Yes.

Big things are not good.

Shi Xiu, who infiltrated the Jin Kingdom, inquired that Song and Jin had reached an agreement, Dajin would send 500,000 troops, and Da Song would send 1 million troops to jointly defeat Cai Yan.

Not only that, Wanyan Aguta also criticized Cai still from the height of morality, saying: Cai is still a Song minister, deeply favored by the Great Song Emperor, and also accepted the three daughters of the Great Song Emperor.

If it's just talking, that's it.

The key point is that not long after Wanyan Aguta's rebellion statement was issued, it was responded to by Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia state, who claimed that he would send 300,000 troops to cooperate with Dajin and the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to fight against Cai Yi.

If it is said that Western Xia sent troops to crusade against Cai Ying, Cai still can barely think of it, then there is a news that Cai still did not expect.

This news is that Goryeo even said that he would send 300,000 troops to crusade against Cai Yi.

After learning the news, Cai is still so angry, if you want to say, the Great Song Dynasty, Dajin, and Western Xia border me, and they are worried that I will become a threat to them, and they will send troops to crusade against me, even if I have no grievances with you in the past, why are you not next to each other, why do you want to attack me?

Cai was still furious, and called Hu Yanqing, Zhang Yan, Zhang Wei, Zhao Liangsi, and Wang Jieru (both of whom were envoys to Western Xia some time ago), and asked: "How did you send the Jurchens to the envoys, how did you contact the party, and how did you make them form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Whether it was Hu Yanqing, Zhang Yan, Zhang Wei, or Zhao Liangsi, Wang Jieru, they were all silent and silently accepted Cai Ying's reprimand.

In fact, I don't complain about Yanqing, Zhao Liangsi and others about this matter.

Who is to blame?

Resentment Cai still.

Cai Zhen's diplomatic principles are too tough, whether it is for Dajin or Western Xia, he will not give an inch.

The opposite of Cai is still Zhao Ji, whether it is to Dajin or Western Xia, Zhao Ji is humble and polite, and is willing to spend money to buy peace, that is, he is willing to offer New Year's coins to the two countries.

More importantly, whether it is Wanyan Aguda or Li Qianshun, they are all outstanding people of this era, and they know very well that Cai Ying and Zhao Ji are their neighbors, which is more beneficial to them.

Besides, apart from Zhao Ji's stupid hat, who is not a weak and strong opponent?

Therefore, Wanyan Aguta and Li Qianshun did not struggle too much, so they chose the Great Song Dynasty as their ally, and Cai Ying, who was strong and aggressive, as their enemy.

These things are not difficult to analyze, or even difficult to probe.

When Cai Ying's anger passed, Cai Ying's strategists quickly helped Cai still clear these up.

Cai is still not a person who can't accept mistakes, he gave Hu Yanqing, Zhao Liangsi and others some rewards, and then encouraged them a few words to show that the wrong person is not them, but himself.

Cai is still an emperor-level person, it is not easy to do this, how can Hu Yanqing and Zhao Liangsi blame Cai still again?

But—

Tsai still has no regrets about his diplomatic principles.

Weak diplomacy can certainly survive for a while, but it will cause endless troubles.

Tough diplomacy may seem a bit passive, but as long as you survive the current predicament, you can achieve long-term peace and stability.

Soon, there was news unfavorable to Cai Ye:

"The Great Song Dynasty raised 300,000 troops, known as 1 million, led by Yao Gu, Chongshizhong, and Guo Yaoshi, respectively, and assembled in Daizhou, Xiongzhou, and Guangxin."

"The Western Xia raised 100,000 troops, known as 300,000, divided into two roads, all the way to the Heqing army, all the way to the Jinxiao army, and came straight to Yunzuo."

"The Jin State raised 150,000 troops, known as 500,000, divided into two routes, all the way to Songting Pass, all the way to Yuguan."

In other words, the Song, Xia, and Jin kingdoms attacked Yanyun at the same time, preparing to attack from all directions.

Moreover, Goryeo also stationed 100,000 troops in its northwest, claiming to have gathered 300,000 troops to the outside world, making a posture of sending troops at any time.

It can be said that in an instant, the situation of Cai Ying's forces took a sharp turn for the worse, and he faced the most severe situation and test.

……

In this regard, Cai still summoned a group of ministers under him to ask for advice.

