Since it is a national mobilization order, it means that no one can run away.
Wan Yanliang requested that the order be passed on to every road where the Jin Dynasty can still pass the decree, and there are meng'anmouqi military households, and ordered that all the meng'anmouqi military households in the middle age above 20 and under 50 should be punished. All must be naturalized to join the army and form an army to prepare for war.
Even if the relatives are old and there are many strong men in the family, no one is allowed to stay to serve the relatives. As long as they are within this scope, they must all go out to fight.
This is a very inhumane order, but Wan Yanliang doesn't care. In his opinion, this is the atmosphere and determination that a national war should have.
If you don’t even have the courage to fight to the death, why fight a national war?
In a national war, all forces must be mobilized and all forces must be used to eliminate all enemies that should be eliminated in one fell swoop, and then everyone can enjoy peace together.
For the final enjoyment, everything can be sacrificed and paid for now!
He also planned to use this war to hone the tribesmen who had long lost their martial spirit, and let them experience the difficulty of their ancestors climbing on ice and snow to build a foundation.
The order was passed on, and all departments received the emperor's order. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the courtiers who had just heard that the emperor was going to use troops against the rebels in Shandong and Hebei not long ago.
Are you kidding me?
Isn't it to pacify the thieves?
Why mobilize the whole country?
Does it require nationwide mobilization to deal with a group of rebels?
The officials were puzzled and wrote to the emperor asking about the matter.
In this regard, Wan Yanliang issued an explanation.
He stated that his purpose of mobilizing the whole country was not only to completely pacify the rebels, but also to directly go south to attack the Song Dynasty after pacifying the rebels, destroy the Song Dynasty, and quickly advance to unify the land of China.
The ministers were even more shocked.
Although they had vaguely heard rumors that the emperor was going south to attack the Song Dynasty, there was no official news, so most of them thought it was a rumor and were unwilling to believe it was true.
Who would have thought this could be true! The emperor really planned to go south to conquer the Song Dynasty!
Now all the officials in the court were panicking.
Be it Jurchens, Hans, or Khitans, the bureaucratic groups composed of elites of all ethnic groups were panicked.
It can be said that they were basically unwilling to accept the idea of going south to attack the Song Dynasty.
The anti-war atmosphere in the entire court was very strong.
For the Jurchen relatives, due to their small number, what they obtained through exploitation and annual tribute in the Southern Song Dynasty could satisfy their desires. Since their desires were satisfied, they certainly did not want to follow the emperor south to conquer the Song Dynasty.
For the Manchu bureaucrats, except for a very small number of militants, most of them were conservatives and were unwilling to see the emperor mobilize the country to cause big troubles. And who can guarantee that the national mobilization would not threaten their interests?
For the Meng'an Muke households who were the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, most of them were already landlords in their local areas, enjoying a large amount of property and a comfortable life. They were very satisfied with their current life and did not want to go south to work hard.
All in all, life is good, property is abundant, life is comfortable and comfortable, and I just want to enjoy more. Who wants to go south to fight with the Song Dynasty?
Even if we win the battle, who can guarantee that we will not die?
That's really a life to take money but not life to spend.
In such an overall atmosphere, not many people in the entire Jin Kingdom's ruling class and Meng'an Mouke military households were willing to go to war. Wan Yanliang did this completely against the will of the public.
It can be said that Wan Yanliang is completely in the minority, and the only people who truly support him are those who are deeply bound to him.
And even this group of people probably support him because of their deep bond with Wan Yanliang, and they may not necessarily agree with Nan Zheng in their hearts.
So when his decree was issued, the entire court was in a state of excitement. The bureaucrats were so angry that they met together to write a letter to the emperor, asking him to think twice.
A large number of memorials were handed over, but Wan Yanliang was unmoved and still asked them to start mobilization immediately and pass on the order immediately without delay.
The ministers were dissatisfied and elected several highly respected Jurchen, Khitan and Han bureaucrats to meet with the emperor. They asked the emperor not to mobilize the whole country for a southern expedition, but to abide by the Shaoxing Peace Agreement and enjoy the status of the Jin Kingdom.
Even the Southern Song Dynasty had proclaimed itself a vassal, and the letters written by the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty to him were all written "Chen Gou". Even if they were like this, they still wanted to beat him. Isn't that unreasonable?
There has never been a victory in an unreasonable war since ancient times.
