Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 453 Is Li Yan really a courtier of your Song Kingdom (please subscribe!)
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Helu and Dadiwu left Jinguo in the first month, arrived in Dengzhou in February, and came to Tokyo in May. After that, they were almost always under house arrest in Tongwenguan.

Until August, no one talked to them about the attack on Liao from the north to the south, and no one explained to them what happened to Li Yan, so that He Lu was so anxious that his mouth got sores and his nose bleed several times.

It wasn't until the end of August that Zhao Ji called Helu and Dadiwu over and said, "The two countries are friendly, and everything remains the same. It's just the covenant. There are still some details that need to be confirmed."

As soon as He Lu heard it, he knew that what Zhao Ji was talking about was the peace, Luan and Ying three states in Houshan Kyushu.

Speaking of this matter, Zhao Ji and his ministers were very depressed!

At the beginning, when Zhao Liangsi was on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, he told Cai Jing and Tong Guan: "Liangsi will do his best to fight for the interests of our Song Dynasty, but Liangsi has a request."

Cai Jing asked: "What request? But it doesn't matter."

Zhao Liangsi said: "Liangsi asked to bring the credentials to go, so as to show formality and importance."

Before that, the State of Song had sent someone to contact the State of Jin, but Zhao Ji felt that the so-called State of Jin was a group of barbarians who could not be compared with the Great Song, so he issued a very good edict to Wanyan Agu, and Wanyan Agu beat him up Angry, he detained the envoys of Song State.

Zhao Liangsi didn't want to be detained by the Jinren, so he asked Cai Jing and Tong Guan for the credentials.

Tong Guan said: "It's too early to use the credential for the Jurchens. You should go and see the situation this time. If you really need it, it's not too late to use the credential next time."

Zhao Liangsi respected Tong Guan very much, seeing what Tong Guan said, he had no choice but to remain silent.

Cai Jing said: "It's not a good way to talk about it out of thin air. In my opinion, it's better to ask the emperor to write a letter. You take the letter with you, so the credibility is higher."

Tong Guan praised: "There are still many clever tricks by the grand master."

Soon, Zhao Ji issued an edict to appoint Zhongfeng doctor Youwendian Xiuzhuan Zhao Liangsi to act as the envoy on behalf of Chaofeng doctor, and Zhongxun Lang Wanghuan as the deputy envoy, and crossed the sea from Dengzhou to the Kingdom of Jin.

They still claimed to the outside world that they went to Liaodong only to buy horses.

When Zhao Liangsi went to Jurchen that time, he did not bring the letter of credence or imperial edict, but only a letter written by Zhao Ji's imperial pen.

The imperial pen letter wrote: "According to Yanjing and Guanzhou City, it was originally Han land. If you promise to restore the old days, you will hand over the Khitan silver silk to your Jin Kingdom in the future. Although you have no national trust, you must not lie."

Zhao Liangsi and his party embarked on a boat from Dengzhou, crossed Bohai Bay and arrived at Suzhou Pass in Liaodong. From here, they planned to take a horse to Azhichuan on the bank of Lailiushui River to visit Wanyan Aguda.

Gao Guobao, the guardian of Suzhou, said to Zhao Liangsi: "You don't have to go to Azhichuan. Your Majesty is in Xianzhou at this time. You can go there directly."

Zhao Liangsi then changed his itinerary and went straight to Xianzhou.

When Zhao Liangsi and his entourage arrived in Xianzhou, Wanyan Aguda had already led his army to leave—at that time, the Jin army was fighting in three ways to attack Shangjing, the capital of the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Liangsi and his party chased after him at full speed, and finally caught up with Wanyan Aguda on Qingniu Mountain.

A few days later, Zhao Liangsi followed Wanyan Aguda to a hillside in the south of Shangjing.

The name of that mountain is Longgang, surrounded by mountains surrounded by flying birds, pines, forests and seas are lush and lush. Standing on the top of the mountain feels refreshing.

Looking at Shangjing City not far away from Longgang, Zhao Liangsi was full of emotions—he was familiar with that city, and he had visited it many times when he was an official in the Liao Kingdom.The vicissitudes of time and the landscape have changed, and the city is still full of things and people.He didn't expect that he would come here again as the envoy of Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Aguda said to Zhao Liangsi: "Come down the mountain with me now, see how I use my troops, and then choose to stay."

Wanyan Aguda rode down the mountain to come before the battle in person, and ordered the soldiers to beat drums to cheer them on.

All of a sudden, the horns and drums sounded in unison.

I saw the cavalry on golden and iron horses roaring away, and then the infantry rushed forward like waves.

The siege began in the morning, and before noon, the general Jiamu led the army to climb up the city wall and conquered the outer city. Shangjing stayed in Dabuye and then led the remnant army to surrender.

