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In March last year, Zhao Youkai and his entourage arrived in Dengzhou on the order of Zhao Ji, planning to cross the sea to Jinguo by boat and discuss with him the matter of jointly destroying Liao.

No, as soon as he arrived in Dengzhou, Zhao Youkai couldn't afford to fall ill, and finally died in Dengzhou.

Wang Shizhong, the governor of Dengzhou, hurriedly sent people to Beijing to report the matter to Zhao Ji, while the deputy envoy Wang Huan, the translator Hu Yanqing, and the golden envoy Li Shanqing and others had to stay in Dengzhou to wait for Zhao Ji's holy decree.

Zhao Ji had just received the news of Zhao Youkai's death on the front foot, and suddenly received a secret report from the governor of Xiongzhou, Hebei Province: The Jurchens had negotiated peace with the Khitan, and the Khitan ceded the land of Liaodong to the Jurchens, named the Jurchens as the Eastern Huaiguo, and sealed Yan Aguda as the most holy and Ming emperor.

The secret report also emphasized that this was a request from Allah to reconcile with the Khitan, and that the Jurchens concealed this matter from the Great Song Dynasty, which was a deliberate fraud.

After reading the secret report, Zhao Ji's heart suddenly became cold.

Cai Jing said: "There is no need to send someone to envoy the Jurchen, since the Jurchen has reconciled with the Khitan, let's go to the north and south of the Jurchen to attack the Khitan, wouldn't it be boring to provoke right and wrong?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Let the Jurchen envoy go back on his own, and there is no need to send someone to accompany him." ”

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "Even if the Jurchens and the Khitan have reconciled, we should send someone to send the Jurchen envoys back, and at the same time bring the gifts to them, and not be rude." If the Jurchen envoy was allowed to return on his own, the Jurchen would think that the Great Song Dynasty was very rude, which would also lose the face of the Great Song Dynasty. That's it, let Wang Huan stay, and let Hu Yanqing accompany the Jurchen envoy to cross the sea and return home. ”

In June last year, Jin envoy Li Shanqing and others returned to Jinguo.

Wanyan Aguda was very angry when he heard that the Great Song Dynasty only sent an interpreter named "Hu Yanqing" to come, and the official envoy did not come, and there was no letter of state to send, so he was very angry, and he ordered Wanyan Zonghan to reproach Hu Yanqing.

As soon as Wanyan Zonghan saw Hu Yanqing, he reprimanded: "You Great Song Dynasty shouldn't give up halfway like this, and you shouldn't use the Dengzhou Mansion to move the text, isn't this despising our Dajin Kingdom?" You guys are so disrespectful to my big gold! ”

Hu Yanqing hurriedly explained: "The envoy had already arrived in Dengzhou, but unfortunately fell ill and died. Therefore, I discussed with the envoy of your country, and wanted to come to the army earlier, so I asked Dengzhou to do the transfer of documents...... My Great Song Dynasty has learned that your country and the Khitan have been reconciled, and my Great Song Dynasty envoy and national letter did not come, which is the reason. If your country does not get along with the Khitan, my Great Song Dynasty will definitely send envoys to discuss it again, and I hope to see ......."

But before Hu Yanqing finished speaking, Wanyan Zonghan waved his hand, and then several golden soldiers who followed behind Wanyan Zonghan rushed up and grabbed Hu Yanqing.

Hu Yanqing was detained by Jin Guoyi, which was nearly half a year.

During this period, there was no progress in the Jinliao peace talks.

Wanyan Aguta felt that it was pointless to talk like this, and it was a waste of time.

Therefore, Wanyan Aguta was ready to end the peace talks with Liao, and he wanted to continue to attack Liao by force.

As a result, the matter of the Song Dynasty's destruction of Liao became important again.

