For the time being, the temperature changes south of the Yellow River may not be felt, but here in Yanjing, the passing of summer has been clearly felt.
However, this is probably a good thing.
Because for ordinary people in this era, heat and cold are still no joke, they are still a matter of life and death. Of course, although the temperature is suitable in spring and autumn, it is also hard to be busy with farming...
On the other hand, for the real dignitaries and some wealthy people in Yanjing City, the change of seasons seems to be a purely good thing.
Autumn is crisp and the temperature is suitable. The literati feel sad about the autumn and write two poems for the young king to plan for the future; while the children of all ethnic groups can also go hunting in the autumn and show their martial prowess in front of the Jurchen nobles... Anyway, there is no need to spend the whole day as a prince and a prince.
Turned the fan.
Back to the present, early that morning, Qin Hui, who had changed into a suit suitable for riding horses, came out of his home. In the open space in front of the door, there were dozens of servants, servants, and more than ten Han warriors and princes. At this time, he saw
When the owner came out, he was divided into two again... The former, after the owner nodded, directly led several vehicles of different shapes to the north of the city, while the latter, who generally wore leather armor, followed Qin Xianggong and mounted their horses, and then
Then, shouting in front of them and crowding behind them, they headed towards the Chancellor's Desk.
Along the way, teams with horse-riding warriors appeared constantly. They saw Qin Huizhi, who was the current prime minister, a close confidant of the King of Wei, and was always friendly and kind. Not to mention an ordinary official or Han member.
Some of the Jurchen generals, most of whom were polite, moved out of the way, evaded a little, or even followed.
During this period, Qin Huizhi first bumped into Wulin Dazanmo, the Minister of Rites, and Wulin Da Taiyu, brothers of Wanhu. Then he met Han Fang, a Hanlin scholar, and his family. Finally, as expected, he bumped into the capital waiting on the way.
Provincial General Zhengzhi Hong Ya, and Minister of Rites Zheng Xiunian. A group of people gathered together. There were many people like Wu Linda with nearly a hundred armored knights, and there were few people like Zheng Xiunian, and there were seven or eight leather-armored followers.
, but almost the entire street was blocked.
"Wulin replied to Shangshu."
After walking a few more steps, Qin Hui, who was riding in the middle, looked around and smiled proactively. "There are too many of us, why not lengthen the team and keep to the right to prevent blocking anyone's road?"
Hearing this, Wulin Duzanmo had not yet responded, but his brother Wulin Dutaiyu of Wanhu was the first to disagree: "Qin Xianggong is very good, but he is a little too careful... As we people are walking, a few kings are coming
Of course, we have to dismount together to avoid it, but if it’s not a few kings, who are we afraid of?”
These words coming from Wu Lin Da Taiyu's mouth are quite convincing.
You know, as a vassal of the Wanyan clan, the Wulinda clan was regarded as a lineage of Wanyan Nianhan because Wanyan Nianhan was responsible for the annexation from the beginning. However, they have their own tribe after all, so they were considered as such quite early.
The fall of Nianhan, one of the pillars of the Wanyan regime, did not seriously affect the status of their clan.
On the contrary, the men of Nianhan's family have been killed and the father and son of the country have been driven away. In order to maintain stability, the three Aguda parents and children deliberately attracted the rather representative Wulinda clan.
For example, as the actual leader of the Wulinda family, Wulindazanmo's wife was the wet nurse of Nianhan's grandson, so he was a little panicked after the incident at Shangshutai. However, it was Qin Huizhi's advice that allowed the former third prince to become the third prince today.
The eldest son of King Wanyan of Jin Dynasty made a marriage arrangement with the daughter of Wulin Dazanmo.
Since then, the Wulinda family has become the core pillar of the direct power of Aguda.
And now that they have become one of their own, the Wulin family has actually gone a step further recently... It turns out that the matter has to start with the incident at Shangshutai, where Wanyan was promoted to the actual commander of the West Route Army in Nianhan, as promised After Guan stayed behind in Taiyuan, in order to prevent Yin Shuke's brothers from becoming too powerful, and also to retaliate for Yin Shuke's hesitation at the Chancellor's desk at that time, Yin Shuke's position as Yanjing's stay-at-home officer became 'naturally' the only one in Yanjing. It drifted directly after the capital.
Therefore, the Yanjing area only used the other four Hezha Meng'an of the Great Jin Kingdom as the base, plus the original Yin Shu Kejiu Ministry to scrape together a Imperial Guard base, and no additional troops were stationed.
