The government affairs of the Song Dynasty have always been unhurried. Now that Li Yun has gone to the Song Dynasty, Guo Ning does not expect him to produce results in a year and a half. Fortunately, there is no conflict between the Jin and Song Dynasties at this time, so he is not worried. What danger was he in?
Judging from the current situation, it is Guo Ning, the Duke of Zhou's territory, who is more chaotic than the outside world.
Since the beginning of the third year of Zhenyou's reign, there have been no large-scale wars in the Central Plains and the Northland. It seems that the Great Jin Kingdom has experienced a rare peace in recent years. In fact, the split of the Great Jin Kingdom is like the collapse of a huge iceberg. The sudden separation of the iceberg peaks floating on the water is just an appearance. Under the water, the rock ice that was as solid as iron and seemed unshakable for eternity exploded one after another. The impact and turmoil caused had already caused the waves to roll.
In the past six months, in the vast land between Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu and Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing, from the intersecting areas controlled by the two regimes to the many military states newly annexed by Ding Haijun, countless raids, massacres, lures, Betrayals are happening all the time.
In terms of Ding Haijun, Monk Luo, who is in charge of Shandong, and Li Ting, who is in charge of Hebei, are facing the most serious situation.
In the Shandong area, the remnants of the Red Coat Army were entrenched between the forks of the Yellow River and Mount Tai, which hindered the head-on confrontation between Monk Luo and Wanyan Heda's troops in Nanjing. Therefore, both sides were trying to find a way to deal with the Red Coat Army. And the disintegration of the Red Coat Army itself makes it difficult to prevent them from becoming a tool driven by big forces.
Fortunately, Monk Luo may seem rough, but he is very effective in wooing Liu Erzu and others with his magnate demeanor.
On one occasion, he took only two or three followers and two jars of good wine. Without saying hello beforehand, he arrived at Damo Gu in Fei County and invited Liu Erzu, who was entrenched in the Gu, to come down the mountain for a drink. It's just a reward, he added. It's rare that the other leaders of the Red Coat Army are here, so they might as well drink and have fun together.
At that time, Shi Qing, Hao Ding, Xia Quan and others really gathered on the mountain to discuss how to deal with the situation where the two golds coexisted! How come Monk Luo knew about this situation? Why were the checkpoints along the line so negligent that he blocked the door?
Everyone was surprised and suspicious at the moment. Xia Qianli split up and went down the mountain from a small path to avoid Monk Luo; Hao Dingze said, let's walk through the main entrance in a big way, does this fat monk really dare to stop us? Shi Qing was jumping up and down, saying that he would capture Monk Luo and raise an army to retake Shandong. Everyone just thought he was going crazy.
In the end, the group went down the mountain and had a hearty drink with Monk Luo. After finishing the two jars of good wine brought from Yidu, Monk Luo drank heavily with the village wine temporarily bought by Liu Erzu. Finally, he became extremely drunk and was carried to the mountain village to sleep for one night. Then he left the mountain leisurely. .
As a result, the remnants of the Red Coat Army in Shandong became more polite and respectful to Ding Haijun, and the conflicts between the two sides also decreased sharply. Some Red Coat Army forces even took the initiative to do business with Ding Haijun, and even contributed to maintaining business relations.
These people used their blood to rebel in the past, but failed to achieve anything. Now they are caught between two major forces. One side is the sworn enemy the Jurchens, and the other side although they are fighting each other, is still the Han'er regime. Who they prefer in their hearts has actually been self-evident for a long time.
Unfortunately, after Ding Haijun captured Zhongdu in one fell swoop, he was already overeating, suffering from indigestion and flatulence, so the entire military government was not in a hurry to sweep in, but focused on sorting out their own internal affairs. Otherwise, once a document is issued, most of these people will surrender.
Compared with Monk Luo, the Hebei area that Li Ting was responsible for was the core area of the Jin Kingdom, and it must also be the core area of the Zhou regime established by Guo Ning. Guo Ning's request to Li Ting was that the local area must be razed and not be deliberately lenient to avoid future troubles, so Li Ting did it without any compromise.
On the one hand, the Jurchens' Meng'an conspiracy here is very strong, and their attitude towards Ding Haijun is very complicated. On the other hand, many local tyrants and water village owners who have strong self-power have also become obstacles to local governance.
