After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

On August 15th, the first year of Xining in the Song Dynasty and the sixth year of Gonghua in the Western Xia Dynasty, the annual Mid-Autumn Festival was held in full swing across China.

However, compared with the relaxed atmosphere of the people in the Song Dynasty, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival in Western Xia felt a bit depressing and heavy.

On the one hand, the arrival of the Song Dynasty delegation brought a lot of bad news.

In particular, Sima Junshi's request that Xixia cede the entire Ningxia Salt Lake caused the entire Xixia to fall into shock and anger.

They didn't dare to imagine what life would be like after losing the Qingbai Salt Lake. They just felt that the Song Dynasty was trying to kill them.

For this reason, the people of Xingqing Prefecture would occasionally attack the Dasong Inn out of anger.

The result was that the peace-seeking faction headed by Liang Wang Weiming Langyu came to apologize, and under the harsh demands of the Zhe brothers, handed over the Xixia people who attacked the inn.

If Mr. Han saw this scene, he would probably exclaim that the Song Dynasty was drifting further and further away from the Jin Dynasty, and the great powers had become themselves!

Wei Ming Langyu and others did not dare to offend the Song Dynasty delegation and thought about getting through this disaster first.

In the end, she could only play the role of a whore and pretend to be a saint, and handed over the people who attacked the inn to the Song Dynasty delegation with frustration.

This matter was discovered by his political enemy Liang Yimei, who told it to Li Liangzuo.

This caused another problem - Li Liangzuo was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted in his bedroom.

The people cursed Wei Minglangyu and others as traitors and traitors, and called them criminals who betrayed the country and the people.

Due to these two factors, Xixia did not have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and was instead filled with anger.

Seeing this, Sima Junshi said with some emotion: "Let's not talk about other things about His Royal Highness the Prince of Liang, but his ability to be patient and play the turtle is unparalleled in the world!"

The thoughts of both the Song and Xia parties were actually at the level of "Sima Zhao's intentions are known to everyone".

The relationship between everyone is that of the eldest brother and the second brother, so no one should make fun of anyone else.

But in such a situation, should they fight to the death and safeguard the dignity of the nation? Or should they endure and pretend to be a grandson, waiting for the right opportunity to overthrow the oppression of the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop?

Wei Ming Langyu and others had made a choice on this point very early. Choosing the former would allow the Dangxiang to vent their anger, but would lead to the defeat of the Western Xia.

If the latter was chosen, the Song Dynasty might not be able to destroy the Western Xia due to its great power status and arrogance.

But they were wrong about one thing. The Song Dynasty was not the Liao Dynasty, nor was it the idiots in later generations who had the ability but did not kill the enemy, and finally allowed the enemy to develop and be overthrown.

As long as the national strength and military power allow, Han will not let go of these foreign races occupying Chinese land. These old debts will surely be settled one day.

And Xixia was just the first unlucky one, because the Song Dynasty needed to open up the Western Regions, and needed various items from the Western Regions, as well as plans for foreign trade.

Although Song Dynasty's foreign trade has been carried out by water since its founding, with the strengthening of national strength and military power, Han decided to "grasp both ends and make both ends strong"!

For this reason, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Han proposed to build a shipyard on the southeast coast.

On the one hand, it is to deal with the trade issues of cross-sea transportation; on the other hand, it is to prepare to establish a naval fleet.

Yes, you read that right. Han has begun to break away from the war between Song and Xia and started planning the next military reforms.

During these busy days, Han Ming gradually paid less attention to the situation in the northwest. He knew that with the current military strength of the Song Dynasty, the chances of Western Xia trying to play tricks were slim.

He could still guess to what extent Liao and Qingtang's Zuo Silu could do for Western Xia.

As expected, at the end of August, a secret letter from Sima Junshi was delivered to Han Ming who had just returned home from court through special channels.

Looking at the flamboyant characters above and the chaotic capital of Western Xia, Han clapped his hands and laughed.

"Alright, it looks like we have enough time. We'll try to get the Liang family to take power by the end of the year, then muddy the waters. Then, in the spring of next year, we can march in one fell swoop and wipe out Xixia!"

Han Ming came to the desk and picked up the pen with great interest to write down two lines of poetry to express his feelings, but he seemed to think of something and stopped writing.

His eyes kept scanning the letter at hand, and then he snapped his fingers: "I almost forgot, the negotiations with Liang are not going smoothly..."

After thinking about the plan to destroy Xia, we need to find a more prestigious person to appease and calm the Dangxiang people. Apart from Liang, there is no other choice for this person in Han.