However, just two months ago, Wanhu Wulindatai, a member of the East Route Army who was born in the Wulin clan and was stationed in Zhending Prefecture, wanted to get the order, so he transferred his skills to the south of Yanjing City with Wanhu and established a large camp. He himself was vaguely expected to replace Wanyan Yinshuke and become the new general manager of the Yanjing garrison.
Of course, in theory, no one should be afraid of such a prominent family.
However, he is not afraid of returning. After all, the leader of the Ulin clan, Ulin Dazammo, is a diplomat. His conduct is much better than that of his brothers. He just thought for a moment and interrupted the brother who was still complaining. Then he personally turned around and ordered his own soldiers to get out of the way.
What's interesting is that not long after we got out of the way, dozens of Jurchen armors actually rode past us, and without even looking at this group of Yanjing dignitaries, they overtook the horse halfway.
Everyone was completely stunned at first, but soon realized that the person who had just passed by was none other than Wen Dunsizhong, Wulin Dazammo's mortal enemy... With this person's character, qualifications, and identity as the fourth prince's confidant, it seemed that It would be unreasonable not to take this action when the Ulin clan's flag is in front.
However, unlike Wulin Taiyu who was furious and Zheng Xiunian who was trembling with fear, the other four people, namely Qin Hui, Hong Ya, Han Fang, and Wulin Dazanmo looked at each other again after they came to their senses.
Without him, Wen Dun Sizhong should not be in Yanjing - he has been in exile in Hezhong Prefecture for a full year.
If such a person returns to Yanjing at this time, he is afraid that something will happen to the court!
However, in a large public place, everyone's positions were not the same, and it was difficult to communicate. I could only suppress my surprises, force a smile, and arrive at the Chancellor's desk on time.
When we arrived here, we saw already a sea of people inside and outside the Chancellor's Terrace. There were densely packed ceremonial guards, soldiers, and flags, and the dignitaries of Yanjing could be seen everywhere.
Of course, the Qin Hui group did not have to wait outside at all. Instead, they abandoned their guards and entered the Shangshu Terrace. However, they went directly into the main hall of the Shangshu Terrace and paid homage to the king and two of the three ruling kings.
Immediately, the King of Jin led the Prime Minister of the Province Wanyan Yinliduo, and the King of Wei led the Prime Minister Wanyan Wushu to invite the lord of the country who was also in military uniform to come out of the palace.
The three uncles and nephews came to the outside of the palace and mounted their horses directly in the open space outside the palace. Then they all met with Deputy Provincial Minister Wanyan Xiyin, Deputy Privy Councilor Qin Hui, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Wuye, and Wanyan. Yan Pu family slaves, Wulin Dazanmo, Wulin Da Taiyu, Han Fang, Hong Ya... and so on, the Jurchen dignitaries, senior central officials, and even mid-level civil and military officials like Zheng Xiunian also mounted their horses and surrounded the three of them. , the emperor was slightly in front, and the two kings were half a horse behind, and they left the chancery together.
When they came outside, the leaders of various tribes, the dignitaries of Yanjing, and military officers at all levels who were waiting here drew their swords and brightened their swords, cheering for joy.
In the end, under the leadership of Yuqian Hezha Meng'an, they gradually became unified. First, they chanted together, may the Lord of the country live to be one hundred and twenty years old, and then prayed that His Highness the King of Jin and His Highness the King of Wei would be protected and live forever
Will not get hurt.
After struggling for a while, the two gangs quickly opened the way, and each family and tribe brought their own warriors to follow, and they all walked north along the main road in Yanjing City and left Yanjing City.
Then, the logistics team waiting outside the city followed up in time. At this time, Wulin Dataiyu also broke away from the team early, detoured to the west of the city, and took the five men who had been prepared long ago to catch up with the imperial driver and accompany them north.
It turned out that the former young king's birthday was in the early autumn, and once this birthday passed, he would have turned fifteen years old. Since he was fifteen years old, as the emperor of Jin who founded the country by force, he had to show some martial prowess.
And today, everyone is making such a fuss because they want to accompany the Great Jin Emperor on his first trip to the capital for autumn hunting.
In order to ensure the success of this autumn hunt, the King of Liao, who had half the nurturing grace of the king, the Taishi and the Duke and Prime Minister Wanyan Onben, led the remaining two Hezha Meng'an out of the customs early to make preparations.
