Li Yanqing's tough stance made it difficult for Qin Hui to gain a foothold in Western Xia, and two days later, Qin Hui was 'escorted' by 500 cavalry and left Lingzhou and headed for Yan'an.

At this time, the news of the destruction of the Western Xia country had been sent to Lin'an by Li Yanqing in the form of flying pigeons, and it was less than ten days before the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou ordered the armistice negotiations, and the envoys of the Song Dynasty who rushed to negotiate had not yet entered Sichuan, and the war was over.

Although the news was slightly embarrassing to the imperial court, the Lin'an Mansion was boiling all night, with people beating gongs and drums, singing and dancing, and celebrating the greatest victory of the Great Song Dynasty in a hundred years in an all-night carnival.

In the palace, Zhao Gou had already drunk a pot of wine, his face was flushed, his two-year-old son Zhao Yang was crawling around his feet excitedly, and his mother Pan Xianfei was sitting aside, pulling the naughty child back into his arms from time to time.

"The official family drank too much and couldn't drink anymore." Concubine Pan Xian saw that her husband was still pouring wine, so she couldn't help but persuade.

His son Zhao Yang picked up the wine jug and said in a cute manner: "Daddy will drink again!" “

Zhao Gou laughed, took his son into his arms, kissed him heavily on his little cheek, and said to Concubine Pan Xian: "I'm happy!" The great cause that the ancestors and ancestors did not complete was finally completed in my hands, which is my great achievement and the beginning of the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty. “

Concubine Pan Xian looked confused, "But the concubine remembers that not long ago, the official family issued an order to stop the Western Xia War, how can it ........?"

Zhao Gou smiled, "This time and that time!" ”

At this time, a eunuch whispered in Zhao Gou's ear: "Gao Xianggong has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Zhao Gou was slightly stunned, but he reacted immediately, nodded and said, "Let him go to the warm pavilion and wait, I will be there soon!" ”

Gao Shen's request to see at this critical moment must have a deep meaning, and Gao Shen also shoulders a secret mission, he is the secret liaison between Li Yanqing and Zhao Gou, some of Li Yanqing's private top secret letters will be sent to Cao's mansion, received by Li Yanqing's father-in-law Cao Xuan, and then handed over to Gao Shen, who will present it to Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, this secret is only known to Cao Xuan and Gao Shen, and even the old man Cao Ping and the eldest son Cao Sheng were kept in the dark.

So Zhao Gou guessed that Gao Shen must have brought Li Yanqing's top-secret news.

After a short time, Zhao Gou came to the warm pavilion, which was Zhao Gou's study in the palace, divided into three floors, one of which was the place where he temporarily met the important ministers of the court in the palace.

Compared with the imperial study, this place is more secluded and safer, at this time Gao Shen is sitting in the study drinking tea, he has also not woken up from the excitement of destroying Western Xia, he originally wanted to get drunk at home, but Cao Xuan sent three urgent pigeon letters, so that he had to dispel the idea of getting drunk, and rushed to the palace urgently.

These three pigeon letters are all in red letterheads, indicating that the situation is urgent, and Gao Shen does not dare to delay it.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a guard whispered: "The official family is here!" ”

Gao Shen hurriedly stood up, only to see Zhao Gou, the Son of Heaven wearing a regular suit, walking in quickly, Gao Shen hurriedly saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Gou waved his hand, "No courtesy, please sit down!" ”

Gao Shen sat down again, and waited for a few guards to retreat before he took out three red letterboxes from his arms and three copies of the letters that he had copied in person, and handed them to Zhao Gou together, "These are the three urgent letters I received this afternoon, Li Yanqing seems to have something urgent to inform Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Gou took the letter and opened it to look at it, the first letter was that Li Yanqing hoped that the Son of Heaven would clarify the positioning of the Xixia region as soon as possible, and send new officials to Xixia and Hexi as soon as possible.

Zhao Gou pondered for a while and asked Gao Shendao: "When will Fan Xianggong come back?" ”

Fan Zhixu and Lu Yihao rushed to Western Xia as special envoys for negotiations, but before they could reach Bashu, the Western Xia War was over, and there was no need for the two to go to Bashu, so they needed to rush back to Lin'an immediately.

The reason why Zhao Gou asked this question was because the two mentioned by Li Yanqing needed to be discussed and approved by the Zhizheng Hall as soon as possible, and he, as the Son of Heaven, did not have the power to make orders on administrative divisions and the appointment and dismissal of state officials alone.

"Your Majesty, come back to Shunshui, and return to Lin'an in five days at the earliest."

Zhao Gou sighed helplessly, and opened the second letter, and the suggestion of the second letter was that Zhao Gou issued a decree to the world to conquer the Western Xia, in order to consolidate his leadership position in this war and consolidate his throne.