He knew the habits of the so-called "Xia traitors", who were the same as the "Han traitors" in his previous life. In order to please their new masters, they would spare no effort to suppress and persecute their own people.

Although the Liang family is of Han nationality, they still consider themselves Xixia people in their bones. In addition, the roots of the Li family, the Dangxiang royal family, are in Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo's successor, Xia Huizong Li Bingchang, is now about seven or eight years old, and the royal family still recognizes this child.

By then, with Liang and Li Bingchang in hand, it would be much easier to bring the Dangxiang under control.

Thinking of this, Han Ming immediately gave up the mood of writing poetry, thought about it for a while, wrote down a plan that was not really a plan, bound it, and handed it to Yong Zeng.

"Send this letter out, and remember to have your men present it to Sima Junshi personally. Also, pass on a message from this marquis to him."

"Don't worry about the price we pay, just do your best to win the Liang family's support and cooperation."

"I am the Marquis and I will support the court. Just let him do his thing."

In mid-September, Han Ming's secret letter was delivered to Sima Junshi. Looking at the plan in it, the leader of the delegation was full of excitement.

"How to say?"

Su Zizhan and others cautiously leaned in to read the letter.

"My Lord, you have given it your all this time. We must not make any mistakes next time."

Sima Junshi did not let anyone see the contents of the letter and put it away smoothly.

"Zi Zhan, you and I will go to the Prime Minister's Residence tomorrow. I guess he won't refuse to cooperate this time."

Such a confident tone made several people look at him sideways, and they were even more eager to see the letter he had put away.

"Don't worry, you'll know in a few days."

Looking at Sima Junshi's somewhat obscene smile, Su Zizhan and others suddenly felt that Han's letter must not contain anything serious.

And the facts proved that their guess was correct. On the second day, Su Shi followed Sima Junshi to visit the Prime Minister's Mansion for the second time.

During the negotiations between the two sides, the specific content of Han's letter yesterday was obtained - marriage.

"Are you kidding, Marquis Anyang of your country?!"

Liang Yimei looked at the four big words "Seeking to marry Liang" written above and was instantly shocked.

You have to know that his sister Liang is now the queen of Xia Yizong Li Liangzuo, and the noble Anyang Hou of the Song Dynasty actually wants to marry her. Isn't this a joke?

Su Zizhan, who was listening quietly to the negotiations, opened his mouth wide and stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Han Ming asked to marry Queen Liang of Western Xia?

Are you kidding me?!

"My Lord never jokes. Whatever he says is what he means."

Sima Junshi looked mysterious and inscrutable, which instantly stunned Liang Yimai.

He could never have imagined that Han Ming, the Marquis of Anyang, would choose to marry them in order to successfully destroy Xia and carry out subsequent appeasement work.

In this way, relying on Han's status in the court, it is not impossible for the Liang family to regain its foothold in the Song Dynasty!

Moreover, there is a huge gap in national strength between Song and Xia. It is better to be the wife of a powerful official of a strong country than to be the queen of a weak country. In this way, the Liang family can preserve its wealth and glory and escape from the quagmire of Western Xia.

Liang Yima's thoughts moved slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. He just stared at Sima Junshi, hoping to find a flaw in his expression.

As it turns out, the elderly Sima Junshi already possesses the bearing of a prime minister, and is not far from his complete form in later generations.

There was always a faint smile and calmness on his face, which made Liang Yi's deep-seated emotion even more intense. In the end, he couldn't hold it in any longer and smiled bitterly.

"The gift from the Marquis is too great. I need to discuss it carefully with the Empress Dowager!"

After hearing this, Sima Junshi felt relieved. As long as there was no explicit refusal, then the matter would be settled.

"Then I will not disturb the Prime Minister's rest. Please rest assured that my Lord Marquis attaches great importance to reputation and will not reveal a single word of what we discussed today."

Sima Junshi stood up and bowed, then turned around and left the Prime Minister's Mansion with Su Zizhan, who was still dazed.

Liang Yimei, who was standing behind him, was sweating profusely and gasping for breath. "What a Sima Junshi! His bearing is truly extraordinary."

In the negotiation just now, he was at a disadvantage and was suppressed by the joint efforts of Mr. Han and Sima Junshi from a distance.

However, looking at the letter that was specially left in his hand, Liang Yimai's heart still started beating uncontrollably.

"Perhaps surrendering to the Song Dynasty and marrying into a union is also a good option..."