Chapter 315 Chapter 314 Huizong Li Bingchang

Li Bingchang was the son of Yizong Liangzuo, and his mother was the Queen Liang of Gongsu Zhangxian.He was born in Qundu four years (the fifth year of Song Jiayou), and died in the first year of Tianan Liding (the first year of Song Yuanyou in autumn and July). Li Bingchang was only 8 years old when he came to the throne, and was regented by the Empress Dowager Liang, and Liang Qibu, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, was the prime minister. The Empress Dowager Liang's siblings are Han Chinese and have no prestige in the Xixia royal family, but they relied on the special favor of the late emperor Liang Zuo, and quickly gathered among the nobles. The mother party group headed by Xixia firmly controls the supreme ruling power of Xixia.

Li Yuanhao once advocated the Tibetan ritual, and Liang Zuo switched to the Han ritual. In order to win the support of the party and nobles, Liang proposed to restore the Tibetan ritual to win people's hearts.In the second year of Qiandao (1069 A.D.), Empress Dowager Liang, in the name of Bingchang, went to the Song Dynasty to request the restoration of Xia's Fanyi, which was allowed by the Song Dynasty. In the second year of Da'an (1076 A.D.), Bingchang was 16 years old and began to manage the government personally.However, at that time, Liang's mother party had completely controlled the state affairs, and Bingchang was still a puppet.In the sixth year of Da'an, Bingchang, with the support of a part of the royal family, proposed an order to abolish the Fanyi and restore the Hanli.But it was rejected by the mother party forces.

In the seventh year of Da'an, Bingchang was 21 years old.He was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of his mother party. In order to weaken the power of the Liang family, he accepted the suggestion of the general Li Qing and assigned the barren land south of the Yellow River to the Song Dynasty, so as to use the power of the Song Dynasty to deal with the Liang family.When the incident was revealed, Li Qing was killed and Bingchang was imprisoned outside the city of Xingqing Prefecture. Bingchang's pro-party members of the royal family and the chiefs of the various ministries were very angry when they heard this, and led the soldiers of the various ministries to fight against the Liang family, causing chaos in the country for a while.Yuzang Huama, the commander of the Baotai Army, asked the Song Dynasty to send troops to conquer the Liang family on the grounds that the emperor lost his throne.

Song Shenzong was waiting for an opportunity for revenge, and when the time came, he sent troops to attack Xia in five ways.However, in the strategy of "sleeping without fighting" proposed by the veteran Xixia general, the Song army was defeated without fighting, and as a result, the five-way crusade hastily withdrew its troops.A year later, another war broke out between Xia and Song—the "Battle of Yongle". The two wars ended with Xixia's victory. However, successive years of wars have caused domestic financial difficulties, skyrocketing prices, and people's livelihood. The call for Huizong's comeback is getting louder.The Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Qibu knew that the anger of the public could not be appeased, so they had to restore Bingchang to ease the domestic conflicts.In the ninth year of Da'an (1083 A.D.), about half a year after the end of the Yongle War, Bingchang was restored. At this time, he was 24 years old.

In the 11th year of Da'an, Liang Qibu, the Prime Minister of the State, finally died, but the Empress Dowager Liang made Liang Yibu, the son of Liang Qibu, as the State Prime Minister. control.Eight months later, Empress Dowager Liang died, Liang Yibu lost his backer, and his status began to waver.The royal family forces that had been fighting against the queen party for many years rose up. The royal family Ren Duobaozhong divided the left and right soldiers and held military power, so the royal family forces headed by him began to openly contend with Liang Yibu.The struggle between the royal family and the queen party within the Xixia ruling group became acute for a time.

Bingchang, who had only been resettled for two years, ended his short life in this fierce struggle for power and profit. He died in the first year of Liding in Tian'an (AD 1086). He was 26 years old and reigned for 19 years.