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- . Because Yoshida Toshiie was the representative of the Japanese emperor, and because the Japanese emperor had an imperial edict to declare himself a vassal, he was placed in Entoku-en, where the tribute from other feudal lords resided.
Because Minamoto Yoriaki was a representative of the shogunate, and the shogunate was not only the local government of the Japanese country, but also did not profess vassalage to the Song Dynasty, so he was placed in the protocol garden for general foreign affairs visits.
The two gardens were not too far apart. Because Minamoto no Laiming didn't know the way, he made a request to the officials of the Song Dynasty who were responsible for taking care of them. The matter was brought to me very quickly. I didn't stop him. Instead, I generously asked someone to take him there.
Led by officials from the Song Dynasty, Minamoto no Yoriaki came to the courtyard where Yoshida Toshiie lived. At this moment, Yoshida Toshiie had already received the news and was standing outside with a hypocritical smile on his face: "Thank you, Minamoto-kun!"
Minamoto Yoriaki also nodded: "Yoshida-kun is even harder!"
After a brief greeting, Yoshida Toshiie led Minamoto Yoriaki into the house. The official who led the way was given instructions early in the morning and went to find a place to hide.
After entering the house, a woman in kimono served tea to Minamoto Yoraki. After Minamoto Yoraki thanked him, he turned to Yoshida Toshiie and said: "Yoshida-kun is so lucky to have such a beautiful and sensible daughter. I really envy you. .¡±
On the way to the Song Dynasty, Yoshida Toshiie had many dealings with Minamoto Noraiaki, and learned from secret channels that he had the mission of driving a wedge between the Song Dynasty and the Japanese Emperor. Therefore, Yoshida Toshiie was very guarded against Minamoto no Yoriaki. When he heard what he said, he just smiled: "My little girl is ignorant and does not deserve Minamoto-kun's praise. I wonder if Minamoto-kun came to see me late at night. Do you have any advice?"
Minamoto Yoriaki was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Yoshida-kun, do you know that I am on behalf of the shogunate as an envoy to the Song Dynasty this time, and I have the mission to alienate the relationship between His Majesty and the Song Dynasty!"
Yoshida Toshiie was stunned for a while. He wanted to say "I don't know", but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only remain silent.
Minamoto Yori was too wise to ignore him and continued: "Originally, I thought that the situation of the shogunate was the result of His Majesty seeking help from the Song Dynasty, but I found at the banquet today that this Song Emperor seemed to treat us differently. thoughts."
"Have other thoughts? What did Minamoto-kun say?" Yoshida Toshiie is not an idiot, and he feels vaguely uneasy from some of the practices of the Song Dynasty. However, because the shogunate poses a great threat to the court, if it does not rely on the power of the Song Dynasty, the court will only I am afraid that I will be controlled by the shogunate again and become a puppet with no autonomy.
"I don't know if it's just me, but I feel that Song Guo actually has bad intentions in helping His Majesty. Although Your Majesty has misunderstood our general, this is a matter between our two families after all. If Song Guo really joins in, or , if their troops stationed in the Japanese country are not withdrawn, then our Japanese country will become a vassal of others and will no longer be able to be independent. Mr. Yoshida, for the future of our Japanese country, please seriously consider it and don¡¯t let the people of Song Dynasty see our jokes. .¡±
"Are you seeing a joke? Ever since you sent people to attack His Majesty, this has been no longer a joke!" Toshiie Yoshida was not a simple person either. He calmly pointed out the emperor's biggest worry about the shogunate.
"Well, when I came here, the general and Mrs. Hojo had instructions. As long as our Japanese country can maintain independence, the shogunate can express surrender to the emperor and send the son of the general to live in Kyoto. You are very familiar with the Song Dynasty and can To achieve this goal, I can only rely on you. For the sake of Japan, please help me!" Minamoto no Yoriaki lay on the ground and asked Yoshida Toshiie.
