The arrival of the envoy of Xia Kingdom made it rare to ease the heavy atmosphere brought by the war.

The envoy from the Xia Kingdom was from Yeli tribe of the Dangxiang tribe. His name was Yeli Wangrong. Although Yeli Wangrong was from the Xia Kingdom, he could speak Chinese and understand Chinese characters.

He came with a letter of state and scepter, and his purpose was clearly stated in front of many ministers and emperors.

On behalf of the monarch of Xia, he came to Jingguo to admit his mistakes and was willing to submit a letter to Jingguo to surrender, but he never mentioned the matter of Tanglong Town they occupied.

On this point, both sides had a tacit understanding, and the emperor did not mention it, and Degong and others did not mention it. As long as He Zhao frowned, "Then Tang Long..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Duke De: "Emperor, since the Xia Kingdom is respectful of the virtues of our country, Jing Kingdom and the surrender is the blessing of the two countries and the blessing of the world, he should be asked to let the Ministry of Rites choose a good day to receive worship."

The emperor nodded happily, "Meng Zhiye, you can prepare for this matter."

Meng Zhi left the line and accepted the order. Then the emperor asked Yeli Wangrong some questions, and then the court meeting dispersed.

Yeli Wangrong will temporarily settle in the Beijing office due to the arrangement of the Honglu Temple, waiting for the Ministry of Rites to make a fortune, choose a good day, and then prepare the ceremony. Xia State officially submitted a letter to Jing State to express his surrender.

At the same time, the emperor ordered the Kaiyuan Government Office to publish the news in the form of official documents.

At that time, it will inevitably inspire people and be happy. The court will be faced, the people will increase their self-confidence, and the whole people will be happy.

As for Tanglong Town...

When he left the Meridian Gate, Li Xingzhou looked back at the high city tower behind him. He had arranged for the officials of the Honglu Temple to settle in Yeli Wangrong. This matter seemed glamorous, but in fact it was helpless. The people wanted an explanation that the court needed face, but Tanglong Town had to give up because the army was in the north and was preparing to attack the Liao Kingdom.

On the surface, Jingguo looks very charming, but in fact it is a deep helplessness.

After leaving the Meridian Gate, He Zhao, who was walking with him, still looked bad and told De Gonggong next to him: "Why don't you let me talk about Tanglong Town?"

"Oh, just calm down for a while, what can the emperor do? Could it be that he forced Xia State to return Tanglong Town? Is it possible? This is the best result." Degong sighed.

He Zhao did not agree, "So what can we do? We cannot do this anymore if we are not good at speaking. From the court to the people, we celebrated, but we suffered a great loss in this matter!

What if Xia Kingdom surrenders? It does not pay tribute to our Jing Kingdom, and gains a false reputation and presents a temporary benefit, but loses the actual benefit. This matter is absolutely impossible!"

He Zhao had a dark face and refused to give in.

Duke De was also angry, "You Heizi, what do you think you want? Have you summoned a 100,000 army and dropped a million taels of silver from the sky, so that you can take back Tanglong Town?"

"Even if it doesn't work, we should tell the truth. How can we still celebrate the whole country if we suffer losses? One mistake will bring wisdom. This is a lesson, and everyone in the world should remember it." He Zhao refused to give in.

Duke De angrily said, "What about the people's hearts and morale! Have you ever thought about it!"

"I thought that whether it is the people of the world or the emperor of the court, I must face this defeat directly and not just avoid whitewashing!" He Zhao widened his eyes.

"You..." Duke De's lips trembled with anger.

Li Xingzhou quickly pulled the two of them away: "Okay, okay, you two are both old, it's not embarrassing to argue here, let's go to our house to argue."

The two of them looked at him in a daze. Is there anyone who persuaded him to fight like this?

......

When they arrived at the palace, it was lunch time. Li Xingzhou asked the kitchen to prepare wine and food, but they stopped making noise.

It just so happened that He Qian was also in the palace and burning glass with Jiao Yue'er. Jiao and Qiu'er heard that their father and grandfather were coming, so they both came to pay their respects and then comforted them a few words, and they both let down their anger.

