Later, after Tuoba Wu, She Tuoba and others left the government office, the four military commanders sent a letter toward Chengdu Prefecture.

They planned to lead their troops back to various places on the grounds that they were not good at food and supplies.

The next day, Zhongsun Guge's letter was sent to Zhongxing Mansion again.

Li Xiushu read the letter in the imperial study room first, and after reading it, she showed a smile on the corner of her mouth.

She was a little worried that Zhao Dongting would go back on his word and let her down, and took this opportunity to completely control Xixia. But now, there is obviously no such doubt anymore.

Zhao Dongting used the conditions for the unconditional surrender of Western Xia and obeying the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty. In now, it was just to intimidate her from the civil and military officials in the court.

This is the necessity of negotiation.

Neither side can directly reveal their bottom line.

Now Zhao Dongting’s request was that she and Zhao Dongting had planned together. This is of course Zhao Dongting’s bottom line.

Li Xiushu's eyes were a little distant, but the smile on her lips remained unabated, and she murmured: "This little man is still quite reliable..."

After a long time, she said to the old eunuch beside her: "Go to Xuanwen and Wu officials to visit the main hall."

The old eunuch took the order and left.

Li Xiushu admired herself for a while in front of the bronze mirror in the imperial study room, and also walked towards the hall.

But after she arrived outside the hall, her face became colder again.

Zhongsun Qifu and others who had arrived in the hall felt a little bad when they saw her appearance.

Everyone speculated that the empress suddenly summoned her, and it was probably because there was news from the Song State that came back. With this expression, I am afraid that Emperor Song did not make much concessions.

"Long live the emperor!"

When Li Xiushu sat on the dragon throne, except for Zhongsun Qifu, all the ministers fell to the ground.

Li Xiushu waved her hand and said, "Everyone is exempt from gifts!"

Then he said directly: "Zhongsun Guge has passed on the result of discussion with Emperor Song. Emperor Song retreated a little and promised that after our dynasty bowed down and surrendered, our Xixia would remain autonomous and he would not interfere in any of our Xixia's internal affairs."

Before the words were finished, the ministers in the court had already taken their own initiative.

This time no one swears.

Although there was no joy or anger on Li Xiushu's face, they were like Zhongsun Guge, and were quite satisfied with Zhao Dongting's regression.

What they asked was that Xixia maintained autonomy.

In this way, it is actually not harmful to bow down to the Song State. These people are still important officials in Xixia, and even Xixia can receive more support from the Song State.

To put it more bluntly, the Western Xia Dynasty was equivalent to having the powerful empire of Song as a protector.

Soon, the ministers in the court started whispering.

Li Xiushu didn't stop them either.

It only took a long time to say, "What do you guys think about this?"

An old minister took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if Emperor Song really can not interfere in the internal affairs of our Xixia, it is not impossible to bow to the Song State. Our Xixia State has weak strength. If we can have the strong support of Song State in the future, we will not be bullied by the Yuan Dynasty and other countries. In addition, we can also concentrate on destroying the rebels in the country."

His words made many people in the palace suddenly think of Tuoba and She Tuo's families.

Zhongsun Qifu couldn't help but ask Li Xiushu: "Emperor, does the letter mention how Emperor Song will treat those people in the four military regions in the future?"

Li Xiushu replied: "This is not. But since the State of Song is willing to stop the army, I think I will not interfere in the affairs between us and the four major military departments."

Zhongsun Guge lowered his head and pondered slightly.

After a while, Li Xiushu said, "Okay, you guys have made a decision in your heart? Should we meet the soldiers of the Song State, or should we bow to the Song State?"

Although this was asked by everyone in the hall, her eyes were wandering between He Liandong and Zhongsun Qifu.

The Helian family and the Zhongsun family control the Gansu Military Office and the Xiangqing Military Office respectively, which is undoubtedly her greatest help.

Zhongsun Qifu looked up and bowed, "The old minister thought that it was a wise move to join the Song Dynasty at this time."

He Liandong would naturally not object if he heard him say this.

But Li Xiushu frowned slightly at this time and suddenly stopped talking.

His highness and ministers looked at her and thought she was still unwilling to join the Song Dynasty.