Yoshida Toshiie was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "I also hope that our country will remain independent, but your shogunate has really insulted His Majesty too much. If you can agree to let the shogunate return the occupied royal property and fields and estates, I can help you on certain issues. , remain consistent with you and safeguard the interests of our country."
Yuan Laiming fell silent. This issue involved the complicated distribution of interests, which was not easy to decide. But when he thought of the consequences of the Song Kingdom occupying the Japanese Kingdom, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I can agree, as long as you can do it." I will definitely convince the general and Mrs. Hojo about what I said when I return, don¡¯t worry.¡±
Yoshida Toshiie showed a satisfied smile: "You sign the paperwork first, then I can believe you!"
Since this was the case, of course Minamoto no Yoriaki would not hesitate any longer, and quickly signed terms that were extremely beneficial to the royal family in accordance with Yoshida Toshiie's agreement.
After Minamoto Yoriaki left, Yoshida Toshiie put away the terms with satisfaction. As soon as he turned around, he saw Yoshida Sadamasa standing behind him with a worried face.
"What are you doing here? The guests have left, let's go to bed first!" Toshiya Yoshida didn't think much about it. He had not seen his daughter for such a long time, so he naturally loved her very much.
"Father, I have heard your conversation. Please forgive my daughter for talking too much. I think father is not helping our country, but pushing our country to destruction." Yoshida Sad suddenly knelt down, "Father, please take it back. Cheng Ming, express your complete surrender to Emperor Song, no matter what??, I can¡¯t imagine what awaits our country. "
"Nonsense, what do you, a woman, know? Even if you are my daughter, you can't interfere in such a thing!" Yoshida Toshiie was very angry and shouted dissatisfiedly, "I am now a special envoy on behalf of His Majesty, everything must be done in accordance with the The interests of the Japanese state are paramount. You have lived in the Song state for such a long time, and it seems that your center of gravity has begun to turn towards the Song state. Stop talking and leave quickly!"
Yoshida Sadao sat upright calmly, looked at his furious father, and did not speak immediately. After his father calmed down a little, he slowly spoke: "Because my daughter has been staying in the Song Dynasty, she is very aware of the changes in the Song Dynasty. .Father, your understanding of the Song Kingdom is out of date. Now the Song Emperor is far smarter, wiser and more ambitious than you imagined. Just before you came, the Song Emperor personally went on an expedition and defeated the Mongols who terrified the Jin Kingdom. Their prince killed many people, and even the feared Genghis Khan died of illness on the battlefield because of him. Father, please forgive your daughter for being bold. Our country now does not have any strength to negotiate with the Song Dynasty. It is delusional. Obtaining an unmatched status will only lead to the destruction of our Majesty and even our country, please believe in my daughter!"
"I won't listen. You have been deceived by the Song Dynasty and have forgotten the sufferings of our Japanese country. You can leave. I don't want to talk to you now!" Yoshida Toshiie seemed very stubborn. Obviously he thought his daughter was doing it for the Song Dynasty. The country speaks.
Yoshida Sada looked at his father, with deep disappointment on his face, but he persuaded him without giving up: "Father, in the days since you left, I have relearned the culture of the Song Dynasty and got to know the soldiers of the Song Dynasty again. Father, , I also have books written by Emperor Song himself. What a wise and clear insight it is. It can be said that no one in our Japanese country, or even the entire Song and Jin countries, has such understanding. We are in the same relationship with such a monarch. In the same era, we are destined to be unable to spread our wings and soar, and can only hide in his shadow. Now for us, the Japanese country, we can only send people to the Song Dynasty to study like we sent the Tang envoys. We can learn everything about them and only learn their best. Only with knowledge can our Japanese country have the best future in the future. Father, you have now reached a compromise with the shogunate and fought against the Song Dynasty. Although it seems that your majesty will benefit on the surface, you must know that neither your majesty nor the shogunate will benefit. It is unable to fight against the Song State. Even if the two unite, they cannot compare with the strength of the Song State. By doing this, you are really causing trouble for the Japanese State. Please think again, father!
