Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 105: Millions of troops surrounded Zhongdu, and the Jin Kingdom was scared!
When Zhao Shuo pacified the entire Hebei region, other Mongolian generals also reaped great rewards.

Zhebei marched into the northeast, first conquered Tokyo (Liaoyang), and then led a large army to besiege Huining Prefecture, the capital of the Jin Dynasty.

Shangjing Huining Prefecture was the first capital established by the Jurchens. There were a large number of Jurchens inside and outside the city. They were most loyal to the Jin Dynasty and vowed to defend the city to the death.

Then die.

After a three-month siege, Zhebei finally broke through. With the exception of the craftsmen, all the men in the city were killed, and the women were taken as slaves. Only the children who were caught under the wheels were spared. Then, a huge fire was set, completely destroying this "birthplace" of the Jurchens.

After that, Zhebie began to attack other small cities in the Northeast.

At the founding of the Jin Dynasty, a large number of people migrated to the northeast. At its peak, the northeastern region's population exceeded five million. However, as peace reigned, the population migrated south, and now only a little over three million remain.

Soon, Jebe felt that there was nothing left to rob, so he returned to Zhongdu and reunited with Temujin.

After Zhebei returned, Yelu Liuge, a Khitan from the northeast, launched a major Khitan uprising. He soon gathered over 100,000 followers, proclaimed himself the King of Liao, named the reign Yuantong, and made Guangning his capital.

However, Yelu Liuge knew the importance of the matter. After he became king, he immediately sent an envoy to Temujin to express his willingness to submit to Mongolia.

This is a good thing!
After Zhebei withdrew his army, the Northeast was occupied by the Khitans. That's much better than being occupied by the Jin Dynasty, right?

Temujin was overjoyed and sent a centurion named Ketge to lead 300 Mongolian soldiers to the northeast to serve as Yelu Liuge's military supervisor.

Subutai and his men's attack on Shanxi was generally successful, except for the city of Datong.

The current commander of Datong in the Jin Dynasty is called Menian Jinzhong.

Mo Nian Jinzhong's original official position was the Censor of Xijing Road, that is, the deputy of Hu Shahu, the governor of Xijing, and he had always been at odds with Hu Shahu.

When Subutai and his men attacked Shanxi for the first time, Hushahu escaped and the Nian Jinzhong had no troops left, so they gave up Datong.

However, this time, when Subuchi and his men attacked Shanxi again, the Nian and Jinzhong factions were fully prepared. Subuchi attempted to attack Datong several times, but found it too difficult. So, he detached a portion of his forces to guard the Datong garrison while he led his main force to attack other cities in Shanxi, achieving unstoppable success.

Mu Huali's progress in Shandong was the least smooth.

There was no other way. Ever since the Song Dynasty launched its Kaixi Northern Expedition and the Jin Dynasty signed a large number of troops, the Red Turban Rebellion broke out in Shandong. Both sides had been fighting fiercely for three or four years. Both the Jin army and the Red Turban army had accumulated a wealth of experience in warfare, especially guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, although Mu Huali is the second most powerful general in Mongolia after Zhao Shuo, until now, there are still three cities that have not been conquered: Qingzhou, Dongping and Pizhou.

Shandong is in chaos, who would care about Guo Baoyu's son Guo Dehai?
Escorted by a team of thirty night owls, Guo Dehai and his family smoothly walked along the path in Taihang Mountains and arrived in Hebei.

Temujin's leg injury was completely healed after six months of recuperation.

Zhongdu City was difficult to capture, so Temujin began to lead his army to attack other cities along the Zhongdu Road, and successfully captured Tongzhou, Shunzhou, Miyun and other cities near Zhongdu.

In other words, the Jin Dynasty now only had five cities left in the area north of the Yellow River: Zhongdu City, Datong in Shanxi, Qingzhou in Shandong, Dongping and Pizhou.

The heat is almost done.

At Temujin's order, Jochi, Zhao Shuo, and Muhuali all returned to the military capital.

This time the army is in great shape.

Subutai was in Shanxi and captured 8,000 soldiers.

Mu Huali recruited rebels and surrendered 17,000 soldiers in Shandong.

