Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Unexpectedly, in history, the famous Southern Song Dynasty would stay behind in Tokyo, and the famous anti-golden general Zong Ze would be on Jingdong East Road, and he was still serving as the general judge in Dengzhou, a coastal state!

Zong Ze's name is much louder than Ma Kuo, who in the future doesn't know?Ximenqing remembers that in history, Yue Fei was promoted and appreciated by Zong Ze before he became the commander of the first army, and he jumped from a low-level officer to a mid-to-high-level officer.

Ximenqing didn't know that because of the outbreak of the Liaojin War, the northern border was unstable.Dengzhou faces the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom, and the Koryo Kingdom across the sea. In order to strengthen the northern border defense, the Song Dynasty ordered Dengzhou and other four states to be promoted to "secondary border" states. Deal with the chaos in the north.

In the fifth year of Zhenghe, that is, the year before Ximenqing crossed over, Zongze was promoted from magistrate of Laizhou Ye County to Dengzhou General Judge. He worked and made good friends with Ma Kuo's father, Dengzhou Bingma Jingju Ma Zheng and others.

Although Zong Ze was a civil servant with a background in imperial examinations, when he was a young man studying abroad, he was familiar with military books and practiced martial arts hard.When he was in contact with Ma Zheng, he found that Ma Kuo was a talented person, so he taught Ma Kuo the formation map and the art of arranging troops.From then on, Ma Kuo also respected Zongze as a teacher.

When Ma Kuo had a conversation with Ximen Qing, he could see from Ximen Qing's expression that he was no stranger to the name Zong Ze, so when he just learned that his teacher was Zong Ze, his shock was beyond words.

After Ma Kuo thought about it, he understood that Mr. Zong Ze had been an official in Hebei and Shandong for twenty years.Ximen Qing is a hero in Shandong, so it is not surprising that he has heard of the teacher's name.

After Ximen Qing recovered from the initial shock, after thinking about it carefully, he was also relieved.Since Qin Hui, who is more famous than Zongze, is still serving as a professor of state studies in Mizhou, Shandong, and Yue Fei is still a rural boy in the countryside of Tangyin County, then Zongze is still holding the same general judge position as Huang Wenbing in Dengzhou. Not surprising anymore.

People like Qin Hui, Yue Fei, and Zong Ze had to wait until the Song-Jin war broke out and Song Dynasty was beaten like a pig's head before they would show up gorgeously one by one and step onto their own historical stage.

Anyway, Qin Hui and Yue Fei have met each other, Ximen Qing still wants to find a chance to meet Zong Ze.So, he told Ma Kuo what he thought in his heart, and asked Ma Kuo to find an opportunity to recommend him to see Zong Ze.

When Ma Kuo heard the words, he readily agreed.He told Ximenqing that he would go to Bianliang, Tokyo to take the martial arts exam, and when he returned to Dengzhou, he would come to Yanggu County, invite Ximenqing to Dengzhou to play together, and introduce him to his teacher Zong Ze.

Ma Kuo told Ximen Qing that although his teacher is a literati, he is also good at martial arts, and he likes to make friends with heroes from all walks of life and local heroes.Moreover, Ximen Qing's defeat of the Liangshan bandits this time and the capture of Sun Li and other fugitives had already made Zong Ze admire Ximen Qing.Therefore, Mr. Zongze would definitely be happy to see Ximen Qing.

The Japanese knife and Koryo fan given to Ximenqing by Ma Kuo made Ximenqing notice that Dengzhou was a treaty port with sea connections with Liao, Jin, Korea and Japan.Ximenqing's interest in Dengzhou increased greatly, and he decided to go to Dengzhou with Ma Kuo when he returned.

Chapter 349 Goryeo

Knowing that Ma Kuo is the son of an official and living in Dengzhou on the border, he must know a lot about the court and the affairs of the neighboring countries in the north. Ximen Qing chatted with Ma Kuo about state affairs in the next two days, and sure enough, he learned from Ma Kuo. Learned a lot of new news about Liao, Jin, Korea and other countries.

