Chapter 377 Miao Liu Mutiny
Yelu Dashi's army was defeated and retreated to the Gaochang Uighur Kingdom. But this time, the Uighur King Bilege did not welcome him, but instead concealed the killing and pursued him, capturing Yelu Dashi's general Sabadilitudi and others. After Yelu Dashi led the defeated soldiers back to Yemili, he accepted the lesson of this expedition and continued to "raise the troops and wait for the time to move."
Although Yelu Dashi suffered a crushing defeat in the Karakhanate Dynasty in the west, he adjusted his policies in time and rested with the people. He received support from the local Turkic tribes. The number of households reached 40,000, and the territory expanded unprecedentedly. It started from the Tuwuchu River (now the Tula River) in the east and the Yemili River in the west.
At this time, Yelu Dashi, supported by civil and military officials, ascended the throne in Yemi's city and became emperor. He was called Juer Khan, which means "Da Khan" or "Khan in the Khan". The ministers also gave Han titles "Emperor Tianyou" and established the Yuan Dynasty "Yanqing". At the same time, they announced that the Jin people were the enemy country and wanted to join the Song Dynasty to attack the Jin Kingdom together.
The momentum of the founding of the Great Liao Kingdom suddenly overshadowed the Song Dynasty. The civil and military ministers of the Jin Kingdom all believed that the Song Dynasty was weak and Zhao Gou had been defeated by himself, which was not worth worrying. However, the Western Liao country was newly established and its morale was in full swing. Moreover, Dashi was also a famous general of the world and had a great grudge against the Jin Kingdom. He should first stabilize the desert and then conquer the Song Dynasty.
This conclusion was also recognized by Wanyan Wu Qimai, so he transferred Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu back with an edict.
After fierce debate, it was finally decided to have Wanyan Zonghan as the marshal, and sent 100,000 Yanyun Han army and 10,000 Jurchen army, and ordered the right chief Yelu Yuji to assist and attack Keduncheng in the north; and sent hundreds of thousands of Yanyun Hedong husbands to transport grain to accompany them.
After Wanyan Zonghan left, Wanyan Zongfu was ordered to station in Shaanxi and preside over the battle wherever it was. Wanyan Chang was responsible for Jingdong. The puppet Liu Yu moved the capital to Daming Prefecture as a buffer between the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.
This time, the Jin Kingdom sent a large army of 00,000 and divided into three groups to attack the Song Kingdom. It achieved some results, almost taking over Shaanxi and Jingdong, the entire Central Plains, and drove the Southern Song court completely south of the Yangtze River. The two countries almost ruled the river. However, because the Jin people were small, the Central Plains were still left to the puppet Liu Yu to manage on their behalf.
Although the Jin people achieved great results, they also suffered a heavy blow. The biggest blow was the death of Wanyan Loushi, followed by the fact that they did not eliminate the northern resistance organization.
The Kaiping Army also occupied Zhending, Zhongshan and other places, Han Shizhong also occupied Jingyuan Road and Shanzhou, and Lu Junyi also gained a firm foothold in Jingdong, which made the Jin people's rear uneasy and put a lot less pressure on the Southern Song Dynasty.
Also, the Jin people suffered serious losses in this battle. They had not had many people at first, and now they could not suppress the ethnic minorities under their command. This time they sent troops to the desert, in fact, to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and scare these disobedient guys.
Although the center of the Jin Kingdom was transferred, they did not let the Southern Song Dynasty go like this. The Jin lord Wanyan Wu Qimai accepted Jin Wushu's suggestion and adapted the strategy for the Southern Song Dynasty, focusing on Huairou, and released the Xuanhe Empress Wei, who was Zhao Gao's mother, Concubine Wei.
Of course, this was just some comfort to Zhao Gou, which slightly improved the relationship between the two countries. However, Jin Wushu immediately sent someone to the camp of Wanyanchang in Jingdong, asking him to find time to send this person back to the Southern Song Dynasty. This person was Qin Hui, who had surrendered to the Jin Dynasty!
