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On that day, the Privy Council of Jin formally interviewed the Song envoy Li Shizhang. The enumeration of Song's provocations in recent years shows that Jin has repeatedly forbeared, truly reflecting the emperor's good intentions to maintain peace. Take out the official documents and list them one by one:

In September of the second year of Jin Taihe (1202), the emperor sent Gong Wei Zhidu to command Wan Yan Jiao, Zhang Xingjian, a scholar and others to envoy Song, to congratulate Ning Zong on his birthday. He also instructed Zhang Xingjian: "The Song people are polite and love the details, you must pay attention to forbearance, focus on the overall situation of the peace between the two countries, and don't hurt the harmony between the two countries because of trivial matters; However, on some major issues of right and wrong, it is necessary to uphold principles and not give an inch. ”

In the second year, the criminal department Shangshu Wanyan Chenghui and the close service bureau Fengyu Wanyan Alu took the others, and once again made Song celebrate the birthday of Song Ningzong.

During the mission, Wanyan Aru discovered some clues that the Song court was preparing to take military action. When he returned to the country, he reported the military situation to Wan Yanjing and said: "Song Quanchen Han Yanxuan sent people to the border to buy horses and train soldiers, and there is an attempt to use troops to the north."

Wanyan Jing was unwilling to intensify the contradictions between the two countries because of this, so in the name of "making trouble", Wanyan Alu was beaten with fifty boards and demoted to the judge of Zhangde Mansion.

Wan Yanjing did this, not only to take the opportunity to show that he wanted to get along with Song, but also to leave any excuse for the Song court to defeat the alliance and start a war.

In the first month of the fourth year of Jin Taihe (1204), the Song court envoy Jin He Zhengdan envoy Zhang Xiao had died of a sudden illness on the way back to China, passing through Qingdu County of Jinting.

Wan Yanjing knew that the Song court was preparing for war, but still tried to further express the willingness of the Jin court to continue friendly exchanges with the Song by treating the Song envoys favorably, so as to eliminate the hostile feelings of the Song people.

However, the Song court regarded Jinting's forbearance as weakness and deception. And then get inch by inch——

In November of the fourth year, Jiatai sent troops to raid Baoji, Yixian and other places many times, and launched a tentative attack. In this regard, after receiving the report, Wan Yanjing still maintained a restrained attitude and did not immediately counterattack. Seeing that the Jin army did not move, the military provocations of the Song army in the border areas became more and more frequent.

Seeing that the Song Dynasty insisted on invading the north, Wan Yan Jing was the envoy of Henan Xuanfu with Pingzhang political affairs, and he was stationed in Kaifeng to prepare for the Song Dynasty.

At this point, the relationship between Song and Jin became increasingly tense.

In order to avoid the escalation of the situation as much as possible, Kim Ting did not forget to carry out diplomatic mediation, and ordered the Privy Council to transfer a letter to the Song court, hoping that the Song court would not misjudge the situation, withdraw new troops according to the oath, and not enter the country.

Seeing Ginting's diplomatic note, Song Ting denied it in every possible way, deducing that everything that happened on the border was done by thieves, and swore that the provincial ministers were not careful, and now they are all dismissed.

Although the Song claimed to have punished the incompetent border ministers, the plundering between the Song and Jin borders did not stop.

Although Wan Yanjing realized the seriousness of the problem, after more than 40 years of reconciliation between the north and the south, the people did not know the soldiers and could not bear to strike first.

In May of this year, the imperial court sent the Henan Road Commander Army Envoy Fu Shi Lie Ziren and others as the envoys of Emperor Zhao Kuan's birthday, and took a look at the situation along the way. Su Shi Lie Ziren and his entourage returned to the country and reported to Emperor Wanyan Jing: "The Song major is respectful, and there is no other ambition."

Since the emperor's accession to the throne, he has always pursued Emperor Sejong's national policy of good-neighborliness and friendship with the Song Dynasty. Believing the words of Fushi Lie Ziren and others, he thought that the Song Dynasty really had no intention of defeating the alliance, and ordered the Henan Xuanfu Division, which was set up to prepare for the military attack of the Song Dynasty, and the new archers set up in Lintao, Deshun, Qin, Gong and other places, and transferred the Henan Xuanfu envoy to the central government.

