Section 2: Chaos in Xixia

In the early autumn, when the bright moon is new and full, a flying general will be born in Qili of the Han family. A green Cong Baole, a green golden lock, Zeng looks up to the sky. Planting virtues in the south of the Yangtze River, Xuanwei Xixia, and enjoying the palace together. Kuang made a plan that year, Zhaoling and his son will work hard.

Here, my lords, I am a young man with a thousand cavalry, and I am temporarily flooded. Don’t forget to reward me. I am stationed on the flat slope, and the wild geese are flying on the empty string. I am thinking about the captives. They are dancing around and riding around, singing songs to fill the water, blowing the clouds and shaking the waves. Look at Zhu Zhu.

With green hair on the temples, he was granted the title of Marquis thousands of miles away, and he wrote the portrait of Ling Yan.

When Li Renxiao just came to the throne, he canonized Ren Dejing's daughter Ren as the empress dowager, but Li Renxiao was not Ren's biological son. When Li Renxiao just succeeded to the throne, Xiao Heda's rebellion broke out in Xixia. This rebellion was

Ren Dejing led the troops to quell it. Not long after, another uprising of hungry people occurred. This time, Ren Dejing took over the task at the critical moment, and finally brutally suppressed the various insurrectionary armies. He was also named the Commander-in-Chief of the Xiangqing Army and the Duke of Xiping for his official duties.

.

Ren Dejing has made so many military exploits, and his daughter is still the current empress dowager, so he began to take credit for himself, not taking others seriously, killing his subordinates at will in border towns, and not listening to the advice of people around him. The most serious thing is that he

At first, he was not satisfied with just being a feudal official. He believed that he should join the court and participate in politics based on his merits.

So in 1147 AD, Ren Dejing took the initiative to request the imperial court to enter the court. Li Renxiao was originally prepared to agree to his request, but several ministers raised objections. They believed that Ren Dejing was not from the royal family, and he was proud of his military exploits and had already shown this.

He has done a lot of bad things, so you must be careful with this person. Li Renxiao is an emperor who is good at listening to other people's suggestions, so he did not agree to Ren Dejing's request. Ren Dejing did not give up after this failure, and secretly asked his daughter to give him instructions.

The ministers in the court put in good words for him, but Taihou knew that there were several upright ministers in the court, so he did not dare to spread the matter.

In 1148 AD, Ren Dejin bribed Cha Ge, the king of the Jin Dynasty, with a large amount of money, hoping to use him to promote his desire to join the court and participate in politics. Cha Ge was also a man of great military exploits in Xixia. He had many soldiers and was a member of the royal family.

Therefore, Ren Dejing tried his best to please him. Under Cha Ge's recommendation, Li Renxiao agreed to Ren Dejing's request to enter the court, and also made her a minister. After entering the court and participating in politics, Ren Dejing was separated from the emperor at this time.

He was closer, so it was easier to please the emperor, and he gradually became favored by Li Renxiao. In the second year, he was promoted to Zhongshu Ling.

In 1156 AD, King Chage of Jin passed away, and Ren Dejing had no scruples. Moreover, by this time he had become the Prime Minister of Xixia and held the power of the entire country, so he did whatever he wanted, acted tyrannically, and even began to form cliques for personal gain. She

Two of his younger brothers and a nephew have been placed in important positions.

With the rise of Ren Dejing, as the saying goes, when one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, the Ren family members began to take advantage of the power of others, abuse their power, corrupt and pervert the law, and cultivate party members in the court to snare cronies. There are many upright officials who dare to be angry.

Dare not speak out, but those who couldn't help but speak out to advise were either dismissed or ostracized. But Emperor Li Renxiao was not a confused emperor. He knew that there were many ministers in the court who dared to speak out. They were all for

The country is good, so sometimes we protect them secretly.

Ren Dejing and the Ren family became more and more lawless, and even the Queen Mother could not stand it more and more, and began to worry about her family. In 11160 AD, Ren Dejing was canonized as King of Chu, which completely broke the Xixia country's prohibition of granting different surnames.

As a precedent for the king, Ren Dejing relied on the same as the emperor, and even began to ignore the emperor Li Renxiao. Li Renxiao was an emperor who respected Confucianism and Buddhism, but Ren Dejing was very disgusted with these, and the two

People's conflicts began to get deeper and deeper.