However, when it comes to Xia Guo’s surrender, they all looked worried and had no joy.

After all, if you can get to their position like this, you can see through the appearance at a glance. It seems that Jingguo has face, but in fact, Jingguo is the one who suffers from the loss.

Tanglong Town and large areas of land around...

Seeing the two old men being depressed, Li Xingzhou could only comfort him: "Don't worry, sooner or later they will vomit."

The two of them nodded silently, probably the only way.

The news of Xia Kingdom's surrender soon came out of the palace, and the people were naturally happy. They were talking on the streets and alleys. Through the walls of the royal palace courtyard, they could hear the faint cheers outside.

However, He Zhao and Degong drank high with a worried look on their faces. People are most likely to get drunk when they have something to do in their hearts.

In the end, he had to arrange for his servants to let the two stay in the palace and ordered his servants to take good care of them.

After the two of them were settled, he went to the stable to bring Mei Xue and asked Ji Chunsheng to enter the palace together.

Soon the sun set, but the streets gradually became lively. On the road, there were already Ming people on both sides of the road beginning to talk about Xia's surrender to Jing's country. When talking about this, most of them were happy and very happy.

Li Xingzhou rode Meixue through the street market. Meixue has been getting better and better recently. He often takes it to the back mountain to have fun when he is fine, and all the good horses are running out.

After entering the Meridian Gate, it became completely dark. Before they arrived at the inner city of the imperial city, they were stopped by soldiers from the Wude Department. When they saw that their commander Ji Chunsheng was also there, they hurriedly let him go.

Li Xingzhou asked someone to go to the palace to report, saying that he wanted to see the emperor.

Soon, when they arrived at the Changchun main hall under the leadership of the Wudesi sergeant, someone came to pick them up. The young eunuch Guilin came and took them to the harem.

Finally, he arrived at Kunning Palace. The emperor had just finished his meal. The people from the imperial kitchen were evacuating various dishes, and the Duke Fu'an was serving the tea.

The emperor looked at him who was visiting late at night in surprise, and looked at him for a while, "It's rare for you to come to the palace. If it weren't for me and the queen's summons, it would be rare for you to come once. If you came so late, what's wrong? Sit down and talk."

Li Xingzhou and Ji Chunsheng salute, and then sat down in the side seat.

Li Xingzhou bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is something to come this time. I want to ask the emperor to fully appoint me one thing."

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it first." The emperor said, and he did not let go.

"The affairs of Xia Kingdom." Li Xingzhou said directly.

"Xia State?" The emperor frowned, "What can Xia State do? Now that Xia State's envoy is in Beijing, it was originally a matter of Honglu Temple, so why should I ask for an order?"

"I'm not an envoy of Xia Kingdom, I want to deal with Xia Kingdom."

"Troubleshooting the State of Xia!" The emperor frowned even more, "What can I do to the State of Xia now?"

Do you want to use your new army to regain Tanglong Town? Why don’t you understand why I keep you in the capital?... Besides, there are more than 10,000 people in the new army, and it’s only been established for a year. How can you compete with the 100,000 armored forces of the Xia Kingdom? Once the new army leaves, the garrisons around the capital are empty, and someone is in a bad mood. What should I do if...

The famous scholar is no less famous. The Pingxia Iron Harrier of Xia Kingdom is not a joke. We also experienced it in Jing Kingdom back then."

"No, I don't want to use military force to deal with Xia State, but there are other ways."

"Other ways?" The emperor looked at him, then nodded slightly: "Yes, you have the most ideas. If you want, just let go of what you want. Now you should know your position yourself. So think more before doing things, Yu Jingguo can be beneficial, and my Tian family can be beneficial."

"The grandson understands, but..."

"But what."

"Some things require the cooperation of the emperor..."

The emperor's face became bad, and Li Xingzhou tried his best to speak tactfully, not to show his intention to order the emperor, but in fact it was.

The emperor's face was not good. He was silent for a long time and finally nodded. "But you must make it clear first, I will consider it..."

Still wanting to save face...

......

