Wanyan Zongwang led more than a hundred soldiers to the Xuanfu Department Hall of Yanshan Prefecture. The two countries still maintained an apparent alliance, so Wang Anzhong was quite polite to Wanyan Zongwang. Lieutenant General Wang An asked Wanyan Zongwang to sit down in the guest seat and ordered his servants to serve tea.
"No need!" Wanyan Zongwang said unhappily: "I didn't come to Xuanfu Envoy's place just to drink tea."
When Wang Anzhong saw this, he smiled slightly and said: "The second prince came all the way from Pingzhou. He looks very resentful. I don't know why? It's been a long journey. It's been a hard journey."
Just as he was talking, a servant brought tea and placed it in front of Wanyan Zongwang's case.
Wang Anzhong said: "Second prince, let's have some tea."
Wanyan Zongwang picked up the teacup, took a sip, put the teacup on the table, looked at Wang Anzhong and said: "Wang Anzhong, don't you know why I came to you to appease the Yamen?"
"What do I know? I know nothing."
"Okay!" Wanyan Zongwang said loudly: "Let me ask you, last time, I sent people to ask for Zhang Jue, the traitor of Dajin. Why did the Xuanfu envoy not only refuse to cooperate with the surrender, but instead sent the people I sent? Did you hit the wall and rush out?"
"It's very unreasonable!" Wang Anzhong pretended to be angry and said: "The people sent by the second prince are just asking me for Zhang Jue. Isn't this unreasonable! Who is Zhang Jue? Where do I know Zhang Jue? And How to give a Zhang Jue? Second Prince, if I send someone to your place to ask for a Zhang Jue, can you give me a Zhang Jue so that I can see it?"
It is obvious that Wang Anzhong did not admit that Zhang Jue was hiding in the Xuanfu Si Yamen.
When Wanyan Zong saw this, he also smiled slightly and said: "Wang Xuanfu, please stop acting. I have reliable information. Zhang Jue fled from Pingzhou to Yanjing and is hiding in your Xuanfu Division. Wang Xuanfu , since you said you don’t recognize Zhang Jue and don’t know where Zhang Jue is, well, Ambassador Wang Xuan, can you allow me to conduct a search?”
When Wang Anzhong heard this, he was very unhappy. His face sank and he said angrily: "Prince Wanyan, are you going too far? This is the Yanshan Mansion of the Song Dynasty and the Xuanfu Si Yamen. It is not the jurisdiction of your Jin Kingdom. What rights do you have?" Search my Xuanfu Si Yamen? If you do this, where will the Song Dynasty be? Are the Song Dynasty and your Jin Kingdom still in alliance? Are you trying to destroy the alliance between the two countries?!"
Wanyan Zongwang was also very unhappy. He stared at Wang Anzhong and said: "Wang Xuanfu, do you still know that the Jin and Song Dynasties are alliances?! When our country returned the six states of Yanjing, we made a clear agreement with your country, Zhao Liangsi, that neither party was allowed to visit the other side. Why did your country encourage Zhang Jue to surrender within its jurisdiction? Our country's crusade against the traitor Zhang Jue was a matter within the scope of our sovereignty and had nothing to do with your country. So why did your country encourage Zhang Jue to flee to Yanjing? Hiding him? Tell me, who is destroying the alliance between Jin and Song Dynasty?!"
"That's unreasonable!" Wang Anzhong argued: "You are the prince of the Jin Kingdom and the commander-in-chief of the army. You are not an official of the Song Dynasty. What qualifications do you have to issue orders to me? Is it possible that I am your subordinate?! I'm sorry, I will not forgive you. Stay with me!"
After speaking, Wang Anzhong shook off his sleeves, stood up, left his seat, and left.
Wanyan Zongwang was furious and immediately got up and left, returning to Pingzhou to prepare to raise troops to conquer Yanjing.
After Wanyan Zongwang left, Wang Anzhong hurriedly summoned Zhan Du and Guo Yaoshi to discuss how to deal with Wanyan Zongwang's request for Zhang Jue.
Guo Yaoshi said: "Zhang Zhizhou led his troops to the three states of Pingluan and surrender, which acted as a weathervane and led other Jin generals to submit to the imperial court. Now, Zhang Zhizhou's Linhai navy is no match for the Jin's troops and horses. They are defeated and are hiding in Yanshan." We, the Yanshan Prefecture and the Wu Tai Army must take responsibility and cannot hand over Zhang Jue to the Jin people. If we do that, it will chill the hearts of the surrendered ministers and generals and make the court lose its trust."
