Prelude to the Peace

On the 30th, Wang Lun and Gao Gonghua sent an envoy to Jin Guo again to sign a contract with Jin Xizong. The first Shaoxing Peace Conference kicked off under the leadership of Qin Hui of the Song State and Yan Chang of the Jin Kingdom... This first Shaoxing peace conference made Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and a few other people overjoyed, but it made everyone else in Song and Jin scold...

This month, Wu Jue sent his subordinate Ma Xizhong to attack Xizhou, the capital of Xihe Road. But Ma Xizhong is really a mediocre general, he led the army to Xizhou dozens of miles outside the city to set up a village, but the general of the Jin army said "go to rob the Song camp tonight" scared him out of the camp overnight! After going back, he was beheaded by Wu Jue.

Then turn to the Western Xia, which has not been mentioned for a long time: this year, when Liu Yu's Qi State was abolished, Xia Chongzong Li Qianshun immediately sent an envoy to Dajin to request the re-demarcation of Shaanxi land. Jin Xizong ceded the four prefectures of Xining, Le, Kuo, and Jishi, which originally belonged to the Xihe Road of the Northern Song Dynasty, to the Western Xia. The era of Xia Renzong and Li Renxiao was the largest territory of the Xia generation.

In addition to getting the land, Li Qianshun also got a woman: Ren Dejing, the former governor of Xi'an Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, dedicated his 17-year-old daughter to Li Qianshun as a concubine this year after surrendering to the Western Xia. And Li Qianshun's crown prince Li Renxiao is 14 years old at this time, and he has to call this concubine his mother... Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun still have a year and a half to live. After his death, this time the Tangut tradition (maternal and son generational feud) will turn into a crisis of national division...

On January 4, the 8th year of Shaoxing (1138), Yang Kebi and Yang Pingduo wrote to finish Yan Chang and Yan Zongbi, and offered peace and discussed three strategies: to release the coffin of Song Huizong and the Zhao and Song royal families, and return all the land to others. The purpose is to make Zhao Gou a minister and pay tribute every year; The middle policy: return the coffin of Song Huizong, and return the land only to the south of the Yellow River; Strategy: In the name of peace, launch a surprise attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, hoping to die in the Song Dynasty in a war" The two also said, "Zhao Gou asked Dajin to return the body of his father, in case we don't allow it, Zhao Gou will use this as a name to send a mourning army to the Northern Expedition!" This song is in me, not in the other"

12th. Song Chao, the former pseudo governor of Qishou Prefecture, led the army and civilians to return. And Caizhou, an important town of pseudo-Qi, mutinied, and Liu Yongshou of Zhizhou killed the general of the Jin State and led the soldiers and civilians of the city to cross the river and surrender to Yue Fei! Shape shì great! Yue, Han, Wu and other generals sent more informants to infiltrate farther Henan and other places to prepare for the next attack. All of the above seems to be very effective and fruitful, but compared to their emperor, they are far behind... After receiving the report of Sun Hui, the prefect of Shouchun, Zhao Gou said: "When the son of man returns, how can the father not accept it? However, at the moment, Song Jin is negotiating peace. This may mislead the other party. It is now ordered that the defenders along the Huai shall not send people to recruit people through the Huai without authorization. As for the pseudo-Qi who took the initiative to return, it will be properly resettled."

On the 18th, Prime Minister Zhao Ding played "At this time, you should take advantage of the opportunity to enter the army, please summon the generals to ask questions", and Emperor Zhao Gou replied, "Today, the coffin of the first emperor, the queen mother, and the emperor Yuansheng are all there." How can I bear to let them suffer any more? If they don't negotiate peace, they won't be able to come back," Chen Youyi, the governor of the government, expressed his support for the emperor, "You must kill people with soldiers." If peace talks can accomplish what we want, wouldn't they be good at using troops? If no peace is reached, it is not too late to use troops again."

On the 21st, under the recommendation of Hu Jiaoxiu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhao Gou appointed his subordinate son Hu Shijiang to replace Xi Yi as the envoy of Sichuan pacification and the prefect of Chengdu.

