Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

In the two or three years after Wu Qimai became emperor, he still wanted to work hard to govern.

Moreover, he had studied the Liao and Song systems, planned to take back military and political power, and tried to win over powerful people from all ethnic groups.

Therefore, during that period, Wu Qimai often issued edicts in the name of the emperor, allocating grain to provide relief to the newly vassaled people of a certain ethnic group, to provide relief to the subordinates of a certain new vassal general, to provide relief to the hungry people affected by disasters in a certain place, to reward meritorious officers and soldiers of various ethnic groups, etc.

Even on the advice of Han and Bohai civil servants, the usurious interest owed by tenants of all ethnic groups was exempted, and land was allocated to these tenants to make them farmers.

With the fall of power and the shortage of military supplies, benevolent governance no longer appeared, and it was difficult for the Jin court to issue edicts to help the people.

Historically, during the middle period of Wu Qimai's reign, due to the continuous wars fought by the Jin Kingdom, it even became difficult for newly relocated border guards to have enough food and clothing.

In order to survive, the border troops of the Jin Kingdom first sold the slaves they had snatched, and then sold their sons and daughters to make a living.

It wasn't until they searched the mountains and seas and robbed a group of people in the Song Dynasty that the Jin Kingdom issued an edict in the name of the emperor, and the court paid for the border troops to redeem the sold family members. The border officer's office, which had only two or three people with a household registration, issued slaves to increase the number of households to four. If there are insufficient cattle for farming, the government will provide supplementary supplies. And also provided food supplies to the border troops.

Overall, whether the Jin Kingdom is willing to provide relief to the people of all ethnic groups and whether it fully distributes food and salary to the second-line troops all depends on how much they steal from the enemy!

If they can't get money and food, instead of helping the hungry people in the country, they will intensify their exploitation.

Now it is impossible to rob, and there has been no looting in three years.

The Jin Kingdom would not distribute the food compensated by the Ming Dynasty to the people. They would only use it all to make military rations.

Until the situation completely got out of control, and nearly a quarter of all ethnic groups in the North defected, Wanyan Xiyin finally announced the migration policy: at the beginning of the migration, each man would be given as much food as each man, and each woman would be given as much food. How much food will be distributed when we get to the migration location.

This order was issued, finally easing the trend of defections.

But it was only a relief. There were still many tribes that did not believe in Wanyan Xiyin's promise. They feel that if they receive the grain now, they will definitely have to pay for the remaining grain after they move to Liaodong.

Even if they don't default on their debts, the autumn taxes will be doubled.

By the date agreed upon by the two countries, the Ming army had completely withdrawn from Haibin County and Lushun, while the Jin Kingdom was still dilly-dallying around arresting fugitives.

Under the escort of Wang Yan and his army, Ma Kuo came to Yanshan Fucheng to see Wanyan Xiyin and asked: "The Ming Dynasty has withdrawn its troops, why did the Jin Kingdom still hang on and only gave up Yixian, Rongcheng, Xincheng, and Yongcheng?" Clear four cities?"

Wanyan Xiyin also asked: "Why did the Ming Dynasty accept our rebels from Dajin and rebel against the people?"

Ma Kuo sneered: "This is very funny. Where are the soldiers and civilians of the Jin Kingdom going, and what does it have to do with our Ming Dynasty? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty kidnapped them? Those rebels of the Jin Kingdom sneaked into the Ming Dynasty, burning, killing and looting along the way. Countless plunders have been made, and the Ming Dynasty has not yet asked the Jin Kingdom for compensation!"

Wanyan Xiyin was very angry: "Nonsense! They went to defect to the Ming Kingdom, how dare they plunder in the Ming Kingdom?"