Zhao Shuo was in Hebei and captured 45,000 soldiers who surrendered.

In addition, Temujin surrendered 3,000 soldiers near Zhongdu.

Before this, Zhebie had also accepted 5,000 surrendered soldiers in the Northeast.

The original Mongolian army had 140,000 soldiers, and now with these surrendered soldiers, the total force has reached 218,000.

Including the families of these surrendered soldiers, the total number exceeded 500,000, claiming to be one million.

A million Mongolian troops surrounded Zhongdu!

With so many troops under his command, Temujin tried to attack Zhongdu City again.

Still very difficult.

Four sub-cities were built outside Zhongdu City, all within the coverage range of Zhongdu City's catapults.

These sub-cities have tunnels connecting them to the city, so there is no shortage of reinforcements and supplies.

When the Mongolian army attacked the four sub-cities, they would be bombarded by catapults from the cities. When they attacked Zhongdu, they would also be bombarded by catapults from the sub-cities, which was very annoying.

That would have been fine, the Mongols also encountered two new weapons.

Fire gun and thunder bomb.

The fire cannon was a weapon between the "fire lance" and the "fire gun", with an effective range of only 80 meters. However, within 80 meters, it could already penetrate light armor, but it was powerless against heavy armor.

The thunder bomb can also be regarded as a kind of grenade, but it is much more powerful than the fire caltrop of Xixia.

The shell of this thing is made of pig iron, and inside is gunpowder with a fuse. When using it, the length of the fuse is determined according to the distance of the target.

When it exploded, the sound was like thunder, shaking the heaven and earth, so it was named "Sky-shaking Thunder".

The power of the thunder bomb is also very considerable.

If it exploded within three feet, it would be enough to kill the enemy's heavily armored infantry. If thrown over the city, in addition to the violent explosion, it could also cause a huge fire, posing a serious threat to the enemy's defensive equipment.

In addition to the nearly 100,000 regular Jin troops in the city and the 50,000 signed troops who had been trained for more than a year, the Mongols attacked for ten days without achieving any results.

The Jin army even deliberately abandoned the Nanxun Gate to lure the Mongolian army into the city.

Then, they used kerosene to ignite a fire, ambushed troops from all sides, and killed the 3,000 Mongolian soldiers who entered the city.

Temujin was very depressed because of the repeated failures in siege.

However, the Jin Dynasty's rulers and ministers trapped in Zhongdu City were ten times more depressed than Temujin.

In Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and the Northeast, only four cities are barely holding on, and it is impossible to send any troops to support Zhongdu.

Although Shaanxi was still fighting fiercely with the Western Xia, the Jin court became ruthless and promoted Wanyan Gang, the Shaanxi Road Censor, to the position of Left Prime Minister, ordering him to come to the aid of Zhongdu at all costs.

Wanyan Gang went to great lengths to gather 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to support him. However, as soon as this army reached Jinshan (in the Yanqing district of the later capital), it was defeated by Temujin.

Wanyan Gang, the newly appointed Left Prime Minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, was captured alive by Hasar, placed on a wooden donkey, and inspected by the Zhongdu garrison outside the city of Yanjing. He wailed for seven days and seven nights before dying.

Although Henan seemed calm on the surface, the Song Dynasty had shown great hostility towards the Jin Dynasty since the Mongolian army surrounded Zhongdu: not only did it order the garrisons on the Song-Jin border to be on high alert, but it also completely cut off all border trade between the Song and Jin dynasties and did not allow a single copper coin to enter the Jin territory.

In this situation, would Wanyan Yongji dare to move a single soldier of the Henan defenders?
If the Southern Song Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops joined this war, the Jin Dynasty would have been destroyed and no one would have been able to save it.

Therefore, the situation that Zhongdu faced was that not only would it no longer receive any support, but there was also a Mongolian army outside the city that was said to have a million soldiers, who had been attacking for ten days and could break into the city at any time.

Then why fight?
"Your Majesty, we absolutely cannot continue fighting. Let's negotiate peace. Otherwise, once the city falls, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Today, the Prime Minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, Pu Sanduan, brought the entire team of prime ministers in Zhongdu City to meet Wanyan Yongji.

