Section 6 Song and Jin took advantage of the situation to sign a maritime alliance

Feelings【Part 8】

I will stay away from worries forever, and repair in the face of the wind.

Where is the beauty? She is alone and empty.

The blue bird can't stomp its feet, but the red turtle is floating in the clouds.

The night rises and wanders, and the hours pass by and remain flooded.

While the fight between the Khitan and the Jin Dynasty was in full swing, the Song Dynasty in the south stayed away from the matter, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, always ready to reap the benefits after both countries were defeated.

However, Song Huizong's idea was shattered by one person.

At that time, Song Huizong sent eunuch Tong Guan to bring gifts to Yelu Yanxi to celebrate his birthday. Tong Guan met a man on the way back. This man was called Ma Zhi. He was originally a minor official in Khitan, but he had never been promoted.

This time he took the initiative to find Tong Guan because he wanted to recommend himself and find a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty. He first analyzed the current situation for Tong Guan, and then said that the best strategy now is not to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but to establish an alliance with the Jin Kingdom.

Alliance. The two sides attacked from the east and west, destroyed the Khitan together, and then divided it up together. This way, they could take the opportunity to take back the 16 Youyun states that the Song Dynasty had dreamed of for generations.

Tong Guan thought this suggestion was very good, so he quickly returned to the court with Ma Zhi.

Song Huizong adopted his suggestion and immediately began to implement it. He sent envoys from the Shandong Peninsula and entered the Jin Kingdom by sea.

At this time, the Jin army was besieging Shangjing. After Ma Zhi conveyed the Song Dynasty's opinions, Wanyan Aguda disagreed. He said that he would ask the Song Dynasty envoys to watch the battle first and wait until the battle is over.

As a result, Shangjing was captured in just a few days. Ma Zhi was shocked. He knew that with the current strength of the Jin Kingdom, the Khitan could be captured without the assistance of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, when Wanyan Aguda proposed

After reviewing the three contents of the alliance, he agreed without even thinking about it.

This is the famous "Sea Alliance" between Song and Jin Dynasties:

The Jin Dynasty was responsible for capturing the Khitan's Zhongjing and then went south, passing through the Song Desert, until it reached the Gubeikou Pass of the Great Wall (today's Miyun Northeast of Beijing). The Song Dynasty was responsible for capturing the Khitan's Nanjing, and then went north to the Gubeikou Pass of the Great Wall. The two countries used the Gubeikou Pass

as boundaries and do not exceed each other.

Wanyan Aguda agreed to the Song Dynasty's takeover of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun.

The Song Dynasty wanted to pay tribute to the Jin Kingdom by paying tribute to the goods and silver coins sent to the Liao Dynasty.

After signing the Maritime Alliance, although the Song Dynasty had to continue to surrender to foreign countries, it was very likely to obtain a large part of the Khitan's land this time, which made Song Huizong Zhao Ji very happy. As long as the Song Dynasty captured the Nanjing area of ​​the Khitan, it would

Can bring back the 16 Youyun states.

Just when the Song Dynasty was full of ambitions and planned to capture Khitan Nanjing in one fell swoop, a civil uprising broke out in the south of the Song Dynasty. Song Huizong could only order Tong Guan to mobilize troops and horses to quell the domestic rebellion first. Unfortunately, it only lasted two years.

Two years later, Tong Guan led the army northward in high spirits and launched a battle array at the Khitan border.

By this time, the Jin Kingdom had already captured Zhongjing of the Khitan Empire, and the Khitan Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled into the mountains. Yelu Chun had just become emperor a few days ago with the support of everyone.

When Yelu Chun heard that the Song Dynasty army was taking advantage of the fire, he immediately sent an envoy to Tong Guan to ask for peace. The proud and complacent Tong Guan could not listen to this at this moment, so he tore up the contract.

At this time, Yelu Chun passed away. His wife Xiao Defi had a bad relationship with the army commander Guo Yaoshi, so after Xiao Defei came to power, Guo Yaoshi took his men to the Song Dynasty and brought two big gifts.

