The government affairs of the Song Dynasty have always been unhurried. Now that Li Yun has gone to the Song Dynasty, Guo Ning does not expect him to produce results in a year and a half. Fortunately, there is no conflict between the Jin and Song Dynasties these days, so he is not worried. What danger is he in?
Judging from the current situation, it is Guo Ning, the Duke of Zhou's territory, who is more chaotic than the outside world.
Since the beginning of the third year of Zhenyou's reign, there have been no large-scale wars in the Central Plains and the Northland. It seems that the Great Jin Kingdom has experienced a rare peace in recent years. In fact, the division of the Great Jin Kingdom is like the collapse of a huge iceberg, and the peaks of the iceberg floating on the water suddenly burst. The separation was just an appearance. Under the water, the rock ice that was as solid as iron and seemed unshakable for eternity exploded one after another. The impact and turbulence caused had already caused the waves to roll.
In the past six months, in the vast land between Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu and Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing, from the intersecting areas controlled by the two regimes to the many military states newly annexed by Ding Haijun, there have been countless raids, massacres, and lures. Betrayals are happening all the time.
As for Ding Haijun, Luo Monk, who is in charge of Shandong, and Li Ting, who is in charge of Hebei, are facing the most serious situation.
In the Shandong area, there are remnants of the Red Coat Army entrenched between the forks of the Yellow River and Mount Tai, hindering the head-on confrontation between Monk Luo and Wanyan Heda's troops in Nanjing. Therefore, both sides are trying to find ways to deal with the Red Coat Army. The Red Coat Army itself is in a disintegrated state, and it is difficult to prevent them from becoming a tool driven by big forces.
Fortunately, Monk Luo may seem rough and tough, but he is very effective in wooing Liu Erzu and others with his magnate demeanor.
On one occasion, he took only two or three followers and two jars of good wine. Without saying hello beforehand, he arrived at Damo Gu in Fei County and invited Liu Erzu, who was entrenched in the Gu, to come down the mountain for a drink. It was just a return, he added, which was rare. The other leaders of the Red Coat Army are here, so why not have a drink and have a good time together.
At that time, Shi Qing, Hao Ding, Xia Quan and others really gathered on the mountain to discuss how to deal with the situation where the two golds coexisted! How did Monk Luo know about this situation? How could the checkpoints along the line be so negligent that he blocked the door?
At that moment, everyone was surprised and suspicious. Xia Qianli split up and went down the mountain from a small path to avoid Monk Luo. Hao Dingze said, let’s walk through the main entrance in a big way. Do you think this fat monk really dares to stop us? Shi Qing jumped on his feet. He said that he would capture Monk Luo and raise an army to retake Shandong, but everyone just thought he was going crazy.
In the end, the group went down the mountain and had a good drink with Monk Luo. After finishing the two jars of good wine brought by Yidu, Monk Luo drank the village wine temporarily bought by Liu Erzu, and finally After being extremely drunk, he was carried to the mountain village and slept for one night before leaving the mountain leisurely.
As a result, the remnants of the Red Coat Army in various areas in Shandong became much more polite and respectful to Ding Haijun, and the conflicts between the two sides also decreased sharply. Some Red Coat Army forces even took the initiative to do business with Ding Haijun, and even contributed to maintaining business relations.
These people relied on their blood to rebel in the past, but failed to achieve anything. Now they are caught between two major forces. One side is the sworn enemy the Jurchens, and the other side although there are wars with each other, is still the Han'er regime. Who do they prefer in their hearts? In fact, it has long been self-evident.
It's a pity that after Ding Haijun captured Zhongdu in one fell swoop, he was already starving, suffering from indigestion and flatulence. Therefore, the entire military government was not in a hurry to sweep away, but focused on sorting out their own internal affairs. Otherwise, a document was issued , most of these people will surrender.
Compared with Monk Luo, the Hebei area that Li Ting was responsible for was the core area of the Jin Kingdom, and it must also be the core area of the Zhou regime established by Guo Ning. Guo Ning's request to Li Ting was that the local areas must be razed. , you can’t deliberately look good to avoid future troubles, so Li Ting did it without any compromise.
On the one hand, the Jurchens here have strong Meng'an plans, and their attitude towards the Dinghai navy is very complicated. On the other hand, many local tycoons and water village owners who have their own strength have also become an obstacle to local governance.
