Even though the Jin State did not win the Southern Expedition, as in history, after the death of Tan Duhe (Asher Bo Jilie), his regime was essentially divided into three.

Emperor Wu begged to buy and was further elevated!

The three imperial courts of the Jin State are-

The inner court, located near Harbin, is led by Wanyan Xianye and Wanyan Zonggan's uncle and nephew.

The Eastern Imperial Court, the Privy Council of Yanshan (Beijing), was headed by Wanyan Zongwang.

The Western Imperial Court, that is, the Yunzhong (Datong) Privy Council, was headed by Wanyan Zonghan.

Due to Wanyan Zonghan's strength, the Inner Court and the Eastern Court were strong allies, and the three sides were in a delicate balance.

Wu begged to buy sometimes struggled and sometimes lay flat, and his life was not bad, after all, the inner court still had to issue decrees in the name of his emperor.

Who has given him the wrong place?

Before the Jurchens rebelled, the leaders of the tribes were called "Sumire". Along with the conquest and annexation, the joint leader of several tribes was called "Du Bao Jin".

After Ah Gu gained power, in order to show his authority, he proclaimed himself "Du Bo Jilie". He also made a bunch of titles such as the Theory of the Country, the Wisdom of Ban Bo, and the Amabo Spirit.

The supreme authority of the Jin State became the "Bo Ji Lie Assembly", which can be understood as the Council of Ministers of the Noble Council.

Although the heir was not determined, according to the order of Bo Jilie at that time and the Jurchen tribal tradition, Wanyan Zonghan should inherit the emperor's throne.

But Wu Qimai took advantage of the absence of Wanyan Zonghan and the absence of three of the five great bojilies, and relied on the ancestral nobles to forcibly add yellow robes.

Eat people with a short mouth, and take people softly.

Wu Qimai must be politically rewarded enough for the descendants of the ancestors. Gradually, the Jin court was controlled by this gang of people, and these people extended their tentacles from the court to the local and military through Wanyan Zongwang and the Han forces.

The migration of people to Yunzhong and Yanshan was nominally to digest the homeland of the Liao State and weaken the power of the Xi and Bohai people, but in essence, it was a means for several major factions to overthrow the emperor.

In detail, the situation is more complicated.

The emperor and the inner court had contradictions with each other but had to cooperate, and the inner court relied on Wan Yan Zongwang to compete with Wan Yan Zonghan. And Wanyan Zongwang not only wants to take advantage of the righteousness of the inner court, but also wants to get rid of the inner court and move towards independence, so he has to cooperate with Wanyan Zonghan at some point.

In such a strange divided situation, the Jin country can still be united with the outside world.

……

Yanjing.

The old nature here is Wanyan Zongwang, but the second person is Liu Yanzong, the general of the Liao State.

The Xi people, the Han people, and the Bohai people are all willing to listen to Liu Yanzong's orders!

"If the seaside salt field is attacked, it should be the enemy of Shandong across the sea," Wanyan Zongwang asked, "If you divide your troops to defend several major salt fields, you will inevitably be passive everywhere, and the Ming army can choose a place from the sea to plunder at will." What can you two do? ”

Liu Yanzong said: "Be a water trainer." ”

Shi Liai reminded: "Haibin County is not under the jurisdiction of the Yanshan Privy Council. ”

Liu Yanzong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Indeed." ”

Both of them are currently loyal to Wanyan Zongwang rather than to the Jin court.

Their meaning was obvious, that is, under the pretext of the Ming army's attack on the salt works, they demanded military and political jurisdiction from Huacheng (Dalian) to Haiyang (Qinhuangdao).

Shi Liai said: "The southern barbarians who crossed the sea, there are not many of them, they are nothing more than coastal raids, and they do not have the strength to capture the city. Since Lang Jun has received a letter asking for help, he can send an army there, but there is no need to be too anxious. ”

"Will the court agree?" Wan Yan Zongwang said doubtfully.

Shi Liai said: "I may agree." ”

Properly raised his own self-respect, and did not take the cross-sea attack seriously.

Wu Qimai is already a handful of years old, and Wanyan Zongwang wants to strengthen his strength as soon as possible, so that he will have the opportunity to compete with Wanyan Zonghan for the throne in the future.