, two pieces of land, Zhuozhou and Yizhou.

Song Huizong was very happy and immediately ordered Tong Guan to lead his army northward.

Just when Song Huizong and Tong Guan were filled with joy, thinking that they would capture the Khitan soon and regain their original land. Suddenly, something they did not expect happened. Those Khitan soldiers who were weak under the iron heel of the Jin Kingdom were like gods.

They were possessed by soldiers. They resolutely rose up to resist and showed great bravery in front of the Song army. The Song army was defeated and suffered numerous casualties.

All this was also seen by Wanyan Aguda. He always thought that the Khitan army was vulnerable, but he did not expect that the Song Dynasty army was even weaker. He immediately changed his battle plan and went directly south from Juyongguan to win the battle with lightning speed.

Yanjing.

Song Huizong was very unhappy when he saw Wanyan Aguda tearing up the contract and going south to seize the city. He immediately sent Ma Zhi to question Wanyan Aguda. Not only that, minister Cai Jing and others were not sure, and asked him to ask for the 16 Youyun states as well.

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After Wanyan Agu inquired about these words, he was angry on the spot. He said that the Song Dynasty did not fulfill the agreement and successfully captured the Khitan city. From that moment on, the Maritime Alliance was invalidated. However, Wanyan Agu agreed to take over the Taihang Mountains

The seven states east of Edom were given to the Song Dynasty, but Yanjing was captured by the Jin soldiers. Therefore, the taxes of Yanjing belonged to the Jin Dynasty.

Song Huizong knew that he was in the wrong, and Wanyan Aguda gave him another seven states of land, so he agreed.

The reason why Wanyan Aguda gave the land of seven states to the Song Dynasty was because he had seen that the Song Dynasty was like a paper tiger that would collapse at the first touch. No matter how much land was given to him now, he would get it back sooner or later, so he didn't have to worry about this moment. He

This is paving the way for the Jingkang Incident a few years later.

Wanyan Agu became the biggest winner of this maritime alliance. He gained the Khitan territory and property. But he did not expect that later, the Jinguo would be trampled under the feet of the Mongolian cavalry.

Life insights: Having too many desires in your heart will lead to troubles. Many people simply don’t know how to be satisfied, complaining that they were not born into a wealthy family, and complaining that their children and grandchildren cannot all be like dragons and winds...

Greed is actually the most real poverty, and satisfaction is the most real wealth. Leo Tolstoy once said: "Russians are never satisfied with their property, but they are quite confident in their own wisdom." From here on.

It shows that contentment has its own dual nature. People's pursuit of material desires always involves more spiritual pursuits. A person who is spiritually contented often cannot be satisfied materially. This is related to the fact that human beings' first need is food and clothing.

Contentment and dissatisfaction are a quantitative process. We cannot keep contentment at a certain level, nor can we fix dissatisfaction on a certain need. Different eras, different environments, different classes, different

Depending on age and different life experiences, contentment and dissatisfaction will always transform into each other. For example, young people with poor living conditions are better off being dissatisfied. Only in this way will life change. But people who are content with their current life never force themselves

Striving to be strong, they will regard receiving their salary on time as the greatest comfort.

Contentment will make some people feel calm, serene, optimistic, and transcendent; dissatisfaction will make other people turbulent, fighting, enterprising, and striving: the wisdom of contentment lies in knowing what is not possible, and the wisdom of not being content will do it even if it is possible. If you know

It's difficult to be charming if you can't do it, and you will definitely have no results. Only those who know what is possible can't do it. This is Weiluo and Changxi. There is actually a "family" problem between the two. Degree is propriety and wisdom.

Even more so, only under suitable temperature conditions can trees germinate without refining steel into pig iron. The old woman in the Russian fairy tale "The Fisherman and the Goldfish" is the biggest loser who doesn't know how to be satisfied. She was wrong.
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