In the Great Song Anxi East Road, Pingxi Mansion, Pingxi County Wangfu, Ren Dejing, Ren Decong, Ren Deren, Ren Chunyi, Ren Chunli, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and other main figures of the Ren family gathered together and were discussing major matters.

Ren Chunyi said: "Father, uncles, if there is no help from our Ren family, how can the Southern Song Dynasty defeat the Western Xia, but now the Southern Song Dynasty has obtained all the land of the Western Xia, but it only gives us the land of the six counties of the Ren family. I can't bear this breath of speech. ”

Ren Dejing snorted, noncommittal. Said: "You all came to me to talk about this?" ”

Ren Decong also said: "Brother, I don't think what Chunyi said is too much, if it weren't for our Ren family, would the Southern Song Dynasty be able to seize the land of Western Xia so easily?" Our Ren family can be regarded as a hard worker in the Southern Song Dynasty! But compared to the credit of our Ren family, the Southern Song Dynasty court only gave us such a small reward, which is too little. Not to mention that pure righteousness can't bear it, even I can't see it. ”

Ren Dejing glared at him and said, "Then what do you think the Great Song Dynasty should give our Ren family a great reward to be satisfied?" Is it enough to give us the entire Great White High Kingdom? Do you think that's possible? ”

Ren Chunyi muttered: "Actually, it is not an exaggeration to give the entire Great White High Kingdom to our Ren family, even if you don't give all of it, at least half of it should be given to us." Shouldn't have given us just six counties, like a begging for food. ”

Ren Dejing snorted again, looked at the others again, and said, "What about you?" Don't they all think like this? ”

The others made eye contact with Ren Dejing, and they all lowered their heads involuntarily, but no one denied it, obviously acquiescing.

After the Great Song Dynasty annexed the Western Xia, Ren Dejing was named the hereditary king of Pingxi County, and Lingzhou was changed to Pingxi Prefecture, together with Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Yanzhe, Youzhou, and Xiazhou, a total of six state capitals, all of which were used as Ren Dejing's fiefdoms. Ren Chunyi was named the prince of Pingxi County, and Ren Decong was named the assassin of Jingzhou, Ren Deren was named the assassin of Huaizhou, Ren Chunli, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others were also named marquises, and they each had their own residences in Ren Dejing's fief.

After the reward was completed, Ren Dejing did not have any different meanings, and took the Ren family to take office in Pingxi Mansion with peace of mind, and handed over all government affairs to Ren Chunyi to deal with, and he enjoyed singing and dancing in the palace every day, and drank happily. But the vast majority of the Ren clan is obviously not satisfied with such a reward, thinking that they should get more, so they also complained a lot about the Great Song Dynasty, and some people even began to have some other ideas, but Ren Dejing did not speak, and no one dared to act rashly.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Ren Chunyi couldn't help but feel a little haggard in his heart. Before they came to Ren Dejing, they had already discussed, and everyone must have persuaded Ren Dejing this time and agreed with their proposal, but although Ren Dejing has ignored government affairs for a long time, he has accumulated power in the Ren clan for a long time, so under his residual authority, others dare not speak for a while.

Ren Chunyi strengthened his courage and said: "Father, don't blame us for not thinking so, it's really the Southern Song Dynasty court that is too thin for us." I think how glorious our Ren family was in the Great White High Country, the place where they were entitled accounted for almost half of the entire Great White High Country, and they could be on an equal footing with the monarch. But now there is such a palm-sized place, and it is not enough to even gain a foothold, I knew that this was the case, it was better for us not to help the Southern Song Dynasty, and to stay in the Great White High Country, which is better than now. ”

Ren Dejing said helplessly: "What's the use of talking about this now, the Great White Gaoguo has long been finished, so what are you going to do if you regret taking the medicine?" ”

Ren Chunyi gritted his teeth and said, "Since the Song Dynasty is sorry for us, then let's just raise troops and do a ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Ren Dejing slapped the table angrily and said sharply: "Bastard, your courage is too big." ”

Ren Chunyi shrank his neck in fright, didn't dare to say more, and only looked at the others. At this time, Ren Deren also said: "Brother, what Chunyi said is not bad, since the Southern Song Dynasty treats our Ren family like this, why should we work for them?" In fact, we have all discussed, it is better to reverse the Southern Song Dynasty, seize Xingqing Mansion, and reoccupy the Dabai Gao Kingdom. Now everyone else has this plan, just wait for your brother to say a word. ”

Ren Dejing glared at him fiercely and said, "Rebellion? Why did our Ren family rebel? At the beginning, the Great White Gao State had such a large territory, and there were 500,000 male soldiers, and the Jin State also sent 300,000 reinforcements, but they were all defeated by the Song army, how many places do we have now? And how many more people are there? Can it be an opponent of the Song Dynasty? ”

