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

Most of the civil and military officials in the court still supported the timely advance against Western Xia, mainly because they were afraid that it would be too late to catch up.

If we let Xixia have time to recover and miss the opportunity, it would be like letting the duck fly away. We should not do that.

As for Emperor Shenzong, he nodded slightly, then shook his head and frowned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I think we should not act rashly at this time."

"While Xixia's move may appear to be a united front, in reality, each of the three parties has its own agenda. It's not yet time to mobilize."

Huh? Did Emperor Shenzong change his personality?

Everyone knew before that it was you who loved to fight and kill the most and wanted to destroy Xia. Now you use this trick?

The ministers below were all confused and had no idea what the new emperor was thinking.

Chen Shengzhi felt even more puzzled and thought of asking Han, the emperor's favorite, to say a few words. However, when he looked around, he found that the certain person was not present at the court meeting today.

Before he could come to his senses, Emperor Shenzong above him announced the adjournment of the court session, which made the old man very anxious.

Please don't leave the court! We haven't finished discussing this matter yet, and I'm still waiting for this achievement to be promoted!

In the end, the emperor failed to catch Mr. Chen, and Mr. Han was never found.

After asking around, I found out that Han Ming had been feeling unwell recently and was recuperating at home on sick leave.

"(⊙_⊙)?"

When Mr. Chen heard this, he was stunned again and looked at Lu Haoqing with a strange expression.

Who the hell are you kidding? Just look at Han's health, and you're saying he's not in good shape? He's only 26, isn't he? He's not going to retire in his 70s or 80s!

Lu Haoqing ignored the other party's surprise, apologized, and slipped away with Sheng Changbai.

Chen Shengzhi was confused and unwilling to give up. On the way back, he kept thinking about something and felt that something was wrong.

"Turn to Anyang Marquis Mansion!"

The old man still wanted to see what tricks Han was up to. It was clearly a critical moment to "destroy Xia", but he actually took leave and stayed at home instead of attending court.

As a result, when they arrived at the Anyang Marquis' Mansion and informed the doorman, the doorman said that the Marquis was not in the mansion.

After careful inquiry, it was said that the government had ordered Han Mingnan to go to the Jianghuai area to inspect the progress of the new policy reforms and supervise the construction of the government-built shipyard.

This really confused Chen Shengzhi for three times, and then he looked indignant o(￣ヘ￣o＃), are you guys playing together? !

You're not feeling well and need to rest at home, but you're also being ordered to go south for an inspection. Which of these statements are true?!

Anyway, in the end, there was no definite news. The only thing that was clear was that Han was not in Bianjing City, and there was no information about what he was doing outside.

In the period that followed, Chen Shengzhi met with Emperor Shenzong several times, hoping to advance the "Destroy Xia" campaign.

As a result, Shenzong looked completely unhurried and ready to wait and see, which made Old Master Chen feel uneasy.

In February of the second year of Xining in the Song Dynasty (1069), the first year of Qiandao in the Western Xia Dynasty (because Li Liangzuo died a year later, the timeline deviated), the New Year's heavy snow covered the entire northwest.

After a series of turmoil including the execution of Mo Zang Epang, the death of Li Liangzuo, and the stripping of title and dismissal of Wei Minglangyu from office, Western Xia finally began to calm down.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Once Empress Dowager Liang came to power, she began to issue orders.

In just one month, she vigorously cultivated her private party and relatives, appointed her younger brother Liang Yimai as prime minister, Liang Yimai's daughter as the queen of Xia Huizong Li Bingchang, and reused a large number of Dangxiang nobles who supported them to strengthen her control over the government.

However, the biggest difference between Empress Dowager Liang's rule and Empress Dowager Mo Zang's rule was that her pressure did not come from outside the country, but from within the country.

Because she is a Han Chinese, how can the Tangut country allow a Han Chinese woman to give orders?

This meant that at the beginning of her administration, she was under pressure from the various old Tangut tribes throughout the court.

During Li Liangzuo's reign, he vigorously promoted sinicization, which inevitably affected the interests of many old Dangxiang nobles.

In the eyes of the old Dangxiang nobles at that time, this account was naturally due to the influence of Empress Liang, a Han woman.

What's more, some people believe that the reason why Wei Mingshan, the defender of Baichi City, suddenly led his troops to surrender to the Song Dynasty at the end of last year was because he was dissatisfied with the Liang family's rule.

This became a charge and accusation by the various Dangxiang ethnic groups against Li Liangzuo and the Liang family for their push for sinicization.

The issue of her Han identity became her original sin and the biggest obstacle to her governance.

To this end, she tried to eliminate any suspicion that she was Han Chinese and to behave more like a Tangut than the Tanguts themselves.