"Nonsense, I really indulge you!" Yoshida Toshiie raised his hand as if he wanted to hit Yoshida Sad, but then he couldn't bear to put it down, waved his sleeves fiercely, and strode away without paying any attention to her.
"Father!" Yoshida Sad watched his father leave in despair, lying on the ground and crying bitterly.
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In the imperial study room, I saw the secret music in front of me and laughed out loud. I saw Zi Xuan next to me looking at me inexplicably, and handed the secret music to her casually.
After reading it, Zi Xuan also smiled and said: "This Yoshida is really knowledgeable, but unfortunately this Yoshida Toshiie is too stubborn. Your Majesty must have already made a case against the Japanese country!"
"Yes, I am not afraid that they will work together to plot, but I am afraid that they will show weakness and leave me with no excuse to attack! Zi Xuan, write me a secret decree and let Yun Xiong be responsible for the affairs of the Japanese country. You must make them think that I The Song State is plotting against them, making them unite in danger, and giving them all kinds of conveniences so that they can hoard their own armies. If necessary, they can also secretly send people to help them train their armies. The more the better. It's just a secret order It must be clearly stated in the letter that it must be carried out secretly. In addition, this secret decree must be burned after reading it. Go there in person. Only I, you, and him will know about this matter."
Zi Xuan responded and wrote the secret edict. After I stamped it, I asked Zi Xuan to deliver the edict.
After Zi Xuan left, I went back and looked through the memorials. One of the memorials caught my attention. It said that heavy rains in the south this summer and rivers flooding would also foreshadow a severe drought in the north in the autumn and the rivers would dry up. The official estimated that this time The scope of the drought is definitely not small. Maybe the entire north will be affected. After the Jin Kingdom temporarily loses the threat of Mongolia, it will definitely take action. If it is driven by natural disasters, it is very likely to send cavalry to the south to grab food. Reminder I made preparations early.
This memorial was very insightful and greatly interested me. I flipped through it and found that the official¡¯s name was actually Lu Xiufu, which surprised me. Since I came to this era, many things have developed out of the ordinary. I wonder if this Lu Xiufu is the same person as the Lu Xiufu who committed suicide by crossing the sea with the young emperor on his back.
After thinking for a while, he picked up his ink pen and wrote a reply. He praised Lu Xiufu a few words and asked the Ministry of Personnel to arrange him to the border of Song and Jin Dynasties to take charge of some civil affairs.
No matter whether they are the same person or not, since I have this insight, I will give you a way to show it.??.
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When Zhao Yun had completed the layout of the entire world, Wanyan Yunhua, who was far away in Kaifeng of the Kingdom of Jin, also got the results he wanted.
Wanyan Shouxu looked at the secret recipe of gunpowder in his hand with great joy, as if he saw that he had led the Jin State to make a comeback, regain its dominance in the entire north, and made the Song State succumb to the iron heel of the Jin State again, trembling. There are also those Mongolian barbarians who have bullied our Jin country to such an extent. We must let them know how powerful our Jin country is then.
"Imperial sister has made such a great contribution this time. Let me tell you the award. As long as the emperor brother can get it, I will not be stingy." In a good mood, Wanyan Shouxu also liked Wanyan Yunhua, and felt a little ashamed that he had been a victim in the first place. The same thing was sent to the Song Dynasty, which meant some compensation.
"It is Yunhua's duty to serve Daijin and His Majesty. What's more, as a member of the royal family, Yunhua's income is already a hundred times that of others, so she really doesn't dare to receive such a generous reward from His Majesty." Wanyan Yunhua lowered her head, extremely humble.
