Chapter 1,346 The Rising Empire

All Xia officials knelt down.

Zhao Xu originally asked Zhang Dun to write this edict, but it turned out that Zhang Dun refused to draft the edict according to what Li Shunju had just said.

He believed that the Song Dynasty had conquered Xixia and should take this opportunity to show its power to the barbarians, so he wrote an edict impassioned and impassioned, scolding Xixia for being ungrateful and unreasonable and ambitious, and that when the heavenly army arrived, "the ants' nests would be wiped out".

This obviously did not meet the requirements of the people of Suyou and Suixia, so Zhao Xu said that this was not necessary for making imperial edicts.

As soon as Zhang Dun got into a bad temper, hehehehe, I'm sorry, I will never be able to learn the kind of articles that His Majesty and the Duke want me to write.

Zhao Xu had no choice but to look around and think, forget it, Cai Jing, come on.

Zhao Xu's heart was tickled by the idea of ​​offering sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple. This child had good calligraphy, a good temper, and good literary talent. He was the best candidate to know how to make imperial edicts.

Of course, Cai Jing obeyed the wishes of Zhao Xu and the Duke of Guo, and made the move immediately.

The article was beautifully written, placing all the blame on Liang Yimi, attributing the death of the Empress Dowager Liang to coincidence, attributing Bingchang's death to God's will, attributing the demotion of the Xia Kingdom to maintaining the dignity of etiquette, and attributing His Majesty the Song Dynasty to

The people of Xia State sympathized with him, and he wrote the poem with great sadness.

I don’t know what the old ministers of the Xia Kingdom were thinking in their hearts, but at least on the surface, they were moved to tears by this edict and shouted long live the Holy Emperor.

After reading the edict, Su You took Qian Shun from Manjusri's arms, and then Li Shunju accepted the Fu Seal of Xia State, saying that it was received on Qian Shun's behalf. After that, Shanling envoy Jialiang led the officials and supported Bing.

Chang's coffin headed towards the Tomb of the Xia King in the Qilian Mountains.

At the same time, to the north of Xingqing Mansion, a cavalry force of more than 3,000 people, surrounded by a light four-wheeled carriage from the Song Dynasty, headed towards the Great Depression of Helan Mountain.

After Renduo Baozhong carefully escorted the carriage across the river in Tanglai Canal, he tore off the white hemp on his head and threw it into the canal, then spat fiercely towards the city wall of Xingqing Mansion.

Strips of white linen fluttered in the wind and snow, and finally fell into the canal. They rolled and danced in the water, gradually submerged in the canal water, floated and sank, flowed downstream, and finally disappeared into the canal water.

The Weiming family's Xixia Dynasty, just like this white linen strip, has since disappeared in the torrent of history.

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On the first day of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the Ningxia Capital Transport Department was established. The young master, Su You, the Duke of Shu State, with the honor of being a bachelor of Guanwen Palace and the young master, served as the transport envoy of the three capitals of Ningxia.

Marquis of Xiping, General Zuo Wuwei, Jialiang, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, served as the envoy of Ningxia Sanlu, in charge of criminal and prison affairs, and the envoy of Hexi Road, etc.

The eight tribes of the party were granted special surnames and given the surname Pei.

Fei Ting's family was given the surname Xiao.

He went to the Li family and was given the surname Chen.

The Pochao clan was given a surname.

The Yeli clan was given the surname Du.

Fangdang was given the surname Fang.

Mi Qin's family was given the surname Ma.

The Tuoba clan, which was Yuan Hao's self-proclaimed Weiming clan, restored the title conferred by the Tang Dynasty, with the surname Li.

Except for the Tuoba family, the other seven surnames all come from the names of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

The talisman, seal, crown, crown, chariot, and clothing symbolizing the Xia Kingdom Zuo, as well as the household registers and land registers of the twenty-six counties, together with Bingchang's legacy list, and the thank you note made by Wei Mingji Dai Qianshun, the Minister of Rites of the former Xia Kingdom, before

He was quickly sent to Bianjing.

At the court meeting, Wang Gui read out the congratulatory form and Bingchang's edict, officially announcing the Song Dynasty's absolute sovereignty over the old territory of Xixia.

After everyone's efforts, the Song Dynasty finally conquered the new spirit before the arrival of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, and brought all of Hetao to the west of Hetao and Monan to Mobei into the Song Dynasty.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world rejoiced.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Xu took his son Zhao Xu, who had just turned five years old, and many ministers and officials to visit the Ancestral Temple and presented the talisman seal and golden sword of the Xia Kingdom.

There was also an episode in the process. Cai Jing arranged a prisoner sacrifice session. Wang Gui and Lu Gongzhu thought it was inappropriate. The Xia prisoners were extremely vicious. This was the first time for the young prince to participate in national political activities. He was still a little baby and worried. He was frightened and lost his composure.

Zhao Xu asked Zhao Xu: "Are you afraid?"

