Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

It is said that from the Five Dynasties to the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the Central Plains were in troubled times. During this period, Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin failed to achieve unification. No one can refute this.Therefore, from a macro point of view, no one is looking forward, and everyone should abide by the rules of survival in troubled times. That is the way of fighting. This is unquestionable, and history has affirmed it. Looking at the Mongols, they have been fighting until they unified the world.So according to this criterion, it is obvious that Wanyan Liang is the darling of the times, and Wanyan Yong is a marginal mediocrity.

However, right and wrong are often reversed before the opportunity of great unification appears. As the name suggests, Wan Yanyong seems to be gentle, but in fact he is graceful and indifferent, calm and unhurried.This man can bear it when he should bow his head, even sending his wife out; he never hesitates when it is time to make a decision, calling the emperor and rebelling is a matter of one word.When facing the challenges of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was always calm.It's time to negotiate, and several times ordered to advance, stop, negotiate peace, and then advance again, which successfully mobilized the nerves of the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers.

This is a very well-known strategy - to force a war. It can be said that since Wanyan Liang invaded the South, Wanyan Yong has been walking a tightrope. If he takes half a wrong step, he will fall into the abyss. But he just made no mistakes until he integrated the interior, overwhelmed the Southern Song Dynasty, and maintained the strongest situation in the Kingdom of Jin . And this was just the beginning for him. Wan Yanyong never made mistakes in his life. Based on this terrible stability, he made Jin Guo start a big change quickly and steadily.First, rest with the people.As soon as the war against the Song Dynasty ended, he only left 60,000 standing troops, and the rest were sent back to their hometowns.

Only this one, that is, merit is immeasurable. He also adjusted class relations. At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, because of deep hatred and lack of knowledge, the Kingdom of Jin degraded the economically free people of the former Liao Kingdom, monasteries and other secondary taxpayers into slaves, and Wan Yanyong ordered a pardon.The wives and children who were pawned during wars and famines were redeemed by the government and released to their relatives; furthermore, it was stipulated that all slaves who were freed from good marriages were married to good people within a limited period, and the children born to them were good citizens.

All these kinds of things have not been done by any emperor in the Song Dynasty. Compared with governing the country, good deeds are but a small virtue.Wan Yanyong has grasped the general direction more precisely, which is mainly reflected in two aspects: One is to learn from the Han people in the economy. Jurchens have been in the low-end era of semi-slavery and semi-feudalism since they established their own country until Wan Yanliang failed to invade the south.They only know how to burn, kill, and plunder, but they don't know how to bring out the due benefits after grabbing them.This makes them always feel that they are not full, and they always want to grab it again.When Zhao Kuangyin was founding the country back then, he would rather slow down, but also to prosper in one place, so that the economy and people's livelihood will rise rapidly.

Wan Yanyong was knowledgeable. He passed inspections and promoted platoons, averaged taxes and servants, gradually deprived the privileges of Jurchen nobles, and divided the people of the whole country into several levels like Song Dynasty, and served them according to level. The second is the Jurchenization of the spiritual core. This problem is very characteristic of the times. It not only happened in the Jin Kingdom in the Southern Song Dynasty, but also in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the disciples of the Eight Banners swept the world and established a unified country, but soon after they succeeded, they degenerated into a bunch of waste who only knew how to spend their days and drinks.From the late Kangxi period to the mid-Qianlong period, these people, not to mention going to the battlefield in armor, even performing a murder on the stage, cutting off a dummy's head with a knife and spurting chicken blood, would be frightened and screamed in the audience.

History is a big cycle, and these problems appeared as early as the Wanyanyong period of the Jin Kingdom.None of Wanyanyong's own princes knew the customs of Jurchen, and the clan princes could not communicate in their own language. Apart from wearing a big braid, the Jurchen couldn't tell the difference from the Han people. Wan Yanyong ordered the establishment of Jurchen School, selected 3,000 children of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom to enroll, set up the Jurchen Scholars Department, and issued the Jurchen translation of the Five Classics and Zhuzi, which were juxtaposed with Chinese Confucian scholars into two opposing systems.

It is forbidden to change the Jurchen surname to a Han surname, such as Wanyan's surname changed to Wang; guards are prohibited from speaking Chinese; Significant developments have also been made in other areas, such as the market.The border between Song and Jin countries is no longer the same as before. There is only one area where old coins are handed over every year, but on a vast land, from Sizhou (now northwest of Xuyi, Jiangsu) and Shouzhou (now Fengtai, Anhui) near the eastern coastline. Until Fengxiang (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi), Qinzhou (now Tianshui, Gansu), and Taozhou (now Lintan, Gansu) in the northwest, they were all trade windows between the two countries.In addition, Jiaoxi County in Mizhou (now Jiaoxian County in Shandong Province) was a platform for Song and Jin maritime trade.

The transactions in these places have greatly improved the living standards of the Jurchens, and they can basically get good things without fighting.If not, what are the gold and silver coins they robbed, they are just scrap iron. Of course, this is also on the old road of the Liao Kingdom. The old coins won through hard work were all flowed back to the Song Dynasty in the market.Every year, Jin Guo needs more than 300,000 taels of silver to buy tea. Very helpless, but the east suffers and the west makes up for it.The Kingdom of Jin also had disputes with Xixia, and with ethnic minorities further north, such as Mongolians.In these two places, the Jurchens continue to play the original image, winning or losing to bully the market.

