Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After the Xixia Kingdom became a vassal state of the Jin Kingdom, Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, has always been extremely respectful to the Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Jin Kingdom.

Therefore, Wanyan Wu Qimai never planned to destroy the Xixia Kingdom.

What is the purpose of destroying the Xixia Kingdom?It is bordered by Wanyan Zonghan's territory, and the annexation of the Western Xia Kingdom will only further strengthen the strength of Wanyan Zonghan's military power group, and it will not be of any benefit to Wanyan Wu who wants to maintain the dignity of the imperial power.

Therefore, when the Xixia Army was defeated by the Chu Army and sent envoys to Huining City to ask for help, the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai immediately agreed and decided to send envoys Wanyan Wuye to Bianliang City, the capital of Chu State. The so-called mediation was carried out to force Chu and Xixia to negotiate a peace.

However, as soon as Wanyan Wuye arrived at Yanjing City, he received a shocking news. Wanyan Zonghan suddenly led his troops into the Xixia Kingdom without discussing with the Emperor Wanyanwu and his officials. Ximen Qing conspired to destroy the Xixia Kingdom and carve up the land of the Xixia Kingdom.

After Wanyan Wuye heard the news, he had no choice but to go back home.

The envoys of the Xixia Kingdom, who stayed in Huining City to deal with the Jurchen nobles, learned that Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, was killed by the Chu army, and that the Xixia Kingdom was also divided up by the Chu State and the Jin Kingdom.

After the envoy of the Xixia Kingdom wailed loudly, he stood in front of the emperor's stronghold and scolded the Kingdom of Jin for being innocent, then drew his sword and killed himself, silently accusing the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Wu, of begging for money with his own death.

Wanyan Wu begged for no reason to blame Wanyan Zonghan, and seeing Wanyan Zonghan's sphere of influence further expand, he was extremely annoyed.

However, the deal is done, and Wanyan Zonghan has always been tough. Can the emperor Wanyan Wu begging to support another Xixia kingdom?

Wanyan Wu Qimai had no choice but to accept the reality, but he didn't like Ximen Qing who was in collusion with Wanyan Zonghan.

Because of Ximen Qing's pacification of Xixia and his ascension to the throne, the hidden conflicts among various factions within the Kingdom of Jin showed signs of intensification.

The Thousandth Chapter 16 Zong Ze's Trial

In Huining City in early spring, the ground was still covered with snow, and the tiger water had not thawed.

Ma Zhi has been to the Kingdom of Jin many times, and he is so familiar with everything here.

Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai did not summon Ma Zhi for several days, but Ma Zhi was not in a hurry, but followed the list provided by Ximen Qing, and brought rich gifts to visit the old noble friends of various ministries in Huining City one by one for him.

No matter what Wanyan Wu begged for, most of the Jurchen nobles in Huining City had a good personal relationship with their son-in-law Ximenqing.

Back then, who hadn't drank the fine wine sent by Ximen Qing's son-in-law, and whose family hadn't received a few precious books?

Therefore, with the golden signboard of Ximenqing, Ma Zhi's visit to the Jurchen nobles went smoothly, and he received warm hospitality from everyone.

These Jurchen aristocrats had already heard the news that Ximen Qing had proclaimed himself emperor in the south. When talking about this with Ma Zhi, they all sighed and admired Ximen Qing.

Ma Zhi didn't beg these Jurchen nobles to speak well for his emperor, but just chatted with them.

After King Wanyan Wu begged for money and left Qi's envoy Ma Zhi in Huining City, he summoned his ministers and nobles to come up with a countermeasure against Ximenqing's seizure of power and proclaiming himself emperor.

Although Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu, who were far in the south, could not rush back to Huining City, their actions have already shown their attitude.

It is said that the two had privately dispatched Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Shiyema to Bianliang City in Tokyo to congratulate Ximen Qing on his ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

After hearing this news, the Jurchen nobles in Huining City all died down, and no one stood up to propose crusade or condemn Qi.

Some Han, Khitan, and Bohai ministers in the court spoke positively, emphasizing that the authority of Jin, the suzerain, must be maintained, and Qi should not be let go.

Of course, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi and others who were rescued by Ximen Qing in Pingzhou remained silent this time.

Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Zongpan were also secretly angry when they saw that the Jurchen nobles in the city were unwilling to offend Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu.

However, the two had to pretend to be admonishing and respecting the opinions of the nobles to calm things down.

What Wanyan Wu begged for his father and son did not expect was that during the discussion of the matter by the officials, Zhao Ji, the dun Gong who was under house arrest in Wuguocheng by the Jin army, sent a letter, recommending himself to be the king of the Kingdom of Jin. potency.

