The emperor's life has not been easy since he came to the throne.
He is the concubine brother of Emperor Zhangzong Wanyan Jing and the nephew of Wanyan Yongji. His accession to the throne was due to the chaotic and out-of-control succession of the imperial throne in the Jin Dynasty for several generations.
Before he ascended the throne, he lacked close confidants, and the court was full of powerful ministers. After he ascended the throne, the Mongolian army swept across the territory and wiped out the prestige of the imperial court. There was also a Khitan rebellion in the interior, the Shandong Red Coat Army was raging, and all parts of Shaanxi were invaded by Xixia.
Just these are enough. At the beginning of this year, his son Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu fled to Nanjing again and occupied Henan to fight against the imperial court. The original intention of this approach was simply to force my son to stay in Zhongdu to fight against the Mongols, but as a result, the entire Kingdom of Jin seemed to be divided in two, and the soldiers and civilians of Dajin were all at a loss.
But the emperor always persisted.
He was not a man of outstanding talents to begin with, but the most important thing about being promoted as emperor by Tu Shanyi was his forbearing and persevering character, which was in direct proportion to the weakness and wavering of the previous emperor Wanyan Yongji.
Therefore, even if the situation is turbulent repeatedly, he has been thinking of ways to maintain the situation and solve the problem.
With his efforts, his position has gradually become more stable, and his power has become more and more like that of an emperor.
Not to mention any changes in the general trend, at least he has clearly overwhelmed the ordinary ministers in the court, and by dividing, promoting, suppressing, and mobilizing abilities, he has more and more complete control over the central capital.
The bureau, which he regarded as his eyes and ears, also received more and more attention. When he sent his servants to monitor and visit various places, fewer and fewer people dared to obstruct or deceive him.
Of course, since all the staff in the valet department are old people from Qiandi, it is inevitable that the good and the bad will be mixed, and the work will be neglected. Something went wrong with Qingshan Nu a while ago, and Guo Ning of the Ding Navy seized the opportunity and reached out to Liaodong.
However, Liaodong is better than Shandong. It's not that the emperor underestimated Guo Ning, but Guo Ning was a Han after all. The vast northeastern hinterland and the countless tribes were enough to kill Guo Ning's tens of thousands of people, making it impossible for him to have anything more for at least three to five years. Big move.
As a result, the emperor's expectations were completely disappointed. Not only did Guo Ning fail to hold his own in Liaodong, he became even more tyrannical. Just last month, he led his army out, swept the Red Coat Army, and captured the entire Shandong East Road in one go!
On the pearl screen next to the throne of Da'an Hall, there is a large golden territory map. When he first learned of the news, the emperor ordered Guo Ning's name to be added to the territory map as usual.
But he soon regretted it. The presence of this name so close reminded him of the day when Guo Ning led his army to kidnap him. Although Guo Ning was polite to the emperor at that time, his contemptuous look made the emperor more and more unhappy afterwards. That kind of look is like looking at a dead tree or a dying person!
The emperor immediately ordered people to throw out the pearl screen and chop it into firewood for the fire. He also sent several capable servants and asked them to find ways to find out the true situation on Shandong East Road.
The emperor's heart was even more chilled when the attendants inquired about the situation.
What's going on with Guo Ning's military household system? Um?
Since ancient times, rebel thieves who have reached a certain level have to claim the throne. This Guo Ning has not yet become king, but he has completely implemented a new system in Shandong. This system has turned the complete and complex system originally established by the imperial court into waste paper!
This kind of thing seems to be limited to the grassroots level and not so conspicuous. But the emperor already had enough political wisdom. He knew that this was simply digging into the foundation of Dajin and an unprecedented blow to the court. But the court had no choice.
Pusan Anzhen claimed to control Yuhe and was able to transport grain from Nanjing Road to support Zhongdu. But the emperor simply could not believe King Sui on Nanjing Road anymore. The emperor did not dare to hope that Yuhe, located in the hinterland of Hebei, could maintain normal operations if it was invaded by the Mongols again.
In the end, the more reliable sources of grain and fodder materials were still the Shandong East Road and the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, which were connected through the Shandong Sea Road.
The richness of the Song Dynasty is really desirable, and Guo Ning controls this passage, and also controls the lifeblood of Zhongdu.
The emperor absolutely did not want to see this situation, so he had previously pinned his hopes on Hebei Xuanfu envoy San Anzhen.
Pusan Anzhen is the most talented and powerful general that the imperial court can send today. Before he left, the emperor personally issued a secret edict, asking him to seize the opportunity to suppress the navy.
The results of it?
Although Pusan Anzhen's memorial after the incident was vague about this, the Bureau of Attendants had a solution and still found out the real situation.
It turns out that Pusan Anzhen failed so disgraced.
After this failure, the Servant Bureau also found out another thing.
This news was even more shocking than Guo Ning's unification of Shandong East Road, and it immediately aroused the emperor's furious curses.
Fortunately, if the servants of the Internal Affairs Bureau report any bad news recently, they often end up like this. They were all used to it. The emperor was not very strong, so they rolled out with his strength without much pain.
The news is that Pu San Anzhen, after suffering a loss in the confrontation with Ding Haijun, decided to refer to what Guo Ning did on Shandong East Road, kill the silverfish, and reorganize Meng'an Mouke on the east and west roads of Hebei!
How could such a thing happen? What is Pusan Anzhen thinking?