In late March, the Jing Kingdom was filled with joy. People were freed from the righteous indignation of Xia's capture of Tanglong Town before, and were immersed in the joy and pride of Xia's surrender.

Li Xingzhou actually understands this kind of mood. In the core values ​​of the Chinese people, there is a spirit that has been passed down for thousands of years, that is, self-improvement.

Self-improvement comes from Confucianism, to be precise, from Xunzi's view, Xunzi has always emphasized self-improvement.

The reason why he emphasized self-improvement was because he believed that "the way of heaven is self-serving" so that people should be self-improvement.

Taoism believes that "the way of heaven is inaction". Xunzi said that "the way of heaven is in action" means that nature has its own laws and will not change with people. The sky will not have winter because people are afraid of cold, and the earth will not shorten because people are afraid of long distances.

Therefore, people have only one way out, discover the laws of nature, use the laws of nature, and become stronger by themselves, so Xunzi always emphasized that people should be self-improvement.

This is one of the core national ideas that have been implemented in the minds of the Chinese people for thousands of years. It is this idea that has made China fearful from ancient times to the present. Many famous nations and countries will be completely conquered by force and violently suppressed.

But the Chinese Cultural District does not. Every time it falls out, it will be accompanied by a greater rebound and rise. Because of the continuous self-improvement, the only idea that Xunzi inherited by future generations is deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Chinese.

Maybe everyone won’t remember it deliberately, but there are always some moments that will be affected by it.

Behind this self-improvement, there is a deeper hidden inner national psychology that Confucianism gives to the Chinese, that is, "We are the destiny of heaven."

Yes, because we are the destiny of heaven, when we are strong, the Central Plains care more about their own internal improvement rather than external expansion. Because of the destiny of heaven, we will not give up on ourselves every time we are lonely and weak, but will believe that we can return as the king.

This inner national psychology has positive and negative effects.

The positive side is to make the Central Plains Kingdom care more about internal improvement, and many times the people will be rich and strong. At the same time, the dynasties within the core circle of China's cultural circle have endless vitality and a spirit of self-improvement.

But the negative point is that the idea of ​​"we are the destiny of heaven" also has the risk of making the Central Plains dynasty proud and closed.

Now Jingguo is a little distorted by this heavy ideological burden. It’s not that they can’t do it, but that the previous dynasties are too powerful.

During the Han Dynasty, most of the Xia Kingdom, Jiaozhi, Baiyi, Dali, and Liao Kingdoms in the south were territory, and foreign tribes in the north, barbarians in the northwest, and Goryeo Peninsula in the east were surrendered under the military front.

By the end of the Han Dynasty, even if the three-legged tripod was in power, Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, could still fight against many princes while taking time to beat the foreign tribes in the north.

It was the same when it was Sui Dynasty, but it happened to Jingguo...

After Emperor Gaozu founded the country, the only thing he could do in foreign warfare was probably the record of Zhong Daoyu...

No matter how many beautiful articles written by literati and talented people write, they cannot change the facts, and people have some knowledge of their psychology.

On the one hand, he claimed to be a descendant of the Han Dynasty, but he was not as good as the Han Dynasty's martial arts. He did not have the aura of the Han Dynasty, the proudness of the Han Dynasty, and the tigers of the Han Dynasty occupies the world and submits to the enemy.

This helplessness of indulging in the contrast between past glory and reality has become a national psychology, affecting the court, and making the people particularly cherish this "victory".

After all, there were more than 50 vassal states during the peak of the Han Dynasty (during the period of Emperor Wu of Han, it was not written out in detail, and there was a suspicion of the number of words in water). They had to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty every year. Now, there was finally one in Jing State, and of course, the people from all over the court and from the people.

Let the people be happy once. Li Xingzhou thought so. After all, people wanted to remember the glory before, but if they were just immersed in the memory and were unwilling to face reality, it would be a coward.

For Li Xingzhou, the purpose of Xia Kingdom surrendering was to stabilize the northwest and allow the army to concentrate on the northern expedition. Apart from this, it was meaningless and he had to be clear-headed.
To be continued...