Song Gexing

Chapter 224 Liao Civil Disturbance
Half a month later, the Liao envoys arrived in Bianjing, and the two sides started a heated debate. Focusing on the affairs of Xixia, the Liao State asked the Song Dynasty to withdraw from the territory of Xixia, while the Song Dynasty told him that the land of Xixia was originally the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Both sides started with the Dingnan Army. This is a consensus that everyone can accept. Otherwise, starting from the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Liao Kingdom itself would still be nomadic.

The Dingnan Army was canonized by Emperor Li Tang after Huang Chao was annihilated. From this point on, it is because the Khitans were also canonized at the same time.

The Liao envoy captured the Dingnan Army and it was the inherent fiefdom of the Li family. The Song Dynasty did not inherit the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but shared the territory of the Tang Dynasty with the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, the Li family cannot be regarded as subjects of the Song Dynasty. They are independent. .

However, Wang Anshi, who was in charge of negotiating in the Song Dynasty, grasped one point, that is, the Dingnan Army had announced to belong to the Song Dynasty in the hands of Li Jipeng, and all his immediate family members moved to Bianjing.

Even if Li Jipeng later rebelled and returned to Xixia, his family was still in Bianjing and was not liquidated. This was just his personal behavior and had nothing to do with the army.

The Liao envoy thought that this was an unreasonable statement. Li Jipeng was the envoy of the Dingnan army, so how could he have nothing to do with it, but Wang Anshi gave the reason with a smile.

It is true that after Li Jipeng surrendered, he sent the territory of the Dingnan Army to the Dingnan Army. Emperor Taizong changed the title to Zhangde Army Jiedu Envoy. The Dingnan Army was abolished and placed under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty's dispatched magistrates.

The Liao envoy was speechless. This matter was known to the whole world. After all, Xixia, the descendants of Li Jiqian, actually had nothing to do with the Dingnan Army.

Although the territory is still there, it was taken by the three generations of Li Jiqian, Li Deming, and Li Yuanhao themselves, and was not the original army that determined the trouble.

From the time Li Jipeng withdrew from the feudal vassal, the trouble-making army became a thing of the past, and it was voluntary. The Song Dynasty did not force him to surrender at that time.

Moreover, Li Jiqian was not Li Jipeng's own younger brother, but his cousin. He was not qualified to inherit the post of military governor of the Dingnan Army at all, and it was not that Li Jipeng had no descendants.

At that time, Li Jipeng did have no choice but to surrender, but it was not because the Song Dynasty forced him to have no choice but because he was worried that his tribe would be murdered by his clansmen who would seize power.

There is a precedent for this. The Dingnan Army became a hereditary system since the founding of Li Sigong. The third generation of Jiedushi was Li Yichang, Li Sigong's grandson.

Li Yichang took over the post of Jiedushi at a young age, but was killed by his cousin Li Renfu who seized power. Li Renfu succeeded him as the fourth Jiedushi.

Li Jipeng was only a teenager when he took over, and he was self-aware and knew that his talents were not outstanding, and there were many people in the clan who were eyeing him.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and decided to join the Song Dynasty and hand over all his fiefdoms to the Song Dynasty. In this way, there would be nothing to fight for, and his branch could gain wealth and continue to survive.

Because the Song Dynasty has always been benevolent and righteous to the Jiedushi who surrendered, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has never treated the Jiedushi who took the initiative to hand over power badly.

Li Jipeng had Chen Hongjin of Fujian whom he could refer to earlier. Chen Hongjin, who separated Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, took the initiative to hand over power during the Taizong era. The Chen family was awarded honors by Yourong of the Song Dynasty and has never been targeted.

It can be said that this policy of Song Taizu Taizong was indeed a good example, but the fault was that Song Taizong was too eager. As soon as Li Jipeng entered Beijing, he couldn't wait to send troops into the five states where the Dingnan Army was located.

Without careful deployment, the Song army could only occupy the state capital, giving Li Jiqian a chance to escape, and then the Xixia Dynasty came to be.

If the arrangement had been more careful, Li Jiqian would have had no chance to escape.

