Chapter 105 The best political ally Li Qiu Shui!However, Xiao Zhouhou's most famous deed was that she was forced to have sex with Zhao Guangyi, the donkey-cart god of war. While Zhao Guangyi was raping Consort Xiao Zhou, he also had a picture painted for him, which was called "Xi Ling Has Sex with Consort Xiao Zhou". If it were put into later times, it would be equivalent to destroying someone's country, raping their first lady, and hiring a photographer to take pictures. Thinking of this, Murong Fu's eyes looked strange. Li Qiushui seemed to see what Murong Fu was thinking, and said: "My grandfather was Li Houzhu. Most of the males in our lineage died in unclear circumstances, just like the direct descendants of Guo Rong. Only my father was helped by righteous men and managed to escape, hiding among the people under an assumed name. And my grandmother was indeed defiled by the incompetent emperor Zhao Guangyi." Murong Fu showed a common hatred for the enemy and said: "This Zhao Guangyi is a disgrace to the Chinese emperors. He is despicable, shameless, inferior and incompetent. In the future, I will definitely dig up his grave and let people visit it." He did not have any hatred towards Zhao Guangyi, he just looked down on him. The History of Song Dynasty praised Zhao Guangyi as "an emperor with profound strategies and wise decisions, who had the ambition to conquer the world", but a person with a keen eye added a sharp comment: "but he was incompetent". In the phrase. Emperor Taizong of Song was just an incompetent person.
As for his personal character, Emperor Taizong of Song was suspected of killing his brother to seize the throne. He demoted and killed his third brother, forced his nephew to death, and drove his eldest son crazy. He was a real beast. "If that day comes, it would be the best. In fact, I first joined Xiaoyao Sect because I remembered the shame of my family and wanted to learn advanced martial arts to avenge my family." Li Qiushui recalled, "But once I met my senior brother, my life was ruined." "Later, I left Suzhou and came to Xixia. It wasn't because I really liked the splendor and wealth in the palace. I just wanted to use Xixia to attack the Song Dynasty and take revenge on it." "Killing Zhao Guangyi's descendants is not true revenge. Destroying the Zhao Song dynasty is what makes people happy. I want them to also taste the humiliation of losing their country!" Murong Fu thought for a moment and asked, "I have a nephew named Wu Lingjun, who used to follow Zhong Yan. He said that he met you, uncle, when the five armies of the Shenzong attacked Xia. I guess you played a big role in the failure of the five armies of the Shenzong to attack Xia, right?" Since the Treaty of Chanyuan, the Song Dynasty has been fighting a deadly battle with the Western Xia. Song Shenzong supported Wang Anshi's reform in order to make money, and the purpose of making money was to make achievements in the military. It was too difficult to destroy the Liao Dynasty, but destroying the Western Xia was the strategic goal of Song Shenzong. Therefore, Song Shenzong sent a total of 300,000 troops, divided into five groups, to attack Western Xia and fought a war to annihilate the country. In the early days, the Song army won victory after victory and fought all the way to the city of Lingzhou. However, the Western Xia army did not win a single battle in the field and suffered heavy casualties. But later the situation took a turn for the worse. The Song army's food supplies were cut off by the Western Xia, many soldiers starved to death, and their morale was low. The Western Xia also flooded both armies, causing heavy losses. The Song army finally had to retreat in a hurry. Among the 350,000 troops, they lost 140,000 men, and countless civilians. It can be said that most of the achievements since Wang Anshi's reform were lost in the First World War. Song Shenzong died of depression because of this. After the death of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Empress Dowager Gao took power and re-employed the old party. Sima Guang, Su Che and others firmly returned part of the territory of Western Xia. Now the two countries are temporarily in a false state of peace. "Xixia was in danger of extinction at the time, but this was a good opportunity for me to step onto the stage of power. I personally led the Iron Harriers to attack, cut off the Song army's food supplies, assassinated their generals, and later dug up the Yellow River to flood the Jingyuan and Huanqing armies." Li Qiushui casually recounted his great achievements. "It's a pity that there was a eunuch named Li Xian in the Song army. He not only knew about military affairs, but also had extremely strong martial arts. Otherwise, I could have expanded the victory. Why would I let the Song army retreat so easily?" "Li Xian? Could it be that this man's martial arts follows the principle of 'speed is invincible', making his moves extremely swift?" Murong Fu asked curiously. The eunuch knew martial arts, so it was easy for him to think of the Sunflower Manual. The Sunflower Manual was very popular during the period of Xiaoao, which was the middle and late Ming Dynasty, while the Sunflower Manual was created by a eunuch of the previous dynasty, three hundred years ago. It seems to correspond to Li Xian. That's why Murong Fu asked this question.
