Li Yanqing's tough statement made it difficult for Qin Hui to gain a foothold in Western Xia. Two days later, Qin Hui was "guarded" by 500 cavalrymen and left Lingzhou and headed towards Yan'an Prefecture.

At this time, the news of the destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom had been sent to Lin'an by Li Yanqing by sending a message from a flying pigeon. It was less than ten days before the emperor Zhao Gou issued an order to negotiate the war. The war ended before the Song Dynasty envoy who rushed to negotiate.

Although this news made the court a little embarrassed, Lin'an Prefecture was boiling all night, with people beating drums, singing and dancing, celebrating the greatest victory in the century with a carnival all night.

In the palace, Zhao Gou had drunk a pot of wine and his face was flushed. His two-year-old son Zhao Yan crawled around at his feet excitedly. His mother, Concubine Pan, sat aside and pulled the naughty child back into his arms from time to time.

"The government has drunk too much and can't drink any more." Seeing that her husband was still drinking, Concubine Pan couldn't help but persuade him.

But his son Zhao Yi picked up the wine pot and said in a silly manner: "Dad again!"

Zhao Gou laughed, held his son in his arms, kissed him heavily on his face, and said to Concubine Pan, "I am so happy! The great cause that the ancestors and ancestors have not completed has finally been completed in my hands. This is my great achievement and the beginning of the rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty."

Concubine Pan was confused, "I remember that the official family issued an order not long ago to stop the Western Xia War, what?"

Zhao Gou smiled, "This is the time and the time!"

At this time, a eunuch whispered in Zhao Gou's ear: "Glory Gao has something urgent to ask for a meeting!"

Zhao Gou was slightly stunned, but he immediately reacted and nodded, "Let him go to the warm room to wait, I will arrive soon!"

Gao Shen's request for a visit at this critical moment must have a deep meaning, and Gao Shen also shoulders a secret mission. He is the secret contact between Li Yanqing and Zhao Gou. Some of Li Yanqing's private top-secret letters will be sent to Cao's mansion, and will be accepted by Li Yanqing's father-in-law Cao Xuan, and then handed over to Gao Shen, who will be presented to Emperor Zhao Gou. Only Cao Xuan, Gao Shen and the others know this secret, even the old man Cao Ping and the eldest son Cao Sheng were kept in the dark.

So Zhao Gou guessed that Gaoshen must have brought Li Yanqing's top secret news.

Soon, Zhao Gou came to the Warm Pavilion, which was Zhao Gou's study in the palace, divided into three floors, one of which was where he temporarily met with important officials of the court in the palace.

Compared with the imperial study room, it is more hidden and safer. At this time, Gao Shen was sitting in the study room drinking tea. He had not yet woken up from the excitement of attacking and destroying Xixia. He originally wanted to stop drunk at home, but Cao Xuan sent three urgent pigeon letters, which forced him to give up the idea of ​​getting drunk and rushed to the palace urgently.

These three pigeon letters are all made of red letters, indicating that the situation is urgent and senior dare not delay it at all.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the door, and a guard whispered: "The official family is here!"

Gao Shen quickly stood up, and saw Zhao Gou, the emperor wearing a regular suit, walk in quickly. Gao Shen quickly saluted, "See Your Majesty!"

Zhao Gou waved his hand, "No gift, please sit down!"

Gao Shen sat down again, and after several guards left, he took out three red message tubes and three personal copy letters from his arms and handed them to Zhao Gou, "These are three urgent letters I received this afternoon. Li Yanqing seemed to have something urgent to inform His Majesty!"

Zhao Gou took the letter and opened it and looked at it. The first letter was that Li Yanqing hoped that the emperor would clarify the positioning of the Xixia region as soon as possible and sent new officials to Xixia and Hexi as soon as possible. In the letter, Li Yanqing proposed to set up Lingxia Road and Hexi Road.

Zhao Gou pondered and asked Gao Shen: "When will Xianggong Fan come back?"

Fan Zhixu and Lu Yihao rushed to Xixia as special envoys of negotiations, but they were not yet Bashu, and the Western Xia War ended. There was no need for the two to go to Bashu, and they needed to rush back to Lin'an immediately.

The reason why Zhao Gou asked this is because the two mentioned by Li Yanqing need to be discussed and approved as soon as possible. As the emperor, he did not have the power to issue an order to administrative divisions and appoint and remove state officials.

"Your Majesty, it will be smooth to come back, and you will return to Lin'an in as soon as five days."

Zhao Gou sighed helplessly and opened the second letter. The suggestion of the second letter was that Zhao Gou issued an order to conquer and destroy the Western Xia to consolidate his leadership in this war and to consolidate his throne.