So, Wanyan Aguta invited Hu Yanqing to his tent, and then said to Hu Yanqing very seriously: "It was not my Dajin who proposed to cross the sea to seek a good deal. The attack on the Khitan from the north and south is not my big gold to beg you to the Great Song Dynasty. But you repeatedly belittled my Dajin, and I sent envoys to hold my Dajin's national letter, but your emperor of the Great Song Dynasty refused to receive me, which made me very angry. ”

Regarding Zhao Ji's failure to meet the Jin envoy, Wanyan Aguda has always been angry, and he feels that Zhao Ji probably didn't look down on the Dajin established by their Jurchens at all.

In fact, it is true that in the eyes of the Song people at this time, including those in power in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jurchens were just a group of barbarians who had just risen, and the so-called Dajin Kingdom was just a small tribe, far less than Goryeo, Japan, Khmer and Dali, at best, it was similar to the Li Dynasty and Zhancheng, if it weren't for the fact that the Great Song Dynasty needed the Jurchens to help them contain the forces of the Great Liao, the Jurchens would have paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, and it was not worth sending envoys to the Great Song Dynasty at all, and it was precisely because of this, Zhao Jicai did not personally meet with the envoys sent by Yan Aguta.

Wanyan Aguda said: "Since the founding of our Jurchen people, we have obtained several states and counties in the Khitan, and the other states and counties in the Khitan are also in my bag, and they can be taken at any time. The reason why I sent an envoy to your Great Song last time was because I wanted to make friends with neighbors. The envoy sent by your Great Song Dynasty unfortunately died of illness on the way, and you should send other envoys, and you shouldn't just send an interpreter to discuss the matter, isn't this despising my Dajin? It shows that you Da Song don't want to get along with my Dajin at all. I originally wanted to keep you in my Dajin, but after thinking about it, the fault lies with your court, not you, so I decided to let you go back. After you go back, you see your Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and you tell him that if you really want to make peace with me and destroy Liao together, please show the national letter as soon as possible, and if you still use the edict, it will be difficult to obey. ”

Wanyan Aguda also wanted to unite with the Great Song Dynasty to destroy his great enemy Liao, so he explained his previous reconciliation with Liao: "The Khitan did send an envoy over to canonize me as the emperor of Donghuaiguo, and I did send someone to ask for the seal. But your Great Song Dynasty and Ma Zheng first Khitan envoys came to persuade us to reconcile the two countries. Since I have promised to make peace with your Great Song Dynasty, and the Khitan canonized me as the Most Holy and Ming Emperor, I did not accept it, and because the Khitan envoys did not have complete etiquette, I also whipped them, I have always kept the agreement with your Great Song, but I didn't expect your Great Song to despise me so much. I hope you will go back and report the true situation here to your Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wanyan Aguta then asked Hu Yanqing to hand over a letter of state, and at the same time emphasized: "After you go back, you must tell the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty that I have not made peace with the Khitan, and it is impossible to make peace, if he still wants to fight the Khitan in the north and south with me, please send another envoy to communicate." ”

At the end of February this year, Hu Yanqing returned to Dengzhou by boat with the credentials of the Jin State.

Wang Shizhong saw that Hu Yanqing was dark, thin and tired, and wanted to persuade Hu Yanqing to rest in Dengzhou for a few days.

But Hu Yanqing felt that he had to do his job, and he didn't dare to stay at all, so he went directly to Bianliang City, Tokyo to meet Zhao Ji.

From Hu Yanqing's mouth, Zhao Ji learned that Liaojin did not have peace talks.

Zhao Ji brought Cai Jing and Tong Guan, two old ministers, and asked them who was suitable to replace the Great Song Dynasty as an envoy to the Jin Kingdom.

Tong Guan strongly recommended Zhao Liangsi as an envoy, he said: "The plan of Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover Yanjing was originally proposed by Zhao Liangsi, he knows this strategy best, and he can also speak well, what do the officials think?" ”

Cai Jing also felt that Zhao Liangsi was a suitable candidate.

So, Zhao Jijunchen and the three of them called Zhao Liangsi and told Zhao Liangsi about it.

Zhao Liangsi listened and said: "The minister is willing to go, but he asks to bring the letter of state, so that he can show formality and attention." ”

Zhao Ji couldn't make up his mind, so he looked at Cai Jing and Tong Guan.