Ren Chunyi was still not convinced, and said: "Although there are many people and horses in the Southern Song Dynasty, there are only 10,000 people here, and most of them are stationed in Weizhou and Yinzhou respectively, and there are only more than 20,000 people left in Anxi Mansion. Although we don't have many people, we all have sixty or seventy thousand, and as long as we attack suddenly, it will not be difficult to capture Anxi Mansion. Once we have the two places of Pingxi Mansion and Anxi Mansion, we can gain a firm foothold here, and then recruit troops, gather other party nobles, and come together to oppose the Southern Song Dynasty, and we can drive the Song army out of the Great White Gao Kingdom in one fell swoop, and then this is the world of our Ren family. ”

Ren Decong also said: "Brother, I think what Chunyi said makes sense, our Ren family has been operating in the Great White High Country for more than 40 years, and the scriptures are deeply rooted, even in the party clan, and the hearts of the people are attached. ”

Ren Dejing said: "Even if what you say is successful? Do you think the Song Dynasty will sit idly by? Once the Song Dynasty sent a large army, how can we resist, don't forget, the strength of the Song army has long been incomparable, and there are generals like Yang Yan, even the Dajin Kingdom is not his opponent, think about it, if Yang Yan leads the army, who among you is his opponent? ”

Ren Deren said: "The launch of the army can be completed in one or two days, not to mention that Jiankang Mansion is thousands of miles away from Anxi Mansion, and when the Song Dynasty sends an army to come, it will be at least half a year later." At that time, our Ren clan has a firm foothold here, which is enough to resist for a while, and when the time comes, the Jin State will send troops to help us, and I am afraid that where will the Song army come? ”

Ren Dejing's body was shocked and said, "What? You guys even colluded with the Jin country? ”

Ren Deren, Ren Decong, Ren Chunyi and others also looked at each other, and also found that Zi Si accidentally said something wrong. But even if the scriptures are broken, then it doesn't matter, Ren Chunyi stood up from the chair and said, "Father, I'm going to tell you sooner or later anyway, let's just say it." Since March, my second and third uncles and I have been in contact with the Jin State, and the Jin State has also assured us that as long as our Ren family rises against the Song Dynasty, they will fully support our Ren family's independence, and as long as we will be like the Great White Gaoguo and call the Jin State vassals, we will ......."

"That's enough, stop me." Ren Dejing also stood up from the chair all of a sudden, roaring loudly, he couldn't help but be angry and anxious, he closed the door to discuss whether to rebel or not, it was not a big problem, as long as there was no substantive action, it would not leak out, it would be nothing. Once the collusion with the Jin State can be different, if it is known by the Great Song Dynasty, whether the Ren family wants to rebel or not, but this kind of behavior is unforgivable.

In fact, Ren Dejing was not satisfied with the reward of the Great Song Dynasty, but he was a person who understood the general trend of the world, although it was said that the Ren family did the internal response and helped the Great Song Dynasty to collect the land of Western Xia, but at that time, under the joint pressure of the Western Xia court and the Jin State, the United Great Song Dynasty was the only path that could be chosen, at least the Ren family finally stood on the right side and became the victor's side, no matter what, it can be regarded as keeping the family. And now that the situation is stronger than others, the Great Song Dynasty did not release the Ren clan to Jiankang for house arrest like the Li family, so it is very good to use the scriptures. What else does the current Ren family have to fight against the Great Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, Ren Dejing is now in his seventies, and he is in his eighties, and he still has a few days to live. Since he dedicated his daughter to Chongzong of Western Xia as a concubine, he has waged a struggle for power and profit for more than 40 years in Western Xia, from a small general judgment in the former Great Song Dynasty to the national abbot of Western Xia, almost on an equal footing with the monarch, and the Ren family has also become one of the best families in Western Xia.

But fighting back and forth, Ren Dejing has also changed from a man in the prime of life to a dying old man now. I am really tired of this kind of intrigue and political competition. And Ren's ending is not too bad, no matter what, he still has a not too small fief, a hereditary title of county king, Ren Dejing is very satisfied with this. I am all people who are about to enter the ground, what can I do if I fight for it? can't be taken to the coffin, so the current Ren Dejing just wants to live a few years of happiness, live a few days of comfortable life, and spend her life in peace. It's a pity that the rest of Ren's just can't make him worry-free, obviously he doesn't have that ability, but he is always dissatisfied with the status quo and insists on doing something beyond his strength.

Ren Dejing stood up from the chair, swept the people present, first pointed at Ren Chunyi, and said sharply: "I don't know what other people are capable of, but I don't know how many rice bowls I can eat?" Say you're stupid, you still don't accept it, Anxi Mansion is the strongest city in the Great White High Country, even the Song army has to concentrate more than 100,000 horses, and it can only be taken after half a month, just rely on our sixty or seventy thousand people, or the little rabble left in the Great White High Country, just want to capture Anxi Mansion, isn't it a dream in vain? ”