Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Liaoyang Mansion.

Since Denglai's Ming army repeatedly raided the Liaodong coast, and Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang urged them to send troops, Shangjing (Harbin) finally sent people over.

One is to recruit troops, and the other is to collect food!

The person in charge of recruiting troops and food was named Wanyan Ang, Aguda's younger brother.

This guy can only charge into battle, and his commanding ability is close to zero.

He was once responsible for receiving the surrender of the Liao Kingdom and forcing the surrendered tribes to rebel against the Jin and return to the Liao. Wu Qimai was so angry that he wanted to kill him, but he changed his mind to seventy because he had just ascended the throne.

Such a thing, this year he actually served as the left governor of the Marshal's Mansion, responsible for recruiting troops and food in Liaoyang Mansion, Guangning Mansion and other places.

It can be seen that Wu Qimai really can't suppress the court!

The head of the civil service in Liaoyang Mansion was named Zhang Xuansu, who was born in the Gao family of Bohai. His great-grandfather changed his surname to Zhang when he surrendered to the Liao Dynasty. Later, Zhang Xuansu stabbed Gao Yongchang in the back to surrender the gold. From then on, he was reused by the Jin Kingdom and ruled Liaoyang.

When Wan Yanang made his request, Zhang Xuansu was immediately shocked.

Zhang Xuansu said: "Liaoyang Prefecture issued 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 civilians. Although it is difficult, it can be done. But... there is really no food for 150,000 shi. A lot of food and grass were collected in the past few years. Last year, the people took a breather." , but where can I get enough 150,000 shi?"

"Gather together all the major families in Liaoyang, and discuss among yourselves how much each family will share and determine the amount," Wanyan Ang said with a ferocious expression, not caring about this, "Any family that cannot make up the amount will be dealt with according to military law!"

Zhang Xuansu hesitated to speak, but finally accepted the order: "I will try my best to raise funds."

Everyone knows that Wanyan Ang is cruel and brainless. If he says he wants to be dealt with by military law, then he will definitely be killed.

Wanyan Ang added: "Let your brother lead the troops issued by Liaoyang."

"Yes!" Zhang Xuansu was not surprised by this.

Liaoyang Mansion is the Tokyo of the Jin Kingdom. All the aristocratic families here are married to the royal family of the Jin Kingdom.

For example, Li Hongyuan, who later took the throne of Wanyan Liang with his son, was the daughter of the Li family in Liaoyang and was related to Zhang Xuansu. The battle to seize the throne took place in Liaoyang, and the backbone of the army were all from Liaoyang's wealthy families.

The rapid Chineseization of the Jin Kingdom was caused by the Liaoyang clan’s secret efforts!

There are even many Jurchen slaves in the hands of these wealthy families, who have been redeemed as free people by the Jin Kingdom in large numbers in recent years.

After Wanyan Ang issued the order, he immediately went to Guangning Mansion, that is, the area in the Liao River Basin. He also issued an order to recruit troops and food to Guangning Mansion.

As for Zhang Xuansu, he could only do things honestly, call the wealthy people of Liaoyang together, and grit his teeth to provide soldiers and food for the Kingdom of Jin.

They are one with the Kingdom of Jin and have been married and bound for a long time. Almost all the second wives of the two generations of the Jin Kingdom's royal family came from Liaoyang.

…

Wan Yanang walked around Guangning Mansion, and then quickly headed to Hesuguan Road (which basically coincided with the jurisdiction of Gaizhou City in later generations).

It was called Chenzhou in the Liao Dynasty, but now it is called this bad name because there is a Jurchen tribe called Huosuguan here.

When the Jin Kingdom attacked Gao Yongchang, Hu Shimen, the Jurchen leader of the Huosu Guan tribe, claimed that his ancestors had migrated from Gaoli. Aguda's ancestors also moved from Korea. So he helped the Jin Kingdom fight and contributed a lot. Not only did he rule Gaizhou City from then on, his clan name also became a place name.