After Wanyan Kuang's death, Wanyan Yongji did not appoint a new Shangshu Ling.

Pushanduan, the right prime minister, became the prime minister of the Great Jin Dynasty.

He, together with the Acting Minister of the Left Hu Shahu, the Minister of the Right Aotun Zhongxiao, the Vice-Chancellor Liang Tang (actually one king and one hall, they cannot be distinguished by fighting), and the Vice-Chancellor Tu Shanyi, formed the current prime minister team of the Great Jin.

"Yes, yes, yes, we must negotiate peace."

Wanyan Yongji had long wanted to negotiate peace.

At this point, who doesn’t know what the Mongols will do to the cities that stubbornly resist?
Except for the craftsmen, all the men were killed and the women were taken as slaves. Only children who were no taller than a wheel were spared.

The nobles of the Jin Dynasty in the city would also be subjected to the cruel treatment of riding on a wooden donkey.

Until now, the body of Wanyan Gang, the left prime minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, is still riding on a wooden donkey under the city of Yanjing.

As the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Yongji could eat and drink whatever he wanted, enjoying the most delicious delicacies in the world. He could also have any kind of beauty he wanted, with a harem of tens of thousands of beauties.

How desperate must he be to throw all these away and ride on the wooden donkey!

And the most crucial thing is that in the past year, Wanyan Yongji always dreamed that his eldest nephew Zhangzong Wanyan Jing came to him with two babies to seek revenge and asked him to return the lives of Wanyan Jing's two children.

Wanyan Jing even cursed that since his descendants couldn't inherit the Jin Dynasty, then no one else should have it! He wanted to bless the Mongols to destroy Zhongdu City, kill the Wanyan clan, and destroy the Jin Dynasty.

Every time he woke up from a nightmare, Wanyan Yongji would break out in a cold sweat, fearing that everything in the dream would become reality.

What are you afraid of?

Earthquakes occurred in Zhongdu City for three consecutive months.

The earthquake also triggered a subterranean fire. A raging fire erupted from the eastern canal of the Great Compassion Pavilion in Zhongdu, and it took a month to extinguish. Countless smaller fires also erupted in other places, burning down countless homes.

Historically, this devastating disaster in Zhongdu occurred before Genghis Khan's attack on the Jin Dynasty. However, Zhao Shuo changed history, and the Mongols launched their attack on the Jin Dynasty three years earlier. This devastating disaster occurred during the Mongol siege of Zhongdu.

In Zhongdu City, everyone, including Wanyan Yongji, believed that this was a sign of the country's demise.

If you don’t seek peace now, are you waiting for the country to be destroyed?
Wanyan Yongji said, "With our country in such a state, I and you, my dear ministers, must negotiate peace with the Mongols, even if it means eternal infamy. Who do you think would be the best envoy to Mongolia to seek peace?"

Pu Sanduan said: "I think..."

He had already discussed with other prime ministers that the current governor of Henghai Army, Wanyan Chenghui, was very good, eloquent, and loyal to the Jin Dynasty, and could be sent as an envoy to Mongolia.

However, before Pushanduan mentioned Wanyan Chenghui's name, he was interrupted by Tushan Yi.

Tu Shanyi said, "Such an important task must be shouldered by a senior official of the state. I believe that the Right Prime Minister Pu Sanduan is the most qualified person to shoulder this responsibility."

"That's right! Only when the Right Prime Minister takes action can I feel at ease!"

"If the Right Prime Minister doesn't come out, what will happen to the people?"

"The Great Jin is now in turmoil. The Right Prime Minister must step forward and share the country's worries!"

Hu Shahu, the acting left chancellor, Ao Tun Zhongxiao, the right chancellor, and Liang Tang, the vice-chancellor, all expressed their agreement.

"You... you..."

Pu Sanduan was so angry that his lungs were about to explode!
It was obvious that he had been played a trick by his colleagues: "Don't you like doing black-glove work? You take the biggest scapegoat in the world!"

Pu Sanduan could even guess who was the one who formed alliances and united these prime ministers.

