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Faced with this sudden and severe challenge, the emperor did not panic. Instead, he remained fearless and personally went up to the city wall to boost morale.

His passionate speech inspired the soldiers and raised their morale.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed - a cold arrow shot at the Liao army's commander like lightning, killing him instantly! This stroke of genius caused the Liao army to be in chaos, and eventually it was completely defeated.

It is worth mentioning that the Liao Kingdom was under the rule of the Queen Mother at that time, and witnessed her own army suffer a disastrous defeat.

The powerful empress dowager acted decisively and decided to seek peace quickly to avoid greater losses.

Hmm... this victory was actually bought with money, and the two warring parties were able to maintain peace for more than a hundred years. This is what is called "trading annual tribute for peace"!

However, what is puzzling is that even though victory had been achieved, the country still had to pay money to obtain peace. This practice made many people and officials at the time deeply confused and dissatisfied, and they complained endlessly.

Faced with such a situation, the emperor came up with another surprising idea - going to Mount Tai to hold the Fengshan Ceremony.

Since then, no one has gone to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods, as this was too shameful.

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In order to cover up this humiliation, the emperor held various ceremonies such as Fengshan, sacrifices, and worship of gods one after another.

These ceremonies, full of feudal superstition, lasted for a full fifteen years! This situation directly triggered a series of adverse consequences. The emperor became more and more arrogant and complacent; the officials were in a state of panic and nervousness all day long.

Ordinary people were even more confused and some even lost their minds. Fortunately, the emperor who was keen on Fengshan eventually passed away, and his son was able to inherit the throne.

However, as the new emperor was still young, he was unable to personally handle government affairs, so all military and national affairs were handed over to the Empress Dowager to handle.

It is worth mentioning that the empress dowager was not the biological mother of the new emperor.

The pedantic literati of later generations praised her highly, saying that she had the talents of Lu Zhi and Wu Zetian but without their evil deeds.

She had actually worn a dragon robe! You know, before this, only the famous empress had this honor.

However, fate played a trick on her. Although she was the queen mother, she missed the throne because her son was not her biological son and she lacked strong family support.

What is even more amazing is that the life of this empress dowager is full of legends.

Back then, she was the wife of an ordinary silversmith, but by chance she was chosen by the eccentric and neurotic emperor and thus was able to enter the royal family.

From this we can see that the remarks made by people in the past such as "In ancient times, women could only be faithful to one man throughout their lives" are nothing but nonsense made up by uneducated people based on their narrow male thinking.

In fact, Hua Ningyao has witnessed with her own eyes that many married women with children have remarried or even remarried multiple times. Those women who have given birth to children are especially favored.

After all, this just shows that the woman has good fertility...After the empress dowager passed away, the young emperor finally began to take charge of the government himself.

As expected, this emperor, who was praised as a benevolent monarch, demonstrated extraordinary ability in governing the country.

He was not only good at identifying talents and entrusting them with important tasks, but also had a magnanimous character, acted thriftily, and was committed to ensuring that the common people could live and work in peace and rest.

At this moment, the dynasty was truly a country of peace and prosperity, with good weather and thriving economic development.

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Having said that, although the territory occupied by this dynasty is not as large as the previous one, it is undeniable that it is quite wealthy!

It is no exaggeration to say that its wealth was far greater than that of that era. The emperor in power at that time had a keen eye for talent and boldly appointed a wise minister with a far-reaching reputation to implement reforms aimed at rectifying the government, eradicating corruption in officialdom, and improving the efficiency of administrative management.

However, it is regrettable that this new policy initiative inadvertently touched the vested interests of the powerful, resulting in these high-ranking officials being excluded and forced to stay away from the court.

At the same time, the war situation with Western Xia suffered repeated setbacks, and they had no choice but to sign a peace treaty again, and once again began the difficult years of relying on paying huge annual tributes in exchange for a brief peace.

I have to admit... this was simply a period when people made other countries submit to them by squandering money.

As for the surrounding states, since they can get real money, it doesn't matter if they surrender. After all, real benefits are far more important than illusory face.

After Renzong's death, he had no children, and his adopted son eventually inherited the throne.

Well... the new emperor was also weak and ill. Perhaps the only achievement worth mentioning in his life was that he ordered the compilation of the epic work "Zizhi Tongjian".

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, domestic spending on military affairs has become increasingly huge.

In addition, the country had to continuously transfer money and goods to the surrounding small vassal states, which caused the country's financial situation to fall into an extremely tense predicament.

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In this way, the flame of reform was ignited in his heart again, and he was eager to promote the development and progress of the country through new initiatives.

However, fate always seems to like to play tricks on people. This reform still touched the vested interests of the nobles and triggered a fierce political storm.

In the end, the reform ministers had no choice but to resign from their posts and leave sadly.

But this determined and persistent emperor was not discouraged. Instead, he became more convinced of his ideas and goals.

He resolutely continued to implement reforms, constantly strengthening centralization, trying to break the existing power structure and achieve long-term stability in the country.

At the same time, the emperor felt deeply unwilling and aggrieved because of the continuous flow of large amounts of annual tribute.

This economic loss made him furious, and he determined to teach Xixia a lesson. So the war was reignited, and the emperor personally led the army to try to wipe out Xixia in one fell swoop.

However, reality gave the ambitious emperor a heavy slap in the face.

The Western Xia army displayed amazing fighting power and fought back fiercely against the invading enemy forces.

The battle was extremely brutal, the troops led by the emperor suffered heavy losses, and he himself was furious, and eventually died with hatred...

With the death of the emperor, his youngest son, who was only nine years old, ascended the throne.