Zhao Gou nodded. This suggestion came very timely. He really didn't expect that it was necessary to issue an order to the military and civilians all over the world and announce this hard-won victory in the Song Dynasty.

He immediately put the letter aside and was about to draft an order immediately, but at this time, he opened the third letter. The content of the third letter made Zhao Gou's face suddenly calm. The letter turned out to be Li Yanqing suggested that the crown prince be appointed immediately.

This suggestion came too suddenly, and Zhao Gou had never considered the establishment of a crown prince. He currently only had one son, of course, he made his son Zhao Fu the crown prince. He saw that his son was still young, and Zhao Gou considered that he would wait at least until his son was ten years old before he made him the crown prince.

Zhao Gou was paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He suddenly stopped and asked Gao Shen: "What does Gao Xianggong think about this matter? Li Jingluo suggested that I make a crown prince as soon as possible."

Gao Shen bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jingluo's suggestion is right!"

"Why?"

"Your Majesty should know that the establishment of a crown prince is beneficial to the emperor's successor and to consolidate His Majesty's throne. It is difficult for the Supreme Emperor to talk about the rise and fall of the abolition."

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "When the Xixia incident is over, I will start to establish a crown prince."

At this time, Gao Shen asked in a low voice: "Last time, Li Jingluo mentioned Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, and asked His Majesty to be careful of these two people. It seems that His Majesty doesn't care!"

Zhao Gou shook his head, "Li Jingluo is a little bit full of weapons. Miao Fu is in charge of the outer defense of Lin'an. Liu Zhengyan is my confidant and has been monitoring Yinlong Villa for me. How could they have problems? Li Jingluo has not been in Lin'an for a long time. He is no longer familiar with the situation. I have a sense of responsibility for this matter."

Zhao Gou was quite dissatisfied with Li Yanqing's suggestion. He knew that the former Lin'an garrison generals were promoted by Li Yanqing, such as Xu Ning, Zhang Qing and others. Now Wang Yuan took office as the commander in front of the palace of Lin'an Mansion, basically all the subordinates promoted by Li Yanqing were transferred. Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were Wang Yuan's confidants. Li Yanqing did not mention Wang Yuan, but mentioned being careful of Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, obviously out of dissatisfaction with the exclusion of his old subordinates.

Regarding Liu Miao's incident, Zhao Gou was a little unhappy with Li Yanqing, thinking that his hand was too long and had been going to the northwest for so long, and he actually wanted to control the military power of Lin'an. How could it be?

Gao Shen saw that the official family was unhappy and stopped mentioning this matter. In fact, Gao Shen himself also felt that Li Yanqing was dissatisfied with Wang Yuan.

The next morning, Zhao Gou released the "Kisha Praise Table" to the world, contrary to the unkindness and righteousness that criticized the destruction of Xia, but strongly praised the soldiers of the Northwest Army to bravely advance north under the command of the commander of the commander Li Yanqing, fought bloody battles with the enemy, and won many battles, which exerted the morale and military power of the Song Dynasty soldiers, and finally defeated the century-old enemy, washed away a hundred-year-old shame, and specially awarded the title of the Northwest Army Shenweisi Army.

Then Zhao Gou issued an order to reward the Northwest Army, rewarding the entire army with five million taels of silver and two million pieces of silk. At the same time, he rewarded the soldiers with tens of hectares of fertile land. All the soldiers with official ranks were promoted to two levels. Li Yanqing was awarded the title of Grand Tutor, rewarding 100,000 taels of gold and tens of hectares of fertile land. At the same time, he conferred Li Yanqing's father Li Daqi as Duke and posthumously named his mother to the country's wife.

At the end of May, the Zhizhengtang changed the former place of Xixia to Lingzhou, Xiazhou Prefecture and Yinzhou Prefecture, and set it up as Lingxia Road. The Hexi Corridor was restored to Hexi Road, and the five prefectures of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou were established. Liu Wei was appointed as the Hexi Road Strategic Envoy, and Wu Jie, the former Shaanxi Northern Ruler, as the Lingxia Road Strategic Envoy, and Li Yanqing also served as the Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road Strategic Envoy, and at the same time, the Lingxia Road and Hexi Road military was controlled.

He also transferred smart and capable county magistrates from all over the world to work on Hexi Road and Lingxia Road.

In early June, the remnants of Xixia were cleared out. Li Yanqing left a 50,000 army to guard Lingxia Road and Hexi Road. He led a 100,000 army with more than 30,000 prisoners of Xixia princes and nobles, and returned to Guanzhong in triumphant and triumphantly.

At this time, Li Yanqing's wife Cao Yun and Zhao Fujin gave birth to a daughter and a son, Cao Yun gave birth to a daughter, named Li Ling, and Zhao Fujin gave birth to a son, named Li Xia to commemorate the battle of Xixia.
Chapter completed!