Bao Ci Hall.
"Mother, the official family went to Xiangluan Pavilion today."
"Xiangluan Pavilion?"
Liu E was very surprised when she heard Lin's report.
Xiangluan Pavilion is the residence of Cao Xiuyuan (from the first rank). Cao Xiuyuan was one of the late emperor's concubines and came from the Zhending Cao family.
"Yes, today General Cao came to the palace to visit Cao Xiuyuan, and the officials are also there."
Liu E frowned slightly when she heard this. Although Cao Wei has not dispatched him yet, he is sure that the Cao family will be a general for generations to come, and his father Cao Bin is a very popular minister.
Not only that, most of the in-laws of the Zhending Cao family are from the families of civil servants and military generals. Even if Cao Wei does nothing, the power of the Cao family cannot be underestimated.
Personally, Liu E didn't like to see the Guan family and the Cao family get too close.
the other side.
Xiangluan Pavilion.
Although Cao Wei entered the palace today in the name of visiting his sister, his actual purpose was to meet the official family.
seeing is believing.
Even though Cao Qian praised the officials so much that they were in the sky but not in the earth, Cao Wei didn't believe it all.
It is a matter of great importance to determine the rise and fall of the Cao family. If he does not meet and chat with the officials in person, Cao Wei will never be able to let go.
"In the past, when the Xia people pressed heavily on the territory and cut off the food roads, Pei Du was stationed to guard Lingzhou. He was alone and without help. His pricks were stained with blood. He hurriedly called for help. As a result, the troops failed to arrive, the city fell, and there was a bloody battle."
"Every time I see this place, I feel sad."
"General Cao, Xia (Xiazhou) people are so ambitious, why should you teach me?"
"Hey, can I use it?"
As we all know, during the Song Dynasty, except during the founding period, the military faced the dilemma of lack of war horses.
When it comes to the lack of horses, we have to mention the land of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and Lingzhou. The land of Yanyun was ceded to the Khitan by Shi Jingtang.
(Lingzhou, present-day Lingwu area of Ningxia)
At that time, the Song Dynasty had not yet been founded.
Lingzhou is another horse breeding place, and the loss of Lingzhou is directly related to Song Zhenzong.
During the Xianping period, Li Jiqian, the founder of the Western Xia Dynasty, once expanded abroad. Lingzhou was adjacent to Xiazhou, the ancestral land of the Western Xia Dynasty. There was no room for others to snore on the side of the couch.
If Lingzhou had been occupied by the Song Dynasty, it would be equivalent to occupying a bridgehead in the Xixia territory.
Therefore, Li Jiqian continued to increase his troops and tried to capture Lingzhou.
Faced with Li Jiqian's heavy troops gathering in Lingzhou, the imperial court had three mainstream views. One was to stick to the important town of Lingzhou and unite with other Tibetan tribes bullied by Li Jiqian to jointly fight against Li Jiqian.
The second is the story of aiding the Western Han Dynasty to defeat the Xiongnu, opening up farmland, building cities, and setting up the Western Han Dynasty Protectorate.
The third is to completely abandon Lingzhou.
The reason to support the last view is that Lingzhou is located in a remote area, where Yi and Qiang people live together. It is the kind of place where the food is tasteless. There is no need to waste people and money for a mere place in Lingzhou.
It just so happened that Song Zhenzong did not dare to conquer the west, and his favorite was to abandon the land.
As a result, Lingzhou was "strategically" abandoned by the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Pei Du Department mentioned by Li Jie was the city guard of Lingzhou at that time. Because the imperial court chose to abandon Lingzhou, Lingzhou became a desperate place.
In the end, Pei Ji died in Lingzhou.
Pei Ji's death, which was not a crime of war, was completely tricked by the abandonment faction.
Once Lingzhou was lost, the Northern Song Dynasty completely lost its gateway to the Western Regions. Other Tibetan tribes in the northwest, such as the Uighurs, Liangzhou Tubo and other tribes, who wanted to trade with the Northern Song Dynasty, had to bypass Lingzhou and go to Jingzhou (today's Gansu Province). Jingchuan).
