The emperor's life has not been easy since he came to the throne.
He was the concubine brother of Emperor Zhangzong Wanyan Jing and the nephew of Wanyan Yongji. His accession to the throne was due to the chaotic and out-of-control succession of the imperial throne in the Jin Dynasty for several generations.
Before he ascended the throne, he lacked close confidants and the court was full of powerful ministers. After he ascended the throne, the Mongolian army swept across the territory and wiped out the prestige of the imperial court. There was also a Khitan rebellion in the interior, the Shandong Red Coat Army was raging, and all parts of Shaanxi were invaded by the Xixia.
That alone was enough. At the beginning of this year, his son Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu fled to Nanjing again, occupying the land of Henan to fight against the imperial court. The original intention of this approach was simply that his son forced me to stay in Zhongdu to fight against the Mongols, but
As a result, the entire Dajin Kingdom seemed to be divided into two parts, and the soldiers and civilians of Dajin were all at a loss.
But the emperor always persisted.
He was not a man of outstanding talents to begin with, but the most important thing about being promoted as emperor by Tu Shanyi was his forbearing and persevering character, which was in direct proportion to the weakness and wavering of the previous emperor Wanyan Yongji.
Therefore, even if the situation is turbulent repeatedly, he has been thinking of ways to maintain the situation and solve the problem.
With his efforts, his position has gradually stabilized and his power has become more and more like an emperor.
Not to mention any changes in the general situation, at least he has clearly overwhelmed the ordinary ministers in the court, and by dividing, promoting, suppressing, and mobilizing abilities, he has more and more complete control over the central capital.
The bureau, which he regarded as his eyes and ears, also received more and more attention. When he sent his valets to monitor and visit various places, fewer and fewer people dared to obstruct or deceive them.
Of course, because all the servants in the bureau are old people from Qiandi, it is inevitable that the good and the bad will be mixed, and things will be negligent. Something went wrong with Qingshan slaves a while ago, and Guo Ning, the Ding navy, seized the opportunity and reached out to Liaodong.
However, Liaodong is better than Shandong. It’s not that the emperor underestimates Guo Ning, but Guo Ning is a Haner after all. The vast northeastern hinterland and countless tribes are enough to kill Guo Ning’s tens of thousands of people and keep him for at least three years.
It is impossible to make any big moves in five years.
As a result, the emperor's expectations were completely disappointed. Not only did Guo Ning fail to hold back Liaodong, he became even more tyrannical. Just last month, he led his army out, swept the Red Coat Army, and captured the entire east of Shandong in one go.
road!
On the pearl screen next to the throne in Da'an Hall, there is a large gold territory map. When he first learned of the news, the emperor had Guo Ning's name added to the territory map as usual.
But he soon regretted it. The presence of this name in such a close place always reminded him of the situation when Guo Ning led his army to kidnap him. At that time, although Guo Ning was polite to the emperor, he was so contemptuous.
The look in his eyes made the emperor more and more unhappy afterwards. That look was like looking at a rotten tree or a dying person!
The emperor immediately ordered people to throw out the pearl screen and chop it into firewood for the fire. He also sent several capable servants and asked them to find ways to find out the true situation on Shandong East Road.
The emperor's heart was even more chilled when the attendants inquired about the situation.
What's going on with Guo Ning's military household system? Huh?
Since ancient times, rebels who have reached a certain level have to claim the title of king. This Guo Ning did not claim the title of king, but he has completely implemented a new system in Shandong. This system improved the original local location of the imperial court.
And the complex system has all turned into waste paper!
This kind of thing seems to be limited to the grassroots and not so conspicuous. But the emperor already has enough political wisdom. He knows that this is basically digging into the foundation of Dajin and an unprecedented blow to the court. But the court has no way to do it.
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Pusan Anzhen claimed to control Yuhe and could transport grain from Nanjing Road to support the Central Capital. But the emperor simply did not dare to trust King Sui on Nanjing Road anymore. And if Yuhe, located in the hinterland of Hebei, was attacked by the Mongols again
The emperor did not dare to hope that it could maintain normal operations despite the invasion.
In the end, the more reliable sources of grain and fodder materials were still the Shandong East Road and the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, which were connected via the Shandong Sea Road.
The richness of the Song Dynasty is really desirable, and Guo Ning controls this passage, and also controls the lifeblood of Zhongdu.
The emperor absolutely did not want to see this situation, so he had previously pinned his hopes on Hebei Xuanfu envoy San Anzhen.
Pusan Anzhen is the most talented and powerful general that the imperial court can send now. Before he left, the emperor personally issued a secret decree, asking him to seize the opportunity to suppress the navy.
The results of it?
Although Pusan Anzhen's memorial after the incident did not contain any details about this, the Bureau of Internal Affairs and Attendance had a solution and still found out the real situation.
It turns out that Pusan Anzhen failed so disgraced.
After this failure, the Bureau of Internal Affairs also found out another thing.
This news was even more shocking than Guo Ning's unification of Shandong East Road, and it immediately aroused the emperor's furious curses.
Fortunately, the servants of the Internal Affairs Bureau often end up like this if they report any bad news recently. They are all used to it. The emperor's strength is not very strong, and it does not hurt much if he rolls out according to his strength.
The news is that Pu San Anzhen, after suffering a loss in the confrontation with Ding Haijun, decided to refer to what Guo Ning did on Shandong East Road, kill the silverfish, and reorganize Meng'an Mouke on the east and west roads of Hebei!