Zuo Qigong, who has just taken refuge in Cai Ying, although he is over seventy years old, has not diminished his utilitarianism at all, and since he coerced Xiao Puxian to surrender, he has been very active in everything.

It just so happens that Cai still lacks such an example.

In addition, Zuo Qigong turned out to be the prime minister of Northern Liao.

Therefore, Cai still showed great importance to the use of Zuo Qigong, not only entrusted Zuo Qigong with important duties, but also often adopted Zuo Qigong's suggestions when formulating the basic policy of Yandi, so that Zuo Qigong was full of energy.

Therefore, Cai still asked for advice, and Zuo Qigong took the lead and said: "The party's two-way army is actually not to be afraid, Yunzuo has the Great Wall and natural hazards, as well as perfect defense facilities, as long as enough troops are deployed, the party will not be able to enter the pass without paying a huge price." The situation at Songting Pass is similar. The only thing to worry about in the north is Yuguan all the way, Zhang Jue for our surrender, is always ambiguous, Weichen also heard that Zhang Jue has been secretly recruiting troops and horses, at present there are thirty or forty thousand horses under his command, it can be said that the soldiers are strong and strong, if he falls to the Jurchen, and then leads the Jurchen into the pass, it will be a huge threat to us, Weichen is foolish, should give Zhang Jue an ultimatum, if he does not surrender, directly send troops to take Pingzhou, completely block the passage to the north. ”

Liu Yanzong then added: "If Pingzhou is captured, the enemies in the north, whether Jurchen or Dadan, are not to be feared. Although the combat effectiveness of the Song army is low, there is no barrier between us and the Song State to defend, so the Song army should be our biggest enemy in this campaign, Weichen suggested, once the war starts, defeat the Song army with a thunderous momentum, and then send the Great Song to the south, if the conditions allow, cut down the Great Song in one fell swoop, if the conditions do not allow, force the Great Song to draw a big river as the boundary. ”

Li Shidao: "It's best to find a way to avoid this battle, what we Yanyun need most now is to recuperate." ”

Li Shi's words reached Cai Ying's heart.

Cai is still not afraid of war.

But now, the swallow land is newly restored, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt.

Not to mention anything else, just the same food is enough for Cai to worry about.

In this case, it is actually very unwise to fight.

At this time, Cai still regretted it somewhat, and did not listen to the proposition of "stabilizing the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia first, even if it is to pay some price" advocated by Gang and others.

But there is no turning back from the bow, and the key is that Cai still really does not want to use weak diplomacy.

Now, there is no point in talking about this, and it will not solve the problem at all.

Hearing that all the ministers were talking about dealing with Song, Jin, and Xia, and no one said Goryeo, Cai still asked, "Then why do we do Goryeo?" ”

As soon as Cai still said this, the ministers were stunned!

looked at each other, and finally Zuo Qigong stood up and said: "Gaoli and our Yanyun, there was no injustice in the past, there is no enmity in the near future, and there is no interest, think about it, they should be coerced by the Jurchens, so they put on such a posture, they may not really want to be the enemy of our Yanyun, and they may not really send troops, at this stage, you can let it go first, wait and see what happens, at most, send an envoy to question it......"

Actually-

It's pretty much the same as Zuo Qigong.

Goryeo originally didn't want to get involved in the war and political affairs between Song, Jin, Western Xia, and Cai Yi, because it really had nothing to do with them.

But the problem is that Goryeo can't help but wave the flag for the country of Jin now.

It turns out -

In March this year, King Matsuta of Goryeo Ruizong had a banquet with the minister of Zai Shu in Xianglin Pavilion, and suddenly found that he had a slight crease on his back, so he hurried back to the palace.

However, due to the misdiagnosis of internal medicine doctor Cui Siquan, Wang Yu's condition suddenly deteriorated.

By April, Wang Mata, who was only in his forties, was seriously ill.

Under the auspices of the prince Li Ziqian, Wang Yu's edict was passed down to the fourteen-year-old crown prince Wang Kai, who died of illness soon after.

Li Ziqian is the head of the contemporary Li family in Renzhou (also known as the Qingyuan Li family), and he is the father-in-law of Wang Mata, who married his eldest daughter and his second daughter to Wang Mata, who later became Queen Shunde of Wang Mata for giving birth to Wang Kai, the crown prince (crown prince) for Wang Mata.