Achieve a lot. As the days passed, Wan Yanyong was always stable, his domestic policy was consistent, and his external affairs were tight-knit. Even though the Southern Song Dynasty deliberately planned underground traps several times, he was able to resolve them calmly. This stability has continued for nearly three decades. Before his death, this person still said: "While I am still healthy, if there are incomplete or inconsistent laws and regulations, I should bring them up and revise them. I will not slack off." Wan Yanyong made the Song people despair.On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Zhao Yan seemed to be facing a mass of soft air. Every time he exerted his strength to smash something, he found that the blow was empty and could not cause any consequences.

Wan Yanyong led and forced all the people at that time to live a peaceful and stable life with him.For the officialdom, especially for the Southern Song Dynasty, this killed many dreams of the Song people; for the common people, whether they were from the Jin Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, they would be very lucky because of peace.In the end of Yan Yong's life, the war never broke out again. Wanyanyong, whose temple name is Shizong, reigned for twenty-nine years, "...Sejong has long been in charge of other counties. He knows the cause of disasters and chaos, and knows the gains and losses of officials. Reconciliation between the north and the south, rest with the people, and diligently seek governance. Family gives enough", it was called "Little Yao and Shun" at that time. How good is the Kingdom of Jin, looking across the river, it really echoes an old saying: "Looking at the scenery from across the river is always better over there." So no matter what achievements Wan Yanyong has made, Zhao Yin is not convinced, a little Even the rational Song people were not convinced. Because of the strength of imperial power. In the north, Wan Yanyong kept his promises, and no one dared to discount his words.At this point, almost all Han emperors throughout the ages could not achieve it. With the majesty and coolness of the Qin Emperor, he had to burn books and bury Confucianism before he became powerful at home; although Li Shimin was strong, there were always people who kept talking about him, such as Wei Zheng; resist. After the Longxing Peace Negotiation, Zhao Yan was the nephew emperor abroad, and the son emperor at home. Looking around, cats and dogs were almost everywhere, and each of them dared to jump out and bark a few times. But the reality does not allow Zhao Yan to do nothing.Objectively speaking, the country that Zhao Gou left to him is even more rubbish than the mess that Wan Yanliang left to Wan Yanyong, and it is almost a combination of all government crises. The first is official corruption. In Lin'an City, the top officials had nothing to do all day long, and more and more documents were piled up on their desks. Even if they really piled up into a mountain, they would turn a blind eye.Because if you want to work, you will be looked down upon. That is cumbersome, concrete, and low-level performance. In other places, officials at all levels only focus on two things: to seek profit and speculate in order to get promoted; Others, for example: In the summer of a certain year, there was a severe drought in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and locusts were infested.Note that the combination of these two points not only makes it impossible for humans to survive, but also for bugs.There are not many crops in summer, and the locusts search for food all over the sky. As a result, not a single grass stalk can be seen in the severely affected areas, so the patches of insects can only hug various dry branches to die. This made local officials overjoyed.A man named Yao Yue was the fastest. He excitedly wrote a memorial to report to Zhao Wei, saying that since Huaibei, the locusts have all embraced the grass and trees to die.This is a Jiarui unprecedented in the ages, which shows that His Majesty is able to govern the country well, moving the heavens, the earth, and the ghosts and gods... It must be celebrated grandly and recorded in the annals of history to commemorate. Zhao Yun has many such courtiers, how "enviable" it is!What is even more gratifying is that the scale of such officials is increasing rapidly every moment. Officials in Beijing, there were less than 2,000 people in the great Renzong Dynasty, and no more than 2,700 people in the Zhao Ji era at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. At this time, there were nearly 4,000 people in Lin'an City. This is just working.All kinds of alternate officials are kept at about 8,000 people, ready to join the civil service team at any time. The number of local officials cannot be counted. It is only an incomplete count of the seven prefectures on Zhedong Road. The number of registered officials has reached the sum of Lin'an City.It is conceivable that the entire south of the Yangtze River will be flooded with officials. On these bases, the number of officials continues to grow out of control.The number of scientific examinations held every three years is more than that in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a maximum of 500 people.In addition, the grace of Yinbu and Renzi is multiplied by five for each official, that is, five descendants can get places.And that's just a little.In the spirit of selfless patriotism, officials