Hearing the objections of these mediocre officials, Wan Yanliang became furious and pretended to kill people. He rebuked the Hanlin Chengzhi Zhai Yonggu, direct bachelor Han Rujia and other officials who met him. He scolded them for knowing mediocrity if they did not follow the general trend of the world. .
The bureaucrats' persuasion failed. Seeing that Wan Yanliang was determined to go his own way and their interests were about to be harmed, they were unwilling to accept it, so they thought of another way.
Privy Councilor Pu Sanhutu had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager Tu Shan. Entrusted by a group of senior Jurchen officials, he went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager Tu Shan and asked Tu Shan to find ways to persuade the emperor not to go south.
Tu Shan had no objection to this, but it felt inappropriate.
"Although I am the Queen Mother, I am in the harem and it is not convenient for me to interfere in politics. If I go to persuade the emperor, I will be suspected of interfering in politics. Wouldn't it sound good to say that?"
Tu Dan is not Wanyan Liang's biological mother, but Wanyan Liang's aunt. There is no blood relationship. The relationship used to be relatively stiff. Even when Wanyan Liang moved the capital to Zhongdu, he did not bring her with him, but brought his biological mother with him. Da family.
Wan Yanliang was his father's bastard. Because his wife, Shan, was childless, he received a certain amount of attention and achieved a certain status.
However, this status was not enough to overcome Wan Yanliang's resentment as a concubine. His biological mother, Da Shi, acted too humblely in front of Tu Dan Shi, which made him dissatisfied since he was a child and felt that his dignity had been trampled on.
Although Tu Dan had a gentle temperament, he did not feel sorry for their mother and son.
But Wan Yanliang was still worried about all this.
When he proclaimed himself emperor, Tu Shan believed that this was not something that a minister could do, so he did not congratulate him when he visited Wanyan Liang and had a cold attitude, which also made Wanyan Liang feel resentful.
For a period of time after that, Tu Dan, who stayed in Shangjing, would worry that Wan Yanliang was going to kill her every time he saw Wan Yan Liang's envoy, so he would change his clothes in advance to prepare for emergencies.
It wasn't until the death of his biological mother Da that she repeatedly asked Wanyan Liang to remember Tu Dan's kindness to them. Then Wanyan Liang asked Wanyan Liang to bring Tu Dan to Zhongdu to worship her. After that, the relationship between the two gradually eased.
Up to now, the relationship between Tu Dan and Wan Yanliang is as good as that of a biological mother and son. I don’t know whether Wan Yanliang is relieved or whether Tu Dan is too naive.
However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also believed that Wanyan Liang attached great importance to the Tu Dan family. They believed that the Tu Dan family held a heavy weight in Wan Yan Liang's heart, so they invited her.
Hearing Tu Dan's concerns, Pu San Hu Tu felt that this was incorrect.
"The Queen Mother has never interfered in political affairs, and this matter cannot be regarded as a political matter. It is actually a national matter and is related to the future of the Kingdom of Jin. I would like to ask the Queen Mother to come forward and persuade her. There is really nothing I can do, but I cannot turn a blind eye. Watching His Majesty march south.
At present, the Kingdom of Jin is in a slump and is surrounded by crises. There are powerful enemies outside and rebels inside. It is the time when we need to bring order to the chaos and recuperate. It is really not the time for a southern expedition. I hope the Queen Mother can explain this to Your Majesty. "
Tu Shan still had concerns.
However, after Pusan Hutu invited many Jurchen officials to request Tu Shan, Tu Shan was requested by so many people that she could not resist and had no choice but to agree.
So on October 21st, when Wan Yanliang went to the Queen Mother Palace in person for his monthly visit, Tu Dan mentioned this matter to him.
At least on the surface, Wan Yanliang still respected the Tu Shan family very much.
Whether it was out of political needs or respect for the last wishes of his biological mother Da Shi, he at least acted as a filial son on the surface, and this filial son was particularly filial.
No matter what Tu Shan said to him or what he wanted, as long as he could buy it with money, he would agree and try his best to achieve it. He would also make such a big fuss that the whole court would know about it. As a result, no one in the civil and military circles in the court thought that Wan Yan was bright. Not a dutiful son.
Maybe Wan Yanliang had deceived him.
But when Tu Dan and Wan Yanliang talked about whether the southern expedition to the Song Dynasty could be slowed down, the smile on Wan Yanliang's face disappeared, and some bad memories gradually came to mind.
He suddenly felt that Tu Shan's kind eyes in front of him had become a little ugly.