Hu Shimen himself was renamed Wanyan Hu Shimen from then on, and was given the royal surname by Aguda himself.

In order to centralize power, the Jin Dynasty changed Huosuguan Road to a military commander system, and military and political chiefs must be appointed by the court. However, out of practical considerations, after Hu Shimen's death, his son Wanyan Goushi succeeded him.

This place has undergone the Meng'an Muke reform and implemented feudal lord slavery in detail.

All the Jurchens in the Huosu branch moved out from the nearby mountainous areas. A total of four Meng'an were set up, with about a thousand households. Each Meng'an leader was a small lord, and a large number of Han people from Liaodong were used as slaves.

In addition, there are Khitans and Xi people who have moved inland, as well as a small number of Han and Bohai landowners. These forces belonged to free people and more or less slaves existed, and the landlord-tenant system had long ago collapsed.

"Can your place be plundered by the Ming Dynasty?" Wan Yanang asked.

Wanyan Goushi said proudly: "There are Jurchen soldiers here, how dare the Southern barbarians come? Those Han people in the Ming Dynasty bully the weak and fear the strong, and they only dare to plunder places where there are no Jurchen soldiers."

Wanyan Ang said: "Before September, in addition to recruiting Jurchen warriors, you must also issue at least 3,000 soldiers of all ethnic groups and raise at least 15,000 dan of military rations."

"How can I get fifteen thousand stones of food?"

Wanyan Goushi suddenly cried: "I went to the Song Dynasty with the army the year before last. I only brought back many slaves. I divided some of the goods and ran out of food on the way. I have a sparse population here and there is no harvest from farming. Where can I get some?" Fifteen thousand stone grain?"

Wanyan Ang said: "That's what the imperial court ordered. You can think of your own way. This time the whole country goes out to fight, we will definitely win a big victory. We can fight to the Ming Dynasty and grab as much as we want."

"I said the same thing last time, how could it be so easy?" Wanyan Goushi was filled with resentment.

After all, this was a Jurchen noble. Wanyan Ang's attitude was not that bad, and he said: "Twelve thousand dan, it cannot be less. I will reduce you by 3,000 dan, and I will make up for it elsewhere."

"I'll collect as much food as I can, but don't blame me if I don't collect enough." Wanyan Goushi refused to say anything.

He belongs to the Jurchen aristocratic warlord, with military and political power in his hands, and the entire territory of Gaizhou City is occupied by his tribal private soldiers. The Jin Dynasty court has always wanted to take back power, but it was simply unable to do so.

Not only could they not take back power, the Jin court had to be coaxed, and they had to rely on the Jurchens of the Su Guanbu to control the Liaodong Peninsula.

Otherwise, how could he be given the surname Wanyan?

"Da da da da..."

A fast horse came from the north. The messenger rushed into the city and quickly found Wanyan's room: "Yelu Yu saw his father and son defecting. Your Majesty has ordered that all the men in his family be killed and all the women and children be made slaves!"

"I understand." Wanyan Goushi took the edict smoothly.

Wanyan Zonghan had no idea where Yelu Yujian had fled. He just made a routine report to the Jin court and urged the court to collect grain and grass quickly.

After walking around in Harbin, Wu Qimai's imperial edict was finally sent, ordering the execution of all the men in Yelu Yujian's family.

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Yelu Yujian's family was in the city and was soon surrounded by Jurchen soldiers.

All adult men were beheaded, and women and children were used as slaves.

Yelu Yujian's wives and concubines, as long as they were young, were all taken into Wanyan's hook room.

When the news spread, the Khitan tribe who was forced to migrate here became even more resentful towards the rulers of the Jin Kingdom. Before they migrated, family members had been killed in tandem uprisings. During the migration process, and at the beginning of the migration, many tribesmen died of illness and starvation because the Jin Kingdom did not do a good job in relocation and resettlement at all.

