Pharmacist Guo received great favor from the Song Dynasty court for offering Zhuo Yi to surrender to the Song Dynasty, which made one person jealous. This person was Zhang Jue, who stayed in Nanjing of the Jin Dynasty and served under Tongping Zhang's family.
Zhang Jue was originally the deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army of the Liao Kingdom, and was in charge of the three prefectures of Ping and Luan. The official residence of the deputy envoy was located in Pingzhou. At that time, the Jin State occupied Youzhou and then returned Youzhou to the Song Dynasty. However, the strategic situation of the Song, Jin and Liao Dynasties in Yingpingluan was still unclear. Zhang Jue then controlled the three states of Yingpingluan and continued to expand his strength, secretly trying to direction, wanting to obtain maximum benefits between Song, Jin and Liao.
After the Jin Kingdom captured Xia Youzhou, the three prefectures of Yingping and Luan controlled by Zhang Jue were the most important strategic points from Youzhou to Huining Prefecture in Shangjing. If they could not capture the three prefectures of Yingping, Luan and Shangjing, they would not be able to effectively control Youyun Sixteenth State. State, let alone go deep into the southern border. Based on this situation, when the Jin Dynasty returned Youzhou, which was originally Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, to the Song Dynasty, it changed Pingzhou to Nanjing, and appointed Zhang Jue as the Nanjing judge who stayed behind and Tongpingzhang's family.
The intention of the Jin State was to first include the three states of Yingping and Luan into their own territory. When the time is right in the future, they would cut off Zhang Jue and station Jurchen generals and soldiers to completely occupy the three states of Yingping and Luan.
The situation at that time was that the military strength of the Jin State was obviously greater than that of the Song Dynasty. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Jue accepted the canonization of the Jin State. Therefore, the three states of Yingping, Pingluan and Luan were transferred from the Liao State to the Jin State, and Zhang Jue also became the Jin State. local officials.
The three prefectures of Yingping and Luan are located on strategically important areas from Youzhou to the Liaodong Peninsula. They have been organized into a separate army since they became Khitan citizens. They are not the same geographical concept as the sixteen prefectures of Youyan. A few years ago, when Zhao Liangsi signed a maritime treaty with the emperor, he took into account the strategic needs of the Central Plains Dynasty and specifically proposed that after the joint expedition against the Liao Dynasty, the three states of Yingping and Luan should be returned to the Song Dynasty.
At that time, Emperor Wanyan Aguda and other ordinary ministers of the Jin Kingdom did not realize the importance of the three states of Yingping and Luan. At that time, they had no idea of going south to capture the Song Dynasty. Therefore, when Zhao Liangsi proposed to return Yingping and Luan together, During the Song Dynasty, the attitude was ambiguous, and there was also the idea of returning it to the Song Dynasty.
However, the person who served as translator next to Wanyan Aguda at that time was a Bohai Han native named Gao Qing. This man had served as a local official in the Liao Kingdom. He was fluent in Khitan, Chinese and Jurchen languages. He was an important civil servant in the early days of the founding of the Jin Dynasty.
When Gao Qingyi was a minister of the Liao Dynasty, he met Zhao Liangsi in the court; but at that time, Zhao Liangsi was not called Zhao Liangsi. He was called Ma Zhi, a very common name after the Han people converted to Khitan. He also held the position of Guanglu Qing in the Liao court. . Gao Qingyi also had doubts after meeting Zhao Liangsi. He couldn't understand why Guanglu Qing of Liao became an envoy of Song and changed his surname to Zhao Liangsi.
That day, the negotiation went very smoothly. Wanyan Aguda agreed to Zhao Liangsi's return of all the territory of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Zhao Liangsi took advantage of Wanyan Aguda's happiness and further proposed: "Great Emperor, the lands of Ping, Ying, and Luan also belong to Yan. Beijing will naturally be handed over to my court in the future."