In 1165 AD, Ren Dejing won over 100,000 people to cast Lingzhou City and build a new palace. He wanted to place the emperor in a remote area and live in relatively developed areas such as the hinterland of Xixia. At this time, Ren Dejing knew

, no one in Xixia can stop his steps, only the attitude of the Kingdom of Jin is what he is afraid of.

In 1166 AD, Ren Dejing used the excuse of the Zhuanglang tribe to cause rebellion and reported to the Kingdom of Jin that he would send troops to conquer the country. Jin Shizong did not agree. Not long after, Ren Dejing still could not resist sending troops to attack the Zhuanglang tribe who planned to surrender to the Jin Kingdom.

After completing this matter, Ren Dejing felt uncertain, so he sent an envoy to Jin Shizong to find out Jin Shizong's reaction to this matter. Ren Dejing still felt uneasy, so he pretended to be sick and sent an envoy to Jin Shizong.

The Kingdom of Jin requested famous doctors, and Jin Shizong sent an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Ren Dejing. In order to express his gratitude, Ren Dejing sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin with heavy gifts to express his gratitude, but the Kingdom of Jin refused his act of presenting the gift.

Through this move of the Jin Kingdom, Ren Dejing thought that he was now in danger. So he wanted to win over the Southern Song Dynasty as an ally. Ren Dejin sent a secret history to Sichuan and invited the Southern Song Dynasty's Xuanfu envoy Yu Yunwen to send troops to help him attack Xibo. The envoy sent by Ren Dejing also

Before leaving the border of Xixia, he was discovered by patrolling soldiers and reported to Li Renxiao. After Li Renxiao found out about it, he did not make any announcement but secretly reported it to the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin became increasingly dissatisfied with Ren Dejing.

In 1170 AD, Empress Dowager Ren died, and Ren Dejin began to step up his actions to usurp power. He even publicly asked Emperor Li Renxiao to divide the territory. Under Ren Dejin's coercion, Li Renxiao had to agree to divide nearly half of the Xixia territory.

He gave it to Ren Dejing, who called himself the State of Chu.

Ren Dejin sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin to request him to be officially canonized by the Kingdom of Jin. Jin Shizong was very curious. Xixia clearly had an orthodox emperor, so why did he give half of the land to a minister? The Kingdom of Jin knew that the Emperor of Xixia must have been coerced by powerful ministers.

At this time, the Emperor of Jin considered himself the Lord of the Four Seas, so he would never allow this to happen.

Ren Dejing felt more and more frightened when he saw that the Kingdom of Jin was unwilling to canonize him. Li Renxiao, with the support of Jin Gu, also began to secretly prepare for a new round of operations to eradicate the mother party in Xixia.

In 1170 AD, Li Renxiao, with the support of the Kingdom of Jin, designed to kill Ren Dejing and executed his party members. The plot of his relatives Ren to divide the country failed completely. After killing Ren Dejing, Li Renxiao

Ren Xiaozhong used Han Daochong to become the prime minister of the country. Under his leadership, the country of Xixia became peaceful again. Han Daochong served as the prime minister for ten years. He was an honest and upright official, and even died in his family.

There was nothing else except a few shelves of books. Li Renxiao had his portrait painted and posted in the academy for future generations to pay their respects and pay homage to.

The reason why Ren Dejing was able to achieve the point of benevolent power and divided country step by step has something to do with Li Renxiao's admiration for civil rule, and it is also the result of Li Renxiao's appeasement of adultery. By the time of Xia Renzong, Xixia had not experienced war for a long time, and did not fight every day like before.

, but focused their main energy on developing the feudal economy and culture, which led to the gradual decline in the martial and aggressive spirit of the Xixia soldiers. In particular, some party nobles became increasingly corrupt and lost many of the beautiful qualities of Xixia people.

Li Renxiao reigned for a total of 54 years. During his reign, Xixia's economy prospered, its national power flourished, and its territory developed to its peak period. However, because Li Renxiao admired the rule of law, he weakened the martial spirit of the Party and nation, which also caused the decline of Xixia's national defense strength.

.

