Chapter 48 Genghis Khan's saliva

Genghis Khan declared war on the Kingdom of Jin in the spring of 1211, and the timing was just right.Because Jin Guo has stepped out of lively adolescence and slipped into old age. Problems arose when Jin Guo arrived at the third leader, Wan Yanquan.Wanyan Quan was addicted to alcohol, ignored government affairs, and had a vicious personality. He massacred meritorious deeds wantonly, and the politics were in chaos.The prime minister and prince Wan Yanliang realized that the time had come to become emperor, so he immediately took military action to kill Wan Yanquan and establish himself as emperor.People thought that the government would become clear under Wan Yanliang's leadership, but they didn't expect that Wan Yanliang was even more of a jerk than Wan Yan Quan, punishing the clan, being extravagant, increasing taxes, and thieves flocked in the Kingdom of Jin. In 1153, Wan Yanliang started a full-scale war with the Southern Song Dynasty like a convulsion, but was defeated unexpectedly. His subordinates took this opportunity to kill the fatuous emperor and made Prince Wanyan Yong the emperor.What Wanyanyong was facing was a mess. He worked hard and determined to save the empire from decline. During his lifetime, he did achieve this on the surface. People called him Xiao Yaoshun, but this was just an appearance. The crisis has not disappeared.

Jin Guoyi was declining without hesitation, and Genghis Khan knew it long ago.Because there is someone around him who knows the Kingdom of Jin well. This person is Yelu Ahai, who was once a middle-level official of the Kingdom of Jin.Many years ago, he met Genghis Khan when he was an envoy of the Kingdom of Jin to discuss cooperation with Wang Khan. It is said that he ran back to the temporary residence and said to his family: "I have seen many great people in my life, but I have never seen such a man as Temujin. If you follow him, you will be extremely rich and your prosperity will never fail.” Then, a miracle happened, Yelu Ahai took off the official robe of the Jin government, and followed Temujin willingly.Yelu Ahai's loyalty is impeccable, and he once drank the Banjuni River with Genghis Khan. In 1207, he was so talented that he suggested to Genghis Khan to attack the Kingdom of Jin.Genghis Khan was at war with Xixia at the time, and was impressed by the difficulty of attacking city-states, so he was noncommittal.

Yelu Ahai told Genghis Khan about the situation of Jin's foreign powers and middlemen, and finally concluded that it is possible to launch troops against Jin, and it is absolutely possible to win.Genghis Khan believed Yelu Ahai's words. He just didn't know how weak the Jin Kingdom was, whether it could really destroy the country with a slight push, or whether it would take protracted and continuous blows to destroy it. Just by feeling, Genghis Khan knew that the Kingdom of Jin was different from the tribes and kingdoms on the Mongolian grasslands, and even more different from Xixia. The Kingdom of Jin was a huge monster with many cities. This was his biggest opponent in his life, so he had to be cautious.During the preparation for the second confrontation with Xixia, Genghis Khan went south under the banner of the Jin Kingdom's frontier defense commander, in the name of paying tribute to the Jin Kingdom, but in fact he wanted to personally explore the reality of the Jin Kingdom.

Genghis Khan's coming to the Kingdom of Jin aroused violent repercussions within the Kingdom of Jin.The rapid development of Genghis Khan in the past few years has always affected the heart of Jin Guo.The sixth Emperor Wanyanjing held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.Someone suggested that Genghis Khan should not be allowed to enter the Central Plains. He had absolutely malicious intentions, so he was asked to pay tribute outside the Great Wall.As for where outside the Great Wall, according to tradition, it should be Jingzhou. Wanyanjing thought this was a great idea, so he sent his brother, King Wei Wanyan Yongji, to Jingzhou to meet Genghis Khan.According to the aesthetic point of view at that time, Wanyan Yongji was a handsome man. He was tall and handsome, with a white face and red lips, and a beautiful beard. He looked like a fairy.However, a good appearance is not directly proportional to his personality. It is said that Wanyan Yongji is indecisive, cowardly and incompetent, completely incompatible with the identity and status of a prince.