Zhao Xu asked back: "Are Xia people human?"

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment: "Of course he is a human being."

Zhao Xu said: "In the album that Brother Bian Guan gave me, the natives of New Songzhou did not wear clothes, decorated with bones, and pierced their noses. I was scared when I saw it, so Brother Bian Guan took me to the 21st Uncle Jiedu's house."

"There is a black native from Xin Songzhou there, named Zhao Chi. He is tall and big, but not scary at all. Brother Bian Guan gave him toffee, and he hammered walnuts with his bare hands for us to eat."

"Are Xia people more scary than Zhao Chi? If not, then I'm not afraid."

Zhao Xu laughed heartily and was so proud that even he was shocked when he saw Zhao Chi for the first time. This son would be more powerful than me in the future.

So he dismissed the opinions of Wang Gui and Lu Gongzhu. Sure enough, Zhao Xu performed perfectly in his first political appearance.

However, Zhao Xu really cried when Shi Wei inoculated him with cowpox, and received a shameful look from Su Yue, who was also vaccinated with him.

The residents of Bianjing City in the Northern Song Dynasty are the group of people closest to the modern citizen class today. However, what is different from the Western citizen class is that in addition to Western businessmen, workers, and urban civilians, they also include a group of very important people. ——Scholars who have not yet entered officialdom.

This group of scholars later became the representatives of this class. When this class began to demand political power, they became the representatives of the citizen class in the court.

The Donglin Party of later generations was a prominent representative of this class. In the process of competing with the traditional landlord ruling class for political voice, it ruined the Ming Dynasty.

The current citizen class should be accurately defined as, except for officials, people who do not use land as a means of production and do not rely on traditional agriculture for their livelihood.

This group of people has many bad qualities, but there are also many cute and funny things about them. This group of common people in Bianjing City are roughly literate, or have relatives who are literate, care about politics, have national and ethnic consciousness, and have basic political ideas. Legal concepts, contract concepts, private property concepts.

They respect knowledge and intellectuals, value technological innovation and capital accumulation, are proficient in business and trade, like novelty, and have an exploratory spirit that the traditional landlord class does not have.

Su You has always believed that the representative of this group of people should not be the Donglin Party members of later generations. Their representative should be the person from Li's family who knows how to make Zhou'an steamed buns; and the person from Zhou's family who is good at cooking wind radish and bacon legs. ; And the one with blue eyes who is good at crocheting wool and cotton threads into sweaters, stockings, and tablecloths.

In this extremely joyful New Year, a wealthy Hu man dressed in a moon-white satin robe, a high hat, black leather boots with high toes, and ten gemstone rings on both hands, Standing on the bow of the ship, looking at the towering concrete walls of Bianjing City, she sighed: "Oh Almighty God, Alice, look, this is the capital of the greatest and richest country in the East, this is Bianjing City."

The boat curtain opened, and Alice walked out with a cute child in her arms, flashing her beautiful big eyes: "It's a pity that the governor and godfather are not here..."

The Hu man was Pu Shan who had been favored by Su You in the South China Sea. Alice became his wife and gave birth to a child named Marco.

Pu Shan is now a big businessman in Penang. In the past few years, he has figured out the laws of the Indian Ocean monsoon, and has also found a glorious position as a naval envoy in the Song Dynasty.

The first batch of envoys have now become people of the Song Dynasty. For their own benefit, they constantly opened up new channels for the Song Dynasty, discovered new islands, and became collectors of maritime intelligence.

Today's Song ships, Kuizhou type and Hangzhou type have become the main force among the Song Dynasty ships because of their scientific design, fast speed, safety and reliability, and can take advantage of winds from all directions.

Coupled with the promotion of theodolite, star charts, nautical charts, and navigation logs, the navigation skills of the Song Dynasty have exceeded the level of great voyages in real history.

The imperial court set up a special maritime affairs bureau in Saigon City, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou Shipping Department. Its functions were to collect information, organize nautical charts, encourage new discoveries and inventions, and also issue rewards.

Nowadays, there are many desperadoes who, because they do not have enough capital to engage in business, have simply become whalers and chart explorers.

These people are mixed, and many of them are actually pirates. As long as the Navy of the Song Dynasty catches real evidence, they will definitely be punished.

But the sea is vast, and it is not easy for the victim to get the evidence and go to the Municipal Ship Bureau to report.

Therefore, the maritime insurance business and the armed escort business are also booming. The Nanhai Navy not only achieves the purpose of training troops, but also earns enough funds by escorting the merchant fleet.

Now that Wang Shao was not short of money, he built fortresses and lighthouses in all the coastal ports. He made the narrow peninsula in the north of the Maluka Strait impregnable and began to extend his claws to the other side of the strait.

It's still the same old thing, using money and weapons to support local warlords and provoke civil strife in Srivijaya, Kosali and Balni.
Chapter completed!