Although Xixia is a barbarian tribe, from the beginning this nation was not like other barbarians. Not only did they not pay attention to Sinology, they also looked down upon the Han people. The Dangxiang nation was not like this. Before the founding of Xixia, the leaders of the Dangxiang tribe had already begun to respect the Han people.

Culture is very important to Han intellectuals. This may be because of the long history of Party members migrating inland.

As early as Li Jiqian's period, he had an important Han counselor named Zhang Pu, who had a profound impact on the political structure of the entire Xixia period. His strategy of attaching Liao to resist the Song Dynasty allowed the newly born Xiazhou local government to gradually

Getting rid of passivity also made the Song Dynasty vulnerable to enemies from both sides. When the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom, the most elite troops of the Song Dynasty were also in the northwest region. From here, we can see the serious threat Xixia posed to the northwest border of the Song Dynasty.

After the founding of Xixia, the emphasis on Han intellectuals was greatly strengthened. During the reign of Li Yuanhao, the most important Han intellectuals were Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. The two of them planned many classic battles against the Song Dynasty for Li Yuanhao.

As a result, during Li Yuanhao's reign, Xixia's territory expanded greatly, and the domestic economic situation also improved. At first, Zhang Yuan also suggested that Li Yuanhao adopt the policy of resisting the Liao Dynasty's surrender, but later Li Yuanhao violated this policy and insisted on fighting with the Liao Dynasty.

The state was right. Zhang Yuan saw that his strategy was not taken seriously by the emperor, and he expected that Xixia's approach would definitely bring disaster to himself, so he became depressed in the later period and died of illness not long after Zhang Yuan died.

, Li Yuanhao also began to indulge in drinking and sex, and became less and less interested in government affairs. Later, he even welcomed his daughter-in-law and was eventually killed by his own son. The corruption in the later period of Li Yuanhao's rule was related to the lack of knowledgeable people to assist him.

Very relevant.

Because the Xixia rulers attached great importance to Han intellectuals, Han culture spread and developed rapidly in Xixia. There were also many intellectuals proficient in Han culture among the Dangxiang people. Among them, the Dangxiang nobles Ye Lirenrong presided over the creation of Xixia writing. Ye Liren

Rong was knowledgeable and proficient in many languages. He not only made many suggestions for Li Yuanhao to become emperor and build the country, but also formulated a set of strategies and systems for Xixia that were suitable for the national conditions of the nation.

Among various ethnic groups, intellectuals who are proficient in Han culture continue to promote the spread of Sinology in Xixia, which continuously improves the cultural level of Xixia. When Li Yuanhao first founded the country, he was eager to be recognized by the Song Dynasty. At that time, he made a statement to Song Renzong, the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

, this article is only a short 300 words, but as you can see from the above, this article is written with great momentum and in one go. It shows a very high level of writing application, reflecting that the cultural level of Xixia has reached

Quite high.

In the early days of the founding of Xixia, there was always a dispute between Xixia rites and Han rites. However, by the time of Li Renxiao, Han culture had already occupied a dominant position, and Xixia ushered in its most glorious moment.

The rulers of Xixia not only respected Han culture, but also believed deeply in Buddhism. With the support of successive emperors, Buddhism spread rapidly in Xixia, and gradually took root and flourished here.

When the Xixia script was just created, Li Yuanhao organized a large number of people to start translating Buddhist classics, and also went to various places to collect relics and build relic pagodas. These laid a solid foundation for the development of Buddhism in Xixia. Li Yuanhao also prescribed holy festivals.

This is using coercive means to push Buddhism to a higher status. After the second emperor of Xixia succeeded to the throne, because his mother was the Empress Dowager Wu Zang, she was a person who believed deeply in Buddhism. The key is that he not only believed in Buddhism,

, and had a high level of Buddhist cultivation. When the Queen Mother was still alive, she built the grand Chengtian Temple Pagoda and invited many Buddhist classics.

The next mother-party, the Empress Dowager Liang, also worshiped Buddhism very much. Even during the continuous war with the Song Dynasty, she still sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to request the Buddhist classic Tripitaka. During the period of the Empress Dowager Liang, Xixia translated thousands of volumes.

Buddhist scriptures. After that, the Queen Mother of Liang and Emperor Li Qianshun spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build many temples and pagodas across the country, and many precious stone tablets were also preserved.