In the letter, Zhao Ji sang praises to the emperor Wanyan Wu of the Kingdom of Jin, and said darkly that if the Jin army had the intention of going south to fight against the rebellious minister Ximen Qing, his father and son would be willing to be the pioneers and fight against the ministers and soldiers of the Qi Kingdom for Da Jin .

Do the Hunde Gong Zhao Ji and the heavy-handed Hou Zhao Huan and his son still want to return to the south?

Wanyan Wu Qimai sneered, and threw Zhao Ji's secret letter into the fire.

In order to prevent the restoration of the Zhao family in the Southern Dynasties, Wanyan Wu Qimai specially moved Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and his son from Yanjing City, where the Han people lived together, to Huining City.

Unexpectedly, a few days ago, a businessman from Japan secretly inquired about the news of the Hunde Gong Zhao Ji.

Although Wanyan Wu Qimai didn't know why someone in Japan, a small country in the sea, was interested in Zhao Ji, the king of subjugation, he still didn't want Zhao Ji to have contact with outsiders, so he moved Zhao Ji, his father and son and his close ministers north to Wuguo City again.

The Jurchen tribes are all around the Five Kingdoms City, and Zhao Ji and his son are really hard to fly when they get there.

Now that Zhao Ji actually recommended himself, and wanted to return to the southern homeland again, it was wishful thinking.

How could Wanyan Wu begging for this king of subjugation!

However, when Wanyan Wu Qimai sneered at Zhao Ji's self-recommendation, Wanyan Zongpan secretly kept this matter in mind.

Wanyan Zongpan, who was surrounded by a group of Han Chinese staff, already had his own set of opinions.

The discussion in Huining City lasted for many days, and the ministers also expressed their views at each other.

Due to the firm stance of Wanyan Zonghan faction and Wanyan Zongfu and others, most of the Jurchen aristocrats have become fools on the wall. In the end, there was no strong support for the punishment proposal of Qi Guo and Ximen Qing, and Wanyan Wu had to do it again by begging for his father and son. out of political compromise.

Because it was related to the Aguda family, Wanyan Zonggan, who stayed in Huining City, expressed some apologies for his brother-in-law without any pain, which also gave the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai a step down.

Under the persuasion of Wanyan Wuye and other peacemakers, the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai formally put on a gesture of remonstrance, announcing forgiveness for Ximen Qing's reckless behavior, and the Dajin Kingdom accepted the change of the Southern Dynasty.

After some political infighting, Jin finally sent Wanyan Wuye as an envoy, accompanied by Qi envoy Ma Zhi, to Qi to congratulate Ximen Qing and re-sign the agreement between Jin and Qi.

A month later, Ma Zhi accompanied Wanyan Wuye to Bianliang City in Tokyo, announcing that the fact that the Qi State replaced Chu had been recognized by the Jin State, and that diplomatic and military conflicts would not break out between the two great powers.

When Wanyan Wuye re-signed the peace and friendship agreement between the two countries on behalf of Jin Guo and Ximen Qing, and set off to return to the north, everything seemed to be settled, and the pattern of Southern Qi and Northern Jin would be maintained for a long time.

For the war-torn people, peace in the world is what they desire most.

However, a group of stubborn scholar-officials headed by Shangshu Zongze of the Ministry of War still did not forget to regain the land of Hedong, Hebei and even Yanjing.

After the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin Wanyan Wuye left, Shangshu Zongze of the Ministry of War brought his student and deputy, Ma Kuo, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to see Ximenqing together, and made a request to him from the hardliners, asking if His Majesty the Emperor would regain the lost land ambition.

Ximenqing smiled to appease the old minister Zongze, asking him to be calm and calm, to train troops and prepare for war, waiting for the right time.

Seeing Ximen Qing's confident smile, Zong Ze knew what to do, so he continued to ask Ximen Qing for advice.

Yes, although Zong Ze was familiar with military books and was Ma Kuo's teacher, but after Ximen Qing led Ping Xia, Zong Ze felt ashamed of himself and was very convinced of Xi Men Qing's military strategy.

Ximen Qing immediately gave instructions to Zong Ze and Ma Kuo in the palace, asking them to concentrate their material resources to provide support for Ling Zhen and Tang Long, increase the production of artillery and muskets to equip more troops.

This was the harbinger of continuing the war. Old Zongze was so excited that his face was flushed, and his body burst out with inexhaustible energy.

In Zongze's view, the old enemy Xixia Kingdom has been destroyed, and now the only potential enemy of Qi Kingdom is Jin Kingdom in the north.

If the young and promising emperor in front of him is going to continue to wage war, then it must be the battle to recover the lost land!

After communicating with Ximen Qing, Zong Ze took Ma Kuo out of the palace in good spirits.

Ximen Qing watched the hale and hearty Zong Ze go away, but frowned, thinking of something on his mind.