Tong Guan said: "It's too early to use the national credentials for the Jurchens, you go to see the situation this time, and if you really need it, it's not too late to use the credentials next time you go." ”

Zhao Liangsi respected Tong Guan who brought him to the Great Song Dynasty, so when he saw Tong Guan say this, he had no choice but to be silent.

Cai Jing saw Zhao Liangsi's embarrassment, so he said: "It's not a good way to talk about it out of thin air, Yichen thinks it's better to ask the official family to write a codex for Zhao Xiushu to bring it, so the credibility is relatively high." ”

Tong Guan praised: "Taishi's clever plan! ”

Soon after, Zhao Ji issued an edict appointing Zhao Liangsi, the editor of the Right Wendian of Zhongfeng Dafu, as the acting envoy of the court, and Wang Huan, the Zhongxunlang Lang, as the deputy envoy, and still crossed the sea from Dengzhou to the Jurchens by boat—and still claimed that they went to Liaodong to buy horses.

Zhao Liangsi went to Jin this time, neither with the letter of state, nor with the edict, only with a copy of Zhao Ji's imperial pen codex, the royal pen codex wrote: "According to Yanjing and Guanzhou City was originally Han land, if you allow to restore the old, the Zilai and Khitan silver silk will be transferred, you can go to the discussion, although there is no national trust, forgive me for not lying to me." ”

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At the end of March this year, Zhao Liangsi and his entourage boarded a boat from Dengzhou and crossed the Bohai Bay to Suzhou Pass in eastern Liaodong, from where they had planned to ride horses to Azhichuan on the banks of the Lailiushui River to meet Yan Aguta.

The Suzhou Guan's name was Gao Guobao, and he said to Zhao Liangsi: "You don't have to go to Azhichuan, Your Majesty is in Xianzhou at this time, you can go there directly." ”

Zhao Liangsi then changed his itinerary and went straight to Xianzhou.

When Zhao Liangsi and his entourage arrived in Xianzhou, Wanyan Aguta had already led his army to leave - at this time, the Jin army was fighting in three ways towards Shangjing, the capital of Liao.

Zhao Liangsi and the others quickly chased after them, and finally caught up with Wanyan Aguda in Qingniu Mountain.

A few days later, Zhao Liangsi and others followed Wanyan Aguda to Shangjing.

In order to deter his neighbor Da Song in the future, Wanyan Aguda said to Zhao Liangsi: "Let you see how I use soldiers." ”

After speaking, Wanyan Aguta rode down the mountain to the front of the battle, and ordered the soldiers to beat drums and cheer.

Suddenly, the trumpets and drums sounded in unison.

I saw the cavalry of the Jin Ge Iron Horse roaring away, and the infantry army then marched forward like a wave.

The siege began in the morning, and it was not yet noon, and the general of the Jin State, Wanyan Yanmu, led the army to climb the city wall and conquer the outer city of Jin Shangjing.

Soon, Wanyan Aguta officially met with Zhao Liangsi in the big tent of the military camp with the power of victory.

Zhao Liangsi briefly expounded the position of the Great Song Dynasty, saying: "The area around Yanjing was originally Han land, and it was occupied by the Khitan during the fifth dynasty. Now, my Great Song Dynasty wants to join forces with your country to attack the Khitan, your country will take the area of Zhongjing, and my Great Song Dynasty will take the area of Yanjing, I don't know what your country thinks? ”

Wanyan Aguda said: "The Khitan has no way, it has been defeated by me, it stands to reason that all the state cities of the Khitan should be returned to me, and they are all the fields of my Dajin, but I think of the kindness of your Great Song Emperor, and Yanjing is originally a Han land, so I promise to give Yanjing to you, and in a few days I will lead troops west to destroy the Khitan." ”

Zhao Liangsi said: "The Khitan is exhausted, if we attack from the north and south, why should it not die?" Today, we have agreed that neither side can make peace with the Khitan again. ”

Wanyan Agu laughed and said, "Our two families have already communicated, how can I make peace with the Khitan again?" If the Khitan sends someone to make peace with me, I will say to the Khitan envoy: I have made an agreement with the Great Song Dynasty to give Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty, and unless you Khitan complete the agreement to give Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty on behalf of me, I will never make peace with your Khitan. ”

After hearing Yan Agu's words, Zhao Liangsi was very happy, and he said: "Today's agreement, although there is no oath, but the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods are all in the world, and they cannot be repented. ”

The next day, Wanyan Agu asked Zhao Liangsi to enter the capital to see the palace of the Liao State.