The Li family in Inju is an extremely remarkable wealthy family in Goryeo.

The kings of Goryeo after Goryeo Wenjong were either young or immoral, and then lost the ability to manipulate the nobility.

During that period, some wealthy families took advantage of their marriages with the royal family to seize power and control the government of Goryeo.

The most famous of these is the Li family in Inju.

Since the time of Goryeo Munjong, the Inju Lee family has been married to the Goryeo royal family, after nine generations and more than 60 years, this family has been in charge of the Goryeo dynasty as a foreign relative, it can be said that their family is the largest supplier of the queen and princess of Goryeo, and the women of his family have also given birth to several Goryeo kings.

Of course, it does not mean that the Li family in Renzhou has not declined in the past few decades.

During the succession period of Goryeo Sujong, the Inju Lee family failed because of their participation in the dispute for the establishment of the prince, and at that time, the contemporary head of the Inju Lee family, Li Ziyi, was killed, Li Ziyi's son Li Sui and others were also killed, and more than 50 people including Li Ziwei were exiled to the south, which is the famous Li Ziyi Rebellion in the history of Goryeo.

After Goryeo Sujong ascended the throne, he drove the mother and son of the Wonshin Palace of the Inju Lee family, who was married by the former king of Goryeo Xianzong, to Gyeongwon-gun, and instead of marrying the daughter of the Inju Lee family like the previous King of Goryeo, he married the daughter of the Jeongju Yoo family.

But after the death of Sujong of Goryeo, Wang Mata succeeded to the throne and married Li Ziqian's eldest daughter as a concubine, and the power of the Li clan in Inju rose again.

When Li Ziqian's second daughter also married Wang Bao as the princess, and gave birth to Wang Kai, the son of Wang Kai, Li Ziqian's status was greatly improved again, and he was ranked as the prime minister, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition - in those years, Wang Ziqian had no intention of ruling the government, because Li Ziqian married his two daughters to Wang Mata, Wang Ziqian trusted Li Ziqian very much, and slowly Li Ziqian seized the power that belonged to Wang Mata, the king of Goryeo, and then obtained supreme power.

Since then, Li Ziqian has been more domineering than Li Ziyi, who made a big mess back then, and even domineering, because he was afraid that other concubines would share the favor of his two daughters, and because he was afraid that others would marry Wang Mata and threaten him, not only did he not let Wang Mata accept new concubines, but even Wang Kai, Wang Mata's son, was raised in his own home and raised by him.

It can be said that there are few relatives who are more domineering than Li Ziqian.

Wang Yu, who gradually came to his senses, began to promote Han Anren and others from the local government to divide Li Ziqian's power, trying to take back the power that belonged to him.

It's a pity!

Wang Yu woke up too late, and he couldn't shake Li Ziqian's position.

Actually-

At that time, although Wang Ma and Li Ziqian were intrigued, because of the Li sisters, especially Queen Shunde, the relationship between Wang Ma and Li Ziqian could barely be maintained, at least on the surface.

And yet—

Heavenly jealousy.

A few years ago, the Li sisters died one after another, so that the last bond between Wang Yu and Li Ziqian was gone.

As a result, Li Ziqian held Wang Kai, Wang Mata's son, to control the government, and Wang Mata began to try his best to get rid of Li Ziqian's control.

The first head-to-head confrontation between Wang Ma and Li Ziqian was the queen's successor.

At that time, Li Ziqian wanted Wang Yu to marry his third daughter as his queen.

But Wang Ma didn't want to increase Li Ziqian's power, so Wang Ma wanted to follow the example of his ancestors and marry a royal daughter.

So, after personally selecting among the royal daughters, Wang Mata finally chose the daughter of his own uncle Seonjong Wang Yun of Goryeo, that is, his cousin as his queen.

Brother marrying sister?

Isn't that a mess?

This one...... It's really not a problem in Goryeo.

Don't say you don't know, the marriage of close relatives of the Goryeo royal family can definitely refresh people's three views.

The "initiator" of the consanguineous marriage relationship of the Goryeo Dynasty was Wang Jian, the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Wang Jian did not have a prominent family background, but was only one of many local wealthy families in the late Silla period.

