When Pharmacist Guo rushed to Xiongzhou, Zhao Liangsi had already entered Youzhou City and met Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda. After Wanyan Nianhan captured Youzhou, he reported it to Emperor Wanyan Aguda of Jin. Wanyan Agu was rewarded, and he was so excited that he ordered Wanyan Nianhan to strengthen the defense of Youzhou to prevent Xiao Qian and Han We stationed in Liangxiang from counterattacking Youzhou; at the same time, he was on guard against the Song army attacking Youzhou.
Sure enough, Xiao Qian and Han Yi, who were stationed in Liangxiang, heard that Youzhou had been captured by the Jin soldiers led by Wanyan Nianhan, so Xiao Qian led 30,000 troops to counterattack Youzhou. After a fierce battle, Xiao Qian lost to Wanyan Nianhan and fled eastward. Wanyan Nianhan strengthened the city defense and conducted a large-scale manhunt in the city to arrest Liao nobles and rob Liao royal property.
During the search, Wanyan Nianhan unexpectedly captured Ashu, who had been on the run for more than 20 years. Ashu was originally the leader of the Jurchen He Shilie tribe. Because he blocked the Eagle Road of the Liao court, the Liao court sent the Wanyan tribe to conquer Ashu. After Ashu was defeated, he fled to Zhongjing of the Liao Dynasty and pleaded guilty to the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji. He was protected by Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji and later Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi. Wanyan Aguda intended to rebel against the Liao Dynasty, so he used the excuse of asking for Ashu to anger the Liao court. The Liao court also used Ashu to raise funds to suppress the Wanyan tribe. Therefore, Ashu became a key figure in the conflict between Liao and Song.
During the more than 20 years of rebellion against the Liao Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda never gave up his desire for Ashu. Wanyan Nianhan was very aware of this situation. Now, Wanyan Nianhan thought it was a great achievement to accidentally capture Ashu. He hurriedly reported the victory over Xiao Qian and the capture of Ashu in Youzhou City to Wanyan Aguda, and asked Wanyan Aguda to enter Youzhou. Handle related matters.
At that time, Wanyan Aguda was searching for Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi in Yunzhou. When he heard that Youzhou had been captured and Ashu was captured, he felt that it was more important to stabilize Youzhou now than to hunt down Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi, so he He led some soldiers and horses to Youzhou City.
After Wanyan Aguda entered Youzhou, Wanyan Nianhan immediately offered Ashu.
When Ashu saw Wanyan Aguda, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The Great Emperor is above us. Ashu has no intention of rebelling against the Great Emperor. Ashu fled to the Khitan court just to survive. I beg the Great Emperor to spare his life." !”
Wanyan Aguda glared at Ashu and cursed: "You Ashu! You are a Jurchen, but you also hate the Khitan and blocked the Khitan's Eagle Road. Why don't you negotiate with me and instead go to the Khitan?"
Ashu kept giving Wanyan Agu a slap on the head and said: "Great Emperor, Ashu, I blocked the Ying Road of the Khitan court. You led your troops to capture my city. I have to escape. I won't escape." He died then!"
"Nonsense!" Wanyan Aguda said: "At that time, my Wanyan tribe inherited the position of military governor of the Jurchen tribe of Khitan. How could I not work for the Khitan court? What kind of life did my Wanyan tribe have to live during the time when I was working for the Khitan? The life of the tribal leader?! You took advantage of the Khitan’s influence to betray Jurchen’s interests, which is very abominable! Come on!"
Wanyan Aguda roared, and then rushed in more than ten guards with swords and rushed towards Ashu.
Ashu thought to himself that it was over and he was going to behead him. He was so frightened that he trembled and shouted loudly: "Emperor, spare your life! Ashu doesn't dare to do it anymore."
Wanyan Aguda shouted loudly: "Give me twenty lashes from Ashu, drive him out of the hall, escort him to the Heshi Lie tribe, deprive him of his noble status, and serve the people on the spot. He is not allowed to enter the Five Capitals without being summoned."