An old minister couldn't help but persuade: "Emperor, even if we were a vassal state of Song after we joined the Song Dynasty, the Emperor of Song had already proposed not to interfere in our state affairs in Xixia. I believe that for the sake of the people in the world, we should turn wars with the Song Dynasty into jade and silk. In this way, the people can continue to live and work in peace and prosperity, and our Xixia can continue to prosper..."

There are quite a few people who look at Li Xiushu like this.

They didn't know that at this time, Li Xiushu was already smiling in her heart.

She and Zhao Dongting set up such a big situation because they knew that these old ministers would not be willing to join the Song Dynasty. But now, these old ministers came to persuade her to join the Song Dynasty.

She knew that the performance was almost the same as it was, so she would be a little too much to continue acting. She sighed softly and said, "Since that's the case, then bow down to the State of Song..."

After saying that, she stood up as if she was a little disappointed and walked out of the hall.

The ministers in the hall looked at her back, and some of them were even more guilty.

If it weren't for the fact that they were not capable enough, how could the emperor have to bow down to Emperor Song?

She is the king after all...

Li Xiushu walked to the gate of the hall but suddenly stood there and said without looking back: "Tell Heliancheng and Qu Rujian to destroy the rebels of the four major army departments."

This sentence is murderous.

The ministers who had not left in the hall all looked slightly stern.

Sure enough, the emperor is going to attack the four major military commanders.

This is in line with the emperor's character.

The emperor had no choice but tolerate any sand in his eyes. The four military departments had long wanted to be destroyed.

Later, pigeons flew out of the city in the Zhongxing Palace.

Two days.

Heliancheng and Qu Rujian received a secret letter from Li Xiushu's order to go to war with the four major military departments in Qingchuan County.

And in his heart, Li Xiushu also mentioned the rebellion between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

This surprised both of them.

Then there was a surprise.

The Empress and Emperor Song stopped making peace, which made them who were originally facing a desperate situation suddenly have a chance.

Although the four major military commands should not be underestimated, of course they should not be as afraid of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

After reading the letter, Heliancheng and Qu Rujian were both a little excited.

In just a while, the two of them summoned the generals in the army and announced that they would send troops to attack the rebels of the four major military commanders.

At this time, the trustees from the four major military departments had just arrived in Chengdu Prefecture.

Because they had surrendered, they did not receive any obstruction from the soldiers of the Song Dynasty at the city gate, and were taken to the military camp in the city to meet Zhang Guangbao.

When they met Zhang Guangbao, Zhang Guangbao was reviewing military affairs in the commander's tent.

"Enter!"

After hearing the soldiers outside reported that the four military envoys arrived, only Zhang Guangbao's voice came from the room.

Several messengers walked into the room.

Zhang Guangbao raised his head behind the desk and frowned slightly, "You are here to ask for a fight again?"

Over the years, he had seen more than ten groups of envoys from the four major military departments. Huihui always came to ask for battle, but these old faces were still these old faces.

"Marantor Zhang, you are too worried."

An envoy smiled and said, "We are here under the command of the commander, not to ask for a fight, but to ask to lead the army back to the military headquarters first."

"oh?"

Zhang Guangbao was a little surprised, "The Western Xia imperial guards are still confronting you in Qingchuan County, why are you going to withdraw your troops suddenly?"

The envoy said: "Our army all traveled thousands of miles to Longzhou. Qingchuan County was occupied by the Xixia imperial guards. Our food and grass were unable to transport it. There was no more surplus grain in the army. If we did not withdraw our troops, we would lose food. Marshal Zhang would be considerate."

Zhang Guangbao frowned slightly.

The messenger said these words reasonably, and he didn't know whether they were true or false.

And most importantly, he only knew that the court was negotiating with Xixia, and he did not know that Xixia had decided to bow to the Song Dynasty.

In his eyes, the four major military commanders are not enemies at the moment.

This made him have no reason to force the four military departments to stay.

You can't stop others from beating and force others to stay here?

After pondering for a while, Zhang Guangbao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then you will lead the army back first! After returning to various places, wait for our court to order."

Several messengers all showed a hint of joy and quickly agreed.
Chapter completed!