Zhongdu, the Golden Palace. Today is the day when the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Yong summoned the envoy of Western Xia.

It turned out that in last year's southern expedition, Western Xia, at the request of Dajin, sent troops to attack the northwest of the Song Dynasty to contain the troops in the northwest of the Song Dynasty. Ren Dejing, the minister of Chu who was in charge of the Western Xia dynasty, ordered his brother Ren Decong to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Lanzhou, but Yang Yan made a detour to Tubo and attacked the back of the Western Xia army, defeating the Western Xia army. Of the 50,000 strong, there were less than 20,000 left. These 50,000 horses are all elite men and horses under Ren Dejing, and this defeat made Ren Dejing angry and anxious, and he fell ill all of a sudden.

However, although this defeat greatly reduced Ren Dejing's strength, after all, he had controlled the Western Xia Dynasty for many years, and his power was still not to be underestimated, and even Emperor Li Renxiao had to act according to Ren Dejing's face. Therefore, in order to appease the Ren party, Li Renxiao sent an envoy to take advantage of the opportunity to congratulate the Dajin Dynasty and invite a famous doctor to treat Ren Dejing.

Although Western Xia did not help much in this southern expedition, after all, it also dispatched an army of 50,000, but it only ran into Yang Yan's hands, and it seemed reasonable to be defeated. Therefore, Wan Yan Yong couldn't help but give the Western Xia this face, so at the invitation of the envoys, he sent two imperial doctors around him to the Western Xia to treat Ren Dejing's illness.

After Ren Dejing recovered from his illness, Li Renxiao sent Ren Decong as an envoy to Zhongdu to thank Wan Yanyong. And offered a thank you gift, and after the failure of Dajin's southern expedition, Wan Yanyong did not want to lose the vassal of Western Xia, so he made a special trip to summon Ren Decong in the palace today to show his importance to Western Xia.

After Ren Decong went to the palace, he bowed to Wanyan Yongxing and said: "The envoy of the minister Dabai Gaoguo (the self-proclaimed person of Western Xia), the former lieutenant of the palace, Ren Decong, met His Majesty the Dajin Emperor, and may your Majesty live long live Long live." ”

Wan Yanyong nodded and said, "Qing Ping." ”

After Ren Decong got up, he said: "With the emperor's grace, send the imperial doctor to cure the illness of our country, and my emperor of the Great White Gaoguo sent a special minister to prepare a thin gift to thank the emperor." As he spoke, he handed over the credentials and gift lists.

Wan Yanyong smiled slightly: "A little thing, not enough to worry about." Then he motioned to the attendant beside him to accept the letter of state and the gift list.

Ren Decong said again: "Ren Xiangguo is also the elder brother of Weichen, and he is very grateful to His Majesty, and he also prepared a separate thank you table gift to thank His Majesty." Then he took another thank-you slip from his cuff and held it high above his head.

The ministers present never expected Ren Decong to make such a appearance, and they couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. Wan Yanyong's face changed, and he said: "Ren Dejing is a minister, and the number of etiquette has its own fixed points, so it is not advisable to be disordered." Please bring this gift back to your envoy, and I will never take it. ”

Ren Decong also became a little frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said, "It's Weichen who is reckless, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

Wan Yanyong nodded, his expression eased slightly, and said: "Ren Dejing, as a prime minister, is busy with official business, and sometimes he is not thoughtful. Since you are his own brother, you should be persuaded from it, so that you can be a brother. ”

Ren Decong said: "Your Majesty's words, the ministers should keep them in mind. ”

Wan Yan Yong said: "You go back and tell Ren Dejing that as the minister of a country, it can be said that he is deeply grateful to the emperor, and he should fulfill his duties and be loyal to the country, which is the way of a minister." ”

Ren Decong kowtowed again, and then thanked him and retreated.

After Ren Decong left, he said: "I have heard that the power of the Ren clan in the Western Xia Kingdom is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and Ren Dejing alone supports the power, and has the heart of not being subordinate. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for Xixia to have peace. ”

Wan Yanyong nodded and said: "What Qing said is reasonable, Western Xia is a great Jinfan, I must not let the lord of the country be deceived by the ministers, let alone let Ren Dejing seize power and usurp the throne, so I gave a warning to Ren Decong, hoping to deter Ren Dejing, and dare not act boldly at will." ”

Wanyan Zongzheng said: "Your Majesty Shengming, with this move, I believe that Ren Dejing will be restrained." When the monarch of Western Xia learns of this, he will also be grateful for His Majesty's kindness. ”

It turned out that last year's army was defeated in the Song Dynasty, which not only failed to help the Jin State, but also caused Ren Dejing's reputation to plummet. And Ren Dejing is more concerned about Jin Guo's attitude towards himself, so he took advantage of this opportunity to thank him and salute separately, in fact, it was also to test Jin Guo's attitude.

In fact, this point is complete, and Yan Yong's heart is naturally clear. However, he rejected Ren Dejing's thanks, and upholding orthodoxy was only one of the reasons. On the other hand, it is also to show goodwill to Li Renxiao, the monarch of Western Xia, so that Li Renxiao is more firmly attached to Dajin and does not have different intentions.