The "Five Capitals" mentioned by Wanyan Aguda are the east, west, north, south and central capital of Khitan.
Ah Shu originally thought he was dead, but he didn't expect that he was only beaten twenty times. He rushed back to his hometown to serve the people. He was overjoyed and cried: "Thank you, the Emperor, for giving Ah Shu twenty whips!"
Wanyan Aguda shouted: "Hit!"
The soldiers overturned Ashu, whipped him and beat him twenty times. Ashu was beaten until he was rolling on the ground, howling and screaming.
After watching Ashu being beaten twenty times, Wanyan Aguda ordered: "Drive the general out!"
The soldiers drove Ashu out of the hall.
Wanyan Aguda had just finished handling Ashu's affairs when a report came in from outside the palace, and Zhao Liangsi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, asked to see him. Not long ago, Zhao Liangsi was very dissatisfied with the Jin Kingdom's capture of Youzhou. He had a dispute with Wanyan Aguda, and returned to the country to report the situation to the court. Before Zhao Liangsi returned to China, Wanyan Aguda also asked Zhao Liangsi to say hello to Emperor Huizong. Now, when he heard that Zhao Liangsi had come again, Wanyan Aguda knew that Zhao Liangsi had already met the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and had informed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty about the occupation of Youzhou by the Jin Kingdom. He must have brought him with him when he came this time. It was ordered by the Emperor of Song Dynasty.
Wanyan Aguda did not want to have a stalemate with the Song State, and hoped to maintain a normal and good relationship with the Song State. After hearing Zhao Liangsi's request to see him, Wanyan Aguda sent a message: "Quickly invite the Song envoy to come in and see you."
The palace official sent the report, and Zhao Liangsi was immediately summoned into the main hall.
Zhao Liangsi bowed to Wanyan Agu and greeted him loudly: "Hello, Great Emperor! I am being polite to you."
Wanyan Aguda and Zhao Liangsi have been friends for a long time. Zhao Liangsi was always there to negotiate the alliance between Song and Jin. Therefore, Wanyan Aguda waved his hand and said: "Angels don't need to be polite, please take a seat quickly."
Zhao Liangsi immediately sat down.
Wanyan Aguda looked at Zhao Liangsi and asked, "How was the journey when the angel returned to the court?"
Zhao Liangsi replied: "Thank you very much, Emperor, for your concern. I will have a good trip back to the DPRK."
Wanyan Aguda nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "How is your great emperor?"
Zhao Liangsi nodded and replied: "My lord is very kind. This envoy brought the Emperor's greetings to my lord. My lord was very happy and entrusted me to say hello to the great emperor on his behalf."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Wanyan Aguda was overjoyed and said hello repeatedly.
Zhao Liangsi saw that Wanyan Aguda was in high spirits and was in a good mood, so he said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, after my envoy returned to the court, your country broke the treaty signed between Song and Jin Dynasties and took the lead in capturing and occupying Youzhou. The report was given to the Holy One of our family. The Holy One of my family has a lot of opinions on this. This envoy was sent to your country this time because he was assigned by the Holy One of my family to allow me to meet with the Great Emperor. The Holy One of my family asked me to tell the Great Emperor to cherish the relationship between the two countries. Friendship between us, do more things that are beneficial to both parties, and don’t be fooled by immediate interests. My family’s sage said that Youzhou belongs to the Central Plains and is the inherent territory of the Central Plains Dynasty. It must be returned to the Central Plains Dynasty. In this regard, there is no room for negotiation. .”
Wanyan Aguda nodded when he heard this.
Zhao Liangsi continued: "In the presence of the Great Emperor, the Song and Jin countries formed an alliance to conquer the Liao Dynasty and achieved their strategic goals, causing the Khitan to collapse. At present, the Song and Jin countries should abide by their mutual agreements and live in friendship. To turn against each other would be of great benefit to both countries; if the Song and Jin countries were to have another dispute, leading to the loss of lives, this should not be what the Song and Jin countries wanted to see."
