Study On Song Taizong's Policy Towards The Lee In Xia Zhou

Song Taizong's policy towards the Lee could be divided into two stages in 994 years during the Song's period.At the very beginning of the reign of Taizong,his arrogant attitude towards Xiazhou made a wrong assessment which the Lee's regime was perceived as the sheep without shepherd and cannot last.Moreover,the Lee' was welcomed by Song Taizong during the Song's period because of there has profound internal contradiction in Tangut.Li Ji-pun was forced to carry some people into the Song under the pressure of his clan,which caused the resistance and rebellion of Li Ji-qian,who refused to attach to Song Dynasty,and created a border trouble for the Northern Song Dynasty.Li Ji-qian created a heavy defensive pressure on the Song border,especially he surrendered to the Liao Dynasty and made a formation of the forces against the Song Dynasty,forcing Taizong to take the strategy of inducing the Lee family in Xiazhou as the main force and attacking sanctions as the auxiliary strategy.However,due to the established state policy of defending the internal and external emptiness and the failure to the Liao War,the Song Taizong's feelings of weariness of war and autocratic internal affairs led him to take a laissez-faire strategy to the Lee in Xiazhou.The year after the Chunhua five year is the Song Taizong transformation policy and go on a punitive expedition to Li Ji-qian forces' stage.Due to the laissez-faire of Song Taizong to the Lee made the Lee gained constant growth and the opportunity of expanding power.His frequent aggressed against Lingzhou and looting of military grain,and so on,which caused serious troubles to the Song Dynasty.Song Taizong took the strategy of destroying Xiazhou City,and the army of the Fifth Route invaded the Lee of Xiazhou,trying to entrap and entangle the policy of Lee's relocating forces until the Taizong's death.The main factors influencing the transformation of Taizong's policy in response to the Lee's policy in Xia Zhou are: the national nature of the long-term development of the Tangut,the excessive consumption in the war,the misguide of Li Ji-qian's pretend to surrender;The restraint of the triangle relation of Song Liao and Xia and the influence of the Song officers.