can also recommend countless "white people" to the imperial court at any time, that is, ordinary people without fame, information and background. The salary of these people is a jaw-dropping figure. Salary, at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, was only 1.5 million min per year (strings of copper coins, each string of 1,000 Wen), with an average monthly salary of less than 130,000 min; During the Shaoxing era, it increased to 800,000 per month, and when it was Zhao Min's turn, it reached 1.2 million per month. The territory has shrunk, the land has become smaller, but the number of officials has increased, and wages have become inflated!And this is just the basic salary, not including all kinds of super lucrative rewards. As for the military, it gets even more outrageous.Space is limited, so I won’t go into details, but just mention one point. The Sichuan Xuanfu Division, which is known as a strong army, has more than 70,000 soldiers, and 17,700 generals at all levels. On average, each officer leads less than four soldiers. ! The military expenditure is another picture. The Huaixi armies spend 11 million yuan, the Huguang army spends more than 9.6 million yuan, and the Huaidong army spends more than 7 million yuan. Thirty to forty million.A total of about 57.6 million to 67.6 million min. In the end of Zhao's reign, the annual revenue of the state treasury was 65.3 million. All of these are signs of subjugation.In the Northern Song Dynasty, this phenomenon only appeared in the Yingzong era, forcing Shenzong to make drastic cuts, and finally regained his strength.At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had only gone through the second generation, and it was corrupted to this point. May I ask Zhao Yun, should he do something? He takes it seriously. In terms of administration of officials, the number of officials was reduced in a short period of time by limiting resources and laying off personnel.The financial aspect is not so simple. Every step he takes will hit a huge mountain. For example his father Zhao Gou. The country's finances were so tight that Zhao Gou took the lead in making trouble.One day, Zhao Yan was checking the account book and found out that someone had made wine without permission.Liquor is an important source of income for the country, and it is a special supply and sale item. Not to mention private manufacture, even private sale is a crime.However, Zhao Goubian opened a liquor workshop in his Deoksugung Palace, carrying in and out openly every day, and importing large quantities of liquor into the market. Yu Shitai specifically reported this matter, Zhao Yan felt a headache, do you want to deal with it?Don't deal with it?Really don't deal with it?While struggling, his father exploded first.Zhao Gou was furious and sent someone to question his son, "This is true, what do you think?" Zhao Yun's filial piety had a nervous attack, he ignored the drinking, and the relevant personnel of Yushitai were fired.He felt that this was the only way to demonstrate his impeccable filial piety. After all, his father gave him all these thousands of miles of land, so what is a little wine tax? An ungrateful white-eyed wolf, never get close to him. But the people below refused to do it, the prime minister took the lead in opposing, and the decree of dismissal was withheld and not executed.Zhao Yun was in a hurry, didn't this make him unfilial?He asked the prime minister to sternly question him.The prime minister said: "The people in Deoksugung Palace are all eunuchs, who know the general affairs of the country? If we remove the officials for them, who will worry about the country in the future?" Well said, it hit Zhao Yan's vital point.His Majesty the Emperor was in a good mood immediately, and he withdrew his order, and the censor didn't have to be laid off.The matter of bootlegging was also settled, and he was determined not to pursue it. He couldn't think about it, Zhao Gou didn't do it yet.A few days later, Deoksugung summoned and invited his son to drink.After the wine was served, Zhao Yun found a small sign on the bottle, which said - Made in Deoksugung Palace. Invite the emperor to drink private wine, and all the officials and princes will follow, to see if you drink or not. Zhao Yan has drank countless cups of bitter wine in his life, and this is just a small cup of it.If there is any embarrassment, just raise your head and swallow. His father's wine is delicious, but his subordinates' anger is hard to suppress.When it comes to finance, this is the most important pillar of the country in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. It is more important than the invasion of foreign enemies. Zhao Yan has to manage it no matter what. In short, the financial chaos in the Southern Song Dynasty at this time reached the extreme.First of all, there are overlapping agencies and different coordination.For example, the financial management agency at the central level is Zuozangku of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is the only responsible department stipulated by the state.However, there are also Zuoku South Bank, Zuozang Sealed Pile Storehouse, Nei Cang Storehouse, Three Provinces Privy Council’s Appreciation Storehouse, Contract Recognition Department, Xiu Nei Department, State Use Department and other departments. Once the state taxes come up, they all ask for money. One is absolutely independent and does not listen to constraints. For example, Zuozang Nanku, which