Water Margin farming to become powerful

In Liyang Mansion, Sun Xin picked up the credentials given to him by the Jurchens, opened it and frowned.

He asked the Jurchen envoy in front of him: "What does your emperor mean now?"

The Jurchen envoy on the opposite side actually lit up with joy when he heard Sun Xin's name.

Because he was Wanyan Gao's envoy, Sun Xin called his lord the emperor. After returning, he could use these words as a bargaining chip for his own king to fight for power.

This is the difference between Sun Xin and the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty cares about names very much. With the failure of the Jurchen invasion, they no longer call Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Gao emperors, but in Sun Xin they completely not give a damn about.

Sun Xin himself only holds the position of general director of the Supervisory Committee and has never said that he means to be an emperor. There is no place for an emperor or king within the system of the Supervisory Committee.

The supervisory board system was formed in Shandong and has been running properly for more than ten years. Sun Xin feels that it is neither necessary nor possible to change it during his tenure, so it is good for him to be the general director.

Wanyan Gao's envoy said: "The Kingdom of Jin is willing to have a truce with the Supervisory Council, but it would like to ask the Supervisory Council to support some grain, grass, cloth and silk."

After Wanyan Zongbi's rebellion, the initial momentum was indeed strong, and Wanyan Wu was soon ousted from the throne. However, the power of the Jurchens' peace faction also rebounded rapidly, directly turning into a civil war.

This war lasted for more than a month, from Xijing to Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom, and finally ended with Wanyan Gao and others winning a complete victory.

But this is hardly good news for the Jurchens. The Jurchens have just suffered two major defeats, and the country has been completely hollowed out by this struggle. Now, the situation in the Jurchens has not improved at all compared to a few months ago. On the contrary, I became more nervous.

The remaining peace factions have not yet reached an alliance with Wanyan Gao's people. The two sides only have a truce because they are evenly matched. As long as the external forces are slightly provoked, disputes can break out again soon.

As for the heroes of the Jurchen generation, no matter how talented they were, it would be difficult for them to make a wise decision in the face of such a situation. Therefore, Wanyan Gao, who came to power with the appearance of a main war faction, could only seek peace with the Supervisory Committee at this time. .

Sun Xin looked at the document sent by the envoy and said contemptuously: "What can you give me in exchange for food and grass? You have neither a city nor resources, so why should I support you?"

The envoy said quickly: "My Lord is willing to surrender Pingzhou and other places, and is also willing to sever the tributary relationship with Xixia."

Sun Xinyan laughed loudly: "Pingzhou was already under the rule of the Supervisory Committee when Wanyan Wu was begging for it. How could there be any reason to give it away again? In Xixia, we have already signed an alliance, and the Supervisory Committee does not need to pay tribute. The country, where our land is governed is only decided by the Supervisory Committee and has nothing to do with the Jin Kingdom."

The envoy was dumbfounded when he heard this. It was all just because the previous civil war in Jin Dynasty was too fierce. In order to fight for power, these Jurchens did not care about their own border security. The Supervisory Council took the opportunity to send troops and seized many fortress lands north of the Great Wall. .

After the war that lasted for a year, the Supervisory Committee was now a little unable to conquer the Jin Kingdom. It decided to rest for a while and let the Jurchens have civil strife first. When the Jurchens' chaos reached a certain level, the Supervisory Committee would rest and enter again. At that time, Breaking the Great Wall and chasing north.

At this time, the Supervisory Committee took down the fortresses north of the Great Wall not simply to expand the land, but to protect the safety of the Great Wall's defense line.

In a point-to-point war in the city, with the current Jurchen combat methods, they are no longer a match for the Supervisory Committee. However, there are a large number of cultivated villages on the land controlled by the Supervisory Committee on the border of the Great Wall. The defense capabilities of the people in these villages are not considered. If it is too strong, if the Jurchens get into the valley south of the Great Wall to clear grass, they may still cause losses to the people.