"Having said that, it is always inappropriate to not reward merits." Wanyan Shouxu was happy, but he also knew that he had to show something. Just when he was about to say the reward, Wanyan Yunhua had already spoken first: "Your Majesty really wants to reward Yunhua. In other words, please ask Your Majesty to let Yunhua be responsible for recruiting craftsmen and developing powerful firearms. After all, Yunhua has found out a lot of information about firearms in the Song Dynasty, which will be helpful to this matter.¡±
Wanyan Shouxu thought about it briefly and found that she was a suitable candidate. She had no problems with her loyalty and ability. She was also familiar with the Song Dynasty's firearms, and especially had a deep understanding of the Song Dynasty's fighting methods. She had visited the entire Jin Kingdom several times and had Really hard to find.
Since he could kill two birds with one stone, Wanyan Shouxu no longer hesitated and said readily: "I will give you an imperial edict. With the help of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and many related officials, if there is anyone who blocks it, the imperial sister can kill it first and then report it, no need to hesitate!"
Wanyan Yunhua bowed her head to thank her. After receiving the imperial edict and leaving the palace, Wanyan Yunhua took one last longing look and left without looking back.
Soon, everyone in the Jin Kingdom knew that Wanyan Yunhua had taken charge of firearms research. Craftsmen, scholars from all over the Jin Kingdom, and even prodigal sons who studied some strange skills and were not doing their jobs were recruited to Kaifeng to become firearms researchers in the Jin Kingdom. A life of isolation.
Such a large-scale recruitment of craftsmen was of course impossible not to alarm all parties, especially the remnants of the Mongolian forces left in the north by the tow mines. As a result, they fell into controversy. Some generals began to secretly work together to study their own way out. .
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"Father, this is Ruoshui's reply, take a look!" Zhang Honglue handed the secret letter in his hand to Zhang Rou.
Zhang Rou, who was the Mongolian ambassador to Hebei, had undoubtedly become the leader of the northern Mongolian servant army after Tuo Lei left. Although Tuo Lei also left two Mongolian supervisors, Hua Ang Tui and Mu Duo Chi, but because of Tuo Lei, they Lei took away most of the Mongolian troops. Now the two Mongolian supervisors only have 3,000 Mongolian troops in their hands. Compared with the tens of thousands of servants and the northern people who can join the servants at any time, it is indeed not enough.
Although Tuo Lei was forced to follow Wokuotai back to the Mongolian prairie to pay tribute to Genghis Khan, he was also very concerned about the north and knew that these places were the key to Mongolia regaining control of the Central Plains, so before he left, he also paid tribute to Zhang Rou and others sent some documents, and in half a year at most, he could lead his army back, so that they don't have to worry about their relatives on the grassland. He will definitely take good care of them. It can be said to be both comfort and threat.
But people like Zhang Rou were originally just some wealthy families or ordinary children in the north. They were not officials. They led the army to join Mongolia just to survive and earn a future. Now seeing Mongolia being beaten by the Song Dynasty, I feel a little bit. If you think otherwise, something really weird is going on.
Since Zhang Rou knew that Zhang Ruoshui was not dead and had joined Zhao Caiyun, she not only did not cut off contact with him, but kept sending people to contact him. She was not inciting rebellion, but just wanted to leave more paths for herself. Of course, he was on the Mongolian side, insisting that Zhang Ruoshui had been killed in the battle and not giving the Mongols any chance to take advantage.
After receiving this hard-earned secret letter, Zhang Rou read it several times, but she was still a little undecided. After thinking for a while, he handed the secret letter to Zhang Hongfan who was standing aside.
Zhang Hongfan was silent after reading. Zhang Rou was a little impatient and urged: "You two should have a word. Now your father and I are so confused that I can't think of any good solution. It's up to you." .¡±
Zhang Honglue and Zhang Hongfan looked at each other, and Zhang Honglue suddenly said: "My dear, please ask daddy, do we want to protect our lives and wealth, or do we want to protect our reputation and integrity!"
Zhang Rou glanced at her son with dissatisfaction. Isn¡¯t this nonsense? To preserve my reputation and integrity, why should I join the Jin Kingdom?When I came to Mongolia, it was not like I had enough food to support myself.