Only a few days after Yeluyu saw that his whole family was killed, Wanyan Goushi issued military orders and food requisition orders, and every household had to send troops and provide food.

Landowners who had slaves at home had to provide slaves as husbandmen.

The Han people, Khitan people, and Bohai people all suffered terribly from this. There are no big clans here anymore. Once they are recruited, they will be reduced to cannon fodder.

There is only one month for the militia and food to be delivered outside Jian'an City on time.

In a mountain village more than thirty miles away from the coast, the nearby Khitan leaders gathered to discuss.

"Where can Dutong (Yelu Yujian) escape?"

"I don't know, maybe I went to summer."

"Why don't we run away too."

"This is the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin. Where can we escape?"

"I heard that the Han soldiers were plundering the coast, so why don't they all surrender to the Song Dynasty?"

"Song soldiers are cowardly and I'm afraid they can't defeat the Jin people. There are Jin soldiers guarding here, and they don't dare to plunder."

"I heard that the Song Dynasty is gone, and what kind of Ming Dynasty is now in the south."

"Who did you listen to?"

"Someone came to collect mountain goods a while ago. I heard what the businessman said. He said that those who came across the sea to plunder were not Song soldiers, but Ming soldiers."

"We don't have a boat, how can we swim across the sea? Besides, there are many people from the Tsint tribe. How can the old, weak, women and children escape to the sea?"

"Well, it's time to conscript soldiers and food. How will we live in the future?"

"If we don't give it to them, the Jurchens will come to snatch them. I hope we can win the war. We can go to the Song Dynasty to grab some and bring them back. Maybe we can survive this winter."

"It's the Ming Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty."

"It doesn't matter which country it is, I can only go with the army to rob it."

"..."

Not only these Khitans, but also the people on Hesuguan Road, as long as they were not Jurchens, were all in mourning.

They kept some food in jars and buried it in the soil, waiting for the officials to search from house to house. The men at home were wiping their crude weapons, and when the deadline was approaching, it was time to go on the road. They didn't know if they could come back to serve as soldiers.

Countless slaves continued to live as usual, continuing to work for their masters, and would be sent to work as civilian husbands in a short time.

This situation occurs in various places in the Kingdom of Jin.

The Kingdom of Jin has gone completely crazy, squeezing the people's power without any bottom line, and going south to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

They did the same thing when dealing with the Liao Kingdom, and won again and again. It doesn't matter how many people starve to death in the country, as long as they win the battle, they can be replenished. As long as the power of the goddess is still there, there is no fear of rebellion.

Often, before the battle on the front line was over, uprisings broke out in the country, and the people were forced to rebel again and again.

Han people, Xi people, Khitans, Bohai people...all ethnic groups have experienced rebellions, but unfortunately they were successfully suppressed by Jurchen soldiers every time.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Jin is not afraid of the people's rebellion. They can just kill a group of people and be done with it.

The population is just a consumable. There are many in Liao and Han, and they can always be snatched back for replenishment.

Wan Yanang traveled around Liaodong and then returned to Liaoyang to wait for the militiamen from various places to gather.

Soon, Wanyan's mother also came to Liaoyang. He wanted to take the troops here to join Wanyan Zongwang in Yanjing and serve as Wanyan Zongwang's supervisor.

Wanyan Zongwang was weak and still had to listen to the Jin court and did not dare to challenge openly like Wanyan Zonghan.

"Urgent report from Huesuguan Road, the Nanmanzi are coming across the sea to kill, and the rebellious Yelu Yujian is also here!"

"What?"

Wanyan's mother was still gathering troops and food when she received an urgent report from Wanyan's hook room, saying that Jian'an City (urban area of ​​Gaizhou) was besieged by the Ming army.

After reading the letter asking for help, Wanyan's mother was shocked and angry: "Send an order to all the ministries and follow me to reinforce Hesuguan Road immediately!"