The next day, Xu Ping and Lu Yijian discussed and asked for a meeting together.

After entering Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen gave him a seat. Xu Ping and Lu Yijian were on the left and right, and Xu sat on His Highness.

Lu Yijian held the scepter: "When the matter of camping in Beijing has been sent to Wen Yanbo as an envoy, go check it out. Wait until he returns to the court, and then go and agree on it."

The confrontation between Fengsheng Road and the Khitan is still ongoing, and it is imperative to build palaces and related yamen in Daming Prefecture. Wen Yanbo has been confirmed to serve as the Censor Zhizai. Before taking office, he will go to Daming Prefecture to check the project volume and expenses for building Beijing.

After reporting the confrontation with the Khitan, Lu Yijian said again: "Han Qi from Gansu Road reported that Cao Xianshun, the former governor of the Guiyi Army, came to Suzhou and was willing to accept the territory. Han Qi ordered him to take the ritual to come to the capital to meet the emperor."

Zhao Zhenxi said: "Since the Hao thief was executed, everything was pacified in the northwest. Even if there were powerful people who cede land and relied on their own, they would still be willing to go to the court. The so-called world is probably, perhaps, that's what it means."

Xu Ping said: "Since the time when the Guiyi army drove away Tubo, they have been looking forward to the Central Plains, and have always regarded the Central Plains as the main story. Cao Xianshun accepted the land and surrendered it, but because the imperial court occupied Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou, it was no longer alone in the foreign land, and it was still impossible to win the world."

Zhao Zhen smiled awkwardly: "In addition to Cao Xianshun, Si Duo Tuo also intended to surrender a few days ago, which is always different."

Xu Ping held the scepter: "It is like Si Duo Du, and these foreign kings, who accept the land and surrender, can be considered as the world's return. Si Duo Duo has expressed this intention, and I think there will be no more surprises. Your Majesty's holy virtue can have such a situation."

Xu Pingzhen admitted it, and Zhao Zhen was a little embarrassed and said a few polite and modestly.

Tubo quickly declined during its heyday and its power retreated to the depths of the plateau. On the territory occupied by Tubo, whether it was Han or French, they took the initiative to move closer to the Central Plains dynasty. When Si Duo's father was the lord of Liangzhou, he also took the initiative to send envoys to the Song Dynasty to pay tribute and accept official positions in the Song Dynasty. In fact, the first governor of Liangzhou was that they forced the Song Dynasty to keep Ding Weiqing, the envoy of the Song Dynasty. Without this great name, they could not even elect a leader.

This is the centripetal force of civilization. As it expands externally, it will become more and more attractive to the surrounding areas. Without Dangxiang rising in the Hetao region and de-sinicizing against the historical trend, it would be much easier for the Song Dynasty to recover the northwest. Once Dangxiang was destroyed, the forces in the northwest would have a strong leader and naturally approach the Song Dynasty. This principle is similar to if the Song Dynasty expelled the Khitan from the agricultural area, the forces under the Khitan would quickly turn to the Song Dynasty.

The recognition of civilization formation must be that there is a strong regime as the core. Once the core is gone, all the surrounding forces will follow. However, the situation in the northwest is complicated, and it is good to form forces with the Han people as the center and combine them with each ethnic group to form one by one. However, these forces are culturally different from the Central Plains. The most obvious difference is that they believe in Buddhism and have a very deep level.

The northwest believed in Buddhism, and the influence of powerful ethnic minority forces such as Xianbei, the influence of Tubo, and the influence of the Tang Dynasty. After the withdrawal of the Tubo forces, the Buddhism there gradually formed a culture with Mount Wutai as the holy land and the belief in Manjushri Bodhisattva as the core. This is not in line with Buddhism in the Central Plains and cannot be simply compared.

After introducing the situation of Cao Xianshun, Lu Yijian said: "The Guiyi army cannot be compared with the local foreign kings. Therefore, Zhaowen’s letter was given to each state. It should not be treated with foreign courtesy, nor should it be treated with ministers, but treated with guests. However, Cao Xianshun may not be treated with such a person."

Zhao Zhen said: "What does it mean? Could it be that Cao Xianshun's position is incorrect?"