Later, although Wang Jian founded the Goryeo Dynasty and ascended to the throne, the early power of Goryeo was actually a coalition of wealthy clans, and some of the divided wealthy clans had the strength to challenge the royal power at any time.

In order to stabilize the regime, Wang Jian adopted a variety of methods to envelop the wealthy families in various places, and one of the important methods was to marry the daughters of the wealthy families in various places as concubines like Cai Yi did before.

Wang Jian married a total of 29 concubines in his lifetime, many of whom had wealthy backgrounds.

These twenty-nine concubines gave birth to a total of twenty-five princes and nine princesses for Wang Jian.

And of these nine princesses, six princesses are married to half-brothers.

Not only that, but throughout the Goryeo Dynasty, except in rare cases, princesses could only marry members of the clan, and it was forbidden to marry outside.

By the time he arrived at Dejong of Goryeo, his two concubines were his half-sisters, and Dejong's mother was also a sister to the mother of his concubine, Queen Hyosi.

By the time of Dejong's son Hyeonjong, his concubine Queen Inpyeong was also his half-sister, and the mother of Bunjong and Queen Inpyeong were also sisters.

Later, Wenzong married his own daughter, Princess Jiqing, to his own son, Fuyu Gongwang Sui, and the mother of the two children was a sister.

Since the princesses of the Goryeo Dynasty could only marry members of the clan and were forbidden to marry outside, there was always an unequal number of men and women of the same generation, which gave rise to another type of consanguineous marriage, that is, the marriage relationship between uncle and nephew, that is, the cousin marrying a niece.

The first case of uncle-nephew marriage in the Goryeo Dynasty occurred during the reign of the second king of Goryeo, Hyejong, who voluntarily married his eldest princess to his own half-brother Wang Zhao.

The second case of uncle-nephew marriage in the Goryeo Dynasty occurred during the reign of Jeongjong, the third king of Goryeo, when Jeongjong married his daughter to his own half-brother.

The two concubines of the eighth king of Goryeo, Queen Wonjeong and Queen Wonhwa, were also the daughters of his cousin Sungjong, so Hyeonjong also married his own niece.

In addition, there is an aunt and nephew marriage.

Li Ziqian forced Wang Yu to marry his third daughter, isn't it unsuccessful, and now that Wang Yu is hanging, Li Ziqian forced Renzong Wang Kai, who was only fourteen years old, to marry his third daughter (historically, Li Ziqian later bought one and gave one free, and his fourth daughter also married Wang Kai. ）

In short, marrying a cousin is not a matter at all for the Goryeo royal family, even marrying a sister.

Because Wang Mata finally married her cousin Queen Wenzhen, Wang Mata and Li Ziqian completely tore their faces.

In the past few years before his death, Wang Yu and Li Ziqian have been fighting openly and secretly.

It's a pity that Wang Mata died at a young age and eventually became a loser - it is rumored that Wang Mata was killed by Li Ziqian, and it was he who bribed the internal medicine Cui Siquan to make Wang Mata's condition worsen, and it was Li Ziqian who forced Wang Mata to pass the throne to Wang Kai, who was raised by Li Ziqian.

After Wang Yu's death, Li Ziqian married his third daughter, who was Wang Kai's third aunt, to Wang Kai and became Wang Kai's queen, and then Li Ziqian became the regent of his grandfather, father-in-law, Shaocheng Junbo, Shaocheng Marquis, Hanyang Gong, Joseon Guogong, and Gu Ming minister.

If that's all there is, it's nothing.

The problem is that Lee Ziqian is not willing to be the nameless king of Goryeo, he also wants to take the throne of his grandson and son-in-law, and then become the king of Goryeo himself.

This is not to slander Li Ziqian.

After Li Ziqian helped Wang Kai defeat several of his ambitious uncles, he took advantage of the opportunity to help Wang Kai ascend the throne and seize power.

After that, Li Ziqian took the dual identity of Wang Kai's maternal grandfather and father-in-law as an "autocratic national order", the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and Li Ziqian's family also ascended to heaven (the history records that his "sons fought for the first house, even the streets, the flames were blazing, bribing the public bank, the Quartet gave the relics, the carrion often tens of thousands of catties, forcibly seized people and fields, and even their servants plundered cars and horses and lost their own things, and the small people destroyed cars and sold cattle and horses, and the roads were in an uproar." ）

In addition, Li Ziqian also forcibly asked Wang Kai to make him "know the military and state affairs", that is, to grasp the military and government.