Most importantly, news came from the Song Dynasty that they wanted the entire Western Xia to be on the brink of further chaos.

Therefore, in order to please the old Dangxiang nobles, Empress Dowager Liang ordered the abolition of all the sinicization measures implemented by her husband Liangzuo, abolished the Han rituals again, and restored the Dangxiang foreign rituals.

This move won the favor of the old Dangxiang tribes, but also made some new nobles very dissatisfied.

Even the Tangut nobles were divided into new and old factions. Some of those who benefited from the sinicization process were determined to compete with her Liang family for interests.

As a result, policies were inconsistent, the economy was damaged, and the Tangut nobles plundered wealth on a large scale, leaving the people impoverished and full of resentment.

From December of the sixth year of Gonghua after Li Liangzuo's death to January after Li Bingchang changed the reign title to Qiandao, it can be said that it was the most exciting time in Western Xia.

The entire Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, led by Mr. Han Zhang, gathered in Yanzhou, eating melon seeds and watching the show.

In addition, the land from Mingsha to Yaode City that Sima Junshi had "falsely" obtained was also ceded to the Song Dynasty, which attracted more and more people from the Song army to watch the show.

On the fifth day of February, under the orders of Old Man Han and the court, Guo Kui arranged for the returning Zhe brothers to advance and station in Mingsha and Yaode City to exercise actual control over the local area.

In this way, the border line of the Song Dynasty is less than 100 kilometers away from Xingqing Prefecture in a straight line. If the Western Army of the Song Dynasty marches day and night, it will probably reach the capital of Western Xia in less than seven days.

Thinking of this, the entire Song army was excited and felt that if the cavalry unit was sufficient, they would definitely visit other countries' capitals.

As a result, Guo Kui, a cautious person, gave him some extra training, which suppressed his impulse and prevented him from causing trouble.

At the end of February, when the busy days came, a popular uprising broke out in Western Xia.

Or to put it bluntly, a group of forces led by the eight Dangxiang tribes were dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the Hou Party, and they led their own tribesmen to start a rebellion with the intention of attacking and killing the entire Liang family.

Seeing that the situation had completely exploded, Mr. Han immediately became happy: "Come here, call the generals of all departments to a meeting!"

Guo Kui and others who received the news quickly arrived. The moment they entered the combat hall, they saw a young man in a purple official robe chattering and gesturing with old man Han Zhang in front of a military map hanging on the wall.

"Wang Shao's troops cannot move. We must prevent Qing Tang from suddenly advancing eastward."

Looking at Mr. Han with a slight stubble on his face, Old Man Han shook his head in disapproval.

"Qing Tang is already struggling internally. Did you know that Zuo Siluo passed away?!"

Han Ming didn't expect that Mr. Han would suddenly mention this matter. He couldn't help but frown and think for a while, then slapped his head.

“Almost done!”

According to the original history, Zuo Siluo died in the second year of Zhiping, and his son Dong Zhen ascended the throne and actively moved closer to the Song Dynasty.

Later, Wang Shao came up with a strategy of "If you want to take over Western Xia, you must first recover Hehuang", which endangered the interests of the Tubo upper class in Hehuang.

Dong Jian was forced to send troops to capture the six states of Xi, He, Tao, Min, Die and Dang, which belonged to his sphere of influence, in the fifth year of Xining (1072). He was forced to make peace with the Western Xia and form an alliance through marriage to counter the Song Dynasty.

Later, in the seventh year of Xining (1074), Dong Jian sent his generals Qing Yijie and Gui Zhang to lead tens of thousands of people to cross the Yellow River into Hezhou, attack and kill Song general Jing Sili and others in Tabaicheng, forcing the Song Dynasty to stop opening the border in Xihe.

Because of this incident, the Song Dynasty invested and spent a lot of manpower and material resources in the Hehuang area. In the end, it did not have time to destroy the Xia Dynasty, and wanted the Jin people to go south and destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although the opening of the Xihe border was not the main cause of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, the money, food and supplies spent on it also seriously dragged down the national strength of the Song Dynasty.

However, since Han discovered that Su Shi's wife was still alive and Li Liangzuo had been holding on for a year, he felt that he no longer needed to consider the historical process.

Therefore, no one paid attention to the fact that Zuo Siluo and Li Liangzuo lay on the board hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder last year.

"What is Dong Zhen talking about?" Mr. Han asked his grandfather in a deep voice.

"We immediately showed goodwill to the imperial court and expressed our willingness to serve as the advance guard of the Song army and help the Song Dynasty capture cities and territories."

Old Master Han Zhang turned his head and saw Guo Kui and others coming in. He gently waved his hand and asked them to sit down and not make any noise.

Seeing that Han had once again come to the front line, the Western Army generals all grinned silently, very happy.