Usurping the Mongols: My Father-in-Law is Genghis Khan

After a long silence, Grand Preceptor Ren Duo ordered Pang Chan to stand up shakily and said, ": Your Majesty, how about… how about moving the capital…?"

"Moving the capital?"

Li Chunyou sneered, "Where to move it to? Helan Mountain? Or even further to Xiping Prefecture? Our Western Xia is only this big. How far do you think we can move before you can actually block the Mongol forces for me!"

"Your Majesty!"

Xia's royal family member, Prince Qi, Li Zunxu, stood up and said loudly, "This subject is willing to lead the Royal Guard to defend Zhongxing Prefecture to the death and protect Your Majesty!"

"What a joke!"

The Privy Councilor, Yeli Zuorong, sneered, "It's fine if you, Prince Qi, are not afraid of death. But does that mean His Majesty should perish with the capital city?"

"Do you think those less than 30,000 guards can protect His Majesty?" The Minister of the Three Departments, Tuoba Yongnian, also disapproved, "Are you trying to make His Majesty be buried with you, Prince Qi?"

"That's still better than some people who are afraid of death!" Li Zunxu glared at the two, "At least I am willing to shed the last drop of blood for Great Xia!"

Yeli Zuorong said slowly, "Whether you are willing to shed the last drop of blood for Great Xia, or taking the opportunity to seize military power, is hard to say."

"You… you old fool who judges a gentleman's heart with a villain's mind!"

"You treacherous villain who appears loyal but is actually wicked!"

… …

Well, Li Zunxu and Yeli Zuorong quarreled so loudly that they almost started fighting.

"Enough!" Li Chunyou shouted sternly, "I called you here to discuss countermeasures, not to listen to you quarrel!"

In fact, he not only didn't want to listen to the ministers quarreling, but also wanted to shift the responsibility outward, hoping that the ministers would say the words "peace talks". Then, he would follow the trend and send whoever said the words "peace talks" as an envoy to agree to the most humiliating conditions from the Mongols and bear the brunt of the blame.

Unexpectedly, the ministers were all more cunning than the others, and no one uttered the words "peace talks".

Helpless, Li Chunyou had no choice but to take the lead himself, saying, "I have made up my mind to send an envoy to the Mongol camp to seek peace with Genghis Khan. We must humble ourselves and prioritize the preservation of Western Xia's territory and the ancestral tombs. Dear ministers…"

His gaze swept across the ministers, but he saw everyone lowering their heads, avoiding his gaze.

In the end, he had to take the initiative to appoint someone, saying, "Chancellor Li Anquan, I entrust everything to you!"

"I…"

This time, not only did Temujin not meet him again, but even Zhao Shuo and Hulan were too lazy to waste their breath on him.

"Sign it!"

Zhao Shuo and Hulan took out three documents, one in Western Xia script, one in Chinese, and one in the newly created Mongolian script by Tata Tong'a, with clear content.

"This… this… this…"

Li Anquan looked at the contents of the agreement, his face changing uncertainly.

He knew that the latest agreement was very humiliating, but he never expected it to be so humiliating!

Firstly, originally it only required Western Xia to sever diplomatic relations with the Jin Dynasty and become a vassal of Mongolia. Now it has gone a step further, not only requiring them to become vassals, but also to send troops to assist in battle when Genghis Khan orders it.

Secondly, originally Mongolia only demanded Ouluohai City, but now they also want to annex Keyimen. This means that even if the peace agreement is reached, the Mongols can still threaten Zhongxing Prefecture at any time, threatening the fate of Western Xia!

Thirdly, the original annual tribute was 10,000 taels of gold, 50,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 bolts of silk, but now it has doubled to 20,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 bolts of silk.

What kind of concept is this?

Back then, in the Chanyuan Treaty between the Song and Liao dynasties, the Song Dynasty's annual tribute to the Liao Dynasty was only like this. But how could the wealthy Song Dynasty be compared to the barren Western Xia?

Once this agreement is signed, although Western Xia will not be destroyed, most of its national strength will have been swallowed up by Mongolia!

"May I ask, Consort Zhao, General Hulan, can this peace agreement… be discussed again?" Li Anquan asked cautiously.

