Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 305 A Loyal Heart Remains in the Central Plains!
After reading this article, Yue Fei was completely dumbfounded...

[The letter was naturally written by you. In it, you first described your background, and then recounted your rise to power. The events described were largely accurate, but you deliberately distorted some details, employing a kind of euphemism!]

For example, when you talk about your origins, you mention that you were born in Xiangyang City, which is part of the Song Dynasty, to prove that you are of pure Song blood. You play the bloodline card and the race card, and try your best to get closer to the Song Dynasty... But when it comes to how you actually got from the Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, you only say that you got lost as a child, so you inexplicably crossed the border and swam across the entire Han River while holding onto a piece of driftwood...

[After arriving in the Jin Kingdom, although you successfully settled there, the pride in your blood always kept your heart set on the Southern Song Dynasty. If it weren't for the changes in the country upon your return, you would have already rejoined the legitimate dynasty!]

Therefore, the longer you stay in the Jin Kingdom, the more you miss your homeland. Every day you gaze upon your Wu hook sword and pat the railing repeatedly, but alas, no one can understand the meaning behind your longing for home...

Even in your moments of pessimism, you once thought you would never return to your beloved Song Dynasty. So you sadly thought that if you were to die of illness in the future, you must leave a message for your descendants: "When the royal army has pacified the Central Plains, remember to tell your grandfather at the family sacrifice..."

In short, you are a true Song citizen, infiltrated within the Jin territory! Your loyalty is as clear as the sun and moon!

【loyalty!】

To remember your unwavering affection for the Song Dynasty, and to constantly remind yourself that you are in an enemy country, you even gave yourself an alias: "Ji Nu"!

[Ji Nu, Ji Nu, a Song dynasty woman raised as a slave in the Jin dynasty! You must forever remember this humiliation!]

[Then, by chance, you joined the Jin army, and from then on, you concealed your real name "Zhou Chi" and traveled in the Jin Kingdom under the alias "Zhou Jinu"...]

[Thus, although your official position rose higher and higher, your yearning for the legitimate rule of the Song Dynasty only grew stronger!]

However, if the original storyline continues, you will probably never have the chance to return to your homeland and will only be able to spend the rest of your life as a minor general in the Jin Kingdom...

However, as the saying goes, a person's fate depends not only on their own efforts but also on the course of the times... Caught in the political turmoil of the Jin Dynasty, you were thus thrust into the forefront by the invisible hand of history!

The story begins with the ascension of the new emperor: Although young, the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty was very dissatisfied with Wuzhu and other old members of the imperial clan, considering them treacherous officials who had usurped imperial power… However, he had no reason to remove Wuzhu and his group, as Wuzhu had always been renowned for his governance. Therefore, even as emperor, he could not directly remove Wuzhu.

At this point, the Jin emperor made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes: to use external forces to eliminate the traitors like Wuzhu!

As for what external force should be used?

That night, the Golden Emperor pondered for a long time...

Finally, His gaze and the choices of the times both fell upon you! You, the border general, were forced to take on the task of being the emperor's mouthpiece.

[So the Jin emperor ordered you to act in a play with him, which became known as the "Tumu Crisis"...]

[The Jin emperor first labeled you a "traitor" and targeted you for conquest, then forcibly led over 500,000 imperial guards in a personal campaign... On the surface, this appeared to be a campaign against you, but in reality, it was all an act. He wanted you to "defeat" this army of over 500,000, and then, having become a "prisoner," lead him back to the capital, thus legitimately eliminating Wuzhu and his ilk!]

[And indeed it was true. Although your troops were incredibly weak, you actually managed to defeat the Jin emperor's personal campaign when he deliberately sent them to you. In the end, you led him all the way through the passes and into the capital, successfully killing Wuzhu and his forces...]

[Although this sounds absurd, it makes sense when you think about it. If Jin Di hadn't deliberately put on an act with you, how could you possibly defeat Jin Di, who has an innate "kingly aura"?!]

This is the true "Tumu Crisis"...

[Conspiracy theorist: 666! You even stole mine! You're unbeatable!]

[Ahem... In short, you just stormed into Zhongdu City, and after the Jin Emperor lost his mind due to the corruption of chaos, you effectively replaced Jin Wuzhu and became the supreme ruler of the Great Jin!]

It was at this moment that your long-suppressed feelings for your homeland finally burst forth, and you almost wanted to lead the Jin Dynasty to surrender to the Song Dynasty!

