Chapter 316 Chapter 315 Chongzong Li Qianshun

Li Qianshun is the son of Huizong Bingchang, and his mother is the Liang family of Empress Wenmu of Zhaojian.Born in the ninth year of Da'an (the first year of Song Yuanfeng), and died in the fifth year of Dade (the ninth year of Song Shaoxing). Qianshun was only 3 years old when he came to the throne.State affairs are still controlled by Liang's mother party.However, the royal family Wei Ming Wu and Ren Duobaozhong were in charge of the military power separately, and they refused to accept the Liang family's domineering power, so a struggle between the royal family and the mother party began.

In the first year of Tianyi Zhiping (1087 A.D.), Liang Yibu contacted Aligu, the leader of Tubo, and invaded Dingxi City in Song Dynasty. They agreed that if they won, the three states of Xi, He, and Min would be returned to Tubo, and Lanzhou and Dingxi City would be returned to Xia.Because Liang Yibu only sent troops to deal with it, Xia Jun was forced to retreat. In the third year of Tianyou Min'an (1092 A.D.), Liang Yibu won the support of the Liao Dynasty and launched an army against the Song Dynasty. He was defeated by the Song army when he attacked Suide City. The successive defeats in the war against the Song Dynasty exacerbated the contradictions within the Xixia ruling group. Liang's aunt and nephew turned against each other, Liang Yibu's family was killed, and the Empress Dowager Liang held military power in person and continued to use troops against Song Dynasty.In the seventh year of Tianyou Min'an, the Empress Dowager Liang and Qianshun Yujia led 500,000 troops to invade Songlu Yanyan Road, captured Jinmingzhai, and dedicated the captives to the Liao Kingdom.In the eighth year of Tianyou Min'an, the Empress Dowager Liang led another 400,000 troops to attack the Pingxia City built by the Song Dynasty in the north of Haoshuichuan.After more than 10 days of continuous attack, the Empress Dowager Liang was defeated and retreated.

Faced with such a defeat, the Empress Dowager Liang still insisted on going her own way and sent people to Liao for help again.In the first year of Yong'an (1099 A.D.), the Liao Dynasty saw that the Empress Dowager Liang was unpopular, and sent envoys to Xia to kill the Empress Dowager Liang with medicine and wine.Once the queen mother died, the mother party was defeated.In the same year, Qianshun began to govern with the support of the Liao Dynasty at the age of 16. Qianshun changed the Liao and Song Dynasty's Fu Liao and Song Dynasty to Fu Liao and Song Dynasty when Liang's queen party was in power, in order to stabilize the external environment.In order to continue to gain Liao's support when he was in power, Gan Shun accepted Liao's order, and at the same time sent troops for Liao to attack the anti-Liao Baen's mother tribe.The Liao Dynasty sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to negotiate peace for Xia.In the second year, Qianshun formally asked Liao to marry him, hoping to use the traditional marriage method to consolidate the relationship between the two parties.In the fourth year of Zhenguan (1105 A.D.), Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty named Nanxian, the daughter of the clan, as Princess Cheng'an and married Qianshun.The relationship between Liao and Xia became even closer.

After the external environment was relatively stable, Gan Shun started to rectify the interior.In the Xixia ruling group, the Liang family, the Renduo family and the Weiming royal family are the three major families that control the Xixia military and administration.Now the mother party, the Liang family, has been defeated, the Wei Ming Wu is dead, and Ren Duo Bao Zhong is still in charge of the army.In order to strengthen the imperial power, Qianshun blamed the death of the empress dowager Liang on the two generals and killed them on the grounds that the general Wei Baomi and Ling Jie had persuaded the queen mother to use troops against the Song Dynasty.The general was eliminated, which improved the authority of Qianshun.In the ninth month of the first year of Yong'an (AD 1099), Ren Duo Baozhong led 100,000 troops to assist the Tubo tribe in besieging Huangzhou, but failed. Four years later, Cai Jing, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, ordered Wang Hou, commander-in-chief of Xihe, to lure Ren Duo Bao Zhong.Knowing that he has two ambitions, Ganshun recruits Ren Duo Baozhong to Yazhang and relieves him of military power.In this way, the rivalry of the three families became the dominance of one family, and Qianshun's imperial power was consolidated.

Then Qianshun imitated the kingship system of the Han Dynasty, and granted the title of king to the Wei Ming clan.Qian Shun's younger brother, Cha Ge, was named the King of Jin and took charge of the military power.When Huizong Bingchang was imprisoned, Jingsi, the clan clan, prevented Wang Mengye from assassinating Huizong.At this time, Jingsi was dead, and his sons Renzhong and Renli were proficient in Tibetan and Chinese characters, and had literary talents. Therefore, Renzhong was named King Pu, and Renli was named King Shu.Ganshun used this to express his nostalgia for loyal ministers and the importance he attached to talents.

Since the founding of Xixia, there have been disputes between Fanology and Sinology, and Fanli and Hanli.Gan Shun admired the highly developed feudal civilization of the Han nationality very much, and he decided to vigorously promote Han culture to change the backward atmosphere of Xixia.Qianshun ordered that besides Fanxue, "Guoxue" be specially established to teach Sinology.In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Qianshun announced the method of appointing officials according to their qualifications. In addition to "clan aristocratic families discussing their merits and relatives, all of them are added to the Tibetan and Han first-class", special preferential treatment is also given to those who are good at literature. pull out".

Ganshun's move of emphasizing civility over military affairs aroused dissatisfaction among some nobles and ministers.In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Qianshun ordered his officials to speak out about the gains and losses of administration.There was a doctor of imperial history, Mo Ningke, who was appointed as a senior official, and expressed his opposition to Qianshun's emphasis on literature over military affairs.But Ganshun refused to accept it, and still insisted on advocating Sinology. The last 30 years of Qianshun's reign coincided with the rapid changes in China's political situation.In the north of the Liao Dynasty, a new kingdom of Jin rose up.

The Jin Dynasty forced Xia to surrender by means of threats and lures.After weighing the pros and cons, Ganshun decided to take refuge in the new owner.In the fifth year of Yuande (1124 A.D.), Qianshun sent an envoy to Jin to make an oath, expressing his willingness to serve Jin as the old practice of the Liao Dynasty, and to be a minister to Jin. The northwest region, the land south of Yinshan Mountain and west of Tulubo was ceded to Xia Guo.In the sixth year of Yuande, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Dynasty was captured, and the Liao Dynasty fell. Princess Cheng'an of the Liao Kingdom, who married Qianshun 20 years ago, died of hunger strike in Xiaguo Palace in great grief.

Ganshun, who took refuge in the new master, saw the successive demise of the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, and thought that he just took advantage of this troubled time to expand his territory.Therefore, when the Jin soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty, he took advantage of the situation and sent troops to capture the castles originally set up by the Northern Song Dynasty on the Xia border.In the second year of Dade (1136 A.D.), Xixia acquired the three states of Lezhou, Jishi Prefecture, and Kuozhou, as well as the Huangshui River Basin.So far, Xixia has formed an unprecedented vast territory.

In the third year of Dade (1137 A.D.), Ren Dejing of Xi'an Prefecture dedicated his daughter to Qianshun as his concubine. Qianshun loved the Ren family very much, and made Ren the queen the next year.In the same year, Song Lu Yanyan sent Li Shifu to Xia Guo.In the fifth year of Dade, when Qianshun ordered Li Shifu to lead troops to attack Yan'an Mansion, Li Shifu actually led his troops back to Song Dynasty.This incident made Qianshun very angry.He died of illness in June of the same year at the age of 57 and reigned for 54 years.