The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyan were ceded to the Liao State by Shi Jingtang in the Later Tang Dynasty, while the three prefectures of Pingzhou, Yingzhou, and Luanzhou were ceded to the Liao State by Liu Rengong during the Five Dynasties. They are not the same thing as the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyan. Therefore, when Zhao Liangsi proposed that the three states of Pingying and Luan be returned to the Northern Song Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda had not yet expressed his position. Gao Qingyi next to him became anxious and directly pushed Zhao Liangsi back.
Gao Qingyi said: "What we are talking about today is the Yan region. Pingying and Luan are all the way apart. We cannot talk about them together."
Zhao Liangsi was secretly angry when he heard this, and thought to himself, "What do you think?" You just need to do a good job of translating. Why don't you stretch your mouth too long? ! Is it your turn to express your opinion? ! Besides, you are a Han Chinese, but you don’t know how to seek benefits for the Central Plains Dynasty!
However, there was nothing Zhao Liangsi could do about Gao Qingyi. Who made him the senior adviser of the Jin Kingdom? ! Therefore, Zhao Liangsi could only endure his anger and put the matter of Yingpingluan on hold.
Now, Jin Guo Pingzhou stayed behind, and Tongpingzhang's family served Zhang Jue. Seeing that the six states of Yanjing were returned to the Song Dynasty, Yaoshi Guo became prosperous because of his dedication to Zhuoyi, and the Song Dynasty's army also successively stationed in the six states of Yanjing, showing a faction The glorious atmosphere made Zhang Jue's eyes get hot.
Zhang Jue thought to himself that the Song Dynasty was an ancient civilization with a long history, splendid culture, prosperity, and outstanding people. It inherited the civilization history of the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years. How could it be conquered by a backward country like Jin and Liao?
Zhang Jue is a native of Yifeng, Pingzhou, and is a Han Chinese born in the Liao Kingdom. Zhang Jue took part in the imperial examination of the Liao Kingdom when he was young and obtained the status of Jinshi. He was greatly influenced by Han culture and had a deep literacy in Chinese culture. He admired the breadth and depth of Han culture. Zhang Jue chose the path of military service in the Liao Kingdom, and finally became the deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army in the Liao Kingdom; but this was not what he wanted. What he wanted more was to become a prefect, a civil servant in a land, and rely on culture And wisdom governs one party. However, the Liao Kingdom was a country on horseback that advocated force, which made it impossible for Zhang Jue to realize his ideal of becoming a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. Zhang Juechang felt sorry for this.
Zhang Jue lived in the Liao Kingdom for most of his life. Zhang Jue saw with his own eyes that although the Liao Kingdom was powerful, it failed to defeat the Song Dynasty in the end. Instead, the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom were destroyed. Zhang Jue accepted the canonization of the Jin Kingdom out of desperation. At that time, the Jin army was invincible wherever it went. It had occupied most of the land of the Liao Kingdom. Emperor Tianzuo had also fled. Youzhou was also captured by the Jin army and then returned to the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom was obviously doomed. Moreover, Wanyan Nianhan led tens of thousands of troops to attack Pingzhou. It was under this situation that Zhang Jue felt that he did not need to fight stubbornly. Whoever was in Longting was just a sitting duck and had nothing to do with him. Therefore, Zhang Jue led the entire city of Pingzhou to surrender to Wanyan Nianhan and accepted it. The Linhai Jiedu Envoy and Pingzhou who were conferred by the Kingdom of Jin were left behind.
At that time, in order to win over Zhang Jue, the Kingdom of Jin upgraded Pingzhou to Nanjing and granted Zhang Jue Tong Pingzhang's service. It can be said that it was a great favor. However, compared with Yaoshi Guo, all this is far behind, and almost pales into insignificance. What made Zhang Jue jealous was that Pharmacist Guo was a martial artist. Not only did he serve as the magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture, but he also had an official residence in Bianjing in the Southern Dynasties. The emperor of the Southern Dynasties also gave him beautiful concubines. Such things were definitely not something that the Jin Kingdom could do. For yourself.
