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Chapter 513 0510 [Pay tribute and become a minister]

The Zhe family has taken root in the three prefectures since the late Tang Dynasty. It has been more than 200 years and has gone through the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Zhao Qi.

For such a long time, the three mansions have been managed like a piece of iron.

Those more than 30,000 soldiers were equivalent to the Zhe family's private soldiers.

If you want to completely uproot the Zhe family at once, it will inevitably leave a hole. This is not what Han Zhen wants to see.

It is necessary to prioritize things clearly. Han Zhen can apply unscrupulous pressure in half or half, but when dealing with the soldiers and civilians of the three prefectures, he must adopt the method of spring breeze and rain.

Give the soldiers and civilians of the three prefectures a period of time to adapt, and then send a confidant as a deputy general to slowly divide and win over them.

Now that Zhe Keqiu has surrendered, the remaining powerful gentry cannot make any trouble, so they can slowly figure it out.

After the matter was settled, the atmosphere in the study became extremely relaxed.

Zhe Keqiu complained to Han Zhen, detailing the children of the Zhe family who had died in battles over the years, and burst into tears when he talked about the emotional part.

Han Zhen also had tears in his eyes, and he immediately named Zhe Keqiu's father Zhe Ke as the Duke of Dingguo, with the posthumous title Zhongwu.

Zhe Keqiu immediately saluted and knelt down, and was moved to tears.

After all, the posthumous title given to his father by Zhao Song was only the military governor of Anjun.

For a time, there was a scene in the study where the monarch and his ministers were getting along with each other, and they were all in agreement.

When it was noon, Han Zhen held a banquet at the Marshal's Mansion. After the banquet, he invited his father and son.

A banquet lasted until sunset, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Stepping into the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhe Keqiu left the Marshal's Mansion drunkenly. With Zhe Yanwen's support, he got into the carriage and drove to Guanyi.

After entering the hotel, Zhe Keqiu wiped away his drunken appearance, his eyes were clear, and he took the hot towel from Zhe Yanwen's hand and applied it to his face.

Seeing this, Zhe Yanwen was stunned: "Father, are you not drunk?"

Zhe Keqiu sighed and said quietly: "As a father, how dare you get drunk? It is said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. One wrong word may lead to death."

"I didn't expect His Majesty to be so domineering."

Recalling that in the study room, when Han Zhen was staring at his father and son with evil aura, Zhe Yanwen couldn't help but shudder.

It felt like facing a tiger descending from the mountain, and even breathing became difficult.

"I think back in those days, when Song Taizu ascended the throne, he treated our Zhe family with great courtesy. He personally guaranteed that the Zhe family would be hereditary in the three prefectures..."

"Shut up!"

Zhe Keqiu shouted loudly.

Zheyanwen also realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly shut up.

Zhe Keqiu glanced at the closed door and continued to lecture: "You bastard, after drinking a few glasses of horse urine, don't you know your last name? When you return to Fuzhou, pack your bags immediately and go away. Bianjing City, studying in the Imperial College, if you dare to come back, I will break your legs!"

"What the father scolds is the child's momentary lapse in speech."

Zheyanwen realized what his father meant and apologized quickly.

Taking the tea from Zhe Yanwen, Zhe Keqiu took a sip and said softly: "After all, the official family will conquer the world immediately. They are full of confidence."

The reason why the contrast is so strong is because Song Taizu came to the world through political reform and lacked confidence. He could only appease and recruit the forces like them.

But today's officials are different. The world is conquered with one sword and one shot. They punch Zhao Song and kick Jin Guo. Even Xixia, who said nothing, will be slapped twice.

In this case, there is no need to recruit and appease the powerful people of the feudal town.

If you surrender, you will live; if you don't surrender, you will die.

Simple and rude!
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After staying one night in Guanyi, Zhe Keqiu went to the Marshal's Mansion to resign early the next morning.

Afterwards, he led Zhe Yanwen and hurried back to Fuzhou.

He had to go back and seize the time to deal with the funeral affairs. The Zhe family had been operating in Sanfu for so long, and the forces and relationships were so intertwined that they couldn't be sorted out in a day or two.

It would be many times better for him to do it himself than to wait for His Majesty to do it.

After settling the matter of losing his family, Han Zhen did not stay in Taiyuan for long and led his army to Yan'an Mansion in a mighty manner.

The spies stationed by Xixia at the border learned the news and immediately rushed back to Xingqing Mansion.