Just as the negotiations between Song and Liao were intensifying, two pieces of news came, which directly sent the Liao envoys back home and stopped arguing about this meaningless matter.

The first news came from the Yan Army Department in Heishui Town, Xixia. Liang Yimi, the supervisor of the Yan Army Department in Heishui Town, wrote that the Heishui Army intercepted Li Liangzuo, but due to improper precautions, Li Liangzuo was killed by Gan, who hated the Li family. The state Uighur soldiers killed him.Zhao Fang didn't believe this, but he believed that Li Liangzuo was dead. The Liang family didn't dare to lie to him, but the person who killed him was probably Liang Yimi.

The Ganzhou Uighurs were conquered by Li Yuanhao. Although many people hated the Li family, it is doubtful that they dared to kill Li Liangzuo privately.

Because of the death of Li Liangzuo, the entire Xixia will be merged into the Song Dynasty without any accident, and the Ganzhou Uighurs are no exception. Without the order of the Song Dynasty, how could they dare to act privately.

No one is stupid enough not to know that if Li Liangzuo is sent alive as a prisoner, he will make more contributions and receive more rewards than his dead body.

In addition to the Liang family, because the living Li Liangzuo was a flaw in Liang Luoyao's identity, Zhao Fang could marry the widow Liang Luoyao, but he could not marry the married Liang Luoyao.

Unlike Zang, she was the queen who came back to the throne after being deposed. Everyone knows why. No Zang could take the opportunity to reconcile without anyone talking about her.

The second piece of news is that the Liao Kingdom invaded the Jurchen habitat, Wanyan tribe surrendered, and after sending the hostages, Yelu Hongji ordered to stop the expedition.

But as soon as the war stopped, Yelu Chongyuan took advantage of Yelu Hongji to inspect Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo and sent troops to ambush him. The Liao Kingdom was now in chaos.

Yelu Hongji did not die. After being attacked, he escaped from the encirclement and went to Shangjing. Yelu Chongyuan then occupied Zhongjing, controlled a large number of nobles, and proclaimed himself emperor.

There were four capitals in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the Liao Kingdom went even further, with five capitals. The capital was Dadingfu in Zhongjing, which was built after the Liao Shengzong moved the capital.

Now the Liao envoy dared to stay in the Song Dynasty. He hurried back to discuss who to be loyal to, which was a big deal. Zhao Fang was stunned when he received the news.

Thinking about it later, it was right. I cut off Xiao Guanyin myself, so naturally no one would help Yelu Hongji eliminate this disaster.

Historically, Yelu Chongyuan was preparing to ambush Yelu Hongji who was on a hunting trip. When he was preparing to attack Zhongjing, it was Queen Xiao Guanyin who was in the palace and personally stepped forward to stabilize the morale of the defenders and thwart the rebel conspiracy.

"Get ready, it seems that the Liao Kingdom will soon send people to negotiate peace, and it will probably be two teams."

After understanding the whole story, Zhao Fang immediately summoned the ministers and told them to be prepared. Then we will see how much benefit the Liao Kingdom can reap.

Xixia must be a bargaining chip. No matter who comes to power in Liao, they can only give up Xixia as a bargaining chip, but this is definitely not enough. The remaining conditions depend on how they are said.

Many ministers were very excited. This was the best opportunity to take back the Sixteen States of Yanyun, and they didn't have to break their promise to attack the Liao Kingdom. They just used this as a condition to support whomever they supported.

However, Zhao Fang and cabinet ministers are not so optimistic. Unless Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Hongji are evenly matched and both sides desperately need help from outside forces, they will use this as a bargaining chip.

But it is obvious that Yelu Chongyuan does not have the power to usurp the country. He just took the unexpected advantage now.

The biggest reliance is that he has a large number of hostages in his hands. He is really not as good as Yelu Hongji in terms of other strength.

After all, Yelu Hongji has been on the throne for more than ten years, and his actions have won the support of the people of Liao Kingdom. He is not a faint king, a tyrant, nor an incompetent monarch.

(End of this chapter)