Chapter 907: Entering Yangzhou, the status of each country
Chapter 907: Entering Yangzhou, the situation of various countries
Within Yangzhou, there is Mianshui River extending eastward through the entire territory, to the north there is Yishui, a branch in the west of Yangzhou, and there is Jinshui, a branch running north through the capital city of Yangzhou! To the south there is Yangshui!
There are much fewer water veins than in Xingyuan Prefecture, and the affected areas are naturally much smaller. Except for Fucheng, only a few villages in other counties under its jurisdiction have been affected, and most of them are safe and sound.
Although it was already past noon after Shen Tang and his party passed through Chenggu County, Chenggu was not far from Yangzhou Fucheng, so they could arrive before the sun set.
"Brothers, speed up! When we get to Yangzhou, I'll treat you to a drink!"
After entering Yangzhou, first of all, the disaster was relatively light, and secondly, because of the precedents of Mianzhou and Xingyuan Prefecture, unless the officials from top to bottom of Yangzhou wanted to lose their heads, otherwise, it would never have reached the point where it has not happened yet. any action.
Therefore, even if you occasionally see refugees passing by, their numbers are extremely rare.
Under this situation, Shen Tang naturally felt much more relaxed.
Chang Shun and the others immediately responded loudly, and then, one by one, they galloped towards Yangzhou City...
The Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom were like Siamese twins. In the second year of Longxing, the Song Dynasty was first invaded by Tubo, which was finally put down. In September and October, there was another flood that affected the five northwest roads.
However, there was no large-scale war in the Jin Kingdom this year! First of all, on the southern border, neither the Song Dynasty nor the Jin Dynasty had any intention of going to war. In addition, the two sides opened a market in Lianli City, which made the relationship much more harmonious than before.
To the west, Daxia and Xiliao had not recovered from the last war with the Jin Kingdom. They were still licking their wounds silently and naturally had no energy to provoke the Jin Kingdom.
Daxia, in particular, felt the power of the Jin Kingdom during this war, especially now that the Jin Kingdom had eliminated civil strife and maintained peace with the Song Dynasty, allowing the country's national power to reach its peak.
Therefore, Li Renxiao followed the example of his ancestors. To put it bluntly, he acted as a wallflower and surrendered to whoever was powerful.
Therefore, Li Renxiao sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin to seek peace,
The history of this era is as if it has been specially carved by a hand. As mentioned before, Wanyan Yong of the Jin Kingdom led the Jin Kingdom to the peak of national power. Zhao Shen of the Great Song Dynasty changed the style of the Gaozong period and was also regarded as the best in the Southern Song Dynasty. of the emperor.
The same goes for Li Renxiao of Daxia! He ascended the throne decades earlier than Zhao Shen and Wan Yanyong, but abdicated only one year earlier than these two.
In other words, if he had not died, he might have been emperor for much longer.
After he made good friends with the Kingdom of Jin, he paid attention to educated ministers, reused Han ministers, implemented imperial examinations, respected Confucianism and Buddhism, and concentrated on internal affairs. Soon, Daxia's national power began to steadily increase.
Although it cannot be compared with its neighbor Jin Kingdom, it quickly left the Liao Kingdom behind.
This also made Daxia become one of the three kingdoms that stood side by side with Song and Jin in the next few years.
Although Daxia began to make good friends with the Kingdom of Jin, its attitude towards the Song Dynasty was relatively bad! Especially this year, the war between the Song Dynasty and Tubo led to the defeat of Tubo, which made Daxia's hostility towards the Song Dynasty even stronger.
The reason for this lies in a man named Geshe Zangzobu.
This man is the great disciple of Dusong Qinba, the founder of the Jama Kagyu sect!
Li Renxiao believed in Buddhism, and in the eleventh year of Tiansheng (1159), he sent envoys to the Tubo tribe to welcome Dusong Qinba.
Although Dusong Qinba did not go to Daxia, he sent his eldest disciple Ge Tibet Zobu to Liangzhou.
Li Renxiao regarded him as his guru and highly respected and trusted him. This also made many people in the court of Daxia become disciples of Ge Tibetan Zobu.
Under such circumstances, how could Da Xia have a good tendency toward Da Song?
We will talk about Daxia’s national policy and development later, and let’s continue talking about the Jin Kingdom. Although the southern and Xixia borders are peaceful, this does not mean that there is no friction on the entire Jin Kingdom border.
The first is the Mongolian tribe in the northwest of the Jin Kingdom! During this year, the friction between the various tribes in Mongolia intensified. The major tribes conquered each other, and the small tribes could only be exterminated in addition to being attached!
Speaking of which, the hatred between the Mongolian tribes and the Jin Kingdom has a long history! In the 16th year of Shaoxing, the Jin Kingdom was in the period of Jin Xizong! In order to suppress Mongolia, a great Khan of Mongolia at that time, I Bahai Khan, was nailed to death by Jin Xizong.
On top of the donkey, the corpse was exposed to the public for ten days.
From that time on, the tribes on the Mongolian grasslands had a deep hatred for the Jin Kingdom.
The boy named Temujin is still in his infancy, and the current conquests of various Mongolian tribes are like rehearsals and ceremonies for his arrival.
The conquests between the various Mongolian tribes will naturally affect the neighbor of the Jin Kingdom. The border between the two countries stretches from the Solankel area to the Xing'an Mountains in the far north, which is a full five to six thousand miles away. In addition,
The Mongolian tribes have no fixed settlements and are extremely mobile, making these thousands of miles a hunting ground for the Mongolian tribes.
From time to time, Mongolian tribesmen crossed the border between the two countries and came to the Jin Kingdom to plunder.
Although Wan Yanyong strengthened the military deployment of the Northeast Road Recruitment Department and Xijing Road, compared with the thousands of miles of national borders, it was still a drop in the bucket.
Although the Mongolian tribes at this time were not as powerful as the Jin Kingdom, they were like dog-skin plaster. If you come to beat me, I will run away. If you leave, I will come back. The Jin Kingdom court had nothing to do about it.
In addition to the Mongolian tribes, the small border country of Goryeo is also not stable!
At this time, the Goryeo Kingdom belonged to the Goryeo Dynasty! The Goryeo Kingdom was weak, but it also had the temperament of not forgetting to eat but not to fight! In the fourth year of Emperor Jianyan of Emperor Gaozong, Goryeo took advantage of the transition of power between the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom and sent troops to capture Baozhou, an important town in Liaodong.
However, it wasn't long before he was severely beaten by Jin Guo.
Goryeo was also well-behaved and immediately went to court to declare his vassal status...
The current king of Korea is named Wang Huan, and he is the 18th king of the Kingdom of Korea! As the saying goes, after a long dynasty, there will always be several weird emperors, and the same is true for Wang Huan.
Wang Xi was extremely passionate about literature. His favorite things after he succeeded to the throne were traveling with his officials, boating and feasting, drinking and composing poems! If he had been born a few years earlier, he might have become friends with Song Huizong, and even earlier, he might have been able to
He became close friends with Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
It's just that such a temperament is fine in the literary world, but it will naturally cause trouble in the emperor's circle.
Don’t you see that Li Yu lost his country and Song Huizong became a prisoner?
If he had studied history well, he probably wouldn't have been exiled to Geoje Island in a military coup a few years later.
However, the kings of Goryeo also have one thing in common, and that is arrogance!
Although Goryeo surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, it was never convinced in its heart. In fact, it even had an unimaginable sense of superiority towards the Jin Kingdom!