Ma Kuo told Ximen Qing that the Liao Dynasty in the north is really declining, and it is getting worse day by day. Not only did it lose to the newly rising Jurchen on the Liaodong battlefield, but the Dong Panger Rebellion also broke out in the Liao Kingdom.

Dong Pang'er, also known as Dong Cai, was born in Laishui, Liaoyi Prefecture. He was born in a poor and humble family, and he was brave and courageous.

During the Tianqing period of the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Tianzuo's rule became more corrupt and dark, and since Aguda raised his troops against the Liao Dynasty, in order to fight against the Jin soldiers, the Liao government further expropriated, recruited troops and food, and squeezed the people.

In order to resist the cruel exploitation and oppression of the Liao Dynasty, in February of the seventh year of Tianqing, when Ximenqing wiped out Peach Blossom Mountain in Qingzhou last year, Dong Panger led more than a thousand people to launch an uprising in the Liaoyang area of ​​Nanjing.The uprising team quickly developed to more than [-] people, which dealt a heavy blow to the rule of the Liao Dynasty.

After Dong Pang'er's incident, the Liao court immediately sent Xiao Yixue, who stayed behind in Xijing, and the supervisor and assassin of the Nanjing command army to suppress it.The two sides fought in Yishui, and the rebels were defeated and scattered.

In March last year, the rebel army reunited, but was defeated by the Liao army in Fengsheng Prefecture.

After that, I heard that Dong Pang'er led the rest of his troops to fight in Yunzhou, Yingzhou, Wuzhou, Shuozhou and other places, and launched a guerrilla war against the Liao Dynasty.

Last year, there was rebellion within the Liao Dynasty, but it was once again defeated by the Kingdom of Jin outside the Liao Dynasty, losing the territory of Xian, Qian and other eight states.

In order to prevent the Jin soldiers from invading, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty ordered Yeluchun, the king of Yan, to recruit the hungry people displaced by the war in Liaodong to serve as soldiers.The rulers of the Liao Dynasty hoped to use the hatred of the hungry people for the Kingdom of Jin to create an army capable of fighting.

After the resentment army became an army last year, the eighth battalion of the resentment army was set up and deployed on the line from Yanjing to Yinliang River.Those raised from Yizhou are called Qianyiying and Houyiying; those raised from Jinzhou are called Qianjinying and Houjinying; those raised from Qianzhou and Xianzhou are called Qianying and Xianying respectively; in addition, there are Qianxian There are more than [-] people in the Daying, Yanzhou, and Eighth Battalions.

Last December, the Liao and Jin wars broke out again. The Jin generals Wulu and Zhidong Shiwolun led the troops and defeated the Liao army stationed in Weizhou Tribulus Mountain.

During the war between the two armies, Guo Yaoshi, commander of the resentful army, led the troops to attack the Jin army by night, but was repelled by Wu Lun, and the Jin soldiers took advantage of the victory to capture Xianzhou.

The resentful army, which had been hoped by the Liao Dynasty, collapsed in front of the Jin army and fled to Nanjing.Subsequently, the seven prefectures near Xianzhou, including Liaogan and Yi, surrendered gold one after another, all of which were owned by the gold.

During the Liao-Jin war, the Song Dynasty's maritime neighbor, Koryo, took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and profit from it.

The Goryeo Kingdom had always regarded the Central Plains dynasties Tang, Later Jin, and Song as suzerain states. Under the influence of Chinese culture, it promoted Buddhism and Confucianism in the country.Later, the Song Dynasty was defeated in the Liao-Song War, and after the Liao army invaded Goryeo, the Goryeo Kingdom surrendered to the Liao Dynasty and regarded it as the suzerain state.

In April of the sixth year of Liao Tianqing, that is, the year before last, Wanyan Aguda, the lord of the Jin Kingdom, sent an envoy Azhi to visit Korea.

After Gao Lizong learned of the collapse of the Liao Dynasty, he accepted Zhongshu Menxia Province's suggestion to stop using the Liao Dynasty's year name and use the Ganzhi calendar instead.To show the severance of the suzerain-vassal relationship between Goryeo and the Liao Dynasty.