Zhao Liangsi was terrified when he saw it, he never expected that the Jurchen could fight so well!
Afterwards, Wanyan Aguda formally received Zhao Liangsi in the big tent of the military camp.

Zhao Liangsi briefly explained the proposition of the Great Song Dynasty. He said: "The Yanjing area was originally Han land, and it was occupied by Khitan in the Five Dynasties. Now, our country wants to join forces with your country to attack Liao. Your country will take the Zhongjing area, and I will take Yan. Beijing area, I wonder what your country thinks?"

Wanyan Aguda said: "Khitan has no way, and I have already defeated it. It stands to reason that all the states and cities of Khitan should belong to me, and they are all my family's fields. Han, so I promise to give Yanjing to you."

Zhao Liangsi said: "The Khitan is at the end of its fortunes. If we attack from the north to the south, what if it doesn't die? It is very good that your country agrees to form an alliance. From today onwards, neither of our two countries can make peace with the Khitan."

Wanyan Aguda was extremely shrewd, he knew the meaning of Zhao Liangsi's words very well, so he said bluntly: "Our two families have reached an agreement, how can I make peace with Khitan again?"

Hearing this, Zhao Liangsi was very happy, and said: "Today's agreement, although there is no oath, but it has the proof of heaven, so we cannot repent."

Wanyan Agu said: "As the witness of the gods, I will never repent."

Having received Wanyan Aguda's promise, Zhao Liangsi was in a good mood, and wrote a poem: The old stele of Jianguo was darkened, and the old place of Xingwang was dry in the wild.Turning around and laughing, he called you the prince, and rode on the horse and followed the chariot to Yuluan.

After the dinner, Zhao Liangsi and Wanyan Aguda returned to the military camp and began to discuss specific matters.

At this time, Zhao Liangsi and his party learned that what Zhao Ji wrote by himself was Yanjing and Guanzhou City.

According to the literal meaning, as long as the Song State only needs Yanjing (Youzhou, near Beijing in later generations), Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Tanzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, and Jizhou, it will be located between the front and back of the Taihang Mountains. Including Confucian states, there are only eight states.

This is completely different from what Zhao Ji Junchen wanted in his heart.

What Zhao Ji and his ministers wanted was the entire land of Yanyun.

And the entire Yanyun land, a total of nineteen states, is divided into three parts.

The first part is the Kyushu behind the Taihang Mountains, namely Yunzhou (Liaoxijing, later Datong, Shanxi), Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Guizhou, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Weizhou and Confucianism.

The second part is Yanjing and the six prefectures under its jurisdiction, which are Youzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Tanzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, and Jizhou. In addition, Moerzhou, not counting Yizhou and Jingzhou, was ceded by Shi Jingtang to Khitan at the beginning. After historical changes, Ying, Moerzhou (and Ningzhou) were actually recovered by Zhou Shizong Chai Rong. The Song State inherited these two prefectures and established a defense line based on these two prefectures. Although Yizhou was not dedicated to the Liao State by Shi Jingtang, but later the Jin Dynasty sent Sun Fangjian to Yizhou and attached it to Khitan. Since then Khitan has always maintained its occupation of Yizhou, and Jingzhou was not donated by Shi Jingtang (the Khitan had already occupied Jingzhou at that time), but Jingzhou was originally Han territory and belonged to the Great Wall. Therefore, the current seven prefectures in front of the mountain should be Yan Seven states: Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Tanzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, and Jizhou.

The third part is the three states of Pingzhou, Luanzhou, and Yingzhou, that is, Pingzhou Road in Liaoguo.

These three parts are equivalent to three passages leading to the Central Plains.

Although the first channel can also lead to the Central Plains area, because there are dangerous passes such as Chenjiagu, Yanmen Pass, and Feihukou on this channel, as well as natural dangers in the Hedong area, as well as the powerful Western Army's defense, so the nine behind the mountain In fact, the strategic value of these states is slightly inferior. To put it bluntly, it doesn’t matter if the Song State can’t get these nine states. As long as the Song State can manage the Hedong area well, it will be difficult for the Hu people to enter the Central Plains through this channel.

The second channel is the most important. As long as the Hu people occupy these seven states and want to enter the Central Plains, it is easy, and as long as they pass through the defense area of ​​the Song Army (Ying, Moerzhou, Xiongzhou, and Bazhou) In front of it is the plain of Yimapingchuan. If you ride a horse, you will reach the edge of the Yellow River in one or two days. Can the emperors not want to regain the Yanjing area?

In addition to the first two passages, the Pingzhou Road formed by the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying can also lead to the Central Plains, but this passage has a few more passes than the second passage.

Although these three roads can all enter the Central Plains, there are several dangerous passes on each of them.

