The "reformers" led by Zong Gan were unwilling to accept the fate of defeat, for the fate of the country and for their own fate, how could they easily give up power, in fact, in terms of the experience of political struggle, Zong Xuan was really not the opponent of Zong Gan and others, and he decided to unite with Wan Yan to launch a counterattack against the conservatives. First of all, Wushu, who had always kept a low profile, secretly wrote to Wan Yan Kang soon after returning to Beijing, reporting the conspiracy of Zong Xuan and others in writing, but it seemed that it failed to impress the emperor.

At this time, some Liao ministers in the Jin Dynasty were also very dissatisfied with Zong Xuan and others' obstruction of the Sinicization reform, while the conservatives did not pay much attention to these 'pedantic' nerds, and the Han ministers who had close contact with Zong Han were beheaded or driven out of the court, but some people were spared.

The main Han officials appointed by Zonggan were Han Qixian, a subordinate minister of the Liao State, and others, and Han Qixian was appointed as Shangshu Youcheng to participate in court politics. The other was Yu Wenxuzhong, a captive minister of the Song Dynasty, who actively participated in the Sinicization reform of the Jin State at the top of the Jin government, and his opinions would definitely affect them. While reporting to the Great Song Dynasty, he also used his position to help Wan Yan and at the same time remove Zong Han, who was the most harmful to the Song Dynasty.

When Zong Han was arrested by his confidant Gao Qingyi, he felt the crisis and wanted to escape through Zhishi, but the imperial court did not approve it, and Zong Han died in prison after the eventually. The edict that approved the rejection of Zong Han's retirement was written by Yuwen Xuzhong, so he won the trust of the emperor, and was also spared by the protection of Zong Xuan and others, and stayed in the court, becoming one of the reformist ministers who were spared.

Wan Yan grew up in the palace since he was a child, and at the same time received the education of Han masters, which played a very important role in his education and growth. After he came to power, he actively carried out the reform of Sinicization. In addition to safeguarding his own interests, it can also be seen that Sinology has had a profound influence on him. And he also trusts Hanchen. Because these people are all outsiders, they have no serious relationship with him to compete for the throne. also kept a certain distance from the Jurchens, and it was difficult to be bought by them; The other is that I love Sinology, and I like to recite poems and discuss knowledge with these Han people.

Han Qixian and Yuwen Xuzhong were very disappointed with the emperor's performance at this time, but what made them angry was that this suspicious young emperor actually abolished all the important figures of the reformers, which eventually led to the conservatives controlling the situation in the DPRK and China, and gave the hard-earned country to others, and even the emperor himself was about to become Zong Pan's puppet. They are also very angry at Zongxuan's obstruction of reform, and they cannot sit idly by and ignore it in both public and private affairs. He wanted to persuade the emperor to get rid of Zong Xuan and promote reform.

But after all, these people are literati, they pay attention to ways and methods of doing things, they like to moisturize things silently, and to put it bluntly, they kill people without seeing blood. Wushu is a direct attack on conservatives, and they are by brainwashing the emperor to achieve the goal of attacking conservatives, they usually cite the examples of the ancients in the form of lectures to teach the emperor how to govern the country and employ people, the example cited is the case of the Tang Dynasty Xuanzong period.

In the early days of Tang Xuanzong's reign, he appointed Yao Chong and Song Jing as prime ministers. As a result, the Kaiyuan Dynasty was prosperous, but in the later period of Tang Xuanzong's reign, he appointed Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong as prime ministers, which led to the Tianbao Rebellion. And so that the Tang Dynasty finally embarked on the road of decline. Wan Yan Yan has received a Sinology education since he was a child, and it is impossible for him not to know the meaning of the examples cited by the Han ministers, who are actually alluding to Zong Pan and others as Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong of the Jin State. If this group of people is not eliminated, then the Jin State will also face the same fate as the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, Wan Yan didn't want to attack the conservatives in his heart. It's just that first, because of his limited strength, there is no direct evidence to accuse the opponent, and secondly, he doesn't want a cannibalistic tragedy to happen within the royal family. Now listening to your words, my heart suddenly brightened. Finally, it was decided to attack Zong Xuan and regain the power of the court. But it is definitely not an easy thing to deal with the conservatives, in the imperial court, Zong Pan and Zong Jun are in the third division, firmly controlling the government, in the army, Sai Li served as the left deputy marshal, firmly controlling the military power, if it is not good, the fish is dead and the net is not broken.

Wanyan knew that it was impossible to get rid of the Zongxuan gang by relying only on these Hanchens, and now the righteous father Zonggan was also alone, lacking a powerful assistant, and it was impossible for Zonggan, who had rich experience in political struggle, not to know this point. Father and son quickly thought of the same person, and as long as he was there, they would have a better chance of winning, re-establish the balance between the DPRK and China, and break the current deadlock......

Zong Xuan thought he had a plan, and happily sent an envoy to restart peace talks with Song, but he didn't know that he had fallen into the trap designed by Wanyan Yan, and the strategy he used was similar to the method of 'ten sheepskins for a hundred miles of Xi' taught by Zhao Ta to Zhao Ren, and Wanyan Xiyin, who seemed to be the head, was also not a useless person, and his wisdom and literary talent were unmatched in the Jin Kingdom, and more importantly, he had been a promoter and participant in the 'sinicization' during the Taizu period, and he was naturally a member of the reformers.

