After entering February, it is the early spring season, and Datong Mansion begins to become lively. Han slaves brought from Liaodong are arriving in Datong Mansion one after another. The two sides have agreed to exchange important hostages on the first day of March, but they must exchange slaves before now.
There are still ten days.
In addition to the exchange of nobles, this time there was also the exchange of captured soldiers from Bianliang Han slaves. There were a total of 47,500 people, not only ordinary people, but also relatives, officials and their families. Within ten years,
Most of the relatives and officials died, and their children and descendants were regarded as slaves.
A total of more than 100,000 people were kidnapped that year. Most of them could not withstand the severe cold climate in Liaodong and died one after another within ten years. Only 30% of them were Han Chinese who survived.
The representative of the Jin Kingdom who was responsible for the exchange this time was Taishi Wanyan Zongpan. Wanyan Zongpan was the eldest son of Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng. In his later years, Wanyan Sheng wanted to reform the Bojilie system, with the purpose of making Wanyan Zongpan the emperor.
However, the restructuring encountered strong opposition from Wanyan Zongjun, Wanyan Nianhan and others, so they had to give up. In the end, Wanyan Dan, the eldest son of Wanyan Zongjun, the eldest grandson of Taizu Wanyan Aguda, inherited the throne.
Unexpectedly, after Wanyan Quan ascended the throne, he immediately pushed for the reform, but Wanyan Zongpan firmly opposed it. If the system was not reformed, Wanyan Zongpan's son would most likely ascend the throne in the future, but once the system was reformed, there would be no chance.
However, most of the clans were in favor of the reform, and Wanyan Zongpan was unable to survive alone. The Jin Kingdom finally abolished the Bojilie system and changed it to the Han system of three provinces and six ministries. This meant that the throne of the Jin Kingdom would be the son's succession to the father's throne in the future.
The emperor Wanyan treated Zongpan well and made him King of the Song Dynasty, Grand Master, and in charge of the three provinces. Wanyan Zongpan had to face the reality and be an honest minister.
That morning, the last batch of Han slaves, 11,000 people, arrived in Datong, and Wanyan Chang was also present. After receiving the news, Wanyan Zongqing hurriedly went outside the city to welcome Wanyan Chang's arrival.
The two of them are the main peace faction in the Jin Kingdom, and they are also political allies. They are the main war faction against Wanyan Zongjun, Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Nianhan and Wanyan Wushu.
Wan Yanchang has been deposed as the right prime minister, and his three provincial affairs have been replaced by Wan Yan Zongqian. Now he is the marshal of the left capital, replacing Nianhan in charge of Hebei. He came here this time to receive prisoners of war. He convinced the emperor that these three batches
Ten thousand Jurchen prisoners of war will remain in Hebei.
"Are you impatient already?"
Wanyan Zongpan laughed loudly and stepped forward to hug Wanyanchang.
The two of them saw each other and Wan Yanchang smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that during the long nights and dreams, someone might be plotting against these prisoners of war, so I can't be careless."
"Wu Shu?" Wanyan Zongpan asked with a smile.
Wan Yanchang nodded, "He said that his Jurchen army is insufficient and asked for an additional 30,000 Jurchen troops. But you also know that the imperial Jurchen army only has 150,000 Hezha Meng'an troops, and the rest are miscellaneous troops. Wu
Isn’t it obvious that Shu Shu doesn’t know what he means? He wants these 30,000 people, but these 30,000 people are the Hedong Jurchen Army and are my subordinates, so how could I give it to him?”
Wanyan Zongpan frowned slightly and said, "Is our Jurchen military strength so severe?"
Wan Yanchang sighed, "Our Jurchens have a population of only 500,000. After the destruction of the Liao Kingdom, the population increased to 5 million. We claim to have a strength of 300,000. However, the real Jurchen army is the Hezha Mengan Army. They are the emperor's personal guards."
, do not participate in the war, the remaining 150,000 people have increased and decreased in the past ten years. Wushu's place has 80,000 people, and my place has 20,000 people, and there are only 100,000 people left. The remaining armies are either Donghu Army, Mobei Army, or
Since they are signed by the army, these 30,000 Jurchen army prisoners of war are extremely precious!"
"What was the emperor's attitude toward your subsequent suggestion?"
