Chapter 44 The third quarter the emperor was beaten

Although the Kingdom of Jin wiped out the Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, the power in the hands of Jin Taizong Wanyan and Wu Qimai became smaller and smaller with the expansion of the territory.According to historical records, Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai was even beaten twenty boards by the ministers in the court.So is this record true or false?Why did the imperial power decline so much in Jin Taizong's generation? Originally, the Jurchens relied on the Wanyan family to unify the Jurchen tribes first, and then destroy the Liaoping and Song Dynasties. However, the Wanyan family is not monolithic, but has several major forces.Before Aguda, the succession of Jurchen tribal chiefs was from brother to brother, resulting in every person who was a chief, and his descendants had very strong political power.In addition to the Aguda family, the Wanyan family also has many powerful families such as Aguda's cousins ​​and uncles.Wanyan Aguda is more like the head of these powerful families, or the convener. He does not have absolute authority and supreme power like the emperor of the Central Plains.When something happened, the emperor would call the leaders of the major families and political forces to discuss it.Of course, Wanyan Aguda's opinion is the most important, but he can't make a decision without discussing anything.At that time, the Jurchens were actually in the process of transitioning from the original military democracy to the state and imperial autocracy.When A Guda was in power, he played well with balance skills. He was extremely charismatic and capable of leadership, and he was also a military genius, so everyone was convinced.What A Guda said, what everyone listened to, everyone would fight wherever A Guda pointed. These major political forces obeyed Aguda very much.

As soon as A Guda died, Taizong Wu begged to buy the throne, and things changed.When Wanyan Aguda led the army to fight, Wanyan Wu Qimai stayed in Shangjing (now Acheng, Heilongjiang) as the heir to the throne for a long time, and never left his hometown in Northeast China.His size on the battlefield has not been accomplished.It is possible that he was in charge of logistics and settling in his hometown, but after all, he had never been killed with a knife or a gun on the battlefield, and he had not shed blood.Other factions feel that you have no right to dictate to us.In this way, the tradition that everyone must discuss things has been strengthened.In the eyes of families outside the Aguda system, Wu Qimai is just the leader of the Aguda family, and they do not obey Wu Qimai.

At that time, the Jurchen nobles had an agreement that no one could use the national treasury at ordinary times, and it could only be opened during wars. Moreover, the opening of the national treasury required the unanimous consent of all families.Taizong Wu Qimai once seized the treasury without authorization and took twenty bolts of silk.When Wu Qimai was in power, the scale of Shangjing was pitifully simple. It is said that Wu Qimai also went down to the river to bathe with ministers and common people, and the monarch and ministers met frankly.Maybe it's time for the new year, and the family members want to improve their lives and wear new clothes, so he just took twenty bolts of silk, is that a big deal?But Zong Han refused to let go.It is said that Zong Han is the nephew of Wu Qimai. In terms of seniority, he is your uncle. In terms of status, you are a minister, and he is a king.But Zong Han brought out the ancestral system. He said that we had already agreed that the treasury can only be opened when there is a war. What crime should the emperor open the treasury without authorization?The ministers discussed together and beat Wu begging for a meal.So, the court lifted Wu Qimai off the throne, took off his royal robe, and slapped twenty boards.After beating the emperor, let the emperor ascend to the seat, I don't know how the emperor can sit there just after receiving 20 boards.Zong Han led the ministers to kneel and kowtow, capital punishment, I'm sorry for hitting you just now, but I didn't hit you because I wanted to hit you, this is the ancestral system.It can be seen from this that the imperial power of the Kingdom of Jin declined at that time, and the emperor took twenty bolts of silk, but he was beaten twenty times.

In the process of swallowing the Liao Dynasty and destroying the Song Dynasty, the generals who made military exploits became stronger and stronger, especially Wanyan Zonghan, the commander of the West Route Army, and Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the East Route Army, were super strong.According to historical records: "The edict used the empty name to announce the first hundred roads to the Southwest and Northwest two roads, Zonghan, and said: 'Now send it to you. If you want to transfer it, you must wait for the request. It may cause stagnation, and it will be done at a low price. '" ("Jin Shi Taizong Benji") Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai gave Zonghan more than a hundred blank commissions when the two armies went south.He said that if you want to appoint and remove officials on the way to the south with your army, you may delay the matter if you wait for my approval, because Huining Mansion in Shangjing is too remote after all, and when the army goes south to the Central Plains, it is too inconvenient to send people to Heilongjiang to report everything. up.I will give you more than one hundred blank letters of appointment today, you can appoint whoever you want, and you don’t have to report everything to me.The most important powers in the hands of the emperor are financial power, human rights, and military power. Now that the emperor has given the human rights to Zong Han, he can appoint officials himself.As for military power, Zong Han was originally a general leading troops.Financial power, the emperor took twenty bolts of silk and received twenty boards, what kind of financial power does he have?

The two armies from the east and the west went south to form the Western Court and the Eastern Court commonly known as the Kingdom of Jin. Privy Councils were set up in Yanjing and Yunzhong. According to the Song and Liao systems, the Privy Council was only in charge of military affairs. The two Privy Councils became the two split governments of the Kingdom of Jin.At that time, the Kingdom of Jin had one country and three governments, one central government in Shangjing, one local government in Nanjing, and one local government in Xijing.The two local governments mainly dealt with the Song Dynasty. Whatever conditions they put forward to the Song Dynasty, including the declaration of war, Zong Han and Zong Wang of the East Route Army met each other, and they agreed to implement it.Sometimes the result of the discussion is reported to the court, and sometimes it is not reported to the court, and the report is made only when something happens.Wanyan and Wu begged to buy power and fell to the side. The people in the Central Plains only knew that there was a marshal, but they didn't know that there was an imperial court.He has absolutely no tolerance for this.No emperor can tolerate it!