The conservatives were too lucky a while ago, and Wan Yan had a fever in his head and wanted to get rid of the potential enemy Zong Han recklessly, so he gave Zong Pan and others a chance. After the victory, Zong Xuan's inexperienced weakness was soon exposed, and the easy victory made him lose his composure, and he was eager to pull Wan Yan off the horse, and there were inevitably mistakes in his actions, without thinking carefully about what the emperor really wanted.

In order to get the support of the Song Dynasty, Zong Xuan did not hesitate to lower his posture and took advantage of the fact that Song Xia was in harmony with him to send a wedding envoy cheekily, and at the same time secretly sent Qiubo to the Song Dynasty to express his thoughts, which was nothing more than what benefits he would get if he became the Song Dynasty. And he was quickly rewarded, Zhao Er promised the two countries to resume peace talks, and in order to show 'support', he returned Wanyan Xiyin at the beginning of the negotiations. For Song's response, Zong Xuan and others were of course excited, and promised that after the matter was completed, they would cede Linhuang Mansion to Song in return, and secretly signed a secret agreement with the Song Dynasty.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and the arrival of Goryeo shattered everything, and they abandoned the Jin State to declare themselves vassals to the Great Song Dynasty, making the emperor Wanyan 'angry', and immediately issued an order to withdraw all the proposals of the mission to be nullified, and declared a state of war with the Song Dynasty. Because this matter is related to the vital interests of Jin Guo, and neither the conservatives nor the reformers can be ambiguous, otherwise they will lose support, and Zong Xuan can only look up to the sky and sigh, helpless.

At this time, Wanyan Xiyin, who returned to China, was soon appointed by the emperor as Shangshu Zuocheng to participate in state affairs, and with his prestige and connections, he quickly gathered a group of people who supported the reform, so that the strength of the reformers was quickly restored. Now that Wanyan's thinking has returned to normal, and the two sides are competing on fair terms, the good days of the conservatives are about to come to an end. Just after the confrontation between the Jin Kingdom and the combined forces of the Song, Xia, Goryeo and Mughal tribes, the silence between the two factions was broken by the actions of a small man.

Lang Jun, which means warrior, is the title of a brave warrior without ministry among the Jurchen nobles, just like the 'outsider' of the Great Song Dynasty, although he enjoys certain privileges but has no real power, etc., but such a Lang Jun named Wu Shi of the Jin State has the audacity to plot a rebellion, of course, with his strength, it is impossible to set off any big waves, and he was soon captured and executed.

Wu Shi rashly launched a rebellion without absolute certainty, and the result was unsuccessful, and he became benevolent, but Mr. Wu Shi's sacrifice was not only worthless, but provided a good opportunity for the reformers to counterattack. Some people found all kinds of signs that this Wu Shilangjun was a member of the conservative faction, and Zong Gan, Xi Yin and others would definitely not let go of this good opportunity.

So, with the support of Wan Yan Yan, Zong Gan and Xi Yin conducted repeated research and careful excavation of the "Wu Shi Rebellion Case", and finally found out the boss behind Wu Shi, the leader behind the scenes is none other than Wan Yan Zongpan. Since the human and physical evidence of the crime is conclusive, what awaits Zong Pan must be severely punished. One day at the end of the year, Zong Gan, Xi Yin, Wushu and others took the opportunity of the court to arrest Zong Pan and Zong Jun, and soon the trial was completed and sentenced to death.

With the execution of the two leading figures, all the other members of the conservative faction were also purged, including Wu Qimai's son Zong Wei, Zong Ying, the left deputy of the palace, Huining Shaoyin Hu Shira, Lang Jun Shi Jianu, Qianhu Shuli Gu Chu and other high-ranking officials were also sentenced to death, and were executed along with Zong Pan and Zong Jun. However, Wan Yan did not implicate the innocent too much, and did not add guilt to the members of the Wu Qimai family who did not participate in the conservative faction, and sent relevant personnel to comfort Wan Yan Zonggu and Wan Yan Zongben in a timely manner.

After defeating Zong Pan, Zong Jun and others, Zong Gan began to become the number one person in the Jin State to control the government, and he was appointed as the Taishi to lead the three provinces and the king of the Liang and Song dynasties, and to take over the power of the court; Xi Yin was named Prime Minister Zuo and King Chen, and took care of the government with Zonggan; Wushu was named the Taibao and the marshal of the national soldiers and horses, and took over the military power. The conservatives suffered a heavy blow in a short period of time and were almost completely wiped out, but Seri, one of the leading figures of the conservatives, was not affected.

But this is not the kindness of Wanyan Kang and Zong Gan and others, they naturally know that people like Saili can't let the tiger return to the mountain, but Saili is the left deputy marshal, and he has been out for a long time and has a heavy army, if he rashly sends troops to arrest him, it may cause fierce resistance, and then civil war will be inevitable. Therefore, Wan Yan decided to salute first and then soldier, pardon his crimes for his great merit in Iseri, and promote him to the post of staying in Beijing to stabilize him temporarily.

At this point, the struggle between the two major political factions in the country finally died down, and the reformers defeated the conservatives with an absolutely overwhelming advantage, and the conservatives completely withdrew from the political arena of the country, but it was not over...... (To be continued......)