If the peace talks with the Liao State are successful at this time, then Wanyan Aguta, who has established great merit and prestige before, can undoubtedly become the emperor of the Jin State, and himself, who is the farthest away in blood but holds great power, is likely to become the first target to be purged and ostracized because of the potential danger of becoming the heir of Aguta; However, if an alliance with the Song State was formed, the war against Liao would continue, and in order to fight the war on a larger area of land, Aguta would have to adopt the method of appointing commanders separately. In this way, the Jurchens at that time had just changed from the primitive tribal system to a slave state, the imperial power was not stable, and the emperor was only the strongest of the many Bo Ji Lie, not a demigod above everyone, and Mu Han, who had already shown outstanding military talent, had a very great hope of accumulating enough military merit and power in the war to conquer the Liao State, overwhelm or even replace the heir of Aguta, and become the next successor of the Jin Empire.

This is also the real reason why Sticky Han came out to hunt today with the Song envoy of Zhishan, he hoped to investigate the true surname of this monk through this hunting, because in the next operation he needs a real warrior to sabotage the peace of Liaojin, the results of the investigation made Sticky Han very satisfied, as for that Khubis, it was just an unexpected joy.

After dinner, Mu Han and Zhishan returned to Huining Province, which was the current political center of the Jin Kingdom, and when there was no war, Wanyan Aguta and most of the high-ranking Jin people lived here. Since it was still early spring, and the troops would not be sent until after the spring ploughing was over, the high-ranking officials of the Jin Kingdom and their personal soldiers were still in Huining Mansion, and this humble town was particularly lively.

Zhishan arrived at the door of the post house and was about to dismount, when Sticky Han on the side reached out and grabbed his reins, and said with a smile: "The great monk is slow, there is still something to ask your help with later." ”

"Me?" Zhishan thought that the other party was joking, but soon he noticed that the smile on Sticky Han's face disappeared, and it was obvious that the other party was not joking.

"Actually, you're also helping yourself, great monk, do you remember what you just said? As long as the Great Song and Jin are allies, you will help me. Now that the Liao State has also sent an envoy to negotiate peace with our Jurchens, you know what to do, right? ”

Sticky Han's voice was not loud, but listening to it in Zhishan's ears was like a thunderbolt on the head, and he instinctively doubted the truth of what Sticky Han said. But he immediately heard Mu Han continue in a deep voice: "You don't have to suspect that this is fake, I have no need to lie to you, soon you will be able to see the envoys of the Liao State, in this matter, I am in agreement with you, and I am also against making peace with the Liao State." ”

"Why?"

"It's very simple, if the war continues, my army and I will have more and more slaves, wealth, and land, and the soldiers and tribesmen will gather around me, but if I don't fight," Sticky Han said this, with a bitter smile on his face and spread his hands: "Then everything is over!" ”

Zhishan lowered his head, and after a few minutes, he raised his head again and whispered, "Okay, I'll help you!" ”

Unlike the Liao and Song dynasties, the Jin Emperor, Wanyan Aguta, did not put much effort into his own residence, but only a dozen wooden houses. So when Sticky Han walked into the courtyard with Zhishan, Zhishan didn't realize that he had arrived at the center of the Jin Kingdom.

"Great monk, you stay here for a while, and someone will lead you in later." Sticky Han whispered a command to the best and walked inside. After a while, Zhishan saw four or five envoys in luxurious costumes coming in, who should be the envoys of the Liao State in the mouth of Mu Han. Because he had just gone out hunting, Zhishan was also wearing a leather robe, and his rough appearance was no different from that of ordinary Jurchens, and the envoys of the Liao State went in without noticing him.

"I can't imagine that the key to this sea alliance is in the hands of a certain family!" Zhishan clenched his fists violently, only to feel that his palms were full of sweat, wet and hot.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of Donghuaiguo, these are the Great Liao Sage and your national letters, jade books, golden seals, magic weapons and other things, the name of the 'Great Sage Emperor of the Ming Dynasty' that you asked for earlier is in conflict with the name of the Taizu of our country, please also change it to 'Emperor Donghuaiguo is victorious to the Ming Emperor', and please accept it!" Liao Jingjiang Jun Festival envoy Xiao Xi Nilie respectfully saluted the Wanyan Agu in the upper seat, pointed to the dozen or so richly decorated wooden boxes behind him and said.

"Hmm!" Wanyan nodded reservedly, but it was not difficult to see the excitement in his eyes, starting from an unknown small tribe leader in the northeast, defeating a large country that had dominated the north for hundreds of years, and forcing the other party to call himself a brother and sue for peace, this huge sense of accomplishment made a hero like him a little smoky.

"What about peace—?" Xiao Xi Nilie hurriedly asked.

"Stand down! I will reply to you after I have consulted with you very much! ”

"Yes!" Xiao Xi Nilie hurriedly bowed and saluted, and retreated with the members of the mission. The monarchs and ministers of the Jin State in the hall sat on the ground around the fire pond and began to discuss, and soon the people formed two factions, generally speaking, the older Wu Qimai (that is, later Jin Taizong), Ci Buyi and others advocated peace with the Liao State; The younger Mu Han, Hu Lu Bu (i.e., Wanyan Zongwang) and Mu Han's father Sakai opposed the negotiation of peace with the Liao State and advocated the continuation of the war until the Liao State was eliminated, while Wanyan Agu beat himself without expressing his position, just twisting his beard under his chin and quietly listening to the arguments of the crowd.

