Nine envoys to the country of gold
. After Lang Jinzhong received the order, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately prepared a gift, a letter of state, and rushed to the central capital with the congren.
After knowing that he arrived in Zhongdu, Lang Jinzhong learned that the current Dajin Emperor Wanyan Yungong was not in the court, but went out hunting, leaving only the Taishi Shangshu to order Zhang Hao to preside over government affairs in the central capital.
It turned out that after Yan Yungong ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, he was also very comfortable, and from now on he no longer had to live a cautious and fearful life, lest he say the wrong word and take the wrong step. Now that he is the emperor of Dajin and the lord of all peoples, no one can control him anymore, he can do whatever he wants, do whatever he wants.
Just after Wan Yan Yong's burial, just after the "Seven Seven", Wan Yan Yungong couldn't bear it, and made a decree to order embroidery girls from all over the country to enrich the use of the harem. This holy decree immediately caused an uproar in the government and the opposition. Because in terms of etiquette, Dajin has fully accepted the sinicization, and the minister's parents died, and they should be worried at home, keeping filial piety for three years, and in these three years, no festive activities can be held at home, let alone a wife and concubine. Of course, the emperor does not have to worry about Ding, but filial piety is the right thing to do, and he should not hold any festive activities. Wanyan Yungong actually ordered the selection of embroidered women at this time, which naturally could not be accepted by the ministers.
Although the freedom of speech in the Jin Kingdom was not as great as that in the Song Dynasty, it was a matter of etiquette, so the opposing recitals were still sent to the palace like snowflakes, and on the first day they were piled up with Wanyan Yungong's desk. And in the following days, it also increased unabated, and many people even played a piece every day, and there was a momentum that the emperor would not give up if he did not take back his order.
Zhang Hao even cited some examples of kings in history who died because of their favor to women, to dissuade Wan Yan Yungong, to stay away from women, take care of your health, and care more about the government and so on.
A few days after Wanyan Yungong became the emperor, he thought that he could do whatever he wanted from now on, but he didn't expect such a huge wave of opposition, and he was suddenly stunned. Three days later, he was finally forced to admit his mistake at the Golden Temple and retracted his fate.
However, although it is not possible to choose embroidery girls from the people, there are still many palace maids in the palace, and those who can be selected into the palace are not beautiful women who are all over the country and the city, but also women with dignified and beautiful faces. And the ministers can no longer interfere in the affairs of the palace, so Wanyan Yungong is finally happy, hugging left and right every day, singing and dancing every night.
A few days later, Wanyan Hezhou also returned from an envoy to Mongolia and said Temujin's disrespectful words again. Wanyan Yungong was immediately furious, and immediately raised troops to conquer Mongolia. However, Zhang Hao, Fusan Zhongyi, Wanyan Zongzheng and other ruling ministers believed that now that the emperor had just ascended the throne, the people's hearts were still unstable, and the Song Dynasty had been eyeing the south, and Mongolia was just a group of steppe Tatars, and there was no threat to the safety of the Jin State, so it was not appropriate to send troops to conquer at this time, so the ministers were unanimous and in the midst of filial piety, and it was not appropriate to use troops as a reason to stop Wanyan Yungong.
was vetoed by the ministers twice in a row, which also made Wanyan Yungong understand that even if he became an emperor, he could not do everything by his own temperament. It seems that among the ministers, they should also arrange some of their own people, so as to ensure that they can do whatever they want in the future.
Therefore, Wanyan Yungong immediately set out to promote his cronies, first of all, he planned to appoint Wanyan Baisa as the Pingzhang political affairs and take charge of the government, but he was immediately denied by Zhang Hao and other ministers, thinking that Wanyan Baisa was just the emperor's former courtiers, who had neither talent nor merit, how could he hold important positions in the government.
Wanyan Yungong also knew that he couldn't talk about them, so he had to retreat and put Shi Ju, the governor of the political affairs, out of the place, and then replaced Wanyan Baisa, and then appointed Wanyan Hezhou as the head of the household department, Pu Cha Hezhu as the servant of the ministry, Su Shilie Hu Shahu as the front of the palace to inspect the capital, Shuqi Gaohu as the garrison of Daxing Mansion and so on.
In this way, after a few months, the freshness of Wanyan Yungong as the emperor was slightly reduced, and he felt that it was quite boring in the palace, and the Jin Kingdom was not like the Song Dynasty, where the chapters were first reviewed by the ministers, and then submitted to the emperor for a decision after the approval was seen, but all by the emperor first reviewed by the emperor, and then discussed and discussed with the ministers about uncertain matters.
