After the end of the spring of the tenth year of Jianyan, most of the people in the world, from south to north, from east to west, from Mongolia to Goryeo, from Khitan to the Jurchens themselves, seemed to have reached a consensus.
That is, the Kingdom of Jin was actually dead.
The ten-year war between Song and Jin has ended.
However, the end of this war, or the so-called landmark event of the fall of the Jin Kingdom, is bound to be debated endlessly.
Some people say that the Kingdom of Jin was a tribal alliance and was founded by military force. Therefore, on the third day of February, when Zhao Guanjia ordered the entire army to attack, the country was effectively destroyed.
Others say that the reason why the Jin Kingdom was regarded as a serious country was because it entered the Han area and changed certain Han systems. Only with the establishment of the system can people's hearts have an explanation. Therefore, the Jurchens gave up Yanjing and the so-called nation came together.
Escape from the Han Dynasty and return to the outside world is a sign of the Jin Kingdom's demise.
Of course, some people say that Wanyan Wushu went south to Cangzhou and was beheaded by Zhao Guan's family without saying a word. This was the sign of the fall of the Jin Kingdom... because Wanyan Wushu itself was an internal weapon of the Jin Kingdom.
The last all-round supreme ruler with strategic vision, military experience, and political experience, he was also the actual commander-in-chief of the Jin army in the later stages of the Song-Jin war.
However, considering that the Jin Kingdom still has thousands of miles of land outside the Great Wall, there are still six major and two hundred small Jurchen tribes, a certain amount of military reserves and countless gold and silver goods, and more importantly, they still have a king and a ruling party.
The prince, two ministers, several ministers, several generals... all kinds of things... Therefore, there are still some people who pursue procedural justice who think that the Kingdom of Jin has not yet been destroyed, and the Song-Jin war has not ended yet.
At the end of March and early April, as Lu Yihao returned to Yanjing surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers, the governor of Hebei became the central protagonist of this stage of the Northern Expedition. Han Shizhong, the king of Qin who took the lead, took the initiative to give up his position as the former Shangshu of Liao.
Taiwan, and Governor Lu immediately established the temporary Governor's Mansion here, and carried out a lot of work in accordance with various previous decrees, and countless administrative orders were immediately issued from here.
The Zhao Guan family, who left the Yellow River and slowly headed north along the coastline, also cooperated in issuing orders throughout the process, and almost all Yanjing's requests were granted.
Yanshan Road was re-established, and the new strategic envoy was undoubtedly Lu Yihao; Datong Road was officially established, and Ren Baozhong and others formally appointed their own strategic envoys; while Tokyo had three offices: Hedong Road, Hebei East Road, and Hebei West Road.
The proposals of the envoys were all rejected, and military control continued in the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.
This last point has caused some waves in Tokyo and local official circles, and they are getting bigger and bigger.
Because soon, as countless appointment and dismissal documents were issued directly from the Governor's Office in Yanjing, the surrendered officials in the entire area north of the Yellow River began to be formally selected based on their performance in spring plowing. About 40% of them were able to retain their posts, and
Those Jinshi who accompanied the army to inspect the spring plowing, those who participated in the Northern Expedition for consultation, and educated officers in the army also began to transfer to local places in large numbers.
This means that the Tokyo officialdom has hardly obtained the most expected gains from this Northern Expedition.
However, the interesting thing is here. The emotions that should have been filled with anger and dissatisfaction are obviously mixed with some fear and fear... Moreover, this fearful emotion seems to be far greater than dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction.
anger.
To put it bluntly, it took ten years to achieve success, and according to the current understanding of the times, the high-ranking official family naturally received and enjoyed the greatest share of credit and prestige.
Now, in this feudal empire with a strong Confucian flavor, no one can question this official family anymore. In the times and history, and in the direction of power, he, Cangzhou Zhao Jiu, has become an anchor-like existence.
