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Li Zunxu (1163-1226) is the son of Li Yanzong, the king of the Western Xia Dynasty. According to the biography of Xixia, Li Zunxu is a very learned man because he "pays more attention to the essence of Ming and less to mechanics, has learned a lot of books and has been an official". In the tenth year of Tianqing (1203), in March, Li Zunxu took part in the imperial examination in Xixia Guihai, with the result of "Shi Ting Jinshi, named the first", and was named the top scholar. The biography of Xixia in the history of Jin Dynasty is also called "the first scholar". With this special crown, Li Zunxu's official career flourished and he was soon named King of Qi. Later, he was promoted to prefect and governor, and became the most prestigious person in Xixia royal family at that time.
The moon won the laurel, and Li Zunxu was very good at it. For imperial power, Li Zunxu is also a good hand. In July, the second year of Emperor Jian (12 1 1), Li Zunxu launched a palace coup, deposed Xiang Anquan and became the eighth emperor of Xixia. Therefore, Li Zunxu became the only champion emperor in the history of China. However, it was this incomparable super champion who had neither the means of strengthening the country nor the strategy of governing the country, and finally pushed the declining Xixia Dynasty to the abyss.
Xixia has a vast territory and few people, and its strength is insufficient. In order to expand their territory and gain profits in the case of frequent traffic, rulers often choose powerful neighbors as backers, so they have been vacillating in foreign relations and are typical "chameleons". When the Liao Dynasty was strong, Xixia attached Liao to cut the Song Dynasty; When the ruler was angry, Xixia attached gold to resist Mongolia; The rise of Mongolia, Xixia attached Mongolia to attack gold. In the eyes of emperor Xixia, there are no eternal allies, only eternal interests, and whoever has thick legs will be recognized. When Li Anquan was in power, Xixia was in a transitional period from attaching gold to resisting Mongolia to attaching Mongolia to attack gold. Mongolia is determined to unify the whole country. While hitting the Jin Dynasty hard, it also pointed its finger at Xixia. Li Zunxu ascended the throne when the threat of Mongolia to Xixia became more and more serious.
With the powerful momentum of Mongolia at that time, Xixia and the Jin Dynasty joined hands to form a horn trend against Mongolia, which might resist the attack of Mongolian fighters. As a scholar, Li Zunxu can't fail to understand this simple truth. However, after Li Zunxian took office, he did not reverse Li Anquan's wrong policy. Instead, they went further and further and simply invaded gold, trying to take advantage of Mongolia's attack on gold, plunder property and expand territory. Therefore, he frequently waged wars against the rulers, and the scale became larger and larger. When a rabbit dies, a dog cooks, but his lips die and his teeth are cold. Mongolia not only wants to destroy gold, but also the Xia and Song Dynasties. Li Zunxu's help in cutting gold is tantamount to playing with fire and setting himself on fire.
In the seventh year of Guangding (12 17), Mongolia attacked gold and Xixia sent 30,000 troops to assist. The result was defeated by the nomadic people in Ningzhou (now Ningxian County, Gansu Province). Soon, Mongolia invaded the flower thorn submodule in the west and recruited troops from Xixia. Due to the constant use of troops, Xixia's military expenditure was huge, with serious casualties, which caused the whole country to be war-weary and heated. In view of the new defeat in Ningzhou, Li Zunxu dared not follow the Western Expedition and refused to send troops. Seeing that Xixia refused to be driven away, Mongolia sent troops to besiege Zhongxing House, the capital of Xixia, and forced it to submit. When Li Zunxu saw the sudden attack of Mongolia, he was frightened and fled to Xiliangfu, leaving only Prince Li Deren guarding the city. It was not until the Mongolian army retreated that Li Zunxu quietly returned to the capital.
After this scare, Li Zunxu realized the hegemony of Mongolia and the threat from Mongolia, so he adjusted his strategy and prepared to join hands with Mongolia to protect himself. In February of the eighth year of Guangding (12 18), Li Zunxu made an anti-Mongolian gesture to the rulers by using Yin Su and Sun Wei who advocated anti-Mongolian alliance. In March, Li Zunxu wrote to the rulers, asking them to resume border trade and make peace between the two countries. Jinxia has been like a day for more than ten years, and it is like fire and water. If the two countries forgive each other and support each other, then Mongolia can neither despise Xixia nor face the rulers squarely. However, Xian Di Xuan Di was very dissatisfied with Li Zunxu's capriciousness and rejected him.
When you cannot be an ally, treat it as an enemy; The alliance against Mongolia failed, and Li Zunxu turned to the alliance against Mongolia in Song Dynasty. In the ninth year of Guangding (12 19), Di Chin invaded the Song Dynasty, and Li Zunxu took the opportunity to send people into Sichuan to contact the generals of the Song Dynasty in an attempt to unite the Song Dynasty to invade the gold. Song Hui wrote back and agreed to join forces to resist gold, but considering Li Zunxu's vacillation, he didn't start as scheduled. It was not until May of the 10th year of Guangding (1220) that Song and Xia formally signed an agreement, and both countries sent troops to attack nomadic people at the same time. In August, Xia and Song Dynasties set out as promised to attack Jinhui County (now Jingyuan, Gansu Province), and Jin Shoujiang surrendered. Xuan Di was frightened and quickly asked Li Zunxu for peace. Li Zunxu also refused.