After Nazhi stopped for a few days, the recitals on the desk immediately piled up, and Wanyan Yungong had a headache when he saw it, and decided to ignore these things and go to Yuquan Mountain to hunt and relax. Although Zhang Hao and others tried their best to oppose it, at this time, there were many henchmen of Wanyan Yungong on both sides of the military and government in the DPRK and China, so he did not wait for the consent of Shangshu Province, so he took Wanyan Baisa, Wanyan Hezhou, Pucha Hezhu and others, led by Sushi Liehu Shahu and 20,000 horses to protect and go hunting in Yuquan Mountain. Leave Zhang Hao and others to take care of the family in Zhongdu, and hand over all government affairs to Zhang Hao.
Seeing this, Zhang Hao and the others were helpless, and they were not worried about the emperor's safety, so they had to order Yan Zongzheng and Bai Yanjing to take 20,000 horses to Yuquan Mountain to strengthen the emperor's protection, and try to persuade the emperor to come back as soon as possible. He and other ruling ministers stayed in the central capital to deal with government affairs. When the other ministers saw that Yan Yungong had just succeeded to the throne, they showed the potential of the faint monarch, and they couldn't help but secretly worry about the fate of Dajin.
I didn't know about these inside affairs, but for the safety of Western Xia, I didn't wait for Yan Yungong to come back, and immediately went to see Zhang Hao and explained the intention of my envoy to Jin Guo this time. But Zhang Hao was not good at telling the envoys of the Western Xia about Yan Yungong, so after listening to Lang Yan's narration, he had to send Lang Yanzhong to the pavilion to rest first, and then immediately sent the letter to the western suburbs, explaining the letter of state and the envoys to Yan Yungong in the Western Xia, and asked Wan Yan Yungong to immediately turn back to the central capital to discuss countermeasures.
After the letter was sent, he waited for more than ten days, and Wanyan Yungong returned to Zhongdu with the hunting team. At this time, the Jin State sent the spy personnel of the Song Dynasty to report some of the movements of the Song Dynasty back to Zhongdu, and after Zhang Hao and others learned about it, they did not dare to slack off, and immediately came to Jin to see the emperor, explained the situation to him in detail, and asked him to immediately meet with the envoys of Western Xia.
Wanyan Yungong is not a stupid person who arrives at home, and he can clearly distinguish big things, and he also knows the importance of Western Xia to the Jin Kingdom. And when Wanyan Yungong was still the prince, Xixia was very respectful to him, every time he went to Jinguo, he did not forget to send him a congratulatory gift, when Wanyan Yungong succeeded to the throne, Xixia had to Lang Jinzhong as an envoy, congratulated the new monarch on his accession to the throne, and brought a very valuable gift. In contrast, the Song missions were more routine. Therefore, Wanyan Yungong's impression of the Western Xia was very good, and after listening to Zhang Hao's words, he immediately decided to officially recruit the Western Xia envoys three days later.
Of course, this meeting was just a routine matter, because the Jin State had already known about the arrival of the Lang Jinzhong, but it was necessary to show the attitude of the Jin State to the Western Xia envoys. Therefore, at the time of the reception, Wanyan Yungong promised that as long as the Song Dynasty attacked the Western Xia, the Jin State would never sit idly by, please rest assured.
After Lang Jinzhong got this guarantee, he was also a little relieved, and this time he sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and he finally had a harvest. However, the ultimate goal of Western Xia was not to give promises to the Jin State, but to hope that the Jin State would take some substantive actions, and it would be best to increase the number of troops on the border of the Jin, Xia and Song Kingdoms in the southwest, so as to clearly create pressure on the Song Dynasty. Of course, these things have to be negotiated step by step, and you can't be in a hurry, so thank you for retiring first.
After Lang Yan Jinzhong retreated, Wanyan Yungong immediately gathered all the ministers and said: "Western Xia is still a vassal country of my Dajin, and the Southern Song Dynasty dares to attack Western Xia, but it doesn't take my Dajin in my eyes, and I plan to immediately launch a large army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty to show the power of my Dajin." What do you think? ”
It turned out that Lang Zhenzhong had already inquired clearly, and knew that Wanyan Yungong's most trusted minister now was Wanyan Baisa, so as soon as they came back, they immediately brought generous gifts to Wanyan Baisa's mansion to visit, and asked Wanyan Baisa to say a few more kind words in front of the emperor. After Yan Bai Satan took money and wealth, he naturally had to do things for others, so he went to the palace overnight to see Wan Yan Yungong and tried his best to persuade him to help Western Xia.