At the same time, Wanyan Aguda, the lord of the Jin Kingdom, was also wooing Korea.In the spring of last year, he sent a letter of credence to Goryeo that began with "Emperor Jinguo, the older brother, and Jurchen, to the King of Goryeo, the younger brother", affirming the righteousness of brotherhood between the two countries.

Facing the rising neighboring countries, Emperor Ruizong of Goryeo raised the Great Wall on the northern border by three feet to strengthen the defense against the Jin Dynasty; Since Koryo, he was rejected by Aguda.

During the chaotic period of the Liaojin War, Goryeo took the opportunity to gain a major advantage, which was to capture Liaobao Prefecture and Laiyuan City.

These two cities were built by the Khitan on the east bank of the Yalu River to monitor Goryeo during the Goryeo-Khitan War.After Goryeo regarded Liao as its suzerain, it asked many times to withdraw the city, but was rejected by the Liao Dynasty.

After the rise of the Kingdom of Jin and the capture of a large amount of land in Liaodong, Liaobao Prefecture and Laiyuan City, which are located on the east bank of the Yalu River, were isolated from the Liao Kingdom and fell into a predicament.

The year before last, when the Jin army besieged Liaobao Prefecture and Laiyuan City, Gao Lirui Sect sent someone to summon Liao Dynasty defender Yelu Ning, and sent him a thousand shi of grain, asking him to return to Korea, but Ye Lu Ning refused.At the same time, the Goryeo Sect sent people to the Kingdom of Jin to inform them that the land was originally the land of Goryeo, and the ruler of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Aguda, promoted the national policy of making good relations with Goryeo, and agreed in principle to Goryeo's territorial claims.

In March last year, Yeluning, the general of the Liao Dynasty, borrowed food from Goryeo due to lack of food.Yeluning and others lacked military rations and could no longer stand firm in Baozhou, so they had to lead the officials and the people to abandon the city and flee, and handed over the two cities to Korea.

Goryeo took advantage of Jin Guo's attack on the Liao Dynasty and took advantage of it without bloodshed.Emperor Ruizong of Goryeo was overjoyed when he heard the news, and changed Baozhou to Uiju. From then on, the territory of Goryeo Kingdom reached the Yalu River.

It can be said that the monarchs and ministers of the Koryo Kingdom are well versed in the way of making big things out of small things. They never competed with powerful neighboring countries, but were willing to be vassal states.During the establishment of Goryeo, Tang, Later Jin, Song, Liao, Jin, and Mongolia successively became the suzerain states of Goryeo. After the fall of these powerful dynasties, Goryeo still existed.If the last king hadn't lost his head and abandoned the wisdom of his ancestors, he forced his general Li Chenggui to take [-] weak soldiers to compete with the prosperous Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang for the land of Liaodong, forcing Li Chenggui to return to the army to rebel and overthrow Koryo. With the establishment of Lee's North Korea, I am afraid that the Goryeo Kingdom can continue to mix in the land of Northeast Asia.

However, after hearing Ma Kuo's words, Ximenqing had to admit that the current Emperor Ruizong Wangmata of the Goryeo Kingdom was much wiser than Song Huizong, the artist emperor of the Song Dynasty, and his group of officials.It also used the Kingdom of Jin to take back the lost territory from the Liao Dynasty. How beautifully the Kingdom of Koryo did it, it was finally recognized by the Kingdom of Jin, and it did not bring disaster to itself.

On the other hand, Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and the group of ministers around them, the bargaining chips in their hands are far superior to the small country Goryeo, but they made repeated mistakes in the matter of taking back Yanyun, and finally turned against Dajin. The shame of Jingkang who has been written in blood in the annals of history.

Ximenqing vaguely remembered that the artist emperor Song Huizong sent people from Dengzhou to the north in the past two years to collude with Jin Guo, hoping to take the opportunity to regain the land of Yanyun.Of course, although Ma Kuo is from Dengzhou, after all, his status is low now, and he will not be informed of such important military affairs.Even if he knew some rumors, he would not dare to disclose them to Ximen Qing.Therefore, Ximen Qing wisely didn't ask him about it.