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The two stooges, Jin Xuanzong and Li Zunxu, became angry when the two sides urgently needed to hold hands. You responded with frost, and I responded with color. No one buys anyone's account, which intensifies the contradiction between Jin and Xia. Since then, the rulers have struggled to resist the Song and Xia allied forces. In the First World War of the Duke of Zhou (now Lintaonan, Gansu Province), Xixia soldiers were stubbornly blocked by nomadic people, causing tens of thousands of casualties, and had to burn siege equipment and pull out the village to retreat. On the way back, Xixia soldiers were ambushed by nomads, with heavy casualties, and finally returned in a mess. 10, Song will invite Xixia to attack again (now Tianshui, Gansu), and Li Zunxu refused to send troops again for fear of defeat, and the Song-Xia alliance broke up in discord.
We offended the Mongolian eldest brother, missed the reconciliation between Jin Xia and Song Xia, and violated the agreement of Song Xia. Li Zunxu made enemies on all sides. At this time, the Mongolian fighters killed again. In this summer invasion, Mongolia made two moves, one was to recruit troops from Xixia again, and the other was to break through the castle on the west side of Xixia River. Facing the siege of the Mongolian army, Li Zunxu was very afraid. He gave a banquet to entertain the Mongols and sent 50,000 soldiers to March on the rulers with them. After a turn, Li Zunxu returned to the old road with the bonus. In the spring of the 13th year of Guangding (1223), Mongolia invaded Fengxiang (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province), and Li Zunxu sent 100,000 Sui and Mongolian troops to attack the city. The result was defeated by nomads. With a genial smile that Li Zunxu didn't inform Meng Jun, he ordered Xia Bing to escape the rules, left without saying goodbye, and there was a rift with Xia Meng.
Attached to the attack on gold, Xixia suffered huge losses, which led to "the national economy was depressed, the people were poor, agriculture was inexhaustible, and money and food were insufficient" (Xixia Book), and the economy was on the verge of collapse. In May of the 13th year of Guangding (1223), there was a serious drought in Xing Xing and Lingzhou of Xixia, and the people were displaced, and even a tragic situation of "hungry people eat each other" appeared. Under the double torture of war and disaster, the people of Xixia were miserable and complained everywhere. At the same time, there were many contradictions within the Xixia ruling class, which became increasingly intensified. In North Korea, the anti-Mongolian forces headed by Prince Li strongly opposed Li Zunxu's wrong policy of attaching Mongolia to attack gold, refused to lead troops to war, and opposed it by giving up the position of Prince Li and becoming a monk. Li Zunxu became angry from embarrassment and ordered Li Yu to be deposed and put under house arrest.
Because Xixia was ruled by Mongolia and sent troops to fight for more than ten years, the elite troops were exhausted, and the savings of a hundred years were all empty, so that when the Mongolian army attacked Yingli County (now Ningxia Zhongwei), it was found that Xixia "had no storage of millet, foot and silk in the warehouse" (the mirror of continuous management). Even so, Li Zunxu is still stubborn. Instead, he collected the military forces of the twelve national armies and continued to help him destroy gold. In the proposal, Cheng Liang Deyi stepped forward and made a generous statement, demanding the return of the prince, caring for the people, mending the neighborhood, making his subjects happy, and turning the country into safety. Li Zunxu refused to listen to Liang Deyi's kind words and fired him in a rage.
Li Zunxu's running dog behavior did not win the favor of the Mongols. While blackmailing Xixia, Mongolia is also waiting for an opportunity to suppress Xixia. In October of 13th year of Guangding (1223), in order to punish Xia Bing for leaving without saying goodbye in Fengxiang War, Mongolia besieged Xia Bing in Jishi Prefecture (now Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Qinghai Province) and retreated half a month later. In this regard, the ruling and opposition parties complained and were filled with indignation. Li Zunxu was willing to be a vassal of Mongolia in order to save himself, but because of his capriciousness and treachery, Mongolia lost interest in him and sent messengers to order him to abdicate many times. In December, under the threat of Mongols and the opposition of courtiers, Li Zunxu succeeded his second son, Li, and despondently stepped down, calling himself the "emperor", that is, the emperor's father.
Although Li Zunxu is a manager of a poor country, he is determined to be fascinated by Buddhism. After Li Zunxu ascended the throne, the Xixia kingdom declined, and Mongolia was persecuted by a strong enemy. In order to ensure the peace of the country for generations, Li Zunxu made an oath to write the mud inscription "The Best Scene of King Jinguangming" in the name of the emperor, trying to seek blessings from Buddhism and gain strength. However, the Buddha's light shone mercilessly on Xixia. Under a series of wrong routes of Li Zunxu's attachment to invading gold, uniting with gold to resist Mongolia, uniting with Song to resist gold, and attaching to invading gold, Xixia could not escape the doom of extinction. It can be said that all this is caused by Li Zunxu's capriciousness in foreign relations.
After Li ascended the throne, he changed Li Zunxu's policy of attaching himself to Mongolia, first resisting Mongolia, and then uniting with Jin to resist Mongolia, but there was nothing he could do. Under the onslaught of the Mongolian army, Xixia City was defeated, and the defeat was a foregone conclusion. In May (1226), Li Zunxu died at the age of 64. He is the British emperor, and the name of the temple is Zongshen. Li Zunxu was the top emperor, but Xia Zhuan in Song Dynasty said that he "tried to be a scholar by imperial clan", which was mixed with orthodox problems, but it was also a mockery of Li Zunxu's clumsiness, willfulness and repeated national mistakes. His level is a scholar at best.