Chapter 37: Confrontation

In June of the fourth year of Song Jianyan, Goryeo opened the city of Luocheng.

It was summer, the weather was hot and sultry, and only in the main hall of the imperial city was the air fresh and cool.

Wang Kai, the twenty-four-year-old king of Goryeo, walked into the main hall worriedly, glanced at the courtiers below, and couldn't help frowning even more.

"Miaoqing Sage, Zheng Xianggong, you are also here."

Miaoqing smiled slightly, and bowed: "The king received the envoys of various countries, and the ministers just happened to meet at the right time, and they also happened to explore the truth of these ill-intentioned people."

Zheng Zhichang also said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, these envoys all have ghosts in their hearts, and they want to take advantage of my Goryeo Kingdom, but the ministers don't agree to them."

Wang Kai's face immediately darkened.

Before the unification of the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang was designated as the capital protectorate for the development of the northwest, and Pyongyang was called Seogyong. The Goryeo Dynasty placed civil and military officials in Xijing, set up an institutional "sub-division", and set up a sub-station of the imperial history to monitor it. As an important town comparable to the national capital of Kaegyong, Pyongyang has been valued by successive dynasties of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Seven years ago, in 1126 AD, Wang Kai, who had not long been on the throne, co-opted his grandfather Li Ziqian's confidant Tuo Junjing and eliminated Li Ziqian and his henchmen.

Six years ago, that is, in 1127 A.D., when Wang Kai traveled to Xijing, with the help of the power of the two classes and monks in Xijing, he eliminated the powerful minister Tuo Junjing, and Xijing came from behind, and the power struggle made the contradiction between Kaijing and Xijing increasingly intensified.

The two classes of Xijing, headed by the senior monk Miaoqing and the powerful minister Zheng Zhichang, once gained power, and the Xijing party proposed that Renzong go to Xijing to avoid the disaster, and then proposed to move the capital to Xijing, but was resolutely opposed by the two classes in Beijing.

I didn't expect the court to receive foreign envoys today, and these two came to the Ban Dynasty in person, but I was afraid that it would be ill-intentioned.

Whether it is the Jurchens or Wang Song's Xuanfu Division, the small country of Goryeo, no one can afford to provoke it. In case these two come to be impassioned, I am afraid that things will be big.

"Miaoqing Sage, Zheng Xianggong, the country is troubled, you two don't want to make trouble. The Jurchen soldiers were strong and strong, and Wang Song's loyal army was even more overwhelming. Could it be that the two of you have forgotten the battle of Lazy Dian back then? ”

In 1104 A.D., the Goryeo army entered the Lazy Dian from Dingzhou, and was attacked by the Jurchen army, and the Jurchen army took advantage of the victory to occupy the two cities of Dingzhou and Xuande, killed a large number of people, chased into its territory, and burned its garrison and returned. Goryeo was not reconciled, and attacked Haoladian again, but was also severely attacked by the Jurchen army, with more than half of the casualties, so he could only humbly talk about peace and return with an alliance.

In 1107 A.D., Goryeo made a comeback, with more than 100,000 troops, and launched an attack on Holadian by land and water. Due to the suddenness of the incident, more than 6,000 Jurchen troops were beheaded and more than 1,000 were captured. In the second year, Goryeo built nine cities including Xianju and Yingju in Haoladian to prepare for a long time. The northeastern boundary of Goryeo was temporarily moved northward.

The geographical location of Haoladian was important as a base for attacking the Jurchens of the Yalu River and Tokyo of the Liao Dynasty from the east, and it was also the gateway to control Goryeo in the south, and the Jurchens also vowed to recapture it.

The Jurchen army launched a counterattack, and the Goryeo army fought for more than a year in the Lazy Dian, although there were mutual victories and defeats, but the Goryeo army lost more and won less, the casualties were innumerable, the border was embarrassed, the army and the people worked hard, and there was an uproar.

In 1109 A.D., Goryeo had to re-ask for peace, evacuate the nine cities, return the dead people, and withdraw from the occupied homeland, so Haolaidian returned to the Jurchens. Goryeo's family business accumulated for more than 30 years has almost lost everything.

Yushi Jinfu also looked at these two people, and his heart was on fire.

