Prince Consort

The news that the envoy returned without success quickly spread back to the capital.

Xie Zean looked gloomy, worried about the safety of King Duan.

If he had tried his best to rescue King Duan when he first received the news, he should have been able to snatch King Duan back, but the situation was too urgent at that time, Yan Chong decided to arrange "humanitarian rescue work" in Xixia first according to King Duan's wishes.

This is what Yan Chong himself meant.

It is true that Yan Chong used Xie Zean's strategy to control Xixia, but it was a blunt knife to cut flesh, bit by bit, and he did not go crazy enough to kill all the innocent people of Xixia.A conflagration burned by those rebels almost destroyed the foundation that Xixia had built since the founding of the country.It is very difficult for a country to prosper, but it only needs a group of cunning and selfish internal thieves and fierce and ruthless external enemies to destroy it.In the eyes of these people, the country is ruined if it is ruined. Anyway, it has nothing to do with them. They still eat meat and drink happily, and live as richly as possible.

Yan Chong is not a very sympathetic person, after all his friend died at the hands of the Xixia people.If it wasn't for Ping Xixia, he wouldn't have volunteered to come to the border.

But he wants to take Xixia, because he wants to take it openly.

This fire burned too hard, and the surviving Xixia started a famine after the fire, with mourning and starvation everywhere.Many innocent Xixia people migrated to the east one after another, begging for help from Daqing Guanfang, which has been fearful of ghosts and gods for these years.

The situation in Xixia has completely collapsed. No matter how hard the little emperor of Xixia swears, he can't change food and money.

Xie Hui returned to Tongchuan to observe his filial piety two months ago, and General Changsun came to take his place.Old General Changsun was a rough man with a more bold temper than Yan Chong.Seeing the first batch of refugees gathered outside the Guanfang, Old General Changsun felt very happy.No way, his son died here, how could he be unhappy seeing the Xixia people living a bad life?

When the situation gradually got out of control and more and more refugees gathered, Old General Changsun finally frowned.

Just setting a few fires can't make it burn like this.It is definitely not just because of a fire that can make the refugees decide to leave their hometowns and try to go to the enemy country that has been fighting each other for decades.

Old General Changsun had no plans and was full of confusion.

Yan Chong took a deep breath.

He knew it was time to close the net.

Of course, this kind of situation can't be burnt out with a fire, and Xixia's current tragic situation has their share of credit.The Green Crop Law has been implemented for two years, and the first year was relatively smooth. In the second year, the Xixia court included the Green Crop Law into the "Political Performance Evaluation Index".

The people were dumbfounded.

I don't need it!And you have to pay the interest, if you don’t have to go to jail, what should you do?The common people could only mortgage their land to the local big households, and borrowing usury loans from the big households first made up for this gap.

The big households are also worried. They have a lot of land and a lot of money for young crops. If they borrow for half a year, they have to pay back [-]% interest to the government. Isn't this just putting your hand into their pockets and paying for it?

The big households are bleeding, so they can only intensify the interest rate.The common people have not paid usury, the mortgaged fields are almost impossible to get back, and their homes and food have been burnt down. Is there any hope in front of them?

The people have completely lost hope, and the consequences are very serious.

Seeing a country fall to this point because of a "new law" with his own eyes, Yan Chong felt more deeply than anyone else.

Yan Chong looked at the city wall for a long time, then returned to the house and wrote down his experience and understanding over the past few years in the memorial, and sent someone to send him back to the capital.In order to make a decision as soon as possible, Yan Chong also used Fei Nu to send back the basic situation and ask Zhao Chongzhao for his opinion.

Xie Ze'an was there when Zhao Chongzhao received the letter.

Xie Ze'an and Zhao Chongzhao agreed, and of course this website should be accepted.It has already reached this point, and it is meaningless to be merciful.

Two months later, the little Xixia emperor came to the capital again.

As the lord of a country, he came to the enemy's capital with only shabby guards, which shows that the territory of Xixia has completely lost control.