was created privately by Qin Hui when he was in power, and he used various reasons to allocate a large part of the tax from the Ministry of Households into the treasury for his personal consumption.After Qin Hui's death, Zhao Gou took this treasury, together with Wangxianqiao Qin's House, as his own, and became the Taishanghuang's small treasury. Would anyone dare to block its way and revoke its compilation? All kinds of realities forced Zhao Yan to think of various ways that were not the way.He appointed prime ministers, political advisers, etc. to form a special financial management department to uniformly manage tax revenues at all levels. This is theoretically feasible. The prime minister and the deputy prime minister are the highest-level officials in the country. Their joint efforts are enough to suppress and manage various treasuries and organize the country's finances. But, first, the prime minister couldn't handle everyone, not only Zhao Gou, but also Zhao Yun himself was one of the resistance.He set up the Zuo Zang Sealed Pile Storehouse and the Nei Cang Storehouse, and he is also the one who pays money from the taxation at will.Second, the prime ministers are too busy, and they have a lot of national affairs, and countless account books are pressed up.The most terrible thing is the third. This department itself is opposite to the only financial management department in the country, Zuo Zangku, the Ministry of Household Affairs. There were many difficulties, and Zhao Yan was never discouraged. He remembered what his seventh ancestor, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin had done.Zhao Kuangyin tried his best to save money, saying that he could buy the head of a Khitan warrior with 20 bolts of silk, and that his elite soldiers were only 100,000, so two million bolts of silk would make the event a success. After a long time, the price must have risen, but Zhao Yan is determined to follow the example of Taizu, save as much money as possible, and complete the great event of destroying gold and restoring the country.Driven by this great wish, Zhao Yan struggled hard in the corrupt and smelly bureaucratic environment, and in the financial quagmire that was full of holes, asking for money everywhere, and made more money little by little.This is really not easy, not to mention the constant occurrence of small and medium-level troubles, and natural disasters will come every now and then. His father, Zhao Gou, would reach out from time to time to take away the money he had worked so hard to save. As for the reason, it is very clear: son, I don’t have enough pocket money recently; son, you see my birthday is coming soon; son, your mother’s birthday is also coming soon; son, your second aunt is also celebrating... Each sum is a huge number, so I will mention it a little bit to open everyone's eyes.The monthly necessary expenditure is 100,000 guan in Deoksugung Palace, and 480,000 guan a year is another calculation. It is Zhao Gou's pocket money, and the expenses of various people in the palace are also covered by the official.In addition to the various birthday and festival offerings mentioned above, sometimes Zhao Yan is also mean-spirited, and will promise his father, "I will give you 200,000 yuan in two days, as a show of filial piety." After waking up from the wine, Zhao Yan was in a cold sweat, wishing he could slap himself twice.He decided to pretend to be a fool, and everyone would forget about the drinking talk in two days, so could dad still be serious? He underestimated Zhao Gou's thick skin too much.Zhao Gou will ask him very seriously, why not honor it?Zhao Yun was speechless, with the dignity of the emperor and the filial piety of Emperor Xiaozong, would he renege on his debt? I really don't have any money. After saving some money, it's really painful to hand it over.In the end, it was the Empress Dowager Wu who came forward to smooth things over and handed over 200,000 Guan instead of him. Deoksugung Palace is Zhao Yun's nightmare place, he doesn't want to go, dare not go, but he has to go.The decoration there is like a fairyland on earth. For example, a large pond was excavated in the palace and poured into the water of the West Lake, named Dalongchi.The rocks on the bank are piled up as a mountain, which is called Longevity Mountain. Does it sound like Gen Yue? In fact, Deoksugung Palace is a miniature version built by Zhao Gou according to the prosperous and magnificent palace garden of the Northern Song Dynasty according to his memory.There are countless pavilions and pavilions in the palace. In summer, "the rockery, bamboo, and ancient pines in front of the hall, the sun is not visible, and there is no heat." The pavilions and bridges next to the rockery in the pond in the palace are made of Sichuan stones brought in by Wu Lin. Made of Luo Bailuo wood, it is extremely elegant and clean." Under the bridge is Qianye Bailian, imperial couch, imperial tables, bottles, stoves, wine vessels, etc., all carved from crystal.In addition, in Deoksugung Palace, there is also "a stone pond with mercury floating gold mallard fish on it". It's so wonderful, but in Zhao Yan's eyes, it's like a money-sucking magic cave, which shattered his dreams and career, and didn't give him any help! It would be many years later that he would clearly realize that his father's brazenness only asking for money was not due to shamelessness, but was helping him.Zhao Gou believes that only by making this kid short