Therefore, the current policy of the Supervisory Council is to allocate some troops to focus on guarding the Great Wall defense line, use fortresses to monitor Jurchen invasions, and guard a line instead of a face, so as to ensure the security of the Supervisory Council's border.

After capturing so many prominent fortresses, the relationship between the Supervisory Council and the Jin Kingdom can now be said to be an offensive and defensive one. It makes no sense for the Jurchens to want to ask for conditions from the Supervisory Council.The envoy from the Kingdom of Jin had a tangled face for a while. This time he came with the requirement that he must fulfill his mission. Seeing that Sun Xin would not let go, he finally hesitated and said the bottom line: "The Kingdom of Jin can pay tribute to the Supervisory Committee, but it wants to ask for mutual trade and peace." Sui coins."

Sun Xinyan almost laughed.

"We have said that we do not want tributary countries, and the Supervisory Committee has always advocated mutual trade. On the contrary, you Jurchens are blocking trade. As for the annual coins, you can't beat us, so why should we give you money?"

The Jurchen envoy also felt ashamed, but still said with a shy face: "This is a reward from the elders to the inferiors."

Due to this civil strife in the Jurchen country, the losses were too great. It seemed that both factions had lost their fortunes and had to find the Supervisory Committee as a foreign aid to fund themselves.

In the final analysis, those who betray the country to the Supervisory Committee may not necessarily lose their own interests, but if they fail in the civil war, they are destined to have nothing. Both the war party and the peace party have a clear understanding of this issue.

When Sun Xin heard this, he was still not interested. He directly issued the conditions of the Supervisory Committee: the Supervisory Committee can borrow money from the Jurchens, but it needs to repay it through the commercial taxes of the Jurchens and the Supervisory Committee. If the Jurchens decide to borrow, the future trade between the two parties will The ports will be taxed by officials from the Supervisory Board.

The messenger's eyes rolled when he heard the news. He had no idea that the Supervisory Committee would come up with such conditions, and they were better than he imagined.

When Sun Xin saw this, he knew that he had been tempted. The dynasties in the feudal era often did not know the seriousness of the effects of commercial tax being controlled by outsiders. They even thought this method was more honorable than the visible cession of land and compensation.

Let them go with dignity. Sun Xin plans to support his own border army by dumping the Jin Kingdom and controlling the Jurchens' commercial taxes for a few years. After raising the North China Supervisory Council's border defense force to be strong, he will use this border defense force to control the women. The land occupied by the real people was completely unified.

The Jurchen envoy had no right to make a decision on this matter, but he was obviously moved. He stated that he would contact his master immediately. Sun Xin nodded and asked him to step aside.

After the Jurchens went out, he called his dealer and asked him to put the latest briefing on the situation of the Song Dynasty on his desk.

After withdrawing from the north, the Supervisory Committee's offensive to the south has just begun.

The Supervisory Committee is about to unify the north of the Yellow River. Now there are two factions of opinions in the General Assembly of the Supervisory Committee in Liyang. One group thinks that they can operate slowly and build up the recently occupied land first. The other group proposes to strike while the iron is hot and consolidate the southern land. Take them all too.

Sun Xin stood on the aggressive side because he was afraid that failure to complete this wave of offensive would cause the Supervisory Council to form a confrontation between the north and the south.

People of this era felt that the Song Dynasty, which had retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, could not remain peaceful for long, but Sun Xin knew that as long as they were given a chance, the Song Dynasty would form a very stubborn North-South confrontation mentality in another generation.

Under this influence, it is very likely that the Central Plains will not be able to be unified for more than 100 years. If we want to unify the Central Plains, we must not delay.

The Supervisory Committee has withdrawn its fist in the north, but is determined to strike south in one fell swoop.

It's just that the Song Dynasty was all Han people, so the Supervisory Committee should also pay attention to its methods.

(End of this chapter)