On February 7, Zhao Gou set off from Jiankang Mansion. Yang Yizhong led the front army of the palace and Xie Qian led the guards to escort all the way, and arrived at Dongyang Town on the same day. Xiashu Town on the 8th, Zhenjiang Mansion on the 9th, Lucheng Town on the 12th, Changzhou on the 13th, Wuxi County on the 14th, Pingjiang Mansion on the 15th, Wujiang County on the 18th, Chongde County on the 20th, and Linping Town on the 21st. On the 22nd, I returned to Lin'an Mansion...

March 5th. Liu Dazhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to the position of governor of the council, and Wang Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was promoted to the position of deputy privy envoy. On the 6th, the privy envoy Qin Hui was appointed as the right servant of Shangshu, the Pingzhang of the same Zhongshu Men, and the privy envoy... The ruling ministers of the Song Dynasty in order of position are: Prime Minister Zhao Ding, Vice Minister Qin Hui, Vice Minister Liu Dazhong, and Deputy Privy Envoy Wang Shu. The first three people were tightly united, and the last prince was isolated...

Not long ago, Wang Shu was also a pacification envoy on Jinghu North Road and a colleague of Yue Fei. The two can be called like-minded, and they are both people who advocate serving the country in a straight line. He was resolutely opposed to peace, and on April 7, Wang Shu was expelled from the court. Sent to inspect the border guards along the Jianghuai ...

In April, the Song envoy Wang Lun met with Wan Yanchang, the deputy marshal of the left of Dajin, in Qizhou. After that, Wan Yanchang sent someone to escort him to see Jin Xizong. With the efforts of Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Jun and others, Wanyan officially sent peace envoys Wulin Dazanmo (also known as Wuling Simou) and Shi Qingchong to Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty for peace talks. May 23rd. Zhao Gou appointed Fan Tong and Liu Guangyuan as the principal and deputy envoys. On the 27th, Wang Lun and Lan Gongzuo were appointed as the main and deputy envoys of the embassy, responsible for receiving the golden envoys.

Wuling Simou was one of the golden envoys of the Song-Jin Sea Alliance, and it is estimated that he had a good relationship with Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo's father and son at that time. So as soon as he entered the Song realm, he inquired everywhere about Ma Kuo's location. Under Wang Lunjian, on the 27th, Zhao Gou summoned the Lizhou Observation Envoy and Dingzhou Zhizhou Ma Kuansu to Lin'an.

On June 14, Fan Ditto played the golden envoy to Changzhou. Feng Yingzi Palace's deputy envoy Gao Gonghua sent an envoy to Lin'an. Zhao Gou once again emphasized to the ministers the reason why he wanted to negotiate peace: "The Queen Mother is already high in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I miss it day and night, and I want to see each other as soon as possible." Therefore, he is not afraid to bend himself, and hopes for peace. However, there is no danger, even if peace is achieved, the military preparation must not be abolished, "Liu Dazhong, the governor of the political affairs, replied" and has nothing to do with the war and defense. If you focus on peace and forget to defend the war, then the enemy will also fall into the plan "Wang Shu is in Luzhou, but he still continues to oppose peace, and put forward three strategies": detain the Jin envoy, Jin will be angry and send troops, then I will defeat it with a dignified and upright army; The middle strategy: His Majesty must not meet with the Jin envoy, and the minister will come forward to find out the bottom line of the Jin State, and then make a decision; The next policy: treat the golden envoy generously and show cowardice. When he returns home, he will send elite soldiers to follow the surprise attack, and he will be broken! Now people are angry and angry, and they are willing to fight for His Majesty. On the 19th, the privy deputy envoy Wang Shu was edicted to return to the court.

On the 21st, Zhang Zongyan, the commander of the army in the camp, was appointed to be in charge of the official affairs of the pacification department of Huainan West Road, with 7,000 people stationed in Tunluzhou, and Jushi Gu, the commander of the Central Guard Army, stationed in Tuntaipingzhou with 3,000 people. He also ordered Liu Qi to move to Zhenjiang Mansion, Han Shizhong to divide troops to guard the Tianchang Army, and Sizhou 2. Strive to reconstruct a Jianghuai defense system that has been greatly flawed due to the dismissal of Liu Guangshi and the Huaixi military mutiny.