When the little Xixia emperor came this time, he officially handed over power to the Daqing court, begging the Daqing court to extend a helping hand to save the people of Xixia from the fire and water.

This time Yan Chong returned to Beijing with him, and once he returned to Beijing, he immediately entered the palace to meet Zhao Chongzhao.

Yan Chong's memorabilia was sent back a long time ago, Zhao Chongzhao had read it, and the Zhengshitang had also read it.Various drawbacks of the new law surfaced in the declining Xixia.

Yao Dingyan's expression was extremely ugly.

Yan Chong is a warrior, so he shouldn't be involved in court affairs, but Yan Chong has an unusual relationship with Xie Ze'an and Zhao Chongzhao. Zhao Chongzhao will definitely keep his words in mind.

In Yao Dingyan's view, the new law is indeed not perfect, but if it is not implemented, it will never be perfected.Yan Chong's letter this time is undoubtedly blaming the Qingmiao Law for Xixia's downfall, can it really be the same?Xixia's situation would not last long even without the Young Crop Method.

The court was full of joy because the little Xixia emperor bowed his head and declared himself a minister, but Yao Dingyan returned home with a gloomy expression.

Yao Qingze was even angrier than him: "It's him again! Dad, as I said earlier, the new law will be ruined by him sooner or later! He doesn't believe Dad that you can do it—"

Yao Dingyan was furious: "Shut up."

Shen Cunzhong and Fang Bao's entry into the third division of the Department of Regulations was the result of a step back between him and Xie Ze'an.After these two people came in, they were really not very obedient. Fortunately, they were very capable and implemented the Market Exchange Law very well.

He and Xie Ze'an found a balance point in this compromise, everyone stopped and gathered their energy to wait for the next confrontation.

Unexpectedly, Xie Ze'an would turn against him so quickly.

Yao Dingyan's expression changed.

Yao Qingze said, "Father, just in case, let's exchange Shen Cunzhong and Fang Baocheng."

Yao Dingyan looked at Yao Qingze: "Who do you think should be replaced?"

Yao Qingze said, "Your honor is fine."

Yao Qingze was talking about Shen Jingqing, his uncle.Yao Dingyan waved his hands after hearing this: "Stop talking."

As long as Yao Qingze can name half a decent person, Yao Dingyan will think about it carefully.Hearing that Yao Qingze said Shen Jingqing, Yao Dingyan was too lazy to talk to him.Yao Qingze and Shen Jingqing's younger sister had an affair during the filial piety period, which already displeased Yao Dingyan, and Yao Qingze pushed Shen Jingqing up regardless of whether it was really suitable or not, Yao Dingyan's disappointment was beyond 01:30.

Seeing that Yao Dingyan refused to comment, Yao Qingze felt annoyed, gritted his teeth and left the study.

Yao Dingyan rubbed his eyebrows.

If Xie Zean was really with him, then things would be much easier, but Xie Zean always has his own ideas...

After Lu Kuan was imprisoned, fewer people actively approached the new law.If Yan Chong's remarks were to spread again, the Qingmiao method would undoubtedly be stillborn.

Yao Dingyan would never watch this happen.

It snowed a lot this winter.The capital is okay, there are no refugees, but the poor places are miserable, and many people died of starvation and freezing.Seeing the heavy snowfall in the capital, the little emperor of Xixia felt his heart go cold, and the last trace of his heart was finally completely removed.

He is still young, and he can't tell the difference between right and wrong, honor and disgrace, but he knows the weight of the word "human life".Even if countless people will scold him for betraying his country and seeking glory in the future, he also hopes that more people can survive this winter...

Soon, Zhao Chongzhao issued an edict to build the "Longxi Mansion", and the Xixia royal family could still be crowned king, but the entire Western Xia Dynasty had to be governed by the Longxi Mansion.The power in the hands of the little emperor of Xixia is similar to that of ordinary royal families. He can collect some taxes and meddle in other affairs, but he cannot meddle in major affairs.After the decree of humiliating power and humiliating the country was brought back to Xixia, the people of Xixia rejoiced, because the cartloads of food were escorted to Xixia by the Daqing army, which relieved the urgent need of Xixia.