Hulan shook his head without hesitation: "Not a single word can be changed. Western Xia only has the right to choose to sign or not, and there is no room for bargaining."

Li Anquan gritted his teeth and tentatively asked: "Then can you two… make the decision for Genghis Khan?"

"Hmm?" Hulan frowned, his tone displeased, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Anquan quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand. What I mean is, if the peace agreement is reached, Western Xia will be a vassal state of Mongolia. No matter who becomes the emperor of Western Xia, Mongolia will guarantee the safety of Western Xia, right?"

"Hehe…"

Zhao Shuo and Hulan looked at each other, roughly guessing Li Anquan's little plans.

Zhao Shuo said sternly: "After you sign this peace agreement, you still need to use the Western Xia emperor's jade seal to make it count. Whoever can best guarantee the implementation of this agreement, we will recognize as the emperor of Western Xia."

Li Anquan's eyes lit up and said, "Okay, I'll sign!"

Li Anquan brought the humiliating agreement back to Zhongxing Prefecture, which caused an uproar. Li Chunyou stripped Li Anquan of all his duties and ordered him to reflect behind closed doors on the grounds of "disregarding the emperor's grace and insulting the country's dignity."

Li Chunyou thought it was a good idea. The agreement must be implemented. However, there is no need to use the seal immediately. First, deal with Li Anquan and let the anger of the Western Xia people have an outlet.

Then, when everyone's mood slowly calmed down, he would use the reason that "Li Anquan, this traitor, has already signed it, and I can't do anything about it" to stamp his jade seal on the peace agreement.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Anquan was not one to sit still and wait for death. That night, he entered the palace and secretly met his old lover, Empress Dowager Luo.

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Late the next night, Empress Dowager Luo transferred the main force of the guards in the palace, and Li Anquan led the private soldiers of the Yue Prince's Mansion directly into Li Chunyou's bedroom.

"Li Anquan, what… what exactly do you want to do?"

"Hmph, what to do? Of course, to kill you." Li Anquan said with a sneer, "If you had listened to my advice earlier, how could you have let my Western Xia fall to such a state! If you had listened to my advice earlier, how could my son Li Chengzhen have died tragically at Keyimen! You should have died long ago! The throne of Western Xia should have been changed long ago!"

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He took a few steps forward and stabbed Li Chunyou's heart with a sword!

"Your Majesty, no, Your Majesty… Your Majesty, why did you kill Li Chunyou?" Li Anquan's confidant, Gao Lianghui, panicked and said, "Didn't you promise the Empress Dowager that you would only abolish Li Chunyou's throne and would not harm him? How do you explain to the Empress Dowager now?"

Li Anquan snorted coldly and said, "Empress Dowager? Li Chunyou is dead, what kind of Empress Dowager is she? If she wants to be decent, I will give her decency. If she doesn't want decency, I will help her be decent!"

The next day, Empress Dowager Luo issued an edict: The late Emperor Li Chunyou suffered from a serious illness and died suddenly last night. Yue Prince Li Anquan is a genius and deeply admired by the military and civilians of Western Xia. He can inherit the great統.

Li Anquan ascended the throne as the Emperor of Western Xia on the same day, impatiently stamped the jade seal on the peace agreement with the Mongols, and then hurriedly ransacked the Western Xia treasury to complete the various materials required for the agreement.

50,000 taels of gold!

100,000 taels of silver!

100,000 bolts of silk!

20,000 camels!

500 beauties!

1,000 various craftsmen!

50,000 shi of grain!

… …

These are not future annual tributes, but only a reward for the Mongol army to withdraw.

Half a month later, the Mongols drove the 20,000 camels offered by the Western Xia people, carrying countless gold, silver, silk, and other spoils of war, and returned in triumph.

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"Dream of the Red Chamber: Watching Wang Xifeng tear down the Jia Mansion": The perspective is very novel, the writing style has the taste of Dream of the Red Chamber, and it has been tested (non-toxic).

"Thought it was a City Drama, but I met Shen Youchu": "I Really Didn't Want to Be Reborn" fan fiction, the heroine is Shen Youchu, and it also integrates many city dramas, Xu Hongdou, Zhao Mosheng, Wu Meiyin, Li Na, Zhu Suosuo and the like, which is quite interesting. Anyway, it's the first time I've seen this kind of theme.

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