At this time, a major incident happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, which brought a great blow to Zhao Gou and also expelled his confidant. A vacuum appeared in the center of power in the Song Dynasty, providing an opportunity for Qin Hui to enter the center.
The origin of this matter begins with Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne, with the suggestions and support of the surrender faction, he gave up the Central Plains and prepared to flee south. Due to the opposition of Li Gang and others, Zhao Gou did not escape and had to send Empress Dowager Longyou to the south first.
In August of the first year of Jianyan, Li Gang was dismissed from prime minister. In October, the Southern Song Dynasty's small court fled from Yingtian Prefecture to Yangzhou. Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty also favored eunuchs such as the provincial eunuch Ban Kanglu. They were arrogant and extravagant, which aroused dissatisfaction among many people.
Wang Yuan was favored by Zhao Gou, and was promoted gradually because of his collusion with eunuchs. He became the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp and the Privy Councilor. Wang Yuan gathered money and plundered the people's wealth. When the Jin soldiers attacked in February of the third year of Jianyan (1129), he hurriedly suggested that Zhao Gou, who fled from Yingtian Prefecture to Yangzhou and then to Zhenjiang, fled to Hangzhou as a nominal inspection). He was responsible for cutting off the rear, but he used warships to transport his treasures, causing tens of thousands of Song soldiers and war horses to fall into the enemy camp.
At that time, the common people whispered that "the treasures on the ship were all plundered by Wang Yuan when he pacified Chen Tong." During the march, eunuchs such as Kang Lu also acted as a blessing and occupied the houses.
Miao Fu, who was accompanying the army, said angrily: "The emperor is so displaced, and those people dare to do this." His subordinate Zhang Kui also angered the soldiers: "If Wang Yuan and those eunuchs can be killed, everyone can live a good life. How could the court punish us?"
At this time, only Miao Fu's army guarded Zhao Gou in Hangzhou, Zhang Junyang and Liu Guangshi Huyantong in Yizhong, etc., all of which were divided into other key points, providing good conditions for mutiny.
Wang Yuan's fault should have been severely punished, but because he had made friends with eunuchs, Zhao Gou only exempted him from his position as Privy Council and was appointed as the Privy Council. He did not commit any other severe punishment, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many officers and scholars.
On 25th of 1129, Zhao Gou issued another edict: "Wang Yuan, the member of the Privy Council, was exempted from submitting the letter to the court for public affairs." That is, when Wang Yuan was allowed to take charge of the affairs of the Privy Council, there was no need to submit a letter to the emperor.
The entourage commander Miao Fu was guilty of his family's contributions. He was dissatisfied with Wang Yuan's rise and said angrily: "You have made the world so difficult, but you dare to do so."
Although the governor of Weizhou Liu Zhengyan was promoted by Wang Yuan, he was not satisfied with Wang Yuan's recruitment of his soldiers. In addition, both of them were not satisfied with the might of Wang Yuan and the eunuchs, so they spread dissatisfaction in the army. Since most of the army were from North China and also disliked eunuchs, they received responses from many people.
Miao Fu, his aides Wang Shixiu and Wang Junfu, Zhang Kui and Ma Rouji, the "Chic Heart Army" led by Wang Junfu, Zhang Kui and Ma Rouji agreed to kill Wang Yuan first and then remove the eunuchs. So they told Wang Yuan that there were thieves in Lin'an County, hoping that Wang Yuan would agree to him to dispatch troops.
At this time, the eunuch Kang Lu's servant received a secret report and there was a document suspected of wanting to rebel, with the signature eye of "Tian Gong Tian Gong, Jin Gong" on it. "Tian Gong" means "Miao" and "Jin" means "Liu".
Kang Lu secretly reported to Zhao Gou, who asked him to find Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei and asked him to inform Wang Yuan.
When Kang Lu saw them, he said: Miao Fu and others had gathered near Tianzhu Temple recently. We finally knew their intentions and told Wang Yuan that Miao Liu's so-called "there are thieves in the suburbs" was to let the soldiers go out on the excuse.
