In fact, the actions of the Ren family have long been discovered by the spies of the Great Song Dynasty. And it was reported to Anxi Road's Jinglu to appease Xin Qiji.

In order to capture Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty had planted many spies in the Western Xia Territory, and was responsible for investigating the military affairs in the Western Xia Kingdom. The Great Song Dynasty received the land of Western Xia, and the espionage system also played a considerable role. And in this, Ren also played a lot of cover and help.

Although the Great Song Dynasty received the entire territory of Western Xia, after all, the foundation was not yet solid, not only to guard against the party nobles acting secretly, but also to become delicate with the Ren family, in this case, the entire spy system established before was still useful and must continue to exist. Therefore, except for the part that was already known to the Ren family, it was basically retained, and the public opinion on Anxi Road was constantly monitored in secret, the actions of the party nobles were monitored, and the movements of the Ren family were also closely followed. Make every effort to help Xin Qiji, stabilize the situation on Anxi Road, and consolidate the rule of the Great Song Dynasty.

The espionage system of the Great Song Dynasty in Western Xia was directly commanded by Lai Wenzheng and directly subordinate to the imperial court. Therefore, the Ren clan sent people to contact the party nobles everywhere, and prepared for war by themselves, thinking that they were unaware of the situation of intent and plotting, but they had already been found out by the spy reports of the Song Dynasty, and it was only in order not to startle the snake, so they did not make a noise. But Xin Qiji and Lai Wenzheng also signed a joint name, and immediately sent the information they had found back to Jiankang, asking the imperial court to decide on action.

Although Zhou Xin is now in charge of the department, it is still under the management of Yang Yan, and after Yang Yan received this information, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately brought it into the palace in person and presented it to Zhao Chen.

Although the setting of Annan Road has only been more than half a year, it has been almost a year since Jiuxin abandoned his illness and arrived in the Xixia area. In the past year, Xin Qiji has done a lot of detailed and effective work, spent countless efforts, and finally quickly stabilized the situation on Annan Road.

First of all, politically, the plundering of the Western Xia region by the Mongol army, although it caused a lot of damage, but it also greatly hit the power of the party nobles, and the Great Song Dynasty also contributed to the troubles, so the power of the party nobles has been greatly weakened, and they cannot confront the Great Song Dynasty in the short term. They all joined the side of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty also adopted the policy of carrots and sticks, and granted certain official positions to the party nobles who had served them as appropriate, so as to improve their political status, and recruited their children and grandchildren to Jiankang Mansion to learn the cultural knowledge of the Han nationality in the Guozijian, which was not only a sign of favor, but also a hostage. and for the party aristocracy who are unwilling to serve, they will try their best to suppress and check and balance. After various measures, the party aristocratic forces were finally firmly controlled.

However, although the Western Xia is a country where the Dangxiang and the Han people live together, the Dangxiang people have few people after all, although they have always controlled the political situation in the Western Xia, in fact, in the national structure, the Han people account for more than ninety percent of the economy, and the Western Xia has gradually transformed into a country dominated by agricultural production. And like the Central Plains Dynasty, the agrarian dynasty could not avoid land annexation, and by the time of the fall of the Western Xia, the phenomenon of land annexation was also very serious, and more than eighty percent of the land in the country was controlled by the party and nobles, and most of the farmers became tenants.

Therefore, socio-economically, the focus is on restoring agricultural production. It was also due to the Mongol soldiers, who took away a large number of party nobles, so a large number of ownerless land was also vacated, and Xin Qijian was allowed by the Jiankang court to distribute these lands to the landless people, and treated the Han party members equally, and treated them publicly, so that almost every household of the people of Western Xia was allocated a piece of land.

The Han people originally had no resistance to the control of the Great Song Dynasty, and this was even more of a popular attachment, and the party members were originally a minority, and after the land was distributed, they were also satisfied, although they did not have any sense of identity with the control of the Great Song Dynasty, but the resistance was basically gone, so naturally everyone was happy, and the society quickly settled down.

As long as the social situation is stable, agricultural production can be quickly restored, after nearly a year of hard work, Anxi Road is about to usher in the first autumn harvest after the merger into the Great Song Dynasty. By next year, they will be basically self-sufficient, and they will not need any more assistance from the imperial court.

All the developments and changes in Anxi Road were recorded and explained in detail by Xin Qiji in each of the chapters, and if they developed in this way, in another two years, the imperial court would be able to collect taxes on Anxi Road and create wealth for the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it every time, because only when Anxi Road was stabilized could the Great Song Dynasty concentrate all its energy and financial resources into the upcoming Northern Expedition.

