Bring order to chaos?
Ren Dejing can't help but want to have a showdown with Li Renxiao?
This is not a good thing.
Su Yonglin had just established his country, and there were still so many things to deal with that he couldn't spare the energy to deal with Xixia's affairs for a while. From his point of view, he still hoped that Xixia would maintain its current superficial stability.
"Bringing order to chaos?"
Su Yonglin raised his eyebrows and looked at Ren Degong: "You mean to punish Li Renxiao?"
"If Your Majesty wishes, of course you can. If Your Majesty wishes to go further, we can also help Your Majesty depose the current ruler and replace him with one who is more loyal to Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty."
Ren Degong's insight revealed the Ren Group's ultimate thoughts.
Good guy, this is no longer the idea of dividing the country, this is a naked replacement.
Su Yonglin thought for a moment and felt that this was definitely not allowed.
Ren Dejing and his gang are ambitious and capable. If they control Xixia, they will be able to integrate Xixia's military and political affairs and enhance Xixia's national power. This is not in Su Yonglin's interest.
So he decided early on that he needed to help the weak Li Renxiao in this matter, rather than the ambitious Ren Group.
Li Renxiao was old and weak. Although he could make some achievements in administration, it was difficult to expect him to make achievements in military affairs, at least from Su Yonglin's point of view.
A Xixia without strong military power is very much in line with Su Yonglin's ideas.
Letting Li Renxiao be in power can stabilize the political situation of Xixia very well, prevent Xixia from falling into civil strife, and not consume so much energy that Su Yonglin will invest a lot of money to restore production in the Xixia region after annexing Xixia.
Obtaining a relatively stable Xixia without large-scale social and economic destruction will also be of great benefit to Su Yonglin's subsequent plan to explore the Western Regions and conquer Western Liao.
Su Yonglin also considered that if Ren Dejing and others did not agree, they would definitely be at a loss, but they would definitely seek help from the Southern Song Dynasty.
What choice would the Southern Song Dynasty make?
He is currently unknown.
So after thinking carefully, Su Yonglin decided to struggle with it for a while, delay it for a while, beat Ren Dejing, and observe how Ren Dejing would respond.
At the same time, he decided to start infiltrating and stationing personnel in Xixia, making direct contact with Li Renxiao, and preparing for the subsequent overthrow of the Ren family.
So Su Yonglin spoke.
"Although Li Renxiao acted arrogantly, he was still respectful to me and the Ming Dynasty. A few mistakes would not lead to deposing him as the leader of the country. Moreover, the Xia Kingdom was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning. If a vassal state is confirmed here, the vassal state will be confirmed there. It would be too ugly to depose the king."
Su Yonglin shook his head and said: "In any case, his sins are not enough to depose him. Let's issue an order to reprimand him and order him to correct himself. He should use the title of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty and not arrogantly call me, in order to observe the future. effect."
What Su Yonglin said makes sense.
This country has just become someone else's suzerainty, and then they are about to depose their country's leader. It's really not nice to say it out loud.
No matter what, we should give him a chance to change his ways. If he refuses to change after repeated admonitions, he will be severely punished. This is more appropriate.
Ren Degong had nothing to say, knowing that it would be inappropriate to continue to force Su Yonglin to punish Li Renxiao severely at this time, and Su Yonglin would not agree, which would only increase his dissatisfaction with Ren, so he could only give up and stop talking about the matter. .
But Su Yonglin hadn't finished speaking yet.
"I am very happy that you are very honest with me, but you must also know that you are ministers of the Xia Kingdom, and there must be a distinction between monarch and minister. Unless the Xia Kingdom is ready to rebel, you cannot be dismissed casually. Do you understand this kind of thing when the leader of the country puts it on his lips?"
Su Yonglin's words shocked Ren Degong.
Only then did he realize that what Ren Dejing said to him before he set off was still right.
As a superior monarch, Su Yonglin must have a natural aversion and guard against such things that undermine superiors. If they want to discuss this matter with Su Yonglin, it may not be easy.
But Ren Degong also noticed the preconditions in Su Yonglin's words - unless Li Renxiao was really ready to rebel.
Ren Degong thought about it a little and confessed to Su Yonglin repeatedly.
Afterwards, it was Su Yonglin who took the initiative to ask him some things about Xiliao.
"I heard that Yelu Dashi led his army to move to the Western Regions to rebuild the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom still exists today. I wonder if this is the case?"