The desolation of Meng'an Mouke is actually nothing to worry about.
It is clearly recorded in the imperial edition that not counting the northeastern hinterland, but only the various roads in the region, there were more than a million people serving as food supplies to the military households in Meng'an. However, it is not known whether only one-fifth of them could actually fight. One-tenth.
The vast majority of the Jurchens are either corrupt or impoverished. In short, their strong and courageous martial arts style does not exist. Over the years, the huge amounts of funds and tens of millions of hectares of land allocated by the imperial court to maintain the Meng'an muke system have all fallen into the hands of high-ranking officials, subordinates and wealthy people, and have not benefited all Jurchens.
The emperor also sentenced Yongding and Zhangdejun back then, and he himself was the one who shared the benefits. He knew the secrets of this all too well. Just like the generals of the three generations of Pusan and Anzhen, they were also the ones who got fat from the food.
In the early years, when the imperial court was still strong, this kind of thing would pass by turning a blind eye.
Nowadays, the imperial court needs to use money and people everywhere. The emperor has begun to plan with his cronies, and at the right time, he will launch some means to consolidate the Meng'an conspiracy in various places. But he never thought that Pusan Anzhen would suddenly jump out and do this!
The implications behind this kind of thing are so complicated. Is it something you, a local official, can do?
Once this kind of thing starts, not only in Hebei, but also countless high-ranking officials will have their bodies mutilated, and everyone will be heartbroken. Do you want the emperor to bear the heavy criticism for you?
But it’s impossible not to bear it. The three generations of the Pusan family were relatives of the state. Pusan Anzhen's mother, Princess Xing, was the emperor's biological sister. He decided to do this, and countless people in the court would think that this was the emperor's order!
What's even more frightening is that Pusan Anzhen is indeed talented. If...if he really succeeds, the Jurchens in Liumengan and Bamouke in Hebei, with a total of more than 20,000 households and more than 100,000, will be destroyed from now on. Who will you listen to next?
The Meng'an Muke system was the foundation of the Jin Dynasty, and even more so of the emperor. Once this foundation was solidified, it was renamed Pusan, so what use did the emperor need from it?
Pusan Anzhen cut out such a large piece of the Jurchen's foundation, and became the emperor's collaborator rather than his subordinate. When he marches his army into Zhongdu, how should the emperor treat him? And will he have random thoughts and think about things that a minister should not think about?
Whether Pusan Anzhen was too smart or too stupid, the emperor simply couldn't tell.
In the final analysis, the Jurchens' own disunity is the cause of Xiao Qiang's troubles. This is much scarier than that guy Guo Ning's trying his best!
Thinking of this, the emperor sat crookedly on his chair, his face as gloomy as the dark eaves on the top of the Da'an Palace.
In this month, several consecutive bad news made him in a bad mood. In order to relieve his emotions, he indulged in fine wine and beautiful women. As a result, his original stern and deep demeanor gradually became less and less. Even when he was angry, he seemed a little sitting still. No more sitting posture.
High above Zhongdu City, clouds were rolling in and gathering. The last autumn rain of the second year of Zhenyou is coming, and after the autumn rain, severe cold is coming.
When dense clouds gathered in Zhongdu City, it was also raining in Yidu Prefecture, Shandong Province.
The light rain was fine and dense, some wet the green plants and flowers in the courtyard, and some rolled over the pavilions and pavilions, gathering into thin lines of rain, falling from the eaves to the stairs, and then rustling and shattering, as if Become one with the water vapor in the air.
Yizai Chucai stretched out his hand and felt the coolness.
He turned sideways and said to Guo Ning: "Let's not talk about whether Pu San Anzhen's actions will ultimately succeed. His idea involves too many things and is too complicated. From the day it was implemented, Meng'an troops in various places in Hebei were planning to defeat the army. There will be chaos, and the people around Jingzhou will be displaced. In this case, don't expect the Hebei Army to still be able to fight... Zhongdu will also lose the closest and powerful support."
He sighed and whispered: "The Mongols will not miss this opportunity."
"In other words, Pusan Anzhen, as one of the few Jurchens who still had some ideas and ambitions, was stimulated by the failure of his trip to Shandong. So, he was ambitious and wanted to do good things, but wanted to kill the emperor. They cheated both Zhongdu and Dajin."
Guo Ning chuckled twice: "Tell me, did he do it intentionally? Or was it unintentional?"
"I really don't know."
Yista Chucai thought for a long time and shook his head. He turned to ask: "How prepared is the missionary for such a situation?"
The situation in the world is getting more and more chaotic. More and more people saw clearly the weakness of the imperial court and began to have their own ideas. From Ding Haijun's point of view, on the Nanjing Road side, he could be involved through the remnants of the Red Coat Army; here on the Hebei Road, Anzhen's family was in chaos, while Guo Ning was in Shandong, and he could advance, retreat, or defend with ease.
So, should we advance or retreat, fight or defend?
Guo Ning looked into the distance. Under the wind and rain, the trees in the garden were undulating and swaying. Every winter in the past few years has been extremely cold. When winter comes, these trees will face not only wind and rain, but also layers of ice and snow.
What kind of scenery it was, he had never seen it before when he first arrived in Yidu.
He patted the scabbard on his waist and said: "The key to the situation has never been the ordinary people in Dajin, but the Mongols. Let's be prepared and wait for them to come!"
(End of Volume 4)