Tu Shanyi!
Although Tushan Yi held a lower official position, his experience was immense. He had won the top spot in the imperial examination of the Jin Dynasty thirty-seven years prior, rising to prominence and prominence, with students and former officials spread across the government and the country. Even Wanyan Kuang, the then Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty, had been heavily promoted by Tushan Yi, a true old fox with a head full of white fur.

No matter who comes to negotiate peace this time, there will be no good end. Even after the peace is negotiated, immediate death and annihilation of the clan is normal.

It is obvious that Tu Shanyi wants to kill three birds with one stone.

Not only did he preserve the outstanding Wanyan Chenghui, he also kicked Pushan out and let Tushan Yi himself become the prime minister!

The other prime ministers also hated Pu Sanduan, Wanyan Yongji's black glove, and cooperated with him fully.

However, understanding is one thing, and how to deal with it is another.

Now that all the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty were speaking in unison, Pu Sanduan was helpless. He could only look at Wanyan Yongji with a pleading look on his face and said, "Your Majesty, ever since my son Pu Sandu was killed by the Mongols, I have been deeply traumatized. My energy has been declining, and I am afraid I can no longer take on this important task!"

Wanyan Yongji shook his head slightly and said, "My dear Pusan, don't be so modest. After your son's death, weren't you serving as the Right Prime Minister of the Great Jin? Does that mean that if you can be the Right Prime Minister, you can't be an envoy? It's only a few steps from here to the Mongolian camp."

Pushanduan, in a moment of desperation, said, "I... I have a grudge against Temujin! I was the one who captured his brother-in-law, Anchen. Going to the Mongol camp would be a provocation! The death of an old minister is a minor matter, but what if I delay the important peace talks?"

Wanyan Yongji still shook his head and said, "Only a few nobles know about this matter. As long as we don't tell anyone, how can Temujin know? He only knows that Anchen was killed by our Jin Kingdom, nailed to a wooden donkey, and sent an envoy to him."

"I...I...an old minister..."

Pu Sanduan was completely speechless, his expression changing from gloomy to bright, but he finally bowed deeply to Wanyan Yongji and said, "Well, since Your Majesty trusts me so much, I will go to the Mongolian camp."

"Thank you, my dear Lord Pusan. If this peace negotiation succeeds, my Great Jin won't have to pay a heavy price, and you, my dear Lord Pusan, will have accomplished a great feat. After the success, why should I be stingy with a Minister of the Chancellery? A hundred years after my death, you will be worthy of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple."

The Shangshu Ling was the official prime minister of the Jin Dynasty.

Pu Sanduan, the Right Prime Minister, had only become the de facto Prime Minister due to the temporary vacancy of the Shangshu Ling position. Wanyan Yongji's promise was to confirm his Prime Minister status.

It is extremely rare to have the honor of being enshrined in the Taimiao.

Put it this way: the Jin dynasty existed for nearly a hundred years, spanning nine emperors, yet only thirty-three individuals were granted the honor of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Furthermore, these thirty-three individuals were not evenly distributed; they were granted only after significant and exceptional meritorious service. Currently, two Jin emperors have not had any meritorious officials enshrined. It must be said that Wanyan Yongji invested considerable resources in ensuring that Pusanduan was a good black glove.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

The next day, Pushanduan came to the Mongolian military camp with a white flag and a cake newly painted by Wanyan Yongji.

Temujin was very happy and brought all the Mongolian nobles to the Golden Tent to meet the Jin Dynasty's envoy who was begging for peace.

"Your servant, Sanduan, pays respect to Genghis Khan!"

"Stand up and speak."

Temujin looked at Pushanatan's father with great interest and said, "Wanyan Yongji, are you here to beg for peace? Tell me about it."

"Genghis Khan has fought for nearly three years, and he has endured many hardships. Your Majesty is willing to offer 30,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 3,000 horses, and 500 boys and girls as rewards to his troops, in exchange for Genghis Khan's withdrawal."

In fact, these were the conditions for the first peace talks between the Jin Dynasty and Mongolia as recorded in historical records.

At that time, Temujin marched south, burning, killing, and looting along the way with unparalleled brutality. The Mongol army, having fought for nearly three years, was not only exhausted but also decimated. They lacked even 60,000 steppe warriors. Even with the addition of the 8,000-man Baru Battalion, the total would still be less than 70,000, making it impossible to capture Zhongdu.