During the reign of Li Renxiao, due to the great improvement and popularization of printing technology, the spread of Buddhism also developed further. A large number of Buddhist scriptures were printed and widely disseminated throughout the country. Various printings were often made in Xixia

Buddhist rituals, these all reflect the flourishing development of Buddhism in Xixia during the Renxiao period.

As a result of the worship of Buddhism in Xixia, not only a large number of temples and steles were built in the territory, but the number of monks began to grow rapidly. Not only that, monks in Xixia also received a lot of protection and care. They even enjoyed legal privileges and committed some crimes.

, you can get exemptions if you are a monk.

Monks not only enjoy political privileges, but also economically, the state often grants them property, land and labor. Therefore, monasteries often own large amounts of land, and they also enjoy tax-free treatment. From the records of cultural relics excavated later, it was found that

At that time, the temples in Xixia used the grain produced on their own land to make loan sharks and rent out the land. It could be said that the most profitable business for the monks and temples at that time was.

Xixia respected Confucianism and Buddhism, which to a certain extent changed some of the old life habits of the previous Dangxiang people as Manchus. There were also some qualities that were regarded as advantages in certain circumstances, such as martial prowess and indomitable spirit. These qualities

The loss of Xixia had a certain relationship with the later destruction of Xixia by the Jin Kingdom, but it cannot be said that the destruction of Xixia was because the emperor of Xixia promoted the sinicization policy. Under the situation at that time, if Xixia did not vigorously promote sinicization, I am afraid they would not have

It cannot develop to such an extent.

Life insights: Welch once said: "Diligence is wealth, and hard work is wealth. Who can cherish every little moment, just like seeds constantly absorb nutrients from Mother Earth, cherish every moment, accumulate every little bit, who will be the best."

Can achieve great things and create brilliance."

Many of the wealth in life are obtained by ordinary people through their continuous efforts. The repeated daily life, despite all kinds of encumbrances, difficulties and due responsibilities and obligations, can still enable people to obtain the most beautiful things in life.

Experience. For those who persistently open up new roads, life will always provide them with enough opportunities for hard work and room for continuous progress. Human happiness lies in constantly forging ahead along the existing roads and never stopping. Those who

Those who work most persistently and selflessly are often the most successful.

We must realize that anyone can gain something only through unremitting efforts. The result depends entirely on the degree of the person's efforts, and there is no such thing as chance. We cannot passively wait for opportunities. We can only rely on ourselves.

Use your efforts and hard work to create opportunities and create the future.

The famous Chinese mathematician Hua Luogeng once said: "I do not deny that people have differences in talent, but the fundamental problem is diligence. When I was a child, my family said that I was stupid, and the teacher also said that I had no talent for mathematics. This is very important to me.

It's not a bad thing, but a good thing. I know I'm not good, so I work harder. I often ask myself: 'Am I not working hard enough?' But fortunately, I succeeded in the end, and through my hard work, I got the recognition of my teachers and family.

"

In the real society, if everyone is not aware of this, then they will think about how to do less work and play more at work. It is precisely because of this mentality that their result is that it does not take long for them to

They will start looking for jobs again, and they will be eliminated in the competition for talents.

When we evaluate a person's contribution, the criterion is not the size. Similarly, when we evaluate a person's contribution, the criterion is not the amount, but whether he is willing to do it and whether he is willing to do it.

Work hard for this.

Some people seem to be born with evil intentions. They treat others, the world around them, life, and even themselves with malice. Just imagine, if you are not sincere and unfriendly to others, how can you expect to receive kindness from others in return?

If a person has a strong opinion on you, no matter how you use logical reasoning, you will not be convinced by him. Especially those who are harsh parents, stern bosses and nagging wives, we should all realize this. People

They are both stubborn and will not agree with others casually, but their kind and humble attitude will make them less stubborn.

We may sometimes irritate him, or we may be irritated by others. When you are irritated by others and talk about a lot of plans, you can indeed eliminate your emotions and make yourself feel relaxed, but have you ever thought about others? What will happen to others?

What? Will he share what you say? Can your angry tone and unfriendly attitude really make him interact with you?
Chapter completed!