In Tokyo and Hebei, civil servants and generals only have to worry about being abandoned by officials, but they have no right to be angry or dissatisfied.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the Zhao Guan family was so unscrupulous and allowed Yanjing to usurp the power and responsibilities of Tokyo, but he himself did not even show his face, just went along the river and the sea, doing some ridiculous things.
On the third day of April, the Zhao Guan family who really worshiped their ancestors in Cangzhou continued northward into the territory of Yanjing Prefecture. At this time, Yanjing included most of Tianjin in later generations. After arriving at Lishui, he immediately issued an order to abolish the name of Daming Prefecture Beijing and change Yanjing to Beijing.
, At the same time, with Yue Fei as the commander and Yelu Benjian as his deputy, he took charge of the armies of Eastern Mongolia and Goryeo. They went out of the fortress to pursue the leader of the Jin Kingdom, arrived in Liao Dynasty, and swept away the outside of the fortress.
At this time, everyone finally knew that the Zhao Guan family had given the King of Jin the last mercy after Wu Shu's death, and that the eldest prince, Wanyan Oben, had to die.
After death, you can give the Jurchen another chance and come over to listen to the terms.
"Then Wanyan Wushu knelt down all afternoon, not even daring to beg for fire, and this is what happened in the end?"
In the city of Yanjing, in Taichung, the Minister of Secretariat, King Han Shizhong of Qin suddenly let go after reading the relevant documents after several cases, and then turned around and smiled at the people around him. "If Wanyan Onben dies, we will have to blackmail Lu Guan and Ta Lan to take the throne. When the time comes,
Isn’t it true that the Kingdom of Jin can deal with it however it wants?”
"Not only that."
King Xing, Ma Kuo, shook his head in response. "Now that the Jin Kingdom has abandoned the Yanyun clan and left for the fortress, if there is still a court structure, it is that Wanyan Onben decided with one word, but the strength of the army has been divided.
The direct lineage of the Wanyan clan and other Jurchen tribes... The official’s original intention is to continue to dissect the body, force out trouble, and remove the Wanyan clan from within the Jin Kingdom."
"If that's the case, Jin Guozhen will perish from the inside to the root." Han Shizhong sighed inexplicably.
"Wouldn't it be better to die together from the inside out to the roots?"
At this moment, Lu Yihao's voice suddenly came from outside the palace. The generals below Han Shizhong looked back, and sure enough they saw Governor Lu, who had looked much clearer these days, walking in on crutches, followed by Hu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Yin, Hu Mingzhong, Fan Zongyin, Yu Yunwen and other civil servants came forward to greet and salute one after another.
Not surprisingly, Lu Yihao treated Han Shizhong, Ma Kuo and others with courtesy, and then he calmly turned to the main seat and waited until the governor directly opened the documents that had been placed on the case.
, wrote and gave instructions, Han and Hu, civil and military officials, all sat down one after another, and then continued the topic just now.
"Where did Lu Xianggong go?" Han Shizhong sighed while holding his belt. "I was just thinking about Wanyan Wushu's appearance before his death...According to what Cheng Min told me when he came back, I thought Wanyan Wushu was as dignified as
The ruling prince of the country knelt in front of the official's house for half a day, not daring to say a word, not even daring to invite him in person... He said he didn't want to invite him, but he didn't dare to invite him... It's really ridiculous!"
"What's so funny? Isn't that human nature?"
Hu Yin responded casually with an expressionless face. "I feel a little dissatisfied, and I still have the guts to regard death as home, so I don't want to beg for food, and I don't want to humble myself and ask for mercy on behalf of the Jin Kingdom... But after all, he came to ask for surrender when he was at the end of his rope, and he wanted to surrender."
He risked his own life in exchange for a chance of survival, so he didn't dare to say anything superfluous, for fear that if something bad happened, even his own life would be the result of the in vain... He was so afraid of the future of the Kingdom of Jin that he didn't dare to hear it.
situation."
"really."