Jin Guo's hand was a big surprise, and Li Shizhang had to explain hard:

"This, Meng Shumi, you know, our country implements a conscription system, in order to prevent civil unrest, often recruit homeless, scoundrels and even criminals as soldiers, so the quality of soldiers is uneven, there are roosters and dogs, there are hooligans and bullies, and the border generals are negligent in control, and the military salary is not paid in time, so this happened. However, our country has no intention of betraying the alliance and attacking. Moreover, these sergeants who caused trouble have all been punished by beating boards, removing their names, and being in charge, and the generals in charge have also been dealt with and punished in different ways. Deputy Envoy Fan, I'm right. ”

Fan Zuliang took over the conversation, as far as I know, there are several generals who have dealt with it more heavily, for example, Zhao Dajie, the deputy commander of Xingzhou, was demoted to the lieutenant of Nanhai County, Song Zhilin, the commander of Xiangyang, was transferred and served as Sima of Jiangzhou, and Qi Gong, the commander of Zhenjiang, was removed from all his posts, leaving only one palace official.

In this way, Li Shizhang said to Meng Zhu, we are not prepared for some situations, and when the envoy arrives at the end of the year, we will report to you the handling of these soldiers and commanders who caused trouble and riots, so as to show our sincerity in being willing to peace. After returning home, he immediately reported to the Holy Saint, hoping that similar incidents would never happen again.

Meng Zhu said arrogantly: Actually, our emperor is merciful and can't bear to see each other in arms. Some people in your country are dizzy and look down on themselves, as long as the emperor gives an order, within three days, my Dajin can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, which is more than enough to deal with your Song army. If you don't believe it, we'll see!

When they arrived here, the mission of the mission was completed, and the delegation returned to China, including Zhu Yu. Li Fan's diplomatic activities this time have achieved the expected goal, and it can be said that they have been very successful, and the whole Manchu and the DPRK are quite happy.

Knowing the truth of the Jin Kingdom, Su Shicheng said to Han Yanxuan, King Pingzhang, now, Jin is poor in financial resources, and he is tired of the northern Tatars, and his military strength is exhausted, so he blindly tolerates our country because he is afraid of the attack from the north and the south, and he can't take care of each other, which shows that it is a favorable opportunity for the Northern Expedition at present.

Han Yanxuan nodded, and Shi Cheng said it very well. Brother Shi Zhang, what do you think?

Li Shizhang replied: "When choosing the opportunity of the Northern Expedition, we should make all kinds of preparations to ensure victory, and we must not rush out and suffer defeat. Lao Chen thought that now was not the time to send troops, and we learned that the Mongols were attacking Western Xia with all their might, and they had no time to take care of the Jin State for the time being. If Mongolia sends a heavy army to attack the Jin State, and our country takes the opportunity to advance northward, at that time, it is called a north-south attack. ”

Han Yanxuan applauded the case, Li Shangshu sent an envoy, and his knowledge was really extraordinary, but can you say when it will be?

So how do I know? Maybe two years, maybe five years, that's a matter of Temujin.

So what do we do now? Just waiting? Su Shicheng asked.

I don't know anything about military affairs, King Pingzhang, I think that now we should hurry up and select good generals, train soldiers, improve facilities, and accumulate grain and grass. In addition, it is necessary to create public opinion in a big way, change the concept of peace and retreat for decades, show the world's will to revenge the shame of hatred, and form a good situation in which the monarch and the ministers work together.

Also, Fan Zuliang added that he took out some money and sent people to infiltrate the Jin country to collect intelligence and grasp the dynamics of Jin and Mongolia in a timely manner.

Han Yanxuan said: Okay, the suggestions of both are very good. Chen Xiang and Shi Cheng hurry up. Also, to convince the Jin people, we don't want to stir up trouble. From now on, the border army will not tolerate any more cross-border harassment.