Faced with Wang Shu's initiative to seize the opportunity to seize the sworn enemy of Wuling Simou and take revenge on the occasion first, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou shook his head sadly, "Wang Aiqing, you have forgotten an important matter, you can't kill this person now, let alone obstruct the peace." Her Majesty the Queen Mother is still suffering in the north, and now is the only chance to take her old man back to the south. I rule the world with filial piety, is this little bit of motherhood. Can't Aiqing be fulfilled?" said Zhao Xiaozi's tears rained down, and he couldn't help but die. So all the high-ranking officials under the throne burst into tears out of courtesy, filial piety, and sycophancy... This trick has been tried and tested, and every battle is won!

But this time Zhao Xiaozi met an opponent, and someone refuted him! A minister surnamed Feng stood up and said, "At this time, the Song and Jin are at odds with each other, which is more dangerous than the struggle between Chu and Han, and it is already an endless situation between the two nations, how can you demand the submission of the entire nation in the name of one mother?" Besides, such submission will not bring peace, let alone equality! Emperor, you should learn from Liu Bang and work hard to cheer up. He also said Liu Bang's diplomatic rhetoric to the Jurchens..."Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Gou hid his face with greater strength and cried bitterly, whimpering and saying, "It's terrible! I can't bear to hear the words of "Don't ever look for me for such a cruel thing!"

Zhao staggered back to the palace with full sincerity, leaving behind a stunned minister... It is worthy of the leadership, and thus the opposition party is ended. The ironic construction yì actually brings out a higher level of filial piety! The originally shameless thing was inlaid with a layer of dazzling gold edge...

On the 23rd, Wuling Simou and Shi Qingchong officially entered the Southern Song Dynasty Palace. Faced Zhao Gou and started the first Shaoxing peace conference! At that time, Zhao Gou "choked up, raised his sleeves to wipe his tears" and asked Wuling Simou, "How is my mother?" How is my brother Emperor Yuansheng? Are my royal relatives all right?"

Wuling Simou was very depressed, how could he answer? Say that your female relatives and friends do laundry very hard and do it very well? Your male relatives and friends have been working in the fields for more than ten years. They have all become qualified and excellent good farmers... Isn't this forcing Zhao Gou to scold? He had no choice but to say very politically, "But I hope that the peace will be completed early", and this is enough, and Zhao Gou immediately expressed the greatest sincerity...

This month, Dajin's left prison army retreated from Chang'an and returned to Datong Mansion. Because the land of Shaanxi is about to be ceded to the Southern Song Dynasty...

On July 1, Wang Lun and Chen Kuo were appointed as the chief and deputy envoys of the Yingzi Palace. With Wuling Simou and others, he once again sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and took on the important task of welcoming back the coffin of the first emperor and the queen mother.

Zhao Gou agreed to all the terms of the peace treaty, and this time it exploded! Hundreds of civil and military officials have written to oppose the peace. The palace serves the imperial history Zhang Jie" since ancient times. There is no one who cannot fight, and there is no one who cannot defend but can make peace. If the Zhenzong Dynasty did not have Xiao Tzu Rin who was shot to death outside the city of Shanzhou, and the Renzong Dynasty did not have the Qingli Dynasty, then even if there were a hundred Cao Yu and a hundred Fu Bi, could the peace treaty be signed? Even if it is signed, how can such a peace be guaranteed to last forever?"

On the 7th, there was also a debate in the capital of Jinguo. One side of the debate is the left deputy marshal Wan Yan Chang, the Taishi Wan Yan Zongpan, and the Taibao Wan Yan Zongjun; The other party is Taifu Wanyan Zonggan, Zonggan's brother Wanyan Zongxian, and Wanyan Chang's brother Wanyan Xuan. Zong Jun "I am with the land and the Song, Song Bide and me" Zong Xian "I captured the Song people's father and brother, and the grievances are not for a day. If you reinstate the land, it will help the enemy! What a virtue! Don't "prosper" with others or those who follow me, you are opposed to the "勖" profiteering country, how dare you be private" debate finally because the first minister Wanyan Zongpan agreed to negotiate peace, and finally decided: the land of Henan and Shaanxi, which originally belonged to the puppet Qi, was returned to the Song State.

