Chapter 122 I want my cavalry to be superior to the Iron Pagoda!
Western Xia, in the imperial Qianshun was furious.
"How ridiculous! I actually let Murong Fu take the blame!"
"It was Murong Fu who was rebellious and killed the Prince of Jin and his followers, but the rumors spread throughout the court and the public that I was cruel and ruthless and eliminated dissidents, saying that I was a tyrant!"
"How hateful! How hateful! Did I owe this Murong Fu in my previous life?!"
Li Qianshun's face was distorted.
As a ruler, Li Qianshun cares a lot about public opinion.
After all, public opinion can, to some extent, reflect public opinion.
It would have been fine if you hadn't inquired, but once you did, people in the court and the public said that he was the one who killed the Prince of Jin and that he had eliminated the Prince of Jin and his party.
In order to monopolize power.
As for Murong Fu?
People in the court and the public said that Murong Fu was nothing more than a lackey of Li Qianshun, doing dirty work for him.
The reason why Li Qianshun married Princess Yinchuan to Murong Fu was because Murong Fu did a good job in the dirty work and eliminated Prince Jin Richard and his cronies for Li Qianshun, which made Li Qianshun very pleased.
What is all this? !
Li Qianshun had never felt so wronged.
But he couldn't explain it.
Should he tell his subjects that, in fact, the Prince of Jin and I are close brothers, and that Murong Fu was brutal and unreasonable, and killed the Prince of Jin and his followers in order to threaten me, and frighten me into compromising?
If he said so, his authority as a monarch would be completely gone.
Therefore, Li Qianshun has to take the blame whether he wants to or not.
He is frustrated!
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Don't hurt your body." The chief eunuch Xu Min advised, "It's time to go to court!"
"Oh, the morning court is about to begin. I really don't know how the ministers will view me." Li Qianshun sighed.
Xixia was actually canonized by the Song Dynasty, which also bestowed the surname Zhao on Xixia and allowed the royal family of Xixia to also have the surname Zhao.
Strictly speaking, Li Qianshun can also be called Zhao Qianshun.
However, Li Yuanhao was unhappy with the surname bestowed by the Song Dynasty, so he gave up the surname Zhao and continued to use Li.
Li was given by the Tang Dynasty, which was much more powerful than the Song Dynasty.
But Western Xia was still deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty.
The official system of Western Xia was modeled after that of the Song Dynasty and was divided into two classes: civil and military.
There are the Secretariat, the Privy Council, the Censorate, the Three Departments, etc.
However, when the court went to court today, there were many gaps in the Secretariat and the Privy Council.
Well, the Tangut nobles killed by Murong Fu were all high-ranking officials holding important positions in the court.
Once they died, many important departments lost their leaders.
Li Qianshun was worried that the officials would ask him about the Prince of Jin, but he did not expect that all the officials would tacitly agree not to mention the matter.
Officials from the Yeli family and the Mo Zang family, who had been rather domineering before, also began to behave respectfully.
Li Qianshun clearly felt that his control over the court affairs was becoming more and more handy.
what happened?
"The day before yesterday, Prince Jin and others unfortunately fell ill suddenly. Now there are many vacant positions in the court. I decided to promote some people to fill them." Li Qianshun advocated Chinese studies and immediately promoted some Han officials who were loyal to him to the Secretariat and the Privy Council.
Everyone was filled with gratitude, and no one objected.
But Li Qianshun was also well versed in striking a balance, and he promoted some minor Tangut nobles into these two departments.
Still no one objected, and there was only praise.
Li Qianshun suddenly had an idea and he figured it out!
It turns out that the monarch admired by the Xixia people was not a benevolent monarch, but a tyrant.
A cruel and brutal monarch like Li Yuanhao is most suitable to rule Xixia and make the Xixia people obedient.
If Li Yuanhao had not gone too far in the end, snatched his own daughter-in-law to be the queen, and was killed by his son, then the throne would have been as stable as a rock.
Li Qianshun killed the Prince of Jin and his party in a swift and decisive manner. He was ruthless and did not care about family affection at all. To outsiders, he was like Yuan Hao.
Everyone was shocked by Li Qianshun's methods and developed a fear of him, so Li Qianshun's power was strengthened.
Li Qianshun thought: So that's why, they thought I was a tyrant and were very respectful to me. It turns out that fear is more conducive to ruling.
Li Qianshun, feeling that his power was being strengthened, was eager to try and prepare for the monarchical centralization and sinicization reforms he had long planned.
His disgust towards Murong Fu also faded a little.
Although Murong Fu was arrogant and domineering, he brought him a good political situation.
At the same time, in Murong Fu's residence, Murong Fei finally knew what happened in the palace that day.
It turned out to be his adoptive father Murong Fu, who brazenly killed King Jin Richard and took away all of Richard's base.
The killing was so intense that heads rolled down and blood flowed like a river.
How arrogant this is!
How arrogant!
What a power!
That’s Brother Richard, Prince of Jin, the third most powerful person in the entire Western Xia!
Murong Fei thought that Murong Fu was killed by him. After all, the reason why Murong Fu had a conflict with Brother Richard was because of him, Murong Fei.
In addition, Murong Fu helped him expose Ning Xiu, the gold digger, which saved him from being toyed with by women, and also allowed his mother to receive treatment from the famous doctor Xue Muhua.
This adoptive father really treats him like his own son and is as kind as if he had been reborn!