"Miaoqing Sage and Zheng Xianggong, defend the city, and fight the widows with the crowd, but they can't shake the Jurchens, so don't add to the chaos."

"This time, that time."

Miaoqing shook his head and said: "The Jurchens and the Song people are at war, and both are defeated, I."

The Goryeo Kingdom is reaping the benefits of this. As long as we raise troops to advance westward, we can expand the territory of our Goryeo Kingdom in one go, so as to fulfill the last wish of the previous emperor!"

"The palace of Xijing Linyuanyi has been completed, if the king moves the capital to Xijing and works hard, my Goryeo country will be strong and the people will be rich, and the king will be the king of the world."

Zheng Zhichang also had a solemn complexion, seemingly serious.

Jin Fushi secretly sneered. Miaoqing's guy, everywhere preaching his set of yin and yang geography, and everywhere preaching that the king of Kaijing has declined and Xijing is flourishing, is just a conspiracy and trick led by Miaoqing and Zheng Zhichang in Xijing to suppress the two classes in Kaesong.

The ministers were noisy and chattering, Wang Kai had a headache, and was thinking about how to persuade these officials, but he heard the voice of the eunuch outside.

"The envoy of Daejin Kingdom has met with the lord of Goryeo!"

"The envoy of the Great Song Dynasty court has met with the lord of Goryeo!"

The voice paused, and then raised again.

"The envoys of the Great Song Dynasty and the Xuanfu Division of Shaanxi have met with the lord of Goryeo!"

Everyone was shocked, and no one thought that Wang Song's messenger was also here!

Civil and military officials, including King Wang Kai, all looked out of the main hall. Under the guidance of the eunuchs, a group of envoys walked towards the palace, and everyone looked arrogant, ignored each other, and entered the main hall, until they sat down, and no one on several sides accosted each other.

The most ridiculous thing is that except for Yelu Jujin, the envoy of the Jin State, all the other envoys, including Han Fang of the Jin State, are all Song costumes, but Han Fang has the left side, the front placket is covered to the left, and the others are on the right.

Qin Hui and Wei Xingke were dressed in purple round-necked official robes, which were almost the same as those worn by Huang Shishun and Shi Yisheng.

Qin Hui's eyes were a little dark, and it seemed that he was overly wine-colored. After breaking away from the Wang family, he hugged left and right, and completely let go of himself.

Wei Xingke was a little embarrassed, his face swept to Shi Yisheng and Huang Shishun opposite, and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a hello.

In front of these two people, he had a trace of weakness, as if the concubine had run into the main room, and he was uneasy.

Huang Shishun and Shi Yisheng also nodded slightly. After all, this Wei Xing can be regarded as knowing each other before, and his friendship is not bad, so there is no need to get along with him.

Qin Hui's face was calm, but his heart was up and down. They came to Goryeo just to find out the whereabouts of the Jin people. Wang Song sent an envoy to come, what is the so-called matter?

Although there was only a momentary exchange in his eyes, he could feel the coldness in Huang Shishun and Shi Yisheng's eyes, which obviously expressed the other's unkindness.

He is not the character that the other party likes.

Han Fang, the champion of the Liao State back then, the old minister of Liao, and the new favorite of the Jin State, is also an ancient well at this moment.

It seems that it will be even more difficult to achieve the will of the envoy this time.

The obstacle is on these messengers of Wang Song.

Perhaps we can also take advantage of today's opportunity to tightly tie Goryeo to the Jin State and form a strategic alliance in the true sense.

"Han Xianggong, is there anything important for you and the Yelu envoy to come?"

Wang Kai asked loudly, but his eyes were aimed at the other envoys of the "two countries". The reason why he gathered the envoys of the three parties in one place today was to put Goryeo in a weak position, so that these three parties, especially Wang Songfang and Jin Guo, would face each other, and Goryeo would get out of it.

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"Your Majesty, although Goryeo has long been on good terms with my Daejin and claims to be a vassal vassal state, it has not entered the oath for a long time, and my Daejin has sent envoys and offers many times, but they have returned in vain. This time the two of us are here for this matter. Your Majesty, you should have something to do. ”

The ministers of the DPRK and China, including Jin Fushi and others, were all pale. Once the oath was issued, the king of Goryeo was to be canonized by the Jin dynasty and use the Jin dynasty name and calendar. Official documents and diplomacy of Goryeo

Treaties, official histories, etc., had to be written in Jurchen script.