Under the planning of the two Han wise men, Wanyan Zongwang slowly sent an army, and the total was only two or three thousand elites, and ran to Jinzhou to assist in the defense.

They sat back and watched the Deng Lai Ming army plunder everywhere, and every time they received news, they were slow to rescue and force the Jin court to give more power.

So, what is Wu Qimai, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, doing?

Revise history!

Compile and revise the national history from the Jurchen tribe period to Wu Qimai's succession, and use the history to establish the legitimacy of his throne.

Does it work?

It works!

In history, Wanyan Zonghan annexed the troops of Wanyan Zongwang and Liu Yanzong, and completely controlled the military and political power of the hometown of Liao. The emperor used the treasury in violation of regulations, and he even dared to reprimand the emperor with a rod.

But after the emperor's death, Wanyan Zonghan could not succeed to the throne.

Because a group of people in the ancestral line already have strength, and they took the national history edited by Wu Qimai to occupy the righteousness, forcing Wanyan Zonghan to give up the idea of being an emperor.

Of course, the two sides were jealous of each other, and no one could please them, so in the end another puppet was set up.

……

The Jin court in Harbin was too far away, and Yanjing's Wanyan Zongwang raised his own respect, and the Denglai Ming army looted for a month, sacked three salt farms, and did not encounter any decent resistance.

Those bastards, but they grabbed it more and more!

This time, it was a real move, Zhao Li brought thousands of infantry over, and all of them landed at Lushunkou.

At this time, there was no name for Lushun, generally known as Iron Mountain, where iron ore and occasional gold were found.

Before Xia Yuqing got off the boat, he saw smoke burning in front of him.

It was the "beacon tower of the Great Wall of Haikou in the east of the town" which was used, and the Liao State built the Great Wall that stretched for more than 70 miles here in order to fight against the Bohai State (from the northeast side of Lushun Pass, all the way to Dalian Bay).

One beacon after another, lit thick wolf smoke, but there were not many soldiers available for mobilization.

After the destruction of the Bohai State, the Liao State successively immigrated more than 100,000 people to the Liaodong Peninsula. However, the great chaos at the end of Liao, famine and war led to a sharp decline in the population, which can even be described as "one out of ten".

In later generations, the entire Dalian area is now less than 10,000 households.

The Jurchen army was small in number, all stationed in Huacheng County (Jinzhou) and Huacheng Pass (Dalian Bay), and there was also a Hue battalion next to Fuzhou. The defenders in the rest of the places were all crooked Han troops and Bohai navy.

"Shelling!"

The six big ships brought back by Xue Daoguang had all been installed with iron cannons and fired at the beacon tower of the Great Wall at the mouth of Lushun.

Xia Yuqing had already been promoted to chief, and with his soldiers, he followed the Denglai soldiers to rush to the shore.

There are no salt pans here, only the Great Wall and villages.

The Great Wall near the beacon tower, only more than a dozen Han soldiers were stationed, and they fled directly after being shelled. They ran along the Great Wall towards the beacon tower further east, fifty miles from Huacheng Pass, where the Jurchen soldiers were stationed.

Zhao Li and Song Jiang led the army, quickly occupied the beacon tower, and rushed forward along the Great Wall.

After capturing three beacon towers in a row and capturing the Great Wall for more than 20 miles, the Denglai soldiers finally stopped rushing and killing. Exhausted and out of breath, they relied on the fortifications of the Great Wall and waited for the enemy to gather troops thirty miles away to attack.

Xia Yuqing's army on Salmon Island followed the Great Wall that had been occupied by friendly forces, searching for local residents in the area on both sides of the Great Wall.

As long as all the people are taken away, the defenders here will not be able to collect grain on the spot, and in the future, they will have to transport grain and grass from Huacheng (Jinzhou).

On the seashore and in the valley, fires broke out one after another, and it was the soldiers of Salmon Island who were burning down people's houses.

"Third brother, there's a big village over there!"

"Let's take a look."

There is a small river at the eastern foot of Tieshan Mountain, and Xia Yuqing found a village along the river.

But the villagers all ran away, and judging from the situation of the houses, one-third of the houses have been abandoned, which is estimated to be affected by the chaos at the end of Liao.

