Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 742 The Undercurrent Surges (Subscribe!)
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After several months, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other members of the Zhao Song royal family and clan were finally brought to Jinshangjing by the Jin people, and met the great Jin emperor Wanyan Wu begging for money.

Unlike the Jin people who went south in the previous life, who calmly evacuated from the Song Dynasty, in this life, under the beating and killing of the Chinese army, the Jin people who went south were almost wiped out. In the end, under the sacrifice of Wanyan Zonghan and other countless Jurchens, Only more than 1 Jinren (there are only more than 8000 Jurchens left) can return to Yundi and then return to Shangjing.

Under such circumstances, the Zhao Song royal family and clan members were offended several times more than in the previous life. To describe it in numbers, thousands of Zhao Song royal family and clan members went north, and in the end, less than a hundred survived. When they arrived in Shangjing, among the twenty or so sons of Zhao Ji, less than ten survived to reach Huining Mansion. Even Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan almost died on the way.

On the way to be escorted, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others can be said to have been humiliated.

And those were not the biggest insults suffered by Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others.

After arriving at Huining Mansion and seeing Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Wu Qimai ordered to strip Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan of their clothes, and the Jin people slaughtered the two sheep on the spot, stripped off the bloody and hot sheep skin and put it on Zhao Ji And Zhao Huan, let Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan kowtow step by step around the mausoleum of Wanyan Aguda, and all the Zhao and Song royal families and clans wear the clothes worn by Jin people, with handkerchiefs on their heads and sheep fur , bare upper body, kneeling aside, which means that the Jin emperor offered captives to the Taizu Wanyan Aguda. According to the words of the Jin people, this is called "the ceremony of leading the sheep".

In the eyes of the barbaric and backward Jin people, the "goat-raising ceremony" is just a surrender ceremony for Jin soldiers.

But for the Han people, this is a great shame and humiliation.

Therefore, some people often commit suicide because they cannot bear the humiliation during the goat-leading ceremony.

but--

Among these people, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and his son were not included. Although they suffered the most humiliation, they had no will to die.

Afterwards, Wanyan Wu Qimai ordered Zhao Ji to be conferred the title of Duke of Hunde, and Zhao Huan to be Marquis of Chonghun, who were imprisoned in Hanzhou (later Changtu County, Liaoning Province).

Although Wanyan and Wu Qimai used the same reason as in the previous life, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, the two emperors of Zhao and Song Dynasties, to return with a big victory, but whether the Jin people will win or lose when they go south this time How can a knowledgeable person not know?
Therefore, under the surface of this "big victory" is an undercurrent.

It's not an exaggeration at all, because of the failure of the southward robbery, Wanyan Wu's begging rule has been questioned, that is to say, the throne of Wanyan Wu begging is not stable.

No wonder.

First of all, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, the instigators of the southward robbery, were all killed in battle. Naturally, they could not beg for Wanyan Wu to buy anti-thunder. Wu begged to buy himself to fight.

This is also one of the reasons why Wanyan Wu Qimai still insists on holding a sheep-raising ceremony to make the big defeat an illusion of a big victory.

Secondly, we have to talk about the political structure of the Kingdom of Jin.

When Wanyan Aguda raised his army back then, the Jurchens were very poor and backward, and those "important ministers" under Wanyan Aguda were not obedient ministers, but a group of military aristocratic partners—they were a bit like the company shareholders of later generations, and Wanyan Aguda Aguda is the chairman elected by them. As for the emperor or something, it is actually just a false name.

At that time, Zhao Ji sent Ma Zheng and others to form an alliance with the Jurchens by sea, that is, the alliance at sea.

At that time, Ma Zheng and others went to the site of the Jin people at that time to take a look. What kind of imperial city is this called?The palace wall is a fence wall made of elm and willow trees, and there are many fences, women and dogs beside it, and the people who herd pigs and goats just come and go in and out of the courtyard of the imperial city.The imperial palace is just a simple house. The emperor and the queen sat side by side on the kang, and there was a noble concubine busy entertaining guests next to them.

Although Wanyan Aguda himself and his ministers have status as monarchs and ministers, their relationship is similar to that of close comrades-in-arms. They often hang shoulders together, drink, wrestle, take a bath together, and do everything without any respect at all. up and down.

The key point is that they are also highly equal when discussing major national affairs--whenever there is a major issue in the "country", everyone sits down and discusses it together, and when they cannot reach an agreement, they vote with a show of hands.

Therefore, as of now, the imperial power of the Kingdom of Jin is not heavy.

How heavy is it?

for example:

In the early days of Wanyan Aguda's conquering of the world, even though there were some treasures in the treasury of Jin Kingdom at that time, Wanyan Aguda did not dare to use them. Aguda would steal those treasures and squander them on his own. Therefore, in order to appease the "subjects", Wanyan Aguda swore to the "subjects" that the treasures in the treasury can only be used during the war. Even the emperor has to score twenty big boards!
This provision has since become an ironclad decree.

Wanyan Aguda has never violated it once in his life.

A few years ago, after Wanyan Agu was beaten to death, Wanyan Wu begged to take the throne.

When he first came to power, Wanyan Wu Qimai also strictly abided by the agreement between Wanyan Aguda and the ministers, and never dared to tamper with the treasury.

But this can't last for a long time.

Gradually, Wanyan Wu couldn't stand being poor anymore, and thought: "I'm already the emperor, why do I have to live so hard?"

So, one day Wanyan Wu was begging to buy something, so he secretly opened the treasury and grabbed a handful of property from it, and then exchanged the property for wine and drank it.

Soon, the prime minister discovered something went wrong when he was checking the treasury, so he immediately told another important minister, Wanyan Zonghan before the war not long ago.

After Wanyan Zonghan heard about this, he soon found out that it was Wanyan Wu who begged for money.

Wanyan Zonghan did not treat Wanyan Wu Qimai politely just because Wanyan Wu Qimai is the emperor, but strictly carried out the oath of Wanyan Aguda with other important ministers, and pulled Wanyan Wu Qimai off the dragon chair, He played twenty big boards solidly.

After the beating, Wanyan Zonghan and other talents brought Wanyan Wu begging back to the dragon chair, and then knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty.

Ever since, Wanyan Wu Qimai became the only emperor in history who was spanked by a minister.

Steal something in exchange for a drink, and the courtiers beat him up.

Having caused such a huge loss to the country, and established such a powerful enemy as Dazhong, those ministers, those military aristocratic partners, could easily spare him Wanyan Wu begging for money?

Therefore, Wanyan Wu Qimai has been trying to save his throne.

At first, Wanyan Wu Qimai planned to use force and military exploits to save his throne.

Unexpectedly, when the invincible Dajin cavalry faced the Chinese army before, they retreated steadily.

This not only completely defeated Wanyan Wu's previous plan to beg for money, but also made Wanyan Wu's begging situation even more embarrassing.

Since you can't fight, what should you do?
Forced by the situation, Wanyan and Wu Qimai gradually began to think about making peace with Dazhong...

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(End of this chapter)