Therefore, after Zhao Chen saw the information sent by Yang Yan, he couldn't help but be surprised. If Anxi Road is in chaos, it will not be good news for Da Song, and he immediately asked Yang Yandao: "Brother-in-law, then what should we do, should we send troops immediately, wipe out the Ren family, and never suffer in the future." But he immediately shook his head again and said, "This is not appropriate, now the Ren family has not made any substantive moves, if we take the liberty of arresting people, it will cause turmoil on Anxi Road." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "What the official family has seen is extremely true, no matter what, the Ren family has also helped our Great Song Dynasty, if we send troops to raid the house without evidence, it will only make the court lose its trust in the world." ”

Zhao Chen also nodded, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, this is really a rat bogey." But we can't just sit idly by. ”

Yang Yan said: "Officials, please rest assured, in fact, this time the Ren family's plot is wrong, and it may not be a bad thing for my Great Song?" ”

Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Yang Yan, and was a little puzzled, and said: "It's hard to say that the Ren family is plotting wrong, is it a good thing?" ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "Yes, although my Great Song Dynasty collects Western Xia, not all people will be convinced, it is a party and aristocratic force, and it will never be so willing to surrender, and it will inevitably look for an opportunity in the dark to occupy the independence of Anxi Road." Moreover, there are also the newspaper planners who were lurking in the Western Xia in the former Jin Kingdom, and they will definitely continue to undermine the control of the Great Song Dynasty. But if they hide it, they make us powerless, even though we are on our backs. And this time the Ren clan is plotting to rebel, and other people with other motives will inevitably be unwilling to be lonely, but we just took advantage of this opportunity to wipe out these people who are dissatisfied with our Great Song Dynasty, and uproot the lurkers planted by the Jin State on Anxi Road, and at the same time, we can also deter other party nobles, so that they will not dare to rebel easily. ”

Zhao Chen sighed slightly, nodded his head, and said: "According to what my brother-in-law said, it is a good opportunity, but it is also very dangerous. ”

Yang Yan said: "Officials, please rest assured, after a long battle on Anxi Road, the people's hearts are in turmoil, and Ren's rebellion at this time is not popular." Moreover, Xin You'an has done a good job in Anxi Road, and his efforts to soothe the people have also achieved initial results, so although it is not a popular belonging, the people of Anxi Road will never support Ren. ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Actually, I am not only the people of Xin'an West Road, but the party nobles, if they join forces with the Ren family, I am afraid that it will not be easy to deal with." ”

Yang Yan said: "There is no need to worry about this point, the Ren family used to say that in the Western Xia Kingdom, it was not allowed to be among the party members, and now the party people regard the Ren family as the culprit who united my Great Song Dynasty, and destroyed the Western Xia, so I can't hate it, how can I join forces with the Ren family again." And after this war, the party nobles were also greatly damaged, even if they wanted to rebel, I am afraid they were powerless, not to mention that Your Majesty should not forget that there are more than 50 party nobles in Jiankang, and with them in Jiankang, the party nobles will not dare to act. Therefore, in Yichen's view, after the Ren family raises the flag, the vast majority of party nobles will take a wait-and-see attitude, depending on the success or failure of the Ren family, and will never dare to express their position easily, even if a few families respond to the Ren family, it is not worrying. ”

Zhao Chen thought about it again and said: "Brother-in-law is right, but the strength of the Ren clan is not weak, and they have the land of Kyushu on Anxi Road, and they are in the center of Anxi Road, even if only one of them rebels, it should not be underestimated." What's more, my Great Song must wait for the Ren clan to make the first move before they can fight back, when the Ren clan rebels, it must be ready to act fully, and in this way, my Great Song Dynasty has lost the opportunity, once it is at a disadvantage at the beginning, or it has been delayed for a long time to quell the rebellion, then even if the other party nobles have no objection before, they are afraid that they will change their minds. Therefore, a foolproof strategy is needed. ”

Yang Yan said: "The official's heart is not unreasonable, but the minister has thought of a plan, which can force the Ren family to be fully prepared and immediately start to rebel." ”

"Oh!" Zhao Chen became interested and hurriedly asked, "Brother-in-law has any clever plan, can he force the Ren family?" ”

Yang Yan said: "The imperial court only needs to send a general to lead the army into Anxi Road, and exaggerate the troops, only assuming that the imperial court will send troops from Anxi Road to enter the Guanzhong land of the Jin Kingdom." And if Ren learns this news, he will immediately make trouble. At the same time, we have strengthened the forces of Anxi Province, just in time to put down the rebellion. ”

Zhao Chen clapped his hands and laughed: "Clever plan, wonderful plan." In this way, my Great Song Dynasty can take this opportunity to level them in one fell swoop, and shock the other party nobles, so that they do not dare to act rashly. ”