The Jin Kingdom was willing to offer some things in exchange for peace, and Temujin agreed to it out of respect.

But now, Zhao Shuo has changed history, and the number of people in Baru Camp has increased greatly.

Moreover, influenced by Zhao Shuo, Temujin issued four strict military orders to the Mongolian army that was marching towards the Central Plains.

Now, not only had the Mongolian army suffered minimal losses among its steppe warriors, but they had also encountered very little resistance and were not particularly exhausted. Temujin's army numbered over 200,000, a figure said to number a million.

The peace terms proposed by Pushanduan are a huge joke.

"What? Thirty thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of silver, and three thousand horses? You're sending beggars!"

"Five hundred boys and girls, what's the use? We want beauties! At least thirty thousand!"

"Not only do we want beauties, we specifically want Jurchen women! When you Jurchens were in power, you came to Mongolia every year to burn, kill, and plunder, insulting countless Mongolian women. Today, we will also have a taste of Jurchen women!"

"If you don't give it to us, we will storm into Zhongdu City and take it ourselves!"

"Great Khan, stop talking to the Jin Kingdom. They have absolutely no sincerity! Simply kill the envoy and continue the siege. I, Belegutai, will be the vanguard!"

……

A group of Mongolian generals who had fought their way out of the sea of ​​blood and corpses started to clamor and looked at Pu Sanduan with murderous eyes, as if he were a lamb waiting for disaster.

Although Pushanduan, as the prime minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, was not trembling with fear, he felt a chill in his heart.

When the generals' voices gradually died down, he quickly said, "These are just the initial conditions of our Great Jin. Genghis Khan can negotiate whatever conditions he wants."

"It's good that we can talk."

Temujin nodded slightly and said, "Hunan, tell the Jin envoy our conditions one by one."

"Yes."

Hu Nan stood up and said, "The first is that the Jin Kingdom pay compensation to the Mongol Empire: three million taels of gold, thirty million taels of silver, one million pieces of silk, satin, brocade, gauze, and damask, and twenty thousand each of horses, camels, donkeys, and mules."

"No!" Pu Sanduan blurted out.

As soon as he said that, Pu Sanduan realized something was wrong and quickly added, "We really don't have any! The total amount of gold in the national treasury and His Majesty's inner treasury is less than 500,000 taels. 30 million taels of silver is completely impossible to raise. We really don't have it!"

Hu Nan's face was filled with astonishment. He said, "How could there be none? Back then, when you and the Song Kingdom reached the Jingkang Agreement, the Song Kingdom demanded five million taels of gold and fifty million taels of silver from you. Our Genghis Khan was merciful and only asked for sixty percent."

"The Song State didn't have that much gold and silver at the time." Pushanduan explained hurriedly, "They collected all the gold and silver from the people of Bianliang, but only managed to collect 3 million taels of gold and 8 million taels of silver. The remaining amount was made up with treasures, silk, and women... uh..."

When Pushanduan said this, he realized that he was under pressure from the Mongolian army and was too anxious, so he said the wrong thing.

Sure enough, when I took a peek, I saw Hu Nan's meaningful smile.

Hu Nan pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "I see. Let's do the same. Well, silk and treasures have prices, and they're easy to estimate. But we're not sure about the price of women. How did you calculate it back then? Don't worry, we Mongols are the most fair and will never try to undercut you."

At that time, the price offered by the Jin people to the Song people was that the princesses and queens were worth one thousand taels of gold each, other royal women were worth five hundred taels of gold each, and clan women were worth two hundred taels of gold each.

The above are the prices for unmarried women.

If they were married, the amount would be 500 taels of silver for each royal woman and 100 taels of silver for each clan woman.

Noble women were given one hundred taels of silver each, regardless of whether they were married or not.

For commoner women, fifty taels of silver each.

Of course, although Pushanduan was well-versed in classics and history and knew the exact price, he would never dare to reveal the specific price. After all, although his son Pushan Natan had died, he still had two grandsons, Pushan Shilimen and Pushan Mangyamen!