Wanyan Yinliduo, the so-called prime minister of the provincial capital of the Jin Dynasty, also returned directly after leaving the city for ten miles.
Finally, King Wanyan Wushu of Wei assisted the king and led the huge autumn hunting team all the way north. Their first stop for this autumn hunting was not the old Jin Dynasty in the northeast.
Du Ningfu, or Liaoyang Prefecture, is the old capital of the Liao Kingdom, commonly known as the capital of Linhuang Prefecture in Shangjing.
It is also the hometown of Yelu Dashi.
In fact, this move is a kind of appropriate meaning in the question... In the past, the emperor of Liao Dynasty kept visiting the Jurchen leaders for the sake of the country's stability. Today, of course, the Jurchen emperor also wants to visit the Khitan leaders for the sake of the country's stability.
It's a matter of courtesy.
Especially now, considering that the Mongols to the west of Linhuang Mansion are increasingly active and growing, and even more so considering the strong diplomatic encirclement and alliance policy of the Zhao Guan family in the south, going here at this time should greatly frighten Hebule, the king of Eastern Mongolia.
As well as the Khitan tribes in Linhuang Prefecture, and those who are stuck between the Eastern Mongolian Alliance under Hebule and Linhuang Prefecture.
The autumn air was crisp, the reputation of the Jurchen armored cavalry was still there, and the military discipline was still there. In addition, this was the first time that the king had entered the army in uniform at the age of fifteen, which was of great political significance. Therefore, few people dared to cause trouble on the way north.
Come.
So within a few days, the imperial commander safely arrived in the Xinghua area (today's Chengde area), an important place outside the Great Wall, and stationed himself on the bank of the Luan River.
In the evening of that day, King Wei Wanyan Wushu presided over a "military meeting in front of the imperial court" and decided to abandon Dading Mansion in the northeast and march directly along the open area of the upper reaches of the Luan River to Linhuang Mansion... There are three reasons:
First, to prevent such a large team from entering the prosperous area and disturbing the people, especially the autumn harvest;
Secondly, the open area in the upper reaches of the Luan River is suitable for marching and hunting;
Thirdly, it is easier to scare the Mongols by walking to the west, and it is easier to scare the Khitans by quickly arriving at Linhuang Mansion.
What His Highness the King of Wei said is clear and logical. Who dares to object?
Naturally, they all passed.
You must know that since Wanyan Wushu withdrew from Xijing in embarrassment last year, many old-school dignitaries outside the Great Wall took the opportunity to criticize His Highness the King of Wei under the banner of tribal democracy... However, no one expected that not only did he always belong to
The generals of the East Route Army and the West Route Army who were direct descendants of the three Wanyan brothers also all supported Wanyan Wushu.
After pulling away from the speed, the generals of the West Route Army and the generals of the East Route Army wrote a letter to express their position. The general idea was that this time the King of Wei was not to blame, but the Zhao Song official opposite had always been a thoughtful person, and happened to catch the Jin Dynasty preparing to do so.
At the time of the strategic retreat, they took advantage of the opportunity when the Jin Kingdom was unable to make up its mind to cross the river and engage in a decisive battle, and launched a massive advance, making it seem as if the Song people on the opposite side had taken advantage of them.
In fact, those places are useless places that the country is ready to abandon.
The only problem is Xixia. They should have handed these useless pieces to Xixia and then secured their flanks, but Xixia tried to commit suicide and was too late to save them.
In short, His Highness the King of Wei did not make any mistakes, and the Western Route Army was still brave. It was just that his teammates were terrible and the opponent was too cunning.
Even Wanyan Wushu, who returned to Hedong, wrote a letter to express his approval of Wanyan Wushu... This is not incomprehensible, because Wanyan Wushu was originally there to solve the problem of splitting of living women, and he maintained his attitude throughout the process.
This is almost equivalent to pardoning the separatist behavior of living women several times.
Regarding this, although Wanyan Huonu didn't know what seven escapes and seven attempts were, she was somewhat convinced and grateful.
And since the East and West field armies have all expressed their support, those people outside the wall are arrogant and can't do anything. What's more, under the banner of tribal democracy, they also annoyed the young king and the new king who took advantage of the throne.
The superior local forces of Yanyun, as well as subordinates such as Qin Hui.