Zhao Gou nodded, this suggestion can be said to be very timely, he really didn't expect that it was indeed necessary to issue a decree to the military and people of the world to announce the hard-won victory of the Great Song Dynasty.

He immediately put the letter aside, ready to draft the decree immediately, but at this time, he opened the third letter, and the content of the third letter made Zhao Gou's face freeze suddenly, and it turned out that Li Yanqing suggested that the crown prince should be established immediately.

This suggestion came too suddenly, Zhao Gou had never considered the matter of establishing a prince, he currently has only one son, of course, he made his son Zhao Fu the prince, but he saw that his son was still young, and Zhao Gou considered at least waiting for his son to be ten years old before making him the prince.

Zhao Gou paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, and he suddenly stopped and asked Gao Shen: "What does Gao Xianggong think about this matter, Li Jingluo suggested that I make a prince as soon as possible." “

Gao Shen bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jingluo's suggestion is timely!" ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty should know that the establishment of a prince is conducive to the continuation of the emperor's heirs and the consolidation of His Majesty's throne, and it is difficult for the Emperor Taishang to talk about the rise and fall of the matter."

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "When the matter of Western Xia is over, I will start to work on the matter of establishing a reserve. ”

At this time, Gao Shen asked in a low voice: "Last time, Li Jingluo mentioned Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, and asked Your Majesty to be careful of these two, it seems that Your Majesty doesn't care!" “

Zhao Gou shook his head, "Li Jingluo is a bit of a soldier, Miao Fu is in charge of Lin'an's peripheral defense, Liu Zhengyan is my confidant, and he has been monitoring the Hidden Dragon Villa for me, how can they have problems, Li Jingluo has not been in Lin'an for a long time, he is no longer familiar with the situation, and I have my own measure in this matter." ”

Zhao Gou was quite unimpressed with Li Yanqing's suggestion, he knew in his heart that the previous garrison generals in Lin'an were all pulled up by Li Yanqing, like Xu Ning, Zhang Qing and others, and now after Wang Yuan was appointed in front of the palace in Lin'an Mansion, basically Li Yanqing's subordinates were all transferred, Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were Wang Yuan's henchmen, Li Yanqing did not mention Wang Yuan, but mentioned being careful Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, obviously out of dissatisfaction with the exclusion of his old department.

In the matter of Liu Miao, Zhao Gou was a little unhappy with Li Yanqing, thinking that his hand was stretched out too long, and he had been in the northwest for so long, how could it be possible that he still wanted to control the military power of Lin'an.

Gao Shen saw that the official family was displeased, so he stopped mentioning the matter, in fact, Gao Shen himself also felt that Li Yanqing was dissatisfied with Wang Yuan.

Early the next morning, Zhao Gou released the "Kexia Praise Table" to the world, contrary to the previous criticism of the injustice of the Xia Dynasty, but vigorously praised the officers and men of the Northwest Army for going north bravely under the command of Li Yanqing, the commander of the capital, fighting bloody battles with the enemy, winning many battles, playing the morale and military prestige of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally defeating the century-old enemy, washing away the shame of a hundred years, and giving the title of the Northwest Army Shenwei Western Army.

Immediately, Zhao Gou issued an order to reward the Northwest Army, reward the soldiers of the whole army with five million taels of silver, two million horses of silk, and at the same time reward the soldiers with ten thousand hectares of good land, all the soldiers with official ranks were promoted to two levels, Li Yanqing was crowned Taishi, rewarded 100,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 hectares of fertile land, and at the same time canonized Li Yanqing's father Li Daqi as the Duke of the country, and posthumously awarded his mother Mrs. Huimingguo.

At the end of May, the Zhizheng Hall changed the hometown of Xixia to Lingzhou, Xiazhou and Yinzhou, set up Lingxia Road, restored the Hexi Corridor to Hexi Road, set up Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou five prefectures, appointed Liu Yi as the envoy of Hexi Road, appointed Wu Jie, the former northern Shaanxi Jinglu Wu Jie, as the envoy of Lingxia Road, Li Yanqing concurrently served as Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road, and at the same time controlled the military of Lingxia Road and Hexi Road.

He also dispatched shrewd and capable county commanders from all over the world to Hexi Road and Lingxia Road to take up posts.

At the beginning of June, after the remnants of the Western Xia were cleared, Li Yanqing left 50,000 troops to guard Lingxia Road and Hexi Road, and he led an army of 100,000 with more than 30,000 captured Western Xia princes and nobles, and returned to Guanzhong in a mighty and triumphant manner.

At this time, Li Yanqing's wives Cao Yun and Zhao Fujin gave birth to a daughter and a son respectively, Cao Yun gave birth to a daughter named Li Ling, and Zhao Fujin gave birth to a son named Li Xia to commemorate the battle of Western Xia.

Li Yanqing returned home, and the family was reunited, and they were happy, and the joy in the room was not enough for outsiders.