Ma Kuo nodded heavily. "If that's the case, the officials actually understand Wu Shu's intentions and are just waiting for Wu Shu to speak..."
"Waiting for more than an hour?"
Lu Yihao turned over some documents on the desk in front of him and suddenly sneered. "You are both a prince and a minister, so this is what you know?"
Ma Kuo immediately shut up, and both Han and Hu were helpless. Even Fan Zongyin and others who were about to speak up were silent... Of course they knew that Lu Yihao had no ill intentions, he was just used to it... But fortunately for them, they were still in the Northern Expedition.
In the final stage, if Wang Yan were here, if it were normal, a pair of enemies would appear in just one sentence.
"What do you think Mr. Lu Xianggong thinks about the officials?"
After a while, Han Shizhong spoke again with a sense of ownership... After all, although the other party was the father-in-law and the governor, he was old and in poor health and needed respect, but at this point, he really didn't
Fear the other person.
"What worries can the officials have?"
Lu Yihao continued to read the documents and shook his head in response. "It's nothing more than knowing Wu Shu's thoughts from the beginning. As you said, he was prepared to wait for a while, but then after waiting for a long time, he got emotional again and became indifferent to the other party.
Second, I became afraid of the future..."
Hearing the last words, Hu Yin's heart moved slightly, but everyone else was stunned.
"What are the officials afraid of?" Han Shizhong was startled and then panicked inexplicably.
"What are you afraid of, Your Highness the King of Qin, Marshal Han, and the courageous officials?" Lu Yihao suddenly raised his head and stared at the number one military minister with a half-smile.
Han Shizhong immediately held his belt and raised his chest and laughed: "Look at what Lu Xianggong said, how come you are even afraid of me?"
But after laughing, for some reason, Han Shizhong became even more flustered, and even his smile gradually disappeared.
"What can you be afraid of?"
Lu Yihao picked up the pen and continued to read the instructions, and then continued to shake his head. "He is an extremely human minister, the best in the world, and the King of Qin is not enough. He has to add a county prince to his brothers in the army... This is not enough to make people fearful."
Heartfelt?"
Han Shizhong hesitated to speak, Ma Kuo also woke up slightly, and even Fan Zongyin, Yu Yunwen and others also bowed their heads.
Lu Yihao also continued to mutter and rambled on:
"Moreover, in addition to worldly wealth and honor, there are also meritorious deeds and fame, as well as those things like watching swordsmanship while drunk..."
"You, Han Liangchen, have also read books, and you should know that if the history of the Song Dynasty is compiled in the future, you Han Shizhong will probably have to write a separate biography. If there are two books about the Southern Song Dynasty and a book about the Northern Song Dynasty, then you will not be able to be ranked in the list of biographies in the book about the Northern Song Dynasty.
Three miles..."
"Top five at most..." Han Shizhong couldn't help but interjected.
"The top five will be the top five." Lu Yihao said unconcernedly. "But no matter the top three or the top five, can such wealth and fame really be properly maintained until death?
“You don’t know how much money you have in your belly?
"What should I do if my descendants cause trouble, if I fail to keep up with the officialdom in the next thirty years... and end up with no guarantee of survival?
"It's so cold at high places... King Qin, Marshal Han, are you really not afraid?"
Han Shizhong wanted to interrupt at first, but in the end he remained silent for a while. Then he slowly put down his hand holding the belt, caressed his knees and said for a moment: "Ms. Lu said clearly, how can Shizhong not be afraid?"
After hearing this, Yu Yunwen, who arrived here the day before yesterday to deliver the order, buried his head even lower.
"Look...you are afraid of the results of your meritorious service. What about the officials? The results of the official achievements are as important as Mount Tai? How can you not be afraid?" Yu Yunwen was afraid, but some people were not afraid. Lu Yihao looked at him calmly without raising his head.
Just treat it as commonplace language.
Little did they know that several of the most respected civil and military ministers in the palace, as well as scribes and other middle-level officials, had long held their breath and concentrated, not daring to make any unnecessary noise.
