After the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan was in charge of the Ministry of Staff, and immediately set about establishing a spy network in the Jin Kingdom, he knew that Buddhism was prevalent in the Jin Kingdom, so he also took the Buddhist disciples as a cover, as an important part of the hidden spy personnel in the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, many members of the Ministry Division were sent to disguise themselves as monks and infiltrate the kingdom of Jin. However, even if he is a disguised monk, he naturally has to learn some Buddhist teachings, and he must be able to play a little sharp and say a few words of Zen before pretending, so Guangyan has also made a lot of efforts in this regard.

Guangyan was originally the son of Yue Fei's staff Li Ruoxu, and he had always taken it as his lifelong wish to restore Zhongfu and recover the lost territory, so he also took the initiative to ask Yang Yan for help, asking to go to Jin Country to lurk and spy on the news of Jin Kingdom. Yang Yan naturally welcomed this, and at the same time gave Guangyan a great degree of freedom, his task was to use his status as a senior monk to try to contact high-level officials in the Jin Kingdom, gain their trust, and only obtain useful information, but he did not belong to any spy system, nor did he participate in activities of a general nature, and it was up to Guangyan to contact other people. It is a very special part of the Great Song Dynasty in the espionage system of the Jin Kingdom.

However, after Guangyan infiltrated the Jin Kingdom, he was not in a hurry to develop in the capital, but spent nearly four years first, and successively traveled to Kaifeng, Luoyang, Chang'an, Jinan and other famous monasteries.

Under such circumstances, Guang Yan found a way three years ago, came to Zhongdu, and placed an order in Ciyun Temple. Because he thought he was a well-known monk at this time, and Guangyan himself was also proficient in Buddhist scriptures, good at talking, good at wit, and understanding human accidents, so he was also quite popular in Tsz Yun Temple. So as to gradually emerge in the Buddhist path of Zhongdu.

In this Ciyun Temple, there are naturally a lot of opportunities to meet the dignitaries and nobles of the Jin Kingdom, the upper class, and Guangyan is not only proficient in Buddhism, but also quite proficient in poetry, painting and calligraphy, plus he has traveled to the north and south, and has seen a lot, so among the upper nobles of the Jin Kingdom, he quickly mixed up. In the past three years, Guangyan has had contacts with many high-ranking officials of the Jin State, the late Taishi Zhang Hao, the current Shangshu Ling Wanyan Fushou, the left and right prime ministers and servants Sanzhongyi, Wanyan Zongzheng and others have had contacts with him from time to time, that is, Wanyan Changzhi also had a two-sided relationship with Guangyan before seizing the throne.

After spending several years of hard work, he finally succeeded in breaking into the circle of the upper class of the Jin Kingdom, so Guangyan was also very careful not to reveal his identity. It's just that every three months, he routinely sends back a secret letter to Jiankang Mansion, on the one hand, to briefly introduce his progress, and on the other hand, to let Yang Yan know that his line is still there.

And Yang Yan also knew that Guangyan's achievement was not easy to come by, and it was very difficult for ordinary spy personnel to penetrate the enemy's upper echelons, and sometimes they had worked hard for more than ten years, but they might not have much effect. The Great Song Dynasty successfully recovered the land of Western Xia, and the next goal will be to point directly at the Jin Kingdom and recover the lost territory. Then Guangyan's chess piece will definitely be of great use in the future, so Yang Yan only instructed Guangyan to continue to lurk and maintain the current situation, and not to involve Guangyan in intelligence operations of a general nature, so as not to expose his identity. Even when he foiled Jin Guo's plot to redeem the land, Yang Yan did not use the line of Guangyan.

But this year, Yang Yan was keenly aware that the short and fragile peaceful relationship between Song and Jin could no longer be maintained, and the war was on the verge of breaking out, so he notified Guangyan to investigate the contradictions within the Jin court and see if there was anything that the Great Song could take advantage of.

At this time, Yan was cold-eyed in the central capital, like watching the fire from the other side, and he had long seen all kinds of contradictions in the court of the Jin Kingdom.

After Wan Yan Changzhi seized the throne by force, because the time was still short, he did not completely appease the people, and he blindly trusted Wan Yan Fushou, Na Yan Ming'an, Zhang Hu and other cronies in the court, deliberately alienated the old ministers of the previous dynasty, and when the replacement of the old and new ministers was not completed, he forcibly implemented the land inventory and changed the new tax system, and offended a large group of Jurchen aristocratic forces. It's just that there is no good opportunity, and Wanyan Changzhi firmly controls the military power, so he is patient for the time being.

Therefore, when Yang Yan asked him to secretly investigate whether there was any internal contradiction in the Jin Dynasty that could be exploited, Guang Yan also knew that the Great Song Dynasty was about to carry out an operation to regain the lost territory, and he was also very happy in his heart, and immediately launched an action. Wanyan Zongzheng gathered people to conspire and wanted to overthrow Wanyan Changzhi, although Guangyan didn't know the details, but he also heard some rumors, and was about to start from this direction, when he happened to bump into Wanyan Zongzheng and came to Ciyun Temple to ask for a signature.