Wang Kai smiled bitterly and didn't speak, Jin Fushi below had already said loudly: "Han Shangshu, the small state affairs of Liao and Song have not sworn for two hundred years, and they have not lost the courtesy of vassals." Today, when you go to the country, you should be the same as Liao and Song. Now that the alliance is in turmoil, the saints will not dare to use the oath. ”

Han Fang laughed and said softly: "Jin Xianggong, the Goryeo Kingdom must use ancient rites, Shun will patrol for five years, and the group will be four dynasties." Six years and five times a dynasty, and another six years the king is a time patrol, and the princes are in Fangyue. Today, Zinan hunting, Goryeo should be from the court. ”

Huang Shishun's face was pale. This Han Fang actually compared the gold lord to the king of Yao and Zhou, which is really shameless. Yao and King Wu of Zhou, these sages, did they burn, kill, loot, and bloody killings, leaving thousands of miles uninhabited?

He looked at Qin Hui and Wei Xingke, and saw that the expressions on their faces were different. Qin Hui's face was calm and he watched calmly, but Wei Xingke's face was pale, and there was a hint of indignation in his eyes.

Wang Kai smiled bitterly and finally spoke

"Han Shangshu, this is a major national event, wait for this king and the ministers to discuss it, and then reply to Han Shangshu."

"Your Majesty, what else is there to discuss about what can be decided by one sentence? Couldn't you be the master of national affairs?"

Han Fang was pressing step by step, not giving Wang Kai room to move around at all.

Zheng Zhichang, the prime minister of Xijing on the side, was angry, he looked down on Wang Kai's weakness, and he was even more unaccustomed to the aggressiveness of the Jurchen envoys.

"Han Shangshu, in the first battle of Shaanxi, your Jurchen army suffered heavy losses, Wanyan Lou was killed in battle, and Tiefutu was gone, what face do you have to bluff and intimidate here! I, the Koreans, make my own decisions about my own state affairs, how can I have you, an outsider, dictate my own affairs!"

Miaoqing also shook his head and said: "Dajin Kingdom and I, Goryeo, have always been well water and river water. Oath, let's wait for Dajin to defeat the loyal army. ”

Han Fang sneered softly: "In the first battle of Shaanxi, Jin and Song each had casualties, which can be regarded as evenly matched. Did the king of Goryeo think that I was not an opponent of the Goryeo army?"

The Goryeo ministers in the main hall are all pale, if the Jurchen army comes from the country, even if it is two Goryeo, I am afraid that the country will be ruined.

At this time, even Jin Fushi, Miaoqing and others closed their mouths tightly. This kind of self-inflicted humiliating words is still exempt from respect.

No one cares about the interests of the Goryeo Dynasty, some are just their own small calculations. As long as his interests are not lost, it doesn't matter if he is a Jurchen or a Great Song Dynasty, "it's a big deal".

"The dignified Han people, following the barbarians, are willing to drive for the alien race, killing their own blood and species, first Fengliao, and then Jin, bending their knees to meet them, forgetting their ancestors, I don't know what their ancestors are!"

Shi Yisheng's face was pale, and he suddenly spoke, and he didn't know who to say, which caused the Goryeo ministers in the main hall to look sideways.

I wonder what such a man believes in his heart, and who is his master? This kind of person has only one title under my Xuanfu Division, "traitor". Future generations will carry it on their backs forever, and the shame will be difficult to wash away!"

Han Fang's face suddenly turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.

knew that Shi Yisheng was scolding him, but he didn't know how to reply.

"Your Majesty, Daikin and Goryeo are intertwined, and they can't be instigated by others. As a Dajin envoy, please expel the idle people from the main hall. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries! ”

The golden envoy Yelu Jujin walked out, stepped forward to bow, and looked at Shi Yisheng and Huang Shishun's eyes, faintly sarcastic.

"Dare to ask Venerable, what kind of envoy is you, and what qualifications do you have to roar above the main hall here? It's really ridiculous that even the rebellion of the Song Kingdom can enter the house and hold the throne!"