"But I am afraid of leaving the official family. What are the official family afraid of?" Han Shizhong paused for a moment and took the initiative to ask. He became really curious.
"The officials are also afraid of being separated from you." Hu Yin suddenly interrupted. "Too close will cause trouble, and too far away will cause suspicion, which will make the emperor and his ministers uneasy... Therefore, if the officials do something crazy one day, don't do it.
Being suspicious, it's hard to say that he just lost his mind due to fear."
"Indeed." Ma Kuo seemed to have remembered something, but he sighed for a moment. "Some things are destined to be unclear...and three hundred thousand imperial troops are still a bit too much. I'm afraid it will still hurt after what happened to the Kingdom of Jin."
Determined.”
Han Shizhong also nodded slightly.
"This has been true since ancient times." Fan Zongyin couldn't hold back. "There are rumors below...that the King of Qin, King of Jin or King of Wei may want to take over the Prime Minister and enter the Secret Pavilion. The title of Marshal is a saying. The King of Zhenrong County
, the three princes of Longde County and Longxi County seem to have some opinions as well."
This statement directly caused a lot of noise in the palace.
"You guys underestimate the officials too much." Lu Yihao allowed the chaos in the palace to be chaotic for a while, and just lowered his head to deal with the last remaining document. He waited until the instructions were completed, put down his pen, and then spoke with emotion in the audience. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone in the palace burst into laughter.
The whole thing became quiet. "Of course the officials are also afraid of not being able to maintain the friendship between the monarch and his subjects, but aren't they afraid of how to govern and how to deal with the two rivers separately from Tokyo? If they are not afraid, how will they deal with the devastated land of Hebei? What if they are not afraid?
Explain to Dongnan that we should wait until Hebei is stabilized and the Jin Kingdom is destroyed before adding more wealth? If you are not afraid, why should you hide and build the Yellow River?"
"Repair the Yellow River..." Han Shizhong followed half a sentence, as if he didn't react.
"Building the Yellow River... means being so afraid that you dare not face anything, because building the Yellow River will definitely not go wrong." Lu Yihao explained seriously. "It's just like the officials used to raise fish and mulberry seeds in the harem... raising fish and mulberry seeds.
, it will definitely not go wrong.”
"Isn't this a bit...unbelievable?" Ma Kuo also became a little uneasy.
"What's so incredible?"
Lu Yihao glanced at several people. "There are several husbands and ministers who have been with the official family for a long time. There are quite a few who know what the official family means. Haven't you seen that Hu Shangshu has been silent for a long time?"
Everyone looked at Hu Yin in surprise, and became even more awe-struck when they saw that the other party had no intention of refuting.
"From the very beginning, the officials were afraid of doing things. It was just that the situation was such that they could not do anything... This was the nightmare caused by the Jingkang Incident, when the officials had to take on the responsibility of the world... It has always been like this!
" At this point, Lu Yihao was thoughtful. "I have always thought that the official family did not lose their memory at all about the Mingdao Palace incident that day. It was just that after they plucked up the courage, they needed an explanation to convince the world! After all, although the official family is the emperor,
But it’s also a mortal body...it’s very hard.”
No one refuted it, because after ten years, no one believed the story about Zhao Guan's family's amnesia. Even Lu Yihao's statement was a consensus between the people and the officialdom. However, this matter ultimately involved the official family, and everyone was always uncomfortable with it.
That's all for saying it openly, but if we communicate privately, even the people in Tokyo might think this is too much.
However, Tao Lai at this time did provide circumstantial evidence that the Zhao Guan family has always been afraid of doing things, afraid of taking responsibility, and afraid of dealing with chaotic situations.
Even Hu Yin fell into almost confused memories... This was not to say that Hu Mingzhong had other ideas, but that he suddenly realized that he was actually afraid of some things just like the officials back then.