of money can the safety of Jiangnan be guaranteed. There are many difficulties, but fortunately hardworking Han people can engage in production no matter how difficult the environment is, so thanks to the blessings of the people, Zhao Yan's wallet still bulged up little by little, allowing him to do some dignified things. Longxing peace talks, what made him feel most humiliated was not the traitorous behavior of Tang Situi and others, nor the defeat of Fu Li by Li Xianzhong and Shao Hongyuan, but two "little things" that seemed to have nothing to do with the country's strength. First, Henan has never been able to recover. This is not just a passionate slogan to recover the old capital Kaifeng and return to the Yellow River, but because the imperial tombs of Zhao and Song Dynasties are there.Except for the two emperors Hui and Qin, all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were buried there.From a common sense point of view, not being able to visit the graves of ancestors every year is a shameful thing that the Han people cannot bear.From a practical point of view, Zhao Song not only failed, but also implicated his ancestors, and was always under the threat of being dug up. Zhao Gou was indifferent to this matter, but Zhao Yun couldn't sleep or eat.He decided to reason with Jin Guo, leaving aside other territories, Henan must be returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. Second, accept the book ceremony. This is a political ceremony, which was established during the peace talks in Shaoxing.It was stipulated that every time an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin came to Jiangnan to speak at the Song court, the Emperor of Song must leave the couch and step down to the throne, and take the letter of the Kingdom of Jin with his own hands to show the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. Zhao Gou and Qin Hui did this kind of etiquette very well, and they were very happy. No civil or military barrier could stop them. Whoever stops them will die, and they will show no mercy.To a large extent, the tragedy of Han and Yue lies in this. Excellent servant. Zhao Yun inherited the country, and he also had to inherit the habits.Fortunately, when he took up his post, Wan Yanliang invaded the South, and the fight between the ruler and his ministers was disrespectful, and diplomatic relations were severed for a few years, and no one mentioned it. But with the Longxing peace agreement reached, these things cannot be avoided.Every year when the Jin envoy comes, he has to step down to greet him, and ask his uncle to be safe as a nephew.Is there anything more embarrassing than this for a person who aspires to revenge and has failed in revenge? Zhao Yan was so ashamed and angry that he refused from the first time with various reasons, such as being sick or upset, and refused to meet the envoy; However, father will appear in an instant.Zhao Gou's eyes and ears are all over the court, and he can know immediately what happened. He will order his son to follow the rules, otherwise he will personally go to the Golden Palace to greet him. Filial piety - no violation is called filial piety. Filial piety means you have to be obedient and not stand up to your elders.Can Zhao Yan let his father come out and be humiliated?In fact, this baby is also an idiot, and he still doesn't understand how much his perverted father likes this kind of occasion! To make a long story short, by the sixth year of Song Qiandao (1170 AD), he couldn't bear it anymore.It happened that the national taxation was on the right track and he had saved some money, so he decided to do it immediately. At this time, Yu Yunwen was alone, and the anti-golden hero finally came to the fore. He recommended two people to be envoys to the Kingdom of Jin. One of these two people is Li Tao, the secretary, the young supervisor and the housekeeper, and the other is Fan Chengda, the housekeeper.Li Tao is the teacher of all scholars who study Song history, a real Song historian.He wrote a lot in his life, including more than 50 books such as "Xunyan Anthology", "General History of the Four Dynasties" and "Chunqiu Studies", most of which were lost. There are 520 volumes of "Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", 10 volumes of "Tongjian Boyi and Discussion on Conquering the Enemy in the Six Dynasties", and 10 volumes of "Shuowenjiezi Pentaphonic Rhyme Puzzle".These are included in the "Siku Quanshu". It is no exaggeration to say that if there is no book by Li Tao, then people will not be able to study Song history. He is a real master of history, at least in recording this part, he is a veritable treasure of the Chinese nation. But in his job, he is just like Sima Guang, another historical master of the Song Dynasty, very fun. On weekdays, he is strict in his righteous words and wants to be the first in the world, which makes Yu Yunwen admire him more, thinking that he is a good man who has read history intensively and has a warm heart.So at the critical juncture of going to the Kingdom of Jin and striving for profit for the country and the king, Yu Yunwen was the first to recommend him.I thought that Li Tao would be generous and give up his family for the country.Unexpectedly, Li Tao thought about it and said something very logical. "Prime Minister, if you send me to change the contract, the Jin people will definitely not agree; if the Jin people refuse, Tao will fight to the death, that way - Tao will die. This