Wanyan Aguda said: "What the angel said is absolutely true. The Jin and Song Dynasties should be friendly to each other and maintain good state relations. As for our country's recovery of Youzhou, it is actually because your country is unfavorable in sending troops and unable to recover Youzhou. Our country is in Recovering Youzhou in this case cannot be regarded as a breach of contract. Now, Youzhou has been occupied by our country, and our country has paid a great price to recover Youzhou, so we have to negotiate separately on the ownership of Youzhou."
"What the Great Emperor said is inappropriate." Zhao Liangsi argued with reason: "Your Excellency, although Youzhou was captured and occupied by your country, according to the covenant between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Youzhou and the sixteen states of Yunzhou belong to The inherent territory of our country belongs to our country. If your country captures and occupies Youzhou, it will have to negotiate separately on the ownership of Youzhou. Doesn’t it mean that it has captured and occupied the territory of our country and also needs to negotiate with our country? The two countries of Song and Jin Dynasty It is an alliance, not a hostile relationship. How can we violate the covenant and occupy the other side's territory? The Great Emperor, there is absolutely no possibility of negotiation on the ownership of the sixteen states of Youyan."
Zhao Liangsi's words stunned Wanyan Agu. Wanyan Aguda couldn't answer Zhao Liangsi, so he looked at the other ministers present, smiled and said: "The sixteen states of Youyan belong to the Southern Dynasty. This is not easy to say, and our country does not deny it; but there are some details. There are still sexual issues. Your envoy traveled back and forth between the Jin and Song dynasties, and the carriage and horses were tiring. It was a lot of hard work, so he should rest first and discuss the ownership of Youyan and the remaining issues later."
After saying that, Wanyan Aguda stood up from his seat and left first.
Afterwards, the general ministers of the Jin Kingdom also stood up from their seats and left the palace.
Only Zhao Liangsi and seven or eight officials from the Song Dynasty were left in the hall.
Zhao Liangsi got Wanyan Aguda Youyan's Sixteen Provinces to belong to the Southern Dynasty, and the Jin Kingdom did not deny the promise. Although he was not very satisfied with the effect of the first meeting, he knew that this matter could not be solved in one conversation. Question, after the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom left the palace, they also took seven or eight of their officials out of the palace and returned to their residence.
After returning to the station, Zhao Liangsi wrote a letter to Tong Guan and Cai You, generally explaining the situation of the first negotiation. Zhao Liangsi told Tong Guan and Cai You in his letter that the Kingdom of Jin did not deny that the sixteen states of Youyan were owned by the imperial court, and that it would probably create some problems regarding the details of Youyan's ownership. Zhao Liangsi asked Tong Guan and Cai You to quickly send a large army to Youzhou City with a strong momentum and to have a deterrent effect on the kings and ministers of the Jin Kingdom. In that case, the negotiation on the ownership of Youyan would be much smoother.
After receiving Zhao Liangsi's letter, Tong Guan and Cai You hurriedly urged Wang Zhen to send troops. Wang Zhen then led Yang Keshi, Liu Guangshi and other generals as well as 100,000 soldiers and horses, and marched to the gate of Youzhou City in a mighty manner.
Wanyan Aguda left Zhao Liangsi to dry in the main hall. Firstly, it was to give Zhao Liangsi a show of strength and to prevent Zhao Liangsi from having too high expectations. Secondly, Wanyan Aguda wanted to fight with Wanyan Wu Begging, Wanyan Nianhan, and Wanyan Nianhan. Wanyan Zongwang and other Jin ministers and generals discussed this matter.
Wanyan Aguda knew in his heart that the Sixteen Youyan Prefectures must be returned to the Song Dynasty, but there were some conditions for the return. At the same time, Wanyan Aguda also knew in his heart that in order to return the territory of the Sixteen Youyan Prefectures, certain conditions must be met. After soliciting the opinions of Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Zongwang and others, he had to persuade them to agree.