Because of Zhang Jue's scholarly temperament, Zhang Jue made errors in his judgment. Zhang Jue felt that the current Jin Kingdom, although seemingly powerful, was actually an uncivilized country that could not be compared with the Song Dynasty. With the recovery and prosperity of Yanjing and other places, the strength of the Song Army strengthened, and the Yunshuo Ten Prefectures were recovered. It is also inevitable that Pingzhou where he is located will probably have to be recovered by the Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty will regain Pingzhou in the future, it is better for me to surrender the city to the Song Dynasty early, lest I become defeated in the future and lose all capital.
Based on this, Zhang Jue secretly had the idea of defecting to Song Dynasty.
Soon afterwards, Zhang Jue sent his deputy governor Yuan Dingyi to Youzhou to find Wang Anzhong, the pacifier of Youzhou, to discuss surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
This situation was immediately learned by Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda.
At that time, Zhang Jue was not very confidential when handling this matter. The reason why Zhang Jue did not keep this matter very confidential was that, to a certain extent, Zhang Jue did not take Jin Guo seriously. While sending the deputy magistrate to Youzhou to discuss surrendering to the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jue mobilized in Pingzhou and encouraged Pingzhou officials, soldiers and civilians to accompany him in surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
This news was naturally learned by Wanyan Aguda.
After Wanyan Aguda learned the news, he was very angry and decided to warn Zhang Jue. The reason why Wanyan Aguda decided to warn Zhang Jue instead of sending troops to quell the rebellion was because the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty had reached an agreement, and neither side could recruit surrenders or rebels in the other side's territory.
Wanyan Aguda obviously did not know much about the culture and strategies of the Central Plains dynasty.
After Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda learned that Zhang Jue and Wang An secretly colluded and prepared to lead Pingzhou to surrender to the Song Dynasty, he immediately sent Liu Yanzong and Wanyan Slope as special envoys to Pingzhou to deliver the edict to Zhang Jue.
Wanyan Aguda said in the edict: Pingshan County is Nanjing today, Jiedushi is now staying behind, and the favor he has shown you is generous enough. Some people say that you have other plans secretly. Why are you inciting each other during this busy farming season? This is not a strategy to avoid danger. Now I will tell you my opinion, and I hope you will take care of yourself.
Wanyan Aguda did not reprimand Zhang Jue in the edict, but only warned Zhang Jue, almost giving Zhang Jue a vaccination. He told Zhang Jue that I already know what you have done, and I have already treated you. That's very kind. I hope you can take care of yourself.
Since Zhang Jue was already preparing to surrender to the Song Dynasty, he had naturally considered everything. Naturally, he did not take Wanyan Aguda's warning to heart and still carried out the matter of surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
After Wang Anzhong, the pacifying envoy of Youzhou in the Song Dynasty, came into contact with Yuan Dingyi sent by Zhang Jue, he was overjoyed to learn that Zhang Jue intended to offer his camp to the three cities of Pingluan and surrender to the Song Dynasty. He quickly sent someone to tell Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji about the situation.
Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji was naturally overjoyed when he got his reward.
This is an extra gift. Before that, the Song Dynasty went all out to pursue the recovery of the territory of the sixteen Youyun states. Now that the six Yanjing states have been recovered, the ten states of Yunshuo and others will also be recovered after the Jin Kingdom captures Emperor Tianzuo. , if the three states of Yingping and Luan are recovered now, it will be equivalent to recovering all the Han land that Liu Rengong ceded to the Khitan in the Five Dynasties and Shi Jingtang of the later Jin Dynasty ceded to the Khitan. What a glorious cause!
Emperor Huizong was overjoyed when he received the news and was intoxicated with the huge victory. Immediately, Huizong Zhao Ji sent people to Youzhou and ordered Wang Anzhong to actively promote the matter and regain the three states of Yingping and Luan.
This news was known to Zhao Liangsi. Zhao Liangsi was shocked and thought, Oh no, trouble is coming! Zhao Liangsi was so anxious that he hurriedly entered the palace to see Huizong Zhao Ji. He strongly opposed the recruitment of Zhang Jue and the recovery of the three states of Yingping and Luan.
