In August of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, died on his way back to Huining Mansion in Beijing.
Everyone in the Song Dynasty court was delighted to hear the news. This was an invincible murderer who started his career in the white mountains and black waters. As a slave, he overthrew the Liao Empire, the world's hegemon, in just ten years.
Although this fierce man was kind to the Song Dynasty, with such a ferocious beast lying beside the bed, how could it make people feel at ease? Just die, just die.
But they didn't know that after the alliance between the two countries to conquer the Liao Dynasty, the weak chicken of the Song Dynasty had already been seen through the reality by the Jin people. Many generals of the Jin Kingdom suggested going south to attack the Song Dynasty, but Wanyan Aguda stopped them.
Even many Jin people in the Seven States of Yanshan did not want to give it, but Wanyan Aguda remained unmoved and insisted on fulfilling the covenant.
Even Wanyan Aguda, the Datong Prefecture behind Yanshan and its four prefectures, agreed to be handed over to the Song Dynasty. However, before the delivery was completed, this peerless murderer passed away.
In the second month of the same year, his younger brother Wanyan Wu begged to become the emperor.
The Song Dynasty Court issued a letter of credence to express its congratulations, and at the same time requested the four states of Datong to deliver the goods as soon as possible. After all, the deposit had been paid.
It's a pity that Wanyan Aguda, who was close to Song Dynasty, is already dead.
The new Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai did not buy the bird account of the Song Dynasty at all. Instead, he asked why the Song Dynasty broke the alliance and accepted the traitorous generals of the Jin Kingdom?
It turns out that in May of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the former deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army of the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Jue, the military governor of the Jin Kingdom and the governor of Pingzhou, secretly surrendered with his camp, Pingzhou and Luanzhou. During the Song Dynasty, the officials of the Jin Kingdom who were responsible for relocating the people from the seven states of Yanjing were killed, and all the people were detained and sent back to Yanjing. .
This operation made the Jin Kingdom very angry. The covenant between Song and Jin clearly stated that the two countries were not allowed to accept the other's traitorous generals, rebels, or rebels. According to the agreement, even if some people who slipped through the network escaped to the other's border, , also need to be repatriated.
This April has just been handed over to Yanjing. In May, your Song Dynasty started to poach people. You still want to return to Datong Mansion? There is no way to eat shit!
It's just that Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom hasn't caught him yet, and Zhang Jue's rebellion hasn't been put down yet, so the Jin Kingdom is holding back for the time being.
In June of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the Jin Dynasty tried to attack the Song Dynasty for the first time. Marshal Wanyan Nianhan of the Western Jin Dynasty raided Datong Mansion, defeated Hedong General Li Siben, and snatched Shuo, Ying, and Wei San who had surrendered to the Song Dynasty. In the state, the Great Song Dynasty Hall did not dare to speak after learning about it, and no one even questioned him.
The Jin Kingdom said they understood. In November, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zongwang, personally led troops to attack Zhang Jue. Zhang Jue was defeated and asked for help from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty did not dare to support him, causing Zhang Jue to be defeated and flee Yanshan Mansion.
Wanyan Zongwang accused the Yanshan Xuanfu Division of the Northern Song Dynasty in the name of accepting rebellion and asked them to hand over Zhang Jue.
Wang Anzhong, the Xuanfu envoy, wanted to deny it at first. He hid Zhang Jue in the armored warehouse and told Wanyan Zongwang: I have never seen this person and I don't know him.
After Wanyan Zongwang took out the appointment letter written by Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty to Zhang Jue, Wang Anzhong was completely speechless.
Then they found a prisoner who looked like Zhang Jue, chopped him up with a knife, and handed him to Wanyan Zongwang. However, someone from Jin who knew Zhang Jue took a closer look and found that it was not Zhang Jue, but Wanyan Zongwang was very angry. You are playing this trick with me. Since you are not willing to hand it over, I will lead my own troops to get it!
Wang Anzhong hurriedly asked Zhao Ji: Your Majesty, what do you think we should do?
Zhao Ji said: What else can I do? Can you beat the Jurchens? If you can't defeat him, you have to sacrifice Zhang Jue. Anyway, he is just a surrendered general.
After receiving the imperial edict, Wang Anzhong captured Zhang Jue from the warehouse where he was hiding. Before that, the "crime" against him had been prepared. Before killing him, he had to read it out in a pretentious manner. Jue cursed loudly: If I have any sin, it is for believing in you rats!
Wang Anzhong ordered people to strangle Zhang Jue to death, cut off his head, tied up his family, and sent them to the Jin soldiers who besieged Pingzhou. The Jurchens hung Zhang Jue's head in front of the camp for a long time.
When the news came out that Zhang Jue had been beheaded by the Song Dynasty, the soldiers and the victorious army of Yanyun who surrendered to the Song Dynasty could not help but shed tears. It was not because they sympathized with Zhang Jue, but because they were sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox. They felt deeply for the Song Dynasty, which had no way to protect its own court. Disappointed, so what if Yanyun was originally from Han Dynasty?
Guo Pharmacist, a surrendered general of the Ever Victorious Army, even said to himself, "If Jin comes to ask for Pharmacist, what will Song Dang do?"
Since then, the surrendered soldiers of Yanshan Mansion have been separated from each other.
Time came to March of the sixth year of Xuanhe. The Song Dynasty established another army in the direction of Shanxi, the Yisheng Army. It was to defend against Jin and of course... Yanshan Prefecture.
