Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Ximenqing is going back to Yanggu, preparing for the next chaos.

Just as Ximen Qing expected, not long after he left, Wanyan Wulu, the Jurchen General of the Kingdom of Jin and the deputy commander of the Northwest and Southwest Routes, begged Wanyan Wu to buy it, saying that the Song people did not pay the old coins according to the covenant, and that they would The household registrations of those who fled southward in the occupied area of ​​the Kingdom of Jin were not returned and repatriated according to the covenant. The Song army instead recruited troops in Yandi and Hedong.

After Wanyan Wuqimai received the letter from Wanyan Wulu, he urgently ordered Wanyan Zonghan to return to Datong Mansion in Xijing with the household registration of Zhulu, asking him to ask the Song people for the number of households according to the household registration number, and to test whether the Song Dynasty really had a backlash. The meaning of alliance.

Wanyan Zonghan took Wanyan Pu's servants and other generals to Xijing with a murderous look.

Wanyan Zongwang also took Zuo Qigong and others from Liaoyang Mansion to Guangning Mansion in Yingzhou to preside over the affairs of Nanjing.

After redeeming the Yanjing area with money, Song Huizong also wanted to take back the Kyushu lands in the Xijing area, including Xin, Gui, Confucianism, Wu, Yun, Huan, Shuo, Ying, and Wei.

After the eunuch Tan Zhen was promoted to be the Xuanfu Envoy of Lianghe Yanshan Mansion, of course he had to figure out the holy will and try every means to take back these lands.

At the request of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin had no time to take care of Kyushu behind the mountain because Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty was on the run. Wanyan Wu Qimai once issued an edict to Nanjing, agreeing to separate Wuzhou and Shuozhou into the Song Dynasty.

Because Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Army resolutely opposed the handover of the states behind the mountain, the Song Dynasty hit a wall in the Datong Mansion in Xijing and failed to reach an agreement on the specific handover.

According to the original treaty between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the land of Yunzhong Mansion behind the mountain should be handed over to the Song Dynasty.

However, because the Song army contributed little in the battle against Liao, the Jin army believed that the Song Dynasty had failed to fulfill the treaty, and was unwilling to hand over the land of Yunzhong Mansion behind the mountain.

But when Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda was alive, Wanyan Zonghan and others didn't want to disobey his will and cause a stalemate with the Song Dynasty, so they had to keep vague about the delivery.

However, the envoys sent by the Song Dynasty to negotiate the delivery with Wanyan Zonghan and others, in order to claim credit and receive rewards, always assumed that the Jin Kingdom was about to be handed over after returning to the Song Dynasty. .

Chapter 873 The Road to Death

In order to meet the coming great changes, Ximen Qing recalled the two brothers Shi Yong and Yan Qing to the Ximen Department in the territory of Posulu, and asked them to manage jade mining, processing and transportation here.

At the same time, "Nine-Tailed Turtle" Tao Zongwang strengthened the defense facilities of the castle and port according to Ximen Qing's distribution, and "magic operator" Jiang Jing also began to hoard food and buy horses for war reserves while managing the market and port trade. supplies.

"Big Sword" Xu Wen also rushed to Posu Road to meet Ximen Qing, and reported to him the situation of the navy and the construction of the docks in various states.

Now the waterways of the entire Bohai Sea and the East China Sea are under the surveillance and control of the Ximenqing Navy. From Qingzhou to Dengzhou, and then to Mizhou, Haizhou, and Mingzhou, there are Ximenqing fleets everywhere.

Moreover, according to Ximenqing's instructions, Wang Dingliu, the "living flash woman", led two inland river fleets into the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in the name of doing business, exploring all the way upstream, and found out the hydrology and geography along the way.

The painter accompanying the ship has already drawn and marked the mountains and rivers along the way on the map. If there is a need for war in the future, Ximenqing's water army can go up the Yangtze River and the Yellow River to cooperate with the army on land.

After arranging the preparations for the territory of Posulu and the navy, Ximenqing bid farewell to Wanyan Wulu and the brothers of Posulu, crossed the sea and returned to Dengzhou.

As soon as he returned to Dengzhou from Posu Road, Ximenqing received the latest information from the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. Shuozhou, Yingzhou and Weizhou.

It turned out that when Taiwei Tongguan served as Lianghe Xuanfu envoy, he repeatedly sent envoys to ask the Jin army to hand over the land in Xijing Yunzhong, but they all returned without success.

After Tan Zhen replaced him as Xuanfu envoy, in order to please the emperor, he secretly recruited and surrendered, and sent people to secretly contact and buy the Han generals in the states of Xijing Road, regardless of the agreement between the two countries.

When Yan Zonghan returned to the capital to seize power, the Jin army also marched towards Baishuiluo to attack Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom. Many Daozhou county guards in Xijing who were captured by the Jin army contacted the Song Dynasty one after another when they saw that the Jin army had gone far. Hope to return to Song Dynasty.

Among these people are Shuozhou Jiedu envoy Han Zheng, Yingzhou Jiedu envoy Su Jing, Weizhou local tyrant Chen Xu and so on.

Tan Zhen was overjoyed when he saw this, and took advantage of the opportunity when the Jin army went north to take over Shuozhou, Yingzhou, and Weizhou to show his merits to the court.