Ma Kuo was prepared for it, and he pretended to take out the report from the state and county, handed it to Wanyan Xiyin and said, "Look, your Excellency, this is an official document reported to the Ming Dynasty by officials from Baozhou and Xiongzhou. Since the beginning of spring, there have been Twenty thousand Jin soldiers and civilians broke into Ming Dynasty's Hebei territory without authorization. These Jin soldiers and civilians were short of food, but they all carried weapons. They plundered Han villages and towns when they encountered them, and even spied on prefectures and counties trying to seize cities! How many people died? Not to mention the Han people, the Ming Dynasty lost a total of 400,000 shi of food and 1.8 million guan of money. All these losses must be compensated by the Jin Kingdom!"

Wanyan Xiyin recognized Chinese characters and could even identify the contents of the seal.

Although they are purely fabricated, these official documents are too realistic. In other words, it is real, even the seal of the Political Yuan is real.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Since it has caused losses to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty should assist Dai Jin and escort those rebellious people back."

Ma Kuo said, "If we can't bring them back, they have all been wiped out. All the heinous people have been punished on the spot. The two countries of Ming and Jin are now good neighbors and friends. The Ming Dynasty helped the Jin Kingdom to suppress the rebellion. This does not require any reward from the Jin Kingdom. But what happened to the Ming Dynasty For any losses, we have to ask Jin Guo to compensate according to the price.”

Wanyan Xiyin wanted to kill someone with a knife, but Ming Guo had gone too far!

Not only did he accept Jin Guo's rebellion, he actually came to Jin Guo to demand compensation. How could there be such a shameless person in the world?

Ma Kuo stopped talking nonsense and walked away with one sentence: "If the Jin soldiers don't evacuate from Yanshan Mansion within half a month, Ming Dynasty will send troops to fulfill the peace treaty by force!"

The two sides broke up unhappy, and Wanyan Xiyin was extremely angry.

No matter how angry you are, you have to do something. The Jin soldiers have withdrawn from the border defense line, and countless soldiers have defected in confusion. If they go to war at this time, they are just looking for death.

Wanyan Xiyin sent people to catch up with Ma Kuo and put forward conditions: "The Ming Dynasty has paid 80,000 shi of wheat. If another 200,000 shi are shipped, the Jin soldiers will immediately withdraw from Yanshan Mansion. These grains are used to relocate the soldiers and civilians. of."

Ma Kuo replied: "Whenever the Jin Kingdom sends the remaining fifty stallions, the Ming Dynasty will transport two hundred thousand stones of wheat."

After more than ten days, the Jin Kingdom handed over the stallion, and the Ming Dynasty also gave wheat.

The Jin soldiers immediately evacuated from Fanyang and Liangxiang, but around Yanshan Fucheng, the migration work was still a mess.

Shi Liai's tribe was nearby. They were hardcore traitors and it was difficult for them to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Shi family was entrusted with the important task of Wanyan Xiyin, and they worked together to persuade the Han gentry left behind by the Liao Kingdom to relocate.

These Han gentry in the north did not flee when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, nor did they leave when the Jin people came to kill them. Now they are also unwilling to leave.

Even if they have descendants from the clan who are serving as officials in Liaodong, they still cannot be persuaded to move.

In desperation, Wanyan Xiyin could only send out the army and behead those who did not want to relocate.

The Han gentry in the north were frightened into submission, but many were on their way to move, looking for opportunities to escape in the dark at night.

Some gentry managed to escape, but many more were killed by the pursuers.

After so many killings, no one dared to escape.

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Sanhe County is in dilapidated condition.

There is no human habitation inside and outside the city, except for piles of bones.

On this day, countless soldiers and civilians came to camp outside the city.

While cooking, Liu Yi asked: "Brother, it's hard to move back here, are you really going to move to Liaodong again?"

Liu E said: "The Jurchen soldiers and Bohai soldiers have been guarding us all the way. How can we escape and surrender?"

The Liu family is a veteran traitor and has been paying money for many years.

Before Song Huizong redeemed Youzhou, their entire family was moved to Liaodong by the Jin Kingdom, along with more than 20,000 people in the county.

The Kingdom of Jin did not take any resettlement measures at all and was unwilling to provide food to the hungry people. As a result, nearly one-third of the more than 20,000 people in the North died one after another.