However, you cannot vote for it...

[Because the Jin emperor wasn't a fool. Although he gave you some power, you are, after all, a Han Chinese. So, not trusting you, he brought in many members of the Wanyan clan and granted them power to counterbalance you.]

[If you surrender, the Golden Emperor will have a backup plan to kill you...]

【However, you are still a loyal subject of the Song Dynasty. You didn't surrender before because you didn't have the chance. Now that you finally have the opportunity, how can you not serve the Song Emperor with utmost loyalty and patriotism!】

Therefore, this is how we came to have letters today...

[At the end of the letter, you loyally declare to the invincible Marshal Yue and the great, needless to say, Emperor Zhao: Although I cannot surrender directly, I can still gradually bring the Jin state closer to surrender!] [As long as Your Majesty is willing to withdraw your troops, I will immediately avenge the humiliation of Jingkang for you, as a testament to my loyalty!]

"Though I wear golden armor, my heart remains that of the Song Dynasty!"

【"loyalty!"】

Yue Fei: ...

【…】

Yue Fei was stunned, but regardless, this letter was of great importance. So, after much deliberation, he quickly sent his son, Yue Yun, on horseback to the Song capital to report this outrageous matter to Emperor Zhao in Lin'an...

Upon receiving the letter, Zhao Gou was extremely shocked and filled with suspicion. After all, this was too absurd—the Grand Tutor of the Jin Dynasty was actually a man of the Song Dynasty… This… this… was just too ridiculous!

[But nonsense aside, since Yue Fei's Northern Expedition had already proven that the Jin Dynasty still had the strength to fight, continuing the war would only be harmful and not beneficial. It would be better to do a favor by withdrawing the troops, and incidentally test whether the Grand Tutor Zhou Chi, who was using the alias "Zhou Jinu," was truly loyal to the Song Dynasty...]

[Therefore, Emperor Zhao sighed: "Even after the An Lushan Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, there was the story of Zhang Yichao from the Western Regions joining the Righteous Army; this is what is meant by 'a loyal and solitary figure in the Northwest'!"]

Now that the Song Dynasty has suffered the humiliation of the Jingkang Incident, it is unexpected that such loyal and righteous men still exist! Although they are in the Central Plains, under the rule of the Jin Dynasty, their hearts remain with the Song Dynasty; they are truly "loyal souls in the Central Plains"!

[After sighing, the emperor ordered a retreat, and Yue Fei led his army back to Xiangyang...]

At this moment, everyone's eyes are on you, waiting for your action!

Seeing the Song army retreat, you finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: you'd managed to fool them after all...

[Next, as long as you adopt a policy of surrender towards the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song army will not easily start another war, and the Jin and Song dynasties can temporarily make peace... This is all beneficial to you!]

[The two countries can reconcile without resorting to war!]

[Traitorous pursuit of personal gain, initiation!]

【…】

In the 223rd year of the Shaoxing era, the Song army withdrew, and the Jin dynasty initiated peace negotiations with the Song, resulting in the signing of the humiliating "Shaoxing Peace Treaty."

The terms and conditions are as follows.

[First, the Jin dynasty abandoned its own reign title and adopted the Southern Song dynasty's "Shaoxing" reign title to demonstrate its weakness!]

[Secondly, the Jin Dynasty paid the Southern Song Dynasty an annual tribute of 300,000 taels of silver!]

[Third, the two countries agreed to a father-son relationship, with the Jin emperor referring to the Song emperor as "Father Emperor" in official documents and himself as "Son Emperor"!]

[Fourth, the Jin Dynasty returned the remains of Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, and also reburied the remains of all members of the Northern Song imperial family who were captured during the Jingkang Incident!]

Fifth, the Jin dynasty ceded the border prefectures and counties of Huaibei and Guanzhong to the Song dynasty, and opened border cities such as Xinye as trading ports to promote friendship between the two countries!

[Sixth, based on past events with the Southern Tang, the Jin emperor changed his title for the Song emperor in official documents to "Lord of the Jiangbei Kingdom," and appointed Grand Tutor Zhou Jinu as his representative, regularly sending him to Lin'an to pay homage to the Song emperor...]

【…】

[Zhao Gou: Tears welling up! Is this the world of illusion?!]

【This is exactly the mouth I want!】

Holding this unequal treaty, Zhao Gou, feeling utterly smug, couldn't help but hum softly...

……

(End of this chapter)