Therefore, after a lot of troubles, it was exactly the opposite of what those people thought, because the army and the local forces in the Yanyun area still had the support of Jiang Ren, and in addition, one of the three brothers, King Wanyan Yinliduo, became more and more convinced of Buddhism, and
Like Wanyan Lou's generation, his health gradually deteriorated, and King Wanyan Wushu's actual power rose instead of falling.
Turning back to that night, the military meeting passed without any surprise, and the central ministers naturally returned to their camps to rest.
But by this time, people such as Hong Ya and Zheng Xiunian were exhausted and fell down directly because they were not used to traveling long distances with the army.
However, Qin Hui, deputy envoy to the Privy Council, was an exception. He was nicknamed Qin Changjiao when he was young. Later, he had the experience of being captured by the North, which made him adapt to the rough and turbulent situation early. So after he returned, instead of resting, he aroused some of his emotions.
A servant guard, holding a lantern and a torch, patrolled the camp for a while... When he met someone who was in need of something, he always tried to find a way to help; when he met someone who was wronged on the road, he couldn't help but comfort him a little...
After a round, we can all talk about it with Jurchens, Yanyun Haner, Bohai people, Xi people, and Khitan people.
However, after the inspection, when he returned to his tent, Qin Xianggong was shocked to find that someone had come to his tent waiting for him early, and he must have been waiting for a long time.
That's right, the person who came was none other than the most powerful King of Jin and Wei in the world, the Prime Minister Wanyan Wushu.
"Mr. Qin, have you read all the newspapers from the south?"
Wanyan Wushu, who was reading the newspaper, sat unceremoniously on Qin Hui's couch. He raised his head when he heard the noise, and his beardless white face faced Qin Hui under the light.
"Of course the official has seen it."
Facing Wanyan Wushu, who was becoming more and more imposing, Qin Hui carefully raised his hand, and then calmly but somewhat cautiously sat on a horse on the opposite side of his bed.
"What did Qin Xianggong think?" Wu Shu put down his newspaper and asked seriously.
"The official thinks that although the official in the south is a heroic leader, he is a little too anxious. This time, many things are actually a bit cunning and not like what a wise king would do..." Qin Hui looked sincere.
"What is a trick?" Wu Shu continued to ask seriously.
"The so-called deception means taking shortcuts through deceit." Qin Huizhi was still sincere.
"Is this a trick?" Wu Shu pointed at the bedside table with his finger, but still couldn't follow up.
"Of course it is." Qin Huizhi insisted. "For the sake of 30 million guan, you will do whatever you can. How can it not be a trick?"
Wu Shu frowned slightly but said nothing.
And probably seeing what Wu Shu was thinking, the Qin Prime Minister took the initiative to explain: "However, these things in the Di newspaper are only deception to the Zhao Guan family, because after all, he is the emperor of a great country, commanding hundreds of millions.
For the people, if it is done by others, it cannot be considered a treacherous way... Even here, only if the king of the country does it when he is an adult, it can be considered a treacherous way."
Wu Shu raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded slowly, but he still had some doubts: "Does the emperor of a great country have to be as upright and upright as he conducts his military duties?"
"That's right." Qin Hui didn't hesitate at all. "Because the most important thing for an emperor of a great country is his identity as emperor. With this identity, the most important thing is for everyone in the world to recognize this identity... For example, the Zhao Guan family used to be in a hurry in Jingkang.
He was at a loss, almost like a lost dog, but once he did something, Li Gang, Lu Haowen, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun all followed him, killing Huang Qian like a fly, Liu Guangshi like a chicken... Why? It's not because he is a big man.
Song Guan family, the majestic emperor! Everyone recognizes his identity!"
Wu Shu nodded repeatedly: "I understand what Huizhi means... The Song Dynasty is too big, with too many scholars and people, and its own strength is too mixed. If you want to mobilize its strength to do things, no method can be as good as his official family in the long run.
Identity is useful, so maintaining prestige is the most reasonable and appropriate way...and these actions of his are selling his private property, robbing maritime business, and forcing the envoys to be bullied by Jin Fushi from Goryeo.
Although forced buying and selling can raise some money quickly, it actually hurts the prestige. In the long run, the gains outweigh the losses, is this what you mean?"
"King Wei Mingjian." Qin Hui nodded quickly.
"But what if he made these 30 million strings in a short period of time, and then directly launched the Northern Expedition, and finally the Northern Expedition was completed?" Wu Shu suddenly frowned and said. "His current emperor's prestige is mostly gained on the battlefield.