Ximen Qing looked at the information at hand and couldn't help but shook his head, thinking that Tan Zhen, that dog eunuch, is really bold and reckless, he is not afraid of bringing disaster to his master!

Song Huizong's monarchs and ministers were really stupid. When their own military strength was insufficient, they broke their promises time and time again and violated the covenant with the Kingdom of Jin.

The trouble of recruiting Zhang Jue has not completely subsided, and now the Song Dynasty recruited Shuozhou, Yingzhou, and Yuzhou to surrender and rebel, completely ignoring the feelings of the ally Jin Guo.

This kind of death behavior is like a certain character in a movie Ximen Qing watched before traveling, who likes to jump and shout "You hit me!" As a result, he was eventually beaten to death.

Ximenqing seemed to have seen it, and Song Huizong's monarchs and officials all jumped and shouted, "You hit me!"

So cheap, is it true that the Jin army that destroyed the Liao Kingdom was a Bodhisattva made of clay and paper?

Time was running out, Ximenqing quickly arranged the affairs of Dengzhou, and went directly to Qingzhou by boat.

There are too many people dying in this world, we must continue to strengthen the research and production of artillery!

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How could the Jin army tolerate the Song Dynasty inciting the states and counties under its jurisdiction to vote for the Song Dynasty?

Wanyan Zonghan was originally ordered to return to Xijing with the household registration to negotiate with the Song Dynasty about the repatriation of the fugitive household registration. He did not expect to hear the rebellion of the three states on the way, and he had already fallen into the embrace of the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zonghan was furious, and took Wanyan Pu's servant Xingye back to Baishuiluo, Fengsheng Prefecture, lit up his army horses, and charged aggressively towards the border between Jin and Song.

In autumn and August, Wanyan Zonghan's army entered Weizhou, killed Chen Xu, a local tyrant who surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and then turned around to attack the counties that were close to surrendering to the Song Dynasty, and successively captured Feihu and Lingqiu counties in Weizhou.

Li Siben, general of the Song Dynasty in Daizhou, led the Yisheng Army to rescue Lingqiu and Feihu counties, and met the Jin army in Lingqiu County.

After the two armies fought, the Song army was defeated, and Li Siben fled back to Daizhou City alone.

When the Jin army really showed its fangs, Tan Zhen, the Xuan Fu envoy who was making troubles everywhere on the border, was frightened and at a loss, and sat and watched the Jin army attacking the city and looting the village without taking any action.

Therefore, under Wanyan Zonghan's thunderous attack, Shuo, Ying, and Weizhou, which had already been acquired by the Song Dynasty, were all taken back by the Jin army.

At this time, both Jin and Song were torn apart. In addition, the Song Dynasty had betrayed the alliance by recruiting surrender and accepting rebellion, which was unreasonable. Therefore, the Song Dynasty could no longer justifiably ask the Kingdom of Jin to cede the land in Yunzhong.

This time, the Song Dynasty stole chickens but failed to lose a lot of rice. After suffering a dumb loss, they dared not speak anymore.

However, the Jin army was relentless, and Wanyan Zonghan sent envoys to the Xuanfu Division to question the Song Dynasty.

The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin asked why the Song Dynasty did not keep their promises. When negotiating to cede the city of Yanjing, they promised to give 20 hu of grain.

Later, he recruited and surrendered Pingzhou, which originally belonged to the Kingdom of Jin, and took in Zhang Jue, a rebel general from the Kingdom of Jin, who refused to hand it over.

Finally, for the Shanxi land that the two countries were negotiating for delivery, the Song Dynasty occupied it by itself without waiting for the delivery of the two armies.

These three incidents are acts of treachery, how could it be the actions of a big country?

Facing Jin Guo's questioning, the Xuanfu Department of Lianghe Yanshan in the Song Dynasty was speechless.

The court of the Song Dynasty also knew that these treacherous things were not very honorable, and they did not get any benefits, but they offended the Kingdom of Jin because of it.

Song Huizong did not reflect on his own faults, but blamed Tan Zhen for his failures, and was deeply disappointed with Tan Zhen's incompetence.

The reason why Tan Zhen was able to become the Xuanfu envoy was actually because Tong Guan fell out of favor because of his ineffectiveness after the recovery of Yanshan Mansion. The great eunuch Liang Shicheng and the prime minister Wang Fu took the opportunity to recommend Tan Zhen to Song Huizong.

Tan Zhen's ability is limited, but he is the direct descendant of Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu.

However, the facts have proved that the position of Xuan Fushi is related to the country's military and political affairs, and it needs real ability to be competent. Cronyism is harmful to others and oneself.

Song Huizong finally regretted it. He decreed to demote Tan Zhen to the deputy envoy of the Shunchang Army Jiedu, and reappointed Taiwei Tong Guan as the envoy of Lianghe and Yanshan Road.

Wang Fu, the prime minister who strongly recommended Tan Zhen, was also implicated in this matter, fell out of favor with Song Huizong again, and was forced to submit his resignation voluntarily.

Song Huizong did not keep him, and quickly approved his application for becoming an official, but only retained his position as the palace master of Shenxiao, Yuqing, and Wanshou Palace, and gave him a salary equivalent to that of a Jiedu envoy.