Li Qianshun was shocked by the news and immediately summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.

Brother Richard asked: "Your Majesty hastily summoned the ministers, what is the matter?" "The Emperor of Qi is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of all the civil and military ministers changed.

Zhe Keqiu was right. Qi's Northern Expedition really frightened many people, including the Emperor of Xixia and many of his ministers.

In just two months, they captured the Xijing Road guarded by Wanyan Zonghan, which shocked them greatly.

If they attack Xixia, can they stop it?
At first, Li Qianshun was full of confidence and asked Brother Richard to command 50,000 troops, preparing to take over the Tiande Army, Yunnei, and Dongsheng Three Prefectures.

As a result, as soon as Brother Richard took off with his front foot, the battle report came from the cloud on his back foot.

In shock, Li Qianshun hurriedly called back Brother Richard who had not yet left Xingqing Mansion.

Li Liangfu looked horrified: "Is it possible that Qi State wants to take action against me, Daxia?"

In that battle a few years ago, he was frightened out of his courage by being offered one thousand to thirty thousand by Wanyan Lou's room.

Now, someone more ruthless than Wanyan Loushi came, which made him not afraid.

As soon as these words came out, a trace of panic flashed in Li Qianshun's eyes.

Cao Jie pondered: "I feel that the Emperor of Qi's trip is not for me, Daxia."

"Why?"

Li Qianshun asked quickly.

Cao Jie explained: "We Daxia, Qi State, and Dashi Linya have just signed an agreement and formed an alliance not long ago. How can Qi State take action against me Daxia? Fighting without declaring, fighting with no name, cannot stand morally. Stop."

"good."

Brother Richard on the side nodded and agreed: "Besides, the Qi State is going to attack our Daxia. There is no need for the Emperor of Qi to come to Yan'an. It would have been better to enter from Dongsheng Prefecture as early as the Xijing Road. In this way, We can attack from the north and south with the Western Army, so why come to Yan'an Prefecture with such a big fanfare?"

One of the two analyzed it politically, while the other considered it tactically, but they reached the same conclusion.

Li Qianshun thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he decided in his heart: "What you two dear friends said makes sense."

Cao Jie thought: "The Emperor of Qi should come to inspect the Fifth Northwest Route. After all, the Fifth Northwest Route has recently surrendered. It is necessary to come and take a look, and by the way, it will shock me, Daxia."

Li Qianshun said solemnly: "Even so, we have to guard against it."

At this time, Li Liangfu suggested: "Your Majesty, why not send envoys to Yan'an Mansion to pay tribute and make the two countries have good relations."

Xixia has extremely rich experience in professing ministers, and does not shy away from it at all.

Because, whether they were professing vassal status to Liao, Song or Jin, they all benefited from it.

The Liao Kingdom was a good big brother. He saved Xixia from danger several times, and every time he paid tribute, he would give him several times the reward.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, which gave out every year's coins.

The most demanding one was the Kingdom of Jin, but even so, Xixia also obtained from the Kingdom of Jin a large area of ​​land north of Xiazhai, south of Yinshan Mountain, and west of Turupo in Yashiyala tribe.

Therefore, it can be said that there is no psychological burden for being a vassal of Qi State.

This is the way of Xixia's founding of the country, which is to have both sides and interests first.

Because of this, despite having the smallest territory and the weakest strength, it was able to defeat the three great powers of Liao, Song, and Jin one after another.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Liangfu was overjoyed and continued: "The Central Plains Dynasty likes this method. In this way, your Majesty can logically mention the cession of the Tiande Army, Yunnei and Dongsheng Three Prefectures."

"can."

Cao Jie nodded.

"I second the proposal."

Brother Richard also agreed.

Previously frightened by the power of Qi's victory, they did not dare to take the initiative to cede the three states, but if they surrendered and paid tribute, it would be a good opportunity.

Moreover, since they have all become vassals of Qi State, as the eldest brother, the Emperor of Qi State has to show something, so it is difficult to refuse the cession of the three states.

Thinking of this, Li Qianshun glanced at Li Liangfu with admiration and said happily: "Yes, this plan is very clever!"

After reaching an agreement, Li Qianshun immediately wrote a reduction list.

He had already written a copy of the table-dropping thing before, and now he had it at his fingertips.

Soon, he wrote a surrender form, took out several carts of gold and silver jewelry from the palace, and asked Cao Jie to rush to Yan'an Mansion with the surrender form and gold and silver jewelry.

(End of this chapter)