The struggle of the reborn prince

The aid troops were all withdrawn to the country in September, and at the same time they brought back more than [-] captives. Zhao Tong was rewarded again, and Zhao Yongjin Taiwei could go to the palace with his sword.Later, they met with Jin Fushi, the envoy of Goryeo. The two sides settled the matter of Liangzhou and Helandian in a friendly atmosphere. Economic difficulties.Even though the emperor had spoken, although Goryo felt that she was at a disadvantage, she also reaped the benefits, and of course it was inconvenient to argue again.

At the same time, the negotiations between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty are also coming to an end, and peace has come, but Zhao Tun still does not dare to be sloppy. With the economic intelligence and the changes in all aspects of the Jin Kingdom after the peace talks, let's see what Wushu, an old opponent, is doing...

Wushu realized that under the current situation, it is almost impossible to defeat Song Dynasty by force.Therefore, with the foresight and sagacity of a Dajin statesman, he completed his own and influenced the transformation of the Dajin monarchs and ministers from the main battle to the main peace. With the support of Xizong, he reached peace with the Song Dynasty. Offense and defense have been transformed into ingenious political struggles.

Wushu, as the leader of the hardliners of the Kingdom of Jin, chose the path of peaceful negotiation at the last moment of the war. Relying on the unremitting efforts of Wushu, the God of War, the Kingdom of Jin finally signed a peace treaty with the Southern Song Dynasty, a powerful neighbor in the south. All aspects of politics and territory have won the greatest national interests, giving them a chance to breathe.

This is definitely good news for Jin Guo, which is under the strategic siege and economic crisis under the Song Dynasty.The world is finally safe and sound, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin can sleep well at night and have good dreams.So is the world of the Kingdom of Jin really safe and sound?The answer is of course no.

Wu Shu is not a fool either.He also knows very well that the so-called peace treaty is just a scrap of paper, and Da Song may find a new excuse to start a war at any time.And those rebellious nomads in Monan and Mobei are still rebellious.Not only harassing the northwest border.Therefore, Wushu thinks that the most effective way is to imitate Qin Shihuang more than 1000 years ago and build border fortifications.To stop the attack of the Song Dynasty and the nomads.

The border fortifications built by Wushu in the north were built along the Song and Jin ceasefire lines in the west and extended to the edge of the desert along the mountains and rivers in the north.The southeast line of defense extended to the coast based on the original Great Wall of Qin and Liaodong. In order to defend against Song's attack from the sea, coastal prefectures and counties also chose dangerous passes and passes to build villages and build cities.However, the way it was built is quite different from the Great Wall built by the Central Plains dynasties in the past dynasties.

Wushu has learned the lessons from the battle against the Song Dynasty and the experience under the city of Xijing. The obstacle system of the Great Wall is composed of a double barrier structure combining trenches and walls. There are trenches behind the city walls. Even if cavalry can cross the city walls, they cannot cross them. In the second trench, secondary trenches and secondary walls were added in key areas, which is equivalent to four obstacles.Cavalry could not cross at all.Along the Great Wall, border forts and beacon towers were set up at certain distances, and elite soldiers were guarded in the border forts. The defense against the northern nomads was basically foolproof, and the Song Dynasty still needs further testing.

While strengthening the defense force, Wushu also strengthened the training and organization of the army on the other hand.During his many years of combat career, he realized the importance of Tie Futu and Kidnap Horse. In normal combat, the Wushu Association would bring these two special forces, but under normal circumstances they would not go to battle.If the battle is extremely unfavorable, or the city cannot be conquered, Wushu will send these two special forces to fight.

Although in the battle with Song, these two ace troops failed repeatedly.However, its importance cannot be denied because they always charge forward to confront the Song Army's hussars, and when retreating, they act as rear guards to resist the Song Army's dragon cavalry pursuit.Wushu attributed the failure to the sharpness and well-trained firearms of the Song army.In addition, after many years of fighting, the veterans of one's own side have lost all their veterans, and the new recruits come from various sources.No longer only the Jurchens, but also a large number of Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and Tatars.Loyalty is greatly reduced, and these men often go into battle without being well trained.

Therefore, Wu Shu decided to reorganize these two special forces. In order to maintain the absolute loyalty of the troops, he also required that all the soldiers in them must be served by Jurchen people and undergo strict training in order to reach the peak state of the year and be able to compete with the Song Dynasty. Army cavalry confrontation.On the other hand, Wushu also strengthened the construction of the artillery team, formed a special trebuchet unit, and improved the long-range strike capability.As for the navy, the failure of the naval battle in the Korean Gulf has already made him heartbroken, and now he has no money to rebuild a large-scale navy, so he turned to set up a small-scale navy to fight inland rivers and offshore .

With the dawn of peace, the Kingdom of Jin began to get on the right track. However, the change of policy also brought various domestic conflicts one after another.The peaceful situation brought about by Wushu's various methods has not brought good news to the Jin Kingdom for many years, because after the Jin Kingdom resolved the external crisis, it inevitably embarked on the old road experienced by the previous dynasties. And the civil unrest began...