Of course, the Song court was not without understanding people. For example, the famous minister Zhang Qixian had announced as early as the Taizong period that Li Jiqian would annex Lingzhou and Xiazhou.
During the Zhenzong Dynasty, Zhang Qixian proposed the policy of "attacking the barbarians with barbarians". However, the Song court did not firmly implement this policy.
When Cao Wei was appointed as the magistrate of Zhenrong Army (Jingzhou), he continued Zhang Qixian's strategy and actively won over the Tibetan tribes to check and balance Li Jiqian's tribe.
It's a pity that Cao Wei was just a military minister. Even though he had great strategies, the court did not adopt his suggestions.
In short, the Song Dynasty's response measures were very good news, and it is not inappropriate to use the word "shabby" to describe them.
Finally, the Xisiluo mentioned by Li Jie is also one of the political powers in the northwest region.
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Chapter 66: Use barbarians to control barbarians
Since the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Hexi and Longyou have been occupied by the Tubo people for a long time. In the late Tang Dynasty, the last Zanpu (Tubo ruler) Purang Dama was assassinated.
Since then, the two-century Tubo dynasty has completely disintegrated, and the Tubo region has begun a chaotic state of separatism.
It was not until the early Song Dynasty that the chaotic situation in the Helong area became slightly calmer.
Nowadays, the nominal co-owner of the Tubo people in the Helong area is Zusiluo. Zusiluo is a descendant of Tubo Zampu and has noble blood.
However, Xisiluo's current situation is not very good.
When Zusiluo was twelve years old, he was robbed by Li Lizun, the Tubo leader in the Helong area, and resettled in Kuozhou, where he was honored as "Zanpu".
In a sense, what Li Lizun did was a trick of "holding the emperor hostage to order the princes".
Zunsiluo is a pure descendant of Zanpu. With him, Li Lizun can control the Tubo people in the entire Helong area through Zunsiluo.
Li Lizun controlled Xisiluo internally, but externally he also hoped to be canonized by Song Ting and named himself "Zanpu".
However, Li Lizun's plan was seen through by Cao Wei. Cao Wei told Zhenzong that Zanpu was also the Khan. When Li Zun learned about it, where could he place his slave?
As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the earth. Zhenzong had a rare moment of clarity and did not directly give Li Lizun the title of Zanpu.
The Song court refused to grant the title, which directly led to Li Lizun's rebellion against the Song Dynasty. While leading troops, he encouraged other Tibetan tribes to rebel.
However, Li Lizun's revenge did not work. Cao Wei defeated Li Lizun's troops in Sandu Valley and pursued them for thirty miles, beheading more than a thousand people and seizing countless cattle, horses and other supplies.
Because of this battle, Li Lizun's prestige was greatly damaged. Not only did the Tubo tribe dissatisfied with Li Lizun, but even the Tubo people took the opportunity to escape from Li Lizun's control.
On the other side, Cao Wei's heart suddenly moved when he heard the official mentioned "唃宮宰".
He's very familiar with him.
As early as the Dazhong Xiangfu period, Cao Wei had the idea of winning over Xisiluo.
In fact, Zusiluo also had a good impression of Cao Wei. If Cao Wei hadn't defeated Li Lizun, he wouldn't have been able to take the opportunity to break out of the fence.
Although Zusiluo has now taken refuge with another Tubo leader, Wen Buqi, this time he has taken refuge with Li Lizun, which is completely different from the last time he relied on Li Lizun.
The former is an active dependence, trying to use Wen Buqi's power to expand his team, just like Uncle Liu Huang during the Three Kingdoms period.
Therefore, the two people who joined forces, Zun Siluo and Wen Buqi, had their own motives.
Zun Siluo hoped to take advantage of Wen Buqi's influence. Why didn't Wen Buqi want to take advantage of Zun Siluo's identity to unify the many tribes in Tubo?
Cao Wei has been managing the northwest for decades, and he has long been familiar with the information about the various forces in the west.
At this time, if you help Xiansiluo, it will be like providing help in times of need. If Xiansiluo can defeat Wen Buqi, the Helong area will be stable for at least several decades. .
Chapter 66: Use barbarians to control barbarians