"I know that you have concerns, but I am an old man waiting to die, so you don't have to worry about it, and the officials will not argue with me about this." Lu Yihao looked around at the reactions of the people around him, and suddenly laughed. "Besides, I also
There are more crazy things to do... Do you think I invited you here today just to chat?"
Han Shizhong and Ma Kuo stood up quickly. Hu Yin, who had come to his senses, stood up in no hurry. Fan Zongyin hesitated before standing up, and then Yu Yunwen quickly followed.
"Marshal Han... there is something that the officials want to do, but are afraid of getting their hands dirty. I also want to do it, but don't care. I wonder if you care?" Lu Yihao responded with a smile.
"Ms. Lu ordered." Han Shizhong looked a little embarrassed and quickly handed over his hand.
"Ransack homes and kill people."
Lu Yihao spoke calmly. "I have all the city defenses and checkpoints in Yanyun Prefectures... The local wealthy families are either the Jiedu envoys of the late Tang Dynasty or the governors of the Five Dynasties and the remnant Tang Dynasty. Every family has a foundation that has been established for hundreds of years, and every one of them
They all have private soldiers and countless domestic servants, and they may even have hidden ordnance... But now that military merit is required to confer farmland, it’s just the other four roads. Where can the farmland come from here on Yanshan Road? Moreover, the two rivers are in ruins. They need to be compensated and the rivers must be restored.
, money and food are never too much!”
Han Shizhong suddenly woke up, and Hu Yin wanted to speak for a moment, but did not speak.
"First, he pointed out the affairs of the New Army and asked them to hand over their weapons, then inspected the land, checked the hidden population, released the slaves, and finally, in the name of rebellion, cleaned up all the big families..." Lu Yihao glanced at Hu Mingzhong in the seat.
, and then continued. "As long as someone among them dares to make any dissatisfaction, you will directly send troops to dig out their hundreds of years of wealth from the root!"
"Don't worry, Xianggong Lu."
Han Liangchen hurriedly patted his chest. "Since the officials and the husband have this intention, is Shizhong still afraid of losing his reputation?"
"Master Dao, Hu Shangshu and the others will have to work hard on the land inspection." Lu Yihao then looked at the theoretical owner of this matter again. "I will do the final inspection myself."
Hu Yin nodded hard.
"General Manager Ma." Lu Yihao finally looked at Ma Kuo. "There are quite a lot of military supplies captured in Yanjing and Fanyang... You have to work harder to support Marshal Yue in his march to capture Liao."
"This is natural." Ma Kuo certainly had nothing to say about this task.
"I have one more personal matter, please ask Bachelor Yu for help."
With that said, Lu Yihao suddenly stood up on crutches, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Yunwen who was hiding behind Fan Zongyin. "You can tell King Wei privately for me, and I won't come forward...ask him to send someone to Jinzhou."
...either Peach Blossom Island or Juehua Island, Juehua Island... Anyway, they will capture Yao Shi Guo and me who fled to the island after hearing my message... They say that I don't leave any grudges overnight, but I have already recorded this matter ten times.
It’s been two years! It’s hard to let me, the Governor of Hebei Province, live in peace, right?”
Yu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, then immediately bowed his head and responded: "This is a simple matter... Please wait patiently for the good news."
Lu Yihao nodded with satisfaction.
Two days later, Yue Fei, who had already left Yuguan, received the oral instructions from Zhao Guan's family behind him through the Chixin Team. Without much hesitation, he stopped by the roadside and summoned the two of them temporarily: "Guo Jin, Yang Zaixing...here
The matter needs to be explained to the emperor. You two have been to the emperor, so I will leave this matter to you. It is enough to bring two people with you... Deputy Commander Li Bao will send a ship to pick you up! Try to capture them alive!"
The military order has been issued, and with the strictness with which Yue Fei governs the army, although Guo and Yang do not want to go to Lao Shizi Juhua Island and Taohua Island, they have nothing to say if they go.