If all these three roads can be regained, and supplemented by elite soldiers and prudent generals, as long as there are no problems within the Han people, the Hu people will not be able to enter the Central Plains, and the Han people will not be harassed by the Hu people.

but!

Although Zhao Ji's artistic level is extremely high, his geographical knowledge is seriously lacking. He only knows that the Yanyun area is important, but he doesn't know why the Yanyun area is important, let alone that the Yanyun area is actually divided into three parts. Guanzhou City includes these nineteen states.

What's terrible is that Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously and didn't discuss it with the ministers, so he wrote this imperial pen handbook with huge loopholes to Zhao Liangsi.

What's more terrible is that this is a private letter written by Zhao Ji to Wanyan Aguda. Zhao Liangsi didn't know the content of it before, so he didn't prepare at all.

It must be said that Zhao Liangsi's reaction was fairly quick, and he immediately said on the spot: "There are sixteen prefectures in the Han area around Yanjing, including the nine prefectures under the jurisdiction of Xijing."

Wanyan Aguda was very generous because at that time he felt that Yundi was still the territory of Liao Kingdom and had nothing to do with their Jin Kingdom, so he said: "It is said that Ah Shi (the nickname of Emperor Tianzuo) fled to Xijing. After I capture Ah Shi, Xijing and the prefectures and counties it belongs to are easy to talk about."

Seeing that Wanyan Aguda was so eloquent, Zhao Liangsi immediately went further and said: "There are also Pingzhou, Luanzhou, and Yingzhou, which also belong to the scope of Yanjing Han."

Just as Wanyan Aguda was about to open his mouth, the translator Gao Qingyi preemptively said to Zhao Liangsi in Chinese: "Today we mainly discuss the areas under the jurisdiction of Yanjing. Xijing Road and Pingzhou Road are the other two roads, which are not under the jurisdiction of Yanjing."

Wanyan Aguda was so shrewd, he immediately realized that there might be a problem, so he said, "I'll give you an answer on this matter tomorrow."

Zhao Liangsi couldn't push too hard, so he could only list six more opinions, saying: "First, after raising troops in the future, the Jin army is not allowed to pass through Songting Pass, Gubei Pass and Yu Pass, so as to avoid accidents when the two armies meet. Second [-]. The specific boundaries of the two countries will be discussed at that time. For the time being, Gubeiguan, Songtingguan and Dongyuguan will be used as the boundaries. [-]. After the agreement, no peace talks with Khitan can be made. The three prefectures of Shuo are the closest to our Song Dynasty. In the future, our country will send troops to take these three prefectures first. The rest of Xijing, Guihua, Fengsheng and other prefectures will be handed over after the Jin army captures Emperor Tianzuo. It is unreasonable to remove all the people from the land of Yanyun. This is good. You can move away the Khitan, Bohai, Xi people and other colored people, and the Han children will belong to our Song State. Sixth, the two countries are good friends In the future, when our country takes Yanjing, you want money and goods from Liao officials. It is unreasonable to do so, and it should be eliminated. Seventh, after the matter is settled, we should discuss whether there is anything in the east of Yuguan.”

After listening carefully, Zong Han replied: "What you said is good. But in the three prefectures of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, I am afraid that Ah Shi may also run away. We will discuss those places after I go there. As for Liao's official Qian Let’s talk about things later, if it’s really inappropriate, we can remove it.”

Xi Yin said: "The emperor personally supervised the battle to go to Beijing, and we set fire to the Khitan's tombs, palaces, and temple statues. We have completely cut off the possibility of peace with Khitan. You have seen all this. We will never make peace with Khitan. Khitan agrees."

Wanyan Aguda also said: "If Khitan sends someone to make peace with me, I will tell him: I have made an agreement with Song State to give Yanjing to Song State. Unless you give Yanjing to Song State, I will not Will make peace with you."

Judging from the conversations between the two sides, Jin Guo is still very sincere towards the Song-Jin alliance, at least for now.

After some discussion, the two sides agreed that the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin would march from Pingzhou Pine Forest to Gubeikou.The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty marched from Xiongzhou to Baigou.Neither party can breach the contract.If the contract is violated, all previous covenants will not count.

The next morning, Zhao Liangsi went to Wanyan Aguda again, wanting to determine the ownership of Death Cloud, and then asked for Ping, Ying, and Luan prefectures.

pity!

Wanyan Aguda never met Zhao Liangsi at all, but asked his eldest son Wanyan Zonggan to come forward on his behalf.

It turned out that last night Gao Qingyi approached Wanyan Zongqian and other generals to state the strong relationship between Ping, Ying, and Luan prefectures, and explained the reasons for not giving these three prefectures to Song.

The reasons are as follows:
First of all, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan, like Jingzhou, were not ceded by Shi Jingtang to Liao Taizong, but seized by Liao Taizu from Liu Rengong, the envoy of Lulong Jiedu in the late Tang Dynasty.