Even, Zheng Keyong, a scholar of Baowen Pavilion, has led a group of civil and military ministers to propose that Li Ziqian should not be a minister, on the grounds that "there are three who are not ministers, and one of the parents is the latter", and there are many who echo it.

Fortunately!

Jin Fushi, who was to be made in Baowen Pavilion at that time, successively listed Liu Taigong, the father of Han Gaozu, the father-in-law of Emperor Han Xian, and Yanwang Cao Yu, the father of Emperor Cao Huan of Wei Yuan, and others, and put forward: "Although the father of the Son of Heaven, if there is no honorific title, it is not allowed to be worshipped by the lord", and even more clearly stated that "although the number of fathers and sons is still like this, what about the ancestors?" ”

After this, Jin Fushi proposed: "It is advisable to order the ministers to be called ministers, and in the royal court, they will be courteous to the monarch and ministers, and they will meet each other with family courtesies in the palace, so that justice and private favor will go hand in hand." ”

In the end, Li Ziqian had to adopt Jin Fushi's proposal, and said to Wang Kai's envoy: "Although the minister is ignorant, now seeing Jin Fushi's discussion, it is really a public opinion in the world." Without this person, the Qungong would almost have plunged the old minister into an unrighteous situation! ”

Li Ziqian's ambition was temporarily stopped by Jin Fushi, but this does not mean that Wang Kai's throne can be secured.

Because in addition to internal troubles, Goryeo also has serious external problems.

Because the situation in the Central Plains is undergoing earth-shaking changes, the former suzerainty of Goryeo, Daeliao, is on the verge of extinction under the attack of Daejin.

As early as the beginning of last year, Wanyan Aguta sent an envoy to Goryeo, informing him that he had pacified the prefectures and counties of Daliao and asked Goryeo to be a vassal to him.

After Li Ziqian confirmed that this was true, he treated the golden envoy with courtesy, and the golden envoy informed Goryeo Yelu Yanxi that he had fled to Western Xia (actually Jiashan).

Li Ziqian sent someone to inquire about all these things, only to learn that the former suzerain, the Great Liao Empire, had been divided between the Jurchens and a Song man named "Cai Yi".

At that time, Cai's strength had not yet been revealed, but Dajin swept most of the territory of the Great Liao Empire, and he was no longer the Jurchen who fought with them in Goryeo.

Li Ziqian thinks: Dajin was originally a small country, and like our Goryeo, it was a subject country of Daliao, which is not a marquis. But now, since Dajin has risen violently and destroyed Daliao, the government and the army are strong, and they are becoming stronger day by day, and they are bordering our Goryeo border, they have to be wronged and seek perfection, and it has always been the way for our Goryeo to survive with small things, so let's go with Dajin first and wait and see what happens.

It was under such a political attitude that Wanyan Aguta sent people to tell Wang Kai and Li Ziqian that Dajin, Da Song, and Western Xia would jointly crusade against Cai Zhen, and asked Goryeo to send troops to support it, so Goryeo let its western army gather in the area of Guolin and Shuo, and said that it was ready to send 300,000 troops to crusade against Cai Zhen.

The reason why Wang Kai and Li Ziqian responded to the call of Wanyan Aguta:

First, Wang Kai and Li Ziqian wanted to sell Yan Agu to save face, lick Yan Agu, and make friends with Dajin who is now in full swing.

Second, Wang Kai and Li Ziqian also wanted to show Dajin their strength, so that Dajin would not dare to easily fight their Goryeo idea - Wang Kai and Li Ziqian were blindly worried, you must know that before the rise of the Jurchens, the Jurchens and Goryeo fought for several years because of turf, and both sides suffered countless casualties. Who dares to guarantee that now that the Jurchens have made a fortune, they will not make a comeback to take revenge?

As for the traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, Cai Ying?

It doesn't matter anymore.

Anyway, the two sides don't know each other and don't border.

Besides, they didn't really send troops to Goryeo, they just waved their flags and shouted, how can Cai still really take them Goryeo?

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PS: This chapter is a big chapter of two in one, so there is only this one chapter today.