The struggle of the reborn prince

Liaoyang Mansion was one of the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty. In the Jin Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty succeeded the Liao Dynasty. Tokyo was still one of the five capitals. The post roads to various places extend in all directions. It is less than a thousand miles away from the Shangjing and Huining. It is the center of the Jin Kingdom in the Liaodong region. .

The Liaoyang area is rich in mineral resources. Since the middle of the Warring States period, Yan State has mined copper and iron ore here, and manufactured farm tools, weapons, coins, etc.; it was further developed in the Han Dynasty, and iron ore was mined on a large scale; in the Liao Dynasty, mineral resources were developed. It reached its peak and became an important metal smelting place for gold.Due to the vertical and horizontal rivers, fertile land and developed agriculture in Liaoyang area, it is an important grain production area, providing a large amount of grain for the Jin country and becoming an important taxation area for the country.Jin country's economy is deteriorating day by day, needless to say Liaoyang's economic status.

After Pingzhou was recovered by the Song army, Liaoyang had become an important barrier against the Song invasion in the south of the Jin Kingdom, and it was also the only remaining accompanying capital among the five capitals. It was of great political and military significance. The Kingdom of Jin once again fell into panic, and the other worry was that the emperor Wanquan became depressed, became moody, and behaved strangely...

After Wanyan Quan ascended the throne, he insisted on comprehensive Sinicization. In fact, this was not only because he advocated Confucianism and Han etiquette, but also because in the early years of the Jin Dynasty, the court retained a relatively simple custom, and the monarch and his ministers did not pay much attention to etiquette. The boundary between superiority and inferiority is not very strict. This situation is very unfavorable for the emperor to implement the absolute rule of the monarch.All officials were ordered to formulate the ritual system in detail, and reforms in this area began.Gradually, a lot of construction was carried out in the ancestral temple, shrine, sacrifice, honorary title, posthumous law, court attendance, car clothing, ceremonial guards and official prohibition system, and a careful and detailed etiquette system was formulated to show the emperor's supreme dignity everywhere.

Of course it wasn't all smooth sailing.After a conflict of Conservatives and Reforms, the 'dissidents' were purged.With the assistance of Zonggan and Wushu, he lived his elegant and luxurious imperial life without any worries, but it also made him extremely dependent.That is to say, they lack the ability to handle government affairs independently, and it is easy to listen to and believe in one side.But first there was his adoptive father, Zonggan, and then his uncle Wushu took care of him, so he could let go of the government.Ordinarily, the civil strife has subsided at this time, and there are people who worry about state affairs, Wanyan Quan should live a comfortable life, but this is how people are, when there are no more serious things, there are more idle things.First of all, the half-repaired capital made him look troubled.

As early as the period of Jin Taizu, due to the busy war, no palace was built.After Jin Taizong succeeded to the throne, the Jin regime was politically stable, militarily strong, and social economy developed greatly, especially in the Jinshangjing Huiningfu area, where a lot of wealth and many craftsmen gathered.The input of human, material and financial resources created conditions for the construction of Jinshangjing Huining Mansion.In the second year of Tianhui, Lu Yanlun, a Han Chinese, was ordered to preside over the construction of the capital, imitating the style of Tang City.

The first batch of completed palace building projects are mainly composed of three groups of buildings: one is the main building of the court hall; the other is the bedroom hall; the third is the book hall.The completion of these three groups of palaces basically solved the problem of the emperor listening to government affairs in the court, the emperor's empress living in the palace pavilion and the place where books and scriptures were stored.The main project of the second batch of projects is the Liangdian.According to the plan, the Liangdian is another group of palace buildings built in the imperial city of Shangjing. Its scale is no less than that of the Chaodian, but Wu Qimai died before the construction started.

So Wan Yanquan took over the rest of the rebuilding task.But at this time, in addition to civil strife, the Kingdom of Jin has also entered into troubled times.Under the military and economic pressure of the Song Dynasty, finances became increasingly difficult.Lao Ben has almost eaten, so naturally he has no 'spare money' to continue building the palace, and the Liangdian has become a half-finished project. Wanyan Quan can only look at the palaces and pavilions on the blueprints and lament, and naturally he will not be in a good mood.

And another thing is the problem of offspring. Wanyan Quan became the emperor of the Jin Kingdom at the age of 16, but within seven years after becoming the emperor, Wanyan Quan's empress and a large group of concubines failed to succeed. Giving birth to a son and a half daughter for Wan Yanquan, this is nothing less than a great shame to him who is aloof.Even because of this reason, Wanyan Quan also vented his anger on Wanyan Xiyin, causing Xiyin to lose his head unjustly.

But now, Wanyan Quan can finally raise his head and be a man, because he finally has his own son, and this son is born to his first wife, Empress Pei Man, and he is an out-and-out eldest son of the royal family.And Wanyan Quan couldn't wait to name his precious son Wanyan Ji'an less than five days after his son was born, and a month later he canonized Ji'an as the crown prince of the Kingdom of Jin, which is also the fourth generation of the throne of the Kingdom of Jin successor.

