Chapter 225: The Emperor's Scheming
When he was only nine years old, his biological father Wanyan Zongjun died of illness, which made him lose his father's care since he was a child. But Wanyan Kang's luck was not bad, his uncle Wanyan Zonggan adopted him and treated him as his own son, so that Wanyan Kang got the warmth of the family. Under the care of Zonggan, Wanyan Kang was sent to the palace to study at a very young age, because Zonggan admired the culture of the Han people, so Wanyan Kang came into contact with some literary workers among the Han people.
In the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianhui, Wan Yan ascended the throne as emperor in Huining Mansion, and officially issued an edict to the world, becoming the third generation head of the Jin State. However, this young son of heaven does not seem to be very interested in fighting and killing, because he was deeply influenced by Han culture in his early years, Wan Yan Kang, who had just succeeded to the throne for less than two months, wanted to launch a reform movement that affected the whole country after arranging the burial of Wu Qimai, and carried out a thorough reform movement on all the old systems of the former Jin State.
The Bo Ji Lie system was born at the beginning of the Agu Army, and it was a political system set up to consolidate the position of the Wanyan family in the military and political field. With the improvement of the state institutions of the Jin Dynasty, the function of the Boji system was gradually weakening. As the emperor of the new human race, our Wan Yan Yan did not like this very outdated system, so he chose to attack it first......
Not to mention that the royal child was in charge early, although Wan Yan Yan succeeded to the throne smoothly, he also understood that he was just the product of the compromise between the two factions. Everyone wants to manipulate him as a puppet, and the foundation is not strong. Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of those who threaten themselves, and the Taizong line has become the primary target. But he wasn't reckless. If you choose to reform the system and benefit your family, you will be able to get their support in the first place and consolidate your position in the family.
Wan Yan Kang's idea was really supported by his adoptive father Zonggan, because the abolition of the Bo Ji Lie system had more important significance, and from then on, the Jin State ended the system of ceasing the throne of the elder brother and the emperor, and changed it to the same inheritance system of the father and son as the Central Plains Dynasty. The fact that the members of the 'Akuta faction' were of course the biggest beneficiaries of the new administrative system, and that he was the first to choose to reform from this point can also be seen that this sixteen-year-old boy is a big ghost. The experience of political struggle is no worse than that of his uncles and uncles.
After all, Zonggan has eaten more salty salt for decades than Wanyan Kang, and he is more careful in doing things, and he knows that the resistance to the reform of the Dao Dao system first comes from Wanyan Zongben. Because according to the original system, Zongben has the highest possibility of becoming the next generation of Zhiyin, he can survive for twenty or thirty years in the prime of life, and has great hopes of becoming the fourth emperor, and the restructuring will inevitably cause him dissatisfaction, and the Zonggan who holds the military power really has to start a surge, and everyone has no good life.
It's at this critical time. The defeated Wushu fled. He did not rush to break through after escaping the pursuit of the Song army from the bottom of Yanjing, because he knew that the Song army had controlled all the key passes around Yanjing, and he could only throw himself into the net when he returned to China at this time, so he took part of the remnants into the mountains. Wait for the wind to pass before breaking through. He is worthy of growing up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and he has a strong ability to survive in the wild, and he has lived in the mountains for more than two months. Finally found an opportunity to run back.
For his uncle, who can fight and is used to fighting, Wan Yan Yan is not too harsh. Instead, the great enemy is now the time to employ people, and let him lead the post of deputy marshal of Liaodong. Lead troops to guard against the Song Dynasty's naval army to attack the coast again after the sea is opened. This seems to have demoted Wushu out of the Jingshi, but in fact, it allowed him to regain control of an army, and put a pro-guard army by his side, once something happened to the Jingshi, Wushu could quickly return to the army to suppress it.
However, this arrangement could not completely control Zongben, so another plan was born - to restart peace talks with the Song Dynasty, exchange hostages, and exchange them for Zongxuan, Gushen and others, so as to increase their own power and weaken Zongben's strength. In fact, this is also a necessary approach, the battlefield has been defeated repeatedly, the Jin army is no longer capable of fighting, through peace talks can also breathe and restore military strength. Seeing that the spring flowers were blooming and the ice and snow were melting, the Song army was likely to attack again, so the Jin State sent envoys to Bianjing in the name of informing the new Song emperor of the succession to the throne and proposed a peace ......
Zhao Tan's spring offensive plan was to concentrate the forces of the forbidden army to capture Shangjing after completing the expansion in winter, completely control the Monan region, and lay the foundation for Jingluo Mobei. After the naval army captured the Liaodong Peninsula and captured the bridgehead, the Yanjing army advanced out of the Liaodong line to close the corridor from the Central Plains to the outside of the Saiwai, consolidate the first line of defense, and complete the strategic encirclement of the Jin State. However, at this time, Zhao Ta was troubled by the copper matter, and the shortage of resources led to the inability of the new army to distribute equipment in time, and the forward troops lacked ammunition and did not have enough military strength to continue to expand the victory of capturing Dadingfu and recovering Yanyun into a victory in the strategic sense.
