This city is the center of the Song Dynasty, and it is where news from all over the world gathers. In this city, there are always layers of bottomless water rippling, and there are always turbulences colliding and rolling.
Because of this, this city has become the place with the least secrets. The news that was conveyed secretly under the water yesterday will be rolled up to the surface today and spread by everyone.
For example, the situation in the Kingdom of Jin.
In the past few years, the people of Lin'an have become accustomed to the frequent troubles happening in the Jin Kingdom, and they appear to be on the verge of collapse. But such a powerful enemy has gone from strength to weakness, from weakness to two points, and then from two points to about to win.
The process of bringing the burden back together can still bring a lot of talk to the people.
What's more, in the Zhongdu court of the Jin Kingdom, the person in charge of power was a Han'er?
Ever since Guo Ning was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Dinghai Navy, the common people had some comments about him. Later, this person promoted the sudden prosperity of maritime trade routes and brought tangible changes to the common people.
Of course, the common people did not deal directly with maritime merchants, but there was a sudden influx of horses, furs, ginseng and other materials on the market, and the prices were much cheaper. This was obviously good for the prosperity of the south, and the people were also very convenient.
.In the past two months, several kinds of felts, which are special products from the North, have begun to be sold. It is now a hot time, and ordinary people don't care too much. However, many shops have discovered the benefits of this product and have begun to stock up.
These were all related to Guo Ning, so they inevitably attracted attention. Then everyone learned that this man was not only a person who was keen on maritime trade, but also the most capable general and the most ferocious tiger in the Jin Kingdom.
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At that time, the rise of Mongolia seemed to southerners to be similar to the Jurchens replacing the Khitan. And the Mongols seemed to be no less ferocious than the invincible Jurchens. There was a proposal in the court to form an alliance between Song and Mongolia to attack the Jin Kingdom, but this
The proposal immediately reminded people of the maritime alliance and the ending of chasing away the wolf and welcoming the tiger, so it was tacitly suppressed by everyone.
But with the rise of Guo Ning in the Jin Kingdom, the Mongols were pushed back to the grassland, and there was no movement in this year. Guo Ning immediately convinced Zhongdu and became the Duke of Zhou of the Jin Kingdom, with the intention of taking further steps at any time.
posture.
The latest sensational news is that Guo Ning suddenly sent out an army and was about to devour the Kaifeng imperial court. This is definitely big news. From the day the news came out, to now more than ten days have passed, and the discussion among the public has not diminished.
There are always new news, true or false, coming back, such as how Guo Ning secretly contacted the remnants of the Red Coat Army entrenched in the north and south of Mount Tai, how he conquered Xuzhou in one day and earned Guide with hundreds of cavalry.
Mansion, and then disperse tens of thousands of Jin troops outside Guide Mansion.
It is also interesting to say that from the standpoint of the Song Dynasty court, we cannot encourage treason in any case. Therefore, in the official caliber of the Song Dynasty, Guo Ning has never been highly evaluated. Many ministers are also very concerned about the process of Guo Ning's rise.
If you criticize more, you would rather regard the Jin Dynasty court in Kaifeng as orthodox.
But in this way, Guo Ning's image was very good in the eyes of the people of the Southern Dynasties.
Ordinary people can't think of that much, they can only sympathize with the ferocity of the Jurchens. There are still old people in Lin'an City talking about the fear in the place when Wanyan Liang led millions of troops to the south in the last years of Shaoxing; there are countless people who have
From the stories passed down orally by the elders, they knew about the monstrous sea of blood caused by the Jurchens when the country was crossing south.
Half of the Song Dynasty fell into the hands of the Jurchens. Until the Kaixi Year, the two families were still fighting, and the number of casualties among the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty was never small. Who among the people did not know that the Kingdom of Jin had been a feud of the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years?
Such a terrifying Jurchen, their Zhongdu imperial court suddenly lost all power? Even a group of people who managed to escape by chance were about to bulldoze the newly built imperial court in Kaifeng?
Moreover, the person who seized the highest power of the Jin Kingdom was not a clan king of the Jin Kingdom, let alone a tribal leader who wielded force in northern Xinjiang, but a border guard of the Jin Kingdom, a Han'er!