When Li Ting and others fell into disgrace, these local tycoons and village owners were in the same spirit with many rebel groups, and they were in a relationship between accomplices and allies. For example, Li Ting and others who occupied a place and looted houses acted in a similar manner. The integrity is not as good as these local tyrants and village owners.
Later, Pusan Anzhen governed Hebei, and most of these local forces were mainly controlled by officials. They appointed many general managers, supervisors, controllers, concubines, commanders and other titles, just asking them to close the door and enjoy their own wealth. Don't expand.
But time has changed, and the defeated troops of the year have now transformed into officers and soldiers, and they have begun to restore order by force, demanding the distribution of land, checking the arrears of the two taxes and even commercial taxes such as salt and wine taxes, and even under certain circumstances, began to Investigate some early murder cases.
This made countless people dissatisfied. Some people took the initiative to cater to the propaganda of Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing, issued slanderous articles slandering Zhou Guogong Guo Ning, and used various banners to fight against thieves; some even contacted the troops of King Sui who were stationed in Julu, trying to rely on them for support.
But Li Ting has always used simple means to deal with any complex problem. He would kill anyone with evil intentions when he found one, and he would kill a group of people when he found them. Others thought his methods were too harsh, but he was more than just superficial. Without changing his expression, he was simply killing with glee.
Under his management, most of the military states in Hebei were actually at constant war, and riots of dozens or hundreds of people often broke out in various places.
But Li Ting himself had fought in the green forests of Hebei and was very familiar with his peers' methods. He also had a large number of troops that could be dispatched quickly. Every time, he was able to rush in before the riots spread and suppress them.
These riots were interrupted time and time again. The scale never increased to the level of holding a large number of people, and they were never able to control the city firmly. Those who participated in the riots could not be powerful for a day or two, and their heads would be hung on the city gates. , the power managed by one's own family also became a grindstone for the soldiers and generals under the command of the Ying Navy Jiedushi.
After the end of summer, the peaceful people began to be busy with the autumn harvest, and no one listened to the instigation. The local tyranny was wiped out. Some people handed over their weapons one after another and withdrew from the water villages and camps they had built privately. As a result, the local turmoil suddenly erupted. reduce.
On the contrary, during several campaigns to suppress the rebels, Li Ting found many appointment documents and correspondence issued by the Marshal Youdujian appointed by King Sui and Wanyan Congtan, the military governor of Anguo Army. He was also honest. To be polite, while collecting them and sending them to Zhongdu, they mobilized 2,000 elite troops to prepare for a counterattack.
On the day of the winter solstice, Li Ting's Qingqi set off confidently and raided the mainland camp where Wanyan Congtan was training village soldiers from all over Hebei. He beheaded more than a thousand people and captured Wanyan Congtan's deputy. The king sent Li Ge, the envoy to inspect the transfer of Hebei West Road.
At the same time, the people of Jing'an, who were responsible for the defense of the vast mountainous area in the north of Hebei, increasingly turned their energy to the west as the pressure from the Mongols weakened, and began to infiltrate Xijing Province and Hedong and other places.
Correspondingly, King Sui also used many countermeasures.
However, during this period, most of the civil and military leaders of the Ding Navy focused their energy on Zhongdu, busy with sorting out the political order after Emperor Xingding came to the throne, while Guo Ning paid more attention to the reorganization and reorganization of his own navy fleet. Rectification. Since they have maintained strong military strength and have no intention of continuing to expand military confrontation, no matter how fierce the waves are, they will eventually subside.
As King Sui of Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing ascended the throne as emperor surrounded by his ministers and was named "Yuan Guang", a regime that seemed to better represent the orthodoxy of the Wanyan family emerged. Emperor Xingding in Zhongdu and Emperor Yuanguang in Nanjing were They are brothers, mother, or Wang sisters, but the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties they represent are just like the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties in history books. They were incompatible with each other from the very beginning.
Many people thought that after Emperor Yuanguang came to the throne, he would avenge his father and launch a large-scale battle against Dongjin. However, they never thought that he was a calm man and did not act recklessly. As the weather got colder, the soldiers and horses Mobilization was not easy, and the supplies of food, fodder, and materials on both sides began to be tight. The conflicts on the border between the East and the West gradually decreased, and the world seemed to be getting calmer and calmer.