armyinform Chapter 1133 Palace Discussion
Chapter 1133 Palace Discussion
Chapter 1133 Palace Discussion
Under the city of Xingzhou.
A horsewhip was lashed at him, but it was blocked by Renduo Yading's son Renduo Baozhong.
Liang Yimei looked at Renduoya Ding who was blocking his way and said, "How dare you and your son oppose my attack on Lanzhou again and again?"
Renduo Yading grabbed the reins of Liang Yimai's warhorse and said, "We have gained enough, and the Song people are willing to be so generous. Why don't we rest and recuperate for a few years, wipe out Qing Tang, who is friendly with the Song Dynasty, and then attack Lanzhou."
Liang Yi said: "Qingtang is nothing to be afraid of, but Lanzhou is the throat of the country. If we don't get this place, we will be bullied by the Eastern Dynasty sooner or later."
"You are a general, yet you dare to stop me. Are you also trying to negotiate peace with the Eastern Dynasty like Li Qing?"
Renduo Yading said: "Prime Minister, I, Renduo, have received great favors from the late emperor, and I cannot coexist with the Han people."
"But if you go like this, it will only give the Song Dynasty an excuse to unite and be determined to destroy our Great Baigao Kingdom."
Liang Yi said, "General Renduo, I respect you as a veteran general who has served three dynasties. But after all, you are not from the Tangut family. I heard that during the Three Kingdoms period, there was a Prime Minister Zhuge who went to Qishan six times to attack Wei. He definitely had no intention of living in peace in a corner."
"I, Liang Yi, would like to follow the example of Prime Minister Zhuge. Even though the Song people are powerful, I will repay the kindness of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."
After hearing what Liang Yimai said, Renduo Yading still did not let go. Liang Yimai raised the whip again, then softened his heart and said: "General Renduo, I have always had a grudge against you, but I will not hide it from you. Lanzhou is a fertile land with thousands of miles of land. We can cultivate crops and store grain, and we can also go downstream to attack Lingzhou."
"If Tiandu Mountain falls into the hands of the Song people again, even though we won the battle of Hanhai Mingsha last year, it will be more difficult to conquer the Song Dynasty in the long run."
"I admire Prime Minister Zhuge's courage to do what is impossible. When the Song army attacked the Xia army from two directions, everyone had to cede the five states of Dingnan. It was me who overcame all the opposition and finally achieved the current situation."
After hearing this, Ren Duoyading and Ren Duobaozhong, father and son, scolded each other for being shameless. What do you mean, Liang Yimai, went against everyone's opinion and took all the credit for yourself?
Liang Yi said: "It doesn't matter whether the Song people are in harmony or not."
"If we don't take advantage of the victory to recapture Lanzhou and the Tiandu Mountain line, the Song people will take advantage of the situation sooner or later!"
"After we conquer these two places, we will rest and negotiate peace with the Song people."
After Liang Yimai finished speaking, all the Dangxiang nobles on both sides agreed. It was obvious that Liang Yimai's words were very popular.
The younger generation of Dangxiang nobles were all eager to make achievements, and this great victory with Song strengthened their confidence.
Everyone around him said, "Renduo, the Prime Minister has been tolerant of you again and again, how long will you continue to be so presumptuous?"
Renduo Yading still refused to let go, and finally said: "It is as the Prime Minister said, but the Song army has already prepared for Lanzhou and Tiandu Mountain."
"We Tanguts use our troops to come and go like the wind. If you are like the Song people and are just waiting for your troops to be defeated, how can you expect to win?"
Liang Yimai was already impatient and said, "Renduo, you have disrupted the morale of our army time and again. If it weren't for you leading the troops to capture Mingsha City before, I would have killed you without mercy."
"The previous battle of Lanzhou was just a result of my carelessness, which was taken advantage of by the Song people. I will not make the same mistake again. Besides, I have ordered Liang Yongneng to lead 100,000 troops to attack Fuyan Road, Huanqing Road, and Jingyuan Road to confuse the Song people and make it difficult for them to take care of both ends."
After saying this, Liang Yimai whipped him with the whip again. Ren Duoya Ding just stopped and said beside Liang Yimai's horse: "Prime Minister, I am unwise. Please forgive me."