Pu Sanduan sighed softly and said, "The current situation in our Great Jin is different from that of the Song Dynasty. You want to take all the royal women and noble ladies away, but the court will never agree to it. We have no choice but to fight it out in Zhongdu City."

"If we can't take everything away, can we take some of it?"

Hu Nan actually knew the Jingkang Agreement very well and said, "So, we Mongols will not differentiate between royal women, clan women, noble women, and common women. Let's be straightforward: one noble woman, five hundred taels of gold. One common woman, two hundred taels of silver. However, these women must be Jurchens."

"Can't we have a Han woman, or a Khitan woman, a Xi woman, or a Bohai woman?" Pushanduan asked cautiously.

Hu Nan shook his head firmly and said, "They haven't come to Mongolia to burn, kill, plunder, or insult our women. Why should we embarrass their women?"

Zhao Shuo smiled and said, "Besides, we mainly want money and property. We only allow you to use Jurchen women to make up the shortfall. Right now, we need these people to tip us off and see if you're hiding any money or property. How can we not give them some benefits?"

Pu Sanduan didn't recognize Zhao Shuo and asked, "Excuse me, who is this person?"

"Zhao Shuo, the Mongolian prince consort and hereditary head of five thousand households and ten thousand households." Zhao Shuo said, "We Mongols are the most fair. In addition to women, you can also sell us the craftsmen in Zhongdu. In this way, as long as we recognize the craftsmen, we will give them one hundred taels of silver each."

If you select a craftsman with exceptional skills, and we approve him, we can give him 1,000 taels of silver. Each of their family members will receive 20 taels of silver."

What? Craftsmen can also count money?

Do the craftsmen’s families also count?

Pu Sanduan felt as if he had gotten a great deal. He heaved a sigh of relief and asked, "Do you have any other conditions?"

Hu Nan said, "Yes! In addition to the compensation, we must also cede land. From Huihe Fort to Yehuling, and even to the three prefectures of Fu, Heng, and Chang, all must be ceded to us Mongols. This will prevent you from regretting it later and seeking revenge on us."

"This one……"

Of course, the conditions proposed by the Mongols were very uncomfortable.

Yes, in this way, the Jin Dynasty would definitely not dare to retaliate. However, the Mongols could invade the Central Plains at any time, so how could Pushanduan dare to agree?
Later, after much persuasion, they agreed to let the Jin Kingdom keep the Ruihe Fort.

But the area north of Huihe Fort was all Mongolian territory.

Hu Nan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good. Now as long as you Jin people agree to the last condition, we can reach a peace agreement."

"What conditions?"

"Jin Emperor Wanyan Yongji pledged his loyalty to Genghis Khan. From the day the agreement was reached, Jin officially became a vassal state of our Mongolia."

"This is absolutely unacceptable!" Pushanduan said anxiously. "To be honest, there have long been rumors among the people that Your Majesty murdered the previous emperor's two children upon ascending the throne. Therefore, Your Majesty's prestige has not been very high since his ascension. Now, Your Majesty was first defeated by the Mongols, and then agreed to those two conditions. This is a complete loss of power and humiliation to the country.

If he submits to the Mongols again, His Majesty might not live to see the next day. Even if he agrees, it will be useless, right?

Hu Nan said, "Well, we understand your difficulties. Since the Jin Kingdom refuses to submit to the Mongols, how about following the example of the Song Dynasty and having the Jin Emperor recognize our Genghis Khan as his uncle?"

"It still won't work!" Pushanduan said, "To be honest, Your Majesty's prestige cannot be lowered any further. Even if you acknowledge Genghis Khan as your uncle, it is absolutely impossible."

Temujin snorted coldly and said, "Even if he wants to recognize me, I don't want to have such a useless nephew!"

Hu Nan said: "Okay, then let's take one last step back. Wanyan Yongji, how many daughters do you have?"

"Four."

"Send them all to our Mongolia, even if Wanyan Yongji offers his daughters to seek peace."

"No, your Majesty's eldest and second daughters are already married!"

"Ok?"

All the Mongolian generals, including Hu Nan, suddenly changed their expressions.

