Chapter 315 Forced by the situation
After the Jin Dynasty conquered the Liao Kingdom, it inherited almost all its heritage, including its several neighbors. The countries established on the Korean Peninsula were basically always surrendered to the Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties. Goryeo first surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, and then naturally surrendered to the Liao Kingdom's successor Jin Kingdom; although the Xixia Kingdom also had certain military strength, it could only bow down to the aggressive Jin cavalry in the early days of the founding of the country; although the Uighur Kingdom did not border the Jin Kingdom, the Uighurs' national strength and military strength may be the few that were relatively low among the East Asian countries at that time, so the Uighur Kingdom also followed the historical trend and sent envoys to the superpower Jin Kingdom to pay tribute every year, hoping to obtain the protection of the Jin Kingdom.
Therefore, among the neighbors of the Jin Kingdom, there should be three who really refuse to listen to the Jin Kingdom dialect. The first is the mortal enemy of the Southern Dynasty, the second is the Western Liao Kingdom established by Yelu Dashi, the third is strictly speaking, a group of nomadic tribes in the north...
After the Jingkang Incident, the Song and Jin Dynasty had another ten years of confrontation. Under the leadership of Zhao Er, the Song Dynasty took advantage of the chaos caused by the Jin invasion and quickly cleared the dissidents in the court in the name of punishing the surrendered factions, adjusted and reduced the central and local officials, cleared the politics, and completed the blood exchange, and took the influence of the former emperor. At the same time, he also used the army that he had been cultivated for many years to replace the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, and eliminated the local armed separatist forces and factional armed forces in the name of clearing out bandits. Thus, he took the military and political power in his hands, and completed the transfer of power under abnormal circumstances.
After seizing power, Zhao Er introduced a series of policies to encourage production and develop commerce, established a new financial system and development model to restore the economy to the best level in history at the fastest speed. With a strong economic foundation, it was possible for him to build a powerful armed force, and he used the new army to win a series of subsequent battles with the Jin Dynasty, regained the Youyun area, which had been trapped in the alien race since the Tang Dynasty, and regained the Central Plains. These achievements made his prestige reach an unprecedented height, the Song Dynasty achieved its revival, and its foundation became stronger.
In foreign relations, Zhao Er relied on strong military and economic strength. He used economic and marriage methods to achieve peace with Xixia first, making him his powerful support; he took Dali as his younger brother, and the Song Dynasty not only had a stable back garden, but also extended its power to South Asia. Goryeo has always been an admirer of Central Plains culture. After this battle to aid Gao, he will definitely become a loyal lackey of the Song Dynasty, and a knife was inserted into the backyard of the Jin Dynasty.
Having this "evil neighbor" by his side has already made Wu Shu unable to sleep or eat. There is also a group of unstable elements in the Liao heritage inherited by the Jin Dynasty, that is, the nomadic peoples in the desert north and south.
The first to dominate the grassland were the Huns. They controlled the place for nearly three hundred years, and they kept tampering with the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huns gradually weakened, and another overlord of the grassland, the Xianbei, emerged from nowhere. They gained dominance over the northern grasslands. This person was even more powerful. Not only did he rule the desert for nearly four hundred years, he also entered the Central Plains to establish the Northern Wei Dynasty. After entering the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the owner of the grassland was replaced by Rouran, and was occupied by the Turks and the Uighurs during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Although the rulers of the grassland have changed one after another, and have lived there for thousands of years. However, their lives, production methods and traditions are similar. They still live a life of grazing everywhere without a fixed place. They set up tents to settle down wherever there are water and grass, and then change places to graz and live. Military is mainly cavalry, fighting guerrilla warfare, rob them if you can fight, and run away if you can't. The grassland is bigger, and you can chase after you have the ability.
Because the regional climate conditions in which nomads live are relatively harsh, which is not conducive to the development of agriculture and other industries, the only feasible industry for them is the development of animal husbandry. But just raising thousands of pigs, cattle, sheep, and horses can not raise hundreds of thousands of tribal members. If the wind is not smooth and the rain is not smooth, the livestock will die in large numbers, and the nomads who are difficult to survive will consciously turn their attention to the wealthy neighbors in the south. The warriors on the horse's back will randomly tact on the boundary between nomads and agriculture that lasts thousands of miles. By the way, plunder some livestock and food. The population will return to spend the winter and become a habit of nomads.
Therefore, all the Central Plains dynasties have had headaches with these nomadic peoples, and there is basically no good way to deal with them. For thousands of years, except for Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che and Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, who successfully defeated these bandits and terrorists, the other rulers were at a loss for them. Most of the time, the method adopted was to calm down and give them some money and goods, so that they could make less trouble.
This policy of peace and comfort was not changed until the Liao Dynasty ruled the north. There was no longer a martial arts overlord who unified the world on the grassland, but instead showed a passionate scene of heroes competing for hegemony and blooming with flowers. This was the situation that the Liao Dynasty ruled very much. However, in the last time of Liao Dynasty ruled the north, the nomadic peoples on the grassland that had lost control gradually became stronger through mutual integration and annexation.