Right? After spending some, exchange for some money, and fight again, if we win again, wouldn’t we not have to think about long-term prestige?”
"What the King of Wei said is absolutely true." Qin Hui seemed to have expected this question, but he twisted his beard and asked back. "But what if he loses? Doesn't he have to return the money with profits?"
"So, we still have to find out on the battlefield?" Wu Shu frowned even more. "But why do I feel that Qin Xianggong said everything but said nothing?"
"The King of Wei is joking." Qin Hui quickly shook his head and smiled bitterly after hearing this. "Xiaguan is already on the reward list in the south. He shares the honor and disgrace with Dajin, so why bother to fight with the King of Wei again? In comparison, Xiaguan has a lot of trouble.
I want to ask His Highness the King of Wei... His Highness has always known the military. I would like to ask His Highness whether it is better for the Song army to cross the river earlier, when the fighting strength is weaker, or later, when the fighting strength is stronger? Is it better?
Your Majesty, don’t you want the other side to come earlier?”
Wanyan Wushu actually remained silent for this seemingly simple answer, and then remained silent for a long time.
After a long time, the King of Wei, the ruling king of Jin Dynasty, slowly spoke on the couch: "To be honest, I was bent on reforming the military system before and wanted to make the Jurchen soldiers return to their former strength, but these days, I am trying to do this
Only then did I realize that I had to do many other things first, and it involved too much... And the south was so forced, and I really had a moment or two of hesitation... You said, if I try hard to change it, I can't change it, which makes people panic.
As a result, the south side crossed the river, wouldn't it be self-defeating? And if I don't change it, and watch the south side getting stronger and stronger, while my own family becomes more and more stupid, wouldn't I just sit back and wait for death?"
"Fourth Prince, this is a situation where big countries are fighting to the death. If there is even the slightest mistake, it will be catastrophic... Please throw away the idea of big gold running rampant in the world to ask for everything." Qin Hui changed his title at the right time. "There is a similar situation in the south.
What a difficult situation! This time you and Cangzhou Zhao Jiu are actually facing each other fairly!"
Wu Shu was slightly startled.
Qin Hui also lowered his voice and became completely serious: "Besides, where can we think about what will happen in three years now? The current situation is that the official in the south is as always, whether it is deceitful or righteous, he will get things done against all odds.
Go down! And what will happen to the Fourth Prince? Are you just waiting here?"
Wu Shu finally took a long breath, but he replied with a sigh: "Why are you waiting? Although I hesitated in my heart, I watched it and didn't dare to stop... The army in the south was going to expand, so I set up a plan
I signed an army as a reserve, and also tried to recruit Jurchens born outside the Great Wall to establish a new army; the south wanted an alliance, so I also sent envoys to Eastern Mongolia, and summoned Goryeo envoys to counterattack; the south wanted to send troops to suppress Jiangnan Taoism, and I
So I prepared this autumn hunt to suppress the rear; with so many tricks to build wealth in the south, I was also prepared to grit my teeth and clean up the increasingly bad Meng'an in the two rivers, and plot to defeat... In the end, after returning from Xijing, I
Don’t dare to hesitate for a moment, don’t dare to be comfortable for a moment!”
Qin Hui nodded repeatedly: "We all see King Wei's hard work."
When Wanyan Wushu saw this, he finally stopped waiting and stood up directly to say: "Mr. Qin has worked hard, please rest early... I am forbidden to bring maids with you, so please don't take offense to Mr. Qin!"
Qin Hui immediately smiled bitterly as he stood up: "Even if the King of Wei allows him to bring a maid, how can he bring her with her?"
Wanyan Wushu, who had already stood up, was slightly startled, but he remembered something, so he stopped saying anything and went out directly with his hands behind his hands. Qin Hui followed closely behind, preparing to see him off.
However, when he was about to leave the tent, Wu Shu suddenly looked back at the Prime Minister and responded calmly: "Qin Xianggong, I am afraid that this autumn hunting will be quite strenuous... Now your family business is quite big, I will give you twenty
You are a soldier, you can keep him under your tent."
Qin Hui was startled for a moment, then realized something, and then immediately lowered his head and answered.
The autumn wind gradually picked up in July, and the night was uneventful.
PS: Thanks to the hero boss in the dream for the reward, and also to the boss in the future for the reward. Maybe the boss in the future has been giving rewards, and unknowingly, he has become a silver cute. I am very grateful.