move by the prime minister is actually killing Tao. It is a situation that must die , why do you have to let Tao go?" Yu Yunwen felt blushed.I am the head of a country, the head of a hundred officials, but I didn't see clearly that this person has such a side.Dereliction of duty, shouldn't be! "Li Tao, get out of town and write your history book!" Fan Chengda has another logic. Fan Chengda, courtesy name Zhineng, was born in 1126 and was nearly fifty years old.In terms of official position, he is just a small living man. If there is anything that can be sold, it is his poems.Together with Yang Wanli, Lu You and You Miao, he was called the "Four Great Poets of Zhongxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty. Fan Chengda agreed to go on an envoy without hesitation, and he was very calm.He said: "This mission is not for war, so there is no danger to life. However, the content mentioned is provocative. It is estimated that long-term detention is very likely. Your Majesty will take care of me, what else am I worried about?" It's normal to have different opinions on the same thing.What is abnormal is that, in a general sense, people believe that reading history can enlighten one's ambitions, improve the quality of one's soul, and help one grow into a positive person.Unexpectedly, in this matter, romantic poets and rigorous historians switched.Therefore, since ancient times, passion has always been the first element of life. According to the regulations, Fan Chengda was promoted to the position of a scholar of the Zizheng Palace, a doctor of Zuo Taizhong, an observer of Liquan and a servant, and the founding father of Danyang County, and he was sent to the Kingdom of Jin.According to regulations, he must first inform Jin Ting of the reason for his mission. After arriving in the Kingdom of Jin, officials from the Jin side will accompany him to check the relevant credentials, and then the formal ceremony of presenting the credentials will be held. But what didn't follow the rules was that when he walked to the imperial court of the Kingdom of Jin, he had another credential hidden in his sleeve, which was the real purpose of his mission this time. This is also a last resort.The previous legal procedures are interlocking. What should be done and what can be done has been stipulated at the initial stage, so don't try to take advantage of loopholes. If he had reported at the first time that there was such a letter of credence about accepting the book and the land of Henan, Jin Guo would directly reject it, and it would not be mentioned on the schedule at all. On that day, the procedure for the imperial court of the Kingdom of Jin to receive Song envoys was proceeding step by step.Wan Yanyong sat calmly on the throne, seemingly listening but not listening, his mind drifting away.This is not surprising, as the monarch of the superior country, he can keep silent, get angry, and do whatever he wants. He doesn't have to be cautious like the Southern Song Dynasty, always waiting for a move. But this day is destined to be his depressed day.I thought it was time to call it a day, but suddenly the envoy of the Song Dynasty saluted again, took out another credential from his sleeve, and immediately read out the contents of the credential aloud without waiting for it to be presented. With a loud voice, Fan Cheng stated the reasons for the Southern Song Dynasty's request for the return of the Henan ancestral mausoleum, and asked whether the relationship between the two countries is no longer between monarchs and ministers, but uncles and nephews. Is it appropriate to still accept the ceremony as before? Ginting was silent, followed by an explosion.Don't say anything, Wanyan Yongteng stood up from the throne.According to historical records, this is unique. This Wanyan is different from the previous ones. She has always been graceful, calm and unhurried.It's just that he was really angry at this time, this is a great insult to him and to Dajin Kingdom! Since the founding of the Jurchens, they have only bullied others and never received any contempt from outsiders.Especially the cowardly and timid people of the Song Dynasty dared to make their own decisions today and came to his imperial court to formulate rules and regulations. This has never happened before. Wan Yanyong roared angrily: "Could it be that this court is the place where you presented books without authorization? No envoy has ever dared to be so presumptuous!" He ordered Fan Chengda to automatically withdraw his credentials and plead guilty. Fan Chengda didn't care: "If this book of state is not published, I will die when I go back. It is better to die here than to insult the emperor's order!" Wan Yanyong was shocked: "Although you are so rare, you still have to abide by the rules, pull down, and apologize honestly." At this time, there was chaos in the Golden Palace, and when the emperor roared, every minister of the Jin Kingdom also began to roar.Fan Chengda, a civil servant in the south of the Yangtze River, was submerged in a sea of ​​anger and remained calm from beginning to end. Fan Chengda has proved with practical actions that he can do what he says. He would rather die than withdraw his credentials.Being so stubborn, it is said that according to the traditional habits of Wanyans, he is basically doomed. Indeed, a large number of Jinting warriors flocked to him that day, waiting for an order to turn him into Jiangnan specialty meat sauce. But it took a long time