Three years ago, some members of the Liu clan moved back with three to four thousand fellow villagers.

The current situation is that the Liu family and fellow villagers are separated in Youzhou and Liaodong. Once Liu E is revealed, the people of the Liaodong tribe will inevitably be implicated.

Liu E didn't care about the Liaodong people, but Wanyan Zongwang was dead, and the new Wanyan Xiyin didn't trust him. From the beginning of the migration to the entire journey, Jurchen soldiers were sent to keep a close eye on them!

Liu Yi suddenly came up with a bad idea: "Why don't we let people set fire to them at midnight tonight and shout that the Ming army is coming to kill us. By then, the soldiers and civilians in the camp will be in chaos, and I don't know how many people will escape. We can also take advantage of the chaos to escape."

Liu E asked back: "In the chaos, how many soldiers and civilians can you take away? There are too few people brought to the Ming Dynasty. How can I, the Liu family, be reused in the Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Yi was speechless.

Liu Yi was obviously not the only one who had the same idea.

At the fourth watch, everything is silent.

A fire suddenly broke out in a camp, and then someone shouted: "The Ming army is coming to kill!"

Judging from the accent, they are either Khitans or Xi people. These two groups are the most resistant to the rule of the Jin Kingdom.

Those guys even rode around on horseback and set fire to a certain place, causing the various camps to become more and more chaotic.

Many small tribes who wanted to escape took the opportunity to cooperate, setting fires and shouting while fleeing southward indiscriminately.

Some even panicked and fled northward in confusion.

The Jin soldiers who were frightened by the Ming army thought that the Ming Dynasty was really treacherous and sent out a large army to attack at night. The Jurchen soldiers and Bohai soldiers also subconsciously ran away.

Wanyan Xiyin went around with his soldiers to suppress and appease them. He worked hard until dawn and finally stabilized the army, and then sent cavalry everywhere to capture people and bring them back.

Liu E, who had always planned to turn himself in, did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he helped Wanyan Xiyin gather the remaining soldiers, and the next day he also helped Wanyan Xiyin capture the escapees.

Because they want to escape not to survive, but to continue the prosperity of their family.

You must escape worthily!

The rebellion must be valuable!

On the next journey, all the people must walk on ropes.

And all ethnic groups were mixed, forming a group of twenty people.

If one person escapes, the whole group will be punished.

As they marched to Banghai Road, Wanyan Xiyin counted the number of people and was already so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Since the beginning of spring, the total number of soldiers and civilians who have escaped is nearly 40,000 (in fact, many have been killed by the pursuing soldiers)!

Wanyan Xiyin personally led the troops and stationed them in Haiyang (Qinhuangdao), blocking the soldiers and civilians from escaping again. At the same time, he sent people to find the Ming Dynasty to transport the remaining wheat.

Ma Kao came angrily and cursed when he saw me: "You still have the nerve to ask me for wheat? A large number of Jin soldiers and civilians fled to Hebei, burning, killing and looting along the way, causing Ming Dynasty to suffer countless losses. I, Ming Dynasty, have to send troops and waste military supplies. Destroy these thieves!"

Wanyan Xiyin completely broke the defense, drew his sword and roared: "The thief shouts to catch the thief, the thief shouts to catch the thief, I will kill you!"

Obviously, Daming wanted to miss the balance of the food compensation, and he had a very good and lame reason.

Ma Kuo stretched out his neck and said, "Just cut it with one knife. If my head falls to the ground today, tomorrow we will raise an army and sail ships from the sea to Fuzhou. Two hundred thousand Ming troops will attack Liaoyang!"

Wanyan Xiyin was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he didn't dare to actually cut it out. After suppressing his anger for a long time, he sheathed the sword and said through gritted teeth: "Your Excellency, please come back. Please go slowly without sending me away!"

Ma Kuo muttered, "They are really barbarians. They don't even care about the etiquette of diplomatic relations. It's hard to entertain envoys from a country when they come."

Wanyan Xiyin's voice became hoarse with anger: "Come here, prepare food and drinks for them!"