On the 13th, Jin envoy Wuling Simou returned to China, and Wang Lun and others escorted him. Zhao Ding told Wang Lun a thousand times: Jin proposed to use the Yellow River as the boundary between them, but due to Du Chong's reasons, the Yellow River has been greatly diverted into the Huai River. You must adhere to the Yellow River before the diversion prevails, that is, the standard of peace during the Jingkang period.

This month, Hu Shijiang, the envoy of the Sichuan system, arrived at Suining Mansion on Tongchuanfu Road, and then went north to Lizhou to meet Wu Jue.

On August 1, Kim Hee-jong officially promulgated the revised new official system of Daejin State. On September 14, the Privy Council was changed to Xingtai Shangshu Province.

In September, Jin moved Li Cheng from Xuzhou on Nanjing Road to Yizhou on Henan East Road, and Li Qiong from Gongzhou to Bozhou on Shanxi Road. And all the gold and silver in Henan and Shaanxi will be transported north. At the same time, the last generation of the Zhe family army was poisoned by Wanyan Sali in Datong Mansion. Because Liu Yu was deposed at that time, Wanyan Sali had conspired to be the second Liu Yu. Now that the overall situation has been decided, these lands must be returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. 'Crying Langjun' was worried that he would be dissatisfied, so he first poisoned him...

On October 13, in order to fight against the increasingly arrogant Wanyan Zongpan, Jin Xizong Wanyan decided to completely upgrade the Jurchen tradition! He crowned all the 14 sons born to his uncle Wanyan Zongqiang, Wanyan Zongmin and Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai, except for the eldest son Zongpan, all the remaining 13 people were crowned kings in one go. Wanyan Zongpan also drew a knife against Taifu Wanyan Zonggan in front of Jin Xizong, and was stopped by Xiao Zhonggong. On the 16th, Kim Hee-jong issued an edict prohibiting the prince from entering the palace with a sword. On the 18th, Kim Hee-jong established a system of sealing the country. On the 20th, Wanyan was crowned his eighth uncle, and Wanyan Zongjun, who was with Wanyan Zongpan, was the prime minister of Shangshu Zuo and the servant of Zhongzhong and King Chen.

With the sudden occurrence and rapid acceleration of the peace, Qin Hui finally ushered in his spring. The previous long period of forbearance has come to an end, from clinging to Zhang Jun to currying favor with Zhao Ding, he is too low-key! The opportunity finally appeared at this time, and Wan Yanchang, his big backer in the north, finally grasped the right to speak. If you don't cheer up now, when will you wait? Qin Hui is determined to let go of his hands and feet, no longer scruples, and fight this time!

But at the moment, there are several major obstacles: one is naturally the emperor Zhao Gou, the second is the Southern Song Dynasty military represented by Yue Fei, and the other is Qin Hui's top boss and imperial prime minister Zhao Ding!

In fact, Zhao Ding agreed with the negotiation of peace, and he could recover a lot of things such as the old capital of Henan, the Queen Mother, and the mausoleum of the first emperor without going to war, so what's wrong? But on the one hand, he wants to receive things, on the other hand, he wants to save face, and on the other hand, he wants to bargain. As mentioned above, the Yellow River is not diverted...

Qin Hui is particularly annoyed by this kind of person, when you become a bitch, you have to set up a memorial arch, what good things do you have to fall on your head alone? Go to hell! Sooner or later, it will be a big deal to keep this crooked prime minister!

Qin Hui is finally going to make a move! This most powerful minister in Chinese history, the man who manipulated the country for the longest time, controlled the emperor most successfully, changed the course of history and even the national character, finally began his criminal path! At present, there are two people who step on the wings of Qin Hui's dream, one is Zhao Ding, the prime minister of the empire, and the other is Zhao Gou, the emperor.

These are the two most powerful people in the Southern Song Dynasty right now, how to bring them down? (To be continued......)