"Pusanduan, don't be so shameless!"

"This won't work, and that won't work either. Don't forget, it's you who are asking us for peace now!"

"If you don't offer us the four princesses, we will march into Zhongdu City and have a taste of what Wanyan Yongji's mother and wife must be like!"

"We'll kill you too! We're going to make Zhongdu a river of blood!"

……

All the generals started to make noise and glared at Pushanduan.

At this point, Pu Sanduan had no choice but to agree.

So what if I offered four princesses?
The amount of compensation the Mongols demanded could not be met with property and craftsmen; it had to be met with Jurchen nobles. Why? Other Jurchen nobles were willing to sacrifice for their country, but Wanyan Yongji couldn't?
Isn't this considered as him sharing hardships with his subjects?
As for the two princesses being married, it was no big deal in the face of such a major military and national event.

However, when Pushanduan returned to Zhongdu with the agreement, he was unanimously opposed by Wanyan Yongji and the four prime ministers.

"Bold Pu Sanduan!"

Wanyan Yongji was furious. He shouted, "You want me to become Emperor Qinzong of Song? Why bother reaching a peace agreement with the Mongols? Why not just tie me up and take me to the Mongol camp right now? Let the Mongols take me to the grasslands and let them trample me to death!"

Tushan Yi said in a deep voice, "Pusanduan has betrayed the Emperor's grace by reaching such a humiliating agreement with the Mongols. I request that the barbarians in this village be executed as a warning to others!"

Shangshu Youcheng Aotun Zhongxiao said loudly, "I second the motion! I, Sanduan, am a flatterer who flatters Your Majesty. If I don't kill him, it will not be enough to appease the people's anger, and if I don't kill him, it will not be enough to rectify the court!"

Liang Tang, the Vice Minister of State Affairs, said, "If it weren't for Pushanduan's son Pushan Natan's intervention, angering the Mongols, how could such a horrific disaster have occurred? I believe that not only should Pushanduan be killed, but his entire clan should also be exterminated!"

Hu Shahu, the left chancellor of the Ministry of Rites, screamed even louder, "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him now, and then kill his whole family!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me! Please spare me!"

dong dong dong~~
Pu Sanduan fell to his knees, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "I have no choice. The Mongols are so cruel. This is already the best offer we have. I have tried my best! I am willing to offer...ah!"

As soon as he said this, Pu Sanduan felt a sharp pain in his back and a chill ran through his body.

He turned his head with difficulty, but saw a warrior in front of the palace looking at him with a sneer on his face.

This time, he understood everything.

The one who wanted him dead the most was not the other four prime ministers, but Emperor Wanyan Yongji.

If not Wanyan Yongji, who could command the warriors in front of the palace?
Wanyan Yongji wanted to put all the blame for the peace talks on his head and not let him say a word of defense.

Wanyan Yongji was even more afraid that he would become desperate and reveal the culprit who murdered the two sons of the previous emperor!
Therefore, Wanyan Yongji had already made preparations to kill him when he returned from the peace talks. The things like "Shangshu Ling" and "entitled to be enshrined in the Taimiao" were all lies to confuse him.

So regretful!

He had already made full preparations, ready to use the family's wealth to buy his life. Ever since he had done dirty work for Wanyan Yongji, he had been accepting bribes with impunity, with gold alone exceeding fifty thousand taels. He had hidden away such a large fortune.

Now the Jin Dynasty is facing huge compensation from the Mongols, so this money should be enough to make the Jin court let him go.

However, he really underestimated Wanyan Yongji's cruelty and did not give him a chance to speak at all!

He regretted even more that he should not have helped Wanyan Yongji do the dirty work, which led to his end up in such a situation.

Of course, it’s completely useless to regret it now.

He couldn't utter a word and could only wait for death to come.

Pfft!
Pu Sanduan's body fell in the hall.

"Carry him away!" Wanyan Yongji gave him a disgusted look and said, "Pass on my decree. Pu Sanduan has reached a humiliating peace agreement with the Mongols and has betrayed the emperor's grace. I have executed him!"

"Your Majesty, what about the peace agreement with the Mongols?" asked Councillor Liang Tang.

(End of this chapter)