After searching for a while, he found no one, but found an iron-smelting workshop halfway up the mountain, and picked up gold panning tools by the river.

"There's gold here!" The soldiers rejoiced.

Although the loot looted needs to be handed over in full, and then distributed collectively. But the more valuable the booty they turned in, the greater their exploits.

Xia Yuqing hurriedly met with the other two chiefs for a meeting, each determined the direction of the search, and found clues in a short time.

The people here fled with money, food, and livestock, leaving footprints, and some even dropped their belongings in a hurry.

More than 30 soldiers of Salmon Island searched all the way into the mountains, but they were ambushed.

The villagers, armed with homemade swords, rushed at the soldiers from both sides of the road. However, they did not have bows and arrows, and they did not have armor.

"Formation, formation!"

When Xia Yuqing shouted, the soldiers had already leaned over.

Completely contrary to the villagers' expectations, the soldiers of Salmon Island who were ambushed, facing an ambush that was several times their size, were not frightened and fled, but quickly formed a formation with great calmness.

Having experienced the physical meaning of "the jungle eating the strong", they have long been accustomed to being ambushed, and it has become instinct to quickly get closer to counterattack.

The archers hid in formation and shot arrows, the pikemen protected their teammates, and the palladium boring hands did not cancel, constantly pushing away the villagers who tried to rush into the formation.

In just a few minutes of fighting, more than 100 villagers were defeated by more than 30 soldiers.

Dozens of captives were captured one after another, and Xia Yuqing asked, "Can you understand me?" ”

No one answered.

"Press his hands!" Xia Yuqing pointed to a captive.

With a single sword, the tail finger is cut off.

In the midst of the screams, Xia Yuqing asked again: "Can you understand me?" ”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he slashed away again.

The captive cried out in fear: "I can understand, I can understand!" ”

But it was too late, and another ring finger was chopped off.

Led by these captives, Xia Yuqing quickly found the villagers' hideouts. But there was still no one, and they fled in such a hurry that much of the food could not be taken with them.

"Chase!"

Half an hour later, they caught up with the villagers, who were not fast enough to drive their livestock and money and food.

"The general spares his life!" A middle-aged man knelt down with many villagers.

Xia Yuqing said: "As long as you honestly follow us back to Shandong, you will not kill people indiscriminately." ”

"Yes, yes, it must be honest." The middle-aged man hurriedly made a statement.

There are four or five hundred people in this village, which is extremely rare in the sparsely populated Liaodong Peninsula.

Xia Yuqing inquired carefully, only to know that it was the cause of iron ore and gold mines. They did not have to pay taxes, but they had to pay a certain amount of pig iron and sand gold to the government every year.

After descending the mountain, the soldiers began to set fire to the houses in all directions.

The middle-aged man begged bitterly, and actually took out a basket of books from a house.

Xia Yuqing was surprised: "You still read?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "I can't hide it, my ancestor is a subordinate official of the Empress of Western Xia." At that time, the queen of Western Xia, dozens of officials, and thousands of ordinary people were relocated here by the Liao State and scattered and settled within a radius of 100 miles. Because we miss our homeland, we all changed our surnames to Xia. ”

"That's your daughter?" Xia Yuqing pointed to a young girl.

The middle-aged man said, "It's the little girl." ”

Xia Yuqing said: "My surname is also Xia, you should change back to your ancestral surname." ”

Officers on Salmon Island can give priority to catching wives by lot.

Even if Xia Yuqing can't draw this girl, he can coordinate with the winner with the permission of the main general. He was conceited of being a scholar and looked down on ordinary village women, but this woman was to his liking and was willing to exchange a few months' military salary with others.

Xia Yuqing comforted the future father-in-law and said: "There are gold and iron mines in Dengleiduo, and they are all good at smelting iron and panning for gold, and they will not be abused when they go to Shandong." A married woman will not be separated from her husband. ”

"Thank you, General, for reminding me." The middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If he continues to plunder like this, even if Yan Zongwang defends with all his might, it will be impossible to prevent it.

It is estimated that the Jin State will order the coastal residents to retreat, and no one will be allowed to live in the area ten miles by the sea......

(End of chapter)