When Li Ting and others fell into disgrace, these local tycoons and village owners were in the same spirit as many of the defeated army groups, and their relationship could be regarded as somewhere between accomplices and allies. The defeated soldiers like Li Ting, who occupied an area and robbed homes and houses, acted with less integrity than these local tyrants and village owners.
Later, Pusan Anzhen governed Hebei, and most of the local forces were controlled by officials. They appointed many titles such as general manager, commander, congyi, commander, etc., just asking them to enjoy their own wealth behind closed doors. Don't expand.
But time has changed, and the defeated troops have now transformed into officers and soldiers, who have begun to forcefully restore order, demand the distribution of land, check the arrears of the two taxes and even salt and wine taxes and other commercial taxes, and even in certain circumstances, begin to Investigate some of the people who committed murder for money in the early years.
This made countless people dissatisfied. Some people took the initiative to cater to the propaganda of Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing, issued slanderous articles slandering Zhou Guogong Guo Ning, and used various banners to fight against thieves; some even contacted the troops of King Sui who were stationed in Julu, trying to rely on them for support.
But Li Ting has always used simple means to deal with any complex problems. Anyone with evil intentions would kill anyone he found, or a group of people he found. Others thought his methods were too harsh, but he not only remained calm, he simply killed with glee.
Under his management, most of the military states in Hebei were actually at constant war, and riots of dozens or hundreds of people often broke out in various places.
But Li Ting himself had fought in the green forests of Hebei and was very familiar with his generation's methods. He also had a large number of troops that could be dispatched quickly. Every time, they can rush in before the riots spread and suppress them.
These riots were interrupted again and again. The scale never increased to the level of holding a large number of people, and they were never able to control the city firmly. Those who participated in the riots could not be powerful for a day or two, and their heads would be hung on the city gates. , the power managed by oneself has become a grindstone for the soldiers and generals under the command of the Ying Navy Jiedushi.
After the end of summer, the Anfen people began to be busy with the autumn harvest, and no one listened to the instigation. The local tyranny was wiped out. Some people handed over their weapons one after another and withdrew from the water villages and camps they had built privately. As a result, the local turmoil suddenly erupted. reduce.
On the contrary, during several campaigns to suppress the rebels, Li Ting found many appointment documents and correspondence issued by the Marshal Youdujian appointed by King Sui and Wanyan Congtan, the military governor of Anguo Army. He was also honest. To be polite, while collecting them and sending them to Zhongdu, they mobilized 2,000 elite troops to prepare for a counterattack.
On the day of the winter solstice, Li Ting's Qingqi set off confidently and raided the mainland camp where Wanyan Congtan had gathered and trained village leaders from all over Hebei. They beheaded more than a thousand people and captured Wanyan Congtan's deputy. The king sent Li Ge, the envoy to inspect the transfer on Hebei West Road.
At the same time, the people of Jing'an, who were responsible for the defense of the vast mountainous area in the north of Hebei, increasingly turned their energy to the west as the pressure from the Mongols weakened, and began to infiltrate Xijing Province and Hedong and other places.
Correspondingly, King Sui also used many countermeasures.
However, during this period, most of the civil and military leaders of the Ding Navy focused their energy on Zhongdu, busy with sorting out the political order after Emperor Xingding came to the throne, while Guo Ning paid more attention to the reorganization and reorganization of his own navy fleet. Rectify. Since they maintain strong military strength and have no intention of continuing to expand military confrontation, no matter how fierce the waves are, they will eventually subside.
As King Sui of Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing ascended the throne as emperor surrounded by his ministers and was named "Yuan Guang", a regime emerged that seemed to better represent the orthodoxy of the Wanyan family. Emperor Xingding in Zhongdu and Emperor Yuanguang in Nanjing were brothers, and their mothers were Wang sisters. However, the two Jin Dynasties they represented were just like the two Wei Dynasties in the history books. They were incompatible with each other from the beginning of their establishment. .
Many people thought that after Emperor Yuanguang came to the throne, he would avenge his father and launch a large-scale battle against Dongjin. However, they never thought that he was a calm person and did not act recklessly. As the weather gets colder, it is difficult to mobilize troops and horses, and the supply of food, fodder, and materials on both sides begins to tighten. The conflicts on the border between the East and the West gradually decrease, and the world seems to be getting calmer and calmer.