Liang Yi snorted and said, "The Tanguts and the Song people have been enemies for decades. How can we resolve this by negotiating peace?"
After saying this, Liang Yimai rode away arrogantly. The Dangxiang warriors on both sides rode past Renduoyading on their tall horses.
Renduoyading stood silently by, enduring the ridicule and sarcasm of the young Dangxiang nobles.
Although the spring sun was shining brightly, the upper reaches of the Yellow River had not yet completely thawed. The sandstorms blowing in from the vast ocean hit Renduo Yading's armor, making a series of fine and dense sounds.
Renduoyading felt sad in his heart and sat helplessly beside the city, watching Liang Yimai leading the elite soldiers of Western Xia from the city of Xingzhou and heading straight for Lanzhou.
The last defeat in Lanzhou did not undermine the confidence of the people of Western Xia.
In the battles of Hanhai and Mingsha, they seized a large number of Song people's baggage, weapons, armor, bows and crossbows. Now the number of Dangxiang soldiers alone with armor has increased by nearly 20,000.
This is also the reason why Liang Yimai had the confidence. There was really no reason to negotiate peace with the Song people just because of the defeat at Lanzhou.
Ren Duo Bao Zhong said: "Dad, the Song people asked Wen Xixin to discuss with us, saying that if we can move our entire clan to Qingtang, they will give us money, food, and land."
Renduo Yading pondered for a moment. The conditions offered by the Song people to their Renduo clan became better and better each time.
Before, it was just about conferring an official title, but now he was given territory as well, and was treated like a vassal.
"Alligu has returned to Qingtang. I heard that he is contacting the Uighurs and Tatars."
Renduo Yading suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Dongchao is clearly determined to take Liangzhou!"
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Empress Dowager Cao died, and the emperor stopped attending court. After five requests from the prime ministers, he still refused to attend court, and did not handle state affairs for more than ten days. In the end, he only reluctantly accepted a meeting with the prime ministers at the side of Chongzheng Hall.
"Your Majesty, Xixia has sent troops from Xingzhou! Where are they going?"
The official seemed immersed in grief and had no time to say much.
Shi Deyi, who was standing by, said on behalf of the emperor: "Your Majesty, you already know."
"Your Majesty, the Imperial College's rules have been agreed upon. The lecturers will be the Analects, Rites of Zhou, and Spring and Autumn Annals. In addition, there are seven more rules, namely, one, respect for lecturers; two, regular salaries; three, three houses; four, selection of senior officials; five, increase in elementary schools; six, strict punishment; seven, respect for the Dean of Education."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
"Leave it to the Secretariat for discussion." The Emperor asked, "Anything else?"
Li Ding, the Chief Censor, said: "Your Majesty, the case of Su Shi, the former Deputy Minister of Shrines, slandering the Holy Dynasty..."
Li Ding gave a long speech and finally charged Su Shi with treason.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "I have treated Su Shi well. Although Su Shi made mistakes, he would not commit treason."
After Li Ding finished speaking, Wang Gui came out and said, "Your Majesty, Su Shi has a poem 'The roots reach the nine springs without a bend, only the hibernating dragon in the world knows'. Your Majesty is a flying dragon in the sky, but Su Shi does not regard Your Majesty as his confidant, but instead regards the hibernating dragon underground as his soulmate. Isn't this treason?"
The emperor said, "Su Shi was just writing about trees. What does it have to do with me?"
Zhang Dun said: "Your Majesty, the word dragon can also be used to describe a gentleman. In addition to the monarch, there are also ministers. For example, Zhuge Liang called himself the Sleeping Dragon, and there were the 'Eight Dragons of the Xun Family' in Yingchuan during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Didn't they also commit serious crimes?"
Wang Gui said: "There are more than one such examples in Su Shi's poems. It is definitely not a coincidence."
Zhang Dun sneered, approached Wang Gui and asked, "Prime Minister, are you going to kill Su Shi's entire clan?"
Zhang Dun was extremely domineering and didn't take Wang Gui seriously at all. Wang Gui lost his temper and said hurriedly, "I heard these words from Shu Tan."
Zhang Dun laughed when he heard this and said, "Then the Prime Minister wants to eat Shu Tan's saliva too?"
Hearing what Zhang Dun said, Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile, watching Wang Gui embarrass himself in front of Zhang Dun.