After this Northern Expedition, the national strength of the Jin State was greatly damaged, and it was difficult to restore the national strength in a few years. But when Dajin was recovering its national strength, the Southern Song Dynasty was also restoring its national strength. This time, in the process of negotiating peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, Wan Yanyong also felt the unprecedented hardline attitude of the little emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was very different from the monarchs of the Southern Song Dynasty in previous generations, and even Xiaozong was difficult to compare. What's more, now the Southern Song Dynasty has such an outstanding general as Yang Yan, and there is a grit between the Jin and Song dynasties, which is impossible to resolve, so once the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty recovers, it will inevitably attack Dajin again, and it is impossible not to prevent it in advance.

Therefore, after discussing with the ministers for a few days, Yan Yong finally came up with a way to curb the development of the Southern Song Dynasty. That is to let the Western Xia send troops, harass the northwest border of the Southern Song Dynasty, and make the Southern Song Dynasty exhausted, on the one hand, it can delay the recovery of the Southern Song Dynasty's national strength, and on the other hand, it also lets the Southern Song Dynasty know that the Western Xia and the Jin State joined forces to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty, and if they want to send troops to the Northern Expedition, they must also think about it more.

Although the Western Xia suffered a major defeat, after all, it has developed steadily for decades, the national strength is not weak, and there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the country, and this defeat has not hurt the muscles and bones. It is naturally impossible to annex the Southern Song Dynasty, but it is still possible to contain the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, Wan Yan Yong's refusal of Ren Dejing was also to make Li Renxiao dare not disobey Dajin's order.

And this time the Northern Expedition, although it almost exhausted the national strength of the Jin State, the Southern Song Dynasty was also exhausted, and it can be said that it was a result of both defeats, and both sides were not capable of launching a new round of war.

Fortunately, Wan Yan Yong has sat on the throne with Jing Jing for more than ten years, and there have been no major mistakes in governance, plus Zhang Hao and others have tried their best to maintain it in China, so although Wan Yan Yong returned in vain, the country is generally stable, and there has been no major chaos. In some places, although there were some riots, they were quickly quelled.

Because this war was basically carried out in the Southern Song Dynasty, Dajin itself was not damaged, and there was no need to re-empty the land and revise the household registration, but it was just necessary to resume production, but because of the war, a large number of young and middle-aged farmers were transferred to join the army and serve with the army, so there were only some old and weak women and children left in many villages, and the labor force was seriously insufficient, and the domestic food was almost all consumed. So Wanyan Yong took out all the gifts of the Southern Song Dynasty and purchased a large amount of grain from Western Xia and Goryeo to temporarily alleviate the domestic food shortage.

After withdrawing from the Southern Song Dynasty, Wan Yan Yong appointed Wan Yan Changzhi as the left-behind division of Nanjing, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, and the head of the soldiers and horses of Nanjing Road. and appointed Yang Woyan as the defense envoy of Dengzhou to guard Nanyang. Wanyan Chen monk is the head of Shandong Road, guarding Xuzhou. And they were all under the control of Yan Chang, guarding the borders of Nanjing and Shandong. The southwestern border is still guarded by Wanyan Yanmou. Moreover, in order to reduce consumption, only 80,000 horses were left in Nanjing and Shandong, and only 50,000 horses were left in the southwest to guard the border.

At the same time, he dismissed hundreds of thousands of other troops and hundreds of thousands of servants, and let them return to their hometowns to work in agriculture and develop agricultural production. At the same time, a series of measures were formulated to encourage the people to engage in agriculture and production. In the spring of the following year, Daikin had sufficient labor force and began to produce one after another, and finally showed the scene of prosperity again.

In the north of Dajin, the steppe Tatars ended the centuries-long division of the heroes with the scriptures, forming a situation in which Temujin and Wang Han stood side by side. In such a situation, neither side dared to offend Dajin easily, so they strictly restrained their clansmen and did not allow them to plunder on the border of Jin. And they all paid tribute to the Jin State on time, and did not dare to delay at all. Therefore, although the defense of Daikin in the north was much weaker due to the large number of troops drawn from the north due to the southern expedition, the northern border was more stable than in previous years.

However, Dajin monarchs and ministers are also happy to see such a situation, if it is not for the current Dajin national strength, it is just right to pick among them, let Temujin and Wang Han fight, and wait until they are both defeated, and then take advantage of it.

After the beginning of the year, it was time for the Tatar tribes to pay tribute to Daikin. In order to appease the steppe tribes and promote the prestige of the Dajin country, Wan Yanyong decided to accept the Tatar tribute this time. At the same time, in order to test the attitude of Temujin and Wang Han, Wanyan Yong sent an edict to Mongolia and Kereh, and asked Temujin and Wang Han to personally go to the Northwest Road Edict Division in Huanzhou to pay tribute. and ordered that the crown prince of Chu, Wanyan Yungong, go to Huanzhou to accept their tribute.