Of course, Li Ganshun is not a fool.

He wanted the land of Yan'an very much, and so did the Xixia people... You have to know that when Li Ganshun's own mother mobilized all the men in the country, and then took him, who was only thirteen years old, to lead the army in person, just for the Hengshan area. Controlling the Bao'an Army, Suide Army, Jinning Army and Yan'an Prefecture, and mastering all the areas inside the "J" shape of the Yellow River has always been the ultimate dream of the Xixia people.

However, at what cost?

How can there be such a thing as a free lunch? Lou Shi is dead! What is the title of Han Shizhong, the most famous general of the Song Dynasty and the commander of Guanzhong? Where is his hometown? What is the story of Wanyan Huo Nu?

Li Ganshun knew it clearly.

Therefore, during the past month or two, the ruler of Western Xia forcibly suppressed the internal restlessness while engaging in intensive diplomatic contacts with the Jin people, lavishly bribing Wanyan Erluguan (Aguda's sixth son, Wuzhu's sixth brother), the governor of Jin's Xijing (Datong)... According to the ruler of Western Xia's idea, it would be better not to give up Yan'an Prefecture, but to take the former Liao territory on the inner side of the Yellow River, the Heqing and Ningbian areas, and if the Jurchens were willing to give him the Zhe family of Linzhou, he was willing to confer the title of king to Zhe Keqiu.

In a word, don't do anything too exciting. Making money behind the scenes is the most important thing.

Of course, the Jurchens were not fools either. Seeing that Huo Nu wanted to resolve the issue peacefully, they also became perfunctory towards the Xixia people. After two months, let alone Yan'an Prefecture and Linzhou Zhejia, they were even unwilling to give the Heqing Army's territory on the inner side of the Yellow River, which was adjacent to the desert and where no one lived, to the Xixia people.

For a time, Li Ganshun was so angry that he kept telling his confidants as soon as he entered the court, "The Jurchens didn't even give me a single Heqing Army!"

The weight of his resentment was palpable, and was in stark contrast to his surprise when he learned that the Jurchens were going to give him land.

It was precisely this kind of surprise and resentment that made the oldest and most politically experienced ruler in East Asia ignore the developments in the Song Dynasty... Li Ganshun did not take the reports sent by Gao Shouyi seriously, because the discussions and problems in Yan'an Prefecture were real, and it was normal for the people of Song to complain.

Moreover, according to Li Ganshun's understanding, the Song people now widely publicized the court bulletins, making this kind of thing obviously displayed to outsiders. Therefore, the things published on it should be symbolic and tentative, and cannot be real information.

It was not as valuable as the "Records of the Grand Historian" sent by the young Emperor of the Song Dynasty, because that book represented the personal attitude of the most powerful man in the world...even though that man was only in his twenties, about half the age of Li Ganshun.

But then, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty led his army to the west to help, and said that he would attack Yan'an and Hengshan! Then, the Jurchens came again, and they also said that they wanted Xixia to send troops to help defend Yan'an. If they defended it, they would give Yan'an to them!

Things haven't settled down here yet, and a Korean came, speaking in Tokyo official language, asking Li Ganshun to go to Chang'an to apologize? !

One after another, the emperor of the Great Baigao Kingdom was really sickened.

However, no matter how disgusting it is, the matter is before us and Dabai Gaoguo must respond and react.

The imperial court of the Great Bai Gao Kingdom was holding a court meeting in the palace located at the eastern end of Xingqing Prefecture (Yinchuan in later generations). The Great Bai Gao Kingdom Emperor Li Ganshun, who was nearly 50 years old and had forehead wrinkles all over his face, was sitting at the top, with civil and military officials on both sides.

Unlike the envoys who wore golden crowns and golden belts (蹀躞), most of the civil and military officials in the palace at this time wore tight-fitting clothes with round collars and narrow sleeves. The civil officials wore a fu hat, while the military officials mostly wore small golden crowns or small silver crowns... As for Li Ganshun himself, he wore a tall crown, a dragon robe, and a belt.

This shape is very different from the attire when the Western Xia was founded. But if you look closely, the characteristics of Khitan, Han, Western Regions and grasslands can all be revealed, which can be regarded as a great cultural fusion.

Of course, if you look more closely, you will find an important feature unique to Xixia, that is, short hair plus a flying bird-shaped hairstyle.

There was no way around it. This was a continuation of Li Yuanhao's policy of 'keep the head but not the hair, keep the hair but not the head' when he founded the country. Even Li Ganshun, who had completely overturned the 'barbarian rites' and implemented the 'Han rites', could not be shaken. He just made his sideburns thicker and tried not to be bald.

And just as this hairstyle suggests, the Western Xia Dynasty seemed unable to break away from its own narrow style.

Back to the present, although the civil and military order in the hall was in good order, everyone knew that this was not due to the "Han rituals", but the difficulty of the matter was beyond their imagination. Those with the surname Li and Weiming had no idea how to deal with it.

But on the other hand, although the matter is difficult, it is not complicated, so in a sense, there is no need to discuss it excessively.

First of all, everyone knows that it is definitely not possible to go to Chang'an.

Then, King Weiming Chago of Jin tentatively suggested that they might as well agree to the Jin people's request and send troops to Hengshan to assist the Jurchens in defending Yan'an... But this immediately prompted a counter-question from Xue Yuanli, the Han prime minister. In the previous months, the Jin people's contempt for the Great Bai Gao Kingdom had been obvious. If they went to Yan'an and the Jurchens withdrew, and the Song people came again, what would be the matter?

Did they have to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Song army in Yan'an, a place full of Han people? How could his name Cha Ge be a better fighter than Wanyan Loushi?

Therefore, this suggestion was quickly rejected.

At this point, although no one was talking, the plan was already evident.

"Then let's do it!"

Seeing that no one spoke, Li Ganshun thought for a long time and finally decided the tone with difficulty. "No matter what, Xixia was just a small country before Song and Jin. A small country should have the self-awareness of a small country... All means are for survival! Mr. Xue!"

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