Party struggle, this is a story that will happen in all dynasties in Chinese history. As long as there is an emperor and the court, the phenomenon of party struggle cannot disappear. Even after the disappearance of the emperor, the phenomenon of party struggle in the country continues his unfinished story!Although the Kingdom of Jin was established by the Jurchen ethnic minority in the Northeast, it was not immune to customs. With Wan Yanquan's series of reforms, the Kingdom of Jin began to embark on the road of feudalization, and various feudal etiquette systems began to improve day by day. Inevitably, it happened within the Kingdom of Jin as well.

After returning home from Koryo, Wu Shu found out that the queen was showing signs of arrogating power, and immediately stopped it.In fact, from the analysis of modern medicine, most of Wanyan Quan suffers from intermittent schizophrenia, her personality is ups and downs, capricious.And in June, his concubine Zhang gave birth to a son for Wan Yanquan, which gave him new hope.Wanyan Quan, who was happy with his precious son again, was really happy for a long time, but he obviously didn't learn the lesson of Prince Ji'an, and couldn't wait to make Wanyan Daoji the king of Wei and stay in Zhongjing, and his condition tended to ease.

In the ancient harem, the principle that mothers are more valuable than children is basically popular. Whoever can bear a son for the emperor will be more favored by the emperor. Although Empress Pei Man also gave birth to a son, she was not lucky. He died of illness before he was one year old, so according to the rules, Wanyan Quan's successor should be Concubine Zhang's son Wanyan Daoji. This is definitely not good news for Empress Pei Man, maybe when Daoji ascends the throne After that, the glory of her and her family will no longer exist.But after all, the emperor was Wan Yanquan, and if Empress Pei Man wanted to intervene in the government, she had to obtain Wan Yanquan's consent, and under Wushu's deliberate suppression, she soon fell into silence.

But the situation in the DPRK and China is still unfavorable to Wushu.The several times he used troops abroad suffered great losses, causing widespread dissatisfaction among the government and the public. After losing the prince, the emperor became more and more depraved, and had no intention of governing the government at all.Due to the internal strife that lasted for more than ten years, the power of the Jurchens in the court was greatly weakened, and Wushu led the army to go to Korea and was trapped under the city of Xijing, which gave the Han officials a good opportunity to seize power.

After Wanyan Xiyin's death, Han Fang, who was appointed by the emperor as the Prime Minister of the Right, took the opportunity to promote Han officials on a large scale. Hao and others, and even Yu Wenxuzhong entered the senior management of Jin Guo through the recommendation of Han Qixian.For a time, more than half of the officials in the entire Shangshu Province came from Han Fang's sect, and the Han officials of Jin Kingdom represented by him gradually formed a huge civil official group. Said to be a very big danger.

And Wushu is not a good person. Apart from leading troops to fight, he is also very good at engaging in political struggles. Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill all influential figures such as Zong Pan, Ta Lai, and Xi Yin in one go. To break through from within, to deal with the Han Qixian Group, we must disintegrate from the inside of the Hanguan Group. First, we must provoke a fight between them and consume the strength of the Hanguan Group.

The person Wushu is looking for to disintegrate this time is named Cai Songnian, who was originally a surrender of the Song Dynasty.Cai Songnian had been stationed in the area of ​​Yanshan with his father Cai Jing in his early years. After the Jin soldiers went south, Guo Yaoshi led the Song army in Yanjing to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin collectively, so Cai Songnian became an official of the Kingdom of Jin.After arriving in the Kingdom of Jin, he once served as a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, and when Wushu ruled Yanjing, he was in charge of the Six Departments of the army, so he was very appreciated by Wushu.

However, in the civil official group of the Jin Dynasty at that time, Han Fang's favorite students Tian Jue and Meng Hao held important positions in the Ministry of Officials, which was equivalent to the Personnel and Organization Department of the Jin Kingdom, responsible for thousands of officials, large and small, all over the Jin Kingdom. The reassignment and demotion, the position is very hot, and it is a position that everyone is very envious of.Of course, Cai Songnian would take the initiative to make friends with Tian Jue and Meng Hao, hoping to please these two personnel ministers and make his promotion path smoother.

But Cai Songnian's flattery was obviously wrong, because Tian Jue himself is a very upright person, and he despises people like Cai Songnian who like to flatter horses. Moreover, Tian Jue also brought out Cai Songnian's old account, using the fact that Cai's father and son abandoned Yanshan Sarcastic Cai Songnian.Therefore, Cai Songnian and Tian Jue became enemies, and like Cai Songnian, Tian Jue despised and ridiculed Cao Wangzhi, the governor of the right affairs, and Xu Lin, the doctor of imperial history, and others.

Therefore, Cai Songnian, Cao Wangzhi, Xu Lin and other like-minded people formed a group of Han officials. Most of the main members came from the surrendered officials of the original Song Dynasty. Tree to fight against Tian Jue Group.Most of the members of the Tian Jue Group are from the original Liao Kingdom's surrender, and Han Fang is a veteran Khitan surrender... (to be continued...)