Secondly, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan have already been separated from Yanjing Road, and became Pingzhou Road alone, which does not belong to Yandi. The main thing in Song Dynasty is Yandi, not Pingzhou. , to be insatiable.

Thirdly, unlike the Kyushu behind the mountains that do not border on the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, the three states of Ping, Ying, and Luan can be connected to the Kingdom of Jin.

The most important thing is that the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying have dangerous terrain and many passes in the mountains. They are important passages from the northeast to the north of China, and they are also places that must be contested by military strategists.

In other words, after this night, Wanyan Aguda and others already knew the important strategic value of Ping, Luan and Ying states.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongqian said to Zhao Liangsi: "You only want Yanjing and other seven states in the court of Emperor Zhao. My Emperor Dajin wants to be a good friend of the two families forever. The Kyushu behind the mountain also agrees to discuss with you. Now your appetite is getting bigger and bigger. Even the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying are required, so is it ready to close the door to contact with our Dajin? If so, then this alliance will not be concluded."

Zhao Liangsi slapped his nose in front of Wanyan Zongqian, feeling very depressed, but he was helpless, because Zhao Ji didn't write clearly, and fell down the truth.

Zhao Liangsi could only return to Song State with this historical problem.

Not long after Zhao Liangsi returned to the Song Dynasty, the Fangla Uprising and other incidents broke out intensively, so that Zhao Ji extinguished the idea of ​​​​recovering the land of Yanyun. As a result, all of them were neglected and not reused, and eventually the problem left over from history has not been resolved.

Now, Zhao Ji has the idea of ​​regaining the land of Yanyun again, so he really wants to correct the little mistake he made before.

It's a pity that Hao Lu and Da Diu just didn't let go.

Zhao Ji had no choice but to kick this matter to Wang Fu to deal with, saying: "Zhao Liangsi and the others came back and said that Emperor Dajin had promised to return Yanjing and the sixteen prefectures of Xijing to us. This is very sincere. As for Ping, Ying , Luan three prefectures, you can go to Wang Fu to discuss it according to the rules."

He Lu and Da Diu followed Wang Fu to Wang Fu's mansion.

In fact, Wang Wei had been prepared for a long time, and he directly took out a copy of the imperial letter and handed it to Huo Lu.

According to the imperial book, the Song Dynasty will take back all the Han lands that used to belong to the Central Plains, such as You, Yun, Ping, Luan, and Ying, according to the agreement.

After reading the imperial book, He Lu said: "This is impossible. You only need Yanjing and other seven states. Our Emperor Dajin wants to make friends with you Great Song Dynasty, and he agreed to discuss the Kyushu behind the mountain. Now you have intensified, even Lianping, Ying and Luan prefectures both, how is this possible?"

Wang Fu said: "Since Zhao Longtu's mission to your country across the sea, our goal is to take back all the Han land that was captured by Khitan after the Five Dynasties. This has been clearly agreed in the maritime alliance signed with your dynasty."

He Lu said: "Don't talk about the original agreement. You Song Guo forced me to stay for eight months. You haven't sent troops to Yanjing as agreed. The original agreement has already been voided. We are only discussing the current situation... If Yanjing, Xijing, Pingying and Luanying are all of you, and then you are willing to hand over the Khitan's old silver and silk to us, and it will be a waste of money, there is nothing to talk about!"

Wang Fu said: "I am a straightforward person. Everyone knows that. Since you are here to discuss state affairs today, let's talk about it. To be honest, I have obtained the imperial decree that Xijing can be handed over to you. We just want to get Yanjing and Ping, Luan, Ying and other prefectures can give Khitan coins as much as possible, what do you think?"

Hao Lu, who had endured it for more than eight months, couldn't hold it anymore, and said angrily: "You Song State is completely without sincerity. Now most of Xijing is occupied by Li Yan, and a small half is occupied by my Dajin, but you want to To exchange this place for Ping, Luan, Ying and other prefectures is simply too deceitful!"

Wang Fu said: "Li Yan is the chief governor of the Andong Protectorate of the Great Song Dynasty. He occupied the area of ​​Xijing. Naturally, it means that the Song Dynasty occupied the area of ​​Xijing. Why not use it for business?"

Wang Fu knew that Jin Guozhi was not in Yundi, because Yundi was too far away from Jin Guo, so he deliberately used Yundi as a bargaining chip—as long as the bargaining chip was not sold, who knew it would not exist.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a man who looked like a follower behind Helu and Dadiwu smiled coldly and said, "Is Li Yan really a subject of your Song Dynasty? Is the area around Xijing really your Song Dynasty?"

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The big chapter of two in one, this chapter is for today.

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