Although the Song Dynasty occupied a large area of land, the current battle line has also been extended from hundreds of miles to thousands of miles in the past, and the new formation of the new army could not be put into battle, and the weapons and equipment were seriously attrition in the previous battle. Without redeployment, it was no longer possible to realize the grand strategy of passing through the northwest and attacking the Jin State, so Zhao Ta switched from strategic offensive to defensive after the beginning of spring to consolidate the newly recovered territory, but still maintained pressure on the Jin army stationed in Linhuang Mansion, so that it had no time to take care of it.
At this moment, the Jin State sent an envoy to Bianjing to hope for peace, and Zhao Ta thought that the peace agreement was in line with the current situation, and he could free up his hands to deal with Dali to avoid a two-front war, and he could also use this period of peace to manage the clouds, and he could also take the aftermath of the great victory to 'blackmail' the Jin State. Therefore, Zhao agreed to resume the peace talks, and the two sides were scheduled to meet in Pingzhou and send a delegation to start negotiations as soon as possible.
The news of Song Jin's resumption of peace talks immediately reached the ears of the leaders of the surrounding countries, and compared with the heads of several neighbors, Zhao Ta was thirty-four years old at this time, and Li Qianshun of Western Xia was already fifty-three years old. However, in view of the fact that the Jin State still occupies a large area of land in Liaodong and Mobei, and has strong military strength, no one dares to underestimate this leader, but they dare not offend the re-rising Great Song Dynasty, and if the two great powers really reach a reconciliation, then they will have to reassess the current international situation and adjust their diplomatic strategies, so this negotiation has attracted attention before it has even begun......
"Second master, Wan Yan Yan has just succeeded to the throne and made peace talks with us, I thought it was the idea of Zong Han and others, how can he, a child who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, know these big things!" There are only two people in the great Wende Palace, Zhao Ta and Zhao Renjunchen, the day before yesterday, Zhao Ren was appointed as a peace envoy, and presided over the negotiations with Jin with the title of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and the delegation will set off tomorrow, and he has come to bid farewell to the emperor and ask questions.
"Not really, since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, and the things we did when we were sixteen years old were thought by others to be just messing around because of the emperor's favor, who is looking at us, so we can't underestimate him!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said.
"Hehe, at that time, the second master had already had the world in mind and set up a great ambition to defend the country and save the people, how could he compare!" Zhao Ren said with a smile, when the emperor was sixteen years old, he was 'beating, smashing, and robbing' in Beijing, just to let the courtiers impeach and drive him out of the capital to the northwest to work hard, but at that time, who knew what he thought, just as nonsense, who would have thought that the emperor went to the northwest to create a foundation and lay the foundation for today's success!
"Don't underestimate any of your enemies, it is not a simple matter for Wan Yan to successfully ascend to the throne, at least it shows that he has the support of the old ministers and the clan, even if he is now a puppet, but who will be willing to be a puppet, he will definitely find an opportunity to fight back!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.
"Yes, second master, my subordinates have been taught!" Zhao Ren said respectfully, "Second Master is worried about what tricks the Jin Congress will use to take advantage of the opportunity of negotiations?" ”
"Yes, the older generation of ministers and fierce generals of the Jin Kingdom have gradually withered, and the leaders in power are Zong Han, Zong Gan and Zong Ben, the best of the second generation, and they have all made great contributions to the country, and they have lost the coercion of the older generation, and they will think that the day has come, and it is inevitable to do things, as long as they are not fools, they will feel that they are threatening to themselves!" Zhao Ta turned around with his hands behind his back and said.
"Second master, do you think Wanyan wants to use the peace talks as a delaying tactic to tie our hands and feet, and then stabilize the interior with peace of mind and eliminate dissidents!" Zhao Ren thought for a while and said.
"It's just one possibility, and I can't think of anything else for a while, so it's up to you to improvise in the negotiation and see what they want. This is also the reason why I want you to be a peace envoy for what I want, you have led troops to fight, and you have the experience of participating in court politics, unlike those scholars who stick to what etiquette and are deceived by it! Zhao Ta looked at Zhao Ren and said, under his own cultivation, he has become more and more mature, which can be of great use.
"Second master, my subordinates understand!" Zhao Ren Shili said, "Second master, can you reveal the bottom line to me!" He asked embarrassedly.
"Hehe, I'll tell you if you don't ask!" Zhao Tan smiled and patted Zhao Ren's shoulder and said, "There are three points that cannot be compromised: the first is to demarcate the boundary with the actual control of the two sides; second, the king of Liao and the captured ministers, clans and people were released; Third, compensate for war losses and call Song a minister! ”
"Second master, I'm afraid that some of the three points you mentioned are difficult to achieve, and once the King of Liao returns to China, how will we settle it, if he still has a heart of disobedience, it will be difficult for us to deal with it!" Zhao Ren was shocked when he heard this, when the King of Liao came back, there would be a situation of one country and three monarchs in the country, if even Zhao Gou was counted, there would be four emperors in one day... (To be continued......)