With Zhang Dun's opening, Wang Anli also defended Su Shi.
Seeing this, Zhang Yue stopped talking.
The emperor raised his hand and said, "Last time, the imperial edict advised me not to kill the transport officials, and today they advised me not to kill Su Shi. It's really funny."
The emperor did not say how to deal with the matter, but he seemed very tired. Judging from his actions just now, the emperor's attitude towards Su Shi was not clear.
The emperor asked, "How is the funeral of the Empress Dowager going?"
Wang Gui, Zhang Yue and other prime ministers knew that in the emperor's mind, the matter of Empress Dowager Cao was put first, temporarily taking precedence over Western Xia, the reform of the Imperial Academy and the handling of Su Shi.
Indeed, for the country at the moment, the most important matter for the emperor and his ministers is the funeral of Empress Dowager Cao.
Wang Gui was most familiar with the rules and regulations, and he said, "Everything should be done according to the rules of Zhaoxian and Empress Dowager Mingde."
Empress Dowager Zhaoxian was the mother of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong of Song, and Empress Dowager Mingde was the biological mother of Emperor Zhenzong.
"At the same time, according to the example of Empress Dowager Zhangxian Mingsu, all empress dowagers who reigned over the country were given a four-character posthumous title. I propose the four-character posthumous title of 'Ci Sheng Guangxian'. Please make your decision, Your Majesty."
The official nodded.
Wang Gui and Zhang Yue, two old ministers who had served Emperor Renzong, both knew that it was Empress Dowager Cao who established the lineage of Emperor Yingzong and the Guan family.
Of course, Empress Dowager Cao did not have a good relationship with Emperor Yingzong, and there was even an incident where Han Qi pulled back the curtain. Fu Bi, who supported Empress Dowager Cao, threatened Yingzong to do something about Yi and Huo.
Later, Empress Dowager Cao also opposed the emperor many times, and Wang Anshi carried out reforms.
Now that both Han Qi and Empress Dowager Cao are dead, can we say that the final verdict is in?
Far from it.
The emperor said, "Among the Empress Dowager's belongings there is a box which is tightly sealed. After the attendants came in, I opened the box and looked inside."
"It turns out that they are all letters of dissent from ministers when the Emperor was appointed Crown Prince by the Emperor Renzong. The Empress Dowager seemed to know that I would open the letter and warned me not to offend anyone!"
After hearing the emperor's words, the ministers in the hall all had strange expressions, except Wang Gui, whose expression remained unchanged.
When a big shot dies, countless secrets will come to light. Some people will go from being loyal to being treacherous, and some people will go from being treacherous to being loyal.
It was only after Liu E died that someone told Emperor Renzong that the other party was not Liu E's biological son.
Emperor Renzong was shocked and angry.
However, if it were the case in previous dynasties, countless people would have died because of the key issue of standing against Emperor Yingzong as the crown prince.
The ministers in the hall were in confusion. Zhang Yue glanced at Wang Gui, who looked calm.
It seems that he never submitted a petition to oppose Emperor Yingzong's appointment as crown prince. On the contrary, he was suspected by Yingzong and the current emperor for more than ten years.
Today, the injustice has been redressed.
The emperor said, "There is one more thing. When the late emperor was seriously ill, Han Qi actually submitted a petition to make the late emperor the emperor emeritus. I only learned about this today."
The ministers dared not say anything more.
The topic of the retired emperor is also a very sensitive one. The matter of internal abdication has made the emperor extremely dissatisfied, and today he is using it to make an announcement or to warn the prime minister.
The intention can't help but make people think, "If I am seriously ill in the future, will you, Zhang Yue Wang Gui, also follow Han Qi's example?"
Especially for an emperor like Guan Jia who is "weak and sickly".
Zhang Yue sighed silently. When dealing with official affairs, silence is worse than a thousand words.
He knew that Han Qi had good intentions. He maintained the entire bureaucratic system and the succession to the throne, but memorials to the emperor were a source of gossip.
Fortunately, Han Qi died. If he had lived, his life would have been ruined. On the contrary, no matter what Wang Gui thought in his heart, he was fine because he did not leave any writings.
In official circles, you can do things this way, but you can never say them this way.
Once you say it, the situation is ruined. Once the window paper is broken, things will go wrong.