They rode on horseback, entered the inner city from the west gate of the palace, and passed through the main halls of the palace such as the Yuluan Hall and the Baozheng Hall in turn.

In the evening, Wanyan Aguda held a banquet in Yanhe Building to entertain the generals and Zhao Liangsi and his party.

Zhao Liangsi and the generals of the Jin Kingdom were enshrined together for longevity, and the mountain shouted long live.

Wanyan Aguda raised his wine glass and drank with everyone and gathered together.

Zhao Liangsi was in a very good mood and wrote a poem: The old monument of the founding of the People's Republic of China is dark, and the hometown of King Xing is dry. turned around and smiled at the prince, riding a horse with Yuluan.

After the dinner, Zhao Liangsi returned to the military tent with Wanyan Aguta and began to discuss the matter of the New Year's gift.

Zhao Liangsi promised to give Jin 300,000 taels of horses.

After Yan Agu inquired, his face sank, and he said: "Yanjing does not belong to you in the Song Dynasty, you gave 500,000 to the Khitan, and now I have given Yanjing, but you only give me 300,000 gold, what is the reason?" ”

Zhao Liangsi had no choice but to promise to give 500,000 as before.

Zhao Liangsi was very shrewd, and he took the opportunity to bring Xijing into the scope of Yanjing, he said: "There are sixteen states in the Han region around Yanjing, including Xijing. ”

Wanyan Aguta was very generous about selling the land of Liao, and he waved his hand and said: "I don't want the land of Xijing, but it is said that Ah Shi (the nickname of Emperor Tianzuo) fled there, and after I capture Ah Shi, Xijing will also give you the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Liangsi further said: "There are also Pingzhou, Luanzhou, and Yingzhou, which also belong to the scope of Yanjing. ”

At this time, the translator Gao Qingyi said directly to Zhao Liangsi in Chinese: "Today is mainly about the land of Yanjing. Pingzhou, Luanzhou, and Yingzhou are another road, not within the scope of Yanjing. ”

Gao Qing, a native of Bohai, worked as an interpreter in the Department of Household Affairs of the Liao State, and later took refuge in the Jurchens.

Wanyan Agu is so shrewd and spicy, although he didn't react to what Gao Qingyi meant, he immediately said haha: "Today's book agreement has been decided not to be changed, the soldiers and horses of this dynasty are scheduled to arrive in Xijing on August 9, after you return to the Great Song Dynasty, ask your emperor to raise troops accordingly." ”

After finishing speaking, Wanyan Agu beat and went to sleep with the daughter-in-law of Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi - the princess was born in the Liao nobles, and at first married Yelu Yanxi's son as a concubine, but soon after, she was occupied by Yelu Yanxi. Later, the princess had an affair with one of Yelu Yanxi's guards, and was imprisoned in Shangjing by Yelu Yanxi after the incident. After the Jin soldiers captured Shangjing, they captured the princess, and Wanyan Aguta filled the princess and a large number of Khitan noblewomen into his own harem. It's just that this princess is unusually beautiful and good at dancing, the key is that she is the woman who killed her opponent Yelu Yanxi with Yan Agu, so she likes Wanyan Agu the most.

Originally, Zhao Liangsi was going to go back.

But two things happened in the middle, which made this alliance a little more turbulent.

One of the things is that Wanyan Aguda is ready to directly attack Xijing (that is, Yundi) of the Liao State, but Wanyan Zonggan, the eldest son of Wanyan Aguta, thinks that Xijing is too far away, and summer is coming soon, and the military horses are easy to get tired, which is not conducive to combat.