Guangyan immediately realized that Wanyan Zongzheng may not be asking for a sign for the victory or defeat of the Southern Expedition of the Jin Kingdom, because Wanyan Zongzheng will definitely not care about the success or failure of the Southern Expedition, but realizes that Wanyan Changzhi's expedition is outside, and the capital is empty, and the opportunity to rebel has come, but when the matter comes, he is not fully sure, so he hesitates, so he pins his trust on the ancient way of asking for a signature to strengthen his determination.

At that time, Guangyan deliberately cited two successful examples of offensive and rebel actions in history without seeking divination, nominally to shirk the sign, but in fact it was hinting that Wanyan Zongzheng wanted to make a decision, don't hesitate. Of course, Guangyan also said very cleverly, how to listen to it is all in people's hearts, if Wanyan Zongzheng is ready to rebel, he must understand the intention of his two examples, if Wanyan Zongzheng has no intention of rebellion, naturally he can't hear it.

After seeing Yan Zongzheng leave, Guangyan also returned to his meditation room, while writing the news into a secret letter, preparing to send it back to Jiankang, this is the first time that Guangyan sent back the information he found to Jiankang. At the same time, he was also thinking about what he should do next, whether to wait and see what happened or take the initiative to find Yan Zongzheng and persuade him to do something.

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Although Wanyan Changzhi didn't know that Wanyan Zongzheng was gathering people to plot and plan to overthrow him, he also knew in his heart that most of the old ministers in the court were not convinced by him. At the same time, a large number of powerful people were also dissatisfied with the imperial court because of the new tax system.

However, Wanyan Changzhi didn't care about this, because of the establishment of a new regime, these things are inevitable, but now the military power of the whole country is basically in his own hands, and without military power, this group of people can't afford to turn over much. And now the focus is on the Southern Expedition, after all, Dajin is a martial arts country, advocating martial arts, as long as the Southern Expedition is victorious, he will win the support of many people, but the rule will become more and more stable. Therefore, he also put a lot of effort into his southern expedition this time.

This time, the Jin State invested a total of more than 400,000 men and horses, except for the generals Yang Woyan and Fushi Lie Zhining who stayed in the north, almost all the other generals were dispatched, and Fusan Zhongyi, Sushi Lieliangbi, Bai Yanjing and other officials of the DPRK and China also went out with the army.

Wanyan Changzhi set up Wanyan Chenglin as the crown prince through the strategy, so he personally conquered the imperial frame, and planned to seal Yan Chenglin to supervise the country, and the queen listened to the government. In Zhongdu, Wanyan Fushou was left to preside over government affairs, Zhang Hu was responsible for the overall material allocation, and Na Yan Ming'an was also transferred to Nanjing, responsible for the logistics of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army.

After all, just two years ago, the Southern Song Dynasty rebelled because the army was outside and the national capital was empty, and the coup was successful, and this lesson should not be taken lightly. Therefore, Wanyan Changzhi left the four generals of Huleming, Shulu, Wulintai, and Wuyan Tuochi to stay in Zhongdu, although there were only 30,000 Praetorian Guards left, but more than 35,000 people were transferred from all over the country, and it should be enough to protect the safety of Zhongdu and the palace.

On August 28, Wanyan Changzhi officially held a swearing-in ceremony on the large square in front of the Zhongdu Palace and officially set out for the expedition. Almost all the civil and military officials in Zhongdu participated in the expedition ceremony, and even Wanyan Changzhi's harem concubines and children also attended under the leadership of Empress Wanyan Ruixian.

Although most of the troops participating in the Southern Expedition at this time set off from Jingkai and assembled in Nanjing, there were still more than 30,000 Jin soldiers who participated in this sworn march, and it can be said that this was the last team of the Jin soldiers who participated in the Southern Expedition. Among them is also another strong cavalry team of the Jin State, the Broken Arrow Army.

On that day, Wan Yan was dressed in military uniform, standing on a high platform, looking at the more than 30,000 soldiers under the stage, with black clothes and black armor, plus horses and vehicles, the whole square was full, but more than 30,000 soldiers stood on the field, swords and guns were like a forest, not moving at all, only flags fluttering in the wind, and except for occasionally making one or two horse neighings, there was no sound at all. Wanyan Nagayuki was very satisfied with this, this is the quality that he has hoped that his army should have for many years. Therefore, I am also full of confidence in this southern expedition.

First of all, Zhang Hu read out the text of the Southern Expedition in public, and then Wanyan Changzhi worshiped the ancestors of heaven and earth in public, and begged Emperor Taizong of Dajin to bless the victory of the Southern Expedition.

Then Wanyan Fushou presented three glasses of imperial wine to Wanyan Changzhi on behalf of Daikin's civil and military officials. In the end, Wanyan Chenglin, who was named the crown prince, came to toast Wanyan Changzhi to see him off.

At this time, Wanyan Chenglin was ten years old and very smart, so he was also very loved by Wanyan Changzhi. Seeing that he was holding a glass of imperial wine, he came to Wan Yan Changzhi, raised his hands above his head, and said in a still very naïve voice: "Erchen wishes my father and the emperor this expedition, a victory, and success." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi laughed, took the wine, drank it all, and then said loudly to the soldiers in the audience: "Let's go." ”