Wanyanchang supported the exchange of captured soldiers, because the captured soldiers were all from the Hedong Jurchen Army, which belonged to his army, so he firmly supported exchanging slaves for prisoners of war, but Wanyanchang opposed exchanging the emperor of the Song Dynasty for Wanyan Nianhan. He wanted to
He tried his best to persuade the emperor, but his power could not defeat the military, and he failed in the end.
Not long ago, he made a new suggestion, exchanging hostages with the Song Dynasty court. The reason was also very fair. Chen Qing was only a local official, how could he be qualified to exchange hostages with the Jin Dynasty?
To force the Song Dynasty court to get Nianhan, Yinshuke and the senior officials of Ten Thousand Fu Chiefs in their hands, and then exchange them between the two countries, Wan Yanchang believed that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would never want the late emperor to return.
The highlight of Wan Yanchang's suggestion was that he understood the thoughts of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Wan Yanchang shook his head and sighed: "Zong Jun and Wu Shu firmly opposed it, and it failed to pass with the emperor."
This result was within Wanyan Zongqing's expectation. How could Wanyan Chang be the military's opponent?
"What's the next plan for that day, to the west or south?" Wanyan Zongqing asked again.
"The emperor's intention is to go south, pick up the weak first, take back Jianghuai, plunder the Jiangnan area, and increase financial resources. This is exactly Wushu's intention! I wonder if the emperor has made some secret deal with Wushu."
"You mean Nianhan?"
Wan Yanchang nodded. Regarding Nianhan's matter, Wu Shu stabbed Nianhan in the back, and Nianhan was forced to abandon Hebei and fight on the Shaanxi Road. In the end, the entire army was destroyed.
Wan Yanchang knew some inside information. Wu Shu secretly helped the emperor, so how could the emperor repay him? It was obvious that he agreed with his plan to be tough on the Song Dynasty and at least take back Jianghuai.
But this ran counter to Wan Yanchang's idea. Wan Yanchang hoped to reconcile with the Song Dynasty court and then concentrate his troops and resources to deal with Chen Qing.
After pondering for a moment, Wan Yanchang sneered and said, "Leave it to them! Come back to me when they hit their heads and bleed."
On February 20th, 31,400 Jurchen prisoners of war were escorted to Taiyuan Prefecture. Everyone was wearing coarse cloth, gray linen, and basically nothing. These prisoners of war had been serving in the mines. The longest group had been serving for three years.
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Before leaving, Chen Qing gave them a lecture and warned them that it was okay to fight and kill on the battlefield, but if they dared to bully the people again, they would be killed without mercy once captured.
More than 30,000 prisoners of war were all well-kept, but they still couldn't contain their joy. They were finally going home. However, if they knew they were going to Hebei, many of them would not be willing to leave.
Although the mines are hard work, you can have enough to eat, and more importantly, you don't have to worry about your life safety. But once you return to the army and the battlefield, you will lose your life.
The Song army set up two large camps eighty miles north of Taiyuan City and about twenty miles away from Chitang Pass. Both camps were set up according to the standard of 50,000 people. Liu Cui led the 50,000-strong army.
To cope with this replacement, there are also 50,000 troops stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture and Fenzhou. In other words, if the Jin Kingdom wants to create a crisis, the Song Army can quickly mobilize 100,000 troops to deal with it.
The chief officer replaced this time was Counselor Zhou Kuan. The reason why he was sent here was because he had rich experience in dealing with nearly 900,000 refugees coming from the Central Plains area, not to mention the resettlement of more than 47,000 people.
In addition to Zhou Kuan, there were more than 300 officials assisting, as well as 200 doctors, and a large amount of food and grass supplies.
Zhou Kuan's deputy is Wang Qiu, the commander of the Zhike Department. He will soon lead several officials to the north to confirm.
In the morning, a cavalryman galloped over on horseback and handed Zhou Kuan a piece of intelligence. This was intelligence from Chitang Town. The intelligence told Zhou Kuan that a large number of Han people had arrived in the north of Chitang Town, numbering tens of thousands.
There are as many as 10,000 gold soldiers guarding it, and there are no other heavy soldiers.
With this information, Zhou Kuan felt as if he had eyes, and he immediately sent Wang Qiu and his men north to coordinate.
Watching Wang Qiu go away, an official worriedly said: "The Jin people can't be trusted. Will something go wrong?"
Zhou Kuan said calmly: "Exchanging more than 30,000 prisoners of war, there are no conflicts within the Jin soldiers, there should be no problems. What I am worried about is the exchange of the late emperor, which may cause complications. Only then will we be extra careful."