Chapter 128 Section Four: The Fall of the Jin Dynasty

Jin Aizong hanged himself and died for his country, which was a relief for him personally, but as the king of a country, he escaped, because at this time Caizhou City was still under the siege of the Mongolian army, and the guards and people in the city were still struggling to resist.So what is their fate?Is the golden empire, which used to be all-powerful in the past, going to perish like this? As soon as the emperor died, Wanyan Chenglin hurriedly summoned all the officials to discuss the most important thing - how to get the temple name after the emperor died.The ministers agreed that the name of the temple is Aizong, and Gongren's short name is Ai.The temple name of Jin Aizong was not given by Mongolia. Mongolians don’t even know Chinese characters. What kind of temple name do they know?After agreeing on the name of the Aizong Temple, they quickly set fire to burn the emperor's body to avoid being insulted by the enemy.At this time, the city of Caizhou was broken, and Wanyan Chenglin, the emperor of the late Jin Dynasty, died in the chaos.He was the emperor with the shortest reign in Chinese history, and he was killed in less than an hour.

After the martyrdom of Emperor Aizong, Shangshu Youcheng Wanyan suddenly turned to the tiger, and led more than a thousand soldiers to fight the Mongolian and Song allied forces who had broken the city. When it seemed that they could not survive, the news came that the Lord had hanged himself and died for the country, and the last emperor was also missing.Wanyan Huxiehu knew that the situation was over, so he ordered the soldiers to stop resisting, and said to his subordinates: "My lord has collapsed, why should I fight! I can't die at the hands of the rebellious army, I go to Rushui, and follow my lord. The king is good at planning." ("Jin Shi Wanyan Zhongde Biography") The emperor is dead, and there is no point in fighting any more. I will throw myself into the river and follow the Lord. You can do what you want.Then Wanyan suddenly threw himself into the river with a slanted tiger, and died heroically for the country.

After Wanyan suddenly tilted the tiger and threw himself into the river, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin who resisted with him had tears in their eyes and blood all over their bodies.They said that Shangshu Youcheng can be loyal to the country and follow the Lord, can't we commit suicide and die for the country?I would rather die than be a captive of the Mongols!As a result, the remaining hundreds of soldiers of the Jin army committed suicide one after another, showing the integrity of Tian Heng's five hundred heroes. The Mongolian and Song allied forces entered Caizhou City. It is said that Emperor Aizong's body was not completely burned at that time, but was relatively intact, because there was no gasoline at that time, and the burning was in a hurry.Among the chaotic army, the enemy broke the city.The Mongols and the people of the Song Dynasty divided Aizong's body.Song General Meng Gong called the captured Minister of the Kingdom of Jin to humiliate him, which means that you also have today.Minister of the Kingdom of Jin, the answer was very ambitious. Since ancient times, no dynasty has been indestructible, but how is the loss of our lord compared to your Huiqin emperors?You can see how kind our emperor is, to die for the country with his own body.How many people can there be since ancient times when the monarch dies in Sheji?Meng Gong was speechless. "Golden History" commented on Emperor Aizong in this way: "Life gathers together, and the plan survives death. If you exhaust your strength, you will die, but you can be sad. Although, in "Li", "The king dies in the country", Aizong is not ashamed. "("Jin History Ai Zong Benji II") Although Ai Zong was the king of subjugation, but the king died of the country, this Ai Zong deserves it.

The Jin Dynasty was founded in 1115 by Taizu Aguda, and was destroyed by the Mongolian and Song allied forces in 1234. It lasted 120 years and had nine masters.After the death of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens who stayed in the Central Plains gradually merged with the Han and Khitan peoples. By the Yuan Dynasty, they were all called Han people.The Wanyan royal family is scattered all over northern China, and currently has descendants in Henan, Gansu, and Beijing.The Wanyan family in Beijing later changed their surname to Wang, with the most in Xuanwu and Fengtai districts; there is also a large village in Gansu, more than 5,000 households are descendants of the Wanyan family, and their direct ancestors are the sons of Wanyan Wushu Wanyanheng; in addition, there are also descendants of Wanyan in Henan.The Jurchens who returned to their hometown in the Northeast lived under the rule of the Yuan and Ming dynasties for more than 300 years.Later, Nurhachi, the hero of a generation, rose from the Baishan Heishui in the northeast and established Houjin.Taking advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, Hou Jin's national strength increased during the time of Huang Taiji, and Emperor Shunzhi, the ancestor of the emperor, sent his troops into the customs, and once again completed the unification of China.The Wanyan family was still one of the major surnames in Manchuria during the Qing Dynasty.

The Jurchens are the only ethnic minority in Chinese history who entered the Central Plains twice. In 1636, Huang Taiji changed the family name to Manchuria, and changed the name of the country from Dajin to Daqing.Therefore, the Manchu compatriots living in China today, their direct ancestors were the Jurchen people back then.This nation has left a strong and vigorous stroke in Chinese history.