Wang Anzhong said: "In this case, what should we do with the intention of Jiedushi?"
Pharmacist Guo replied: "Wang Xuanfu, in my opinion, why don't I lead the Wu Tai Army to fight the Jurchens. If I defeat him, he will not come to ask for Zhang Jue."
"No!" Zhan Du said: "If this is the case, it will definitely trigger a war, and the consequences can be foreseen."
"Then what should we do? Hand over Zhang Jue to the Kingdom of Jin and disgrace the court?" Medical Master Guo asked Zhan Du in reply.
Zhan Du always ranked himself above Pharmacist Guo in Yanshan Prefecture's ranking, which made Pharmacist Guo unhappy. Therefore, Pharmacist Guo's attitude towards Zhan Du was far less respectful than that towards Wang Anzhong.
Previously, Pharmacist Guo did not want Zhang Jue to become too developed, but now that Zhang Jue was in trouble, Pharmacist Guo saw his own shadow in Zhang Jue's body. Guo Yaoshi felt that he was also a surrendered general of the Liao Kingdom. If the Song Dynasty did not defeat the Liao Kingdom, but the Liao Kingdom defeated the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom also came to the Song Dynasty to beg for himself and kill his head, would the court also do the same? Will you hand yourself over to Liao?
Pharmacist Guo was very unhappy.
Zhan Du glanced at Medicine Master Guo and said, "Envoy Guo Jiedu, please don't be impatient, things can still be changed!" After talking about Pharmacist Guo, Zhan Du turned his attention to Wang Anzhong and suggested: "Envoy Wang Xuan, please let me down." See, it’s better to delay and wait for changes, observe the past for a while, and then consider what to do next if the Jin Kingdom is very close to each other.”
"Tong Zhan knows that this proposal is inappropriate." Wang Anzhong said: "To prevent problems in the bud, we must have a proper method now. We cannot wait for the situation to become critical before responding hastily. In that case, it will inevitably lead to business trips."
Guo Yaoshi said: "What the pacifier envoy said is absolutely true. The top priority is to quickly gather troops and prepare to fight the Jin soldiers. According to the information obtained by this Jiedu envoy, when the Jin soldiers came to attack, Zhang Zhizhou was defeated so quickly that the Holy Spirit gave him The imperial edict, his mother, and his younger brother were all captured by the Jin people. The Jin people had obviously obtained conclusive evidence. Next, the Jin people would definitely put pressure on the imperial court and ask for Zhang Zhizhou, but the imperial court refused. The war between Song and Jin is inevitable."
Wang Anzhong was silent after hearing this.
Zhan Du said: "For now, Song and Jin are in an alliance. Now, it may be inappropriate to have troops waiting at the junction of Song and Jin and put up a war posture. It will tell the truth. It is better to wait and wait for the Jin people to fight." Let’s negotiate with the imperial court, and we will act in accordance with the imperial court’s will.”
After hearing this, Wang Anzhong thought to himself that if he was ready to prepare his troops now, the reaction would be too fierce, and the gun could easily go off, triggering a war between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, with unpredictable consequences; however, it would not be appropriate to hand over Zhang Jue to the Kingdom of Jin. Zhang Jue had just received the order from the imperial court. He rashly handed Zhang Jue over to the Jinren for the award, but the Holy Spirit blamed him and he couldn't afford it.
With this in mind, Wang Anzhong agreed to Zhan Du's suggestion to wait for changes and see what would happen next. If the Jin people negotiate with the imperial court, and the Holy One offers to hand over the person, I will hand over the person. If the Holy One does not allow the hand over to the person, I will not hand over the person. Everything will be based on the Holy One's will.
After Wang Anzhong, Zhan Du and Guo Yaoshi discussed it, they hid Zhang Jue in the Yamen of Ansu Si. While waiting for any news from the Jin Kingdom, they sent people to Beijing to report the situation to Emperor Huizong.
For more than ten days, there was no movement from the Jin Kingdom. Huizong's imperial edict came from the imperial court, asking Lieutenant General Wang An to protect Zhang Jue and not to hand it over to the Jin people.