Xu Ping held the scepter: "Your Majesty, in the fifth year of Xianping, the military and civilians of Guiyi Army in two prefectures and eight towns surrounded the Jiedu Mansion. Cao Yanlu committed suicide by force. This was reported by Cao Zongshou, the governor of Guiyi Army. What is the truth? The court cannot do so. According to the news from Hexi that Han Qi reported, there may not be any hidden information. After Cao Zongshou's death, Cao Xianshun succeeded to the throne. Although he continued to submit to his dynasty, he was closer to the Khitan. Cao Xianshun not only sent envoys to the Khitan repeatedly, but also went there personally and was treated very well by the Khitan. Therefore, Guiyi Army, since Cao Yanlu, has changed its taste compared to before. The world treats it with guests is to restore the Han and Tang system in the northwest desert, unite people's hearts and focus on the Central Plains, rather than a local vassal state."

Zhao Zhen nodded and understood Xu Ping's meaning. He was not just a simple sentence, but really wanted to grant this family a title of a ritual that would be a sacrificial state, and even the burial place after the death of the Song Dynasty did not care about these things when the founding of the country. With the development of time, these systems were gradually repaired, such as looking for descendants of the Chai family in the Later Zhou Dynasty to continue to sacrifice their sacrifices. The purpose of doing this was to show the attitude to the world that this world was not the world of any person, and to gather people's hearts.

When Cao Xianshun was in power, he obviously alienated the Song Dynasty because of his status to be closer to the Khitan. He regarded him as the legal ruler of the Guiyi Army and followed the courtesy manners, which would be laughed at by future generations. What he treated with courtesy manners was the insistence on the Guiyi Army's civilization inheritance, rather than a ruler who regarded the regime as his own selfish interests. This was fundamentally different.

Zhao Zhen said: "So, Cao Xianshun is here, is it inappropriate to treat guests to various prefectures and counties?"

Lu Yijian held the scepter: "Before the court set the name, Cao Xianshun was the Guiyi Army, and there was nothing wrong with the guest court. After facing the king, he would count his merits and demerits before he could rename the title. I have discussed it with Zhao Wen Gong many times, but Cao Xianshun was not enough, so there is no doubt about this. However, it is difficult to make a decision for whom he can follow the Guiyi Army. I think I can find Cao Yanlu after he was in power, but because he was in power, he was the orthodox dynasty of his clan Cao Zongshou. However, Zhao Wen Gong thought that he should find Zhang Chengfeng, the descendants of Jinshan Kingdom, to the court treats the guest court to thank him for his merits of the Han sacrifice in the northwest."

Xu Ping emphasized the Zhang family, which stubbornly defended the ancestral civilization, rebuilt the Tang system in the northwest, and kept worshipping the Han Dynasty, while Lu Yijian valued the Cao family, which regarded the Song Dynasty as the official, which was the fundamental difference. Xu Ping himself did not know which person he or Lu Yijian's suggestions were more reasonable. It was just that his two-life experiences valued a little different from those of this era.

If the world is compared to a family and falls under the Khitan and other surrounding forces, the Han people are separated children, and morally the Central Plains dynasty has the responsibility to accept them again. In order to do this, it is natural to pay the price. The Guiyi Army was the children who had already become independent after leaving home. They had already had their own home. Accepting them again is not a wanderer, but a relative who came to visit. This is hard to tell the difference, and when interacting with the surrounding forces, chaos will occur and people's hearts will be lost.

This has nothing to do with the strength of the power and the size of the territory. Guiyi Army's independence means independence. Their culture is actually different from the Central Plains. There is a Buddha country, and Xu Ping doesn't know what their Buddha country looks like. Other areas under the Song Dynasty can be transformed into Han, and customs can be changed, but those people cannot be so simple and crude. They are rooted in Han civilization, but they have lost the protection of heaven and earth, and have developed into the same appearance, which is completely different from the Hu Hua, the Han people in foreign lands.

It is a merit to re-sinify the Hu-spirited Han people and win the hearts of the people in the world. Instead of Hu-spirited, the Guiyi Army made the surrounding ethnic groups sinicized, and if they deny their persistence and efforts, they would lose their hearts.
Chapter completed!