And to the senses of Song people, Guo Ning's experience still has a familiar energy. He was born in the military, was extremely brave, made many military exploits, and then saw that he was about to wear a yellow robe... Isn't this the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty?
This kind of coincidence makes people feel a bit strange, and people can't help but talk about it. Many people talk about Guo Ning's deeds, and they actually feel a little proud of it, as if they have long been put into another book and regarded as a member of a different ethnic group.
The Northern Han people once again became one with the Southern Song people.
Of course, many people couldn't understand the reason and couldn't believe such a story. It was not until this time that the northern military intelligence was reported one by one, and everyone was sure that the Duke of Zhou, Guo Ning, was at the gate of Kaifeng, waiting for the battle to begin.
After that, the two Dajins reunited as one, and then it was time to change the dynasty.
During this time, many people came to Lin'an from coastal ports and all over Huainan. They also brought all kinds of news about the north, so much so that the artists in the Weshe Goulan talked about the usual famous ZTE generals.
When passing on or announcing Hehe's legacy, he will also talk about the Duke of Zhou in the north and casually interpret a story about how he killed the Jurchens in the north.
In fact, Guo Ning really didn't kill Jurchens very much, but the people of the Song Dynasty liked to hear it. Anyway, most of the storytellers made it up. Occasionally, a few people got the popular Yuzhen copies in Shandong, and the stories were particularly exciting. Artists
Earn a lot of money, the audience is smiling and in a happy mood.
Situations like this happen every day recently. When it comes to war or peace with the Jin Kingdom, the people can't agree. But when it comes to the Jin Kingdom being over, a Han is leading an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Kaifeng. This is too convenient.
One can resist such a story.
In the past two days, there have been new trends among the people. Many people think that this dynasty should raise troops and join forces with Guo Ning to destroy the Jin Kingdom. The people who proposed it were very plausible, saying that the soldiers and horses on Jingxi Road could go north to attack Nanyang.
The soldiers and horses of Ye County, Sichuan and Shaanxi should be restored to Guanzhong Tianfu and so on.
At the same time, the imperial court fell into silence and was in a rather embarrassing situation.
The wars in Huainan and Western Beijing are still going on. That’s because the two sides were fighting in a stalemate before, and the armies and departments were at war. It’s not something that can be stopped just by saying goodbye. If either side wants to cease the war, the other side must believe in its sincerity.
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But as far as the court itself was concerned, this war was originally the result of the Kaifeng court being deceived by Zhongdu. It should not have been fought, and there was no need to continue.
What the Song Dynasty wanted to see was two weak and confrontational Jin countries, so they made various financial and commercial operations in the past year.
The Song Dynasty could also accept a powerful Jin Kingdom. This was the norm in the past hundred years. Humiliation and pain were inevitable, but you could get used to it if you endured it.
No matter how good the Jin Kingdom is, no matter how good the Jurchens are, they are all barbarians. Since ancient times, barbarians have not been lucky for a hundred years, and no barbarians can survive in the world. In other words, under the threat of the Jin State, the Song Dynasty
It is still orthodox and relatively safe.
But the Song Dynasty could not accept a Haner regime to replace the Jin Kingdom no matter what!
From the day Guo Ning took control of Zhongdu, the officials and literati of the Song Dynasty were happy that the Jurchens were weakening. However, they were wary of Guo Ning and his Dinghai navy regime. If it were not for maritime trade,
The interests are too great and involve too many people, so some people have publicly expressed their opinions on this long ago.
But this time, it was clear that Ding Haijun had deceived everyone. They were crying for poverty, holding the money and food they received from the Song Dynasty, waiting for the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty to fight with the Kaifeng Jin army, and then suddenly launched a thunderous strike...
Song officials were both vigilant and fearful of this.
What's more, that Han'er's surname is Guo, and the official position he arranged for himself is called Zhou Guogong! What does this mean? Who is a scholar who doesn't understand?
Everyone was thinking, if this person easily destroyed the Kaifeng court, would he attack the Song Dynasty next, send millions of troops to the West Lake, and immediately attack the first peak of Mount Wu?