Chapter 934: The Power Struggle of the Jin Kingdom

Whether it is the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, or Jurchen, they are all difficult to avoid this problem, and they have suffered a big loss on this issue!

The tyrannical Mongols, also because of this problem, finally broke up one of the top three Mongol empires in history.

The history of mankind tells us that even if backward civilizations can defeat advanced civilizations for a while, they will eventually be swallowed up by advanced civilizations, and civilization is the only criterion for the development of this society, and violence is only the necessary support for civilization.

There are currently two disputes in the Jin Kingdom of the Jurchens, one is because of the inheritance system, and the other is that Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng wants to change the original tribal system.

And Jin Taizong's approach hurt the interests of the Jurchen tribal leaders and the big nobles in the country, which naturally led to fierce internal struggles.

The founding emperor of the Jin State, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguta, from the generation of his father Wanyan Impeachment, adopted the traditional Jurchen "brother to brother and" system, that is, the emperor wanted to pass on the throne to his younger brother, of course, he needed to be born to his father's wife.

After all the younger brothers of this generation have passed the throne, it will be passed to the strongest of the next generation, and then to the younger brothers of the same generation.

For example, Wanyan Impeachment was the strongest of their generation, so after the death of his father Wanyan Ugunai, he passed the throne to him, but not to his brother Wanyan Impeacher; After Wan Yan impeached Li Po and died, he passed the throne to his younger brother Wan Yan Po Lashu; After Wan Yan Po Ra Shu died, it was passed on to his younger brother Wan Yan Yingge; After Wanyan Yingge's death, there was no one in this generation, so it was passed on to the strongest person in the next generation, Wanyan Aguta, and not to Aguta's elder brother Wanyan Wuyashu.

This inheritance system is the inherent tradition of the Jurchens, and now that Jin Taizong has inherited the throne of his brother Wanyan Aguta, he wants to change this inheritance system and pass the throne to his son, so many people are unwilling.

According to the rules of the Jurchens, after Wanyan Agu was killed, he passed the throne to his younger brother Wanyan Sheng, that is, Jin Taizong; Then before Jin Taizong died, he was also going to pass on the throne to his younger brother Wanyan Xianye, but Xianye died first, and this matter became chaotic.

After Wan Yan Xian also died, there was no one among Jin Taizong's peers to pass on, only to the strongest in the next generation.

Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of Wanyan Agu, was originally the best candidate, but when he was at war with the empire, he was defeated several times, his prestige was damaged, and he was opposed by the leaders of the major tribes of the Jin Kingdom and the big nobles in the country.

The remaining brothers are Wanyan Zonggan, the eldest prince Wanyan Zonggan, the third prince Wanyan Zongfu and the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi. Among these Wanyan Aguta's sons, Wanyan Zongbi is the strongest, but he is the youngest, and his two elder brothers are not weak, so Wanyan Zonggan should be the most ideal candidate.

At this time, the Jurchens have been changed subtly by the power of sinicization, so most of the Jin people enjoy the various enjoyments brought to them by the Han people, and their thoughts have also changed, and the important thing is that everyone has selfishness, and they have to do their best to think about how to keep their power and glory and wealth.

Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng is one of them, he got the throne from his brother and he has his own thoughts, he wants to pass the throne to his son Wanyan Zongpan, and Wanyan Aguta's sons are still waiting for him to die early and prepare to become the emperor of Jin.

These founding generals of the Jin Kingdom, after hearing that Jin Taizong planned to restructure, naturally became the first batch of opponents!

In addition, there are other people in the Jin Kingdom who also oppose Jin Taizong's approach, that is, they can't inherit the throne, but they don't want the nobles and courtiers who want the throne to be passed on forever in Jin Taizong's lineage, and one of the strongest representatives is Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan is the eldest son of Wanyan Sagai, the prime minister of the country, and is known as the first hero of the founding of the Jin State, because he originally had no inheritance rights, so in order to maintain the power and status of his family, he could only choose to stand in line.

When Jin Taizong and Wanyan Agu fought for several sons, Wanyan Zonghan also found a supporter, that is, the eldest son and eldest grandson of Wanyan Aguda, who also had the right to inherit, but the inheritance order was far away.

Supporting Wanyan is also equivalent to standing in the camp of Wanyan Agu, at least he will not immediately turn against the brothers Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbi.

There are still many people in the Jin Kingdom who agree with Wanyan Zonghan's thoughts, and there is also Wanyan Xiyin.

If Yan Zonghan and others represent the bravery of the Jurchens, then Yan Xiyin is the embodiment of the wisdom of the Jurchens.

This person can be literate and martial, followed Yan Zonghan to destroy the Liao and attack the Song Dynasty, and then imitated the Chinese character regular script, with reference to the Khitan script and created the Jurchen large characters, and imitated the Khitan characters and the side of the Chinese characters to create the Jurchen small characters, although it is plagiarism and imitation, but it also proves his intelligence.

Wanyan Xiyin is not from the royal family, so as the prime minister of the Jin State, he naturally has to stand in line in this power struggle.

In addition to this most important issue of inheritance, Jin Taizong also wanted to change the Jurchen system.

Bo Jilie is a system established by Kim Taejo Wanyan Aguta to rule the country by relying on high-ranking officials at the level of the prime minister. In January 1115, Wanyan Agu founded the country and became emperor. In July 1115, Wanyan Aguta reorganized the relatively large council of the Jurchen tribe, which was then attended by Du Bo Jilie, the state minister, and the Ge Bo Jilie, into a system in which the emperor and a few high-level core officials at the level of the state minister jointly discussed state affairs.

After Jin Taizong finished Yan Sheng and took over the throne, he continued to improve the various rules and regulations of the Jin Dynasty.

Jin Taizong plans to restructure, mainly because the current Jin State is no longer the small Jurchen tribe that used to be, and the original system can no longer cope with this huge country. Secondly, he wanted to take back power from other generals, after all, no emperor wanted anyone else to control a strong army.

In accordance with the old system of the Liao and Song dynasties, Wan Yansheng reformed the system and made it the central organ of the central military and political government. For the Yanyun area, which originally belonged to the Liao Dynasty, the Han official system was implemented, and the Xingtai Shangshu Province was established. For the former Northern Song Dynasty, the policy of governing the Han people with Han people was adopted, and Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu successively established two local regimes of puppet Chu and puppet Qi to rule.

In the military, it also imitated the Han official system, set up the marshal's office, appointed the marshal of the capital, the left and right deputy marshals, the capital supervisors, etc., to unify the army to fight, and the army originally under the jurisdiction of the generals was under the control of the Jinting, imitating the centralized system of the Han people.

Economically, he established a tax system, set up a bull head tax, and moved a large number of Jurchens to Han land; The captured Han and Khitan were moved to the Jurchen region.

We should advise the crops to be harvested and to be lightly forced to do so in order to restore agricultural production. It was ordered to prohibit the private servitude of the people by the hundred officials and clans, and to prohibit the purchase of poor people as slaves. It also actively developed Jurchen culture, established Jurchen character studies, and encouraged the whole country to learn Jurchen characters. The imperial examination system was implemented, and Han Chinese were hired as officials. Establish a variety of rules and regulations to govern the Ming Dynasty.

Jin Taizong's approach was not wrong, and it was also a wise step, but he certainly hadn't read the history books of China, and he didn't know that in any country, it was not so easy to change.