"Ziqing Jiedu made Wanyan Zonghan, Weibo Jiedushi made Wanyan Zongwang, Datong Jiedushi made Wanyan Zongfu, Pinglu Jiedushi made Wanyan Zongbi, Guide Jiedushi made Wanyan Zonggou..."
In the newly completed Hongwu Hall of Shangyang Palace in Luoyang, Zhao Kai looked at the newly hung map and murmured in a low voice. This is a map of the situation in the area controlled by the gold thieves. The map is densely marked with the military numbers and names of the military governors.
When he read "Wanyan Zonggou, the governor of the German Army", he turned back and glanced at the great monk Ma Zhi who sent him the map.
Ma Zhi said: "Wanyan Zonggou is Kang Wanggou. He recognized Wanyan Wu Qimai as his father, and married Wu Qimai's daughter Princess Guide. He was not only granted the title of military governor of the German army, but also the king of Song Dynasty."
Zhao Kai said: "Huh, it's the military governor of Guide (this is the military governor Zhao Kuangyin served before usurping the throne), and it's the king of Song... This Zhao Gou is still evil-minded!"
Yue Fei was also standing next to Zhao Kai. When he heard Zhao Kai saying bad things about Zhao Gou, he immediately became excited and said, "Brother, let me lead a troop of soldiers and horses to Xiapi to help you capture Zhao Gou! "
"I can't catch him." Ma Zhi shook his head, "Zhao Gou knew that he had sinned deeply and did not dare to stay in the territory of the German army. After the meeting in Yanjing, he went to Haizhou, Korea... He used aid to Taking advantage of the opportunity to resist the Song Dynasty, he occupied this Haizhou in Goryeo as a place of refuge for him."
Zhao Kai snorted softly and continued to look at the map, "Andong Jiedu made Wanyan Zongpan, Xianping Jiedushi made Wanyan Zonggu, Huining Jiedushi made Wanyan Zongjun, Liaoxi Jiedushi made Wanyan Quan, and Hedong Jiedushi made Wanyan Quan. The envoy Hebule... This Hebule still dares to be called the governor of Hedong? What does his territory have to do with Hedong?"
Ma Zhi said: "Guan family, part of the territory occupied by Hebule was under the control of the Yunzhong Shouju envoy under Hedong Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty. That area was the place where Li Keyong of Hedong started his career!
This land is quite good for the Mongols. It has abundant water and grass, is suitable for farming and grazing, is dangerous in the Yinshan Mountains, is close to the Yellow River, and has many towns. Therefore, the Mongols are very satisfied with this land. . Moreover, Hebule's own strength has also grown rapidly. Not only does he now have the power of the Mongol tribe, but he can also obtain income and iron tools from the towns to which he belongs. Relying on these incomes and iron tools, he can recruit officials and warriors for his own use. . This person...should not be underestimated! "
The territory occupied by Hebule included the original Fengzhou, Yunnei Prefecture, Dongsheng Prefecture and Tiande Army of the Liao Kingdom. It’s not that big, but for the Mongols from the Mobei grasslands, it’s really very rich. The grassland at the foot of Yinshan Mountain is not only suitable for farming and grazing, but there are also many towns in Fengzhou, Yunneizhou, Dongshengzhou and Tiandejun in the Liao Kingdom that can provide handicraft products, especially iron products!
Moreover, by occupying and managing these towns, Hebul also has a bureaucracy, military power, and financial revenue that are only loyal to him personally - Fengzhou, Unnaizhou, Dongshengzhou, and Tiandejun territory The city and the farms near the city were not conquered by the Mongol people, but were handed over to Hebul by the Emperor Jin.
Therefore, these cities and farms are not the public property of the tribe, nor can they be managed through the tribal system. Of course, the income cannot be handed over to the tribe, but all of it is put into Hebule's own pocket.
Therefore, after becoming the governor of Hedong, Hebul quickly had its own bureaucracy and corresponding income. With bureaucrats and a large amount of income, Hebule can recruit warriors from the grasslands to serve as his cowards, thereby further growing in size!
"I have known for a long time that this Hebule is a scourge!" Zhao Kai gritted his teeth, "He wants to hide on the Mobei grassland, but I can't catch him... Now he runs to Yinshan Mountain by himself, what a disaster You’re just throwing yourself into a trap!”
Zhao Kai thought to himself: When I return to the Northern Expedition next time, I will fight together first! Then capture Datong Town where the golden thieves are... and finally make a detour to the north of the golden thieves' Nanjing Daxingfu City to catch them by surprise!
Thinking of the unexpected Northern Expedition to Daxing Prefecture, Zhao Kai asked about the territory of Emperor Jin, "Wu Qi bought so many Jiedu envoys, how much territory does the chief of the Jin Thief still have?"
"There are mainly three roads: Nanjing Road, Beijing Road, and Hebei Road," Ma Zhi pointed to the map and said, "Nanjing Road is roughly the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, and Beijing Road is roughly the area around Shangjing Linhuang Mansion in the Liao Kingdom. , Hebei Road does not include the Hebei land in our hands, nor does it include the remaining Hebei Road land in Weibo Town owned by Wanyan Zongwang...including Hejian Prefecture, Zhongshan Prefecture, most of Zhending Prefecture, Shenzhou, Jizhou, Baozhou, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Mozhou, Yongning Army, Guangxin Army, Ansu Army, Baoding Army, Shun'an Army, a total of three prefectures, eight states and five armies are not counted. Smaller.
The land in Ziqing Town owned by Wanyan Zonghan, who was the most powerful among the ten festivals, was not as big as the land owned by Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Liang and his son! Moreover, the Han army on Nanjing Road and the Khitan people on Beijing Road are now under the control of Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Liang and his son, so the Jin Thief's puppet court also has some strength.