And Wanyan Yungong's impression of the Western Xia was good, and this time the Western Xia sent a lot of generous gifts, and he specially sent more than ten beauties, which made Wanyan Yungong love it, and saw that his most trusted minister also advocated aiding the Western Xia, so he agreed to come down and send troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.
But as soon as his words came out, the audience couldn't help but be in an uproar, although Dajin must not ignore the Western Xia, but after all, the Southern Song Dynasty did not officially send troops to attack the Western Xia, and even if the Southern Song Dynasty sent troops to the scriptures, the Jin State wanted to assist the Western Xia, there were many ways, and at the same time, it was necessary to win the greatest interests for Dajin, and now immediately send troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, it is undoubtedly too hasty, and it will make the Jin State very passive, and even be dragged into the quagmire of war.
Therefore, Zhang Hao immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty can't." ”
Wanyan Yungong was very unhappy in his heart, why did this old and immortal bad old man have to go against himself in everything? However, Zhang Hao is now an old minister of the Five Dynasties, and he was once his own master, so he had to tolerate a few points, so he said: "Why did the master say no? ”
Of course, Zhang Hao saw that Wan Yan Yungong was unhappy, but he still had to say what he had to say. So he said: "Your Majesty, although the Southern Song Dynasty is preparing for war, Bi Yi has not yet begun to attack Western Xia, and it is unknown whether the Southern Song Dynasty really wants to attack Western Xia. How can you send out an army without any fear? What's more, the Southern Song Dynasty is not a weak country, with the wisdom and wisdom of the first emperor, five years ago, the imperial frame personally conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, still unable to win, not to mention today, the Song Dynasty, please think twice. ”
Wan Yan Yungong said unhappily: "After waiting for the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers, Western Xia would have been finished a long time ago." What's the use of my big gold sending troops again? “
Servant San Zhongyi also came out and said: "Your Majesty, even if the Southern Song Dynasty wants to send troops, it is not a matter of day and night, and Western Xia is not a weak country, and it is not easy for the Southern Song Dynasty to pacify Western Xia. ”
At this time, Hula said, and a large number of people knelt down, and said in unison: "Please think twice, Your Majesty." ”
Seeing that so many people were opposed, and what Zhang Hao and Fusan Zhongyi said just now was not unreasonable, Wanyan Yungong couldn't make up his mind at once, and when he didn't know what to do, Wanyan Bai sprinkled out of the column and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Zhang Taishi and Fusan Prime Minister said is reasonable, but my Dajin must not do nothing, and the minister thinks that now I Dajin should send an army and help Xixia to attack Ren Dejing, which is the best policy." ”
This was actually the lowest requirement that the Western Xia hoped for. simply took a salary from the bottom of the kettle, borrowed the Jin State to take action, and destroyed Ren Dejing's henchman, once Ren Dejing's confidant was destroyed, Western Xia faced the Southern Song Dynasty alone, and it was easier to deal with it. Although it was a bit risky to do so, when the Song army was overwhelmed, it didn't take much care of it.
Su Shi Lie Zhining also came out and said: "Your Majesty, attacking Ren Dejing will only give the Southern Song Dynasty a pretext to attack Western Xia, so it is absolutely necessary." In fact, he also knew that if the Song Dynasty wanted to attack Western Xia, it would never care what it was true and false, and it would be difficult to find a reason to send troops? And the goal of the Western Xia is also very simple, that is, to drag the Jin State into the water and tie it up with itself, although the Jin State cannot sit idly by and watch the Western Xia be destroyed by the Song Dynasty, but it cannot be easily followed.
Wanyan Baisa said: "Ren Dejing is still the minister of Western Xia, and I am invited by Western Xia to help him exterminate the traitors, and it is related to the Southern Song Dynasty, why not." What's more, there is no need to dispatch my Dajin's men and horses, isn't there 30,000 people in Xiazhou now? Ren Dejing is just a person with scabies, so he is not to be afraid, so it is enough to use these 30,000 horses. ”
Su Shi Lie Zhining wanted to say something more, Wan Yan Yungong had already heard a little annoyed, this is not good, that is not possible, it seems that he wants to do something and there are people who oppose it, which really annoys him, so he waved his hand and said: "I don't need to say more, I will decide to do it according to Yan Baisa's opinion, who is guarding Xia Zhou now, immediately order, let him send troops to help Xi Xia Ping destroy Ren Dejing and retreat from the dynasty." With that, Wan Yan Yungong got up and flicked his sleeves, and without waiting for the ministers to say anything, he turned around and went back to the palace.
The remaining ministers of the Jin Kingdom stood on top of the Golden Palace and looked at each other, and after a long while, they each sighed and left the Golden Palace. The battle between Da Jin Gan and the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty was thus decided.