"How do you know? Have you ever fought with Li Xian?" Li Qiu Shui asked in surprise. "We haven't fought each other." Murong Fu said, "I just heard that there is a eunuch with great martial arts skills who created a Sunflower Manual to win by speed. This eunuch Li is incredible!" Li Qiushui said: "Li Xian is indeed a talent, but Emperor Shenzong did not use him well, and after Emperor Shenzong's death, Empress Dowager Gao left him idle. He is full of talent, but I am afraid he will never have the opportunity to display it again." After complaining about the Song Dynasty, Li Qiushui continued the previous topic and said: "When Emperor Shenzong attacked the Xia Dynasty from five directions, I turned the tide and won the battle. Only then did I truly accumulate prestige in the Xia Dynasty. So I didn't have to endure it and directly killed all the relatives of the Liang family and helped my son to the throne." "Now the power of Xixia is in my hands. Unfortunately, even though I hold great power, I cannot make all the people in the country bow down to me and die for me." "The Tangut nobles still want to check and balance me, so I am the dowager concubine, not the queen mother." "I want to attack Song, but the Tanguts are like dogs guarding their homes. They are more than capable of protecting themselves and have no intention of attacking. Moreover, although Shenzong's five-pronged attack on Xia was defeated, Xixia also suffered a great loss of national strength and was unable to destroy Song." Murong Fu thought to himself, who says martial arts masters are useless in politics and military affairs? As long as the master is not stupid, like Li Qiushui, it is easy for him to be very good at both politics and military affairs. As long as a martial arts master is not stupid enough to confront thousands of troops alone, and reaches Li Qiu Shui's level, abides by certain political rules, and is willing to be patient, then seizing power is only a matter of time. However, Li Qiushui's status in Western Xia is higher than Murong Fu imagined, which is also good news for Murong Fu. Li Qiushui hated the Song Dynasty and wanted to destroy it. Murong Fu also wanted to wear the yellow robe in the Song Dynasty and replace the Zhao family. The two had common interests and were natural political allies. At the same time, Murong Fu also realized that the Song Dynasty court was not simple and also had peerless masters. The sunflower ancestor, Li Xian, is an unrivaled master. However, such peerless masters are rare, and Li Xian died a few years later. After Li Xian's death, Huang Shang was the only one left in the Song Dynasty. Once Huang Shang retired, there were no more masters in the Song Dynasty. Peerless masters are not cabbages grown in the fields. Most of the time, there are only a few of them in the world. "There is a huge gap between the national strength of Western Xia and the Song Dynasty. It is almost impossible to destroy the Song Dynasty with Western Xia." Murong Fu commented, "To destroy the Song Dynasty, we can only use the power of the Song Dynasty itself! Let the Song Dynasty fight against the Song Dynasty! Since ancient times, the dynasties in the Central Plains have fought against themselves and brought themselves down!" Li Qiushui looked at Murong Fu and said, "You, the Murong clan, really like to restore the country. You have never given up this thought for so many years. When you came to Yipintang before, I knew of your existence and your purpose." "But at that time, your martial arts skills were not high, and you didn't have the talent of an emperor. You only fought small battles in the martial arts world, and I had no intention of joining forces with you." "But now that you are the best martial artist in the world, you have come to see me with great deliberate intentions. Could it be that you want to borrow the power of Xixia to help you restore your country?" Li Qiu Shui looked at Murong Fu with sharp eyes. Murong Fu looked at Li Qiushui calmly and said with a smile: "Master Qiushui is indeed a smart man, but I don't want to restore the country, but to save the people of the world!" (End of this chapter)