3 Chapter Fifty

During the chat, Ma Kuo also told Ximenqing that the Goryeo Kingdom not only had good relations with Jin, but also showed goodwill to the Song Dynasty. Just last year, the Song Dynasty court specially tried the Koryo Jinshi.

It turned out that in the fourth year of Song Chongning, after Wang Yu succeeded as the king of Koryo, he sent five people including his scholar Jin Duan to study at the Taixue of the Song Dynasty.Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was in charge of teaching for Dr. Zhi specially.

In February last year, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty pro-Yu You Wen Dian made an examination for Jinshi in Koryo.In March, four people, including Jinshi Quanshi of Korea, were given the upper house and the first place.Koryo scholar Quan Shi and others traveled through Dengzhou when they traveled between Korea and Song Dynasty. Ma Kuo’s father, Ma Zheng, sent troops to escort him many times, so he knew very much about this matter.

With the outbreak of the Great War between Jin and Liao, the north was already in chaos. Although the Song Dynasty was still at odds with Xia Guo on the northwestern border, the interior was still singing and dancing, and it was quite a scene of prosperity from all nations.

Just last year, the Song Dynasty conferred the title of Duan He the King of Dali, and awarded a calendar, which symbolizes Fengzheng Shuo and Dali's minister Dali who have been established for nearly 200 years.

As early as the early days of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Dali Kingdom had repeatedly asked the Song Dynasty for enfeoffment and trade, but the Song Dynasty always said that the territory was not flat and disasters occurred frequently, and the canonization had to wait until the time of "peace".

During the period when Duan Heyu was in power, the need for communication between Dali and the Song Dynasty became more urgent. He decided not to wait for the time when the Song Dynasty "governed peace", but to take the initiative to attack.

Duan Heyu searched for diplomatic elites and sent them to the Song Dynasty to look for opportunities. Finally, he found Huang Lin, the Guangzhou observer in Guangzhou on Guangnan East Road, and gave him a lot of gold, silver and jewels. Relationship.

The year before last, Huang Lin played to the imperial court, saying that Dali Kingdom "Mu Yihuai came, willing to be a minister and concubine".Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty ordered Huang Lin to set up the bureau in Binzhou on Guangnan West Road, "Anyone who has a request for a performance will stop as soon as possible."

In the same year, Dali Kingdom, which opened the way, sent envoy Li Zicong and deputy envoy Li Boxiang to the Song Dynasty with tribute.Song Huizong ordered Huang Lin, the observation envoy of Guangzhou, and Xu Ti, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Transit, to accompany him to Beijing.

Dali envoys went north from Guangzhou and arrived in Kaifeng, the capital city, in February last year. They presented 380 horses, musk, bezoar, fine felt, Bixuan Mountain and other tributes, as well as Dali music and dance.Song Huizong, who loved art, was very happy and rewarded the musician Duan Haode generously.

Song Huizong received the Dali envoys in the Zichen Hall, and the envoys also brought Duan Heyu's letter of credence, expressing their desire to maintain peace with the Song Dynasty, conduct tribute and do business, and hope to be canonized.Seeing Duan Heyu's sincere words, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty named Duan Heyu Doctor Jinzi Guanglu, Jianxiao Sikong, Yunnan Jiedushi, Shangzhu Kingdom, and King Dali.

Due to the success of Duan Heyu's request for seal, the relationship between Song Dynasty and Dali Kingdom became closer, and the mutual trade became more and more frequent.

Ximen Qing thought to himself, this Ma Kuo is worthy of being an enterprising son of an official, and he is very concerned about the troubles of the court.It's a pity that he can't predict the future. He must be the same as Song Huizong, thinking that the national fortune of the Song Dynasty is booming!Didn't you know that the Fangla uprising would break out two years later, followed by the Song, Liao and Yanjing battles, and the Song and Jin all-out war.Under the helm of the artist emperor Song Huizong, this magnificently decorated boat of the Song Dynasty is about to sail into a storm until it hits a rock and sinks.

This Ma Kuo still looks like a good person, so give him a hand when he has the chance!Official Ximen Qing thought to himself.