to wait for the order.Wan Yanyong stood in front of the throne in a rage, as time passed, his expression gradually calmed down.This man is called Wanyan Yong, known in history as calm Yong, rational Yong, and never making mistakes. His temperament and tolerance are absolutely beyond anyone in this era. Wan Yanyong ordered to accept the two letters of credence of the Southern Song Dynasty, let go of Fan Chengda, and asked him to go back to the post house to listen to the letter. After returning to the post house and closing the door, Fan Chengda began to be afraid.No one wants to die, let alone die in a foreign country, and at the hands of the enemy. This is related to glory, but it has nothing to do with willingness or not. He wrote a poem, expressing that he was a little scared, but he was definitely able to hold on.He had already planned to be imprisoned in a foreign country like Su Wu, a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and he would never bow to foreign enemies. He worried too much, and news came a few days later that Wan Yanyong let him go back to China.As for the mission, he passed it on, whether it was successful or not had nothing to do with him.Strictly speaking, during this trip, he made the official of the Kingdom of Jin accept the two state demands of accepting the book and the land of Henan. Fan Chengda was very happy, and it can be said that he overfulfilled the task.He just wanted to go home as quickly as possible, but before he left, something happened suddenly, and to him, it was a disaster for no reason. The disaster came from Xixia.It’s been a long time since I mentioned Dangxiang people. First, geographically speaking, they are not neighbors with the Southern Song Dynasty, and they have no intersection; second, they are very annoying, whether it is from the standards of the feudal era or the aesthetics of modern people. As far as fun is concerned, it makes people uninterested. This time it was a minister named Ren Dejing who usurped the throne. He failed to assassinate the king and was killed by the emperor instead.Naturally, the house was ransacked in the operation of exterminating the door. Among the things dug out was a contract signed with the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty.The king of Xixia took this contract and thought about it. Ren Dejing died, the Southern Song Dynasty and Xixia had nothing to do, Jin Guo and Xixia were next to each other, Jin Guo is very strong... He quickly came to a conclusion, sold Southern Song Dynasty, and showed favor to Jin Guo. Wan Yanyong pointed to the official seal of the Sichuan Xuanfu Department in the Southern Song Dynasty and asked Fan Chengda: "What's going on? You Southern Song Dynasty is too unethical. You always make small moves behind your back. Do you want to start a war again?" This is beyond the purview of Fan Chengda.He can not answer, and he has no right to answer, because he does not know the inside story, not to mention that if he answers wrong, it will cause losses to the country, so under normal circumstances, shutting up is the best way to deal with it. But Fan Chengda was not like that.Facing the anger of the Emperor of Jin calmly, this man said something very unofficial: "Even the emperor's jade seal can be forged, so the official seal of Sichuan Xuanfu Department must be real?" This is pure street brawl logic.Wan Yanyong questioned him and asked the Southern Song Dynasty to give an explanation. In turn, he asked Jin Guo to prove that the official seal was genuine. If not, it would have nothing to do with the Southern Song Dynasty. It is obvious that there are only two ways for Wan Yanyong to go, either to travel to modern times and find out the evidence of genuine manufacturing process that proves this official seal; Get rid of you first! Calm Yong and rational Yong reappeared.Wan Yanyong casually threw aside the contract from Xixia, and laughed it off as if it didn't exist. Fan Chengda returned home smoothly.During this business trip, he was away for nearly four months. He did what he was supposed to do and settled what he should not be responsible for. Even the entire mission inside him was safe and sound.Looking at the records, it can be found that this is the only successful diplomacy after Song Shi went south.Zhao Yun and Yu Yunwen were overjoyed and looked at him squarely again. A few years later, Fan Chengda served as a political adviser and entered the ranks of prime ministers. It's a beautiful job.But looking back, it was only a bridge for the subsequent process. Jin Guo didn't agree to anything, and Zhao Yan had to send someone to negotiate again. Before anyone could cross the river, Wan Yanyong gave the answer first.Don't fantasize about Henan, don't you want ancestral graves?It's simple, you can come here, we can help you, move all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty to live in the south of the Yangtze River, that's all. Zhao Yan was in a hurry to take back the ancestral mausoleum, but this time it would be a waste of ground and relocation of the tomb. This is the greatest disrespect to the ancestors!Must stop.It happened to be Wan Yanyong's birthday two months later, and Zhao Yan sent another envoy to congratulate Lord Jin on his birthday, and he must argue clearly with Jin Guo. The person sent this time is Zhao Xiong, who was a member of Zhongshushe before the mission.This department staff who works in the Zaizhi's office is even tougher than Fan Chengda. His