Originally, this should be a great happy event for Wan Yanquan, but God seems to deliberately make things difficult for Wan Yanquan. When Wushu was still on an expedition to Korea in November last year, the emperor who was less than one year old The sudden death of Prince Ji'an was a heavy blow to Wanyan Quan who was still immersed in joy.The army that crusade against Goryeo was almost wiped out, and Wu Shu pushed the responsibility for the failure on him. Under the double blow, the heroic and ambitious young emperor when he first ascended to Dabao had a great personality change, and was replaced by a frequent alcoholic. Troubled, self-willed and melancholy emperor...

For the sudden change in the emperor's personality, Wu Shu was very distressed and helpless, and the loss of Liaoyang forced him to refocus his energy on the current crisis, put down the "butcher knife" he had just raised to clean up the internal affairs, and rethink the situation after the defeat. The direction of the Kingdom of Jin and the positioning of the relationship with the re-emerging Southern Dynasties.But all of this can only be implemented after the Liaodong crisis is over, so the top priority is to regain Liaoyang.

There is a law in history, if the old does not go, the new does not come.He had just experienced a big defeat, and his generals suffered heavy losses. The few veteran generals also withered on the Korean battlefield, but there are capable people from generation to generation.The fierce generals of the second generation of Jin Kingdom's generals began to make their official debut and walked to the front desk. This person was called Wanyan Gouying, the son of the famous general Wanyan Yinshuke after the great Jin general.

At that time, Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshu were known as the two heroes of constant victories, and their sons were also active on the battlefield, but the most eye-catching ones at that time were the sons and daughters of Lou Shi. He has done countless meritorious deeds and is regarded as the successor of the two heroes, but it is a pity that while conquering Khitan Xijing University, the living woman fell in Yuanzhou City, disappeared like a flash in the pan, and Wanyan Heying came into people's sight again.

Wanyan Gouying is about the same age as the living girl, but what attracts him most is his peculiar appearance, with two horns growing on his head, so that even Aguda became interested in this weird-looking young general.At the age of 16, he went to the battlefield with his father and participated in the previous battles against the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, but he lacked the luck of living a girl. It is difficult to stand out in the early years of the Jin Dynasty when there are so many famous generals.

In the past, because Wanyan Guoying's uncle Ba Lisu and his father were captured in the battle against Song, Wu Shu always brought him by his side, so that he could learn from him how to march and fight; Their family has left roots.During the Battle of Goryeo, Wushu kept him in the country. The original purpose was to let him lead troops into Goryeo for reinforcements when the war was not going well. All the troops of the Song Dynasty were transferred to Jinzhou to stop the possible northern invasion of the Song army.

Now that the war in Koryo is over, Zhao Er's appearance has proved that the so-called "Northern Invasion" of the Song Army is just a trick to prevent the Kingdom of Jin from reinforcing the Koryo battlefield.Now that the Song army stationed in Koryo has invaded Liaoyang, it must counterattack politically and economically. The Wanyan Gouying Department stationed in Jinzhou has become the closest and most powerful force.

Now the emperor is not in a good state of mind, and the court has great opinions on the failure of Wushu's use of troops against Goryeo. Obviously, it is not good for him to go to the capital again, so after careful consideration, Wushu decided to put this sharp blade that he had kept in the snow for a long time. When he came out, Wanyan Yuying was appointed as Marshal Zuo to lead a team of [-] people under his command to expel the Song army and regain Liaoyang.At the same time, veteran Wanyan Tuhesu led another army from the capital to reinforce...

On the one hand, Wu Shu sent a large army to put on a decisive battle with the Song army again. On the other hand, after the Battle of Koryo, as the number one war god of the Jin Kingdom and a war madman who has been trying to destroy the Song Dynasty, he also began to reflect.

Based on the internal reasons of the Jin Kingdom and the rival Song Dynasty, Wu Shu deeply felt that with the current strength of the Jin Kingdom, not only could it no longer kill the Liao Kingdom and reproduce the glory of the horse stepping on the Yellow River, but also faced the constant squeeze of the Song Dynasty. The dilemma of oppression and encroachment, if not done well, the tragedy of destroying the country will repeat itself in one's own country.And the Kingdom of Jin itself urgently needs a chance to rest and recuperate in order to stabilize the domestic situation and eliminate border troubles. It would be a bit self-deceiving to regard the elimination of Song as the highest military goal of the Kingdom of Jin.

So Wu Shu decided to adjust the military and political policy towards Song Dynasty after the war, and made a major change. He gave up his father Aguda and his hard-working pursuit of the beautiful ideal and wish of "Unification of the World" for more than ten years. First of all, Put forward a request for peace negotiations to the Southern Song Dynasty, strive to reach a non-aggression peace agreement with the Song Dynasty with the greatest interests, and change the situation of the increasingly isolated and declining Jin Kingdom.

But Wu Shu is not stupid. He understands that he is facing many difficulties in inviting Da Song for peace talks at this time. Not only do I feel offended by face, I am afraid that it is also difficult to accept psychologically.On the other hand, even if the emperor approved it, everyone also agreed, but now the initiative to negotiate is no longer in his own hands, and it is no longer up to Jin Guo whether it is war or peace.

Now under the leadership of Zhao Er, the national power of the Song Dynasty has recovered and surpassed the peak since the founding of the country. The domestic politics is stable, and it has won many foreign wars. However, it has only been more than ten years since the humiliation caused by the Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. It is still unknown whether the situation is good enough to negotiate a peace... (To be continued...)