In addition, the four military towns of Weibo, Datong, Pinglu and Liaoxi near Daxing Prefecture in Nanjing are all led by Wanyan Zongqian's brothers and nephews, all of the Aguda line! If the imperial court wants to launch a northern expedition to Daxing Prefecture, these four military towns will definitely fight for the Golden Thief Chief. "
Zhao Kai looked arrogant, "Then I will catch them all in one go!"
Seeing Zhao Kai's expression, Ma Zhi couldn't help but feel a little worried, so he reminded: "The official family...the golden thieves are now separated and never dispersed. Eight of the ten Jiedu are Zhen Wanyan." . If these Jiedu envoys are not divided up, the eight Zhen Wanyan will inevitably kill each other, and the power lost will only be greater!
Now that these eight festivals have been enfeoffed, the power of the Jurchens has been preserved. Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty poses a threat from the outside, and the disasters of the Eight Kings Rebellion will not happen for the time being. Therefore, Your Majesty must not despise the Jurchens because of their enfeoffment as envoys! "
The ten-jiedu enfeoffment of the Jin Dynasty is definitely not conducive to unity and resistance to the Song Dynasty, but this kind of enfeoffment is much better than killing each other... In fact, if the Dajin Dynasty based on tribal feudalism does not go through rounds after rounds There is no way to establish the emperor's centralized power through rounds of bloody internal fighting.
In the original history, all the descendants of Wu Qimai's line were killed in the Jurchen infighting!
Wanyan Zonghan's faction also suffered heavy losses in the internal strife and lost power.
And the descendants of Aguda's group were later massacred by Wan Yanliang!
Of course, the last ones to be stabbed were Wan Yanliang’s own Zonggan family...
And the internecine fighting within the Great Jin Kingdom will not be limited to the royal family, but will definitely spread downwards! Every internal strife will be accompanied by a round of purges. The Jurchen boss's warriors who are good at fighting will be eradicated by the victor who loses in the struggle.
So during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongbi could only be seen singing one-man shows. By the time of Wanyan Liang, the Wanyan clan, which had produced numerous famous generals in the past, had withered away. If Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty was still there, Zhao Gou did not help the Jurchens to disintegrate the military power of the Southern Song Dynasty. I'm afraid that before Zhenglong's southern expedition, Yue Fei will be as angry as a tiger swallowing thousands of miles!
"I know!" Zhao Kai nodded and said to Ma Zhi, "How come I don't know that the Jiedu Envoy System can be fought? Not long ago, I also promulgated the "Jiedu Envoy Regulations" and recently established the Hexi Jiedu Envoy roads... In the future, after I defeat the Jurchens and restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, I will set up more Jiedu envoy roads in the northeast.
Master, when you go back, tell Yaoshi Guo and Guo Anguo and ask them to work harder, and maybe they can control themselves in the future. "
The Hexi Jiedushi Road has now been opened, but there is currently only one Liangzhou - Liangzhou was not captured by Zhao Kai's army, but was voluntarily abandoned by the "Western Tang".
The so-called Western Tang Dynasty is of course the pseudo-Tang Dynasty established by the Western thieves!
It is said that Li Renli found the family tree passed down by Li Sigong and the edict of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty giving the country a surname. It clearly stated that Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty accepted the five Li Sigong brothers as his sons!
Since Tang Xizong adopted the ancestors of Li Renxiao and Li Renli as his sons, of course they are the descendants of the Tang emperor and the Tang royal family!
Since they are descendants of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, of course they can no longer be called the Dabai Gao Kingdom, nor can they be the military envoys of the Song Dynasty.
They had to rebuild the Tang Dynasty... But the Tang Dynasty was so big that it couldn't be rebuilt at once, so they built the Western Tang Dynasty first, and Li Renxiao became the "Little Overlord of the Western Tang Dynasty".
This "Western Tang" organized a bloodless expedition in the spring of the fourth year of Hongwu, and has now entered the hometown of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty!
According to the intelligence obtained by Zhao Kai, the Gaochang Uighurs seemed to have surrendered without a fight, and an army of Western thieves disguised as Tang troops were ushered into Gaochang City with singing and dancing!
After the Uighur Khan Bilego surrendered to the "Tang Dynasty", he was also named the governor of Xizhou and the deputy governor of Anxi. He suddenly became a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty.
The "Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty" also moved into the Qiuci Oasis at the junction of the Gaochang Uighur and the Black Khan Uighur with the help of Bilugo.
And the fact that the Tang Dynasty returned to the Western Regions certainly aroused the anger of Ahmad Khan of the Black Khan Uighur!
It is said (Cao Mian said in a letter to Zhao Kai) that the great khan of the Black Khan Uighurs has begun to assemble an army in Shule, and has also sent an envoy to Qiuci, asking Datang to declare vassalage to the Black Khan Uighurs... ..Otherwise, we will send millions of troops to conquer the Tang Dynasty and go straight to Chang'an and Luoyang!
It sounds very scary!
Therefore, Li Renli and Cao Mian had no choice but to move as many of the "Western Tang Dynasties" (all called Tang people, wearing Tang costumes and using Tang dialect) in the Hexi Corridor to Anxi as much as possible, and also organized an army of up to 300,000 people to prepare for the invasion. Qiuci faced the powerful Black Khan Uighur coalition... If they were defeated by the Black Khan Uighurs, then Zhao Kai would have to take on the heavy responsibility of defending Hexi.
In order to resist the possible Uighur invasion, Zhao Kai quickly established the Hexi pacification envoy, and also appointed his brother Li Xiaozhong as the first Hexi Jiedu envoy of the Song Dynasty.