"Thank you, foster father!" Murong Fei knelt in front of Murong Fu, "Foster father, your kindness to me is as great as a mountain. I am willing to take up a three-foot long sword and fight for you. Even if it means going through fire and water, I will not hesitate!"
Murong Fu helped Murong Fei up. He knew that at this moment, Murong Fei could be used as his confidant.
First, he did do Murong Fei many favors.
Secondly, he killed King Jin Richard, so Murong Fei actually had no way to retreat in Xixia and could only accompany him to the end.
After all, a small number of great nobles in Western Xia still knew the truth.
If Murong Fei continued to stay in Xixia, they would definitely dislike Murong Fei as the "culprit", and it would be normal for them to suppress Murong Fei.
"My son, I feel your sincerity." Murong Fu said with a smile, "I trust you very much, and I can also tell you about my ambitions, so that you can have a better idea."
Murong Fei said, "Father, please speak."
Murong Fu said: "Tracing back in time, you and I are both Xianbei Hu people. You are Tuoba Xianbei, and I am Murong Xianbei. My ancestor is Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, Murong Chui. We, the Murong clan, have always been planning to restore our country. However, restoring our country must keep pace with the times. Now my ancestral homeland is in the hands of the Liao Kingdom, and my family has no roots there. If we want to restore our country, we must start from the southeast of the Song Dynasty."
"To be honest, I'm in the Southeast"
Murong Fu talked about his own rebellion plan, which was actually very similar to Fang La's, except that it had an additional step of colluding with foreign forces.
Finally, Murong Fu made a big promise, saying, "You are in Xixia, but you are a member of the imperial family. It is difficult for you to hold power. But when I found a country, you can rise to the top. You are my adopted son, so you are guaranteed to be a duke, a general or a minister. If you have made great contributions, you can even be made a prince. I will let you establish a country on your own, and your descendants will be rich and prosperous forever!"
Murong Fu knew that many places were now suitable for the feudal system, such as Annan and other places, and it would be difficult for the officials to truly sinicize these places.
Only by sending sons or adopted sons to carry out de facto feudalism there can these places be completely Sinicized through digestion and absorption.
For example, the fact that Yunnan was completely incorporated into the territory of China was largely due to the great contribution made by Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son Mu Ying.
"Adoptive father! I am also a member of the Murong family now. I am willing to devote myself to the restoration of the Murong family until my death!" Murong Fei immediately expressed his attitude, "I am not afraid of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty. I am willing to crush the Southeastern Wing Army of the Great Song Dynasty for you, adoptive father!"
Murong Fu said: "Your current task is to expand a 3,000-man heavy armored cavalry for your father based on these 300 Iron Harriers. These cavalrymen must practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra. Your father will provide a large amount of gold and silver, martial arts instructors, ginseng and other medicinal materials, as well as excellent heavy armor, and train them at all costs. Even for every cavalryman who has not started a family, your father will buy women from Goryeo or Fuso and give them to them as wives or concubines. In short, no matter the cost, the treatment is generous!"
"After this cavalry unit is trained, it will be called the Dragon Elephant Cavalry!"
Murong Fu really spent a lot of money. The treatment, martial arts, equipment, and women he provided were beyond the reach of the Western Xia Iron Harriers.
"Godfather, isn't this too much? In fact, even if the salary is halved, one can still train an Iron Harrier." Murong Fei said.
"Don't save money for me. I have plenty of it." Murong Fu said, "I want to train soldiers to unify the world and subdue the Iron Buddha!"
"Iron Float, what is that?"
"A kind of Jurchen heavy cavalry, their fighting power is very terrifying. If we can't subdue these iron floats, we can't dominate the world!"
When it comes to money, Murong Fu is not short of it. He also has a big trump card, which is the treasure of Liancheng Jue.
Although the story of The Untold Story takes place in the Qing Dynasty, the treasure was buried during the Southern Liang Dynasty.
The wealth in this treasure is incredible, enough to train three thousand dragon-elephant cavalry.
Although Murong Fu sent Murong Bo to influence the Jurchen tribes, he always understood one thing, that is, only if his fist was strong enough could he make the Jurchens become his own Saurons, otherwise he would rebel against Tiangang.
Historically, the Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty signed a maritime alliance. Originally, the Jin Dynasty did not underestimate the Northern Song Dynasty until Tong Guan launched a northern expedition and was defeated by Yelu Dashi, causing the Western Army to suffer a crushing defeat.
When the Jin Kingdom saw that the Song people were defeated like this by their own subordinates, they began to despise the Song Dynasty, but they did not intend to destroy it.
However, he did not expect that the Song Dynasty could not bear the attack, and the emperor was about to come to his camp to die, so he rudely destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty.
This is what happens when your fists are not strong enough.
The three thousand dragon-elephant cavalry trained by Murong Fu, with the blessing of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, will definitely be able to surpass the Iron Pagoda.
By then, these 3,000 Dragon Elephant Cavalry, plus his own more than 100,000 infantry, the national strength of the entire Song Dynasty, and his own almost monopolistic masters of the Yi Xin Society, will be enough to suppress Wanyan Aguda so that he dare not move and can only serve Murong Fu as a dog.
"Iron Flotsam" Murong Fei secretly memorized the name in his heart. Murong Fu was very kind to him, and he secretly vowed to train the best cavalry in the world for Murong Fu.
Any iron buoy will be crushed to pieces!
(End of this chapter)