The little Xixia emperor looked at the faces of the people crying with joy, and when he returned to the palace, he hugged the people around him and cried out loudly.

Before the Longxi mansion was completed, Yan Chong led the army to settle in Xixia, and amiably distributed rations to the people of Xixia and built houses.There is not much food, and the house is not so don't explain it. After all, the border has been fighting for so many years, and the landlord's house has no food left!This share was all saved by the people of Daqing from their rations.Look at our soldiers, they eat worse than you, everyone has lived a hard life!They still have to build you a house in this freezing weather, is it easy?It's not easy, it's not easy, it's not easy...

After more than half a month of getting along, the concept of "military and civilian family" quickly became popular, blowing across the land of Xixia like a spring breeze, and everyone felt very cordial when they saw the Daqing soldiers.

Yan Chong: "..."

He reported to Zhao Chongzhao the implementation of the Green Crop Law on Xixia's side, and also considered Xie Ze'an's situation.But he finally said it, he was afraid that if he didn't say it, Zhao Chongzhao would still listen to Yao Dingyan!Xie Ze'an came to him after knowing what he submitted, and sighed at him: "I knew Brother Yan that you are a kind person, otherwise I borrowed your money for so many years and didn't pay it back, you would have come to urge me..."

Yan Chong beat Xie Zean right then.

Xie Ze'an understood that he was upright, so he didn't give him any more problems this time.Xie Ze'an said shyly: "This time we will do good deeds, do a lot of good deeds, and let new friends feel the warmth of spring. Don't worry, I promise that I will not let Brother Yan feel guilty about doing anything again." thing."

Xie Ze’an didn’t lie, he really asked him to do good deeds, although the good deeds were discounted a little. He said borrowing food, but he didn’t really feed them, he only ensured that they wouldn’t starve to death; he said building houses, but he didn’t really help them build them. , After their physical strength recovers, they will rely on themselves to repair it.Generally speaking, they didn't let them die, and they really didn't do anything that was really good for them.

I didn't expect that such a small matter would completely turn the wind to Daqing's side.

Xie Ze'an felt a little relieved when he received Yan Chong's letter.The bigger the land, the better, it's hard to manage if it's too big, Yeluyan accidentally turned the "Xixia Kingdom" into "Longxi Mansion", Di Kingdom had a headache, and they also had a headache.In the past, it didn't matter how Xixia was not their own place, but now Xixia has become their own, the people must be appeased, and the mess must be cleaned up, otherwise this piece of meat cannot be completely eaten in the mouth.

Xie Ze'an presented Yan Chong's letter to Zhao Chongzhao without saying a word.

Xie Ze'an didn't guide him, but Zhao Chongzhao still remembered a truth that he only regarded as a book in the past: "The king is a boat; the people are water; water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it." Seeing the people living in dire straits but not knowing anything, or being aware of it but being helpless, the people lost their hearts.So at this time, when the Daqing army moved in, the people greeted them with cheers and clapped their hands to celebrate.

It seems that it is not so easy to be the master of a country.

Zhao Chongzhao was thoughtful: "Do our soldiers usually do what those soldiers under Commander Yan did in Xixia?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Some will, some won't."

Zhao Chongzhao made a final decision: "Then let them all do it! In case of disaster or snow, they must help the people! They must also be of one mind!"

Xie Ze'an certainly supported: "This matter can be discussed with Mr. Xu and the others."

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

With the lessons learned from Xixia, he no longer gave direct orders with such enthusiasm as before.He thought for a while, and then said: "The immunity law you mentioned last time, I think it can also be introduced together, and it is also good for the people."

Xie Ze'an laughed: "Your Majesty is wise."