Seeing that Zhang Rou didn¡¯t speak, Zhang Hongfan also said slowly: ¡°The most difficult thing for us now is that my mother and several brothers are all
Grassland, but I heard that because the Mongols can't stand the cold in the north, if the Mongols are close to the Great Wall, if they can have a light cavalry raid at this time, it may not be impossible! "
This was already an obvious hint. Zhang Rou could tell that the two sons had already made up their minds to leave Mongolia, and now they had to make their own decisions.
"Tell me, when we get there, is it really as good as Ruoshui said?" Zhang Rou was still a little worried.
"I don't know whether it's good or not, but I know. If we continue to hesitate like this, we won't even have a choice." Zhang Honglue told the truth, making Zhang Rou sigh.
How come Zhang Rou, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, does not know this, but he really feels very embarrassed at this moment. On the one hand, he has seen the power of the Mongolian soldiers with his own eyes. On the other hand, he also knows that Mongolia was defeated by the Song army. At the same time, the female war goddess from Shandong was eyeing her side.
In terms of strategy, commander, and strength, Zhang Rou did not dare to compare with Tuo Lei, but even Tuo Lei suffered such a big loss at the hands of this woman, and she became very frightened when she was mentioned. The last time she took action, she took over more than 100,000 troops from the Kingdom of Jin. They were the most elite troops of the Kingdom of Jin. Even Guo Zhongyuan surrendered, which shows how powerful this woman is.
It can be said that in the last battle between the Song, Jin and Meng families to fight for the north, only the Song family won. Not only did they loot the horse farm where Mongolia had no defense, but they also added a large number of warriors and generals who were good at fighting. As long as the Song family integrated these things into Among his own strength, let alone himself, even if Mu Huali and Tuo Lei were there, the Mongolian soldiers and horses had not suffered any losses, and the victory or defeat was still between two sides. According to estimates, the defeat rate of his side was higher.
This conclusion makes Zhang Rou very discouraged, but she clearly knows that it is a fact.
After thinking hard for a long time, I still couldn't find a solution that had both ends. I could only sigh secretly and said to Zhang Hong: "Reply to Ruoshui, now only your mother and your brothers are the things that worry me the most. If we can solve this problem, Don¡¯t worry about the future, I will definitely help the Song Dynasty stabilize the north, and we can gain Hebei without spending a single soldier of the Song Dynasty."
Zhang Hongfan added next to him: "Put out a detailed map of the gathering point on the grassland, and send a few loyal and reliable people who know the route as messengers. At the same time, tell them that there are many family members of generals in that gathering point. There are large herds of cattle, sheep, and slaves, enough to support an army of ten thousand men for half a year.¡±
Zhang Honglue knew what his brother meant, nodded, picked up a piece of cloth, and started writing on it.
After writing it, I asked my father and younger brother to look at it separately, attached the map, and recruited a few confidants who knew the route to give them careful instructions before letting them leave with the secret message.
After seeing off the messenger, the Zhang family father and son looked at each other and laughed in unison, feeling greatly relieved.
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At the junction of Hebei and Shandong, there is a place called Shang River. It is adjacent to a relatively large river, Tuhai River, to the south. Just by hearing the name of this river, you know that this river is not something to be trifled with.
This is the frontier for Mongolia to peek into Shandong. It is only more than a hundred miles away from Qizhou (Jinan), an important town in Shandong, and only more than two hundred miles away from the important prefecture of the Fire Phoenix Army. It can be said that it is a retreat that can threaten Qizhou and the state. Advance can be done to attack the strategic location of Shandong stronghold. Although it is not an important stronghold related to the situation, for the Song Dynasty, taking Shang River into its hands means a shift in strategic offensive and defensive strategies.
Taking advantage of the Jinmeng War and the north wind that dragged people southward, Caiyun sent people to recapture this place early. After these days of construction, this place has become a forward base of the Fire Phoenix Legion in Shandong.
