Chapter 168: Grim
The Great Liao Kingdom is finished as scheduled, will the Great Song Dynasty be far away? At this moment, the Great Song Dynasty is full of holes, and it has become a beautiful picture scroll that is difficult to repair...
If God wants it to perish, he must first make it mad. After entering the Xuanhe period, the Great Song Dynasty natural disasters were frequent, Tokyo, Xihe, Hebei and other places were earthquakes one after another, even the palace was shaking, Jingdong, Hebei, Liangzhejiang and other roads suffered major floods, the people could only eat tree bark, wild vegetables, and even people ate people, and the government did not go to relief, but also continued to collect taxes indiscriminately. In order to support the Northern Expedition, Wang Huang levied violently, and asked the people to pay more than 62 million yuan in free money within a time limit, and if they disobeyed, they would be beheaded according to military law.
He did not use military law against Liu Yanqing, who collapsed without a fight, and did not use military law against the officials and soldiers who brutalized the people, but used military law to behead the poor people, which can be regarded as creating a precedent for the Great Song Dynasty. The Northern Expedition also exhausted the last bit of blood of the Great Song Dynasty, and the military reserves accumulated since Xining and Yuanfeng have been exhausted, and the Zuozang Treasury and the treasury of various places are empty.
The expropriation led to the rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty and thieves. The most combat-effective Western Army was exhausted in the two Northern Expeditions, and although there were many forbidden troops, their combat effectiveness was too weak to be leveled by force, and they could only be appeased. In the past, there was a folk song: If you want to get rich, you are in a hurry to sell wine and vinegar; Now I have added half a sentence, I want to get the official to kill people and set fire to be recruited! After being appeased, they were unable to resettle, and many places rebelled after being appeased.
The recovery of Yanjing once made the people of the Great Song Dynasty proud, and countless people were crazy about it, but after the clouds, everyone found that Yanjing was like a huge black hole, which was frantically absorbing the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty and becoming their huge burden, and they were overwhelmed economically.
The food crisis is the first to be struck, and even military rations are struggling. There are more than 100,000 victorious troops of Guo Yaoshi in Yanshan Mansion, and the team is expanding day by day. More than 100,000 grains are needed every month, all of which are transported by Hedong and Hebei. Roads are often interrupted due to civil upheavals. The officers and soldiers plundered the rich households. Barricades and robberies, squeezing out the food, grass and silver of other troops. The rich people had to flee to the capital, Bashu and Jiangnan, and the poor people were even worse.
In order to balance the Changsheng army, Tong Guan and Cai You recruited Yanyun's strong people and organized them into the loyal victory army and the grain army, with a total of more than 200,000 people, but the government had no money and rice, so these more than 200,000 people went to the Central Plains on their own and lived by looting. The local government could not do anything about it. At the beginning of the Jin army's entry into Youyun, the Han people in the Yanjing area fled south to the Song Dynasty in order to avoid the looting of the Jin army, and received relief from the local government.
After the exchange of the six states of Yanjing, the Jin State formed a military and political ruling center in each of Yanyun and Yanyun, which had in fact created a military situation in which the east and west attacked the Song Dynasty. The eastern route was not actually presided over by Yan Hanli and controlled the Pingzhou area in the Guannai. The Privy Council was set up, which was managed by Han officials Liu Yanzong and other commissioners who collected taxes and managed it. This road of soldiers and horses is directly controlled by the Jin royal family, and the Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan tart lazy who can conquer and fight are all in this road army.
The Western Route Army, which controlled the areas of Fengshengzhou, Yunnei, and Tiande, was presided over by Wanyan Zonghan, with Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Xiyin as deputies, and the troops were also very strong. But Wanyan Zonghan was not satisfied. Thinking that the troops were still insufficient and had no administrative power, he asked Wu Qimai to increase the number of troops again. Ask for administrative authority. But in fact, it was Wanyan Zonghan who wanted to absorb more power and share the army that Wanyan Han could not live without.
Wu beggars don't want to be criticized. said that he was a snob, and the imperial brother deprived his nephew of his military rights before his bones were cold. Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan's request was not fully agreed. One is to be alert to his greed, and the other is to be dissatisfied with what he has forced the palace, so he restricts his power.
However, Wu Qimai still satisfied Zong Han's right to increase troops and remove officials, and also set up a Privy Council on the West Road, so as to establish the affairs of the main house and manage the affairs of the West Road, so Zong Han's power increased, and his ambition became more and more inflated. The formation of these two heavy armies was obviously not to defend Shangjing, the capital of Jin, nor to defend the northeast, but to consolidate the rule of the newly occupied areas and deal with the Great Song regime.
Western Xia has always been an important ally of the Liao State, Li Qianshun has always been committed to the Liao State, unswervingly, to save each other, of course, this loyalty is not so pure, but purposeful, one is to fight against the Song Dynasty, on the other hand, it wants to expand its territory to the east of the Yellow River, now Yelu Yanxi has been captured, the Liao State has died, then the Western Xia has lost the excuse to send troops to the Liao State, and must find a new reason for existence and compete for greater interests!
With the consistent behavior of the Western Xia, making peace with the Jin State became one of the few options, so that they could get more benefits from the Jurchens, and they could also find new backers to fight against the Song Dynasty, and find a new balance between the two great powers, and the Western Xia's fall to the Jurchens would inevitably put the Great Song into a situation of being attacked on their backs, and they had to face the dilemma of a possible two-front war.
