think that Yang Hao will become an enemy of Liao State in the future by doing so. Liao State needs Xia State, and Xia State needs Liao State even more. This is the necessity of maintaining balance in the triangle of Song, Liao and Xia.However, she began to faintly feel that Yang Hao and her had gone farther and farther, and this time it was a start that they didn't communicate with each other beforehand.Although Yang Hao has never been with her before, no matter when Yang Hao was a military governor, or when he became emperor on his own, she never had such a strange feeling, but now it is different. She has something she must insist on and maintain. In her mind, her son and her son's empire are more important than anything else, and Yang Hao is the same. This feeling makes her lose, but at this time, she can't do anything what.She can only watch Yang Hao dive, dive deeply, and wait for the day when he rises again. Yang Hao's ups and downs, every ups and downs, will be pushed to a higher position by the huge waves of fate, now she can still look down on him, she doesn't know when he breaks through the waves again, whether she is looking at him at the same level or looking up, Will one day embark on the path of opposition. Now, she can only be silent. Compared with the silence of the Liao State, the Song State did more actions. The imperial court held a grand ceremony to accept Xia’s pilgrimage and contribution, accepted the Xia State’s tribute to the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, offered sacrifices to the ancestors, and celebrated the Song State. Zhao Guangyi held the Chuanguo Seal in his hand and confidently issued a series of decrees frequently. In the northwest, Dingguo Jiedu envoy Song Xun moved the army to the two states of Linfu and took over the defense of the Hengshan East Line. Pan Mei led his troops back to Bianliang; in terms of the imperial court, the officials of the three divisions also made large-scale transfers. The secret drop, the promotion of new people, and the unprecedented range of appointment and dismissal of officials are all carried out under the guise of liquidating Wang Jien's remaining party, and with the encouragement and exposure, there is a trend of more and more expansion, and it is unknown how many people will be implicated. How many things are involved; At the same time, the imperial court made another decree that Zhe Yuxun, the former Jiedu envoy of the Baode Army and the prefect of Fuzhou, will serve as the Xuanfu envoy of the Song Dynasty in Xixia. Stay in Beijing to work.The imperial court left one hostage and sent the rest back to the northwest, which was the final concession made by the imperial court. The peace talks were established, and Song Ting's military focus was temporarily placed on Xichuan. Luo Kedi, in the capacity of signing a letter to the Privy Council, was appointed as the comfort envoy of Xichuan and the chief of the military and horse capital, and went to Bashu to suppress the rebellion.The generals Hao Chongxin and Wang Zhengzhong who were sent out last time were all under the jurisdiction and have been removed from their posts. The Xichuan appeasement envoy Wan Songling and Chengdu prefect Zhou Weiyong, who were waiting to join, also came to his tent to listen to him and make meritorious service. Zhao Guangyi rewarded Pan Mei first to appease the old ministers, and then promoted and appointed several young generals in the name of purging Wang Jien's remaining party, and placed them in the key departments such as the Dianqian Division, the Guards Horse Army Division, and the Guards Infantry Division. Defeated the enemy and went to Bashu to suppress the bandits.The war in Hexi was peaceful, and the imperial court dispatched troops to Shu one after another. It was hard to imagine that the chaos in Shu would not be settled. Sending him west this time was clearly for him to build military merits and accumulate seniority. But it was Xia Guo who made the biggest move.After Yang Hao was granted the title of King of Xixia, the first thing he did was to officially move the capital to Xingzhou.From Song Guo's point of view, Yang Hao was scared by Song Guo. He abandoned the Zhongxing Land of the Dangxiang Ba Clan, crossed the Hanhai Desert, and ran to Xingzhou to rebuild the capital, in order to avoid another Song army. That is to say, the embarrassing situation of soldiers besieging the capital is naturally elated for Song Guo. To the subjects of the Xia Kingdom, Yang Hao said that the capital of a country should be the center of the world, the transportation should be convenient, and it should be offensive and defensive.Now Xia Guo not only has the five prefectures of Dingnan, but also the prefectures in Hexi.As for the real reason, national defense is of course one aspect, but the main reason is to use this to reduce his over-reliance on the Dangxiang Qiang people. When Zhao Kuangyin wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, he believed that Bianliang was not safe to defend and was not suitable to be the capital of the country. Another reason was that he wanted to use this to wipe out the huge foundation that Zhao Guangyi had built in Kaifeng Mansion for ten years. Unfortunately, he failed.Yang Hao was luckier than him. When Pan Mei led the army to the city, he had half-forced and half-intimidated all the noble chiefs who were willing or unwilling to move to Xingzhou with their clans, resulting in the fact that the capital was moved. The biggest resistance has disappeared, the most difficult step of moving the capital has been completed, and the only thing left is construction. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhao Kuangyin once "released military power with a glass of wine", which was misunderstood by many people who don't know much about history as emphasizing civil and military affairs and criticized them. In fact, what Zhao Kuangyin did at the time had nothing to do with the importance of civil and military affairs. Not under him, those big warlords and princes who had their own team and their own general system before he established the country were deprived of military power. Song Guo was able to end the situation of revolving emperors in the Central Plains since the Five Dynasties. Wei Wei, when Wang Mang was humble and courteous, otherwise, Song Guo would not talk about unifying the world, and now he would talk about whether he was surnamed Zhao or not. With the "help" of Song State, Yang Hao moved the capital to Shi Bingquan, thanks to Zhao Guangyi. With this move, he easily completed the adjustment of the internal power structure. It is impossible for the Dangxiang Bashi to abandon the tribal pastures, so once they work together, the leaders of the Dangxiang Bashi will shake even his power and rule. They have gradually withdrawn from the core decision-making circle. The role of symbols disappeared, and the de-"Qiang" transformation that would have been the strongest in the rebound was initially completed. A good start has laid a solid foundation for a new Xia Kingdom, a new power structure, and a highly centralized imperial power.The party dignitaries were naturally unhappy about moving the capital, but they had nothing to do with it. Soon, with the establishment of the new capital, their voices of opposition would no longer have much influence. The most displeased thing is actually Shang Boqian, the head of Tubo in Longyou. Longyou was originally the only one of his family, especially after receiving the secret support of Song State, his power expanded rapidly. But he came from Hexi to compete with him for the territory. After two fights, Chibangsong appeared again. As the descendant of Zanpu and the royal family, he mixed mud and sand in two fights. I don’t know what he was fighting for. thought. Immediately afterwards, Huihe Khan Yeluohe and Dangxiang Qiang's Li Jiyun also arrived in Longyou. At first he was quite happy, thinking that these two people would defect to him, and their momentum would be stronger. Unexpectedly, these two people were both white-eyed wolves who were unwilling to let others down. He greeted the two of them politely, one of them wanted to go to Qinghai Lake, and wanted to recruit the Uyghur tribe scattered all over Longyou, and the other showed his identity as the young master of the party to recruit soldiers. Longyou's trip was even more muddled. But they don't know what benefits they promised the Song Emperor. Recently, the envoys of the Song Dynasty put pressure on him by cutting off aid, insisting on forcing him to allow Yeluo Hexi to go to Qinghai Lake. Shang Boqian didn't rely too much on the Song Dynasty before, but now The power is getting bigger and bigger, but Song Ting's assistance is indispensable. Forced to do so, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and let Ye Luohe go to Qinghai Lake. Uighur support. As for Li Jiyun, who had recruited many party members who had worked for him to collect taxes under his nose, before he could figure out how to deal with it, it was reported that Song Xia negotiated peace and Yang Hao presented the Jade Seal of Chuanguo to the imperial court. Shang Boqian was very frightened by the news. After a while, he saw that the imperial court's assistance remained the same, and he did not question him. It is estimated that Yang Hao also had concerns, and he did not dare to explain the true origin of the jade seal to the imperial court. put it down. Unexpectedly, just after letting go of this heart, Yang Hao suddenly announced that he would officially move the capital to Xingzhou, and Shang Boqian's heart suddenly slipped again.Where is Xingzhou?It is backed by the Urad Desert, with the Mu Us Desert on the left and the Tengger Desert on the right. There are natural dangers on three sides, and no worries in the back. From north to south, there is a Helan Mountain and a Yellow River in the middle. The mountain and the river are like two long dragons. Xiao Guan is where the pearls are played. Xiaoguan is the only passage in the Qilian Mountains across Longyou in Hexi. Shang Boqian can use Xiaoguan to look north, and Yang Hao can naturally use Xiaoguan to visit the south if he wants to.Shang Boqian was worried and thought about it for a while, when he suddenly saw the restless Li Jiyun, he had an idea and sent him to guard Xiaoguan.Although this Li Jiyun has ulterior motives, but he and Yang Hao are at odds with each other, and letting him guard Xiaoguan is definitely more reliable than the most loyal subordinates.What's more, Li Jiyun is going to be the deputy, and General Xiao Guan is still his confidant Huyan Aobo. After Yang Hao re-deployed the Hengshan defenders, he wanted to return to Xingzhou. In the next period of time, it would be the second stage of the founding of the country to keep a low profile and recuperate.Princess Aguli, the governor of Ganzhou, also rushed to the capital with Yang Hao's Zidian sword. This winter, although Yang Hao himself was in a difficult situation, he still fulfilled his promise to assist the Huihe people. The princess has surrendered herself wholeheartedly, and she wants to go to the capital to pay homage to the king and declare her loyalty. Yang Hao from the east, Aguli from the west, and Li Jiyun from the south, the three groups of people headed for a central point.At this time, Ye Luohe rushed to the Qinghai Plateau excitedly. Ya Lasso, that's Qing... Hai... Gaoaoaoao... Yuan...