Because of the recent floods, the entire Shandong was mobilized. Caiyun, the highest military and political officer in Shandong, also personally led 10,000 cavalry here to inspect. Although 10,000 cavalry was a bit too much, Caiyun's identity was also different. Although it aroused the Mongolian side's awareness, but seeing the surging water, combined with the current situation of the Song Dynasty, they subconsciously attributed the matter to flood control.
??Besides, although the accompanying ten thousand cavalry may seem like a lot, it is still not enough if you want to attack Hebei. After the matter was reported to Zhang Rou and Hua Nu fell there, both of them believed that Caiyun was unlikely to launch an attack on Hebei. They only asked the front to step up surveillance and did not mobilize troops to enhance the strength of the front.
At this time, by the Tuhai River, Caiyun was wearing a plain cloak, looking at the scene of soldiers and civilians fighting against the flood in the distance, with a calm expression, but a hint of worry in his eyes.
"General, Guo Zhongyuan has been ordered to come!" Guo Zhongyuan, tall and majestic, dressed in the uniform of a Song Army general, walked over in high spirits. At this moment, he is no longer in the miserable state he was in during the Northern Expedition. His face is rosy and he is energetic.?Full, it seems that I have been living a good life recently.
The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Kingdom of Jin that surrendered to Caiyun was led by this man. In addition, he was known as a famous general when he was in the Kingdom of Jin. After he started the army, he defeated the Mongols many times. He was known as the "Xiangong Guo" and his reputation has been long-lasting. Because of this, he is extremely prestigious among these surrendered troops. It can be said that no one dares to disobey his arrangements.
He is now the chief of staff of the Fire Phoenix Legion. At this moment, the Fire Phoenix Legion has hundreds of thousands of troops, and Caiyun has not appointed a deputy commander. In other words, in the Fire Phoenix Legion, in terms of official position, he is already Caiyun's leader. The first person to go to the ground.
If he was admired and convinced by being given such a high position to a surrendered general, then Caiyun entrusted him with real power and asked him to reorganize the Jin Kingdom's surrendered army based on the situation of the Fire Phoenix Army. This is complete trust. , which also made him more loyal to Caiyun. Because of flood fighting, he also sent the surrender troops to various places, most of them to Lianghuai, which greatly relieved the pressure there.
He was originally inspecting a grain station transfer point in Qizhou, but he suddenly received a letter from Caiyun Fei and rushed over temporarily.
Caiyun glanced at Guo Zhongyuan lightly, without explaining anything: "There is news coming from the north, the time is ripe!"
???Guo Zhongyuan looked startled, then thought of something again, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The floods in the country are serious at this time. At this time"
"So I want to hand over the defense of Shandong to the general, and entrust the entire rear area of ??Caiyun to the general!"
Guo Zhongyuan looked at Caiyun in surprise. He never expected that Caiyun would do this. The one who stayed in Shandong was not her confidant Li Mingquan, nor Yan Xi who had followed her early, but the one who had only been with him for half a year. General, this accident made him a little unbelievable for a moment.
"Isn't it possible that the general is afraid of difficulties and doesn't want to share Caiyun's worries?"
Seeing Zhao Caiyun¡¯s expectant eyes, Guo Zhongyuan¡¯s heart became hot, and he clasped his fists without thinking: ¡°If you can win the trust of the general, Zhongyuan will definitely fight to the death!¡±
"Caiyun is finally relieved to get the general's promise. Unfortunately, the former general and Monk General Wan Yancheng came to visit Caiyun together. The three of them talked about military skills so harmoniously. It's a pity that Monk General Cheng Cheng" The words were faint and full of infinite regret.
After the monk Wanyancheng who wanted to serve the Jin Kingdom was beheaded by Wanyan Shouxu as a scapegoat, Guo Zhongyuan no longer had any nostalgia for the Jin Kingdom. At this moment, hearing Caiyun say this, he felt a little melancholy and sighed. say.
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