How could such a thing happen? What was Pusan Anzhen thinking?
The desolation of Meng'anmoke is actually nothing to worry about.
It is clearly recorded in the imperial edition that not counting the northeastern hinterland, but only the various roads in the region, there were more than a million people working as food supplies for Meng'an Moutou army households. However, it is not known whether there were even one-fifth of them who could actually fight.
One, one tenth.
The vast majority of the Jurchens were either corrupt or impoverished. In short, their strong and courageous martial arts style did not exist. And in so many years, the imperial court allocated huge amounts of funds to maintain the Meng'an Muke system, tens of millions of hectares.
All the land fell into the hands of high-ranking officials, subordinates and wealthy people, which did not benefit all the Jurchens.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The emperor also sentenced Yongding to Zhang Dejun, and he himself was the one who shared the fat among them. He knew the secrets of this all too well. Just like the three generations of generals Pusan Anzhen
, and they are also the people who are full of fat from eating in it.
In the early years, when the imperial court was still strong, this kind of thing would pass by turning a blind eye.
Nowadays, the imperial court needs money and people everywhere. The emperor has begun to plan with his cronies to launch some means at the right time to consolidate the Meng'an conspiracy in various places. But he never thought that,
Pusan Anzhen would suddenly jump out and do this!
The implications behind this kind of thing are so complicated. Is it something you, a local official, can do?
Once this kind of thing starts, not only in Hebei, but also countless high-ranking officials will be cut off, and everyone will be heartbroken. Do you want the emperor to bear the heavy criticism for you?
It’s impossible not to bear it. The three generations of the Pusan family are relatives of the state, and Pusan Anzhen’s mother, Princess Xing, is the emperor’s biological sister. He decided to do this, and countless people in the court would think that it was the emperor’s instruction.
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What's even more frightening is that Pusan Anzhen is indeed a talented person. If...if he really succeeds, the Liumengan and Balmouke of Hebei, with a total of more than 20,000 households and more than 100,000 Jurchens, will be born from then on.
Who will you listen to next?
The Meng'an Muke system was the foundation of the Jin Dynasty, and even more so of the emperor. Once this foundation was solidified, but it was renamed Pusan, what use did the emperor need from it?
Pusan Anzhen cut out such a large piece of the Jurchens' foundation, and became the emperor's collaborator rather than his subordinate. One day he sends his army into Zhongdu, how should the emperor treat him? And will he?
Thinking wildly and thinking about things that a minister should not think about?
Whether Pusan Anzhen was too smart or too stupid, the emperor simply couldn't tell.
In the final analysis, it is the Jurchens' own disloyalty that caused Xiao Qiang's trouble. This is much scarier than that guy Guo Ning trying his best to jump around!
Thinking of this, the emperor sat crookedly on his chair, his face as gloomy as the dark and dark eaves on the top of the Da'an Palace.
In this month, several consecutive bad news made him in a bad mood. In order to relieve his emotions, he indulged in fine wine and beautiful women. As a result, his original stern and deep demeanor gradually became less and less. Even when he was angry, he seemed a little sitting still.
No more sitting posture.
High above Zhongdu City, clouds rolled in and kept gathering. The last autumn rain of the second year of Zhenyou was about to come, and after the autumn rain, severe cold was coming.
When dense clouds gathered in Zhongdu City, it was also raining in Yidu Prefecture, Shandong Province.
The light rain was fine and dense, some wet the green plants and flowers in the courtyard, and some rolled over the pavilions and pavilions, gathering into thin rain lines, falling from the eaves to the stairs, and then rustling and shattering, as if
Become one with the water vapor in the air.
He stretched out his hand to touch Chucai and felt the coolness.
He turned sideways and said to Guo Ning: "Let's not talk about whether Pusan Anzhen's action will ultimately succeed. His idea involves too many things and is too complicated. From the day it was implemented, Meng'an from all over Hebei tried to defeat the army.
There will be chaos, and the people around Jingzhou will be displaced. In this case, don't expect the Hebei Army to still be able to fight... Zhongdu will also lose the strong support from the nearest place."
He sighed and whispered: "The Mongols will not miss this opportunity."
"In other words, Pusan Anzhen, as one of the few Jurchens who still had some ideas and ambitions, was stimulated by the failure of his trip to Shandong. Therefore, he was ambitious and wanted to do good things, but wanted to kill the emperor.
They cheated both Zhongdu and Dajin."
Guo Ning chuckled twice: "Tell me, did he do it intentionally? Or unintentionally?"
"I really don't know."
After thinking about it for a long time, he shook his head. He then asked, "How are the envoys prepared for such a situation?"
The situation in the world is getting more and more chaotic. More and more people see clearly the weakness of the imperial court, and begin to have their own ideas. From the standpoint of Ding Haijun, on the Nanjing Road side, they can be involved through the remnants of the Red Coat Army;
Here on Hebei Road, Anzhen's servants were scattered and his family was in chaos, but Guo Ning was in Shandong, and he could advance, retreat, or defend with ease.
So, should we advance or retreat, fight or defend?
Guo Ning looked into the distance. Under the wind and rain, the trees in the garden were undulating and swaying. Every winter in the past few years, it must be very cold. After winter, these trees will not only face wind and rain, but also think about it.
Covered by layers of ice and snow.
What a scenery that was, he had never seen it before when he first arrived in Yidu.
He patted the scabbard on his waist and said: "The key to the situation has never been the ordinary people in Dajin, but the Mongols. Let's be prepared and wait for them to come!"