So when he met Genghis Khan, he was seen through by the latter at a glance.Genghis Khan asked him: "I came to pay tribute, why did you treat me in this desolate place?" Wanyan Yongji blushed and stroked his long beard. Seeing that his master was like this, his advisers had no choice but to step forward bravely and said to Genghis Khan: "According to tradition, you barbarians can only pay tribute here without the emperor's consent. You have been the border commander of my Dajin for so many years. Even this Don't you understand anything?" Genghis Khan said with a smile: "Times have changed, and your rules should be changed."

Wanyan Yongji trembled immediately, took a step back, and turned to leave.His advisers stopped him and said to Genghis Khan: "Don't think that you are self-righteous because you have too many younger brothers. You don't understand how Jin Guo controls you." Genghis Khan certainly understood that the Jin Kingdom's authority over the grasslands over the years did not depend on military power, but on their strong control over the goods flowing into the nomadic tribes, which came from workshops and cities throughout the Central Plains.The status of the steppe khan depends on his ability to win wars and ensure a stable supply of goods.The Tatars were the veritable overlords of the grassland back then, just because they had the goods rewarded by the Kingdom of Jin.If Genghis Khan wants to become the overlord of the grassland now, there are only two ways to go. One is to follow the Tatars and be the running dog of the Kingdom of Jin; the other is to snatch goods from the Kingdom of Jin.

For the first way, Genghis Khan, who has a strong self-esteem, will never go. The Kingdom of Jin has a deep hatred for the Mongols. The Khan of the Mongolian Alliance once died under the torture of the Kingdom of Jin. Carry out a cruel policy: cut down.This kind of policy is to send troops to the grasslands to capture and kill the Mongols every year. Even if Genghis Khan doesn't care about this policy, all the Mongols will. Naturally, Genghis Khan wanted to go the second way, which Wanyan Yongji and his advisers could see through at a glance.Seeing through Genghis Khan's thoughts, Wanyan Yongji's advisers immediately sneered and said, "You can try, there are countless armed strongholds and the Great Wall between our Dajin and your tribe, and you have to pay a high price to break through them." cost."

Genghis Khan didn't want to pay a high price, he already knew it.So when the meeting was over, he threw down several cartloads of broken tribute animal furs, flattered his horse and left.Standing in the cold wind, Wanyan Yongji originally wanted to accept Genghis Khan's salute, but unexpectedly he only got Genghis Khan's arrogant back and ass.This made him furious. After returning to the capital, he strongly suggested to his elder brother Wan Yanjing that Genghis Khan should be conquered. Wanyan Jing was ill at the time, and he didn't have much feeling for Genghis Khan's indecency, so the matter could not be resolved. Let it go.

Wanyan Yongji's character prompted him to forget about it very quickly. He thought that the hatred with Genghis Khan was over, but he didn't expect the humiliation to come again soon. In 1208, Wanyan Jing passed away. Since he had no son to inherit the throne, Wanyan Yongji took a big bargain and sat on the dragon chair. In 1209, Wanyan Yongji sent envoys to inform various countries about his ascension to the throne.The Jin people who were envoys to Mongolia saw Genghis Khan and ordered him to submit to the new king completely.The surrender ceremony is humiliating. The subject must humbly kneel on the ground, express his deep gratitude, admit that he is an incompetent Mongolian slave, and is completely unable to repay the emperor's favor received by the previous generations of families; In the end, he turned around and kowtowed in the direction of the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, thanking the emperor for his kindness.

Genghis Khan didn't want to kowtow to anyone, except his parents, the holy mountain Kent Mountain and Changshengtian.He is no longer anyone's Mongolian slave, and he no longer wants to thank the mighty emperor of the Jin Kingdom that never existed. He asked the emissary with a gloomy face: "Who is the new emperor?" The messenger cupped his hands towards the south and said, "King Wei." Genghis Khan exaggeratedly spat on the ground: "I thought the emperors of the Central Plains were all heavenly beings, but I didn't expect them to be cowardly and incompetent. What should I do with such a waste?" After finishing speaking, he jumped on his horse and galloped away, leaving Jin Guo The envoy was in great disorder in the wind.