At first, the Jurchens, who were in full swing, surrendered through war and killing with their powerful cavalry and semi-nomadic bloodline. But the good times did not last long. As the Jin Kingdom turned its attention to the richer Song Dynasty, the center of military focus shifted. In the next decade, the Jin Kingdom lost again and again in the war, and its control over the grassland people in the northwest decreased. They sprouted again like wild grasses reborn in the fire, spreading, and rebelled constantly, causing constant rebellions to become enemies with the Jin.
Now Wushu has learned that the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia coalition have divided their troops to fight against Gaochang in the west. In his eyes, the Song Dynasty sent troops this time to show his strong armed forces. It is to subdue the nomadic peoples in the south of the Moon and challenge the Western Liao position in the Western Regions, and to conquer Gaochang is just a matter of helping to defeat Gaochang. Gaochang was also a servant to the Jin Dynasty, and Wushu also wanted to be an international soldier, but the Jin Kingdom has no strength to fight against the Song and Xia coalition. All they can do is to pray for them silently.
But now there is a precedent for Song to come to Goryeo, but the Jin Kingdom sits silent about its vassal state when it is in danger. It looks like toilet paper on the alliance, which will definitely leave an extremely bad image for the world. Song has had a precedent for rescuing the Mengwu tribe, which has already made the Song Dynasty a good reputation among the tribes in the north and south of the desert. It is regarded as friends and brothers who can rely on. It is regarded as the boss in private. I am afraid that after this expedition, I don’t know how many tribes will embark on the road to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. The ending is that the Jin Kingdom will lose control of the large tract of the northwest grasslands...
Although the situation at home and abroad has shown an unfavorable situation in the Jin Dynasty, the sinicization reform of the ruling class of the Jin Dynasty finally settled after several years of bloody storm and basically achieved a successful success. Various feudal etiquette systems have begun to improve. The Jin Dynasty has embarked on the road of feudalization. Everyone thought that the world could be peaceful. Under the leadership of the new emperor, the Jin Dynasty once again embarked on the road of prosperity and strength, and became another wise monarch of the Jin Dynasty after Aguda and Wu Qimai.
But Wu Shu soon discovered that this was too naive and that the string of class struggle could never be loose. He keenly realized that the signs of "party struggle" also inevitably occurred in the Jin Dynasty, and the cause was the problem of the emperor's offspring.
The royal family of the Jin Kingdom has always had a tradition of marrying with major Jurchen tribes. The Pei Man tribe was a larger tribe in the Jurchens. Since the Aguda period, the Pei Man tribe had often intermarried with members of the Wanyan tribe. Even Empress Guangyi, one of the queens of Aguda, came from the Pei Man tribe. Wanyan Ban ascended the throne and selected girls in the harem. Pei Man tribe was famous for his father Pei Manda was loyal and kind. When the Jin Taizu Aguda raised an army, Pei Manda actively participated in the lead and fought bravely to fight the enemy and made military achievements. He was summoned to the palace and was named the imperial concubine. In December of the same year, he was enthroned as the queen.
Shortly after Wanyan Dan ascended the throne, because a large number of royal uncles in the court took turns to control the military and political power of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Dan was once very depressed. As Wanyan Dan's wife and queen of the Jin Dynasty, Pei Man should have given Wanyan Dan great comfort and help in the past few years, and her belly was also very strong. Last year, she gave birth to the eldest son, which made Wanyan Dan, who had been emperor for seven years, finally became a father.
The emperor solved the problem of successor. The queen who made great contributions was of course treated very high. Her father-in-law Pei Manhuda was named king and received a lot of rewards. The glory of her and her family reached a peak at the moment when the eldest son was born. But after a few days of happiness, they experienced the pain of losing their son again. The emperor fell in pain, but the queen Pei Man rose up in it.
Wu Shu, who escaped from Goryeo, found that there were many new faces in the court. After asking, he learned that the queen took advantage of the emperor's crazy and ignored political affairs. She began to interfere in the government affairs when she went out to fight, arranged family members to replace her confidants, and even wanted to control the candidates for the prime minister. She relied on the Han ministers appointed by Wanyan Dan. Wu Shu herself had the possibility of being undermined, and the Jurchens were in danger of being ruled by the Han people.
The political changes made Wu Shu feel the crisis coming, and he also knew that if he wanted to reorganize the dynasty and regain control of power, it would cause another bloody storm. However, at this time, hostile forces at the Jin Dynasty were eyeing him. Once they used the Jin Dynasty to fight, they would attack Da Jin on the road of no return if they were not done well. To avoid such a tragedy, the war with Song was first to end. Although he also knew that a piece of peace could not guarantee that Song and Jin would always be peaceful, he needed this perhaps very short-term peace.
"Inlaying the outside must be secured inside" The reason why many people used it to be useless has now become a psychological comfort for Wushu to make peace. He decided to agree to the prerequisite for the Song Dynasty to agree to peace--send it back to Zhao Huan!
Chapter completed!