Wanyan Aguda felt justified, so he decided: next year to attack Xijing of Liao.

The second thing is that the high-level officials of the Jin State discussed it privately, thinking that the terrain around Pingluanying is dangerous, and occupying this place can be relied on, and it is also possible to leave a road to the south, and the area of Pingluanying, before Shi Jingjiao ceded Yanjing to Khitan, has long been owned by Khitan, and does not belong to the hometown of the Great Song Dynasty, and the area around Pingluanying does not belong to Yanjing, but to Pingzhou Road, and Zhao Ji's letter only wrote that he wanted Yanjing, and did not write that he wanted Pingzhou, and he didn't even write that he wanted Xijing, and Xijing and Kyushu were already additional. The three states of Pingzhou Road really don't need to give, shouldn't give, and can't give.

Wanyan Aguda was moved by the high-level officials of the Jin State and decided: not to give Pingzhou Road, that is, Pingluanying Sanzhou, to the Great Song Dynasty.

On this basis, Wanyan Aguda sent Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin to discuss the details of the alliance with Zhao Liangsi and others.

Zhao Liangsi has long been guilty of this, and he directly listed six opinions on the basis of the conditions for the alliance drafted by Ma Zheng and them that year:

1. In the future, after raising troops, the Jin army must not pass through the south of Songting Pass, Gubei Pass, and Yuguan Pass, so as not to cause accidents when the two armies meet.

2. The specific boundaries between the two countries will be discussed at that time, and for the time being, Gubei Pass, Songting Pass, and Dongyu Pass will be the boundaries.

3. After the offer, it is not allowed to make peace with the Khitan.

Fourth, the three prefectures of Wei, Ying, and Shuo under the jurisdiction of Xijing are the closest to our Great Song Dynasty, and our dynasty intends to raise troops in the future to take these three states first, and the rest of Xijing, Guihua, Fengsheng and other prefectures will be handed over after the Jin army captures Emperor Tianzuo.

Fifth, the two countries are good with righteousness, and in the future, this dynasty will take Yanjing, but you will have to be an official with money and goods, which is not justified and should be removed - at the beginning, when Ma Zheng's father and son came to talk about forming an alliance, the Jurchens thought that Yanjing could be given to the Great Song Dynasty, but the money of the dignitaries and nobles of Yanjing had to be given to them with a lot of gold, to put it bluntly, the Jurchens at that time were still poor and full of bandit thinking.

6. After the matter is decided, a field should be set up in the east of Yuguan.

Wanyan Zonghan listened carefully and said, "Everything you say is good. But Wei, Ying, Shuo, I'm afraid Ah Shi may also run there, those places, wait until my soldiers and horses go to discuss, it is a matter of official money and property, if you think it is not appropriate, you can get rid of it. ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "I, Emperor Dajin, personally supervised the battle in Beijing, and set fire to the Khitan tombs, palaces, and temple statues, and completely cut off the possibility of peace with the Khitan, you have seen this." I hope that after you go back, you will know that the emperor of the Gui Dynasty will not be suddenly cut off like before. ”

Wanyan Zonghan said: "In the future, neither of us will make peace with the Khitan, but we must jointly attack and exchange news." In order to show our sincerity, we will soon officially send envoys to visit the Great Song Dynasty with their credentials. ”

Before leaving, Zhao Liangsi went to see Wanyan Aguta again.

Wanyan Aguta said: "In the past, the Khitan once sent people to make peace with me, but because of the fight for my brother, I led the army to fight. Although I am older than the emperor of your country, I hope that we will treat each other well in the future, and no one will compete to be brothers. Since I was born, I will not say half an empty word, since I have promised Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty today, if Yanjing is captured by my Dajin in the future, I will not keep it, and I will return it to you Great Song. ”

Zhao Liangsi thanked Yan and took people back to the Great Song Dynasty.

As soon as he came back, Zhao Liangsi learned of a major event - Cai Jing, the prime minister who had been at the helm of the Northern Song Dynasty for 16 years, was ......

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