Zhao Ta thought a lot about the first time when he was captured by Yelu Yanxi, the battle between Song and Jin was not possible, but inevitable, so the most dangerous place in the Great Song Dynasty was not only Hebei Lianglu and Yanjing Mansion, but also Hedong. In order to realize the plan of the Jin State to attack the Song Dynasty on the east and west, the Xijing Road in Liaodi will become the starting point of the outbreak of the war.
Now Xijing is still fighting for power and profit, if Yelu Yanxi is making trouble on the side, who is the emperor in Xijing City, how to make trouble is also a 'copycat' version, Zhao Ta is not worried, the happier the toss, the better, it will only make them move closer to themselves. But now it's different, war is coming, and Xijing can't have multiple voices, what he needs is to be in lockstep...
In this case, Zhao Ta couldn't play anymore, he immediately decided to secretly move closer to Xijing with the loyal and brave troops stationed in Shuozhou and Yingzhou in advance, and once the negotiations on his side failed, he was ready to cooperate with the Krup army to seize the prefectures and counties of Xijing and take over Xijing by force, and it would be a bloody storm at that time.
Zhao Ta didn't want to do this, he knew that the land of Yanyun today was not the Yanyun of a hundred years ago, and even his unreliable father knew that Yandao had wooed Yelu Yanxi, although he used inappropriate means. But he also knew that the guards of Yanyun Prefecture were basically from the original Liao State, and they were hesitating and helpless, facing the fate of being collectively relocated, if the Song Dynasty reached out in time to pull a hand, and then played the family card of Yelu Yanxi, what would the situation become? Without exception, they will all surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhao Ta didn't want to use drastic means to deal with the affairs of Xijing, so he first made an appointment with Yelu Yuxuan, explained his true identity, and the current situation, and showed him his attitude. Although Yelu Yu was slightly surprised by the identity of Zhao Ta as the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty, he was not surprised, he had already understood how a son of a family could have so much energy, support an army of tens of thousands of people, and have so many fierce generals, and what he didn't expect was that Zhao Ta was a prince.
Yelu Yu had already lost confidence in Da Liao, and was only happy about the capture of Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi, and would never think of saving him. And he surrendered to the Jurchens first and then rebelled, and then 'led the army' to defeat them several times, so that Ah Guda lost his personal expedition and lost his army, no matter how generous the Jurchens were, I am afraid they will not forgive him, and there is only one way left for him, and Zhao Er treats him well, and he has no reason not to be attached.
After the two discussed, they decided to clean up the mess, so there was the matter of Yelu Yu leading his troops into the city, in the face of the menacing Texas army, everything was a floating cloud, and none of the parties could fight, and the marriage also made them lose the possibility of joining hands again, so they could only wait for Yelu Yu's ruling!
Zhao Ta didn't have many options left for them!
The first is to maintain the status quo of Xijing Road, maintain relative independence, nominally still a part of Liao, retain the old Khitan officials, follow the old system, and retain the honorific titles and treatment of the original royal nobles, but the premise is to follow Zhao Ta's instructions, at this time, the best policy, so that Zhao Ta can still control this regime remotely, without completely exposing his identity, and can maintain the relative stability of Xijing.
The second is to return to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty will fully accept the Xijing Dao, then there will not be so many good things, the princes and grandsons can only be sent to the Song capital as prisoners of war, and their fate will not be decided by Zhao Ta, and the officials everywhere are sent by the Song government. This is the next policy, in fact, it is a lose-lose style of play, but at the moment of the big enemy, Zhao Ta does not want to have different voices.
"Several princes should marry relatives and marry relatives, how good it is to be a carefree prince like King Zhao, why get involved in the rights and wrongs of Xijing, and hurt the feelings of my brothers!" Zhao Ta explained the current situation and said to Yelu Yali and the other three princes.
"Is my Da Liao gone?" Yelu Yali said sadly, his father was captured and the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, which made him sad.
"How can you say it's gone? Xijing is still your Yelu clan's, but the princess is the regent, so as not to cause the emperor to cause blows from all sides, when the time is ripe, you can discuss it again! Zhao said with a smile, he still hoped that they would accept his suggestion.
"Then won't we become a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty and want to be a vassal to you!" Qin Wang Ye Luding looked still unbeaten and asked Zhao Ta.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, if you want to leave Xijing to reinvigorate the majesty of Daliao, this king will not stop you, you can leave with your subordinates at any time, and the Jurchens will welcome you to fight them!" Zhao Ta didn't think it was a pestle, and said with a smile.
"This king... This king will consider Prince Yan's suggestion again! Ye Luding wanted to be tough in front of Zhao Ta, but when the words came to his mouth, he had no confidence and said curtly.
"What His Royal Highness King Xu plans to do, and what conditions are available!" The two were silent for the time being, and Zhao Ta looked at Yelu Ning and asked.
"This king still listens to the two brothers!" King Xu Yelu Ning looked at the two royal brothers and said, his strength is the weakest, even if Da Liao does not die, it will not be his turn, "Actually, Prince Yan's idea is also very good, can I ask a question?" He asked timidly... (To be continued.) )