"If it is according to the will of a certain family, it should be reconciled!" Wu Qimai grabbed a handful of ashes from the edge of the fire, sprinkled it on the floor, and while writing on it, he stated his opinion: "If the Liao people are a bear, we Jin people are just a wolf, and even if the wolf can bite the bear ten times, it can't help but be hit by the bear's paw." We started the army back then just because of the tyranny of the Liao people, and now the Liao State has ceded us Liaodong and Changchun, and we also give 250,000 silver silk every year. As the saying goes, 'one bird in hand is better than ten birds in the forest', so it's better to act safely! ”

"You're bad!" He brushed away the handwriting that Wu Qimai had written on the ashes and said, "As the saying goes, 'If you don't die if you fight a wolf, you will suffer from it!'" 'If we raise an army against Liao and win successive battles, we should take advantage of the situation to smash the capital and burn its temple, so that we can release our troops and rest our horses. Otherwise, what should I do when the Liao people reorganize their troops and fight again? ”

"We were only two or three thousand people at that time, and we were not afraid of the Liao army, but now that we have Liaodong and Changchun, the troops are 100 times more than back then, what are we afraid of the Liao people?"

This Wu Qimai and Hu Lu Bu were uncles and nephews, but they blushed and had thick necks, and when they saw it, they got up with their arms folded, and they were about to fight. Wanyan Ah Gu coughed, the two hurriedly sat down, Ah Gu looked at everyone, his eyes stayed on Sticky Han, and asked: "Your name is Sticky Han (Jurchen means 'heart'), among us Jurchens, you have always been known for being smart, come, do you say that you should be a war or a peace?" ”

Mu Han bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "A certain family thinks that now they haven't even figured out whether the Liao people are really discussing peace or just a delaying tactic, and it's still too early to talk about war or peace!" ”

"Yes, then do you think the Liao people are really negotiating peace or delaying the army?"

"I don't know, but one person knows!" Sticky Han smiled: "If Your Majesty agrees, I will let that person come in and explain!" ”

"The truth is like gold, that is, dig it out in the deep mountains, and invite him in quickly!" Ah Gu laughed.

"Yes, but I have one condition, no one here is allowed to interrupt the man when he comes in."

"That's nature, how can I be so rude!" Wan Yan Agu said in a deep voice: "I heard the rank clearly, and I won't interrupt that person later!" ”

"Whoa!" Everyone responded in unison.

Sticky Han stood up, walked to the door and summoned an attendant, whispered a few words to return to the fire, and a few minutes later a person came in from outside, it was Zhishan. Sticky Han picked up the letter of state and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Great monk, this is the letter of state of the Liao people and my Dajin Kingdom, can you see if there is anything wrong in it?" ”

Zhishan nodded, opened the national book and looked at it, only to see that it was written in Chinese and Khitan scripts, writing the matter of Emperor Liao's canonization of Yan Agu as the emperor, and then looked at the Tong bow and elephant chariot on the wooden frame on the side, and sneered. Sticky Han on the side hurriedly said: "Great monk, what are you laughing at, this is the national letter of the Emperor of Liao to canonize my Dajin Emperor, it's very funny!" ”

"I'm afraid this is not a canonized document!" Zhishan smiled and said: "This Tong bow and elephant chariot are the gifts of the Son of Heaven to canonize the princes, and the 'Donghuai Kingdom' is the virtue and righteousness of the small state in the east; "Qucai" has the meaning of humiliation. There are so many rudenesses like this, it doesn't sound like the emperor of Liao canonizing the emperor of your country, but like an envoy of the upper kingdom announcing the pacification of the vassal state! ”

Everyone in the hall immediately stirred, these high-level Houjin people all grew up on horseback, where do they know these cumbersome etiquette. The face of the head of the head became gloomy. Only Wu Qimai was older, and his surname was much deeper, and he asked in a deep voice: "Great monk, you are the envoy of the Song State, naturally I hope that we will not be able to negotiate peace with the Liao people, we don't know these words, how do you know if you deliberately provoked the conflict between my Dajin and the Liao State?" ”

"I am not the only one who knows the text above, if you don't believe it, you can call the envoys of the Liao State and ask them one by one, whether I deliberately provoked it, I will know it when I ask!"

Wu Qimai looked at Zhishan's calm and calm expression, and it definitely didn't seem like the other party was deceiving himself, so he called the entourage from outside and ordered him to invite the envoys of the Liao State. After a while, the envoy of the Liao State returned to the hall, and Xiao Nilie also felt the strange atmosphere in the hall, and his waist suddenly bent down. Wanyan Agu nodded slightly to Zhishan, Zhishan took a step forward and asked sharply: "Since you said that you want to canonize the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, why do you perform the gift of a bow and an elephant chariot?" Why are there the words 'Donghuaiguo', 'Yaofen', 'Duojian', and 'Qucai' in the letters, when no one here recognizes them? ”

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