"It is indeed true. Does your Majesty also know about Liao Kingdom's affairs?"
"I know some, but not much. Mainly because I have many Khitan people under my command. They are more concerned about the affairs of the Liao Kingdom, so I just asked casually. After all, the Xia Kingdom borders the Western Region, so they must know more things than me."
"I see."
Ren Degong didn't think too much and said: "Yelu Dashi did establish a kingdom in his hometown in the Western Regions and rebuilt the Liao Kingdom. After that, he conquered the east and west. It is said that he conquered a large territory and had many tribes and troops. This is not surprising. , the strange thing is that the female emperor is now in power in the Liao Kingdom."
"The empress is in power?"
Su Yonglin was a little curious and asked: "Which woman will be the emperor?"
"She is the daughter of Yelu Dashi, named Yelu Pu Suwan. When the first emperor of Liao, Yelu Dashi's son, passed away, the prince was still young. So the first emperor of Liao issued an edict to let the female emperor come to court and take charge of the throne. But I didn’t expect the empress to directly proclaim herself emperor.”
"Does she want to be Wu Zetian?"
Su Yonglin smiled: "How capable is she? Is the Liao Kingdom internally stable? Is there any unrest?"
"I haven't heard of any turmoil. I guess she is not an ordinary woman. However, we also got news that after Yelu Dashi died, his wife came to the throne and later returned the throne to the late emperor of Liao. Therefore, the people of Liao I guess I’m used to it.”
Ren Degong replied like this.
Su Yonglin nodded, having some understanding of the current situation in Liao Kingdom.
There was no civil strife during the reign of the empress, which shows that the Liao Kingdom is indeed very stable. Yelu Dashi laid a solid foundation for the country, and it was considered a powerful country locally. It is no wonder that many countries later called China with the pronunciation of Khitan.
This is not the time to plot Xiliao.
It is better to rectify the internal affairs, cultivate internal strength, and at the same time wait for internal problems in the Southern Song Dynasty and Xixia, and prepare to annex these two countries and unify the land of China.
As for Korea.
A small country can be pacified by a single army, so why bother?
Subsequently, Su Yonglin formally received Ren Degong and other Xixia envoys, publicly announced that Xixia was a vassal state of the Ming Empire, publicly canonized Li Renxiao as the king of Xia, and recognized Li Renxiao's rule over Xixia.
At the same time, Su Yonglin also issued an order to reprimand Li Renxiao.
Su Yonglin accused Li Renxiao of failing to fulfill his obligations as a vassal state and acting arrogantly. He asked Xixia to fully adopt the Hongwu reign name, and Li Renxiao was not allowed to call me, and could only be called a loner.
He said that he would send someone to see Li Renxiao after a while to investigate whether Xia Guo had corrected his transgressions in accordance with Su Yonglin's requirements. If he failed to correct, he would be severely punished.
Su Yonglin had just received the Xixia envoys here, and the Southern Song envoys arrived. It was a coincidence.
Su Yonglin learned that the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty this time were Zuo Pushe, the Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Tang Situi, the chief prime minister. He learned that the Southern Song Dynasty attached great importance to his proclaiming the emperor.
Tang Si retreats.
This person is very interesting. When facing the Kingdom of Jin, his attitude is just like his name, which is contrary to his cousin [Jin Zhi].
This man who was obsessed with retreating and was even suspected of collaborating with the enemy has now arrived in Zhongdu.
To be honest, Su Yonglin never had any contact with the official figures of the Southern Song Dynasty after leaving the Southern Song Dynasty, and he didn't know much about their current attitude towards the Ming Empire.
As the only "big country" that could rival the Ming Empire, Su Yonglin paid more attention to the current official attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Because he plans to promote internal affairs in the future and does not plan to implement an external expansion strategy, the management of the Yellow River will be the top priority.
He will deploy a large number of manpower and material resources to attack the Yellow River.
At this stage, he did not want the Southern Song Dynasty to change Zhuhe's foreign policy, so he also hoped to learn about the actual trends of the Southern Song Dynasty through Tang Situi.
For example, whether Zhao Gou has the idea of abdicating the throne, whether Zhao Min may ascend the throne in the near future, etc.
So before formally receiving the Southern Song Dynasty envoys, Su Yonglin took the initiative to summon Tang Sidui.