Since then, Genghis Khan and the Kingdom of Jin have completely severed relations, and it is only a matter of time before war begins.After Wanyan Yongji heard Genghis Khan's humiliation, he jumped up on the dragon chair, his beard trembling, and said that he wanted to conquer this Mongolian slave by himself.But he just said it casually, and after a few days, he completely forgot about it. Genghis Khan was using troops against Xixia at that time, so he didn't care about it after spitting. It was not until the end of 1210 that Yelu Ahai proposed to him to launch troops against the Jin Kingdom, and Genghis Khan thought of the saliva incident.Seeing Jin Gook's unresponsiveness to his disrespect, he reacts emotionally. In the spring of 1211, Genghis Khan held the Khuriltai Conference.The Khuriltai Assembly was actually a democratic assembly of the Mongolian Kingdom, and those who attended the meeting had the right to veto the Khan's proposal, so Genghis Khan had to persuade them to go to war against the Kingdom of Jin.He has a plan in mind. Before the Khuriltai Conference was held, Genghis Khan had obtained the most detailed and comprehensive information about the Kingdom of Jin from the Uighurs and Wangu people, as well as Muslim businessmen who traveled around the world.He knew that the Jurchens, the main ethnic group in the Kingdom of Jin, had only 3 million people, and it wanted to rule 40 million Han peasants.He also knew that the population of the Kingdom of Jin was 10 times larger than that of his Mongolian Kingdom. The Kingdom of Jin could recruit hundreds of thousands of cavalry and infantry in a short period of time, and its cities also had strong defenses.Two massive fortresses guard the approach to the capital, which is virtually impregnable against frontal attack. The members of the Khuriltai Assembly also had this kind of worry. Their cavalry knew nothing about siege warfare. Although the Jin Kingdom's national strength was declining, they had a well-trained army and a strong city. This was a life-and-death war. Genghis Khan said to them earnestly: "It is the request of Changshengtian to start war against the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin murdered our ancestors and slaughtered our people. This is a bloody revenge. We must avenge it. At the same time, the Kingdom of Jin has countless gold and silver treasures." And beautiful women, we can obtain huge wealth while taking revenge, why not do it. There are difficulties, but as long as you make a perfect plan, you will be able to succeed. In life, if you don’t boldly challenge the difficulties, you are still alive What's the point?" The members of the Kuriltai Assembly were moved by him, and they encouraged their subordinates, and the subordinates encouraged their own subordinates. In the end, all the Mongols reached a consensus: the benefits of war with the Kingdom of Jin outweighed the disadvantages.If you have to say a reason for the war, besides beauties and gold and silver treasures, there is also a philosophical reason: the reason why you went to war against the Kingdom of Jin is because the Kingdom of Jin is there. After Genghis Khan received the support of all the Mongols, he ordered the envoys of Xixia and Uighurs to come to the grassland. He needed guarantees from the two countries, and he had to be honest when he used force against the Kingdom of Jin.The Uighur patted his chest and said: "There is absolutely no problem, and we will send troops to help you." The Xixia people gritted their teeth and said: "He didn't help us at the beginning, but now it's too late for us to dance, and we are willing to send troops to help you." One of the last things Genghis Khan did was to sneak alone to a nearby mountain to pray.He took off his cap and belt, knelt down before the "Longevity Heaven", and told the guardian of the god about his situation.He narrated in turn the dissatisfaction of several generations of tribesmen towards the Jurchens, and also detailed the pain of their ancestors being killed by the Jurchens.He explained that he didn't want to oppose the Emperor of Jin, and he didn't want to cause controversy, he just did what Changshengtian asked him to do. After praying on the mountain for three days, he walked down the mountain and said to the crowd, "Changshengtian asked us to set off as soon as possible to get everything that should belong to us from the Kingdom of Jin." The whole Mongolia was boiling, and the Jin people burst into laughter when they got the news that Mongolia was going to war with him.Wanyan Yongji pretended to be surprised and said: "Our empire is as vast as the ocean, while Mongolia is like a plate of loose sand. Are they crazy?" Whether the Mongols are crazy, Wanyan Yongji soon got the answer.The answer was cruel and horrifying, and he couldn't accept it at all.