Quickly wear "I am the empress"

After Ouyang Xiu left, Zhiyu began to turn his attention to the Western Xia Kingdom.

I don’t know what the previous emperor was thinking. Such a great country actually sent gifts and money to Western Xia every year. It’s shameful to think about it.

Now that she is here, Xixia will never be able to take a penny from the Song Dynasty again.

Seeing that the Song Dynasty had suddenly hardened its attitude, the Western Xia Kingdom was very upset and threatened to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

After hearing the news, some officials immediately advised Zhiyu in the court, saying that they had paid tribute to Western Xia every year in the past and should continue to do so now.

This made Zhiyu very angry, so he immediately stripped these people of their official positions and threw them into jail.

The Song Dynasty has no pride at all, and this has something to do with these officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

After dealing with these cowards, Zhiyu immediately ordered his men to be ready to set out to the border at any time.

Seeing that Zhiyu seemed to be planning to fight against Xixia, several old ministers looked at each other with worry in their eyes.

Although the current official is a woman, she is more courageous than the previous ones.

I don't know whether the emperor's temper is a blessing or a curse for the Song Dynasty...

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In May of the second year of Yingyun, the Song Dynasty led an army of 200,000 to station in Qingzhou, and the army harassed Western Xia from time to time.

Western Xia was deeply troubled by the Song Dynasty's unethical fighting style against the Huns.

Every ten days or half a month, the army of the Song Dynasty would march north to attack the city and steal the cattle, sheep and livestock of the Western Xia.

This behavior is exactly the same as the Xiongnu and Turks recorded in history............

It’s not that the Western Xia didn’t fight back, but the Song Dynasty had a large number of people, and after one group was defeated, another group came. In the end, they lost their enthusiasm for fighting and turned to defense.

Because they were not prepared for a decisive battle with the Song Dynasty, the Xixia royal family could turn a blind eye to the Song Dynasty's occasional harassment to the north and secretly develop their own strength.

The Song Dynasty naturally guessed what Xixia was thinking, so Zhao Shu, who was left at the border by Zhiyu, would go to Xixia Emperor Li Liangzuo to chat from time to time in the name of visiting a friend, and then secretly sow discord among the Xixia royal family.

Li Liangzuo had thought about capturing Zhao Shu, who was always hanging around in front of him, to threaten the Song Dynasty.

But Zhao Shu's identity was really embarrassing. He was the adopted son of the Emperor of Song Dynasty. If he arrested him, the current Emperor of Song Dynasty would definitely not care about his life or death. Not only that, he would probably even wish that he would kill Zhao Shu.

Naturally, he would not do as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty wished, so instead of taking action against Zhao Shu, he drank and chatted with Zhao Shu, and instigated Zhao Shu to return to Bianliang to fight for the throne.

The Song Dynasty's fighting style made not only the Xixia people angry, but even the Song Dynasty officials felt ashamed.

Every time an express letter arrived over 800 miles, it either said that a few cattle and sheep of the Western Xia had been robbed, or that two or three people from the Western Xia had been killed.

The ministers were not in a good mood when they saw this record.

If the war turns out to be like this, it would be better not to fight.

Without Ouyang Xiu to speak for her, Zhiyu had to do it herself and scold the ministers who were dissatisfied with her.

"When going to war with another country, how can we just fight and then not fight?"

"Besides, the one leading the troops at the border now is your extremely satisfied Prince Xin Zhao Shu."

"If you think he can't fight well, just write a letter to scold him. Making a scene in the court won't solve the problem."

"I'm not the one commanding the battlefield, why are you nagging in front of me?"

"You want me to lead the army in person?"

After hearing Zhiyu's words, many ministers had heart attacks.

Going back in time, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were all well-educated, gentle and elegant. But now, the style has changed so much.

The Supreme Emperor was elegant and gentle, Empress Dowager Miao was gentle and quiet, and even Empress Dowager Cao was a dignified and polite person.

I don't know how they raised their children to make the official family like this...

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At the beginning of the third year of Yingyun, news came from the Dali Kingdom that, under Ouyang Xiu's persuasion, Dali was willing to submit to the Song Dynasty.

Upon hearing the news, the Song Dynasty court was in an uproar.

At this time, all the ministers had completely forgotten how much they had resented Ouyang Xiu in the past, and they all began to praise Ouyang Xiu.

It seems that Ouyang Xiu was still kind in his words when he criticized them.

With his mouth that could persuade other countries to bow down to him, if he really wanted to scold them, they would have hit the pillars in anger long ago.

After receiving the news, Zhiyu immediately sent someone to Dali to handle the follow-up matters, and at the same time sent someone to bring the imperial edict to Ouyang Xiu.

Let Ouyang Xiu stay in Dali until the power of the Dali Kingdom is destroyed.

In order to prevent Ouyang Xiu from scolding her behind her back, she also thoughtfully sent Ouyang Xiu's family with him so that Ouyang Xiu could stay in Dali with peace of mind.

Didn't Ouyang Xiu like to travel? The scenery of Dali Kingdom was just right for him.

In the same year, Zhiyu found a mentor for Zhao Ruihe, who was already five years old, the new runner-up in the imperial examination, Su Shi.

Upon hearing that Zhiyu had found a teacher for Zhao Ruihe, Zhao Zhen, who was traveling outside, brought Madam Miao back to Bian Jing late.

He wanted to see what kind of person could catch Zhiyu's eye and become Zhao Ruihe's teacher.

You know, Zhiyu was rejected even by Mei Yaochen.

After returning to Bian Jing, Zhao Zhen suddenly thought of a question when he saw Zhiyu, which was full of imperial majesty.

His daughter is almost twenty years old now, but there is not a single man in her harem.

After discovering this problem, Zhao Zhen was very upset.

He originally thought that he didn't marry a wife he liked, so he hoped that An'er could find a man he liked.

I didn't expect An'er to not care about this matter at all. It's been so long, and no one has entered the harem...

Zhao Zhen felt that if he didn't intervene, his daughter might be left alone.

On the afternoon of the day he returned, Zhao Zhenji sent many court painters out to paint all the handsome men in the capital.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was so concerned about this matter, Madam Miao sighed helplessly.

She is her own daughter, and she knows her temper very well.

An'er, I'm afraid you don't have the heart to choose the emperor's husband.

Thinking of this, Madam Miao looked at the excited Zhao Zhen and said in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask An'er for his opinion on this matter first."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen waved his hand complacently, "Don't worry, I know what kind of man An'er likes."

"An'er likes good-looking people."