However, if the Song Dynasty had not been tortured by the Liao and then the Jin in the north, how could Wang Erlang on the northwest border have such smooth sailing? It can only be said that everything in this world is determined by every drink and every peck.
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Yaze is a member of the Duomi tribe of the Tubo tribe who lives in Xixia, and is only a small branch of the Duomi tribe. A few generations back, his ancestors were kicked out of the tribe for offending the bosses of the tribe and lived in Xixia. .
Xixia is originally a country composed of many tribes, so it is not so exclusive and can accommodate his family, old and young, but it is also a country where the strong are respected. If the family does not have a place in the court, it will naturally be subordinated. The heaviest labor, the heaviest taxes, the coarsest barley, and the coarsest linen...
But Yaze is also lucky, because his parents are still alive, and his younger brothers and sisters did not die in infancy. The family can barely survive by living on a dozen cows and sheep, which is already the case where Yaze lives. He is extremely lucky and is envied by many people.
Until one day, even greater luck befell this boy. He was successfully selected into the Xixia Chamber of Commerce Guards and became a guard that everyone envied and respected. Since then, he and his family have undergone earth-shaking changes.
The high-ranking officials in the city canceled his family's tax and labor service, and the patriarch personally sent his beloved granddaughter to his door. Every day, people he knew and didn't know came to his door to give gifts. He rose from a poor boy who no one cared about to his family. Heaven.
At this moment, he was holding a black outfit in his hands and caressing her gently, his expression more tender than caressing his fifteen-year-old wife at night, because this was his life and the support of his family for the rest of their lives.
"Aze, hurry up, we are waiting for you in front."
There was a call from outside the earthen house, and he answered it. No longer hesitating, he put on his black clothes, took the waist knife on the shelf, and walked out of the inner room.
The eyes of the whole family were focused on him. He took the incense from his beloved wife, kowtowed three times in front of the longevity tablet with the word "Wang Zhi" crookedly written on it, recited some Tubo dialect, and then inserted it in In front of the tablet.
Then he took out some money and gave it to his parents, which was his monthly salary. This was enough to feed and clothe the family for a year. He rubbed the heads of his younger brothers and sisters, told them to listen to their parents, and then looked at them affectionately. After glancing at his wife, he went out with the family's reluctant eyes, mounted his horse, and walked toward a group of young men in black waiting for him ahead.
"Aze, you are so lucky."
One person saw a large family going out to see Yaze off, and his envy was beyond words.
Yaze scratched his head in embarrassment and looked back at his family with some reluctance.
Seeing this, the squad leader patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Haha... let's go. Going to Pingxia City is not going to the battlefield. You will be back soon."
Yaze hummed, looking a little hopeful, "Captain, do you think we can meet the president when we go to Pingxia City this time?"
The team leader nodded and said: "Of course. It has been three years since our Chamber of Commerce was established. The contracts for all major tribes to join the Chamber of Commerce have expired. Naturally, the president will have to preside over the meeting."
"Since the Chamber of Commerce contract has expired, will the Chamber of Commerce be dissolved?"
Yaze asked nervously, and other young people in the team also looked at the squad leader with worry.
"Don't worry, as mentioned above, this is the renewal meeting of all members of the Chamber of Commerce. The rules and regulations of the Chamber of Commerce may change, but the Chamber of Commerce will not be disbanded. Just put your heart back in your stomach."
After hearing such a clear explanation from the team leader, the young talents laughed in relief, and the atmosphere along the way became more cheerful.
"You haven't met the president yet, have you?"
Seeing Yaze shaking his head with a smile, the team leader finally remembered, "Yes, you only joined the Chamber of Commerce at the end of last year. We haven't been back to Pingxia City since then. It's normal that you haven't seen him before."
"I heard that our president is the reincarnation of the Buddha. He is nine feet tall, as strong as an iron tower, can easily lift an adult buffalo, and can decapitate an enemy general among thousands of armies. Is this true?" Yaze asked again, There was a look of admiration in his eyes.
The team leader chuckled and said, "You'll know when you see me tomorrow."
A team member interjected and asked: "Captain, when did you join the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Me..." there was pride in the eyes of the squad leader, "I joined the Chamber of Commerce when it first formed the escort team. When there were only 3,000 people, Captain Yue led us to charge into the 50,000 enemy camp. , my skills were all taught by Captain Yue himself."
All the team members showed admiration when they heard Captain Yue. He is the eternal god in the hearts of the escort team members. He has led the escort team to incredible victories countless times and is the anchor of the Chamber of Commerce.
Although the escort has now grown to tens of thousands, it is still just a 'guard'. Yue Fei is still just the captain of the escort. According to Wang Erlang's words: We did not recruit soldiers privately, we are just the escort of ordinary caravans. That’s all.
When the true strength of the escort team was learned by the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji almost died of anger. Ten people are called a team, a hundred people are also called a team, you can also call a thousand, ten thousand, or tens of thousands people a team?
Faced with this small escort team, the entire imperial court had a unified understanding that it should not be moved. If it was moved, it would be in danger of subverting the country, so it was left alone for three years.
And Wang Erlang was not unyielding when he was in power. He was still regarded as a minister of the Song Dynasty, and he paid a lot of taxes. He actually contributed a lot to the treasury of the Song Dynasty. This is why the Song Dynasty court tolerated him again and again.
"By the way, can you memorize and write the pinyin table?"
The laughter and laughter along the way came to an abrupt end when the team leader suddenly asked.