Why has there been no movement from the Jin Kingdom for more than ten days? It turned out that Wanyan Aguda died of illness more than ten days ago. The ministers of the Jin Kingdom were busy dealing with Wanyan Aguda's funeral affairs, so they delayed the request for Zhang Jue.
After Wanyan Aguda died of illness, Wanyan Wu Qimai took over as the Great Emperor of the Jin Kingdom and was named Taizong of the Jin Dynasty. This guy is a greedy, cruel and arrogant person.
After Wanyan Wu Qimai took over as the emperor, he basically overturned Wanyan Aguda's basic national policy of maintaining friendly relations with the Song Dynasty. Wanyan Aguda once reprimanded Wanyan Wu for begging, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Nianhan and others because of the return of the six states of Yanjing to the Song Dynasty. He said that if I am here, just do as I say, and we must abide by the relationship between the Jin and Song Dynasties. The signed covenant will return the land of the Sixteenth State of Yanyun to the Southern Dynasty. In the future, I will be gone and I will leave it up to you. You can do whatever you want.
At that time, Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Nianhan and others really did not want to return the six states of Yanjing to the Song Dynasty, but Wanyan Aguda insisted on returning them. Wanyan Wu Qimai and others had no choice but to return the six states of Yanjing to the Song Dynasty. Can do it. Now, Wanyan Aguda died of illness, and Wanyan Wu was begging to be succeeded as the emperor of the Jin Kingdom. The ambition was born to seize back the six states of Yanjing that had been handed over to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, while Wanyan Wu Qimai was dealing with Wanyan Aguda's funeral, he took time out and asked Wanyan Zongwang to send envoys to the Song Dynasty court to demand Zhang Jue, otherwise he would send troops to attack the six states of Yanjing.
Before the Jin envoy set out, Wanyan Zongwang asked the envoy to bring a copy of the imperial edict written by Emperor Huizong to Zhang Jue, so that he could produce conclusive evidence if the Song court refused to admit Zhang Jue's surrender.
The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin came to Bianjing and met Emperor Huizong. They accused the Song Kingdom of violating the alliance and recruiting local officials of the Jin Kingdom to surrender and accept rebellion. Huizong refused to admit it and said that there was no such thing. The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin took out a copy of the imperial edict written by Emperor Huizong to Zhang Jue on golden flower paper, and said that I have here the imperial edict written by the emperor himself to Zhang Jue. Emperor Huizong took it, looked at it, tore it apart several times, and said it was a forgery.
Emperor Huizong refused to admit Zhang Jue's surrender, and the Jin envoys had no choice but to return home and report the situation to Wanyan Wu Qingbu and Wanyan Zongwang.
After the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin left Bianjing, Emperor Huizong knew that the Kingdom of Jin would definitely use this matter to make trouble, so he sent people to Yanjing and told Wang Anzhongdao that in principle, Zhang Jue should not be handed over to the Jin people, but he must control the scale carefully. On the principle of not triggering war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Wang Anzhong made his own decision to handle the matter.
With Emperor Huizong's decree, Wang An knew what was going on.
The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin returned to the country and reported the situation to Wanyan Wu Qingmai and Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Wu Qingmai was very angry. After discussing with Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Nianhan, it was decided that Wanyan Zongwang would lead his troops to go south. , forcing the Xuanfu Division of Yanshan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty to return Zhang Jue.
Wanyan Zongwang commanded 30,000 soldiers and horses, and sent troops to the border between Song and Jin to put pressure on the Song Dynasty. Then he personally led a hundred and ten soldiers and came to Yanshan Mansion again with the original imperial edict written by Emperor Huizong on golden flower paper. Xuanfu Si Yamen found Wang Anzhong and asked for Zhang Jue.
Zhang Jue hesitated and said: "This envoy does not know that Zhang Jue fled to Yanshan Mansion. Considering the alliance between the Jin and Song Dynasties, this envoy can assist the second prince in hunting Zhang Jue. Once Zhang Jue himself is captured, His head is about to be sacrificed.”
Wang Anzhong said this because he already had an idea. Wang An's idea in the center was to find someone with the same appearance as Zhang Jue, cut off that person's head, and give it to Wanyan Zongwang, so as to deceive this bastard and smooth over the matter about Zhang Jue.
Wanyan Zongwang didn't know Wang Anzhong's thoughts, so he agreed: "Okay, I will be waiting in Yanjing. I must see people alive and see them dead."
Wang Anzhong then settled down with Wanyan Zongwang and his soldiers.