So that night, Wang Yuan ambushed five hundred elite soldiers outside the Tianzhu Temple, waiting for Miao Liuhui to come and rectify them. The city was panicked, and the residents were all closed and dared not enter and exit.
But Miao and Liu received a report that day was the day when Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty died, and all officials held incense sacrifices. Afterwards, all officials entered the court and listened to the court's appointment of Liu Guangshi as the procuratorial commander of the prefecture of the Taiwei Palace.
Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan decided to take action first. They ordered Wang Shixiu to ambush soldiers under the north bridge of the city, wait for Wang Yuan to retreat, drag him off his horse, claiming that he had made a rebellion between eunuchs, and Liu Zhengyan killed him with his own hands.
Then he surrounded Kang Lu's residence, hunted and killed eunuchs, and hung Wang Yuan's head, and led his army to the besiege of the palace. At this time, Zhao Gou gradually received news of rebellion. Wu Zhan, the commander of the central army guarding the palace, had an affair with the rebels, and guided Miao Fu's subordinates into the city, shouting, "Miao Fu will not let the country down, but will only eliminate the harm to the world."
Kang Yunzhi, the governor of Hangzhou, brought all officials to ask Song Zhao Gou to the city tower to stabilize the military and civilians, otherwise the rebellion would not be stopped. Zhao Gou climbed the city tower and asked Miao Fu the reason for leading his troops to rebel.
When Miao Fu saw Zhao Gou, he still shouted down to bow, and then accused Zhao Gou of sternly saying, "Your Majesty trusts eunuchs, and you can get a high rank by making friends with eunuchs. Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan are incompetent and have not been exiled yet. Wang Yuan could not resist effectively when he encountered the enemy, but he got the high rank of Privy Council because of making friends with Kang Lu. He made many contributions, but he only served as a regiment training in a remote county. He also said that he had killed Wang Yuan and captured and killed eunuchs outside, and coerced Zhao Gou to kill Kang Lu Lan Gui. He once chose the three closest eunuchs to thank the three armies."
Zhao Gou replied: "If the eunuchs are at fault, they can be exiled to the island. Please return to the camp quickly."
Zhao Gou simply hoped that the coup would be quelled. But the rebels did not retreat. Miao Fu said: "Today's affairs are all done by the ministers, and it has nothing to do with others. I hope that Your Majesty will put the people of the world first and kill those harmful eunuchs. If we don't kill them, we will never go."
Zhao Gou said: "I know the generals are loyal and righteous. I will now appoint Miao Fu as the envoy Chengxuan and the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp, and Liu Zhengyan as the inspector and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp. All other soldiers are not guilty."
Miao Fu also shouted: "If we just want to be promoted, we just need to contact the eunuchs, why bother here?"
Zhao Gou had no way to ask the opinions of his close ministers. Shi Ximeng, the head of the Zhejiang West Fushi, said that the disaster was caused by eunuchs. If the eunuchs were not killed, it would not be calmed down. Zhao Gou could not do anything. Military weapon supervisor Ye Zongchen said, "Why should you cherish Kang Lu?" Zhao Gou had to use a bamboo basket to hang Kang Lu down the city and handed it to the rebels, and was immediately beheaded by the rebels.
Miao Liu and others did not give up, and shouted at the city: "Your Majesty's throne is not right. If the two emperors return in the future, how will they deal with themselves?"
Zhao Gou sent Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei to go down to the city to negotiate with the rebels. Miao Fu and others asked Long You to later rule the country and negotiate peace with the Jin Dynasty. Zhao Gou had no choice but to issue an edict to ask Empress Dowager Long You to rule the country. Miao and Liu refused to submit a plea after hearing the edict, and further demanded that Zhao Gou abdicate and set the three-year-old crown prince Zhao Ying as emperor.
Zhang Kui shouted sternly: "The people are the most important, and the country is the next best, and the king is the least important. I hope that your Majesty should put the people in today's affairs. Besides, there are precedents from Emperor Huizong of Song, please abdicate!"
Chapter completed!