performance in the Jin Kingdom's imperial court was recorded by the Jin Kingdom's ministers, and it was still praised many years later. They said It is called "Dragon Fight". As the name suggests, Zhao Xiong and Wan Yanyong got into a fight. The two debated for a long time, and due to space limitations, I won't go into details.If someone asks you to do it, I'm sorry, I won't do it.reason?It's the same reason why the ministers of the Kingdom of Jin praised this passage. Wan Yanyong won. If he hadn't won, the Jurchens would have had enough to eat, and they would praise an envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty. What Wan Yanyong said is reasonable—why does Ru Country have to talk about Henan?Could it be for the so-called ancestral tomb?If this is the case, if the coffin of Song Qinzong is not taken back, what is the ancestral tomb?Speaking of which, this matter has been dragged on for too long, and it will damage your reputation both emotionally and rationally. If you don't bury Song Qinzong, I will bury him. As for the acceptance ceremony, you agreed when signing the Shaoxing peace agreement, but you didn’t mention it when signing the Longxing peace agreement, and you have been following it for the past few years. Now you suddenly bring it up, what is your faith?There is no need to talk about this matter. Zhao Xiong wanted to argue without saying anything. After returning to Lin'an, Zhao Yun and Yu Yunwen didn't find any words.There is no way to say this at all. Could it be said that Zhao Gou was in charge of the peace talks in Shaoxing, and it has nothing to do with him; during the peace talks in Longxing, he was designed by traitors and forced by Zhao Gou, so he can only agree?As for the burial of Song Qinzong's bones-Zhao Gou is still alive, how can Zhao Yun go to the kang through the pot? Thousands of words can only be held in his heart, so far Zhao Yan understands that diplomacy has been completely hopeless, and the only way to fight for a minimum dignity and status is war. He wanted to fight, Wanyan Yong wanted more than him.As soon as Zhao Xiong returned to the south of the Yangtze River, the battle report came from the north of the Yangtze River, saying that the Kingdom of Jin, in the name of sending the coffin of Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, raised 300,000 troops to pacify the south of the Yangtze River. Lin'an immediately panicked, and the front line was also in shock overnight, and battle reports were frequently circulated, calling for additional troops to support.当时，只有虞允文镇定，他断定金国只是虚张声势，有完颜亮惨败身死的教训，金国绝不敢贸然出兵。 果然如他所料，金国的军队没来，来的是金国的使者。 金国的使者憋足了劲想在南宋皇廷上也来一出“龙斗”。这位上位国的使者气势汹汹地走上金殿，直逼赵昚的御座，要赵昚下阶，向江北的“叔叔”问安。 却没料到南宋这边根本不给他机会。 赵昚端坐不动，虞允文走了上来。他先请赵昚回宫，然后告诉金使，大驾已回内宫，今天不会再临朝，你明天随班上殿观礼吧！ 这也是创了纪录了。自从南宋立国之后，金国的使者从来都是宋廷的大爷，像今天这样被晾在一边儿丢人，还是破天荒头一回。 金使悻悻而去，可想而知金国必将勃然大怒。上位国的气焰要如何保持？只有铁与血、战与火！宋、金关系再一次空前紧张，眼见一场风暴袭来，却突然间又平静了。金国并不计较，理由非常充分，金使受辱记里的主角虞允文被罢官了。 从军、政大权集于一身的首相被贬为四川宣抚司，虞允文的地位一落千丈，消息传到了金国，足以平息一大堆完颜的怨气了。 How is this going?赵昚的脑子再一次短路了，还是赵构重新掌控了朝局，把虞允文搞成了岳飞第二？都不是，这一次是赵昚谋而后动，给金国挖了一个很深的坑。 北伐复国是一定的，可方法要重新设定。隆兴北伐为什么会失败，方方面面的原因很多，邵宏渊等败类直接导致了北伐的失败，可最重要的一点还是张浚的战略意图不对以及准备不足。 只看见了金军在两淮空虚，却看不到河南囤积了大批金军主力，随时可以南下驰援。四川方面更是形同虚设，没有起到半点作用。 这一次，攻击的重点就设在了四川。两淮地区、鄂州方面将阵兵威胁，虎视中原，牵制住金国重兵，宋军由川入陕，从侧后方攻击河南腹地。 这个战略是最理想的，可是却没有最理想的人去实施。川中吴璘已经病故，西军最后一个老兵也走了。就算蜀川在这几年里元气有所恢复，也不会对战局有太大帮助。 在这个前提下，想实施这个战略意图，只有派虞允文入川。 四川是个神奇的地方，它是最懒散、最悠闲的，这是基本气氛。只要战争稍微离得远一些，立即歌舞升平、浅酌低唱，可是如果战争临近，只要给它一点点的适应时间，它会骤然转型，变成一座集物资、士兵于一体的堡垒加仓库。 可战，也可支援。 赵昚刚登基时出昏招导致川军元气大伤，吴璘只能收缩在蜀中隐忍不动。几年时间过去，蜀川的神奇功能重现，它再一次物资充盈、民力可持，有潜力担任反攻的前锋了。 虞允文入川，就是要把这种潜力发挥出来，整合成可战的实力。而赵昚坐镇临安，更要大张旗鼓，频繁调动，造成北伐的重心仍然在长江中下游沿岸一带的假象，牢牢地拴住金国中原的重兵。 为了达到这个目的，赵昚短时间内阅兵三次，规模一次比一次大，赏赐一次比一次多，参阅兵力最多时接近三万。 这是庞大的兵力，更是庞大的开支。赵昚做着这些时心情激越，越飞越高，觉得和九天之上自己梦中的目标越来越近了。他总是不断地和虞允文通信。 内容只有一个：催促。 要到什么时候才出兵？是长江中下游地区先出兵，还是按原计划蜀川先出兵？虞相、虞爱卿，你一定不要让朕失望啊！ 他曾这样和虞允文约定：“若卿出兵而朕犹豫，是朕负卿：若朕在江淮举兵而卿不动，则卿有负于朕！” 这样的话不可谓不重，于韩世忠、岳飞、虞允文等人来说，简直重若泰山，无可抵御。无论是他们本人，还是悠闲于历史长河里闲看两宋风澜波动的各年代人，都会认为虞允文将会欢天喜地无法遏制地迅速出兵，绝不会出现让皇帝等得着急的情况。 可偏偏就发生了这样的事情，虞允文入川一年零五个月，居然一直按兵不动。 赵昚等到怒火中烧，怀疑四川的军政环境，并怀疑虞允文的本质本性。这位虞爱卿还是几年前挽狂澜于既倒、敢独身屹立于残暴金主面前的那个虞允文吗？ 所有知道内情的人也这样想。 直到南宋淳熙元年（公元1174年）二月，虞允文于蜀川病故。师未出而身先死，南宋丞相比当年的蜀汉丞相还要悲剧。 没人为虞允文悲伤，包括赵昚在内，南宋帝国对虞允文的死报以不解、郁闷。Why is this?是四川那个地方邪，每次北伐都会拖南宋的后腿，还是虞允文把大家都骗了？ 想到了骗，赵昚的怒火里夹杂着无数痛苦的回忆。为了再一次北伐，他作出的努力实在是太多了，比如节省每一枚铜钱以增厚国库，还因此被臣子们嘲笑：“陛下不过被数文腥钱作使，何不试打算得几番犒赏？” 讽刺他攒下来的钱别说支撑北伐了，连给军队打赏都不够。天可怜见，他攒点钱容易吗？ 比如他以身作则，带动全民练武。他先是射箭，成绩很好，一连几个月都保持高中靶率。直到某天突然间用力过猛，把弓弦拉断了，反弹回来的弦把他的眼睛都打肿了，半个月没法上朝。 还有就是他突然间有了个习惯，开始拄拐杖。那是一根颜色深沉、造型古朴的木杖。赵昚宽衫拄杖而行，姿态儒雅、颇具风度，这让文士集团非常欣赏，很想效仿。 某天，赵昚出行很急，突然想起木杖没带，连忙派人去取。去的是太监，本想着一根木杖能有几斤，很容易就能带走，结果入手才发现，重得惊人。 那是铁杖。 赵昚无时无刻不忘砥砺自己，要身体健壮、意志坚强。从自身出发，以支撑北伐的消耗。 再比如他为了理顺内部，每天处理海量的公务。某天他实在是累到极限没法再沉默了，对身边的臣子说了一句：“朕每天都要游行全国一周啊！”意指全国公文每天都要处理一遍。 做这些都是为了什么？可虞允文把一切都耽误了！怒火难遏，赵昚做出了一个让人震惊的举动，对虞允文之死，南宋官方不赐谥、不赠官。 其实单以采石矶之战，虞允文就该终身享受英雄待遇。他死后的待遇如此差，让人不禁想起了符离之战后，赵昚对李显忠的处罚。 剥夺一切职务，没收一切财产，收回一切荣誉。直到气消之后回头看，才明白处理得太过了，再给予补偿。 虞允文的身后事也是这样。赵昚在四年之后检阅四川军队时才发现全都是精壮士兵，军械物资也极其充沛，才意识到虞允文入川干了多少实事。 虞允文不是不想北伐，更不是拖延时间，而是要做的事太多了。为了战争必胜，为了在整体国力不如金国的前提下必胜，虞允文不能允许自己没有把握只凭热血。 一生尽忠过劳死，死后真相无人知。 整整四年过去，赵昚才明白自己的决定是多么蠢、多么伤人。宋廷遗赠虞允文为太傅，赐谥号忠肃。 虞允文死后，赵昚举目四望，看不到半个能理解他的人，更不要说支持帮助云云了，这让他举步维艰。时间长了，他渐渐变得懒散了。 不懒散又如何，不是每个人都能在没完没了地与天斗、与地斗、与人斗的搏杀中体会到乐趣的。时间是最可怕的杀器，搞得久了，谁都会体力不支。 从这时起，赵昚的心收了起来。他会专注地凝视自己的三个儿子，精心比较他们之间谁更加像自己一些，进而精心地给他们选媳妇，再精心地对比他们生下来的儿子，也就是他的孙子们，谁更加优秀。时不时地还会去探望他的老爹，陪着赵构在天竺寺、玉津园等临安著名旅游景点散步。 日子一天天过去，南宋、金之间越来越和谐美好，中原、江南、塞北一片平静，大理、西夏、吐蕃一片平静，这个世界几乎陷入了一个梦境一样的理想国度，仿佛战火、鲜血、死亡等丑陋的东西都统统不见了。is it possible? 它们去了哪儿？ 世人不会知道，在这片无比广阔的平和之外，还有一个男孩几在受苦。这个男孩儿远在极北之地的苦寒草原上，他名叫孛儿只斤·铁木真。