The palace is not concerned about the epidemic in Xijiaofang now.

To be precise, it is not that I don’t care, but that I don’t care about it, because there are greater troubles waiting for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Buer was so happy that a fire in Xijin Prefecture and Suzhou Port was burned, but this accidentally burned out the main fiscal revenue of the Liao Kingdom.

What should I do if the Liao Kingdom has no money? So I stared at the Great Zhou in the south and asked for an increase in annual monies.

Therefore, the Liao ambassador Yelu Dedu has been staying in Bianliang. After all, both countries need to argue with each other in such major events, and there is something to do, but the patience of the Liao people is slowly losing.

The weather in the 25th year of Yuanjing was so strange. Not only did droughts occur in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but droughts also occurred in the south of the Liao Kingdom and the Xixia Kingdom.

The grain was not harvested, and the cattle, horses and fodder were not enough to starve to death. The Liao and Xixia people could not live their lives. At this time, even Xixia had the idea of ​​Zhou.

Both countries regard the Great Zhou as an ATM, and their password is: "If you don't give me money, I'll hit you."

Xixia is a small country, but it has always been known as the "flat-headed brother". Although its strength is not as strong as you, it is a person who will be willing to die in battles, and even if you die, you will bite you.

The heavy cavalry unit of the Western Xia Dynasty, Iron Harrier, can beat Zhou Jun to cry and cry for his mother with just one charge.

There is no way, Dazhou is so weak, he always defends passively and never takes the initiative to attack. He will have to pay compensation if he loses, but he will still have to pay compensation for the annual tribute if he wins. How can I reason about this?

Xixia Kingdom actually rescued their big brother first. After all, nowadays, it depends on who has a big fist and who is the boss.

The Liao and Zhou countries are large in size and can call each other the southern and northern countries, and agree on what kind of brotherly countries they are, at least they are peers.

But you are not qualified to be a little Xixia, so in name, Xixia surrendered to the Liao Kingdom (it is another matter whether you are convinced or not.)

As a result, when Liao saw that his little brother asked for money from him, he spread his hands and said that he would not be able to kill him. I was still asking for money from Zhou.

Of course, Xixia Kingdom will not do it anymore. You usually drink mine and you will not let it spit out at critical moments. When the flat-headed brother gets angry, Liao Kingdom will also give it a little bit.

So the insidious Liao people came up with an idea at this time.

Isn’t you going to argue with Zhou State? Are you unwilling to increase your annual quota? We are a brother country, so it’s not easy to completely break up, but I can encourage the “flat-headed brother” to do it with you.

So under the instigation and order of the Liao Kingdom, the Xixia Kingdom began to assemble troops to prepare for trouble.

The first threat letter from Emperor Li Yuan of the Western Xia was sent to Bianliang, meaning that you would either give money and food in the Great Zhou Dynasty, or I would call your Yan'an Mansion, and you would not pick it up by myself.

At the same time, it was also emphasized that we would cross the Yellow River, take advantage of the Datong Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom, and directly attack Yanmen Pass and head straight to Taiyuan Prefecture.

Yan'an Prefecture is a poor place, with no oil and water scraping three feet away. Taiyuan Prefecture is different. It is a major town in the north and a commercial center. It requires money and food, and there is no shortage of iron pots.

As soon as this threat letter was received, the Zhou dynasty and the people were shocked.

Being threatened by the Liao Kingdom is already afflicted enough, but now he is threatened by a small Xixia?

Zichen Hall, in the court.

Emperor Jing of Yuan still sat above like a clay Buddha, with neither sad nor happy expression, and he could not see any anger.

The military officers below were all angry.

The deputy envoy of Privy Councilor Chen Bowen was the first to stand out:

"Officials, where is the threat of Xixia Kingdom to impose our Great Zhou? A small country with a population of only 20 to 30 million dares to yell. I think our dynasty should teach them a lesson, and by the way, let the Liao Kingdom see it, we dare not fight."

As soon as these words came out, a thousand waves were striking in the court, and everyone was talking about it.

Especially several military bosses, all of them were blushing and thick-necked, and they scolded Xixia for being a son.

This is what happened in the court. Some people shout and beat them, and some people will definitely shout or not. It doesn’t matter whether they are in the heart. To put it bluntly, they are all different political positions and interests.

Look, Zhou Yucheng, the deputy governor, stood up:

"War, how to fight? The Liao Kingdom is still eyeing it. This small Xixia country obviously wants to take advantage of the situation. If we encounter the Liaoxia Alliance, our dynasty will fight on both sides. May I ask all the generals, do you have the ability to defend the enemy from outside?"

"Ahem~~~"

Several generals touched their noses a little awkwardly. It was okay to fight the Western Xia. If they really wanted to fight against the Liao Kingdom, how could the Zhou Dynasty have any chance of winning?

Chen Buer's grandfather, Lu Zhixiao, also the deputy commander of the Imperial Army, also stood up:

"What Lord Zhou meant is that we should pay tribute to the Xixia Kingdom obediently? They asked for money and food, because we could not support the possible two-line battle. It seems that Lord Zhou's courage has been scared."

Hahaha, the military officers laughed again.

Chai Ziyun stood in the first place and saw that Prime Minister Cui’s lackey had a bit of a surrender. He didn’t want to fight, so he would go the other way.

"Reporting to the official family, I think Lord Shen is right. The Xixia Congress jumped out, obviously it was Liao who was instigating him behind his back. They said in the letter that they would use Liao to attack Taiyuan Prefecture, but Liao did not say a word, which clearly shows that Liao was acquiesced.

So what my son is saying is that when the Liao Kingdom doesn’t want to turn against us now and have concerns, we should solemnly reject the extortion of Xixia Kingdom and fight back hard. They will fight as soon as they want to, and we can see what the Liao Kingdom is doing."

"Okay, Duke Cheng is right!!!"

When many princelings and military officers heard this, they clapped their high-highs and shouted.

Cui Miyuan's eyes were blurred, and Zhao Hongguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, received the signal and immediately stood out:

"When I go back to the official family, the Ministry of Revenue is now in financial difficulties, and it is probably difficult to support the battle against Xixia. I'm sorry, I'll give them a few hundred thousand stones of grain. After all, when a war is fought, it's not worth it.

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Xinlin, the censor of Zuodu, couldn't help but stand up:

"Mr. Zhao is very calculating. He has to spend money to fight, and then he can spend money to buy peace? The country captured by his ancestors and the wealth created by the people of Dazhou are just given up on him. Besides, if we can't fight in the Great Zhou Dynasty, can we fight in the Western Xia?"

For a moment, there was another quarrel in Zichen Palace.

Emperor Jing of Yuan looked at the ministers below, and the civil servants and military generals, and only sighed slightly in his heart.

The Liao Kingdom had previously requested an increase in annual monies, but it has not given a charter to this day. Now the Xixia Kingdom is here to join in the fun again, but there is still no result.

Especially the civil servant group, who only cares about fighting for power and profit, where does the national interests still have in mind? Where does the court have the face?
Chapter completed!